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U'w -"V" s ,' THE INDEPENDENT, THE INDEPENDENT Advertising Batoa. 1 Every Thursday Evening, - BY ii. it. i, r Om -o, - - - Old Court House, HI! l!:OUO. OK !. v, LKUAL AOVr.ltTIWKSI ET (rlM. One square or less, on InsiTtani II M One nnr.' f iM'h nibKjut-nf liiiwrllon. M nvntr.nn AliVKHTHtKMKST (palii.i ndeiDendent tut 1 ? ! 'J 4 (j ml t ill 1 rol. I u.oiitu ... s 4 u i i ( J uifw j",m i) 10 (II It ' r. so 3J (XI 90 ) It OOi Teruta uf Subscript ioit iculu r !- Single copy per year S3 30 Mngle cupy six uioiuu 1 5t !iu;le number , month.. ; jo, 10 a it Sri 15 U) IT 2 VOL. 3. HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH. 30, 1876. NO. 52. I 1 rer. 10 IO, 1MM JflHii gtOB oimilli.... 5 VI I month... KM TOU Ahruhuiu Davenport. H V J. O. W IHTTIFR. Iik tlii- old days (u custom laid usitle W ith breeches iitnl cocked hats the people sent Tht ir wUest men to make the public laws. Anil so, from u brown homestead, where the Mound I't inks tin; small tribute of the Mianus, Waved over by the wood of Uippowams, And hallowed by pure lives ami tranquil (loath. Stamford eht up to tliu councils of the State, Wisdom and trace in Abraham Davenport. 'Twas on ii May day of the far old year Seventeen hundred eighty, thatthere ft-ll Over t It e bloom and sweet life of the spring. Over the fresh earth and the heaven of noon, A horror of great darkness, like the night In day of which the Nortund sages tell, The twilight of the tiods. The low -huugsky Was'btaek with ominous clouds save where it ri ii Was fringed w ith a dull glow, like that w hich climb The crater's bide from the red hell below. bird.' ceased to sing, ami all the barn yard fowis Koo.-ted; the cattle at the pasture bars Lowed, and looked homeward; baton leath ern wing.i Flitted abroad; the sounds of labor died; .Men prayed and women wept; alt ears grew sharp To hear the doom-blast of the trumpet shatter The black sky, that the dreadful lace of C hrist Might look from the rent clouds, not as lie looked A loving guest at IMhany, but stern As Justice and inexorable Law. Meanwhile, in the old State House, dim as ghosts. Sat the lawgivers of Connecticut, Trembling beneath their legislative robes. "It is the Lord's great day! Let us adjourn," Some said ; and then, as if with one accord, All eyes were turned to Abraham Davenport. II? roe, slow cleaving with his steady roice The intolerable hush. "This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world awaits; But be it so or not, I only know My present duty, and my Lord's command To occupy till He conic So at the post Where lie hath sent me in His providence, I chooae, for one, to meet him fate to face No faithless servant frightened from my task, But ready w hen the Lord of the harvest calls; And therefore, w ith all reverence I would say Let (iod do his work, we w ill see to ours. Bring in the candles." And they brought them in. Then by the flaring lights the Speaker read. Albeit with husky voice and shaking hands, An act to amend an act to regulate The shad and alewife fisheries. 'Whereupon. Wise and well spoke Abraham Davenport, Straight to the question, with no figures of speech Save the nine Arab signs,yet not without The shrewd, dry humor natural to the man; His awe-struck colleagues listening all the while. Between the pauses of his argument, To hear the thunder of the w rath of (iod Break from the hollow trumpet of the cloud. And here he stands in memory to this day. Erect, self poised, a rugged face, half seen Against the background of unnatural dark, A witness to the Ages as they pass, That simple. Duty hath no place for Fear. iiii to the Dos. "I received your bill to-day, Mr. Leon ard," said a customer, as he entered the shop of ji master mechanic. "We are sending; out all our accounts at this season," returned the mechanic, bowing. "I want to pay you." "Very well, Mr. Maker, we are always glad to get money." "But you must throw off something. Let me see" and the customer drew out the bill "twenty-seven dollars and forty six cents. Twenty -five will do. There, receipt the bill, ami I will pay you." . Hut Leonard shook, his head. "I can't deduct a cent from the bill, Mr. H iker. Every article is charged at our regular price." "Oh, yes, you can. Just make it twenty-five dollars, even money. Here it is." And liaker counted out the cash. "I'm sorry, Mr. Baker, I cannot afford to deduct anything. If you'd only owed . me twenty-five dollars, your bill would have been just that amount. I would not have added a cent beyond what is due, nor can I take anything less than my due." "Then you won't deduct the odd money f " "I cannot, indeed." "Very well." The manner of the cus tomer was changed. lie was evidently 'offended. "The bill is too high bv just the sum I asked to have stricken off. "But. no matter, I can pay it." . "Then you mean to insinuate," said the mechanic, who vus an independent sort of a man, "that ;I am cheating you out of two dollars and forty-six cents i" "I didn't say so." ' "But it is plain that yon think so, or you wouldn't have asked an abatement. If you consider my charges ,jut, you wouMti t dispute tnem. "Oh, never mind, never mind I we'll not waste word-, about it. Here's your money," said Mr. Baker; and he added another five dollar bill to the sum he had laid down. The mechanic receipted th account ami gave the change, both of which lu's customer thrust into his pocket with a petulant air, and then turned away and left the shop without another word. "It's the last bill he ever has against me," muttered Baker to himself, "as he walked away. "If that is his manner of treating his customers, he'll soon go to the dogs. It was, downright insulting, and no gentleman will stand that from another, much less from a vulgar me chanic. Mean to insinuate!' Humph! Yes, I did mean to insinuate," and Mr. Baker involuntarily quickened his pace. "He'll lose agiwHl customer," he continued to himself. "I've naid him a erreat deal of money, but it's the last dollar of mine lie ever handles." Baker was as good as his word. He withdrew his custom from the offending mechanic, and gave it to another. "I've got one of your old customers, Leonard." said a friend in the same busi ness to the mechanic, some six or eight months afterwards. "Ah! who is it?" "Baker." Leonard shrugged his shoulders. "How came you to lose him?" "I'll tell you how to keep him." "Well, how?" "If your bill amounts to thirty dollars, make it thirty-three and a few odd cents, by increasing some of the items. He will want the surplus knocked off, which you can afford to do; then he will pay it, aud think you just the mau for him." "You lost him, theu, because you wouldn't abate anything from a true billf" "I did." "Thank you. But suppose my bill should be twenty-six, or seven, or eight; what then. I couldn't knock off the odd dollars for the purpose of making au even sum." "No. In that case you must add on until you get above thirty." "And fall back on that?" "Yes. It will be knocking off mid dollars, which he will think clear gain." "That would be hardly honest." "Hardly. But you must do it or lose his custom some other day. "I shall have to accommodate him, I suppose. If he wilt be cheated, it can't be helped." On the very first bill Baker paid to his new tradesman, he obtained an abate ment of one dollar and ninety cents mid money, hut actually paid three dollars more than was justly due. Still he was well satisfied, imagining that he had made a saving of one dollar and ninety cents. The not over-scrupulous tradesman laughed in his sleeve, and kept his cus tomer. Having withdrawn his support from Leonard, it was the candid opinion of Mr. Baker that he was "going to the dogs," as he expressed it, about as fast as a man could go. He often passed the shop, but rarely saw a customer. ".No wonder," he would say to himself, "A man like him can't expect and dou't deserve custom." In the eyes of Mr. Baker, the very grass seemed to grow ujMm the pavement be fore the door of the declining tradesman. Dust settled thickly in his window, "and the old sign turned grayer and grayer in the bleaching air. "(Joing to the dogs, and no wonder," Baker would say to himself, as he went by. He appeared to take a strange in terest in watching the gradual decay of the mechanic's fortunes. One day a mercantile liiend said to him "Do you know anything about this Leonard i" "Why r asked Baker. "Because, he wants to make a pretty large bill with me." "On time?" "Yes, on the usual credit of six months." "Don't sell to him. Why, the man is gOID'' to the dogs, at railroad speed. "Indeed f "Yes, I'm looking every day to see him close up. He might have done well, for lie understood his business. But he's so unaccommodating, and, I might say, insulting to his customer), that he drives the best of them away. I used to make large bills with him, but haven t dealt at his shop now for some time." "Ah! I was not aware of that. I am glad I spoke to you, for I shouldn't like to lose six or seven hundred dollars." "Six or seven hundred dollars! Is it possible that he wants to buy so reck lessly f Take my advice, and don't think of trusting him." "I certainly shall not." When Leonard ordered the goods, the merchant declined selling, except for cash. "As you please," returned the me chanic, indifferently, and went else where and made his purchase. It happened that Mr. Leonard had a very pretty and very interesting daughter, on whose education the mechanic had bestowed great pains; and it also hap pened that Baker had a son, w ho, in most things, was a "chip of the old block." Particularly was he like his father in his great love for money; and scarcely had he reached his majority ere he legan to look about him with a careful eye to a goixl matrimonial arrangement, by w hich plenty of money would be secured. Adelaide Leonard, on account of her beauty and accomplishments, was much caressed, and mingled freely in society. Young Baker had met her frequently, and could not help being struck with her beauty and grace. "There's a chance for you," said a friend to him, one evening. "Miss Leouardf" "Yes." "She's a charming girl," replied the young man. "I wonder if her father is worth anything?" "People say so." "Indeed r "Yes. They say the old fellow has laid up something quite handsome; and as Adelaide is his onlv child, she will of course get it all." "I was not aw are of that." Alter this young Baker was exceed ingly attentive to Miss Leonard, and made perceptible inroads ujKin her heart. He even went so far as to visit pretty regularly at her house, and was meditat ing an avowal of his attachment, when his father said to him one day "What young lady was that I saw vou with on the street yesterday afternoon?" "tier name was Leonard. "The .laughter of old Leonard in street?" "Yes, ir." Mr. Baker looked grave, and shook his head. "Do you know anything about her?" asked the son. "Nothing about her, but I know that her father is going to the dogs as fast as ever a man went." "Indeed! I thought he was well off." very Oh, no! I've been looking to see his shop shut up, or to hear of his being sold out by the sheriff, every day for these two year9 past. "Indeed !" "Miss Leonard is a very lovely girl." "There's no gainsaying Adelaide's er- sonal attractions, replied the son; "but if her father is in the condition you al lege, that settles the matter as far as she is concerned. I am glad you introduced the subject, for I might have committed myself, and, when too late, discovered my error. "And a sad error it would have been. Henry. In any future matter of this kind, I hojM? you will be perfectly frank with me. I have much more accurate knowl edge of the condition aud standing of ieo- ple than you can ?ossibIy have. The sou promised to do w hat his father wisned. From that time the visits to Miss Leonard were abated, and his atteu tions to her, when they met in society, became coldly formal. The sweet young gnl, whose teelings had really been in terested, lelt the change, and w as tor time unhappy, but in a few mouths she recovered herself, and was again bright and cheerful as usual. One day, about a year after his timely caution to his son, in regard to Miss Leon ard, Baker hapiienod to pass alon a street w here he had not leen for some months. Just opiosite a lari;. new. and beautiful house, to which the painters were giving their last touches, he met a frieud. A thev passed. Baker said "That's an elegant house. It has been built since I was in this neighborhood."' "Yes,it is a very fine house.and I suppose did ii t cost less than twenty thousand dollars." "No. I should think not. Who built it? Do you know ? "Yes. It was built by Leonard." "By whom?" Baker looked surprised. "By old Leonard. ou know him. "impossible I lies not aide lo imiid a house like that." "Oh, yes, he is, and a half adoen more like it, it necessary. "Leonard?" ''Certainly. Why he is worth at least a hundred thousand dollars." "You must be in error." "No. His daughter is to be married next month to an excellent young man, and this house has been built and is to be furnished as a marriage present." "Incredible! I thought he was going, or had gone, to the dogs long ago." "Leonard!" the friend could not help laughing aloud. "He go to the dogs. Oh, no! There isn't a man in his trade who does so good a business, as little show a he makes. Urnxl work, good prices, and punctuality are the cardinal virtues of his establishment, and make all substantial. How in the world could you have taken such a notion ?" "I don't know, but such has Ixen my impression for some time," replied Ba ker, who felt exceedingly cut down on account of the mistake he had made, and particularly so in view ot the elegaut house and a hundred thousand dollars, which might all have belonged to his son, in time, it he had not fallen into such an egregious error aiMiut oui ieonaro. So the world moves on. People are prone to think that what they smile on lives, and what they frown upon is blight ed and must die. liu T. S. Arthur. German Home Life. In everything the German is controlled. He is controlled in his love-makings and marryings; lie is controlled m tne utter ance of his opinion ; he is controlled in his goings out and his comings in. The journalist is liable at any moment to tine aud imprisonment; the caricaturist to ar rest; of Iilerty of the press there can be no question; of the license of the law no doubt. In the old gambling days of Baden and Ilomberg, no native officer was per mitted to play at the tables; the money of the state must remain absolutely in the state pocket; but this fatherly solicitude for the coin of the country did not extend itself to the pocket of the peasant, w ho would stand gloating through long Sunday afternoons at the heaps of gold, venture at last his florin or his thaler, and retire into his workaday world on Monday a disillusioned chaw-bacon. Control touches even the follies and flirtations of the young. Lately, in a northern capital garrisoned by Prussian troops, an ardent young lieutenant and a coy and bashful maiden found themselves for a moment, by some rare chance, in a deserted tea room alone. The enamored youth had just caught his fair one by the hand, when her most intimate ot intimate bosom friends entered. The poor girl started up in terror, and. forgetful alike of her love aud her lover, broke out, "Pray, pray, best Evelina, do not say whai you have seen." Evelina promised, and the imprudent maiden returned at once to the ball-room. But lo! next day the story, with various embroideries, was circulating through all the Kaffee, and behold! the day after the ardent lieutenant was sum moned to an irate general's presence. "Young man," said his stern Vorgenetzter, glooming down upon him in grim regu lation wrath, "you are transferred to de pot duty on the frontier; there you will have ample time to reflect on your in discretion." And forth, like a ball from the cannon's mouth, lehold our gay young militaire shot over the frontier! Hear this, gillant young English gentlemen, horse, foot, and dragoons; hear it, too, young English maidens inclining tender ears to manly pleadings, and be thankful that your bosom friends are not spies, nor, as a rule, the colonels of our regi ments martinets in matters of the affec tions! The winding up of the going part of the jrreat clock at Westminster, London, takes ten minutes, the weight of the pen dulum beinr 8'- hundred and eighty pounds; but the windiug up of the strik ing parts the quarter part and hour part takes five hours each, and this has to be done twice a week. The contract cost of w inding up the clock is 500 a year. The error of the clock amounts to only about one second for eighty-three days in the vear. and there is probably no other clock in the world of which the fame can be said. A WAflTK of " t " Putting it iu depot. About Housekeeping. We often hear the remark that such and such persons are good or ior house keepers, as the case may ie, oui we sei dom stop to think that good housekeep in" is au accomplishment that very few, eoinnarativelv. possess. Girls are not brought up as they were fifty years ago As the country has grown richer work has Income more of a drudgery, and while the Younff lady of to-day idl away her time Bridget does the housework. Of course there are exceptions; still, I think there is too little attention paid to teach ing girls w hen young the rudiments of housekeeping. It will do no oue any harm to know how to do all kinds of work, and we live in an uncertain age. when riches take to themselves wings and fly away so easily tbnt it is sometimes convenient to ue able to lane care 01 oneself. Hardly any two work alike. Some cook splendidly and require an abun dance to cook with, while others will make a rood deal of nothing. Some are pain fully neat. They keep their rooms shut up for fear of sunlight and flies, and every step is light for fear of dirt. The dog; and cat have a pinched, far-away lm)k, as if they meditated suicide; and it is a real rebel to step into another houc wheie, jterhaps, things are not iu half as good order, out vou are not ait aid 01 putting them out of place. Frugality, we have always been told, is another "requisite for a goml house keeper, but I presume we have all seen those who M)ssessed it to such a degree that it ceased to I? a virtue, while others will "throw out of the window much faster than can !e put in at the door. And now as we notice the great differ ence in people, is it not true that good housekeeping is an acomplishment? There are so mauv things that are neces sary to make home pleasant and agree able books, flowers, and all those little elegancies that make a house attractive. "I have so much to do I can never find time to read, much less to cultivate flow ers and make ornamental things!" I say those w ho do the most generally have the most time. It is those women who will turn around all day in a half bushel that have no time. Calculate vour work so as to get it done. Do not Ie forever fretting at nothing. Bo neat, but not mo neat as to make every- ody uncomfortable. Cultivate flowers and a love for the beautiful in nature and art, aud never allow your mind to be come so warped that you cannot think of luything but your housework, itead, and be in every sense an intelligent and accomplished woman; then will you be au accomplished housekeeper. Amelia in Moore Hurnl. Cure for Freckle. (rate horseradish fine; let it stand a few hours in buttermilk, then strain and use the wash night and morning. Or squeeze the juice of a lemon into u half goblet of water and use the same way. .Most ot the remedies tor freckles are poi- souous aud cannot be Used with safety. Freckles indicate a defect in digestion, and consist in deposits of some carlmna ceous or fatty matter beneath the scarf kin. I he diet should be attended to and should be of a nature that the bowels and kidneys will do their duty. Daily bathing, with much friction, should not be neglected, and the Turkish bath taken occasionally, if convenient. If the exact cause of freckles was known a remedy for them might be found. A chemist in Mo varia, observing the bleeching effect of mercurial preparations, inferred that the growth of a local parasitical fungus was the cause ot the discoloration ot the skin, which extended and rijx-iied as pores in the warmer season. Knowing that sulpho-carbolate of zinc is a deadly enemy to all parasitic vegetation (itself not beingotnerwi.se injurious;, ne appucu this salt for the purpose of removing the freckles. The compound consists of two mrtsof sulpho-carbolate ot zinc, twenty- five parts of distilled glycerine, twenty live parts of rose-water, and five parts of . , , i t j 2 . i i : i scented aicouoi, nu is io oe upoueu twice daily, for from half an hour to an hour, theu washed off with cold water. Protection against the sun bv veiling and other means is recommended, and iu ad- lition, for persons of pale complexion. some mild preparation. iieraia oj Health. Cokn Dopokrs. One quart of corn meat, a tablespo.niful of lard, two eggs, a tablcspoouful of salt; scald the meal with the lard in it with boiling water. cool with a little milk, add the eggs (beaten light); beat very hard for ten minutes; make them thiu enough with cold milk to drop off the spoon and re- taiu their shape in boiling lard ; serve hot; have the lard loiling hot when you drop them iu. Arri.E Jei.lt Cut the apples in quar ters. Do not pare or core them ; dip each quarter into clear water, aud put them in a jar, and place them in the oven to cook until quite tender. Strain off the juice as usual, and boil with a pound of sugar to a piut ot juice. I he most de licious jelly will be the result, with the full, pure flavor of the apple. Lemon Pie. The juice aud rind of one lemon grated into one cup of water, one cupful of loaf sugar, the yelks of two eggs, three tablespoontuls flour. Frosting Injat the whites ot two eggs. add four tablespoonfuls white sugar, spread on the pie, and bake lightly in the oven. Washington Pie. Oneeun of iTr one tablesjKMnful of butter, four table- sixoniuis sweet imiic one-lour tuiii. spoonful of soda, oue teaspoon fill cream of tartar, one cup flour. Bake in two layers, with jelly, fruit or cream be tween. Wild Fowl Pie. The fowl should be trussed like a duck for a pie, larded with anchovies, and seasoned witn pepper, salt, and sweet herbs; put a good quan tity of butter into the pie, and flush like alt otners. Yotr can make money with one hand, but it takes two to hang on to it. Walter Savage Landor'it Freaks. A writer in the (hilaxy says, in gcak ing of the life of Walter Savage Landor Late in 1808 Landor, in a sudden freak went to Spam to fight against the French Landing at Corunna, he gave 10,000 reals to the inhabitants of a town which had been burned, and proposed to equip am pay 1,000 volunteers, with w hom he would go on foot and fight with them "under the command of any brave Spaniard who had taken up arms in defence of religion and lilei ty." He returned to England in a few weeks, w ithout seeing service in the field. Bat this escapade, ierhap, was of service to him in the com suit ion of his tragedy ot "Count Julian, a work not unworthy of the author of "Gebir," be gun about this time and completed three vears later. He uow set his heart uihu the purchase of Llauthony Abbey, au es tate uikiu the lxrder of Wales. He sold the estate which had already falleu to In m, aud which had been in the family 00 years. His mother sold one ol those which was hers in rigid for 20,000, and gave him the money, subject to an an nuity of 450; more money was bor rowed for improvements; in all alxtut t'SO.oOO was cxjKjnded. "Llauthony,' he wrote long alterwanl. "is a noble estate It prmluee everything but herbage, corn, and money. It isalmut eight miles long. and I planted a million ot trees on it I lived there little more than eight months altogether, and built a house to pull it down again." Of the million of trees, however, more than nine out of ten ex- ted only in imagination. Latidor's ex jx-rieiice here was anything but a pleas ant one. By his own account never was i meek' and long suffering landlord ho bullied and cheated by his arrogant ten ants. I hey would not pay their rent, cut down his trees, poached his game, in suited him at his own door, and menaced him with violence. Oue of them had thieatened some mischief ; Landor posted a hand-bill accusing him of meditating felony, was prosecuted for libel and cast in damages. He was not on gomi terms with his neighlxtrs. He applied iu vain to the Lord Lieutenant of the county to be appointed on the commis sion ot the peace, although there was no magistrate within ten miles ot bun. Within three vears from the time of the mrchase Landor was thoroughly dis gusted. He would sell it, if he could, for less than halt ot w hat it had cost him. And in the meanwhile he would leave England and go to Fiance. Hence arose new and still worse trouble. Thiee years before he had suddenly fallen in love, by no means for the first time. "1 have found," he wrote to Southey, "a girl without a sixpence aud with very few accomplishments. She is pretty, graceful, and god-tcinpered three things indispensable to- lay happiness. He seems never to have thought that good-temper on his pait might be indis- eusable to her happiness. Alter turn ing his back upon Llanthony he tarried a little while on the Island of Jersey, ac companied oy his wue and tier sister. He made up his imiid to reside in rrauce; he had mad up her mind to the con trary. He disliked to nave any talk about It; she would talk of nothing else. He begged her not to drive him to dis traction; she retorted that tilings had come to a fine pass if he must never be contradicted, and finally called him an old brute. He was almost forty, perhaps twice her age. IL-fore dty break he was up and off alone for France, taking pas- ige in an oyter-Uoat, iiouody lor a mouth know ing what had become of him. T(M Yol'no. Clergymen in these days seem to he esteemed very highly for their oiith. It was not always thus, and even now there are thos who prefer a clergy man of age and expeiience, as in this iu- ident : A young mau, in the early days of his ministry, was met by a couple, as he ame out of church, who wanted to lw marned. lie turned oacK. to oonge me party, and found at the last that they made up their minds to (hive in their buggy to some other church. "But may I ask, he inquired of the man, wny you nrst aK uie io marry you, and then change your minds iu this wav?" No answer came from the groom, but the young woman, lifting up the back curtain of the buggy, called out, Well, you see, I hadn tgot a look at the minister afore, and, to tell the truth, you're so young and innocent-like that I'm kind of feared you won't marry us right, and so I'd rather trust myself to some one who's done it a good many times, and is sure he knows how." A SixorLAit St-ENE. The Irish take fire easily especially in their enthusiasm r their public favorites. 1 He great O'Connell was so popular iu Ireland that he was once cheered loudly by a funeral proration which he happened suddenly to meet. Acendinir the mountain road between Dublin nd Glencullen. in company with an English friend, O'Connell was met by funeral. 1 he mourners soon recog nized him, and immediately broke into a vociferous hurrah Tor their political favorite, much to the astonishment of the Sassenach; who, accustomed to the sol emn and lugubrious decorum of English funerals, was not prepared for an outburst of Celtic enthusiasm on such an occasion. A remark being made on the oddity of a Hitical hurrah at a lunerai, it was re- 1 M .1.1 ilied tnat me aran uiu woum o.-c oubtlcssly cheered lustily, too, if he could. A WAsnixr.TON lady is ssid to be mak ing bothendsmeetbychargingten dollars per name for sign-manuals in a book she promises to deposit in the National Cap ital at the end of this year, to be opened in 1976. The idea, we presume, is to enable a man to compare his autographs at the end of the next century, aud see how much he has improved iu his pen manship. There may be some satisfaction in this, but we don't think it is worth ten dollars. Norrittoten Ilerald. Counter claims bills. -Your wife's shopping How the Queen Opened Parliament. The London pajx-r devote broadsides to descriptions of the scenes witnessed at theojieuing of Parliament by the Cueen The route from Buckingham Palace to the Palace at Westuduster was thronge with eager sight-seers, and Parliament street had beeu bravely decked with ro bunting to the windows and with a line of flags. The procession move. I at the sound of the trumix t, and w hen her Mai esty was seen sitting opposite to tin Princess ot Wales, loud cheers were raised and hats and handkerchiefs waving in the air gave a right loyal greeting The s lute carnage was drawn by eight magnificent cream-colored horses, gaily deeoruted with blue and gold. lh pro cession went at a walking pace from the first step to the last, and there was no difficulty in seeing the Queen as she went on her ay, bowing to her subjects Both the royal ladies looked w ell, although the 1 i luces was somewhat paler than usual. The Queen wore as head-dros a diamond tiara. In the state carriage also sat the Princess Beatrice, facing her Maj esty. In carriages w hich preceded that of the Queen, and which were drawn each by six splendid bays, rode the ladies and gentlemen in attendance on her Majesty, lefore whose own eouipage, walked the niarshaltneii, atate footmen and yeomen of the guard. Within the l(nueof Loid the scene was one of da.zliug splendor I he scarlet ot the peers robe, the starred and laced coats of the ambassadors and their suites, the white sh tw led silks and satins of the jK-eresses and other 'ladies whom right or fortune had allowed to b sjtectators of the scene, made a beautiful picture. 1 he Queen sat motionless on tin throne, her black velvet dress, trimmed with miniver, standing out in bold relief against the ermine of the royal rolws, She wore a long tulle veil and small dia mond crow n, w ith the riband and star of the Garter and the ictoiia and Albert rder. A necklace of diamonds gleamed in the light, and on her breast blazed like a planet the historic Koh-i-noor diamond. In front of her Majesty, and Ietweeii the Duchesses of Edinburgh and leek, sat the Princess of Wales; the Princess Beatrice stood close to the Q icen's right hand; the Princess Louise occupied a sim ilar position on the left, and other mem- lers ot the royal family surrounded them. throughout the reading of the royal speech the Queen sat motionless on the throne, scarcely raising her eyes, and never varying the gravely pcuie ex- ression of her countenance. No Difference, The day had been set, and the young man was happy. When his father tailed in business lie collected together all the pink love-letters, the lock of hair, the faded violet, etc., and started for her father's mansion. II; was high-minded and honorable, and he felt in duty bound to release her liom the engagement, tot he grew faint as he was usheied into the arlor. Such love as his woulJu t stay rushed. "Gworge! dwear Gworge!" she ex claimed, as she entered the parlor and seized his hand. "Arabelbi, I am here to do my duty," he said as he roe up. "-what s the matter f 7 she asked. "H-haven't you heard ot of my fa ther's failure?" ho inquired, his heart beating painfully. Why, yes, dwear Gworge, and what of it?" "Aren't you won't you that is !" "I'm glad of itthat's all!" she cried. "You are?" "Of course I am! I was talking with father, and he said if your father had died for $t0,000 he'd m .de at least $ o,- 000 out ot' it, and of course you II get twice as much as you counted ou!" Some girls would have set the dog on lim, not having a business father to make hie explanations. Detroit Free Frtn. Some Left. The other evening a very excited man called at the Central Station and demanded a warrant for the arrest f his neighbor for slander. H w hs told how to bring about such a result, and then he wanted to know how much dam ages he could probably recover. "Whit is the slander? asked tuo cap tain. "Why, he says I stole two hogs and was ent to jail." "And didu t you steal two hogsf "I did." "Aud didn't you go to jail?" "Yes, sir." "Well. theu. how can it b a slander for him to say so?" asked the captain. "W ell, I just want tins town to under stand!" shouted the indignant man, "thst a fellow can steal two hog and go t- J til and still have a big pile of good charac ter left!" Drtroit Free Vre. Hek Special Attkaction. A brother tatant recently rallied Professor Tyndal I upon the subject of his rumored engage ment to a daughter of Lord Hamilton. The great scientist didn't deny the soft impeachment. Encouraged thereby his friend pursued the subject wiih the view of discovering whit sK-cisl attraction could have conquered a man who had so long resisted the fascinations of the sex. 'Is she prettier than other ladies you have seen?" he asked. "No." "Is she wittier?" "No." "Is she more cultivated?" "No." "What then is her particular charm?" "She has less dynamic force," said the Professor. The insiduous game of three-card monte has worked such havoc in the rural districts out West, that the Legisla tures of several States have been obliged to consider measures for the suppression of the evil. The Iowa House has passed a bill, which will doubtless go through the Senate, making swindling three-card monte men liable to fine aad imprison ment, and conferring upon conductors, station agents and other personsemployed in public conveyances, or. In places of public resort, authority to arrest such swindlers, witn or without a warrant. Graft ing. Some fruits are iikcc difficult to graft than the apple or pear, but if it be done sufficiently early iu spring the plum may lie so treated very successfully; the pencil is rarely grafted at the North', but it suc ceed st the South; this fi nit is usually propagated by that form of grafting called budding. Although fruit-tree arc graft, ed with scion of ripened wood, there are, some trees which will only succeed when green wood is Used for both scion and stock; this kind of gi lifting is called her baceous. Many evergreen can le graft ed iu the ordinary way, but the pines only succeed with licilj.iccou grafting, and thu same.m ay be said of some nut bearing trees. Ornamental trees of various kind are propagated by grafting, especially where it idcil'cd to perpetuate some in dividuwl jM'ctiliai ity, such u a pi inlaid or weeping habit, or foliage of hii unusual shape and color. Some weeping trees which are naturally low, as the weeping beech, ash, and poplar, form elegant pe. cimeiis when giut'ied upon a stock cihl or ten feet high. Among ornamental trees an 1 shrub grafting is resorted to as the most I lipid means of propagation; sometime a variety cannot no luiuiipiicd by cuttings, but can be grafted upon rino related stock that will grow rapidly, The choicer specie of clematis, uow so much prized as ornamental climbers, take lout with great difficulty, whdo some o the older kind strike loot freely; the Ih list grows these from cutting, nud graft the more dillu-ult subjection their root, 1 he line double camellia will md grow from cutting, but are propagated by grafting upon the single kind which readily do so, j.pipiiyiiuui tnid oiin r nailing ( lie tue make fine plant by grafting them upon a stout stem ol Virt u trtamtulan or one of thcpcrckia. Successful graft ing ot the apple Upon the maple, tins lose upon the black currant, and the like, h impossible, although instance of it are often nai rated. Aplltton' American Cjy- elopir iia, reeiHfd tilitton. Old .Maids. When a lady reaches thirty yen' and remains unmarried, she begins to be spoken of a an "old maid" iu such ii insn tier aud tone a to indicate something of contempt, carrying with it an idea that If she had been of any account she would not have remained single. Allot' u can look back with very kindly memories of those who were old maid when we were in our early teens; of their obliging di- oitioii; their Inndiness in sickness; how indispensable they were at gatherings, fit singing school, ut tea-parties and pic nics; there was not m social gathering ol any kind, nor any cuierpri-u put on foot, it which they were not expected to be ueseut to assist by their counsel, their Ousy lingers, aud their willing bet to go where duty called; where there was suffering to be alleviated; where there wa sorrow, culling lor sympathy, and killing bereavements, to be lightened by their wie worn and kindly attention. When then I work to be done In hurcli, they enter upon it with alacrity, and with an intelligent and lealty co-opel atiou, which compel suc cess. "They are the Jeweis of my chuii h," said an eminent ana gitted divine ; "more useful than their iu irried sisters, be cause they have more time," There i no growing family that is not the better lor bating an old maid in It. Li t them have our lespectl'ul and (icl'eieuli.il attention wherever we meet tlieiu, ami thu coni- K'li-ate them in small put for the nignt- ing manlier in which tiiey ale tleabo by oouic, wno would lie surprised lo k.kiw that iu so doing they h.tve meiifed thu pithet "ill-bred. Hall Journal. Pal iw. Very few w ho have ever visited the gay rVeiich Capital but would like to see jt Mgiiu, for they aie pretty sine to h.ne i, e. is. int memoi te of It its sunshine and its songs; its iinisie and Its mirtli; It grand aud joyous promenades. One of the attractions ot 1 alU Is tlic clcaotL.c and tidiness ot its streets. If a pel .sou throws into the street even a bit ot paper, the home in which lie i i line. I, a ho aiiiiot be found. tin street are swept ty hand iu the very early morning, and everything offensive i lemoccd, and In a thousand w ays Hiiuoy anccs are prevented. fa person is toinid begging a policeman I on l tic spot to take me i.itiiviouat io court. And then so much i done to protect the poor by preventing fraud. 'I he laws of Pari are so framed a to constitute a strong persuasive to honesty on the part of tradesmen. Jewellers are obliged to distinguish plated from genuine, ware by the word imitation" placed where the customers cannot fail to see it, If a tio cer is detected selling adulterated mi lit lew, he is heavily fined, his name ami plac; of business is published at hi own expense in the official journal, and he Iscoinpe led toexpose in hi store for a specified time a placard stating that he ha been lined for selling udultcratcd good. When will Republican Auteiica rule so well? If all's Journal, A i.kft-hanukp man on North Hill, ran out, yesterday afternoon, to a chain pi nip to get a bucket of water, Jl made moiiiu ill-natured remarks about men making pump wrong side to and commenced to grind. He turned, and turno.l, and ground, and ground, and stopped and rested, and talked softly to himself, and ground again, and kicked the pump, ami took off the lid and looked down into thu cistern, and put on the lid and sat down to think, nud got tin an I turned the crank ami sweat, and kicked the pump ugaiu, and there hung that bucket, a innocent of moisture a an independent political re former is of truth. Aud there ciuo a woman to the back door, and a voice fell like a falling star, Turn that crunk the other way, you stupid thing, or vou won't get any water to-night." a lington JIatrk'Fje. Mks. Lincoln, who i staying with her sister at Springfield, III., accosts every one with Now, you don't believe tno in. ane, do youl" S t'l L W f in I 1 1 I ) ', - 77 A