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HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1877.
NO. 41.
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Naming: the Baby.
What shall we name her, my flower-faced
girl, '
My tweet little lassie, with violet eyes;
My lily-browed maiden, as pure and as sweet
Aa the rose in whose bosom the bright dew
drop lies?
Shall we call her then, Violet, modest and
any,
Or fresh little Daisy, with pure golden
heart.
Or heavenly Lily, our Easter-day flower,
Or-Pansy for heart' ease, that soothes
sorrow's smart?
Oh! there's never a flower In earth's fair est J
Tone,
Or gem in her mine, to jjive us a name
Rarely sweet and precious enough
To tell what our love for the darling would
claim t
We name her, then, after a loved one below,
But still in my heart 1 know there must be
A word of the angel-tongue, by us unknown,
Which belongs to this baby Heaveu's best
gift to me.
A. II. Il, in PortlamJ Transcript.
Don't Leave the Farm.
Come, boys, I have something to tell you;
Come near, I would whisper it low
Tou are thinking of leaving the homestead,
Don't be in a hurry to go.
The city has many attractions!
But think of the vices and sins
When once in the vortex of fashion,
Uow soon the course downward begins.
Tou talk of the mines of Australia,
They're wealthy in gold, without doubt;
But, ah! there's gold on the farm, boys,
If you will but shovel it out.
The mercantile life is a hazard,
The goods are tint high and then low,
Better risk the old farm a while longer
Don't be in a hurry to go.
The great stirring world has inducements,
There is many a gay, busy mart.
But wealth is not made in a day, boys,
- Don't be in a hurry to start!
The bankers and brokers are wealthy,
They take in their thousands or so;
Ah, think of the frauds and deception-
Don't be in a hurry to go.
The farm is the safest and surest,
The orchards are budding to-day;
You're free as the sir of the mountains,
And monarch of all you survey;
Better stay on the farm a while longer,
Though profits should come rather slow;
Remember you've nothing to risk, boys
Don't be in a hurry to go!
A Christmas Box.
CUAPTElt I.
'Doctor Barret, indeed! About as
much a doctor as ruy hose is humph!''
and the old gentleman tucked his hand
under his coat-tails and warmed himself.
The mirror behind him gave back his
bald head, and the mirror opposite
showed him his face with its look of
testy impatience. What was the matter
with him? He looked up at the gold
cornices aud back tit the carpet, and
sighed discontentedly. Not that there
could be much to sigh for iu the way of
comfort or luxury either, for the master
of that house. Without there was snow
and frost, but that was nothing to him.
Warm curtains covered the windows, and
the fire leaped and cracked merrily, am!
the chandelier laughed into the looking
glasses which lined the room. On the
table was a tea service of silver waiting
for him. with load.- of good things to
tempt him to forget his trouble. Hut no,
something was the matter with him. He
took a pinch of snuff angrily; ho mut
tered again: '"Doctor, indeed! as much as
my nose hang it!
And the old gentleman stamped out his
discontent till the chandelier chattered,
and the cups danced in their saucers.
"A low, mean, drivwling apothecary,'
muttered the old gentleman. "Doctor,
forsooth! Well, let's have some coffee,
and see if there's any good in that.'
But the coffee-pot had a choking in its
throat, and wouldn't pour; and the su rar-
tonga, like an ancieut pair of sniffers,
pinched Ins ringers.
"Hang it I" repeated the old gentleman.
Then he got up and began walking
about the room ng.un. Aud tie took from
his pocket a smalt pocket-book, and from
that a little crumpled piece of paper, the
writing ot which was yellow and old. He
smoothed out the bit of paper carefully,
aud read it lor a third time that evening,
with running comments and sundry jerk
ings and noddings of his bald head.
"Humph! only wants to be Ibririven
dare say acknowledges the wilfulness
and disobedience of cuure be onlv
for a word of forgiveness all very fine!
TVl., 4!.... .' . . -'
nj, u. uv years since i got tins pre
cious scrawl. What in the name of atl
nuisances has made me thiuk of it so t i
ll ighti"
It's Christmas Eve." whisoerod some
thing under the old merchant's waistcoat.
"Christmas Eve! Well, I kuovv it is;
what of that?'
"Look around, you avaricious old
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iuiscr, sam uie voice.
"3Ie avaricious ! Me a miser." cried
out the merchant fiercely, as ho looktd
round his luxurious ro. m at the irildin"
ana graceiui urapery, the perleeti n ot
everything, down to the tea-service.
which he had not been able to use that
evening. "Avaricious! J.'"
les, said the voice doggedly; "isn't
it all for yourself? Who shares or bene
tits by it, I should like to know? Wheie's
your daughter, old gentleman? Tell me
that."
"How should I know? Didn't she run
away from me?"
'And didn't she come back and cling
about jour knees, and kiss your bands,
ana beg jou to forgive her and her lius-
Dand '
'A pitiful, sneaking apothecary t"
"And didn't the write to you that very
letter, all blotted with teare and luco
hereut with sorrow? Who are you that
you should - refuse to forgive, and your
own flesh, too, vou heathen?"
4Sue chose for herself," muttered the
merchant, "and she must abide by her
Choice. When, fire yean ago, I cloied
my doors and my purse against her and
her driveling humph! husband, I
swore "
"More shame for you if you did ; but
you didn't swear; you only turned tbem
out like thieves, and came back to your
loneliness a miserable wretch as you are
still, Hnd always will le, unless "
"Hang it!" cried out the old gentle
man. "Where is she? Where is the bright
little figure that used to flit about this
very room, and make sunshine in it?
Where are the warm little lingers th it
used to clasp yours when you came in out
of the street cold and weary? Where is
the warm cheek that would be pressed
tenderly against yours to warm it? You're
a nice sort of a father, you are; why don't
you enjoy yourself amongst all your
riches and luxuries, eh?"
The fire blazed up merrily, and still
the merchant btood with his bands under
his coat-tails; but he did not feel the
warmth comfortable, neither was his mind
easy.
"It's Christmas Eve," repeated the
voice under his waistcoat, polemnly.
"Well, don't I know it? Of course it is."
"Yes, but you don't know what kind of
a Chri.-tmas that little bunk-ara of yours
m-iy be keeping, though. Perhaps with
three or four children round her, cryiDg
for the bread which t-he hasn't got to
give. Think of it, you old miser I" -
Once again the old gentleman walked
up and down the room, tind grunted out
his customary "Humph!" and then the
tire phone out, and the chandelier looked
down benignautly on the silver service,
as much as to say, "I told you to; I
knew how it would be all along." For
the merchant had gone out, and there
was no longer any living presence in the
room.
CHAPTER II.
We will leave that little room also for
the street; not that it was at all inviting,
however, for the frost pinched the chil
dren's not-es, and sent the hands of the
big bo vs down deep into their trovvsers
pockets. We will stop before a modest
house of three stories; very narrow it
was, very prim, evidently not liking its
juncture with two sisters which could
not hold their heads so high in the world;
a h 'Use w hich would be described by
auctioneers or agents as "genteel."
And there was an organ grinder oppo
site the genteel house, looking up at the
narrow windows wistfully, as he ground
out a melancholy version of the "Perfect
Cur." A boy or two clung round the
lamp-post, and pulled his coat-tails fa
cetiously, or exht rttd him with a "Go if,
my pippin!" "Stick to it, monkey -face!"
and other cheering bit of encourHgemeiit.
But the organ-grinder was ued to that,
and didu't mind; heide, he rtmemlared
that house opposite, and how one of the
narrow windows had opened one day,
and a little curly pate, aud a half-penny,
which was thrown to the oigiu-lxy.
te looked up to the windows with all his
might. But it was no use. .No halt
peuuv was forthcoming fur him, and he
moved on more sorrowful than ever about
Mary Ante, aud paviug no attention to
the small lys who dogged his heels
ready for mischief. As lie moved on, a
mm in a whitybrown j icket turned the
corner and rang the door-bell of the gen
teel house. No one answered, and Whity
brown moved back a step or two, looking
up at the windows, as the organ grinder
had done.
A lirht had sprung up in the hall of
the genteel house, and the door opened
suddenly.
"O, it's you, is iti '
"Yes," said Whitybrown, "it's me."
"You're come for the "
"Stuff. Yes, I am. " I'll wait for it."
"Walk into the hall, my man."
"Th uik'ee, Buttons, no; I'll wait hero.
I'd rather."
Jut then an old gentleman, much
muffled, and carrying a cine whirli he
switched about nervuiuly, stopped at tlin
opjH)site lamp post, ami stared up curi
ously at the mu row wind ws. Then he
crossed over, still looking at the house.
"Who lives there V sol the old gen-
tlem in, turning to Whitybrown.
"Dr. Barret."
"Humph doctor? About as much
doctor as my Rich man, eh? Keeps
his carriage, and all thit"
"Did, but doesn't. Likes walking."
Here the door opened, and the page
put his head out.
"Here's your physic, my good man.
Master would have seen you, but he's
just come from the Duke's, and he's
tired."
And Whitybrown shook his head with
a half smile as he turned away.
"Humph !" tj iculated the old gentle
man, "Keeps a servant iu uvery :
"He keeps a poor beggar in buttons,'
said Whirj brown. "Tuat s the way with
the "vntletolks; it amandout look rich,
and all that, they won't have nothing to
sav to la tu."
"Then this humph doctor is poor,
is h;i" asked the old gentleman.
"Sir," sal J Whitybrown, "1 don't know
who you are, nor what right you have to
question me. It s no sin to oe poor, is
it? If you want to do the doctor nere a
good turn, do it he does a many. Well,
yes, he is poor; and he has a wife as is
weakly, and little ones too. t or all mat,
he has cured my wile tree gratis, lornom
ing; and if you was to ask me where his
dinner is to come from to-morrow, i
should sav the same place as it came from
yesterday, and that's nowlurts there!''
And Whitybrown turned away with his
phytic.
CHAPTER III.
There was a round table in the parlor,
and a tallow candle on it; atpiesent, too,
Dr. Barret's elbows were on it, supporting
his tiead. And there was a work-basket
also on the table, and a slender little
figure sat near it, stitching with nimble
fingers, while one foot was on the rocker
of a cradle.
Dr. Barret's meditations were bitter, as
welt they might be; and the handful of
fire in the wide grate sent forth no rlow
to brighten him, or thaw the fingers that
bad grown red and stiff over that piece of
Be wincr.
Dr. Barret took a shawl from the chair
back and put it over his wife's shoulders,
and she lifted up her face to press it to
his, gratefully. But then he sank back in
his pl ice with a groan.
What was he to do? Hitherto he had
fought hard a long, dreary battle for
life; but now his health threatened to
give way, and he felt how powerless he
was after all. And his thoughts went
back to that slender figure as he had first
seen it; and miserable self-accusations
tormented him. He had taken her from
wealth and luxury, and could not even
give her the bare neeessarie of life, ne
knew now, since he had been so much at
home, what all that stitching was for, and
it stung him like a wasp to think sr e was
working for him. As he pondered thus
with his head on his hands, the subject of
his thoughts looked up at him, quietly.
"The old story, Frank?"
"Tin? olt story," responded the doctor,
gloomily. "How can it Iks otherwise,
when I see you working those little fin
gers to the bone in hardship, and cold
and hunger, Mary ?"
"It does me good," said Mary cheerily.
"I never kuew before how fast I could
sew or how well."
"You never had occasion for it till I
stepped in with my selfish love and
brought you to poverty. And yet I do
love you, M.iry more I think than ever;
you don't doubt that, do you?"
"Why should I doubt it? Frank, if
you will talk of these things, I must talk
too, and then my fingers will lw slower.
What is the use of pondering so gloomily
over the p:istl I know we were wrong,
both of us, but we have done what we
could to retrieve it, and I will not have
you take more than your share of the
blame. I knew lefore w hat luxury aud
self-indulgence were; now I know more;
I have seen trouble, and know what the
lives of others are, and how thoughtless
and selfish I was once. I hope I could
never be so bad again; so you see it has
been good for me to have trials. And
have we not blessings as well? O, Frank,
if we had lived in ease and riches, we
mi"ht have lived as some married people
do; you know that not caring for each
other, and only anxious for s uuc perpet
ual excitement to relieve their ennui.
Bat now we have had a battle to fight to-
rether "
"Ah ! but, my darling, the battle grows
harder than ever."
"Y'ou are ill and desponding. Make
haste and get well, Frank, and you will
see things through brighter spectacles."
The doctor was silent, and only
the sound of the needle broke the still
ness. There was only one comfort for
him in his poverty he was not in debt;
and the rellection gave him a thrill of
satisfaction.
The handful of tire d windled, and the
coals dropped down lower in the
grate; still the click ot the needle went
on. suddenly mere was a knock, at me
door, a hard, strong, double knock, and
the doctor started nervously. "A patient,
perhaps," said his wife. "When things
ire at the worst they always mend, you
know, Frank."
Yes, because men always take means
to effect a radical cure instead of patch
ing up but hush! how long thatlniy is.
Y'ou see the doctor did not dare to go
himself, Itecause no patient could ever
have iKUieVed in the skill of a medical
practitioner who opened his own door.
Presently there were sounds of hasty-
steps and hard breathing in the litth-
hall as of a little boy struggling into but
tons which were obstinate. Tiien tin;
door opened.
"Dr. Barret at homef"
"Y'es, ut "
"Ask him to step here a minute. I was
to give this iuto his own hands."
Buttons knocked potnixuidy at the par
lor do r as if he did not know erfeetly
well that every word had been audib!e;
and Frank came out in time to yen a
small Itox pat down in tha hall and the
bead of the messenger disappear through
the door.
So it was no patient, after all," said
Marv.
"No, it is a box," responded her hus
band, wearily. "Perhaps some one has
sent us a Christmas present, or perhaps
it's a hoax. As likely as not.
"I had better t ike it to the kitchen t
unpack, sir," said Buttons; "make a less
mess than here, perhaps.
"es, do. Aud I think 1 11 come with
yu- . . . . ...
But the little fingers moved on nimbly
over the stitching, and the quieting f xt
pressed the r ckir of the cradle. What
was in the box? II id t-otne unknown or
forgotten friend thought upon them, or
was it a hoax; It might beeveu that the
young wife's thoughts pictured the possi
bility of a Ciiristnus dinner, f-r how
could she see her husband sinking daily
ietore her eyes for lack ot necessary com
forts, without wishing and hoping? M re
than that, th ?re weie the children t io-e
little mouths which she could not fiil
How long they were over tint box!
Then suddenly there was a step in the
room, and Frank stood beside her chair,
leaning on it.
"Are you strong, Mary? cin you bear
somethings
"Oh, Frauk, what is it? don't."
"Nothing bad, little one. Time was
when I should have leen too proud to re
joice over this, Mary ; but for your sike
ami tor the children, 1 think my pride is
dead'
And he put before her the mysterious
box.
"Paper-"," cried Mary, disappointed
"What is it, Frank? What can papers do
for us?"
"Read," said the doctor, pointing to the
lain;!.
"Marriage portion of ray daughter,
M rv Birret. nee Favours!! ira."
Bat htill Mary turned a puzzled face
to her husband.
"Tell me what it means?"
"There is more for you to read, re
sponded Frank, pi icing another paper in
her hand. "You are rich, Mary, that's
all. You see I am trying to be gxl and
thankful in spite 'f my own failure and
disappointment. Itead.
"Some vear scro mr daughter asked for
gireness at my hands. I refused it. Now it
U my turn to uk, and hers to which is it to
be? 1 beg my daughter to forgive me.
I send that which I have long unjustly kept
back from her and hers. Let her and
her husband take pity on a lonely old man
and come to him. The. old house is null and
miserable; it wants tha music or children'
voices, and there Is room in it for all. Let
them come to me, and I will show thein how
thankful 1 can be. Joux Favoubsuam.
And Marv' arm was around her hus
band's neck, and she was trying hard to
keep back the tears that would come.
"You will le good, rranK, ana lorgive
him for my sake. I know yo will. It
is a Christmas box that is worth having,
isn't it, Frank?"
O, boy in buttons, dowBsWith the lamp
that requires "as m-iciL feeding as a
b ibby." No matter about it now. Away
with the suit that it doesn't mat&er much
about daubing. There will be new but
tons w hen tboe are gone, and plenty of
lamps in the future. And by-and-by
there will be a big "lo Let m the wiu-
lows of the genteel old house, and the
testy old merchant will le no more alone
in his luxurious rxms, but a bright fig
ure will sit befoie the silver service and
).'iveJiit)i his coffee, and childish eye will
look at hi m with awe, as in some mys
terious fashion the author of all this
grandeur. And the-:docttr will grow
great amongst great surroundings.and visit
his patients in his carriage; and the voice
under the old gentleman's waistcoat will
torment him no more.
The Meteorite at the Centennial.
Stones which have fallen from the sky
are among the most interesting and cu
rious objeets iu the whole field of natural
science. Perhaps it is principally on ac
count of theirrarity attlie present stage of
our earth's exi-tenee that they are looked
upon with wonder; but thore was a time
in the early ages of our earth's history,
when rains ot stones were common occur
rences; iu fact our earth and moon, and
nil the planets are made up of such masses
fallen together, and changed afterward by
the action of heat, of wter, and of air,
etc. In the moon the action ot water
iud air was absent, and we see its surface
in the original condition in which it was
h'ft after luing solidified, and havi.ig re
ceived in its once melted liquid and after
wards plastic mrtace the impression ot
huge meteorites, which at present we
can easily distinguish with the telescope,
and also the turned -up edge of the
moon's surfnee, which surrounds them;
in fact, t ic moon look as if it had lx;tMi
a Boft yielding surf iCe,like clay or butter,
into which peboles bad In-en thrown.
lhat the meteorites have not all fallen
yet is seen by the fict that they still fall
lioiu time to tune, and by our know ledge
of the nature of the pieces that fall,whieh
ire generally umloriii and of two kinds,
ind totally different from the rest of our
earth's suiface we are enabled to decide
with certainty whether a stone found is
of meteoric origin or not.
One of the largest found is in Siberia,
and is altogether too huge for trau.qorta-
tion; another ot six ami one quarter tons
weight was found in Gieeula.id, and, with
several smaller ones, was c irried away by
a Swedish Arctic explorer,- and was on
exhibition at the Centennial. Another
large meteorite was in the Mexican de
partment, weighs two tons, and is onlv one
of a large nuinixT which fell at Chihuahua.
It is of si similar couiito-i'ioii (iron and
nickel) as t'le oth;r rein irka l; miss be
longing to the Smithsonian Institution iu
aMungton, the celebrated Irwin-Ainsa
meteorite, whit h was on exhibition at the
United States building. It is ring-shaped,
and weigns inree-q iai lers oi a ion. ii
fell, according to a tradition amongst the
natives in Ariz ma, s nu 2J'J years ago,
during a regular shower -f other stoat,
and came near Itciug carried off in ltli3
by a Spanish officer, who wanted take
it to Madrid; he soou abandoned it, how
ever, as a hard job, and it laid for more
than 100 years in the town of Tucson,
from whence at last it was removed to
Washington. The next specimen is the
Blake meteorite, weighing 330 pounds.
and was found 1 ist year in Tennessee, by
a farmer,on his land.
Tiiese were the most remarkable speci
mens on exhibition. It may be asked if
these stones,by falling iroiu the sky.have
never injured any one. We caii answer
this affirmatively. Ilumboldt.iu his "Cos
mos, mentions mat two monks in
Italy, while walking i,i the fields, were
killed by stones t tiling trom celestial re
gions, and smashing their skulls.
Anecdote of Fillmore.
The late president Fidm re was a man
of great strength and influence in .brie
county during the period when he was
actively engaged as a legal practitioner,
not so much on account ot brilliancy or
superior abilities but because of his
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really sterun q la nies, auu ins uaiurai
tact aud skill in causing it to be believed
among the m isses of the people that hu
was a mail of the highest character lor
truthfulness and candor, and that under
no circumstance wou.ld he condescend t
any concealment, trick, or subterfuge to
carry a point. Ju lge James Mullett, on
the other hand, oetoie ne was elevated t
the bench, was greatly Mr. Fillmore's su
Ierior in talent, but qui'e indifferent to
those conventionalities wnicti generally
prevail at the bar, and was constantly
saying or doing something to shock the
moral sentiment of the community, and
maka himself appear worse than he
reaily was. These circumstances gave
Mr. Fillmore a creat advantage over
Judge Mullett before juries when on op
posiic sides, of which Mr. Fillmore al
ways availed himself when his evidence
was weak. Of course this angered Mul
lett. Oj one occasion, when much irri
tated, he assailed Mr. Fillmore in bitter
terms for this conduct, and called upon
the court to "see to it that the counse
should no longer be permitted to play
himself off as the right bower in the case."
Whereupon Mr. Fiilmore.with that bland
and innocent look which came to him to
naturally, leaned over to John L. Talcott
(now on the supreme bench), aud in an
under tone asked, "What it the right
bower? '
'i'a c tt, who never positively loved Mr
Fidm re, quickly replied, ami in toues
loud enough to be heard by bench and
bar, Tue right bower is the biggest knave
in the pacic" Harper $.
To the Unmarried.
Boldly determine to begin married life
with small means. If you are only con
tent with a brown ttone front, four sto
ries, on a fashionable street, with every
thing to correspond, Ihen you have the
mease already, and need severe treatment
immediately to save you. The heait that
hasanobiiityof its own, and does n t have
o leg it of some one else, will tind an
upper ntoui in a side street the very pir
d;se of domestic love, and if acquaint
ances fall off because of the bumble home,
will be glad that it has been delivered
from so many worthless tempters. It will
find delight in the practice of a whole
some economy and in tho cultivation of
thohe virtue which have the tairergrowth
iu sheltered places.
"liut who wid consent to ba my wife
under such conditions?" Certainly noue
f those young ladies who are trained to
be utterly useless and wasteful ly extrava
gant, brought up to consider it vulgar to
know tint there is a kitchen, lounging
away time in novel-reading and frivolous
gossip, and allowed to purchase every
thing th;ir whim demand. Th ink For
tune! ihere are some who arc pre-crved
from thd defi.ement. S;ek them out.
I lu-y are jewels woith digging for. But
if you can't tind any such, go to the coun
try engHge the ntfeiUioas of a sound-
minded cuii!itry-g:rl, and establish your
lome.-tic king loin on an independent
ais, tree trom entangliug alliauces wall
a silly world.
To Bemove Foreign Bodies From
the Eve. A m -dical correspondent of
the Loud n Ijincet make a suggestion
which may prove useful on emergency to
soni J of nur readers. He says:
"In consequence of tlitf difficulty I ex
eriencetl iu removing from a patient a
Mrt ion of steel imbedded in the cornea.
which did not yield to spud or
needle, some other means of re
moval became necessary. Dry, soft
white silk waste suggested itself to
me, and was wound round a thin piece of
wood, so us to completely envelop the eud.
This soft application was brushed back
ward and forward horizontally over the
art of the cornet where the foreign sub
stance fixed. To my astonishment, it
was at once entangled by the delicate but
strong meihei of the silk, aud was w ith
in wn with the greatest ease, caught by
the same. A gentleman in turning steel
at a lathe, suddenly felt that a portion
had entered his ejc. He went at uce to
a surgeon, who, with the most skilled
manipulation, failed to extract the stiue,
saying it would soon work out of itself.
Toe next morning the patient saw me,
having mff ;ied severely since the accl
lent, and on the hrst application the por
tion of steel was extracted.
IIealtheii. Beds.--Germany excels
any country with which I am familiar in
the cleanliness of ps leds. It seems as
much a part of yearly house-cleaning with
them to have the hair removed trom the
mattress, to have it well beaten aud
suaned, and the cover washed, as it is
with us to have the carpet whipped and
heed from their disease-begetting du-t.
1 grant that it would le a difficult and
expensive undertaking for au American
housekeeper, tor skilled laltorcr nra rare,
and when found must be well paid, as
they should be. Knowing the obstacles,
then, in the way of thorough renovation
of our lads, we should take all the more
care to protect ami air them. Every bed
should have especially uiad lor It, tlic
size of a tick, a w hite tacked comforter,
uot too thick so as to be unmanageable
in washing; over this the sheet is spread.
Every bed in daily use should be subject
ed to the purifying rays of the sua at
east once a week, and should be lett open
for the reception of air and light some
time before being made up. Bed not
frequently used are often fouud very
musty and disagreeable to guests. The
parlor beds, that swallow their own con
tents by a magic touch, are fair without,
but in time, for the lack of proper airing,
they become foul within.
Beef Cakes. Cuop piece of roast
pf vcrv tine, mix in irrated breadcrumbs
j v
in projMrtion of one-third crumbs totwo
t'lir.U beef: season with oeiner. salt.
chopped onions and parsley; moisten
with a little ot tne drippings or catsup; a
littlM cold ham or too -'lie will imoiove
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them; make in 11 it cake and spread a
coat of mashed potatoes ou the bottom
and top of each. Lay a piece of butter
on every cake and set iu a quick oven to
orowu. utner coiu meat may oe pre
pared in the same way.
How to Cook Codfish. Put the fish
o wonk in cold water over night. In the
inominir remove it iu fresh warm water.
ami M-t bv the tire. II df an hour pre-
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vious to its being dished up, change iuto
tresh water, and simmer over tne ore
rwarlv to boiling beat, but no higher.
Tnis management doe not draw out, but
revives and enlivens the nutritious uo
stauce iu them; and leave the fish ten-
er and delicious.
Prksii Meat Griddles. Chop bits of
any cold roast meat, seas n wiin jepper
ami anlt. make a tmddle batter, put a
spoonful on a well buttere I iron, then a
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spwnful ot the cnoppeu meai anu on mi
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another spioniui oi uie oauer. huj
n.wifMl on one side turn when tlo'ue.
send to the table hot. They are very'nic
for breakfast or mncn.
Jrvm vd. Take six essrs: a cud and a
h.ii'oi' kivrar: one of butter: beit to a
froth; add n mr enough to roil ; nivor to
o rut out with a large tumbler, and
cut out the middle with the top of a can
ister, to leave a pertect nug. i ney snouia
be rolled in powdered sugar, and baked
in a quick oven.
rvinr Two cuds of suar. one
hir mu i if butter, one cud of sweet milk.
.m .anoonful of bakiug powder, flour
enough to roll, caraway seeds if liked.
Mix the bailing powaer tuorouguiy
through tne n our.
Oxk ounce of the essence of bitter al
m nds wid c mmuijieate au agreeable
taste and soieli to an ounce of the cms or
oil tif nimmerce. and will not at all af
fect it medical action. Persons taking
... a M t . ay 1
this medicine snouia oraer iiwuc vuus
flavored.
Account of the Death of General
Washington.
Some time in the night of Friday, the
10th inst., having been exposed to a rain
on the preceding day, Gen. Washington
was attacked with au inflammatory affec
tion of the upjer part of the windpipe,
called, in technical language, cy niche
tiachenlit. The disease commenced with
a violent ague, accompanied with some
pain iu the upper aud fore part of the
throat, a s mse of stricture in the s irae
part, a cough, and a difficult, rather th i'i
a painful, deglutition, which were soon
succeeded by fever ami a quick aud labo
rious respiration. The necessity ofhhwxU
letting suggesting itself to the General,
he procured a bleeder in the neighbor
hood, who took from hi arm, iu the night,
twelve or fourteen ounce of blood, lie
could not by any means be prevailed
on by the family to send for the attending
physician till the following morning, who
arrived at Mount Vernon about 11 o'clock
ou Saturday. Disco vet iug the cae to be
highly alarming, and foreteeing the fatal
teudeucy of the disease, two consulting
physicians were immediately sent for, who
arrived, one at half after three and the
other at four o'clock in the afternoon; in
the meantime wero employed two pretty
copious blee iiugs; a blister was applied
to the part affected, two moderate doses
of calomel were give J and an injection
was administered, which ojierated ou the
lower intestines, but all without any per
ceptible advantage, the respiration be
coming still more difficult aud distressing.
Upou the arrival of the first of the
consulting physicians it was agreed, as
there were yet no sign of accumulation
iu the bronchial vessels of the luugs, to
try the result of auotiier bleeding, wheu
about 'i'i ounces of blood were drawn
without the smallest appaicut alleviation
of the disease. Vapors of vinegar and
water were frequently inhaled, ten grains
oi calomel were give j, succeeJe J by re
peated dose of emetic tartar, amounting
in all to five or six grains, with no other
effect than a copiou discharge from the
Towel. The power of life seemed now
manifestly yielding to the force of the
disorder; blister were applied to the ex
tremities, together with a cataplasm of
brau and vinegar to the throat. Spe ik
ing, which was painful Iioui the begin
ning, now became almost impracticable;
respiration grew more and more contract
ed aud impel feet, till hall pat 11 on Sat
urday night, retaiuiug the lull possession
of his intellect, when be expired without
struggle.
He Has fully impressed at tho begin
ning of hi complaint, as well as thiough
every succeeding stage of it, that its con
clusion would uj mortal, submitting to the
several exertion made for hi recoveiy
rather as a duty than from any expecta
tion of their ellicacy. He considered the
operations of death upon his system as
coeval with bis disease, aud several hours
before bis death, after repeated efforts to
be understood, succeeded in expresiug a
des-iie lhat he in u lit be ieimilted to die
without iuteiruptiou. During tho short
period of hi illness be ecouomized his
time iu the arrangement of such few con
cerns as required hi attention, with the
utm st screuity, aud anticipated In ap
proaching dissolution with every demon
stratiou
iot that equanimity for which his
whole lift) ha
ifti ha beeu so uniformly and sin
gularly conspicuous.
James Ckaik, Attending Phys'n,
EusiiA C. Dick, Consulting Piiys'u.
ALfcx.vNDKlA, December 21.
Kemubtc InUlliyeiuer, Jan. 11, 1890.
Made Fast.
We shall never forget that evening we
spent at Magruder year ago. Vu ad
mired Mis Magiuder, aud went around
to see her. It was summer time aud
moonlight, aud she sat upon the piazza.
The carpenter had been there that day
glueing up the rustic chairs ou the porch,
so we took; a seat ou the step in front of
Miss Magruder, where we c uld gazjinto
her eyes aud drink in her smiles. It
seem probable that the creutcr must
have upet his glue pot on the spot where
we sat, lor alter enjoying Miss Magiuder s
remark for a couple of hour, aud drink
ing several of her smiles, we tried to rise
for the purpose of going home, but found
that we were immovably fixed to the step.
Tnen Mis Magruder add, 'Don't be in
a huriy,"aud we told her that we believed
we wouldu t. I he conversation had a sad
der tone after that, and we sat there think
ing whether it would bo better to ask
Miss Magruder to withdraw while we dis
robed aud went home in Highland cos
tume, or whether we should urge her to
warm up the poker, or whether we should
give oue ternhc wrench and then ramble
d wn the yard backward. About mid
night Miss Magruder yawned, and said
she believed she would go to bedf Then
we suddenly asked her if she thought her
fither woald have auy objection to
lend us his trout step for a few days,
because we wanted to take thein ho. no
for a pattern. We think Mis Magruder
must have entertained doubts of our san
ity, for she rud.ed iu, called her father
aud scie lined. Magruder canu down
with a double-barrelled gun. Then we
expjait-et! the situation in a whlp4r, ahV
114 procured a saw and cut ou tne piece
f step to which we were attacfind: T uen
we went home wearing the patch, aud be'
fore two o'clock crushed outpour yoinjif'
love for Mi Magruder. ",.rVj' iievi
called again, and she threw herself awy
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choly satisfaction in recaUpig theefHem
orie of youth, and reueetiug upon the
influence of glue upon we emotions of
the human heart.
Night. How absolute and omnipotent
is the silence of nbrhk! Aud vt tlm still.
ness seem almost aCkiible. From all the
nitjisureiess depths ot air around us
comes a half-souud, a half-whisper, as if
we could near the crumullujg of eatli and
all created things in the grfat miracles of
nature, decay, aud reproduction, ever be
ginning, never endmg, the grsduil lapse
aud running jut the stud iu th hour
glass of .jjm .LonpflliB. ,
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Fbakcb is now taking a new ceq-tts. In
1873 Paris had a population of lrT JTCa
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The Key of the Gate of India.
There Is a cardinal physical fact which
may control the intercourse between
Great Britain and India, and which seems
to have been left out of sight by most
writers in this country. It is a fact of
which Russian statesmen are fully aware,
and it Is one deserving of the quiet atten
tion of Englishmen. We are accustomed
to regard Constantinople as a position the
master of which hold the key or the
Mediterranean, and thus, in case of need,
can give passage to the fleets of the Black
Sea, and arrest, or at least very greatly
imperil, our maritime intercourse with
India. This, however, is not exactly tho
truth. That the master of tho B iaphorus
hold the key of the southern entrance of
the BluCk Sea i,of course, a matter beyond
lispute. Tne powers directly interested
a that fact are thoe which are depend
ent on the navigation of tho Black Su.
In the present state of Europe it is thoso
State aud district which find an outlet
for their produce by the Danube, to whom
it U of the first moment that the Bospho
ru should bo practically neutralized, or
held by a non-aggresive iHiwcr. Tho oc
cupation of Constantinople by a first
class power, of possibly progressive dis
position, would be a checkmate to the
Empire of Austria. It is thus a matter
which chiefly concern Austria, and
not to be tolerated by that State, un
less as the result of a disastrous
war. But while the master of the
Bosphorus can prevent a single ves
sel from escaping through the southern
entrance of tho Black Sea, ho caunot send
a single vessel of his own into tho Medi
terranean without the pei mission ol the
master of tho L irdauclles, lo show that
this i not a mere rhetorical assertion,
it i worth w hile to devote a few minutes'
attention to the physical condition of the
two luteroceanic cjiumuuicatiou in ques
tion.
Tne Bo8phorus I a strait, the length of
which the irregularity of thu shores
makes something over forty marine miles.
Narrow throughout, it is chiefly con
stricted at two points. At the northern
entrance, opposite Fil Biruu, the width
narrows to aixiut one thousand four hun
dred yards. Tne channel is of regular
form, though helving more precipitous
ly (utider water) ou tne Asiatic tliau on
the European coast. Tne depth, mid-
channel, i forty-eight fathoms. At the
south entrance of the Bosphorou the
total width is 1,800 yard. From Serag
lio Point to Leunder's Tower it is only
1,020 yards. For the greatest part of
tnis width the depth doe not exceed
twenty fatlmms; but a depth of Unity
four fathom is found to lu i through at
about four huudic 1 yards east of Seraglio
Point. It i evidv-.-t, then-fore, lhat the
southern entrance of the B osphoru can
bo readily defeuded by torpedoes, and
the northern entrance by artillery, by any
power commanding the shore. At a dis
tance of 150 marine miles southwest of
Seraglio Point, a vessel navigating the
S ta of Marmora arrive at the first con
stiL'tiou of Galipoil Strait, opposite
Tcherdak. Too width foiu Europe to
Aia at thi point i 3,800 yards. Too
rreatest depth of the channel, about the
middle, i iony-jix fathom. About live
aud one-third mile southwest of Tcher
dak we arrive at a point called tho Nar
rows, between Kuia B.thr, ou tho Eu
ropean, aud Caauak K ilelui, on the Abl
atio cout. Toe extreme width at thi
point is 1,100 yard. The bottom of the
channel declines, at first rapidly aud then
more gradually, ou eicli side, till It
reaches a depth of lifiy-lhree fathom.
Tnis place i thu key of the Mediterranean,
as far a uavigatiou to or from the Back
Sea i concerned. Th j great constriction
of tho passage is the iuoio serious (a fur
a auy attempt to force it is Couccrned)
from the pUo ot tho chauuel, the axis of
which in this locality, for aoout a mile
and a half, lies directly north and south,
thus exposing any vessel to both a sweep
iug aud a concentrated tire from property
arranged batteries. Three mile to the
southeast of the Narrow occurs the con
striction usually kuowu as the Darda
nelles. Here the width Iroiu Seddul Bahr
in Earope to Koum Kaleh iu Asia is 4,000
yards, aud tho extreme depth of thu chan
nel is titty f.itliouis. T.io lino of narrow
est width at K ouiii K.ilch is' nearly at
riglit angle to that at Cluuak Kalelisl.
It l thu clear that while three point
list in thu channel leading from the
Sea of Marmora to tho Mediterranean,
the paage of either of which by a fleet
without permission lroui thu mister of
tho shore would be a matter of tho great
est danger, the central strait, that' of tho
Narrow, i oue that might be rendered
absolutely impassable. It i the real key.
of the Mediterranean, as far as the nav
igation ot tho B.ack Sea and Sea ot Mar
mora i concerned, iv lulu the master of
C tiistantiuoplu can bear egruss from the
DtoUOiau Provinces a Weil a from the
Black Sea, the master of the Narrows
can oar uot ouly ihe.u line of maritime
communication, but that of Constanti
nople also, E.igtish interest in the Medi
terranean and in the highway through tho
Mediterranean would bo comparatively
uauff.-cted by u. -territorial chauge to
the Jiorhvyjrst oi the Archipelago, pro
vdol tlwit the peuiusula of Galipoli, or an
adiquatfdy de.igued military post on
either shore, or, better still, oue on each
shore copiiuaudiug the Narrows, be in
our po?gtjssiou. if these matters were
Secret, it might be well to keep our own
counsel, out iney are physical facts, as
certained by those who take the proper
steps, aud well known to Kustiau sur
veyors. From one point of view they
are of a very reassuring nature. At ail
events they ought to be well knowu to
thoso who have anything to say a to
English policy In the Eist, and as to the
key of the rosd to ItxiliA.IJrindiii, in
Ja:i Mull Outette.
"Hazing" still goe on at the Etstern
college. Too faculty of Bite College
fouud it mctss iry to suspend ix soph
mores last week, aud the President of
Br-wn Uuiver-ny ! comp.iiiug the
" p:is" atlhat in.iilutiou to ukj a s 1
eni.i phdgilhit tiny wdl peimit fnsh-mcu-
to wsMtr jilk hats aud cairv cane un
jmuxa. has 9,00) miles of railway
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