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9 6 THE INDEPENDENT, fill 1,1 IBID Srery Thursday Evening, ar THE INDEPENDENT Advertising Rates. LEGAL ADTKHTiaKXim (jMtia.) Otic HBar or 1pm. on loorrtlun ,.... ,...91 JJJ Out square auk uljQt UirUun...., W nrMINKM ADTKRTIMKMKITI (rojn.) JndeBendent il. B. LUCE. j Office, - - Old Court House, j i i j t Time. 1 j. j 1 a ! . -I.M cul I ol- I mouth.... I I ftll I 00S 1 Out T (jnfia BfffaO 00 4 Otj ( SO HFLLSBOnO, OREGON". I month.. 10 W It Ml IT W I month. I no Kin I oil II 0) Trm or antnerlptlon (coin rates.) Single copy per year Ti 50 Slnifls copy tlx months 1 50 Hingis) number 10 month. i v: to h i t tui IS Ml, It SH ti stl 80 OU bo ra VOL. 4. HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 187G. NO. 18. 10 (' 14 a 1 )r. M Oi 23 oo; k no; 90 00 3Iy King. When and Low sl.a'1 I meet liim? If ever What are the words he first will say? How will the harriers now that sever Our kindred spirits be broken away? This self-same daylight on him is shining, Shining somewhere the while I sing, The only one who, my will resigning, Could I acknowledge my king, my king. Whether his hair he golden or raven. Whether his cy" he darX or hlue, I know not how, hut 'twould he engraven On that wh ts day as my perfec t hue. Many a face I hare liked for a minute Been chained hy a voice with a pleasing ring Hut ever and ever there was something in It, Something that could not be his, my king. I will not dream of him liand-ome and strong, My ideal love may he weak and slight; It matter not to what class he helong, He would he noble enough in my sight; He ra ly not be brillUntly gifte I, my lord, And he may be learned in everything; But if ever he comes he will strike the chord, Whose melody watts for the hand of its king. But he must be courteous toward the lowly; To the weak and sorrowful, loving, too; He must he courageous, refined and holy, By nature exalted, and tirm and true. To such I might fearlessly give the keeping Of love that would never outgrow its spring; There would be few tears of a woman's weeping. If they loved such men as my king, my king. The Spanish Legation in Koine. BY JOAQUIN MII.I.EK. There was a call tor soldiers in old R mie ti ji to Spain and light lor the new Republic against the Pretender D m Carlos. It was a novel and romantic idea to go from the city of the Caesars to tight for the new Carthage. I told a Spanish friend, full of adventure and am bitious for glory, and we two together called early oue morning at a dingy old palace which bore the anas of Spaiu above its portals. At last the lazy porter admitted us, ami led us in. Then he limped lazily up stairs, bowing all the way, and looking back, for he had a live-franc note which Signor M. had slipped into his hand in the vain hope of waking him up. The porter limped slowly down, like a robin of a frosty morning, on one leg, and we went up. The secretary of legation received us in that most obsequious manner peculiar to alt men in subordinate positions in the Latin countries. lie would scarcely be .seated in our presence. "But I wish to see his excellency the Minister of Spain to the court of Italy," said M. "But his excellency his excellency is not is not Kcally, Signor M., it is but twelve o'clock." "And at what time can I hope to have my card sent to his excellency" "Well, really, we lise early here in Rome. At home you know we rise at two: here his excellency kindly sacrifices himself to the cares of office and the for tunes of his country, and may be seen us early as one o'clock." The polite clerk bowed as he said this bowed very profoundly, and shut hi eyes and held his breath at the very men tion of such a sacrifice on the part of a high-bred Spaniard, and the widest awake Spaniard in all Europe. "I will wait," said M., and he began to roll a cigarette. "Good, good, that is best; you are the first here; you will certainly, by right ot priority to say nothing ot your name be the first to see his excellency. 31. bowed.- The secretary rolled a ci garette, lighted it, put it in his mouth, and blew the smoke through his nose, as if his nose were a double-barreled shot gun, to be loaded up with paper and dis charged with smoke. Then there was silence. Tii rough the smoke I saw that the coat of the kind secretary was literally threadbare. The furniture was so poor, it was reduced in many cases to perfect skeletons. Stand ing on three legs like a poor broken- down horse, was a sofa; it looked as if it had been led, and was standing before the door of a soap factory, waiting to In knocked on the head and cut into chunks, and boiled into jelly and converted into cakes of first-class fashionable Windsor soap. The curtains were of another cen tury. The carpet looked as if it had been inarched over by the iron feet of Time for a thousand years. The secretary was indeed very poor, therefore he tried to be very agreeable. Again he loaded his mouth with paper, touched a match to the fuse, and turning round towards M., Mr. Secretary tired the contents of his double-barreled nasal shot-gun right at his breast. M., too, had 'loaded up, and elevating 7ti nose, gave ?he secretary as good as he had sent. Then they both loaded up again, and the innocent duel went on till the dusty old clock began to point towards the time when his excellency would allow a can! to be sent intoj his presence. "Home is tilling up rapidly," observed , the secretary. Ah r "Yes, yes. Home, mi see, is a great bowl great basin, R me is set out here like a tub under the great heavens. Well, it rains, and Rome tills up. No? You do not catch my figure? Well, look here. Rome has a great wall a great round wall ; that wall suggests the rim of a basin or bowl. Good. Now it rains; that is, you people, you travelers, you pour into Rome. You rain down upon us. Ha! ha! You fill us up like a flood. Ha! hu! Now you understand? You see" and here the secretary bowed over towards 31. as if about to tell a great secret "you see I have written novels. I owe in fact aud in confidence I owe my osition here, as secretary of legation of the of the of of Spain! to the fact that I was once a novelist well, men who write novels fall into a habit of using these figures, aud and you will pardon me." A profound bow, and then a silence. Tlien the guns were re-loaded' and fired; and still his excellency did not appear. "Spain certainly is not In -need of my help if her minister has so much time for repose," mused M., and he began to be tenibly bored. "Yes, Rome is tilling up. You can go out I go out in the morning, ami I put my finger on the riih of tlse basin, that is the wall, and I say, 'She. filled up that much last night.' Then I walk down the Cor. so, aud I note the density of the crowd there, and I say, 'Ah, how it did rain yesterday and all last night!' I go up to the basin's rim, und I reach my hand, and I say, 'It is so high.' Hi! ha! R jiue will soon be full up to the top of the basin's lim, and then she will pour over and spill out, and people will tlow on in a sort of river to Egypt and on to Palestine. And soil goes; and so it w ill continue to go on for years, centuries long after you and I have gone the.grcat, great j turney." The secretary (-topped, wiped his eyes, and waited for M. to answer. Rat M. meant business rather thin sentiment, and he sat silent, still waiting for the great minister. At last the secretary looked up at the clock as it pointed towards midday; then he lazily arose, shuffled forward once, pulled at a belt till he pulled a small boy in lace and buttons into his presence, handed a card to the small boy in lace and buttons, and then sat down. Tne minister entered with a cigarette in full smoke. lie was a sin. ill, fat man, and moved slowly and uiih a great deal of assumed importance. He pulled away like a little steamboat against a hard stream, ami fairly blew sparks from his Mnokc-stack as he pulled and puffed at his cigarette. "Yes, Signor M. shall have letters to my friend the commandant at Ii ircclona. lie is my very le ir fiiend, and will do all he can for you. Mr. Secretary, you will draw up letters to that effect." The minister filled a chair, after first examining its legs and back, and anus. He shut his eyes, rested, reflated, rolled a cigarette, look up to the ceiling, ami went on : "Hut you see, gentlemen, you cannot get into Ruveioiia now. Resides, you must be prepared not to find my friend in coninrind. The truth is, the Govern ment is very active, and it rein ves its leaders every few days. They want new blood, you see. No, you cannot get into Barcelona now. You had better go to Ma bid at once?. I have sent a great many gentlemen to Madrid." "And what can we do at Madrid?" ' What can you do? Why, wait, as the others do. As fast as the; olHeers iire killed off, vacancies occur. You sit down there; you wait your turn. If the war keeps on, in a few years at furthest you will tiud yourselves at the head of your regiments.'' "We prefer to go to R ircelona. When can we have our letters?" "Oil, in a few days -at farthest; and if you are in a great h i-de to depirt, my secretary can have them placed in your hands within the week." We bowed before this iittle man this decrepit representative of a decrepit gov ernment in the decrepit chair and sh ik ing the hand of the secretary, we went our, perfectly certain that we had no btisiuess in Spain. Tho Devil' Nest. ONE OF THE WtlNDEKS OF ARIZONA. Colonel J. W. Rrook-, in a communi cation to the Chicago Tribune, describes a wonderful valley, which will remind the readers of that inaccessible valley of oiamoiids described in the "Arabian Nights:" In the winter of 171 I was in the ser vice of the Government on the Piute Res ervation in southwestern Nevada. My business was to look after the wants of the Indians, vi-.it the different subdivisions of the tribe, and use my influence to bring them to the reservation, where they might be cared for and taught the principles of civilization. On one excursion I was looking after the scatft red bands of Sebits; ami, on returning to the agency, was at tempting to cross from the lower crossing of the Little Colorado, on the east side of the main Colorado liver, to the mouth of the Red Virgin, over a diy, barren pla teau of seventy miles. It w as a wearisome march, and both man and beast had reached a state of actual suffciing f r want of water. S'-rious thoughts and cal culations occupied every moment; the fear of desfuction seemed to be indelibly stamped upon nil; yet I, who had the guai dianship of the party, had many times in iny twenty-six years in the fir West experienced very similar tests of men's souls, and bade them on ward ; and, with my assurance thitthey would reach water, they trudged on. While traveling along a very old Indian trail, I dis coveied an olj-et in the distance which I supposed to be a deer or an antelope, which was regarded as a sign that water was near at hand. Spurs were applied to the faithful mules, and they were not long in approaching near the supposed animal; but to tin; as tonishment of the party, it proved to be an Indian laden with Z rona blankets, on his way to what he called the Di able the Devil's Nest. He was most fearfully frightened. He afterwards stated that he expected to be murdered by the party; but upon being assured of friendship and good will, he g ive information of water and also of his business. He proved to be a .Yloqua Indian trailer, with a large pack of blankets on his back, and, as stated before, was on his way to the Devil's Nest. He invited us to follow him. We had traveled but a short distance when we came upon a great descent in the level plain or Mesa. It was evident ly too steep to be descended with ani mals, so we dismounted, picketed our animals, and, on foot, followed our guide. A few rods travel brought us to a terpen dicular clitf of solid in 1 1 pace or cooled lava, from which we obtained a plaiu view of a wonderful chamber lying a great distance below us. At this point our guide threw over or down his pack, aud it was soon out of sight. Immediate ly before us was a narrow, deep crater in the nvilpace, through which we went down at an angle of b0 degrees, until an other perendicular cliff was reached, which we descended by the aid of n Mexi can ladder. It w as made of raw hide and was securely fastened in a large pile of stones at the top. It ha I small sticks twisted in the rawhide at right angles with the lariat, which served as steps in the ladder. On them, one after another, a low er point was gained, except in a few cases where a long pole was used as a substitute. At last the lottom was gained and, after aj uirney of half a mile over a beautiful smooth surface, we came to one of the most beautiful bubbling springs we had ever seen, of pure, cold and sweet water. At this point, to my astonisluneut and dismay, I found an abundance of Indian signs (tracks of Indi .us). I could look around me and rea'.i'.e the stubborn fact that I was in one of Nature's most secure prisons. The walls were perpendicular to the height of o,5Ji) to 4,0i)U feet, with seemingly no possible means of escape s;tvc by the way we entered. The tir.st thought was hor rifying in the extrein . The idea of hav ing followed an Indian into a stone bound cave or chamber, and into the midst of a band of wild Apaches, was ter rible indeed. I suspiciously ami trem blingly followed the Moqu i a quarter of a mile further, when the stream of the spring had grow n into quite a littlecrcck, having been increased by many other springs, ami the signs of Indians had changed to that of real Indian villages; yet not an Indian was to be seen, and this was hut continuing my suspicious of dan ger, and adding more horror to my trem oling nerves. Oar guide; mounted a large rock and yelled, at the top of his voice, a most horrible howl. Alter a seemingly long suspense a very old, decrepit Indi tn, almost blind, crept o it from the mass of detached clitf that had fallen from above, and, with trembling fear,exclaiined, "Am igo-ainigo!" The salute was returned, ami the two coward n , brave men each fearing the other, rcj 'iced, and, as evi ilent'i'iit frien lship,there was an exchange of tobacco, and tin pipe f peace was smoked. It was followed by calling to gether the whole tribe a poor relic of some ancient tribe numbering in all but sixteen. They had probably fl -d to this most secret aud remarkable spot of earth for refuge in time of trouble, possibly previous to the invasion of Coitcz. They were most mai veloiisly struck by my ap pearance. The Devil's Nest is situ de l in the northwest part of Ai iz ma Ten itory, on the east side of the Colorado river, and opposite the lower end of the great Canyon of the Colorado. The canyon is in some places ,(;) feet deep. The Devil's Nest is a sunken hole in a malpace, or lava formal! n to the depth of o,.). ) to 4.O00 feet, with erpcndieiilar walls, excepting the haz trdous entrance through or over which we passed. It is an oblong square, some 2 by 10 miles. I found these In dians in po. session of a small flock id' goats, which had been kept within hounds y means of i n i.its. They had also plenty of beans and com ; and, more astonishing still, they had the most thrifty peach trees that I had ever seen. It is siippos abie tii.it the most uniform climate is to be found in this sink. Neck-twist i ii in Caurcli. A good story i told of an eccentric old parson w ho was sorely annoyed by a habit his people hid acq'iircd (aud which prevails, by th.; way, in all other churches, even ie-,v ami nere i!outs, to some extent), of taistiug their necks around every time anybxly entered the door and p.i-jd up the aisle of the meet ing house, to see whit in inner ot pel son it might le. Wearied with the annoyance, the old man exclaimed, one S inday : Rrethren.if you w ill ouly-cease turning your heads around whenever the door opens, and will keep your attention on me, 1 will promise to tell you, as I preach, who it is tn.it comes in." Accordingly, he went on with the ser vices, ami presently made a stop as one of the deacons entered, saying: 'That is Deacon , who keeps the grocery opposite." And thus he announced, in turn, thead ventofeach imli vidu il, proceeding the w hile with his sermon as composedly as the circumstances would admit, when at last a stranger came in, when he cried out: "A little old man in green s-MMJlacles and a drab overcoat don't know him you can all turn round and look for your selves, this time." It is hardly necessary to add that the good mm carried his point, and there .vas bat iittie neek-twisting seen in his congregation after that d ty. In the year 1SI, Dr. McLcod was a member of a deputation sent bv the Gen eral Assembly f the Scotch Ciuirch to Uit chuiche of fellowship with that or g tni.ation in IJ; itish Amci ica, ami dm iug nis stay in the new world Ik- m idea luief trip to ii ston. Writing tfieuce, he stys, with tine irony: "I have been actutllv three l ays in R iston. D you not think I am now well entitled to give a souno opinion upon American manners? I have lived in one of her hotels, heard two of her preachers, seen two of her Sabbath schools. 1 have driven in her cabs and omnibuse-, visited her j ills and lunatic asylums, smoked her cigars, read her newspapers, :ui 1 visited L -well, and may I not be permitted to guess what sort of people they are? I was prepared on Sat urda to pronounce a ju Igmeut on the whole nation; but happening to lie wrong in my liist opinion, I shut up my note book. 1 had mounted the box of a coach; the driver sat on my left hand; he said he always did. Just as I had noted the great fact that 'all drivers in America it on the left side of the lxx,' I thought I would ask what was gained by this. Why, I guess,' replied Jonathan, "I can't help it Tin left-haudcd !' I learned a lesson from this: to beware how I generalize." Sensibility is like me i os, that cau lead one only when the sky is clear Rm'oii is the magnetic needle that gaiJes the ship when they are wrapt iu darkness. Hints for Ynnnsr Mothers. The three' requisites for babies are. plenty of sleep, plenty of food, plenty of flannel. I he saying that man is a bun dle of habits is as true of babies as it is of grown people. If an infant is accus tomed from its birth to sleep from six o'clock at night till daylight, the habit of early sleep will be formed, and the mother may" have all her evenings to herself. If the baby sleeps at night, a long morning nap will naturally come nlwuit dinner time, after which the child, except when very young, should be kept awake till six o'clock. Perseverance in this routine will stum result in securing quiet evenings for iMith child and parent. Some mothers have a long season every night and every morning in getting the baby asleep. They rock them and sing to them till Morpheus enfolds them. With most children this is unnecesssary. An infant can be accustomed by a few days' training to go to sleep itself lor a morning nap, as well as for the longer rest at night. A mother has duties to herself as well as to her offspring. While she should exercise a constant care in securing its utmost physical comfoit, she should secure rest and recreation for herself. In no other way can she keep fresh in feeling, buoy ant in spirit. Nothing is so wearing as the unceasing tending of a fretful baby. Every means should be employed to aid i he child iu takingcar; of itself, and giv ing as little trouble as psible. It may learn in babyhood to amuse itself with toys, or by watching movements goingoii around it. l-'a-hioii, ns well as g.od sense, requires infants' dresses to be made with long sleeves and high in the? neck. Fashion requires children of all ages to Im; warmly clad. Soft ll mnel should en case the whole Ixsly, except the face and hands. The frequent cause of colic in infants Is the nakedness of their neck and amis. Regularity in feeding is as i in mu tant as either of the other requisites. l ibics cry as often from being overfed, r fed too frequently, as from hunger. L 't the mother olr.-y the dictates of com mon sense in this niatt'-r, and not force food info a babyV stomach for every little plaint it makes. Children tf three or four years need much more sleep than they Usually have. For irritable aud nervous children slep is a seciti, aud it can m secured to them only by force of habit. M my light forms of disease may be cured by keeping a child in a uniform temperature and in quiet. Let young mothers experiin ;nt on these sug gestions, and we are sure they will have miny an hour in the nursery for reading and thought. Deliciicie for the Sick. The beautiful and poetical idea which cannot fail to be ad at i red ami approved of by all liberal pels ms of atll.ieuce and sentiment, of giving flowers f r the pur ose of ornamenting the chambers of the sick, is meeting, we are happy to say, with general c -m n 'ill it ion and encour agement; and the hospitals and private hou-es, where invalids have hitherto been confined with nothing to gaze upon but blank walls and uninviting and unin spiring objects, and those dull and ac customed household articles with which daily familiarity has wearie 1 the sight in health, and much more so in sickness, are beginning to exhibit the cheerful colors ami the fragrant odor of the gifts so poetic ally conceived for the physical and mental gratification of the sick. There are many other delicacies w hich might sh ire iu imparting pleasure to the sick besides boquets. Toere are j;llies ami fruit-, which in nearly all c.is.-s of indisposition are welcome to invalids, and to mmi even in re tha i weh:.iin ;. Tluse are not generally included in the bill of fare of even the most liberally-endowed public hospitals, anil a fund raised to supply such grateful and ch.vring tLdicicie might le expended iu comp inioiishi p with the disbursements th it are in idj iu proem ing fragrant and be mtifal n se gays for the p r in 1 r invalids. Xeie. To Ci.kvn Paint. Tuts is a very simple method to clem punt that has oecoine very duty, aad every woman hould ad qt it, lor it saves much strength ami time. Procure a plate with the best whiiing; have ready some warm soap water and a piece of fl mnel, which dip into the water and so leez; aim st dry. Now take as inn :h wiiiti.ig as will ad here to it. Apply it to the tainted sur face, when a little rubbing will instantly remove dirt or grease. Then wash with clean warm water, and dry with a soft chamois. If you clean paint iu this wav. it w ill look as well as w hen fresh painted. ind will not inj ire the most deneite colors. it is a inucli oeller way il ia using soap ami will not req lire more than halt the time and labor. Ki itiiKN Etiquette. Humanity, says Hacon, is sooner won by courtesy th in by real benefits. If one would make thor ough and etlioient servuiU out of raw mateii d. it must be done by patience aud long suffering. You say they are pro voking! v stupid; we will suppose thev are; but if we have tode il with stupidity, let us use the in'; ins best adapted t it. Did you ever find that scolding made an oroer more inteuiirioic. or causeu any thing but broken dishes and ill-cooked dinners? Then try gentleness a little while; if that will not accomplish any thing, send away your serva.it and try another. ' Clkanino Sii.ks, Satixs, Colored Woolen Du esses, etc. Four ounces of soft soap, four ounces of honey, the white of an egg. and a wineglassful of gin; mix well together, the article is to lte scoured with a rather hard brush thoroughly, afterwards rinse it in cold water, leave to drain,and iron while quite damp. A friend informs us that she finds it a i excellent pla r, having used it for a length of time, and recommended it to friends with per fect success. Raw Potato Yevst. Take four good sized potatoes, piro and grate them as quickly as pos-ibIe. As soon as we have finished grating, pour two quarts of boil ing water oil them; when cool, add one half cup salt, one-half cup sugar, and one cup of fresh yea.t. Let stand until light, then put iu a cool place. This is a splen did summer yeast.. Reminiscences of Audubon. UV A GUANODAUOHTEIt. Many a happy hour h ive I pased, list ening to incidents of his daring, his pa tience aud endurance, his quick, nervous nature causing strange contra dictions in his character. One can hardly believe that the man who for three weeks Scnt every day, ami all day long, lying on his back under a tree watching two little birds build their nest, could lte the same who would sometimes Itecouic so dis couraged, and so impatient, when the If -ct he desired could not lte produced that he would throw canvas, easel, paints ami brushes from him, and rush from the house, to fi id consolation in his beloved w.tods. On his return he would find his implements collected together and ar ranged und would resume work as if no outburst of temper had interrupted liim. At no time did he lose sight of his work, and he carried it with him w herever he went ; if not in the tangible form of taints aud brushes, it appeared iu his earnest questions addressed to those he might be with, or in the quick glances of those eagle eyes which were such a noticeab'e feature of his handsome face. Animals of various kinds, many of them far from attractive, were at one time or another inin ites of his house. I remem ber my mother telling me that one of his first experiences with my grandfather, was being called up one night in common w ith the ret of the ho iscli old to c itch a number of white mice, which had es caped from their cage; and very amus ing was her account of the pursuit and final capture of the runaways, the excited owner leading the chase, under the tables aud chairs, into corners and behind cur tains, eventually securing them all, though not w ithout a brave resistance on the part of the mice, wh t-e sharp teeth left painful records on the lingers of the captors. Scribner. The Discovery of Iceland. Warned by the trials which other voy agers had had when trying to find ner lands, Fiokko carried in his ship three ravens which had previously been con secrated by the tag an priests of Norway. Two ravens were siipjNtsed to bring to Odin, or Woden, the chief deity of the Northmen, news of all that happens iu the woild. And Fiokko relied on the ravens to tell hiiu when laud was in siglit. The first raven, w hen set free, returned to the laud whence the ship had sailed; therefore, this was yet the nearest shore. The second w as let htose some days after ward, and after wandering in the air. came back to the ship, showing thereby that there was no laud in sight. Rat this and the third, when set at Utterly after t wo davs, mounted tqt into the sky, circled about us if to take a view of the lioriz n, and then took a straight flight into the West. Fiokko followed in that direction, and so reached the island for which he searched. The colony did not thrive. It was broken up, and the colonists returned to Norway, bringing an eil report of the land, which they called Iceland. Hat in 87o, ten years after Flokko's failure, one Eirl Ingolf, who had q I irreled with one of his neighbors and hid killed some of his thralls, or b tndmen, found it neces sary for him to fl -e from the wrath of the king, Harold II i n fager (II irold the fair haired), and he accordingly t.tok his ships and went to Iceland. Hure he founded a colony which has lasted through all the centuries a remarkable community. St. Nic oli. Pvkallf.l opt 113 Skx '.s. There is an admirable partition of the qmlities be tween the sexes, which the a ith r of our being has distributed to each with a wis dom which challenges our unbounded ad mir tti oi . M in is strong worn in is b uitifnl. Minis diring and co.itiient .vom iu ditli lent and unassuming. M in is great iu aciiou woma i in suf fering. Man shines abroad woman at bonis. Man talks to convince woman to per suade and please. Man h is a rugged heart woman a soft and tender one. M in prevents misery-woman relieves it. M in h is science .voni in h is taste. Mm has ja Ig neat worn m has sensi bility. Man is a being of j istice woman is :i angel of mere v. New YttiiK piys to its G tveruor an annual salary of $10,0):). which is the highest paid in the Union. L tiiisiana pa's ifS.Ot) ), C ilif i ni l, $r,0;)D, Nevada, ?;i,);iO. Eight States K mtacky, M is s tch'isetts, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wis consin pay $,0J); Maryland, $1,.)0. Three States Alabama, Georgia and (:,i,i $1.00.). Arkansas, South Cirolina and Florida pay each $J, t0 ). K itisiis, Indiana, Minnesiti, Mississippi, Ne.v Jersey and Tennessee pay each $1,000. Illinois, Iowa and M tine pay each IJ.oOO. West Virginia pays $ J.T00. Connecticut, $2,0 JO, Oregon, $l.3 M, Delaware, $1,J'J0, ami Michigan, N'eitr.isk t, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont pay their Governors respectively a salary of j 1st $l,0J0. His Dionitt.A ragged and uncouth abns-asker was begging of pedestrians, yesterday, when a toliceuian asked him w hy he didu't go to the p tor-house. 'I go to the poor-house 1" exclamed the old man. "Why, ye. It would be much Let ter than begging." "You keep away from me, sir !" growled the vagrant. "A man who will deliber ately advise me to degrade my character, and stain my honor, is an unsafe officer, and I will have you broken, sir!" WnEX we wait for one particular hope, and u. ;n not bp satisfied with anv other. f v the whole force of ourselves bends to ward it; we dictate to life and wrest its tendencies at every turn. Rut wheu the thing comes, when we haye it, it may n..r ia urlixt wc thought it would be. "Whoever will save his life shall lose it." A. D. T. Whitney. Incident in a Singer's Life. Miss Emma Abbott, whose splendid singing is now charming the public of London, was a poor girl of Peoria, III. Her brave struggles for herself, until her Iteautiful voice was appreciated iu Jsew York, and finally the church in whose choir she sung sent her to Lnropo with money to perfect her musical education, make a most interesting story. I he fo lowing is one specimen incident of her early days of effort. She found herelf at one time in Rock Island, a victim of dis appointment, and with only twenty cents in money. "What shall I do!" she said to herself. almost disheartened. Then a new thought seizetl her. Slio remembered her father had once taught miuic in a family of the name of Deer, w ho had lived over the Mis sissippi liver in Molinc. "Mr. Deer will surely help me," she said, "and I will get up a concert tliere." Ten cents took E nin t to Moline, but Mr. Deer was absent. Mr. Deer, a crotchety-faced old woman, was very cross. She looked insinuatingly ut Em ma, and s aid, "I don't know whit a prett7 young woman like you wants of my husband. I guess he ha'iit got no time to fool away getting up concerts. Just then Miss Abbot spied the piano, and asked if she might pi ty something. In a moment she was warbling a sweet song. Tim old woman listened, then dropped her dishes, wiped her hands on her apron, and came and looked over her t-'1 asses iu astonishment. Just then Mr. Deer entered. "Ry Jove, Matilda, that's nice singiu'!" he exclaimed. "Who's doiu' it?" "Mr name is E urn i Eai n i Abbott, sir. Father used to teach" "Thunder, ves! I remember Mr. Ab bott; but what are you doiu' here? What" "Well, pa and mi are verv poor now, and I've come here to sec it' you'd help me get up a concert." "Helpyou? Why, of course I will. You shall have our church. You're it brave girl, and we'll get you up a big house." And she did have it. She got her bills printed, went around personally and tin nouueed the concert iu the schools, and the house was crowded. The next night Miss Abbott sang again, and, at the cud of a week, she returned to Peoria with sixty dollars iu cash. When she showed her money, her astonished mother held up her hands, and, with j ty and sadness in strange combination, ex claimed, "O, E.uin i, I hope you haven't been robbing somebody!" Popularity. We seem to lte m ire or less insane on the silj;et of popularity. Front the smart, bright girl iu the grain n ir school, who would rule and lead "the girls" of her class, to the men who look with stead fist gaze at the picsidential chair, calcu lating with well hidden diploniicy their chances of obtaining its doubtful honors, we are all seemingly gone mad on this all-important subject. Tliere is no set ting attout a tak for the pleasure of do ing our duty, for the 8 itisfaclioii of ac complishing something sweet, serviceable, or beautiful. There is no separating our actions fimii the oneall-pervading ques tion of "What will psople say ?" We set our table f tr "looks," we spend our money for "opinion," wo druss for "fash ion," we read nothing but what is "latest," we condemn with the general verdict, we admire if the critic tells us to, we dare not differ from the boot-black in the street if he has made a song "popular" by whistling it while ho "shines" our boot.. Whatever we do, gay, nay, think, is in fluenced by the fact that we are utterly dependent uptn others. When shall we acknowledge the possi bility of enj yni"iit without the applause of the crowd? When shall we begin to see the wisdom of a life spent unosten tatiously? When shall we tie content to refine our whole mmuers up to the level of simplicity? When shall we, with steady persistence, spu I our incomes upon moderate and rational enj tyment-, uninfluenced by a love of display mid howl Indeed, when shall we return to tin blessed "old fogyism" which will not allow anything to trouble in; but leads us to forego "style in expenditure, "cus tom" in conventional usages, "fashion" in music, "the rage" iu art, the "sensation- il" in the drain i, "place" in politics, and 'theory" in religion ? When shall our use of langing, which more th in anything indicates the tenden cies of any age, drop the superlatives and become once again plain "yea and nay? hen this movement is once started, then indeed in ly we all hope to win approba tion; when we have abandoned our am bitions uiid strifes for worldly honors, we in ay all hp! to win the best und most perfect success p tssible eVeu popularity with O Hl.fMdf line. "TiieTapo mv Heid." A g-mtlemin, while ttut taking a drive, had the misfor tune to have his carriage upset, whereby he and a newly-eng iged young Scottish coachman were thrown into the road. The gentleman was not seriously hurt, but lost wig. He found his servant standing in the middle of the road hold ing his head with one hand, through the lingers of which the blood was trickling, while lie gazed with a stupefied sense of horror upon his mister's wig, which at arm's length he held in his other hand. "Wee!, Sandy, are you much hurt?" in quired the master, compassionately. "Hurt !' exclaimed Sandy, in a tone that betrayed an injury to his feelings by the bare inquiry. "Ay, I'm dootiu' I'll no leeve tae see the morn after this. Div ye no sec I hae lost the tap o my heid?" Centennial, Stamped Envelopes. The Postmaster-General has decided to issue the new centennial stamped envel opes to all post-otfice ordering them, and to print sjiccial requests on them, the same as on ordinary envelopes. They will be sold at the same prices as ordinsry envelopes of corresponding sizes and tie nomination, namely, $32.80 per thousand for full letter and $33 for the commercial size. These are the only size issued Centennial Matters. Isaac Newton and Isaac Watts are two Centennial Judges. Sin Ciiahles Reed pronounces the Centennial unimmllclled In tho history of International displays. The Ilumboblt statue was unveiled on the 5th in Fait mount Pei k by thcGeriiifin pocictic with appropriate ceremonies. Thehe's nn amber candelabrum for sale in the German Department at the Centennial, for a mere song only $3,000. The fountain erected in the Centennial grounds by the Catholic Total AbUincnco Society, iu Philadelphia, has becu dedi cated. The Emperor of Austria h ivlng signi fied a w i.li to make a purchase at the Ex hibition, his Commissioner have selected a mantelpiece of Mexican marble valued at $J,000. The original coat of-aims which hung in tho Connecticut Assembly over the Speaker's desk at tho time of the Decla ration of Independence has been placed iu the Connecticut building. Tub principal feature of the Spanish exhibition is gold, silver and bronze arti cles, s icred paintings, pontificals in silk, linen and wool, and other articles for tine iu the Roman Catholic Church. The printing-press upon which Benja. miu Franklin worked when a boy is ex hihitcd by John IJ. Murray of New York, to whom it was presented in 1811 by Messrs. Harold & Sous, London. IT i calculated that there w ill lie 80, 003 articles on exhibition at the Centen nial. Wherefore, if a person who visits the Centennial wishes to sen every article, lie must devote five hours a day for five months to the j ib, giving one-half min ute to the examination of each object, The corre-p tndent of the United Vret byUr'.'iii write: "The Turkish cafe was opened last week, and having read, when a boy, about the excellence of the coflee, I ordered a ci: p. It was brought, with out sugar or cream, in a tiny vessel that did not hold more th in three tablespoon, fills, but it contained more of the exhil arating essence than is found in a quart of the chickory and bean concoction that they serve at hotels. I called for a nnr gile, innl smoked under great difficulties. It was very hard to diaw tho siuoko through the vase containing water, And afterwards through the long hose; but I enjoyed temporary distinction. Those wh t came to see tho cafe e Idently con sidered my attempt to s u ike with that strange apparatus iiue of the sights, and between my tlf tits to appear perfectly accustomed to the exercise und restrain laughter 1 had pretty hard work. The charge for the coll'eu and the smoke was fifteen cents each. A TurkUh girl, gor geously arrayed, stands behind the coun ter, and waiters in Turkish costume bring you t tic pipes and Coffee. Dow n in a little valley, only a few rods from M icliiuery II ill and tho Al t 0 illery, iu a secluded p!a :c, there is a rude camp, such as a hunter or miner would build of logs and thatch with brush in two hours. It is hung with trophies of tho ch iso and trap. A restless, unhappy little boar is chained to a tree in front of it, and a brook near by has been dammed to repre sent a lake, on which ride two Iudiau canoes. This exhibit i not much in it self, but when taken in contrast with the display of high civilizttion all urouu 1, the effect Is grcally enhanced. II.VUH-WiMKI.Vr A MIC UC VN PdETS. Tho Nevv York 1 'nd'p indent say: Our poets hive been c intent t exercise their talents like other men, and to earn their living as best they could, without iu iking appeals to public sympithy. Mr. Stod m in himself is a striking example of a p tet who has been able to see are a suf ficient income by tho sale of his verse, and, instead of whining about neglected genius or stigm itiziug publisher as "mostly shirks," has industriously gone to work at another vocation and miiu taiucd his independence. .Mr. Bryant has been a h ml-woi king editorial writer all his life; L tngfellow and Lowell have been patient teac iers in Harvard; Whittier has supported himself with quiet dignity by his pen, keeping his expenses within tho limits of hi income; and s t have all our literary men who aru ku iAii to the pub lic by their prod actions. There is ho rea son why Walt Wuitni in should be exempt from tho responsibility which attaches to all other Americans, of taking care of himself; and, if ho fails to giin the im mediate attention w hich ho find his friends think ids works entitlehim to.lethiin bide his time and manfully "stand and wait." It is no co.noliuieut to him, and wld d him no good, to hold him up, as Mr, Bu chanan has done, in tiio character ot a ptupcr poet, to secure tho sympathies of the E igii.h public. CiiAUAi:riii Guow. From tha miuiito a babe begin to noiicj surrounding ob ject, tii character is in process ot forma tion. )iy by day, through infancy innl childhood, here a little an J there a little, character grows and strengthens, until, good or bad, it becomes inmost a coat of in ii I. L tok at a in t del man of business prompt, reliable, cool and cautious, yet clear-healed mid energetic. Whan do you suppose he developed ul I tho admi rable qualities When he was a boy. Let us eo the way in w liich a boy of tea gets up in the morning, works, plays, studies, Hiid we will tell you just what kind of a man he will make. The boy who is late at the breakfast table, late at school, and never does anything at the light time, stand a poor chance to bo a prompt man. Tho boy who neglects his duties, bo they ever so small, and then ex cuses himself by saying, "Oh, I forgot I I ditlu't think I" will uevcr be a reliable man. A Financial Buick. Tho bank of France owns a brick for which 1,000 francs in specie were paid. It wa takeu from the ruiu of a burnt house, and the Image and figure of a note for 1,000 francs are burnt on the surface, transferred by thu heat from a real note. This brick tho bank redeemed on presentation, as if it were the note itself.