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HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1875.
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'ur".tiiou not what others say.
Be thou true!
If they gossip to betray,
I.: Uiou true!
De consistent and do right.
For the truth make a ood liht;
ro what thou dost with all thy might!
Be thou true! I3e thou true!
Let thy loves he all sincere
Be thou true!
Only lioil hast thou to feai ,
Be thou true!
JSinc our Joys must pass away
Like the dewdrops ou the spray,
W herefore should our sorrows stay?
Be thou true! IV thou true!
Friendship' very hard to tlnd.
Be thou true!
True love id not ulways blind ;
Be thou true!
Time at last makes all thing straight,
Let us not resent just wait
But not trust too much in fate.
Be thou true! Be thou true!
Like the Summer's fragrant flowers,
Be thou true!
Like the April's coming shower,
Bo thou true!
Like the mountain looking high.
And the river rolling by
Like the blue and arching sky.
Be thou true! Be thou true!
Our Village Visitor.
She landed at the one hotel of our quiet
village, on a Saturday morning. We no
ticed her particularly because she was
nlone, because she was a stranger, and
because she was very pretty. She ap
peared to be a young lady of two or three-and-twenty,
slightly above the medium
height, of perfect form that is, if
yon can admit that perfect health
ami vigor may go with perfect form,
with large, piercing black eyes, and a
wealth of tresses floating over her shoul
ders. She was habited iu a neat and con
venient traveling dress, and as she stepped
from th stage-coach to the piazza her
movements were supple, though a little
r ramped by her long ride. A large, canvas-covered
trunk followed her into the
hall, and after she had been shown into
the parlor, the register, with pen and ink,
was brought for her signature. She
nodded pleasantly nodded with a smile
that completely captivated the impressi
ble clerk and then, in a very pretty,
Italian hand, wrote her name "Miss
Clara Dunois, Philadelphia, Pa."
Later, as the landlord politely escorted
ber to the supper-rooms, she informed
him that she had heard of his house
that it was quiet and well.kept, and that
she had come for a short rest and respite
from the din and turmoil of the great
city. And then, with the sweetest smile
imaginable, she added:
"As I am alone, and a stranger, I ought,
perhaps, to say just a word of myself.
.My mother is not living. My father and
I have lately returned from a European
tour, and I have sought this quiet retreat
while he prepares our house in Philadel
phia. If he can leave his business he
may, in the course of a few weeks, come
u p after me."
The good host was grateful for the in
formation, and very glad the young lady
had honored his house with her presence,
lie would do what he could to make her
stay comfortable and agreeable.
Very soon Miss Dubois became ac
quainted with the guests of the house,
and proved herself as intelligent ami en
tertaining as she was pretty. She played
well upon the piano-forte, but did not
sing. She played chess, too, though there
was only one party in the house to play
it with her.
The day passed on, and Miss Dubois
walked much in and about the village.
Sin seemed interested in the place, and
poke favorably of all that she saw. Her
usual walking-habit was a dress of black
silk, ami a jaunty Swiss hat, and very few
men met her on the street who did not
turn to take a second view.
Hoarding at the hotel was Mr. Aaron
Huntley. lie kept the principal store in
the village, and was also our postmaster.
He was a man of five-and-forty, rotund
and good-looking, and had been a wid
ower ten years. lie was a tender-hearted
man, albeit a little self-sufficient and im
portant; but he was impressible and gal
lant, and he could unbend to the softer
sex. In fact, he quietly enjoyed what he
conceived to bo bis power over the mar
riageable young ladies of the village; And,
a certain power ho did certainly possess,
for in addition to his passably good looks,
he was wealthy that is, wealthy as com
pared with other people in the village
He had been a successful trader, and he
had been careful of his money, which he
worshipitcd.
And it was Mr. Huntley who played
chess with Miss luixns. He was a very
fair player, ami she was skillful. Some
times he came olf winner, though it is
doubtful if he realized that his occasional
victory was through the kind sufferance
of his lair antagonist. auh so the vil
lage storekeeper and the pretty visitor
became warm friends, and it came at
length that almost every evening found
them at the chess-board.
Let it not be thought that Mr. Huntley
was the only man who sought the society
of Miss Dubois. A score, at least, of the
young men of the village were very at
tentive. She was kind and gracious to
all, but she plainly showed that the sub
stantial merchant was her favorite. With
him she went to a picnic, and with him
sho went to church, where she was among
the most devout of the worshippers.
Yes, she was certainly fond of the com
pany of Mr. Huntley, and it is not to be
wondered at that he should become fond
of her. She was pretty, she was witty,
she was intelligent, and she had strong
common sense; and, furthermore, she was
young and buoyant. What more could
he ask is a wife f If he thought of dower,
her conversation of herself had convinced
him that her father was wealthy.
Oue evening Aaron Huntley came from
the parlor, where he had been playing
chess, radiant. He had proposed, and had
been accepted. He managed to keep the
sweet, blessed secret, for four-and-tweuty
hours, and tlitn he let it out to the land
lord, and Wiis congratulated. The store
keeper was happy. He walked as one
who treads ou uir. He was smiling and
gracious to his customers and even gen
crous. "Of course,' whispered Clara, with
her head resting upon Mr. Huntley's
shoulder, "we cannot Ikj married until
my father comes. I have written to him,
and told him all."
Yes he knew she had written, for on
that very day he had mailed the letter,
addressed to "Coi Chari.es II. Dunois,
Philadelphia, ."
"And," pursued Clara, with emotion,
"I know he will like you. He has beeu
a kind and indulgent papa to me."
"I hope he will like me, darling,"
"Oh, I know he will. You will becon
teut to wait till he comes?"
"Yes, though it is happiness deferred."
"Ah! Aaron, do you think you will
always love me as now J"
"Always, dearest!" And he pressed
her to his bo.,011. in the exuberance of his
affection.
After this, Miss Dubois was much at
the store, and, in her playful happy way,
she assisted often in the post-office, which
was a square room partitioned off, in one
corner of the building.
And so the days went on, and Aaron
Huntley was certainly the happiest man
in the village. Hut one morning a thunder-clap
fell upon him. He went to his
store, and found the rear door ajar. He
went to his safe and found that it had
been opened, and the money taken the
savings of years!
In anticipation of his marriage, Mr.
Huntley had thought of purchasing a
house, and had drawn five thousand dollars
from the bank in a neighboring town for
that purpose. Then he had three thou
sand dollars laid aside for the purchase
of goods for the fall trade; and in addi
tion to this there had been alxiut two
thousand dollars of government money in
his keeping. It was just at the close of
a postal quarter, and the post-masters of
several adjacent villages, having no safes
of their own, had entrusted their returns
to his hands. So that full ten thousand
dollars had been stolen from the safe.
For a time Huntley was like one dis
tracted, but he had sense enough to make
his loss known at once to the deputy sher
iff, ami the officer, with a po':se was soon
on the search. It had been an adroit rob
bery, and in the outset the searchers had
no ossiblc clue. Hoth the lock of the
door and the lock of the safe must have
been picked by skillful hands, for neither
of them was injured in the least.
Miss Dubois was early at the store, and
when she heard of her lover's loss she en
deavored to console him.
"Don't worry, dearest," she said. "When
my father comes I can help you. If this
loss cripples you, it shall onlv be for a
time."
"But, Clara, I would not have it appear
hat I married you for your "
"Naughty man. hush! Will you not
let me love you a little?"
What could he say more?
Evening came, but not a trace of the
burglar. The sheriffhad hit two or three
Mtssible trails, but they had led to no
success. On the morrow he would set
forth again, hoping that, meantime, he
might receive a favorable answer to some
of the numerous telegrams he had sent
off.
When the stage arrived that evening an
old gentleman, with w hite hair and beard,
and wearing an enormous pair of green
spectacles, was helped out, and, leaning
heavily upon his stout oaken .taff, hob
bled into the hall. He signed his name
upon the register, in a tremulous, strag
gling hand: "Du. Set 11 Ui mits, N. Y."
When the tea-bell sounded, lie stood in
the hall, and watched while the guests
entered the suppei room. The landlord
came to wait upon him in.
"Landlord, w ho is that young lad v w ho
just went in with your store-keeper
"lhat is Miss Dulw.is.
"I thought so. Egad, her father and I
were old friends, and I have etted her
ere now. 1 wish you wouki lei me nave
a seat opposite her at table, and see if she
will recognize me."
Certaiuly."
And Dr. Bumpus was seated directly
opposite the fair visitor. If he watched
her sharply, and studied her carefully,
she did not notice it; for at the beginning
of the meal she was very busy talking
with her companion, and when she found
leisure to look around her ei-a-ei had
concluded his study, an.l vas watchful
only of his plate.
When the moal was finished, Miss Du
bois took Mr. Huntley's arm, and retired
to the parlor, and presently afterwards
the white-haired man named Dr. Humpus,
followed them. The first two had seated
themselves upon a sofa, and the latter
took a seat 111 a chair between them ami
the door, aud, at the samo time, a stout.
dark-faced man, in a free-and-easy suit of
red flannel, had stopjted ujxm the thresh
old, and was standing iu the open door
way. Miss Dulois saw these two men saw
the positions they had taken and her
teeth came together with a snap, and her
hps were compressed ami pale.
"Sir," she said, addressing the white
haired man, "you stare at me as though
vou had met me betore. And as she
spoke her right hand stole down by her
side toward the pocket of her dress.
"Look, my dear, ami see if you don't
remember me." With this the white wig
was lilted off, the green spectacles and
the white leard removed, revealing a
compact, sinew y, keen-eyed man, of alxut
lorty.
fn the next instant .Hiss DuImus hau a
pistol in her hand, and was cocking it;
but the man in the chair, and the man at
the door, had both been watchful of her
They were upon her before she could do
any mischief, and after a sharp, furious
struggle a struggle in which the two
strong men had severe work to do a pair
of rachet irons were upon her wrists.
Mr. Huntley for the second time that
day had been thunder-struck so com
pletely struck that all power of defending
nils oromised wife was lost to bnu. and
ne did not even recover his power of
speech until the ignoble irons had been
snapped upon her wrists.
"In the name of mercy," he at length
gasKjd, "why do you treat a lady thus?"
"A Ittdjl That's good! Say, you are
Aaron Huntley, ain't ve?"
"Yes, sir."
"And was robbed last night?"
"Ye-es, sir."
"Well, I am Captain Joyce, of the New
York detective force, and this fair com
panion of yours has been giving me con
siderable of a waltz lately, as he can-tell
you."
"Her
"Yes, sir, lie. Didn't you ever hear
of one John Itojert, otherw ise called Liv
erpool Jack?"
"I have read iu the pajters of a big re
ward having beeu offered for Liverpool
Jack," answered Mr. Huntley, wonder
ing! y.
"Well," returned Captain Joyce, "here
we have him, as large as life, and he would
be full as natural if it wasn't for this fem
inine masquerade. O, he's a keen one,
he is, sir; but I fancy we'll sing him a
song of Sing Sing now, and, if I ain't
greatly out, we'll find your lost money
for you.'
And so Aaron Huntley lost a wife; but
he regained his ten thousand dollar,
though it was a long, long time licforc
he regained anything like his wld pride
and self-complacency; for he had, indeed,
for four weeks, been wasting the love of
his tender heart upon one of the most ac
complished rogues that ever crossed the
Atlantic into America. X. V. Ledger.
The AVild Honey-liee.
Wild bees are abundant in India, the
the islands of the Malay Archipelago,
Crete and all the Greek island, the west
coast of Africa, and throughout America.
Those in the I'nited States are all of for
eign origin. There was none west of the
Mississippi before 1797, nor in California
before 1850; and the Indians call the bee
the white man's fly. In regions where
wild bees abound, bee-hunting is a dis
tinct and important business, pursued by
professional hunters or experts. In Af
frica, India and the Indian islands, the
hunter is unerringly guided to a bee-tree
by a bird of the cuckoo family. Wells's
"Explorations iu Honduras" states that
in Central America wild swarms gener
ally establish themselves in the hollow
limbs of trees; these are removed to the
porches of the houses, and are suspended
by thongs; in this primitive way large
quantities of honey and wax are ol-
tained. lhe honev ot some ot these
swarms is stored in wax bags two or
more inches long, ranged along the hive
in rows, while the brood-cells occupy the
center of the hivp. In Timor ami other
Indian islands there is a wild lee that
builds huge honeycombs of semi circular
form, and often three or four feet in di
ameter, which are suspended in the open
air, from the under side of the upjier
most branches of the highest trees. These
the hunter takes by climbing to them,
holding a smoking torch under them to
stupefy or drive awav the Ikics, ami then
cutting off the comb close to the limb.
I'oi.itknkss in" Nokway. It is com
monly supposed that a rough country
and cold climate are apt to make the in
habitants rude in manner, and negligent
of the rules of politeness. Hut Judge
Canton, who spent a summer vacation in
Norway, and has published an account
of his travels, gives a charming pieture
of the manners of the Norwegians. He
thinks them the politest people he has
ever seen, overflowing with kindness of
heart, and very thoughtful in caring for
strangers. He touml them ready and
even eager to put themselves to any kind
of trouble to do him a favor. KverylxKlv
who met him in the streets took off his
hat, and bowed, as a friendly salute.
A young gentleman met him walking
in the capital, greeted him cordially, and
asked if he were not a stranger. Learning
that this was his first visit to Norw ay, the
young man volunteered to show him all the
prominent building ami objects ot inter
est in the city, ami was unwearied in his
attention.-. The .fudge stays it is the uni
versal custom to remove the hat in stores.
no less private houses. He was delighted
with his visit, and advises travelers to
turn their faces to Norway, if they wish
to make sure of a pleasant excursion.
Too Mrcii Doo. The London Graphic
gives an amusing account of a man who
icaxn't rescued from drowning by two
dogs ;
The instinct of Newfoundland dojs to
save a drowning jerson has Wen some
what painfully tested by an unlucky
Frenchman. He was walking in the
country with a friend, who possessed a
magnificent Newfoundland, and incau
tiously questioned the truth of the ani
mal's sagacity. The dog's master, vexed
at the slur cast on his favorite, gave his
friend a push ami knocked him into a
shallow river. "Turk" immediately
sprang in, and seizing one of the tails of
the immersed man's coat, commenced to
sw im for land. Unfortunately, another
Newfoundland, trotting along the other
side of the river, saw the affair and also
came to the rescue. Dog number two
seized the other tail of the coat, and
wished to swim back to his master.
Turk held fast and struggled for his side,
and the owner of the coat cried in vain
for help. At last the coat gave way,
and each Newfoundland swam proudly
home with a piece of cloth in his mouth,
so that Turk's master was obliged to
plunge in himself to save his friend.
No man can tell another's feelings. A
stalwart Irish laborer was one day beg
ging from a gentleman, who requested a
medical man present to examine the said
laIorer. The laborer had enforced his
plea with, "Yer honor, I can't work." "I
can rind nothing the matter with you to
prevent your working, my man," said the
doctor. "Ah, that s tbrue tor ye, re
plied Pat; "but then yer honor can't tell
how lazy I feel.
We call it our duty to leave to the world
its gaiety and its thoughtfulness; but too
often we leave to it also its grace, and
gentleness, and courtesy, and self-con
trol.
Ventilation.
How to get pure air in our churches,
halls, factories, and uweuing ami siecp
in" rooms is a question which has become
one of the most serious problems with
which sanitarians have to deal. We must
"breathe or die." one author says; and
more than this, wc must breathe pure air,
or die by degrees, if not at once.
In the summer season, this question
is less important; for the windows are
simply opened widely, aud the winds
ventilate our liwuses ami inner euiuces.
Hut when winter approaches, most peo
ple seem to forget that the demand for
oxygen is even greater than 111 me
warmer seasons of the year. As a conse
quence, the houses are carefully banked
up with straw and dirt, lest a few stray
inches of untainted air should enter
through the cracks in the floor or some
hMcly fitted joint. The outside win
dows are nailed fast, and the door casings
are padded with felt to prevent the en
trance of one solitary whiff of fresh, un
poisoncd air. Within the dwelling thus
securely barricaded, air-tight stoves are
kept at a tenijieraturc just a little Wlow
the melting ioint, and the inmates dodge
furtively in and out in order to main
tain the maximum degree of heat by pre
venting the ingress of any of Heaven's
pure, vitalizing, invigorating air.
When a person enters such a hot-house,
he is struck at once with the close and
fusty inlor of the air. What is the mat
ter? What gives the air of the room this
smell? Poison! It is fairly charged with
gaseous jKjison. which is slowly, but
surely, poisoning all who breathe it, and
materially shortening their lives. Health
lleformer.
BltlNK THAT PUKSKKVKS Hl'TTKK A
Yeak. Among the many devices for
keeping butter in the manner that pre
serves the rich, rosy flavor of new, with
all its sweetness, is the following from
the JJutchexM Parmer, which is said to le
entirely successful: to three gallons of
brine strong enough to lear un egg, add
a quarter of a xuud of nice white sugar,
and one tablesjoonf ul of salt jeter. Itoil
the brine, and w hen it is cold strain care
fully. Make your butter into rolls, and
wrap each separately in a clean muslin
cloth, tying up with a string. Pack a
large jar full, weigh the butter down, ami
pour the brine until all is submerged.
This will keep really good butter sweet
and fresh for a whole year. He careful
not to put upon ice butter that you wish
to keep for any length of time. In sum
mer, when the heat will not admit of
butter !eiiig made into rolls, pack closely
in small jars, and using the same brine.
allow it to cover the butter to the depth
of at least four inches. This excludes
the air, anil answers very nearly as well
is the first method suggested.
(kate Jki.i.v. The chief ait in mak
ing jelly is to boil it continuously, slowly
and gently. It will not harden well if
the Ixnling stops, even for a lew mo
ments. To preserve the true flavor and
color of fruits in jams and jellies, requires
iMuling well iK-tore adding the sugar; in
this way the water contained in all fruit
juice is cvajorated. Have the sugar al
ways heated In-fore it is added. V ith
all varieties of grajes the same receipt is
used tor jelly. W ash ami pick from their
steins; put them over a fire in a vessel
containing a little water to keen from
burning; steiv a few moments; mash
gently with a silver spoon; strain, and to
every pint of juice allow one jMumd
of white sugar; After the juice comes to
the Ixuling point, Ih.i1 for twenty min
utes; ixtur it over the heated sugar, and
stir constantly until all is dissolved; then
till your jelly glasses. Country Gentle
man.
Hahi.F.V Soi r. Put one gill of pearl
barley to cook in one and a half pints of
water lour or five hours betore the soup
is to In served. An hour and a half be
fore dinner put on in two quarts of-water
in the soup kettle one cup of sliced cab-
baire. aud one cup of sliced carrot; half
an fiour later add one cup of sliced onion ;
half an hour later still, one and a half
cups of sliced jMitato and one pint of
sliced tomato or the same of canned to
mato. Fifteen minutes before it is served,
add a handful of minced parsley, if you
have it, and the cooked barley. Serve
warm with the griddle-cakes or oat-meal
crackers or premium bread.
To Remove Dandruff. Into a quart
of water put an ounce of flowers of sul
phur and shake freqnently for several
hours; then pour off the clear liquid,
and with this saturat? the head every
morning. In a few weeks every trace of
dandruff will disappear and the hair be
come soft and glossy.
To Relink a Stove. Ten cents worth
of clay from the potter's, worked to the
consistency of putty, pressed firmly
around the sides ami into the corners of
the furnace-box and left to dry over
night, will make in every respect a more
desirable lining than thegre brick
lought iu the stores.
SUKKI-'S TONOUES IN S.WOKT JELLY.
Skin the tongues, lard them, and cook
them, until they are quite tender, in good
veal broth, or any w bite stock. Take out
the tongues, boil down the liquor to a
stiff, clear jelly, and jour enough of it
over them to cover them. To be eaten
cold.
Peakl-Baiu.ey Mtsif. Look over and
wash the pearl-barley and put it with
four parts of water; cook four or five
hours in double boiler. If it is the tine va
riety, from an hour and a half to two
hours will cook it. Serve warm with
milk or fruits.
Indian Pudding. Roil a quart of
milk and stir in four tablespoonfuls of
Indiaa meal and four of grated bread
or crackers,three tablespoonfuls of sugar,
lour eggs, a piece of butter as large as
walnut, and a little salt. Bake it three
hours.
To Remote Creases From Ribbon.
Place a white cotton cloth wet in water
over a hot flat-iron, rub the ribbon over
this, and brush with a fine whisk brush,
or other brush, while steaming. Ad easy
and sure way.
The Conquerors of the World.
The aim of Genglus was literally the
conquest of the world as he conceived
it and was nearer its accomplishment
in his own life, and in that of his own
deccendants, Kublai and Timur, than it
had ever leeu before, oris likely to be
again. The empire which he created
counted within its limits probably one
half of the w hole human race, and ex
tended from the Sea of Okhotsk, at the
north-eastern extremity of Asia, ovcrthc
whole breadth of the continent us far as
the Black Sea. Insane as such ambition
seems, it must have its source in some
perennial springs of action common to
our nature, since it constantly reapjears
with a certain periodicity in successful
ages fortunately far apart-und in races
still more widely separated by ethno
graphic characters and surrounding con
ditions. Assyrian, Babylonian and Per
sian, I'reek, Rinnan and French, have
each in turn sent forth heroes on this
quest for universal empire. With the
Roman alone it In-came the insanity of
ambition of a copIe, who tor successive
ages sought to be the rulers of the world,
and actually founded an imperial sway
over Euroiie from the Rhine to the Dan-
iiue, ana in Asia ami aiiicu, nearly as
far as Alexauder had penetrated on either
continent. The whole of Asia aud East
ern Euroje had not, however, leen under
the scepter of a single ruler until Timur
swooped from his Mongolian steppes, the
heir of the first Great Mogul, and camiK.il
in the heart of Hungary and Poland with
a mixed multitude of tribes and nations
for his army. Fortnightly Jlteieir.
Reminiscence of President.
The "Hermit of New York" is re
minded by the death of ex-President
Johnson, of incidents connected with the
departure of other chief magistrates.
Three died in Washington, each being in
service, though oue was a congressman.
These were John Quincy Adams, Zachary
Taylor, aud Abraham Lincoln. Fillmore
died in Buffalo, Buchanan at Lancaster,
and Monroe in Jsew York City. He was
the third who expired on July 4th, the
others leiug Jefferson and John Adams.
Our ex-presidents, with the exception
above mentioned, died in small towns
or villages. The richest was Van Buren,
who left $300,000. The jMKirest was
Monroe, who was made Mstmater of
New orkaml died in this service. He
lived with his son-in-law, Samuel L.
(touverneiir, who was his official deputy.
Washington was a rich man but Jefferson
was poor, and the purchase of his library
by congress tor fSU,ooo was an important
relief, oik left $150,000. Taylor was
worth one-third that amount, and, upon
the whole, the presidency were well-to-do
in the world, with the exception alove
noted. Madison, though rich, Ix'came a
justice of the ieace, probably for lack of
employment. New York City has been
honored by the burial ot one president
and one vice-president. The latter was
Daniel D. Tompkins, whose remains were
buried in St. Mark's church-yard, where
they still rest. The former was Monroe,
who was buried in a small cemetery near
the Bowery. A short time before the re
bellion hi remains were claimed by the
legislature ot Virginia, and were borne
there with a guard of honor.
Smother the Sparks. The tongue is
a little member, yet it boastcth great
things. Itdocwa large business on a
small capital; it raises a mighty itorm
on the most trivial occasion; it often
leads the whole troop of a man's facul
ties to revolt against him and to make
treasonable cause with his enemies.
Few there aie, if any, who cannot re
call seasons when this unruly bitof flame
set on tire the whole course of nature in
themselves. A little impatience was the
first spark, which a moment's silence
would have extinguished ; but the unfor
tunate utterance came, and with it under
standing ami resentment. Every word
that succeeded was a burning one, and as
in a great city's conflagration, dwellings
take fire from th wings of the wind, so
persons but distantly related to a wordy
quarrel feel its hot breath and are sud
denly ablaze. There is not a family or
school, a single village in all the land,
which is tire -proof, and they are all in
momentary danger.
The Resources ov Alaska. George
Holt, a miner and prospector, in a letter
to the Secretary of the Treasury, trans
mitted bv the Collector of Customs at
Sitka, AL T-, dated Sept. 20th, 1875, sets
forth the observations made by him on a
recent exploring expedition in that coun
try. He reports having seen herds of
caribou, deer, mountain sheep, moose,
hogs, jKjrcupines, rabbits, and a great
variety of birds, swans, cranes, geese,
ducks, and all kinds or rum and game in
crreat variety. The most important dis
covery reported by him appears to be
gold and in paying quantities, and he
gives it as his opinion that there is a
vast gold field there in iact, a second
California.
One BriohtSpot. An ancicntdarkey
Milled t the Central Station vesterdav
and informed the captain that "a feller
had borrowed his watch and gone right
-a 1 a. 1
to Canada, ' ana ne wanicii 10 Know
what could be done about it.
"Nothing," said the captain.
And he can't be fotched back t"'
"rtn."
"V11 derc's one thing sartin." said
the loser, as he went out, "dat watch
won't run over fifteen minutes to wonce,
onless he hires a uoy 10 snaKe 11." u
troit Free Fre$.
When a Woman Will, Etc. A tall,
slim-waisted woman, aged forty, called
at the Brighton House yesterday and de
mantled to be registered as a Toter. When
politely informed that she didn't belong
to the votinr sex she struck tho table
with her fist, unset a bottle of ink. and
aid:
"111 vote if it takes me a thousand
Tears !"
And she'll keep her word. Detroit
Free Pre$$.
Air and sunshine cure more than physic
Bismarck as an Orator.
Those who have only seen Bismarck's
picture, and not the man himself, get a
poor idea of the great German statesman
Most of the pictures represent him as
dark, with black hair, eyes and mous
tache, and a lowering brow. His expres-
-1 a 1 1 . 1 . 1-
moii is as ucrcc ami gloomy as inai 01 nil
ogre.
The real Bismarck, however, has a light,
ruddy complcxiou. The little hair that
skirts his great bald head is reddish and
sandy. His eyes are stern and lxId, but
of a clear, deep gray. His inoastaclio is
reddish, and long and handsome. IU
face is, however, stein, thoughtful and ut
most fori lidding.
He looks more the soldier than the
man of politics, especially when, us is of
ten the case, he wears a military dress,
with a glittering peaked helmet on his
head, and is mounted on horseback.
His frame, too. is a gigantic one. Tall
and stalwart as U the old Emperor Wil
liam, his greatest and most intimate ad
viser towers alove him. Bismarck's shoul
ders are as broad as those of a Cyclops.
He holds hisfinely-shaiied head haughtily
uikh in the air, and he walks with a pon
derous tread, which indicates physical
prowess, as well as a determined soul.
His deeds of statesmanship arc so bril
liant that we are apt to overlook his other
abilities. He is a most interesting talker ;
and more than this, he is a very forcible
orator.
Not that ho has those graces of decla
mation and arts of rhetoric which arc some
times taken for eloquence. On the con
trary, he is rather awkward than graceful ;
rather emphatic and straightforward than
fanciful.
His speech is very like that which
Cromwell isdescribed as hnving xessed.
He goes straight to his subject. Dels
blunt, outspoken, and perfectly fearless.
He tells his hearers just what he thinks
of his enemies; and he puts on an sptiear-
ance of frankness and sincerity which, if
it is assumed, is assumed with j km feet art.
When he rises to speak the German
Parliament Incomes as hushed as if it
were an empty chamber. This is not
only because he is the most iiowcrful of
. . , m a . . I , , i Al. -A
all uermans, inn me ucpuues snow inai
they are about to bear something well
worth hearing in itself.
Bismarck s voice is rather a hard and
harsh than a silvery one. But it is strong,
and can Imj easily heard, even though he
speaks low, in the remotest corner. He
draws himself up, aud sceins to feel his
suiR'riority to all others present. He ap-
ears 10 ilisuniu ui use ewmie, vi-iy
rarely waving or lifting his hand. His
manner is stern and proud, and In his lan
guage there is seldom auy effort to con
ciliate those who are opposing mm.
Sometimes his fierce temper bursts all
lxuimls, and in his attitude and speech he
is like a lion, bursting forth in mighty and
implacable anger.
Not long ngo he was bitterly denounced
by two Catholic deputies. They finally
goaded him Into springingtohis feet, and
pouring upon them a volley ot impetuous
retorts.
He buttoned hi J coat highly about his
great frame; his eyes fiashvd, and his
liioustacuc secmco 10 urisue, ami 11 is
oration seemed to . those who heard him
like an angry tempest. When he sat
down he had crushod his opponents mo
completely that they sat timid ami silent,
under his scathing rebuke.
An eye-w itness of the scene deserilies
it as having Ik-cii one of thrilling interest.
"As he stood,' he says, "facing tho House,
the natural sternuessof his asect accented
by tho rigidity of his military dress, he
. ' . a . . . f II .4?
looked to me ukc 1110 incarnation ti nu
ungovernable will; like a Colossus, cer
tainly capable of liearing upon his mighty
shoulders cares and responsibilities that
would crush a common mortal into jmw -der."
In his calmer moments, Bismarck I
perfectly tranquil and rigid, uses the
shortest and plainest logic, and never in
dulges in any poutic flights, lie is very
brief, ami when he has finished what he
has to say. sits down and attentively lis
tens to the speeches that follow.
Ilius tho great statesman kssi'hscs the
rare quality of supixu ting his islicy by
a kind of oratory best fitted to subdue and
awe those w ho would oppose him ; and al
though he rejects the adornment of siieech
which most famous speakers use, he must
be ranked as one of the greatest of moil-
em orators.
An Educatino Monarch. The present
Khedive of Egypt Is an extraordinary
man. of vast enterprise and lioundless
wealth. He is despotic in his views, but
is determined to make r.gypt a powerful
country once more by educating his peo
ple to intelligence and strong character.
He has established a general school sys
tern, extending through the whole coun
try, and makes education compulsory.
Already the ratio of persons unable to
read and write is smaller than in France
or Italy, and the children of the iieasant
ryare better taught than in England.
Provision is made even for the edu
cation of girls, a wonderful change for an
Eastern country; and Miss Whately, an
English lady, niece of tho late Arch
bishop Whately. is at the head of a system
of well-endow ed female schools. The Khe
dive hopes by educating the children of
the Fellahs, the lowest class or the peo
nle. and fitting them for intelligent do
mestic service, to put an end to slavery
in Egypt. : The demand for negro slaves
will cease if a better class of workers can
be found nearer home.
A WAnsisoTO Ghost Story Tei.lf.rs
K tnrr'lil utll.l to an hnur'i amuM.
ment telling ghost stories occurred at the
Sunrical Institute last night. A room
full of young ladies, patients of the Insti
tute, amused and excited each other by
stories of terrific apparitions, hobgoblins.
ghosts, etc. The g&s had bees turned
out, either intentionally or by accident.
In the climax of a vivid story one of the
girls threw her shawl over a trembling
comrade. A little rustle and strange
conduct was noticed. When a light was
brought the fact was revealed that the
nnnr irirl ii insane. She lias remained
so ever since, yet hopes are entertained of
ner recovery.
Not Quite Dipped.
In her "True Life' of Isaac T. Hooper,
Mrs. Child relates many anecdotes of that
eccentric philanthropist, and among them
the following, which is worth repeating.
Upon a certain occasion a man called
upon him with a due-bill for twenty dol
lars against an estate w lilch he had been
employed to settle. Friend Hopper put
it away, saying he would examine it and
attend to its settlement as soon as he had
leisure. The man called again, a short
time afterward, and stated that ho wus
sorely in need of six dollars, and was
willing to give a receipt in full if the sum
were advanced. This proposition excited
suspicion, and the administrator decided
that he would pay nothing until ho had
examined the papers of the deceased.
Searching carefully among these, he
found a receipt for the money, mentioning
the identical items, dates, and circum
stances of the transaction; stating, also,
that a due-bill had bee a given and lost,
which was to be restored by the creditor.
if found. When the man called again for
payment, Isaac said to him in a quiet
WJ! ...
"Friend Jones, 1 understand that thou
hast become pious lately."
He replied, In a solemn tone:
"Yes, thanks to the Lord, I've found
the way to salvation."
"And thou hast been dipped, I hear!"
continued the Quaker.
"Yes."
"Dost thou know James Hunter f"
"Yes I know him."
"Well." rejoined Frieud Hopper, "ho
was dipped some time ago, but his neigh
bors say they didn't get the crown of Tils
head under water. The evil one crept Into
the unbaptized, part and is busy within
him ever since. I am afraid, friend Jones,
they didn't get thee quite under water. I
think thou hads't better be dipped again."
As lie spoke he exhibited tho receipt lor
twenty dollars, which he had found. Tim
countenance of the professedly pious man
became painfully contorted, aud ho dls
apjKMirjai as quickly as possible.
Anecdote of Dean Swift.
Swift, tarrying at a tavern while on a
journey, desired his servant John, who
wus lull as eccentric as Ids master, to
bring him his boots. John brought the
boots, discolored and grimed, Just as they
had beeu taken off the night before.
"Look ye, man, why have you not
cleaned and polished ,my boot?" cried
the Dean.
"What's the use of cleaning and pol
ishing such things?" replied John, dog
gedly. "They'd soon be dirty again."
"Very true," said the Dean; ana with
out further demur he pulled 011 the boots,
very soon after which he went down to the
landlady, and told her on no account to
give his servant any breakfast, and then
ordered the horses to be saddled and
brought out.
"Mercy!" cried John, when lie lounn
his master ready tor setting forth. "I
haven't had my breakfast yetl"
"Oh," replied the facetious divine, "I
can't seo the use of your breakfasting; you
would soon be hungry again."
John, finding his sophistry thus turned
back upon himself, submitted to the loss
of his breakfast as stoically as his master
had submitted to the dirty boots.
They mounted and rode on, the Dean
in advance, reading his prayer-book, and
the man behind at a rescctful distance.
By ami by they were met by a gentleman,
who, after eyeing the Dean very closely,
accosted the servant with:
"Hark ye, my man, you and your
master seem to bo an uncommonly sober
pair; may I ak who you are and where
you aro going!"
"Yvo are as near saints as we can be, '
replied John, with melancholy soberness,
"and aro going to heaven, I hoe. My
master's praying and 'm doing tht 'fatting.'"
Earn Your Own Livino. "What is
the best way to get an appointment to a
public office?" asks a correspondent. And
he adds: "Do you not think it Is better
for a young man to get an ap'Hilntment
in some department of the United States
Government, as that would be apt to be
more permanent than a State office?"
Our opinion is that alniut the worst
thing a young man can do is to get an
aniMiiutment to anv public office what
ever. The habit of depending on politi
cal office for a living is apt to take the
manliness out of a man. It too often
makes him shiftless and inefficient. And
when by some adverse turn of the politi
cal wheel he is "thrown upon his own re
sources," he finds it difficult to get work
and earn his living. As a rule, an old
officeholder, who has finally been turned
adrift, after struggling awhile with ad
verse fate, settles down to a life of idle
ness, and at last dies in jmverty.
A good trade, or the ability to earn a
living in any honest way by the exorcise
wf one's own powers, is far better than an
appointment to office.--JV. Y. Ledger.
Fritz, a German soldier, was ordered
fifty lashes for some alleged act of insub
ordination. Tho man, disciplined to si
lence, said nothing, but when the first
lash fell on his bare shoulders, he burst
into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Tht
executioner thought this manifestation
not complimentary to his skill, and re
doubled the strength of his blows. But
Fritz laughed on. and when cut down
still found difficulty In restraining his
mirth. The officer in command, with a
curiosity naturally excited, approached
the bleeding- wretch and inquired the
cause of his mirth. "Why." replied Fritz,
breaking into a fresh fit of laughter, "I'm
the wrong man "
A few year ago Moody and Bankey
wcro on their knees begging the Chicago
Christians to assist in their evangelical
work, and but very few would pay any
attention to them. Now that they have
achieved a great success, Chicago Chris
tians are on their knees! begging the
now great evangelists to come to that
town and there Inaugurate their campaign
against Satan in this cotfntry. We cer
tainly hope shat they can be Induced to
go tlwre first. If they really mean to wage
an effective and earnest war againtt Satan,
they should go at once to headquarters,
and beard the lion In hit den, the devil In
his hall. Ztorotf tftrn.
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