EUGENE CITY GUARD
LATEST NEWS SUMMAIIY.
T TELKOKAril TO DATE.
At Allnntnwn. P.. nine itrikinff shot
Makers were wrested for threatening doo
unionist1.
ti. niino nf V Ttmnawink Are loot
ing for e gypy Und who fed dead bod
to bear.
ti. lorvAut nn tlm Hudson ia com
pleted. The orop is the largest ever
gathered.
Tn Muinn Imnsa ordered engrossed
the prohibitory amondment. An attempt
to exoept ewer laueu.
The floodi along the Ohio rirer and iti
tributaries for the past week baa been
aim out unprecedented.
Seven naval cadets, in confinement at
Annapolia, Ind., for writing insubordi
nate letters, have been released.
Russian polioe claim to have destroyod
NihilisiBm. The czar walks the streets of
St. Petersburg without an armed escort.
The bill making the state of Pennsyl
vania assnme the damages of rebel raids
on border counties was reported unfa
vorably. British imports for January inoreasud
over January of last year 3,717,600; ex
ports increased during ths same poriod
47,788,000.
Three thousand pounds, tho balance
of the duehess of Marlborough's relief
fund, will be devoted to assisting Irish
emigration.
Miss Lotto Galloway, a highly educated
lady of Baltimore, lately renounced tho
Christian roligion and embraced the He
brew faith, taking a new name.
A stationary boiler of the Lobigh Val
ley Kailroad Company, at Lost creek, ex
ploded on the Tth. Uorney Hellen was
killed and the building demolished.
The police board, of New York, were
asked by the aldormon to grant no more
permits to members of the Salvation
Army to march through the streoU.
The munufucturors of Reading, Fa.,
bavenrgod congress to spoodily settle
the tariff question. They doclare that fur
ther delay will imperil the country's in
dustries, Five sophomores of Bowdoin college
were expelled for hazing, and other mom
bersof the class resigned rather than
fulfill the conditions required in peti
tioning a return.
The main building of the Hamlin uni
versity of Minneapolis was burnod Wed
nesday whilo a school of 120 pupils were
in session. All escaped. Loss, 805,000;
insurance, 40,000.
The opera festival season at the College
of Musio closed at Cincinnati on tho (Hu,
with 1'atti and Hoalchi in the cast. Esti
mated receipts from the ten perform
ances $100,000.
Euiporor William bold a conforonoo
rooontly with Count Von Hutzfoldt, for
eign scorotary. ImporUnoe is attached
to tho interview, as it is reported tho dis
cussion related to Bismarck's health.
The Emperor of China has telegraphod
congratulations to the crown pi iuue of
rrussia, on the occasion of his silver
wedding. It is the first telegram ever
sent by a Chinese sovereign to a Euro
pean prinoo. ,
Tho czar's manifesto on bis coronation
Bays: "Wo determined in our heart not
to perform this sacred rite until the feel
iiiK's excited by tho crimo, in which tho
benefactor of tho peoplo full a victim,
bad time to culm.
Thirty-four of tho thirty-seven cadets
sUHpouded from tho 1'enusylvauia mili
tary academy for attending theutors in
violation of' tho rules, buvo been rein
stated under conditions. Tboothor throe
wore dismissed as leaders of tho revolt.
The Now York legislative bill proposes
to withdraw appropriations neeessarv to
carry on Castlo Harden and its dependent
institutions, and tho commissioners of
emigration have deoidod to memorialize
the governor and plaoo the wholo subject
before him.
A Louisville disputed of Feb. 7th says:
It is estimated that a quarter of a million
gallons of whisky go out of bond in this
district, under the law of requiring the
payment of taxes, on this date. There is
no excitement about tho matter, as whisky
men had prepared for payment.
Lottio lluiua, tho young woman who
attempted to assassiusto Lieut. Hart, was
arraigned in New York on the 7th. No
oomplaiuaut appoariug, bIio was llued for
carrying concealed weapons ami bound
to keep the peace. A medical exauiuia
tion will be uiado as to her sanity.
August Dissenthal, a German farmer,
who died iu aneuiigraut boarding-house
tn New lork. on tno day lio was to start
to the homo of a brother in tho far west,
was Durum in tue potter s tlchl in Wo
bawken, and his brother was informed
The brother wroto that deceased hail
money. Tho body was exhumed, and
over J'JUW was lound In bis wulornliirt
Report of the loss of the steamer Ken
inure Castle. Foundered in the Bay of
iiiecay on tue iiu, ana sank in a few min
utes. It was only possible to launch cue
itoat contiiiuiug all t lie passengers, mini
t : i .. i .r i . i m.
utTiiiK eiKui, aim eijim oi mo crew, me
crew numbered forty persona. The sur
vivors, when rosoued by a French
steamer, only wore their uight-olothes
ana were all very weak.
The Emperor of flermauy is especially
grBiiueti at tun ei-epiuuce, uy mo I'rince
of Wales, of a coloueh-y in tho Biucher
Hussars. He announced the appoint
ment in a very touching autograph letter
lft ill lirili.tA A .l.i.tul.itt.n - .
w mw ft ...v... ft iii'i'mHuuu vi tug Il'J,!-
luont reiiuest lR-roiUsion to teuder per
sonally to the Prince of Wales an expres
sion of their sense of the honor conferred,
and hope he will attend the spring or
autumn parade and present tho regiiueut
to the emperor,
A dispstoh from Fort Worth, Texas, of
the 7th ssys: The snow storm has abated
and the weather has greatly woden-tod,
allhouRh it is yet unusually cold. Re
ports from ranches say the cuttle have
drifted in every direction and the mor
tality among sheep ia the largest ever
known from the weather in this section.
A stock Journal in this city baa accounts
from all the stock and sheep regions,
which report as high as 20 per cent. loas
to flocks and in some few eases as high
as 50 per oenL The thermometer ranged I
from 3 deg. to 8 dep. below icro. 1
' W. Walker k Co., ahipbuilders, of
London, have failed on the btn. liiauil
ities 07,000.
The heavy ice gorges threaten to break
ana flood tlie town of port deposit, ma.
Other points along the shore are endan
gered. The steamor Celtio Monarch, for
Bremen, is ashore at the east end of the
Bhoals at Now Orleans. Bhe will be
lightered.
The Piute Indiana of Nevada, who re
fused to go on their reservation, are
starving and have appooled to the gov
ernment for aid.
Richard K. Fox, of the Polioe Gazette,
has given $1000 security, not to repeat
the offense of promoting prize fighting
within twolve months.
Two different companies have applied
for charters to build a ship canal across
Cape Cod and are ready to deposit 200,
000 guarantee before commencing opera
tions.
Ash Wednesday in New York was more
than usually observed by Catholics and
Episcopalian, the churches being well
attended, though the weather was incle
ment.
In Boston, an attempt is making by the
polioe to suppress the game of polioy at
the instance of the law and ordor league.
Many shops have closed or aro working
surreptitiously.
The estate of Rev. Dr. Mercer, of New
port, which soon after his death was es
timated at $200,000, has boon found to
amount to over $1,000,000. It has been
taxed for $10,000.
Advices from various parts of Texas
show the averago loss of sheep through
the recent spell of cold weather to be
from 13 to 20 per cent. Cattle of all
kinds suffered to a great extent.
The New Jersey legislature has passed
a bill prohibiting the employment in
fao tones and workshops of children
under twelve years, and children under
fourteen without two years' schooling.
A schooner was wreoked near Port
Offord, Ireland, on tho 8th, and another
near the Shetland islands, Scotland. In
the first five sailors wore drowned, and
in tho second the wholo crew perished.
Tho U. S. circuit ceurt of New York
granted a judgmont for $4843 against the
government for excessive duty on kteol
blooms. This was a test case. The gov
ernment will be required to pay large
amount oi money.
The Colorado legislature lias appro
priated $21,000 for the entertainment of
the Urand Army of the llepublio, who
hold their national encampment here the
coming summer. The city of Denver
will donate $20,000 more.
Application has boen filed in Chicago
for the appointment of a conservator of
the estate of tho well known millionaire
and democratic politician, Perry II.
Smith. Tho first evidenco of fuiling
mental force was obsorved in London
last summer.
Ex-Mayors Hull, Ely. Grace. Coopor
and Wickhain, and (len. Grant, Ex-Senator
Coukling, Wm. H. Vanderbilt and
Juy Gould were summouod as a coroner's
jury in tho case of George Million, who
Uloj a follow patient in tue hospital at
New York on Sunday.
The manufacturers of clothing, hand
kerchiefs, fur trimmings and upholster-
ng gootis in mow lork urgo tue passugo
of the tariff bill on a basis of justice to
all, ami repudiuto tho desire to liftvo
highordutius imposed on finished pro
ducts of foreign countries.
Tho survivors of the disaster to tho
steamor Kunmure Castle, which iouu
dered in tho Bay of Biscay on the 2d iust.,
subsisted three days by chowing llanuel
voBts. Tho head ollioer became starving
mad and jumped overboard, but wuh
rescued.
The oelebratiou of thu sesnni conton-
niul of the foundation of Georgia takes
laco at bavannau ou tho 12th and loth
nist. Exercisos will oonsist of military,
civic and trades parades, oration, recit
ing odo by PaulU. Hayno, "Landing of
tho Oglethorpe' reception by Tomochi-
chi, chief of Gamaoramo, and a grand
pyioteciinto display,
Tho headquarters of the department of
tho Missouri river have received ollloial
notice of thocopturo of Capt. Payno, tho
uenianama uoomer, soum of Cimarron
river, by Lient. Stevens and party, on
their way to Gcklahama, outflltcd with
100 wagous. The ontiro party wore takou
10 rori i.eno.
Tha London Timoa unva- T.ni-,1 Tint.
eriu, who is now iu Egypt, representing
tho British government, has drafted a
dispatch enforcing tho nooessity of pro
teeting the government of Egypt against
external intrigue and internal weaken
ing, uutil it is able to stand alone. He
condemns alike promature abandonment
of responsibility and annexation.
A dispatch from Rawlins, Wy of the
Oil. A 1 . . . .
cnu, Bays: a ooacu winen loll Pacific
Murines, on the Sweet Wiiw i a era lit...
lost week, was oaught in the storm of
i rmay. lue ooacu was abandoned and
the party started back on foot to the sta
tion. The dl'iver. W. J. Klnimrt v
found frozen to death standing in the
snow, and Thos. Scott, superintendent,
was louua siauaing Tip iu the suot,
frown so that he could uot move. He
will loso his hands and feet. W. V.
Clark, a passenger, has not vet boori
found. They were out threo days and
nights. AuotherNtoBe driver was badly
frozen. He reports two feet of snow on
a level. Cattle are starving. This stage
linemns from Green river, on the Union
Pacific railroad, to Fort Washakie. Wy.,
through the south pass of the Rooky
mountains,
rarnell, iu a communication asking tho
attendance of Irish mwmluira .if II. . !,,,..
of common at the openiuR of psrliuuieut
uri 4uny, says: events of greatest iui
portauco to Ireland will Im .1
jiMiininry mooting of tbo ivurtjr will be
Ut'llt U ItiriUlLTUL Til ffinNl. t si.Mtj.li r.r
Irish momltora tlnrinf tha
noil, writing to Joseph Walsh concerning
J v-p. utitift
oouutr Mavo. ileiinv:-.i. I,a .i.wt;.n
a member who will refuse to take bis seat.
n the time came for Irish members to
retire from the h Oil nf AAmmAns V
says, they should do so in a body. ' He
earnestly advocates the adoption of some
svateni of iwtntup nr,, n . .. : . .
members. If the constituency does not
umao an eugr iu mat direct ion, be would
be obliged to cnnaiitr lwt)a .nnl.l
persevere in a thankless work in eudw
Otic tfi k-ACtl t.mathaw .n i I 4
Irish party.
The Crlfe-Ieeper'i TTIfe.
A writer in the Chicago Tribnne says:
I wonder bow many of the hundreds
who look ont at the lake every day and
see the crib-tower rising np against
bluo or gray sky, as the case nay be,
know of a scene that took place there
nearly throe years ago.7
At the time of which I speak the crib
keeper was Finn named Kalstrom, a
gigantic man man heavy in proportion to
bis size. He was known about the
wharves as "Big Charlie," and bis claim
to distinction was that be bad, -as be
said, "gommandod a bark of a dousand
duns," in wbioh he bad aailod the North
seas, and in which Vikinglike, he bad
carried off bis wife, a bright faced Irish
girl, from Drogheda, one of the east
ports of Ireland.
She waa a small woman, with gray
eyes and long lashes. She had strongly
marked eyebrows and ft moss of waving
black hair that crept in little curls
around ber temples and the nape of her
neck. She had the piquant nose of her
race and a generous month flllod with
strong white teeth. It was in Maroh,
and the day was one of those soft.treach
erous ones that lure unwary flowers to
their dostruotion, and sow pneumonia
and bronchitis broadcast. The sun
shone warmly, and the great lake seemed
to dream of springtime.
The crib-larder was like Mother Hub
bard's cupboard and Malstrom took his
small boat and rowed ashore. In the
few hours he spent among the shops and
in taking a glass of beer with bis
friends, the wind changod, and (when he
reaohed the shore bis stores, he found
the laae churned up to the fury peouliar
to inland seas.
He was worried, but had such confi
dence in his little Irish girl as he called
her, and he spent the night quiotly. The
next day found the storm as wild as evor
and be spent the hours of daylight
striding np and down the shore, for by
this time be knew the lew provisions bad
given out, and that his wife was actually
suffering for food. Twice be launohod
bis boat, and twice it swamped.
At dark the light gleamed out from
the crib-top, but to Kalstrom's eye it had
a paleful glare, and morning found him
determined "Togo ev I hey to swim for
it," as he swore with some round Scandi
navian oaths. Fortunately the wind
was more quiot, and after bard work he
came under tho leo of the crib-walls.
His wife had spied him, and she cast
him a noosed rope from the top story of
tho crib; (or the waves, rolled so high
that all the storm doors and shutters
were battered down and the white caps
spit at the lantern as they drove before
tho wind.
He caucht tho rone, and passed nn bis
bundlo of supplies. Sho dropped it a
second time; and, just as she got it
under bis arms, a great wavo swamped
the boat, leaving him clinging to the
wall; blinded and bruised, and depend
ing on the littlo woman np aloft for bis
life.
Sbo began hauling on tho ropo, and
had drawn him as high as the Hill-frame
he thrusting fingers and toes luto
whatever crevices otl'ored. As bo reached
his right hand up, the wind came around
tho corner with a yell and toro him
loose, dropping him into tbo lake; but
the faithful Irish girl paid ont the lino
as fast as bIio could, and he found him
self with a cbanco of lifo still m his
reach.
Up bo came, band over band, and as
ho entered tho window ho saw her full.
and in the dim light ha noticed a strange
discoloration of her face, a black stain
on the bright rag carpet, and the fact
that her dress was torn to rags in front.
Well, to niuko a long storv short, when
ho picked her up he found tbo wedding
rlngor of her left hand entirely gone,
niul the teudon ripped out up to the el
bow. It had been caught betweeu tho
ropo and the stono casing wben he fell,
aud bid great weight, playing agaiust
tho wedding-ring, had dono the mis
chief. But, as sho said, "It weren't
tinio for faintin', miss." And she bad
hauled him up with the right hand aud
thoso strong, wliito toeth.
The rugging of the hemp had cut her
mouth cruelly, aud she had ground hor
knees against tbo wall bo desperately
that the thick stuff-gown sho wore was
frayed through and through.
'JJliat night the wind shrieked and
roared till tho lako wont mad with noiso,
and tho wavos threw their spray among
the pigeons under tho eve of the lautern
roof, and the injured woman moaned
through the house for the relief that
could not couio. Kalstrom signalled and
signalled for help, and four days after
the accident a bout got out, and Mrs.
Kalstrom was taken to the hospital, whore
the wound was dressed, and where she
lay for many a weary day.
When I saw her first," I notioed with
great Batisfaotion that a fall of protty
lace covered her maimed hand, and that
'Big Charlio' under his rough husk hold
a real reverenco and affection for hoi.
To these feelings bo bore witness every
where, aud when his friends would pltiy
upon him and say half in jest and half
iu earuest: "Ah, Charlie, you're a lino
fellow, ain't you?" bo would answer with
naive conceit and confidence:
"Yase, I am; for I hef gommanded a
bark of a donsnud duns; hut dere's a bet
ter dan me at borne. And ev any
body says 'Kalstrom's a vino vcllow,'
you gan dell him, 'Yase, but Kalstrom's
vife is a viner.' "
Soap Bubbles.
The soap-bubble has now come within
the reach of science. By means of those
gauzy globes many beautiful aud inter
esting experiments have boon wade at
the Frunkliu lustituto during a lecture
by Mr. 1). S. llolman, actuary of tho in
stitute, on "Some Effects of Light and
Sound." Tho instruments used were
tho Uol man lantern microscope and the
same gentleman's later inveution, the
phoneidosciipe, which may be freely
translated into "seeing sound. The
former iustrument consists of a metal
box containing an oxy-hydrogen light,
which is thrown at an auglo by condens
ing lenses upon the object to be magni
fied. This lii.'ht ia r.lt,vt,vl nfT .
aOKlO thrOUkttl til mamifrintr tana nn tn.
a screen, where the object is displayed
The ihoneidoscc)ix rnn;i r . thin
metal tube, on the end of which is a tin
cap in which a hole one inch square is
cut. and at the other on,! it.iopn.n.Anii.
Tiece such as is ued a speaking-tubes.
The soap-bubble preparation is com
posed of ok ate of sods and glycer-
it bubbles two
feet in diameter and of exoeeding bril
liancy can be blown. Some of these have
been kept forty-eight hours nnder glass.
The lecturer dipped the small end of the
pboneidosoope into a saucer filled with
that preparation, which loft a film across
the opening. The cone of light from the
lantern was then thrown npon the film
and reflected npon a screen through the
magnifying lens, making a figure about
four feet square.
The effect was beautiful. At first
nothing but s gray surface was seen, then
gleams of color appeared, and in a mo
ment the whole square was amass of
dazzling brilliancy, which would have
put to shame any kaleidoscope ever
made. Every instant the beautiful pio-
Inu ntionimfl- nnw a wnnilorfnl desitm
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in reds and yellows, looking like a tea-
store enromo oi an itaiiuu Buusei, iuru
shifting to a swarm of peacocks' tails or
a pantomine transformation scene
.tvni.V tf ItrrMninir arwl aa and-
DM UUft 1 B O) -
deuly changed to a sombre view in
blue and purple, or a rainuow uuuo-
inrr n woltT A f.r klinwino- aAvnral of
iu. m .. .wb -
these picture the lecturer proceeded to
aLow theeifrots of sound npon tbo toap-
Tkn KMa A nntittlAt waa anntr Into A
VUUV1VI vuuj'iwt " ft.Q
phonograph, the mouthpiece of which
was pluued against the mouthpieco of the
..liAnaMrtininn anil tha Klanlr WAR
muuuiuv0w'u, muu .
turned. As the sound issued forth a
Atii-inna Aff.wfc waa TirniiiPAfl nnnn the
picture. Geometrical figures in black
appeared upon it, smoii nna uisuuei
when the. notes were high,
large and less clearly cnt
wben tho notes were low. Around and
among these black figures whirled the
always ohanging ooiors, red, uiue, green
ami vollnw. in all their varvinir shades.
melting into one another too quickly for
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their uienuing to oe iouowou vj tuo
... TTnmun vninaa Also aantr to the
soap-bubble, and with iqually curious
vnanlfa Tt ia tirnnnapil tn flihibit this
experiment on a very large scale as soon
as the new lantern microscope, now oeiog
made for the institution, is finishod.
Philadelphia Record.
Dow "Innocents Abroad' was Written,
A corresnondont of tho Philadelphia
Press, describing his associates' in a
Washington, boarding-house, in 18C8-G9,
says: "And there was Mark Twain in a
little back room, with a sheet iron stove,
a dirty, musty carpet of the cheapest de
scription, a bed and two or three com
mon chairs. The little drum stove was
full of ashos, running over on the zinc
sheet; the bed seemed to be unmade for a
week, the slops bud not been carried out
for a fortnight, the room was foul with
tobacco smoke, the floor, dirty enough to
begin with.was littered with newspapors,
from which Twain bad cut bis letters.
Then thore were hundreds of pieces of
torn manuscripts which bad been written
and then rejected by the author. A
dozen pipes wore about the apartment
on tho wash-stand, on tho mantel, on tho
writing tablo on tho chairs everywhere
that room could be found. And thero
was tobnoco, and tobacco everywhere.
One thing, there was no flies. The
BUioke killed thorn, and I am now sur
prised the sinoke did not kill me too.
Twain would not let a servant come into
his room. He would strip down his
suspenders (his coat and vest of course,
being off) , and walk back and forward
in slippers in his littlo room, and swear
aud smoke the wholo day long. Of
course; at times ho would work, and
when he did work it was like a steam en
gino at full head. I do believe that if
Clemens had not boen under contract to
write for the Hartford firm his "Inno
cents Abroad," he never would have dono
it.
"Of course, at that time, wo never
thought that Twain's book would amount
anything, aud probably he did not think
it would either, but lie was writiug for
tie money his naked MS. would bring
from bis Hartford publishers. He need
ed that money, and so ho wroto. Ho ii
glad that he did write now, for that "In
nocents Abroad," written in that little
back room in Indiana avenue, in Wash
ington, has boen the making of the famo
and fortune of Murk Twaiu. Whether
he smokes the same stinking old pipes;
whether ho wears the samo soiled uifflor
shirts; whether he heats his room with tho
old uncleaued stoves; whothor ho swears
at his own or othor people's servants;
whether he mopes and snarls and whines
well, I dou't caro. He is rich and aristo
cratic. He has edited a paper in Buffalo
and another in Hartford. He fuiled in
both. Editing is not his forte. Mining
is not his forte. Humor is bis forte,
but will you excuse mo if I say that
coarse humor should be nobody's forte?'
Prof. Swing's Ideas on Temperance.
In the course of a sormon, recently,
Prof. Swing took occasion to refer to the
diversity of ideas on roligion and other
subjects in the present age, and the diffi
culty of harmonizing tho sudden arrival
of new thoughts.
By an illustration he spoko.of tempor
anoe. Tho intoxicating cup, he said, met
with a new and terrible too in temper
anco reform, which began early in this
century and spread with great power in
1833 and adjoining years. The cheap
ness of whiskv made from the corn that
grew everywhere made the distilleries
more common than the school bouse, and
sou! 30,000 men to tho grave each year,
when the population of the nation was
was small. That popular drink wou for
the country tho fame in the words, "A
Natiou of Drunkards ;" but hero ure wo
to-day bowildered between tho three
ideas of total abstinence and moderation
and personal liberty.
Each idea is a largo one. Abstinence
stands upon a basis of logic; so does
temperance, aud equally eloquent aro
the arguments in favor of personal lib
crty.
Where these three roads cross many
good men have halted, not knowing
fully what path to declare the wisest
and best. But to our age alone have
three such enigmas been proposed.
To men in Bible times temperance was
proposed and urged, but in those years
individual right was of littlo signifi
canee, and of total abstinenoe little was
said; but here the three thoughts meet,
and it is required of us to find the svm
metry of Uio whole piece. I do "not
wish to bo a drunkard, but desire to be
free, and yet do not wish to set np my
liberty against the welfare of my neigh
bor, and hence join the multitude which
ia in doubt where the roads cross. But
it is lawful for ns to surmise that the
symmetry of these figures will at last be
found in an education, intellectual and
.hinh will make men asnameu
to brutalize self by means of any of
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these drinks, aistuiea or lermentea,
known to onr suffering race.
It is probable that "self-control" is to
be the final and ideal watchword of onr
nation in this relation of society to a
form of appetite. This is probably the
method which will make a unity of these
figures to be gathered npon the canvass;
for tho grandest manhood and woman
hood is that wbioh can hurl back tempta
tion by a gigantic power within. All
the great have become so not by a life in
a sinless world whose vices they saw and
despised.
Va one acoount ine presence oi a vice
: . nm tl crnriA fnrliinfl! it nflrtrs the
. tj w a u i u. v. o " 1
noble soul an eueuiy to conqner and a
proof that he has within some trace of
emuUannn Ttfnnh nf iPanl'a inv lav in
bis ability to aay: "I have' fought a
gootl DgUl a souse oi porttouai worm
he oould not have reached in an angolio
world.
Mirrjlng and Uuse Keeping.
Tho above caption is at present a vital
social question. Says a western writer:
"it is true tue conventionalisms oi iuhu-
ion in this country are growing more
harsh and exacting every year, and that
young peoplo who do not submit to these
harsh requirements must to a certain ex
tent live out of society. But is this an
intolerablo hardship? May not a young
couple have achieved the main point of
making a wise choice in chosing one
another live a happy and nseful life.on a
stipend less than that required to admit
them within the pale where fashion
reigns?
Besidos, the beginning is not the end
ing. In this country an industrions,
diligent and thrifty young man, blessed
with average capacity and good health,
may hope to gather, if not a substantial
fortune, at least a modest competence by
the time he iBof middle age, particularly
if be has a wife of similar qualities to
help him in the enterprise; and when
this is done society will be only too glad
to admit them to the charmed cirole from
which it at first excluded them.
There is a world of meaning in the
old-fashioned contradiction that it costs
no more to support two than to support
one. Theoretically the thing is an un
demonstrative absurdity;' but, practio
ally, it is the foundation of nine out of
ten of the fortunes in the land, and
young persons may commit themselves
to it with absolute faith in the result.
it is astonishing bow little a family
can live on, aud thousands of families do
live on, when they set themselves about
it. It was recently stated that, in some
of the publio institutions in Massachu
setts the cost of feeding the inmates is
duly sixty-fivo cents a weok and they
have no lack of good, wholesome food.
Mr. Atkinson, a well-known writer on
social subjects, asserts that the average
earnings of the whole population in that
country are not over fifty cents a day, or
one dollar a day for a family of two per
sons, and two dollars a day for a family
of four, and thero are thousands of fam
ilies who manage to get along on an in
come of SHOO a year.
When social conventionalism lays it
down that a couple have no businoss get
ting married on u smaller income than
$1,000 a year, it not only defies notorious
faots, but forgets that the majority of
those who constitute our best sccioty be
gan lifo on balf a thousand a ycur.
Good old Bronson Aloott said to a Con
cord acquaintance: "I early determined
iu life not to bo a slave to things; not to
put my life as a pledge for fine furniture,
for luxuries, for the material surround
ings. We lived a simple life, Mis.
Alcott and I, and I have never regretted
it."
Bret II arte.
Francis Bret Harte was born in Al
bany, N. Y., in 1831). From his parents
be inherited English, German and He
brew blood. His father, a man of some
culture and ability, was a professor in
the Albany Female college. Some years
after bis birth his father died, and in
1854 the family moved to California.
Living in the rudo mining settlements of
the interior, and mingling with the
rough characters that peopled them,
the boy absorbod from actual experi
ence many of the incidents which after
ward grew under his magio touoh into
tho now familiar idyls of the embattled
diggings, the lawless flat and the im
moral bar. Tho first three years of his
hife in California he bad all the mixed
fortune of a pioneer, and tried his hand
at cany means of livelihood. For a
time be was a compositor in a news
paper office at Eureka; then he mined
for himself, without largely increasing
his fortune. As a schoolteacher be
was able to indulge more liberally the
literary taste awakened by his work as a
printer. These latter experiences after
ward grew, with all thoir natural color
and textures, into the delicate study enti
tled "M'lies. A year's work as express
messeuger gave him the clear-out pic
tures of Yuba Bill and other knights of
the stage. In 1857 Mr. Harte came to
San Francisco, taking his place as com
positor in tho office of the Golden Era.
A few Bohemian sketches written as
copy brought him nnder the favorable
notico of the editor, and he was at onco
translated from the case to the desk).
Those wore busy days, and much of the
matter ground out in that time of proba
tion is as pregnant with genius and
bright with wit as any that he has seen
fit to retain in bis complete edition. It
was in 18C.3 that his first sketch ap
peared in the east. Jessie Benton Fre
mont, iu those days one of the most cul
tivated women iu California, took a great
interest in tho young author, and it was
on her recommendation that the Atlantio
published tho "Legend of Monte Diablo"
a piece of work that shows what Bret
Harte might have accomplished as a re
porter if his tastes hod not carried bim
into fiction. The Overland Monthly.
Sweets or Editorial Life in Georgia.
I went to a rousing sugar bilin' the
other night, and while the lurid flames
were glowing brightly in the furnace, I
saw the prettiest pair of Georgia eyes I
ever saw in my life. They were carried
in the head of a splendid-looking young
lady. My hair stood on end and I fairly
trembled in my boots as I listened to the
sweet musio of her silver voice singing
merrily on the soft air of the lovelv
night. I assisted her while she stirred
the young sugar, but the sweet lump of
hard molasses I found was that Georgia
"gall.
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