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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
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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.