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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1874)
THB DKUSK RD'S BHIDK. BT AWN A OKAT. Baser she listened to the pattering alee Out in the lone deserted street ; Listened to her the well-known tread Of one whom others had already said, J Better, far better, she had never wed. Beside her lay, in all its grace. Her long white veil of marriage-lace But the face it bad decked was sad arid wan, Aa if that day had long since gone. Days have wrought, with their blighting tear J, Changes not to be erased in years. Still she listened, as her heart beat low : Why did he linger away from her so ! Only yesterday morn she stood by his side And breathed the vows of a happy bride ; But to-night ahe prayed, in that lonely room, For one ray of sunshine to break the gloom. Then, still, as she listened to the driving sleet That seemed on her very heart to beat, Distinctly she heard the" heavy tred That told her heart bore home the drad .' Wildly she watched them, though without a fear. Bearing in the heavy, unsightly bier ; And listened on, with eye unblurred, To each unfeeling, thoughtless word, Aa they whispered round, in a careless way, " Good for her that he died In this drunken fray 1 Then they bore the form from the lonely room That seemed too small to bear its doom. And smoothed her tresses of silken hair, And told her, 44 life would yet be fair." Yes, they bore her away, and Bhe never stirred ; The grief in her heart they never heard ; But she who loved him too well to dread The frightful looks of the ghastly dead, Xit her lamp and slipped away to bis side. Where, briefly before, she had stood a bride : And, kueeling there, gazed long and well, Aaked if those Una would no secret tell. Mid the horrid scenes of the drunken strife. Bid they breathe no sigh to your lonely wife? Was there no thought of her whose unfaltering; trust Would have mingled her own with a drunkard's dust T Bid'st never think, O dearest dead ! Of the plighted vows you had lately said? Then, kissing the death-lamp from the icy brow Is there no way to answer me now ! Must I wait and watch, and never kaow The secret that wrought this heavy blow ! Must think that 1 was forgotten quite, In the short, short hours of a single night ! Mo white-winged vision thrilled her soul. As a strange, wild tremor o'er her stole ; -No broken whisper sounded near. But the very air breathed iu her ear, I know and feel thy presence, dear, Which, though loved of earth, is more so here ; X feel thy breath fan lip and cheek In the same old way, but they cannot apeak ; I feel thy tears fall for my sake. But the seal of death they may Hot break ; But to thee, who wert earth's idol dear, Id tell the secret that brought me here : My palt: y gold lured the tempter's snare ; I forgot thy loving word, 'Beware;' And, though I loved tuee as I ought, I drain, d the cup of its bitter draught. M ado ess came ; but God knows well That I loved thee then more than words can tell ; And as heavy grief as may meet me here. Is to see thy heart b:eed at a drunkard's bier ; And to know tnat thy mind, so like a child. Must leave Reason's throne in ravings wild ; For God, whodoeth all things well,' Will consign my bride to a maniac's cell." PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE. " I cannot wait any longer. I must have my money, and if you cannot pay it I must foreclose the mortgage and sell the place," said Mr. Merton. " In that case," said Mr. Bishop, " it will of course be sold at a great sacri fice, and after all the struggles I have made, my family will again be home less. It is very hard. I only wish you had to earn your money as I do mine ; you might then know something of the hard life ot a poor man. If you could only in imagination put yourself in my place, I think you would have a little mercy on me. " It is useless talking ; I extended this one year, and I can do so no long er, " replied Mr. Merton, as he turned to his desk and continued writing. . The poor man rose from his seat and walked sadly out of Mr. Merton's office; his las-t hope was gone. He had just recovered from a long fit of illness, which had swallowed up the means with which he had. intended to make the last payment on his house. Triie, that gen tleman had waited one year, when he had failed to meet the demand, owing to illness in his f amilv, and he had felt very maeh obliged to him for doing so. This year he had been laid up for several months, during whih he could earn nothing, and all his savings were then needed for the support of himself and family. Again he had failed, and now" he would again be xiomeless, and have to begin the World anew. Had heaven forsaken him and given him over to the tender mercies of the wicked ? After he had left the office, Mr. Mer ton could not drive away from his thoughts that remark to which the poor man in his grief had given utterance, " I wish you had to earn your money as I do mine." .In the midst of a row of flgmres, "Put yotarself in my place " intruded. JBnce after it had crossed his mind, he laid down his pen, saying, " Well, I think I should find it rather hard. I have a mind to drop in there this after noon, and see hew it fares with his family ; that man has roused my curi osity." About five o'clock he put on a gray wig and some old, cast-off clothes, walked to the residence of Mr. Bishop, and knocked at the door. Mrs. Bishop, a pale, weary looking woman, opened it ; the poor old man requested permis sion to enter and rest awhile, saying he was very tired with his lang jeurnej, for he had walked many miles that day. Mrs. Bishop cordially invited him in, and gave him the best seat the room afforded. She then began to make prep arations for tea. The old gentleman watched her attentively. He saw there was no elasticity in her step, no hope in her movements ; and pity for her began to steal into his heart. Wheat her ins band entered, her features relaxed into a smile, and she forced a cheerfulness into her manner. The traveler noted it all ; and he felt himself forced to ad mire this woman who could assume a cheerfulness she did not feel for her husband's sake. After the table was prepared, Ihere was nothing upon it but bread, batter and tea. They invited the stranger to eat with them saying, " We have not much to oner yon, but a cup of tea will refresh you after your long journey. " He accepted their hospitality, and as they discussed the frugal meal, he led them, without seeming to do so, to talk of their affairs. " I bought this piece of land, said Mr. Bishop, " at a very low price, and instead of waiting as I ought to have done, until I had saved the money to build, I thought I would borrow two hundred dollars. The interest on the money would not be nearly as much as the rent I was paying, and I would be saving something by doing it. I did not think there would be any difficult in paying back the borrowed money. But the first year my wife and one of my children wre, ill, and the expenses left me without the means to pay the debt. Mr. Merton agreed to wait an other year, if I would pay the interest. I did that. This year I was for seven months unable to work at my trade and earn anything ; and of course when pay day. comes arour; d, and this is very soon, I shall again be unable to meet the de mand." "But," said the stranger, "will not Mr. Merton wait another year, if you make all circumstances known to him ?" No, sir," replied Mr. Bishop, " I saw him this morning, and he (aid he must have the money, and should be obliged to foreclose." " He mat t be very hard-hearted, re plied the traveler. . "Not necessarily so," said Mr. Bish op. "The fact is, these rich men know nothing of the struggles of the poor. They are men jnst like the rest of mankind, and I am sore if they but had the faintest idea of what the poor have to pass through, their hearts and their purses would open. You know it has passed into a proverb, 'When a poor man needs assistance, lie should apply to the poor.' The reason is ob vious. The poor only know the curse of poverty. They know how heavily it falls, crushing the spirit out of a man ; and to use my favorite expression, they can at once put themselves in the un fortunate one's place and appreciate his difficulties, and are therefore always ready to render assistance as far as they are able ; and if Mr. Merton had the least idea of what I and my family had to pass through, I think he would be willing to wait several years for his money, rather than distress us." With what emotion the stranger lis tened may be imagined. A new world was being opened to him. He was passing through an experience that had never been his before. Shortly after the conclusion of the meal, he rose to take his leave, thanking Mr. and Mrs. Bishop for their kind hospitality. They invited him to stay all night, telling hun he was welcome to what they had. He thanked them and said, " I will trespass on your kindness no longer. I think I can reach the next village be fore dark, and be so much further on my journey." Mr. Merton did not sleep much that night. He lay awake thinking. He had received a new revelation. The poor had always been associated in his mind with stupidity and ignorance, and the first poor family he had visited he had found far in advance, in intelligent sympathy and real politeness, of the ex quisites and fashionable butter Hied of the day. The next day a boy called at the cot tage, and left a package in a large blue envelope, addressed to Mr. Bishop. Mrs. Bishop was very much alarmed when she took it ; for large blue en velopes were associated in her mind with law and lawyers, and thought that it boded no good. She put it away until her husband came home from his work, when she handed it to him. He opened it in silence, read its con tents, and said frequently, "Thank heaven !" "What is it, John?" inquired his anxious wife. " Good news," replied John; "such news that I had never hoped for, or even dreamed of." 'What is it what is it? Tell me quick I want to hear if it is anvthing good." "Mr. Merton has canceled the mor'K"-e. inleased me from debt, both the interest and any tini 1 need nrinHn.il. nnri ruts any further assist- ance, it 1 will let rum Know i snail have it." " 1 am s.? glad, it puts new life into me," t-aid the. now happy wife. " But what can have come over Mr. Merton ?" " I do not know. It seems strange after the way he talked to me yesterday morning. 1 will go right over to his office and tell him how hapy he has made us." lie tound Mr. Merton in, ana ex pressed his gratitude in glowing terms. " What could have induced you," he asked, " to show us sj much kind ness ?" " I followed your suggestions," re plied Mr. Merton, " and put myself in your place. I expect that it would surprise you very much to learn that the strange traveler to whem you showed so much kindness yesterday was myself." " Indeed !" exclaimed Mr. Bishop, " can that be true ? Eow did yon dis guise yourself so well ?" " I was not so much disguised after all, but you could not very readily as sociate Mr. Merton, the lawyer, with a poor wayfaring man ka ! ha ! ha !" laughed Mr. Merton. " Well, it is a good joke," said Mr. Bishop; "good in more senses than one. It has terminated very pleaaantly for me." " I was surprised," said Mr. Merton, " at the broad and liberal views yoa ex pressed of men and their actions gener ally. I supposed I had greatly the ad vantage over you in means, education and culture ; yet how cramped and nar row minded have been my views beside yours ! That wife of yours is an esti mable woman, and that boy of yours will be an honor to any man. I tell you. Bishop," said the lawyer, becom ing animated, "you are rich rich be yond what money can make you. You have treasures that gold will not buy. I tell you, yon owa me no thanks. Somehow, I teem to have lived years since yesterday morning. I have got into a new world. What I learned at your house is worth more than you owe me, and I am your debtor yet. Here after, I shall take as my motto, Put yourself in his place,' and try to regu late my actions by it. " THE SEVEX SLEEPERS. For more than a thousand years the legend of the S9ven Sleepers has been told in pious song and story. Who were those Seven Sleepers ? Is it only a monkish legend, an invention of the "dark ages?" Or is the story true? or has it at least an historical basis ? It was in the year of our Lord 250 that Decius, the most inhuman of all the Roman Emperors in his persecution of the Christians, in making a tour through his provinces, arrived at Jiphesus, in Asia Minor. Christianity had already obtained a foothold there, although the great majority of the people still adhered to the heathen re ligion. Upon his arrival, the Emperor ordered a sacrificial festival to be held in honor of Jupiter, Apollo and Diana In this festival, every one was com manded to take part under the penalty of incurring the imperial displeasure in case of refusal. Among the Christians of the city were seven youths, descend ents of noble families. Their names were Maximinian, Dionysius, Joannes, Scrapio and Constantino. These deter mined to die rather than obey the man date. As soon as Decius heard of their determination, he commanded them to be brought before him. " Go," said he, "and procure incense that yon may offer to the highest ,powers. " The Highest Power," they replied, " has his thi one in the heavens, and is the living and Almighty God, who hath created heaven and earth. Hin we worship, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and we can never again bow down to dumb idols that are nothing." With terrible glance the Emperor measures the youthful confessors. Then suddenly changing his manner, he endeavors to win them by his promises and his arguments. For he knew well that martyrdom would pour oil on the flames he was trying to quencn. x ail ing to obtain his object by threats and by promises, he tells them that he will graciously accord them time to consider their resolution until he should again return to Ephesus, and informs them oi the terrible consequences if they should still continue their stubborn re-' sistance. With a calm courage the young men departed from the presence of the Em- peror. By the citizens of Ephesus they were proscribed ; by many, however, secretly admired. Determined not to renounce their faith, they, however, de cided to avoid the monster as much as possible. With this object, they be took themselves to a range of moun tains in the neighborhood of Ephesus. There they discovered a cave, the en trance of which was concealed by thick foliage. In this cave they hid them selves, and one of their number, Mal chus, the one least known in the city, was appointed to supply tliem with food. The day of the Emperor's return ar rived. One of his first questions was concerning "the stubborn youths." " They have escaped," was the reply. But their concealment had been dis covered. Spies had followed them, and purchased the Emperor's favor by re vealing the place of concealment. Decius, knowing well that he oould not hope to change the purpose of the youths, gave command to close the mouth of the cave by a wall, and thus inclose them in a living tomb. No sooner said than done. There was one man, however, who, though still a heathen, had heard the gospel and was not far from the king dom of God. Desiring that future gen erations might know whose bones rested there, he took a roll of parchment and writing on it the names of the youths, and an account of their courageous bearing, inclosed it in an iron casket, and unobserved by the workmen, slipped it into the cave and then quietly with drew. Many a scoffing " good night" was called after them by the brutal popu lace that evening' in the street of Ephesus. Many a tender "good night" did the Christians send after them in their prayers. And he who preserved David in the cave of Adullam, and res cued Daniel from the den of lions, heard their prayer. The light of day had for them faded away. But they remember, " Ho giveth his beloved sleep." They lay themselves down and sleep. Soft is their slumber and no danger is nigh. It is as though holy angels had encamped round about them. We will leave them to their sleep, and write over them on the dark rock the words of David : " How ex cellent is thy loving kindness, O God ! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings." Time passes on swift wings. Gen erations come and go like phantom spirits. About 187 years later we are again in Ephesus. But how changed is the scene ! Decius, the tyrant, is moldering in his grave. The world is compieieiy cnangea. A wealthy land owner desires to make some improvements on his estate. In searching for smitable building ma terial, he finds an old wall with large square stones. The blocks are easily removed r-r.d the mouth of a cave is revealed. It is the cave of the Seven Sleepers, whose history had long since passed into oblivion. The rays of light entering for the first time after so maty years awakened the youths. They thanked God that deliverance had come so soon. For they supposed but a single night had passed since they were immured. Malchus was again sent to the city for bread. But the way seemed very strange to him. And what was his astonishment to find over the very gates of the city a glittering cross. In the city itself he can scarcely trust his senses. The images of the gods wore removed. In the. plai'P of the heathen temple he notices buildings with proud domes :tnd glittering crosses. And in the forum he hears the witnesses swear by the omnipotent God, yes, even by the name of Christ, instead of Diana and Apollo. He thinks it is a dream. Accosting a man on the street, he asks i him the name of the city. " The name of the city is Ephesus," was the reply. " Can it be that this is Ephesus, where but a few days ago we were proscribed by the imperial edict," was the thought of Malchus. But mindful of his errand he enters a baker's shop and offers in : payment for the bread a silver coin. I The baker took the coin and carefully examined it. " This is a very ancient 'coin," said he; "why, it bear3 the I image of Decius. Where did you ob tain it ?" " Where is Decius?" was the reply of Malchus. "Has he left the city, and if so, when ?" The baker and the crowd that had meantime gathered, looked at Malchus and seemed to regard him as one who had lost his reason. One of them demanded to know where he had discovered the hidden treasure. Finally Malchus was taken before the Bishop of the city. The Bishop was a reverend and dig nified man. In a kind manner he asked Malchus who he was and whence he came. Malchus replied that he was one of the seven youths who had re cently been immured in the grotto at the command of the Emperor Decius, but that the Dord their God had again given them light and freedom. " The Emperor Decius? It is nearly 200 years since Decius sat upon the throne. Many Emperors have reigned since then. Theodosius now reigns by the grace of God. Heathendom has long since fallen. The cross is everywhere victorious. But tell me, where are your six companions? Show us the cave. " Thus spoke the Bishop. And Mal chus led him to the cave, followed by an immense concourse of Christians. In the cave they found the iron casket with the parchment roll, containing a full account of their history. For two centuries the youths had slept, and now they awoke to see a regenerated world. The Bishop hastened to send an ac count of toe matter to Theodosius at Constantinople. The Emperor himself hastened to Ephesus to behold the won der. But the youths, obedient to an inner voice, in the same hour that Malchus returned, had again laid down and the Dork took their souls to heaven. Lutheran Home Monthly. Titers are 5,671,000 smokers in France, and their average consump tion is 11 lbs. 2 oz. of tobacco each yearly. Out of 15, 8 smoke pipes, 5 cigars, and two cigarettes. The total number of cigarettes consumed is estimated at 204 milliards a year ; or 805,000,000 per day, 33,000,000 per hour, 559,000 per minute, and 9,323 per second ; put end to end, they would give a length ot z.uov.yau kilo metres, or i.isvo.aib miles, wnicn is about 514 times the circumference of the earth. English Railroads.- At the end of ! last year there were in England and Wales 11,309 miles of railway lines open. The total capital paid up, in eluding shares, loans, etc., was upward of 490,000,000; and the total number of passengers conveyed, including season ticket holders, stood at upward of 400,000,000. The total traffic re ceipts of the year amounted to 47, 000,000; tbe working expenses were nearly 26,000,000, and the net traffic receipts, 23,uuu,uuu. Embalming among the Egyptians. The Egyptians, nowever, carried their process to perfection by introduc ing antiseptics into the vacated interiors of their dead, thus embalming hi their catacombs, it is estimated, not less than 400,000,000 persons. Herodotus and Diodorus Sicolus, especially the former, have minutely explained the method of preservation, and from them we learn it was a regular trade, The embalmers removed the brain and intestines, sup plying the emptiness with myrrh, cassia and other spices, and then placed the body in natron for seventy days. Sub sequently it was carefully laved and wrapped with bandages of fine linen smeared with gum, and put in a wooden case shaped after the human figure. There were other modes of embalming less expensive, the rate varying from 81,800 to $400 in our currency, which was so much money in these days that we cannot now see how Egyptians of the ordinary class could possibly afford to die. They doubtless lived longer than they would have done otherwise, prompted by a prudent economy to avoid the extravagance of burial as long as possible. The cheapest way of embalming, adopted usually by the poor, was to free the abdomen of the intestines by means of a clyster commonly the oil of the cedar-tree and let the body lie in na tron until the fiesn was impregnated. Recent investigations indicate that heat must have been applied to the corpses after they had been filled with some bituminous substance, and creosote generated and diffused through all the tissues. The reason that heat was not mentioned by the ancient authozities is supposed to be their desire to keep the process secret, and enhance the dig nity and mystery of the art. Embalming is still employed. The means adopted by Chaussier and others have been to eviscerate the body and keep it constantly saturated with pro tochloride of mercury. The salt, com bining with the flesh, not only gives it firmness, but renders it incorruptible either by internal or external agencies. The injection into the veins of concen trated solution of sulphate of alumina, or of chloride of mercury and wood-vinegar, or of sulphate of zinc, has been found very effective not only for ana tomical purpose, but also for embalm ing. Junius Henri Browne, in Harp er's Magazine. . Bridges of the Thames. The bridges across the Thames are eleven in number, and over them go more people in a year than across any bridges in the world. They are fine specimens of architecture, made either of stone or iron, and some of them cost huge sums of money. The cost of Lon don bridge was nearly $12,000,000. Over this bridge 20,00 vehicles and 107,000 persons on foot pass daily. Waterloo bridge, which is the finest of them all, is said to have cost 5,000, 000. It is 1,380 feet long, and consists of nine elliptical arches, 120 feet span, and 35 feet high, suppor ed on piers 20 feet wide at the springing of the arches. In six months there passed over it 2,244,910 persons, which would be at the rate of nearly 5,000,000 per year. The toll each way is a half-penny. Be neath all these bridges is a constant stream of boats plying upon the water. They go and come, up and down stream, and across in every direction, and in such numbers and confusion that the stranger cannot see how they escape running into and over one another. And such a noise as the steam whistles and the oarsn-en ::iid those connected with the boats keep up was never heard anywhere else. Jn addi tion to all these bridges and boats, there is another mode of crossing the Thames. It is the tunnel, two miles below London bridge. This stupen dous work extends bt ueath the bed of the river, and connects Wapping on the left bank with Redriff on the right. It was begun in 1825 under the directions of Brunei, the aichitect, and finished by him in 1843. It consists of two arched passages 1,200 feet long, 14 feet wide and 16 feet high, all below the bed of the river. Whoever walks or rides through the tunnel goes under the River Thames, and nowadays it is used by the East London Railway Company, whose locomotives thunder along with ships and fishes swimming over them. Defrauding Life Insurance Companies. The Cincinnati Commercial has been hunting up frauds in life insurance business, and in the course of its in vestigation has unearthed a conspiracy for defrauding insurance companies widely extended and carefully organ ized. It is composed mainly of conn- den tial agents of companies and their tools. The method employed is to pro cure a policy in the name of a third party, who is kept in ignorance of the fct, and collect the insurance at his death. Being in the ring, the agents have no trouble in obtaining certificates of death satisfactory to themselves, and are enabled to make money with great rapidity. One Cincinnatian re turned to his native city from St. Louis a few months ago to learn that his death had been widely circulated, a report having been set afloat that he was frowned in the Mississippi. He after ward learned that his life was insured ; that his wife had been influenced by one of the conspirators to procure a policy ; and that this money had actually been collected, his wife getting a small share commensurate with her connec tion with the fraud. Other cases have come to light in which healthy persons were insured through agents, in the name of confirmed invalids, while a bint is thrown out of murder by the ring. It would be interesting to policy holders to know precisely what allow ance is made by the companies for loss by fraud in estimating rates of in surance. The Pulse. Every intellectual person should know how to ascertain the state of the pulse in health ; then, by comparing it with what it was when he is ailing, he may have some idea of the urgency of his case. Parents should know the healthy pulse of each child, as now and then a person is born with a peculiarly slow or fast pulse, and the very case in hand may be that peculiarity. An infant's pulse is one hundred and forty ; a child of seven, about eighty ; and from twenty to sixty years it is seventy beats a min ute, deciining to sixty at four-score. A healthful, grown person's pulse beats seventy times in a minute ; there may be good health down to sixty ; but if the pulse always exceeds seventy, there is a disease the machine is working too fast ; it is working itself out ; there is a fever or inflammation somewhere, and the body is feeding on itself, as m con sumption, when me pulss is quick that is, over seventy gradually increas ing with d ere ised chances of cure, un til it reaches one hundred and ten or one hundred and twenty, when death comes before many days. When tb pulse is over seventy for months, and thre is a slight cough, the lungs are affected. AU Sorts. Connecticut can't sell all the clocks she makes at present. In Brooklyn 256 church spires point solemnly to the place of final judg ment. There has recently been an advance of 20 per cent on railway fares in Ger many. Some money. The railway system of hug uluwu o tares represents a capital of $8,800,000,000. Savannah, in the matter of the cash value of her exports, rates the fourth city in this country. It is asserted that if the comet had hit Chicago 1,106 divorces would have been nipped in the bud. Thb best tailors in Paris are said to be Englishmen, and the best milliners in London are'from Paris. It takes 373,959 cars and 14,939 loco motive engines to run the railroads in the United States and Canada. Thb furniture in Northumberland House, London, which is being torn down, was valued at $1,590,000. Bayard Taylor and other distin guished persons were obliged, by Brit ish red-tape, to register as regular sea men when they went on the Albion to Iceland. A boy in Hudson, N. Y. , while dig ging for fish-worms, a day or two ago, unearthed his grandfather's jack-knife, which had lain in the ground over eighty years. Japan has many mines now open and being worked, in a primitive way, but much new machinery has been recently ordered. A native report gives the following as now being operated : Gold mines. 82 ; silver, 118 ; copper, 300 ; iron, 20 ; tin 6 ; lead, 52 ; plumbago, 3 ; coal, 412 ; kerosene oil, 182 ; sul phur, 12 ; alum, 5. Recently published statistics show that 700,000 Germans, for the most part natives of Prussia, have embarked from Hamburg and Bremen during the last five years. The whole country is up in arms to put a stop to this whole sale exodus. Laborers,. prticularly agricultural laborers are getting to be too few to supply the demand. A dis inclination of "many of the young men of Germany to serve in the German army has not a little to do with their leaving the country. A young man, either crazy or wild, was recently captured in Tennessee. He is somewhere between twenty and thirty years old. He has some hair on his face. When seized he was much exhausted, and was going through all the maneuvers of a tired dog, panting, shaking his sides, and lolling or drop ping out his tongue to its full length, and letting it hang out. At times he would go through the most remarkable grimaces and distortions of face and body. His captors succeeded in get ting a pair of pantaloons on him. He talked a little, but in a very uncouth style. Young Men in Cities. The Young Men's Christian Associ ation of Chicago has issued the follow ing circular : " City life holds out attractions which continually draw young men from their rural homes into our large cities, where the enemy of souls is ever on the alert to allure them into sin by ihe multitudi nous devices and agenetm which abound in the city, and which are not suspected by the unsophistocated until too Lite. We desire to save all such from ruin, and, in the furtherance of thisi object, wish to call the attention of clergymen, parents and friends to our rooms and the privileges which can be secured to youug men, strangers, coming to our city, that they may have letters of in troduction to us. To become acquaint ed with proper associates and mingle in good society upon their first arrival in the city, is a matter often of vital im portance. . We are prepared to intro duce all young men into any church of the denomination which they have been accustomed to attend, where they will be at home at once and under good in fluences. Our association is as a vesti bule to the chHrch, to receive and dis tribute the strangers that come into our midst, and we shall be pleased to meet every young man that enters our city -as a stranger. Our reading rooms are at No. 148 Madison street, near LaSalle, open every day from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m., having the principal papers and maga zines on file, and a well-selected library of 2,500 volumes. "Young men wishing to spend their evenings pleasantly as well as profitably, are invited to the Lyceum for debates, music, readings, etc.", every alternate Tuesday evening. "Our Employment Bureau is at No. 145 Fifth avenue. We would, however, suggest to young men not to come to Chicago for work, as there are at the pesent time thousands of persons with out employment. But our latch-string is always out to all strangers visiting the city, and we4 cordially invite them to call." ' The Birthplace of American Manufac turing. A correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal, writing from Milton, Mass. , says : "It was at this locality, the banks of Neponset, that American manufactures had their birth. Here in 1673 was erected the first powder mill by a stock company, two of the incor porators being clergymen. Here the first slitting mill, . e. , for slitting iron and making nails, in 1710, and here also, I believe, sprang into existence the first cotton mill erected in America, and here also the first paper mill was erect ed in 1728. The locality in latter days was peculiarly celebrated, however, for the monopoly of four branches of manufactures. In 1768 James Bo,es commenced the manufacture of choco late, which some years later fell into the hand of Edmund Baker. This was the only place in America that could boast of a chocolate factory, and I belieye, is the only one on this continent. Thomas Crehoe made all the playing cards used in America at his little fac tory on the Neponset river, and to this day the Bent water-crackers are made here precisely as they were made 75 years ago." Women Doctors. The Saturday He view has maintained that sick women do not usually wish to be attended by women. An interesting letter in tbe London Times lately, signed "A Sur geon," seems to make it quite clear that it. m n. miHrnlrn. Tt. r.lla tlint. " in tlui city hospital in London where women can be attended by female physicians, the inliax of patients is so great that to prevent tbe work from becoming al together too overwhelming to the staff and the resources of the hospital," it Has become necessary both to increase tbe money payment and to enlarge the buildings. White hands are nice, but willing ones are nicer. How Timber May Be Multiplied. One of our exchanges has the follow ing to say in reference to this important subject : Much has been written about raising timber, but all the light that can be shed upon the subject by all the arbori culturists in the land will not be amiss. There is no want in the not distant future which has so forbidding a look as the increasing scarcity of timber. Our forests are not producing one twentieth of the supply we are annually consuming or are destroying. More attention should be given at once to its propagation and preservation. It was ijaid by some philosopher that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before is a benefactor to his race. If this be true, and none will dispute it, how much more credit is due him who makes a landmark by the cultivation of trees? Reference to this subject brings back to our recol lection a suggestion we saw some time ago in regard to a simple mode by which timber may be increased on those tracts of land upon which it is being cut away. It is as follows : Plant the ground in the fall with acorns, black and white walnuts, butternuts, the seeds of the ash, etc. The nnts should be covered lightly with the soil and decaying leaves, so that boys and squirrels cannot find them. They come up in the spring, and if cattle are kept out of the woods as they should be by all who wonld preserve the young trees they will make a rapid growth, under the imme diate superintendence of Dame Nature herself, who has been pretty success fully engaged in this business of tree culture, more or less, ever since the silurian age. In the same way cuttings may be put out in the timber in the spring. The mulching of the ground by the falling of the autumn leaves is the best dressing that can be putaround ! such young trees, which in a year or so will surprise you with their rapid growth. We would discourage no one who can do so from planting out groves Y". t r . i. iu """i svv. !i.i .-.1 1 l-i . 1 Li m iid i 1 11 ii.i n i-. . 1 . .i hfnts carried oat will enable many to utilize places now going to waste, and get a good return for their efforts. Remarks. Care must be taken that the acorns do not become dry or they will never vegetate. They stick out a pointy root into the ground in the fall. The same with chestnuts and the like. Who Not to Marry. Don't marry a man who wears an eyo glass, or tight boots with high heels, who curls his hair or his muBtaciie, who puts scent in his whiskers, or blenches his eyelids, who lisps, who has his finger-nails long and pointed, caref ally cut in an almond shape, who wears four button gloves, takes six and three quarteis and tells you so, who, if he be dark, wears a red cravat, if he be fair, a sky blue one there is no surer indica tion of a man's character than his neck tie ; I always look at that first who has enameled visiting cards and a bril liant monogram, and who always wears a rosebud in bis buttonhole. Don't marry a man who keeps bull dogs. He is sure to be like them. Don't marry a man who gets up early. Nothing makes a person so insufferably conceited. Don't marry a man whom nobody ever says any evil of. Be sure tha,t he is a poor creature. Don't marry a good-natured m.:i. Good nature is to a man what the g'lt lenf naughty boys sometimes adorn a sparrow with is to lhat vmhuppy bird. All the other sparrows get around him and peck at him. Birds Scarce in Switzerland. A traveler writing from this beautiful land, says of the birds : " Sparrows and other small birds are caught for food hereabout, and they are served at our table in what they call polenta, a pudding of Indian meal. Tne pudding is very good and has a pleasant flavor of Yankee cookery, but the poor little birds are a wanton sacrifice of life, for the flesh of a dozen would hardly suffice for a moderate mouthful. A gentleman told me that while walking over a coun try estate he observed many small traps, and on inquiring of the head-keeper, learned that they were for catching little birds, and that there were 27. 000 of them on the estate, all of which were eaxm T ' ined twice a day, and the catch sent to market. In some places large nets are used to capture these innocents and the dead birds find a ready sale. After learning these things, one does not wonder that birds , are so seldom seen on the wing, and is also convinced that the birds that remain alive and come into such a country are creatures pos sessing a very blind instinct, and no vestige or reasoning power. " A Carnivorous Plant. A remarkable plant was exhibited to the British Association for the Advance ment of Science by Dr. Hooker, who gave the inaugural address as President biology section. The address was upon the subject of carnivorous plants, and Dr. Hooker explained and demonstrated by experiment some extraordinary dis coveries of Mr. Darwin's. Among other things, says a Liverpool paper, he showed a plant called " Dionial," the leaves of which were open. A fly was captured and put upon a leaf, which in stantly closed, and on reopening it was found that the fly was completely dis solved. A bit of beef was afterward consumed in the same way. The leaf was then fed with cheese, which dis agreed with it horribly, and eventually killed it. Dr. Hooker explained that the plant's action was precisely similar to that of the human stomach. The leaf rejected apiece of wet chalk. Prof. Huxley, in moving a vote of thanks, said these phenomena formed a wonder ful problem. The plant had certainly a nervous system of its own. Emigration Statistics. The following table gives the statis tics of the arrivals of emigrants at New York since the beginning of the year : Xuniter of I Kwmber of arrival from arriottts from Jan. 1 to I Jan. 1 to From Sept. 1, '74. from Sept. 1, '7. Austria 9fl ! Iwlacd in Australia WiLuxumbnrg 2MS Africa 1G Malta 10 British America. . .. 4Norway 3,330 fleismm 2:17 New Drunswlck . . . 8 Bohemia 2. 1'29 Portugal 11 t'auada M Iloumania 1 China jKijssia , Denmark 2,627 1 Switzerland. 1.840 East India 18 Scotia 3.93U England 13,514Swedeu 3,108 France I,748j8pain 34 Germany 28,934 1 South America. ... 3 Greece 15) Turkey 10 Hungary united States 1.B49 Holland l,167Walea 1,167 Ireland 32,53!) j West India 16 Me of Man 5S Nova Scotia 48 Japan 1 Italy .328 Total 108,824 Fred Mather, who sailed from this country a short time ago, having in charge some 100,000 young shad, in tended for the streams of Germany, writes from on board the steamer that the fish all died of starvation. Another attempt will be made to transplant shad from American to German waters. Crop Movements and Hurt Times. Out of the gloom and shadow which settled upon the business of the country like, a great pall a year ago, we am surely, if slowly, emerging into a brighter light and more cheerful pros pects. It is to be regretted, however,, that the lessons so harshly learned dur ing the past twelve months should in so many important respects be either forgotten or misapplied And in no instaace is this to be more earnestly depreciated than in the present attitude of the farmers West toward the mar kets. Whether the result of granger advice or influence or simply the conse quence of individual hick of fore thought, it involves a fatal error, both of judgment and action, the. fall effect of which can scarcely be entuiMited. It is a violation of all tbe laws of trade as. well as of natural instinct. Providence in its beneficence having seen fit to compensate us for our losses of last year by an abundant harvest, we reck lessly and ungratefully throw the gift in His face by refusing to market it. This, not to put too fine a point upon it, is what the Western farmers, who are holding back their gram to-day for higher prices, are doing. And stupidly, too. As stupidly as the cheap economic philosophers who at one time were so urgent with their advioe to the South to plant cotton short, so a to advance the price. We know what happened when the crop was neces sarily short. Our farmers now invite similar consequences in respect to grain. They virtually abandon the Liverpool market to Russia, France,. Hungary and the other grain-producing districts of Europe, where the harvest has been as abundant as our own, and: wiin me provincial purpose, narrow alike in -conception as in the means of "wri0g w rega- J, Attt rules Chicago as readily an it rules Lon don or Manchester. It ip, of course annovinrr to tlm tililirtr f.imu, tl,o4-. ! should be cheated of a full price for hit wheat by the idle speculator, but he cannot remedy that state of things bv holding back his produce : he simplv loses his market altogether. Grain should be going forward freely at the present time, while the canals; are open and ocean freight exception ally low. Even if the farmer does not. get the price he expected, the cheap, transportation tells in his favor ; but. to sacrifice the opportunity thus af forded to occupy the Liverpool market., while it is still open. Sot tbe trivia! satisfaction of cornering the Chicasro j speculator, is suicidal. It is to bt j borne in mind, however, that it is onH in respect to wheat that we have thiV ; great abundance. Corn, outs nd bar ley are deficient tho fornw, ia fact, j being so much so a to serious ;tff set (pork, farmers being unable to afford j feeding it to their hoys. Ntu? Vor,'; i Herald, Sept. 14. Long Battle Between Or.en. The Augusta (Me.) Journal has the j following account of a protracted battle. ! between two oxen in that State : " Mr. Corydon Chadwick and Mr. Sullivan Erskine have a pasture in com mon at South China, which they use for the pasturage of cattle. They have the present season had several yokes of cat tle in the pasture. Mr. Obadwick ana Mr. Erskine have each an ox with a lop ped or crooked hern, the right horn of one and the left of the other having that peculiar formation. Thesiv oxen were turned loose into tho. common pasture and it was between them on that s; t that the pitched battle of which we ears to speak took place. For several dfcyt these cattle had been misaing ; when the other cattle came up these were not among the number. How rtany dayr they had been missing before search was instituted is not definitely known, but becoming alarmed the owners went in quest of them. Coming to an open ing in the woods, covering an area oi about half an acre. Mr. Chadwick, whe went in search came upon a sickening spectacle. The lopped horns of the oxen were clasped, and the exhausted animals, united compactly, stood face to face, waiting for death, having appar ently given up the struggle. It is sup posed that while they were engaged in P1? their horns became entangled; I t .i i I i .1 1- 11 , I , r- .1 . i . . 1 .1 11 Ih.m. rible struggle of several days took place. The open space was literally torn up as though it had been plowed with a sub sod plow. When they were turned into the pasture they were large, fat, 7-feet oxen, but now they had become so ema ciated and famished that a person could almost clasp them round with his arms. They were perfectly docile when found, but Mr. Chadwick could not untie the knot. The horn of each was funk into the other's head, and it was only by call ing help, and sawing the horns off, that a separation could be effeoted. There were festering sores where the horns went in. Thus a mortal conflict, lasting eight days, had been going on between these oxen, who in that time had not partaken of any substance, and perhaps had not been able to lie down. Their jaws had to be pried open, and (ruel administered to them, been united so closely "were bare to the bone, the animals may liv." Their heads had that their faces It is possible OppbBssive Brilliancy. "Madame Podsnap," says the Saratoga corre spondent of the Washington Capital, "descends to breakfast with tho dia monds good society countennnces in those who owned gems before the days of shoddy, sparkling as solitaires in her ears, and representing 95,000 on her fingers, and beneath her heavy silk, of a shade dark enough for winter wear, is concealed a small fortune, say $50, 000 worth of diamonds in a muslin bag. She dare not leave them in her room, of course, and cannot put them in the hotel safe without giving up the pleas ure of wearing them each evening, so she conceals them until evening, when she displays them evc-ry one ; and she sleeps with them beneath the mattress. So she is doomed to diamonds for con stant companions. It is well. It is the only brilliancy she understands." How Thet Get a Horse Up. When a horse falls down, fourteen men put their hands in their pockets and ask each other why they don't do something. r meen otner men advise the driver un til he is half mad, and two small boys stand by with their hands clasped and an expression of determination written on every lineament. Then several men. ask why somebody don't hold his head, until one old gentleman volunteers to hold it. He steps forward calmly, bends over the prostrate animal, and puts one hand gently on his ear. The horse, getting tired, raises his head suddenly, the crowd laugh, and the old gentleman seems to take no further interest in the proceedings. Then the horse, having had all the fun he can ha e, rises like a tidal wave, and the crowd disperses. Forest and Sti earn. A bad habit to get into A ooat that is not paid for.