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THE INDEPENDENT Every Thursday Evening, ar il. B. Li 17 C E. Office, - - - Old Court House, HILL8BORO, OREGON. THE INDEPENDENT drertifling Batei. tBOAt AOTKHTISBKJEWTS (.) One sqnar or leae, one Insertion M Jj? Uue eiiiuirf eacn iubequDt Ineertion M ftCSIKF.ftW AnTKRTIHKMKXTi (coin.) acleiDe I q. 1 4 . w coljx ooljl cot. TIMS. 1 Itq. 1 month. ...'I t 00 1 4 001 00$ 001 1 001 J 8030 00 WasMngton J ndent. 71 SO IS 00 SO 00 WO 00 Tn or Subscription (coin ratte.) Single copy per year $3 SO Single copy tlx month 1 50 Mingle number 10 VOL. 4. HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1876. NO. 26. J month.,. 4 00 ISO 7 00 I bfl 10 00 IT H month.. . 00 t 00 00 11 00 IS 00 W 00 month... T KT 10 0U II MJ IS 00 IT 80 M SO If' 10 U0i II 0.1 4) 0U 25 0o' W 00 SO Ou Blackberries and Kisses. We wore up on the green old hill side Where the blackberry bushes ftrow, And we gathered the ripe, sweet berries Till the sun was "retting low, And somehow, where the fruit was ripest I could not account for this! We were sure to eat all the berries, And sweeit n them with a kiss. Oh, I know of nothing better, The whole year round, than this; A handful of ripe blackberries Made sweet with a lover's kiss. "If they saw us eating the berries In this new, but pleasant way, They woiiliLsay we were silly creatures,'' Said she; but I answered, "Nay. They would say we were wise, my darling, To eat our berries so. For kisses are cheaper than sugar In times like these, you know." Oh, I know of nothing better, The whole year round, than this; A handful of ripe blackberries Made sweet with a lover's kiss. As we 6tood in the path together. When our feet were homeward turned, I whispered the sweet old question That each lover's heart has learned. I forgot the words of her answ er, But I remember this, It was all my heart had hoped for, And I took it with a kiss. Ob, I know of nothing better. The whole year round, than this; A handful of ripe blackberries Made sweet by a lover's kiss. Chicago Ledger, One of the Pleas in test About Dresden. Excursions We made this excursion a short time since, iu a great open excursion carriage, fitted especially for the purpose and tilled with a merry party of twenty-three, sev enteen of whom were Americans, the fe male sex being largely in the majority. It was the pleasantest of rides "m the leafy month of June, w hen, if ever, come pleasant days," winding over hills ami under arching branches of great trees, and rattling through quiet little hamlets, turning their gable-ends to the road front like a cold shoulder presented to society, with high, peaked, red, tiled roofs, with funny little eye-shaped win dows (which fu see only in Saxony) winking at you, and industrious women passiug from household labors to peep through vine-embowered trellis at the singing, laughing, rollicking audandera. The castle stands on a lofty, spacious terrace of stone, around three sides of which sweep a little lake, decked with tiny, artificial inlets, some having boat houses for the royal gondolas, others dwellings for the royal swans. On the farther bank sweeps the long, turietted lines of "mews" or stabling, and resi dences for the officers, retainers and ser vants of the court. Long lliglits of atom- steps lead from the lake tothe plateau of the terrace, lined on its outer margin by an elaborately carved stone balustrade, from which rise, at intervals of a few yards, hundreds of statues of huntsmen in costume, w inding horns or wieidiu boar spears, huntresses equipped like Diaua for the chase, gallauts and dftuies iu court costume of bygone days nymphs, fawns and dryads. In the cen ter of the terrace lises the huge, lofty quadrangle of gray stoue, with a great round flanking tower at each angle, their summits relieved by crenellated cornices and projecting, pepper-box looking little turrets. It is in excellent preservation, and shows no siga of its age except iu its ponderous and antiquated architect ure. Within, all is scrupulously, beau tifully clean, like the decks of a man-of-war, tor it is kept iu constant readiness for a royal visit, which may happen at any time. The leisurely freedom with which one may explore the castles aud palaces of Germany and Italy is delight ful when contrasted w ith the jealous sur veillance, the monotonous, perfunctory, drawing descriptions, and the fussy hurry with which one is dragged through those of England. Hero the castellan or cus tode simply conducts you to the several galleries or apartments, anuounces their use or appellation and theu stands quietly by, ready to answer courteously any question you may put. And he is grateful for and thankfully acknowledges a gra tuity of oue quarter the amount of that which is almost demanded of you by his grasping British compeer. So we saun tered leisurely from room to room, ad mired the banqueting chamber of mng niticent proportions, tiuished in whiteaud gold, its walls thickly studded with ant lers, each a monstrosity, some with an unusual number of tines, others mis shapen or deformed in combat, others of gigantic weight and sixe, one where a de llected tine ot the antler had grown down over the nose, shutting up the mouth so that the poor deer died a lingering death by starvation. Each of these trophies is numbered to corresjiond with a record kept of the circumstances under which it was captured. The banqueting table is laid in the center of the hall all ready for the reception of guests, with chairs of state and massive drinking tlagous bear ing bibulous inscriptions, some of glass, bell-shaped, with little crystal clapper inside, which had to be drained dry, in verted and rang, to show that the guest had duly honored the toast, others formed in the shape of grim bears, out of w hose heads flowed the ruby stream, one shaped in the frontal cavity of a great antler, out of which the guest making his first appearance at the castle had to drink, while the wine flowed over face and beard and ruff and doublet. In Europe we ob serve that the post of honor is in the mid dle, instead of at the head of the table. Then to the chapel, with lofty, pointed roof and opposing galleries for choir and band, and royal pew, or rather box, with vaulted private entrance, deeply recessed and high curtained, with comfortable sofas in rear, where the King and Princess might and doubtless did, when fatigued from the chase or when the sermon was ever so long or dogmatical, take decorous and solemn naps. And thence to the throne-room, tapestried and furnished throughout with feather work made by Aztec fingers from the bright plumage of tropical birds, and causing w all and chair and sofa and throne to glow with the strangest of dyes, presented by King Carlos Sercero, of Spain; and to the writing-room, where the furniture is all constructed of deer-horns, arm chairs, writing-desks, benches, cabinets, all made throughout of the horny trophies of stag and roe buck aud of no other ma terial. And so to the picture gallery, where the beautiful face of famous Aurora Von Konigsmark look down upon vmi from the walls, arrived in all the varied fashions and costumes and din guises which the fantastic taste of the sovereign mistress of the most extravagant of monarch- could devise, and sometimes in very little ot costume at all. She held despotic sway over Augustus' affection for over twenty years; her wondrous beauty made her name renowned over all Europe; she was the mother of him who was afterwards known as the great Mar shal Saxe, Louis XV.'s most talented and successful general. She had the Usual fate of royal mistresses, being cast oil with advancing years to make room for a more youthful but not more beau tiful rival, for to be more beautiful than Aurora was impossible, and he retired to the cloister of Quadlinburg, whose lady-abbess she became, and died there in the odor of sanctity, and her body, in closed iu an open glass-covered cotlin, gave no sign of decay, but might be, and was (to my certain knowledge) seen by visitors to the abbey, fresh, round, plump and lovely, until eight years ago, when it was withdrawn from pubiic view, for what reason I cannot say. And from the castle we trooped over to the pheasantry on the other side of the lake, and saw the herd of wild boars kept in preserve for royal sport; grim, tucked, shaggy, tierce-looking black monsters come sav agely and suspiciously up to receive their daily meal, along with the herd of innocent-looking, meek-eyed deer, destined for royal butchery anil feasting. And then, resuming our seats in the carriage, we rolled away home, 'neath the fast gushing shade of evening, making the solemn aisles up the greenwood ring with our Trans-Atlantic cheer, and the solemn villagers, smoking their pipes ami gravely sipping their mugs around tables set under the trees, look up wonder- ingly at the strange sound of "Suwanee liiver, aud "John Brown s Body, ami "Tramp, tramp," and "Yankee Doodle;" aud I have no doubt they took us tor a party of lunatics out from the asylum tor an airing. Ul'MBEllT AND M AUG II EKITA. They had a great "to do" here on the 1st instant, the occasion being the arri val of Humbert, Crown Prince of Italy, who comes with hi bride Margherita on a visit to her grandmother, the widow of the late Saxon King, and who proposes to remain here for a fortnight while en route for Hussia. He purports to be travelling incognito, that is, he does not wish his royal rank to be recognized " Mich:'''' but this docs not prevent their making a royal fuss about him. So the court-yard of the gloomy-looking, dingy old palace was tilled with ranks of gay carriages, those of the court having coach men, footmen and outriders with liveries of white coats trimmed with silver, sky blue breeches aud legging of white leather reaching to the knee; and those of the nobility having lackey in blue and green and silver, like so many big flamingoes aud paroquets. And the sol diers wore instead ot the brass spike on top of the helmet-, gay, flow ing horse hair plumes of black, white, blue and red, according to the arm of the service. Aud it was pleasant to see the portly (not to say corpulent) fatherly-looking, spectacled policemen, how kindly and courteously they kept order among the dense crowd around the palace, and how, in clearing a way for the royal coach, with the King and Prince Humbert in it, they gently lilted some little children out of the street and carried them carefully to the sidewalk, and patting little boys kindly on the head, pointed to them in which way to run. And I thought that their brethren of the baton, both in Eng land aud America, might here learn a lesson to their profit. In fact, this i a wonderfully good-natured people. I have seen a guard of soldiers, matching in all the gay panoply of flow ing plume, flash ing sabre and glittering musket, detlect from their course to get ut of the way of a couple of baby wagons propelled right across their path by gossiping nurses. HANDSOMER THAN HIS FATHER. Humbert i a tritle better looking than his father, i re galintuomo, who says that it there is an uglier man iu Italy than himself he w ill give a reward to see him. They gave him a teview over at Hischofsevey, where they are completing a row of new stone barracks, which will be the finest in Germany, where they banged cannon at him and covered him with dust from defiling, in more senses than one, jf squadrons and battalions, for this is the prescribed way iu which princes on the contiueut entertain and do honor to princely visitor. Iu England the Mayor of the port at w hich they land sends them an address aud presents the freedom of the town in a gold box, anil they feast them at dinners, and play and sing "God Save the Queen" at them. The English method seem the most pious and chivalrie, and certainly the most comfortable way. Teachino Goodness. Children may be easily traiued to exercise kindness and liberality toward the poor; they will experience a pleasure in relieving their wants. When old enough, the boys may be induced to save money, the girls to make clothes for poor families with w hom they are personally acquainted. It is important that the habit of giving freely should be early established; for the use fulness of many character i materially abridged through life for want of this habit. With good and benevolent inten tions, they know not how to dispense lib erally, or how to open their baud freely. Mutual presents, if altogether voluntary, have also a happy tendency in promoting family affection and good will. What's in a name Four letters. Crossing the Ocean in a Skiff. Myer Gershon, says the Troy Prets, who has been on a visit to hi parent in Lon don for the past three months, returned to Troy Wednesday. He came by the steamer Greece. He report that iu mid ocean ou the 19th instant, at 8:13 o'clock in the evening, the watch at the bow re ported to the captain that he descried what seemed to him to be a part of a wreck. As it neared the ship the object w as discovered to be a small skiff, and iu the tlarkiics the figure of one in in w as descried. The captain immediately gave orders to stop the engines and to get the t opes ready to pull the mau ou board. Whcu these orders were niveu the oassen- gers were at tea iu the cabin, and, hear nig wiiat was said, everyixRiy rushed on deck in a great state of excitement, fear ing mat some Hanger was imminent au ice-tierg or probably some vessel incon veniently near. These tears of the pa sengers were soon allaved by the captain. The sea was running high Tne skiff came quite near to the ship, ap I tearing and disappearing at intervals now on the top of an immense wave level w ith the deck ot the vessel, the next nun ute hidden from sight iu the billows lhe captain calling to know who was in the boat was answered iu a strong Ger man accent: "I am Jack Andrews, from Gloucester, Massachusetts." He toh further that he was bound for Liverpool that his skill' was namtd Centennial, am that he had lieen out fifteen days. The skilF measures fifteen feet by four, aud draw three feet of water. The captain asked mm it he was alone, ami was as sured in the atlirmative. A conversation then took place as follows: lestiou "Uo you want to come on board f" Answer "No." Q. "Do vou want anything?" A. "No." Q "Are you afraid you will be drowned " A. "I have leen out for fifteen davs aud am not afraid now." Q. "Do you uot require water, pro visions or anything! A. ".No; I have every thing I re quire. He then asked the captain to compare reckoning. He was lougitude 40, lati tude o'J; the captain's was the same Further colloouy ensued, iu which An drews informed the captain that he slept by day, and betore going to sleep he took ui his rudder and took down all sails; luring sleep hi craft drifted with the waves, lie was awake at nights, lhe captain made a final appeal to him to come on Ijoard, stating that if he refused lie would probably regret it when the vessel w as out of his reach. To this An drews emphatically answered : ".No, sir; 'ood night; and throwing hi sails to the wind, was soon lost to sight. An drews sits in the center of the boat, with lamp burning before him, exposing the dial of w hat seemed to le a compass. The deck, afore and aft, is covered with canvas, under w hich, besides tiie compass ami lamp, were seen several barrels, con taining, no doubt, provision, w ater, etc. Nothing has been beard of Andrews since that night. He told the captain, by the way, that he could report him or not, as he pleased. Andrews, it is ascertained, is a Norwegian by birth, but ha been a fisherman at Gloucester, Massachusetts, for many years. He is supposed to be between tifty and sixty years of age. London, Aug. 11. The dory Cen tennial, from Gloucester, Massachusetts, lor Liverpool, was sjxjkeu fifteen miles from Ttiscar liht. The Queer Case of "Orpheus C. Kerr." A correspondent of the Chicago- Tri bune writes from New York: You know It. C. Newell, who, under the nom tie plume of "Orpheus C. Kerr," has furnished the country with some of its richest and most pungent humerous literature during the last fifteen years! You remember hi fa mous letters from the "Mackerel Brigade" during the war, and how his comically sagacious criticisms convulsed the army and moulded public opinion! Colfax aud Prank Carpenter, and the Hev. Dr. Neil, the entertaining parson, like to tell how "Old Abe" went around with Newell's book in hi pocket repeating it shrewd allegoric and reading its fun to com manding general and Cabinet officers, and especially how he once gave Grant a lesson from it. Well, Newell i now in a bid way, and unless there i a radical change he cannot live a month. Since closing hi delicious and popular "So cial Studies" in the Worid, three years ago, he ha lieen on the working editorial force of the Graphic, editing the weekly aud contributing sketches ami humerous poem to the daily. He ha not been absent from his desk a day in the year, but fr the past twenty-seven day he has eaten nothing w hatever. I mean just this. It will le four weeks to-morrow since a mouthful or a crumb of food passed hi lips! During that time he has lost thirty pounds of flesh, and now, though live feet teu inches in height, he weigh only 102 pound. He ha drank otie cup of coffee every morning, ami ha taken a small glas of milk punch every other day, ami this has been his entire nourishment, un less his two daily cigars may be supposed to have nutritious qualities. His con dition is getting to be a problem for the doUrs, especially when it is added that hewalks a mile and a half every day, on his way to the office and back, ami drives out two or three time a week, with hi fine horse. He is very weak, but has no feeling of faiutues or hunger, and i cheerful a the sun. Newell i a man of forty, and has in dependent means. Hi habits have al ways been rigidly temperate. His family are profoundly alarmed at hi condition, but he declares that he cannot eat. There is obviously no physical impedi ment, as in the case of hydrophobia, for lie can swallow a easily as ever, and he lias no repugnance to food, lie promise his friends that he will try to eat, and accordingly sit down to every meal and even puts morsels to his lip, but then, without any nausea, there comes what he calls "a nervous revolt," aud the food is rejected. Care of the Hair. A writer in Harper' Bazaar says: To get and retain beautiful hair you must attend to daily brushing it, occasionally washing it, ami jieriodically trimming it, and striving at all times to keep the gen eral health up to the average. Now a to brushing. The skin of the head, like that of every other part of the body, i constantly lieing renewed inter nally, and these are removed by means of the body brush, But it i not so easy to brush the hair a one might imagine. Pew hair dressers, indeed, know very much about it. 1 he proper time for the operation, then, is iu the morning, just afier vou have come out of your bath. provided you have not wetted your hair. Two kinds of brushes ought to lie found on every lady's toilet table, a hard and a soft. The former i first to be used, and used well, but not too roughly; it removes all dust, and acts like a tonic on the roots of the hair, stimulating the whole capil lary system to healthy action. Afterward use the soft brush to give the gloss, from which the morning sunshine will presently glint and gleam with a glory that no Macassar oil in the world could imitate. Whence thi gloss? you ask. Why, from the sebaceous gland at the root of the hair, nature' own patent oinade, which the hard brush doe not spread. Secondly, one word on washing the hair. This i necessary, occasionally, to thoroughly cleanse lxth head and hair. One or two precautions must be taken, however. Never use soap if you can avoid it; if you do, let it be the very mildest and unperfumed. Avoid so called hair-cleansing fluids, and use rain water filtered. The yelk of two new-laid egg are much to be preferred to soap; they make a beautiful lather, and when the washing is tinished, and the hair thoroughly riiw-d in the purest rain water, you will find when dry that the gloss will not be de stroyed, w hich an alkali never fail to do. The first water must not be very hot, only just warm, and the last perfectly cold. Dry with soft towel but do not rub till the skin is tender and afterward brush. Be always careful to have your brushes aud comb perfectly clean and free from grease, and place other brushes on the table for friend of your who hap pen to be Macassarites. Pointing the hair regularly not only prevents it from splitting at the ends, but renders each individual hair more healthy and less attenuated if I may apply the term to hair and moreover, keeps up the growing process, which otherwise might be blunted or checked. Singeing the tip of the hair lias also a beneficial effect. It will be seen that I am no advocate for oils and pomades. My advice in all cases is to do without them if you possi bly can, for by their clogging nature and overstiuiulating properties they often cause the hair to grow thin and fall off sooner than itothci wise would. Let well alone. One word in conclusion, about dyes. Avoid them if you be your own friend. Hair dyeing i very satisfactory, as far as dead hair is concerned, but on the liv ing head it perfect success is a chemical impossibility. A to hair restorer, those are not simply stainers, but depend upon the action of the light, chemically alter ing ami oxidizing the application after it has been used their incautious use, I must add, is fraught with great danger. Mendino Knit Wru. Wearing ap parel, such as knit drawers, undershirts, jackets, etc., should, when they come to mending, be darned like stockings never patched with cloth. If patched at all. let the patches be of the same material a the garment is made of. Our prefer ence, however, is in lavor ot darning a rent, as then the elasticity i better pre served, ami the garment less liable to break stitches, causing a new rent near to the one last mended. Each garment should be inspected a it come from the wash, and all thin places darned over before they break through thu puttiri" in practice the old proverb, "A stitch in time saves nine. ror darning use knit ting cotton No. 12, double or single, as the coarseness of the fabric to le d arned may determine. If very line use No. 10. When patches are preferred, or when economy of time make them preferable, take them trotn knit garment that have been cast aside, or better still, buy web bing, such a the garments are made of. This can lie found at most of the first-class stores now-a-days. Put the patches on the "wrong side" "of the garment, and lam to its place. Quinces Preserved Wtioi.E. Pare iml put them into a saucepan, with the 1 anng at the top; then till with hard water, cover close and set over a gentle tire till they turn reddish; let them stand till cold; put them into a clear, thick yrup; lxil them for a few minutes; set them on one 8'de till quite cold; boil them again in the same manner; the uext lay boil them until they look clear; if the syrup is not thick enough boil it more; when cold put brand ied paper over the fruit. The uuiuce may be halved or juartered. lo Preserve Pears. Take pears not quite ripe and peel off theskin. Prepares syrup with three-quarter of a pound of sugar to each pound of fru.t. Melt it and boil tor hair an hour, removing all the scum that rises. Put iu the pears and let them boil for ten minutes, or just long enough to soften a little; then take out ind cover tightly with paper wet in whiskey or alcohol, and cover with another aper placed over the mouth of the jar. Haspherry Jam. Press the raspber ries through a wire-sieve, measure the pulp, and to every pint put a pound of sugar; set all together over a preserving- kettle. When it begins to boil, skim it well, boil twenty minutes, fill your jelly tumblers, and let it stand in a cool place until next day. Cut white paper the size of the top of the tumbler, lay it on, and paste thick white pajier over the top. Common Ginger Beer. The common drink sold in the streets is mads with raw sugar or molasses, three-quarters of a pound to a gallon of water, the ginger ground, and with less acid. The New Sultan. A writer in the Opinion National who claims to le personally acquainted with the new Sultan, gives the following sketch of hi life and character: "The amiable ruler, Abdul Medjid knew very well that his brother, Abdul Aziz, would reign before the heir of hi own blood; but instead of having the bowstring applied to him, lie treated him with consideration, in the hope that lie might treat Murad in the same manner after succeeding to the throne. A French professor gave M a rail instruction in the French language and the piano; the young man had a special court of hi own in the palace of D hn i-Ilikb he During this time Abdul Az'z retired to hii estate iu the country, and awaited his chance for the throne. Abdul Medin complained of thi to Lord Stratford de Kedclitfe, the former L.iglidi Minister w hom he respected like a father. He said to the latter once: 'I treat my brother Aziz us my own child, and he avoids me; I gave him a hue steamer, am he makes use ot it In order to get away from me. When I am dead Murad will Im; very unfortunate. You must lieg your friend in Europe to protect him. Up to hi twentieth year the present Sultan was a spoiled child, and lived almost in the European lashion. He was then often seen driving through Pera in hi little open carriage, resembling a golden shell, drawn by two horses; he made trip to the country, visited the European Mjiety oi llierapia and ISuyukdere. ami was even accused of having love affair in some Greek families. He took a great interest iu the horse-race, then intro duced by Fuad Pasha, went to the French theatre and the Italian ojM-ra, and never missed a circus performance. I he grand Vi.ier, Maliinoud Kupiesli, thought his conduct rather too free and easy, but he was too good a p itriot to doubt his char acter, and made him acquainted with all the Koyat Princes who visited C distant i- uople. I hu he met the Uakeot Cain bridge, Prince Naiioleon, the Count of Paris ami Chartres, the Count de Cham bourd, the king of Belgium, and many others ot the most distinguished peison age of Europe, without leaving Turkey, except when he made a short trip to the Vienna Exhibition. If he adopted some European vices, he probably, on the other hand, freed himselt Irom those of the Turkish aristocracy, and from it fanati cisin. Sir Henry Bulwer said of him: "He i boistrous and sickly, which is only a seeming truth. Murad will bring to the throne the fruits of the best exer tions of Iteshid and Aali Pasha. He is the child of E igland; Lord Stratford might be called his godfather. "The young Sultan i 30 year old. He resemble hi father, but lack the latter gentleness. lie l courageous. bold, a little fantastic, well formed, but pale of face, he has ft clear but restless eye, and his eountenance l more Earo- Kan than Asiatic. It is known that h i the child of a Circassian woman. His voice i clear and shrill and he speaks French with tolerable fluency. He i a splendid rider, but his health i already affected, ami he is now usually apathetic except in moment of great excitement. In lyOG, when Abdul Aziz endeavored to introduce the law of direct succession, he would have been made away w ith, but for the prophecies of the Sultan' Astrolo ger, who was even then deep in the coun cils of the 'young Turkish' party. The recent revolution h is been slow ly prepar ing for ye ns; and it It i been precipi tated by thf severe measures which Abdul Aziz adopted against Murad, ten days be fore hi own overthrow." How to Acquire Contentment. First of all, a man should always con sider how much more he hi than he wants; am secondly, how much more un happy he might lie than he really is. Listen to the reply which Aristippus made to one who condoled him upon the loss of a farm. "Why," said he, "I have three firm still aud you have but one; so that I ought rather to be afflicted for you than you for ine." When Pitacus, after the death of hi brother, who had left him a good estate, wa offered a great sum of money by the King of Lydia, he thanked him for his kindness, but told him he had alieady more by half than he knew what to do with. There is an ex cellent saying of Bion, the philosopher, namely, that "no nun ha so much care as he who endeavor after the most hap piness." We read of the honest Dutchman, who upon breaking hi le by a f ill from the mainmast, told thu bystander "it wa a great mercy it was not hi neck." And we may also add the saying of an old philosopher, who after' having invited some of his friends to dine with him, was rutll.'d by hi wife, who came into the room in a passion and threw down the table !e fore them; "Every one," said he, "ha hi calamity, and he is a happy man that ha no greater than thi." If contentment does not bring riches it banishes the desire of them. It de stroys all inordinate ambition and every tendency to corruption. It give sweet ness to conversation and a pcrjietual se renity to all thought. A French physician makes the re markable statement that one-h ilf at least of the so-called drowned persons are buried alive.and that they may be brought to life by proper treatment after having been "several hour under water." His remedy i to get out the water, pour in aud inject alcoholic stimulants, aud use a whip energetically, or hot irons in bad cases. The statement ha lieen partially confirmed by the resuscitation of a mau after he had been under water in oae of the Seine baths for more than twenty minutes. Therk is scarcely a better health meter for men who think much than sleep. Hard mental work is beginning to kill when it iuterferes with sleep, and he who plies his brain with ever so much energy eight or ten hours a day, prays and plays five or six hours, and sleeps eight or nine, will never dis of over work. Sweden and it King. It f said that "happy are the nations that have no history;" and if thi is true, certainly the two kingdom of Sweden nd Norway, which together form that big jteniuKula at the north of continental hu rope, which so much lesembles an euor inou crooked nose on the map, are in i happy condition. While we hear a great leal of event that are taking placn iu England and France, Germany and Bus ia, Spain ami Turkey, it i seldom that any news ot imMtrtance come to us Irom Sweden ami Norway. The course of thec two nation i evi dently smooth, peaceful ami iirosiierou Riot and revolution are unknown among1 them. Both the Norwegian and Swede are contented, iiidilsti toil and law-abid ing iH'ople. Living a they do iu n cold climate and on a barren soil, they have all the sturdy virtue ot honesty, energy and temperance, which are said to thrive where uaturu i least kindly aud boun liful. Sweden and Norway, wlnlo they are ruled by the name King, are yet entirely neparate and imlceudeut nation. Each ha it own Congress, it own courts, it own system of laws, Its own custom and it own separate body of official. Both, though governed by a hereditary monarch, are free countries, in which there i quite a much liberty a there i in England. They are bot'i Protectant, yet all citizens are permitted to worship ac cording to their own consciences. There is, moreover, entire freedom of the press ami of speech. Iheir public debt is small, and their commerce i prosperous. Sweden i much the most populous of the two king loins, having more than four milliousof ieople, while Norway ha less than two million. A long period of peace and good gov ernment ha enabled the Swede and Not. wegians to make a steady progress in education, which i entirely free iu Swe- leu, ami nearly so in Norway. I u S. ve iled !iiuety-evcn out of every hundred children in the kingdom attend school. which i a much larger proportion than even in thi country. lhe present King of Sweden and Nor way, whose oldest son and heir. Prince Oicar, ha come to the United State to visit the Centennial, is one of the most remarkable of the European prince. He is grandson of B -rn idotti, that General of Napoleon's who wa made King of Swe den aud Norway iu 1814, and afterward turned agaiuat hi old commander aud aided his enemies in driving him from the Imperial throne. King Oscar II. i now in the prime of life, being about forty-seven years f age. lie succeeded hi brother, diaries XV ., in lswy. Oscar seaniest year were upeut in the Swedish navy. A feeble boy, the voyages that he took as a midshipman strengthened hi body, and enabled him to grow up sturdy and hearty. then hu was taken Irom the naval ser vice and sent to study at the L diversity tf Upsala. Here he betrayed a keen taste fr knowledge and books, was aquick and apt scholar and graduated with high honor. His father, the King,made him hi secre tary; ami now young Oscar began to write pamphlet and books. When hi father died, and hi brother succeeded to the throne, he gave himself up to literary pursuit and to the cuue ot education. He presided over a conference on national economy, and tnk an active pai t in the World' Fait at L -union aud Pari. Ou one occasion the It mil Swedish Vcadetuy offered a prize for a poem in the exploit of the Swedish navy. Many poem were sent iu. O.ie was udged to be tar better than the rest. 1'he sealed envelope containing the au- ilior' name wa opened, and it proved to be Prince Oscar. He ha wtittcn miny god brxiks, among them a life of Charles XII., trans- atious ot the Cid, Irom the Spanii.li, and asso, irom the Italian, and ocvciul mili tary works. He ha courage as well a learning. Once, when at Nice, lie plunged into thu sea aud rescued a woni til Mini two dill- Ireu who were on the point of drowning in the surf. "Hi wife, the Princes Sophia,' says one who ha visited the palace of Stock- lm, "ha iMirne mm tour children, and i held in high esteem for her geniu and her virtues. Sailor, soldier, historian, musician, poet, prince and King such is Oscar II., King of Norway ami Svedeu." II rave. Mr. Blair, the Presbyterian minister of beehin, Scotland, wa a zealous Chris- tiau and a m in of high courage. O.i a public occasion, during the leoelliou of A, when the Highlander j lined the cause of the Young Pretender. Mr. Blair's courage was severely tried. Dr. Guthrie thu tell the story : hue preaching one day, the Highland flicers, followed by a baud of rebel. with claymore and kilts, entered the church, to the consternation of the ik;o- ple. Mounting the pulpit stairs, each aid a putoi ou the cushion, and ordered Blair to stop, threatening to shoot him lead it he dtdit t. He heard them as it he heard them not, aud preached on. lhe provost ot the town, who wa In brother-in-law, observing this, Hiid trem bling tor In life, rose Irom Ins chair iu the opposite gallery, and ordered him to stop. I he authority ot the lawful mag istrate Blair acknowledged, but not on thi occasion, a he deemed it an unlaw, ful interference with hi spiritual office. vtying an arm on each side of the Bible, he pushed the pistols contemptuously over on to the floor; and sanl, as they crashed on the pavement, but fortunately without going oil, "No, sir; I will not top, though the devil and all his angels were lierer Admiring his pluck, or perhaps taking him for a madman, the officers picked up their pistol, and, put tier da combat by this brave minister and staunch supporter of the House of Hanover, took them selves off. Most persons choose their friends as they do other useful animal, preferring those from whom they expect the most service. The Caster Massacre. m One of the saddest parties ever brought to Monroe was that which arrived iu the train from the West on Friday mornlug via the Michigan Southern Ildlroad, con sisting of Mr. Oen. Custer, Mrs, Col. O. W. Yc, Mr. Lieut. Calhoun, Mis Emma Heed, Mr. David Heed aud Jlr. Hit hard Robert. Mr. Heed i a brother-in-law of Gen. Custer, and father of young Armstrong Heed, who wa killed at thu tmssiicrc at the Little Big Horn, ami Mr. Ilichaid is a brother of Mr. Col, Yates, w ho accom panied the cx peditioii of Gen. Custer HS a correspondent of the New York Mr. Ciuter i completely prostrated by her ten ible bereavement and i.er eondit ion i regarded a verv critical. Tho othar ladies, while well nigh hioifthrokcn Under their great grief, are physically es nf fected. All espies themselve as mora than grateful for thu cxtrnnu gentleness and delicacy with which they havu been received and cared for along their entlro journey. Ine party arrived at Bumarck on Mon day morning and were Ibu guests of Col. J. W. Hiyinond, whoso kindness knew no bound, from whence they were con veyed by special car to Fargo, on tho Northern i'acitift. K inching St. Paul on Wednesday morning at 0 a. m. the hos pitalities of the Metropolitan Hotel wcro extended to them and everything done to render their stay and sad journey a com fortable as might be. Here iu St. Paul thu General had host of friend and ad mirer, as also had Mr. Cu.tcT, and all seemed to vio with each other in offering them the little courtesies mid kindnesses which aro so grateful to those in Mlflic- iion. I hey lett St. Paul thu same day at p, M. ami arrived in Chicago on Thurs day evening at four o'clock, where potter Padner ami other friends received them and conveyed the party iu their Plivido carriages to the Palmer House, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer generously aud thoughtfully giving them private parlor ami elegiut suite of rooms, the more perfectly to in sure privacy ami seclusion, Hero thu fjw Irieml in Chicago w ho knew ol their con template I arrival ffred their condolence aud sympathy ami no lack of delicate tit teiitiou; profusions of exiiuisite flowers were sent in in all imaginable forms, boquet ami basket in thu most lavish abundance, ami of the most beautiful va rieties. Lunch wa served in their Hpurt ineiits, and nothing that the kindness of Mr. Palmer and other fiiend could siig. 'est wa omitted that they might con- tribute to lessen the painful character of the in on m fi I journey. Leaving Chicago u luursdiy evening, the party arrived Iu JhuiruB mi r t lday evening a stated, ami were received by their fiiend with the same tenderness and sympathetic con sideration. Mr. Hvihcrt, who accompinied thu ex minion ofOm. Cjter,had a most mirac ulous ecape from sharing the same lior- ihle late which overtook thu Coiiima id. He was with the command to the mouth of the H iscbud, about seventy miles from the scene ot thu conflict, at w hich point hi horse gave out and hu was obliged to fall behind, afterward j lining his brother in Gen. II -no's command. His informa tion a to thu fact concerning the b.ittlu i substantially the same a ha already been published, gathered a it wits from the same scout who first brought IliO news of the massacre. He, however, corrects the erroneous statement that the Cnief It tin iu-the-f icq wa thu one who killed Custer; it was in reality Hed-liand.ns as.erled by the scout. It wa It lin-iu-the-t'iie who took out tho heart of Col.'i'oni Cusfer ami had a wnr dance on it. He whs a bloody. handed tiend, w ho had threatened to h tve a d.uu o wii Tout's hea.t in revenge for au a i lest made by him in 1873. Tho warrant was issued tor a murder committed bv the savage, aud two comptnie sent to aid in the arrest; but Tom. who commanded one the companies, made it personally, going among thu Indians, taking thu fel low by the aim and dragging him out, The Indian was taken to Fort Lincoln, but escaped flout thu guard house, Mr. H iberts says that Gen. Custer, his olliccrs and men were bmicd jut witero they fell. Hcuo' men had but two or three spade, and whilu these were Used to dig the grave thu Dini filled them by cooping in iheeaith wilh such utensils a they had, plates, cups, pans, knives, and those who had none used their hands in performing tho last sad lite for their fdlow soldiers. The grave were care fully marked by driving a hollow stuke at each man's bead, containing a roll of paper containing the name of thu dead, slid the stake then tightly plugged up, a number burned into the stike, ami then driven out of sight. Corresponding num bers and memoranda were prepared ami placed in the keeping of C.pt, Nolan, of Custer's legiiniait. Mr. H beits state that probably not a white man live who witnessed that ter rible struggle on the Littlu Big Horn, for the numbers of the dead correspond with the roll, showing that uot a man escaped nor i one missing. Mr. Gen. Custer will make Monroe her home, as will also Mr. C tlhouu ami Mis. Col. Yates, who formerly resided in St. Louis, Missouri. The sympathies of tho warm hearted people of Monroe i most strong and deep toward those sadly be reaved ladies, and it fl id expression in miny delicate and eloquent form. De troit Free Vrtt, If any man possessed every qualiflct tiou fir success in life, it i probable that he would remain quite stationary. Tho consciousness of his powers would tempt him to omit opportunities. Those who do succeed ordinarily owe their success to some di sad vantage under which they labor. It ii the struggle agsiust difficult that brings faculties into play. The celebrated John Itsndolph. in one of his' letters to a young relative. say "I know nothing I am so anxious f ou should acquire a tho faculty of say ng 'No.' You must expect unreasonable requests to be preferred to you every day of your life, aud must endeavor to deny wilh as much facility and kindness as you acquiesce,"