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PENDLETON, UMATILLA- CO U NTY, OREGON, SATUR
ISO. 10.
TfYR 'WfVP""!."' wsaataa,ba
III
A-Snddcn Cure. .
A melancholy woiaan lay
In t!cne&s on "her 'bed.
And, In a Taint and broken voice,
To her sad husband said:
"Dear DavM, when wy earthly form .
Has turned to lifeless clay,
0 wait and weep a little while.
Nor throw yourself away.
"rtnow a woman, kind au' true, .
On whomyoainay dependr - - , j ?
Oh! nirry ..mirilla"3one w "
-Sfee Is-iEj-AlearcsWrieml." . . ji "'
Tea, Hannah, I have wanted loac
To speak o' thU before;
For 'Amarllla Jones an' I
.Hare talked tie matter o'er."
Then von and Amarllla Jones
Have been too smart and sly;
1 tell rpn, David Wilkinson,
' I'm not a-golngto die!"
Her davk eyes Hashed ; her ftrencth ra turned ;
She left her bed of pain;
A week had scarcely passed away
Wben she was well again.
EsrotJ. Hall, iu tXt Chicago Tribtue.
The
Witness.
JLS INCIDENT
OF THE SETT
SHORE.
JTMresajleep gulf of verdure which
rcnTitiland llefnVen two rocky promon
lies "Tik s?a unce daa-ed there, but
long before the memory of wad. It had
finally bane.I it-clf oat by throning up,
year -ifier year, a sandy lianier acru
the tntmuce to the gulf. No doubt, even
after the tide was stopped from flowing
in, oaie strong eastern wind bad driven
the sea roaring tver tlie bar and heaped
higher the bulwark of sand. One could
read thbj&s he Mood upon the rocks and
looked tiowu upon "the green sj ot, which,
for iu contrast to the gray rocks acd un
wanted 'deep, was named Paradise. From
the sen itself its green, coil depths axe
very inviting.
" The coast at this point was thinly in
TjaMtedf. A few fishermen's houses were
.clustered .near the shore j ost beyond the
JTpeks that jetted out; but the-clea were
avayfof weeks at a time, andthe-wom-en
were .unceasingly buy over their in
door work. Only the children who played
yti the beach gave the place a nappy
'human look. As a group f them was
.gathered on the sand one morning they
. 3W coming toward them a singular fig
ure, moving afong the shore in the di
rection of Paradise. They stopped their
play, wondering whether it were man or
. beast, -socoof used was the outline. Little
by'HtrJeas if mwred slowly toward them,
they discerned a man's form, bending be
neath some harden. They retreaud.a few
tf tepsand gathered upon the fiat stone that
st-od "before the doorway of ojc of the
io'usVs. tie man made no motion lo
Cdme-io rw.1 flir'hoase and seemed not
tVfV)!&i-atJ t&ua They xftcovVred
ill it he bore upon Cisbacka huge wooden
cross. He kept oj his waj, staggering
through the deepjrand-'beneath his lur
den,' until hs-wsi lost to sight behind the
'recks which made cme of the walls of
Padie'. ' " ' 1
yuLet as tell Xancv," Said one of the
, children. And ther entered the house.'
together.
-Whatever happened in or -about this
little settlcsncBt.'wasiire.to come, sooner
t -er lateT, to the ears of X ancy Dacre. llc
siolelrom town.tbe people had no church,
minUter or priest; but they were not 6?
'Very forsaken so long as they 1) ad' with
Ciem this widow, Nancy Dacre. It used
to be said that no secret was safe from
her; but trrery secret was safe with her.
TbeJ&are aa&e wotneajrho are bars coa-
-ftsiGri aa d, s h e w us o c e. Jt was'Smpo.'
'flwe lofKnuoio. cunnueuc iroov tier.
Silent iicrself,he was the repository of
t.ther people's talk, and all, whether chil-
uY&feCor groaa .people, wentlo ier.with
ne-s.or with perplexities. It would be
difficult to say in just what consisted the
absolution she cave when faults were con
fessed, as they often were; certainly not
in any formal words. Still, a certain
, .gift of peace belonged to her as surely as
tb$ giltJf hearing confessions.
-i She was'lfwork in the house when the
children entered andwent with them to
the door, although the man had already
uisappeareo.
"He carried a great crpss," said one.
i-OHeiertrar-risgs," - .C7
"He was very dark and bent."
r "That was the weight of the crofsJ'
oome-oi me ixiiaer were lor loiinwioc
him, to seewhatho was about; butNancy-
oiasnaaea tnem
JX he-dld.not speak, to jon,t "was be
causChfc'did'noti i,li to fce spoken to.
lave him alone. He may come back
this way. lou need not be afraid of
y -hjm she adde1, as the y.uiger puts
came closer to ner.
He did come back at dusk. The chil
dren had scattered To their several homes,
aoB Nancy sat alone on the door-sti-p,
mo sac pereeivea a man coming toward
her. FroiH -his appearance she did not
doubt that it was the stranger whom the
children had seen. She rose as he came
to the door:
"Good evening," she said
He answered ucrin her own words; but
given -with TCrtain thickness of utUav
wkkh' jt&xi&: him to be s fo'r
cigner. T
r-rniMay:I;gite yon some eupperfYj The
man looked up at ber quickly and .nod
ded. She entered the house, while he
took bis seat on the'fiat stone, andpres
ently she brought him a bowl otmilk and
some large ship-biscuit, ne made a low
bow to her. as he took his supper and
Disced it before him on his knees. She
looked at him 'Barrotvly, as he sat in si
lence eatiasr and drinkintr. He was i
thick-set, somewhat clumsy man, with a
lace bronzed deeply by exposure, aaa
black curly hair. His eres, oTerbusg by
thick browtj did not look directly at ber,
but, while averted, every now and then
i tole a look at her. Somethinc about the
man, she tould not say what, seemed fa
. suiliar Uo..her4aB(L sWtsdkd.his face
closely, trying to recall it. Perhaps' the
-earBcstaese ol her look mode him uneasy,
He drained the bowl dry, placed' it on
the stAne beside him, and then stood A
lent, uith Ids bands m-iving natle-ly by
his side.
l have seen vou brfrr,"shc'aidt finally.
Hw voice was kind; but he stepped has
tily aside, then looked at her futtiveJy.
. "I don't remember," he said, slowly,
and turneiTlus face away -Nbt'toS night,"
he uttered: "not to-night." Bat then, as
he was about to leave, he stupjxxl and
said, "Many thanks."
"But whore will you sleep to-night?
You may stay in my shed."
"I will sleep over there," ami he point
ed toward the rock.
"In P.irali-e! There is n bouse there."
The man gave a grbaa.
"Is that Paradise where the gras grows
green!"
So we call it."
He turned and walked ha-tily aaay.
The "woman followed him with -Iter eyes
until she could no loader de-cry him,' as
he was lost in the shadow of the rocks.
His face perplexed her; but she could pnt
remember w here be bad ever seen it. Sev
cral days patted, and once or twice the
man had been seen clamberisg aboat
the rock and apparently gathering ber
ries. Once he bad been sees tibing,ad
a smoke curled up occasionally from the
rocks. His presence there served to keep
the children away, while it yet tempted
them to co nearer and see what he was
doing. One. mote daring than the others,
crypt mucd by anotberway, and brought
back word thai the cross which he had
lteen seen to carry was raised above the
beach in front of the opening to Psra
die, but the man was not to be seen.
All this and theotories which oae and
another had tokl of other men who had
acted ttraogely began to affect the little
community; and, at length, on Sanday
afternoon. Nancy Dacre, unwilling that
the uneasiness should continue, left her
home and walked along the beach toward
Paradic Some of the children began to
follow her.
'Come back! Cme backT their moth
er cried. "Nancy will go. No one will
harm her. But you must wait till she
has been." . t
Nancy hef-elf was nu unwilling' to go
alone: The' cool breeze blew freshly be
neath' the 'warm July 'son, mad the long,
swooping dip of the sea-gulls gave her
asene of frtedim and life. Sbeteppd
quickly forward, and each step seemed to
make her more buoyant. Victory is fa
bled to be winged, and this woman's life
has aot been withut its otercouung.
She pawed round the rocky ledge and
came out in view of Paradise, with the
gray rocks which formed iu northern
boundary. Midway the saw the cross
standing. It could not fail at oncetn
talc her eye; and at iu foot the man was
kneeliBg. his head nearly leaning upon
it, while his hands seemed buy. He did
not at once perceive ber, and she stood
not faro Jon the sand watching him. She
sai toal beiiaU a kcile m bis haad. and
was cutting into the wood. Presently be
laid his kmCe aside; and. coins: a little
yrt -fell utm his Wfea-t, od, prop
ping his chin between bis hands, looked
fixedly upon the cros. The woman for
a moment was disturbed. She badeemed
to enter this man's closet and. to break in
upon some secret devotions. Yet to s
would be to disturb him more. She re-taafntd-motiocle,
her eyes fixed upon
him. Then she aa his face drn lato
his bands, and she ceo Id no loDger hesi
tate. She went torard bim. He heard
the stund of ber dress and rose hastily.
His face showed sins of irreat exnS&in.
but the sight ofNancy wn night a change
in it. He came to her and (opkedjiajier
face. -- j
"Are yoa the wtfmsn who cave me mr
supper at the house yonder, and asked me
to siav!" v
"Yes. I am."
'AadJjbnlare'nQt afraid CfptV ,
No;'l shouTd not Iiave'ctme here if I
had been. I come to see you. I did not
know bat I mii:ht help vou."
"You arc 1 good woman. I am a bad
man. '
"You cannot be wholly bad. You
hve raised this cross here,"
"Do you think'sot Do you aav so!"
he cried, eagerly. "Oh! look at me, tell
me that again." Nancy looked steadily
at him, trying again to recall his
features.
"No,"hesaid,del.beratelr, "Ton are
npi wuouy uai, ana you- nave suffered
niucb for what you have done."
"I have sullered hell for ten Years. You
are a good woman, l nave told nobodv
les, 1 have at last told the world. Ltt
me tell you here." He seized ber hand
ana are uer near toe cross. jo you
see -this cross! Do you 'see of how man v
pieces of wood it is built! I have been
ten years building it. Ye, ten yeari
it was ten years ago. oce, uut piece is
from Malaga. I was born in Malagand
I went back there first; but I could
not stay there. And that is from Brazil,
And (bat is from Alexandria. I bought
1 1 of a G reek. He said i t was a bit of the
true cross; but he lied. I give him all I
had for it, and I put it in the middl
see there: out it never drove itout of my
heart. And there bot a country where
I've n .t been and brought away a bit of
the wood. It's all the work of my own
hands; and I thought when I fioished the
cross it would go awav. And I worked
patiently, thouch the men mocked roe.
And It's tu.t i Our awav. Thea .1 thou eh t
Then J thought t
' . rrC' .?.!
Ul'plantecl it right here,' right herei thft
ould'be-thecnd; but-SV wasuH. And
now 1 have cut my name and what I did
n it, that all the world may see; and, 0
God.it's nn tneyet! Wlere shall I go?.
Shall I lay myself down there, 'side of
him and the boy? YeVe tired. Sit ye
down and I'll (ell it all to you..
No? Ye'll not sit down? Ye'll stand
by the cross. It's all cut on it.
Ye can read it. Tliat's the story.
Itequiescat in pace. I, Daniel Mora,
seaman, did in a passion kill the skipper
of the schooner Nanty and his boy, and
scuttled the 2ancy about two league to
the eastward of this crots which I set up,
and may God have mercy on my oul.,
Ye'll say now that I'm not a bad man?
Ye'Jl not be afraid of me now? O blessed
mother, take it away! Take it away Yes,
it waa ofT'there, where ye're looking. Ob;
but it was terrible wijy don't ye speak!
Do ye see anything? Oh! do you we ill
1 bound them in the cabin after I after
they were I didn't take any money. It
was not for that. Thire was nothing
but ballast in the Ndjng. My God' The
judgment day.
Out of the blue water, under the sun
set sky, slowly there was rising; as they
iookci, uie roasts ami then tlie bull ot a
spectral sctiofisor. ball-careened over. 1
. . . '
water-logijwl. slimy.
. Xo sound was
heanl; but the silent witness to
Mora's words lay before them, moving
sluggishly on the water. To-day the in
cessant romnjr'Ol tcajears had'raleajed
Mora's eyes startcxl from beneath their
shaggy brows, as he graced the cross and
then clutched at his companion's dress.
He did not sec her. He only saw the
witness, on which his eyes fixed with a
look of despair.
"Dicre! Joliu Dacre!" he cxwd,
stretching out bis hands imploringly to
the hulk.
"Ay! ay!" said a voice at his side, and
be turned suddenly. The woman stood
before him, bur bands clasped tightly be
fore ber.
"He was my hatband. To at boy was
my child." The man fell at her feet.
"!Ue, Daniel 31tra. I am not thy
judge. I am a- sinner, like you." But
she herself boacd low upon th ground.
Her forehead toached the cros, which
carried tlte tale of her old grief and this
man's crisnr. Daniel Mora crept thither
alo, ualii at lencth be felt two cold
bands laid on his head. - ,
Gd be merciful to us
siaaersr she
satd. And he repeated tlte prayer after
her. Ilratt E SetnUtr, i zJU Imlfyetni
rJ. Progros iu Turkey.
It is thoaght by many that there has
been no progre, infTuricv Without
expressisg any opftslea. we can -state""
few fact which, beiag facts, can not be
contradicted. At the time of Salesman
the Magnificent, Turkey was, on the
whole, very little, if at all, brhtad Eu
rope. The horrors of the Inquisition and
of St. Barthol-me. the cruelty of Philip
II. and Henry VIII . fully equaled any.
thing of the watt in Turkey at .tise time.
Since that period Christcnc'om bat ad
vanced in the arts and sciences bey-md
Turkey; while the appalling hnrrvis of
the French Kcvoluti n, the Commune,
the Cuban war. American slavery, and
the ltnsiaa ksovt, and many other is
stances too cownsoe, too awful, and too
recent to le foro tea, have shown cs
there is stid too msch of the tiger blood
remaining in oar saturo to ecaWe us to
be too free in condemning Tcrkrsb atroc
ities when they are fighting to proerre
their national existence. Bat granting
that up to the time of the Greek Revolu
tion Europe had completely distanced
Turkey, we find that since that time
there have teen really great kosI
changes and innovations tn Turkey, most
of Oh a improvements and reforms. Be-.
lig-oas toleration, which, as regards all
sects bat the M Iem, existed in Turkey
before it was evea dreamed of ia Christen
dom, has bees extended to Mohamme
dans, and a mn xasy now ia Turkey ac
cept any faith be chirtsc, and be actual.
ly protected in it. Such absolute toler
ati-m exists elsewhere only in Great Brit
ain, the United States, and Germany, and
one or two ol the minor states of t-a-
roue. Numerous periodicals have bees
established in Cbastsnlinoplc, Smyrna,
and elsewhere, and the censorship of the
press is lesopprcMtve than in .Franc.
.Numerous works hive been printed,
and scholars like Achmet VcdauPashh
would be creditable to any people. Mil
iury and medical colleges, and numer
ous universities and educational institu
tions. sBo60rtcd"bvthe bv
private enterprise, bare been tounded.
,.r, j o . . ,
rule the arcriatJorToi tfia'UiBie and r-
lirious works of every manner of belief
is carried p, throughout the empire with
penect rrccaom. lac. wwy 'ami4iavy
arc orzanized .and armed entirely upon
Airoxaa moaeu. witn tee excepuoa oi
the irrezular sWicry, and tu any ox the
ofScera and members of the government
have been educated abroadV -l&a ame
trade in women has been practically abol
ished, and there is a strong tendency to
introduce reforms in the garb and rega
Utioni of the harem itself. And, to
crown all. a legislative hody has Lweo or
gauized, and Moslem and Christian have
bean placed ta an equality. These and
numerous other reforms have all been ac
compliihed within forty years, and have
naturally met with opposition from the
conservatives, while the brevity of the
time that baa since elapyed does nut allow
.. . ... -..it- .r
) t. 1UI1 I IVjUUC Vt Ul UU.HWIC I
sults. But it ii only fair to the Turks to
allow them credit for' tlie refirms they
have attempted to accomplish, and for
the fact that if some ofthese reforms had
depended upon the fanaticism ofi the na
tive Christians, little would iBSTT. been
done in this direct ioa.-r-S.. Q. JfBuja-
in, ia iurv a iuyiWi
A sootcu subaltern at uturallar was
one day on 'guard with another officer,
who, falling down a precipice, was
killed. He made no mention of the ac
cident in bis f cuard report, leavinc die
addendum. "N. B. Nothinc cxtraordi
nary since iruard-mountinc," standing
with6ul dualjfication. Some hours after
w,c,'.c'Ui,'J, -T T
exnlanation. savlnp: "ou sav. sir. in
i ..z Ti :. .... .1 1 w
your reort, 'Nothing ex'trawdiuary
since cuard-mouutinir.' when voor broth-
1-r officer, on duty with you, hss 'fallen
down a prrcipice four hundred feet and
beenfclltedr
aWceL ih" replied he, "I dinna think
there's ouything extraordinary in 1t;
if he'd faun doon a precipice four bun
dred feet. and no been kilted, I shoold
liac thought it vary extraordinary indeed,
. . I . f . ? .
ana waa uae put u aoon in my repon.
p
"CivtLiZATios." said a father to his in
quiring son, the other day, "differs from
barbarism in this: the one kills lis ene
mies off at, six. thousand .paces with
cannon-ballr the -'other -cuts. oi.tbeir
beads with a sabre at close quarter."
A loxelt Keoktikbachclor wants to
. ,7;.:.- i. j.i 1.. 1 1 i-ZZ
years old.
An Afrkaa Bf lie in Fall Costume.
In one tribe through whose territory he
passed after leaving Tanganvika, Lieu
teoaot Cameron found the women much
more regarded tbaa is usual among Afri
cans, and Consequently they were much
more fashionable thai the rest .of their
sek in that hannv coun'trv. Onc"of life
i.im. .iy ill. Miinirv i. r ri t i ii-niM-ii in
" . ' "J ":.
--
f'a r..ap ia a aiirr
Daniel!01 pc0", miSi-ars. riciwiajas, uu
. . . t.-t i
really ladylike In her manner. It was
great fun showing her a looking-xla.
Lshe bad never seen one before, and was
half afraid of it, and ashamed to show she
ws afraid. She is a very dressy body,
double rows of cowries round her head,
beside Clipper, iron, and irorr ornaments
stuck in her hair, and jut above and in
front of each ear a tassel of red and white
bead a.A!argencck! ace of shel 1 s w a rou n d
her neck, and round her waist a stnng of
opal - colored singnmatzT, and a rope
raade of strings of red beads. Her front
apron was a leopard skin, and the rear
tsne of colored grass cloth, with its fringe
strung with beads, and cowries sewed en
it in a patum; bright iron rings were
round her ankles and. copper and irery
bracelets on her amii. Her hair was
shared a little back from ber furehead,
and three lines, each about a quarter of
an Inch wide, ere painted below. The
nearest one to the hair was red, the next
blaek, and the next white; and, to crown
all. she was frrshlv anointed with oil,!
and Itfti'ced. sleek and shiny. Her upper 1 1
Spw a perforated, and apiece of stoae
ifixMted, until the lip protruded a couple
of inches, git icg a hideous expression to
the face and making her articulation quite
ladstiBCt"
A Strange Woman.
It wsald aceo, judging from the hero
ine of the follow mg sketch, that cleanli
ness is not necessary to perfect health. A
wealthy English widow, of the first
George's-time, never allowed her room to
be cleansed, and the windows were so in
crsstrd with dirt as ta permit scarcely
any light. She reasoned that, when
atkeal f.ir an explanation . If the rm
were wetted she might catch cold; if the
windows were cleaned glass miht be
broken and somebody hurt. .She never
washed herself for fear of cold, as a sub.
stltstc ski anointed her face and Beck
with a little milk and bog's lard, finished
oS with a touch of roc pink on her
cheeks. She was methodical in her hab
its, oaticg with one favorite knife, fsxk
and plate, and drinking out of one cup.
She had excellent health, ahbnrrcd physk
and doctors, and cot wo new teeth at the
age ifgGij -seven. She had no near re-.
lattoas, and refused to see those mare
diVuaily Mated. Oae pleasant charac
teristic is recorded - she had-a large, wcil-
kept garden. In which she pssed the
most of ber time reading Although she
lived entirely through the reiga of the
First sod Second Georges, and farinas
lha:,of be Third, she continued to wear
fadnopsrf the time of George First as L
ing these of her married life. Netwith
stasdiogthis, she was every wlwe treated
ilb respect. Perhaps her gold sad
sometbinir to do with that, however. Hr
ausehId cossistcd of one servant (xa
d'ata), two lap-dog and a cat; aad
tltese were ber only compantona. tshe
sunived until extreme eld age.
Hitts rot Oiatja. Somebody gives
the follow ieg a-lvice to girls. It is worth
Tolssi s of fiction and seatimcntaliun -
"Men who are worth having want wom
en lor Wisal. ' A tiundle cewgaws.
bgend with a stringf fiats and quavers,
tswiaklcd biTaia& aad set iaa"car-
(Dine saucyr ima as 00 ranp iui a uia
bo expects to raise a family of boys on
bread aad meat. The piano and lace
frames are good in their place, aad so
are the ribbess, frills and tassels; but
you cannot make a dinner of the former.
nor a tcd-blankrt of the latter and
awfsl aa the idea mav seem to you, both
dinner and bed-blanket arc necessary to
domestic happiness.
"i.tte bas iu relations as well as it
fancies; betjoa taikeall its decorations.
remembering the tassels acd curtaics,
but f nrettine the bedstead. Suppose a
man of rood sense, and, of course, good
prwjiect, to be looking for a wife, what
chance have you to le chosen! You may
trap him. but bow much better to make
it an object for him to catch you I If you
should entrap and marry an industrious
yotwg man, and deceive . hias. be would
be unhappy as long as be lives, so ren
der yoursetves worth catching, aud you
oeed no shrewd mother or brotner to rec
ommend jou.and belp you find a mar
ket." -
-I iti-
Au. Wobk ajtd No Plat It is unfair
to expect your boys and girls to work
ban! at home while they are attending
sih-Vd. To acquire an education is at
this period the business of their lives. If
reluctant to learn their daily lessons they
should sternly-bs obliged to do so. They
should bc"tsught alike,1 that from this
there is no possible escape and that be
yond it nothing is required of them. The
. r -1 " , - .t I- I . t. .1 u
rest 01 uie a ay is ineira, aou incy auouia
be permitted, in all innocent ways,to pass
it as they listto frolic and to play, the
prcr5gaUe" and -necessity of youth,
whether in the Jower or higher animal
creation. But through fear of creating
habits of lazittrss, parents too often ex
act labor of their children after study
hours, and thus, while yearalsff for play
and needed recreation, under these cir
cumstances work becomes absolutely re
pugnant, Jo .them. This is the way to
make Jack a dull lad, aad to establish the
very habits it was intended to avoid for
a boy that works reluctantly U only
happy when that work is finished, and he
is thus tempted to slight and skim it over,
that ho may Uie sooner be released. Is
Ibis way hot only are the habits of lazl
aesa created, but of negligence, and of a
deep-seated dislike of work which oitea
cling through life.
Lire Is shortened by Indulgence in
aniri-r. ill-will amirtv. envv. cricf. sor
row, and excessive care. The vital pow
crs are wasted by excessive bodily excr
clic(U.'oe. cases, atid waat of a due
poruoa IB oincra.
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it with Mir ewn day. 31 arm, twea, irnsiL,Uer treatpd hisa with indignity and
on bis axis in H hosva 37 minutes 22 sec-1 riolence.
oads and 7 tenth-parts f a second. So'
that Mars requires 41 minutes 13 seconds.
and six-tenths ef a second longer to turn
hb small body once round tbaa our earth
requires to tarn round her much larger;
body. The commoa day of Mars is, how
ever, only about S3 minutes longer than
that 01 our common day.
Mars has a long year, taking no lets
than OST of our days to complete bis cir
cuit round the sun, so that bis year lasts
onlv about one month aad a half less
than two of ours.
Like the earth. Mars hat seasons for
bis polar axis, like that of the eaith, is
aslant, and at one part of his year bring
his northern regions mere fully into sua-
light, at which time summer prevails
there and winter in his southern regions;
when at the opposite part of his year his
southern regions are turned more fully
sunward aad have their summer, while
winter prevails over his northern regions.
Around bis poles, as around the carta a,
there are gnat masses ot ice, insomuch
that it is very doubtful whether any in
habitants of Mars have been able to pen
etrate to the poles, any more than Kane
or Hayes, or hares or Parry,dcspite their
courage and endurance, have been able to
reach our northern pole, or Look or
Wilkes or James Ibss our Antarctic pole.
In the summer of either hemisphere of
Mars, the north Polar snows become
greatly reduced in extent, as is natural,
Idle In winter they reach to low lati
tudes, showing that in parts of the planet
corresponding to the United States, or
mid-Europe, as to latitude, bitter cold
must prevail for several weeks in 1 acces
sion. Fnf.Il.A. Prettor, in St. .YieAofai.
Daxiel WrnsTER gave a reception to
some Western lawyers one evening, short
ly after the succession of President Tyler
aad the dissolution of Ircsident Harri
son's Cabinet. Among those present
were Mr. Stanbery, late Attorney-General,
and a bashful gentleman by the name
of Leonard. They were presented, made
their compliments to their host and boa
ts, and Leonard, to get out of harm's
way, made for one of those nonsensical
little gilt and satin chairs which are not
made to be sat in, but which adorn all
drawing-rooms. To make things dead
sure, Leonard tilted his chsir backward,
and down it went, smashed, crackling in
a crowded drawing-room, and, of course,
Leonard the unfortunate was also Leon
ard the observed. Webster rushed to the
wreck of the "Backeje," extended both
bands to him, and hauling him up, said:
"Why, Mr. Leonard, you ought to know
that no entbiMt-cfrk will bold together
here." There was a general laugh, and
Leonard did not again try satin chairs
that were not made to be sat ia.
Ax old lady with a large family.llving
sear a river, was asked if she did not live
ia constant fear that some of ber chil
drea would be drowned. "Oh, no," she
replied; avre have only lost three or four
in that way."
Progmg In Cllni.
re last budget of Chinese news indi
es decided progress t)4ard) an aban
iment of the old ruts on" the part of
Celestial empire. Half a dozen new
-is have bees opened for trade with
wjld; the pt-stal terticc has bren ex
dnl, and. the Government is makiag
wt preparations lo secure a rice exhiw
iou of the art and irsda.lries of the
intry at the Paris Exposition. Under
t Viceroy, Li-Hung Chang, China has
jle enormous strides In material nroi-
rity. Should the little Emperor Tia-'i
a die, there is little doubt that U-ing-Cliag
would declare-the present
nasty out and assume :tbe iaaprial
nors himself. He is the bead and
nt of Chinese progress, and bis own
avince of Cbilili shows the impress of
i hand. If the Viceroys of the remain-
seventeen provinces were folly in
m pithy with this remarkable man,
are is Utile doubt that th old barriers
ukl all be demolished and Chins would
entirely open to the introduction of
refcu ideas. Li-Hunc-Cbang has ea-
sraged the introduction of steam navi-
tion on the vast rivers of China, and to
.y several native and American and
itish lines of steamers are in operation
xn Shanghai to Hong Eoog and Can-
m, a distance of 1,000 miles, and be
f (OS Shanshal and Kaato w, a distance
' 700 miles. Telegraph lines hare beea
HBtnecced this year, and a railroad is
operatlun between Woosung and
kanghsi, a ditttnoeof fifteen miles. The
tifnese base resisted such adTaaeed dv
izarioe. but its triumph, is only a ques
n of use. The interior provinces of
ioa, acccsuble by great rivers, are
errseutly wealthy, and c-mtaln cities
f creat manttnJe and importance.
hese trade has excited the cupidity of
aM foreigners, who have chafed sadcr the
tx tractions placed in their way. The
British have forced their way into many
A these trade bonanzas by threats, and
their Chinese trarSc is to-day greater thsci
that af any other nation. The Chiaeso
are pccsiiarly a nation of traders, and as
the fureign wedge has gained anaotraace
sstto their persistent excluslvesest, asd
they are perceiving that what ts good
, for the reretgers is root tor tnem also.
Itswee is Mule doubt that tb aaemscest !
reitra which for seme tbcctaad cet runts
has bees closed ta the world will before
leeg beecime a rich trade arena for the
nations. LtsittJU Cwitr-JtunUL
Stn IsjLsxNxrw-Tux Ax ETAxrr.r. rou
Bora. In the middle sf the teventeenth
eaatary there was an English boy of mean
aad diminutive appearance, and behind
. It i. , .l: IT. ...
fj. lastly at the foot of his class, aad verily
it was relieved that this boy would be
come only a bungler of some kind, for
Mtrrly the sul of learning was sot ia
Us.
At the age of twelve a change wai
wrought in the character aad ixune. of
the youth that had never obtained axc
ward ef merit," and was regarded by
teacher and schoolmates as aa inferior
At this time aa altercadoa tcolc palace
between this bsckward boy aed tbeoce
The pride of the bnr was outraged. He
COaki not revenge the insult bv a blow,
because be was too weak to cope. Xtth
his opponent physically. How. thea.
shall be humble his assailant! Here-
solved to surpass him. in study, to get
above him in the class, and there remain,
to !"iYt dosrn hmb Mr eaemr aad clin
from him the laurels he so la discreetly
wears. He resolved accomplished; be
cause a most devoted scholar cos
menced a career of glory; aud Sir Isaac
. s r.L 1 x ,
ewion appcaxca am a acj tv uiwa
the mysteries of motion, aad a true chart
of the stupendous csi verse.
A Powekiti. Stk-itaoeji or Rhet
oric Monsieur Chair drt Ange re
cent! r died in Paris. He was oae of the
greatest lawyers of France, a&d his great
est triumph at the bar, aad one o( the
greatest triumphs ever obtained at the
bar, was achieved In the case ol a maa
called Bencit whom he was prosecuting
for pandde. uenoit Had all aloec pcr
sisted ia declaring he was innocent, add
there was cothiag bat circamrtaatial
deuce against hia. Ji. Csaix dbst
Ange resolved to employ one of the
most startling and dramatic figures -of
rhetoric ever used in a court of law.
Turning to the prisoner he placed the
scene of the murder ta vivid aad sink'
ing language before him:
"There," he cried, "sat yvrat father.
quietly reading the paper, near the win
dow. He could not see,. wlto came into
the room. You paused one moment and
then raised the hatchet "
"Yes. ves!" cried Bcaoit, "that's it
that's how I did it!"
Whst the repeated inttrrogatlves of
me examining nsaguiraies uau
elicit from the murderer was ioreei irom
him by the eloquence of the baftuW.
1
Got Esocoa Tobacco ax Last. On
the 20th of August a curious case, of poi
soninc by nicotine occurred la Turia
Giovanni Delogces, aged 17, visited that
city in compliance with aa Invitation
from his uncle. After diatag" be joined
hit uncle aad several rneaur-ia tao
room allotted him limine hit stav in
Turin. There they draaWiight wise aad
smoked continually uatil the early hours
When the company separated he did not
cease smokia? until nearly overwtde by
sleep. His room was eompletely im
prrguated with isioke, aad the you ag
man. suffocated bv the excessive auanlitv
of nicotine he had echaled, never woke'
gain, although every effort was made
to revive him. Dr. Tester, of Turin,
was of the opinion that death wss- the
result of poisoniag by nicotine.
We shou'd not be too hasty la bestow
loir either our Braise or our eeasun on
mankind, siace we shall oftea he jach
a mixture of coed aad tyil ia tha came
character that it mav require a very ac
curate judgment aad a very elaborate ia5
qolry to determine oa which side the bal
ance tura.-ttVMriv' !
; rim , , ,9 y
Skolelofr Storming a EIonlt!
He bad four regiments of the line, and '
four taltaIions of iharpthnoten. Still
keeping up his murderous fire, he formed -under
its cover two regiments, the Vhw
dlmiraki and theZoozoskf, in the little -hoHowat
the foot of the low hill on
which was built the redoubt, together
with. two. battalions of shapshootersnot
more, than twelve hnndreu yards from
the scarp. Then placing himself in the-
uesi poiiuon lur waicmng tnc zesuii, n
ceajxxl fire and ordered the advance. He -ordered
the aaaaslting partynot to fire,
aad they rained forward with their guns .
on their shoulder, with music playing
acd baaners flyingr aad disappeared, in
tiit fog and mmo-. akobeloffu the only
gt&crai who places himself near enough
to fttl the pulse of a battle. The ad-
tsaclng column0 -was Indistinctly seen,aj
dark mats in tb fog aad smoke. Feel;
icg. as it were, every throb of the battle,
he sac iluSiine begin to waver and, besi- ,
tale. Upon the instant he burled for- t
ward a rival regiment to support, and'
ajfais watched the result. This new
&ce carried the mass further oo wiUt
its mosactunx, bat the Turkish redeabt -
1
dssed and sacoxed, and poared JoriUw ,
such a torrent. of bullets that the lias .
au again shaken. SkobeJoo stood In
the shower of balls unhurt. AJ1 his es-"
cort were killed or wounded, erea lo the -little
Kinrbiz, who received bultef io
the shoulder. Again be saw tbe'liae; -besitate
and waver, sad he ftoag hisf j
fourth aad but regiuaeac, the Iibastkr
r the glacis, Agaia this sew wave car-'
ried the preceding ones forward until
they were almost on the scarp; bet that
deadly shower of willetf poured upon' -them;
men dropped by hundreds, anda
the rerult stilt remained docbtfaL --Tt
lineocce wore wavered and hesitated ..
Not a momeat was to be lost, if the rc-
doubt was to be carried.
SkobeloS had now only two battalioai'
af sharpshooters left, thebet is his de3
tachmcat. Putting himself at the bead--
of these, be dashed forward tn --ihme-t
bade U picked- up ths a$xbtfsi hx
reached the vavensgf ductsaUsgT kxja
and gave it ue iaipiratyi of t&j&fdrtg?
asd iTM'n-r-w-.. lie nicked tLew Dbli
' mats aad carrietl it forward witjf a -TssiT
and a cheer. The
w&ote redoubt vu a-
smoke, from wtxicir .
axis of Same aad
defiaace arose, -with the decp-taoe& bclf
losnng of the cimon, aad, aborcali, the
.aw -
steady, m.cn in ot xnaz acauiy nae.
... , JT- 1 . t ".i.s
uc saoocioil s sworu u cat ta i '
ta. the taiddf e. Thea, a mocieax later,'
wfcea jtar on the print of Ieapiaf'i3e
ditch, horse aad maa rolled together cm:
the groasii, the horse dead cr woaedtd
the nder catoached. Hespraag to his
feet wih a (boat, thcaTwita.a formidable
savage yelV the "whole mass of mea'
streamed over the ditch, ever the scarp1
aad counterscarp, over the parapet, aaa
swept isto the rrdaubt like a narrkat-Ksi
Thetr bavooeutsade aacrx wort f tfcc'
TmrEs still Twvni Then a Joyojw
cheer tUd that the redpebt was qptcrcd.
saataatatUitoae ot the oateascs 01
Picrna.waa ia the baadsof tLc Roisiaa?.
Having seen as much ar I hare sees
of the Turkish iafaatry fire" Irorn be
hiad rreccbe awl Valla; I tawazfet it
sraa-beToadfeahacd blood to brtckw,
a briicf which had been strragiteaed hi
Kirtofl s repciva, wnica X &ad. just mt
acased. Siabcloffprured the coptrarj,
but at what a facrificel Ia that 'sh'sit
rash of a few fcuadred rards. 3.000 sen
had been lft oa the 'hillside, oa the
elacis, the acarp aad .tfaa? ditch ose-
loerth of, his whose force. i beiicte that
Skobelorioks npoa such, atuckx, upca
saca posiuoas as auaass. cruuaai..aau
disapproved highly tle'wnole flia of at
tack oa Plevaa; bit he believes tiiar ff
any attack is to be Made it caa oaly fee
doce ia siaiasaer;aa4 JhsA alxr:s(w
the Ioaf sacxi aaay b rrtar, UisJbeMar
that thaloM ahoald be. xaccrrtd aad. the
victory woa, tbaa half tEe ls wiiK t5a
certslntv. ot defasi. SkobeToJ seenxs to
Ie the o'alr one aaoog the Hussiaa' rta-
. r ... . - - '
erais wno nave atuaiM toe Amexreaa.
war with profit. LerM Sort. '
The Japanese 'lcst48ittl'
The asost popular of all the eating
houses of Toxin, is the Matsuda, 'oa
the Ginxa, at KipbashL This is really
aa. immense establlshmeat haviagc
commodsiiba for S, W0 custom ers at aee.
It is owced by n weaiihy wxMaaa aasadd
Mstsoda aae, by whoa it wsisjicst
opened la 1ST3. No rooms are let Car lodg
iag purposes, acd, the patross arc Kostly
reaideau of Tokio, though occailoaally
a rural party'taay be seea staring at"the
anacccstnaiccl sights about theas; to tSe
no snail amusement of their fecbaa
ceigfcfeee. The castosaer ia gineaa
Bunsbarad ticket oa ecleriag, by which bis
account with the housejs k.epc A
rooBis are Yurnished la s m i-Ibrtigast Vie,
but most preserve their Jipaachvrc
ter aad the food Is almost eatiraly aatov.
The "billof fnr incladea -torn' tweely
MAatdb)hea, raaging- La price frasa
are to iftMa sro, each, ta c4sf8 de
peadiag lately on. the state of tie- fish
market. W hile no meat is served, fols
are cooked ia a number of fornuanJ'kll
kinds of liquors cab be obtained" The
Matsuda i opeaed at eight -Vclelc,,iu
ihe otomissg aad ckd:.absit siaevor
Julf-psat aiaeia theeveaing:. The sxasi
Bt hour are at midday aad aftar auaaet,
when the fifty, attcadaata ara Jtept vary
1 1 active by the crowd of hungry and
uirsiy piLiuuj, aw tuc f. ' "i"J UJ(
restaurant looks most attractive- sight
whea'the rows' of laateras nadtstv-the
aaveA'aaxheBtaaainadda o the.whole
buUdins; ahowiasf thug paaes of col
ored riass, pnssent a Tcry gay apwearaace.
T0B0 Japan) Xoct.
CossTAKnsoi'LS has a- clrctmrereace
of about tbirteea jailaa. Its harbor, the
"Go Idea Hora," is a loag, capacioua is
let oT the Bvxphorus, runnlaj along the
aortheaat side or "the city, with suakTeat
depth foe the largest vessels, aad capable
of receiving 1,200 sailing tssmLs at oae
tiate. ,
. Thkrk are V,W0 lodep of Kaijjhl's of
PjtW ijUs.U oiled WUm, WrthaTtotal
membership of 150,000,. ; uoo asi t