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HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1876.
VOL. 4.
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The Fair Tambourinist.
With feet half naked and bare
And dress all tattered and torn;
With a penny here and a mockery there.
And floods of derision and scorn.
She wanders thw street wherever her feet,
Weary or willing, are borne,
With an eye as bright and cheek as fair
As the earliest blush of the morn.
Wandering up and down,
And driven from door to door,
A jest for every idle clown
And a butt for every boor.
While the velvet-slippered, in satin and lace,
(Jo rustling by her side,
With a chilling look and averted face,
And a lip all curled with pride.
So beautiful yet so frail;
So willing, and yet so weak ;
O, what if the heart should fail
And a heavenly purpose break.
And the dens and kennels of vice
Another poor victim should hold?
A celestial spark be quenched in the dark
And an angel be bartered for gold?
No wonder the heart should fail.
And a heavenly purpose fade;
The eye grow dim, and the cheek grow pale,
When none stand ready to aid!
No wonder the lairs and cradles of sin
So many poor victims should hold,
While the good are content to worship their
God,
And the rich to worship their gold.
Move patiently, f earth t
'Till mercy's wandering dove
Shall fly to the rosy realm of its birth,
And rest in the bosom of love.
Move patiently on 'till the Crucified
Shall gather His radiant crown
From the lowly llowers and bleeding hearts
That the world has trampled down!
A Volcanic Eldorado.
Your correspondent, after almost in
credible hardships and astounding ad
ventures, which, it is safe to say, are
unparalled in the history of the Western
Continent, has returned from the mission
assigned him ly your journal, and can
now lay before the public the rich re
sults of a research which is only second
to the success of the New York Herald
expedition to Africa, under command of
the intrepid Stanley.
A few word to the readers of the
Floridian by way of explanation. Home
weeks ago the Floridian, with a laudable
desire to emulate the example of its
metropolitan contemporaries, concluded
to fiud, if possible, by a judicious and
generous expenditure of means, the true
facts relative to the mysterious smoke
arising near the Wakulla coast, denom
inated vaguely the "volcano." After
due deliberation, the able editor of this
enterprising journal selected the writer
as a proper person to assume charge of
this exploration, and gave him carte
blanche to choose his associates and plan
a programme most likely to lead to the
desired consummation.
Several days were spent in organizing
the expedition, and preparations went on
with the utmost secresy, until finally a
party of six gentlemen, all well known
in Tallahassee, were pledged to devote
themselves to the success of the enter
prise, and to follow implicitly the direc
tions of their temporary leader. As,
however, so many futile attempts had
previously been made to solve this diffi
cult mystery, it was no part of the pro
gramme to give any premature publicity
to the affair. Secresy, absolute and en
tire, was the first desideratum, and this,
after much discussion, was finally at
tained by transferring the party, one by
one, to St. Marks, until, in one week
from the perfection of the plans, all were
rendezvoused at miduight at the old Gov
ernment Hospital, with baggage, instru
ments and provisions, ready, with brave
hearts and strong hands, to make one
great struggle to wrest the secret of this
mysterious phenomenon from unwilling
nature. The arrangements were simple,
but careful. Baggage was at a discount,
us oue change of clothing was considered
sufficient, but a careful list of necessary
instruments had been selected, and the
party stood equipped, with sextants,
chronometers, compasses, artificial hori
zons, and all other appliances necessary
to obtain the exact position. Two boats
were in waiting, and when everything
was ready the little band of explorers
launched out in the unknown, and were
Boon landed on the dense and inhospita
ble shores that separated them from the
object of their search.
It is not proposed to go into unneces
eary details, and it will suffice to say
that more than three weeks were spent
in the swamps without any useful end
being attained, until accident enabled
O ....
the writer to solve this famous mystery,
in a manner, too, that can never be tor
gotten.
For several days the party had sub
sisted entirely on game, and late in the
afternoon,while in the chase of awounded
deer, after a protracted pursuit, I found
myself separated from my companions,
and in a part of the swamp that I had
never seen before. At once endeavoring
to retrace my steps, I soon discovered
that I had encountered that most terrible
of misfortunes being lost in an almost
impenetrable jungle.
After wandering aimlessly for some
time and trying to find some way out of
the dilemma, 1 perceived an open space
a short distance ahead, which promised
to lead to a more satisfactory locality.
Threading my way through the brake,
and avoiding the more dangerous spots
of . this uninviting region, I finally
emerged from the more dense growth
, and stood on comparatively high grouud,
from which I beheld a scene that filled
me with astonishment and rendered me
at first almost incapable of thought. For
two hundred yards stretched a broad
savanna of flowers, contrasting wonder-
fully with the swamps around. In the
center of this beautiiul spot stood a
with neat houses built of
pine logs. Little children were playing
and their gleeful laughter seemed strange
and uncanny in the midst of the waste of
desolation around them. No men were
visible, but a few women, some young
and pretty, were plying their accustomed
avocations. A dozen large blood hounds
lay idly bv, and seemed amply able to
protect the little settlement in case of
need, r or a moment I was undecided,
but finally concluded to approach and
demand at least rest and refreshment,
and possibly a guide.
My entrance into the savanna caused a
scene of the greatest excitement. The
children ran shrieking into the houses,
and the fierce dogs bounded forward, as
though to tear in pieces the bold intruder
upon their domain. The women stood
spell-bound for the moment, until one,
more self-posesssed than the rest, hur
riedly advanced, called otF the hounds,
and demanded in a soft and liquid
dialect, compounded of Spanish and
Seminole, the reasons of this intrusion.
Without waiting for an answer she con
tinued hurriedly and excitedly: "For
the love of God, Seuor, you must leave
this place at once, or your life is not
wortli an hour's purchase. But two men
have ever entered here from the outside
world before, and see! there they are,"
pointing to two suggestive looking
mounds, with rude crosses at the heads,
under the shadow of a large palm. The
girl was very beautiful, with the pecu
liar Spanish eyes and complexion and,
w ithal, an expression about her that re
minded one of the old romantic accounts
of Indian princesses in the palmy days
of their race. Gold ornaments weie
hung about her in profusion; solid
bracelets three inches wide, thick and
massive, encircled her slender wrists ; her
hair was banded with golden spangles
stitched upon chamois leather, and
wherever the precious metal could serve
the purpose of ornament, there was it
displayed most lavishly.
I was so wrapped in the contemplation
of this fair creature, whose natural
charms far excelled anything I hail ever
seen lie fore, that I forgot for the moment
her ominous words and gesture, until I
was riufely recalled to myself by the
young woman rushing into the nearest
house, crying, "iou are lost; it is too
latel"
The sound of voices attracted my at
tention, and before I could turn to lly
or conceal myself, a number of men en
tered the savanna, and in a moment I
was seized and rudely bound to a tree.
For a time no further notice was taken of
me and I had leisure to remark my sur
roundings and listen to. what was said.
The men numbered about twenty-five,
tall, swarthy fellows, armed to the teeth,
and conversed with each other in that
peculiar mixed language noticeable in
the beautiful damsels who gave me such
a dubious welcome. .A tolerable knowl
edge of Spanish, together with the few-
Indian words I knew, enabled ma to un
derstand the purport of their discourse,
which I soon found concerned me and
the proper disjtosition to make of their
unwelcome visitor. Here was a mystery
far surpassing the volcano.
I had never heard that in the recesses
of the swamp there was such a people,
and wondered whether I was not the
victim of some grotesque dream, but the
first few words spoken to me by the ap
parent leader of the band at once dis
pelled any such illusion. "You make
the third, sir, that has discovered our
secret. Two will never speak of it again,
and what reason have we to know that it
is safe with you?" At this moment my
lovely acquaintance hurried towards us,
and taking my interrogator aside, spoke
a few words that I did not hear. They
seemed, however, to have a marvelous
effect, for, with a quick step, the chief
turned to me and cut the thongs of deer
hide that bound me to the tree, and then
with an impatient gesture commanded
me to follow him. I did so, wondering
what new developments were to ensue in
this most strange place. Entering one of
the farthest cabins near the entrance to
the glade, I found myself by the bedside
of a young girl, of not more than ten or
twelve years of age, tossing and moaning
with fever, and crying wildly in a fierce
delirium. "You see, Senor, my daugh
ter," said my guide. "For two weeks
she has been in this state, and for her
sake I have spared you the fate that your
fool-hardy predecessors met. Our sim
ple remedies and scant knowledge have
been of no avail; if you can cure her,
life ami wealth will be yours; if you de
rline or plead inability, vor Ir tnkdre de
Dio, you will not see another sunrise
It will readily be believed that 1 was
not slow to avail myself of this one
chance of escape. Besides, the scene
had taken a stronir hold upon my imag
ination, and the mystery of the presence
and being of this little colony, together
with the lavish display of gold, in all
conceivable forms, had aroused my curi
osity so strongly that I only speak truth
u licn I assert that the tear of death was
secondary to my desire to solve, if possi
ble this stramre problem that I had so
wonderfully been brought to face.
Mv resolution was made in an instant.
I saw that my little patient was suffer
;nrfr,im malarial fever, fast verging to
the dreaded typhus, and as I luck
ily had with me a supply of that invalua
ble mixture of quinine and whisky, I
concluded to risk my life in an attempt
to s.ivp tor's, and ' at the same time
to satisfy myself regarding my strange
surroundings. I accepted the alterna
tive, and it is enough to say that for sev
eral da'9 I worked zealously over the
bed of the fever-stricken girl, and finally
restored her safe and out of danger to her
father's arms. His gratitude knew no
bounds, undone evening he came to me
and hesitatingly said: "Listen, Senor. to
the story of our race. You are the first
that has ever known it outside of our
own bands, but with advancing civiliza
lion we must Oe discovered sooner or
later, and to you I would confide our
true history to prevent future misunder
stanuings ana misrepresentations. 1 am
a descendant of the noble Osceola, Chief
ot the stemiuoles, in years gone by. The
men ami women you nave seen here are
remnants of that once famed race, and
we can also boast of blood from the
proudest hidalgoes that ever left old
Spain to reach the shores of St. Atrgus
tiue. ny we are nere now is ot no
consequence to you or to the world. It
is enough that wc, for years, have been
domiciled in this wondrous spot of
beauty, shut in on all sides by almost
impenetrable morasses, and had it not
been for the fatal thirst of gold, we might
for years to come have lived here alone
and unsuspected, happy in our traditions
and mystic religion. I know well the
object of your search here. You wish to
find what men call the 'volcano. Come,
I will show you all." And taking me by
the arm, the chief led me into an adjoin
ing hut, and with deep emotion said:
"Gratitude to the savior of my child im
pels me to this, and it is, perhaps, well
that the inevitable disclosure should
come now. I must blindfold
you.
sir.
and then you will see the
goal of
your
explorations.
Thus speaking, a handkerchief was
tightly tied over my eyes, and a heavy
woolen sack thrown over my head. Com
pletely deprived of sight I blindly fol
lowed my guide through a devious wind
ing p ith, stumbling over rots and other
obstacles, and wading shallow lagoons
where I could hear the hiss of serjents
and scent the noisome odor of the great
saurian. After an hour or more con
sumed in this toilsome march, the road
became easier, until suddenly my guide,
with a quick motion, threw the cover
ing form off my head, and tearing the
handkerchief from my eyes, exclaimed :
"There, my friend, is what you have
toiled to find. Behold the work of the
children of Osceola!" I was struck dumb.
Before me stretched a broad, shal low
lagoon, of clear and limpid waters, the
banks formed of solid masses of coral
that gleamed and glittered like diamonds
in the waning sunlight. The bottom of
the lagoon was covered with huge bould
ers of coral, with the exception of one
central spot, whose depth seemed un
fathomable. "Examine the coral," said
my couducter. I stepped forward, and
taking a piece in my hand, discovered
that fully one half was composed of
gold flakes, making a conglomerate mass,
richer by far than the most productive
quartz of Australia or California. For
the moment my heart ceased beating.
No man could look unmoved upon such
boundless wealth, and it was some mo
ments before I could become sufficiently
composed to notice the other surround
ings of this wonderful place. I observed,
however, men hurrying to and fro, laden
with the precious lumps of coral, and in
a short time solved the entire mystery of
the so-called volcano. An immense fur
nace, built of earth and stone, was pour
ing forth volumes of smoke, and iu it
fiery mouth huge masses of coral were
being constantly deposited. The tire
consumed to impalpable ashes the shelly
texture, and the molten gold, by au in
genious device, was run into moulds, ami
theace forged into any shapes the fancy
of this half-barbaric people might dic
tate. What I saw subsequently I am not
permitted to reveal. I was guided back
to my party, who had given ine up as
lost, and now, without breaking faith
with my strange entertainers, can place
liefore the public the true explanation of
the Wakulla volcano.
Should any one desire to test the truth
of my statements, he is welcome to do
so, but I shall not attempt another ex
ploration. If any person, however,
wishes lurther information, 1 win ic
happy to see him at the City hotel, lal-
ihassee. until the last ot July, at wincn
time I start for the North. Jkkky Jl'M-
ek, in the Tallahaee Fioridian.
What You Read.
I wisli to urge upon you the impor
tance of being careful iu the selection of
your books. Do not be simply self
indulgent. At this day, when some of
the best thoughts of the best writers are
giveu to the world in the dress of the
fictitious narrative, it is Mie to declaim
against novels in a wholesale way. The
liking for stories comes to us by lnher-
itauce. Uur latners anu moiners, anu
their's before them, and soon all the
way back to remote ages, were fond of
the legeud, the rhyme, and the fairy-tale.
There is nothing particularly new in the
fanciful writing, tor though the literary
form may be slightly altered to suit dif
ferent climates ami eras, yet toe same
stories have lieeu recited, with variations.
ever since Adam and Eve left Paradise.
Mother Goose is venerable, ami our favor
ite fairy-tales were told in tapestried
tents aud ancient palaces centuries ago.
There are no pictures of current manners
and customs so pertcct as those which
may be found in the current novels, let
if you confine yourselves to the reading
of even the most nearly perfect among
thum, those which are the vehicles ot
truth and good morals, and which are
analytical, logical, picturesque, and elo
quent by turns, you will certainly fail to
thrive mentally. I he mind requires a
change of diet as well as the body. The
constant reading of those lnoks which
put in motion oue set of faculties only.
results in mental uissip ttioti, almost in
mental dyspepsia. If you w ish to gro,
to enlarge your horizon of thoiiglit, to
attain not merely to a glib and fluent
way of expressing yourselves, but to the
comprehension ot great subjects, you
must commune with the masters of
thought aud speech in many departments
of literature.
In order to get good from
reading,
you must drink deep; not content with
flying like humming-birds or butterflies
from flower to flower, you must be w ill
ing to study and reflect. A week now
and then, or a month, with one author,
will, if the author be one of the really
great, give you more solid profit than a
year's dipping aud tasting without mo
tive and without effort. There are few
who remember how iusensibly, yet bow
steadily, we are molded by our associa
tions. Margaret Sangtter.
Glasses axd Glasses. "Why," said
a husband to his wife, "are you always
looking in the glass; "because, my
dear." was the answer, "the glass I look
into enables me to improve my personal
appearance: the one you look into only
degrades you."
A nrxT is as good as a kick, but there
are men who will never take one till they
get the other. N. O. liepubltcan.
How to Breathe Properly.
Most people breathe properly, often
more by accident or instinct than by de
sign; but on the other hand hundreds of
tliousands do not breathe properly, while
many thousands at this present moment are
suffering more or less severe affections of
the lungs or throat, owing to a family
mode of respiration in other words, be
cause they breathe through the mouth in
stead of through the nostrils, i ne raoutn
has its own functions to perform in con
nection with eating, drinking and speak
ing; ami the nostrils have theirs, viz:
smelling and breathing. In summer
time the error of respiring through the
mouth is not so evident as at the winter
season, when li is unuouoicoiy uauii
with danger to the person who commits
this mistake. If any one breathes
through the natural channel, the nostrils,
the air passing over the mucous mem
brane lining the various cuumltcrs of the
nose lecoines warmed to the tenierature
of the liody liefore reaching the lungs; but
if he takes in air between the lip and
through the mouth, the cold air comes in
contact with the delicate lining mem
brane of the throat and lungs, and gives
rise to a local chill, frequently euding iu
inflammation. Many jersons, without
knowing the reason why they are bene
fitted, wear respirators over their mouth
iu whiter, if they happen to go out of
doors. By doing this they diminish the
amount of air which enters letween the
lips, ami virtually compel themselves to
breathe through the nostrils. But they
could attain just the same result by keep
ing the lip closed, a habit which is easily
acquire.!, aud conduces to the proper aud
a i .1. :
natural way oi ureamiug.
We lelieve tint if jK'ople would only
adopt this simple habit in other words,
if they would take for their rule in breath
ing, "Shut your mouth!" there would
le"an immense diminution iu the two
classes of affections, viz: those ot tlie
lungs and throat, which count nvany
thousands of victims in this country in
the course of a single year. Man is the
only animal which has acquired the er-
nicious and often fatal habit of breathing
through the mouth. It commences iu
childhood, and becomes confirmed ir.
adult life, often engendering consump
tion, chronic bronchitis, relaxed sore
throat, or some other disease of the lungs
or throat w hich is set down usually to a
different cause altogether. In conclud
ing this short article, we venture to ask
our readers to judge for themselves
When they step out in the morning into
th' fresh, but cold air, let them try the
difference of feeling arising fiom the two
nt Mies of breathing through the nostrils
and between the lips. In the f diner case
they will find that they can breath" easily
and freely, yet with comfort, while the
fresh air. wanned to the temperature of
the body by its contact with the nasal
mucous membrane, is agreeable to the
lungs; in the other case, if they draw in
a few inspirations between the parted
lips, the cold air, rushing indirect to the
lungs, creates a feeling of coldness and
discomfort, ami an attack of coughing
often comes on. Chrixt ian Weekly.
Effect of Light.
Dr. Moor, the metaphysician, thus
speaks of the effect of the light on the
Ixnly and mind : A tadpole confined in
darkness would never become a frog; and
an infant deprived of heaven's free light
will only grow into a shajeless idiot, in
stead of a beautiful and reasonable being.
Hence, in the deep, dark gorges and
ravines of the Swiss Valais, where the
direct sunshine never reaches, the hideous
prevalence of idiocy startles the traveller.
It is a strange, melancholy idiocy. Many
ersons are incapable of articulate speech ;
some are deaf, some are blind, some la
lwr under all these privations, and all are
niisshaien in almost every part of the
body.
I lelieve there is in all places a marked
difference in the healthiness of houses ac
cording to their aspect iu regard to the
sun, and those are decidedly the healthi
est, other things leing equal, in which all
the rooms are, during some part of the
day, fully exposed to the direct light.
Epidemic attack inhabitants on the
shady side of the street, and totally ex
empt those on the other side; and even
in epidemics such as ague, the morbid in
fluence is often thus partial in its labors.
Potato Cutlets with Tomatoes. Cut
some small slices of cold mutton; spread
mashed iwtatoes, nicely flavored with
Iepjer and salt, on each side of them,
and fry a nice light-brown. Then take
some ripe tomatoes; remove their skins
by plunging into Ixtiling water, when the
skins will become Inse. and peel off
easily; stew the toni itoes in a small
saucepan, and break into them one or two
eggs one egg to four large tomatoes
stirring the mixture well round, until it
is of the consistency of scrambled eg;
Pile up the tomatoes in the center of
a dish, arranging the potato cutlets round
it. These should le a golden-brown color,
and the tomatoes ot a bright pink.
This mode of cleaning fine glass gives
it great brilliancy: Take finely powdered
. 1 . & liit intk if i mi ttctttiioi 1 I i iimi r r
smear over the glass with it, and then
wipe it off with a iierfectly dry cloth. As
a substitute tor this, fine silted ashes, ap
died by a rag dipped in spirits, will do
as well. Spanish white is apt to make
the glass rough and injure it.
Gkeen Tomato Sot. Two gallons
green tmnatoes sliced, not peeled; twelve
rood -sized onions, sliced ; two quart9of
vinegar, one quart sugar, two taoiespoon-
fuls of salt, two of ground mustard, two
ot black epper, ground, one of allspice.
one ot cloves; mix and stew till tender
stir often to prevent burning; jar for use
Sokkel Salad. One part sorre
leaves, two parts borage leaves, and three
parts lettuce leaves; season with stewed
rhubarb juice sweetened. lAit it stand
ten minutes and serve. Tender wild aor
rel may le used for this salad, but the
cultivated i rench sorrel is preferable.
Case-knives, snuffers, watch-chains
and other small steel articles may be pre
served from rust by being carefully
wiped after use, and then wraped in coarse
t brown paper.
Customs.
A party of German medical men are at
present in Montenegro, in aid of the Her
zcgoviuian wounded. One of them has
addressed to the All g erne ine Zeitung a
series ot letters which are just now ot
hi
h interest, as showing the peculiar
tate of civilization in the Black Mouu-
taiu. The Montenegrin doctor who co-
peratcswith the German medical men is
certain Domo Ilizkowitch, whose tam
y has for several centuries furnished ex-
lusively the local Esculaps. Domo Il
izkowitch, like most of his countrymen,
can neither read nor write! Such "sci
ence" as he tMisscsse has come to him
through oral tradition. When a ttcrsou
lies, the funeral wail or howling is gen
erally continued during several days;
women tearing out their hair in wild
frenzy. Suierstition is universal. Ihuu-
der is believed to arise from the fact of
St. Peter playing at ninepins, w hile light
ning is regarded as the it flex of the sword
with which St. Elias combats the devil.
When there is a fire to be extinguished.
coplecall out: "Wine! wine!" instead
f "Water! believing, as they do, that
y uttering the latter word, the genius of
'ire would feel insulted. Life is insecure.
Men shoot down each other for a mere
trifle; and judicial punishment for such
acts of violence is rare, esecially if the
MTson killed is not ot Montenegrin birth.
Ilerzegoviuian, w ho is the chief official
the district where the party of tier-
man medical men at present are active,
mnot dare to leave his house at nigltt.
from fear of leing murdered simply lo
calise he has attracted hatred ujmiii him
self by being appointed to his oflice in
consequence of his ability, whilst not
eing a Montenegrin by birth. Hie
ower oi tne prince is a tiespoiie oue, in
all intents and purjo8es. Thus only was
le able, hlter having given his assent to
the Geneva Convention, to forbid the cut
ting off of the heads of captive Turks.
This order of his is, however, not relished.
When two Montenegrins meet, the hrt
juestiou always Is: "How many 1 urks
heads hast thou cut otf ' Almost dally,
men are introduced to the German doc
tors, with the remark: "He is a hero;
he has cut off so many Turks' head-.!"
is considered an insult not to ask a
Montenegrin hero as tu his performances
iu that line. Kissing among men is a
general practice, on every occasion even
at table, after a dish ot garlic or onions.
Women, who occupy the most interior
Misition, are never s-luted oy men; Out
they alute men oy kissing their liaml or
the hem of their garments. Special rev-
reuce is shown to a person by a kiss on
the stomach. Such is the report ot a
well-meaning "friend of the plince."
The Philosophy of Boarding.
"What doyou charge for board?" asked
tall, (ireen Mountain boy, as he walked
up4othe bar of a second-rate hotel in
New Voak; "wh it do you ask a wceK lor
board and lodging"
"Five dollars."
"Five dollars! that's too much; but I
'iMse you'll allow for the tunes I am ab
sent from dinner and supper!"
"Certainly, thirty-seven and a-hall cents
ach."
Here the conversation ended, and the
Yankee took up his quarters tor two
weeks. During this time he lodged and
ireakfasted at the hotel, but did not take
ither dinner or upier, saying his busi
ness lelainel iiiui in auouier huu
the town. At the expiration of the two
weeks, he again walked up to tlie bar and
said :
"S'posc we settle that account I m
going in a few minutes."
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The landlord handed nun ms oiu:
"Two weeks' board at five dollars ten
ollars."
"Here, stranger," said the Yankee, "this
, 1 . f . I . !
is wron you ve not ieiueieu me ihhct
"S - .
was absent from dinner una supper i-
lavs, two meals per day; 28 meals, at
37 ccntseach f 10 50 cents. If you've
not got tlie liny cents ui;u i -,
11 take a drink, and the balance in cigar$ ! '
Loud Connaloiit' Pkeuooative.
voiiiif nobleman. Lord Ueorge Allien
4 iiM-.llr-llt wllO VV cut to a reception ol
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Queen Victoria in London, moved with
great self-osscssion through the crowd
of dignitaries with his hat on, until, ar-
rivin" liefore the Queen, ne uoiicu it,
knelt, and kissed her hand. Kising, he
thrust his hat on lus lieai again ami
turned toward the Prince of Wales, when
the latter drew back with flushed face, at
the seeminir insult. Indignant murmurs
ran through the guadily attired crowd,
and they were inst going to remove him
when the Queen interfered and said.
'r,.rl t.'onnfOitrht is right." It seemed
that for siiecial service rendered the King
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by a Lord uoiinaugni iu in icigu ui
Henry VII., ft riglil naa oceti given oy
latent in perjK-tuity to tne neau in me
house in each succeeding generation u
remain with coveted head in the presence
of the ruling sovereign. This right had
lieen iu abeyance during the minority ol
the present Lml conuatigut ana naa
been forgotten by all but the Queen, lie
had uncovered his head to her as a wom
an, but jealous of the inherited privilege
had resumed hischajwau ujmmi rising, ami
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COIItinUCU lO liain-maiu.
paper.
The Bston J'ont remarks: If the
Centennial authorities should see ut to
rtVr a prize tor the pink ot politeness it
i questionable whether American exhib
itors at Philadelphia would stand any
chance by the side of their foreign broth
ers. Take for instance, the m inner adopt
ed by the different exhibitors in giving
. ... 1 . . 1 .... I
notice that tneir goous are uoi iu w Han
dled. The blunt Yankee "hands off,"
.irint! in bold letters, and lastcned in
hlf a dozen places on every case, looks
i.,..o..n. lieside the courteous "please do
n,t handle" of the English exhibitors.
and the still more polite "visitors will
vnfYr a favor." etc., etc., which is the
way the request is worded by the French,
Egyptians and oiners.
A girl, in the presence of her beau,
will leave half her ice cream and after
ward sneak into the cellar and eat seven
pickles.
Herzegovinian
The Surrender at Sedan.
The London Society concludes a short
sketch of the life of the German States
man, containing extracts from private
letters written at different periods of his
career, as lollows:
Ave cannot more, appropriately con
clude these selections from Bimarck
private correspondence than by giving
the translation of a letter, which indeed
has already been published in England
not that we are aware of the fact from
personal experience or hearsay but it
seems to us almost an Impossibility that
it should not have Ihcu published, Miiee
the letter, addressed to the Minister's
wife, but intercepted by the French
Franctireur; appeared in a French news
paper. Its date and contents attest its
historical importance. It runs thus:
"Venduesse, 3 Septr. 1870.
"Dear Heart: The day Itefore yester
day before dawn I left my quarters here,
returned to-day, and have in tne interim
witnessed the great battle of Sedan, in
which we made about thirty thousand
prisoners, and threw the rest of the
French army we had been pursuing
from Bir le Due into the fortress, w here,
with the EiniK-ror, they were obliged to
surrender. At 5 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, after having till 1 o'clock discussed
with Moltkc and the French generals the
terms of the capitulation, I w as aw akened
by Gen. Keille, whom I know, to tell me
that Napoleon wished to see ic. un
washed and without breakfast I rode to
ward Sedan, and found the Emperor in
an open carriage with three aides-de-camp
and three on horse back, on the highway
this side of Sedan. I dismounted, saluted
him an olitely as nt the Tuileries. and
asked w hat were his commands. He de
sired to see the King. I informed him,
in accordance with the truth, that his
Majesty h id his quarters three miles off,
at the place wheie I am now writing.
To Napoleon's quest! n where he was to
go, 1 offered him, as I did not know the
neighhorhiNxl, my quarters at Donchery,
a small place close to Sedan. He accept
ed the offer, and nxle, accompanied by
the six Frenchmen, by me and Charles,
who in the mean time had followed me
through tlie solitary morning hours, to
ward our side. Bd'ore arriving at Dm
chery lie regretted his decision, on ac
count of the crowd that might be expect
ed, ami asked whether he might alight
at a lonely workm in's cottage by the
roadside. I told Charles to inspect it,
tvho repotted that it was poor ami dirty.
A importe, said N.; and we Hsceuded a
narrow rickety staircase. We sit nu
hour in a chamber ten feet mj rue, with
a deal table ami two ruo-bott nii 'd
chairs; the others were below. A oii-lity
contrast to our last interview, in '07, in
the Tuileries. Our conversation wu
dillicult, if I was not to touch on things
which should not painfully affect the
man so terribly rat tlown by G hI's tower
ful hand. I had sent Charles to fetch
oflicers from the town, ami to request
Moltkc to come. We then dispatched
one of the former to reconnoitre, and
discovered at half a mile's distance, nt
Fresnois, a small chateau in a park.
Thither I accompanied the Emperor with
an escort of life cuirassiers, sent for in
the meanwhile; and there we concluded
with Commanding General Wiinptfen
the capitulation, in consequence of which
from forty to sixty thousand Frenchmen,
witli all their baggage, became our
prisoners. Yesterday ami the previous
day have cost France a hundred thousand
men and an Euiteror. Erly this morn
ing, the latter, with all his attenil mts,
horses and carriage s,tarted for Wilheluis
hohe, near Cassel.
"It is an historical event, a victory, for
which wc most humbly thank God, mid
which determines the war, though we
must continue it against the country now
without a ruler.
"I must conclude. With heartfelt j y
I learnt from your and Mary's letters
Herbert's arrival with you. A my tele
gram has told you, I saw Bill yesterday,
and embraced iiiui in his Mnj"Sty's pres
ence, bending dow n from my horse w hile
he stood still' in the ranks. He is well
and full of spirits.
"Farewell, my heart.
"Your, &c."
A Piiactical Tiiino. The Massachu
setts Historical Commission, composed of
fifty persons, and organized expressly to
rescue the Old South from destruction, is
alxnit to decide to incorporate itself reg
ularly, and then offer to rent the prop
ci ty for $$,0K) a year. In order to defray
this charge it is proposed to establish a
Patriotic Historical Museum In the build
ing, the sales of tickets of admission to
IteTrelied on for making up the annual
amount. But in order to provide for any
contingency for the twVjrenrs to come, a
guarantee fund is proposed, with sub
scriptionsof $100 per year for two years.
The Commission of rilty Is already
nearly full, among its nu in tiers some ol
the prominent people of New England
Iteing included. Once the edifice is out
of the bauds of the present Society,
the Historical Commission can manage
it in its own way. The Society makes
the people pay dearly for two centuries
of taxes which have leen remitted to it
by the people themselves.
A Miscntvocs qu ick in Altoona City,
Peun.. advised a young in in with more
hair than brains to use molasses water,
the theory being that alter the water
evaporated the rebellious locks would
coalesce ami keep in place. He made
his toilet of a Sunday morning, and, tak
ing a prominent itew, concentrated the
attention of all the nies In the church.
much to the relief and edification of the
congregation. After striking wildly
about and damaging a palmleat in undue
vehemence, he made a break for the door
with the flies swarming about his well-
seasoned poll.
Tuere is a man in Denver who can'
go nwimining on account of a big New
found land dog which he owns. The dog
keeps close watch on him, and every
time the gentleman takes a plunge iu the
lake the dog plunges in after him and
drags him out, thinking that be Is sating.
his master's ale.
Brazilian Coffee.
Dr. J. Moreira, of the Brazilian Com
mission At the Centennial Exposition, has
published n biiihII pamphlet on the coffee
of Brazil, which truces that branch of
production to a few seeds brought from
French Guiana about the middle of the
last century. Its culture began In tho
Amazon region, and passed thenco to
Maranhao, subsequently to the province
of Uio Janeiro, ami finally to all the other
provinces. Some of these regions are
now covered with immense forests of
coffee trees, where improved processes of
culture and uew machinery have greatly
perfected the growth and preparation of
this berry for market.
The coffee-tree iu other countries is sup
posed to requite an annual temperature
varying between OJdeg. ami CO deg. Fah
renheit; but in Biuzil no such limita
tions arc noticed; it seem to grow al
most equally well in nil latitudes of the
empire. The virgin soil of the cleared
forest is planted with trees without spe
cial regard to its composition, but, in
old lands, soils composed of two-thirds
red clay and one-third of deposit mo
most desirable; redlih yellow nrgilloiia
soils on hillside, at a distance from tho
sea, are preferred. Tho taste and annua
of the coffee grown on bottom is less
agreeable than of tliat on tho uplands.
Trees are now propigated almost exclu
sively from the seed. The seed beds are
prepared in August, September, or Octo
her, and in a year the bushes are set out
iu the orchards, at the rate of over two
thousand trees per acre, the interval of
the trees in the rows being about five feet.
The trees begin to bear at three years,
hut their average productive power is not
realized till after fiveyeatfroin planting.
The average annual yield is about twelve
hundred pounds per acre. Jvieh tree
planted iu ticli land may be reasonably
expected to average twenty pounds of
fruit, but the general average per tree of
coffee ready for market has a w ide l unge,
from one to seven pounds. One laborer
can take care of twelve bundled plants.
On the high lands the gathering of the
crop begin in April or May, ami contin
ues till September. We should remem
ber that the greatest part of the Brazil
ian Empire lies south of the equator, and
the whole of it south of the ' theimal
equator, consequently its seasons are an
tipodal to ours. Tim berries are dried
mostly by exposure to the hot sun, though
some firmer employ furnaces. Terraces
or sheds, with an elevation In the center,
are covered witU tho fuiit and kept vji-
tosed until pel lectiy dry. i ui process
produces the thick-hull, or sun-diicd
otfee. Some fanners take tli bcil'les
iiiiio-.li del v to the press, ami nfier tlmr
uglily pressing and washing them, ex-
tosc tliein oU terraces or sheds tin per
"ectly dry. Others, again, keep them
steeped for several days tn water pi lor to
Irving, iu order tliat the hulls may coma
ft more readily. By the last two ineth-
sis tho washed or pulplcs coffee is pro-
I need. The hulling process is pel formed
y machinery, the cylindrical hullers
eing preferred to the disk hullers, us tho
ol'iuer do not crusli tlie seed.
Coffee is mostly exerted from four
eading ports: uio de Janeiro, Santos,
labia, aud Ceara. Uio do Janeiro cof
fee, either upland or bottom land, )
graded as siqieiior, good firsts, ordinary
firsts, tow firsts; good seconds, and low
seconds. Santos coflce, when well pre
tared, is considered as first class. That
t Ceara is altout equal to Laguayra cot-
lee iu European markets. Buda coffee,
nigh interior, finds access to some mar
kets, and is graded S, SS, in d CiSS.
England mid Italy prefer tlie molilalia
washed coffee of Brazil; Kussia, Den
mark, and part of Germany, I ho bitter
sun-dried article. Brazil furiihhcs moro
than half the coffee consumed by the
world's population, ami much ot It is
... i. i i'mf i i t
so( under oiaii'i i .uocna ami .Java
ci'll'je. The popular prcfeience for theso
Asiatic brands, then, has but a slender
basis of fact upon which to rest, mid is
cry aid to be imposed upon by the Bra
zilian product, the qualities of which, by
their growing excellence, tend to keep
alive this popular prejudice. Jleport
Department of Agriculture,
The Act or' Advice.
John Keuible, a celebrated English
actor, once gave a clergyman a sentence
advice us to the art ot good reading,
which is worth treasuring. Dr. Ander
son, a former pastor of the old Grayliiar's
hurch, L linburg, was a coiuinou-placo
preacher mid a pompous man. Ho
mouthed his words and uttered platitudes,
yet thought himself an orator and elo
cutionist, John Keiuble being In Ldin-
burg. Dr. Anderson thought he would
teriect himself in the ait of lending by
consulting the great tragedian.
One day Mr. kcinhlc was surprised by
the seivaut Ushering into tho room a
grand, reverend looking man, dressed as
a clergyman, with a Bible hi his hand.
W ith great iMiinp, the dignified man In
troduced himself as Hev. Dr. Anderson,
who bad visited Mr. Keuible to heur how
he won hi read such and such a passage of
Scripture.
Keuible, who took, in his visitor at a
glance, expressed himself as pleased to
see Ilev. Dt. Anderson, ami how happy
he would be to advise so distinguished a
clergyman. "At the same, tune
lie
said, "the best way of going to work is
not for me, but lor you, Dr, Audersoii,
to read the passage first."
1 he p tmittus clergyman had too high
an opinion of his elocutiou to bo daunted,
even before John Keuiole. He read tho
passage in most mouthing style. Kim
ble was amused at the inflation of the
man, aud gave him this excellent advice:
"Sir, wheu you read the Sacred Script
ure, or any other book, never think hois
you read, but what you read."
Pkesidrnt Clakk, of the Massachu
setts Agricultural College, who went to
Japan to aid in establishing a similar
institution in that country, has been
heard from. lie was cordially received
by the Japanese authorities, aud he writes
encouragingly of the prospects of tho col
lege, which will be opened in September,
The buildings are ready, aud fifty young
men are prepared to eater.
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