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- w d THE COAST MAIL. 4 THE COAST MAIL. tjunm. -inn iii'w Jiwejm-jjwi iWHBiiiMimg Publlahod ovory Saturday Morlrjjf ' ur WKI13TKR, II ACKER A I.OCKKART, Mnrnlifleld.Cooii Co., Oregon. jryaoKyaftl THE 3'KVO'rr.o to COAST MAIL. fjf;lio Interests of Southern Ore iron Always ForoinoNt. IXllMM. I.Y AlVANtX. One Tear , 13 M Six Mouttia..., 1 CO TLrtd Montbi .... 1 00 To idrcrtUcr we jnirntte (lie moil farurahle toruu mil fair dealing. TUo Development of our Mlnco, tlio ImproTc ment of our Harbor, and Railroad Com mmileatlou villi tlio Interior, Specialties. ,xt ur aa-nitr ray gsasrs: vol. 1: JKARSIIFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, INEA Y 17, 187!). SO'. 20. Tlio Hciuttirul (into. Wo apeak, wo apeak of llio Invest and Ut,- Who liurn L'niin In (lift lml ulitlTO. Anil tlierulnUor tlio river of ilcatlmro onwuwl, Hy llio rainbow of lliclr lovo. jBad liurU are ymnini; In hall mul out, VU-piUo' norno dioainlciirt In ml, J Jut Ms know tlio beautiful changes nut, Ami our darling hi o not dead. TIiovoico of lliclr melody wander frco TliroiiRh tlio nail of our broken hour, Ami tlio gleam of tlitir eiitmy robia wo we, Winn tlio earth grown dark with wrong, Wo feci tliu tmohof avanlnliiil liand, Tlint llirlllid In tlio da.Mi of yoro "Ami kadi u on to tlio summer land. Wlioro thoy livo fori ver more. We rpoak when llio work of day It done, Of tlio danitig liy-auiMiy, And numbered oiirtreaaurts, ono by ens, 'In our Fjllitr'i lioiiaouuhlgti. Andoltwo think when our rent f hall come, Of tlm muting tin ro will bo Whim tlicKOod and beautiful all ro home, To tlioelly beyomlTiliona. " " A Mother, During. Tlio great Goldon Ksglo, the pride nud tlio four of tlio parish, swooped down uutl away with something in his talous. Ono single, sudden fcinnlo snrieK uuu men hioius ami out cries, ns if a church spiro hud tumbled down on it eongrfg-dion nt sacrament. "Juti it Luuiond's buirn I Hannah Lauionii b uuim I" was Iho loud fust spreading cry. " Tito eagle's tuon uff ll.iuunli L,amoud h bairn I and tunny hundred feet wore in another in.it.tut hurrying toward tlio mountain. Two miles of hill and ti. 'u, und copso and shingle, nud many .ntorsecting brooks lay between ; but in an incrodi bl u short time tlio foot of the mountain was allvo with people. Tho oyrio was woll known, and both old birds were visiblo on tho rock edge. Jlut who shall scalo thnt dizzy cliff, whioli Mark Stuart, tho Kiilor, who bad been at tho stormtuRof many a fort, ouco atteniptcd in vain All kopt gaztog, or weojii I'ODincr. or wringing oi liatiils, rooteil to tho ground, or runniug buck and forward liko bo many ants cuBnying their new wings in discomfiture. "What's tho use what's tho uso 'o any juiir human means? Wo liuvo nno power but in prayer !" And many knelt down fathers and niothora think ing of their own babioa as if thev would force tho doaf heavens to hear. Hannah Lamoud had nil tln'u u-biln been sitting on n Mono with u faco per- fectly wbito, and oyc liko those of u uad jiewon, iixed on tlio'oyrio. Nobody iiVticeil lier: for htroiiK as nllHvmna- tlties with her had boon at tho swoop of tfocaglo, thoy were now swallowed up ji mo ngony oi eyo-signt. " Only last Sabbath was my aweot veo wean baptized in tho nunio of tho rathur, and tlio Hon, and tho Holy Ohoat 1" J And on uttering thoao words, sho How off through tho brake and over tho h-igo sloues, up up up -fastr than ovorliuntsman run to tho death four less s n goat playing among tho preci pices. No ono doubted no ono could doubtthat hho would hobn bo dashed to pieces. Hut hiuo not pooplo who walk in their sleep, obedient to tlio rujHterious gufdanco of dreams, climb tho walls of old ruins ami found foot ing, oven in decnipituijo, nloLg tho oiIho of unguarded battlements, and down dilapidated Btaircuhes, deep us draw wells or ;oal-pit, and lotuiiied with open, fixed, and unseeing eves, unliarint'd, to tliuir beds at midnig'ht? It i all tho work of tho soul, to whom tho liody is a hlavo ; and shall not tho agony of a mother's passion who sees lier baby, whoso warm mouth has just left her breast, hurried off by n donion to n hideous doath bear her limbs aloft wherever thorn is dust to dust, till sho reaches that devouring don, and Horror nud moro furioiisthan any bird of proy that ever bathed its beak in blood, Ifaf.jttlo tho ilendH that, with their heavy wings, would fain Hap her down tho cliffy and bold up hor child in do Jivftraneo. No stop no slay ; ho know not that sho drow her breath. Honeath hor feet l'rovidonco fastonod ovory root. IIow was bho over to descend V That fear, then, but onco croskod her heart, us up -up up to tho little imago mado of hor own Hesh and blood. "Tho Ood who holds mo up now from perishing will not tho sumo God sao mo when my child is at my wit-unb i Down carao tho florco rushing of the cnglo'H wings, each savugo bird dashing eloso to her head, so that sho suw tho yellow of their wrathful oyos. All ut onco thoy iiuuiled and wore cowed. Yelling thoy How off to tho stump of an ash jutting out of tho cliff, u thousand feet above tho cataract ; und the Chris tian mothor, fulling across tho oyrio, in tho midst of bones and blood, clasped hor child, dead dead, no doubt, but unmunglod und untorn, and swaddled up just as it wus when sho laid it down asleep among tho fresh buy in u nook of tho harvest Hold. Oh I what a pung of porfect blessedness transfixed hor heart from that faint, feoblo cry " It lives I it lives 1 it .Iivea I ' And baring her bosom with loud luughtor, and eyes dry us titones. sho felt tho lips of tho uncoiiHoioim innocent onco moro mur muring ut tho fount of lifo and lovo. "Oh I thou grout und thou dreadful Ood whlthor hast Thou brauirlit nmV OU I aavo mo lest I perish, ovon for thy own numo'ti suko I Oh, Thou who died to iavo sinners, huvo moroy ou mo I" Cliffs, cbasuiH, blocks of stones, und tho skeletons of old trees far, far down - and dwindled into specks u thousaud creuturoa of her own kiud.ntatioiiury, or running to and fro I Wus that the sound ofHjio waterfall, or tho faint roar of Toicos? Is that hor nutivo strath? and that tuft of trees does it contain tho ImtJu which stumlH tho crudlo of Jier cbfld? Never moro shall it bo rocked by her foot I Here must sho die, and when her breant is exhausted her bub too, And thoso horrid hooks, nud oyce, and talons, and wings will return und hor child will bo devoured at hint, oven within tlio dead arms that can protect it no moro I Whore, all this while, was Mark Htnart, tho sailor? Half way up tho cliffs. Hut his oyeii had got dim, and his head dizzy, and bin heatt Hick ; and ho who had often roofed tho top gallant sail when at midnight tho coming gnlo was hoard afar, covered his fit'co with bis lunula and dared look no longer ou the swimming bights. " And who will tako euro of my poor hod.-riddtm mother," thought llamudi, who, through exhaustion of no many passions, could no more retain in bur grasp tho hope sho had clutched in de spair. A voice w hisporod " Ood." Hho looked round expecting to sou u spirit ; but nothing movod except it rotten branch, that under its own weight, broke off from tho ormubling'rook. Uer oyo--by some secret sympathy with the inanimate objoet watched its fall i and it seemed to slop not far off on nmuall platform. Herchild bounded upon her shoulders -alio knew not bow Or when but it was ho to nud scarcely daring to open her eyes, sho slid down tho.shelving rocks und found horsolf on a small piceo.of firm root-hound'oll, with tho tops of bushes appearing be low. With lingers suddenly strengthened into tho power of iron, sho swung her self down by brier and broom, and heather, and dwart birch. Hero a loosened 6tono leapt 'over a hedge, and no sound was heard, so profound was its fall. Tliero tho shinglo rattled down the norcos, nud sho hesitated not to follow. Hor foot bounded against tho lingo stoito that stopped them ; but sho felt no pain, Her body wut callous as tho cliff. .Steep as tho wall of n house was now the side of n precipice. Hut it was matted with ivy, centuries old long ngo dead, and without a single green leaf but with thousands of arm thick stems potrilled into tho rook, and covering it us with tv trelliri, Sho fell her baby on her neck, and with hands and feot clung to that fearful ladder. Turning round hor head and looking down, sho saw tho whole population of tho parish so great nan thomnltitudo ou their knees. Sho beard tho voiPo of psalms u liyiiai breathing the spirit of one united prnyer. Sid und solemn was tho strain but nolhinjf diruii liku Hounding not of death but of deliver auco. There had been trouble nud agitation, much sobbing, iuid many tears among tho multitude, while tho mother was "5T1??, V"' .i n0,4 ' ?, ,0.i fa.i ! tUaifi scaling the cliffs sublime was the nud ufur the moment she rio never reached before in the MiMiiorv of man bv human foot then bad succeeded u hfloneoiis deep ui death; in a little while uroso that hymning prayer, succeeded by mute supplication ; tho witness of thankful ami congratulatory joy had next its swoy ; nud now that her salvation watf sure, tlm great crowd rustled liko a wind-swept wood. "Full hick and givo her fresh air," said the old minister of the parish ; and the ring of eloso fiicis widened round hor lying as in death, ' Oio mo the bonny bit bairn into my arms," cried !lrtt one and then an other, and it was tenderly handed round tho circle of Mutes, many of tho suooded maidens lathing its faco in tears. "There's no single scratch about tho puir iunocont, for tho eagle, you sco, maun, hue stauak its talons into tho lang clues and tho shawl, Jilm', liliu' maun they bo who see not the finger o' flod in this." Tho Jloston 'Jhnmcripl tolls tho droll story: An old sou-captain, well known in tho days of Havre packets, who had "sailed tho peas over" for fifty years and morn, used to tell that in tho early part of his first voyage as cajitiiii, when he bad but just turned twenty-one, his cabin-bpy complained of alamo buck. Thuro was u uieilieine-chest nbouril, whoso contents it was the captain's duty to dispense according to the hunt of bis knowledge and ability. In n shallow drawer ut tho bottom of tho chest wero two or thrco Spanish Hy planters ready spread on kid, und ono of these tho captain decided to apply to tho boy's buck. It was done and tho little follow sent to bed. In the morning ho was on hand bright und early, but tho captain's usual cup of coffeo was missing. " Cook isn't ui. sir." exclaimed tho y- " way is no not? asked tuoainluiii. " Says bo can't get up, sir." " Why not?" " Hays his back hurts him, sir." " Hack? What's the matter with hit bck?" "Tho plaster, sir." ", What doyou mean?" oxolaimod tho captain, " I didn't put tho plaster on his back." " No, sir, but I did," whlspored tho bov. "" You did, you young raacal," howled tho captain, jumping from his berth, " whut ou earth did you do that for?' " Well, sir," answered the boy, get ting well out of tho rango of any stray bootjack or other missile that might lihuuco to be within tho captain's reach, " when I wnko up in tho night it hurt mo ho that I hud to take it off, Tho cook was in tho next bunk UBloop, and I just clapped it ou his back. I didn't want to wusto tho plaster, Hir." Though tho world had ten thousand times moro temptation than it has ; though your heart wero (en thousaud times moro full of lusts ; though Hutaii and his ungels had ten million times their power, they cannot oust down the soul thut leans upon Johovuh. Wait on tho Lord, bo of good oonrugo, und ho shall strengthen thy heart, Tho saino hand that holds tho sun in his iouruoy holds up tho soul of his pooplo, ling, then, weak, trembling, templed disolplo sing oloud, " I will trust und not bo afraid," Uro.it men owo theii fumo to Iho lit tlouoss of tho rust of tho vorld. A Chihl'H l)i emu of Heaven. i. I want to tell tho littlo children what u beautiful dream my little girl had u while ngo about heaven, and ask them, after they have read it, if they will not go to Iho hlcHKOd Jesus, and ask him to make them lambs of his fold, nud when they die, tuko them to that beautiful homo above. Hulboforo 1 loll you the dream, I think I must tell you a little about my daughter and hor homo, then you will understand it bettor. Hho is u very thoughtful, delieato child und gave her heart to (iod before she was six years old. This made her a Mry happy child, and sho loved to read and talk about heaven. One of hor brothers hud been there some years, and although sho had never seen him, hIiu hoard so much of his happy lifo anl death that of course he was not u stranger lo her, and she often longed to join him in Ids homo above. Hut now wo wore in deop sorrow. Wo bad given our llrst born, our great est cut tidy treasure, at his country's call, to suffer, and perhaps, to die. Nobly had he done hit part, and jiihI when wo iCo.) almost daring to hope that after victory ho would .soon come back lo tin again, came tho news, " Your sou is dead I" Wo laid him in a sol dier's grave, and with stricken hearts went back to ft desolate home, strug gling through our tears b sing, Wo shall know each other there." A few mornings after, very early, my daughter came creeping softly to my bed, laid her linger iu my moutli nud said : Please, ma, don't speak. I have had such n benutiful dream : I nm so afraid 1 shall forget it, that I want you to help mo keep it. 1 dreamed 1 had been very sick, nud pft carried mo down to n river, and you both kissed mo, and cried because you could not go over with me. It was not very wide out tho water was black, and my feet scorned to stick in tho mud : but ou the other side of this liver, nt tin) top of the hill, was fieareii. I could bear music and sing ing, and by the light could see tho gates of tho city, and I was trying hard to get thoro. When I reached the other side of tho river, 1 was so dirty I anil somo ovii-Iooklng people told mo it wai no use forinn to climb tho hill, for nothing unclean entered there. Hut I was determined to try, and at last camo to tho gate, und nsked the keepor to lot mo in. Ho looked ut my dirty clothes, mid told me ho would see, but did not think it was any use. 0. how I wanted to join in tho slnuiiu;: und to lioyio near und, then nut go in, Viwinoro,thnn'I could I wilt. All at onco the thought came to me, and I sprung up nud sung, "Jesus lovos me, this I know, for tho Hiblo tells me so." And a voico inside the gate answered, " Yos, 1 lovo hor, lot her come in." The keopor oponod tho door, and there stood tho blessod Savior. O, ma, I wish you could huvo soon him I you would not wonder that ho came down to diu for us ; his look was so full of love. He put his hands upon mo to bless me, and as ho did so, all my clothes nud dirt wero gone, and I was dressed in whito robes, and felt strong and well and full of joy. I "tried to thank him, but the words would not come. Ho beckoned to two beautiful children, told them to be my compan ions, and teach me to sing. I cannot half tell you how beautiful overything was. Thoy togk me to soo tho llowers, und 1 am sure Ood must have guthored the prettiest from nil parts of the world. Thou wo went to groves. Tho trees were laden with nil kinds of fruit, and singing birds wore among tlio branches, and outrything seemed full of joy. Tho children I was with were no sweet. You cannot tell how good it is to be all love. Among tho trees wero foun tains of pure nud sparkling water. While wu wero looking, nt once we heard tho Bound of music, nud they told mo it was tho hour of worship, and wo must7fo to our own home for ovory family group uad a ;iiomo of its own there. As wo turned to go, I saw my brother M., with Willie loaning ou his arm. lie throw his, arms uround inn und kissed mo, und Boomed surprised to see mo there. Ho then introduced mo to Willie ; for you know he did not know mo. They both wore long white robes, und their hair hung in loose curls upon their shoulders, und looked so baud some ami good. You know how poor and sad M looked after tho battle of Gettysburg 1 thut look is all gone now. They took me between thorn till thev reached the place prepared for us. J'Jvory family 1 1 us a half eirelo, and facing it are two thrones or seats higher than tho circle. Those are for the parents, while tho circle is for tho children. Homo circles were filled ; in others there was a mother or a father with the children ; but no one looked lonely. In the centre,, und higher than the rest, was tho thronnof Ood, und seated upon it was the Havior. As soon as I hud taken my seat with tho boys, they brought mo my harp, nud tho ungels thut wero nearest tho throne commenced singing " Worthy is tlio Lamb that was slain I" and all in heaven joined tlio song. O, how glori ous tho Savior looked 1 I cannot de scribe tho bounty of his throne of pearl and gold, and rays of light surrounding it ; but it was the Havior himself who tilled us with ioy ; ho had done so much for us, O, how I loved him I I felt 1 could look ou him forever I After singing und chanting some timo, they brought u orown, and iih thoy placed it upon his bond wo sung, " All hull tho powor of Johus mimo I Let ungels prostrate full ;" nud just as thoy wero singing tho lust lino I awoko. Hut I think I had boon thoro, but had to coino buck to toll you, so thut you might know how happy dear brothor Is. Happy is ho who hus learned to do tho plain duty of tho momont quickly and cheerfully, whorovor and whatever it may bo, In I Inly, ., MIsn Southwiok's lottnr tothnHostoti Vrtirellfir, dated froifi ltuvenna, Italy, contains tho following: And, us wo lias's out into the narrow s treats, I will try lo give you sotnofdoii of this thor oughly unlipie place ft place where we Hud oursehes surrounded by tho me morials of an ago of which there are almost no traces left elson hero where the monuments of hejithon Homo and modimval Christendom uro'ullkonbseut, and whno overything breolhes oMho almost forgotten time between the two, Founded on tho count of llio Adriatic by the Thessallnus, wllo resigned it to tho indium on account of its unhealthy position, it continued of littlo impor taiieo till the reign of AilgiiHttis, who, twenty years II. 0., look possession of tho place, prepared it harbor for 1!5() ships, built arsenals and magazines, und made it the permanent otution of a Human Heel, building two Adjoining cities 01asis and Oosurou, those being iu the midst of a morass cxtefiillng'for many miles, were well supplied with canals and bridges, and tho houses being built on piles, the whole was very much liko Venice. . Then, too, these cities wero connected with the continent by u causeway, whioli could be easily guarded or de stroyed, ou the approach of an hostile army. Now, the sea js live miles uwuy from ll.tvcnua. Clussis uud Ccsitrou have pusitcd entirely uwuy, uud eeu as early us tho fifth century thotaort of Augustus was converted into plouxutit orchards, while to-daybno can drive for thirty miles tiirough tr boaniiful forest of pines, which sluuds'wheru tho, impe rial Hoot rode nt anchor. Here uud there feeble lice Holds un'fl rank wild H6wurs, stands tho'graud Hmdlicn of St.- ApollinuriuH, built iu Ml. Tho utter tloiHiliition nud solemn stillness, with this vast wreck of the past rising still in stately grandeur, gives nu indo HoribabloIntoroHt to the place, especially as ou entering and' standing before tho tomb of St. Apnlllimrius wo read, "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of tho church." , A Wttriiluc t (ilrl-pVlio Chew (linn. Wo Hud tho followiiut curious story in a St. Louis paper Of Into date : Late last Saturday evening an uueident oc curred on l'ortlaud avenue thut may serve us a "warning to hundreds of young persons who have entered upon a career of wnx-chewiug. A girl named Lida Smith hud been nohewer for tieur ly"n year. She is'id'it eleven your old, rather bright nutUlnUjlIUfCUt. uud chewed about the same (inutility of the material thut was used by neighboring girls along tho avenue. Ou Saturday evening she took her wax from her moutli, stuck it under tho edgo of tho mantel until she could go to tho kituh en to gel a swullow of water, and ou her return her parents wero horrified to see her jaws moving rapidly. Sho was told to throw the wax from hor mouth ; but ou investigation it was found that sho wusnotohuwiug anything ; still hor jaws kopt moving at a rapid rate. Tho parents sent for a physician, who camo uud attempted to hold tho jiws in n proper position, believing it to bo only temporary, but he could not stop the regular movement. Tho child grow nervous, uud tho excitement only in creased the action of her jaws. Tho physician put u tight bandage over her face, and this partially relieved tho movement, but then the twitehings of the muscles extended all over her fuce. As u lust liinott, a moderate dose of morphine was udiuiulstercd, nud tho little girl kept up iuaohorout mutter ings, accompanied by a general disturb unco of tho muscles of tho uppei por tion of the body during the early part of the night, uud toward morning tho little sufferer was restored to her nor mal condition. The physician says ho never heard of hucIi a esse before, and thinks it was brought about by n spas modic notion of the muscles of tho fuce calmed by overiiotiou. The littlo ulrl. after enduring n night of suffering, is now restored, nut notlunjr ju the world could induce her to again chow wax, Tho Aristocracy of tliu Faubourg St. (ienimln. Tho Legitimist aristooiitoy of iVruiico, by tho female side, which is the only certain one abroad, is two-thirds He brew. A part of the other third is Yankee. Last winter I heard a sou of the Crusaders thank tho divinity which looks after noble families for having ntisod up Lafayette and Washington to provide fur French strawberry loaves. Ileucu thu rococo character of nobility hero and their surroundings, lloneu the sedulous cultivation of blue mold uud tho bigoted udheroucu to forms whieh huvo no meaning when the sys tem Is adopted of setting down heraldic llowers iu American guano. When nobles iu the Faubourg St. Germain do not marry Jewesses, Amer icans, or thu daughters of Ihiglish stock jobbers, they genorully puir with cou sins. TholJuodo Churtros is uu excep tion ; he married thu daughter of a poor Oalitzin, converted to itomau Catholi oism by Peru Gargariu, Sho is u very young woman, but seinl-barburoiiH iu hur tustes, vieompto do ll.ilnovlllo, another of the exceptions, espoused u niece of the reverend fathor justuamed, Her notion of happiness is to put ou a now bonuet every duy, uud to sit iu tho tribunes of tlio Chamber through do bates she does not understand. Tlio grandfathers uud graudmuthurs, and the aunts and uncles iu thu Faubourg St. Germain, whore thoro bus not been u mesalliance, wore on both Hides of tho Iiouho brought up ut tho same suhools, ouleehised by tho sumo priests, uuous toinoil from infancy to tho sumo family pletttius, scut to sleep with tho same songs, wero told tho sumo stories, uud retuilod, vvliou thoy grow up, tho sumo softudal. London Truth, If Ood has taught usulltrutli in leaoh log us to love, then ha has given us nu interpretation of our whole duty in our own households, Prince Alficil uud tho FIslieiiiiiin'H W'hoji tho present Duko of Kdiuburg was of twolvo years of ngo, and then called l'rinco Alfred, tho Queen uud l'rluro Albert wero. upending llio sum mer mouths ut Hulmoral. Tho young prince slipped his attendants und wan dered somo distaiieo .v-viiy. Finding himself tired, he wished to leturu home, but had quite forgotten which way he came, uud looked hither and thither for somo outline of llalmoral. At length ho huw a boy about his own ago com ing along rfllh busket of cockles on his head, , " Hulloo. boy!" cried tho prinoo: but the lad went on without any response. " uomo Hero, I waul your said I'riueo Alfred; but still the buy walked on. The young l'rineo then ran with all speed, uud overtook thu lad with the eooklos, and suld, "Now I want you to tell mo tho way to the castle." " I ilinna ken," said the boy. "If you don't tell mo," shout od tho Prince, 'HI will knock tho basket off your head." " Na,3'o wiuna," was tho dolluut re ply. " Won't I?" said tho Prince; und the next instant the basket was rolling in the Hand, the eooklos tumbling about in nil directions. Thu boy's, temper was roused, and ha rushed up to tho l'rinco with clenched Maud; there was a tussel for n few sec onds, but tho boy soon conquered, and ti... ti. i , ..... ......... .,u,.,.,.i i... i.: tun A iiiiu .mi i.t.i.j, iviiwhi tij (tin iikKidluut. One of tlio royal nttundants who had gmiu iu soarcuyuf the young l'rinco witnessed tho usAiiult, and, com ing quickly to tho rescue, took the poor boy into custody, marching him to thocustlo, and tolling him on tho way tho enormity of his offense, im Iiaving dared to strike a Prince of the rovnl family J did nu ken whatlioeenllonian wiuv. but ho spilt luy cookies," said tho boy, sobbing, n, Tlio young Prince thought over the mutlorpHUil told the attendant that ho was moro to blumo'Chun tho lad, and hud belter let him go; but the attend ant thought otlierwine, uud marched his prisoner -on, and tho minor ran around tho castle that l'rinco Alfred had been seriously assaulted; but tho royal youth, with wise resolve, went to tho Queen uud told lier what hud hap pened, uud that the boy was pot iu fault. . Tim poor littlo prisoner was taken to an nnte-rooin in tho eastlo, where, trem bling all over, lie awaited hlsnontonco. -Inwmtlyft'irontlemun rnttctahhrApponr unco; lie was ono of tho Queen's chap lains; and in a gentle oncourngiug tone, ho nsked tho boy his tuuio, where ho lived, his occupation, uud all tho circumstances which lod to tho encoun ter, and to the surprise of the ultoudiwit, be ordered tho boy, by tho wiah of Her Majesty, to bo taken into a comfortable room uud given something to cut. In about half an hour tho samorovor end gentleman returned and told tliu littlo boy that the Queen was satisfied that he bad done no wrong; that Her Mujesty deemed it tho duty of her sub joets to protect Uietns'dves whenever oppressed; she had taken into consider ation thu Value of tho cockles and the time lost, nud seut him flvo shilling us n compensation. The prisoner was then released to pick up his basket und his cockles, and run homo it rich uud happy boy; but his good fortune did not end here, for tho Quoou sent to inquire about his family, uud found thut his mother was a poor flshormnu'd widow, living in gieat poverty, und the fortunate boy was seut to school, and afterwards ap prenticed to u trade by Her Majesty's bounty. J'.e. FAHiuo.N.ur.u Foi.MKH. Uvcn in o Small a thing ns fashion history repeats Itself, uud tlio fashionable lady of to day is not one whit moro extravagant than her revered ancestresses. Hero is uu oxtruct from a lutter written by a lady who livod nearly two centuries ago: "Tho ladioB dresH their heads very high, with a toupet in front, and thu hair cut in n brush, Tlio point of tho toupet, whieh projects on tho fore head, is called tho physiognomy; tho curls on eaoh side, whioli aro very largo and separated, aro donominnted atten tions, Thu bonnets aro of great. size, and ornamented with Honors uud rib bons. Tho btiuohoH of fiiithors nro of prodigious size. Of these bonnets thuro are two hundred different kinds. Tho most fashionable color for tho robo is culled ' the queen's hair,' next to it iu roputo is pueo color. Straw-colored satin is very much worn,- trimmed variously with gauze, laco or fur. They reckon above ouu hundred uud fifty kinds of trimming. Nuxt come painted, brocaded satins, eaoh of whieh has u name. The most fashionable) is ' smoth ered sighs;' upplo green striped with white, is also much in favor; it is called lively shepherdess.' Hoop pettiooats nro very sniidl, Blippors are puoo color or quoon's hair. Thoso slippers nro magnificently decorated and embroid er oil with precious stones, Ladios duro not show thomsslvos now unless their feet ore liko boxes of jewelry. The slippers nro long nud narrow; tho Htripo behind is ornamented with jewels, Mantles are banished, ltibbous, colors uud garments nil huvo very significant names. A lady whh lately at tho theater in ii robo of smothered sighs, orna mented with vain rogrota, with u point in the inlddlu of perfect candor, slippers of quoon's hair embroidered with dia monds in porlldious strokes; her hair curled iiiBupor-roiluod soiitimuuta, with u bonnet of perfect conquest, adorned with wild feathors, ribbons of eye deject cd, with cat on her shoulders of the color of strangers, a despairing Modiels and u muff of momonUiry agitation," What lady of tho presold can surpass this dross in absurdity? Groat effort from great motives iu tho boit definition of n happy life, The easiest labor Is a burden to him who hus no inotivo for performing it, The Ideal mul Ileal Mermaid. Till recently tho belief In mormuhls creatures half wrfniau mul half fish was as general as tho bolief iu ungels. Most of the early navigators professed to have met them sporting around tho Inlands in tho tropical seas. Homo nf- llrmcd that they saw them pressing their young to their breasts nud heard them utter plaintive sounds when frlgktelied. All agreed that their faces wero extremely beautiful, their bodied graceful, while their sable tiesses wero profuse, The old Greek and L-din ;k eU declared that thoy enticed sailors to enter dangerous places and often lured them ou lo destruction. Ilolli undent 1iml modern artists gnve to raurblo or cunvus the outline mid expression of numnahls us they existed ill tholrfonoy. The old literature of childhood abound ed iu stories of sirens,1 tritons uud Un dines, us well us of sen-cows, swine, horses uud lions, Tho nld-tlmo natur al Int showed that they were nil species of ono groat family of which tho mer maid was tho most benutiful ns well ns the most interesting. Nearly ovory old sailor of tho gonor tion picceding this bad seen ut least one mermaid, while somo old Halts had counted them by hundreds. The water about the island of Ceylon, whoso " bulmytbTot'7.flH" ono of our poets litis snug, was a famous place for them. They wero supposed to tuko to if as nat urally ns Iuud-mau)s do In it u.t'ikel of choice perfumery. A mariner who had made Hull ft doon voyages witliout seeing a mermaid waa regarded us a fraud by tho er.tft. Mermaids wero occasionally neon ns far north us Huh ring's straits. In early tunes they woro reported to bo common ou tho coast of Ireland nud Kuglund, AVithin tho memory of persons now living it was reported that u mermaid was seen swim ming in n cove in tho North sex Au Investigation of thu matter showed that tho mysterious creature was Sir Hum phrey Davy bathing, with somo sea weeds ou his head to protect it from the sun. Since that time tliojibcliof in mermaids in Hritish waters has virtual ly died out, thoiiKh many pcr.wtis nro iistconlldant us over thnt they abound 'iu foreign sous. For some wooks past ft livo mermaid has been on exhibition nt tho royal aquarium iu Loudon, nud thousands of persona have soon it. Scientists call it ft manatee, nud slate that, il is a species of herbivorous cotaecu uouniL,in thu waters ubout tho West India islands, whom it subsists ou sen-weed. Tin Ao;im J)atlii Tulcminh gives tho fol ldwirYfT description of tlnr-ciPaturo, which does not very favorably compare with tho accounts ui tlio old poets mul travolors : " In tho lowor world of creatures the slug ulono presents us with au equally soUir monotony of outline, mul, if u sovuu-foot slug wero sown up in an old tarpaulin, thu result would bo'n tolera ble reproduction of tho manatee. Ono und would have to bo flattened out into n giguntlo beaver's tail, nud tho other bo shaped snoutvvibo. Too details of mouth, nose, eyes und oars might bo left to the creature's own fancy or to accident. And thu arrangement lor its senses with which the manatee is con tent aro delightfully simple. For oyes ft has oircul.tr apertures which can neither remain widu open nor shut up tight, but nro constantly commoting uud expanding perhaps at tho will ut llio manatee, tiiougu apparently oi their own motion. For uuso it has two holes with lids, und when it rises to th6 Biirfaco of dho water for breath thu lids open, und when it sinks again they shut. Tho ear holes nro too small to bo seen without keen uenrclung, uud nro simply such holes as might bo nude nnywlieru witu a gimlet, rora uiouiu it hus mi opening with a Hap over it, convenient us prevouttug things from going down its throat when thu owner is not hungry, Out BiiiHoioutly ugly to muko the liiatiulee tho moat humble of creatures ; and humble, indeed, it looks. Having no logs, it utunds ou its tall, uud, to keep its baluuco, has to bond tlio head forward und bow tho body. In this attitude of helpless humility the ctruugo tiling stands motionless many minutes touolhor. nud thon, with u ghoslliko, dreadful solemnity, itbogitiB slowly to stiffen mid stniightuu its tail, mul. thus, gradually rising into mi erect posturo, thrusts its nostrils uuovo the surfaeo."' Tho enterprising portions who cap tured this creature nud placed itou ex hibition have committed u great wrong which tho public should bo slow to for give. To gain tho paltry sum of ono shilling from cuoii person wno vtstteit thoir show, thoy hull destroyed n world of pleusuro by taking away tho belief iu tho most wonderful of beings poetic fauoy over orentod. It will not be long before science will banish from tho world everything its inhabitants onco hold most dear, Ohlcnijo Time. If Darwin would chatme his tactics und insist thut all men were onco brutes because somo men nro brutos now, and that thu gonorull.'itiou is u fair one, wo should bo inclined to uuoept his theory at once. It is simply absurd to pluuo so miiuli emphasis uu tlio bypothesib that the human rauu onuo hud tails, whieh tails wero curtailed by slow do greos, until nt last tho pcouliatity of no tail was entailed, bo that nowadays no ono eu; truly say of u man " thereby hangs a tail." Wo say it is simply ab surd to 4uck ut this dry orange when better Tacts mid argumuiitHuio to be had for the asking, It would not be a grent strain on the seionlillo imagination to assort thut, oven iu good society, thoro nro human cats, who affectionately mow mid purr nt tho feet of tho rich man nud lift tho velvet from thoir claws when they deal with thu poor man ; uud bu rn au snakes, who crawl through tho grass nud loavo tho slimo of slander to murk their trucks ; mid human poodles nud bulldogs nud ours nud mules, nud also clearly marked representatives of tho long-cured cross of tho lust named uffecttouato fniiuml with tho sagacious horse, r Wat lit Hlccpltiir Room?. I'm glad tho barbarous idea that it is healthful to she) iu frigidly cold rooms is being combated. For my part, when I recall nil the discomforts, yes, and ub solnto pain I'vo ondnred in cold bed rooms, I'm ready lo pronounco n son tdnr'i of perpetual banishment to tho Artie regions, against tho inhuman monster who first promulgated tho idea that it is " tinhealthful to sleep with n Hre," If u Hro is a good thing during tho duy when our bodies nro nt a higher temperature than during sleeping hours, why isn't it a better thing nt night? I'copln pilo on a hundred weight or ho of bod-clothes, shut doors uud windows to pravont ovon a breath of fresh nir, und iu milto of thoir pre cautions, what with lmving to breathe tho cold nir of tho room mid tho lia bility there is of tho clothes slipping off, thoy nro not comfortable. Tiiero is another thing to bo considered, heavy covering iH weakening. Many dolieato women ami children are mado weary by sleeping under great qnanli ties of covering. Then, it hus been demonstrated, limo after timo, in medi cal roviows und iiowspapors gonornlly, thnt ptiro nir is absolutely necessary to perfect health. 'What sort of ulr is that which has boon breathed nud r hreathed fcorcs of times during tho night? Have n flro, nnd open yonr windows an inch top and bottom. In stead of laying in n heavy stock of blankets nud comfortables, jnstjnrest iun stove, tho children can then make their toilets in their rooms instead of rushing through tho house half-clad to dress by the kitchon Hro. thereby im peding breakfast preparations. Hesidcs, it isn't nico to havo washing nnd comb ing going on iu tho same room nnd at tho sumo timo as cooking. A Hro need not bo kopt in tho bod rooms all day. l'rom eight in tho morning until about six in (he evening it could bo dispensed with, and tho oxpeuso and troublo would tboreby bo lessened. Think it over, ladio-, und if you havo ideas on the Biibject, pleusovcntilato thorn for the lwnoflt ut tho club. -Linda Brown, in 2V. r. llural. " ToSkt CowinH. An ox'a gall will sclutiy color silk, cotton or woolen. I hnvo seen tho colors of calico, which faded nt ono washing, flxod by it. When ono lives near u slaughter house it is worth whilo to buy cheap, fadiflg goods and set them in this vray- Tlio gall can bo bought for a few cU. Get ontall tholiqnidnnd cork it up inn lame vial. Ono lnrco spoonful of this in ii gallon-of -wariw water is miffiniont. After lclng wahod in this, goods look about tlfo samo as now. It must bo thoroughly allrrcd into the water, and not put upon tho cloth. It is naed without soap. After being washed in this, tho cloth wh'ch yon want to clean should bo washed in warm suds with out using soap. . Elkoant asu Ex,CKLLKfr KoLLa. Two quarts of Hour, one-half cup of sugar, a piece of butter or beef drlp tiiticm the sizo of an ckk. Scald ono lliint of MWMfc milk nnd lot it cool, thon mauo a note m mo ihmiuo oi luouour andponr in tho mllbaud half a onp of vcat, a teispoonfiil of nail and set lo rise iu u warm place over night or until very light. Then knead it and lot it rise Oft-aiu. When woll risen out the, rolls half tin inch thick, shape round, spread over each round a littlo meltM butter, and double over bo tho roll isa half circle, thon lot riso very light aud bake, l'luco tho rolls in eloso contact in tho baking pau so thoy may keep iu shapo. ' V OitKLirr. Allow two tablospoonfull of milk to each egg ; beat tho yolks und whites separately ; uilil a littlo tialfc ; pour into a hot skillet, in which a pioco of bnttcr, tho sizo of a walnut, has been moltod. Tho Bkillot Bhould bo as hot ns it inn bo without scorching tho butter. A tho omelot buboles mm rises, run a thin broad-bladod knifo under ovory now nnd thon that it may not burn ; cook two or throo minutes, or until tho eggs Bot ; fold ovor, shako tho skillet, turn on to a hot platter, and sorv'o at ouoo. Vn.iT. Sour. A throo-pound joint of vonl woll broken, in four quarts water mid set ovor tho Hreto boll; propnroa quarter pound of macaroni by boiling it by itself with water onough to cover : mid a littlo butter to tho macaroni whon it isjoudor ; strain tho sonp and season with salt and popper, then tulil tho macaroni nud water iu whioh it w boilod. A pint of noli milK or croara and colory 11 ivor is relished by many if addod. PitusK riES.Tafco a pound of prunoi and soak them oyer night, bo that tho Btonoa will slip out easily ; stow iu somo wator with ns many raisins as jpu wish, and swooton ; uso less water thau for Biuioo ; whon both aro soft grate in tho riud of two lotnous and fill tho pies, allowing two crusts. Morrox Sour. -Holla log of mutton throO hours, season with salt aud pop per, add a teaspoon Bummor Bavory ; make a batter of ono egg, two tablo spoom milk, two of Hour all woll beaten together ; drop this batter into the soup With a spoon nud boll throo minutes, Hinn'n NKHrPttpmsa. Paro aud ooro tart apples ; till tho opoulngs with but ter ami sugar; put iuto upturn heaping teasponuful caah of dry tapioca aud sugar to eaoh apple ; then put iu tho apples ; spriuklu over them cinnamon ; till tho pan neurly fnll of witter und bako, Tuiikev Hour, Tuko tho turkoy banes and cook ono hour in water ououkIi to cover them, stir iu a littlo dressing nnd u beaten egg ; tako from tho lite, nud whon tho water cooses to boll, add a littlo butter', popper aud salt. Nut Oakb. Whites of flvo eggs ; , sugar, two cups; butter, ono cup; sweet milk, ouo cup ; flour, thrco cups ; baking powder, throo tablospooufnla ; ono cup of hickory huIh uud ono cup of blaok walnut meats chopped lluo. sj