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rrautaxa EVERY SATURDAY MORKiKG, E-VTXa or aOVXETKIXG IX CODTj One inch, firtt "njertJon. $2 00 Eieh lubjeqaent insertion, ...... ! 00 M. IF. STJXjXj. orricc cockt iTKi:rr. orroirtr t oocKT-sert:. State of Subscription In Clwz Oae Tear. CD Six Monte J Three Mootlu.... 1 SO Slatf CupiK. 10 tt local coUaua. K tnu Jr Ba. jUtTtJU VOL. 2. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1877. NO. 37. TOK Wnil TT reu4fcu .at !Uk g4 at taw yrtcM. Disenchanted. Do I thick cf the past to regret It? Do I sigh for blUs I hare known? Is my tnlnd by an lmagv haunted Whose substance forever hi fi n ? In the till nek of night, when no slumber Will rest on my wakeful eye. Does a voice thro' my chamber re-echo. Which gladdened me oft with surprise? Ko! I look on the past as the sailor, Escaped from the wreck to the shore. Looks back on the perils that threatened Bnt never will threaten him more. The vision, once bright, bat now faded, That charmed in delirious youth, I know as a mock'ry most hollow. Too' wearing the semblance of truth. I have bade an adieu to each feeling. That united that vision to me. Love, anger and hatred aie banished. Compassion alone would not flee. For words that my lips may hare uttered My heart does in sadness repine The past with lis folly lies buried, A future untrammeled Is mine. -Uncle Zeke's Conscience. Some years ago there moved to the neighborhood of Uncle Zeke's cabin a gentleman from Xe York, whose iden tity may be diguud under the name of btmth. Toe new comer engaged vigor ously in farming, and by liberal employ meet and prompt payment soon gained the gcd will of all the colored men around him. Uncle Zeke in particular i was never weary of dilating his praii, and many a bushel of oysters did Ezekiel ' convert into money ar uciievue, as a in i in s estate was called. Bat all the good will of his humble neighbors did not suffice to protect Mr. Smith from pilfering. Shoats would disappear mysteriously during the night, geese and turkeys would take wing for parts unknown, and in particular the corn -crib would fre quently show by unmistakable signs that its sanctity had been violated. To the story of these various losses would Uncle Zeke incline a sympathetic car, and his "Well, now, who ever htar de like o' dat? clar to goodness dese yere boys is gittin' wnsser aa' wusser," evidrnced" alike hi detestation of the crime and his contempt for the offender. Smith's patience was at last exhausted, and he determined upon vigorous meas ures for the protection of hi property. His first experiment was to place a large spring rat-trap, artistically concealed ia a heap of shelled com, close by the cat hole in the corn-crib, expecting that the unwary thief, plunging hit hand reck lessly through the bole into the betp. would be caught and held till some one came to set him free. Bat Iol next morning the trap was fuund sprung and the heap of era diminish td, but the thief had vanished and left no trace behind. At last a good -sized box arrived from 2ew York, and the next day the local carpenter was ordered t fix two brai handles to the corn-crib; one to be put alon.ide the door for convenience, as Sir. Smith publicly explained, of steadying one's self while turning the other. "The second handle had a latch attached to it by which the door was secured on the in side, and was set in such a position that any one turning it must bold on by the other knob to prevent being thrown backward by the opening door. Both handles were profusely decorated with gless, and elicited much admiration from the hands, who submitted them to a crit ical examination. The carpenter's work being finished, Smith, in presence of all his colored employes, solemnly repeated, in front of the corn-crib, the first two lines of the second book of Virgil's -neid, and announced that his corn was thenceforward secure. A box, stated to contain seeds was that afternoon deposit ed in the crib, and during the early part of the ensuing night the proprietor of the Bellevue secretly boded himself with a coil of insulated wire. 2t uroerous and diverse were the f pecu lations among the darkies. Jim Oakley " 'lowed Mb Smith done 'witched dat ar corn-bouse, sho "nufT. Tell you, gexnmen, jon touch dem 'ere bandies, evil spent carry jou 'way. Xo such ting's evil sperit! How yon know dere do such tug? Hush, boy: go see what de Bible say 'bout such ting." Pete Lee"didn' b'lieve in no perils; got a gun fix sjme whar inside dat house; torn de handle an' de gun go off. Seen dem tings afore np country, when I livo in Goozleum." Another theorist averred that "while Mis' Smith sayin' dat ar Scrip ter oberdera handles, he seen a white pigeon come a sailin' roun' an' roan' an'roun', and done light on de peak o' de corn-house roof. High tell you sax, sumpin' up, sho." Uncle Zeke, like the rest, was troubled in his miad, bat, unlike his fellows, he determined to' waste no time in specula tion, bat to seek his information direct from headquarters. Prepared with half a bushel of oysters, as an excuse for con versation, be sought aa interview with Mr. Smith, and boldly propounded his questions. "Mb' Smith, what yoa bin a-doiu' to dat ar crib o' youra?"' . "Why, Uncle Zeke, what do you want to know for?" "Ob, auffia, sar; sorter earns like. He&ra all de boys talkin' 'bout it neber see BU&a like dat afore." "Well, Uncle Zeke, I can't very well explain it to yon; but I just advise you don't go sear that crib after dark, or you aay see something you won't like." And Uncle Zeke departed, revolving hi any things in his mind. It was midnight the hour wbea church yard are raid to yawn, sot with exhaustion, trat returning animation. In front of the eacbaeted corn-house stood Brother IZzekiel, a lengthy pole in his hand, and a capacious meal bag over his shoulder, la silent meditation he stood for some five minutes, deliberating on the best plaa of attack. The great Xiew foaadlaad watch-dog bounded toward him, evidently ia rejoicing welcome. Forth from his pocket the old bbb drew a savory bit of dried bacon, which the fruitless Boa'ea eagerly devoured. The reflection esdecLtbe dee lav coateatedly oa the ground, aad watched the subseqaeat proceedings with the air of a totally dis interested obsener. "Car to goodness, now," muttered Uncle Zeke, "wisb't I un'stood 'bout dis ting. Can't be no spring trap like a las' time, kase how be gwine to spring froo de do'l Ke! ke! Done bodder Mis' Smith sho 'null when he find dat ole rat trap sprang and nuffin etch. High! Can' fool disser chile wid no traps. Xo, sar! done see too much for dat." Uncle Zeke pauK-d, scratched his head meditatively, and then resumed his so liloquy: "Well, I dcclar', ef disser don' beat preachin'! Mu' be a gun in dar. Ef aia t no gun, den uerc ain t nutiitn dere all foo'shne&s. Anywav, IVe gwine for try him " Uncle Zeke threw his bag to the ground, stepped to one side of the hiuet and with his pole struck a sharp blow on the brass knob nearest .him. Nothing fal lowed. He pried against it witb his stick, but still without effect. He went to the other side of the house aad re peated his experiments on the second knob, but still all remained quiet. Uncle Zeke now drew from his pocket a skeleton key, mounted the ladder, and in a trice bad opened the padlock which held the door. "Dar now, jus' 's I t'ought. De bos done humbug dem fool nigger, make um tink disser house 'witched. Ain't notSn dar. sho 'anff." The ole darkey reached np and cau tiocslv tamed the handle. The door opened a little, and, casting away all fear, Lode Zeke boldly reached for the other knott, to steady himself while be swung back the door. Literally like a flash of lightning the electric discbarge passed through him. The mutde of bis ringers contracted, he could not release bis bold of the en chanted handles. At last hi feet slipped from the ladder, and the weight of his b .dy tore his hands adrift. Like a log the old maa dropped to the ground, and lay groaning, praying, and generally be wildered. "Oh, de lawjgoramity ! Oh, my heab enlyMarster! Who eber t'ought o' dat! My conse'ence done wake np! my conse'ence done wake np! I Item "boat it often, an now I knows it. Oh, my faeabenly Mir ter! ef you lets up on me dis time. Uncle Zeke neber touch noffin no mo.' Clar to goodness Ie a change' maa Tom dis day. B r-r-r-r-r " And what with the shock, the fright and the fall, Uncle Zeke's senses seemed leaving him. "ExEatx!" said a solemn voice. In stinctively Uncle Zeke answered, "Here me," and looked in toe direction of the soand. Oh, horror! A figure clad in white was Bearing him with slow and olemn steps. As the mysterious visitor approached, it seemed to rise until it towered to the height of at least ten feet. The wretched Ezekiel, oa hi hands and knee', bis eye protruding, nad hisja dropped, r:mised as if paralyzed. Suddenly the phantom bowed itself, and its heal descending with iacrediblc swiftness, smote the nnfortcnate Uncle Zeke senseless to the earth. Three days later, as pwr Uncle Zeke lay, recked with rfaenmatism aad torment ed with spiritual fear, upon his bed in the single room at his Cabin, the door opened, and in walked Mr. Smith, of Bellevue. "Good-morning, Uncle Zeke. Why, what's the matter with you, old manP "Oh, Mis' Smith I oh, Mis' Smith, 1 dan had some terrible sperences lately. De angel ob de Lord done wrastle wid me, an' my conse'ence done woke, an' oh, my heabenly Marstcr, I'se one snficrin' (in ner. Mis' Smith, is you bin i yoa done is yoa m-miss any-ting wid dat oeora bouse o' youra" "Xo, inded, Uncle Zeke; nobody been near it. Everyihing all right no wln "An' nobody done touch de lock. Do' lock' eberv mornin'P "Yes, indeed. Why: who do yon think would touch it, old manf Uncle Zeke answered, not, but his lips moved convulsively as be muttered, "Knock me down fu', and den lock de do' an' took de key. Now I kiunti it was de angel ob de Lord." Harpir't Maga zine. Modcs OrcRASDi or the Teletiioxe. The telephone in its present form con sists of a powerful compound, permanent magnet, to the two poles of which are attached ordinary telegraph Cuils of in sulated wire. In front of the poles, sur rounded by these coils of wire, is placed a diahphragm of iron. A mouth-piece to converge the sound upon this dia phragm substantially complete! the ar rangement. The motion of steel or iron in front of the poles of a magnet creates a current of electricity in coils surround ing the poles of the magnet, and the da ration of this current of electricity coin cides with the duration of the motion of the steel or iron moTed or vibrated in the proximity of the mignet. "When the hu man voice causes the diaphragm to vi brate, electrical undulations are induced in the coils environing the magnets pre- cif-ely analogous to the undulations of the air produced by mat voice, t hese coils are connected witb the line wire, which may be of any length, provided the insulation be good. The undulations which are induced in these coils travel tnrougti the line wire, and passing through the coils of an imtrument of precisely similar contraction at the dis tant station, are again resolved into air unuuutions by the diaphragm of tbu in strain en t. Ax old pionecr,whobelieved that "what was io oe woum ue," lived in a region in fested bv Indiana. Hn ilwar tnnV h? gun with him, and once finding that S V f a a - yjwc ooe oi ms larauy nad borrowed it. be would not cm without ft T?i. friends rallied him, saying that there was no danger of the Indians, as, any how, be would not die till his time came. les," said old iuierttockiog; "but suppose I was to meet an Indian, and hi time was cose. It wouldn't do aot to have my gun." Ko ecieace k speedily learned by the BOBiest gesiut wiusout tuition. Australian Fish Stories. This stnrr.whicb i doubtless still told ! at the Bolivia station, whi-re the- facts oc curred, can hardly be called a digression, as it brings roe back to the fish world. Lit mc shift my venue again to Botany Bay, and mention nue or two adventure with sharks of the largest sin. There i something grim and ghastly, a1mn.t ap palling, in the apcct of one of tliese monster?, as seen through the clear wa ter of a summer tea. It hardly look substantial, like solid flesh and 'blood; but it hui'e dimensions wear a faiat tint and a vague'y dim outline; it shows itself tar beneath the boat like a gigantic gray shsdow,tuch as might well send "a shud der through the sea;" till on a saddca, without any visible movement, the hide ous shaje rises almost to the surface, fairly reaching perhaps, as I have twice teen it, from sttm to stern. On the former of thee occasions we were a party of four, my shark-slaying friend D. being one, while onr two guests were no less personages than the Governor and his Scrctary, Mr. T. We had started early, aad made a decent bag of fiat beads, with a few "fiddlers" and school sharks, in the forenoon; but as the sun rote high, with a slight ground swell np the bay, the sport slackened, and the beat and glare became very trying. Brmd-letvcd hat and paggrie were no defence against the fiercer sunshine re flected from the gtay tboagh heaviag surface; all the party, save my well sea soned aad indefatigable coasia, had grown bot and laxy, some of at a little sqaalmish, and onr visitors had laid by their lines. Saddenly there was a shout from D.r "Heaven and earth, what a shirk! F.! T.! look here!" Leaning over 'he gun-wale, we saw the shadow bulk, fall fifteen feet in length, aad very broad toward the shoulders, stretching alon some three fathoms below the bait I bad seen nothing like it before, and the sight of the "gruesome thing" rather made my flesh creep. Bat D. bad al ready picked out oar strongest shark line, and Dent on to it a hook made especially to his order, cot very large, but deep ia the barb, and cf perfect strength and temper, which was wire-lapped oa a trace somefoar feet long, made of a dozen strands of tocgh brass wire. Baiting ia haste, be heaved it over where it would tiak in the creature's view, while we looked anxiously on in the bope that it might be selxed. Bat no; the enemy mured off without appearing to notice the bait, aad I feared he bad taken alarm. In two or three minute, however, there he was again, baring learned, I suppose, from long experience, to prefer taking Hie fit off the smaller lines. Bat D. was not to be beaten. He doubled his bait, adding a mnllei to the large black fish already on the hoik, aad then cast It far away ever the bows ia the direction in which the shark bad last disappeared. Another minnte, aad be was again gliding a war oa the same oarte. and. direct! v after, D. whimpered rather thia exclaimed. lie has it be is turning it over. "Barker! np killick; see all clear; be off with it!" Then a vicious tug to fix the book, and a long breath when he fonnd the fish was fast. He already aa ticipated the time whea the monster would bare tired himself with towing the boat, and could be brought within reach of the lance. Meaawbile it was just a question of holdiag oa, nales a sudden rush made it necessary to give line. The shark was drawing slowly awar, and D.'s arms were rudely strained as the boat yielded to the steady pall and began to follow. "Zow, T said mr veteran friend, as he felt the stress en his arms slightly eased; "yon stid you longed to feel the tag of a big shark; here yoa may have it and no mistake." T. eagerly grasped the shark line, a small but strong rope, and threw his weight more and more on it a it was gradually yielded to bis entire control Gallantly he held on, but! alas, the fates were against mm. There was a luJden slackening, almost throwing him off his balance, the fish bad headed round, aad was making a rush in toward the boat "Hani in, haul in quick !" shouted D, as he saw the move, but there was no time. Quicker than the line could be gathered in, the shark brought it np tn a long lap. Shooting upward be showed bis ugly bead for a moment alarmingly near the boat; there was a snap of the huge Jaws, and he was free. With a culcness uncommon in so stupid aa aaimal, he fouod his way put the wire rope to the hempen cord. and had fairly bitten it in two. I hope this "conclusion in conclusive has not beea as disappointing to the reader as it was to our fishing party. On one occasion I was fishing f-ir schaapperoff the South Heid, outside lio tan v liar, when a shark: of the like enormous dimension! was pleased to sta tion himself aloogiide of the whale uost from which I was fishing. We were an chored some thirty yards from the rucks, and there was a fine school of schnappcr between us and the shore, just where the "under-tow" met the bait when carried inward by the roll of the sea. The sort of sport I had that day may be guessed from the fact that, besides the ample stock of mullet and yellow-tail with which we started, a kingfish of thirty pounds weight, whom I had caught on mr war down the harbor, was actually ued np for bait before I struck work. The strange thing was mat tne vicinity of so large a shark did not scare the schnappcr away; he lay, however, very quiet, only nnca condescending to take a fine fih off my hook, and leave me barely the bead. I was asared by a friend that a well-known shark in Sydney Uar bar, of almost fabulous size, on ooe oc casion took nineteen schnappcr in sac cession from him, biting them off close to the shoulder, without ever taking the book into his mouth. So I might con aider myself well used. But after seeing scores of fish hauled straggling up full in his view, this fastidious giant at length took a fancy to my morsel oi bait, droDned too scar the boat. I hooked him m one sosetiaes hooks a large pike witb the rjateraofter.iast in the Up, to that he could sol bite the line. But when I felt fas I seeadllr dldi what I bad rot hold of, I heartily wished he had carried any hook oa at eace. To asaage such creature, even with the stoutest of schnap pcr line, wat of course, out of the ques tion. Had he made a rush from tbo boat, I thould at once have cut the line; but, instead of doing this, he kept mov ing up and down cbc to ui, as if loath to leave a pleasant neighborhood, o I was ashsmed to cast him loose. There was nothing for it bat to throw mv whole strength into the dead pull, and wait till something gave way. lie continued bis lazy craite to and fro, now rising enough in the water to make his whole outline frightfully visible, now irraduallv disap pearing, like Alice's Cheshire cat. I was heartily tired of my job in ten minutes; but when half an hour had passed, and the tackle still held, I begaa to indulge vain dreams, which I now see to have been ntterly absurd, of wttins him with- ia rrach of the lance, and trying Dr. Sangrado's treatment on him. Once I actually handed the line ovcr.to the boat man, the enemy was for a few seconds almost within reach of a prod, but again he bored heavily down, and I resumed my weary task. For full fifty minutes did that shark make my life a burden to roe, and I felt it a real relief when at length my hook gate way, nearly cap siziag mr, but leaving me free to reume my schnspper fishing. These very large sharks will rccauonally, ia hot weather, venture into very shsllow water. There was, a dozea Tear ago, a woodeo jetty aow attcriv decayed carried oat some three hundred yard from the hotel ground at Bttaoy into the bay, and ter minating in a flight cf step for bather ur boiling pirtir. I walked oat to these teu ooe evening, to see if tbey were in order for a lady to bathe from, and, as I aearcd the jetty's end, noticed a curious object, like a sharp, black stick standing endwise out of the water. Like the tail of the lioa at Northumberland Houve recently "improved away" it wagged, it certainly wagjjed, cutting the water ia a most naaccoantable manner. Oa a sear approach I found it to be the back ia of a huge shark! La Ado Fuld. White Slavery la Egypt. Of coarse ia a country under Moham medan rale, where the harem svstem is in operation, slavery as a domestic institn Una will exist; and so far as one can jadge from recent etents, Egypt does net par Iikeir to prove aa exception. fcvery oe remembers how oaiy a few week ago the salable portioa of the late Mofctlish harem estimated at 300 in aamber in white slaves alone were "brought to the batata -t" ia Cairo, aad that, too, at the very time that the Khe dive announced his mteatioa of appres ing the slave-trade ia the Red Sea. His Highness' own example in sach matter cannot be considered as altogether satis factory, whea ooe remember the vast numbers of women slaves that fill hi harem aad contribute la his fiaascisl embarrassment. I am crediblv informed that fr two female slaves alone, par chased at Constantinople from the chief enaech to the Sulttu, the Khedive paid at leu than 30,000. Of course, they were the mt beautiful of "houri" in fact, so much so as to have aroused the jealoasy uf the other inmates to aa ex tent which at last compelled their pro prietor to send tnem away, ice mode usually adopted in sach caes is to marry the lady, after providing her with a tails ble dowry, to same favored courtier. wb consider himself much honored by the distinction. Tots metnod of disposing of the uperflaities of the Viceregal harem, though preferable to the old plan of sew ing them up ia sacks aad throwing them into me -tuc, aocs not, unionunatcry, always insure the domestic happiness of the discarded favorite. In one case which came to my knowledge, aa officer in the Egyptian army who had been hon ored ia the above way,oa seeing his bride for the first time after the wedding, foaad ber so unattractive that herefaseU to lire with ber, and persisted ia his determina tion, although warned of the displeasure which be would incar in high quarter. The sequel to the story is equally -in structive, and throws much light on Ori ental habits and customs. The hatband was appointed the "wakil" or deputy of the governor of a town far away in the interior, and daring the absence of his chief on a campaign bad occasion to open the Qevcraraent dispatches, among which were instructions to the ellcct that be was himself to be put out of the way, either bv poisoned couee or other means. The officer, as In duty bound, acknowledged the receipt of the letter intended for his superior, merely adding that during the latter s absence toe request it contained could not be complied with without det riment to the public service, but that upon his return crerythtng should be done as directed. In the meanwhile I believe the gentleman found it convenient to seek employment elsewhere. Vor. ej the urooa standard. The decrease of water ia European rivers and sources during the present century hat excited considerable interest among scientific mea. The results of ob servations in this direction show a con- stant decrease of the rivers of Gerraaar aad an iacreae of the tea. They indi cate that the levels of the German rivers are bow considerably lower thaa they were fifty years ago, the Elbe htviag de creased to the amount of seven tcea inches, the Rhine twenty-four, the Oder seventeen, the Vistula twenty-six, and the Danube as many as fifty-five. The reason assigned for this very notable change is the coattaatly progressive de vastation of forests, which causes a de crease ia the atmospheric moisture they . . . i , aiuaci aaa convey to lac toil, aaci tacacc to sources of streams. Peaxlts. The rapid exteasioa of the cultivation of peanuts is due to the use now made of them for the oil they con tain. Last season s product reached 2,000,000 bushels, valued at t3.000.000. The oil is la large demand as a substi tute for olive aad alaaoad oil, aad keeps a much lunger time without becoming The beauty seen b partly la him woo Dr. Schlieinann's Mycenie Treasure. A portion of the celebrated Mycena treasures which have been discovered by Dr.Schliemann was exhibited at the Athe nian Bsakia Athens, and a large number of the nmceis of the Mediterranean fleet availed themselves of the opportunity afforded them to inspect them. After the high expectations, however, that had been raised, the general feeling was one of disappointment. The richness of the appearance of so much gold did not cmi pensate for the abtence of soliditr which characterized tnot of the dinialerred aa- inaitics. Thia sheet of plaia gold. though dignified with the name of breast plates,aad ri binds or fillets stamped with circalar devices, aad of a thickness vary ing from that of a naval officer's stripe to toretgn note-paper, bad the look of tinsel, aad were not unlike the insignia of a M atonic society. The mytteneut "buttons"' were likewise plaia circular discs of gold leaf, about aa inch in diam eter, forming the corering, apparently, of taiic sQusiaauai woou or ooae. uar, though the bulk of what was shown was of this flimy description, aa exception mutt be made ia favor of several objects of a more maa'ive and striking character. Amoag those may be mentioned a doable hsndled goblet, with a dozea smaller ones without handles, all vime- what battered, and without chasing of any sort; three masks, one a life-tike cast of the face of a man of middle sge, haadsome, rather stem looking, and with straight features aad a short but perfect head, libit was the gem ef the collec tion.) The other two masks were gjo teques, hiring prominent eyes and Itpj, pufled-out cheeks aad smooth chins, like the comic masks of the theatre, except that the mouths were closed. Tbea, tn silver, was a large vase er jug. long aad slender, aith handle aad lip, aad ef the same tatpe and about the same site as that which Hebe Is represented to be holding in the well known bas-relief at Home; andalsoacal' he vL a boat half the ize of life, and with hollow goldea boras attached. Both articles, which wre the only silver ones exhibited, were much oxidized. "Among the smaller speci mens were two heavy signet ring, beau tifully engraved with figures of mea boating stags; a number of feminine trinkets, aad little squares and oblongs, pierced with holes at if to string oa a necklace, aad hasiag.asia the case of the rings, devices cat ia deeply; a small waad with a knob ef rock crystal at one end Isuppused to be a royal sceptre.) aad a sword blade, concluded the list ef what was most notewertay. such was the Im- pro ios prodoced oa aa ordinary sight seer who had bo preteauoas to aatiqaa naa lore. Aa attendant ttated that oaiy to boxes outer twenty were unpacked, but that tbev contained the most serfect aad intereitin ef ths excavated treat- urea." Cr. Ld Tisus. A Carious Custom. Oseef the Turkish practices at spring tide is very curious. The hour aad ma nic aau second at which the sua crosses the eqoabir are strictly calculated, aad this intrant has to be observed ia a special ca inner. Ail the member of a house hold most be ready to partake at the given moment of a compound which is uppcd to iassre them health, fur tht aext twelve month. The medicine, or charm, or whatever it may be, is brought into the bosses with some ceremony; it is ia small round giate, something like finger-glasses witb a carer, that are tied up in greea guze, sealed aad labelled direction, la gilt letters as to the prectse instant at which the seal should be brok en aad those standing by should dip their spoons ia aad eat to the health of body aad mind. The preparation looks re markably li Ke small garnet Deals slick iag together la uneven blocks, aad has a dark cryslaltzed appearance, I wat told that ooe iagredieat wat the flower of the aloes that b!o.ms but once ia a hundred years, aad that the aame of the coapouud is -We' Tvo-c-ak. Watches had beea set with the greatest exactitude over night. aad were placed with the jar aad spooss oa little trays ia every room, aad oae wat brought to mioe alsx where a few visitors Cuarrorated to rartake with me. The taste, if 1 remembsr rightly, was tweet out sngbtly aend, aad each person took but a very small portion, all dip ping together exactly at an 56 rn IDs (A- M-s, Frank time, or 2a 26m 10, (Turkish time), of March 21, 1372. CornbiU ilagaxin. A CzxTSXAniAX. The London Ttsva gi.e the following brief account of a womaa nearly oae hundred aad two years old Mrs. Elizabeth Coxeter whose death recently took place tn one of King John's almshouses at Xewry: "Mrs. Coxeter was born on the 1st of February, 1773, aad in ber fourteenth year heard John Wesley preach at Wit ney. Ia 12 she married Mr. Coxeter, the merchant who, oa behalf of Sir. J. Throgmortoo, undertook aad carried out the remarkable feat oa the 23th of Juae, 1811, of manufacturing wool into cloth aad making a coat for Sir. J. Throgmor- toa s use between the hours of suorise aad saaset. This eveat occurred at Grecaham Mills, Newbury, aad the achievement was celebrated by rejoicings, ia which 5,000 persons participated. The old lady retained ber meatai faculties uatil quite recently, aad oa her 100th birthday she repeated the 'Ooe Hun dredth Psalm' to several members of ber family." There is rushing upon us, ia a silence that is awful, a great day of infallible aad public judgment, wnea what every man has been will be made manifest. Then the hypocrite, the maa who was a saint ia tho church and a ueaoa in his home, will be exposed. The hollowaes of tho formalist will appear as the empty ear, which looked like rouuded .corn does wbea pressed between the fingers. Aad the sincere and the unrisbt will be brought to the light out of the haze of their own lacoasisteacy aad impcrfec tioas. rf"a..er Mori. A white buffalo was killed sear Fort Ooacbo, Texas. The Wood Pewee. The wood pewee'a aes's are not at all of one pattern by any mean. There are some fine architects among this species. I One nest, located bwecn the forked twigs of an oak, was very symmetrical in outline, and almost covered externally ! witb brautiful lichens. The body of the ' nest was composed of fine fibrous roots ' inter-woven with a soft, dowoy substance which locked like the rusty wool of the cotton grass tEriapKarum tirjiniata), t snd which tbey most bare gooe a long distance to obtain. Ia a climbing roe-1 I L - t ...... I rata iraineu agaicsi ine nouse was aa other nest to dissimilar ia form sad structure that I never should have taken it for the nest of the same species if I had not caught the builder at work. It is composed entirely of coarse strips of norous oara aad roots, no soft material for a lining, and the nest is a shallow, untymmetrical affdr. Yet the little architect attempted to embellish this humble abode. Near the top of the nest a bit of colored paper was glued on, and two or three small ti;reM nf htn shell probably the cast-off shell of a ! robin's egg and some small piece of white paper. Tht was the extent of the i decoratioa. To dou'.t the little artists i became discouraged at this point, or were I aeosjuic caoagn m se tnat so rude a home would not be improve! by orna ment. Mctt writer take the snwad thtt the j nest of this species is covered with lich- j ens ia order to coaceal it, but it certain- j iy can not be urged ia this case that It wat la attempt at concealment; aad mar aot these lichen I be used more for oraa roent than for concealment! The bird is far from shy. it one of the most familiar I denizens of the grove, aad seems to have I no objection to a spectator while it pro-! cccds with its building and stuccoing, j Until within a few years, according to ; good observers, this was a shy. retiring bird, netting only ia scclsdcd woods; but here it is, all at once, even, more familiar than its cos sis, ihs coamoa pewee, or Pboibe-bird. Like the other flj-catcbers, it takes its food oa the wiair. aad has a habit of returning to the same spot, Noticing that it specially liked a clothes-line to light upon, I kept oae stretched all summer for its accommoda tion. The line was a little hirber than my head, aad I often stood auietlT be neath it, wbea the bird would alight Terr near my head, aad utter his prolonged, mournful note, until a fly came withla his range, wbea hs would dart away ia pursuit, the tasppiag of his bill testifr- lag to hit unerring aim. Vary Trtst, ix ilarptri Jfaasiai. Sponging- for a Liriag. A carrepoadcat of the New Hires (Caa.) RtyitUr tells bow thr?y flh for poogts la the Bahamas. He says: Wfcea a vessel arrives at the fiihiag ground, it Is a&cbored, and the mea in small boats proceed to look for sponges ia the water below. The water is a beautiful tight blue ia color, asd so clear that a sixpesce can easily be seea oa the white taad bottom ia thirty-Cve aad forty feet of water. Of course, whea there is no wind, the sarface of the wa ter sulL the sponges are caul r seen, but whea a gentle breeze is blow iag, a "sea glass" is used. A tea-glass c ja.ists of a quire pine box about twenty laches ia length, with a paae of gla aboat 10x12 laches placed ia one ead water-tight. To use it the glass end is thrust into the water, aad the face of the operator is placed dose to the other. By this mesas the wave molioas of the water are over come, aad the bottom readily teen. Sponge, when seea on the bottom at tached to the coral rocks, look like a big black bunch. They are pulled off their natural beds by forked books which are run doan under the sponge, which is lurmeu uae tne beta of a cabbage, and the roots pulled from the rocks. Whea brought to the surface it is a mass of soft, glutinous stuff which to the touch feels like soft tap or thick jelly. Whea a small boat load is ob tained, they are taken upon the there, where a crawl is batlt ia which they are placed to die, so that the jelly substance wilt readily separate from the firm fil-er of the sponge. These crawls are built by sticking pieces of brush into the sand out of the water, large enough to con tain the catch. It takes from five to six days for the insect to die, whea the sponges are beaten with small sticks, aad the black glutinous subitanca falls off, tearing the sponge, after a thorough washing, ready for market. To the fish erman generally the occupation is not a lucrative ooe. I aa told that the wage will hirdlr average three dollars per week besides board. There Is but little diviag for spoages, except for a particu larly fine bunch which can aot easily be got with the hook. Thespocge is formed by small insects aad is the hive in which tbey live. Different qualities are found gmwiog side by aide, although ia certain regions tho Sacr aad more valuable sponges are found. A well-stows member of the Scottish bar whea a youth, was soaaewhit of a daady, aad, withaL somewhat sharp ia ... .. . - nu temper, lie was oace goisg to pay a iu mj iuc oiusut, aau was maKinir a great fuss ia his preparations. His old aunt was much aaaoyed at all thin bus tle, and asked. coatemBtuousIv. "Whar a this you're gaua. Hobby, that ya mak tic a grand wark about ycr claest" The young maa lot hit temper, aad pettishly replied : M'm gulBg to the deril." "Deed, Hobby, thea," was the quiet reply, "ye needaa be sae nice, hell just tak' ye as ye are." Tbu is the way it works elsewhere. The CrestOB G&uH says: "Four tramps were gabbled by im police last week under the acw ordinance, aad his boa or, Mayor Patt, employed taea each taree days oa the streets. After putting ia good hoaeat labor taey were la a aurry to leave. Castor oil applied to leather beUiae U oae of the best article to be found for keepiBg It soft aad pliabk; itk also a preserrauTO oi leatMr. Xaval Strength of lioAsia. The Raaiaa Goverament has new ia service 182 steam war vesrls, which are distributed as follows: Baltic fleet twenty-seven iron clads (including Peier the Great, which is the largest frvnclad in the world, has aa armor fifteen inches thick, is 9,500 tons burden, is fitted with immense steam power, and provided with tw!a screws); sixty-sesen frigates aad corvette, aad tea sailing cruisers. Black Sea four corvettes, six paddle wheel steamers, two gun'xnts, elerea large gua versesr, two "popflkas" r circular iron dads, aad two sailing vestel. Ctipiaa Sea three large gua vetsels, seven pad dle wheel steamer, two smaller gaaboatt, aad twelve steam trim porta. Aral Sea eight vesIs, Pacific or Siberian fleet four large gua vessels, oae corvette, four paddle-wheel vessels, seven gunboats, two transports, and two sailing vessela. Med iterranean fleet, now ia the United State one frigate aad three corvettes. Be sides these there are two iroectad frigates carrying three turrets each, six ironclad battery frigate, four ironclad vessels ef two turrets each, three ironclad guaboats of two turrets each, simitar to the United States moaitor Dictator oae ironclad cor vette. Of the two circular Iroaclad, the Xotgond is 100 feet in diameter, aad the Admiral Pepaf 120 feet ia diameter. The nominal borae power of their engines are respectivelr -tK asd W0. They are a novelty ia ironclad war vessels and the steam trials of the Adaiml Ppf be tween Xicolaieff aad Sebastopoi devel oped favorable result. One-half of her power it concentrated upon taro screw propellers, which sweep dawn consider ably below keels, the remainder being ap plied to four smaller propellers limited to the vessel's draft ef water, twelve feet six inches- With fall speed of engines aad all ber screws at work she attaiael aa average meaa speed over several cea tiacocs hours of siae knots, with aa - oc caiiocal speed for shorter periods ef niae aad ooe-calf, and in one instance tea knots. The entire distance between Se butopol aad NteoUieff by sea and river, including certain delays aad stop pages for experimental purposes, was rsade at a meaa speed of eight knata. Ia a com petitive trial ef speed with the JVWyeivi, it was found that with only her two prin cipal screws, asd ore-half of her entices and boilers at work the was able to keep ahead. 2i'rs Ttnk TrOuta. Eojaiaa Bale Aboard Snip. The routine of a day on board the Rss siaa flg-ahip SteTlana wilt give a goad idea of how life Is parsed c board a Ras aiaa csaa-ef-war. At five o'clock x. x. the sailors Ieate their hammock, aad at six o'clock have their breakfast. The decks are tbea holystoned aad washed, aad cancons, arms, ammueuioo, aad, in short, everything b cleaned up. At eight o'clock the catiocii ensign is hoisted. As the blue barred white flag is unfurled to the breeze, the baad, csadstiag ef thirty pieces, greet the flag with a musical aw icte. The beautiful aad impreHive Res si in ntTroail hymn is then played, aad is followed by the well-known strains ef "Hail Columbia." The national air of the country they are visiting; is always at this time played by the hands of Raaaiaa flag Ships, aad tbea that of ths countries of any war vessels which may be in the same harbor. After this graceful compliment has been paid it is nearly nine o'clock, at which hour the seama are put through various maaceuvrrs asd drilu. This lasts uatil about half-past tea. At eleven o'clock wise is served to the seamen, and they take their dinner. Up to half-past ose is their liberty hour, asd the sailors drink their tea. From two to four drill takes place, or whatever work there is oa baad is proceeded with. At half-past fire supper is served aad the day's work is over. As the sun sets the sag is run down, the baa J salatisg it as ia tae morn ing, and the evening gun is tired. As ths twilight comes the baud plays a prayer, aad the ceremony is over. At eight o'clock the sailors ia a bvaly repeat the Lurd s Prayer, aad they are thea g.res their hammocks. The day on board Is ditided into six watches of four hours each, the duty being done by fire lieu tenant, the same number of sub-uea-tenants asd midshipmen. The officers take their tea ic the morning between the hours of seven and eight. At elerea they breakfast, and at five o clock dinner is served, the band playing during the meaL At eight o'clock tea is again served. There are thirty-five odScer aad fife haadred and thirty mea aboard the flag-ship. With the exceptica of the band playing and the sunset gun. the day s routine is the same oa board all the vessels of the fleet. II a rut JavrmaL Losixr. Bad TsMrsa. Lord Thar- low was the profoandest laywer ia Sag- iacu m ais uay, ana mc most uncoaiior table companion. He had a violent tem per, wwen was unaer no control erai to the presence of royalty, and his ter rific bursts of passion disturbed every company where he was pre scat. The scenes at his own table were somenmea both painful aad humiliating, but he ceased to feel aay i ease of shame at hk toss of icIf-cootroL The good-natured king, George III, was sorely tried by this failing of his friend, aad often expostulated with bias, bat to no purpose. He uttered the sharpest sarcasm of his life at Taurlow'a ex pease. Oae day as Tharlow was tell ing ia a large compaay a story of tone iapositioa, aad confessing that Im had lost his temper, aad berated the impostor Miuadly, the merry king exclaiated, "Lost your temper, say lord! I coagrata ulate you, aad pray you may aerec imi it, for it was the most villainous teas per ia Eaglaad." The compaay cattd heartily, aad eve Thuxlow coafessod the justke of the sarcaaa. A soxJcrroR, who was reasarkable for theleafth aad sharpaeu of his aose, eace told a lady that if she did aot ita aaedistely settle a Butter ia dispute, he would file a bill aga!at her. "Indeed, sir," said the lady, "titers k bo aeeety fer you toj your WK, far I asm nr H k sMrp aaeugk aksadj."