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Newspaper Page TextTT.tti rtricf A trti. stilts I " " ' ; rCUUsHKtt EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, ST IML IP. BTJTjI. RATES OK AUVEETIttSfG IS COW: One inch, first kjertien. $2 00 Each jobseajtrmt kuertiou, 1 00 officii count sstkukt. ! errosixt Tax cocsx-nocn. tla 4rraer irj tuwttx. BbKscm sotiacs la ffcc tou! oizsa. 10 cau fr 2a. jUttnuia UEj pafabtc Bcat&tr. Kate ot Subscription lu Coin: One Year. MW SlxMonih.. a SO Tbree Months i a) Slatfe Copies JO VOL. 2. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1877. NO. 38. JOB WORK SS..iS:. II sim b 7-. The Last Milestone. Sixty years through tbiee and f faaJew, Sixty rear, my gentle wife. You and I bare walked together Down the ruirced path f lite. From the hrH of spring 'e rtad. And throucb all the fumtuer land And the fruitful autumn country We have Journeyed hand hi hasd. We hare borne tne heat and bardsa, TeiHnr; painfully and slew; We have gathered is our harvest. With rtttleinz, lesjr age. Leare the upland far eur children; They are strenz to f-otr ad reap; Through the quiet winter lowland Our own level w e may keep. We hare had eur time of sorrow, And our time ef a&xieus fnar. When we could net tee the mNetene Through the blindness ef eur tear: Cheer thee! cheer thee! faithful hearted; Just a Httle way before Lies the great eternal city Of the Kin-that we adore. The Confession of a London Detective. For a long time I had been ea the track of acanirof coiners, which in mr professional pride I had rowed to cat- iuic. jiorc inaa once l oaa pounced down upon thetn in their hannt: lut i vaaished like magic, and being unable to nts.ln.. . . . - .1. I. : . 1 T 1 to convict, fairly laughed at me and mj efforts. This naturally pave me o-msidorable annoyance, and with some beat I ejacu lated: "You have escaped me Uis time. TT t 3 v . . . - - wiia xiaaiey, uui im cot jona sptodler it tou uu uie nrsr. When tou catch rae, held me."' he g.inaed. "How dare you malign aa in nocent man!" WclL it was nearlr inn mnnths twTnM I again xan down Jim and his gan; then I detected them in a low, retched street. ine nouse tuey used was Kept bj ao old Irish woman. Having watched the bocrc until I was f ere of mv irame. I wen tn vln.l Yard, taw the chief, reported my new, gui boaic man, ana on a d&ric, gusty win ter night made a swoop up, a them. Leaving the police I bad brought at a little distance, I knocked at the door. Getting no answer, I stepped back and luoked up at the booe. It was dark as pitch, sate a faint grim mer in the first floor window;. As I re turned I felt certain I saw the blind of the lower room move. Trusting, if I was being inspected, that the darkness had concealed my identitv,I jepeated my sum mons, Rhea, after a ljeg delay, the dnor was opened by the old laadlady, bearing a flaming tallow candle. "Did ye knock aforer she said. ing feebly at me. "Sare, I'm just as deaf a a posi, ycr nonor, and l dun t hear a bit. Who do yon waatT "One of your respectable lodsers, Mr. v jkicd, x answered, entenag the pas sage aad putting my foot so a to the door cloing. "Thanks, old prevent ladj; I won i tronbie yon farther. Giving a preconcerted whistle, my men came rapidly forward. "Ob, the pcrleeseloh, holy St. Patrick! have mercy upon a lone widder woman! Oh, good jintlemea, wliat's the matter, soreP shrieked the bag. Paying no heed to these ejaculations, I placed one policeman on guard and with the others spraag up the ttain. Reaching the landing I found all dark, save a faint glimmer which issued from under the door in front of us. I tried the handle. It was locked. "We have him this time PI whispered, excitingly, for I bad canghtthe sosnJ of Jim Bradley's voice. "I have examined the houre well, and there is no means of egress either by the roof or the windows. Tbey are trapped. Open in the queen's name!" I exclaimed aload. "Hollo, is that ynn,tny dear SpindlcrP cried Jim from within. "Happy to see you, I'm sure Remember what I said : Hold me when yon catch me, old boy! The thing is to trap your bird!" "I will take care of that, Mr. Jim, I rejoined. "Open or we will break in the doorl" "Oh, plaze, jintlcmen dear, good jin tlemea, for the lore of the saints dint make a noifcc There's a poor soul just ptrtin thi life up stairs, and his poor young niddy's a'mtist distracted! Sorra a one of je jintlemea ber any pity. Don't terrify the colleen, nor the partiu' soul, who, sure, has troubles enough. "Sileace, youold crone P I exclaimed, "and fetch a light, or I'll bare you ar retted as aa accomplice.' "With a regular bowl of disappointment, ebc hobbled away, declaring she'd do anything for us, imploring pity for a poor, lone woman, and compassion for the partin' soul up stain. "We didn't wait for her return. Aware no one could pass us on the stairs, and believing Jim might be trying to destroy the moulds, we put oar shoulders against the door and drove the lock from the box. I bad prepared for the light to be extin guished and a ruth made. I was disappointed. Jim sat com posedly at the table, with another man, playing cards. "Hollo! you don't stand on ceremonv, Johnmy lriend,"he remarked, laugh ing;" I thought every man's bouse was his castleP "So it is, Jim, until he makes it a shield for law breaking," I answered. "Prove your-words, my man." "I intend to, I hope; so you will con sider yourself my prisoner, while I search." "Please yourself and take the conse quences," he replied, and carelessly went on with his game. Putting my men on guard, I began to examine the apartments. I soaaded the walls, groped up the chiraaeys, tried the flooring. 2fa,But a sign; while Jim Bradley's tatter iadiflerencc, I own, perplexed me. "Dose again!" I muttered, when I heard a heavy step in the room above. "What's that up stairs?" I asked. "You should kaow by this tie," an wered Jim. "I cam only say that cos-! founded Irih hug 1 always creechin as a chapV a dying, which .ain't much con crn of mine, a long as he keep liielf to hiM-lf, and doa't zrnaa too lead. "Iph : biw camp, without even th Jack, Phil," ue au.ic w ine oompinion, wttiaS dawn h,C4rJs.' i he sick mu n rKe,pcrhi.tHoKht I. " S" "f- .ru.cs i ine ou hib en- nu io uwH -me iw uyia , ... . . ,ii e cfu.u uc. vaoa i was auoHt to oater; ihc iaer, ihc tnwr opeei ana a grave leaking, respectably dressed man cresd the th-eW. "1IB.B I be i.i, la a low teae. "3Iy . ii is dosi. untecmcv aau eat at niaee: The poor fellow in here has but a few mo- meats to live. Hs - utrtaactte yaang wife is distracted !" I kMked keenly at bin. "If it isa't an imjwniaoat (etina, sir, I asked, 4imiy who may you beP "Who am IP he smiled. "I am Dr. Alexander of Jndestrret.elofc by. Nuw, is my turn, who are yoaP I instantly acqualatcl him with my buines.. lie biked serious aad inter ested. "Hani pa!" he said, drawing me a Httle aside; "I have oaly vitcd this place once or twice, bat I own I have had ray doubts of its rcspccUbiiitv. We medical men see straage sceae. Still I doa't fancy the poor wemta aad ber hutbaad hare bad asy cosnivascc with the people below. He is a brkklaver. Though, of a " . course, la men matter, voa are the best judge. Such persons are capable of all r . 1 . r muacr vi incw. n ii, oi coarse, yoer dety to make certain. Only :a cate'vou rcette with the wretched wife and mother. Gome in." We entertd. The room was almost de void of f ami tare, and barely sspplied with the ortatawM necessaries of ex istence. .Vt one side was a miserable mattress. laid en the floor, aad stretched oa it was the dying man. Kneeliar bv him. her head bownl down to hi, her black hair streaming over the tattered patchwork ooveriar. was the youas wife wceniae hitter! v. as he tressed her baby to her bosom. i m aot bard-beaned. bat the sfebt took me back, especially the coaateaance 1 tfee baband. upon winch the hue of death bad already settled. I was feUowins: the doctor, when. abruptly, be leased forward, thea draw ing back, pitted his baad oa my arm. I l taovgitt as raach be wbfancred. "all is over." The words were scarcelv audible, vet I tbey reached the wife' ears. I shall never forget the fcreaaa she gave. Ssartia? cp on her kaees she liJ wildly "in the face of the dead, thea shrieked, taraieg appallingly to the doctor. "Oh, no, b; nt dead I I) m't tell me that! Not dead! Oh, Tom, Torn dear Tom, speak to me ipeak to Lizzie." And ca.tisg henelf on the body, she went off into violent hysterics. "Poor thing," said the doctor raisiaz her. "Pray, my good fellow, take her to a chair, while 1 dose the poor mtn eyes." That done, he rejoisod ae. "You want to search the room," be said. "It is a pity that this shoald have happeaed at sues a time, bat duty is doty. Pray, do roar's qaietly before'tbis poor woman recovers. Her trouble it enough without aay aidition." Doty was duty, vet I felt like a hard hearted, meB-spirited car at I performed mine, aad professed to have lacked ray Uttul eceteeeu, far more than eaee the disciple of Galea aided me ia my sag geationj. 2Cothinrhowcver,came ef it. I coakl not find a trace. "Yes," I said, "I'd take my oath the diet are in thi hoase, aad it's ose hun dred p-und in my pcket if I find them." '.Then I most decidedly hoald try," aid the doctor. "That sum is not ta be got every day." "o; Ili'keopa watch in this house till I've found them." "In the room!" he aiked. u2o. I aiu't quite made of stone," I replied, a bit hurt. Bat I shall in spect all who go out or come in." "Quite right; and I wish you saccess, for thcic's no telling the suffering these coiners occasion." We then descended, and the doctor left, after telling the old Irish woman he would call, as be went home, on the par ish undertaker, and give the neccssiry or ders for the funeral. Well, I needn't lengthen out my story. I ren'cd the parlor (by conipulsiouj of the landlady, and establubed a watch night and day upon who and what went out of and entered the bouic. Jim Bradley came aad went, of course, uamolestcd, and chaffed me c -niderhiy when we met, while without the slight est demur he let me visit his room w ben ever I pleaded. What did it meant I also made a call cow aad thcu oa the widow. Poor thing! the was always crying, and so meek and fall of grief as she moved about the room where her coffined hus band was fur she wouldn't leave it that the sight was pitiable. The medical attendant dropped in oscc to inquire bowl got on, and shook his. ncaa on Hearing my want of success. iVii WW,.?HJ.hcV hel40Br -"Ptctcd fell.tw-citizen, James said, "the fellow 3 ou call Bradley is too ueep loryou." ".Not if I know it" I said. "I have ap plied at headquarters for permission to make a better search, and I'll take up the flooring." "I fancy that's the most likelv nlace. What is that!" he aiked. "Only the undertaker's men," I said, putting the door open. "It's the toor fellow's funeral to-dy." "Indeed I Alt, they hasten these matters with U10 poor." Just at tbst moment the wretched coffin and its bearers pssicd nlncg the fiassagc, followed by the weeping widow caning ou the old Irish woniaa. They were the sole mourner. The dKor respectfully rem-ved Mi ht and we to.d in ile&ce until it bad gone "PKr p-wr tbinr mv cwwmnhfn remarked with a luh. tki. trivis'r me hi card and ..king me Ut call if I proved H-r f-l. he west aav. , WeH. the burs cre by axl the siUec wt M..e uegan to ttnitrue me. lkd iy bad go ic ot triy .Ml hlB't bee b.. siace. 3Iy asUat came kwe lt eisbt e-cck, bat aeither the nid ' nr the laadlaily retaraed. I waited aal waited. Ktevea w'dock struck. I begaa ta get Mt-nVton. , Had I lxea daael , 1 taraad bat aad ea!d ; tbea uiOme the 'caaute, tiirtrxi up uir. ttratllay'a room ' wn bt u. .l- .l Wht ef it raaae roe len ready lo tlrott. -uomm cievcny Uuac. 1 critl, wav ims asv candle arwaexl. Yet, the littler hemMi-ttiee I bad baea daped. I had beca the victim ef (- btlity aad a clever trick, There was the mattre ripped up, aad Bens, waere I8e coeia aid t.J, iu bale in the Soor waere the 4aBk had beea resoved. That had bcee the wlacc r , r tn coaceaimeat. Bnt where were the die I Where w hy. ta uie ouran ot wmcm. ao dwabt, Ux- dead man uau mm ob of the bearer. -.Sswr I ejacalaled. "The maa mt have beoa dead. It i,a't likelv he j ooald deceive the doctor a kiadWrted Miow aadakeesoae; 1 11 ro te htm T Leaviag asy a-sitaat ia cfcare. I bat teaed to Jade street with his card ia asj BUJ. Thered-daa-er tlge!" wHcated the bease, aad kaockieg, I asked to see the doctor. The ervaat, showiag me lata the tr gery, weat to summon him. Ia a few aisatcs he appeared that is. a geatetnaa appeared; a geatlaataa of alxwt sixty, witn silver grav hair. "I beg yotr pirdoa," I said, "it i Dr. Atetasder 1 wiui to see. "Alexander! Jly name, sir, is Li4r, aad I am the oaly profeMimal aa ia this boa e aay, ia the street. There EBit be a mistake." "Impossibter I cried. "See, sir, here 1 tt card . "Humph! I bare aever heard the aaaae ia the Besbbwrho4. he remarked. perutieg it. "Wait a raemaat if y will allow me. I will see." TakJag oec or two thick vataaes frees the book shelve he raa over H a ad tr ibe iattial A. "Xe," be said." I Uteght his aaase is aot here. I fear the tiue of doctor' most be aeaied, aad he is aot a oarlif cated medical maa." I thea tdd my story. "Sir, ream ked Dr. Liadsay, aa-iMe Vt. suppress a tattle, "I faacy yos bare aot oaly beea doped by a dj'as maa, bat ata ur hit isedtcal atrrsdaat. Aad so it proved. The whole hid beoa a clever trick from the wide to the doctor aad "par ish" fuaeral. Xevwtbrle, I might bare roatataed ia daabt to the last had aot ay "pride of pisse ocen so woeaoed taat 1 aM aot rest until I had tracked Jim IbaJley agaia, aad, tat time, sacceeded la cap turiag htm aal his gaag; aeaoag which I aot only discovered the veuar. discoa- solate widow of the ded hasbaad, bat the doctor, the greatest rogae ef toe lot, as it w he who, uader his gcatlosaaty ap poaraace dicalated the spurkia cosa. To my satisfaction, I w thea all -oal off for a eoasiderable term to Prtiaad, wish small chance of a ticket of leave. The Simplicity of Oar Father. They say that Presides! Hayes will ia tredace into the White Huasc the sim plicity of our father. A reform of that kind would be something aabigaoas. Ia looking over some old books the other day, the sketches of the social cveat of that period indicated that the liwptkily of our father at the simpticity of big wig. There was a Jeakia ia those day a now: "Mis Pegsy Hardieg appeared, Iorely and radiant at a cloud touched with soft auoxt light, ia a white raaatua ilk fringed with gold, a petticoat of pale blae brocade, blee satin shoes with oturt heel, aad w bite silk bose clocked with gold. This sumptuous lady's handker chief was also wrought with cold, and sthl to have cost not less Una thirty dol lar. A bcad-drcM of olricb p.umet, blae, white and pale yellow, hair pro fusely powdered, glove of white kid, but toned to the elbow an 1 wrought with gold, fan of curious workmanship, pro digiously admired." "of the distinguished gentlemen )rccat the noit conpicaout was perhaps 3Ir. Tbraa Jefferson, in a loag-wttcd white cloth coat, the height of the ton, scarlet vest, black satin breeches, hixbly polished tiotcd shoes, with silver buckles, with white silk hose. As he catered the court of Terpsichore he removed from a slight ly powdered wig a peaked cocked hat of the latest fashion. Fastened to the lap. pel of the hat was a nosegay of sweet smelling po-ies." "Jir. j0j1D Hancock also attracted much admiration, especially from the fair sex. He wore a coat of flee scarlet cloth, blue silk breeches, with white silk hose, a full -powdered wig a la Louis Leixe with frizzled side locks and a cocked hat with a black cockade. Ilia ruflie were of the finest Preach lace, and I lita I.hiu I.iiWIa. I..lti:... ....!, a Harrison, wore an entire suit of diab cloth, richly trimmed with silk lace." Wab prayer answered I The people of Minnesota obseived latt Thursday as a day of fasting and prayer in view of the threatened grasshopper scourge, and the very next day that iieicc snowstorm and cold rain which descended from the Rocky Mountains and swept across Da kfta and Nebraska, fell as a besom of destruction upon the young locusts and slaughtered them in couutleu millions, Haiekeye. A Loxdox newsboy found a $2,000 dia mond wbich he carried about in his pock et for a month without knowing its worth. Onr Xavy. A Washington telegram state : "Our Bavy now ooatists of 7,000 mm, being the smallest of atiy natiun in the world, except that of Portugal. The Germm navy, whicli is the youngest afloat, hat S"HK)cmea. We have 71 steam men-of-war. carrying frnm -' bi 46 gui each. wswra sailing vec:s; 24 Inta-clad, torpedo boat, 27 tag aad mill steamer atUchod Ut the vartoes yard ami aarai tiaiioas, tnakioir a t ital H7 vessels, thoogh not o&e-half of thi camber can be trganled a rtScieat. ea t IT . K"B soipt. lae isreest ciasers we have are the fixates CUniJ. Franklin Jirc.i aad !'i&ji,-rarrtiBg from SO to 4Cgaa ech, bat they are arme with oM-fashloaed, smooth-bore gua, iastea l ot bating rifled ordnsac, the style of armameat ueI ia the atviei of other aattoas. The only vessel la oer nary carrying rifled truas it the new tlooii TrtnUn, flag-shiti of the European squad roa. She ha a battery of devta 8 inch raet guns coarerted from the old tauMthborr by lining with steel tubes.' rcpwi mane in ueagres last year rssoaeu mat mere are aot twenty-fire vessel ia oar aavy St for aav service ia actual war. Compared with the navio oi otjter ifower. oar verv inferior. Kasita baa 120 vessels aad 0 iron-clad Turkey bat IN) vessels aad 20 iron clad, Germaay has 31 vessels aad 1 1 i roc -clad Austria has i, vessels and 10 iroa-dafis Great Britain bat 211 vessels and S3 iron dads. Fraacc ha 391 vessels and 52 ires- dad; Italy has 26 vessds aad 11 iron clads. All these as vies are kept is read iaest for aay eaergeecy. The aew Naval Uoard a some iaaarta&t work oa its bands to pat our navv ia aa efltcieatcoa dltlon. We are rastl v ntore in ated of i navy thaa we are of aa armv. Leviizillt Late Development of llcnioi. Preoodtr ia childbood does aot alwav keep it promise. Maay a smart h larnea eat a commapaee man. The grape that npeas ia Aaeust falls ia deptemocr. Ua tlte ether band, historr fnraisbes a aay examples of the late de- tesopmeatot geaiat. le ntme of Alexaader Voa Ham botdt is hsghly h-xiored ia the world ef soeaee. IJat be sav of himseifl "tiat ia the first rear uf kU rkibltar.l Li tutors were d cbtfel whether even ordi nary poeers of letelltTence would ever be uevetopod u htat, and that tt wu oniy ia fmne rater oov nood mat ae bvgaa to no any ersdence of mental vfeor. Erea aa-re desperate case ef late tie- iwpuBii jx repjrw!. .ewtec was so dull a scnotar that bit anther took his away from school with the sateotsn nf iiamz ha a farmer. LianM. the fatner f modern botaar. came near b- iag apprenticed to a shwecnaker, to hid den ia boybood was hit gcetaj. 3Illerc, one of the first, if aot Ue verv first, of French dramatic wrilerr. was unable to read the iasgaae wbich he made dv ile al, anui ass foanecnth . rear. The great theob-giia aad philosopher of the mid dle ages, Alberta t Mayans, was as a child tae despair of his tcchr aad tar eats, as he seemed iacapaMe of loaraiag to read. He did aot ebuia the dnrrec of MOfuur bbui BC was betvcoa city aad r-. ... . - nty years ef age. aoesi facu as these aav caoeara? thoe who are aot knowa as rrccocioe totith to make ap by indutry fur Ue absence of prcmaiare smartce. It boa id be kept ia mind that it was the slow, ploddtns terteUe who kest alwav ia the road that won the race, aad sot the frisky hue, who nw ran, tha wan dered off, and enjoyed sleep aod rest. The race Is not always ta the saifu The Aqceuocts or Ilouc At the zenith of her grandeur, Rome had eleven Utttact aiiaeducts, whose asncrate dis charge was equivalent tea stream tneatv feet wide by six deep, with a fall tlx times as rapid as that of the river Thames. Tae daily supply was in the propnrtioa 01 src gallons to each inhabitant, and it as distributed to the nalace aad hum- Wer dwdliagt is every part of the city, at well as to innumerable fountain, many public wells and large reservoirs, to the numerous baths, aad to several artificial lakes, where the emperors held their naioftdcaio, or htm naval battles. These devec constituted the most cxteo- ivc and perfect system of aaueducu that has beea possessed by any city even up to the present time. Tneir combined length was over 300 mile. 50 of which were above-ground, either upon low sub- t ductules or more imposing arcades The loftiest arcade was that belonging to the Aqua Claudia and the Anto Xotvi; it was ia one place 103 feet hiirh. iVna- lar Science Mordhly. Tue JIalleaiulitt oi" Gold. Experi ment made in modern times have shown that a tingle grain of gold may be beat en out so at lo cover a space of seventy five square inches; the thickness of the leaf it thea only the tlir hundred and sixty seven thousand six hundred and fiftieth pait of an inch, or about twelve hundred times thinner than an ordinary ilieet of printing-paper. Faraday states iu his researches on "The Experimental Relations of Gold (and other Mctalsj to Lipht" that a leaf of beaten gold occupies an average thick lien of no mure than one-fifth toonc-cighth part of a single wavo of light. He re duced the thickness of gold-leaves at pleuurc by spreading them upon glass plates and gradually dissolving the metal by means of a weak solution of cyanide ol potassium. "By this means," he says, "I think fifty or even one hundred might be included in & single progressive un dulation of light," Popular S timet iTonthlsf. Pints hat steam street cars, that do not frighten horses; scat forty persons; run ten miles an hour; can be stopped within five feet by a brake; turn sharp corners, and costs bat four dollar a day for fuel and attendance. BitADroito, Pa., Is to be lighted with gas from a gas-well located about two miles from the town. "Heap Like .Vigger " The foilowia!; si.icv anecdote is told of the late Joan II. Fb.yd. Secretary of War in rresHieat uucbaBaa' Cabiaet: His complexioe wa dark, aad bis hair, although of flae texture, very curly, clustering ia close ringlet all over Ms head. He alwajt dreed ia exceedingly lasie. aau sported the ItrstoJ brwd cloth, hi that he presented aa exceptiua any use appearance, iiartag the ad miBtsiraiNta 01 jir. itucjitaia, a reo-p ti ta wa given at the While House b 1 desnratiot of Indians fra the Plains sndUov. Floyd attended, as Secretary of War, 1 1 receive the gentle savege and present mea to tae rrestdeat. lie wa arrajed ia fall evening costume, wallow tail, choker and white kinds, ia order tnat tae eccastoa might be as Impres MTe a ifOHiote. tue Aborhnae were g-tttea up ia most extravagant display ef palB learner and gets gws. Alter the ceremoov had bees eoncladeii. Gor. Floyd, by way of divertisomoat, proudly touched hit owa manly breast aad re marked to oae of the chief, ia the ttsoal veraacciar: "Me Indias Virginia blood I bonus P 1 ne cntet gazed at Mm from bead ta foot, looking very doebtis-' and thea tMitUag hi 1 band en the Governor bead. aad feeling his crl, gravely answered, "No Indies no ladiaa! Hair heap like clggerP President Buchanan roared at the sally, in which Gor. Fiord, who loved a scaeevea at Ms nwn expense, heartily joined. Bat historian say he never sub sequently claimed Indian blood. Hertlcnltnre In Australia. The QteUn4tr, in iu report of the fair of the Asncnitnral and H-srticntatr. al Society there, savt: Exbibiu of fruit and fra Modace caae ia freely, aad thing began ta look maea brighter. A large ooacearte of people asvensUed oa Ue ground, al. though the ladies wore oeainicaoat bv their abeaee The exhibits of fruit were really splendid, and too at oca praise eaa not be awarded ta these Seven, peaches. aectarises, apples, and pears, I venture b say bare sever beea rea in Brisbane. ami wnea 1 onestsoeed a farmer aa to w hy tbese fmtU were not seat to Bris bane, the renlv I trt was: -Rail war freighU prahibu It 1: won't pty." Wby caaaot we nave soase rednctsoa on freight ta eatble the Brisbane aeonle to reap we ocaesu ot use grand trusts of Ue . . , . ... ... Don nil In leokim- around the show room I particularly noticed the Machos rttibk- ed by Mr. Rtdaord. They were simply super U, and equal tn any Engitth wail fruit- Mr. I twit' nectarines were, with out cxaggtcattott, as larre as eranze. la the vegetable fine. Mr. Schull. at taouga not oUstae br.t nrtze hs all ciassns, snowed a splendid rciecUea of vegetables wnsch In ay opinion should have acrited a first prvse. Hu carrots aad rhubarb were beaatifnl, whilst there wa an doubt Uttl ass beans were the cltaax of perfcta. As for the grapes I can only echo the word of several Gercaa farmers. "Der isbt nodings in Mstrmaay vat isbt so soot." Social Lvoxs. JIjUt Cmeroa. ia his recent y-putstisJsed votawe of travots, "Acro-s Africa." tell a story of social lioas, which, if true. how Uat the most famons hWa-Uaor aidtt loara something from the native of Africa. lie says: A native of Ukaransra asserts that ia the village next to that ia which be Kred the people were ea most frisadly terms with the lioas which ued la walk ia aad ab.ut the village without attempting to injure anyone. Oa great occasions they were treated to beacy. coats, sheen aad cgali, aad soactimes at these atteraooa drums at many at two hundred Hoc as sembled. Each lioa was kaown to Ue potple by came, aad to these Uer re sponded when cillcd. And when oae died the iahabitaau of the village mourned for bin as for eao of them selves. This village wat reported to be situated on the shores ef Lake Taagaa yika. not very distaat from Jumvh Meri- kaais bouse; aad he alto told me Uat this friendship between the natives aad lioas was commonly spoken of, but be bad never been present at one of these UeriBgs. The Mkaaaaca. however, as serted that he had often witnessed Uis friendly intercourse between maa and boast, and brought tereral of hit tribes men to tes'ify to Uc truth of his state ment. it itEitc s the CatI The skeleton of a cat walked into Ryan shop the other day. Rytn, teeing hr, bawled out. 'Mickey, -didn 1 1 tall ye a month aro to fade that cat a pound of mate a dav until ye bad her fatl" 'le did; aa' I'm iat ladiBir ber a pouad." 'Has that cat ate a pound this morn- IngP les, sir." Shurc, I think It's a He ve're trllinr. Bring me that scales. Xew brine me that cat," The cat turned the scales at exactly one pound. 'There, didn't I tell ve the had eaten a pound of mate this morning P "AH richf. me bo v. there's ver nound of mate; but where the divil'a the call" The followins correspondence took place a few days since between a young tialtimore lady contemplating matri mony and a lady friend in San Francisco whose father is now visiting the Monu mental City: "Wear , I have your father s con sent to your serving at bridesmaid. Will you cornel" To which the following laconic answer ws received in a few hours: "Dear , You bet. What is the color of your drcsal" rue following concise response was sent: "Dear , Navy blue, and hurry up." The various New England colleccs have 120 Chinese students. The Consular Service. lioudes the env..y whom the United It is a suggestive confession, whiuh stales send abroad to represent the 3Ir. Fanny Kmble makes ia ber auto crsuntry at foreign courts, a large num-, biographical sketches one worthy of th ber of consul are appointed, to reside in , serious conu'derati o of Jheyoune who dlflereat foreign cities aad bians. may ls "stage-struck." Though she nt- Tbe dutie of the consuls hoarever, are laiael great eminence as aa sv-tret. jet very ditfefeat from those f tbe eav.y,, ,he frankly says: "I devoted myself tn a or ministers. The latter are employed tn , vocation wbich I never Nked or hsaored. negotiate treaties aad to look after tbe " aad alxsut the verr nature of which I general Interest of their country. The have neer been able to oorae to aay de csaiuls on Ue other hamL have almost , cidl opinion." entirely eontmercial aa.1 mantlm- duties, i 3Ir. Maereaulv. the ewat traBlIan. hs . v ni otosoi ia tae , reeuraeu tn bts dsarr iar rxnrM MM lansa, a ,.o F a. f 1 sorviee Mia 1 ter 1JU-r . . la cfcief task of the inland cossets is, to sec to it that good tent from the place where Uey are sutioaed to the I aited States are properly "invoiced." Oar revenue system reqairet that the "avoices" or detiiied Hits aad deserip- tloas of the good eateriag American ports hall truthfully state the price at oich iaey are sow lo the American merchant. It is the onxtl's daty to see Uat Uesc prices are correctly put down in the iavoiees. He must, Uerefore, If he would do bis duty, study tbe qualities aad prices of the good seat from hi station, examine the iavoicas.ie see if thev are tra'hfnl aad Uea certify that they are so. lacuutic arc s tugb oa maavfor- etgu Tod that a sreat temotatioa is of. fered to tMsbooett exporter to "under value" Uea, aad Uus save some of Ue tat on Uem. This f cccefull v doce, eaables the purchaser oa this side, of eosrse, to sell the roodt mere cheanlr In our mar lut Uaa caa other raercluat. It u for the coasul to detect such at tempted frauds aad cotifv our custom houses when they are tried. He has Ue power to require samples of Ue goods to ue oroagai to ru ace with the invoices Ust he may the better judge aad com pare Uea. Besides thttdutvef exaciuiu? Invoice. the ifilaad consuls are eatrostod wiU that of certifyiair to tlssatcres to Anlt aad other documents aitary would; be aay ittae pasi ports, aad when aay Americas is arrested, or gets into trouble, the consul must see Uat no iniosce i done to turn, and mutt help him, if bis case is a deserving one. l&ait at feirsjrts have ether deti added to these. It is for thea to look after tbe iateroU of Ue American ship, aad especially of American sailors, who eater Ue port, Wbea a ship comes ia. use cestui receives the ship piper frera lie cast iia. He saocrviscs tbe off ef Ue sailors aad if these are "dis charged, the coasul looks after them, sees Uat Uey are well lodged, aad at seed pajs inetr tare lo aawther port, whence they may ship again for borne Ine stance of a coosuL tboasrh it has some disireeabte fr-ir.m . very fsieasaat one. It give the rectpieat a csunoe to visit aad see hrria land There are few coasatates Uat are- not sttuated ia pictare-que aad cariout old ones or to was with viciaitic fall of ro maa tic aad historic interest. The datie are cot verv bearr. for wherever there is a treat deal txi iLv rh Gnvcrnaent allows the coasul plenty of cierss to nerp a. toatuls are allowed vacations of tea davs ia everv Quarter. aad besides may be a Wat from thtir etSce sixty days ia Ue year. Tats allows am pic time to visit the axnl interesting countries aad cities, aa 1 to make Ue must of a foreign residence. 1 ne consul travels loo. wtta peculiar ad- vaauges fr he finds brother consuls at almost every port be teaches, who wd come and pay him attention, aad show htm Ue sights The tocsal position to which the con sul office ea tiller him makes his ri. deace abroad very pleasant, aad enables him to see much ot Ue inaer life aad custom of the foretza people amoc? whom he lives. He is invited to all cere maies aad public celebrations, to Ue utSdal balls aad receptions has easy ac cess to Ue courts and legislative bodies and feels the agreeable sensation of fiad- tag Blmtetl a persoa of no tmall impor tance. Let us add that the salaries paid ta consuls are usually ireaerou. alUoci-h orae of Ue consuls have to live as best they caa upon Ue small sums Uey col lect as otSctal fees. Ttui tVowaiVw. UosE8tcx Itiotxo. Young ladies, if so circumstanced that thev can anil themselves of Uc privilege, should not neglect horseback riding. A canter fur a tew miles Is aa admirable promoter of female beauty aad health. The cheeks the eyes I1 PS and every feature of the fair equestrian, whea she dismounts, tvos- eia the fiesh and sparkling grace which it one 01 tne must important requisites in female loveliness and which cna be imparted only by Uc purity of the blocd and iu brisk aad equal circulation, which ate produced by temperature and exer cise The pale, sickly and languid cjuatenaace of that lady whose hours of leisure have been passed without occupa tion within her chamber, or listlesslv lounging upon a tofa or coach, mat pre sent attractions to such aa have selected their standard of beauty from among Ue victims of a round of fashionable dissipa tion ; but every man of sense and genuine taste will prefer Ue ruddy glow or health, the active, agile step, and tho exuberant gajcty of her who is accustomed to spend some time every day in active exercise on foot or on horseback in Ue open air. A remarkable proof of the efficacy of vaccination is shown by the report of an English physician. Sraall-pox appeared in a family of nine persons in Bashey, of whom thice bad been vaccinated and six bad not. All the latter took the disease and four died, including the mother, whila the three who bad beca Tscclcated escaped altogether, though one of them, a child at the breast, was fed by iu mother up to within two hour of her death. It was a St. Louis wife who said: "Mr dear, bow is it you caa't driak bsvd cal ico without abusing met aad bowia Itrnu can drink bad whitkr without abuainsr tho barkeeper?" 0 ee of tbe naUoe; those who reside In ' of dUau.fictioo with bis pr.fwn, d citlo al to Play-Aetlnff as a Profession. w . j iniiu a.v uic nj ns.xAS un a ie.!ged heIof UeEagiish stage. He justified hit ceatiauaaee ia it on the , ground that it wa Ue oaly preiesaioa br which he can support his family. Ye"c j sa strong are bis utterances, that at times ( hs seems to loathe it as aa occcpatioa j unbecoming to a gentlemaa, aad too full of tempUtiocs to be followed by a maa who would maintain his honor as a i Christian. There must be some vaKd reason, pow erful to a refined mind, which forced from Macready aad Mrs. Kemble such earnest pretests against a prefesiien whkh brought Uem fame anil fortune. That reason was never more dearly aad traUfully stated Uaa in these words of the eminent actress : "A bcrioess" y Mrs. Keable, "which It intense exctteaest ad firti- I tious exaotioa seemt to Le cawerthy of a I maa; a business which is public exhibi- tiea cawerthy of a woman. Neither have I ever presented myself before aa audience without a shrinking feeling of reluctance, or withdrawn froa their pres ence without Uiakiag Ue exdteaent wbich I had undergone cahealUv, aad the personal exhibition odious." It may be that among our readers there are those who, believing that they are gifted with the specisc talent of acting, are lookiag towards the stae as the pre fessian for Ue exercise ef their gift. To such we commend Ue "Reminiiceces of Macready," aad the wards of Mrs. Keable. A professioa which Is declared by ose of its most emiaeat rep re tentative "un worthy ef a aaa," aau "caworUy of a weaaa," should aot be sought by ma sly yosag aea or modest yecag wnaes. S Laves Amonz Ant. In aaother species however, PIyryr nfauxj, whka it aot British, this is not the case- Tbey present a strikia? lesson of Ue degrading teadeacy ef slavery, for taey nave become eatirelr depeadect oa. Uctr slaves. Even their bodily structure has uadcrgoseachaage; their aaadlbles have lost their teeth, aad have become mere nippers deadly weapons iadced, but esercs except ia" war. Taey have to.i tne greater part of their instinct: tcir "s that is the pwer of buitdia; their d-aesttc babtt. fxr the take no care ef Ueir ova yaag. ail this beiag dtec by the slaves; Ueir led as try ihey take no ptrt ta prevvriag Ue daily up-p-ies; if Ue cutesy change Ue situation fits nest, the masters are all carried by Ue slaves to the new oae; nay, Uey have evea b-at Ue habit of feeding. Ha ber placed thirty of thea, with some Larvx aad pupa, aad a supply of hosey, ia a box. "At tjr,besays"tieyapparedtapay some little atrentsea to tne Larva!; taej cairicd thee h-re aad there, but presently rrplsced them. Mre than uce-a-ilf of U Arsaxoas died ef hunger ia less than two days. Tbey had at evea traced out a dwettiag, aad Ue few aau still ia ex istence were languid aad without atreagth. I commiserated their coadi lioa, aad gave Uea oae of Udr black coapaaioBJ. This iadividaal, unassisted, e-tabhsbed order, formed a chamber ia the earU, gathering together Ue larvx, extricated several yoaa ants that were ready taquit Ue condition of pupae, aad preserved Ue life of the restaiaiag Amazons." This observation has beea fully con firmed by other naturalists. However small Ue prison, however large Ue quantity of food, Uese stupid crtatcrcs will starve ia the midst of plenty rather thaa feed Uemselves. I have had a nest of Uis species oader observation fur a lung time, but never saw oue of tho masters feeding. I have kept isolated specimens fur weeks by giving thea a slave for aa boar or two a dav to dean and feed them, aad under Uese circum stances Uey remained in perfect health, while but for Ue slaves Uey would have perished ta two or three days I know no other case in Nature of a species hav ing lost Ue instinct of feeding. Sir JoAn Zti&icfc, in Popular Seuaet Jfoattij'. Tuk Turk as a Bcsccess Max. The stney goes uat, some years ag, a French diplomat weut to see a prominent Turk in the finance administration at Constan tinople, aad said to him: "Look here, how about that interest which fails due in four days! How do you expect to pay itt You haven't got a penny at your disposition just now; your creditor ia my country will be inteasdy dissatisfied if tbey are not paid. What's to be doaeP "Well," said the Turk, "we must put it off until some future date." "But Uis is oae of those things which caaaot bo put off," urged the diplomat. Tho Turk arose wiU great dignity aad said; "My friend, learn that there is cothiag which, canuot be put off except Ue day of one's death." That is Turkish doctrine, and the Moslem smiles whea voa endeavor to teach bta anything different. Pari Cer. Button JovrnaL Two prominent members of the senior class at , it Is currently reported, have failed of receiving calls to iniportaat churches In New England, solely because they are addicted to the use of tobacco. All praise to these two churches for the stand they have take a I It Is also a mat ter of' rejoidng, if it be true, that the two young theologians have found green , to throw away Ueir pips and cigars; Vermoxi Ckreiu'clt. Thl tobacco daily Ted s New York dty cost nor thaa the brand, whkh k ia the tanse tins.