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VOL. 4.
HILLS JJOKO, W ASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1877.
NO. 13.
Nut-Cracking.
"When I could crack ;i nut
With the molars in my jaw.
With teeth all white and steadfast
A ml innocent of flaws,
I lunched xt nngry Fortune,
M.ido 1 i it 1 1 1 of romtn; sorrow.
Was t a y all to-ilay,
Ami e-aieles of to-morrow.
I trusted men and women.
And women most, maybe!
Oh, pleasant wo that spring time
To my teeth und me!
But now, when teeth are shaky,
And going one by one,
I fi ml, like Israel's monarch,
ftmn.ll good beneath the sun.
I cannot ttaek a i'Ut,
I cannot tind a truth,
Or man, or lovely woman.
Like those I found in youth.
Put jack, O cruel Fortune,
Thy sword into its f heath.
Let me believe in semie-thing,
Aud contradict my teeth!
IJcmcsnbert'd Havs.
I remember a morn behind the mills,
When blackbird sun;',
And sheep-bell.s ran;?,
Far otr, aiid all thindelse were still,
lint the rising bream
In the pictured stream.
Arid the noise of Water about the mill.
I remember a maid in her sweet youth,
Whose gentle days
In village, ways
Were passed in simple works of truth;
The summer's day
Sped fast away
In a dream of love, in a time of youth.
I remember the spring ingar!of green,
The liirlit heart glee
That came to me
With thw smile of my love at seventeen ;
. 1 It-r laugh that went
Like woodland scent
To my soul that time on the daisied green.
Aud though I know the days are spent,
That love was lost
When came, the frost
At summer's close of my content;
Yet some joy stays
lit winter tl.ij,
And bl ight its jojous ct tnplemeiit.
( 'hamberf Journal.
IhA Strategy of a Quaker Captain.
?i:v.-ly ill the summer of 1734 the good
li i j ? rJ rumpus kit the harbor ot" Nan
tucket, bound fur London with a cargo of
t il.- She w as a new Miip, built after-the
most improved models, staunch aud trim,
aud for those days, of great speed. Iler
owner, Jethro C tlin, a ne ir relative- of
the English Admiral of that name, wa
on board; anil site was coiumanded by
tjeth Macy, a friend and companion ot
Jethro from boyhood. Tlioe ti men,
as well as most of tliecrew, were Quaker
But the greater part of Seth "a life had
been spent ou the high seas, ami his ex
perience in ill-governed Spanish ports,
and umotig s ivage islander.- had tuiglit
liiui that though non-resi-t nice did very
well o:i Nantucket, it was neither a safe
Dor easy road to travel anyli -ie else;
aud while the trrutnpuH was loading for
her voyage he had urged Jethro to arm
her with four six-poiindeis ; for England
was at that time at war witli France, and
of course the colonies were dragged into
it also. liut Jethro, true to his princi
ples, rejected the proposal with righteous
indignation, and they set sail, much to
Seth's disgust, armed only with lances
and harpoons for warfare with whales, in
seaieh of which they were to proceed, af
ter disposing of their cargo in London.
They had accomplished about two
tliirds of their voyage, and tlieship being
under easy tail, some of the men were
lounging about the deck, and some were
gathered on the forecastle listening to a
jam from a mari-of-war's-niau who had
been iu the English navy.
"Forward there!" shouted the first
mate, who had been sweeping the horizon
with his glass.
'Ay, ay !" answered the men readily;
and the marvellous story was cut hurt.
"Jump aloft one of you w ho has gixd
eyes," continued he, "and tell me what
you make out of that craft with such
rakiit" masts, on our weather bow"
"Ay, ay," aud severa'rl iii-u sprang
aloft.
"Maiu-top-gallant, the ' shouted the
mate.
"Ay, ay," replied th' man w ith the
g .rvvr:? z ; . W vc ; . rv urnid i d nor ue the
attix, sir, in au.lressing" their officer.-,
eVt ry man, high or low, was calle 1 by
hi given name, and titles of all kiuds
we-re e-ehew.d from religious principle.)
"What sort of a craft is it to windward,
and ho a- is she standing " cried the mate.
"It is a small black schooner, all legs
and arms," replied the sailor; "and she
is bearing down tor in under a press of
sail I .Now she runs up a flag, and by the
flash and smoke she spits, she has just
tired a gun."
A dud, heavy report camn booming on
the breeze, and a thundering sound
echoed against the ship's side. The
mate's glass was bent upon the schooner
whose hull was not yet visible, but the
flag was tound to be French.
"Steward I call the captain !" cried tlu
mate in alarm, "tot ward there! call ad
hands on deck--staud by to put the shij
about!'
"Ay, ay, responded the well-trained
sailors, aud every man sto d at his post
ready lor prompt action. Uoth Macy
and Collin appeared upon deck, wonder
ing at being seut for, and surprised to
tinil every man ready for the word of
command to change the coarse of the
ship.
"What does this meani" a-ked the
captain, "w hy dost thou change the ship's
course"
"I d n't intend to without thy orders,"
said the mate, "but I thought best to
have everything ready for prompt :na
DCBuvering. We have a suspicioas-look-ing
sail ou our weather-b w, and site
shows French colors. liy the rake of her
mast aad her general rig, I think she's a
clipper, with a long torn amidships; she
has give n us a gun already."
"Uather a elangerous neighbor for us,"
sad the captain, "and I think she will
move one of those piratical ra-cals
that
but
nis-fol-
free
cut up the commerce
ot these sens;
continued he.
M'l'j) lot Pllip u -i , ,
in" his "lass a"ain
''and see if the
I.avs us."
Awav went the (Jrituut'fx, with a
wind, and th-j rush e.f a race-horse, turn
ing tlj fpray from luer bows handsomely
on her a!t, red coarse. The Frenchman
changed also and gained steadily upon
her. Th; ship Win ileeply lad-n with
oil and would he a prize of great value,
and, as Seh thought, was eminently
worth preserving, though the Ftenchman
was ifeteimincd she should e hange ow n
ers. They m inaged tht-ir l;tth craft with
great kill, altering their course with
Macy's and gaining all the time. The
breeze was enly brisk, but it just suited
the sch oner, while the Udened ship,
though the fleetest of her class, couldn't
show her heels to advantage without a
stroiige r wind. Maey trieii her on every
t ick, but e sCiip" he could not the wedge
like schooner gained upon him at every
turn.
"Now I would give; half our cargo t
speak to that saucy ra-ca! iu his own
language," said Mary, turning bitterly to
Jethro: "now is the time for those six
p. umieis I urged thee about In-fore we
left port; I fear thou will pay dearly for
not taking my advice. Ah! there comes
salute number two."
A gun was again fired by the French
man across the bow of the (i ntiiijiM,
warning her to heave to. .Maty paced
th; lb eit in an agony of spirit, matte-ring
vM;d- as he went tint smaded much bke
"(liitiiiKition." Jle trdered the- (inimjui
t be oif two or thre e points, and a fore-top-ma-t
-studding sail set; but in the
hurry of the moment by some mishap the
t .ck got unrove. A couple of hands were
ordered ah ft to rig in the bo m
and reeve iu the tack anew. Isaac
(.' lliri, son of Jethro, who had
smuggled him- If on boaid against h;
father's express orders, ami who had
baldly made his peace with him yet,
heard the oilers, aud seizing the em I e.f
the rope with his teeth ran Up the fo:e
slue u is, crept eut m the fore-yard like a
monkey, and then out on the Oare b..om.
l!ilt be fore he hid half done his ta-k the
Frenchmen brought their iong-tom
charged with small shot to be- ir upon the
yarei and let fly at Isaac; thinking prob
ably the ad litional sail might e nable the
Urampu to escape. Young C'elH l was
unhnuicd. thou-li the bills whistled
about him like nail, and he went fearless
ly on with his win k.
"I hey are charging t;ie gun again,
shoute.l Jethro. "Come elown, my boy;
creep in ! creep in ! C.tch the halliards
and come down with a run.
"Ay, hv! ' cried Isaac, as he finished
leeving t!ie tacK, and garnering a lew
fathoms in his hand threw the coil down
n the forecastle and the ine-a then hoist-
ed lite sail instantly. ine r reni um in
ainn il his ltuu again, but Is.iu; was de
scending like a flash, and as he reached
the dtck thesiilors fairly hugged him in
their joy and admiration of his bravery.
The hasty stiides ed' Setii were ag.dn
Arrested by another shot which pissed
through tile sail over his held. lie
clench -d his hands and looked up at the
torn sail.
"Uy heavens!" said he, "I will not part
with so tine a sl,ip and cargo without a
i li . i ?
UeaOlV struggle.
"Sue- ir not!' said Jethro, "it will not
help us iu our strait. We had better
y ietci (juit tly t the neces-ity. l'utdown
thy helm, Seth, and bring the ship to."
"ield quietly, lid-t tliou sav: Di I 1
understand thee aright when thou bid me
bring the ship to"' The eyes of Seth
-glared upon Jethro, and his nostrils elis-tjude-d
like it bull at bay.
"Put down the helm, indeed! Jethro
Co tin i ! who is commander ef the drum-
yc, iiU'U or i: eum unieu laey iu a
he-iit ed passion.
Jethro ansivere'd calmly, ''Tnxi surely
ai t her captain. Save the ship if thou
canst, but than ritnit not. We have no
means of defense, and if we had, it -would
not In justifiable to oppose with arms."
"Jethro, I will sive this ship or sink in
her. Whit! yield to that little gadfly
a gallinipper that is scarcely larger
th in our longhoat !"
Another shot, better directed, splintered
tlu main-must a little, aud wounded two
men.
"There, Jethro! that is some i f the
tender mercy ef the Frenc'i pirate i
toretasteot what we may expect, U taken.
"Yield, St'i! the longer thou elelay,
the more biz ard to the lives of our peo
ple. Yield, he is a man of war!"
"(Jo th u belovv, Jet iroJ I command
here vie d, indeed, he muttereI, as
Jethro be ir in to descend, "i w ill sink
first!"
"Stand by there, men!" he shouted, in
a voice which made every saiior start. It
was evident that Seth had put eff the
Q iaker, ami the men responded heartily
t it. "Get the long boat ready to be
launched at a moment's warning; clear
away the epi irter bo its and see all clear
to lower titt-m in an instant. 31 ite, take
iu all the small sail at once."
Macy's voice and manner were resolute
and peremptory, and the men cxeeut jd
the orders promptly and were ready for
tlie ne xt, tin ugh wondering what the
c iptaiu meant to do. The Frenchman
was also at fault, taking the mameu veriiig
of Sth for an inteutioo t give up his
ship, an t hove tiie schooner to, aad wait
ed the lowering e.f a boat from the Gram
in loundiiig to, as Seth h id calcu
lated, the Frenclim.i i had give.i the ad
vanttge of the wind to tne ship, and
while his men stood agape at the manage
ment of toe larger vessel which they
looked upon as a priz , Seth seized the
tiie helm iu his brawny h ind. The ni'ju
scarcely needed the word, but anticipated
his iuieati n as he put the helm hard up,
aad in a suppressed, but conceutrateei
voice which was heard eii-tiuctiy from
stem to stern, he s lid: "L -t go nil the
braces and b wliues, slaclt off sheet an I
tacks, and sepu ire the yards, quick! '' "
It was done in a twinkling, aud Macy
shaped his course as thougu he would
I bring his ship under the lee quarter of
the privateer. This feint completely ele-ce-ived
the enemy, whn Seth suddenly
changed her course and brought her head
to bear directly ujvn the hull of the
Frenchman. Her crew eliscovcred now,
but too late, the elesign of the Grampus,
ami elire confusion ensued upon her
creiwdi'd elecks.
"If thou el st intend to inn her elown,"
said Jethro to Setli hurriedly, projecting
his head a moment from the cabiu gang
way "if nay, hear me.Seth! for the sake
of humanity, if thou urt determined to
run her elown, ease thy helm a little, anil
give them a chanc for their lives."
"Stand by to lower the lats," thun
dered Se th, stamping fmiotisly upon the
deck. A gr :;: ot . .i-r ror Cs'Apc-ti Ids
own crew, for not till this moment had
they really se-en the design of their cap
tain, but" the swarthiest cheek grew a
sluub? paier. but it w as tor their lives and
they kuew it. ll.e schooner lay to in the
trough of the sea, her decks ceverel with
contusion, anil the huge huik of the
flnnnpuH Mi-ing i the last high wave
above her.
t'MiMerii'orite.''" A wild yell f elespiir
heard far above the dashing of the; ship
and rushing of the waters, burst from tin?
doomed Frenchman an instant and
down came the Gntmpn fo tinii g ai 1
thundering iiMn the pi ivateer, her plung
ing bow, stiiking l.er just amid-hip-, cut
the small ve-s-el elite i 1 1 y in two, aud her
heavy ai mmitnt, together with the tre
mendous free of the severing blow, sent
her he-hcath the- waves to rise no ino:e;
and her iil fat'-d le-ev of l."il) souls Went
under with her; a f--w struggled a mo
ment in the mighty vortex, but were car
ried elown, and the next wave effaced
every bubble of that mass of humaa life,
so terribly and in-tantly quenched.
"Down with the boats from the U liter
launch the long boat!" The coiiim ind,
though it culd not have been uttered or
e-xecuted sooner with safety, came too
late. The aim ed' Seth had been t k fa
tally si. re. His own boat narrowly es
caped being see-ked into the whirlpool
made by the sinking s-chooner, and not
one of the Frenchman's crew rose in the
eddies or again saw the lace ef elay.
Seth entered the cabin, und walking up
to Jethro said : "The Grampu in aced,
Out it had been less 'o.-tiy if thi had
been wiser at Nantucket. Hereafter
in times like tin s. arm thy ships; the
best way to be at peace is to show thyself
read) for war."
U iwing his head upon his hand Jethro
answered nothing.
Kail way Manners.
Ae hes and p litis and indigestions and
disasters ot eve ry kind ana degree seem
to be an invaluable loou for travelers
and an exhaustlcsj f.pi ingot conversation.
C.iaries Lamb's friend, who broke his
long silence with the declaration, when
he saw the app!e-dump!ings, " Them's the
jocky's for me," is reproduced in every
way. A grave tellow-pis-eiigtr, under
e ove r of conversation with his neighbor,
infoims the company that he cannot
uudeistand ho.v people can eat tripe.
He eaa never eat tripe, and never
e ould. His stomach always seems to
revolt at it, and always elid. U.ice he
ate a piece ef tripe without knowing it,
and he had an awful time in e-onseipie ice.
lb- thought his very It is irresistibly
ludicrous. Hut the fellow takes the
company into the confidence ed' his
stomach with all the gravity of a man
w ho is imparting interesting information.
Or a young worn in su I lealy llounceM in
her -eat and throws up her arms, and ex
claims to her fellow-travelers, througli
a companion, "Did yoti ever know any
thing so hot I'm .-titling. Can't you
open this win low Whew ! whew! Oh
dear, it's dreadful, isn't it. It's always
so in these cars. My! it's awful!" On
one oe c i-ion, w hen this kind f a remai k
had been made at some length for the
editication of the eompiny, a veeice was
heard from the other end ed" the car:
"Yes'in, it's awful. Hut let's try to bear
up. Tain't notliin' to tiie sutfeiin's of
the early Clwistians!" A general laugh
followed, and nothing farther was heard
from that young woman.
These ill-manners in public are a form
e f selfishness and vanity. The essene: of
good manners is kind thoughtfuluess of
others. The man who goes to his room
in a hotel stamping und talking througli
the con i lor, shimming his eloor, and
slinging his b ots elown he avily on the
floor is meiely brut illy selfish. He is
not aware that he owes eluties to other
people who will be atfect-jel by his con
duet, lie eloes not think that hi rudely
awakens some one to wh an sleep is inelis-
oeusable. and whom he has no right to
disturb. II ay don's pie-ture of the mm
in the chop-house waiting f ,r the Time,
which his neiglileor has held for an hour,
anil is evidently bent on holding until he
h is read all t.ie advertisement, is an il-
lii-tr;itioo of this common seifi-hness
li.t' talk ami conduct in tne cars are gen
erally signs of vanity or a morbid sell-
tit. I i
cons aou-ness. a weit-ore-n man Keeps
his toothaches aud headaches to himself,
aud does not assume th.it strangers aie in
terested iu his digestion. A well-breei
woman keeps her children epii- t and eloes
not assume that all her fei.ow -travelers
must share h.r fondness f r them. If
Mrs. P , with her vivid t-ense of Mr.
1 's peculiarities ami of her tine house
and equipage, could only once know how
s ipieniely unimportant any individual is.
h vv well the world tared M ire Mr. 1
arrived, and ho.v unshoe. keel theuni-
vi-rse will le by his departure, she would
le a modest and well-mannered woman.
That knowledge, indeed, would be
general corrective of m tuners. A certain
kind of tersonal c uceit often accom
panies undeniable superh.iity. There are
men. like Lord Chatham, who like to
have their going and coming regarded us
events, to move with a pompous bustle,
and to Ik constantly recognized as great
men. Hut if they could euly know it,
that very tiste is constantly accounted te
them for weakness, and their influence is
justse far lessened. Harper' Magazine
The "lory of true womanhood con
sists iu being herself, not la etnving to
be something else. Her glory lie
in her sphere, and God has given her
a sphere universal. F. W Jiabertton.
Thonghtful Husbands.
My liinbanel is very thoughtful. The
other elay I hael to churn and it was Mon
elsy. I wanted to wash, ami hael some
psars to attend to that w-rj spoiling, anel
with six in our own fn.ni.ly, anel work
hands to cook for and a cross baby to
take care of, I had my hands full. I hail
some help, but neither myself nor my
help were strong ami hearty. Wei", I put
the cream into a chum cud churned a
while, but could not finish, as it takes
alnnit half a day to do our churning.
The cream stood till ne xt morning, and
then was finished, and iu twe or three
diys the butter began ti,! rancid. I),
begaa L. iu iiiire how it came that such
fre-h butter was strong. I explained;
then he said I should not have commenced
it until I could finish, that 'hi wither
always had things done right aud in time.
ind that he thought it was strange 1
ouhln't. Well, I am only five feet high
ind not very stout,anel his mother has al
ways had someb-hly to help her. I maele
some pumpkin pies that I thought were
very good, and when he went to tne tame
he took a piece and sai l, "I wish you
could make pumpkin pi s like mother
Used to mike them; but 1 won t nuu any
fault with yours." Was not that encour
aging I
If I have dinner a little late, I), comes
in and says, "Well, this won't do. Why
is it you can't have tinnier at noon?
Mother always has her ni 'als in time."
I know now omaa tries harder to please
irr husband than I do, but I will have to
live ami learn, till 1 can do like his mother
l es. When I go into the bedroom nfler
he has g ne away somewh-.re, I find his
c at em one chair,his elirty shirt ami pants
m another or on tha le'd, his boots and
socks in the mi Idle of tiie tixr, and I
have to pick them up ami put them in
their place; it is nue thing I el. that Ids
mother used to el . Aud when he conies
home it is, "Where are my clothes?" I
11 him they are in the clothes press anel
he says, "Well, if yeu wot Id b t them be
where I put them 1 would know whereto
iind them." My husband is thou 'htul.
but !ilv lor himself. E. W.. in Ohio
r'triiwr.
To Trcpare a Fowl for Iluaslms:.
Take otf all the feathers, and carefully
tike out all the stamps or plugs that urn
iu the skin, for there h nothing more of
fensive th iu t see auythii g e.f this kind
in po.iltry. Take the head and ueck t If;
mly jast leave enough t the skin t
over over tlie put tnut is cut. Cat as
small a place as joa can for etrawing the
urd, and tile care not to break the gall
bladder. Keep the legs for a few min
utes in Imiliiig water, iu order to get tiie
skin from them; cut the claws otf, and
singe the bird with a piece of white
riper, but so as not to bla k-u it. Wash
ind wipe it well after wurels, ami Jet the
liver and gizzard be; put to souk with
the nee-k to mike bree.vn gravy with.
fiuss the bin!, a id flour it well; when
ut to the tire, keep it well b-i.-t.-d with
nutter. It a large fowl it wiii lake o
hour; but a young chicken nly half rti
hour. When it i- done, take tic ik'-
out, nut in a eli.-li garnished with wtor
re-s-es, and pour over some brown gravy.
that you have maele with the gizzard.
liver and neck, in the following way:
Fit wash them well, then flour them
ind put them into a little irou siucepau
w ith two ounces ot butter. When they
ire well browned, put iu half a pint of
boiling water, witii pepper au 1 salt ac
cording to taste; let it till simmer tor an
hour; then takeout the. neclf , and pour
the gravy, with the gtszarit 3ml liver.
over the fowl. This inalL&i a very good
brown gravy, if nicely done and properly
thick. The gizzard and liver Jjre mucli
better so than ' roosted,' b-fcausn they do
not get burnt.
Fiu ed Kvniitr. After the rabbit has
ten thoroughly cleaned, put it into
toiling water an I let it boil ten minutes;
drain it, and w hen cold cut it into joints;
iip them into beaten eggs aud then into
fine cracker crumbs, seasoned with lep-
er and salt. Fry tiiem iu butter over a
slow fire for fifteen minutes; dimmer two
or three strips of lira on-rind iu a little
navy until it is well-llivoie 1 with it;
loil the liver and heart of th? rabbit
until tend r; mince them flue; thicken
the gravy with an ounce of butter and a
tablespoon ful of flour; wjkl the minced
liver and heart ; give the Sauce a minute s
boil, stir in two tablesp onfuU of cream,
ami last of nil a small qu mtity of lemon
juice. Oisii tlie raDUit, pour the sauce
under it and seive very hot.
Washing Silk. A correspondent of
tlie JSew irk Jucemnn J'vt writes: 1
send yeu ilire-ctious for cleaning a silk
garment. First, rip and dust it. Have
a large flat board; ever it spread an old
sheet. Take one-half a cup of x gall,
one-half cup (or less). of amm uia, and
one-half pint of tepid solt waUsr. Sponge
mo iik wiin mis on ieiu side?, es
pecially the soiled spots.. Having fiuished
sponging, roll it wn a room! stick like a
I -room handle, being careful uot to hive
any wrinkles. Silk thus washed and
thoroughly dried, naeds no i reining, and
h is a lustre like new silk. 1 treat not
only silk but mapino, lrege, or any
wooiea goods, witn tne best reimln
i east uijns. io one itiot ol warm
milk add two cups e.f yeast, ontf cup of
sugar, amiuour enough to muse- a ;thin
batter; tire "next moruiog tedd tnejhilf
cui of butter, twn cups of hiXTZimc and
one half pouuds of curraut-fgiid flour
enough to mould up; it it rise three
h urs aud bake in sm tll cakes.
Broiled Suirbel- Skin ttt-Juirrcl,
oeu tlown the b ick," wash tliuroqhly,
and wiie dry with a twel. It it on a
gridiron over a slovr are and k
tenner, reason witn salt Qa ptpper
wiiue cooKing. servta nm Ceiteex Uot
ter poured over it. VeJjrijider jan
deiicioiia " ' -.h f '
Pop Corn Pcddis---8i l tor 4o
or
three hours two uaarts of . "jei
of -"nui Vi
com.
popped nice and Ifeht, lm lefed one-
halt quarts of milk, add r
tinrus cup ol auffar.
one aad ooc-uaU
The U. S. Navy.
The report of the Secretary of the
Navy, just made public, shows that there
are, Udonging to the navy, 147 vessels of
150,1 o7 tons measurement. Exclusive of
howitzers aud fitling, they carry 1,142
guns. Of tbcsc, V2d, carrying 1)13 guu,
with a measurement f 120,808 tons, have
Ftcam power. Seventeen are in actual
service, aud four are preparing for the
sea. Sixteen may be consielercel as unfit
for future service, and the remiinder are
at vaiious navy yards some requiring
slight, anel others extensive repairs. But
ineist of them could be made ready for any
special sery ice in a. their time, Tl'j re
also ou Hand, i-torco at the various navy
yards, jVe oak timb r t-uflieient for
thirty-five ships of war, beside a large
ejuiutity of other valuable timber and
naval material of every kind.
Our navy is now far more powerful for
our warlike purposes than it has ever le
foie been iu time of e.ae. It does not
compare, either in the nuui'ier or e-harac-ter
of the vessels, with the extensive es
tablishments of those European nations
whose mutual relations keep them always
iu urine d array; whoe continuous coasts
and tieep hariers at home, aud scattered
colonies all over the world, seem to rc
epiire that they fchoul 1 constantly lival
Ciicii other at whatever expense, in the
size and power of their naval vessels ami
armaments. Hut for the defensive pur
hscs of a peaceful jople, wit tout colo
nies, with a elaiigerous coast, ami shallow
haibors, separated by an ocean fio.n war
like tiuval (Hiwers, our navy is not with
out strength, and when its iron-clad fleet
nhall le co.iipletcly repaired, a werk re
ipuiring now but little time and expense,
and its force supplemented by the com
paratively cheap addition recommended,
it will I e found tulhcicut to re,Ut any
loice which could be brought aero -is the
tK-eau to attack us; ami jwerful, also,
for ofleusive operations upon the seas, and
among the islands which lie coutiguoui to
our ewu fchores.
In view of the fact tht the appropria
tions for the twe piine ipal working bu
reaus eif the Depiitui'Mit average but lit
tle over $.j,00.),000 annually, aud consid
ering the cost e.f merely maintaining a
navy consisting largely of tdiips huiriedly
'milt of perishable material, w hich, after
rcepuiiiug for a tew years constant re
pairs, finally drop out ed the aeiviee from
utter worth h:ssness, the iuetion con
stantly recurs, brought up by conflicting
interests and opinions: Shall we enter
upon the expensive and unsatisfactory
construction of armor-platcel, gun-bearing
vessels, involving millions f iloli ir
in the cost of each one, r, shall we be con
tent with providing our-elvee at a u::ui
iiium cost with means of destroying such
vessels shouhi they appear in hostile at
titude ou our coasts or in our bays ami
harbors? Fast aud well-built wooden
cruisers, proper f r the jxnice of the sea-,
serving as schools ef iiistiuctioii in timo
of pence, ami c ipable f eiciroy ing an
e.iein.'s co!uuiv.iie in time f war,
under all condi Lions cr viceablc. Th,
monitor class of vcioels ha for oe social
and va'Ottb'e uses, in corji.,,-.(iu(i with
i.t.?i'-'.--.Tlu!,t;'rp: seta! give
ur oihoeis the instru-Mioa necessary to
utiliz s whatever there is in this most eth-
cieiil arm ot attack ana eleleuse. 1 would
idd to the force a new element, the ma
rine ram, w hich promises, whati construct
ed upon sciealiiic principles in forms of
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L-ciai strength lor us pamcuiar nun
tppropri ite service, to be a weaimu ol
most destructive warfare. The construe
tioii of this class ef vessels, has been care
fully ceuisideted fer several yeais pi-t by
i naval otlioer of high rank, assisted by
able experts, and detailed plans are put
at the service ef the Department without
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cost or charge oi any kiiki. me t.m-
strnction id" such a vessel, ef tiie best ma
terial, ami of special tdreugth, would iu-
volve an expense ot alout f o0,0OO, and.
t succe-stul, as it piemiises tobe,uwouiu
ill I a new clement, tendiug to maka our
force complete iu itself, at once econom
ical aud t-nicient.
An Ksquim.itix House or Hut.
One would Hhiiik thai col 1 anel dread
ful as the Arctic regions are known to
b, the iuh d: t mts would nee 1 every coni
f rt that would be imagined iu the way
of a bouse. Hut no. I ne first thing the
Esquimaux does iu his home buitoing i
to clear away the now and ice freem a -p t
if gieninel ed the light size for Ills house.
Ibis he m nkes a smooth as lie can, Icav-
iin'euie end a little higher than the other.
Toe higher end is te terve aspirloraud
heel-room; the lower as we r-.-shop and
kiicaea. Aroui.d ihis cleared tn o
eaitu blocks of hard frozen snow are I Jd
in eueh a fa-hio i tint they form a low,
it) ind roef, rt-sciubli ig in shape the halt
of a hoi :o.v bill. By way of a wiadoa, a
small sepure of rather thin and clear ice
is set into the wall.
Oj the side of the wall "least exposed
to winel is a long and very low pa.sage-
way leading to the open air. I his pa-s ige
is an low that the inmates of the bou e
have to crawl through it on their hands
and knees. The door is only a loose
block of snow.
These hut do not appear to be very
ch-enning resieleuces, but there me twe
irood things about th-;m. One is,
that the hli- winas Ol uiai tiesonnaj re
ei iu cannot iwssibly bio a h it over,
ill m rli thev miv burv it in snow; the
ther c od thiug is that oe one hut ca
be lin-el in longer tUan a teas n. Tue
ro,)r Eseiiiimux are, untortuaately a very
dirty e- ple, and if they lived ever so
Ion" in one house the-y would neverclean
it. But the snow hou-e Anally cleans
itself iu thsj most thorough ni mner, tor,
assoouasthe warm days of summer come
it melt awav. and its in mutes mut set
about buildiug a teal -ski a tent that will
shelter them uuti! winter comes again.
St. Jfichola. -:-
CniHA. An Imperial edict has lieen
nublished. exoressiuir regret lor Sir. Mar
g try's muxder,-nd alfiiming the right of
foreigners t travel trougu tlie country
And er.lov the eutite uiotectiou ill ha au
ihoritie. An envov. whh a letter of
pologj. Tor the outrage, U to go to Eog-
UBaatoncft. , .
The Anglo-Fronch Tunnel.
The oompmy in w hose hands is pro
visionally pi. ced the construction of the
railway anel suh-marino tunnel which are
to connect France with Englaml by lane
communication has just finished for the
season its laborious preliminary investi
gations. Cviug to the etite of the
weathe r, these could only bo efficiently
begun toward the end of June last, And
are now agaiu interrupted by thu au
tumnal fig and mists of the Channel.
The principal obj et in view during the
interval have been to obtain the requisite
knnwleelge antl muteri el for friiining e
e - tv!rh'rt' both of Un vnrT
ions stiata through which ih; iudined
planes must pas wl! h are to lead from
the surface of the soil to the leee! of the
tunnel itself, and also e f thoee ut tl.e
Ixittom of the sea through whi-di the tun
nel is to Ikj pierccel. The uttainm nit e;f
the first of these objects presented no
particular dilhcultics, and coushtel ini
ply working an artetsi in thaft at the fish
ing villaej of Sangatte, near Calai, to
the depth of about 'iDd feet; and then,
secondly, in - proceeding t ascertain, by
soundings across the whole concave basin
of the Channel from t-hore to shore,
whether the strata, as ascertained by the
laud shaft, came out and responded to
the same umler the sea, h) as to prove, ai
far ai could be, that they lay iu regular
succession ami layers, mi 1 that uod.llieul
ties were to be appre bended, in li ning
tha tunnel, from w hat miner call "tnu i
les," er the upheaving or lowering of
-trita by internal convulsions. Tim
laborious and difln ult part of the above
iuvestigatiofis consisted In the titnm-ious
sounding te be ta'ten, the obsei vatio.i
to ba made to fix the precise pot o i the
chart, aud alxve all to obtain tpecimns
of the b-id of the sei all the way ilir ise.
The., Chun ned is nowhere eleepe r than
about 200 feet, but still, where tlie bot
tom is thickly covered w itli shell or sand,
it was sometimes not easy to asccrtiiu
the pteeise geological formation Uaeier
neath. Tne grand object eif all is t
ascertain whether a stratum of gray chalk,
which is at mice easily pierced and
impermeable to water, stretches light
across, w ithout any "trouble," from one
coast to the other, and of sullicieut depth
to contain the t iuntl. ' For this purpose
(J,143 soundings, made with a heavily
weighted instrument worked by a ste-aiu
engine and armed with a point of tine
steel, were effective, hi m -tiim s at the rate
eif 2H) per elieui, und 2,51-1 -peciuien ob
tained. List year when these investi
gation we.e ti. t c mm -need loo'-l bound
ings were made a id Tod specnneus ou
tlined, ami now Messrs. Potior aud De
L ipta e.il, oliiciai engineer of tiie com
pany, aie engage l in classifying all these
i, Jo specimens in order by their aid tend
the result of tae boring to lay do vo the
rej die 1 chart previous m thj fionl coin
meuceineui ot liie av u-iacr'-
i tsol f . ..'m'"4f" """"'
"Sim i
T!lp Ifri from th Jb-rtttvtr Bridge.
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A tUHgniticent og-it').a.-eiite(l in the
viw fr.im the t iii eit ier of tlu New
York or Brooklyn bridge to .vers. It i a
peiilous a -cent for giddy or ncrvoii ht
bons, aud few ever reach llu teip. The
top ef the New York toer is uboat six
teen fi'tt higher than the irosi ou the
spire eif Trinity church, and in re than
me huudreel feet aliove the big ie-t J) int
to which visitor can bj admitted up
IVinity steeple. At the very top of the
last (light, the strongest test of ihe vis
or courage i offered, for before lie can
le-aeh 111 broao level i me lop oi me
tower, be is obliged to walk around the
edge of the coping kt tut ut the tlizzy
ught ot 29lei t, with uothing but a
pc to hold oil to. The view discloses,
like a picture, tha New Jersey shore,
from Harilau river, wheie the ie is cut
otf by the high bluff of .St ilea Island.
To the west the view take In the New
Jersey shore Hue, covered with whuo
cottages, comprising a dozen villages aud
towns. Ueebeie island, out in the mid
lie of the bay, iu the direction of E.i.a-
beth City, seems no larger than au eudi
nary city lot. Around to the northward
the modiirainoutt ridges of central and
northern New Jersey lire neeu elnuly iu
the far distance, and nearer by the fine
of the Palisade call be billowed up by
the line of ihe Hudson until tue heighis
make a IkiIi and sudden turn to the west
ward. To the eastward the valley of the
Hsrlem is seen paaned by High bridge
a long, low Hue of white or giay across
a green vailey. New York look Jiku a
toy ciiy built of blocks only a few feel
bijuare.
A Puzzled Fruiterer. .
The Atliuta pip-r iy that a staid
1 tking gentleman, apparently a stranger,
.toppt d at au apple-stand ou Whitehall
Street.
What is the price of orange?'' he
aked, pointing to a collection of large
laars.
Iiees ees not Ue norange," ssld the
pedite vendor. "Decs ees de California
paire. One for tweutT-tl cent."
"ieiu don t mean t tell me, said tho
stranger, putting hi hmd upon au apple,
that thi i a liairt"
"Paid ui! ool I sav dees ees de paire.
Dee ees ele apple. Tree for de ten cent."'
e,I, I mut aty. continued the
stranger, picking up a ha nlful of chet
nuts auJ examini ig them crilb'.ally
that thesj are the leercst apple I ever
saw."
0. mv craciouslnof Decs ces -de
chesenut that grow in your own coun
tree, lou na them in de tire. '
It at th in in the fire I Well, upon
my word,'' tineiiag a buuch of bauau.a
curiously, dou't see how such Chest
nuu a these can be imprrcl by roast
ing. Tliey seem to be soft enough now.
However. I am much obliired. I'll see
you later. OexKl-day,M scu S, stranger
oassed UD tha street. - - -
Gcntlemeo ai4J"C . dealer,
turning in an appeal.. jer,
crowd that had gits4,-"dattjuaa, is
oue escaped big fool from de peniteii-
tiary."
' Extehiencb aad wiadotn tu9 th best
fortane-Ullert.
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The Zuiderzee.
The Zuielcrwa is tlie youngest of mr
European water; it Is also the shailo.v
et. Mynheer Van Duuck, whoso praise
Is iu the old song, and of whom it is re- '
corded that
. A Dutchman's draught olioult! potent be, '
Ami deep a Iho rolling Zuiderzee, ,
May not h ive luen such a foe to Sir v
Wilfred Lawson after all. .
The Zuidcrzoo is in great part mark up
of sand-buik. covered with not more ;
than three or four feet of water, thej
channel along which its cxCedlnff!y
'j3iillX,U5il-i- PiV"
Don Jif'ie w.l.Mwenrf teely arid MUilTs. tt
course will form remly-mado canals Into
which the ralnfill will 11 w, while the
stud-banks will often amwer for dykes,
up;nriing r"iid ami railways, cupecial-
,y the great sand-bank which stretches
unbroken from Kairtpen to Kukuizeti,
and which, the surveyors say, will Jut
form the titc-siry embankment to keep
out the German Ocean.
So much for its shallowness.
In proof of its 3mtii you have only to
turn to your ancient atlas, and there, in
stead of the huge extuary, you tind a
small lake, called Flevo, j ticel to the
sea by a winding liver. Iu those days
the country "vas a vat forest, gradually
turning into a peat bog, as, owing lo the
cutting down ed' wood farther inland,
the Hood on the many mouths of the
Khine spread wider and wider. Then'
the Aaniel and Yassel got mare and
more silted up, Mini their wateis were
thrown into Like Fievo, where they be
cenne stagnant.
. Tue K mian engineering mado things
worse; Dnieus turned one utreani of the
It tit.? into the Yassel, hoping thi would
scour tha river nnd make a proper pis
'g. Bat)his work were int rrupted;
th; bhekade coutinueeT, still more water
whs thrown int i Fievo, which was now in
a normal state of ovei flow, ami the ten
dency to become a pt?at bog wa In
creased. Ho things went on till tlie ter
rihle atoriii of which no changed
not Iho Uutch c. at only, but the Kug-ii-h
also. Tne Gei man Occaa, driven iu
by a strong north wind, burst tho downs
or sand hid that had long beeU a bar
rier against the outc uning, and a protec
tion against the incoming waters, and the
Zui leizee took the shape lint it has kept
f r ne n ly nix bumJred year.
Now, however, it I t be druine J, tho
inner I) ill' ol it, at least, it the II mrleni '
L ike win, some iU irttr of a century ng ,
with the help of tha Englblun in, Sir
John Ueiiuie, ami u the iut of the Y
has been wind i the last feV ye.d. ixf"
J hii llewkshaw tieing one
"'tt'..,
liiuccl. IniB'-tfiil IJKfjl..-. t ., , .y
-jpr pre j1 i ; via
1L dr iirnniiil in.
OUIl II ll4kl'l .livil.
iwerl.ig to i,Jiititi Wo.is a.d
roiis,' iwytAgUiy M-ec - .ry iii k ;.'!'
'fi ","-ValT'of whie'h i below the Sf.l-
rieve!, protected only by ihe sarnl hill
atoie-.ui.l, 1' ti d out heio ami there by
M.-M-iiiiukb I acid with granite. Change is
the law of nature along thi Dutch coast.
Doilait Like wae m id i by the nm burt
ingiui.i 1277; Die Mliboscn Lake by a
similar inroad in lill, ilurlng which they
ay one hundred tnousmd peoide wcr
drowned; the oil Koine, kiiitd up in
Hd'J, whs uot perfectly freed till the bii
giniiing of this century; the Maas has
lately ot'en giving trouble in the sumo
way. the bUbiiiess ol the Watcrstaat 1
to make a toutiutial stand against this
eha ig, to i-ej tint Ihe slu cu, canal,
1 ke and all the mncliinery for pump
ing tne rainfall e.T the polder uru in
go ul order. If they can elo a little drain-
1 ig in between. o mueli the be. ter. I ho
Intrleiii Lake give uiorc than forty
thousand acre ol tolerably go. id land;
the inner half of the Zuiderzee will uive.
s y, five humlred thou-aud. Van Dig-
g ieu s tde i, broached In IbiU, was to
bub i the whole, mukiiig a vast dyke
uciosi t in mouth. Tne present head of
the Waterstaat, Mynheers Bjycrlnck,
Stieltjies, and either, are more modet;
they will Ikj content with half, und al
ready money ha been found by Ihe gov
ernment to pay for the thorough survey
which Inn leech male.
The American Baby.
Hive your pity for the nuhappy little '
traveler, American born and white, who
i abandoned to tho tender mercies of
nurse. lie will ue dressed too tightly.
perhaps, drugged with soothing-nyrup
(or worse), Upped If lie cries, and left
alone iu the daik. llo will tide In Id
carriage with the uu iu hi eyes, if it is
fcUniiy; ami with aim and hands uncoy
end and half frozen, if it i cold. Flies
Will be allowed to licklet Mil bit 1KM
nose, aud pins to stiok into his tender lit
tle back. The string of bis absurd
lacecip w ill choke him till lie I black in
the face; aid ho will nearly lieK liis
neck falling over the arm ot Beidget
when sho want to gossip with a crony.
Hi troublesome clothe will bo twitched
down anel jerked around; aud lie will be
laid elown, set up, turned over, and ar
ranged any way inoet convenient to her.
Above i II, if he dares open Ids mouth to
complain e f any of fheso torture, his
elelicate little body wilt be trotted on Iter
bard knee lill it will lie nothing short ot
a miracle if bis previous little life is not
worried nui oi nun. rf
The calm Oriental biby In his tray or
basket: the Chinese baby in Ids cage;
the biby of Hannah, niked or wrapped
iu bilks, mnokiug at two and mauled at
tea; theboyot tho "Cradle" and. the
Foundling Asylum of Pail; the Lima
hthv in its h tuim ck. ami tiie stolid In
dian papooo on its 1) ard -each nud
eiery one l happier and lietter otfiTian
our iwor Uiaie iu iilier-bl) mil anel Ameii-
C in oaby, left to ignorant and curuk-ss
uurses.
Tha, 'mother-baby' tho htppy little
traveler who is not left to the meiclcs of -m
nurse, whose throne Is his mother's
arms, whose pillow is soft, and whoso -needs
are wisely mef ho is the happieit
of all. Fair,,"'' "nd hearty, the sorrow
ofbabjbvC not near him. He
truly i thetijrn with a silver spoon
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