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The following article ia copied bom
Leeds (Eng.) Mercury, ine writer
i well informed, nd his statements cor-
L-t except that the present season has
, a t.0 firpcnn is likolv in
proved that Eastern Oregon 8 likely to
become an agricultural as wen as a graz-
ins region:
Oreeon ia in some respects a more re
markable State than California. It does
not stand before the world with a golden
haze over it, and it does not possess a
t.-w rth mentioning when the mag-
niflcentbayof San Francisco is thought
niflcent oaj ui o
nf. But it is favored with a climate
which, year in and year out, brings to
it an abundant ami buuiuuj iuuoiu-
jr harvest. Its crops do not show the
.amn extraordinary yield per acre as do
i.a rmH in the State it adjoins, when
the season there is favorable; but, never-
thcless its soil is marvelously fertile,
Loorinir the burden of non-rotation for
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Diany successive Bettsoua wnuuuii nypre-
ciable weakening. In the matter of
(..,!.,, fr0m atmospheric storms, Ore-
con is quite as calm as California; in the
L.Hr of the political tempest, from
which California has a great deal more
to dread than from the occasional (rein-
blor that visits and cannot be said to af-
it w Oregon is. if not altogether
free, at least altogether unharmed by it.
Pvon the rainfall in Oregon, which, be
cause it is by no means meagre, has
,isa1 this part of the Union to be
known as the
Webfoot State, comes
down there as
a rule with exceeding
gentleness copiously enough at times,
but Very quietly, anil Willi Blicii a graw
fully warm touch in every drop, even
when the month is December, that one
rather enjoys being caught out in it, and
has no more to dread from it than from a
ihower-bath in his own house. There is
no show place in Oregon like the Yo-
seniito valley; that great glacier-moulded
(taps is One Ol tUO SlgUtS OI me WOriU. ouuw luuiiuuoun ui vrigUMiens mm
But nevertheless, Oregon is naturally prosperity, but which show only dreari
grand. The scenery of the western and ness and neglect. Seven years ago there
best-settled pari oi nie ouw i mo miui
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K.,,nf,r nt V.nfflanfl in magnitude,
nMi.nipftA vullPT is the great central
i v i.i.T nnf nvar a
hundred and sixty miles of length, and
. M;nir wi.lt.1i of from thirty to
n nil III 1UJUUUD n nvwi " " '
nxtv miles, with a navigable river fed
by many tributaries running through it; to bring their homesteads into that or
Juu T?nnl.irrv Tmming rising 11.000 derly and improved state which are
feet above the sea level. . its summit
crowned with perpetual snow, its sides
covered with a privemal forest; and with
lesser but wonderfully impressive snow
tieaks along the line of the Cleveland
ami Hambleton Hills. The river that
runs through this garden valley of Ore
con is tributary to a still greater water
course. It empties into the Columbia,
and the Columbia, which forms the
northern boundary of the State, extends
two thousand miles and more beyond
the limits of Oregon before its source is
reached. With the aid of the Snake
river, it gives a navigable course of
wniething like fifteen hnndred miles,
In romantio grandeur, no less than in
extent tle Columbia excels the Hudson.
Take awav the charm of association
from the European stream, and in pic
turesque efloct the Rhine is not to be
compared to it. The Sacramento, the
greatest of the California rivers, is no
more to be sooken of in the same breath
is the Columbia than is a Dutch canal.
It is idle, however, to compare the two
Picifio States. Each is great in terri
tory, great in resources, great in expec
tations: and that, sooner or later, the
expectations of each will be realized, is
u certain as that the sun shines.
In size, Oregon takes the third place
u the Union. Texas ranKs nrsi, ana
California second. Measuring, with tol
erable uniformity of outline, 275 miles
fa length, and 350 in bread th, Oregon
las thus an area of 90,250 square
niles, or 61,000,000 acres. The
Cascade range divides the State
into two great sections Eastern
and Western. Broadly speaking, Inst
all Oregon is the grazing portion of the
State, and Western Oregon tue grain
growing division. The distinguishing
physical features of Western Oregon are
tie three great valleys of the Willam
ette, the TJmpqua and the Rogue rivers,
eioh following the others in a southerly
liae. Leading into each are numerous
snallor vallevs. and on the coast line,
i ot the outer westerly edge of the great
of it beautiful, and some sjota borde,
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ClS. V 1-d offices are at For land and in
101., embracing J of the rooms is an interesting ex
Jt tracte S prairfe land. Spread over t producto grown on farms bought
tiis great territory is a population aooui
lalf that of one of onr great English
towns. Making allowance for a steady
increase from other States and from lor
eign countries, the number of souls in
Oregon at present will not exceed 160,
OX). The developed resources of the
State are mainly agricultural, and, small
Mis the population, that it is made up
ot a busy and productive people may be
judged from the fact that the exported
Ji'oduce and merchandise of the State
nt year exceeded $14,000,000 in value.
h 1808 the exports of Oregon were esti
mated at less than 2,000,000. at tnat
time the population wan about one-half
!iat it is now. In 1872, when a series
ot articles on the State appeared in the
Iseds Mercury, the population was un
lsr rather than over 100,000. From that
priod np to 1875 there was ho great in
oease under the head of immigration.
ince then the number of new-comers
lis amounted to about ten thousand an
Bially This ia a remarkable showing.
1 must be remembered that Oregon is
tolated that, although it has interior
xilroads, it has aa yet no inter-State
es, and that practically the only chan
1 through which it can draw immi
tants is overland to San Francisco, and
jm thence by steamer to the Columbia
er. It is a Promised Land also, not
the confine of a Wilderness. To
'fcch it, States and Territories have to
b paiued through which have many
Wnptationa for the aettler, and on going
hit one has to tarn bis back on the
Peat harrent trrcmwd and the teeming
knit gardens of California. That Ore-
should nnder such circumstance be
i a fair war to cover her land with the
Population for which she has room may
U be a matter for wonderment It baa
3 been done through the spirit of self-
"P. A lew of the leading inbabitanu
given of their meant freely to make
-e advantage of their State known to
;ke world. The State Legislature with
publio funds has done a little in the same
eml;,,,nl( ' nna ti..o.
no competing with that magnificent dis
play of natural products which the pec-
tle of Oregon sent to the International
"bibition at Philadelphia, and it was a
dig . to vhich ho coald do ao
helped to contribute, either in money or
in mmi. Hie exhibit appeuled to the
very class Oregon is in need of. It was
an llhiHtration which was irresistible to
the agricultural wind, und tlie eonse
qnence has been that the bulk of the re
cent immigrants in the State are to 1
?onid scattered over the valleys, and the
"J ""e nt had to bear a much
greater acquisition than their coinmer-
cjai or manufacturing importance insti-
fles. One feature in favor of this flow of
uuiuiumviuu i we iuci uiut lurming iu
Oregon is conducted on a small rather
I than on an extensive scale. Xo man
there can make it his boast that his pos-
sessions are broad enough for a prmei-
pality. Many of the settlers w ho came
to the State before 1850 hold under whut
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id iuuvu mo joiiuuuu mvi , kiu mm u-to
I acres (single men got the smaller share) ,
and the beneficiaries by this enactment
I took care to settle where the soil
seemed richest, and where they had
simply to plant and not to clear,
The mojority of them were unskilled in
agriculture. Many of them were con-
tent with what a fraction of their claims
yielded them, and cared nothing about
improvements. They found that cattle
were safe enough without attention or
shelter. Thev had come to dreamland.
and they settled down into an easy, in
different, comfortable state of existence,
out of which it has been difficult to
uicui. urao ni low jram uui-
ing which the State made no progress,
and this period of stagnation had sonie-
tiling to do with producing amongst some
of the older residents a condition very
much akin to thriftlessuoss. Even to-
day there are a good many farms in Ore-
gon in excellent situations which ought
woo mnM rr T no tiira na iino'ti 111.1 i.lin r
"wi iuuuh.uk
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there is now. Several of the old settlers
have been te
have been tempted to sell out, or to part
with a portion of their holdings, and
others have boen stimulated by the
healthy flow of a new life in their midst
characteristic of a people who are well-to-do,
and do not care to be behind their
neighbors. A fow years more, and a
farmer s Inuse in Oregon, with the clap
boards loose to the wind, the fields
around it only half cultivated, and the
garden in front in a state of nature, will
be a sight worth searching the valleys of
the btate to see. Perhaps if very many
of the men and women whe profited by
the Donation Law had teen anxious to
sell out, their lands would long ago have
fallen into the hands of speculators, and
there would have been a few rich men
owning much of the best and a good
many poor men owning very little. As
it is, an Oregon farm a mile square is a
large possession ; and if the whole of that
area is clear of obstruction, it is a pos
session of great value. Generally speak
ing, it is more profitable to buy farms in
Oregon even at $25 an acre than to clear
land. Timber is all very well in its
place. Spruce, ash, oak, pine, and
cedar a man may have noble trees of
those woods on 80 or 160 acres of Ore
gon land for which he has paid but a
nominal price, but unless he be close to
a navigable stream they are of little
value to him. His object is to destroy
them, and the work of destruction is
costly and laborious. There are tracts of
availablo land, however, where great
forest fires have materially lessened the
difficulty of making clearances, and
there arc other tracts where the soil has
only to be freed from brush to be ready
for the husbandman. Land of this char
acter abounds in the foot hills of the
Cascade and coast ranges, and belongs
either to the State and Federal Govern
ments or to the railroad companies. No
difficulty is experienced in finding heav
ily timbered lands undor the Pre-emption
and Homestead Laws, but they ore not
now to be had close to towns. In East
ern Oregon, the choice in settlement
goes the other way. There the desire is
to find spots where there is a growth of
timber. Information regarding the Fed
eral land may be had at four different
points in the State Oregon City, Rose-
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from the company
Scattered over Oregon are some very
pretty towns, and there are none prettier
than Portland, the chief city of the State.
The streets of this metropolis are clean
and well kept; its public buildings are in
good taste; the dwellings of its richer
citizens, elegant in design and sur
rounded by neatly laid out grounds, are
in the very heart of the city; trim cot
tages, with trim gardens, owned or rented
by the less well-to-do,are all round about.
The reservation of blocks for publio
parks adds to the garden-like appearance
of the town; but the chief charm of
Portland to the new comer are the regu
lar lines of maple, locust, and other
shade trees which make of every street
where men and women live and children
play, a delightful avenue. The site of
Portland was hewn out of a forest, but
the early authorities of the place were
wise in their day, and while they cut
down remorselessly they planted with
care. The dense growth of the forest is
gone; in its place are the beauties of
light and shade, the sun glinting on
white painted houses through a protect
ing screenwork of greenery. The river
that flows through the city has ten miles
to run before it reaches the Columbia,
and the Columbia from that point has a
hnndred mile to run before it loses
itself in the ocean. Although so far
from the Pacific, Portland U practically
a seaport. Was ever a seaport ao Arca
dian 1 The fleet of wheat ships that
come thus far into the interior of the
State gives to Portland a great deal of its
commercial importance. The city has
also some manufactories to make good
its stability. Within the last five year
iU population ha increased from 12,000
to about 20,000. To get to Portland,
Astoria i passed by; and, truth to tell,
Astoria has been passed by in a sort of
cold-honlder fashion for a very long
time. It is a town with a history. Per
haps it is the oldest settlement in the
State. John Jacob Astor founded it in
1811 as a trading post, but the venture
was a failure, and two years after the
British raised the Union Jack over the
place, and Astoria became Fort George.
Subsequently, nnder the American occu
pation, the old name wa restored, but
for many year the place was nothing
better than a post. Within the last few
years the population of Astoria has
nearly trebled itself. The town now
contains about SSlXHl souls. Compara
tively that is a small nunilor, but the
increase from six or seven numircu nas
been made by sheer determination. The
town seeing vessels go down the stream
went out to meet them. It brought
down great logs from the forest and
drove tham through tide water into the
bed of the river. Then it went out
further into the Columbia until it got
frontage and dock room for the largest
vessels. The streets of the business part
of Astoria are simply long lines of piers
placed at right angles, with the salt sea
flowing under them. One may drive np
to the front entrance of the stores of the
town, but you must reach tho back en
trance as you reacli tlie nouses in enice
Flocks of sea-gulls, protected by ordi
nance, and tame as barn-door fowls
cluster on exposed timbers on these back
water yards. The land at Astoria is
hilly, and tho merchants prefer level
lines, even on framework. Some of
those days, tlie mountain will be graded
down, and the sea-gulls will be driven
bock with the water, from which they
pick up an easy living. Astoria is twelve
Miles from the bar. in front 01 tlie
town the river is w ide enough and deep
enough to accommodate tlie vessels that
shall go to Oregon when the commerce
of the State reaches its maximum. Long
before then Astoria will bo a place of
maritime importance. It is its progress
in this direction which has given it
threefold strength in half a decade. It
owes a good deal to a hopeful, persistent
voice which it possesses in a sprightly
daily paper. Down the coast are one or
two shipping ports of minor importance,
of w hich Coos Bay and Yaquina Bay are
the chief. At Coos Bay there is a rich
coal field, and several fine vessels, in
cluding two clippers, have been built
there, balem, the capital, is on the flat
part of the Willamette valley. At
Albany, further south, the valley may
be seen at is widest stretch; and from
the cupola of the Court House of this
town a magnificent panorama is spread
out
The settlement of this State has some
Interest to English readers. For a very
long period Oregon was simply a hunting
ground for the Hudson liny Company
From 1810 to 1840 the point whether it
belonged to Great Britain or America re
maiued unsettled. Its white residents
during that time were not numerous, but
they were very largely subjects of this
country. i.ven when tho ilecifion was
given in favor or America, the majority
of the Englishmen and Scotchmen there
decided to remain. It was probably 11
concession to the English interest
in the State that when the or
ganic law was drawn up and adopted it
included a section giving to aliens, as well
as to citizens, whether resident or not.the
right to acquire and hold lands in the
State. The servunts of the Hudson's Bay
Company were the first farmers in
Oregon, and doubtless also the first who
introduced anything in the shape of re
ligious and educational advantages.
Americans and English, in 1843, were
agreed upon the necessity of organizing a
provincial government. Two years
afterwards, and one year before Great
Britain signed the treaty giving Oregon
to the United States, such a government
was funned. Then came the era of terri
torial rights (1848), and eleven years
afterwards, with a population of 52,4(i5,
Oregon was admitted a State. The British
interest in this part of America has not
died out. Two of the banking institutions
there are incorporated under British laws
the Bank of Untish Columbia and the
Bank of British North America ; while
another, the Oregon und Washington
Trust Investment Company, was started
on capital supplied by Scottish share
holders. The last-mentioned institution
has done a great deal of good to the
State since 1873, when it was formed, in
furnishing loans for the purchase ami
improvement of property. It begun with
a capital of a quarter of a million dollars,
and it has proved so proti table to the
stockholders that the capital has been
increased at intervals until it amounts to
$1,000,000. An offshoot of this company
is a Seoto-Amencan Savings Mann (lorm
in 1870), with a capital of $300,000. More
recently (1878) an organization has been
formed, known as the Oregon Agricultu
ral Compcny, for the sale of land in Ben
ton county. In the success of this com-
Euny many Englishmen are interested,
eiuon county is on the coast line, about
midwav down the State. Its Boil exceed
ingly fertile, and the climate is that of
Oregon a State with a death-rate of 0.0K.
This rate was the percentage to the popu
lation in 1870, when the last federal cen
sus was taken. The annual rainfall in
Oregon ranges from 45 to 55 inches. The
winter months are wet. In summer there
are lone spells of unbroken weather, and
the happy farmer can always sing "Harvest
Home" the crops 01 uregon never
fail.
A good deal has been said about wheat
in this article. The salmon of Oregon
ought not to he forgotten. It is in all our
shops, in cans of about a dozen different
brands. Last year 34-5,000 cases of these
cans were exported from the Columbia
river. In the same year the State ex
ported over 3,500,000 centals of wheat, In
cluding flour.
Is it Editatios or Accident. Techni
cal education supposes that a child must
be educated for the sphere he ia expected
to occupy in life. Advocates of a purely
technical education use frequently such
phrases as "laboring classes," station in
ife." "educated classes, "cultured socie
ty," "upper classes." Whether tbi is
wise in republican America a in mon
archical Europe remain to be seen. E
penenre ha shown that tl is exceedingly
unwise to suppose that a certain boy is
to make a Congressman, while another
will peg boot. The issue usually snow
that the young lawmaker make a cob
bler, while the predestinated bootmaker
becomes a foreign minister. Some of our
very best and most learned men were not
ntended by their parents 10 occupy very
high station in life. It i dangerou to
'-oppose" very much in reference to any
boy in this enlightened age.
" Put out your tongue a little further,"
aid a doctor to a fair invalid. A lit
tle further still, if jon please." " Why,
doctor," do yon think a woman' tongue
has no end?" id the gentle sufferer.
An end, perhaps, madam, replied the
physician, " but no cessation.
A rrlvate Detectlve'i Method of Work
A. J. l (iariwho in mill l.,.r.l
at
work obtaining testimony with winch t
secure commutation of ttm ntri..-
death passed upon Joseph begonia for
too uiuiucr oi juies I'ollta. He had
seenred the names of several well-known
physicians who are of the opinion that
Polite died from the effects of a fall
wnicn ne received on the night of his
ueaui moil-mi 01 irom the injuries in
nictea ov negomii'a knife. The other
flay, wnno .Mr. (iaresohe wss seated in
his oilico, there entered an imlivi.hu.
whom Mr. barest-he had often met. but
lownoin ne had never had the pleasure
ui uciuk tiuruuucea.
"Good morning," said the visitor, "Mr,
unrom-oe, 1 oeiievef
xou are correct in your belief, sir. Be
seated."
The stranger took a chair. He informed
the attorney that he was u private detec
tive, anu mat o had culled on the Do
gonia business. He offered to clear tho
condemned man for $100.
How would you do it?" said he.
I would go down to Potosi," said the
detective, "dig up Polite's body, break his
neck ; then you could insist upon a vo4
morltm examination being held on the
remains, winch would of course result in
the exoneration of your client."
"Indeed," said Mr. Garesche, "do you
often do business in that way, sir?"
"We do, indeed. sir: ooerations of this
character belong to our regular liue of
business."
I am astonished to hear it. sir. Leave
me your curd, sir. I would like to adver
tise you."
lhe detective saw that Mr. Giuescho
was getting unurv. ami t ion.? it bust tn
leave the premises at oiko without leav
ing his card. Louis llrpuUican.
The Treasure of Ivan the Terrible.
At jasma, in tlie Government of
Smolensk, there arrived, a short time
ago, a Prussian named Filiner, who
sought out the two leading tradesmen of
the place and informed them that he was
in possession of an anciont docnnient
wherein stood recorded the interesting
circumstance that the imperial treasure
01 lvan the Terrible lay buried in a for
est between the villages of Solowiejiv
and Borzcy, the said treasure consisting
01 two gouien horseshoes, a golden cru-
cinx weigning eigiity pounds, and sev
erai casus containing gold and silver
to the amount of some fifty mil
lions of rubles. Filiner and his
confidants, Knstartff and Nononoff,
forthwith concluded a contract, the two
latter undertaking to defray the expenses
or excavation upon condition that each
should take a third share of the treasure,
after deducting 15 per oent. of the gross
value, to bo paid to tho priest of Solo
wiczy, who owns tlie ground in whioh
Czar Ivan's protiosa were by that grue
somo monarch hidden away. ' More than
hundred peasants of the two above
named hamlets woro tlion hired by tho
partners and set to work digging in the
forest. Shortly after they hu.l commenc
ed operations the Golden horse shoes
camo to light, and tho news of
their discovery spread like wildfire
throughout the district of Wjasma. Tho
lopuiution poured into tho sceno of
tho investigations in snch numbers
that tho authorities of, the chief city
wore compelled to send strong detach
ments of infantry and gendarmerie in
order to put a stop to the tumults that
had already arisen botween the peasants
employed by Filiner & Co. and those
who had commenced unauthorized re
searches upon their own account. We
are unacquainted with the Russian law
treasure-trove, but should imagine
that the crown is not very likely to fore
go its claims to undoubted imperial val
uables, even if disinterred from land
belonging to tho orthodox pope. Seven
or eight millions sterling would be a
welcome windfall to a State Buffering
from a deploted exchequer and a depre
ciated currency! Jjniton Telegraph.
Amx'ooTE ok an 0m Riven Gamiilkr.
Onetime be was accused of swindling,
the chargo being mado in the heat of play
by a man from whom Watts accomplice
ia. just won 510,000. "Is that your
pinion?" be quietly asked. 1 "Yes, sir;
that's what I think," roared the loser ;
vou swindled me. and I st!guiatizod you
as a scoundrel." The hour was late, and
only the watchman and a party engaged
n piaviug heard the charge, but all or
them drew back and held their breath,
for they were sure Jack would take a life
to wipe out tlie insult. It is said that ho
has done that thing. I will give you
$5000 right here if you will not make that
opinion any further public," said Watts,
rawing forth his pocket-book. "ro, sir,
do tint want tho money ; you cannot buy
my silence with money." Then Watts
smiled in his wicked way and held a
pistol in one hand and the money in the
other, and said quietly, as before: "My
friend for the suppression of your opinion
offered you $5000. You refused. Now
offer you that amount of money and
vour life, bo you accept?'' The man
looked into Jack's cold, steel gray eye
and what he read there was convincing.
lie took Ins money and bis life and kept
silent. St. Paul 1'ionrer.
Catiiuno Wild Mustang in Texas.
Tho long-continued heat ha dried up the
country. The Chiltepin creek, at the
Couvado ranche, wa as dry as a powder
born. At the Stockley Ranche, in the
Cruz Lake pasture, where resides the hos
pitable family of J. M. Doughty, with
whom we put up for the night, Mr.
Doughty and all hand busily engaged in
catching mustangs and wild cattle from
the Brasadu. The only water in the en
tire pasture for hi stock was that in the
the Cruz Lake, about three mile from
Mr. Doughty' residence, except two or
three water hole in the bed of Chiltepin
creek. These are watched night and day
and wild horse and cattle are kept away
from them. This necessitated their com
ing to the lake for water. Tbi lake is
enclosed with a fence, enclosing some 200
acre of land with a gap of 50 yard.
This gap i watched at night, and when
the mustang and wild cattle come to
drink they are retained within the en
closure. Up to the time when we were
there, about eighty head of mustang and
about forty bead of cattle bad been caught.
JiorkpoH (TVxat) TrantcrijA.
"0, cheese it P i an American phrase,
yet few American are aware to wbt ex
tent we do cheese it. Last year we ate
400,0i0,000 aoond of cheese, and made
18O,GJO,0OO pound more than we needed.
New York City alone sent abroad 130,
0O0,fXJ0 pound of cbeese. England make
only about 312,000,000 pound of cheese a
year, while he eat 5O4,0u0,X pound.
We eat more butter than cheese, and last
year consumed 600,000,000 pound.
The Indian Tfmpte at Amrltsar.
As to the golden temple at Amritar
called Hari-uittiidir, or sometimes Dur
bar Sahib, it may bo sui.1 to rank next to
me mj at Agra as 0110 of tho most strik
ing sights of India. To form an idea of
tho unique spectacle presented by this
sacroti locality one must picture to one
self a large s.iuare sheet of water hin
dered by a marble pavement, in the cen
ter 01 a picturesque Indian town.
Around tlie margin of this artificial lake
uro clustered numerous fine mansions.
most of them once the property of Sikh
chiefs, who assembled hero evorv vear
and spent vast sums on tho endowment
of the central shrine. One of the houses
is now occupied bv Sirdar Manrnil Hinh
w .V . " "
itamghana, a well known and much es
teemed member of the Sikh community.
It has two lofty towers, from one of which
I enjoyed a grand Panoramic view nf tlio
lake and its vicinity one of those rare
sights seen at intervals during lifo which
fix themselves indelibly on the memory.
In the center of tho water rises the boau-
tifnl temple with its gildod domo ami
cupolas, approached by a marble cause
way, and quite unlike any other place of
worsiup to oo seou throughout India. In
structure and appearance it is a kind of
compromise between a Hindoo temuli
and a Mohttmmodun mosqno, reminding
0110 of the attempted compromise be
tween Hindooism and Islam, which wos
once a favorite idea with both Kabir and
Nanak.
In point of mere size tho shrine is not
imposing, but its proportions strike one
as nearly perfect. All tho lower part is
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' uiuiuiu, i.tinui, iittu uie 1111, Willi
precious stones, and hero and there over
laid with gold and silver. Tho principal
entraneo facing the causeway looks to
ward tho north. Tho interior is even
more gorgeous than tho exterior. On
the ground floor is a well proportioned
vaulted hall, its richly gilded ceiling or
namented w ith au indefinite number of
small mirrors, and its walls decorated
with inlaid work of various designs,
flowors, birds and elephants. Four short
passages, entered by carved silver doors,
one ou each of its four sides, leads to
this vaulted chamber, giving it a shape
not nnliko that of a Greek cross. All
around on tlie outsido is a narrow corri
dor. In the interior, opposite the princi
pal entrance, sits tho presiding Guru
his legs folded under him on the bare
ground, with the open G ninth before him.
tie is attended by other official of the
temple, who assist him in chanting the
sacred texts. And be it observed, that al
though tho templo is conspicuously free
from images, and is dedicated to the one
Supremo Being (under his numo Huri),
a visible representation of tho invisible
God is believed to bo present in the sav
ored book. Tho Grantli is, in fact, the
real divinity of the shrine, and is treated
as if it had a veritable personal exist
ence. Jvory morning it is dressed out
in costly brocade, ami reverently placed
on a low throne under a joweled canopy(
said to have been constructed by Ranji
Sinh at a cost of 50,000 rupees. All day
long crowrio are waved over the sacred
volume, and every evening it is trans
ported to the second templo on tho edge
of tho hike opposite the causeway, where
it mado to repose for the night in a gold
en bed within a consecrated chamber
railed off and protected from all profane
invasion by bolt and bars. Vimtnn-
pvrary llevieit for Auyust.
MCI. KITED MIVUKI.LANY.
He that gets out of debt grows rich.
Light burden long borne grow heavy.
Where the will Is ready the feet are
light.
Agreeable counsels are raroly useful
counsels.
Talking conies by nature; silence by
understanding.
Open your mouth and purso cautiously.
Zimmerman.
The greatest scholars aro not the wisest
men. llabtlai.
No man ever yet lookod on the durk
Bide of life without finding it.
It is only for innocence that solitudo
can have any charms. Leczintka.
Flattery is a false coin which has circu
lation only through our vanity. La
lorhefoamulil.
Conscience is the voice of the soul ; the
patrons are the voice of the body. J. J.
Jtouuenu.
Manner is one of tho greatest engine
of Influence ever given to man. Sunday
Afternoon.
Hidden virtue is often despised, inas
much a nothing extol it in our eyes.
Mtutilhn.
Men seldom improve when they have
no other models than themselves to copy
after. OnUlmUh.
You cannot dream yourself into a char
acter; you must hammer and forge your
self one. Protide.
Modesty is to worth what shadow are
in a painting ; she gives to it strength and
relief. La liruyer.
There are many men whose tongues
might govern multitudes if they could
govern their tongues. I'reiUice.
If a ninii have love in bis heart, he may
talk In broken language, but it will be
eloquence to tboe who listen.
Don't despise the small talent ; they
are needed as well as the great one. A
candle i sometime us useful as the son.
"Will you alway trust me, dearest? "
he asked, looking into her great blue
eye with unspeakable affection. She
was saleswoman in an up town store,
and she told him buiint-cs was busine,
and he'd have to pay cash every time.
Quit brooding over trouble, misfor
tune and losses. A brave man, wtih a
heart in him worth anything, get over
such pitiful rut and laugh at discourage
ment rolls op his sleeve, whistle and
lings, and make the best of life. This
earth is not Paradise von are only on
the road there.if you take the right direc
tion. An absent-minded man in Monroe,
Conn., went to church the other morning
with hi coat be supposed, ou hi arm,
bot the laughing people in church direct
ed hi attention to the fact that he bad
taken up hi every day pantaloon, and
that the tuxpender attached to them
were dangling about hi leg.
"There." said tlie ahopman, pointing
to a beautiful eimrgne, "there a floe
center-piece." ''Cent apiece T" gasped
old Mr. Bagster, who tood near; "cent
apiece f " Yon may wrap np two of them
for me, if yon please, Mr. Smith"
adding, aotto voice, " I'd no idee them
thing wa to cheap."
HOUSEHOLD HUTS.
i
Grkks Cork Pipdino. Take a dozen
ears and grate them ; add a teacupful of
niilk. a spoonful of butter, a teaspoonful
of suit and some grated nutmeg; mix well
together; put in a pan, place In an oven
and bake for an hour.
Iceino. The white oTan eirg not beat
en, one tei'pnnn of cold wntr und n pint
Ol putUlt.-t'.i HIVlli' MI.IV.I -turl Mill
make icciiu r i.'.. ..-. tUr
makes the hvi.i.' m--ii "h bakers' cake.
AX 11 1: Pui Ki.r. M L.. i I;....
of any kind of thick voolen cloth, w ith a
space oi two luche or mi between lhe in-
llHf all. I niltnr nn,L-ufy . All .I.a n...ui,U
. . ..... , 1 i hid uuotiuu
one with i loan feathers. One thus made
and kept . losed at the top will keep ice
for mauy (In vs.
Mead. une gallon of water. nnA nnnn.l
of louf sugar, ono half-ounce or race
ginger, "tit lemon, sliced, take out
the seels, one leacupful of yeast; let
it stand i.vr niirht to fm mant. than nrtit
off without stirring, add to each bottle
one rai.-n-; cork tight.
StKWKII ('ueUMItKltH A annannuh'n .IUI.
may be prepared by paring cucumber,
cutting them in half lengthwise, boiling
them Bcntlv till tcnili-r in u,iiu.
laying them on toast, and pouring over
muni nunc B.iuuu or u raw n uutter. to
which u cup of milk has been added.
To l'HKSKRVK II AU TnfcnnflT tha t-i.wl.
slice it as for the table ; partly cook it by
frying on a spider; put in the jar in lay
ers ; pour over it the fat which fries out
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ui mo meuij wiien uie jar is nearly lull
Cover with lard tn kiwn from tho mir If
cau be kept a long time in this way.'
Ai'i-LK Pkbskrvk. Take some pleasunt
sour anuli-s. remove tint mm fmm i,a
bottom und leave the stem at the top.
Make a syrup of white sugar and water
to cover them hnlf wnv un Ituka K,il
..J ft .HMU V, ftVI.
them until they are just doue through,
and serve up whole with sugar and
cream.
DkSSF.IIT CaKKS liYllir noiTU lialf rmmwl
bllttur. half noun. 1 Riiffiir unri half imiiml
of flour ; mix the butter, sugar and the
jui" ui mree eggs inorougniy, men add
thn Hour an. I miv ucmlii than fit t.-ltlAa
- ....... ...... .-. . .. ..... , V..VH une.
of the egg beaten to a thick froth, grate
a u nine leuion peei ; pake in muaiu
nans, tillimr each about mm-thln! full ami
bake until dona
Wink Jki.ly. Ono pint of wine feale
sherry or white), one piut of cold water,
ono package of Coxe'a gelatine, juice of
two lumoiis anu grated peel ot one, one
quart of boiling wator, one good pinch of
cinnamon ; soak tlie gelatine in Void
water an hour; add to this the sugar,
lemons and cinnamon: pour over nil a
quart of boiling water, aud stir until the
gelatine is thoroughly dissolved ; put in
the wine, strain through a double flannel
bag (without Booeeicing) into shallow
dishes, then cut it in blocks now ready
for the table.
Effkiivkscino Son. Mix half a tea-
siHiunful of powdered bicarbonate of soda
thoroughly with two tablespoonfuln of
syrup of any flavor to suit the taste. Then
add six or eight times as much cold water;
while mixing it mix in a half a teaspoon
ful of powdered tartario acid, and drink
at once. This is for immediate consump
tion. For bottling Mix the eyrup,
flavor the water in the usual proportions.
and till into bottles; put in each bottle
half a drachm each of crystallized bicar
bonate of potassa and crystallized tartaric
acid, and cork immediately. The above
quantity is for soda-water bottles; wine
uoUU-b will reoutro double the quantity.
Ryr Dnop Cakes and Pancakks. Rye
Three well-beaten eggs.ono piut of new
milk, one cup of flour, one teaspoonful of
suit, one tablespoonful of sngnr and one
hair cup of rye; half fill earthen cup,
put them in an old pan, set in the oven
and bake ono hour. Pancakes One pint
of milk one small cup of flour, three eggs,
one teaspoonful of salt. Beat the eggs
well; add salt to them; then beat them
into tho flour, adding u little at a time.
Bo si) rt, to beat very thoroughly. Have
lu readiness a couple of small, hot fry
pans. Butter well, and just over with
the mixture. Fry a few minute ; roll up
the sumo us omelets, or spread with
jelly.
8uM.MF.R Drinks. Milk Lemonade
Loaf sugar, one and a half pounds, dis
solved in a quart of boiling wator, with
half a pint or lomon juice and one and n.
half pints of milk. This make a capital
summer beverage. 8till lemonade The
juice of three lemons, the peel of one
lemon, quarter of a pound of lump sugar
and a quart of cold wator. Mix, digest
for five hour and strain. Lemon whey
One pint of boiling milk, half a pint of
lemon juice, sugar to taste. Mix and
strain. In the tropic iced tea is a
favorite beverage, and ia found to afford,
an admirable combination of tonic amis
refreshing qualities. It Is usually taketk
without milk, and many like the Russian
addition of a little lemon juice. Even
those who are accustomed to the moderate
use of alcoholic beverage have been com
pelled to admit that as "a (teady drink"
the iced tea wa preferable in extremely
hot weather.
Woman' Stratkiy. "Jack," said a
pretty girl to her small brother the other
day, "I want you to do something for me
that' a good fellow."
"What ia it?" growled Jack, who i
the brother of the period.
"Why, you know that wig and mustache
you used In the theatrical ? "
-Well?"
"Well, won't you put them on and go
to the concert to-night? Augustus and I
will be there, and, Jack, I want you to
dare at me the whole evening through
yiair glasses."
What I you want me to do that ? "
"Yes; u J as we come out you must
itand in the door and try to slip me a note
take care that Gus see you, too."
"Well, I declare I "
"Because, you see, Jack, Gus like me,I
know ; but then he' awful alow, and he'
well off, and lota of other girl are after
him, and and he' only got to be h,urried
up a little, it were."
"Man alive," exclaimed the Judge in ft
heated discussion of a tangled theological
point with hi fritnd, "1 tell you, you are
a free agent. You do not bare to obey
anyone." ""Yes," Mr. lioodman, meekly,
"but I do though." "Who?" Bhouted
the Judge, "who?" "My wife, her two
ister and the baby," howled the good
man, meekly triumphant. Red light
and a slow curtain. Burlington Jlavkeye.
"Yon love me? "echoed the fair young
creature, aa her pretty head oileV he
collar of hi rammer suit, " Ye e
aid, tenderly, "yon are my own 2
only" "Hash!" he interrupted,
"don't y that be original. That
ouuda too much like Barnum'f chow
bill."