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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1871)
KSfl SATUltDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1871. U. N. Official laier for Oregon. Mmnrfactorit-. KemarkMble Family Turks. of Uittntle We are pleased to see tlat an in- tnmct Its Imniiv oVbviici1 ill tllO Wll U W LiVtlll " J " minds of our people, in pome parts of the State, in the direction of sup porting home manufactories and en couraging the establishment of oth ers. They are beginning to under stand more clearly their influence and importance in developing the material as well as numerical strength of a State, or community. New States and communities are apt to overlook their importance, and remain contented with present facilities, in view of the supposed impossibilities of establishing manu factories. Agricultural communi ties are especially torpid in this di rection, and yet no class of produc ers are more in need of the conven iences and benefits furnished by manufacturing establishments than they. The benefit of home manu factories of every class of production are invaluable. They, iu the first place, increase the population of the town or community by drawing skillful workmen from abroad ; sec ondly, the cost of importation of manufactured articles from abroad would be saved ; thirdly, the money spent for them, instead of increasing the wealth of foreign States and communities, would be retained at home, thus increasing the wealth of the home community and State ; fourthly, the producer, as well as consumer, in the saving of time, which is money, and the freightage of long transportation, together with better and more uniform prices received for his productions, would be vastly the gainer. Now, most articles used by pro ducers and consumers are brought from other States many from the far East at great expense of time and freight added to the manufac turer's price. This waste of time and cost of transportation, besides the aggravations incident to trans porting freight from a long distance, may all be obviated by manufactur ing those implements and articles of production and consumption here at home. Xo State, in our humble judgment, so far as our observation has extended, affords better facilities for manufactories than Oregon. Let our people, then, hold out every reasonable inducement to encourage and assist in the establishment of manufactories in the State. We have known individuals, as well as corporations of towns and cities, to work against their own interests and the interests of their cities, by pur suing a narrow, contracted, ill-advised policy toward those who pro posed to establish manufactories among them. The most exorbitant prices would be asked for eligible building lots, and no assistance of any kind would be offered. The consequence was that these estab lishments were built in other places where more liberal views prevailed. A town can well afford to donate the building lot, and merchants, linkers, real estate owners, and others, can equally as well afford to do, ate a reasonable amount of pe cuniary assistance to a reliable indi vidual who has in contemplation the building of a-steam-mill, woolen mill, machine-shop, or any other species of manufactory adapted to the place. The increase of popula tion and trade induced by them will more than compensate for this as sistance. Let our people in Albany, and elsewhere throughout the State, wake up to the importance of estab lishing home manufactories; encour age by your patronage those already in existence; and energized by such an impulse, we will progress more rapidly in population and wealth. Important to Lames who have Fruit to Can. A towel dipped in cold water and wrapped about a cold glass jar will ensure the. safrv h jar when boiling hot fruit is poured .Some of the Californians are lano-h- ing at a stranger who, in one of their towns, said that he had been "perusing It is a fact, which can not be too deeply deplored, thaj crimes, grow ing out of licentiousness and lust, are vn the increase in the United States. Hie journals of the coun try are burdened with notices and .1oto.il of the. most disgusting and harrowing examples of rapes, seduc tions, abortions, and divorces. The number of the latter alone, growing out of the incontineney of one or both of the parties, indicates the in creasing looseness in which the mar ital obligation, of "what Ood hath joined together let not man put asunder," is held. Among the dif ferent agencies to which mav Ik? as eribed these growing evils, none, in our opinion, are more potent in their influence than indecent publications, with which the country is now being flooded. Papers, containing the most vul gar and lascivious illustations, are daily hawked about the streets of our cities, spread out in most con spicuous places to attract attention in news depots, sold by the news boys on every train, and sent to sub scribers in all parts' of the country. These papers are bought with avid- ity by the youth, and in fact more or less by all classes ; and the effect is lcin realized in the increase of crimes resulting from licentiousness and unbridled lust. The lewd illus trations are often accompanied by highly wrought pen-pictures, or de scriptions, of illicit deeds and crimes, and vulgar transactions, so skill fully worded, as under the sem blance of condemnation to really convey the opposite impression, and thus train the imagination of the reader into active sympathy in the scenes descrilied. Such is their character, and their influence is most pernicious. Appealing to the sens ual and brutal instincts of our fallen humanity, they are subversive of all virtue, and at war with all that is pure and ennobling. Their influ ence in weaning our youth away from paths of chastity and upright ness of life, is the most to be dread ed and deplored. They familiarize their susceptible minds with scenes of wantonness and crime, and grad ually weaken the restraints of purity and virtue. "We tremble for the future of our beloved country, if these influences are to continue and increase, it should tie considered, a crime of the first magnitude for any one to print or sell an indecent pa lter or book. The home circle should never le polluted by such productions. Tl e taste, ii iclinations and habits of children should never be perverted by gaz'ng upon lustful pictures, or reading tales or descrip tions of lase'vious scenes. If every parent and lover of virtue, if every real patriot in the land, would lift up his voice in condemnation of this increasing evil, and demand its speedy destruction, how soon it would cease. The following forci ble remarks bearing on this subject, from the San Francisco Golden City, we gladly insert : The English government which is ever watchful of the morals of the masses is making strenuous efforts to suppress "indecent publications, The same thing should be done in this country, where the evil is said The Triumphs of Old Age. On Friday, January 27, the floor of our office trembled Under the tread of tho largest client that ever pressed its boards since Munn & Co.,' com menced business. Seating himself at our desk, on a chair (as much out of iroportion to his bulk as an ordinary Kihyfl chair would be to a common sized man) this huge individual ex plained to us the nature of an inven tion for which he was desirious to secure a patent. Ilaving transacted his business, and created a very unusual sensation among the numerous attaches of the office, he rose to depart. On his way out, our associate editor adroitly approached him, and succeed ed in gaining from him the following statement, the publication of which, in our sober columns, will, we are sure, minister to that love of the mar velous, a trace of which always re mains, even in the most philosophical bosom. The name of the individual referred to is Colonel liuth Go.-hen, ami he re sides at present in Algeunuin, 111. lie is a native of Turkev in Asia, and was born among the hills of Palestine. He is the fifteenth, and last child (the baby) of a family of fifteen ton sou and live daughters sired by a patrlarcl now 90 years old, living in the valley ot Damascus, and uy occupation cottee ! planter. - Ihis venerable sire weighs at the jwesent time. 520 pound avoirdujiois, and his wife, aged 07, weighs 500 pounds. The entire family are living, and not one of them weighs less than 500, pounds. The oldest son weighs 030 pounds, and the youngest, our client, outstripping' them all, weighs 50 pounds. Not one of the family is less than 7 feet in height, and the Colonel is a stripling of only 7 feet 8 inches in his stockings. He is not an uuduly fat man, is merely what Would In called moderately 'portly, and is 33 years old. He was a colonel in the Austrian ar my in 1859, and a colonel command ing in the Mexican army at the battle of Puebla, May 5, 1802, in which the Mexicans were victorious. His father at one time resided at I-eeds, Eng., but returned to Turky in 1845. The colonel states that there has never been any sickness in the family to speak of? and that all are so far as lie knows well ami hearty. It was at Leipsic, Germany, that the colonel met his fate in the person -.of a fair vtuilcten, weighing 100 pounds, ami 5 feet 9 inches in height, anil the Union lias been blessed with two sons, who give promise of rivaling their father in .sumue. The colonel is a finely proportioned man, and walks with a nrm and elastic step. He is straight as an arrow, and has coal-black eyes, hair and mous tache. He is an actor by profession. He informs us that his last engagement was at Simm's Theatre iu Baltimore, aud tliat he expects to play an engage ment in New xork during the present season. ,vctenlijic simerican. ., The 1Vlst of Jolly tirnmlmotlter. to exist to a more alarming extent than in the most morally corrupt of European cities. It is scarcely pos sible to walk along any ot the prin cipal thoroughfares of this city with out the eye being offended by the vulgar and demoralizing pictures with which the trashy periodicals of the day fill their pages. There can certainly be no greater evil to society at large than these very pub lications, and their sale should be forbidden in every decent commu nity. Let San Francisco take the initiative iu the good work! of squelching these abominations. The law may be invoked for their sup pression. Fathers and mothers should see to it that suoh publica tions are not received into their fami lies. Let them remember that the young mind is easily familiarized with pictures of vice. Modesty is a sentiment which owes its growth t!tf education and nature alike. Jet not the bud be crushed, lest it cease to grow. A gentleman took a lady out for a Unn ..1. J t ' uic vuier.uay, ami came iioine witn a iaise curl attached to the button on the side of his cap. He wondered now it could have got there! Physiologists tell us that with a greater prevalence of a knowledge of the laws of health, the world may expect an increase in the average duration of human life. Perhaps this time is already dawning. At any rate, here are a few "health considerations" for those alove sixty : Von Moltke, comparatively juve nile at seventy, plans and executes such a campaign as modern ages never witnessed ; Emperor - Wil liam, tough as oak at seventy-four, roughs it on the field as jauntily as a young lieutenant. Von lloon,the Prussian War Minister, older than either general or emiieror, directs from I'eriin the marshaling of hosts aud gathering supplies. Nor are these wonders of longev ity by any means confined to the ( J ermai i side of tl ie contest. Tl tiers at seventy-five, Hits with the vivac ity of a boy from one camp to the other, is a negotiator of peace, and the executive head of the French government. Of his associates, Dufaure, the 31initer ot Justice, is seventy-three, and (Juizot, King -ouis Phillipix? s ex-minister, tho iast eighty, writes books with as much force as when fie occupied a rofessor s chair. In England, where men are reckoned young till they are past fifty, splendid exam- les ot vigorous old age are plenti ful. 1 almerston, Lyndhurt and irouiiham, octogenarians all of them, led public opinion in CJreat Hntam to the end. ot their days, and died in harness. It is said of the first of the three, that after a field night in the House, lie would je seen at daylight walking home at a pace which a young man might envy. 1 nomas t. arlyle, over sev enty, abates nothing of his intellect ual vigor ;ivhile Lord John Kus- sell, though creeping towards eighty, still attends the Lppcr House ot Parliament. What sort of a waist lias the grand mother who comes in from the count rv to take care of you through a typhoid fever ? When nine o'clock comes, she drives the young ladies, on to bed. She may not speak it out, put she thinks, "trash ! trash l Oh, do get out of my way, and lie down carefully on a soft couch, where you can rest, or I shall soon have you too on my hands." Has she one of these wasp-waists? No indeed : hers is a jolly one I Who ever saw a happy helpful grand mother with an hour-glass waist ? Is a grandmother full of fickle? can she join in with the young people in laughter and sports? Can she? Then 1 kuow without seeing her, the styie oi ner iorm. lou see tnat an the tickle comes from that part of the body. The conditions of the organ within tliat iKirt of the body known as the waist. decides whether you shall le happy or unhappy, jolly or blue. One condition, and the most important one, is that those vital organs sliall have room to work in. If you squeeze them, vou squeeze and strangle all tlie jolly iu you. Tie a chord about a child's arms and legs, and then say, " Xow my dear, you may run ana piay." Ah, I used to know a grand mother. and, although she has been among the angels thirty years or more, 1 can't think of her, even now. without a sigh of regret tliat she could not have lived forever in this world, she was such a joy to us all. She is lumpier in heaven. I sumose. but I don't see how she could be hap pier anywhere, than she used to be here. When her loving, laugijig face ap- peareu at the door, how we small chaps did tickle and squirm all over. But I must stop writing of her, or I sliall have to lay down my pen. Never have I seen a girl of eighteen who was hair so lovely. But let me think ; why did I bring forward this treasure ot my heart? Oh, I remember ; it was to speak of her waist. How we used to laugh at her shape.' We insisted that she was big ger around the waist tlian anywhere else. " Well, perliaps so, boys, but there is where all my jolly comes from IxKk at your little slender tilings, they ain't jolly ; they can't laugh; they only give little giggles." Ah, the dear, beautiful, blessed soul Wliat a jolly angel she must make Oli, I do hope, If I ever reach there, I may be a little angel, so that she can take me to her arms, and press me to her warm, loving bosom just as she used to. When I hear her laugh I am sure I shall feel at home, . no matter how-grand and dazzling ' the great White Throne may be. Our Girls, by Dr. Dip JLeici. It is not high crimes . which destroy 4lia . funno rf GsuA&txr 'I'll villfl-rrfi frossin. family quarrels, jealousies, and bickering neighbors, meddlesome ness and tattling, are the worms tliat eat Into all social happiness.' Leisure is a very pleasant garment to look at, but IS a very bad one to wear. The ruins of millions may be traced to it. Opium. Opium, prepared from the juice of the white poppy, is a very dan gerous drug, and in China is very extensively, used. The trade of the East India Company in this drug is aliout ten or eleven million pounds, of which China is the leading con sumer. The nations extensively using this drug numlxu aliout 400,- 000,000 of ixjoplo. It is used over the whole world as a medicine, and somewhat in the United States as an intoxicant. It is prepared in the form of a gum. This is either swallowed in the form of a pill or smoked. In either case the effect is the same. Those who are ad- dieted to its use plead fortheindul gence all that is claimed by the rummy" for his leverage. The following gives a graphic account of its effects : As the hour for his daily dose approaches, the Turkish opium eater drags his emaciated frame slowly to the shop where he buys the drug, and turning his livid countenance toward the vender, demands his customary dose, which is large or small, according to the length' of time during which he has yielded to its sway. Clutching with eager bauds, ho devours it, and then re clines upon a couch to await in still ness, the coveted result. Soon new life begins to thrill along every nerve. His face flushes, his dull eyes brighten, his white lips grow red. He lies passive and inert, yet new power seems to steal into every muscle of his languid body, and in spires every faculty of his mind He feels as strong as Hercules, as bold as the desert lion, as eloquent as all the bards of "Araby the Blest." His mild eyes gaze upon floating visions of beauty and scenes of triumph. Xow the observer sees him half rising from his couch and muttering unintelligibly for a mo- ment, sinic ttown again, lie imag ines himself exalted before an en tranced audience, Touring forth a flood of words whicli swept all be fore it. The listeners hear him utter a prolonged moan ; he fancies he is chanting a sweeter song than was ever sung by houris in paradise. They see him writhe uneasily, and for a moment waive his hand feebly in the air ; he fancies that Ik brandishing the sabre of a mighty conqueror, cutting his way through hostile hosts, aud winning crowns and empires by his valor. But the spell begins to lose its power. Then comes a sleep which is not, repose, an uneasy, moan sleep, with sudden starts and labor ed breathing. In three or four hours the opium eater awakes, wretched, wretched, wretched 1 His brain seems on fire, and his limbs leel as heavy as lead. It don't pay men with a small and KiiauDy stock of goods to advertise. I mi s tne reason they don't do it. A Ittuwlitn Conjurer. Alout the leginning of the present century a secies of Cagliostro, or rath er a superior kind of Wizard of tlie North, made his appearance at St. Petersburg, and astonished tlie natives by his marvelous performances. I lis name was Pirnetti, and his fame is yet iu the memory of those who witnessed his unrivalled talent. The Czar Alexander, having heard Pimetti much siioken of, was desirious of seeing him; and one day it was announced to the coniuror that he would have the honor of giving a rep resentation of his magical powers at Court, the hour fixed for him to make his apiR-arance being i o'clock. A brilliant and numerous assembly of ia- dies and courtiers, presided over by the Czar, had met, but the conjuror was absent. Surprised and displeased, the Czar pulled out his watch, which iudicated five minutes after 7. Pirn etti had not only failed in lieing in waiting, but he had cau-ed the Court to wait, and Alexander was not more, patient than Louis XI . A quarter oi an hour passeu nan an hour and no I'iruetti. .Messengers who had been sent in search of him returned unsuccessful. The anger ot the Czar, with difficulty restrained, dis played ltsclt in threatening exclama tions. At Ieugtl after the laps-e of an hour, the door of the saloon opened. md the gentleman of the clianilier an nounced Pirnetti. who presented him self with a calm front and the serenity of one who had done nothing to re- proach himself with. The Czar, how ever, was greatly displeased; Imt Pirn etti assumed an air of astonishment ami replied with the "greatest coolness: Did not your laiesty coinmanu my presence at 7 o clock precisely i Just so!" exclaimed the Czar, at the height of exasperation. 'Well then," said 1'irnetti, "let your jlajesty deign to iook at your watch, and vou will perceive mat i am exact, and that it is ju-t 7 o'clock." The Czar pulling out his watch vio lently, in order to confound what he considered a piece of downright inso lence, " was completely amazed, ine watch marked 7 o'clock. In turnalrthe courtiers drew out their watches, whicli were found, as usual, exactly regula ted by that of the sovereign, beven o'clock! indicated with a common ac cord all the watches ami clocks in the palace. Tin; art of tlie magician was at once manifest m this strange retro gression in the march ot tune, lo mger succeeded astonishment aud ad miration. Perceiving that the Czar smiled, Pirnetti thus addressed him : Your 31aiestv will lvmlon me. it was by the uerformanee of this trick that 1 was desirious of making my first appearance before vou. Hut I know I f ! A .1. ! . ... , it- Xs, now precious uiun f n vuiiH, ib .ii least necessary that your watch should tell it to you, sir. If you consult it now, you will find that it marks the real time." The Czar again drew forth his watch it nointed to a few minutes past 8 ; the same reflection had taken place in all the watches of those present and in the clocks of the palace. I. his ex ploit was followed by others equally amusing and surprising. At the close of the performances, the Czar, alter having complimented 1'irnetti, nrougnt . . m - - - -.1. . uacKloius remeiunraiice inai in me course of the evening's amusement he had declared that such was the power of his art that he could penetrate everywhere " Yes sir, everywhere, replied tne coniuror, with modest assurance "Wliat. exclaimed the czar, could you penetrate even into this pal ace were 1 to order all the doors to be close! and guarded?" " Into this palace, sire, or even into the apartment of your Majesty quite as easily as I should enter into my own house," said Pirnetti. "Well, then," said the Czar, " at mid-day to-morrow I shall liave ready hi my closet the price ot this evening s entertainment one thousand rubles. Come and get them. 3 Jut I forwarn vou that the doors snail be closed and carefully guarded." To-morrow at mid-day l shall have the pleasure of presenting myself le- tore your lajostj," replied Pirnette, who bowed and withdrew. 'Pint (rriiHiirwi tf 1 irll sl isvlil tr1 lowed the conjuror to make sure that lie quitted-the palace; they accompa nied him to his lodgings, and a number of police surrounded the dwelling the moment he entered it. lhe place was instantly closed with positive orders not to sutter, under any pretext wliat ever, to enter, were he nrmce or vaiet. until the Czar himselt should command the doors to be opened. These orders were strictly enforced, confidential per sons liaving watched their execution, The exterior openings to the iKilace off this week, unless your Majesty or ders a prolongation of my sojourn." No!" hastily observed the Czar, it is not my intention to detain vou; and moreover," continued he with a smile, " I should vainly endeavor to keep you against your will. You know how to leave St. Petersburg as easily as you have foiind your way into tlie palace." " I ctMild do so, sire.' said Pirnetti ; "but mr from wishing to quit St. Petersburg stealthily or mysteriously, I am desirious of quitting 1t in the most public manner possible, by giv ing to the inhabitants of your Capital a striking example of my magical pow ers. " Pirnetti could not leave like an or dinary mortal ; it was necessary that lie should crown his success m r,e It u -dan Capital by something surKK. ing his previous effort. ; therefore, on tlie evening preceding the daylixd for his departure he announced that lie should leave St. Petersburg the fol lowing day at 10 o'clock in the morn ing, and that he should quit by all the city gates at the same moment ! Pii! lic curiosity was excited to the highest degree by this announcement. St. Petersburg at that time had fifteen .gates which were encompassed by a multitude eager to witness this marv elous departure. 1 ; Tlie spectators at these various gates all declared that at 10 o'clock precisely Pirnetti, whom they all perfectly recognized, passed through. "lie walked at a slow juice and with head erect, in order to he the better wen." they said ; " ami be bade us adieu in a clear and audiable voice." The-c unanimous testimonies were confirmed by the written declaration of the olli cers placed at every gate to i;isi)ect tlie passport's ot travelers, lhe lnscrn- tiou of' Pirnetti s passports was in scrilied iu the fifteen registers. Where is the wizard, whether coining from the North or South, who could iuthc.se degenerate days perlBrm so astonish ing an exploit , Ilotv 'Ililr.Hly Mapper was FoHl. The Ilangor (Mo.) Whiy tells this story : lhere is a master ot a lisl- mg schooner down the river, who thinks Bangor a hard town for a trade, and he tells this story in corrolxmitloii: Some time since he came up here with a quantity of tih. valued at about "0, for sale. lie found a customer, atler considerable trouble, who wanted to pay $40 of the price in ruin, saving that the police were so sharp that there was no chance to retail it in liangor. and the skipper though doubtful at first, was jiersuaded to trade on the offered term.. The purchaser removed his fish on Sat unlay, and late in the evening catne. down in great haste with the rum bar rel, which he rushed on boanl, telling the skipier that the police were on his track, and lie liad better put olT at once. Frightened half out of his wits, the captain mu tered his crew and got out into the stream, but wind and tide be ing against him he was obliged to get out the oars and pull for dear life. At last, after long and painful toil, the little sohooner was pulled down lielow llamiKlen. where deeming himself sate from the police, he dropjed anchor. 1 eeling utterly exa usted with the vio lent efforts, our skipper thought a little up ot rum would do himself and crew no harm, and he proposed to tap tlie iKirrel. 'Fancy his disgust when lie found the contents to be well water, and brackish at that ! It is said tliat no man was ever more enraged than he, and he swore vengence on all Using- . or. ltum beingan unlawful commodi- $ ty. he could not seek legal means to recover its value, and one lias only to mention Bangor in hi presence to see tlie maddest man in the State of Maine." Work and Wait. There are two things that always my even in this not over-remunerative existance. They are working ami waiting. Either w useless without the other. Both uni ted are invincible, and inevitably tri- um pliant. He who waits without working is simply a man yielding to sloth ami desimr. He who works without waiting is fitful in his striving. and misses results by his impatience. lie who works steadily aud waits patiently may liave a long journey lw fore him, but at its end he will find his reward. wereguanled by the soldiery. All the approaches to tlie imperial appart incuts were protected by high - dignita ries, whom a simple professor of tlie art of legerdemain possessed no means of bribing. In short, for greater secu rity, ail the kevs had heen carried into the imixnaal cabinet. A few moments previous to the hour alhxed lor Pirn etti's interview with the Czar, the Chamlxrlain on service brought to Ilis Majesty a dispatch which a messenger had handed him through an opening in the door. It was a report from the Minister of police that Pirnetti had not left home. "Aha! lie lias found out that the undertaking is impracticable, and he has anandoiided it," observed the Czar, with a smile. Twelve o'clock sounded. When the last stroke yet reverberated, the door whicli communicated from the bed room of the Czar to the cabinet opened, and Pirnetti appeared. The Czar drew back a couple of paces, his brow aarKeneu, and alter a momentary si lence, he said : " Are you aware that you may become a very dangerous in dividual?" "Yes sire," he renlied: "but I am only an humble conjuror, with no am bition save tliat of amusing your Majes ty. - "Here," said the Czar, "are the thousand rubles for last night, . and a thousand for this day's visit." Pirnetti, in offering his tlianks, was interruDted bv the Czar. who. with a thougtful air, inquired of him, "Do you count on yet remaining some time in St. Petersburg?" Sire," he replied, "I intend setting Srcil A L,K.u A Wisconsin" editor, while ruling on the platform of a car recently, lost his hat. A train boy at his side suggested, jokingly, that he had iK ttcr jump off and get'it. With out a moment s thought he acted uikmi the suggestion, ami the passengers were suddenly treated to a display of acrobatic performance wholly new to them and to bun. Fortunately, lie was not seriously iniured. but has learned to look and to think before lie leaps. A PKTNTKK'S OlINIOX OF HlMSMLF. The foreman of a printing office out West, who liad been left in charge oi a weekly paper, while the proprietor was enjoying a jaunt with ins nretiireu of the press, thus announces the tact : "The editor of this journal being ab sent, accounts for the improved np-. pearanee of the paper, and the higher onler of talent exhibited in its col umns." The foreman was disci larged. Amkiucan "Auistocbacy." It may be a consolation to "stuck up people,- whose great boast is that they have never leen engaged in any usefid em ployment, to Fe told of the following facts concerning the heroes of the llcvo- lution : ' Washington was a surveyor and farmer. Franklin was a printer. Greene was a blacksmith. Warren was a physician. ( Sumpter was a shephenl. - Itoger Sherman was a shoemaker. Marion was a farmer. Putnam was a tanner. Allen was a farmer. Stark was a farmer. Poverty and pride are inconvenient companions ; but when idleness unites them, the depth of wretchedness is complete." The three great conquerors of the world are Fashion, JLoye and Death.