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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1880)
:'i MRS. V ABIO AIL BCUTT, IL'K1 WAT,. prima or "to bits bid," ihui bows.' Olll," liHIl BRBKUtoll," -rCT,rT aaa racvt- . Brc, arc, arc (KBtorea.eeeorelna to Aet ofCoagrraa, la tbe year Wt. U Um antee of tbe Ubrartee of Cea greet St Waahlactoe, IX C.J CHAPTCK XIl ' '' aaa. mai.rra coaut'tB. "IaWs our totter, ale J" sxclalmsd Jobs, aa b pissed il la bar beads, a ad eaaght bar Jset la Uses tossvs bee from fslllag to lbs ground, fit ws- wall yoa tbal Bam tiado't been s boras but "rfc mTuules, else Ota malt would bave baao dietrtbuled bsfurs I cat tbsrs j sud tbsa, I leacy yos would bave beea poos lbs Wiser ibMt Ibe whsrsabouls ' Jobs. 'Barn's baaa mi la search of - blm for tbs past wack or mora." ' Thau, easing bar continued pallor,-ba bcams alarms.. " rselly.bed aa idee that yoa'd earo a aiueb, or I shouldn't a' toeesd yes so." ... .... ; A fellsa traa lay directly across -tba pstb,aed'IJjMreppedhsrBstf languidly vpon It, 8ba was almost too waak to alt sloes. There waa tba wsU-kaown salrography of bar tovsr, wbo, la tba loog ago, bad ventured to fa vor ber wllb tba alogla boyish missive, bar oqly keepsake from , ble ' baud, which stealthily (! ta bar by Tiraab legis ts In tba hlackbsrrjrpeteh, a mils or two bayood Cblacapla Oak a missive wblsh bsd, from ths day It eaoia Into bar poassealoQ, occupied so, obscure ersvles la tba ssblo wall of bar fatbsr's drssry Bills. A model of sebeol-dsy composition cherished IrHMM, sod It resd like this : .7 -1 " tba roefe red. le vloiai's blue, ; J , , Busare sweet, sad aa era jam." , 'LUa bad Dot loobad apoa tbla baek - neysd "distich wllb dlsfavsr,' aa tb rsadrr knsws;J tor bus bad promptly BBI,rftl It tlmw AntmP tt mill, null. . . -i -- -UTaf dulls audeq sally oompreliau.l vs. But baw aoard aba reoeiva tbla aua t 'rJba bald It loag la bar aleuettad flngara, ' aad muaad aarnaatly n lb upr acrlpllou. . .. by don't yoa break tba aeal aad raad yoar letter, new you've got It T 'Joba baked, a little Impatiently, : "Beoauaa I want U ba aloSieXWHI yaa go on and leave me T" "Not mucA-I won't r ! "Wby aotr - . jjtoat I van t to bear from Julia iayaelf. ; - "Haw would yoa Ilka It, aud wbat T; would y tblnk of ma If I aboukl act rlika tbat V rOb, ttial'a dlfleraui. Yoo're a girl r 'Lisa fairly aliook with ungovernable .' -.''Jtad Vom area 6oy ' aba asolalaied. wltb wUberlng aeorn. 'Aad that'i a proper name for everything. tbat'a ap praaalva, ataaa and , eootemptlble t Yoa'ea been tba plague af my life aver alDe 1 aaa remember r Tba wall-bred brother or alater wbo . reada tbeae pagea will find It difficult la roailaa tba wrangling Ilka tbla-ould eprteg ap wltb aa little apparent eaaae ' between theee two, wbo bad eo much la , eammoa, aad aapacJaJly at aucb a time. Itat Joba aad 'iflaebad been generated 'la tabarmoay aad broagbt ap la a dla- rordant family. It waa perfeetry natural fur tbem to quarrel. Tba advantage la tbelr wrangling waa almoat alwayaoa lba brotbera aide,, and tba allnchar wltb which be bad, almoat from baby .bood, fullowatl Up bla phyalcal pro aaa la every eoooter bad beea tba anaa worabla argu meat, "You're a pirir' eelfovldeot Impeachmeat which 'Uae 'T - aould aot gaJaaayrTVbaf woo Jar that it made bar angry T And then, aba waa as aervoua now tbat aha waa barely aa countable for word or deed. . , Hril gvt oven with yoa for tbat ape bo a, yoa jada. If I have to wait forty yaara for the opporta ally r ratarUd tba Z brathar; aa ba at rede away la lodlg- , nstloa. , 'Llaabadaot InUndedUeapreeabar. aolf aa angrily, but aba waa aot la uffl aleat eaolroJ af bar tamper ta recall bar , tjror4a apoa tba toatanl, even bad aba . baaa la tba aiood. Ti..,.1.r . . . Tha aeal time I brlag you a Jotter -from Joba Ingletoa, at any elber aoeak lag aeamp, yaall know It V erled Joba, !, while lot Ja bear I a dlaUnoe. "Sam Uardpaa would have yoar iotlor bow If H badat beea far me, and hVII get the Beiloaetfbe'aft mlndto) Tbla la tba - laat time you'll get a favor from me I Mark tbat I" bo uttered aa a part Id ebot aa be dlaanpeartd la tba boa bee. 'Llia, aa aooa aa aba waa alono, ga(b ered courage to opea her loag prayed -for letter quarrel wltb bar brother waa of too freauoat oosurreaeo teT ruffle ber leelloge tbagf - But la later yrara, who tbe full-fledged power of tba maesaUally ' with wbteh aba bad Uuated blm waa - brouAl to bear ta deprive ber of borne : and auaUaaooe bbea 11 throat bar aad bat bclpleoa oaea apoa tbe , vorld la daetltutloa aba bad atiod eana. ta remember tba now anheoded threat. "My dleconoelata darling," wrote Joba laglelon, aad all alee aava bla lea ftga Med from tba tbougbu of bla affl baead aa aba read, M why do you aot JojMtIlo"nyea wot bad my former letter t Forgive aaa If I have nlvtJ yeu. Upon my) word... 1 ' thought, through many long aad weary wrv that yoa bad Baa married uader pareutal ordera, aad tbua united the lianllne and Uardpaa rop erty. I knew bo belter till lucle Dave, whom I met ea A.TUBawaylave poor fellow tuld me bow It waa, aud then I wrote to you. "You know I have bad no reply ew,Liaa, I will not reproaob you, hot I want aa esplanatioa. I know I left yoa like a coward, but I went away to aeek our fortune. Will you wait for met" 'Lite paoeed la Iter reading and beld tba teller aloaa to ber heart. "Walt foryeo I Ob, Joba V abearted, la traaaport. "If you ealr aaa, aud I alwaya know It'I can wall for you. If need .bo, till wa meet la heaven." For aomo mlaatee aba eat thaa, la ecelaaxjbf Uaagbt,. Tboeabo averted aa though alarmed by an unespeated voice. A eound, tbat might be likened to tbe far-off craek af doom amid eternal atlllneaa, ao JaJnt waa It, aad yet ao vividly real, aa It fell upon ber Inuer eenaee ' "Oh l-LIae, - darling, come I come I eome V - There warn mlataklog tba well -remembered cadence of tbal earneet voice. "Yea, Joba I lav Ood'a good time," eba anewered, Involuntarily and aloud, the sound of ker-owu voloo falling upon ber easts ear-drum with tbe startllsg power of a sear-by tb u nderbol U ' ' -- Tbe abock bmagbt ber back to herself. "Am I a iool, or am I going eraay, that I sould fancy tbat I beard John apeak ts me T" aba asld, in a half -audible hlaper.' .' . . ' .. The teller Continued aa followa "I bava found comfortable quarttra aad reaaoaabls wagea.lu tba employ of tbe grand aid Colonel wbs delivered pur laat Fourth of July orallqa at Cblocat. pin Oak a. Of eourao you .remember. blm. Ha'ean army officer, and lagging heyosd tbs Rocky Mountain, t. Fort Hall. I am going wllb blm and tba, regiment aa a aort of Commissary sltrk and svsrseer of supplies. It la a batter, position thaa I expected." 'Llssstopped leading, ft sudden enf F .. I i ... .. I. ... I. - i . ? TTii raw . ubi iwa b amiss ' Si "Ile'a got among the military psupt aad he'll meet o HI cere1 ! wives dasghtera, and get dreeaed ap In blaa lylhea and gold Vutlonm,-nnd'forget all about tbs brows robls In the bach wsodaf They always ds J" aha erled; while ber heart roes Ilka a great lamp la ber throat, aud aha gaaped for breath enough to aueialn eeneatlon. ' 3 w.. 1 11 1. 1. 1. The nr zt paragraph somewhat assured ber. ...... .- ...... ., ,.. "Couldn't John and Tiraab ruo away and get married endjoln tbs tesma that are coming overland serosa the eoutl- iteut tbla Hummer T , And couldu't "you asms teo T la iUle asking too much. desr 'Llie f Yoa know I sould n't do aa Johwsan, for the law would bava de tained me besauas of my falhcFf dbi j es I bad to eteal away la aesrsb sf lib srty." . .... ; .. S.'. . ' "Would to Ood that I sould d aa Joba aaa. f' algbsd 4hs girl, aloud. "But II will aevar do for me ts leave sur mother. Why la It that the heaviest boms responelhirillea are alwaya ablfted opoa tbs sbouldera of tba Women la Iba family T". v Tbs letter eloeed wltb a pamlosats ap peal for s apeedyreply, ts he directed st sacs ts Fort Laramie, where lbs regi ment waa under ordera to bait for a fort sight ts recruit tbe teams,' -. .' Tbs postal service of the soualry, bleb baa besoma lbs marvel of tbs century Is thses later yehra, waa at tbal tims as very Imperfect that, svan with hsneet psstsl ogeuta and ail due dill geueSU was baaardoua to depend apoa the certainty of receiving sorreepond- snes eolrualed to th far westwsrd bound msila. - .. .....J" But njse'wsrsurssr 4etUr.wouId run far greater cbanoes of greeting ber lover If the dreaded deputy of Cblseapla Oaka ;were not allowed ts bsndls Ik How very foolleb aha bad been ts allow tern ports get tbs better of ber at tbla. wlllsaT yaaeaent, whss bar brother might as materially aaalet bar If aba bad not Jbffended blm. Bha put borshsriahsd letter Is ber boeom and etsrtsd bomswsrd, reenlvsd ts ds what she sould to sflvct a recooclilatloa. ' But Joba Hardlas, Jr., wal u'poa bla dignity. Ae ba aipreaeed It and ser laiuly tbs eap'reealoa was more forcible thaa slesrant be "had a hug iittlrpend- f He would not notlcs 'Llie, saoept ts snser at ber, Tbs poor girl wept bitterly ever bla sttltods toward ber,' though it Is doubtful whether st this time la ber life ebe sssld have eared for tt particularly, eicept for her swa convenience and lbs good aha bad hoped ts sseompllab through blm for tbs Isglstosv fissases, ., . Jobs IUrdlss dreessd himeeif after snppsr with anseusl cars. Truly, pu saidt was nothing Is boast of, belog mads by bbt aaotbsr prior to her sera. lytic strohs, and was of bias JessV wsvea by bsr swa haade from wool a be bad hsrsslf shsarsd, waabsd, aarded. apoa aad dyett' But It .was sleaa and asls, aud tbs ysssg maa prseestsd a arsdltebls sppesrsncs, and ha knew Jt, as ba sulked pompoualy away from the bsuas st svsntlds aad took tbs Bsarest road for tbs village, bla motto, fWU or : dlS." ' .m ' ; - - - . I Mrs. Isgtetsa bad Improved tbejpl tsFf at arterTise'e departure Ja relating is her buabasd ths particulars of 'Use'a Nlaiti alrvoly knows ts ths rsader. Bat rSs.ulra lug lata, though poor, was yrwaeV aad aa sbsUssta as psor. rl owe all my lalaforto Ilardloea, and, by tba " "Deu't awear, buabaiHl, dear. W can a (lord to be poor, and even proud, but we can't afford to be blaephemoua. If vou can't look wltb fiaextr upon tba overtfreeof Joba Ilerdlos, yoa sua aa ao In plain language that we aan all as dcrataad, bat there la no sail for pro faulty." ' , w "And Til bet my bead, old woman, tbat you encouraged that trollop to-day "Trollop, Mr. Ingleton? Whom -do yen mean T" Llaa Hardlne." "And what baa aha beea guilty of, that yoa abould call ber oamee T" The 'Squire waa allent. Is truth, bad alwaya fouid It difficult to tuataln tbe prejudice ba felt agalnet the aenlor Hardlne when ba sought to 'carry It out agalnat the daughter. He knew that ebe was pretty, Intelligent, resolute, aa- pirlng and aeir-deuyinf. All tbla was placed to ber credit. 4 But there waa aa affaet to balance all tbla that be sould not brook. . The srirl waa In love wllb bla eon, and that eon waa aa eslle now because of the cupidity of tba girl' a father. The dlecuealoB -between the buabaod aud wife waxed warm and earn eat. Tbs younger-children, wbs bad bees given an early aupper of boiled potatoes, were sent luls tbeatlio ts bed, In order, if pneeibla, to conceal from tbem tbe knowledge ot tbeir para Die1 flrat aerloua dlaputa, But the womaa finally conquered, aa In tbeea things wiee, loving women al waya do, It Ja only tbs woman wbo baa us last whs saosot ruls ber hue bend In matters sf lbs heart, unlsaa. Indeed. the buabaod have no basrl ts reach, and IHl.ll I La IiunlUi, I.. T But 'Squire Ingletoa bsd s heart, a great, warm, bausat aad honorable one at that a bsart that as suffering sould Bullous sad ns diaappointmbnt could soar. 1 "liuaiier ibal we were yeuuc oitce auraeUea, John." -? ,.... Mra. Iugletso sroee aa aba aald tbla, sudLstatMlinc Asbtwd berhttsbsnd, drvwt ble troubled bead against ber bosom aud" stroked , bla fading hair sod wrlukled V forehead - wltU esraaalng touchta. 'Suppose some sruetllate. bad tried to keep you a way front ma wbea we were valine liaart" : : : : -. 0 - 1 . Ths 'Squire did not suawer. Mrs. Is gleton waa gaining bar poiot, and aba knew it - Long ago aba bad ceased to be tbs fragile girl who,. In bar early wsddsd years, bad been nioft.st bows wbsn perched upon bla knee But alia forgot ber heavy proportions now ; she forgot all else eicept ths oldsn lovs tbat wa bslug.iiojta.sgs.lnJ a .jlbsjbssriasfjiar children, u welled up sosw la bsr sw a e'plrlL 8s abs psrshsd hsraelf upon bla kass aa sf old, aad Beetled clsss ts h la halving breaat. ,. : , ., "Could ysa have eared ts live without ms ia tbs sld dsya, John T" - Tbs maa who, la bla sober evoeee, sould reelat aa appeal llkelbat from the mother of bis children wbea plesdlsg for their bspplnsaa, does aot deasrvs ta wear tbs Imsgs sf bla Maker. Tbe Squlrs, wbs fsnoisd that -ho bsd long ago outgrown tbs asntlmsnUI In bis astsrs, folded bis wifs la a fsnd em brace). Neither epoke. - .J:; ' - Tbsrs are times wbsn tbs stmoat limit sf sloquonsa ssa ooly bssipreessdj by allsBss, - . , , , , ; A rap st tbs dosr startled tbem. Mrs. Ingleton demarsiy took a seat, and tried ts look tbs fwreoul fleet Ion of lbs staid matron wbs bad long ags sat groeXn the .folly of leve-making. But bet cheska were very ref, aad ber syss molat with happy tesxashan,in anawsr to ths 'Squire's, blddlsg, ths door waa spessd, aad John Uardins, ths Junior, aloud before tbem. ' - -t K Ossd-svsolag. slr, said ths 8qu1ra, stiffly. J -i: "; . , " s John" Wuahed ' and bowpd, fbnble tongos rerueed Is asrvs blm. na alood In tbs, doorway, mats and motlsnlcss, ftallv conscious of bla swa awkwardness. , "May I prseams ts luqofrs why I am Indebted lor ths honor of this vlellH; added the 8qolrs,-bo was rapidly I frersln"g beyond IheeenllmenUi a late. -squuvr' aald Mrsi Ingletoa, la aa admonitory tons. v. ." i "Ahem aald young Hardios. "Do yoa ass seytbrnar alas la tbsse poor quarters of1 which yoa csaj rob ms In ths asms of ths Isw T asked tbs '8quirs. ; ;. ' j Tbs poor fellow sould not rp1y. fie had not e 1 peeled a reception Ilka this lie was prepared for s-dttUrssi rebuff, ifssy. . 7 ' ' "Woo't you walk toward the flrs sad be aested T said. Mrs. Inglston, rialng ts ber feet jpd bsetllng sbost In a fusty way. -V . t : ' V Thus saaursd, the baabful lover found his soles. - ": "Thank yws, Mrs. Ingletoa." " Thsa, IsVCog to tbs Sqslrs, bs added : "New I csa abawsr your first q Bas il 00, sir. I bsvs coats tfpoa hsasrabls buaisees.1 . f-r "AhT Tbs 'Squire poked tbs flrs, "hawked' nd jtlTorouslyso4 frsst-Ssry raw j "Yes, sir; hsBSrsbls baalsesa.' 1 - Umph r - k Had tba 'Pqalrs furtbsr apokea kla "bsporsblshtelsese" waa ooteonnerted with ths nalllns name. "Ia Mlea Ttrssb st home r : "Ao.Wrr'l'-'i,',"' "8he wrll Ys s Jjoms presentty JohH, ssld llrs. Isglstso, a littls nsf- ssuety. ' v':' ' "Thank yflbj. ' Csa I see herr "Il'e last ss fslbsr says." . Tbs good womaa bad eslaed bsr kafl ting to bids bsr asrvsassses, and ptylag lbs nssdlss vtgorsaaly. Ths 'Bqulrs was rslreVed of tbs aesss- slty of seoidlog tbs qusetlsa by aixidea apsesrsnss sf ths young lady hsraelf, who, weary with tbs day's bard toll, dlegueted by tbs reseptlsa ftesoroed to bsr by the pretsntioua folk for whom abs had teen bnttlxlng over 'the wab- tub, and thoroughly dlsosursged by bar aeemlnrly bopeleM lovs for. tbs son sf ber fatbera enemy, bsd ssrioualy tbosgbt of committing eulclde, "Tlrssh r "Jshn I" . Their eyes met. "Will you believe me, Tlrssh, wbea I solsmnly asaurs yoa that I am yoar father's Mens V tm "Yd bsonly too glad to know It true, John.' r'T.wi"r.- - MII it true." U!J.';:3 ' 'Here'a my band then, Joba." -' "I)s yon mean tojrsys yssr friend ablp for ma by robbing ma sf my dsugh tor, strt" sselslmsd 'Bqulrs IsfeUtou "ye, 'Squirt j I would not rob ysa sf a daes bier. I - would proffer myself as your "Yoar fathsr, air, bss been my mean- sat enemy. How am I to know that what la brsd la your hose will not pur- aua ma In your fletb ft " "By testing ths matter, air." 'Bqulrs Ingletoa liked 1 ths young msn'S Independence, In eplte of blmaelf. "I Jove your daughter, 'elr. t want ber for my wife. My father will dials berit ms, but I do not -cere for that. snly wsnt Tinab. And t'vs mads Bp my mind Is marry bsr,- If ebe will bsvs body sles or not." im..i 10 1. u -Ti 1 . . Tlnah, look st mat Would ysa loeult shddrgrade yoor-fat ber by besemrug lhS)Wlfe sf tbs son of ble arch saemfT Net without yoa will It, father." 'ITebe eeatluu.1 Th a O skat CVtirnoLATiON. Would y su il b e to k now ths grest eonsolalloa f you whs auller tbe lack ; yoa wits bury your fuses ia your plllowe the nlgbt long, sud to whom tbs coming or moro Ins brings bo delight, broasee the woro- Ing brlnge only a a addition to the seed that are numet swTs rauelllloa ths prevloue prsyera that have sever yet Bess suewereU. Jlhla la IBS great sob- solatloa llfe.f Te live forever; to think aad feel u bsvs ths Biseeure or grow tog knswlsdgo "a r4 intelligence eter- sally; toriaesud keepon rlaingtbrougb "the climbing age! to have what.se purely- Inoged forTtut miesed in thla mortal lire, madeouraSywsavevlasUoa bond. To know tbat all tbla la abaad ; ts feel 11! to tf our dlaaulated anula upon It, as the swaying pillar la at laat nies anon lie base: thlala sonsoistlow, Tble la aotsecsps from tsssbis;'itM tbs eonvsralun of Uottblo Into-soblsniqseut This Is not the eorseees of sorrow, but ths transmutation of sorrow Into s greet, sspectsBt snd hsty Joy. I do aot ssVy thst msn'a tlfs wbo lives Me ebeskered life aaeaotbed, jinehsrmsd, snsuetalned by this sternal vsrlty. I do not wonder thst msny of tbs great sr the earth committed sutsbto. living aa they did. with bs koowledge that tbslr deprlvsitons abould' bave eternal recompense. They were crest snough ts be aipeclant. They ware not wiee enougn is os psiiena. J ns stare, that cheer (be night sf great seOWriDg wltb loelr Besma,eblue dosoward from no laea s dome than tbs vaulted and measureless thought of msn'a Immor tality. Failure I owe lie bltlersees wbes yoa feel thst Is tbs sges ahead Ood will glvs ysa a aew alert.. "Let not yaur heart bs troubled." W. II. Jt. Murray, Talk Abouhd It. Asvsld lawyer was giving bte-edvtes- to-ais soov-wbe wss Juet entering upon the practice of bla fatbar'a profeeeloo. "My bob," asld the counsellor, "If you bsvs a csas where tbs tsw Is dearly sa yoar side. sat luetiss teams- era! net ysa, arge apoa lbs court and Jury tbs vast Im portance of asetsi'nlug ths Isw. If, sa tbs other band, ysa are la doabt about the lawrbst your client's csas Is toaoded la Justloo, loaiet sa ths motility sf do ing Joe lice though tbs bssveas falL" "But," seked tbe son, "bow ahsll I 'maaags a csas where both las sad Jos tles arc dead egaleet msT" "la tbat saes, my son, loiik round at, talk round ' -' ' '" . .- .'. Dr. fUsbsrdesa, law smiasat EaglUh lecturer ss aan I vary lopiee, baa lately gives tbs people, In s popular talk, wbat bs sails "s few good rulee for sscarlsg besltb ta tbs buses. They are wot sew, bat worth asadsasisg t " First, Light t for all sges, la all aesaooa, sun light Is s bearer sad auatalnersf bsalth. Neit, Bleep: seVett boure at leaet In Summer;- sad ntos in Winter with mors for setlbJrsa aad feewts .folks Third 1 ,t sa para Is bad tor each psrsoa, wllb plenty of air. Fourth : A dally bath of sstd water la Boeamsr, sad te pid water la Wluler. Fifth r Aa sqsal ssd Bwt.svss bested lam pa rata rs, with tola food aad pars air. , . ' One of the messeet Iblogt ss earth te a toady. Ths blsstest, rsugbset sees tars tbst iadepsftdewes svsr msds totsr mors preferable tbss awe wbaas ssrrow esal and mesa, dearrsdsd mind Mds blm bow ths laufpliaBt knes st tbs call sf powsrjsoJ gravel Is tbs duet. If la do ing so be sosld thereby promote bla psiir suds. ' "f bsvs a toes-letter," aald tbs asr taei ilit la bif mlaliaaa "Will eavsaU tt So awTA Bd bare U sness snt(oa wsd t ysstsO la yersars wbsUo ys rsos llr Ts asms men,1 S eTlmsf" that bsya a bauoh of hairpios touks lfty ti aergw as tbat wsass) aaniiaiaa two said tbsVgissBssaf bsse. 3l 'wv-v-.r..,.,.: 0A1SII1L CH1S1CTEI8 Or TIBGUI8HED WOKEI, ivene uuKtta veou aanerairr Larr ar .. vuk Latb raas aaaau u'ixrni.u M . .nt. V.-. 1HMIH ' . ril Consort of Peter II., Dukssf Brltsny, became celehrsted .for tbs greet I provsment sbs Introduced In the char acter ot tbs Bretons. Under ber magic Influence, their aavags manners were softened, snd tbelr sent I menu, which bsd ranged but little shove tba snlmal plans, were' Is like degrss re flood and exalted. Bus bore tbs cruel sd Inbu mas treatment of her huabaad wHh Cbrlttlsn reslgnstloa. """ At bla sea lb, the rsfuasd ts marry tbs Doha sf Bavoy and, retiring to a coo vent, psstsd bsr dsya In the tranquil exerelae of lbs sir- tuea and charities aba ao aucerely Isvsd sod ao tenderly prsslloed uulll uer destb, wblcb bafpsnsd in 148&. : LATRA AMMANATt, Wife of tbs celebrated sculptor, Bar tholomew Ammsnstl, was born st Ur- blno. Her, poema grs hghTy ssteemljTlGrsteheiia and Llachena ; but tbe aver- and rank among tba moat etoel lent pro duct ion a of the Italian muss. Tbat her learning waa worthy of ber genius, may bs seen la tbs fat that aba waa a mem ber of tba IntroosU Academy st Sienna, 8bs died la loSS, aged ssvsuty-sls, iBJCKZtAJcHvnmtn t-."w Wss s famosa ectreee, born at Padua In Vt6X With great psrssnal beauty, abs pr'.v-tpoeeeeeed wit sndvgeolue of a blgb order. ' Aa ah aetreae ebe waa unrivaled ; sad abs wse equally 1ialingulabed as a postees. Perhaps Bo woman over won higher auloglums, sud bsr wrltinga sob firm ths Judgment of bsr sgs sud coun try. Bbs died st Lysns In 1004.4 . SOPIIOXI6BA AKOICBCIOLA, A natlvs of Almons, Italy, waa paluter highly honored for the truth of ber poriraile sod ber fins blatoricst pieces. . Her devotion te art waa ao In tenas at to ber unremlttlnglabora aba oeeame owuij.- pne aienin ij-iafe nluety-Three.Her-aistera Luds and Europe were sleo gifted In the uss of tbs pencil. AKWA COMMEXJ !sughter of Alexis Commeols, Empe ror sf Conatsllnopls, made beraelf fa- moua by writing tba bietory of Cooalso- tinople In Qreek, The wsrk, however, wss rsthsr s eulogy -of her father tbso an exact transcript of truth. Bbs lived shout tbs yesr 1118. -, --7 U -1 ... bT. "a poixoxi a i. :r . Was a martyr of Alexandria, wbo Buf fered iuArDrtlS. When advanced In agsths was told tbst If shs did not re nounce her religion sbs must die. . Bus rejected lbs pmposlllon of life on aucb terma, snd, wltb ; ths Jilgb berolto). of ber ssloted soul, threw herself so tbs funeral pile, to tbrconfusiaa- ssd sstsa labmebt of her murderers. ----- AKSIA Was a noble Item as lady, wboss sonjp gal love, courage sud fortitude bave im mortalised her Baws. Shs wss tbs wife of ptstua of fsilus, a Homsa Bsnstor, who was aocuaet) of s ssoaplrscy sgslnst Cluudiue sud ordered to destroy blmaelf. Bselug blin-bvaltste. Arris plunged tbs poulard Into bsr own heart, saying at tbs asms time,-with a a seel amlls sa bsr psJliig-lips, Taelue, Il Is not pala- Daughter of Alphonas sf Caatlls. mar rTed Iula XIII. of Francs, snd sn ths destb of her huabaad aha waa msds re gent of tbs kingdom rsndno wiser or store aocceaafnl talsr svsr sat apoa a throne. In bsr reign tbs high spirit of tbs nation wss tampered by moderation aad kladness; 'sad her . subjects wets bound to her psteonslly by ber liberal policy and. sets of bumsalty sod-Jus. tics. Thus sUsleTUbsd. by kindness, rather thaa craetr, svsry attempt to wssksa ber power sr tranacend ber ssthortty. Tier piibllc life was, Isdssd, a tslly demooet ratios sf wsmss'a power to conduct ths affairs sf gsssramsat Bblysompsetly aud bamssety. - ' . A Nrxiao'a PMruooorHT, A hsier si tohaflosweked aa old negrs woman, tbs fumes of wboss pips were Sauoylsg to blm. If she wse s Cbrleilsn. "Year brudder, spests I ts." sbs sa awered. v 'Io ysa believe la tba Bible V "Yes, bruddr.H "Ds you know there Is a stsesgs la theBcrlpture which -MTyeHhat uoiblng snoless shsIT' Inherit tba kingdom of assess." i! -.h,-.. Yes, fsrliesrd iV "Weil, Cfiloej yea smoke, snd you cannot enlrr the ktrcl-m or besve mgj.m or uati ' is sotb.H, M ancieaa aelT.T.. -ir'T-TZmVS'l'JLT tbs brvatb ar a amskrr. Wbat Us yes aay tbslt".. - . . . Why. I 'apeela to Uses mlrn bs- hlnd wbes I go dar." . J ' - -f All tbs envltlag veMtas sf all ia all lbs world will not eueseed Is lug lbs Inieoeliy sf lbs aehosl- boy 'a a fleet loo, wUsacrsvleoa hit elate wltb a bmkea pusil, -"I Iss ys." ssd kasde M scro-s iKe sisK wHh s Mg red sppis, to a pretty Utile hius-sysdrgSrl was reads ta Uts oesoud Header. At a social rs-anioa a few svewlage Sgs, tha svwestisa wss Based, "Uf wbat srt of fruit to a qaarrsiaams msa sad lis ramiou yoa rr me yssng isdy wbs promptly ssswered, "A prickly pssr P got tbs medal. . A wortf f -leib Amerisas7racA, lbs Bret psdeslrlBU wtsieh sn record wss wbsn Enoch wslked wllb (iod. Ws wear las asaras sf bur ksblU as ths twltwnsr dsss thses sf his eba! LETTER r&OMBEW TOEX, ritnMnra Krxirt.An coRRCMiojinKNT. New York, January 12, ISAO. IS vhb RnrroaorvsB Kvw Nobvhwksti Ws ars fairly entered apoa wbat I likely to prove ths most auccesaful year sf tbs century.' Tbs holiday Seaaoa bss pssasd, wltb Its fun, frolic sud festivity Tbs holly berries snd fancy ferna are bruabed aalde and tba "mletletos pulled down. Now York baa settled back to Its bualuses awing, etecke ars resumed, mining boards ars la full blast, aad qalet people Ilka myself bava thrown ourselves sgala Into our hammocka to wait and watch ths atoning current ol svssts. Tbs maited ball will si say a remain sa alalia in. this eon n try while conducted, under tbs direction of native American eltlaena. . The Frenchman glvea bla Identity up for tba sccstlon with the asms nulling agility and in woiun tua actor 01 mat couuiry merges bla pereonsHty In bla part. Tb Teuton loves to appearjo armor with battle-axe, snd maks heavy Jokee wltb aga ngilalimaa or American la accos- aomed to take bla pleasures' eadly. Nothing wss a atronger evidence of thla than tba recent usaked ball st ths Aoademy of Jlualov Tbs aale of tlckele bsd been carefully watched, lest aomc queattouabla person abould get In. A" tba svenusa of propriety were atrlotly gosrdeff, and ths rseult waa a gloomy mblage of tba " upper tendeo." Mpsrss groups wandered about siting 1 ssch other and wojiderlng when the fun wat going to begin. Aa a matter of fact, it never did begin. There waa Ijleaaant dancing, aa tbs apaos lor tbst exerelae 1 wss never invsded by sny orowd, and tbsrs wss a brilliant raw of aptCtatore filling tbs poxes snd gating eadly upon tbs spaa aiodlc efforts of ths msakera to be lively. Brooklyn la at last In a fair way to ecu re rapid trsuait. ur lbs two ele vated ratlros'da projected several yeara AgQkJLiiejBauKlrJJim Kings county road, with Judge Boud of Boston st Its head, waa tha flrat to ba erected. The a tree Is wars torn up, but there tbs work stopped, wbllsjbs two eompsnlea . and tba propcrty-holdcra alobg tha Unas carried on a sort of tri sngulsr dust la ths courts snd I he Leg - lelsturs shout tbs- routes to bs rot lowed sad ths rstpectlvs rights of way of ths com pedes. Mr, llruff, ; President sf ths Brooktn Elevated Hallway Company, bss nsw found parties having aafllelent fakh la bla achema to furaiab tba workand tbs frsmewor k.of lbs edifies Is being reared through ths atresia. Mesalee Still prsvslla la sar city, and Ihreatent to become epidemic : Atlboagb maay asBthler this diaesss a deslrsbls accompaniment of childhood, ssch notion li set In accordance wltb tbe - ' 1 ajaeaas wnicn impovsrianee the oiood and sometimes pavrs tbs way to? eo6 auntptlon. Tbe correct Idea wltb regard to measles, acarlatlna, diphtheria, etc., la to regard them all ss evtla ausceptlhls uf ulllmste eradlratlon by ths ssfores- msnt of enlightened aauitary .mesauree, Tenement bouses and scboola ars the aurssrles of thess dleesses, and favor ths aprsad'of all sur' Epidemics..: Tbs forbids ths .erection " of wooden bulldlogt wlxhtn eltyx'llmlta, but tbs dsnger to life from these dues D6t-cjaV. pare' with that reaul ting from river- crowded teoemenla. - I referred laat wk to tbs good for tuns poeessesd by Nsw !Yrksrs la bav log a port and amusemsnt at tbelf vary' doors. Blocs tbs opening sf tbs rail rood 4o ths Great Bouth Bay of Lsag Ial and, It baa been lbs pleasant revert of sportsmsn who ars food of bluefivh Ing or bay bird ahootlag." Laat assson. bo ws vsrr contrasted very trsfs vorsbly with prsvlouS years, swing to tbs on- snforccmsnt 6f tbs taws enacted fottbsJ prsservstlon of flab. . Tbs apathy of aportemen In tbla country, ia rem art s blc wbsn compared wllb tba vigor with which gams Iswa ars sofbrssd In sther sounlrles. Ths Inhabitant along ths bay aborts ara dependent sn tbs Bum mer vlaltbrt for tbelr living, yet they aland by sad ars a few fitblng hosts tweep ths chanuelt with their anlawful fly-asts snd tak a every Bh "that yes- turss lou ths bsy. ." Afocar. - j j -r' Professor Dsfttoi'a tsctnrf. Professor Dsatoa, the gssloglat, est Bed s aeeond coures of bla sr tea U As les- turss st Ally a Hall, Moudsy svan I eg, hie Biitjeet being 'iThs isfaey sf ths Haaamu Uaaa t ae. t la tba Htana .. . - . Waa bald tbroucbsut. Ths discourse 7rsi ss fotlewa: 1- ,'-.. i; - If, ss aoma lb let, tbs flrat aasa wars lbs Bob laat spssl msss of bsaraAlty. as being sea reel to Him wbs asms perfect from lbs bsod sf ths dlvlns srttet, aad msa has beea sosstsntiy departlag frwm thst suaeew seigissl, ws saawt ss gad svtdeass aa tbla as ws dlessver tbs toat rssordsof tbs bumsa rscs. Beck of tbla rssty iron sgs ws should Bad a bettor sf braaa, aad bseksf thst ssssf stlvsr.aad beyond swe of gold. We eh Id Bad tbe libraries of ths euperb psopis who lived ia thst time. Tbe older tbs of'J-dt die covered, ths more besuifful asd perfect they should bs. At swry gsolog tot sad arsaawinglet kaows tbo Very swettrary at ail tnis m wass ei aieoevtr, TH -or- Go back 60 years, aad tbsrs Is asJtbar railroad nor locomotive. Leas tbsa 200 years sgs tbsrs wss not a sewepspsr Is America, nor a printed one la ths world MS) years sgs, ar a printed bash. Jullue CsSear, la hie day tbs tars m set assa sf tha we Id, asvsr ssriied a wsisb, asvsr looktd ibrnugli s teleecope, bor could he vend a meaaege by tetecraph. Bolomnn, tbs wbo man, did Wat know that ths work! wss round. l is his day anon ksew the uae of Iron, sad farmed It lots epeers snd hatchets. We bava no trace or Iras In Krypi before ths yesr XK1 B. O., ssd ths Kgypttsss vsers st tbst Urn asset atvtllsaw eoeloos) las fsssa ths sarib. About ,MJ yaara sg,-thsj most slvillsed bsmsa beluga' begun IB 1 form their Implements sf Iron: asd tbs per lew sloes caoautwtss ths Ags sf Irsa. 'Tm nasor asoNiK. rut before ibis tints lbs great Pyra mids were built, aspolchrss wers bswa out of solid timsslous, temples wars tsared, sa wers sleo slvgant rvaldeoces. bicn wers aopplied with rurnltars showiBg the-work f skilled artlesnu sxhi tools, or what. tbsa. were bail tools made before troa waa know a f It wss brooit t formed Of Ulna Deris of copper and 00s of II n. Old Egyptian Paintings repressat workmen catting locka of grsnlts with ysllow tools, wblob muat hsvs been made af b route. Ilrooae ehlaela sod copper too I a bsvs heeu found In ancient Egyptisa mlnse, which muat have been need wbea Iron sud a teal were aakuswa. At several etatioss soon pled by Cbs- Hwlss Isks d wallers, thuuasnds of b route srlicles bavs been dredged up from ths bsd sf tbs Isks where there wss s complete ab- ssses of stone aad iron, abowlag that tbsy lived Jo sa acs wbsa broass wss excluilvsly employed (or arms aad lm- piemeuia, . THS STOMK-AOR. ' " Bst tbsrs wss a tlms when svsn bran as wss ankaowa, sud ataos, wood ssd bene wers lbs msterisla of which ' rapont of the moat civilised Dsonlo were formed. Thla bss been celled Ibe stone sgs, sad In sM coaatries where maa bad emerged from barbsrism at aa early historical .period, 1 1 ssa bs proved thsi they bsd paaaed tbrougb thiastous ags on their-Journey to a metallic age.. ia-westtiriiin, rrsnee, usnnsny, llsly, Bumls, Bpsln, . lnC India. C'bius sud. Japan hsvs beau fousd within tbs past twsnty-fivs yssre bund reda of thouasode of arrows, ehlaela, knlvea and otbsr Implemenle of stoas. bicb resrssent In thlis esantrlss an eaclsnt period In bumsn 'history, sng o lore pun nsa formed ids nrst teller l record ths etcpe of ble progrses, a period, kaewa aa the Ags af Btooe. ' ... tiu. rrjBTBKH feing. i- IXaenvsrire In relation to the ktoBS.. CIS fe7 Swtiterlaod shew that assa dravo piles lata lbs tokss wllb atones, having by tbs bss sf flrs felled lbs tress la lbs forseta and eut them Into tbe requisite Isuglbe. Bplltllng other trees la two. they placed Abs fist Btdo tissa tits tops of thaas piles, snd sa thsm built buts of witlled etlcka In bee-hi vs snaps, plas tered with -mud. They wers not aav-ar-s tbey rslesd wheat aad osta aad barley aud millet ; I hey fee h lowed reoe pottery from slay with, tbslr handa I lliey kept ebe-p aud gnats sud bo rave snd cowe, and kept tbem sa tfasss Isks platforsss. ' Msny of thste atons impls mauls are poliehed, aad othsmars vary finely shipped, by men wbo must have acquired tbeir akin by oousleut prsetioe. There waa an age, bswsver. older thaa this, wbhrh ts rsprtesBtod. by tbs ruds Imptomeale fbuud la saves and river gravtla. aocompaulsd by, Uis rs-' matoa of wild sulmals It was' aa sgs es cold thst bowlders floated dswa tba steers of Northers rrssoo, whsa oases lin.ia. ft K ' ' - - - imv uuuwa, waoagTHTUiisrs wss US' known. Tula period waa called Ibe nu- leolithls sgs, or tbs aid atons sgs, whlls last in wbtcb tmiiawei it were seed bss bees sails! ths neolithic ' or new atone age.,, rtUMlTlVg MAN, : It la but a short Urns eluos ws learned hat a wonderfully old world tbla U. when crawling monsters and lares boasts bsd successively relents snow lie sarfass. Bat ws supposed that aasa had osly been bsrs for five of six thousand years, and even during tbst sbsrt period lis bsd hsSn swept from tba ehrtb, with ths exception Sf sight Imllvtduahvfross J!. whom alt pretest races beat d a Beaded. But now there sirstcbss away lets tbs paat,byosd sHilaloey. and tradition, beyond ths wtldeet dresma sf ths eld bietorisas, Sges sf hamaalty, sw ssst V tbat sou) pared with tbest .0UO yesre but ss yeetertlar. Man has evl- dently been upon thla planet for bund rede or miiieniums; tbs facta that fnoV. sets this era srssdlsg apoa as frsaa svsry qssrter. .1 -t - ., 4. --a csves in ins nsrtn or tugisnd which bsvs bsett stplors!, laplemsals bavs been dltooversd wltb tbo rsmslns st saimals tbst asstd aaiy bsvs lived 4a s suusiry must wsrmsr tbsa Ureal Hrltals is to-dsyr Wast sssa tbso was tike, geology csa tell na little; but bis weapoas wars rough fl lot spears aad kaives; as had ao oomsstia animal: he V wss nrsbabls Baked. of great atreurtb. i snd roamed ever ths country la a wild state. Wbea Koglend end KrsBos were salted, when Issd strstohsd sway ap north and wast. Mad that brns sssa. plsd by ths A I laat Is, thsa eaaas that terrible nut, ths toy agst-Drswn by reindesr, mas weut bosudlog svsr tba . fields sf aoow snd lee; be feed upon tbs elk, horse ssd hear. Ho tweep the long cestartes. . Rack sf all those ages tbs lecturer believed that maa eaieted lej a yet lower form, bslsg only a UiOs supe rior lo lbs gorilla. ( U.u . ravur. utarois TUEOJIT. , Wbst a ebasterr From the. naked savage that fought with Iba else bear and killed wild hsrses for fssd, msa ad vsarad to tbo rave-dwellers ot Log land aad Era nee.- From this, step by step la ths neolithic ags, tolbe Iske-dwellere sf Hsltaerlaod, and as on eolll tha Iron sgs wss sa liar ml Id aad asaa learned ts tee too world's diary. Jartorrf ICt - mmm im ... - . A wtll-knowoT EvsngetlcaX tie rgy mo, so being t erased of teenier e wssdfvCsleeraallsolr esptted thss)hs hoped s very body essaid to hosvon, end," said bs,. "tbsrs are aoass psrssns - wleh wars lhara mnm '-..: ' Aaotbsr American girt Isle marry a- way m it utst sar girts rs- fuss to support their swa countryman T There Is s lark of patrtoileae asms wbers.-4uania fsisfi(s4sN. -, . 1. .... n.!i1 ? . . Ns msa wssd bs sat iss s b-ts'Sbb or bow bs absll dis. If bs to ssfflatoweiy ssxtouS as ahmtt hsw and w bsrs ha lless.otdst ofav 1 ; ..:: .-! ( A defeated competitor la eaemtorioat . istsst on bs ii escribed ss sa out. j a tbscghta,. hs ssld has r ...a " - . . apokea ladivldusJ. - -t , . . s iiwj : " v r.- 4r A: v.--- L