The east Oregonian. (Pendleton, Umatilla County, Or.) 1875-1911, April 28, 1877, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text)t (a$t rcgoman. rrautuxo BATES Or ADVZETISI5G t UjlX: One inch, first UisetXhn. 52 00 EVERY SATURB AY M 9 R !i I NJB, IMI- IP- IBXJX-iIIj. Each wbmieni ifteertkn , . 1 00 office .........corrtT Mur.rr, orroaira tbe c6ujtT-)ioi'r. Ratra of SmtoM-riptlon In Ola: One Year. W bit Month ... Three Month.. - 1 8lBXle Cop:e 1 Om loci! ctlsst. C4tu rr Sac AdTtnUUr' UE ;fCU ssostalr. TOL 2. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1877. NO. 30. pttefc ui at lw ,n.M. i Marguerite. Sue Is to sweet. o sweet, ly dainty Marguerite. She Is so fair, so fair. From cluttering golden lialr To little restless feet. But can I tell her Mils . And can I beg a U.? 1 fear she would My "".)" A! but a blusUltig "Yea Would be such bllsal Tct she Is cold, to cold; I dare not be so bold. If she tny love would bless And give me but a tress Of her dear hair of gold! But she's no heart, no heart; Her sweetness Is an art. Her hair's a glittering net. So she's not stung me yet With Lore's keen dart. Farewell, then. Marguerite! Though Cowers spring at your feet, I will cot be your slave. Tour Iotc I do not era re, Nor win I call you sweet. "Getting Ahead of Astor. "But, grandfather, what about your first business transaction with Astorl one of us aske 1. Now, our much be loved grandfather had told this st ir a handred times, but as it gave him plcat- ure to repctt it, be regained his good tern per at once, and thus commerced : "Oil, about John Jacob Astorl I know vou have beard me tell the store before. Ah! he was a merchant in every sense of the word. A fairer r squarer man you sever came across, trifle hut and pcpjery at times, but when von knew biir, and he believed in vou, he was the be-t and miK-t lileral man to detl with I ever met with. It i nut true that be was grAsj iag, and tried to crudi out oth t pe -pie. Ins certain that he had that China fur uade all to himself, but once or twice I cut into him, in a small war, of course. and he didn't mind it at alL Once I made a venture of some $3,000 worth of furs from this side to Cuina, and brought home teas, and made jut eight for one on the business tint was a whacking profit. Yon see, in 1S23, some of my Canada friends were part owners in the vood ship' "Bat. grandfather, stick to tbe John Jacob Astor storv, pleiie." It wat in 1S22, then, that I received from England the information that all kinds of fur stock were Iikelv to le rare in Europe. I had tbe advices earlv from some friends in Lripsic I didn't want much to go in, though I studied the mar ket well on both sides, and found thtt the supply would be short. Strange to sty, far five years before there bad been so money made in furs, and a big fltck bad accumulated lnAer lork. -was hesita'ing what to do, when an order came from a strung; bouse in London for a line of fats, and among the fur; some five thousand land otters. Now, otters were dull, if 1 had, however, gone around and bought them up In small lots in Philadelphia or Boston, I shoold have raised the price in an instant. Talk about yocr telegraph stulil l my years ago a man never bought anjuiinrr in a u way that all the people didn't speculate who he bought the goods for, or where they were going to. People were sharp. I should like to have seen any of your new-jaaioaeu uronersaoingmy uasroess forme! Now, I knew that Astor had big lot of these verv otters. How did I know that! Why. I had ticketed off every skin the old man had bought fur the last three rears in New York. I hai found that out without your telegraph. It was on an autumn day when I went into Vesev street to see Mr. Astor. I did not know him save by sigu. For a young man I wat quite bold, because I had the privilege to draw on the Rothschild for the amount of mr purchase, and Roths childs' bills were scarce and much in de mand in thoc days. It would never have done for me to let the old man, or any bodv else, know that I was buying fur the continent. I had just been paid, too, uuite unexpected!?, a round sum of monev. which I had made up my mind now 1 would put into furs. Tbe Actor store, in Vesey Bin et, wasn't half as fine a place at would be occupied ts-day by any one of vour two-penny brokers. Alr was there buty examining a bale of beaver?. A porter was assorting them, aad tbe old man would eve v now and then atoop and pick up a part cularly fine . a i . T a. M sxin ana smooui it over whii uis nana. It was early in the morning not much snore than nine o'clock. Heads of bou se don't do that kind of a thing, nowadays but in old time the principals used to examine goods for t'jn -elves. I man have stood bclweer Jhe light and Mr. Astor, lor he turned a me, saying, "Well my young men, what is it I can do for youf" lie had a very slight German ac cent, aad would occsi tually mix b's and p s and u s. "It is only a few bra crs I want, Mr, Astor," 1 said. "Only beaver" y m want, and p-av wl o ae youf be asked. I told him the name of my houe. To my snrpii-eMr. Astor said :Oh, I knows you; thought you would come round to trade sometimes. You are a beginner. I know your fndder honest man. You larnt your business in London , a good bouse, and moty turned out smart ycang men. Well, my J or, here is beav ers. Make your choice. How many d you want? Price $5 a pound and no: a cent lew. This pack runs even light tbroHgb.,, I made a tc'.ectioa of beaver pelts, tiioEgh I really did not want them. Astor helped trie tn examine the skins, and I bought at sb.mt the market rate, some 300 nonnds. "That is all Ju want nothing claer Mr. AstoratkeJ. "Nothing else' I siid in an Indifferent way, "but," I aided, "I might tike just a few otters if I could buy them right." I knew Astor was loaded uith them. Ob, ottersl Well, I has a lot, a big lot, bat I ain't willing to divid them. There may be as many at 7,000. Too big for tou to handle, ar bor." They are very dull of sale, and I would be most afraid to take anything ' like such a big Int. You wouldn't ditide the lot in two, would you. Mr. Astor!" In two, what, halve themt That's a fair lot, anyhow." , "kes, it"s a lug Int. seeing how slow they are of sale." ' "Slow! Suppose if they are sliw. and you didn't know what to do with them, would too buy tberai bee. here if yon . want half the lot you will hare to par more forthem. My price is for the whole! of them threodollarsaskia;if vou divide them it will be a quarter of a dollar more. Now, young man, I am busy. It's too big a line fur vou. The clerk will a dollar make out vour bill." "I think I would like to look at tbe run ot Uic skin, i said. "well, then, all right; my porter will sort them, and call here to-morrow; and you can see bow they turn out," said Mr. Astor. Now, to lttve delayed the pur chase a day or two more would never have answered. A London packet might come in that afternoon, and next morn ing the news of a rise in the fur market might have prevented my buying the furs at my figures. "I cannot conveniently wait over to ds v. I must be off for Philadelphia by noon to-morrow. If vou will give me a couple of men I will examine tbee skint myself." "Whv, my loy, it will le night lefore we are through, and the sun goes down early now. All right, though; I will give you two men. The skins are up stairs. and vou can work on them vou. iy o o'clock! I wilt be bear, and you will sav res or no." At work I went, ami, getting tbr.iBgh the examiniti n a fat as I could by C o'clock had only half assorted the otter skins. At C o'clock punctually, Mr. AU.r came op stairs. "I am not half Ut rough," I saW. "Mr. Astor, now, from what I htve hrm, I should make the ran of the skin pretty much as follows: Twenty-five cenLthirdf, and the remainder damaged." intisiw 0awta w w 'k vbis bnwvmu-i w rv t "No," said Mr. Astor; "there are some baies voa baveat loaked throagh which Imlnnpi tn thi Inf whirh viinid miVr tn, ' poor skies something like SO percent. r . - , i,L 7 Tl. . ,71 " , .u. . , ..v t-jv 'v;. . vi " Tvi .vt. were cheap at that, and within my limit Now, for a good stroke of b Jness. 1 1 - t-. . thought to m velf. : -t .ji', w,.t T-in An .ir-t ;tl r. .t..llr. l.r n.r. i ili .be!, lor." ' ",",1. r- . do'dars ef beaver aad all them otters, '! r ' , " . " ... TfT ttumikes most tweaty thousaod dol- TJiia. ui wii, iw muca uuouiw -Anfl ,t forr mon.W rrU - T ,WI "Four moaths credit aad most twea v t thousand dollars! So! Yoa go fast for Aad bee Aat r looked me square ia tbe fcc "You are mtr riedPhe aaked. "Yes, Mr. Astor," I replied with a smile. "Babies!" "Yes, sir to." "Any more expected?" "I am tare I duu't know" I aatered. rather losing patience "A big famnr for a Toung man. 1 ea speod all you makeP "No. nr. "Wife wear fedders ia ber bat, big sleeves, give birtiesT" "Yea. sir. she Wears feathers wbrn thev are in the IZsbioa, aad gives m '. fcj vtira tninlr iter riBftlunil rmn .11 irj it." "5o! I did business with y-mr fad ler many years ago. ue was anbonrstmaa . - i x.: n , and he loaka bit of chalk aad made some figures oo the lid of a black desk. I re- v:. e ... .v: ! M.n.wv? t.fr vr,:.,twH..i..cochmaa. Anived there, mademottelle , J J I iu v.j Mil lars and aguty cents, and ..i.ri...j .i... tu t. ... t... fool eaongh totru,tajoun m,n -a bey,,"3 ! ngr replied the officer ".Ike though be hat twobsbie-with t ? J?! f mI.s1 ,wt...t i. r i. : like aa artist witi a bad cold." "I think X. , " " r' , That speech of the old mai mvle me tor," i saw, -i uoni waat anyu.wy nitiieT haTe , rden to arret voa aad oarrv sell me goods as a favor.' "What! you show vour temper because I pat five cents mnre on tbe skin! Here, my boy, yoa jast show me that the son is j as honorab'e as trie ladder, and I tell yoa some'hingt yoar old man, long It-fore you wat born, trast mo once in Load n with $50. Yoa go now; time fir my sap per." Yoa will psck the goods in go d hogshead!" "Yef, yes; ererytliing. You ask me to pay freight on them oext, and guaran tee profit', I suppose. Now go away ; that is enough trading for t -day. Yoa hare your bill to-morrow. Anything more yoa wantP "Yes, Mr. Attor, nineteea thousand c7en hundred dollars' worth of note py able is almost too much for a young hoate like mine to put out at one time." "Wliat, yoa don't wait to give notes! Young man! yon must think John Jacob Astor cTtzj. "I want t pty tbe aoaey for my purchate, sir, and ma t have a discount for cash." "The cash! Young man, bow you manage your buMneat! I don't want any money. What's $30,000. Well, well, yon does tiling so cunning, that I mutt oblige yoa. I will take off the legal in terest for four month "That won't do, Mr. Astor. If jou have to much money, other people have not. Bay two and a-half cr cent, and to-morrow morning I will pay the amount." "My boy," said Astor, Myou beat me all around; see here, it is a bargain. Yoa is shaTcr than your father. Now I tell y u I has given you a good bargain to day; tell me in gonfidencc what you do with those skin." "I will ask yoa to take two and a-half per cast, sore off the cost of tbe goods for the iaioraauon." "Dat would 1 paying too much. Good bye; you conic see me is the morning nod rur supper, dat must Ic cold." Erlr in the morning I sold tnr bills on Ixiudon at a good rate, and in order to conceal the whole transaction, carried round the money to Vcsev street. Piescntlv Mr. Astor came in. "You are conning. 1 bay your bill rayf-lf nn the Kothcliildt. A bargain is a bargain. Hie Liverpool tucket came in last sight. Otters is worth a pound in Lorn rising market. It's all right. London, oa a If row md t worked with mr men. examining the skins voursdf, I never weald have sold them otti rs at your figaros. How too got the news tint, I don't know. Come and see me again. Buv fodder for your wife and give parties. I treat yo a fir.t rate about them otters; but, voung man, John Jacob make a good thisg out of them skint himself, etcn if be sell them at two dollars. I bad many a transaction afterward with Astor, and bad unlimited credit, which, however, I never abne I. Wheaever I west iato hit store to do any huiue with Mr. Astor, be would say, "Cash or credit this timel Haw vonr wife's fodder I Anv more babies V Heroic Treattnent. There is a curious story tW of the raasBer in which Fredetiek the Great coald deal, where ottirr mea bal failed, with a prima-dnaaa f the ieriwl who wat iacUoed t- set tt.i little stre by tbe public. This great artist seemed to catch a old, wbieh had the effect of rnsd.-rig berlieare an I ooasrHieatly uiaMe It sing, whenever aay Wly or tksag kal dLp'eied brr. Oae day a certain jcr wat t le jer formci at Ucriin bcftre the King hi- self. At the appointed boar tbe manager came lorwa U, and said, "L h! cts and geatlcmea. wc grieve to iasrm y that eur tirima-dotuiv ha a sere thma aad that the rereeBUtoa araoaeel csaat ; thercf ire take pla-r Tbe stolid Tttt- t.nkaudiceceserelnewlHtsarsrd, 1 . . . 't a - a I TT -& - T1 , -' ," .7 . . . V """ "Hwawwmjw 10 go 10 mm- rr io o - VH I 1 Ia It-it thaa a aaarter f aa bosr the imtaager reappeared, aa I spoke as M- b: "La-lies aad geatlemea, I have the thatoerpnma-doaaalscesBiJeteiycaredlasd tare ff ta the hotel, bat he caul r 1 . .1 1 ii ... 1 1 "4 " r T. - te t,n -T"a s,4,8lh " , " . ,..'-- n,J crTrr u"1 "o u.uuipu w wiaptCTr The Kiag's preoption hul beeq a rerv simple oael The prima d-taaa, bar- i itj 7" sitting comfortably before the Sre ia her L, ,3ll pleu at tkcidt - , , i . - !of P"1 the pjeature et several . " violently thrown open, aad there eatered aa officer fo:loe4 by fear dragooes "Mademoiselle," qaelh the offiorr, -the hisg. my maer, has stat me ta a-k Jtrr year health." "Tbe Kiag i very good; V a a. - m a. .a T1 till . . m knows it, iQ-i bat charged me tUke yea too will be cared ia a few days.' Jldemoiselle tarael pale, "too are jestiag," she simpered; but Pruttiaa efSeers, she was inf -rmed, aevt-r jes'ed. Toe lieutenant gave the order ta hi men, who seized mademoiselle aad carried her eat td the theatre. A coach was ia atteadaace; tbe lady was deposited therein; the officer took bit place beside ber, after shetnz hi Ii. . Ji T-l IM. 1 v ibii jus auaiu uc ijkiic icowcu, iuu .i . . . i. .11 i. : i i even that yoa should sing t s-aight." "I i will try," murmard tbe pr.soaer. "Back . ' . . to the theatre. v.. ure wmwj uig t , LIrlr .l. ..! VIHMltnn'..;iv ipiwi, mnuua iucy ai, urc i8i ukisg ttrtj ioiff at the end ofbitfin- rioiBg "i.iuf a m kh ""N hw at if be were taking saaff. Ill - . . . i pieasarc io ioc uuwers was oueriy s7asatu r ter." "TheKingisaBxtoa,malemnelle. prMM,ir . ivt. n ,tWm,l'1 iM 5bS inre hU nj,J oemmawlt mr," she said, "but God.kaews how i not." "AnJwhyr "Becaase a coaple r .i....... -.-n : ...i.m. tJk. you off again to tbe mi'ittry bepifal. I he lioarseaest a as gc now comjile ely Tnn DieTAjfCB to the Sox.-LiKbt, hlch travels with amaziag velocity, re- nu're eight roinulcs to reach the tanh Sound would require fourteen yers to travel from Uie sua to the earth, so that if we stw an exphinn at its sur face it would be fiOrteea years More wc coald brar it. Bat if we could place rd of Iroa from Uie earth to the sua aad then strike it with a hammer on one end the sound woald rcb the other end in about eleven month. But p.-rhspt the most singular illatlration ol the son a dittanca was drawn from the human economy. Kenta'ton took a rprLiin tlm?of the bardthips endured on the bland. to travel t . the nerve centers, and if we coald imagine a human iidaat with an um lnnf mntich to n-sj-h th mn it would Uke 150 ye.r for the scotatiun to reach him after burning his fingers; in other words, he would be dead several rears before tho sentatioa of burning could reach him. The sun's dittance wat so inconccitoMe that it watouly by mak ing such comparisons tint e couul form any idea ol it ail. mm rrj.iwngt Lecture. Yivvpi? rorastlltlv ta well illuttraled in a brief obituary notice in an exchange, w firr thr ili-funet Is aooken of as havinu been cnL'aL'ed "ia tbe pianoforte and tiga-paiating basinets." This reminds one of tbe boy who when asked what he intended bdo for a living replied Uiat he Uiought be should "Iw a farmer and give f..w auric leaaom ." A nnriT cmokrr ia never interestiuv in convmatlnn. lis would rather let his Uiougbts, if bo bat any, sail away in smoke than take Uie trouble to commual - cate them to a friend. Julia Dean's- Kehearal. ax i set t) ext or iiwi cahi.y urr ! Her Ixnt character wat er wat that of Mr. lous Wife." In iLi Oskleyin "TheJea she introduced a pd deal of new stage buioos. blie and her father traveled t-igeihcr; one afternoon they arrived in a certain city; she had come too late for rchearsa, so she sat down lefore the g'as, asid began ging over a litth bit of busi ness of Mrs. Oakler, in which she was to open. It consisted of going into a hys terical fit, being much w.irked up after a quarrel with her huband, throwing her self into a chair, dropping hcrhtndker- chief, and exclaiming, amid sighs and tear: "lUIha! ha! order me a boiled Chicken, t.na.llt. I It was a telling Mint, and always brought don tbe house. It htppeaed that the landlwrd of the hotel had a little room, the window of which overlooked MU Dean's. He was sitting at this window whea lie beard the words "Order roe a boiled cluck co, and mechanically started up to o1ey, when the strange, by Helical laugh fattened him to the window, where be watched the woman sink into a chair, drop her hand kerchief, and shriek. "Hal ha! ha! Order me a boiled chick en, ha! ha! ha!" Xt merely ooee or twice, but fifty times, without aay appar ent rearen for the moaotoooat proceed- A thaaght struck him. itu-mag to ber room, nsHllng the key oa tin outside, be softly tniaed it, and gave order to I he servaats that they were cot to notice tae urJorfor a chicken, set to aatser the ball, or la go sear the room, oa eril of their live. therr j a "crazy gal it Wr." Ok! Data hail gnae eat "bit rtst'oa alaavt of an af.rra.wo" aa 1 attaatiy ItMBrd op at the theater in tiate to take JalU Wme. Whea she waatd to tre t . diaa she 1 W haTKf Kked ia. In TAta he j .... m a rK la? BWfclJ caB,c l1 "-"e 1 . nUi, .r liUJr. 1 She ooaW not aaderstaa d why she had beta made a pri.oaer. Alt half pnvwer. AlKsat half aa k ttr before the rktcg ef the curtate It riaswr tha STS1 1 S fit chtaced that eld Deaa weat to the the-1 '"-n T '7" "cal " l. ' , .aad a.t Sading Janlecame Alarmol ' . . t , B"1?. 'BW moc f l 'V "f "e ""f1 k"-"" '"3 in. -For public safety." replied the boat- fare; "tee's craxy." "Craxv! My daeghter goee craxy cried the old bus, alarmed; "a hit's she docc te make yea thiak wl' "n bt, she bat beets uagmag and cry- lag, aad erderiag a b died csickea the bete ane-sa. Persians Lore of Flowers. The Per. its have aa latease leve fer fl. Tlier seem to worship oae thtt - T Mi that seU forth their siagular some extraordinary sower attracts them: Ia a mbay I foaad the Parteet ate the Vkto ia G trdeas chiefly to walk ia, "to eat the air," "to Uke a oeattitatsaaal," a, we say. Their enjoyment ef it was beuti v aaimal. The llinda woaid stroll UbStesdily through it, attracted from eer to flower, not by its firm r color. bet I s scent. He would pass frwm plant te pi aat, taatchiag at tbe flowers aad cradling them between hit Sogers, aa 1 relic of blue, aad on his head bis sheep- skia bat Black, glossy, csrfd. the Seece of Kar-Kul." would saaater in, aad stand aad medi tate over every flocr he aw, aad alaajs as if half ia virion. And whea at last the vision was falfiited, and the ideal flower be was seeking found, be would tptetd his mat and sit tafore it until the setting or Uie tua, aad then pray beiore it, aud fold up his mat again aad go borne. And the next niht, and n'ght after night, until that particular flower faJcd away, be woald retarn to it, aad bring his fncodt in evcr-increting Uvopt to it, nd sit aad sing aad play the guitar or late before it. They woald all together ff JJ p.l!Bfbcfbe 'uMbS themott murjuus -ad sliockiag scaadal late Into pray there, and after prayer still sit before tbe moonlight; aad s- again aad agala every evealug ualil toe nower uitti. Sometime, by way of a grand Jlale, the a . . . jm I wbo'.c company woald suddenly rise be fore the flower aad serenade it together with aa ode from Hafiz, aad depart. Hatid Fare. One of the surviving rawner of the ill-fated English vessel Slralhmorc, wrecked cn tbe Croet Island in the S oth Pacific, vires a sad account About filty of tbe passengers and crew ejctpcd from tbe wreck, and were oa tnc I island nearly seven months. lbs island wat a milo lung by half a mile wi le, of volcanic origin, and htvmg no wood for foci, and no vegetable or liuitt lor food Birds were abundant, coming by thoa saadt to batch their eggs aad rabe their young oa the rocky cliff, and these were Uie chief food of tbe caitaways. .vi tools or diihes were bniught fnmi tho vestcl, but a few rude ones were made by ingenious hand. Carious shifts weie resorted to meet emergencies A large sea loot setved as a vessel to hold melted Urd. and another to bring and hold wa- Iter. A shoe was put to use as a drinking cup. The chief difficulty wat to provide any fuel lor a lire, nut tney managed uy the use or btrdt feathers and dried skins lord heat enough, to do Uiclr rude cooking. Tlio wcallicr was cold aud stotmy, and they had ntlthcr nouses aor 1 teatt for comfottable shelter. But most I of them w ho escaped to lite Itianu sar vived their hardship, and were taken off 1 by an Americas whaler, attracted by their I signals of distress. The Man of Basineu and ne&i Man. the Ilibi- The man of business and the basinets , m, both hvre business to do; hut the , buinc man is the one wbodoetit. The! liuslncs man thinks, moves, acts, and . tueir meals, yet they are cleanly aad cir roakes himself felt in the world. If a I Hired compared with the habita of oar thought comes into his head, it is ooe of ancestors some three hundred years ago. breutth and compats it does not center i on Mlf and iu narrow world. It reaches! away and embraces others. It has a wide range, and dors aot stop till it touches , and affects for good the interests of all. j Nor are the thoegbts of such men im- j mobile. They become actisg. living ! rralitirs in the wide and buy workL Tbe aatbors of them make of thse busi-. eei thoughts actualities give them "to- 'r,! hbit.tlnn and a nwif" and atnra. bo&ta are linilt aod oean la navltatl- and distant clime aad nations brought together; aa electric telegraph spring into being at if by enchantment, and lightning becomes garruloot and voluble, , and thought oat-travelt the wiaged winds; and In a twiakliag the band aad shack- ' let of trade are looteaed. Such are the working produced by the basiaest man. i He awakes tbe drowsy aad helpless mu'-; titudes, puu Hfi aad thought ecet gy anil action, iata them, aad makes the world i leap rejoicing along the path f age, j Wbere its step before wat bat a single year, oo w It stride t by scores aaJ cities, "Men ef tbagbt, eaea of actise.' ! dear tie way." I I Aad they do clear the way their thoughts i forcei, that brok dfiarn aad cruh all op- poiia; turners, epeata a paiaway 01 , prsxret ia! which Use more slaggitit aad timid prti'a of bumaeity may se-: curaiy travel. ' But the maa of batae-s it enptiati- j callv what the came indicate. Hi . butiaets is always oa hi baad. Hed.u not da it. He d net koow bow ta go J to wk ia the ri-bt way. His taesghtt are all mfaaercd aal sler. He wcigas ' ZTr .T. T"." ..a "" "x "ST befre. he mves the basi- geacies, aad before, he rawret the ban- acs raa get ap aai ruat away from Wa atl ,ai lac lhc n,a M ,jnsM ah-al,be oaly edJIe. w, Mth u rim. He d s not fiad I mm. a m l . 1 ma n 1 1 in 1 m ' fcjjaf xi night satav miles ea hit i'Jcr- ... a M set war. ir. 11 xe tae 00 ir aaaa ex a deck. jit where he startet. He i net e eir 4 jJt,i ia ,fct fe-ds, bat vftca stsads hesitatiag aad paxzkd. He veatares aad falls back; ha a tte.it heart ia faacy bat dokc ia fact. Seitm- All Saved From Fire. It wat aet the fire alae, bat the ptsU aad the are that destroyed the three er foar haadred Hvcs bt ia the Brooklyn theatre. The terrible calamity recast the berata ef the steamboat P&3.ist many yetr ago, ea Lke Otamplaia. The tire was discovered a! mtdihr, whea the paaseegers were ia their berth,; th boat wat three miles from Uad, aad yet aet a life ws test. Wayl The captain, Hichard M.Saermia, bad a col hesd, a brave heart, aad a rrsalate will thugh be was bat a youth ef twenty-two year. Awoke by the cry, "Fre! fire!" the ptAtCogers rashed ue deck aad male fur the boats. At tae gaaga-ay they w ere met by Cint. Shermaa, wba, abandoning all hope ef saving the bjat, wat deter mined to save the pueagert. With a cocked pittot ia etch kaad, presented towards tbe frightened crowd, he cried "Back! I will save yea all, but I wul shot Uie first pofsoa who appruarhes the boats." They grumbled, wepf, but held back. With the calmoes of a statue, Cpt Sherman saw thtt the bjiU were prop erly lowered, aad the passengers, oae by one, stowed in thesi. After all the pas sengers, but nose ef Uie crew except Uie rower, bad embarked, Uie order was given to shove off. Iteachiog the shore the puteagcrt were laaded, and the boat return-d to Uie baroiag steamer aad took off tbe crew. Ctpt. Shermn, who had reserved agaag pla ik to aid him In escaping, remained on board to see thtt all bad ocaped. After the boats had shoved off, he dis covered under a settee the chambermdd. She bad fainted. Lashinj; her to the gan? plank, be laaached her overboard. And then, satisfied that no living being remained on the burning stettaer, he jamped inti the water, aad by muni ef a settee, reached the shore. Boocs ix tots Dark Ages. So pre cious were books in the dark ages that donation of tbem are recorded at acts of signal geaerosity de -erring perpetual re- memuraace. ia ow, toe n.ug oi .orui umberland gave S00 acres of land for one book coattining a bittory of the world. A coaatets of Anjou gave ?00 sheep asd a parcel of rich furs for a volume of hom ilies; ISO crowns were given fr a single boikofLivy; 100 crowns of gold for a Concordance, and forty crownt for a sa tirical poem called the "Romance of Uie Rose." In 1420 a Latin Bible was valued at 30. at a time whea two arches of Lon don Bridge was built for less moaey; at a time, too, when the wages of a laborer were three halfpence a day, aad whea, of course, it would have cost such a man fifteea years of labor to bay a Bible, which, after all, being in Latin, ha could nut have read. Got. Bnoss illustrate the mirrelont growth of Chicigo by saying that ia 1850 he saw a wolf pass bis dour ia Michigan avenne, now the principal residence street of the city. Hit friends amutc themselves by tcmnghim that he has had better luck Uian the general run of west era editors. The wolf generally squatted in front of their doors aad howled. IIkxxx. The praises of tbe beautiful Helen have been sang for ceatnrict in many lands, jet few arc aware that she was hanged in tbe Isle of Rhodes; aad that ia the war of which she was tha cause,833.000 Greeks and 00,000 Trojans lost their lives. Tub handsomest lady in a street car it now always tho oae who is passing fare. Kiilves and Forks. We often laugh at the Chinese and I tbrir chop-sticks, or small, thin sticks of wood or ivory with which tney eat, and faucy they most make very dirty work at Then forks were unknown; each man bad his own knife, and at dinner seized the joint wilh his hand, and cutoff what he withed; the dUh wat then pucd oa to the next, who did the same. Tbe knife then cut up the smtll portion i into small piece, which were put into the mouth fv tlie finger of the hind unecapicd by tbe kaife. In many parts of Spain, at present. drinkiai' elattM. mioiu aad farks arc nrilin : aad In tarrma in miav constrict. partieularlv in some towns in Prance, knives are not placed on the table, be cause it it expected Ihit each person hat one of his own. a catbim which the French seem to have retail. 1 from the obi Gaul. Bat at no eroa will any longer rit without frk, Ixadtordt are obliged to furnish these, together with plates aad tpooct. None of the sovereigns of Eagland hid forks till the reiga of Henry YIIL; a!!, high and low, used their finger. Hence ia the royal bouteboidt there was a dig- aitary called the cwr, or ewary, wbo,l with a set of sab trdiaatrs, attended at tbe metlt with ba-iat, watraad towels, Tbe ofSce of eaary survived after forks I thit wlen James I. eatertiliied the Spi3-1 ua tattttunr at a uinier, very sooruy 1 atteratsaccestw-tatirmsjesaetwasaeu their bands with water from the same ewer, the towels being preheated to the kiag by tbe lord treasurer, aad to the qeeca by tbe lord high admiral." Tbe Priace ef Wales bad aa ewer to him veif, wblth was after him used by the ambas- sador. Aat the Srt royal perwige ia Eag- 1 "vl t. w " " ' v"i . f..X wat Oaeea Hixibeth: but. altboagh ser-' wat Qaeea Elixibeth; but, altheagb 1 era! were preseated to ber, it remains aoaouai wuetaer toeusea teem oa eru- airy occaaoss. Porkscaaesotlpwlylato oclv bv the higher ciaiscs at the middle m a !vf m TKtT ltt wn awi in Sfaarf ef the seveateeatii ceatary. I a ..a Tt I boat the prriol of tbe Reveietioe, 1765. few EaIish soblemea had more thaa a doxea forks of silver, aloag with a few ira er steel. At length, lor geaeral v i. . i . .r.t r tx, iim wo tow .uoc o. ufictare at SbeSeld; at fir.t they haJ I tu V'J- , umes that the thretprooged kiad were . . . . r ti ateeeia ceaiary, taa.e ior-aaa we scale bycooatryiaat xa So.Uand aad perhaps ia some parts of Ealaad, that -"J "e e. M.a . ieg ta carry wiib theoi a portable kaife ad f-k ia a sbagreea case. Tbe gcaeral iatrtdcctioa of silver frks lata Geat Bnaia is quite rcceat; it caa be dated ae farther back thaa the termiaatioa of tae French war ia 1SH. Erif Dayi. Xewjpaper-ilaklng-. It ita't bov's put, reader, to make a newspaper. Everybody caat do it, al tboagh mo it people think tbey can. Mereexcelleatqaatinesefteadaadbeart0f are reqeireu ui aa cuiur, uiu ia wot . i ... r t .i i T He talks to more people than the patptt doandUikstorplcor I grado .ife aad of all shade of belief. If coo- deotiocj a-jd no maa whi it aot has aay basiaeas ia the editorial chair he feels tbe responsibility of hts pitioa as if It were a moantain oa his sauL He knows that the welfare, moral growth aad peace of the community depend largely nooa bit dailr or weekly ctteraaco. Many times does he draw his pen through liaet which express his scameats, bat which he fears may be misunderstood, aad do harm to some of these whom be dedres to make better, aad not wore It Is not aa easy position it is scarcely a desirable oae; aad yet, it be bappeat to express a sentiment which does aot suit the reader, tbe latter is unreasonable eoough to lose no time ia ceataring him. Tbe editor does aot always thiak as Uie reader does; be caa t- It be did, and j w&s ih-rooghly posted ia curreat eveats, ntver expressed a seatiment, except snch J and especially ia politic. YhlIe pos athe reader cberislied, what would be I tessed of littie teceaical learning, his the object of taking hb paper t It is car- Uialy foolish to pay for a jou rail whch simply conUiaa a rehadi of what we have loag before thought of ourclves. But, reader, whea jou are induced to find fault with too editor because be says s-imcthiog that d csat suit yoc, remem- ber that yoa can't get a paper under tbe sua, if it amount! to any th log, that will not sometimes -ay things that yoa cannot agrcs with. WtiUr Sural. , t t r . k.;i:. r TMinhh h! r,U;.. rt-.olrV.I ft rr-t a monument to his memory. They ac cordingly applied to a mason, and among other directions, desired that he would ! represent an angel bearing tho bailie to heaven, lne in&ton set to work and chiseled ont an alarming likeness of the deceased worthy. On the head of the angel he carved a wig similar to the bailie', which was Uie largest wig in the town council. Ode of bis relatives, on returniag from London, went to inspect tbe subject of the sculpture. After mut ing some time over it he asked Uie maon whom tbe lower figure wat intended for. "Oh! that's the angel lifting oar old friend up to heavea." "The aagell" ex claimed the gcatlerata. "Who ever saw an angel wear a wig 1" "Did you ever sec OOd i without a wig P retorted the artist. - 1 This was unanswerable; to Uie mono J meat was erected, aad may be teen oo the noiin smc oi me ceascxy,iu sue meat of all beholders. Aas.Truuf.utof aa Investlgiung torn of mind inquired of aa Oakland saloon- j, ja jatcaJC taa he sad watebiae keepcr why he did not prjvide blue glast U Beighbors aascable wit gaasaad tumblcw front which hi pitroas might Mti iUn out to Buat the bear, drink. His reply wat that hu cust'imera Whlcb the first ataaup had tracked a Invariably became oiae tuiaoicrs ociore Mask fsw promises. Xotes on Education. The kindergarten sy,tem bat been in- troduced In the government school for rr? rt 4. tn t o . Bru-s are nosr pending in the Ohio Legislature tn prevent tbe U frequent change of text-books la thepahtie schools. The Minaesita Legislatcre bat puwi a bill providing fr a aaif.rcs system of text-booki in the puMk schools, and giving the moaopoly far fifteea yetr to aay paulwier who sn.aU grve asnrasce to ererv scaetar at half Use preheat trsie prices. Tub bill fr comps-'tory edoeatiaa b&s ptsd the Ohio Legislator. Ths la will Uke effect oa the lttof aaztSptaai Lerf aad compels all ckiklrea ia the Stata between 8 aad It years of age ts attend school at leatt 12 weeks ia cash year, no: less tltaa 1 weeks of tach attend sace to be cocsecative. Ma. Arcsak HcsnsffTOS-, of Brsat- fbrd, Oati.no, a native af Vemsnt, died a few days ago and left most of his prop erty for the support of the common schosls ia hi native state. An laveatary of the estate jutt made iadiaates that the propertr i worth about f 200,000, but as 2500 of it or more are invested ta real ouu, it it doebtfal whether, by tLe eld Eaglwb law, it caa be derited for the parp-jsc auiow ia ioc m. Tnc report of Scpennteadeat Kiddle lea the coaditioa ef the paMicachaols of New York CSty, taakea a strong show- palnx-y Edseatiea act. Tbe average saury i me dAi teacaers cmpioycu ia tae pabtse sen i 01 taat ctry is f-t aad the highest salary which th mots aecempKthed and th-iresghly qcafied principal cas reach after years of Ubor u M30. At preseat there are 49 mats priocieals whs receive the Tnavmara aaesat. The Caiverskv ef Seath CaraXaa, at Clambiajstadlv aeskcted. TbeDleasaat r.:V XT'?' .1" !?!L hnii.rJC' er taree f tac maia baitd'iags are fast going to rails, doors aad wiadewt are bra tea, asd some ef the rooms are abidiag-places for the owls asd the bats. The while sta- ,s, Jl .toVst wi" adnitiad! T . . : - 1 W r trasawhile. thebUsk Lezislatare. which. has it ia charge, sees&t to forget that edecatioa is aet wea with xs. a.-tmitKon paper to a college. E. D. MLassmxa, LL. wridarr ia Gutetu ea "Compalsary -T "ZrYZ. T3 r.-XZZd Ohio wbo caaaet read: -We caa fiad ore dl3swwlt ni ea thaa they are. We veatare to sir thv. frerr engaged ia the arinntri - J. mm r ei sv xmtat VAJI . tv caajdta&a 3ad Uws of elKiioa qHjeal el xi Clrainaari waat it highrr aad better; hut we waat the edocalita of m-iral obrirad3 core thaa we do that f a good hsd-wrid; or a treati-e vn book-keepisg.' Tnr Harvard Facalty are discsoicg at tbe present time a radical chaste ia the reociremeats for adsHsios. Heretofore caadkialet for admuesea have been obliged to read a prescribed asosat of elastic literature before eatraace, aad the particciar aathors as irgiLaix books of the aekl, Ilomer, three books Itiad, etc cave beea dei- i gjj It it new proposed that to u1 wmdt fr H S n gil. Orid. aad similar ;,Jt J?L7- . --.1 writers, without reference to the actual work thev may bare deoe to fit them selves for admission. General Jackson. General William O- B-itler, one of the heroes ef tbe War ef ISIS aad ef the Mexican War, aad Democratic candidate for Vice-Pro id eat ea tbe ticket with. Geaeral Cass, bow lives in CarxoHtaa, Keatscky. He said f General Jacksoa to a writer a short time ago that he was little read ia books. "Isdeed," said tbe General, "I do not remember seeing any boks at hit house but ta Bible ana tiTma-!wc and probtbly a copy of Baa- I ra Pilg-ims Progres.' bet be was aa indefatigable reader of newspapers, aad commea sense was bouadless. lie aad an iatuitive knowledge of mes. aal aa influence over tbem that was unlimited. Mv brother Tom tthe major), who was aa aid to the General, had tome words with him about a requisition for anas 13 J. a coolness ensued. Sitae time after the I batUe a grand bull wat given tha General, at which Mrs. Jackson, who had jutt reached the ciiy, was present. My brother was there! of coarse, aad sadden- I ly encountered the General, with Mrs. Jackson leaning on his arm. After salu- uttons, the General remarked, ia hit ir resistible war, 'Tom, too are sail ia a huff. Tbe latter shook bis head as if negatively. 'Well, I think you are, aad won't believe didcrcaUy until yoa kiss Mr. Jacksoa, which Tom gallaauy aad promptly did in the presence of the whole assembly. I knew Mr. Jacksja weH," coatiaued the General, aad she was oae of the best women I ever knew. Certainly a kiader-ocarted creature never lived. Tbe General was devoted to her. It was interesting to observe him wheat she was In his c mpaay. Hts eyes were coastaatly upon her, and he seemed to an ticipate ber every wtsa." A nor dona ia Flint River township got up at four o clock yesterday naoraiae, sneaked cautiously out ot tbe nouse, aau ran across a twenty-acre field in the 2Qr ia bis bare feet till he got to the brush. I Tbea he pat on his booti,raadc a loag de- 1 tour, anil got met to Use nouse. It near- W killed hta aad cave him such a cold that hn h tn Dm a rait- nr ruluw tn breathe with, but heforeot all hk teoa- f,rM the wood. arti'itfeja JTataftsytv Ax hoeet word k better thaa a ear- les oath.