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t Ijc fet (Drcgottian. iutcx or ADrKJ.TMr.vr. tjr coijr. One inch, Erst Insertion. , $2& Each iubjequwt insertion, 1 00 mustier. EVERY SATURDAY MQRNINQ, The ast Or:slaa PuBlUalnz Ccnpaay MAJX'HTRKIX Tin by coatrtct, BuHkm uMen la r- UK pra&l BKatXljr. . Katoa of Mmbarrlptloa In fwlat : One Vetr, In aavum. as 10 SU MonUu . . 1 SO T)ut itonthl ". . 1,(0 Stae.lt OopwA.......... 10 VOL. 3. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH IG, 1878. NO. 24. If IK Vfll? li xrml rtkmttm.4j puck U lOMT ,flM, . .. . A 'Water Lily at Evening. Sleep, lily oa the lake. Without one troubled dream Tbr lmbetl repose to break. Until the morn In c beam . Shall open thy glad heart again, To live lit llfeapart from piln. SoAtlllls thy repose, Sopnre thy petals seem, ' As heaven would here disclose . lu peace, and we might deem A soul in each white Illy lay, -4 Paaaloaless, from the hands of day. l'et bat a Cower thou art, " " ""Toraairel ne'er, or salut, Thoagh kept oa earth apart From every earthly taint, A life co passionless could know. Amid a world of human woe. 3m Baggies' Charge. "Don't you think I can manage to get through?'' asked a man in the undress uni f.trm of a United States Army officer. "I thisk I kin," answered his com. paaioa. "Then I shall go through with you," said the officer, with determination. "Cap'n,. there aint a mile o' the coun try we'll hev ter go over that ain't just swarain with redskins. I never see so many oa 'cm as 1 did last sight. One might be able ter git threw- all right; bat tteo'd be just about sartin ter hev thir har lifted." "Nevertheless, I must take the risk. My wife, whom I have cot seen for two vears, U lying at the point of death with in a hundred miles of me, and I must see her at all hazArds." "I never bed harder work ter git threw ia all my life than I hed last night, per sisted the guide, "I ain't much skeery ax a geal thing, bat I tell you. cap'n,tbe hal coastry's alive with them red Tar mints." "Bat I shall make the attempt, Nat. You got through safe last night; we may do so to day. C-ime, let's be off." I've telfed yer jest ax 'tin, an If yer say so, I'm ready to start.' The speaker was Nat Haggles, a well known scout, who, for more than tea years, had made his head-quarters at Port Mason, on the headwaters of the Llano. Xat was a Mexican half-breed, weigh ing aot more than ninety poundi, about five feet ten inches in height, with long, coarse hair, keen black eyes, great lan tern jaws, and sallow, beardless cheeks. He rode a large, powerful mustanz, without saddle or bridle, gliding the animal entirely by pressing his knees against its sides. Nicely balanced be fore him, be carried a long, murderous lookisg Kentucky rifle, heavily mounted with silver, and in his belt a pair of nary revolvers. JIis,companion, a young man, scarce' t twenty-fix-! years of age, bad that morn ing received information that his wife, on ber way to join him, was detained at Fort Mason by a dangerous illness. It was the determination to return with the scout who had brought the news that gave rise to the -conversation recorded aboTeX "Cap's, you'd ought ter her an escort of at least twenty men, if joa will go," remarked the guide. "Twenty menP queried the oScer. "Why, there are only sixty men at the post. Not oae can be spared, for the post is likely to be attacked at any time." "That's true, cap'n; there don't seem ler be no other way, does tbarl Wal, I'm ready ter start. We shall have ter do some tall ridin', an I don't jest like the look ev that critter er yoarn."' "Nor do I; but he has the most endur ance of a By animal at the post." That may be, but it's speed he's got ter ber, too, an' them legs er too stocky ter git very fast." "Past or not, he's all I have, and I shall take the risk. If we're attacked, we mast fight our way through; there's no other way." "Well do the best we kin, cap'n. Now loner, iteen any. After riding about five miles. Nat sud denly baited. Dismounting, he placet! his ear to the grouad. "n bat is 111" anxiously inquired the "An ItjuBcamp. Tain't a thousand yards stead, either. Can't you hear 'em P Both listened. There was no mutak lag the tramp of unshod horses upon the fiower-corered turf ahead. "What eaa we do?" anxiously asked the captain. The guide looked about him for a few moments, with a troubled face, and then said: "We mast hide in the chaparral till Bight comes, an' then charge 'em. Thar's Gray Ho on our riuhL and Him- rw on oar left. We can't git past 'em. but ie ur cnaaces to charge em arter dark." "But need we wait till nightr earnestly "la course we must," was the curt au swer. "We kin hide in tiiii n dr. r. rise thoBch it is riskv- tmt r talkia' here, they'll find assure; so come along." Tbev led their horses intn ih chaparral that grew in the bottom of the Arrjt; tien seMisg themselves upon the grouno, uey waiieu lor uie long hours to pass, to quietly that even their horses seemed to understand the necessity for siteace, and made bo Boise. Night came at last, and the guide Easi ly aiid, "It's dirk eaosgh sow; git ready." - Tbe darks ew was ladeed iatease, but they straggled to the top of tbe rariae, and tbe camp-fires of Ute foe, each one markiBg tbe eatrasce to a lodge, were ia plain view, appareatly oaly a short dis tance before them. "Take a pistol in each hand; keep jer boss as sign aoreast er miae ex yer kin, aa' be keerful ter keep movia' yerself from side ter side, like a Injun. Keep clas by me, a&d yell all tbe time like mad. Do as I do, aa' maybe we kia git threw; bat doa't forget tcrshoot at every Injaa jar see on yer side; aa' if aaytbisg "A.rsafe of hUli callvd by that asme. happen?, why, ROod-bv,ci..'n; don't fot git Nat Ruggles," said thof-jide, in low tones. r A shake of the hands, a'stlent good-by, and two dark forms made their way can. tiously towards the camp-fires. Not a sound, save that proceeding from the en campment, was to be heard. Even the hoofs of their horse seemed to have been shod with down, so noiselessly did they more. ;Now come abreast, an' ride straight ahead," whispered the guide, laying his hand upon the officer's bridle-rein. The next instant, with a yell that sounded like the shriek of a demon, tbe guide urged fall mustang forward. IUght through the centre of the encampment they went, neck and-neck, flank by flank, side by side. With every bound of thtir horses' feet was to be heard the terrific yells of the riders, accompanied by the sharp piny of the bullets from their revolvers at any In dian who stood in tbe way. On they rode, those two furious horse men, forcing their steeds over blazing fires, through the very camp oT the aston ished warriors, in their headlong course. Tbe Indians were panic-ttricken as the two grim, phantom-like riders galloped through the encampment. A few re tained presence of mind enough to sh.-vrt arrows at the horsemen; but before the mass of the savage had fairly, recovered from their consternation, both men lnd passed beyond their reach. On they rode, out into the dark prairie beyond, fortunatelv unharmed. After making a couple of miles, thry paused and listened. Far behind they heard upon tbe night air tbe sounds of puriuit "They're waked up at last," remarked tbe guide with a quiet chuckle. "Well bear to the right an then doubte on em." To the right we rode, until tbe dull thud of their horses' hoofs upon the soft earth was the only sound tbey heard. Ilere they paused to allow their horses to take breath, restoring the saddle and bridle from the captain's hone that he might roll; then they again mounted and rode towards the fort. At daybreak they came to a little stream of water, where they stopped to permit their horses to dnnk, and to reload their revolvers ; fur they did not expect to reach the fort without again encountering their pursuers. Thus they journeyed until sunrise. when the guide rode bis mustang to the top of tbe divide, and gazed long and earnestlr over the country. At last his keen eyes detected four or five deskv forms in the dim distance, and hastily de scending, 'the two once more urged their animals forward at the top oi their speed. On tbey went over the green plain. their horses seeming almost to fly, so great was their speed. "Can you bold out half an hour long- erf" inquired the guide, through his set teeth. I don't know," was the answer. You must," was the stern reply, and on they rode, the mustang apparently foil of endurance, tbe officers borse nearly blown. Hold a tight rein, an' don't be afraid of the spurs," said Nat, glancing be hind him. "They re comin a dozen on 'em." "He can't hold out long," muttered tbe captain, remarking the uneven gait of his horse. "He mustr was the only answer. On, on tbev rode. It was for life now. and they knew it. Behind were their punuera, each moment gaining on them. .ice a. ana ncca rpea uie two norses. "Oh, if he only could bold out!" is the thought of the captain, he turns a de spairing loot behind, l er, the savage are gaming on them; there s no doubt about that. Old Nat suddenly raiset tils hand, and points with bis long, bony finger at some thing on tbe distant prairie before them. "What is it! I can't see," asks his com panion. "Look again, old fellow, look again ; tn' keep that burse well in band." Agun tbe officer looks, but sees bo th ing, and querulously says, "Why can't you tell me what jou seel" "See, man I" mutters the auide. "Can't you see that flag a flyin'1 That's the flag oa old Mason's; but 1 won't do us no good if yer don't hurry up that old boss. They're comin1 behind thar like the windl" Every effort failed to arouse tbe lag. ging steed; he was doing aad had done bis best. His every motion was watched by Nat, who saw his wavering strides each momeat grow wesker and weaker. He called to the captain to dismount aad swing himself up behind him, just as bis borse pitched forward and fell. The officer was upon bis feet in an instant, and tbe next tbe noble mustang was fly. ing over tbe prairie with his double load "ilal ha: bar laughed the guide; "yer necdn t worry aow, cap n. Old Musty's got yer, and he's sure Thar ain't no in- jun livia' that kin ketch him." And the two rode intoxort Maaon, and the story of Nat Ruggles' charge through the Comsncbes' camp has become a part of tbe history of the old fort. YouOCi Companion. a bEAPARUto uourtE. nhcu we reached Honolulu the fiist tbinir we learned was that the only hotel was shut up for repair, and would aot be open again for three months I A son of Wra. E. Dodge of New York, who came here with a daughter, on the Zealandia, to meet his wife and spend noma months with ber, found that she had left some time ago for the United States in consequence uie closing oi the hotel, and so be had an wife to meet him and no hotel to mtvi ber (a. Of courte he had to wait a month' before be could hear from her. or eet a steamer to return in, and he could aot be at all certain even then that she would sot be relureiag to meet blm here, and be woald pass her on the wsy back. In fact, I bad a sort of dreary feeling that tbey were doomed to go oa that way, like a couple of "Flying Dutchmen." sailiBg back aad frtb for ever and ever, trying to reach each other, and alwajg' pMafog oa tbe vthjilAitr frem General vemky. Weighing tbe Thanksgiving Turkey. IIcreAir! Please take this bird around to Alhro'fj aad sec how much it weighs." iieiaea;nst would the folks over the way say, to see the "Professor" walking out with a biz turker under his armf That was the wsy the thing presented itself to the good-natured cl- lege student acting as private tutor in tbe family. Bat Mrs. Simmon, the portly and practical housewife, had co such idea of the fitness of thiogi. It was the day before Thanksgiving, and the farmer whpjjad agreed to sup ply ber with a turkey ltLbsnght it, out had not weighed it, and. of course. they coald not agree oa Its weight, all ot which ended in the startling pronotitioa iui wmcn we Began. "WclL if you ain't tho laziest man 1 Just as though it was going to hurt you any to take this bird to tbe corner and baokP she went on as she saw me look- ing apparently for a hole to crawl into. but, in reslity, for the Iwojm, which, when I found, I made ute of in putting into execution a plan I had formed for weighing a turkey at home. I Hung the broom-handle to the c as- jet by a wire loop, and alid it along in the loop until it balanced. By this time all were curious to see what I was about. I then fixed a wire to the turker feet and hooked it so that it would slide on tbe broom-handle. Next I got a flat iron and fixed it in the sas.e wbt. When the broom was nicely balanced, I hung the turkey on the broom end ot the stick, two incites from tbe bslandnsr loop. Then I hung the fiat iron oa tbe other side, and shored it alonz until it balanced the turkey. Next I measured the distance of the tarkey and flat-iron from the balancing loop, and found that the turkey hunc two inches and the flat- iron eight inches from tbe balancinc loop. That was alt. 1 had found the wetcht of the turkey, and told them: Twenty-four pounds. "Do you spose l ea rolnz to belieTe all that tomfoolery! It doesn't weigh mrren twenty, I know. Here, Mazie Take this out and ak Albro to weigh it tor you "I m blamed if he hasn't hit it about right," said the farmer who bad broocbt tbe tarkey. "How did you fiad oatf -We?L you see, said I, tne flat-iron has a figure six on it; that shows it weighs six pounds. Now. if the tarkcT had not weighed more than tbe flat-iron. they would have balanced each other the same distance from th bilaecint; loop; but the tarkey was tbe heavier, o I had to move the fiat-iren out far ther. At th: same distance from tbe lom as tbe turkey (two inches), tbe flat-irea pulled six pounds wetcbt. and at ercrv addition -of that distance it would putt six pounds more. Thus, at fotj- Inches it pulled 13 pounds; at six inches eight era pounds; and at eight inches, twen ty-four pounds. At that distance it jast balanced tbe turkey, thus proving that it weighed "Well, iSaggie, what docs Albro say V -Twenty-fwur pun', mum," replied Magjrie, coming in. "Well, I give up," d Mrs. Simmon: ar.JS she did, and so do I till next time. The Adv&stigts of Early Poverty. tage to young men that they should com mence life in poverty. In explanation of this the .tatniuer end CArsmicu says: lite worst thing that can happen to a young man in college is to have a father or mother so injudicious as to keep him amply supplied with pocket-money. It is fatal to studious habits, and in the end generally fatal to good morals. This is equally the case with a touoit man In business, who is made to feel I to him "salary is no object" that a wealthy father's purse is always open to his most extravagant demands. Nodi ing develops a young man like fighting on own way in uie worm, some spur of necessity, some bracing air of adverse surruundinirs is needful to most men, if they are to put forth their whole power. The rich man's heir, nursed and petted from infancy, and shielded from bat tling with tbe world, never fairly learns to stand erect and walk alone. If by any chance be is stripped of his inherited wealth, and bat to learn to give and take hard knocks like others, he nearly a! ways goes under in the struggle at any rate, he seldom regains by his own efforts the fortune be has lost. Nearly all tbe wealthy and effective men of this country are poor men's sons. Nearly all of tbe scholars, poets, orators, statesmen, are poor men's sons. Wealth has its advantages. It is true, but, after all, the son of a rich man lo gins life with the odds against him. The poor man's son has all tbe odds in bis favor. He must work or starr. He has nothing to lose and everything to gnin. The rich man's son has already social position aad everything that mon ey can give him. There is much less to strive for and Infinitely less inducement to strive. A MtrnsTEas PnasnsT. Two ladies were engaged in earnest conversation on Jefferson arecue car recently, and one was heard to say : "Now you are all right, but what is poor me to dot I wan't to make our minister a present, but I'm afraid 111 strike on tbe very thing that forty other ladies will. Can you suggest anything!" "Let's sec," roused tho other. 'Now, if jou want to get him something that bo one else will ever dream of, you se lect a dressing gown. No one ever gives one to a minister, and I'll warrant it will pleae him." "Just the thing ."exchiraed tbe other. "Ill go borne ana cut one out," Detroit Free Prtu. Ax iron mountain, rivaling in size the famous Iroa mountain of Missouri, is re ported to have been discovered in Colfax county, New Mexico. Tho reputed pur ity of th ore. la connection with tho large quantities of coal abounding ia Colfax county, wake the prospects of futareiadustr'M ia this locality very en- eaarBglBg. A Light In the Window. Off the coast of one uf the Orkney Is lands, and right opposite the haibor, stood a lonely rock, against which in stormy nights the boats of returning thh ermen often struck and were lost. Fifty yeirs ago there lived oa this is land a young girl in a cottage with her father; and they loved each other very tenderly. Ooe stormy nlsbt the ftther was away on the s ia his fisherman's boat, and though bis daughter watched for him in much fear sad trouble, be did not come home. Sad to taU; ia the morn ing his dead bedy was found washed upon tbe beach. His boat, aa be sought the harbor, had struck against the "Lonely Hock" and gone down. In her deep sorrow, this fl therm in or phan did not think of herself atone. She was scarcely more than a child, humble, poor and weak; but she said In her heart, that while she lived, no mnre boats would be lost oa the "Lonely K-ck," if a tight shining throat h her window woald guide them safely into the harbor. And so, after watching by tbe body of her father, according to the custom of her people, until it was buried, she laid down and slept through tbe day; bat when night fell, arose, and lighting a candle, placed it in the window of her cottage, so that it might be seen by any fiiher man coming In from sea, and guide him safely into the harbor. She sat by the candle all night, and trimmed it, and spun; but when the day dawned, she went to bed and slept. As many hanks a she had spun before for ber daily bread, site spun still, and ooe over, to buy ber nightly candle; aad from that time to this, for fifty years, through youth, maturity and old age, she has turned night into day, aad in tbe snow-storms of winter, through drrilng mists, deceptive moonlight and solemn darkness, that northern harbor has never once been without the light of her candle. How many lives she saved by this can dle, aad how many meals she woo by it for the starving families of the boatmen, itis imposiible to say. How many dark nights the fishermen, depending oa it, have gone forth, cannot now be told. There it stood, regular as a light-bouse, steadily as constant care could make It. Always brighter when daylight waned, the fishermen had only to keep it con stantly in view and were safe; there was bat one thinz to intercept it, asd that was the Bock. However tar they might have gone out to sea, they had only to bear down for that lighted window, aad they were sure of a safe entrance to the harbor. But what do the boatmen and boat men wives think of this! Do they pay the poor woman t No; they are very poor; but poor or rich, they know better than that. Do they thank ber! No. Per hap they think that thanks of thtir would be Inadequate to express their gratitude; or perhaps long years have made the lighted casement so familiar, that they look upon it as a matter of course, and forget for tbe time the patient watcher within. Jn IngtLe. Dress ia Old Days. In speaking of George Herbert, who lived in the time ft James L, we told bow he put off his fine silk cavalier's dress when he left the court and became a country gentleman. Shall we no ar see a little of the way in which some of the gran-lees used to dress in those days! Sir Walter Raleigh wore a white satin pinked Test, close sleeved to the wrist; over the body a bruwa doublet, fiaelv flowered and embroidered with peart. In the feather of his hat there was a large ruby and pearl drop at tbe bottom of the sprig, in place of a button; his truak hose or breeches, with bis stockings and rib- ban garters, were fringed at the end all white; aad buff shoes, with white ribbon. On great court days he wore his shoes so covered with preeioas stones as to hare exceeded the value of 8,609; and be bad a suit of armor of solid silver, the sword and belt blazing with diamonds, rubies and pearls. rung James s favorite, tbe Dake of Buckingham, bad his diamonds tacked loosely on, and when be chose to shake oil a few on tbe grouad, be sever took them back agmia. His cloaks were trimmed with great diamond buttons. and diamond hat-baad, cockades and ear-rings yoked with great ropes aad knots of pearls. He had twenty-seven suits of clothes, tbe richest that embroid ery, lace, silk, velvet, silver, gold aad gems could make. Oae of these was a white uncut velvet, set all over botbj suit and cloak, with dismoads worth eighty thousand pounds, be4dea a great feather stuck alt over with diamonds, as were alo his sword, girdle, bat aad spars. CkriUian at Work. No selfish man or woman was ever yet completely happy. They may" cheat themselves into a belief that tbey are, for thought and coasdeace are lost ia tbe mad whirl and ruth of life. Bat it is a mere delusive hspplacsf, which disap pears at the momeat we think to clatch it; and like tbe wily ignlt-Jatwtu, leads us an endless daace ever bog aad mosr. to escape as at last. Tbea, weary aad spent, we lie dowa, aad BcrcbasKe that most terrible experience, the remorse of a wasted and mis-applied life, comes ia and takes possession ef as forever. Ar- Wmks Mr. Archibald Forbes met Sir Samuel Baker and his wife oa their re turn from Africa, the clever corresnoad. ent made tbe siagalar observatioa that air tiamoel, wbo bad lived oa oatmeal aad water for m oaths, took exception to the style ia which the first fried sole be bad eaten for many year was cooked, and that lady Baker, wbo bad wora a sack la Africa, coald hardly fiad aay thing bright aad beautiful eaosgh in Mr. Worth's atelier to deck herself with. The more enlarged Is ear miad, tbe more we discover of men or originality Your eommoa-fdaee people see ae differ ence betwcea oae aad aaatber. Fal. Mr. Mooot will spend the wiater ia Acw Ksgiaad. A Fasc.i)atIa?ScoBB(lreI. Tbe arrest of John Bazs Hopper. alias Msj. John Thomas and Charles Chapman, at St. John. N. B- the other day, for forgery, brings up ttia carter of a remarkable swlnller. apnngncld knw him under the name of Thorna. aed he has "done" New England very thorough ly. Here he put rap priacipilly at the Maaoit House, trot afterward was at Mrs. Evans's boarding houe. He soegbt to know our "bet ociole ." wa a natron of several neighborhood parties and pic aics; hit picture is sid to lung in the display nrvle before Moifit'a gallery, and ne maae I or a time altogether a cctutoc- uous figure in tbe citr. He was here for quite a stay last January, and returned again in the early summer fur another little visit. He came sometimes to the fUpitllU-ia editorial rooms to rev! the southern papers, talked intercitiegiy on politics, and was altogether a fascinating person. Thomas is perhaps jutt turotd 40; of medium height, stout build an 1 a little inclined to be ptrtlv, weighing about 200 pounds. His bead is shat ely, with an incipient bald spot aroaod his dark hair, which Is cut short bat not close, and has a little ware in it. His completion is healthily florid, and he wears a handsome dark mustache: his eye is bright, bis manner frank, Intelli gent aad attractive. S-i much for the man. His career of crime and scandtl baa been industrious and erentfoL Hopper was born in Qaeen Anne county, Sid where be married a Jaiss Miller, daughter of the local minis ter, by whom he had two chil-irea. Just before tbe opening of tbe war be forgrd heavily, deserted his family and tied south. After the war be turned up at Augutta, Ga-, having assumed tbe nsse of bis deserted wife. Miller, as we must call him, was' agent fur to insurance companies which be swindle in a dozen years out of about 150.000 hi forzrrr Aid embezzlement: he alo married an other wife, by whom be had five chil dren. Miller finallr pasted fonred notes oa James G. Bailey & Bros., intimate friends, and left Augusta. He next turned up at Charleston, S. C, and with the help of a pal, victimized a CAthoIic bishop ont of 30.000. He it tboaght bare eone thence to CahforaU. but tacaed up in New England last January. bm uvea Handsomely at the Iutnn tie van kooe, asd came to Worcester and tbk dty as Msj. Thomas. He was a soasewkat notable attraction at Martha's iseyard !a,t aeasan, being accompanied by a yowar and a'cenior woman who el times to U t rich BcfftK New Yotlc, widow, and the pair gave the most eiegant entertainments taMsible- AUrat this time Mi Thomas wen the confidence and money of a Springi-ld drummer, and he proved a "lady-killer" to me augutt ot certain gentlemen irara this part of the country, it Is said. It is also thought that he was concerned is tb big diamond robberies that took place at the Vineyard about this time. Bat Thomas was recognized by an Augusta, Ga man, to whom be explained that be assumed his preseat name because be was livingwitba woman no: bis wife. The swindled Augusta parties were notified, and tbe chase after the forger began which has just ended in his captare. Those who knew Th imas in this city say they are not surprised at his great success as a roeue. He had a most re tentive memorr. was accomrdisbed. sta dioutly polite and cartful Iy agreeable. tie rainer orcraid the bntiness at Srt so as to bring suspicion upon himself, but sooa dispelled it with great art. Of coarse, there are people who now say tacy always knew him to be a villain. uat the degree of confidence that Thomas everywhere inspired seems to bare bees no less remarkable than the success with which be carried out bis crimes. While here he pretended to be a New York law yer settling up the estate of a ward in tbe metropolis. He is also said tn have had $,000 deposited in the Chicopee bank. Sprisfidd lUpxbiiouu Farnr. In the following advice, which we find in an exchange, we think the writer con siderably strains his point, aad yet there ans suggestions which few can ponder wuoout pront: "If you want to be happy, never ask a favor. Give as many as you can, and if any are freely offered, it is not necessary to be too proud to take them; bat never ask for or stand waiting for any. Who ever asked a savor at the right time! To be refused b a woeful stab to one's pride. It is erca worse than to have a favcr graated hesitatingly. We supposcy that out of a hundred who petition for the least thing if it be even an hour of time Binety-aine wish, with burning cheeks and aching hearts, they had not uoae so. ixm t ask favors of your near' est friends. Do everything for yourself aatu you drop, and then IT anyone picks you up, let it be of his own free choice, aot from any groan you at ter. But while you can stand, be a soldier. Ett your owa crust, rather than least on another a daiaty meals; drink cold water rather than another's wine. The world is full of people asking favors, and people tire of granting them. Lore or tenderness should never be put aside, when its full bands are stretched towards you; but as few love, so few are tender; a favor Asked Is apt to be a millstone around your neck. erea ir yoa gain trie tning yoa waat oy the asking. As you cast your bread oa tbe water, asd It returns, so will the fa- tot you ask, if unwillingly granted, come back to you when yoa least expect or desire Favors conceded upon solici tation arc ttever repaid. They are more costly ia the ead than overdue usurers bills.1' Thb subject of postal savings institn tioas is aow before Conrr-n. The nlau for such establishments nroriilc. la eral way. that small sams nf moaey d . t . 1 i a "... postiea 3i post omcei inau be rorwarded to tbe central oSca and IbtmIaI ! k aabllc faads; that depositors shall rc eaive a small interest, aad be entitled to draw their money at pleanic from aay petai savHSgs Mac la use country. Aa Army of Aatu. Mr. Belt gives the following grsphlc sccouat of tbe excitement causd by a marching column nf ExeiUni in the pri meval foreats of Nicaragua: "My nUen tioa was generally first called to them by the twittering nf smalt birds belong ing to different tpeclts. On appro tching a dens b-sdy f.f tbe aaU. three cr four ynr.it wid.and so numerous s to blacken the groomLwould be seen moving rapidly I And it is not horses alone that suffer In one direction, examining every cranny, J from bad shoeing. Children are-shock-and underneath every fa! lea leaf. On the s icgiy rjcutected in this respect. Half tbe fltaks, aad in advance of the main I com mualty go limping or walking with body, smaller columns would bo pushed I d!b throatrh lifc inrnximi.- out. Thee smaller columns would gen-1 enally first flush the cockroaches grass-' noppers ana tpuerx. The pursued in- sects would rardJlr make off. but raaoT. ia their confusion aad terror, would bound right into tbe midst of tbe main body of aats. At first, the gratshopper, when It found itself ia the midst of Its enemies, would give vigorous leaps, with perhaps tro cr three of tbe ants clinging li it teg. Then it would stop a moment to rest, and that moment would be UtAi, for the tiny foes would swarm over the prey, and, after a few more ineffectual strujrzlrs. it would succumb to its fare, aad sooa be bitten to pieces and earned oa to the rear. The . greatest catch of the ants was. however, a ben tbey got among some f alien brush wood. The cxKkroacbe. spiders aad other Inec5t, instead of running right away, would acend the fallen branches and remain there, while the boat of an Is? were occupying all the ground beaeaUt. By and-by. up would come some of the ant, following every branch, and driving before them their prey to the ends of tbe tmall twigs, where nothing remain! for thm but ti trap, and they would alight in the very throng of their foe, with the result of btieg certainly caaght and invito, w pieces.- rapiuar zruart MexlVf Mr. Hayes. Mr. Hayes employes no hair-dresser to artistically b-tnj ber front hair and puff the remainder on top of her bead. She seems to have a fiae suit of hair, w hkh is neatly arranged in a coil at the back of ber head , ber frost hair is brought down jjraa i Jrc., circenu we zcsatKea. and fastened ott behind ber ears, it aill sooa be tweaty-five years since Lucy Webb, rather against tbe withes of xr parents, m trr.eJ Rstis. Hayes. SteJ won his heart with ber hair wora jaitas it is aow, and she will aot risk its loss by aaT crtasgc. It distniguuheA ber from oth tr women. Mrs. Have wore no orna ments until recently she has been seen with a very handsome, aew-loocisg gold or brooch. She is a siscere Meibodii t m.-..:. . . , , y old fashioned portion of 'tj church i.r-. - -. - . . who would appear at receotioas with French folded ht under hit arm, J in- vite ladies to drink wine with him. Mrs. Newman dressed in black Tervet. with wldte rinMace shawl, and she to. his diamneds. near the White House, and does aot ae- ceiaitate the use of the carriage oa Sun- oay. ine umiiy walk to church, and J Irs. litres whj bat a xood voice, ioins in the tinging. As this is tbe oaly cnlri- a .... TAiiua dct tuicb nu ever naa, she uoes not call herself musical, bet shows her appreciation of good music when prima doanascall upon her at tbe Executive Mansion. WjiiiAyjA Later. A New Species. Way down south ia Georgia, ther are complaining of a rat which has de veloped alarming propensities. Tbey rat, savissr he came call htm the war with the invading army years ago, hail ing from New York. Since ibea Jae has bred with lacoocetvaMe rapidity, and has literally drives out the modest, in offensive, old-fAb toned little gray rat, that innocent, easily satisfied vrgctsriaa that may be termed, "the rat cf our fathers." A more harmless little rodent than our little rat of aate-bellam times can hardly be imagined. He was ac cepted without a murmur, aad really taken as a sort of pleasant joke. He figures in history a a decent, geatle maaly rat that cracked aa occasional grain of corn, or licked syrup, oacola awhile, from his tail that be bad dropped into some sweet jag. He did bo harm aad was liked aad tolerated oa all hands. Bat this sew rat, bora ia the throes of the re vol a tioa and growlag amid the fierce tarbaleaee ef this latter day, is a blood tbrrs-ty aad absormal scoundrel. He despltes the mild aad musty core, or tbe tracuil jam upon which, the rat of osr fathers Ted, aad seizes aponachickea for laacbeea with a rapacitygTrigatful to witae.' These ro dent caa awim a creek, aad nothing seems to stop them. Tbey make more light raids ia the country, moving ia troops of a score orsov carryiag de Barayarssa asx graaaries. to ta steer and boss f tbe rural districts. man whea eressed aad btte. if aeeeseurr. In telf-defeace the calmiaatioa of their uapleasaat qualities being that their bite Is Bossoaoas. Ax ArrBCTioxATK II oq. Tlioijgh tbe hog is aot Btwally classed amoag the af fectionate aaimak, yet aa exchange re ports oae iasUace efbls dssptav of tore: Heary Tamer, age aiae, died" ia Mays ville, by., last week, aad was buried at Orangeburg, some scTea a Ute distant. Whea tbe funeral processioa left Mays Title, a small bog, which the child bad fed aad petted, got behiad tbe be arse, and, despite repeated clWts to drive it back, followed the preeesiea alt Use way to tbe bary lag grouad. There it attempt, ed to eater tbe groaad, bat a fence pre Teated it doing so. Not oae (1) lawyer ia tbe New Ilaap shire Senate. Ttim PrM.( .- v.. it t. : fcfTsl vS'r.:.?..r:7 .ham-there is "no deception: t.Z.i .k- v rs, if-vrlv TT jT'wal will cause no fisrry; he linwap twawpc aaa asmsBBBBBM coHtHwBHa. They wsBafMamik iato a iVr, IShoelur Horses and Shoeing Persoa. Historians inform u that the favorite horses of the Ilomin Emperor Nero and his wife were shod with silver asd gold. There are horses so valuable that their owners might better afford to bare them shod rizht with silver, or even with gold, than to have them shod wrong with iroa or injury to their' feet caused by wearing ill-fitting shoes. Shoes may be too small. or too targe, too tow. too high, cr too crooked. It matters little in what re spect tbey mitfit so that tbey are a mis fit. The harm done la one way may be somewhat different from that dose ia an other; but the general result Is the same an impossibility to walk without in convenience and pain. Many grown up persons men as well as women prefer to wear shoes a size too smalt, thinking they look better. Whatever they undergo in eoateqaxuee, it it bat the just punishment for their CUiy; but to torture young children, by encasing their feet ia shoes which must 'necessari ly chafe or distort them, is downright cruelty. It is a very fortunate circumstance for thehuman race that it ia msch more easily shod properly than the equine race. It require far lets study and practice t be able to adapt a shoe to a child's foot than to that of a horse, for the reason that the Inoes of a bone's foot are encased ia a horny box; consequently the cegiecsto do it is more repreheBiibUr. Neither a hcrj ror a persos eaa be i-omfortable with an ill Suing shoe oa. j Few things are more trying to the temper or mjsnoci to the bealtX soldiers darinz the war found out that broad-Mled shoes were the oalv kind they could march in with any com frrt. This has had a most salutary in flaesce on the fashion, aad the narrow soles by which men used to pinch their feet are now regarded as ridiculous. Thus even war has borne its useful fruit; asd as Fashion rules supreme, in war or peace, we may expect the rising genera tion will stand better oo their feet as well, we trust, ns ia all other respects than that which is retiring from the stage. JT. J". Ledftr. Society ia IrelaaiL Nu ose caa go into society aa repre sented ia tbe country bosses of Ireland without being struck by the sisgular absesce of Tenter which he will find i , Z . raexa , bocj inhabited br Dennle wbo suead J LGndon.andwho i differ 10 no wav from the maTSAte with a!""" .-T i -TT mumK ? r , . , . "d PVZ and T la " " in Switzerland or the tour in Italy. The visitor to one of these hooves will nad no Bbar- wiil not be kept waiting in the drawing-room while the lady of the boose and the girls put E&iihiag touches to their beautr. It is tea to one that before be has succeeded ia evoking s sound from tbe bell prob ably broken oae of the young ladies will herself open the door, aad with wel come beaming from ber booest Irish gray eyes at once insist on his feeling hicaielf at borne. There w ill be no false pride, no attempt to hide defect, or to make up by brag of poverty. Rather wilt fen be ex tracted from the very deficiencies, and tbe stranger will at once see that here there is no danger of putting his hosts to confAioa by demanding what H not to be bad. If there ia but oae man-servant, the host will not complain of the illness or temporary absence of a mythical foot man; if the ooe marl-servant is tipsy (a not uncommon occurence ia the Uad of John Jamieson) the hostess will not be the least ashamed of being detected as sisting the maid to lay the cloth asd Ar range the diaser-tabte. ASnsAXGX HrsroRr. Aa inmate of the Dayton, Soldiers' Home, has led aa eventful life. His came is William A. J. McClare, and he is one handled aad teres years old: Dossi(in New Jersey, from bis fifteenth, to his thirtieth year be was ia the mer chaat service, and vitited nearly every part of the world. Ic ISO, ha tensed trapper oa the Ohio river, enlisted ia tbe army, was captured, aad taken to Dart moor Prisos, bat was freed ia time tn fight at Loady's Lace aad receive sere woaad. At the age of forty-seven, be married a woman whom he bad sTi from drowning at Charieitost, S. d; again weat to sea, was wrecked ia the .Xe4tar raaeas, and captured aad enslaved by the Arabs, served ia the Greek service, went into the marine under Admiral. Rodgcrs, terTed ia the Semiaole aad Mexican wars, and at last eaded his rar ing career by beisg shipwrecked oa tbe coast of Ireland, lie then settled dowa ia MiMoari, where be had three wires aad twenty two children, and he is still active eaosgh to talk of going back there ogaia ia his ski a aext summer. Oxx of the new fiaaadsl faectea of Paris is a company for "Irtwrance Agaiast Female Celibacy." Hol4eef policies begia to derive benefit from the iaearaace ia tbe hape of aaaa-ity if tbey remain unmarried after the aceof tbirtr. T .l 1.. .L . J Am wu'i-c. u receipt ot as S. aaai pretaiua the company gwkrassteea so insure lsaiea atast celiaaey, F'K itwm s cossvmaateauoa ia sMariac a hu1iuJ kii. tw , Usury, undertake to pay the. It nr aan w:j J . im u . M En ITU mm m excises from iSMwaace. ess sevv.wa sac a aew