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VOL. 4.
HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1876.
NO. 29.
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Written at Twilight.
Oh, stars, bo faint, and j-et so bright!
Oh, chalcies of silver light!
Oh, weird and solemn, solemn stars,
No wand'ring mist your splendor mars.
Oh, human eyes ! look up and see
Those lights of wond'rous brilliancy,
Those miracles of witchery;
Which ever murmur as they speed,
"Our Maker helps in sorest need."
Can Mars know auht of "sorest need?"
Aye, none but God that page can read.
Theyshine, and still obedient are
To Him who makes the stars Ilia care.
Oh! much-tried, sulTring human heart!
What joy the knowledge can impart.
That He who decked the crown of Night
With lovely geius of trembling Ii lit,
"Upholds the heavens by His might;
That His kind care to earth extends.
And proves to man the Friend of friends.
Mekle W.C'ubrie.
My Honest Friend.
He came to me so smilingly.
And tirmly shook my hand,
And spoke to me so silvery
In accents smooth and bland.
Forsooth, I knew him not, but yet
His way and mien, so kind,
Proclaimed at once the gentleman
We very seldom find.
. He spake to me so manly
About his home affairs,
And spoke both frank ami willingly
Of many business cares;
He told me most that happened from
The moment of his birth;
I grasped his hand in joy to And
I'd found a soul of worth.
He drew me now so lovingly
A little way aside.
And whispered me con t'uli ugly.
With air so btmt fide.
And said it was with deep chagrin
That he did ask of me
But did I have about me then
So small a sum as "V?"
I blipped the sum most willingly
Into his honest hand;
He bowed to me so tearfully
My friend he'd ever stand;
We parted but grim death, alas!
O'ertook this nature's prince
That is, I think he mutt be dead.
For I've not seen him since.
The Hero of the Arethusa.
BY ETHEL. C. O.VLE.
It wa soon alter the Indian mutiny
had been quelled, and men felt that it
-would again be safe to have wives and
children by their sides in Iudia, that my
father sent for me to ioiu him in Cal
cutta. The Arethusu, upon which I
took passage, was a fine, new sailing ves
sel, fitted up with great care for her first
voyage around the Cape. There were
comparatively few male passengers, but
the ship's ample accommodations were
crowded bj wives, mothers and daugh
ters, embracing their first opportunity to
join those of their dear oues who had
survived the horrors of the mutiny. Of
those on board probably not one had
escaped the loss of some friend near and
dear.
With all its freight of sorrow-stricken
rjassengers the social atmosphere of the
Arethusa, though not bright, was far
from sombre, .bach suilerer unseluslily
sought to make lite less a burden to the
others, and the result was, if not happi
ness, yet at least as much of cheerful
rest as often falls to the lot of mortals.
Of course we had our bit of romance,
though there was small chauce for such
a thing where most of the . ladies were
wives or recently made widows, and all
the ireutlemeu were either accompanied
by tueir wives or crippled, or too much
given over to the morose humors which
beset the age of an English East-Indian,
to have patience with such follies. So
our innocent trifle of romance was only
a violent attachment between a hand
some little fellow of ten, the youngest of
the merchant-service middies of whom
there were on board about a dozen of all
ages up to nineteen and the pretty
8eveu-y ears-old daughter of our most
distinguished passenger, a General, and a
K. C. li. As a general thing, any passenger-ship
going to Calcutta can num
ber Horn twenty to forty children, but
Joe and Nelly were the only ones on the
Arelhusa, ami they became the pets of
us all.
After more than three months of al
most uninterrupted good weather we
were overtaken bv one of the deadly
calms which sometimes fall upon the In-1 that's
dian Ocean. Ihe great ship lay motion
less upon the water, which was as dull
and seemingly as dense as tarnished
brass. The sun was invisible through
the thick atmosphere, but the whole
heavens seemed a glaring, burnished
vault of copiter. There was no dis
tinguishable horizon Hue; the copper
and the brass seemed to be fused to
gether by the intense heat, and formed
arouud us a great hollow ball iu the low
est depths ot which we were immovably
fixed. As far as our eyes could reach
there was no sign of life. If we looked
downward, the dense, dull, brazen sur
face gave back ouly a reflection of heat.
"It is hot I" he exclaimed, so excitedly
that the general's attention was aroused,
and he too felt of the iron, and immedi
ately grasping a screwdriver which lay
conveniently near the children having
been using it in their play of the early
morning began hurriedly removing the
screw which prevented the register from
turning. Looking through it at the
same moment that he did, I saw what ap
peared to be a ball of name resting on a
barrel directly uider the register.
Quickly closing this, the general said to
me in a hui riel undertone: "ay nom
ing, Miss Gordon; let no one turn it;"
and lie sprang up the stair to call the at
tention ot one ot the oincers.
Such, however, was the languor that
no one noticed the little episode, and my
watcli was uninterrupted. Standing
thus over the register, already so heated
that it burned through the soles ot my
slippersand breathing an atmosphere of
scotching heat, my very heart grew cold
as I looked upon the unconscious faces
of the passengers scattered about the
nuKin in pverv attitude ol languor ami
depression, for I remembered the nature
of the cargo. In Liverpool we had been
told that the Arethusa was laden only
with cannon and balls, going out to the
troops. Hut three days before this, I
had overheard the captain sharply chid-
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lug the third omcer ior .mow mi; n
caudle t be carried into a "hold full of
brandy and gunpowder." Now I w-as
standing directly over a ball of lire
placed certainly in the hold with the
gunpowder, and perhaps on one of the
barrels which contained it. Probably I
did not keep my station more man a
minute, but, to measure time by sensa
tions, it was long hours before my heart
grew warm enougli to beat again; and
then I looked about the cabin in a sort of
stupid amaze to see the same people in
the same positions they had filled so
Ion" ago, and wondered in a dazed way
whether death had not come and chained
us all in our places, instead of scattering
1 bodies far and wide
over the brazen sea, as an explosion
should have done.
"Miss Gordon I" it was little Nelly
pulling at my dress "Miss Gordon,
pleasecome up stairs with me to look
for Joe."
Thus brought back to consciousness,
ami rinding that no one was likely to
disturb the register, we ascended the
companion-way, Nelly to look for Joe,
and I to see if any one had gone into the
hold. , .
We were just in time to see Joe s tiny
figure flashing up from the hold, grasp
ing at arm's-length a flaming mass of
something which he oast over the ship's
side into the hissing sea. The chief
in ate, running after the boy, caught him
in his arms and extinguished the flames
by pressing the brave little fellow against
his ow n broad chest, while a sailor quickly
threw a blanket around the two. The
poor bov's hands and arms and chest and
one side" of Ids face and neck were found
to be fearfully burned, but for a while
his intense excitement made him insensi
ble to the pain, and he declared he was
not hurt.
The sudden confusion on deck roused
even the most exhausted of the passen
gers, and all came thronging up to learn
the cause, teeling no apprehensions, out.
which is me
to the troubled, heavy, unconscious
breathing of the narcotized boy. The
general stood looking at him with a
working face.
"Miss Gordon," he said after a little,
"I've no son; I'll adopt that boy if I can
fet him. Do you know if he has pareuts
living?''
I did not know, and said so. The sur
geon, too, had come in, though it was
close standing for us all in the stateroom,
and he now spoke.
"Parents! I hope not, poor little chap."
"Do you mean "
The general spoke huskily, drawing
his thick eyebrows down hard with the
effort to look calm.
"Do you think "
"It was the nervous strain and shock,
you see," proceeded the surgeon. "He
knew what was there in the hold, and I
believe he felt that all the lives on board
were in his hands. I don't think he
thought of his own. He might have
stood the shock without the burns, or
the burns without the shock; but both
and this awful heat, no."
Poor brave little Joe.
While we were talking a sudden com
motion came on deck, and the vessel
began to rock heavily. The hurried
stamping of feet, the rattle of cordage,
and shouting of orders, portended a
swiftly coming storm, though there
not vet a breath of wind, and we
sweltered in the little airless stateroom,
through which no draught could be
coaxed. Soon the dead-lights were put
on and hatches battened down. The one
sperm-oil lamp in the cabin flickered
heavily, as if oppressed by the lifeless
atmosphere, casting only the dimmest of
rays through the stateroom door. In the
cabin were assembled most of the pas
sengers, ghastly looking from the sickly
yellow cast of the lamp, yet not from, fear.
The storm that came with such sudden
of the storm had overcome the. effects of
the opiate, and he said with a sort of
wondering fear in his voice:
"What is the matter? Didn t I do it
in time"
"Yes, dear," I answered, putting the
hair softly back from the uninjured side
of the pale forehead, "yes, you were quite
in time to save us all."
"Thank God," he whispered reverently.
Then a moment or two later, speaking
a little thickly, as if the tongue was do-in-Mts
work unwillingly, "Tell my mamma
that I knew she would wish me to try to
save them and I am glad." -
Then I knew that his noble act had not
been one of accidental heroism, but that
he had fully appreciated the risk lie raja
and its consequences, and had faced them
a"onious lv. And in the heart of the
racking frtorm and terror I prayed ear-
nestlv that as the lereaved mother must
know that site had lost her son, some one
..f in. at least, might be snared to tell her
Iri-hlv his brave oung life had
been given up. Christian, Weekly.
The Japanese.
The Japanese are a mixed race, formed
mainly by the amalgamation of two dis
tinct stocks; one of which, styled by Mr.
fi.-m tho Vamato. from a province of
that name in Central Hondo, came ap-
parently from the south, and long before
the Christian era were in possession of
the Southern Inlands, from which tney
set out for the conquest of lloudo, w hich,
with Yezo, was jieopled by a race con-
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leilipiuousiy ij .. " t
who had descended from the northeast ot
Asia, and are identified with the Aiuos,
r.mn:mt of W IOlll are still IOUIKI
a
un-
fury did not beat down upon us, but
rather kept plucking the great ship from
her brazeu bed ami hurling her back
mixed in Yezo, and are occasionally to
iil.i.i the capital. Mr. Griflis
-- ft
-i r l.arar-tcristic poi trait of one of
these. The complexion is a dark brown
the eves not set obliquely; the nose low,
with'rounded lobes; the mouth large
th hair black and abundant, clipped
wlw.rt in fr.mt. but falling in abundant
upon it in a rage of spiteful cruelty that massM over the back and shoulders; the
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wouia never oe sausueu. tunic '-i iK-ard ami inustaciio uuuwauy iug uu
locked in his birth for safety, already un
consciously suffered for breath. Several
of us by turns tried to fan him, but
beaten and tossed from side to side as w e
were, the effort was nearly useless. No
air penetrated our grave like confinement.
In a world full of hurtling Avinds we,
helpless, locked up with death, gasped
for one mouthful of air. More than one
in the low cabin lay in a deathlike swoon
long liefore morning, but while despair is
a narcotic, terror is a powerful stiinuh'iit,
and the most of us, staling and panting
as we were, were yet intensely alive to
every soiiud.
Nothing can convey to the ear that has
not heard them, the awful dread inspired
in the helpless passenger of a storm
tossed ship, by hearing the strange sounds
whose cause we cannot see. The tor
tured groans of the straining timbers;
the shrieks of the shrinking cordage;
the rushing, maddened whirl and flap ot
the riven sails like nothing so much as
the wild scream of a terror-crazed ani
mal; the hurried, stumbling tread of
storm beaten men, bravely fronting an
uuseeu, terrible force; the sharp crack of
a breakiug spar; the sullen thump of the
vessel as Tt tails back upon its cruel bed;
I, rous blows of the waves as
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thick. They are emphatically a
rani'. tln entire bodv of the males
hairy
being
sometimes covered with a fell of hair an
inch long. The Ainos are the stock upon
vvhh-li tl7f other races have been grafted.
ur.,1 viw.i Ian. rra.-e forms the basis of
the Japanese of to-day, compelling the
numerous words which have oeen auojueu
from the Chinese to conform to its own
i .. f pini ruction, somewhat as the
S ixon masters the Latin element of the
F.n.rlish language. "The Japanese vo
"savs Dr. Ileoburn. "has been
.-reatlv enlarged and enriched by the in
(r.uliw-tiim of Chinese words, all taken
from the written language, and not from
the colloquial, which has never been
in .1 .inn. S extensively have
these words been introduced that for al
most uverv native word the Japanese
I. -oi i onivalcnt Chinese word. Hut
in common usage the names of thing-.
fainilv relationships, and the words w hich
express the wants, feelings, and concern
of fverv dav life, are for the most par
native words, while the technical, philo
sonhical.and scientific terms are Chinese.
The distinctive types of the two races
are still apparent among the Japanese.
In the upper classes we see the fine, long.
oval faro, with nroraincnt. well-chiseled
t a
How to "Enjoy Poor Health.'
The continual depression of a low con
dition is one of the trials that come to
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many. Children snow ii in a perpeiuai
tretlulness and crying; and their eloers
sometimes envy them for their power of in
dulging in tears. It is a very bad sign when
everyone seems ' to be unpleasant. A
clever old lady once said : "If one per
son is cross, I suppose he i out or temper;
if two K-ople are cross, I still think it
may be their fault; but it every inxiy i
cross I go to my medicine-chest." Prob
ably it is the lot ot more than halt me
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world to go aliout ami do their worn in
life under the pressure of undefined or
defined ailment, needing a continual ex-
ertn-'m to keep good tern tiered and active.
In most cases resolution and an endeavor
not to be disagreeable to others is the
best remedy. It is much better and wiser
not to give way. unless we know that se
rious consequences will result from dis
regard. There are svmptoms not to be
neglected. Hut if we give way to the un
important indisposition, nurse and make
much of it, we give it an advantage over
us. we magnify it in imagination; and, oe
sides the immediate duty left undone, we
disqualify ourselves for future exertion,
by promoting languor, laziness and nerv
ousuess. .Moreover, oiieu uiu very coi
tion, by turning the course of the thoughts,
actually works a cure. Remember, too,
it is a very suspicious circumstance when
an ailment makes a duty Intolerable, nut
shrinks into nothing on the announcement
of a pleasure. It is quite true our nerves
and our wills are so mixed up togeuier
that, even when we hate ourselves for it,
we get well tor what we like, and me
only revenge we take is to lorce our
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selves to do tho thing we uou i ue,
whether we feel up to it or not; and if we
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once iM'glll to no ll neamiy iv ' -
gl MH 1 a cure as the pleasure. 1 his is not
advising any tiifliug with health. No one
has a right to do that. It is loo precious
to be sacrificed to carelessness, wilfulness,
fashion or amusement ; though sometimes
there are higher services that require it to
be disregarded. A child nursing a sick
parent, a wife accompanying her husband,
and, again, those ho arc called to work
for God's service often have to put their
personal risk of damaged health out of
the question. It is all a matter of com
parison, duty and obedience. C'lurlutte
M. Yvmje.
To Wash White Lace. The follow
in- recipe for washing white lace is gen
erally found more successful than any
other. Cover a glass bottle with white
flinnel,th"ti wind the lace around it, taek
it to the flmnel on both sides, and cover
the whole with a piece of flannel or linen,
which sew firmly around it. Then steep
the bottle over night in a ewer, with
soap and cold water. Next morning
wash it w ith hot water and soap, the soap
being rubbed on the outer covering. Then
steep it again for some hours in cold water,
and afterwards dry it in the air or near
the fire. Remove the outer covering,
and the lace is ready, no ironing being
required.
Washiso Fi.um. -The following com
pound is said greatly to facilitate the
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washing oi clothes: uissoivc iwu muiii
of bar soap in ab ut three gallons of wa-
ter as hot as the hand can near, auh one
tablespoonful of turpentine, and three of
1 1. ii ii 1 ammonia. tir. auu bleep m
So Natural.
Many years ago, wheu speculation in
real estate was very active, the owner of a
farm at Greenpoint, (now Urooklyu), L. I.,
a widow, was disirous of selling it, and
had fixed the price at $10,000, but it ap
peared to be overlooked for a long time.
Finally the widow's son, au easy-going
countryman, while at the grocery store
in the village, heard a stranger inquiring
for land, and offered the farm.
"What Is the price?" wa asked.
"$100,000," was the bold answer.
Tha stranger looked over the property
and asked "on what terms will it be
sold?"
"One-half cash, the other half in five
annual instalments, secured by moitgagc
on the property."
After a few moments, deli!cration, the
stranger accepted the offer, paid $500 m
carnc-t and ordered the papers made out
at once.
Tiie .mi returned home to announce
the news. "I've sold the farm, mother.
"You d in't say so, for how much?"
"Guess."
"Ten thousand dollars."
"Guess again."
"You didn't get fifteen thousand?"
"Guess again."
"Well, I'll make it enough this tune,
twenty-live thousand!"
And yet the only answer was, "Guess
again.
"I shan't guess no more, for I know
you're fooliu', John."
"Wei . mother. I ve sold It lor one
hundred thousand dollars!"
"Good gracious," exclaimed the moth
er, when she could get breath. "What
terms did you maker'
"Half cash, and half yearly for five
years."
Then hum in nature spok out, "You
great fool, ee tktll neccr jct the ret of the
luoiitv in the world !
The money, however, was all paid, and
the tract is now o.vued by Union College,
N. Y.
The Power of the Lords.
full of tlie aimless curiosity which is the . the . eye-sockets, oblique blH- ,.,m"1?'Ui;- b'urs kcpi . '
stimulant of the idle. The ship . officer nuiverinf. 8i(les, are all a thousand lof, arlpig fids, elevated and cl..the in tin Tor three 1h,,
and the middies, pale and excited, gath- nles more dreadful to the useless pas- arth .. eyebrows high narrow forehead. He vessel t tf'f J soa
ered around poor little Joe eljqujj 1 tmu wouUl ,,e thu most horrible rouJ(, m Uu.,:,ikJ ,outh, and pointed tl'e.c'"t'"" ' '"i a second hne .
tioning. The general with a sob caught could see and face. chin . r.ontrastin- strongl y with the round, " lUt'r IV ,e u .rV' ntillc.
and pressed his little daughter closely in . rmnm(m to ?'l 1 face, less oblique eyes almost which case a teas,, nful f t "rpent c
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The power of the House of Lords is
strikingly illustrated by the Domesday
ii ok. When we see the extent of their
possessions we cannot wonder (especially
when their territorial influence is coupled
with the seductions of a title) that they
should w ield so much power even in these
days of the ballot and of household mf
frage. The list of their possessions begins
w ith e.tates of 101,000 acre,l 38,000 acres,
and 10S,0() acres, followed by 87,500
acres, 78,."00 acres, 70,000 acres, 08,000
acres, 01, 000 acres, CI ,00 J acres. There
arc nine peers having properly between
50,000 and 00,000 acres, holding together
41)0,000 acres; five between 40,000 and
50,000, holding 210,000 acres; twenty
three between 30,000 and 40,000, owning
770,000 acres; forty-five peers h iving es
tates between 20,000 and 30,000 acres,
making an aggregate of 1,087,000 acres.
From 20,000 to 15,000 acres there are
thirty-four peers, and their estates amount
to 504.000 acres; from 15,000 to 10,000
acres there arc fifty-live peers, and they
own 074,000 acres, seventy-two peers ow n
between 10,000 and 5,000 acres, iu all
523,003 acres; and eighty-one peers own
from 5,000 to 1,030 acres apiece, aud to
gether 230,000 acres. Thu 333 peers or
peeresses own 5,42,1,000 acres, or one-
.sixthof the land of England.
Scene in the Senate.
The occasion whs the trial of tho im
peachment of Jlclknan. one of whose
counsel was addressing the Senate sitting
as a Court of Impeachment. Iho ne
Bcrlption is from "A Woman'a Letter" in
J he Advance:
One cannot but notice that, distinct
and obvloun as are the statement of the
listlngnUhed counsel, and forcible and
natural as are hU conclusions, ho yet la
bors under a difficulty, tho lamo as a
preacher must suffer when it is his lot to
sKak to an audience where he sees no
perceptive eye, no animated answering
face, so that however magnetic he may
himself be, there is but a feeble current
r. sympathetic feeling between him and
his hearers. I would not oy any means
intimate that some are riot listening, con
tniry to appearances. Kcrnan, of New
York, is busy reading the Conqmiional
Record; another is writing; Morrill, of
Vermont, reclines his head In somnolent
attitude; Kelly, tho stout, of Oregon,
rocks Id chair oh iU springs; Anthony,
of Hliode Island, is fast asleep; West, of
Louisiana, writes his name in tho auto
graph album of some fair appllcaut;Thur
man's red bandana Is even more musical
than usual; Irish-Confederate Jones, of
Florid, stretches his awkward gigantic
form across two chairs why will chair
makers try to establish a Procrustean
rule? and nnother Senator tries to adjust
his centre of gravity by resting his chair
on the rear jiosts; Conk ling seems anxious
in regard to the condition of his finger
nails, and good old Hamlin is evidently
alllicted with loosened fangs and i, as
usual, trying the experiment of every
man his own dentist; while Edmunds, of
Vermont, the exacting, upright, down
right, hair-pplittlng, legal-minded, valiant
Nestor, has just become interested in tho
symbolic paintings on glass In tho panels
of the lofty canopy overhead, his fuco
horizontally fixed, and as if conscious
that the none might not bo impressive,
with hands raised as if in devotion. Tho
only Senator who looks attent, sitting
erect ami eyeing the speaker, Is tho col
ored Senator JJrure, who seems really
happy to bo instructed and anxious to
catch every point, or else ho is too polito
not to appear so. How the heart of tho
orator must warm toward this sole, good
listener. All other lounge, or recline,
listening, perhaps, all tho same.
his arms
"You see, sir," said Joe, touching his
cap with the piteous, ragged, brave right
hand, "when I felt the iron so hot I re
membered all at once what was in the
hold, and how I saw somebody going
down in there a while ago with a lighted
candle in his hand. So I just ran dow n
and found the hold wasn't locked, and
the candlestick, all afire, was on top of
one of the qaeer barrels, sir, close up
under the cabin-floor."
Tin- rantain gave a startled glance
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around to sec if Joe's intimation ot
something dangerous in the hold attracted
attention; but all those who had not pre
nilv known it were too interested to
heed the allusion.
"There was nothing particular in the
hold, Joe, you know; nothing very par
ticular," said the captain, with an uneasy
bluster of unconcern. "Uut the candle
stick all afire ! How was that? Candle
sticks are not made of wood or paste
board." .
"I don't know how it was, sir, but I
suppose it was so hot in the hold that the
candle melted and ran down, for the
bottom of the candlestick was full of
fire, and I just grabbed it and ran, and
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h..ro noor brave little Joe ie-
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came conscious of his pain, and turning
white, fell into the captain's ready arms.
The tearful surgeonhis eyes were
r.,n ,f tnaru. thou'-li no one would have
dared to tell him so pronounced
in.. burns to be very bad, out
themselves dangerous, if only the weather
ould cool ami he could nave piw.i
The results of the nervous siiock,
to be teared man
every ship in a furious storm, we heard a level with the cheeks, and straight noses, trcsamel
sound for which none of us could ac- expanded and turned up at the root-, uw itl cU
count. A long, thunder-like roll and a which prevail among the clothes stained by fruit, e
sudden blow, then a sharp knock and laboring classes. A. 11. Uuernyyin J
i.. :.. .1... -..II 1. 1. .ii.- IT JUtEAD AND OLTrEll I t
aJmcnt is calculated
cleansing summer
heavy lau; again uiu ion m uiw. ,
again the knock and fall. Endlessly re
peating itseif, this sound which was be
low, and not above us, or on either side,
acquired a monotonous awfulness like
the pangs of a useless remorse. It con
quered all other sounds, and with them
Harper's.
r.t. in-viiv Clinton. Gen. Henry
Clinton, the commander-in-chief of the
Ih itish forces engaged in our Kevolutiwu-
arv War. was not esteemed Oy the pairi-
... r..- 1.; aohliiTlv oualities. On the
WL3 1W1 III-' ------ - - J I
all thoughts of emotions not couuected I r.)Iltrarv they regarded him as nicoinpe-
..iihitJ.it Life, death, hope. fear. pain. ... f.,r his position, and his mistakes
often aided the American army in secur
ing success.
New York was in possession of the
Rritish, and Clinton lived in the lower
oart of the citv. in a house at the corner
of Hroadwav aud what is now called
Hatterv Place. The garden, in which
there was a summer-house, ran down to
the Hudson. Th
etc.
ciMMxo. Cut up
. . & i I. ....... I ... ruin
a small loai or oaacr in :. ......
slices previously spreading each slice
with butter. Lay them iu a buttered
pudding-dish, with well-cleaned Zante
currants sprinkled thickly between. Over
tho i ho i. nour a sweet cusiaru oiii-iu
' V 1 . . .
vrt u ninrr of milk, the volks ol
. . . . i : .
live
the
not of
w
quiet
ho said, were more
even the injuries, bad as they were.
... .1 a
uitd not do much, but at leasi
I CO
I
resting-
sorrow, were as noiniug compaicu mi
that one undertone of mysterious menace.
We even aud this is much more wonder
ful than that we should have forgotten
the greater things forgot the petty dis
comforts of our situation, the drizzles
aud sometimes streams of water that
poured through the drought-shrunken
boards of the ceiling, the heat, aud the
many knocks and bruises. Small things
as well as great passed unheeded under
the nightmare oppression of this uncoin
prehended terror.
Afterward we learned its simple mean-
'1 . I 1 .. I ..... ......... nt-. 1..W
in". Jtesioes me orainiy tuiu guunuv.,
we" really had on loard a numler of the
unmouuted cannon, which, with the
balls, we had been told in Liverpool
for mod our cargo. One of these, a mon
ster, more insecurely lashed than the
others, had broken loo.se during the
storm, aud rolled and tumbled from side
to side over its slumbering fellows, iu
sullen resentfulness trying to beat its
way out of its unquiet prison iu the lower
hold, down to the region un vexed by
storms. It was a real danger, this va
rant cannon, but had we known just
how real and imminent was the danger
of its beating a hole through the ship's
iMjttom, I think we should have suffered
less than we did through that long night
of darkness and fear. The unknown is
immeasurable; and the immeasurable
. .. ..i .:. . .. ...... .. ill ii .il!
e's. and me wiinu i on. -, in.'o
half to a whole cup ot powdereu sugar,
,.,1.1 a email nutmeg. Let it stand one
hour, then bake for an hour. Have ready
the whites beaten to a froth with pow-
.lored sugar, and essence ot lemon, ami
f-y , a . a.
spread upon the top. hen ooue, pui
back in the oven to brown.
Sthawbeiiuy Cukam. Dissolve half
famous "Light-horse a package of gelatine in cue quart ot
Loc " learning that it was the naoil oi Honing iuuk, ui - - "
Clinton to take a nap in this summer- then add a pint ii 7
easant afternoon, resolved taste. Add tnree laiocsooouiuis y-
house everv pie;
to seize the Hritish General and carry
him off to the American camp. His plan
was to cross the Hudson with a torce,
land at the fot of the garden, steal Uoti
ii... i:. moral while asleep, aud make him
nrisoner.
Lee informed Washington of his plan,
and asked permission to carry it out
Wahinrton. with his usual caution, con
unWoil i'ot Aloxander Hamilton, one of
liis aids.
..--a. . . ...
"I would forbid it. Oeneral said
ii :i. i.r ..1.....1.1 flit. ton 1 ... niHilo I .1. marlor it lariro. It Will have HO
liaiuilioii, i wi r 1 1' ' ....... ... - i i ii 1 1. v. j --- -- B , . .
a prisoner, it would be our misfortune, crUst on it, and we think it splendid
since the British government could not Cover the pot closely, and boil fast.
berry syrup. Let it cool a utile, suiiing
it occasionally, then pat it into custard-
. : 1. r...... llin
cups, and put an icmy, m "
beaten whites oi egg, ieior '"
table in the centre of the icing, a bit ot
strawberry jelly.
Il. kino Stbamkd Hkkad Prepare
vour bread just like tor comm n oaaiug.
J . . . . . . i . : .. i i .. 1 1
ii:vo it in it: nut on a poi oiie-uum nm
How Boys' Mauulks auk Made.
Almost all the "marble" with which boy
everywhere amuse themselves, in season
and out of season, on nidewalka and on
sandy spot, are made at Obersteiu, Ger
many. There arc large agate quarries and
mills in that neighborhood, and the refuse
is turned to good account in providing
the small stone balls for expert to
"knuckle" with. Tho stone i broken
into tanall cubes by blows of a light
hammer. The small blocks of t.tone are
thrown, by the hovelful, into tint hop
per of a tin ill mill, formed of bedstone,
having it surface grooved with concen
tric furrows. Above this i the "runner,"
which is of some hard wood, having a
level face on its lower surface. Tho up
per block i made to revolve rapidly,
water licing delivered upon the groove
of the bedstone, where the marble are
beiii'- rounded. It take about fifteen
minutes to finish a half-bushel of good
m
One
per week. The hardest "crackers," a
the boys call them, are made by a slower
process, somewhat analogous, however,
to the other.
allies 10 uinso a ii.m-o-o-i .. ,
trbles" all ready for the boys' knuckle. . '
e mill will turn 100,000 "marbles" ' '
n.i . l I .. . ....-..b.... " UJ IfUO
A tiiais in India recently encountered
a herd of elephant that were advancing
along the track. I ho leading eiepnani.
a huge tu-aer, wa, nppa.euuy ., :.,. ,....,.,.,.. CHr Hn, .--kimr the sw
whistle, and charged me . . , - ...,,, Z .
ion. I ' I ' ....t -
raged by the
advancing train.
-tie, and
There wa
a Heme i
Home Life a I In ml red Year Ago.
One hundred year ago not a pound of
coal or cubic foot of illuminating ga had
been burned In tho country. No iron
stove were ued, ami no contrivances for
economizing heat were employed until
Dr. Frauklln Invented the iron framed
tireplaco which still bear his name.
All tho cooking and warming In town
and country were dono by tho aid
of riie kindled upon tho brick hearth or
the brick ot). Pino knots or tallow
candles furnished tho light for the lon'
winter night, and sanded floors supplied
the place of rug and carpet. The wa
ter used tor household purposes was
drawn from deep well by tho creaking
"sweep."
. .....
No form of a pump wat used in irns
country, so far a we can learn, until after
the commencement ot the present cen
tury. There were no friction matches in
those early days, by tho aid of which a
?-i a.t il. . 1 f f K .
tire could oo speedily Kinuieu; nun n wiu
fire "went out" upon the hearth over
night, and tho timber was damp so tha,
the spark would not catch, tho alterna
tive remained of wading through the snow
a in lie or so, 10 oorrow a uranu oi a
neighbor.
Only ono room i" any houso was warm
unless some of the family wa ill; in all
the rest the temperature was at zero dur
ing many night in the winter. The men
and women of a hundred years ago un
dressed and went to their bed iu a tem
perature colder than that of our modern
barn and wood sheds, and they never
complained. Home Journal.
Thk Mauqlis ok Watkhfop' A
correspondent of tho Pittsburgh Dispatch,
apropos of tho convenience of second
class cars iu Britaiu, write: The Mar
quis of Waterford always insisted on
traveling third-class. Thi annoyed tho
railroad authorl tic, as it was killing their
first and second-class travel. Ono day
tho Marquis appeared at Waterford sta-
and bought a third-class ticket to
lin. Tho railway men thought to
teach him a lesson, and for that purpose
sat a sweep down beside him in the car,
thinking to drive him out. Tho Marquis
surveyed hi traveling companion for a
moment and then ttartcd lor tho ticaei
(lice. "Givo mo a first-class ticket to
Dublin," said he. They thought they
h id him sure, but ho simply returned to '
the sweep
and
lousconcus.-ion, the elephant wa knocked
.(T to ono side, mutilated and writhing, i
of boiling water: place a tin cupful of hot -n.i t,e train, afler a series of violent
' ' - . i i i ll
water in the not.and set your dish ol nread t lu H i,ic, pearly threw It i ff tho line,
...... ... . "... I I I . . . I if . -. . . . ... a
on it. Boil hall an hour u a sniau ioai, CAmo to a htandstlll against tne ikkuc oi
two other animal of the herd. INo ma
terial damage was done, the Ixiss elephant
hi brushes to tho first-class csrringo and
leaving him there returned to hi favorite
compartment. So the company did not
effect much by tho 1110.
find another commander so incompetent
to send in hi place.
The ardent Lee was told to keep quiet.
seared our eyeballs with its hery glow.
The sailors forgot to swear, the incor
rigible Jokers were silenced, the chronic
complaiuers
. . 1
even the flutter ot tans ceaseu irom sneer
exhaustion.
Little Joe and Nelly sat on the stairs
defies courage, while it crushes reason.
Was it only one night, that long agony
swo itw Sense. As a farmer was
getting in hi hay the other day, he no-
i. oil an unusual commotion among tne
j swallows, which had built a long row of lightly brown
nests under the eaves ot his bam. lhcy Heiie is a
Mashed Potatoes. When the pota
toes are cooked, drain off the w ater irom
ti.oiu and let them dry thoroughly. Then
- . . . . i- ..1.
i.roak them with a broad wcxxien 101 a,
-.1.1 oroam and salt, and mash them with
a sooon: put them iu a baking-dUh ;
shake a little pepper over them,
Thk Battle or Saratoga. As wo
read now the narrative of that famous
buttle, in which, on the fir-t dav' fight.
was shot by a passenger, and the rest of oni three thousand i Americans and thirty-
the herd scampered off in a bew ildered uvo ,u,reJ Britisher were engaged, ami
sort of condition.
aud j
cement for sealing corks:
could give him a more quiet
place than his owa, and at my urgeut re
ouest he was carried to my stateroom
If we looked up, the burnished copper ufter his cruel burns had leen dressed
on deck. He fainted twice during me
operation, but gave no groan or , t, ' , , lIrT .,, , Th. told us appeared greatly excited, flying rapidly ..'i, ;irt nf tallow and three of resin
was ola.l wbon at ast he la V UUlormeilicu " .-- - . .. -. 1, " I' . .... ... . ...
. r - 1 ,.. ......r.i tii.. ...iiO'iin nni t 10 otners I atMiur. ana n nL' uib sir nun iiica uicj
l" BIICI -.., ... ...... . T rj
... .......... tlio li..roo l.:ittlo hail mat lo the of distress. As the load of hay upon
opiate. -..k. viw.rt l.ut ... never believed which he was riding passed into the barn.
very lew 01 me passengers .- ' 1... tl,.f a vonnc .wallow in a nest
peculiar danger from which we nad oeeu iocu.. ., i i..i i. it
at the toot ot tne .companion-way as saved oy me wondertul presence 01 noun o- ,.t : . iuttt.PPn tn .l,!,U. .nd
i. ... i. ii.nl V v 1 ..f.i".,...i.i wi-- lint night or iweuiy c wainu v , , ..n. ... .. . ..v... -
mo j " "' -- w ' ' . . ii .x.,l,l om;il tho ,aa .inuhloto wrate itso f.
..11 1 i. . - . 1 1 1 ... . . u..aa 1 nrrio mi 1 10 ilh v. 1:11 US V C ' . 1. . . ..... ... .' 1 " ' ......... ...
1', J
V.IVl tl.A l.i.w. ..... In..... 1 ... i n I J flO'lt
w.i. n. ihii"-i.imuiuui;u iiuiv- . . 11
. . - t . . .. .. ... ........ An. 1 1 in uriiriTi nil ra'.in. 11 v. l .
inr ooiiro thevTre hot." said ner had once taken hro. there would Dive iii''uuic,uU .... :
I should like to been hardly a possibility of extinguish- from us, leaving the r,iy AretAust torn,
inr- it. and that wo .h..i.l thon i, avo had battered, and hall a wreca, anu we i:.c
"Set Down!" A inemiier
... - I .a
gress. amoiliou to niiso uv
mute as all
exclaimed:
"My feet are hot!"
Of course they're
father; "what iin't hot,
-"-ow-" , ,,
-Hut. nana, its fire-hot; feel 1 1
The general did not stir, but Joe put
down hi hand and touched the iron
square, like a furnace register, which was
inserted in tne Uoor. auu wuim
..nnitn.ii. h.ira aorvod as a ventilator to I
gvuiQiiiuca w '
the hold below.
i.,.r? wlwn iKtrLIV cooieu. mm me
Ji I -oorked bottle (the end 01 me cor
... . 1 1. .....Ma. .l.a'n
cut even wim me whuc; upiio ...,
.rivo it one or two turn in the cement,
. . ..!...- .1
turn back, leave n vo t'.
rr . 1 ,1.. iin.1 I11100. nf lemons.
no Mooned u KllT.1".1' '-r . J :.
.:;" o-rate the rind aud mix wuu equai .i,...
of Con
least one
ou-rt h for the gratlicatlou of hi cou
stituent, thu began : "Mr. Speaker, the
oi:neralitv of . mankind In reneral are
generally disposed to exercise oppression
uon the generality ot mankind id gen
ctal." "Setdowul" whispered a Judi
ciou friend, pulling at hi coat-tails,
"you're coming out of tho hole you went
in at." He sat down once for all; his
voice wa heard no more in that hall.
Consciexcb is the voice of tho soul, j
tho passions are the voice of the body.
tumult and dismay; but when the morn- his team and set tne young uiru ircc, re- f. , ia,ar: bottl e.cork. aud seal,fMiueeze It astouUhimr that these two Ian
LjiF.jiiiiia.rri.uiui - . .. . . . .. ni . .iui
, - - - . . Br.u t in mice, anu lo a iiiu.
iUM " .
storing it
to the nest.
to the barn with his next load of hay.
noticing that the swallows were quiet, he
to take to the boats. That the cask, a - once more permitted -to ici m me .j- num . - ..-.- - ...vj
ready charred by contact w th the ' in- light and the freshened air, we saw a fiHe.J it completely with mua so th.t no
tensely hot metal candlestick, held gun coning glaze and set of tlie brave eyes nmtter .'m1
rwiwdor. wa.4 fortunatolv known to but and mouth, and a distressing liealli!,i
few.
..no and a Quarter pound of sugar; leave
it a day or two In an open vessel, meu
skim, bottle, cork and seal.
t.. -.Wo nut fruit soots, nour boiling
-- - 1 . .
At last the opiate took its effect, and 1
listened, quietly fanning him the while,
the noble little frame, that told us all care
was vain.
Once only, during the night, the noise
or
a
wHtor through them before washiug,
i.ia iit nr tho .io..o nf moisten the spot, and hold under it
that community by any experiments upon lighted match, when the iff"f"
i. 1 will anon cause the stain to disappear.
vuat crac&. --..
guages contradict each other, and then
to which must we listen! Too often
reason deceives us; we have only tin)
much acquired tho right of refusing to
listen to It; conscience never deceives
us; it is the true guide of man; it i to
man what iu.tinct is to the body, which
les than one thousand tell, it seem to
our modern eyes but an Inconsiderablo
skirmish. But it must be remembered
that it was not the fighting of either the
lyth of September or tho 7th of October
which decided tho result. The simple
fact was that Burgoyne found himself
surrounded by a largo American lorce,
and his retreat to Canada intercepted.
This fact decided tlie coutcst, and really
decided the wholo war. American Inde
pendence wa as truly secured at Schuy
Icrville as the overthrow of the rebellion
was secured at Gettysburg. Dr. Cuyltr,
Wb correct ourselves many times bet
ter by the sight of evil than by good ex
ample; and it is well to accustom our
selves to profit by evil which is so com
mon, In tho place or good which is so
rare.
The largest sponge ever found in tha
Florida I exhibited at a store in New
York. When wet it is eight feet lu elr-
follows it, obeys nature, and never is 1 cumfetence, and when dry 13 feet, ana
afraid of going astraj. weighs 19 pound.
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