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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
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"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.