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PENDLETON, U3IATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1877.
NO. 29.
"Our Own."
If I had known In the nsonilng.
How wearily all the day
The words unkind
Would trouble my mind
, I said when you went awy,
I had been more careful, dr4ug,
Nor give you needless pain;
But we tci fcouron"
With look and tone.
We salght never take luck again.
Tor though In the quiet evening
Tou mjy cive toe the kls of peace,
Tetlt might he
That nercr for me
The pain of the heart should cease.
How many go forth In the morning,
..That never come home at night!
And the heart have broken
For harsh words spoken
That sorrow can ne'er set right.
We have careful thoughts for the stranger.
And smiles for the sometime guest;
But ofl for "our own"
The bitter tone.
Though we love "our own" the best.
Ah I lip with the curve impatient;
Ah I brow with that look of scorn ;
Twere a cruel fate,
Were the night too late
To undo the work of morn.
The Lily oTBosUn Castle.
I do not know why the very name of
llesun Castle stir up within me a
crowd of sensations both sad and sweet.
Sad, like the sound of fine old music
the refrain f an air which we have heard
in childhood and sweet, becaase it was
in our ear long bcfre the bitternos of
life began.
And with the picture of the old c title
lingering upon niy imagination, as I bare
scea it in beautiful engraving, it seems
almost dagncrretyped upon my heart, as
part and parcel of that serene beaaty
which has no counterpart in scenes viewed
by us after the worid spoiled ua. "Time's
odd band bath touched and withered
them all!
lt'tslin Ca-tle overhangs tlte Esk. It
is now only a dilapidated pile of frag
ments a wreck of its former self yet
dear to Scottish hearts f r all its tender
and beautiful associations, and the ro
mantc region in which it stand. By
'whom it was built, or way sjch a spot
should bare been selected fur a fortress,
w nnt Srnnwn lint it i tniivrn in tk TMr
1100. William de St. Clair, the son of J
Waldernus Corcpte de St. Clair, who
cuae from 2?ormandy with William the
Cwqueror, obtained the lands of Roslin
fr-Jtn Malcolm Canmore. It was not ia
jimhable that be was the founder of Ros
lin Castle, as the earl? barons lived at
their fortresses.
R s"in Chapel, too, has its attractions, t
both in picturesqneoess of station and
the tine crypt built by Lady Eiizalietb
Donglas. But perhaps it chief attrac- j
tion is the Prentice's Pillar, the exquisite
sculpturing of which bas been compared
t Brutsels lace. Below the pavement of
the dispel a targe flagstone covers the en
trance to the vault where rest tbe remains
uf ten of the barons of Rslin. Eight;
years after interment, the forms of these
dead La ions were found as fresh and
perfect as ever. They were buried in
their armor witLout coffins. Sir Walter
speaks of the
""chapel proud
Where Botlin's chiefs uncofSncd lie;
Each baron for a sable shroud,
Sheathed in his iron panoply."
In the fourteenth century one of tbe
lords of Roslin bad a beautiful sister,
who bad lived a very lonely and isolated
life since the death of her patents. Her
extreme beauty and the simplicity with
which she bad been reared, made tbe
proud brother jealous lestnome designing
person of a lower rank than her own
might take advantage of loth to spirit
her away from the castle; and acting
upon thif, rather than upon any desire to
treat her cruelly, be shut her up in the
castle, with an old duenna-like woman
called Elspeth Dirleton, and positively
forbade tbe latter to allow her charge to
cross the little cne-arched bridge which
was the sole mode of egress from the
ca-tle.
Indeed, the anxiety consequent upon
the possession of so beautiful a relative,
and the fear that she would disgrace her
self by a c-mncctiun beneath her rank,
prevented all intercourse between Lord
R-nlin and the neigh oring gentlemen,
and limited Irs associates to a few of the
older bar-ns whose estajes were nearest
his own.
Among tbe guests not prohibited was
tbe Baron Mackenzie old, infirm and
ugly to whom Lord Roslin would will
ingly have given up the care of tbe young
Isabella; and wh'ise attentions, though
deemed by himself irresistible, were re
ceived with a terrible shrinking by the
lovely girL Xothing could have been
more uuteemly than a marriage between
the two; jet tbe Lord of Roslin could
BOt see any reason why the blooming Iia
be'.la should resist one who. if not young
Bor handsome, was still wealthy and high
born. Every visit which tbe pompous bamn
made to the castle was the signal for a fit
of indipositioa oa the part of Labella.
It was no counterfeit illness either, for
recti was ber dread of him, that the an
BOQBcessent of his coming was but the
coamenceraeat of a series of fainting
too rral to be disputed, and too lasting
-is their nature and effects to be agreeable.
Suddenly, Lowerer, these symptoms
-ceased in reality, although E sprth was
coaxed into keeping them up in appear-
as ce. She loved ber young mistress too
well to cross tier; but had she resisted the
Lord Rislin's wishes, lie would hare dis
- charged her to make way for some one
who would obey him. Towards him,
' therefore, Elspeth kept up a 'show of per
fect sympathy with bis choice of a bus
'band for his sister.
"And bow k the Lady Isabella to-day V
a-ked the bums, as he placed bis poBdcr--oas
frame upon tbe chair of state. "I
:trat her fainting are over by this time."
"I will call Eltpeth,my lord baron," aa-
8 we red Roslin, "aad ascertain from her
:tfee state of my si.ter's health." .Elspeth
1T rammosed aaa inquired 01.
"Indeed, my lord, the walk round the
garden wa si fatiguing to my lady this
morning, that I persuaded fier to lie
down. She will be up and lit el v again
by tbe time supper is orer, and til then
come down."
. "That is right, Elspeth; and hark yc,"
he continued, "see to it that she i bravely
dressed and that she does not look so pale
as she did yesterday.1
The lait words were inaudible to all
but the old woman herself, who under
stood that she was to try some artificial
remedy for her charge's white face a
face, however, which had latterly began
to resume its former bloom, with as good
a reason for the change as for the former
palenes. Elspeth went lack to her
young mistress whom she bad left in her
chamber, but the bird Lad flow n. The
conch where she had been lying was tum
bled and untidy, as if left "in haite, and
ne silken s'ipper was still -ujioa tbe
floor. Rut Ehpcth well knew that the
pretty little room adjoining, which bad
once held a bed for herself, was cleared
of all such furniture, aad now displayed
only a rare Turkish carpst, about five
feet square, and two low footstools of
the young lady's on embroidery.
The door was part 'ally opened, but so
managed by a cord that it coald be shut
from within at tle sound of an approach
ing footstep. One glance t dd the old
woman that there wa more than one be
bind that vacillating screen; and her
cobicience told ber that it was young
Hector Graig. the old baron's forester,
who, being a great favorite with bis mas
ter,was always allowed ts accompany him
upon thee occasions, leaving a subordi
nate to supply his pltc.
The youth, tired of tending upon the
baron infirmities, htd oae dar rratured
to leave him in tbe Lord Roslin's care,
under pretence of looking at tbe chapel,
of which be had hard so much, and re
ceived a very wilting assent, as the baron
was unusually well. On that day Isa
bella bad gone to the chapel, after strug
gling with her nervous headache in vain.
The coolncsi of Uie chapel struck pleas
antly upon her aching head, and she felt
letter. Wandering about, she bad play
fully entered an empty niche, from which
she was just emerging, when Hector
Craig came into tbe chapel. The dim
light, ber white dress and the paleness
which ber malady always left nr"n her
cheek, exdted tbe superstitions imagin
ings of the young mn. Ue bettered
that it was a s.ir.t the animated ghst
of some stint who bad iahabited the
nicbe until Isaheila, perceiving the ef
feet of her prefeace, called upon him to
come nar.
Blushing at bis fears, be advanced, and
never bad the y-rath's eyes rested up-m a
swector vision. If no ghost, she co-dd
ntt be lets than angel while oa ber part
she was qaite as much attracted by tbe
handsome youth, who.e lem n eye
and nob'e brow were but tbe reflex of as
lively qualities within.
The baron was banting ne day, abont
tvtnty years before, aad in tbe very
depth of the forest he discovered a beau
tiful child, apparently two or three years
of age, lying asleep upon the grass. At
a. little distance, its young mother had
thrown herself down,as be conjectured, to
die. Wben they mo red her, she bad al
ready passed the dead portaL
Tbe baron, never niggardly nor unkind,
took borne the unconscious orphan aad
reared it as bis own, but without ciring
it bis name. The boy was called Hector
Crai" from some whim of tbe baton's.
Wben he was sixteen he bestowed upn
him the poit of forester more from a wish
mwinrt fi?m inthnntv tn Kl
v. . 1 1 " - 1 w ii.wa..j .a. ..
household than from any de-ire to reqwre
any service from him. Latterly, since
tbe infirmities of age bad begun to aQict
. 1 , 1 t . r
mm, ne uaa acpi mm auaui nu owa per
son. Tbe first interview with Lady Isabella
was not the tan. Every visit of tbe bar. n
was tbe prelude to a stolen half hour in
the chapel, or subsequently, in Elspeth's
dismantled room now converted into a per
fect bower of roses and saperb heath;
while the Ird of Koslm gave no thought
1 1 tbe fact that Lis sister was actually lov
ing oae beneath ber.
This had been bis constant dread; but
wben he thought of ber doing k, bi 4 ideas
only embraced tbe neighboring lairds.
whom he c tnsidcred bis inferiors. That
she would ern speak to nnt f tbe
baron's servants, as be considered Hec
tor, was an enormity too great to be tol
erated for an instant.
It was true that a few brief moments
were all that Hector dared to stav; but
the very tcaatinesi of the time made it all
mm re saeei, ana in-se stolen inter
views being succeeded by IsalelUs eo
trance iott ihi grnd hall, whtre h?
tried to greet the baron kindly, the
youth cons!ed himself by repairing
thither also. In abort, the two youn
hearts bad clrea ly tecome one and in
separable, and it only remained for some
. . . , r e t .1
piausiuie scnemeo! maini-oaacQi-'ruuui
to present iUelf, to take tbe requisite
stens for a union.
l'uor Ebrtlt, she could not go back
now, although she dreadeo ner masters
wralii, wben the p'ot was discovcren.
Hector, loo, felt, sometime, that he wa
proving himself an lograte to his bene
factor, and Isalxjlla ha I compunctions
visiting ber about her broiler; but the
affecti n of Uie old nuse prevailed, and
love, all powerful, invincible, ruled the
younger hearts.
A soft sweet evening had begujled Uie
young Lord of Roslin to a long ride
The fume enchanting hour bad brought
the baron t tbo cadle, wncre, in the
twilight, be sat in the hill, and waited
for Llspeth t announce his arrival rt
Iaabella,and bez ber to receive him: and
Elspeth, in all tbe glory of a now kirtle,
had bustled off to sec if her young lady's
bead were better.
Thedty had been hot and the bartn was
fatigued. It was no wonder that, not
withstanding bis great lore fur tbe Ladv
of Roslin, he should fall wdeep, while
waiting, ine eay posture wtticli he had
assumed upon the I on 4 oaken settle.
with Its leathern cushion nicely adjusted.
was favorable to continued sleep. He
awoke, however, about one hour after
ward, aad looked out of Uie window un
dr which stood his temporary eoacfe.
The twilight bad given place to a glo-
rioes moonlik'ht, that lay silvering with
dazzling brightness the bosom of tho Esk.
Ln that bootn was a trace of white
foam that caught tbe moon's rays, as
fleecy clouds catch tbe sunbeams, and ap
pear more glorious than the pure blue
ky or set; and in that track a single
dj.rk speck was dancing like
seagull
above the waters.
The old Damn's nercetitioss did not
take in the palpable fact :hat. Laving
lain too long in the breezy nigbt air. he
had contracted a dreadful pain in L'S
bald bead, and with a long groan he
callod for Hector. Hrctor did not
come; but the Lord of Rodin was thun
dering over tbe bridge with Lis swift
charger, and soon appeared at the door of
lac casiie.
There was no light save that of tlte
mien; but the Lml of Hithn needed
nothing to guide him to the apartment
where tie u.utlly received the bares, but
of whose previous presence thre bow be
was unconscious. To L.irJ unsihTs
surprise, the door of the aiiartment was
oarreo, aaa to bis cries for zaspeth he
fonly heard the respoase of tbe La-oa's
. 1 - ! t
ucr-ioacM race in nign wrats.
A a, ts tnat you, Uar..nl av. unlock
tbedo.r. It is I. Is Isabella with ver
Xo!" miml Lis visitor, in a spas
modic effort to bart open the refrscterv
door, which could not be made to yield
oa cither side. Tbe exasperated Lird of
iiotnn stampe. Irs iio: upoa the oaken
the irrssure f hi Ir heel. He ap
. . . t. . Uf .VI m. "
plied it to the rude I ck that bear at the
end of the iron bar, aad fraud Uie iiaruo.
as be hi said, quite alone, aad ta as
agnny of paia as well as rage. at tbe non
appearance of Hector.
The absence of EistetB and Isaiiella
was equally strange; but on the opposite
bank of tbe Esk. where a boat was iasd-
iag, the mx)n was looking down upon
the sweetest face, framed in curls that
glittered like gnlden thresdi upon a band-
s me brown check, gtaaisg with Joy and
pnuc, ana last, but n it least, upu the
raatriniy torm 01 oH Klspeth, qveriBg
with th- pent-up fear ef her master's in-
dignarioo.
A aneIookiagmvx.aspire:tlybctee
frtrty an l fifty years ef age. was suadrng
on the bank wben they landed. He heard
lienors voice, and saw his face. It
feexaed to waken in him some la'estt
emotion, and tie paasJ, as if aboat to
spctk, but changed hb miad. Wbea
tiiey arrived at tbe ins, tbe same lurdly
klag ma? was there, sarnS6led by
Mrverai servasts, who seeisrd to littea l
him with the greatest deference, as be
gave them order in a calm quiet v-itec,
prakiagia EagKsh.
Hectar' sle antietv seesaed tu be to
pruenre a private rm for his owntMn
l , aad the stranger iastantly addrrsied
a jan man ut ,upnur sppearaacc. aad
after a moment s coaversauua, be taraed
to Hectic, aad offered a room fr his ac
ceptance. To glad to obtain oae. Hec
tor uttered a hasty ex pre, i -n of thank-,
sad taTJcd to uber his charge inu the
ose pointed out. Again
started at the voice.
the stranger
"It is tbe very tone of the Leigh. he
said to the young man be tide him. "Vu
have not more the sound of the Leigh
voice than this stranger.
0, father, anssereJ the English
youth, "do not prepare yaorseif for
another disappointment. now many
times since we began to j isrney, have
you believed yoa have found my lost
brntberP
"Bat this seems so real. Botde. be
resembles you. I shall see mure of him
before I sleep."
And when Hector appeared again,after
leaving Llspeth aid Isabella, he drew
him into the room opposite, and qaes-
uonea turn 01 nis me. iicctiir answereu
him frankly. He bad no wan to conceal
anything. He bad longed too deeply for
the unknown ftther, whm be sometime
believed would appear to claim htm.
Af.d lo.bere indeed was the unknown
fatherl
Sir Henry Leish, a youag En-riish
barenrt, had married a porr girl, but
one who in all oth r things was his
equal. His family bad treated ber in a
wy that viutragrd all her sensibilities.
Oa lire birth r.l her second child, she be
came slightly deranged, and continued
so for more than twit years. Her hus
band banished her tormcatorr, and tiled
every means to soothe aad restore btr;
but ta returning from a short abseoce,
be found that she had eluded the nurse,
and had gone, no one knew whither, car
ry ing ber youngest bjy.
Half distracted, the husbanl had
searched for years with vat success. Only
as his son had said, he hvi met with dis
ajip dntmsnt; but this niht he felt an
intuitive perception of what proved to
be tbe joyful truth.
It was a meeting worthy of the sym
pathy of the world. Hector explained
hi position, and placed the Lady Isa
bella under hit ne-fouod father's pro
tection. They all set off for Engl and the
n-xt day, and Uie first step on their ar
rival was to summon Lord Rltn to
Warwickshire to find Lis sister, who was
the aunt of Sir Henry Ltlgh. The latter
seat the message, Hector choosing not to
appear at presen', until all was ex
plained. Lird Roslin arrived in hot haste, but
the dignity and repecUhility of the
family io which bi sister had found a
refuge from the importunities of the
baron, prec'uded any refusal to become
connected with th-m. He stated to see
his sisU-r united formally to tha Honor
able Hector L-igh, and returned to com
fort lb? crest-fallen baron, who eventu
ally solaced his wounded pride by ob
tain:ng the hand of a rich widowed
baron-ss, much nearer to his own age
than The Lilt or Rosli. American
Union.
TnesE are ia Connecticut ponds,
each having fire acres or more of sur
face. Efforts have been male to intro
duce valuable flsh into them, apparently
without success. In thirteen ponds
130,000 young land locked salmun were
put last year, butnoiie of them we are in
fo rased are bow to be found.
How to Tell i Ocntletnau.
Yoa should never ju lge by appear
ance. Tbe other day a little weazen
faced man, wearing a $3.50 suit of
clothe, went to one of th big hotels,
and registering himself as from Texa,
asked for a rojm and if brcakstl was on
the tM e.
Tbo Olympian clerk gazed at him
scornfully for a moment, and languidly
remarked:
"Any bsggajer
"Xo"," replied the guest.
"In that case,' said the clerk, "the rules
of the boue compel me to insist on pay.
ment in advance."
"Very we 11," said tbe gaest, without
hesitation or appearing offended, "take
two day's board out of this," and from a
wal if greenbacks as big as his arm be
produced one hundred dollar n te.
"I bej your pardon," stammered ths
ababeil clerk, "but we are so often taken
in, and ynar face not being familiar to
me, I
"So f ff'sce." cheerily answered the
guest; "budnesi is business and rules
are rules. It does look a little I I V
be without baggage, bet us cattle dealer
ain't much no style, and "
"That, all right, Coloael," slid the
clerk. "Put up your mosey; we kaow a
gcatltman wbea we ce him. Jim, show
the gentletaaa np to 146. CVI for the
beat in the L use, Genera!.
The old man stowed away an ample
breakfast, git the clerk to give him small
bills for ntty, and asked wh-re Billy
Coolbaagh, the banker, bad hi ot5ce, in
quired when they had dinner, desired the
clerk to tall Mr. Farwell, if be called,
that be would be back at t o'clock, then
went, aad hasn't been seen sine. The
clerk subsequently discovered the $50 bit!
was bai. Tbe sad event has cast a gloom
oter the betel oijcp. CJUosj Tints.
A Telephonic Oatrage.
In the intrrtat of yoaag men and
cornea who sit up together late every
Sunday eight, we demand that this tele
phonic in (rati 'in be crushed oat of ex
istence or suppressed by iajaoctsna.
l'a'e something of this klad be doae
there wilt be trejbie ia every family
ttsroagLout the laad whkh itTciedes a
fur yuag lady, in every elab ef mar
ried asa, aad every sea ing society
where characters are frayed, cut bias
aad stitebed together again in inkar
meaius style, in daaic ami Feniaa
lodges, duos, aa I dscwhre. With this
telephone, by b ch apparatas ral coq
vewa'ion can be beard for miles, what is
tbt-re 1 1 preveet fathers, muthers, aad
Mg brothers fro en turning the craak, and
li.teaing tt alt the pretty words soft
Mating, and sweet ooiegt betweut
Fraik and L xzic ia tb p trior every
Sunday evening t TLl k f it, ftthers anl
muih.r.i, who In 1 ber it is yoorrclve!
II iw are the erisg stxictir, Maxi,
OJd Kclloas, Peuians Jioiiticiaas of the
Gobble order, t ha e aiy secret froji
the ablic with this abimlnable tele
jittuba busice ech dag their lags and
dispensing them taruugfa fg horns of
tbe reporter and the rest f maakiod.
The oiaatry is in great danger from tbe
operatioj of this new internal machine -xoang
mea aad maidesa sboall rise up
with oae voice and deoaad the execu
tion of tbe invcoter of the tcleplioa
and the destructioa of bis work. Tbe
Salem witches were no ounparistia to
this enemy of peaceable civilization and
hippy courting reunions. Udea OWnr.
The Petroleum Trade.
Ia re Hewing the truleum trade for
the year 1370, th: Pittsburg Ca-axurtiil
says last year was oae of the most pros
perous the dealers in the cru le article
hare ever hail. Matters we'e very di
our agin at the beginning of the year
and socintinaed until August, waea the
St.nlard Oil Comptny t Cleveltnl,
with iUalliev.ttkingalvantage of the gen
eral despndedcy, purchased or entered
into aas itioa with nearly every refin
ing interest ia the country, anl by thU
taup took effectual control of the whole
refined trade, adraaced its prices, quietly
awaited tin exhaustion uf the smalt
sbcksof EiMpc, and finally, tow.rJ
Uie end of the year, compjlled the
E iropcan consumer to pay the exacted
price. Tbe result was a large profit to
the refiner. Tbe arrangement was artificial-
unnatural bat exceedingly prof
itable. Tne advance in price was from
lOlj to 11 cents pergilton, Jan. 1st to
27 cent at the end of the year an ad
vance of 170 per ca-nt. The total ex
port fmm the United States in 1870
were 253,372 22(1 gallons, an increase of
2 2,060, -100 gall ma (or ten per cent.) over
the exports of tbe pretioa year. It is
believed that this iacreate doe not rep
resent actual consumption, but that m 4t
of Uie cxeets still remains on hand in
foreign parts, or is still on iu way there
to. Tbe calculation is that the great ad
vance !n price bai checked consumption,
and that less was really consumed abroad
in 1S70 than ia 1875; and further, that
foreign dealers had in baads and going
to them, on Jan. 1, 1877, some 500,000
barrels more than oa Jan. 1, 1876.
A Two-Skiixiso OrrER. Yesterday
foren ion a youag aaa secured a livery
rig and drove around town at a furious
rate, as if his sole object was to kill the
Lurse instead of takinsj a ride. He
smashed a wheel off Uie buggy while
driving 00 Woodward avenue, and after
getting a scantling under the axletree so
that tbe vehicle couhl be unvea oa inrcc
wheels, be called to a boy and said:
"Here, boy, you drive this rig back to
the stables and tell 'era I was thrown
out, bad eight rib broken, aad that I
was taken to the hospital ia a hack.
Do this and I'll give you two shillings."
"I can't tell a lie not for two shii
ling. replied the boy.
"They won't hurt jou," prjtcstcd the
BUR.
"I know ther won't, but when I
told 'em you'd broken eight ribs, and
they believed it, I'd feel that it was a
mighty mean man. who wouldn't pay a
boy a shilling a rib for lying, right in
tbe middle of a hard winter, toot" De-
troit Fch Prtt.
How a Do'.' Disappointed a Duke.
The Grand Dake Alexis went to see
Almee in the "Grand Dachea 31 oday
evening, but the sweet sing-tr not Wag
in an Aimee-able moo I, was absent oa
the ancirnt plea of isdUpulii a.
The Grand Duke Alexis situation caa
be easily imagined. He aad his mentor,
the polished Bir-m Schilling, bal evi
dently gone to the Eagle Thater on
Monday evening to bear Aimee aad none
but Almee. He gave emphatic proof of
his coaditkm of miad whea h-j promptly
left tbe thea'er after Uie fir.t act because
Aimee did not appear.
i he cause of the disappointment f his
Imperial Highness may be gtirrd
from the followiag atUertitemeat. which
apjxared in the New York papers:
5Ui REWARD Lftst, on SuaJay. Fcbrua
virv r, lith ttweea 2 and S o'csoekvaflcr
aoua. a BUtk aad Taa Terrier, long ears, in
Fourth a renoc. brtneea Twtatv-nlstn and
TJiirUrlh slrrcU. Apar at Mil too Kkfcc
Hea, . 1G1 Lexiagtea avesae, ewrser
Tblrticla street.
This dog beloaged to Aimet, an 1 she
felt o bad about 1U 1 thtt she gave
wy to grief aad also gave away a f-VW
engagement, aad instead af singing Offen
bach airs she mearafally hummed to
hcrclf, Ob, where, eh. where is my lit
tle dog gone!" Bat this is as nothing to
the feetleg ef bis Highae-s.
The Herald says be rtiioqaized at fol
ios s: "Oh, what a fall was there! I.
Imperial Gran I Dake af Risaia, sal the
possible Czar; I. for wfcom pravers are
oJrtwl ia every Ravsiaa charch oe every
DoitJay; 1, wbms taeatncal maaaer
feel honored ts in rite to their rerfermaa-
ces; I, Alexis Alexasdrevitch, balkt-1 ia
my pleasure by a black an 1 taa terrier!
Can it be posdbleP
Hoaever, aM's well that cads welt, aad
last evening as Grand Dsoaeai Gsey
aard was tojiag with her vteterias
Fritz a aild rem or ran rovsad the coulis
ses aad cased a tmaaadoas scasatKra.
"Mile. Aimee" dog h -S bea found,"
whiipemlGea. Boasa t-i Priace Pant as
tbey stuod at tise wisgs, aad the word
beiag spoken! ia a stage wh-stttr reached
tbe ears of th-t Dach-ss, wta is Mealy
lest in Jerri t ia her quondam lover. "Ye,
the dear tstt.e d g , ladeed. foaa t,"
was the rejy of the I Viae to her Majes
ty mate icqairy, a d sa thegrc&t ag ay
asver. The cortaia feit ea tSe act
ad tae weederfal aews reaebel the
asilit rrura. aad as it passed from moeth
to m -h a Kse ef aatitfactkia aid
peace scsiBed to fall Hp-.a the aadicsee.
aad eae aad aH nrjuked that the biack
aad t m member uf tbe opssa b tuSe cxvn-
pany h id, ia leeL beoa f las L Balletiai
were at eace xnt far and near br tbe
esterprisisg raaaager. jayfsslly ana-ojsc-
-g toe rvo.rcry r bis tea;-toote.l ur,
but be is -ly saainuiae i stleece as to
ib mctfa d e-splaed ts fiod the min
ing qufirued. "Live m, leve av
log. is no- the ci'AUt far the satire
company.
Tax Ki5fl or BrusTv Ia the ZeWc-
ieal GirJeaaef Djtssta aa wid hucs re
cently feit ilL As she brcasie mre asd
mo.e iafirm, the rat which wcreterapied
into the ilea by the pieaes ef flesh Ijingj
about, grew J bold that at last they be
gan t nibble ber mJaty's poor a A toe
aad troubled ber exceedingly. A liule
ictTierwaa put lata ine cage to keep
th-m ia order; bet the lioness reoenbd
bis eatrsnce aad showed ber dislike la
every sort of way. At length, however,
she saw the d--g catch a rat, when its use
seemed tu strike ber. Sne became exceoi
inly attained to ber tittle protector, let
him sleep upua ber f oat paws, right oa
Jer her a s-e, every nigHt, fr wrmth, a
place of hw-T, no doubt, if a somen hat
alarming one, and testified ber ten
der affectioa for him continually uatil
her death. "We visited a Preach me
nsgerisone dar" sars a writer. In
oae of the cage were a lion and a l!oaes
together. They were standing up, quite
moti'inbst, aad seemed not evea ts see
us. Prtssntly the lion, liftisg up his
great paw, placed it slowly aad ftly oa
the forehead of the tioacs, and both con
tinued in the same attitude as long as
we remained before them. What was in
tended by the gesture! A punter who
shuutdbave desired to represent calm
g.tel aad tie deepest compassion could
not have invented anything more strik
ing. 'What doe it meant said I to the
kc-rpcr. Their lion whelp died this
moruin, be replied. Then I under
foot what I saw; pity, cood-wilL sym
pathy, all these sentiment might !e
read in those fierce countentnees.
He Hadx't. The temperance revival in
Detroit bas set men to thinking seriously.
One of tbe srrioos was discovered.
coming out of a Larned street saloon yrs-
teruay, ana an acquaintance collared him
anl said:
"You have been drinking.
"Not a dr ip, was Uie reply.
"But I saw you wiping your mouth.
"Yes, I wiped off my mouth, but I
hadn't been drinking."
"That's honest, b it!
"That's boaest. If you don't believe it
smell my breath "
He turned his face, the other got his
noe don to inhale, and as La staggered
back he called oat:
"If a littlo whiskey will kill that
smell you go sod get It right away and
IU stand between you and tbe pledge,
and pay fpr tho drink to boot!" lU
trvit Frte Trut.
Gexerai. Fisk tells with great effect
the story of Uie colored color-bearer, who
whea the command of thi capttin of
his company rung out for the soldiers
to fall back, thinking their exposure
too serious, Kepi oa alone ia advance
Whea again personally ordered to
fall back, lest the colors might be lost,
he slioutcd to his captain, "Dcse colors
never fall back 1 You jess bring up the
men 10 users, auu iney won t be lost."
A BtRUixattAU, Ct, dog, which Lad
for a year or to rej-ulsrly run to the
traln. oa hearing the whistle, for the
tnorniutr tuner, has died, and a m-wh
dog. which Lad frequently been his com
panion, has voluntarily succeeded to the
oasiaess, uoing it laitniuiiy.
The Battle of Saratoga.
If tbe btttle of Bunker Hill was tbe
farooas beginning of the revolution, Sar
atogadims to have been the scene of
its triumphant crisis, tbe place where
proud Bargoyne gave up Lis sword and
acknowledged himself and his Eiglbh
army bet ten. The centennial year can
not have the glory of this ereat, fir there
were weary months of fighting after the
declaration rf independence, but the au
tumn of 1 7 claims the honor, aad nsxt
September and October will be the time
for Saratoga county to indu'ge in its pro
cessions, speeches, sham fights and re
joicings. Xor let any one uget that
this will all be local pride; for Hallam,
the historian, defines decisive battles as
"th'e few battles of which a ointrary
event would have essentially varied the
uram
it of the world In all its subseqnent !
t-t, aad a distinguished historical !
scenes
lecturer, commenting 00 this definition, has never been shaken by raod-ra criti
some years ag 1, naael fifteen decisive ; cbm, and to this my faita I am indebtel
battles in the world's hi.tory, beginning for the discovery of Trov and iu treasnre.
with Marathon, en liaj with Waterloo, 1 ILiwever, the want of oroaraestslioa a
but inclu ling Saratoga. tae Tr.jan jewels, the aas i-asde, un-
how, uad-r this ex pre s ton, "Bdtle of co ored pouery, witL impresrd or ea
baritngt, many coifasmg nam en, date ! graved oraameatation, asd, fisaiiy, the
and place arc gr-upsd. To begin with, j want of irn aad gia, ooarioce me that
a hundred years ago. Strat-vja meant the the ruiai of Trov belong te such a-remote
unexplored forests, the few clearings aad aariquity as to precede toy a -es tbe ruins
vk mj i"". "ic ittuiaa unauar
grouoils west of the Ha Isob. in the aairle
between the Mohaak river and the lake
George aad Caamptaia, wh-re are now
tae wans aad villages of OmI Saratoga,
Saratoga nn sutiwaur and Schsy-
lerville,witii the numerous neighborhood,
farms hills aad corners, with their local
aad constantly changing name.
Ia the village of Schuylerville, oa tb
iiidoa ttseu, they show yoa an eim tree
marsing xae exact spot wnere i2. uates,
. w ui las lauciicaucsL l oiiea
States, received the sword of the defeated
English Barg iyne,on October 17th, 1777.
Bat for two months preceding this
there had bea oae long, almoit dailr
fight between thstao armie-, face to face statsmeat of Paasanias that tie murdered
with each other. We lead of American : person had been interred in the Acnrpo
intreachmat en Brmis' Uigbta. of Eng- ju, di&riag ia this respect frees W. M.
Hah earthwork en Saratoga Uigbta. of i Lke, . Mure, Edward Dodweli, Ot
skirmiihe and sallies by sharp shooters, i trit .rnlUr Frst r-trri-.. W n,
of advaaces when reinforcements came, t
ef retreats bi . trenches aa l earthworks I
-"-ujaimM Kic a mw
fal battle on the afternoon, ef Sepbrmber
19ih. when Krteraaa's farm, a clearing of)
twelve acre, bore the horrid harvest ef
five ba.aired BnU.h aad four hundred (
Amcnean uead men, as ths sis cs:
down; ef an-sther desecrate tizbt on the1
7th ef Octo ber, at the sias place, whea technical poiat ef vie, a very high oril
Uargocne, hit sapp ies from the north ' ir.-i,- t in Tisbm r tai t
cut off aad no help coming fr-sax the ' aaod-aaJe pjtterv, asd na trace of
s wth, was driven u n.k every-hiag by i gU-s oc ef iroa. FarSser, wntiag was
aaotfcer battle ail lo-t again. At fin katlK3 ja Trov; frr I faead there a aum
ctose of this trrnWe day, ooe of his lst j b- Bf n Orees: iasmptios. ia very
emcers, ung. Lrca. zrazer, aa-l many
brave mea lay dead oa the field which the
American betd ia possess 10a; aad after
ten days more of hunger, distress, crowd
iag and defeat, Bargoyne gave up the
hopeless coatot, aad the Amcricaa cause
virtually decided.
Auimals and Steara-Engines.
A writer ia DjUr' PrUaSi-u
nsra-t, in notiag tne behirijr of differ
ent autmais trward the steam-eagine, re
marks upen the dexterity with which
dgs run about am ag the wheels ef a de
parting ratlway.traia wtta-mt suanng
the least injary, whereas a hot of rait-
way wurkmsa aaauaUv loss their lives.
Oa the other hind, the or. a prorerbullv
stapid aaimai, coatiaoes standing com-taaers may have beca ia use iaTror more
poedly oa the rails havia; a ids of j ihia l,OW var befoce aay alpOaJct -as
the dinger which threatens hira, aad is knoa ia Giecce. I have not ths suga:
rua over. Many kinds of birds seem to I n: .4ii-jkoj m aJmix mt: trie tn.lin.i-s
have a pecul
lUaxdeligfat ia the steam-a-I
gtne. it has often happened that larks J Agamemnoa and his companions, who,
have built their nests aad reared their i ua tacirrttura troai Ilium, were treach
yottng under the switches of a much- jerocsiv mardered by Ctyteainsatra or her
traveled railway. In engine-bouses tbe paramW, -E.ruthBS, may be perfectly
swallow Is a frequent gnest. Ia certaia J correct aad futafcL I am bound ta i
mill, where a n itsy thres bua Jred horse- j mil this so much the more as we have the
power eariae work night aad day, two certaia ty that, to av the ieasr, all taa
uai(ui aiiuw am uoiu ureir cc-tsj oodtcsof eacatimbasd born burst tiiaul
for year, aad rear their yoaag there ret- taneouilv. Tne calciai n.-bbim below
ularly. A caw of almast incredible
truthfulness oa the part of swalloxs oc-J
curred la the early pan of last year, when
. . X r a I 1 . I !it 1 1i
a Prui o wiui uuiu ia ine paouie-,
box of a steamer, and resutariv made the
Journey from Pesth to S.-cilia. The au
thor conclude with this caustic remark:
"I Lave never ret found aav aaimai at
Lome in tbe boiler-house. Even the dog
steers clear of b alers. It is almost as if
the lower animals knew what aa amount
of stupidity and folly appears ia our coa-
struction of boilers." Ptpalar Same
xtwly.
,
. Majciac s Vrstos A5D a Watch ut a
2krvk. A gentlemaa ia Coaaellsville
bad lost his reason, and, neidioghiscom
raittal bi Dixm nt, Mr. R. M.Sibhctt was
sitting up with him oae night to prevent
him from doing himself bodily injury.
Near midnight, when the only occupants
of the room were Mr. Sibbett and his
crazy patient, the latter, who was ia bed,
reached under the pillow, anl, drawing
from beneath it a revolver, cocked the
weapon and pointed it at Mr. Sibbett, ao
compauyiog Uie act with a statemest
that he had a vision, aad that aa angel
from heaven had commanded hlra to
shoot the watcher at Lis bedside. Mr.
Sibbett looked at the man aa imtant and
thcncoollvsaid: uWhr that ntitol tn'
loaded." Thi had th rflTt rF dtrfrttner
tha patient's mind from his purpose, and
also aroused his curiouty aa to whether
the revolver was really loaded. He got
out of bed to exsmino it, and ia an un -
guarded moment Mr. Sibbett snatched it
trom him. Ho found that four of iu six
chambers were loaded. He then, as a
precautionary measure, closely examined
the roots aad bed, aad under the pillow
from which tha revolver was taken he also
found a hatchet Pitttbitrgh Gated.
A little fcilew ran to hb mother the
other day aad asked, "Ma, caa I have
some bread and isml' His mother,
wishing to break him of the vicious habit,
replied, "When I was your age I couldn't
get anything to eat between mea La if I
wanted." "Yes," said the boy, aftrx a
mcaeat's passe, "bet yoa didn't Lava
a good, aics mamma, did yowl" This
settled it ia favor ef the yosag i-attsrer.
SehlleHUau and Agamemnon.
Dr. ScLliemann, to iu last letter to the
London Timet, thus imply and clearly re
peats hi Hom-ric faith aid gives bis rea
fOas for believing the tooita disorverl
at My kens to those of Agjamemn&s and
hi c-mpaoioos:
The Trujaa war bas for a long time
past, by many eminent scholars, been re
garded as a myth, of which, however,
they vainly endeavored t find tbe origin
in the Rigveda. Bat io all antiquity the
siege and coaqaeat of Itim by the Greek
army uadcr Agamemnon has beea con
sidered as aa undoubted hi.tntical fact,
and as such it is also accepted by tbe
great autaorit of Tau-ijdi lex. Tae tra
uiboa has evea retained the memory of
m say datails if that war which have been
omitted by Homer. For my part, I Lave
always firmly WHeved ia tbe Trejaa war;
mv firm faith la nmrr and th truit!
, et il Xeox. the date of whscn I thought
I ooesd ax by Use resatt of the Zi shafts
which I sank in the Aerupolu ia Febru
ary, 1374. I tJwrefore believed that
Uusatr bai oalyknoaos by aa aadeat
tra.lt lion, cenraemorat-d by prtce-iing
post, the siege aad destruction of
froy, and that, far favors recei red, be pat
in bis oo temporaries at actors in hi great
tragedy. Bat I never dwsbtel tin: a
King ef Mykenx, by name Aga
his caarirteer Ecrymedon, a Priaeeas
Uassin Irs, an 1 their Julio er bad been
; treacsseroosiy murdere.1 eitiscr at dinner
' bv isthuj. as Homer sava. or ia tfce
j biih by aytemnestra, as the later tragic
twpt,nr.!n(L ,) rrmi.Mur.inn.
Prodetch, who ail had rfusenderstoud the
statement ef Paasaaias and thooght that
q meant tae mcrdered psouas had beta
buried ia te tower Lix
My firm faith la tae traikkxas mad;
ac aaJcrtue mT Uy. exexvatioas ia the
ArropotiN aad led to the dLcverv of tie
t.1mk. ,iH ,kt i-....
khs.a, t fns r.. ,i.
aaoeat uypnote coaraeters (ee my "Troy
aai iu Item aaa, pp. whereas
e hare ttae certaiuty aa that the alpha
bet was not knjwn ta Mykecs. Had it
beta kaowB, tae 3lyksaza jldsaoitaa,
who were al ays endear nag; to La rear
stce sew araameataUoa, eutd JoyfoMy
hare availed tfiemsetres ef the novelty
ta interweave the straags character ta
their decoratioa. Beic, ta that reraate
aatiquity to winch the Honenc rhapso
dies and ih-i tTAditwn of tbe Mrkesjea
tdmb refer, there was as yet a osramer
ciai ictsrejurse. No"jdy traveled except
ua warlike or plratacai expuditioas. Taas
ttsere may have been a Very h gh. cisidza
Una at Myaeax, while at tue cry tuns
I time the arts ere only in tarir first da a
! ia Trov. aad wntiair with Ct miot rn.r.
waicLasdg
laSjigastaebra.MmtaeAaropiilis to
j each of them, ths marcs ot the fire to the
right aaJ left oa the internal walls of tha
Jtoaio.theuadisturbedaUttofthea-dies aad
1
toe charred wood oa aad aroa ad the bodies.
give as the most unmistakable proofs ia
this respect. Oaia to the enormous
depth of these aepulcheri aad the dure
proximity of the bodies to each other, it
t quite impoible tnat three or evea riva
funeral piles could have been dressed at
different intervals of lima ia tae same
tomb. The identity uf the mode of
buna!, the perfect siraiuntv of all the
I tombs, their very close pr-iximlty, the
1 impossibility of admitting tLat three or
j gve royal persoaages of immeaauxable
vth whi had did a ntur.i Hmh
at loag intervals of time, should have
been huddled together ia the same ttxab;
aal finally, the great resemblance of
all the oraamentj, which sho exactly
the same style of art asd the saasa
epoch all these facts are so rainy proo&
that all the twelve mea and thro wusae
had beta murdered simultaneously aad
burnt at the same time.
A J.vrA5EE Lady's ToitXT. The toilet
of a Japanese damsel is a matter of no
light consideration, and to be ia good
time f-T the fair she must be up and
dressing long before the sua rises from be-
hind thceat sacred mounuiu, Fuji. Tha
1 ln? coarse tresses of raven black hair
mu1 Wllhcvlt combed and greased till
b head shines like a knob of polished
! l,ck marble; the cheeks must be rouged
j to ProPfr tiat lh tbroat, seek aad
boj0m powdere.1, carefully leaving, how-
' ever, oa tna nape ot tne neck three lines
of the original brown skin of the owner,
in accordance with the rules of JapaaaM
- -" At - -1 . .
cosmetic art; the cjebrows must be care
Tully ruuuded and touched with black;
the lips reddened witLchcrry paste, wit
a patch of gilding ia the center.
A vothsr may never and words ia
whicL to express the emotions wait,
wrge taroisgh her heart o Msdiag hr.
babe, just dressed ia ita Sunday best,
stirring the coateats of a TtoKle of ksk
into the coal ashea with tha hair bra,
bat aha will try to, aad try wit, all Taer
miht. Mome Sttid.