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PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OHEGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1877.
NO. 24.
J OB W OR I ptcai,l?l trrtiZ.
'Bitter Sweet.
Hearts thit ripple gayest meaner.
Deepest ttral of know.
Hearts that thrill with sweetest pleasacet.
Oft arc cbttW wllk deepest wee.
Heart tbat Trail ia wittiest HrUk,
Illghest nete ef Bttrlh emptor.
Hearts that Ie away 4 hfgwlth,
Woke hi eott&eles of jof.
Byes that leek love's, warmest junto a,
GtUten wtk the uetwtnVU
Mud k but tlic 4fc ef fasbtea
Fusbtou but tbe t4ave of fate
Hi mis that shower greatest Met'higt,
Oft the fuWt curse rata.
HamJo that give tbe taw?t earesttags.
Oft inttet thodeepest pate.
At the parting aM our ylttKiw
. Leave seme MMfi WeMaat;
And, in torrent, dearest leoaturos
Linger wtth the weary mind.
Every sweat mast have Us Utter
Evorr bitter bate its sweet;
Sweet treoM act W sweet if bitter.
Did aot mtegte vM the west.
JOHN W. Mi.csn.vitE.
The "Woman aud the Kobber.
1ST lSADARE ROSKBS.
It v.as a wild, lonely night- sad the
rata fell in btrteets and wws drives
fiercely agaiatt lbe strong walls of the
farm bottae that stood upus lite prune a
mile distant from any other ftaOiuttoa.
Mrs. Martha Adam was alone with ber
two cbtldrea, a hr of fear rears and a
little girl one year of age.
She was a timid onw, aad she bad
urged lier husband not to leave bar atone
with the sotn of wwj which be hod re
ceived br a receut aail. bat be bad
quieted ber fears bj atHtria ber Hut so
one knew it was ia bfe pm:-e4o, jd
thai it uW be aitiob a$r at borne tba
with bim; be wimid be yee talj m
night, and be back before aar eae kaevr
of bis abicace. lie DMtiid t osgage
a neighbor" daagbtcr to tsj with ber,
but tbe raia bad set ia aad tbe storm bad
become so fano4 before Bigbtlktl tbat
the girl did nut come.
Mrs. Adams bad beea bfiged to leave
the bouse t attend to a few matters oat
fcide, and when she returned and lit tbe
lamp in the cheerful sittisg-room, tbe
looked around coatentedir with the
thought that lo barm could come through
euch a storm.
She sat down to ber frewisg while the
children played about tbe room, until
kbout eight o'clock in the crenieg, wboo
from some unknown cause she became
nervous and une&iy.
It was in vaia tbat she assured herself
that her fears weie gToaBdless. "Vo
would be abroad in sacb a storm P sbe
asked herself again and again. Bat it
was of no ue; tle Bspieasaat apprehea
sion only gaiaed stresgtb ia spile of her,
and she listened ia terror to every got
of wind that swept arouBd tbe bouse, aad
any unusual souud tbat fell upoa ber ear
was magnified by her excited imagination
to mean some naue!es terror. Finally,
diipairing of fixing her mind upon ber
work, she laid it aude,anu persuaded the
elder cltild to He do to upon a sofa
which stood in the room, and taking the
little one in ber arms, the was about to
undress it, wLee, protruding from under
a lible, which was covered with a cloth,
she saw a man'd booU.
For a moment she thought she would
fall from her chair in her terror; but at
the thought of her children she reused
herself to the comprehension ot ber sit
uation. "What should she doP To call for
help woabl be of as little &rait as though
she were in mid ocean. He had conic for
nithiog less than robbery, aad .perhaps
would not stop at murder if needful to
accomplish his purpose.
She thought of taking the child: en and
escaping from the house, bat perhapj
there were more of them stationed out-
-fide, and she might only iacre&sc ber
danger. Alas 1 what oould the dot Tae
sweat stood in great drops on her fore'
Lead, as she thought'bow utterly belplets
she wo?, and felt bow completely she aad
lier children were in the power ol a
robber.
A dozen plans bad been suggested to
her mind onlr to be discarded, and she
iinally mastered her terror oaoogh to pro-
-ceed with the work of arranging tbe
child in its night clothes, and began to
rock it to sleep, to the music of that
-beautiful and pathetic son": "I lock me
to sleep, mother."
Ber Toice was peculiarly sweet and
murica, and the tremor which the occa
sion gave it only added to iu beauty and
pathos.
Then she sans, Du they miss me at
Lome!" with all the inspiration of an
early hope, and never before had hor
voice sounded more sweet! v. Olher
ongs followed, uutil the child was sleep
ing soundly, and then placing him beside
the other, sue sank upon her knees be
side the chair which she had just vacated;
with ber eyes used upon Uie tabic, sue
prayed fervently:
"Dear Heavenly Father, while others
are continually offering up prayers for
themselves, their families and the ruler
of the nations, I kneel to-night to thauk
thee for haviug already blessed me, in my
children, buibind and home; and since
thou bast left nothing for me to ask for
myself, I pray thee to grant my petition
iu favor of a class who &rc most in need
or thy redeeming power, but for whom I
have never vet heard a prayer offered
from the lips of any human being,
mean tbe robbers that infest our land !
"Thou knowest, 01 Father, that often
and often ttiev have been driven into
thefe wicked wars through the harshncs
and injustice of their lellow-mcn, and
none but the Father above will ever know
by what trials and temptations they have
been lead, step by step, from the paths
of Iiappiness and virtue. And, rattier, l
beseech thee to turn the thoughts of every
one of this class, to-niirht. back to the
time when, in the innocence and purity
of childhood, they played with the little
brothers and sisters about the old home
stead, joyous as tbe birds to whose conga
taey listened, aad happy as the lumbs
whc gambols they befceid. Let their
mied. wander back t the rieiHat
schooldays, whea their parents looked
with jy Mid pride upoa their Imylsh
attainments, aad talked together of the
luppiaast which bmid be theirs, whoa
with the Yoaikfel raiad expanded by
knowledge, aad w-icdiiw besiwwed with
the years of witaritr, they 4toald liehold
their sons ailing high aad honorable po
xltiaas, a credit to themselves aad a
saarce of joy aad aide to the pareat
wha had so teaderly reared them Wat,
Father, thoa kaowest of the teptatWs
which boetthem; thoa ka wet that
tee of on the r&pieg avarice mm M"jet
exaetieBsef employer bare driven them
t the verge nf despair, aad, ia a HioaMet
f disamgetaeat, smI failing to stake a
entafurtabte living by hnaeet toil, they
have yielded to the teatptatsea to obtain
by fnid means wht greed aad craft pre
vented theat from aoiairint: bv flr
monas, aad whea the iot dowaward
was takea, aad tbe s-4roa am of the
law was raid afainat them, thv jatviag
eye has beheld the atjony of wives aad
metners waee !ks were wet wtta
teats shed ir the erring oeei who bad
net bees streae enoagh to 4eai the tide
ef teatptatioa which set agabast theia.
r a titer. Have rawer thea, for some-
ttsaes the prkeaer at the bar really pos
sesses more trriiar Btanlmed aad re-
deeaaing Mtalities of the heart thaa the
jedgc ttito pios ; eatanct npoa Mat ; onlj
CKcnmHaaees made oae a jndge anH the
ether a erfcmaal.
"Teach as all to reaaeasber that w are
enly hanMa, aad that the ruWer i one
of thv rhiMrea gone Uav. only U be
tnwoght back ta thine ea weed tiase; it
may be throagh the ialcrceoa of Mint
ed Motbes who tk dwa ia h aad
pity apoa theaa, loafetap; for the tieae
whea they shall ahaadoa their evil way
aad retora to the path of virtae. O.
Fattier, if this night aay of these erring
eat sre abroad, plotting evil a-miaac the
innocent aad aapmteetea. lead theat to
reaect apoa the wrwag whieh they are
dwiag tbenseerees, aad add aet aaother
crime te these which alreadv stale their
soals; bat let theat be led beck to the
pith of vittae, before another crime .hall
take theat farther away, and atake it
harder to retara. Father f aterey, pro-
trct my belpleM children . and whea they
taw arrived at vear f atatanty,
theat to be raerctfnl to the erriag.'
She arwe aad carried her childrea into
aa adfr-iaiag moat, aad laid theat ia the
bod, aad, inddealy uaataibrriag that atr
bashaad had left ai revolver at boate.
she totk it front a bare drawer aad
placed it where she eoald reach it ia aa
iasUat.
"I thiak I will leave the laatn bamias.'
shessid,aload: "soate beatetoM waaderer
may call for shelter before mormhts."
she stepped liack into the bed-roat.
resolved to defead herself aad childrea
desperately if the urt shoald eoaae,
aad, with 'the door Beady closed, stood
watching the Ub ia hreathleii m iiienne.
with one bead graspiag the reToiver. Ia
a few meaieats a maa caate fraaa aader
tbe table aad stood looking toward the
room in which she stood.
The light shone fall boob bis face, aad
she aaxioudy scanned has featares. lie
was apparently a-i more thaa thirty
years of age, aad oertaiely kked wore
like a geatieaiaa thaa a robber. His lore
bead was broad aad white, eves aad hair
dark, featares regalar aad intelligent ia
their expres-ie. lie certainly lacxed the
look of feroetty which the bad sappesed
beloBged to tobbers, aad she meatallv
decided tint he w&s set fallen toe law
to be reached throaeh i.k mtatal aad
moral nstare.
He stood UtoaKifal aad irresetaie, aa J
a sigh cscaed his lip as he looked area ad
the room. Mrs. Adams oyeaed the floor,
and stood facing hi. with her head still
rasping the coacealed woapoB.
"What is your be-4ei herer .she
asked, tremubHitly.
'Olsdam" replied the stta, re?tctfal
ly, 1 beg tbat you will sx t rive yarc!f
anv needless alarm, lor i will Mars nei
ther yoa Bor yoar,,childrea. I came for
the purpose of robbing joe, bet my right
arm shall wither before I will take oae
farthing from voar postessieas. Yoor
singing has completely snbdeed me, aad
prepared my Beait to rrceive tae cod
end which voar tiraver has sows, for I.
at letft.will lie led back In the path of
m -
virtue, ere crime bai mtde it too late to
ictorn. I will not deny that I am des
perately wicked, Imt as vet Bty sal it not
V. -1 1. 1 " . ft , t IT
tiaiaeu uy crime, bbu i ariBiy ueiieve
that I have been directed ti this spot to
begin a wicked aad yiafui career, by some
Providential poaer, tbat my purpose
might be thwarted, aad my mind and
conscience aroused to a sense ef my dan
cer before it was too late. I have not
listened to that wite counsel, 3Iy stn, if
sinners entice thee, content thou not, bet
have fallen in with evil companion and
become a member of an organized hind
of robbers, and .to-night I was to have
done ray initiit try service Tne loss of
my life mty be the tonalty of withdraw.
ing from the band, but it will be better
to die an honest man thin to live th'lifeof
arobber.with my m;od continually haunt
ed by thoughts of the misery that it-
would cause my mother, if by any chance
I should be detected. And yet, perhaps
the hand ot 1'rovideneets visible tlirouifli
it ail. There are others that I may, er-
suade to abandon this wicked way, whom
I should not have known but for my con
ncction with the band. Madam, if my
pretence is not too t-mrtiofr to you, I
will remain under vour roof until the
storm aljhtoi."
She btsitited, scarcely knowing how
to uuswer him. He took two small re
volvcrs from his pockitt and placed them
upon a stand within her roach.
"I place myself entirely within your
power, he said, ' knowing that you will
not abutc it. '
"Sit down," she said, astonished aud
perplexed at the uovclty ol her situation
The man obeyed, and ere long by Ids
persuasive manner and apparent sincerity,
In succeeded in rtcrsuadintr her tu take a
seat near the bed-room door and listen to
his history.
"Your speaking of our childhood and
school-dsys touched the chord on which
Biy sweetest airuvwie vibrate. I was aa
apt scholar, and after listening to a dec
lamatioa obc day, mother exclaimed,
'Yoall make a lawyer and a staletataa,
Sammy, and how proud and happy I will
!e, to be ealied the mother of :ch a
Binr' This scene roc bvfors me a
I liteaed to yoa; again ooasrieace ob
taiaed the matry of evil nature, aad I
tleteratiaed to go bck aal reeame the
stady of the Mufestoa of which die
ooorogemeatt had wearied ."'
When the storat bad alated,he w a a boot
to take hi departnrej whea Mrs. Adam
exclaimed, 1 shall be re afraid thaa
ever to Sad myself ahete after alt ihb ex
citeaieat. Vlt yoa fVel any saier ia nty pres.
eaoer Ved the robher, with a satile.
"I believe 1 will," she aaswered.
1 awt a straasfe protector,M he replied,
bat if ym wi it, I aiU remain till
Mtutaiag."
He reaaeiaeil aotil darlighi appeired.
and atW partikiaa; of the bretkiWt
which his busies prepared for him, he
went hi way.
Years aftrrward. while viHiag friendt
ia aa Easiera State, Mr. Adaass west t-t
hear a ditmgasad ioaker who was
traveaag throasth that portion of the
eoMotry. Great wa her sttrprioe to ret . g
Btze ia the el.jeeot and honored seaUe
maa who roe U addre Use aadtesice.
the mystertoas goeK of that memorable
Bght-
A letdden pallor overspread hi leatoras
as he rrcogntaed hor, hat he mtde hie
way to her side after the Art boot of ap
pisosc had gf toted him at the de of
fc b$jc4i.
i oa see how veer prayer his rhtnged
my eUBj." be said, in a low tan.
! coaarataUte roa," she retdiei.
"I dad B-kBow that yoa u aoaaxiat
ed wtth Ha. sam a el rore, satd hor
Mood.
"I parsed one of the most protUahie
ereaiaa of my Kfo at her boaae, whea I
wa oat Wast, said the di.tiaaraithad
gentle maa.
A tow days later Mrs. Adami laatirad
a beaatiAii braeehtt, with the wont io
tcritied, -From the mother of SaaMsel
Fofeet." Onie r'ofr.
Correcting a Lawyer's Statement.
The following anecdote, whirh i id
to be literal! r tnte, of aa ommeet New
Bdfcrd Mwyer, rtooatlv deoeated. was
eHttwted some year siace to the
A'moWf iiW. As. hoever. ail the de
tails were aot rrrea. and 8
eia ta toe chief actors, w wilt
relate it more fallv here.
TW lawyer ia oaotion, who was thea
eaMe joatt, was letaiaed as advocate ia
a cate. oa winch, aot tcHmt himeif of-
acsratly prepared to ptoad, he wot very
deiirwas of obtaiaiag a poitfimnmaaL
As, bower er, the com t had akeadv pro
tracted iti sesMoa beyond lbe ate al period,
ia coaieqaeace of aa aBo-l ameaat ot'
Laitat-ii. and of eoarte the larv were get-
iiag impatstrBt to beie'eased trom taetr
dotset, he was well aware that it wvaid
be impossible to proeare soch a postpoae-
aateas Me ooaai alles some extra-
ordmtrv caate.
Fortaoately, or BBfortanatotv. at the
resalt proved, he bad a lively imagination,
aad badeikiy formed a plaa waach he
was tare woatd be seccettfat.
g, with bis baadkmchiof ta hit
eyes, he addretted the coart ia great ap
parent emetton:
May it Btotse the C"urt. I bare mt
heard of the daaseroa illaei of mv
veaerabie mother, who is lying at thr
nt of death. Under sch dream
stance, Btach as I regret prvtraettag an
already leogtheaedtestioa, 1 matt tenaait
tbat tat case le pntoaed. 31 y feewaes
are k p3werfally agitated that I tb-iatd
le aoaoe to do Janice to the cate, leel-
lag M I do that my proper piece it at the
boonae ot mv Biter.
The pathetic apteal was completely
suecettfol. A feeling of ears eft sym
pathy for the atStctpd eoBBtol pervaded
all heart, and the jarurt, th h-m aaxioai
to retBra to their famtltea. were sot saf
acteatly hard of heart te ih to have
the baBeM of the ooart proceed at tech
a teeridee of prvaal fcelins;.
The lodge, who was a tender-hearted
man, bad noa, and wat about to grant
ih reaett of the coeato!, ahes the deep
bttcM wat ltrokes by a shrill voice which
proecded fmm a lady in a Qaaker baa
a-t. who was belling over the railing of
the gallery. It . the mother of th
etoeotBt coBasel, wbo, to far from beta
at the pt'iot of death, came witbent her
son's knoa ledge to hear hira plead.
"Timothy,! imotby,' tbe exclaimed, ia
a voice which oouhl be hoard all over the
house. "Timothy, Timothy, hnw often
have I cbastited thee for lying?"
II 1 needless to mv that the ooart-room
fairly shook with laughter, and the eh
fpient counsel the late Timothy CoS&b,
as perhaps our readers have ooDjectarcd
sat down completely nnnplusted.
The case wasu t postponed.
Thk Law or House Htnn. The
Jlu-
ral Sun has the following:
It hat been decided that when a horse
or carriage is let out for hire for the par-
pose of fwrforrain" a particular journey.
the pirty letting warrants tltc carriage
it and competent for such a journey. If
the hirer treats the horse or carriage ai
any prudent man wonld do, he is not an
swemblc for any damage that either may
receive, but be must use the horse for the
purpore for which he hired him. For
inttance, a horse hired f r saddle mutt
not be used in harness. If the hirer vio
lates this cxprois condition of tbe con
tract, lie is liable for any damage that
may recur. It the hone it stolen through
the hirer's negligence, such as tearing the
stable door open all night, he mutt an
swer for it; but if he is robbed by biiMi
waymen, while travelling the usual road
at usual hours, be cannot b held for dam
aget. As Uicms oucitioat are frequently
in dispute these decisions may be inter
esting.
The father of eight daughters in Grand
Htvin, Michigan, his made a mutical
band of them, and lie has bought twelve
brass (nttrumeats, because be expects to
aau to tne membership.
Concord Writer..
It was a cool, delicto! lummtr's dsy
whea we cot oat of the ctrs at the rural
station ia Wahlea wood, and sought
Wahlea IW1, that lies amid bills clothed
with oak aatl idae. We bad oftea wished
to visit thee woods where Thoroau lived
1 wrote; where KnrM walks ami
entapotea, aad oa whote borders lived
UtwUtorae, aad waare still live Alottt
it other literary reflate. Wabia
wood are a sort of Batnral park adi dn-
hag the sleepy old tows of C-tneord, ami
one who read C teend book gt-ts tioa
terBM ot pteaaet lalimacy witn their
shades and thickets.
Several Watts cm were hllia oa tbe
light Hoodea laadiags, that stretrh oat
into the lake from a sort of raetie ta
vilion.
"Can yoa tcit Bs the toot where Tho-
reaa lived V e asked of one of them.
"I will take you to it dirretlv;" aad he
drew hi boat to the kaHeg.
Ia a few mhsatet we were tkimmlat;
oerr the green lake where Thoreaa'a lead
No dNprored the Attertiea of the old
Otaeord farmers that id the ilepth below
no bottom eoahl be feead. Light sm-
wind frm the grove of saaltt clttt
trrs of oak and dark grooad of pine raf
Bed the water ami left ia the fresh air a
redaoae odor, qaite refrthint; to breathe.
The boat soon grated oa the pohbie ttoae
at lac toot of a ti , on wasca stwotl a
marniacaot grove of pines.
-rotktw thtt pa. d Ute boatman.
as we leaped U- the beehr baak.
We filoaed it till w lexehed the
piaw, and a ra te we odea eros, oa which
was ta tsttertpttoa :
This m tbe Srra or Tkokbsc's Urr."
Xothtar; of the hat remained bat a
small mennd f earth. I tot this was the
place where, for more thaa two year, the
poet aoterahtt lived totitade.'tted ritw
the iowers and iatoets. the aatmal aad
teyetialtte liteof the Xew Haglaad wood
Hen the birds beeame toca frieadlv
aiaai, one of them bailt her sett
hs he hoasr Uvea the wild, tiatoroa
partridge Itroagttt oat her brood before
has door; aad the aenoos r&btatt bar
roved aader hit floor. The wod-mice.
too, vistted him, aad oae et them grew
so familiar a to oat from hit haad, aad
lacre daaa iu face with its tet before
teamperiag away.
la bis eay oa "Kceaomv. Thoreaa
tott a how he tited ia the Watde a wd.
dartog hi. protracted ttady of aattxre
list bot eot bttfi tweatr-Hcbt dotiars.
A he raiod hi oora cora. beoat aad po
tatoes, ami ate ao meat, treat pnactpte.
his bill for f--od danac oheht m atht was
only aheot sine dollars. Tat he eareei
by tatrveviof .
lit book ami bit date were compaa-
of bit totitade- The ohl CMtotrd
fartaert ated U boar the melody ef hi
iote Boatsng over the trill like at eeea-
rtviog above the ttebiag of the
wtad hi the Usptof tbe pine.
iae work of Tboreae at brtt tok! verr
t lowly. -I bare atae haedred boekt ia
y library, be said oa oae rocaioa;
-sorea haadred I wrote mjtelf." They
were tbe bvrger IrarUoa el aa Btttohl edl-tt-ja
of oae of his irst bjokt.
He had folte Ideat of socio! v aad relic-
ion, yet his book on aatatral battery ate
ralaahte. aad hi estayt are fail of bril
Kaat theBisht aad ttraetiaal ilhsetradoas
of tree indspoadtnci. of caoraater.
He died jooag, ef coataeaptioe. Hi
of aaUtre coBtinaed to the last
KaeU, who loved the Bower?, said, whea
dyteg, that he cocld already feet the
deWtet growing over hit head, and Wit
see, the oraitbotoght, desired to be berted
waore the birds woe hi tang Bn hat
grite. Tboroaa gazed from hi window
oa uattsre as loot: as he wat able. He
awoke oae morata i Frost covered the
wiadow-paaes,tbcjrtBg the views which
death wottid sota shot oat forever. He
tried to scrape it oS, bat foend himtesf
too teetrte.
"I eaaaot bow even tWi oat ef door."
he sold, ia the sadaasaofditappoiatmeat;
he felt tbat life could promise him Both
lag mere.
We have tehj tbat Emersos makes long
walks fat these breezy woods. Hit boate
ttaadt oa their border, aad ia aaareach
ieg it from the piaw, a See view ef tbe
towa ot unncord meets the eye. "Emer-
soys Atcttt. his ttmlosotthietl Beigb-
bor.'tiketpialB jMsMde, plain w ay , tlain
cietbe, theat rgoti.ti, lores selitode,
ami knows bow t-i use it.
His ho4, characteristic of the mta. I
a atat, uapretettditK' ouuatrr restdeace.
Tall, gbMHay piae clatter areaml it. A
part "t tltete trees were p'aated by Alentl
and Thereaa, while Mr. Emertoa was ab
sent ia Eumtte.
The llterarv period la the history of
I moon I begta abojt the year lbll.or
toon after Mr. Emerson loft Ilnttnn socie
ty, and went to tbe borders of Walden
woods to live. Hawthorne, who lived In
"The Obi Manse," near tbe Concord bat
tle-ground, was one of this brilliant co
terie of writers.
Aloett, who dwelt in the old town, fol
lowed the example of Lincrson, and left
Uovton to live the life of arecluse-scholar.
He was a teacher in that city, And the de
scription of the PiuraCcld school in Mitt
.Vicott's "Little Men, is suppoml to
furnish a good picture of hit Uostou acad
emy, lie injured his reputation as a
teacher by admitting a colored girl into
his school at a time when tlio principles
of equal right were unpopular in that
conservative city.
3Ir. Alcoa's house, not far from Emer
son's, it a low, wide, roomy building, sur
rounded by fences, which he is said to
have built himself. He has two daugh
ters, one of whom is an artist, and the
other the txpn!xr writer for tho young.
nr. Aicott is esteemed a brilliant conver
sationalitt, but has written but few books,
a fact which led some one to remark that
hia most popular contribution to litera
ture ia his own daughter, Louisa M.
Aicott.
Hawthorne came lo lire on Concord
River in the early days of hit authorhlp.
Tbe "Old Manse" wat then almost a ruiu.
But tbe scenes around it were especially
beautiful. Tbe river, tho battle bridge,
the luxuriant marshes which, in tho long,
dreamy summer days, kept up a billowy
motion under the light river wiadi, aad,
fiaarthta all, the tall dark pines that sea
tineled the broad avenue leading dowa ta
tbe battle ground, wereseeaetof beaaty
that Hawthorne appreciated.
He was tech a reticent maa that few nf
the Concord people ever came to know
him. Ultra bit old college male. Presi
dent Fierce, ttlerel him lbe eoaatate at
Liverpool, he it tab! to have romaiked,
'-Will the maa who holds the eMc hare
to talk ranch P
"No, wa the aatwor.
'I am tbtekfet for that.
We paei np the long walk to the
"Old Mante," ami tt'-o 1 atoVr the door
yard treat, reealliag the ghost story that
Hawthorne's remaace atocilr with the
place, and the old-time partoa who onee
Inhibited it.
Ia a Httle stody of the Ohl Maote
evcrtoekieg the Concord Kiver. Emersoa
wrote "Nlaie." IW he oaee lived ia the
scciadol 4ftBisjHatft5 The uae stady
rccapit'd by Hawthoroe, who Krf wrote
bis bet books aad storie.
Whoa he irst saw the room, be says
tbat its walls were biackeaed with the
savke of Bnanmbered jean, aad made
still more dim-al by the straage portrait
of the New Eoglaod miaittor. ia their
dark gowa. that baag aroaml. He bad
all thete portraits takea dowa, aad Itaog
ia their ptoce oae of Itphaei"sMdoaais,
aad two ptctota of Lke Cumo. Feota't
CBsdjfcaJrmV (
A CcHtary Trtgrea.
Of the progrmi of the past emttary
Btihep Simpton says :
Nor hat the worbl boea aneaoved.
Cvtlizttioa ha extended hor trinmiihj.
The itUndt ef the toa and the htiand
dosortt aad moemttos have boea exnsori:4
aad manated. The brave mariner Ah '
battled the icoherg of Ute North, and j
the intrepid traveler hot dared the heat ',
aad daaer of the tropee. The rati t
road has i pinned the coat in so tt and tan- j
acted the Alpine moaoUiat. The trie-1
graph baa eoed the oceoa aad oaed !
Ute exttemiitrs the earth. Africa ami
Atia bare parted their borders, aad par
Bttttod the Modtoerraoeta to mhtgte hu
watt-rs with the Iswhaa Ocean, aad the
ittghway of the El" ha beoa opoaed
I)ap tiimt have fallen, aad moaorcote
hate beoa remodelled. Repabltcaa tdoa
have tpread eewrd aad wetaard.
Macmecry has mstupited the power of
labor, aad taveatsoot have a4Jl to he
maa comfort. Tae advancement t-f sct
eace , tbe escaUithmoat ef paidic tchooi ;
the eadawsaeat of Botvor.ttio, the ea
targmto t of lihranes and ma loami ;
the opening of hotpttafci: the care ol
orphan; toe I inching of the blind in
read aad the damh to speak; the edoet
tioa aad eicrataoa of woman, grrsag hor
accost lo employ meat aad profeaiea ; the
myriad it tees of the daily prest, with H
aew from evary oarter of the gl Hse;
Ute j item of express and cheap post
ages; the faraishtng of bona as aad streets
with water aad
match; the etertiic Sre aad bargier
alarm ; the sewieg mvehiae aad kiadred
appUaaees; the photograph; the spectra
scope, wbtch makes a aeighbors ta the
stars; the partial teparatioa of charch
aad stale; the freedom of rethftooi wor
hip; the mldtiictioa of reitgi tat edi
ico; the euldidtmeal aad growth of
the Seaday-tchoot, with the system of
SBterBatioaal letos, iadoetria-atiag oae
josth with Use hioas of is aire sit brother
hood, ami forejhadowing ioleotallooa!
frateraity ; the emiectpaCsoa of serf, the
strikieg of Use maaaciet from tnilltoot
of thtve, aad Uaasmatiag chaUelt int
ckizeat all thete are bat' fuet oattiaes
of the mtaifold triatapht af the ceatarv,
which mighc wait ttartie ohl Galileo
from bit slambers to cry again, "Bat i:
does move, thoagh!"
That Jletcer.
Mr. E4lat Orhert, tbe attroaomer of
the Chicagt FrtMtar, has beoa tavottigat
iag the reeeat meteor. He thinks it
path while visible was from some point
southwest by watt of Lawrence, Kaasa,
to Miami oooaty, oa the eattera bonier
of that 5 Ute; Across 3Itoari, from Ca
to M tr toa coaaties; across IlUaois, from
Adami to Iroaots counties; acres
Iadhtaa, from the toethera purtkta af
New toa ooaaty ta Fart Way ae (.V Ilea
coaaty); fntm there acrott Ohio to the
toe tbe ra poiat of Lake Erie, ami over
the nrthwetera corner of I'eoat rlraaia
into New York Sute. The disUaee wa
aearlr 1,000 mile; the time at Cnietgn
ah. 8m. r. of Dec. 21, 1S76; the
height abive the earth's tarfcee some
seeaty-Sre miles when over Kastas, t
forty miles whea over Ohio. Thelieeof
paage was aot straight, bat convex rd
slrghtly towartl the north.
lie imagines it bat been traveling
around the sua oa aa orbit much more
exteative thaa the earth's for possibly
millioat of years. It bappeeed at this
time to iBtertect the path of tbe earth
in clote proximity to that body. It was
traveling, he imagiaot, at a speed of 20
miles per second.
Tbe size of the meteor did not exceed
twenty yards in diiraeter. It was com
posed, probably, of the same material
as other meteors clay, flint, lime, salt,
etc. As it pasted throagh the earthly
atmosphere, the friction heated It to in
candetceace, and this caused the slough
ing oil of the softer parts of the vidtor,
and made the explosive sounds heard
during iu flight. He thinks it finally
flittered itself away in this manner, and
fell in star dutt on the earth, concluding
its celestial career by adding to the
amount of real estate owned by some
farmer.
Scttose. SutMse Grant should die
before tho 4th ol March, and the Senate
should recognize Hayes, and the House
should stand by Tilden, and the Indian
should scalp Sheridan, and the House
should Impeach Sherman.and the bulldoz
ers should capture Don Cameron, and the
European war should homologate Secor
Itobcton, and the Supreme Cturt should
go crazy over the complications, thcu
who would be I'reddentl
Pat Down is the name of a Western
town. Wonder if they live and do busi
ness on that basis there.
The Pnblle Bath Denounced.
The Cincinnati Cnmereial has a full
report of Dr. Iteaoty' iateraitiag lecture
a tae "Ute ami Abate of 3tths before
the ftcalty and ttad'ati of the Ohio
3IedicaI Cotlegr, from which we extract
the following: I
Bat impottaBt at it it to keep these
millions of tadatnry dacts open, it is
very o,e-tloabie wbeUier a htrith ate
of soap . a 1 tcrattbiag-bntthes bat the
teed c act to do a I. Ia fact, the &tatrary
may be pmataa.1; for the appiiearioa of
sotp Use outer cbticte,erebbrd well tab
the pore with a reah brnh, ma-t rethor
biock p fte captiUrtrs than open ?hem.
The application of ery warm water
sttrcWgoa the tkia with U'ed, while
that of very e4d water dne lark th:
btl aad oea tracts the captllarses.
There are other roasoat, bower.r, wh
soap ami scrobMet'-bruahe are aot eoly
aa eve- try to heattb, but even fsimiesl
to it. The oBier rtic, or tcutf is f
lbe body, it composed of the tame ma
terial as the Bi, aitheoga lb- fiber Is
somewhat ttiier catty arranged. It it, ia
tact, the enamel ef the skin, aad It
proper preservation gives to the tkia of
a heantife! wotoaa the ivory polish to
mach admired. It it the prettctkm of
the tree s-kie Waeath. Bat, like tbe
sabttaace of the edit, it may be paia
hsly scraped er scrabbed if. It eaa
all be tcntbbed i-ff ea-ily eaoosh,if oae
keep screbbteg hNsgeaouh. Uoder theJ
Btcro9pe it t ily ,Uke the k n of a a ;
sod these scales may be entity scratel
away. Nearly all soap contain ttroag al
kattt, wbtch s f tea thr rpUkdi mm er scarf
si and reader it cosily removed by rough
terabUog. A rfn-a 2eh bredt," roagh
towel aao hot water are all woederfatly
etficacttosi ia icmoviag this protortiag
membraae, bat are wbody awaeceswy
to health aa i cieaaltaeu. The only
really hoaithy ami proper water itsta
csts littie or aotstitsg, and eas be takea
at home. S wee tay Utey hire so time
to take a bth, but this bath osly reeavres
eight attoato before breakt, wbtch
etery oae out isordtaitiy lazy can tike.)
Go to a tiaaer aad ge: him to mike yate j
a tin tray, atwtst two sarhes deep and
esgtttcve ioctset soo,ue. This wi'l cost
abust sixty coot. Thea bey a spoetfr,
btcb will os.t toe ik: aoirtr. Yi h
Ute tta paa, a tpooge utd a gallon of wa
ter, ya hvc aU the reoaaretacsiu for aa
excelieBt bath, am! every pursue shotxld
Ukc soch a both 4aily. It U only aec
CMary to tpooge yoartetf thoruoghly
front Bead to iott, ami wipe dry w.th a
soft UsweL The exercise of thdog I hi.
a- self b-i oae ete th-ahl do it is
excaiirsst. The water t hoe Id be alt-tot
tbe some temporal erg at the atuephere. if
yoa arc heal 1st aad stroag, but if the
weaUter i ioteateir eohJ, tepid water
may be sahstitoted. Bat the Lath thoa hi
not he takes with the window open or in
a can eat of air, aad the water tboabi be
of the tame teaperaterc as the atmos
phere la Ute room.
Beer Steak PnDOG. Oat Bp one
aad oee-half poaadt of beef iate seat
sleeks. Dip the chopper ia cohi water
aad beat them a hule ta flatten thea
aad mike the meat mere leader; roll
them up with a little pepper aad salt tatiJe.
Liaea peddtag bain wit a taet cruitBiaJe
ta the proporti ta of tix oasce of taet to
three-tearths pxjead of dour. 'Take care So
pat tbe cratt nile down to the bottom of
Use bi-ia, or th: peddiog will break.
Cjt the enstt off even with the top ef the
taia, lay ia Use meat; if liked, add
tome chopped oaioe. half gll the tad
ding with cohl water, ouTer over the top
wi h a lid of pet reserved for the par
pose, having previously wettrd. or better
titl eirged the edges of each. Tie Bp ia
a paddtag cloth wrung out ef boirisg
water aad'sprtakle with fleer. Btit for
at leat three hoars. A ooeple of sheep
khhteys, sliced aad added to the pad
dtag, very much in pro ret the flavor of
the gravy, aaJ, if liked, three-flu triers of
teapoeafet of baking powder may be
added to the crctt; bet it tbeekl be
berae la mi ad that whtsever baking
powder Is ued, the atmott expeditioa ia
Beithing Bp it accessary, as fermeaVatios
enmmeacos freci the mumeat the water
it added.
Worth Ejtowtxo. Every little while
we read of some one who has stack a
ratty nail ia hit foot or some ether part
of bit person, aad lockjaw bat resulted
therefrom. AU such wound can be
healed without asy fatal coasciUcBces
fidktwtag them. The remedy is simple.
It is only to smoke such wouad, or aay
woaad or braise that it inflamed, with
baratag wool or woolen cloth. Twenty
minute in the smoke of wool will take
the pain out of tbe wont case of ia
dimmaiion arising from any wean 1 we
ever saw.
Remedt ron Bcnss. But common
starch to tbe consistency of a stiu paite,
spread it upon a cloth, and when it is
cool enough pour over it a little sweet
oil, to keep the poultice from stickiog,
and apply to the burn. Ilenew tbe dress
ing with afrtth poultice as often as may be
thought necessary until the Are is all out.
If inflammation ensues the poultice will
remove it.
IlAXOTEn PvoDtxo. Grate flnely the
crumb of a roll, and mince as fine as pos-
siuie me nnu ot a lemon, aua a quarter
of a pound of fine sugar and of fresh
butler, tne juice of naif a lemon, and
the yelks of four egtrs well beaten, and
the w lutes of two. bet the whole oa the
fire in a stew-pan, and stir till tuxTtcient
ly thick; then line a flattith dish with
puff paste at the bottom and edges, pour
in tuc mixture, aou uk tttu a utuucraie
oven for half an hour.
Roast Goose. Make a dressing of two
ounces of onions, an ounce ot greca
sage chopped fine, a coffee cup of bread
crumbs, a little pepper, salt, and the yelks
of two eggs: do not quite fill the goose.
! but levre room to swell. Rjast two hours
and serve with gravy, and apple since.
To Bolt. Potatoes. Peel them aad let
them lie in cold water for as hour or two,
Put them ia salted boiling water; whea
doce, drain oS all the water aadtetthsra
back nn tho stove to dry. Thea math
them and add milk aad batter. Serve hot.
Fritz's Troubles.
Fritz bis had more trooble with his
neighbors. Tot titaa be determised to
appeal to the majesty of the law, tnd
aorrHngIy ooatatted a legal gentleman.
"How vas dose tingr he shi. uV'ell
a ratlarea got a ganlea. Bad der odder
vallare's get some tbiekeas eat 'em up.
Don't yoa got some law for dot!"
"Someone's chickens have bees de
stroying your gsrdear asked the lawyer.
Strw in mine gardes? Nine, it was
vegetable.'
"Ami the chiekeot ootnmitted depre
daiina oa themf
"Idt dot r asked Frkz io astonish
mat. "Ami yoa waat to tae for damages 1
eoatinoed the iawyor.
Yaas. Gt for Umo-ti, c&J der
g bJwgo?, Bod der bUogr-.P
Dtd job aotffy him to keep his cLiak
eaa apP
"Ytt, I did sodify him."
"And what did be sayr
"He Bodify ass to go to haai, cad wipe
rata ebie mS dowa my rest."
Aad he refeted to cofsoir with your
ljtt demaod V
"Heyr
uHe allowed his chiekeos ta rsa at
iMgeT
"Yaa. Soeae rat large sad taae tu
leedie raliares, bat dey hot scratch mine
gardes more at der aetea dimes Idea.0
"Weil, yon waat to see bimP
"Yaa, I eaat to tee him to make Tea
bleak fence ah tixdeea food his hease all
areaadr, rot der dim thtekeos dosAl gat
ofer."
The sawyer tofortned him he oouhl aet
eompet aha to baild soch a feaee, aad
Firz ft ta a rage, exctatmieg:
"Next tamtmer time I rake me ihfak
ea, too, y m bet ! I raise itfht thie&eatt,
pv torn ! Vipeotf yojr vest doww." Qarl
Pntid i .Yottoaat VMj.
tbaette aad Keaor H. India.
The ttraagle for preceileacoaaioag the
prince at Uartstr a exatxted
mtoyjeahwBsiesaadhsttrthBraiags. The
cottontitry Derbar is geaerallj koiVI ia a
teot wttere the vittsnr fcave to be arstisged
ia a linear order. Native aeevcrypar
ttcitar abost ctsoeette. e pioially hi re
gard to precedence, ami ia tech ciraaa
seaacos ttiafcalttc-s aboat aeeeedeaee ay
Arie, aad arc goxetiabiv foaml to be ia
sotabte. At a Darhtr iseid ia Rjf
Uat ia 171 by the late L rd Mayo, the
Rjh f J idbsWe refased to aleod, aad
reasuiac' ia ait teat, beeaate he weald
aot accept the place which hail been as
stgaol to him. Ague, wbea the Paaab
and Rji4itcairi met Lord Nithacjk:
at Detbi in ISTi it was fooad hMpsi4e
to get Usees to sit to-ether in Darb-tr;
aad whea the Prince of Wales held his
Derbar last Noveattser, ia Bembar, the
Kabiraa af Udtiptzr reasaiaed staadSag
aU the while rather thaa sit bdow the
Geicowar. The Iadiaa Foreign Ockc
wa, ia fact, mach blamed for aot Ukhsg
advantage of the Prtaee ef Wales' visit to
dlspAse aaally of the toog- vexed qees-
ttoa ot tae preccdcsce of Ute aaiive lemi
atory priacef .
Notasng u more coveted br the native
chiefs thaa artillery sxletes aad the high
est pr-itoe aamber ot guns, beme af
the most distMtgBished ef theca hare been
teiieitiag the pri rite-re ef aa extra gun to
their SAtstet for Tears But. aad at uns
eat the oaly attire feudatories eaUtled
to a salate of tweaty-eac gaas are the
Gaieowar aad the Nizam. The saHles of
Sweaty -one gaas tt wbtch the Mbraja
DIrateep 5ag aad sir Jcag a ihadar ars
eatttled ia Iadia are perws&l stlates, aa
are the talates of seventeoa gaas accord
ed to Sir Sal r Jang, aa J of tairteee each
to the Prhtceof Arett ami the Maharajah.
of VLziaaagram.
Mawiag- Wat by Contract.
Aa iageaio&i pamphlet has been writ-
tea by a German oa imprevemeatt ia war.
Seltevsog tbat war la bet a natural out
break ot the ptat sp forces of humanity,
which mast fVota time la time occur, te
proceed to show that its horrors areia a
great raettare dee to the iajuries inflicted
oa peacefel civilians by a waatoa de
struction of life and property. War, be
maintains, if prop-xly otaducted, should
io no way aflect coo-corn batxati, except
In so far at they mutt suffer by reason of
bereavements; aad, moreover, much may
be doae te make it less disagreeable to
actual combataats. With this view, he
suggetts that some neutral territory be
set aside by the European pow era, aad
devoted entirely to bloodshed. No fight-
tag is, uader aay pretest whatever, to
take pi tee out of this territory, which is
to be fitted up for war ia tbe 'most elab
orate fabtoa. There is to be a training.
schKl for nurses, a college fur surgeoas
and large hospitals. Prisoners of war
will be confined ia suitable buildings
specially prepared for their kccommoda
tion. There are also to be vast cemeteries,
and depot', for artificial limbs, etc
These conveniences will be open to all
nations wishing to fight, at fixed aad rea
sonable charges, it capons or every de
scription and in fact all the appliances
for war may be bought or hired; but
no credit is given, and the charges for
battle fields are to be paid before the first
gun i fired. And the profits after pay
ment of expenses will be devoted to tho
miintenicce of the widows aad or
phans of the fallen. PdU Jfdtt Gaset:a,
An English resident of Shanghai recently
discovered that his Chinese house-boy was
addicted to tapping the sherry bottle sur
reptitiously, and to correct this frailty
charged the decanter with tartar emetic
He left his dining room after setting tbe
trap, and soon after his departure two
pctsonal friends dropped in to sec htm,
and being weary and thirttv sought re
freshment from the aide-board while wait
ing for the host to appear. When be re
turned his guests were in anguish ua
speakable, anil the house-boy had been
dispatched for a surgeon.
Ax immense Indian mound has jutt
leea discovered near S-indusky, Ohio.
Tbe remains of hundreds of Indlaas,
buried, co one knows how many yean
tlace, hive beentxhumad;