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VOL.4.
HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGOxV, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1870.
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Centennial Hymn Bryant.
Through storm and culm the years have
Our nation on from stage to stage
A century's space, until we tread
The ttire.-hhold of another aye.
"We see there, o'er our pathway swept,
A torrent stream of blood and tire;
And thank the ruling power who kept
Our sacred league of States entire.
Oh ' checkered train of years, farewell,
led
ith all- thy strifes and hopes and
But with us let thy memories dwell,
To warn and lead the coming years.
And thou, the new-beginning age,
Wurned by the past and not in vain,
Write on a fairer, whiter page
The record of thy happier rei-n.
fears ;
.Lady (J race.
KT MUsshkik l.lNoIU.
The Lady liraee, so tall and fair,
browned with the coil of her shining hair,
tide round about her saintlike face
They draped the fold of rarest lace.
The diamond band with ancient twist
They clapped upon her snow-white wrist.
Among the coils of shimmering- light
They twined the blossoms pure and white.
The lady stood a vision sweet,
Snowily draped from head to feet.
They murmured softly, "So fair, ho tall.
She'll reign a queen at Lord kamo's J all."
But she only smiled a scornful smile,
And played with her jewelled fan the while.
Before her rose a proud dark face,
The dark deep eyes of Herbert Dace,
To whom she gave her hand one day
When tlowers bloomed, in sunny May.
But his dark proud face was iiis fortune all,
He had neither gold nor manor hall;
And Lady tiraee, so sweet and fair,
With shimmeriug coils of golden hair,
Bartered the passionate love of her life
For gold she will win as Lord kumo's wife.
The church so old, moss-grown ami gray,
With tlowers sweet is decked to-day.
The sun shines on the shadowy aisle,
The organ's peal is heard the while.
The sheen of satin, the glimmer of pearls,
The flower-like faces of fair young girls,
Then the bride comes, stately and white,
Bathed in the sweet and soft rose light.
"I will," she says the wedding's done
Arid (iold, not Love, this race has won.
Itebwjue, lotm, Ftf., lS7t.
Lieutenant Boyle's Duel.
Many years ago I was spending the
summer at a fine old mansion in New
Jersey, full of historical sovenira, for it
had once been the head quarters of Gen
eral Washington.
At the time about which I am wriMnrr
the estate was in litigation, ami some cir
cumlocutory delay of the law rendered it
necessary or convenient to rent tlte man
sum tor awhile as a summer boarding-
house, with all the beautiful old carvei
furniture and other belongings. Even
the valuable paintings were left on the
t I 4 t
wans oi tne draw ing-room, aud a picture-
gauery remained intact, doing unwonted
service as dining ami dancing hall for us
intruding troths and Vandals.
A belt of grand old trees described a
senu-circle on the beautiful lawn just in
irom oi me House. IJeneatU each tree
was a marble statue the size of life
iney represented the JNine .Muses; Isis,
the CJoddesa of Immortality; Jupiter
x mvius, me ueuy oi the watering-pot,
aud other heathen worthies. Their sculp
tors were certainly neither Canova, nor
Hiram Powers, nor yet that audacious
but exceedingly pretty Vinnie Beam, who
has rendered herself immortal by carviri"
ami cutting our grand martyred Pre.si
uem. cstill, seen at the proper "enchant-
eu distance, and bathed in soft sweet
moonlight, Canova's "Venus," the "Greek
oiave, or he who prayed for "charity for
an, coum not nave awakened more
pleasing emotions.
But, alas! our joy was not forever in
these things of distant enchantment and
moonlight beauty. The mansion had not
been opened two weeks, when those
small but terrible bandits in jackets
and knickerbockessr the dear atrocious
little sons and scamps of the different
families, cherubs who had left their
wings in heaven those dear little boys,
I say, all rushed in a body to their re
spective mammas and clamored for
money. .Getting it, of course, they all
rushed in a body to "the store," and,
in a business-like vigor worthy of a bet
ter cause, demanded bows and arrows.
Then enrolling themselves into an in
dependent target company, they dili
gently practiced shooting at the statues,
until the noses of two of the Muses were
triumphantly shot away.
Naturally enough, after this perform
ance, the heatl ten deities were removed in
a blast of indignation by their ra-'in"
proprietor; the small Christians o"
"little demons," as he called them joy
fully assisting, cavorting wildly around
each "stone boy ami girl'' as their founda
tions were dug up, clapping their dir-ty
little hands, blowing their discordant lit
tle tin trumpets, beating their horrible
little drums, galloping in front of the
horses as they went with their burdens
vui. im mo ficni gaies, squealing iikc a
cat with a bone in its throat, and other
wise disporting themselves in honor of
the ghostly recession, after the utterly
inexhaustible and intolerable manner of
small boys.
The late Commodore Kearney, the
bluff and brave, lived in a picturesque
cottage adjoining the grounds of the
"Brighton House," as it was and is now
called. His presence attracted to the
place other officers of the navy and
army. Among them were Captain (now
Admiral) Porter, Captain (now Vice-Admiral)
liowan, the late brave and hon
ored Captain Hartstein, and a number of
army officers, with their families. You
may believe that the presence of so many
brave and gallant men made carnival the
wh&le of the time for those hero wor
shipers, the fair women and lovely girls
who weregypsying there for the summer.
oucn devoted knights as thev were I
---v..Jo, uoaung, nslung, swimming,
uancing; military drills with canea and
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broomsticks for the children, and im
prompiu operas ami piays ior tne other
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children. We were all children in those
halcyon days as witness our playing at
blinduian's buff. But this was when
the "little pitchers" were abed and
asleep, for with their murdering candor
and innocence, mey would nave betrayed
us to mv cuinu Luiuiimmty, w nose an-
cestral traditions and personal dignity
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ii'iii i u'vf'ii ii it 1 1 in l h nmiv u iwiiwr ii.vf roi
of such "high jinks" as had come under
its notice.
But bless these high-toned suscepti
bilities! we would have !een a bright
and shining light unto them, for we had
uo quarrels, not even the green ghost of
a jealousy. A divine mantle of charity
rested upon us the livelong summer; it
was just one brilliant, delicious midsum
mer dream.
io nan a dozen ot us older women
was vouchsafed the keenest enjoyment of
ill. Ihis was to be permitted to sit un
derthe w ide-spreading trees with the of-
heers, in the purple and golden glory of
the sunsets, and listen to their racy,
enaraciei lsiie stories. we ail told a
w hite-brow n lib the very first thing, vow
mg mat we delighted in tobacco-smoke,
in oilier to put mem completely at tneir
ease. It was very easy to do it, for they
never stopped smoKing alter mat.
One night they ha 1 been telling side-
splitting stories about Magru.ler, who
lisped, and "Beauty," who was also a
commodore, when I'apnin Kowan said:
ly the way, Porter, what has become
oi .uu uiiyici i nave eouipieieiy ioai
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sigiit oi nun.
"en, tne last time i saw mm, an
swered the captain," smoothing down hi
great silky brown mustache, "I was hi
second in a duel.' As he spoke, his
dark bright eyes Hashed with some droll
recollection, and his well-shaped lips
parted in a broad smile.
Certain that the strain of amusement
in the mellow voice aud the tell-tale face
betokened a duel without a tragedy, we
women clamored for the story.
I had gone, said Captain Porter,
obeying beautifully at once, "with half a
lozen other fellows, all navy officers, to
spend a week at Shrewsbury a little
half-pony town in Jersey here; and
one evening, as we were sitting in
th li-ir.rAnm tf Hif t-.ivtfrn wlmiL-intr
telling anecdotes, and talking between
whiles with the natives, who should come
sauntering in but old Boyle?
'Any room for mei
he
asked.
'Why, yes; come
in,' we all cried ;
md we were soon telling him the news.
yle in turn relating his adventures,
icrhaiH romancing a little, and at last
ending with :
" ' Well, anybody here worth knowing?'
"it's. l auswered; 'there is one
Jersey giant, six teet two in his stock
ings, and the greatest bully on record.
Ah! what s his namer
"mats tne oest oi it. ms name is
George Washington Kosciusko Peter
Bonaparte Solomon Job Slimcum.'
"'l'hiebus! what a name" exclaimed
Boyle, bursting out laughing. 'What is
the gentleman s professions
" 'lie spends nis time cultivating a
bean patch, threatening the poor villagers,
and browbeating the women anil children.'
"'Does he does he? Well, he's the
very boy for me. I wish he would come
in. I'd like to have a little talk with
him.'
"'Why, my dear fellow,' said I, he'd
make three of you. Fact is, we all keep
to the windward side of hii.i no use
getting shot for such a landlubber.'
"At this a lanky party with a porten
tous nose, who had been listening to
every word, remarked, through his nose
"'Wa'al, I s'pose you naval men think
yourselves thundenn' brave, but I kin
tell you ourcurnel could fight all on you
to oust, w ith his right han' tied behind
him. You naval men needn't think
you re goin to nopoiize an tne brass
and bluster.'
Boyle's ears pricked up at this, for,
as you know, liowan, lie is a regular
old sea-lion, airaui ot noming, irom a
powder-monkey to a sea-serpent at sea,
and a mouse to an elephant on shore.
So he bounced round ou our nasal friend.
ind snapped out at him, like a pugna
cious bull terrier :
'"What's that? Want to try our brass
and bluster! Where's your bi
gun?
Trot him out. I'd like to see him.
Waal, there he is,' said the man,
with a sort of snort ot triumph; and,
lire enough, in swaggered the round-
shouldered, putty-faced giant. lie had
tufts of dry grass for beard, a large,
flabby, pusillanimous nose, small, oblique
eyes, and two hay-colored dabs -of hair,
one on each temple, known to scientific
explorers of the New York Bowery as
soap-locks. He was eating peanuts or
opcorn as lie entered; and jerking a
chair round, he threw himself into it
with a contemptuous nod to the com-
any, and ordered aglass ot toddy hot, in
i voice oi tnunoer.
Little Boyle sat quiet, watchful, ob
. ?i
serving, a curious sinne curving in
good-humored mouth; while the other,
half-shutting his eyes, with an air of
fty disdain, slowly sipped the hot toddy.
" 'Oh, pshaw !' sneered our nasal friend,
in a whisper to IJoyle: 'you ilarsn t
tackle him. He'd make you look wom
blescroft in a jitly.'
"But Boyle, seeming not to hear this
impertinence, turned to us, saying, with
a lazy air, 'I'm going to see if there is
any grit in him; and approaching the
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niytou ixoseiusKO, etc., reclineil, ne
perched himself on the cd-e of a table
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"'Who are von. sIr?' .! u
other, with a viperish look out of his J
slant eyes. I
" 'I'm a gentleman, and mv name is
Junius Brutus Boyle.'
And my name is George Washington I
Kosciusko I'eter Bonaparte Solomon Job I
Slimcum, and you'd better mind what
you're about.'
l win, thank you. I understand that
you are pretty considerable of a fellow.'
"'Sir, you arearuther free an' easy
sort of cuss- ruther t forrar.l "
'Yes, Oh yes. I might be as Stiff as
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the north pole, or as distant as two mile-1
- I stones; but then, you know, the other U
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my way.
'Wa'al, sir, I don't like your wav.'
".Not How queer! Well, I won't be
disobliging, and I give you permission to
lump u, men.
Kir 1TM1 (HP irmi n!. , (1
, '"" j'u air sassy. liMUl
better curb them propensitudes of yourn.'
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-Musi so. ion have a propensitude,
I understand, to consider yourself a "reat
i tiion '
I illlill.
'Mr, you air a lmperdent
'Take care, sir!' shouted
won t stand any insult.'
"ShoI What'll you do?'
"4I)of I'll fight you: I'll blow you to
ine; oilier unu oi IlOWliere.
Jvm you light!' sneered the L'lant.
now on his feet, rocking back and forth,
nis gaunt bony hands opening and shut
ting as if they were in contact with an
electrical battery. 'Ha! ho! you'd better
be keei tul, you had. I kin cut a cent in
halt, I kin.
"'Hi! ho!' laughed Byh, imitating
tne bully. 'I'm su fieri n' tumble to see
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you uo it. i d rutner have a shot than a
sugar-plum from such a fire-eater as you,
"'Wall. sir. I've rot a nateral tack
with lire-arms; I can fight with anythiu'
Iioni a cambric needle to a 12 pounder;
and he thumped the table, upsetting the
glasses, and glare! down on Doyle, sure
that he had 'frustrated him. I bet. and
no mistake nuther.' as our nasal friend
observed under his breath.
"But he lost his l-t. f,,r bold us Mars
or Baron Munchausen. Boyle immedi-
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i aieiy exclaimed, .lingo; you don t sav
so !
I thought you had alxmt as much
real
courage as one could put in a ho
mieopathic pill. Come out now, my fine
eock-ot-thc-walk and give us a touch ot
your quality!'
"'Wa'll! Lawful sakes!' e aculated
the colonel: 'vmi can't fiVht at ni.'ht!
What a hvastical idee!
"'Oh yes, you can. Nonsense! I'll
manage it. We'll take two lanterns.
stand back to back, then each walkaway
twenty paces, wheel round and lire.'
"'Darned if I do! Ain't a goin' to be
ding donged into stan'in' up like a con
sumed iooi in a dark niiriit. lou less
wait till to-morrer.
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"'Or the fifty-third week of this year.
o, mrl thundered Boyle, stamping his
toot, which, like Mother Carey s chickens,
was the sure precursor ot a storm 'no,
sir. you snail light noic : 1 should never
have taken the slightest notice of you if
I hail not been told of your cowardly
bullying of women and children. Don't
stand mooning there! In one minute
more I shall box your large ears, and
then flap you over the head with this
horsewhip;' and he seized one standing
in the corner.
'I he world did not appear to go upon
double-lointed casters nist then with
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George Washington Kosciusko, and the
rest. His little angry eves went blink
ing round the room, he teetered up and
own upon in neeis ami toes, ne mois
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tened his lips with his tongue, and his
hands worked more nervously than ever,
as he detected a look of scornful, half
surprised derision on the faces of some
of the Jerseymen. But a glance at his
challenger's determined visage showed
him that there was no deliverance to le
hoped for, and he shutlled out of the
room, followed by Boyle and the rest of
us, who did not mean to lose sight
of him. We obtained two old muskets,
and well-knowing that our man would
take sure aim and fire, whatever the other
did, we loaded them only with powder,
communicating this little ruse to no one,
lor hoyle would have fought us all in
turn it he had discovered it,
"Ou.it we went into the dark and lonely
road. In solemn silence we placed the
combatants back to back, George Wash
ington, etc., heaving ponderous, fright
ened sighs enough to have driven a sloop
irom its moorings. We gave them each
a lighted lantern, and with an emphatic
one, two, three ! they started upon their
twenty paces. We all counted, and at
the twentieth loudly called, 'Stop!'
"Boyle whet.-led round, as we could
just discern by the dun light of his Ian-
tern, but George Washington Kosciusko
Peter Bonaparte Solomon Job Slimcum I
kept on walking.
'Halloo!' cried Boyle; 'haven't you
t,'ot twenty paces yetr
o answer; out me walking, as we
could see by the swinging of the lantern,
had turned into prodigious strides. I he
next moment the light was extinguished
liallix). shouted Boyle again. 'Stop,
you villain stop! ah ! whirroo I You
scoundrel! you miserable landlu!
Ring! went his gun, and we all made
a simultaneons rush down the road; bur,
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iiivi: .t jiiifw u.iKe j ii me river, ireorge
ashington, etc., had 'evanished:' and
from that day to this he was never more
seen in Shrewsbury."
I he story w as told amidst shouts and
screams of laughter from the officers and
us women, and if that fir-enter littb.
Boyle, ever sees the account of his duel
here, I know that he and Admiral
or-
ter will forgive me for telliu' it a"a
Harper' Magazine.
Selmxo Hay ix Hichmoxd. The
worst ooy is supposed to live in liicll-
mond, Virginia, lie directed a colored
ii..y ui.in io tuijuy nis io-ton load in
the back yard of an o d lady w ho was
deaf. He claimed that he old lady was
his mother-in-law. The load of hay was
emptied in me oack yard, and when the
driver came to the front door to ask the I
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mi ma mic loosen u jmiii nun i su
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imc a uiumn-r ciuuu. one I
called him an impostor, and accused him
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mate, lie tuioweu uer ine loau oi nay in
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her biek vard. She told him tr, iU it
away, and remarked that darkies were
bigger fools now than ever. The darkev
worked two hours, got his load back on
his cart, and solihxiuized thusly: "Nig-
gers is called fiols. I b'lieve they are
in giner'l; but cf a man or a boy ever
catch dis hav iroin' out'n dis cart before
de backabilities is put down, den dis
nigger "wine 'vaporate."
ITavk nationi- Awhilr slandora
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Time: pta lonir b1i ahall nrwnr t- vin.
not mu"-iiveii. iriiLii is ine ciiiiu fii i
dicate thee. Kant.
Politeness.
It is a singular tiling that Kirke "White
did not ruin his reputation as a oet by
one felicitous name, "Ude to I JisaptMint-
ment," which he trave to one of his finished
pieces. As "Disappointment" was to
come, however, "Not in thy terrors clad.'
we can iossiblv airrce with him. in b.-in.r
willing to invoke any pleasant surprise.
x -r r- - r r-
Wc know not of anything so absolutely
earni ng as wnen, noi expecting t,
extended to us an unusual or n
for courtesy. It a man looks "grull and
glum," sour and unapproachable, and we
dread contact with him, how peculiarly
pleasing it is when he does some trilling
dee.1 of .muteness, or soeak some gentle
or kindly sentence of civility. The in-
him to us in :i new li.rbt. .nrno.J
becomes gravity, his inoroseness natural
reserve. We instinctively regard him rad was brought upon the stage as an in- States Navy of a dispute between repre
henceforth as one whose best dualities telliirent. unii-dit. liberal m-m- bo ... .,..:..... . -.i. ..
are hidden, and whose heart must
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hold
within it much that is lovable.
In daily contact with all sorts of peo
ple, we are so very generally obliged to
elbow our way through lite, and look out
sharply for ourselves, that it is astonish
mg.with the mostdelighttal astonishment.
to find one ot those who ahvavs steps to
one side to let us pass, anil who takes
pains to render us more comfortable
while with them. The man who invari
ably considers your personal comfort,
even it it be in an interview of ten mm
utes; who places you in the easiest chair.
oilers you whatever there may be to eat
or drink in the room, extends to you the
sweet courtesies ot hospitality, and en
deavors to make you feel at case and at
Home Willi linn, is tne man whom you
think of as a good fellow. He touches
you in something besides your intellect or
your jocket; business with linn is sim
thing more than dollars anil cents;
you
get to love the man.
Hints to the Girls.
An old stager, who has been through
the mill, gives the following parental
advice to the girls:
lake lessons on the piano and learn to
paint and sing, but let your mother do
the washing.
DWworsted work, and make nice little
neckties tor the heathen, but don t acquire
that mystic art to cook "pork and beans.
Go to boarding-school and uurtue some
French, Spanish aud German, but neglect
your gixnl old mother English
r latly deny the soft impeachment that
you are engaged. 1 reat your youiit
sprig precisely as if you were ashamed of
nm. It is complimcutary,aiiyhow, to the
young sprig.
nen you laugh, laugli hearty, lour
gold fillings may be seen. It is a card
tor the dentist.
Tell people who are posted, and con
sequent! v know better, that you are ex
actly nineteen last or next summer, you
forget w hich. I hey II believe it, you
know.
S iy naughty things of your rival and
next-door neighbor, and speak disparag
ingly ot Miss O's nose. But entirely
overlook your own incongruities.
iyaii means "tote ' a nice little dog
after you on the street. There is a chance
of your being taken for some one else,
while it speaks volumes for the dog
Walk tour abreast and keep the center
ot the sidewalk, but never tor a moment
dlow yourself to be disconcerted. It
shows consideration for the happiuess of
others
Finally, quit being girls by marrying
some old bald-headed buffer, with lots of
tin, and ruthlessly thrust aside a man
of brains with a becoming competency
II ASPiiF.iiKY Jam. One pound of sugar
to each pound ot berries, and nearly a
pint of currant juice. Put the sugar and
berries together in a pan over the lire, and
with a potato-masher, or wooden spoon.
keep mashing and stirring constantly to
prevent burning. When they are well
mashed, add the currant juice and boil
briskly, still stirring it carefully. Just
before it actually boils skim it well. Let
it boil about three-quarters of an hour to
bring it to the right consistency. It is
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a ii iioi.-s noi Keep so wen alter bein"
disturbed. Cover the cups with firm
paper, varnished with the white of an egg,
and pressed closely around over the edes
ot the cups. Jam should be kept in a cool,
iry place.
On Axon Jki.i.v. One box of Cox's
Gelatine, soak it one hour with three li-m.
(HIS Sliced I remove tho semis i in -i nn-irr
Lf cold water, then add one qu irt of boil-
1. .
nwr
water, four small teacupfuls of
granulated sugar, put it over a slow fire
tor twenty minutes; stir often to prevent
burning, then add one teaspoonful ot es
sence of cinnamon. Take five sm ill or
anges, sour ones are the lest, peel and
divide them in small niece, cover tho
molds with them, sprinkle plenty ot
sugar over the oranges, strain the jelly
through a flannel bag into the molds, set
in a cool place. Make the day before it
is wanted tor uso.
Appi p PniTTrim .
-Peel some apples
and rut thorn in wliona ...,f o i;hI.:,
over them and some lemon juice. Let
the pieces soak a counle of houra: th..n
dip each piece in flour, and have already
a frying pan, w ith two inches deep of fat.
When hot put the slices of apple in one
at a time, turn nvr u-itl. dir.. a .!,,.
are d ohio-. Anil ftprm u-bli i-iu-ilArA,l 1. ... " I
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ar
YFVTlt itf tlmrniml.l, .11 f tl. .1
J V, thin 7 TP"
ngnoins. Nothing is more essential to
health than pure air. Trw, mn. fm
lua i. ...n ;n . .
I - - m . ' r fill 111
"" "'"'. luj-venuiweu ued-
noms. one can letain health and
sleep in them.
To take rust from steel, cover the steel
with sweet oil. well rubbed in. In fortr-
eigni uours, ruo it with tinely-powdered
.I. . ... . . . .
unslacked lime until the rust disappears.
To clean straw matting; put a pint of
8a,t ia a Pl of warm water, and give the
matting a tuorough washing
To keep cut flowers fresh, to a vase of
flowers put half a teasnoonfnl of
h. at '
To preserve ice in a refrieerator. wran
I in several thicknesses of newspaper. I
The New Sultan.
J he curtain lias fallen on the second
act of the Turkish drama. Exit Mm ad
V., and his brother, Abd-el-IIainid takes
tne throne. Ihis has been all along
foregone conclusion. Turkey is ruled
Snb .,, v... '.i
picseui oy an aoieauo ooiu. ministry. I lie
I -j v 1 1 'mi i . m iri ni riiii-; vt if - i in
Ministry have been nrenariny the tmblie
mind for such an event by announcements
s oi t ie Miltan s illness and incapacity for
atlairs They deposed Abd-el-Azi., and
now they have deposed Mura.l. Unless
Alxl-el Hamid obedient v eh s to their
behests, his reign will 1 as .hort as that
of his bi other.
The new Sultan is described as a man
thirty-four years of age, abler than hi
lllltll-
. c,:. I
eiu.e upon what we hear at present. Mu-
.,1. V . I - -.T - - "I
IIUsIKmI behind the scene u rnu'iinl
, w......
11,11 imoeciie.
Hie truth is, but one ruler is the man
or the time in Turkey. That ruler is
ne wlio is liberal-minded enough to rec-
gnize the demands for reform made bv
I"nr,.. .,..1 t . . .
Europe, and to carry out these reforms
with a strong hand. He must be willing
to accept the inevitable, and strong
enough to fon e it upon an unwilling ,.-
pie. Abd-ei-JLuni I has given no proof
that he is such a ruler. A trreat crisis in
uch a ruler. A great crisis in therefore her skipper knew something of true that, with all the talk about old
story is impending. It must the marvelous tricks which the land oc- fashioned simplicity mid modem excess,
. Ihis revolution has post- casioiially played. Hence he was uot at it can be shown thst every detail of this
it h is not prevented it. Ax- all surprised to discover one day looming excess is derived from the very times that
LUromce. up before him an island, where, according are held up to us as models of modem-
iuikey s history is impending
come soon
poned, but
niuiittr aud
Care for tin Aged.
Do the young people ever think that
tl.
.ey will be old: that thev will s.mhi feel
that the grasshopiier is a burden, and
"
fear is in the way; Only a few short
years ago that aged man and feeble wom
an were young, strong, and full of life;
their loving hearts were gushing with
tenderness ami care for thij little ones
who now stand in their places. Do not
jostle that aged couple out of your path-
way; but rather lilt them with tender
care over the rough, declining road. ou
may have torgotten how carefully thev
Kent vonr fender 1,-i-f from s n 1 .1 i .-
and with what care they watched your
advancing steps. Iut they have not for
gotten, and the time will come when you
..III A . . I . . . I
win oe lorcioiy reminded ot it by the
love you have for your own little ones.
Will they hand you the same bitter cup
to drink that you pwur out tor that aged
father and stricken mother? Verily,
"with what measure you mete, it shall le
measured to you again."' Think of the
anxious days and nights your mother has
watched by your sick led; remember
her loving care, her patience and Ion
suffering with your fretfulness, and then
let the blush ot shame dye your brow, that
you should be impatient or unkind to
her now that she is old. Old folks are
such a trial ! Yes, they know it, and they
. if. i . . . -
ieei it, ami so win you ie just sueli a
trial to your children in thed tv that will
surely conic; ay, and you will remember,
t o.
The Heat in Arizona.
An Eastern gentleman engaged in min
ing in Arizona, writes as lollows: "Jhe
weather is hot beyond relief. Never, I
think, less than ninety degrees in the
-hade, and from that up to 10 degrees.
There is no lumber iu the country, and
all the building has to Im; done with Cot
tonwood iMiles, and hauled live miles on
jackasses to the mine. In addition, I
have had to pack water five miles, as we
have had no rain, and the tanks at-the
mine are exhausted. We have now killed
three rattlesnakes in the house, besides
any quantity of scorpions, etc. In open-
ing my trunk I was stung on the finger
by a scorpion. I bound a poultice ot
onions and tobacco on tne wound and
drank three full pints of whisky. It made
me very drunk, and I think killed the
. i.i . i i i
oilier poison, although my wnoie nanti
and arm was numb for a day or two. It
is a pretty hard country, three men nave
already died of thirst near here. My last
letters were sent here from the .Mine
(only fourteen miles distant by an old
V'"'J '
rsootchinan. I he letters did not arrive.
and we searched for hiin and found him
dead, only four miles from camp. He
was stripiied and hisnails were worn from
his hands by scratching in the sand for
water. We have sent out twice and
brought in men who were crazy and blind
and siKjeciuess irom tmrst. I lie sun is
terribly hot, and the ncks so hot that
they blister the flesh if touched."
Tkxkmf.nt-Hoi skPoi'ii.atiox fx Nkw
Yoiik. On Park street, from ;1 tool), im.
nieiise houses are packed with these iwople,
ot w hom iiine-tenths sleep on the roofs. Iu
the most comlortabie tenement-Houses
ventilation is impossible. In better times,
when single families occupied an entire
ll Mir, it was very nice. Now in every
room is a full-fledged family old, young,
sick,well.two beds, the stove, wash-tub and
cradle. Ot course, Shadrack,Meshack, and
Aledngo had a pretty hot.close time of it
in their little turn ace; but what would
,l... I...r.. .Imiu. if Hutu IikI iiiii i lidt' ii
dozen chiidreii.a sick woman.and a week's
w.ishin.-hangingon the ropes lesidef Pen
would fail to picture the destitution dis-
covered in a few hours' tramp. Thejack
of g.ixl clothing is lamentable. The lack
,.ri.,i ; lm..st universal. The
.Iiu.itist'-ii-tion i worth wiitebirirr
con-
aiiiiH u i - ii. - ... ........ .. ------ r
. . . . !
Feeble women lo not enjoy sleeping on
the roofs on account of the occasional va
cation in temjierature during the night,
and especially alout three in the morning.
But to men and nine ciiKuren tne cnange
from the intolerable heat and closeness
of the room imjIow is delightful. At
least 50,000 people slept on the roofs last
night; and of that 50,000 at least 20,000
had no idea where their breakfast was to
come from. The Sun.
The eoodness which struggles and bat
tles, and goes down deep and soars high,
is the stuff of which heroism is made, by
...: . ' i
which the world 19 salted and kept pure.
11 IDB KCU nil.tu uci. imiviu uiau,,,,
and makes men nobler than their nature
the demi-cods and the prophets of a
better time.
Empty Empire.
Chamber' $ Journal lias taken to discuss- An English critic talks about A hoped
ing the question of who ow ns the North for return of simplicity in drcus and fur.
Pole.
Its ownership, we think, if it
a found at all. will
probably be acquired
;d States or England,
i fa iiii.I L 4 !.... ... L'
at by either the Unite.
7. V . . v .. f ."i.
and either the fctars
I I ii'i in ro i
e s cross will wave over the jK.ssible ficial than life n past period. Prcva
ot earth, according as some Yankee lent as this notion fu, it is wholly a mis
rer or Captain Nates first plants his taken one. No idea, however, can bo
iiaiehV.f
explorer oi
foot on it. As to either banner stavinu
there, that is another matter. We fear
the indigenous inhabitants-walruses,
oolar l.,r? ..,,,11....., l---...: n
lauh UeeZ e Xtlu n
, ..f .bi..V '.1'
w'aZ, ,. V. ' "V... . . ' .1 .
low ei ta
1 IIMIIilll ultiT it u ! 1i tlo.ir .n. li.r
" " "
Tl.i.r,. 5a r.iuinn !., ti. i'..?t...i
onil'UII es III II IV I l ll.ll IOIIS UIT 11 IJI I OI I
lrr..i....l .. ......i.... i. x...i.
. iwuiim jiini US unun-!l i!9 IHU 'ILil
I'., WLilii r T... i,w....r.u.-r r..u,,-
lively English and American, met many
years ago among the South Sea Islands.
Volcanic eruptions in that locality were
rite, nml tlu .visitor .' v.ai.i i. .i-.iiir
--- v-i - "-- ij
dared close their eyes at night for fear of
new reefs ami shoals appeal ing, regarding
which the charts were literally "at sea."
The American h!,ip had been in the neigh-
hoi hood longer than the English one, and
then-fore her kLlntiiT lou-u- ..oim-iloii.r
i. mi hccouiiis, mere hiiouid oe open sea.
i ne j-.ngiuiinien sighted the laud at the
W'lllltllll.fe -111,1 til II l..nr.itinii,...i .... .11
' -, ' ' .. inoiui.es u ni.il-
manned cutter shoved oir from his gang-
way and pulled for the shore. TheAmer-
ican captain likewise sent a boat, ami
mciyracc ensued to see which should
first reach the laud. As the English boat
i... ii i s.." t
"i iiin Miaunw waici, iiei uuu er j u ill ped
overboard, and was followed by some
his crew, w ho splashed up to the beach
tJ the Eiflish lla-'
bok tuck up"7.
coated sentry was cal
liy the time the American boat had laud
was' floating from a
or a stall', ami a red-
try
ilmly walking to and
fro Injside it.
The English captain then
sent word over to the American vessel that
he had taken possession of that island iu
the name of the king of Great Britain.
The American captain, however, claimed
lirst discovery, and sent back a counter
message that the island belonged to the
jK-opie ot the L niteil Males. Before
morning a storm arose, and both shins
worked hard to keep oil the lee shore
but when the day broke there was no lee
hore to avoid. The island had gone,
and with it flag and sentry. A convul-
raised It above
the sea had caused it to sink again; and
two astonished captains might have been
seen navigating their vessels over its for-
nier site, vainly earchiug for the hcauti-
ful island which each intended to pieent
to his grateful country, and thus secure
io iiiuiseii iiiiperisiiauie renown. ctt-
tijic Aiucricaii.
Beauty Among Female Authors.
cry intellectual women arc seldom
beautitul. I heir features, and particu
larly their foreheads, are more or less
masculine, remarks the New Haven Ilea.
inUr. But there are exceptions to ull
rules, and Mrs. Landou was an exception
to this one. She was exceedingly lemi-
nine and pretty. .Mrs. Stanton, likewise,
was an exceedingly handsome woman
but Miss Anthony and Mrs. Liverinore
are both plain. Maria and Jane Porter j
w ere w omen of high brows and irregular
features, as was also Miss Sedgwick.
Anna Dickinson has a strong, masculine
face. Kate Field has a gooil-ooking,but
by no means a pretty face. Mrs. Stowe is
thought positively homely. Mrs. Bur
leigh, on the contrary, is very lino look-
ing. Alice ami 1 hccocUary w ere very plain
in features, though their sweetness ot dis
position added greatly to their personal
appearance. Margaret l idler had a
splendid head; but her features were ir
regular, and she was anything but hand-
some though sometimes in the glow of
conversation, she appeared almost radiant,
Charlotte Bronte had wondrously beauti-
ful dark brown eyes and a perlectly
shaped head. She was small to diminu
tivenes. and was as simple iu her man
ners as a child. Julia Ward Howe is a
line-looking woman wearing an aspect
of grace and refinement, and of great force
oi ciiaiacter in ner lace ami carnage.
Olive Logui is anything but handsome in
n i
iicrson. though gav and attractive In con-
versation. Laura Holloway rcsumbles
Charlotte Bronte.both iu personal appear
mice and in the sad experience ot her
youthful life. Neither Mary Booth nor
Marian Harland can lay claim to hand
some laces, though they are splendid
MM'cimens of cultured women ; while Mary
( lciiiiner Ames is just as pleasing iu fea
tures as her writings are graceful and
popular. Jfoiie Journal.
FitKxcii SritATKoy with Staue Hon-
BKitrt. When the French were in Mexico
the stage robleries in the vicinit v of
M. i t . ,... i .! I
onterey became very frequent. W ill. the
. i - - . , .. I
nraetieal common seiisi fur uliieb tho I
' ..... " I
i lunen ei v (iisiiiigiiisneu wneu nii'V L"i
i i . . . . . i : : .. : i 1 . . i . i i
.iu.ni mi;.,.. .i... i. i
;V:. " r. "r J'.:". ""...'I
, i ke a c ..
theI1! A.,
, i'H'uitiLi -tuiintu t i-iiiii Lilac u KCI4 1
... .1 I
He nicked out a ha f o.
smallest Zouaves aud dressed
them up as females and put them in the
stage. L.ach unprotected female had a
short breech-loading carbine concealed
4 3
under hi tettipants, and they covered
their demure faces by veils. Of course
the robbrs surrounded the stage, ami the
ladies, with an excess of feminine mod
esty, climbed out of tho vehicle and foil
into line with the rest of the passengers.
when ot a sudden an epidemic broke out
among those Mexican patriots, for each
lady, on an average, destroyed about three
of them, and the rest lost all taste for
female society and went away disgusted.
The ladies returned tvtwn in high glee,
out ior a iong tune me .Mexican osudiis
entertained sucn a loiry veneration lor tne
gentler sex that an old bonnet or shawl
ui.jimjsi4 wuiiivuuuij in miBjjv wi-uisu i
k imiuiiiiii; iuiciiujiuuii.
There are 8,130
United States.
newspapers in tho
Tho Ancient Simplicity,
be nituro. This utterance is in accord with
sentiments very common in the popular
speech sentiment which assumo that
I 1 V i
in oern ,e is far more ornate and arti-
.rcnem!! rmnt -u,n r""iL.
iion f, r it V tl mto o 7
, n0 Like certain liniitccl comr.nriHor ,
. r , Vmi, c'm,P"Hotn
' bU "L rVX ""l "l
J! "Ti' !. '
' t .V l" W '"wlyKev,
I ; r... ; .1.1 .
... ......"-i . I u. naiMm'H uiwry, Ulltllli
other hand, a broad comparison of one
century with another, of the life of civ.
ilized people of the eighteenth or other
earlier century with the life of civilized
people of this century, will elicit a very
different deduction. There is absolutely
not one fashi".
In drew, furn
not a revival
...
n now current, not a tasto
furniture, or ornament, that is
rival of tastes in thoso things
hi i-j-.iiic iiioos. 1 1 v iiavo iiivenieii
nothing, we have elaborated nothing; wo
haveonly imperfectly reproduced fho ex-
t eses,copied Ihe styfes.and fallen into the
manias of our ancestors. This fact really
in by-gone periods. We havo invented
settle fhr u bob.
d'icst on : lor. il it is
tion, then obviously the censures aud
criticisms so abundant are all wronir.
I A.. .1 A . 1 . . . 1 .
i!UI vet 1 ;u WO OO 11 o .norn t II in rn.
vive past fashions, 111 no far us present
fashions are ornamental, is certain. W
al are original only in those directions that
involve simplie tv. Men's attire, for In.
stance, is unite unlike old htvl,. l.nr ha
nped departure has been severely in the direc
ue of tion of Plainness, simplicity and ugli
jach. ncs. In thoso matters that involve
, .' . .....r, ...
I H
that Involve
elaboration, artifice, display, we havo
gone back to our forefathers for the in
spiration and the instruction and, bo
far. have failed to come up to them. Tf
one would see the extent to which elab
orate carving can bo carried, let him
study the old cabinet-ware at the Hotel
de Cluny, Paris, or at the Kensington
.Museum, London, or such examples as ho
may find in the museums in America; or
let Jiiin recall to mind the old furniture
he - has seen the four-post bedsteads.
with every part covered with elaboratn
designs; or the old cabinets, upon which
tne iniiustiious carver lias not left an
inch of snare imtouelw.il or !. l,.d.,.i.-
stamped chairs, overrunning withouaint
devices. These remain of
and tasto have many things to claim our
admiration, but simplicity is not one of
them. If we permit our memory to run
back over the past, it will bring up pic-
turesof halls richly wainscoted; of I
tel-pieces lifting to the ceiling, In w
A ..... . 1 I
mau-
dcl!
sculptural ornamentation has taxed the
inventive imagination of the artist to fho
utmost; of ceilings overwrought with do-
vices; ot men ami women moving amid
the scene upon whom satins, silks, laces,
ribbons, feathers, jewels, havo been lav
ished iu rich but studied profusion. If
wtJ recall these pictures of tho past, tho
I current lament over modern departure
nom siuipiiciiy win seem absurd enough,
This point is to be observed, however!
the Pinp and splendor of the past wero
honest in character; there were no cheap
and showy substitutes for real material
and earnest labor. Vuieeriiiir was mi.
know ii ; the carving was done bv hand.
and not by machinery; tho ornamentation
was part of the structure, and not glued
upon or attached to it; the dresses of
satins and silks knew no admixture with
baser material. As a consequence, only
the wealthy indulged their tastes in this
way. But now machinery ha facilitated
so much, and ingenious workmen havo
found so many w ays of imitating by cheap
process the elaborate workmanship of
the old artisans, that flimsy and bad or
namentation Injures tho beauty and do-
stroys the integrity of a good deal of our
wont. litis it is right enough to de
nounce. But it is quite misleading, in
tho warfare upon meritorious ornamenta
tion, to assume that we carve, gild, and
decorate inoro now than iu former
periods of tho world's history. Old
churches, old houses, old furniture, old
dress. oiii chlna.old lace, all show amission
for color and a love of decoration that wo
. . .
lo-day are only iu part reviving. Apple-
fvuinut.
Disease for Medicine t
It is well that a man should mflgnify
ids profession, but lie ought not to
overstep the bounds of modesty as did a
i,ei man doctor. He was a professor tit
Jena, and, in tho preface to a medical
work, wrote this singular opinion:
"The science of medicine does not
exist in order to cure diseases, but there
are disea-cs In order that there should
be a science of medicine."
Extraordinary as Is this idea, it has
,." . J T.. . ' .
oeeu uxi iiiucu acieu upon oy some p iy
it i,aa rhL.,,.,1 f; u!Ji
BiLiaim. j i. lias iiiru liihilm-u Uoii ric 1CII
. . . -"-
-i.... i .: 'i.
i lof'ti ll'a i if tf'lll I iwllf4 f llflt , Imtr r-ul-nil mfii-ii
----- - w ...... . . v v. ,iwij
.i,,, i (..(u f iK u " e . .
"--it uuiDuuiniiiwiiiutsiii
of their patients, especially those In hospl
i. x. .r ... i i i
mill- I I ft tifuir fill trtririi urn lwilml mwm
. A - .
as subjects tor medical experiments rather
than as patients to be relieved.
How many times have you performed
the operation!"' asked a French surgeon
of the great Sir Astley Cooper, referring
to a very dangerous operation In surgery.
"Three."
"Only three? I have performed itthir-
tccn times."
"How many of the patients survived t"
asked Sir Ashley.
'Oh, they all died, but tho operation
was very brilliant."
"Mino all lived," was tho Englishman's
reply.
It appears that eighty tons of fresh
meat troiu Jew York are so rt in th
London market every week, and that It
is of such excellent quality that by far
mu largest proportion oi n finds its way
mm mo Kuopi oi mo west iiia butchers.
The secret of preservation Is that I mm.,! I.
ately after tho beasts are slaughtered tha
I meat is chilled.
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