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UBLrsrTKD KVF.BT FRinAT, Vt COLI. VAN OITIVK, N THE REGI3TEH BUILDING, Vomer Ferry and First Strectx. TKKM3-IN ADVANCE. Cite com-, one war.- $2 50 One ropy, six months 1 .TO "Joclulwt.f twenty, each copy 2 00 Sincle eoilt"s Ten cents. SulMvrMiera ontside of l.inn conntv will be eiiarared 20 cent extra 3 70 for the year hh tiiut la thu RitKinnt of liOHtHuo tier annum which we nrc reijnired to pay on each paper mailed uy ns. Agent for the Retclwtcr. Tne. following named Rontlemon are author tied to receive and receipt for anlxcriptlons n the R roister In the localities mentioned Messrs. Kirk & Hume Robert Ulna - W. P. Kmith O. P. Tompkins CC H. Clanfrliton A-. WheeWr & Co Messrs. Smith llnnfleld. JxH. In ine Tho. H. Reynolds. . Brownsville. . .CrawfortlsvUle. Mlalsey. ...... Ha rrisbm-R Lebanon. Shedd. .. .Junction City. Scio. 4,. Salem. FRIDAY .MAY 4, 1877. WHAT ME FOIXD. BY KAY. short time Mrs. Grey came to him and said, "Come with me, Harry, and l will introduce you to Miss Hastings." She led hira to the end of the room. to a beautiful, Fad-faced lady, who seemed strangely familiar to him. 11 ar- rv thought he had never seen Mich a beautiful woman in his life, but the Bad eyes told a tale of t uttering. I he introduction was over, ana iiarry found himself alone with the lad-. "Miss Hastings," he paid, "my friend Rene tells me that you are an excellent Finger. IMay 1 liave the pleasure oi hearing you? And he led her to the piano. "Have you any choice? she asked. "None." he replied. "I shall be much pleased with your selection." bhe turned over the music and select ed a piece he had once heard Cora sing. The strange lady sans; so much like his lost wite that he involuntarily put his hand to his eyes, to hide the tell-tale drop that glistened there. "What is it, Mr. Clifton?" asked the fair singer. "Does my song affect you? It so, 1 will sing something else " n 'No, no!" said Harry. "You will pardon me, Miss Hastings, for saying it but 1 wish you would never sing that song for any one when I am by, for it has sad memories connected with it for A Sew Star. ries-, Uene, l.will trus; to your silence, and tell you the history of my life, from the time I left Yale with you up to the present time. When l came home, I lound my Bister Alice verv ill. v ith her was a lady friend whom she had known at school. Cora Thoruly was . a sweet, pretty girl of about seventeen years of age. at least five years the iuiiior of Alice Although she was so much yfeiHiger, Alice had loved her as she hail never loved any one else but myself, and I think you well know what devo tion existed between my twin 6ister and myself ; one thing, I suppose, that made the love greater, was the fact that we were orphans. "The day preceding her death she sent for me to come to her room. By the bed, kneeling, was Cora I hornly, . "'Harry, said my wster, 'it has been my wish for the last five years that when you knew Cora you would love her, and wish to make her your wife. It is true you have known her only five weeks, yet in that time yon have seen how good and lovable she is. I have cherished the thought or seeing you married until it has become a part of my being. Cora is, like yourself, an orphan, and she loves you. Will you not be married to-day ? I fear I have only a few hours to remain with you.' " , "lleue, "what could I say? There was my sister, dying. On the other side of the couch was Cora. I had nev er felt anything like love for her; I liked her as my sister's friend, and that was all. I had seen the blood rush to Ker face when rav sister was speaking ; it had not left it yet. I pitied the poor girl, yet her face told me nothing. " 'Harry,: what will be your answer?' came faintly from my sister. "I bent over and whispered, ? 'As you wish, my darling ; yes, if it will make yon happy.' "A bright, holy look sprang into her eyes, "and putting Cora's hand in mine, she said, " 'God bless you both ! You have made me very happy. I can now die content. "That afternoon I, Harry Clifton, stood by my sister's bedside a married man, bound to a woman for whom I had not a spark of love, and for whom I eould only feci pity. "The next day my sister died. I will B0t dwell on the 6ad, sad days that fol lowed. Cora soon saw tliat I did not love her. I was truly sorry, for the Tocr child loved me. and for that rea on I intended to make her happy, if possible. "One day she came to me. ' 'Harry ' she said, I know that you do not love me, and it was only that your sister might die happy that you married me. I know you would love j me if you could. I have seen the strug gle, and honor you lor it ; but I will not trouble you long.' "I could not understand her. I did not know that, child as 6he was, her heart was breaking with her love tor me. I did not know until the next morning what she meant ; then I found a note on my dressing table ; it ran thus: "'Dkak Harry: You will never know how I love you. I cannot stay with you day after day and know that I am only a care to you. i go oniy that vou may be happy. I am but ehild : you will soon forget me, and think of me as dead. But you will nev er know how dearly you were loved by vora "That was alL For the last three ) years I have looked everywhere for my 1 ehild wife, and have not found her. Daring that time I have learned to love her. It almost breaks my heart when I think that she is lost to me, whether she is dead or not. If I could but, find her. and tell her that the man she loved only too well at last loves her! I would give my whole life to her haenv. But I fear that it can never be" 'Harry," said Rene, "I think you I know, without my saying it- that I feel ' for you deeply, and will do anything that lies in my power to assist you in your search. By the way I have a nesaasa to give yea which - my sister gave me when I told her that you were in the city,. at l was going k can on vcn. She has a friend there who is a grand singer, and she told" me to be sure t swsli vou- to hear her. The girl is an orphan, and Laura wants to introduce fier to a lew ot ner menus. 1 know ot nothing to prevent,' said Harry, "except my sadness. I fear you will not find me a very cheerful add "tion. Your promise of music , wms me. iTrtra. was a sweet singer." -. v Fvenints' came. Mrs. Grey's parlor .-aWftlnwl as few- select Mends, and them some' old friends of liar py's. whom be had not seen sioce his , ,,.,.;,,-., rwc. threa rears ago, lu A me. T Q m Cdrrn " kIia mwI Since first this paiier was written, a new star has appeared in the constella tion Cygnus (the Swan). On the even- ng of Nov. 24th, Professor bchmidt, director of the Athens Observatory, noticed there a star of the third magni tude. Not only was no star ot that brightness there before, or any star visi ble to the naked eve. but it was found - when catalogues and charts came to be examined, that no star had ever been noted there, even in lists meant to in clude all tars down to the tenth mag nitude. For instance, Argelander has made such a list, and charts from it, showing no less than 324,000 stars that is. a hundred times as manv a- we can see on the darkest and clearest night ; Archipelago and the Mediterranean, Ituasia and the Dardanelles. Let us row consider the fearful pre ponderance which Russia would gain by the possession ot these straits, including of course that halt ot European Turkey bordering upon them. We have seen that the shoies of the Black Sea furnish every facility tor the construction ot a navy of any required strength, and its waters afford ample space for its training. With theie approaches in her grasp, Russia .might in ten years const ruct and discipline her fleet there, perfectly safe from molestation by: the navies ot Eu rope. Fleets built and equipped at Se bastopol, Kherson, and Nicholaiet, could sweep through Dardanelles, clos ed to all except themselves, enter the "I ought not to have snng it, as it is connected with one ot the saddest periods ot my own life." They talked on for some time, 11 arry soon finding out that his companion was a woman ot rare culture, fusing, he said, "I have passed a pleasant" evening. and hope 6oon to have tho pleasure of seeing you again." Time passed on. Hary was deeply in love with Miss Hastings. tvery time he met her some new quality was j developed. He knew that he was do ing wrong to allow this passion to grow on hira. At last he spoke to Rene about it. "Well," said Rene, "I don't know as my advice will be right ; but if I were you, I would go to Miss Hastings and tell her my history. I am almost cer tain that what she tells you to do will be rigfit, or I am a bad judge of her character." That evening he called. Miss Hast ings was in the parlor, and he sat down beside her. They talked on different subjects ; finally he said "Miss Hastings I have long wonder ed what your first name is. Will you pardon my curiosity and tell me i My name, she said, "is a very com mon one Cora. Have you ever known any one by that name?" And she look ed in his face with a sad sorrowful look. "Yes ; I once had a very dear friend by that name; in fact, she was more than a friend she was mv wife. I came here to-night intending to tell you my history." "You need not, she interrupted soft ly, "I know it, and have known it for a long time. "Vou know it?" cried iiarry "There are only three persons in the world who know it iiene Woodwaid, my wjte, and myself. Rene could never have told you." lie had been looking at her while he spoke ; she had risen and stood by his side. Laying her hand on his arm she said, "Harry, do you not know me t I am Cora Thoruly." I lis arms was around her the gold en head dropped on his breast At this moment the door opened, and Kene came rushing in. "Laura says oh, excuso me ! And he turned to go out. Stay! cried Harry. Rene. I have found wife." and dominate over their shores and over the commerce of every nation which has to use these wa'ers as a highway. In case. of its happening at any time to find yet his list showed no star where the new one had appeared. Astronomers do not, however, suppose the new star is really new, except in the sense of le- lng seen for the first time. They know that when last a new star appeared in this way it was found to ie one of Ar gelander's army ot 324,000 stars, and watching that star (which had appeared in the constellation of the Northern Crown in May, 1866), they found that though it faded graduly out of sight of ordinary vision, the telescope could still follow it, until it had sunk to the tenth magnitude, at which degree of luster it remained and still remains. No doubt it we had had fall lists of all Ftars down id the fifteenth, or perhaps the twentieth, magnitude, we should have found that the new star in CygMiis was simply an old faint star which had brightened up suddenly, and remained for a time as one among the stars adorn- ing our skies Examined with an instrument called the spectroscope the new star gave a very strange account of, itself. It was found to be emitting the same sort of light as other stars; but, besides that light, it emitted such light as comes from intensely heated vapors. Among the vapors in that star thus (tor the time) intensely hot, where hydrogen, ; sheer preponderance ot force. the vapors ot the metals sodium ana THE SLEEP OF ISFASCT. Crying, sleeping and teed ing form the conslaut occupation of infancy. Crying is a luxury ; sleeping is a necessity; feed ing is essential to comfort and growth ; each is worthy of a special coo ski ora tion, j Infants delight in sleep. Under" its benign influence they grow and strength en. During tlie darkness of the nio-ht sleep is more lieueficial than during the light and disturbances ot tho day, hence a quiet and darkened room is important in their noon-time imp. Cool and pure air does very much toward securing the advantages of sleep. Some plan that may secure a continuous change ot air , and maintain a moderate and comforta ble temperature is of the greatest mo ment. It is unwise to attempt to har den an infant by placing it in a cold room in the! coldest nights of winter. For a sleeping room 50 F. may be j warm enough for comfort and health. I Theclothiijg of infancy in s eep should keep it simply warm, but never throw it into a state ot perspiration. Unitbim- ity of temporal tire isihe thing to be se cured. 1 his can he done only by the tsel overmatched, the Russian fleet could repass the gates of Dardanelles, and be as safe from pursuit as an army would be it sheltered behind the rocks of Gibralter. Great Britain would lie the first and most immediately menaced ; by this for j aid of a thermometer, that can te'l the a strong miitary and naval power estab lished on the nosphorous won id hold in command the shortest way of communi cation with her possessions in India. The Cz?ir wou'd hold in control the f route by way ot the suez canal ; or at least Great Britain could keep it open only by maintaining a vastly superior fleet on the Mediterranean ; aid it would be difficult for her to maintain there a fleet winch would not be practical I overmatched by one which Russia could easily keep up in the Black Sea and the Sea ot Marmora. The days are past when a Hood or a Nelson might safely risk a battle it theodds against him were much less than two to one. A British Admiral must henceforth make his count upon meeting sVill and sea manship equal to his own, and whatever advantage he gains musl be gained by magnesium, and a vapor known to lm present in enormous ! quantivies in our sun's outer atmosphere, as seen during times of total eclioso. i All these vaors surround our sun; and it is very proba ble that if anything caused our sun to blaze out with greaily increased light and heat, folks living! on a world circ ling round some other sun would find the same peculiarities in our sun's light as we have found in j tho light of the new star in the Swan. What caused that star to blaze out in that strange way, we do not know. We should like to know, beeag.se we might then determine whether the cause which had so disturbed that sun might not be one from which our own sun may one day suffer. Whatever the cause was, its effects did not lasl very long. In a week the new star had sunk to the fifth magnitude, in another week to the sixth, in yet another toi the seventh, since which time (December 15th) it has very slowly diminished, and is siill (January 5th) above the eighth magnitude,' But although the unusual light and heat of that remote sun faded thus quickly away, yet if; inhabited worlds circled around that sun, the cooling of their sun must have come tar too late to save those creatures' lives. If our sun were to shine even but for twenty-four hours with several ; huuderd times its usual heat, it is certain that every creature on the earth would be destroyed, and when the sun returned to its usual luster it would shine on a system ot worlds on which not a single living creature was left. St. Nicholas. If Gieat Britain is to retain her Indi an empire, a collision there between her and Russia is a fo-goue conclusion. An empire which, under a succession of sovereigns of very different character, has steadily piessed its march of conquest through the deserts of Tnikistan, will not lie likoly to look without longing eyes on the fertile valley of the Indus; and here Russia will have a fearful ad vantage m position. The Suez route practically closed, as it wonlc be in the event of war, Britain could only reach India by a long voyage round the Cape of Good Hope, while Russia would have broad highways for the march ot her troops to tlie banks of the Indus, whence she could menace the whole peuiusn'a of Hiudoostan. Dr. A.. If. Guernsey, in the Galaxy. THE LESSeX OF A LIFE. "Wish me joy, Cora, my child AxornER Railroad. A correspon dent writing from McMinnville says a company has been formed at that place for the purpose ot building a nar row gauge railroad from navigable wa ter in the Yamhill river to tide water, Tillamook county. The company com prises able men in McMinnville and Portland, and they contemplate build ing a section ot the road from the for mer place to Sheridan., in time to trans port the surplus of the present crops. jtfee. Chemical analysis discloses the fact that among the many articles used for food, there are only two, wheat and milk, which contain all the elements cf the human boay, and in the proper pro portions. Other articc.es, such a but ter, stigat, syrup and fat ot all kinds, are wholly carbonaceous, or heat prodac ing, so that if a human being were to attempt to live on theso articles alone, his brain and muscles won Id starve By actual experiment it has been found that a man could not survive two months on such a diet. Remedy for Diphtheria. An old citizen living at San Francisco furnishes the following prescription and rule for the treatment of diphtheria, he having cured two of his children and saved their lives (he thinks) by its use : "When the fever is at its height, or during it, give castor oil, and use as a gargle one tea- spoonful of Hour of sulphur, mixed in one wine-glass of water. Mix with the fingers, as it is much better done than with a spoon. Give ono teaspoontul to gargle, and immediately after it is spit out give another, and continue doing the same every halt hour till the nicer on the tonsil, or each side of the throat. is eaten out. Once an hour, at least swallow a teaspoontul of the mixture, Also apply to the throat the first cut of fat from bacon (commonly called the rusty part), placing the clean part next the skin, the rusty part next the flannel keep on until the lump on each side of the throat is reduced.' . ; . Two ragged little urchins were stand ing in the gutter looking at a lady who bad just fallen down on the pavement. "It isn't so much that I Kke banannas,'r observed one of them, "but what a lot of people you can bring down with- the peel!- WebKter'tt Pcrnsnal Appearance. Mr. Webster was a model of manly excellence, ot the highly civilized type ; fie looked the gentleman perfectly. His person represented the highest style of artificial breeding. Though the son ot a plain farmer, lie was, physically, the im personation ot the form produced by a descent from a long line of conquering, intellectual, out-of-door exercising race. His body was strong and muscular, his chest full, his head large and firmly set upon ins shoulders. His back was deeply indented, and his most careless pose sug gested pride of carriage, which idea was confirmed by the natural elevation of his face. His manners, nevertheless, were singularly unpretentious, almost child like. He never strode into the Senate, but sauntered in, as it personally unno ticed, and himself without a care or pur pose. This manner, rea ly so fascinating, concealed all outward show of his pass ing, thoughts, or immediate intentions. He was so conscious ot his power, and had all of his mental resources so well in hand, that he never was agitated or embarrassed. His repartee in the pri vate parlor, or festive board, were as quick and bright as were his legal ar guments in the Supreme Court unan swerable, or hU elegance in the Senate unsurpassed. Before delivering a speech he often appeared absent-minded, and aciea as it unconscious or being sur- rouded by an audience. Rising to his feet, he seemed to gradually recover per- lect seit-possession, by assuming a quiet manner, which was aided by thrusting his right hand within tho folds of his vest, while his left hung gracefully by his side. A few sentences uttered, and the clear tones ot his voice reaching his own ear, they seemed to inspire him by their musical sound. A moment more and the man was changed. His dark complexion grows warm with inward fire : his eyes would start from their cavernous depths and flash with inspi ration ; huge brain, in its mighty work, forcing perspiration in rivulets down his palpitating temples. There never was a more impressive personal appearance in the forum, or a more magnificent form of human effort, engaged in giving utterance to the workings of the mind. Yet, in these tremendous demonstrations oi intellect, ait. weoster was never dramatic m action. Even in the otter ance of his most eloquent sentences, his body was in comparative quietude his wonderful eyes alone burned and corus cated ; in all other respects repose seem. ed the normal condition of his masrnetic fisme. Col. T. B. Thorpe r in JSalcf. In December, 1845, in the Depart ment of the Voges, Xavier Thiriat, a boy of ten, accompanied four young girls of about the same age to church. T hey had to cross a brook over which was placed a single loose plank. The boy crossed safely ; the first girl who at tempted it fell in. The boy jumped in, pulled her out, and then, walking in the water, guided each of tlie girls across. Some time was lost by this, and the party reached tho church late. Xavier, ashamed of being late, did not go up to the stove, but kept behind, lie reached homo chilled, a dangerous dis ease followed, by which he was left a complete cripple for life ; his only mode of moving about was on hands and knees, so completely were his legs par alyzed and distorted. Coining of a very poor people, there was every prospect that Thiriat would be a heavy charge to his family, and a wretched burden to himself. Instead ot this lie readied manhood bright, cheerful and intelligent. Reading all the fewbooks he could lay hold of, he was soon the best educated man in his district ; and rapidly acquir ed extensive influence, which was always used for good. He induced the young people to read and to study. Some con tributions to the local newspaper, the Ucho des Voges, attracted attention and mado him known, the result of which was that further intellectual op portunities were extended to him. lie made himself a good botanist, meteorol ogist and geologist, instructed others in these branches, and procured the foun dation of several local libraries. He could not, however, be satisfied without achieving his complete indeiieiideuce and earning his support. He obtained the position of manager ot tlie telegraph at a neighboring tw-,was made secretary to the mayor, became the favorite cor respondent ot several agricultural pa pers, and received the highest reward of the French "Franklin Society" its gold medal. All thiswas accomplished by native force of character and strong religious feeling, under circumstances not merely adverse, but at first sight absolutely hopeless.- A horrible deformity, intense suffering, absence of instruction, crush ing poverty all these disabilities were overc me unaided, and this ignorant a"d crippled lad made himself the light , intellectual and moral, of his whole dis trict. Philadelphia Ledger. truth much better than our feeling! No room imr nursery is properly equip ped without one. As a matter of econ omy we have one in every room in our house. If some members of the house. hold are to hot and others too cool, and the thermometer indicates 0 f., let the hot ones have thinner clothing and the cool 'ones warmer. For we are pursuaded that inhaling hotter air than 70 deg. does harm to the air cells of the lungs. . j The time of putting an infant to sleep is a matter ot some consequence to the infant and to the mother. Regularity lias a bearing upon the hea th and growth of the child. The mother ac complishes more in the discharge ot her daily duties by having a fixed time for eath. She owes a duty to herself and to her family ; namely, to keep herself in health. She cannot do this unless she has a time for inhaling the open air, for taking a walk in the fresh breezes - f heaven. This she can ahvays do if she is regular in her duties ot nursing or feeding. And then the habit ot regular feeding and sleeping has n bearing not ot.lv upon the pre ent health of the in fant, but upon that of his afier life. A young tree that has liecome stinted by being in a poor, ui id rained and poison ous soil, rarely recovers its normal growth and health, however well it may be treated in after years. A toeble child rarely becomes a healthy man. Should the mother keep the infant near her iierson during the still hours of night she must lie cautious that she does ! not compel it to ii hale her own breath and effluvia that has passed from her own person as effete and poison Among the lad results of former days was that oi rocking infants to sleep. Rocking induces a state of the brain not favorable to health. It may throw the infant into: a morbid slumber, but not into as calm and refreshing a sltep as it ought to have, lleasthy infants sleep more soundly, more qmet y, mon,- re freshingly : by avoiding rocking, whicl com poses "by inducing temporary conges , lion of the brain. Afier a while a desire tor being rocked is a mere matter of hab it. It compels an infant to sleep when it is not sleepy, or when it is wet and needs dry clothing. In various ways make a child comfortable at its regular hour of reiKise and it will liavp, if in health, if it has not been irrfgnla'ry fed, that sweet and lieueficial slumber tliat is not induced by first producing an ab normal state of the brain. Try it, let a mother or nurse be rocked in a ham- nxck, and let her observe the effects upon her own tough brain, br.e may, then, lie satisfied that shaking the brain of her infant for tenor tweuty minutes is no trivial affair. A mother in a rural district had twenty infants, and used, during their early days, a long clothes-basket as their place of repose. She was as regular as the tall clock in the corner in washing, feedii g. and putting them to rest They all lived ' to maturity. She consider! rocking as not only unnecessary, but cruel. , We have ourselves felt "nerv ous" and shocked as we have visited somo nurseries and heard the coctinuous rocking by grand-marm, or some less venerable person. When the proper hours for repose have come, put the in fant in its bed, or crib. ( Let it not be deprived of relays of fresh air, in a sun ny room. Let a coarse net protect it from the flies by dav and those musical serenading frieuds by night. In this way, with no taut bands, or clothing to check tne full expansion ot its lungs and bowels, the infant is visited by nature's sweet restorer, palmy sleep, that con tributes; so much ' to its health and growth.- Prairie Parmer Tile Cattle Plague In Enrope. The cattle plague raging in Europe is not a modern scourge- It is known to the ancients, and its contagions charac ter was pointed out by Columella in his work. "De Re Rustica." The wars of Charlemagne spread it all over Eu rope, in the fourteenth century, and from 1711 to 17 14 its ravages were fear ful. In the latter periods it cost a loss to western Eurojie of 1,500,000 head of cattle. In 1745, two calves bought in Holland introduced the typhus, carrying off 10 ',000 head of cattle in Lincoln shire alone, and other Countries in like projiortions. The disease, despite the precautionary measures ot the English Government, lasted ti'd 1757, and then only because the cattle stock of England was exterminated. The cradle of the disease is in the steppsot Russia, in the rich pastures along the Dniejier, and it branches and where 8,000,000 of cattle are raised for the gre-it markets in Bes sarabia, Kerson, Podolia, etc. Thence they pass into Hungary, Central Rus sia and Prussia. (England, Belgium, Holland and France have no trade in call e with Russia. They transjKjrt live stock, however, from Russia, ex cepting France, which draws its supply from Austria and Hungary. It is in this way the invasion of 1665 is to be accounted tor. One hundred thousand head of cattle annually enter Gallicia and Hungary from the steppes ot Rus sia, and there the typhus i a'most per manent. There is but little doubt that the cat tle of the stepjiescan transport the virus ot the plague without being stuck with it themselves, down to the tune when the bad nourishment and want of water, with the fatigue of long journeys by rail ciuse it to burst tortn. r I he pestilen tial virus has lain dormant tor six months without losing its strength. The iisease is highly contagious, and is com municated to dogs Mieep and homed beasts in the same enclosures. Farm hands have carried the germs of the dis ease in their clothes, and have given it to animals in the;r charge ; herds have have even been struck with the disease by traveling the same road which sick Ix'asts hal passed over an hour or two lietore. Bv a strange peculiarity, and special to this disease, the more th3 cat tie plague is distant from its or igma locality, tl.e more intense is its maligni ty. Nothing but the severest measures against the importation of cattle from infected countries will prevent ltsexten- h:oii. Ax Agonizing Choice. The Mem phis (Tenn. ) Appeal relates the follow. ing in its account of the steamer Gov Garland in the Arkansas River : "Capt, Nowland's conduct was heroic. Find ing it impossible to rescue his wife and two children, he was compelled to for sake either the former or the latter, He had no time to hesitate, for the flames were already scorching the passen gers. Capt. Nowland kisseJ his little children farewell, and seizing his w fe plunged into the water He looked back, but the little children he could not see, for his eyes filled with tears, such as only a father or mother cai know the meaning of. A deckhand named Billy Staples, whose home is in Memphis, witnessed the sad farewell, seized both ot the children in his strong arms, the brave man leaped into the water and carried them safely to the shore. The glass of fashion Blue glass. It takes a pickpocket to dis-purse crowd. A dog-house is now made with toy window. Among all breeds of dogs none is ta li va-ly as the Spitz. The Japanese are : manufacturing wter-proot boots of paper. ; : :-: :f ' The little boy's comment on the spout ing whale: "Oh. my, dosn't be eneeae a good long way?", j ; i . There is a time for everything except the return of an apprentice who has been seut after tlie mail. 1 ; " : Policeman, to gentleman on a corner: "Move on, sir !" Gentleman (who is chess-player): "It's your raeve, sir It a man on a polar expedition should kill another, what would lie the heinous ness of his crime ? Murder in the 83rd degree. " T" ' A blow on the base ot the skull i serious matter, but a Roman punch in the stomach may lead to more lasting consequences. , , An inventor of a patent nostrum ad vertises: "Cough while you can, ior when you have a few doses ot my mix ture you cant. ;;, A congregation in Main has conclud ed that a preacher may skate if he wants to, but he must keep hn montn . snut when his feet fly up. ; ; A Baltimore paiwr says that the price of board hasn't been so low for the last ten years, and - adds "and tho board hasn't lieeu so poor, vitlier. "Grandma, why don't yon keep a ser vant any longer?" "Well, you see, my child, 1 am getting old now, and can't take care of one as I used to, you know. The Omaha newspapers took a rest on Washington's Birthday. This token of respect on their part to the memory cl the man who never told a lie is inexplic able. " r .i In the economy of. nature nothing ie lost. 'I he inside ot an orange may re fresh one man, while the outride of the same fruit may serve to break another man's leg. . y In Mexico they don't bother with an electoral count as we d . Diaz simply raised fifty soldiers and a bag of doub loons, and walked into the Presidential chair as coolly as a hungry dog in a meat shop. An old lady in Middlebury crossed over a bridge marked "Dangerous, without seeing the sign. On being in formed of the tact on the other side, site instantly turned hi great alarm and re crossed it. An ill-natureJ Democratic exchange, which evidentiy feels rather Taw oyer the result of something, spitefully asks us ''how much of a fair Democratic ma- ority is required to beat a Republican minority ?" We 1, if only the numerical strength of the votes is counted, a ma- ority ot one is sufficient, but if the qnali- y, the moral, intellectual, political qual tications we should say that about eigfit or nine million Democratic major ity in a country where the Kepublicans only cast six or seven votes, ought to e ect Democratic township and county officers. On national issues, of course, the propoitiou should be considerably greater. Rev. Mr. Rainsfbrd is at present the person most talked about in Toronto. He is a revivalist, a clergyman of tlie English. Church. . He is very young and very handsome, indeed; "Rains ford's face" and "Raiusford's figure" are the all-absorbing topics of conversa tion in Toronto. He is of the order of the muscular Christians, stroke oarsman at Cambridge, champion cricketer and boxer from the same great shade. His skating teats call out particular admira tion. He skates by day and preaches by night. He is not brilliant but very earnest. The photographers have be sieged him for sittings, to all of whom he steadily refuses his counterfeit pre sentment. " ", . A lazy fellow, falling a disttnee ot fifty feet and escaping with only a few scratches, a bystander remarked that he was "too slow to fall fast enough to hurt himself-" A Washington telegram says : The government, represented by -the War Department and the Postoffice Depart ment i making every preparation for tlie protection ot visitors to the Yellow stone during the coming summer. Gen. Sherman is in favor ot extending it and some time ago the Postmaster General asked to extend the mail service to the Yellowstone, and will himself visit that section during the warm weather. In obedience to the General's de mands,! the Postoflice Department or dered a tri-weekly mail service from Uozeman and tort H,llis, Montana, to Tongue river. The contract has been awarded to S. S. Huntley, at $34,000 per annum, service to begin May 1st. A Washington correspondent relates that at an interview between Hayes and Hampton the former called the latter's attention to the very large Democratic vote in LUgeheld county, as compared with tormer years, and said to the Gov ernor:j"Thisi8 hardly to be accounted for by an increase of population,'' and asked ! him how he could account for it. I Hampton replied, "You forget sir, that at ten polling places in ; this county a large number or soldiers were stationed, and I understood that they all voted for me.' This amused Mr. Haves, who laughed very heartily aud 6aid, " Well, if the soldiers have got to going tor you it ought to settle the case,' It would seem as though a new order of civil service reform was really getting into vogue, and that is the election ot postmasters by the people. We have given one instance already as having oc curred in Pennsylvania, we have now to record another which transpired at Fremont, Ohio, the home ot President Hayes. A Mr. Krebs received 255 votes, against 245 votes divided among four opponents. He was accord ing' y recommended and duly appointed, the plan having previously received the President s acquiescence, lne salary is $2,200 peranum. 1 The latest chemical notion is to fell trees by electricity. The two ends ot the copper wires of a galvanic battery are connected with a platinum wire, which, of course, instantly becomes red- hot : and while so is gently see-sawed acr ss the trunk of the tree to be fe'led. until it burns its way through. It is calculated that a tree which would re quire two hours' hard chopping to bring down, can be cut through by this pro cess m fifteen minutes. The Seientifie American says that if a bottle of the oil ot pennyroyal is left uncorked in a room at night not a mus- quitoor a- blood -sucker will be found trere in tho morning. Mix potash with powdered meal and throw into the rat holes of a cellar, and tne rats win depart. If a rat or a mouse gets into your pantry, s'uff into the hole a n saturated with a solution of cayenne nenner. and no rat or mouse will touch the rag for the purpose of opening com muuication with a depot of supplies. It isn't a matter of choice with the people of Kansas whether they will fight grasshoppers or not. A bill passed by the late Legislature of the State, and now a law, gives township trustees and road overseers authority to call out all boys and men from twelve to fifty years of age to destroy the "hoppers, and im poses a fine of fifty dollars upon any one wuo relusea to ooey. "No," said the smart boy-baby, when the pretty young woman wanted to kiss him. "But why ji.ot?" asked' sle, "Oh, I am too little to kiss yon ; papa will kiss you; papa kisses all the big gir s." He was permitted to plsy with his toys. j . Some i-eop'e feel very bad because ker osene is so hyh ; they don't seem to consider that without this great bless ing we would stM ' be snuffing a tallow candle with our fingers and rubbing the black off on our hair. . 1 "Is your master up ? asked an early visitor of a nobleman's valet. "Yen, sir," replied tiie valet, with great inno cence ; "the butler and I carried him an " about 3 o'clock." That w as a scrupulous yoong lady ia Bostou w ho refused to meet het lover Justus, b is name was at home, because. ' she hearo her mother say that "Justice 8horid al ways be meted out.. a A new organization among the people ' connected with the Taylor-street M. E. Church is called The Neighbors. The society is composed entirely of "family peop e," aud meets one evening of each week at tho residences of members. Bee. ;.."; Opinion ot the Cincinnati Commer cial, inspired by the resnlt ot the late election in that city : "Relieved of tlie black-load of Giantism, the Republican party can hold the country until the Democratic party improves very much, "A nd this," said a gifted Italian ar tist, as he slamed the top ot the organ down on the monkey's tail, after fruit lessly grinding "Beautiful Spung be fore an imposing block of empty houses, "this is the boasted musical culture of Boston;" and, muttering "A divalo mitsuchur one-hoz town, badcesstoit, ' in the liquid language ot Italy, he turn ed his face sadly towards Milwaukee. When a fond son starts forward In life he sometimes turns round to caresa his friends, but a mule never turns round, lie is the only affectionate one of his species who can strike out in life both ways at once. ; A mother may; never find words in which to.exprerts,. the emotions wtLs& s'irge through her heart on- fiiidhv her , i . i oaoe, just iiresseu in us onuday test stirring the contents ot a bottle of inV into the cold ashes with the hair brush but she will try to, and try with all he might. Colorado has abolished the irrand. jury system, and in its stead is a com. mission, by whom .all preliminary m. vestigaiions are to be conducted. Tbsa commission consists of the County J bdre and two J nslices of the Peace, who are required to meet in each county twenty days previous to the session of ihe couit and report their findings to the court a soon as it holds its session; ; There is something refreshing in the absolute astonishment that visitors ta a printing office sometimes display at tW commonest things. "What h thai black-looking thing standing up ln tliat corner ?" is sometimes asked by an nsW. phisticated observer; and the near typo answers, "That is the prinUr -office towel. We always stand it op the corner." :; r Italy has declared ks Vnniver:;5- o)eii to women. The action l.a U- taken by Switzerland, Norway, Sri and Denmark. "- A ministerial or-lit I been issued in Holland opening university and gymnasium to ' w - " France- has . opened the - Sonbcrira-.'t " woman, and Russia its echcr.!. 1 1 r clue and surgery. .
