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About The east Oregonian. (Pendleton, Umatilla County, Or.) 1875-1911 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1877)
mututo EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BATJM Or ADVEimaiJO I5f COISf 0,ne inch, firit 'insertion. $2 00 Each jabjeyient msertioa, 1 00 HvE. IP, BTJXjL. OFFICE , COCRT TRKET. orrcuTi tbx ocrxT-Bortx. Ratra of Wub.crlptlon in Coin: One Ttxr... H W SlxMosUu ...... -30 Ttree Mostbt 1 3D Slatfe CopiM Ttoe adr-rCic fry cwiitkl Mum eeCe-ata Out Soc-1 cotsac-, J cna pr Ha. AAnaUlsf ttiU psjaSU Bect&lr. VOL. 2. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1877. NO. 39. yrca s4 at tew ,ncM. David Grey's Estate. Over hi forge bent David Grey, And thought or tlie rich man crot tb way. "Hammer and anvil for roe,'" be said, "A weary toll for the children bread. "For him, soft carpels nd pictured walls A life of ease in his spacious hall. The dang of bells on hi dreaming broke; A flicker of flame, a whirl o! smoke. Or in tra vis, forge pn.rn white-hot, Coat and hat were alike forgot, At up the highway, the blacksmith ran. In face and mien like a crssy man. "School bouse aflreH Men's hearts stood stlH, And the women prayed as women wW, While 'bote the tumult the walling cry Of frightened children rose shrill and high. Night in its shadow hid tun and earth; The rich man sat by his costly hearth. Lord of wide acre a&d untold gold. But wifeless, childless, forlorn and old. He thought of the family cro the way; -1 would," he sighed, "I were David Grey." The blacksmith knelt at his children's bed To look once more at each shining head. -My darilncs all safe! O God," he cried, "My tin in thy boundless znercy hide! "Only tt-dy have I learned hew great Hath been thy bounty, and my estate. EliBilxtk Csuxisca, in JltHt Journal. Twenty Tonuds Sterlin; There never was such a man to bet as Staining. He was alway so sure he was right. Our mutual friend Marx well ought to hare sailed fur Brazil, but 1 felt confident I bad seen him in the street. Staining said it was nonsense, and he'd bet me twenty pound to a shilling I was wrong. He had hardly finished speak ing 'when Marx well, who bad not sailed, came up. Staining polled out from bis pocket-book a twenty tound cote and handed it to me. "There you are, old fellow. 4 A fool and bis money," etc Anutber illustra tion of that wise adage. "Not exactly; for you don't suppose I rshall take your money!" "Yes, I do; and I shall be extremely unmoved if jou make any difficulty. I protested: but presently be said in irritation, "Then be my almoaertand give be money in charity.'' And he pressed she note back upon me, and left abruptly. There are objections to standing in the public highway with a bank note in your hand and a puzzled expression in your face, so ibe note was transferred to my pocket, and I went my way pondering, when I was met full tilt by a dcrgyma whom I Terr well knew. "Hclloa f he cried. "Mr. Smith, both you and I seem to bare our minds o much occupied to-day that we cannot take care of our bodies. I apologized. "No grave matter of mine,' I said ; "but you look sad. Noth ing wrong with you or yourP "No, thanks; but I bare j tut left a de pressing scene. "A young couple, married in hot baste, have gradually come to grief. The wife -and child are ilL Relatives and friends haTe receded into the remote background. And worse than all, the husband" "Has become intemperate or ba gone sn ad." "Nither cne nor the other. "Something warsel Yes; for to be dishonest is wo.-.e thin going mad. And it is such a mere trifle that is seeded, apparently, to put all straight, that I groan at my inability at the moment to hnd it. "What is wan ted P "Well, it's only twestv pounds. "There's the money which you require. Haste away, and do all the Ojd yoa can with it," My friend looked astonished. He even hesitated, "It is very, very good of you," he said ; "but really" "I have the power to give it sway. Good-bv." And I huiried off. Then I hastened back to bim. "Kindly, on no account mention my name "No, as yon wish it; but you should know that of the objects of yuur bounty. And he told me. Then wc parteJ. I bad only gone a dozen yards when there passed me a young man, with a flashed face, and a frightened, anxious look in his eyes. He caught up to my friend and spoke to him. "That is the man," I said to myself, "wlx'SC proceeding have been dubious, asd who will, I trust, 1e rescued by .Staining "a twenty pounds. Well, if the wheel should turn, and this poor man should ever be in a position to deliver a fellow-creature from such trouble a he himself is bow in, by the surrender of twenty pounds, I wonder whether be II do it 1 Smith, you surely know human nature well enough to answer your own question, 2ot he not a bit of it. This little incident, with plenty of other thices besides, was soon swept lrom ray memory by s sudden call to go abroad, even to the place where Marx well did not go Brazil. Nothing hampered me tben ; I was s young bachelor, and could start for the antipodes at two days notice. When I take ay wife and children- forget the exact number for our autum- sal trip, : Je latterusys oi my me, x reouire week, preparation. Alas the cbawreJ Away tbea to Brazil; away to a new life, sew scescs, sew companion, new hopes asd fears; away to fortune and the yellow feverl Here occurs in my tale a trraud interval ot twenty years iray story deals is twenties 1) I doubt whether I should have come back bad sot a young Esglisb lady one night sung is my bear. ie as old home ballad, so wen resacra bered is cosnictiofi with some loved ones who is this world will sing so more, -fact the well-kaowa craviBg for the satire lasd mastered me at oace, sad within very short time I was on ay voyage to Jt.Bgb.Ba. Oa the way, I had oce sight a fright- -lal areas. 1 fascied a terrible eaesay had roc on'my back, and was clutching and fainter my breath. My starting eye scanned every feature of my murderer. Slowly and painfully as I was held in this way, for some time as it apprared did I call to my mind the face Iwfurc rue. It was Staining, but Statsiag rockle-s, dc-perate. I gasped an entreaty for mercy. "Give it to mc; I want it, I must have it, instantly instantly !" was the hoarse reply. "What what can you mean!" "What!1 he shrieked in a maniacal frenzy. "Wretch, my twenty pounds!" I had quite forgotten about this bet and the twenty pounds; but the dream vet me thinking of what rumor I had heard occasionally respecting Staiain? since I left England, that his money had wasted, that he had fallen considerably in tw.it inn ami rn into Ttnrirtr- I li . 1 1 t .n ... Iiim . j. far. 1 1 1 t. tin, vf f late years he had not replied. "Poor fellow," I now thow-kt, "there may really be something ia that dream. If bit pride will accept it, he shall have tint money back, and very glad I shall be to restore it. Back in England. Settled diwn again in the old country. Main matters dis tosed of, I Itcgan to think of minor ones and among the latter the dlscorery of Staining. He was net ia the former haunt, and 1 failed so leng to find bim that I was beginning to despair, when one night I met him in the street. The brilliant artificial light of the ball-room may increase the lustre of a woman's bright eyes aad of Iter sparkling jewels; but if y.u want to see a poof, broken-down man, decayed and dismal, in hit worst aspect, server him standing ditconsolateiy under a street-lamp, a drizzling rain descending upen him, and he, with folded arms presenting a pic ture of mute despair. Sj did I bjbold Staining. I put my band upon his shoul der. He sprang lrom me as thoagh I were a wild beast. "I did not want to run away," be said, hoarsely, "they knew that. 111 face It Ill face it," he added, tremulously. "Go on, ni walk quietly enough Why what eh surely, can it be can "Yes, it is Smith, your old comptninn. Pray be composed. 'Staining, my friend, what is all this! Come away, and con fide in me. You know you can trust me. If yon are in troable, aad money can help you, you shall not wauL. And I toetc his arm, aad we went together. And tben I heard pr Staining" con fession, and it amounted to this: Whew be bad wssted Lis money, he obtaiaed a situation in a merchant's office. The pay, ptor enough, was sufficient to keep bim; but even now nothing cuM restrain him from gambling on a small scale ea horse cing. As a consequence he was soon penniless, aad worse dishoaest. He had paid a betting debt oat of a twenty round n-te which the day before I met him had been entrusted to bim. Dis covery had cnued almost iattanUne oudy, and though the luckless maa had explained that it was only through the failure of another member of the virtuous fraternity be could not at once replace the mosey, be had been discharged, aad bad reason to s oppose be would be prose cuted. . "Many, maav think, replied the poor fellow to the ofier I directly made bim. "Ion can see the firm in the morning; though they have allowed a day to pasf, I doubt whether they will take toe money. I believe they are bent on my ruin. I could not believe it; so early next day I was at the office of Messrs. Bydon, Ulenden s Co., and having beta admitted into the room of the senior pa'tner I stated my errand and proffered my twenty pounds. Mr. Baydon was sleek old gentle man. To ere wa., so to sneak, wealth and ease all over him. He best bis bead complacently and replied : "I can appreciate vour kindness to this poor man, and I myself would pass the matter over at once, but my partoer, 31 r. HUndoa, takes a diusreot view, and I cannot interfere. And he was firm upon the point. Could I see 31 r. Blendool Yci, if I could call again in two hours. In the cab I kept muttering to myself. "Blendnn, and Ibtbert Blendon, too? I am sure of it. Still, if it be so, it Is very strange. I think I shoaid kn w that face igain. how ever time mv have al tered it- We s!.a'l m-c whj will be mas ter." Back to Mews. Btydoa Blendon & Co.' offices, and then into the presence of 31 r. Blendon. AH my anxiety for my poor friend faded an ay. I was master of the situa tion. Briefly I stated my desire to pay the amount of Staining' defalcation, and my hope that under the extenuating cir cumetanccs no publicity would be given to the miserable wrong doing. 3Ir. Blendon heard me with some im patience, and before replying, he drew a check to "self or bearer (I could see him do it) for a hundred pounds. Hav ing given this to a clerk to get cashed, be said to mc, arranging his papr the while "You will excu-c my answering some what shortly. It cannot be. It is not the money we care about, but we must vindicate the law. I declare I was half pleased at the Kandiotc style of bis speech. How autifutly be was walking into my net! I ventured to suggcit that in a case like this there was no imperative call to such a course, and that forbearance might rightly be shown. "I do not sec it, I can't see it," an swered Mr. Blendon, crossing his legs with an air of resignation, as much as to say, "The man it a nuisance, but I must bear with him. He resumed "You do not appear, sir, to observe the Immense importance or punishing delin quency of this kind. I would not take vour money on tny account. Dear mc! If I were to let this man off, I would be ashamed of myself. He ought to be la custody sow, aad be will be very shortly. I have just overcome some foolish besi tatios of my partner. I an always firm myself." (Not always, Mr.Blefldoa sot when I last saw you. But I waited a bit. A little further into my net, pleae), "and therefore, however sorry I may be, sir. I mxut say NO. Dishonesty is a "fear ful thing, and it mutt be puni-hed. If I weretnyself to commit an act of this kind, and Why did he stop! I bowed rjuietly.and rising, said "You are quite right, Mr. Blendes. Di-honesty is a terrible thing, and while not for another moment prrsdag ay re qaest, I know you will forgive my calling to remembrance, before I leave, a carious case known to myself. 3Iay I tell i yoa I Some twenty years ago, a poor young couple, not long married, had falloa iati poverty. The wife and infant were ill. Thc doctor had ceate J to attesd because be was not paid. Comfort there were -con. Even necessaries were waatiag. The husband was distracted. He wotd get money, be must get money. His young wife and infant child were well nigh starring, what was to be deact Stay, stay, Mr. Blendon, I teM complete ray story. The money was obtained, sir Mr. Blendon, you know how. I need not tell you thai. But in what way was it re p. id ere mischief came, aad how was the husband saved saved from rsia aad deg redation saved to become a rich and re spected merchant f Whose money saved html Ah! 31 r. Blendon, that yW da ni know. Bat I will tell y. The tweaty pound note which rescued the poor has band rested only ten miBStet before is the pocket bxk of this very Suiaiag whom yoa are abnat to prweeate, ttrasge ly enough for precisely the same sum. Yes, at that time Staining was rich, may be, as you are now; but with bis riches he was a kisd, charitable. Christian mas. Mr. Blend n I have a right to ask yo to who character do you lay claim f I lave often thought since what admir able advantages are a clear head aad a calm temper. Ia the delivery of the fore goiag I bad worked myself to a white heat. It was nn'y at the moment when he first ar my 'drift that n.y Ksteser manifested any strong emotion. Tbea he rose from his chair, and hi face flatbed, but be resumed hit seat, aad by the time I bad aaitbed be was sitting as calmly as when I entered. There was a alight pause, and then 3lr. Bteadoa tsid : "You have acquired, sir. some knowl edge i I will net sy whether accarate or a t of an iacideat in my early life which I am not called upon to dtsctttt. 31 it I ask if this knowledge is oesfiacd, aad is inteaded to be cosSeed to yoa r self!" "I believe it to beofaaed to myself asd mv informant, aad t have no desire that it shoaid be otherwise. Mr. Bteadon btwed. "I will not cos- ceil that I shall be glad fur it to be as un derstanding between as that this matter dci net go farther." (I made a gestare f attest-) "Well, then, on that fotig, I will say that Mr. Staining shall be en tirely ab-olved, an 1 I win eves aid hia if I ean. Yea must, however, excuse me from taking the tweatv padi. I am obliged to yen for comisg. Geod mere- iag." I departed, and I ma it eoafest I felt the esemy had well covered bis retreat, aad had set left me a mend more ef tri umph than he could help. However, my object was accomplished, therefore I hastened tomeetStalnutg. He was sot at the appointed place, and after waiting some time I went to his lodging. It was a shabby house, in a by street, not easy to find. The ltndtady told me 31 r. Staining bad come in an boar g- aad was in his bedroom not very well, she thought. She asd I went up together. and knocked more than once, rhen I west in. Poor Staining was lying on the led dead. My first misgivings were happily not confirms. His enfeebled frame was usable to stand the recent wear and tear, and he was now beyoad the reach of his follies and hit troubles. Strange Case of Insanity. The New YtTk Time of the 22J has the following in regard to a maniac who was dragged to the Tombs, after a hard struggle with the police. His name it 3Iartin Higgins. He bought, on the 21st, an interest In a small i an tee notion con cern on Chatham street, betraying no ttrikiBg traits during the several dys ef negotiation, baturday evening, in com pauy with several at bis new shop, he tud lcaty exhibited a la-ge number f billx, varying in value fr m $10 to fjtX) He then Irrgan to preach. oiTcnug hit a. ditors $10, th-n $100. tben $1,000 each to bear lain for an hour. They were sin nera. He was their savior. One of them tried to leave the room, but be had locked, the door. Two others attempted to go. and the maniac raved. He could save ail bat one, but that one must be- damned, and be sprang across the counter for some knire. They grappled with bim an J calmed bim. It was late and the light went out. He hastily collected the wa.tc paper and lighted it, drew forth his pocketbook and began throwing the bills into the flsmcs, burning several hundred dollars. His associates then bound him and gave him orer to the po lice. Over 33,000 were found on hit per son, and his companions say that they took bank books from him representing from (50,000 to f 1 00,000. He is said to hare made a vast amouot of money at sugar raising in thc South, but he has re cently lived in Brooklyn. There is some thlog mysterious about last night's ac tions, and the police hold the theory that be was robbed of a much larger amount than was found on bim. Dn. Locis, of New Orleans, who is something ofa wag, called on a BtpUtt minister, and propounded a few puzzling qucttions. "Why is it," said be, "that yuu are not able to do the miracles the apostles did! They were protected against all poisons and all kiudt of perils. How is it that you arc not protected in thc same wayf Thc colored brother re sponded promptly, "Don't know about that, doctor; 1 t'pect I is. I've t'ken a mighty right of strong medicine from you, doctor, and i is alive yet." About half the ishabltaaU of Asia are under Cbisese rule. Thc Pathos of the Bible. Palestine to-day i a land of ruin. Fields once fertile ere desert; hilt-sides oace clothed with vineyards are barren and unsightly; cities dismantled, htrbora ch'iked with rubbish and the refuse of thc sra. All i worse than solitude, ac- carsed, "trodden under the foot of the Gestiles;' yet the bills are mudcil with word that shall outlatt them an eternitv. Traverse the valley f Hsbroa; there lie the bone if patriarch!. iit the bor der of the Dead Sea; it sluggish ws ten roll over the cities of the plain, asd trace the fire-storm from heaven. And there, beautiful for situtt!n, the Holy City staads Jerusalem whither the tribe went up; the gutltv city, where he warned, asd heilcd, ami plesded, over which he wept; the fated ctt v. desecrated by maa darkest crime, consecrated by the marvelous mam testations of redeem- isg love. As the verification of pro Ateilc truth at the center of memories tenderest, mot sacred these ruins are aature tribute to the pathos of the Bi ble. They recall the touching narration of holy wit, whose sympathetic influence tt lelt wbercrer the word lias gone forts. Divested of itt pathos, the Bible were but a compilation of social ethic. An ancient legend hat it that a tyrant of the East went forth to battle with the Greeks. Gazisg upon the mass of liv ing millions enlisted in bis casse, the monarch's heart was melted. He wept, he kaew nt wh-. The tears came net. as be supposed, from anv inference of reflection. They arose spontaneously, as they will at timet amid the bu-tle of a crowded thoroughfare. Our own emo ttass are reflected back from ether hearts. We fret the thrift of spiritual coatact. the mighty presence of life. Sich is the pat bo- of the Bible, the underlying tenderness which makes the book of books the book of human nature sound- lag the depths of humaa sympathy, uni versal, indefinable, profound. Prut Graffe, ijr IIMrd P. Ettii. Kcsia- Wheat Supply. There is nee important coatisgeacy in regard to the wheat supply of ItataU which American speculator thas far seem to have ignored. They have as sumed that HetMas wheat would be cat oa altogether by the blockading of the ports oa the Black ea. Bit Kasua bat a large railroad tyttets, which it under the absolute control of the Goreramcst. There are 14,000 miles of Irani: lise railroad ia Hassia, which have been cos straeted siece the war of 1853-54, aad were located by the government with special reference to strategic and com. aercsal aeceuitict in time ef war. Three ef tbce maia Haet oosaect Cen tral IlastU with Germ my. so that, be sides the Husstan port ef Hi 3 a on the titluc, uustia has an ea'Iet through te North Germaa part like KC3igbcrg and Dastxsc The Ititslaa wheat cxpirt to Germany f-r German coautapts bat been f-r some years transported bt rail, and the same facilities may be utel tor ex part to Great Britain from the Baltic ports when the Black Sea pnrt are closed. The longest distance which it would be necessary to carry the wheat by rail ia taking this direction to a BUtic port to Great Britain does not exceed the the dbtaace from our Northwestern grain fields to New York and other Atlantic seaparts, and the sea voyage will be very much shorter, litga prices wilt cn doubttdly bring out in this way all the surplus wheat that may remain in Russia. If the war continues it may re luce to some extent the amosat of Hutdan pro ductsoa, but at long at there are friendly rclatiost between Kama and Uermany, the Amtncan grain growers will by n means hare a monopolv of the British demand for breadttufl. CAieao Tri bune. About Noses. There are three na tioaal noses among civilized people, and only three the Jewish, the urea an and the 1 loci in. h-ach it or a description totally diflereat from the other two, and all three have a distinct character of thairown. The Jewish it the oaly na Uonal niise now remaining; the Greek and the Rtmaa are occasionally repro deced among modern nations, but at na SSVUat V-SM V- - IVMV That the ancient Jew attached no s ight viAtiaf riir.let.fYia v i a f msv lrMt-)t importance to this feature is evinced from Leviticus xxu 19. where " hs that bath a flat unse" is ranked with the blind and the lame, and crook-backed, thc scurvy and the scabbed, and is foi bidden to Uke part in the service of the saac tuarv. The Greek nose livs come down tout In the Greek sculpture., and certainly accords better with our Northern ideas of personal beauty than any other. Seen in profile the outline is almost a continuation without curve or deviation of the outline of the forehead, and would seem, phrenological ly considered, quite in harmony with the unparalelled pro gress of the Greek in art, science and philosophy. Among us moderns the perfect Greek nose is extremely rare, save on the canvas of our painter. The Iloman nose Is the very incarnation of the idea of cotnbstircneis, and suggests the notion that it was borrowed from bird of prey. Jehculeu cannot be regarded as an important manufacturing center, in asmudi as its leading industry is olive wood carving. The chief manufacturer of souvenir recently informed a corres pondent of the Iindoa Timet that he could not find employment for his work men; the market was overstocked asd thc number of pilgrims very small. The German colonists are increasing ia num ber and influence. In Jerusalem they have opened the ruins of the great hospice of tiie Knights of Su John. They have established a colony at Calfa, at the foot of Mount Carmcl, asd litre organized s service of small carriages from Jaffa to Jerusalem. They arc also constructing a carriage way from Carmcl to Nazareth. A mother asd her daughter married brothers ia Tuscaloosa, Ala., asd the Bother got the yosBger haibasd. Colonel Tonrtelottc THE IIESO OT "HOLD TIIE rdST." A Washington letter to the Cincinnati Commercitl ay t : On Geacra! Sherman tUfi there It a tall, stitcly man, with eyes so c-iin asd odd and blue that one can never fsney tlirir nabig, fur they look a it they would quench any spark that might leap iat j them fr-im his heart; with a maaner s.i qaiet and a voice so passion test aad even that he suggest hi own native mountains with their caps ef saow, that rear proudly ab-ire the bills aod valley nettling below them ia the warmth and sunsbiae. B t he is the hero of ooe f the most magaificeat figntt that took place during thc march to the sea tight that put a brilliaat bloxly period to the oae hundred and thirteen day continuous fire under which Sherman's armv had struggled eastward, and finally opeacd to them the door tht led through a region of peace and plenty to the de sired goal. He was in the advance guard, and with a few hundred men bad reached Allatooaa Past, the key to the situation, when be received news that the enemy were advancing in force. Throning up earthworks and coastrcct- ing at solid a fart as circumttasces would permit, he waited the shock. ed it came befure long, for ever the mountains, trailing their gray length along, came the Confederate amy, flags flying, drums beating, aad every heart strung up to the highe-t chord of brav ery and des peratioa, for they knew it was mere thas just a battle to nht they knew it meant the sustaining or knocking away of one of the fer remaining prop that ssttaiaed the fabric reared a few years befure with such pvsmp, and now tottering towards it fait. Oa they came like a tide, ritig nearer asd nearer tj the men waiting so anxiously behind the earth works, for they, too, felt the im portance of the stakes for which they were about to play so grim a game, knowing that, should Allaieana Pa be c kited, Sherman msght knock ia vain at its portal i, aad that tbaads of lives would be lost before it could be forced. Presently the advancing ranks stood still, received their orderr, asd with a wild cheer that made the mountains nog. charged up the pass; the gray sea rolled farioesly against the waits ef the fufl; bat what, atit flow, had been fierce fighting mea, at itt ebb were shattered Msgs, whose uaiftrms weretuised with that which changes Wee and gray alike into the lircv ef death. Suit the fight ooaticceJ, asd the ranks that ia the shock baJfiJtat-Mk reformed asd charge again, asd suit weatee until the litlie farce that held the pass were stained asd grimed with take asd poadcr and Mood, burst with the flame that leaped from gust aad muskets, rcdsccd to lest titan ball thetr Banker, aad aim st dead with thirst aad exfcasttioa. High ameag them siuoJ the "t4d cososeV bt aflame with te same sotnt that mad? hi Hagucaotaseestor do sects brave battle with Guise asd "Madame League la the da- when Balafre aad the Spaniard bad it all their eon way la Jrraace, eocojr- a ing hit men to held oat a 1 1 tile losger. auimatisg them alike by word aad ex ample, ualil iota taetr mtust rode a courier, wbo tumbled from hit saddle, and saluting bim. said : "General say, sir, tell Cat. Toartd tte ta hold the furt. for I'm coming, and that lit be there in about an bwer." Thes the men stood and cheered, tarsiag their hot bkod rbut eyes up, aad tress g that the son still shone and that life might still be hoped for. Oace more "it wt rattle and roar aad poJcr-Uneh," asd tbea cams the blosrd smadt of drum and life. telling is their strong and shrill voices that help was at hsd, and Oeaeral Shetman marched up and through toe I'asJL catering en what turned eut to be a delightful jaunt through Georgia. Last j car Crenel Tojrteiolte was ta c York while 3lo-dy and banker were holding oce of their monster revivals, and persuaded by friends he west to it. imagine bis amazement when Jir. Jiooiy, in givisr oat the hymn to be sung, said "We will njw gie 'Hold the Fort,' which will be peculiarly appropnAte, as the hero of that fight ia which our spirit ual combat was figured is present amoag us, C1 nel ToencloUe, the gentleman with the !.ng fair beard. He 1 the only son of bis mother, and she is a widow, and the tender fnccddup which exists between them is beau ilul to see. Of c .ure, be is immensely popular, every belle he comes in contact with being anxious to break a laace oa the armor of indifference ia which he tbeath himself. At last, after a strike of sixteen weeks continuance, the operative potter of Trenton. N. J., two thousand ia number, hare yielded to the force of circum stances, and have determined to resume work at the old prices. Stories have been in circulation of assistance sect to the Trenton potters by their fellow-craftsmen both iu tlits country and England, but the amount contributed, small or large, has not been large enough to sup port two thousand men in idleness or to keep their families from want. At a meeting uf thc striker on the 12th I01L, the president announced that supplies bad been exhausted, and that debts were accumulating, with but little prospect of their payment. Under these circum stances, it was absolutely necessary for the men to go to work again. Unfortu nately, tills ts more easily said than done. During the strike tbocmployeis obtained new help from abroad, so that there is now work for oaly about half of tbe striker. -V. F. Tribune. We put through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that we can do, or any kindness we can show to our fel low-being, let us do it now. Let us not defer or neglect it, Tor we shall not pais this nay aais. The last of the sewing machine patents expired on the first in.t., asd poor sew isg women will sow stand a chance to get a machine at a reasonable price. Al ready thc companies haTe reduced the price aity per cest. Central Africa's Danger. Stanley writes that "within the equato rial rainy belt uf Africa and that vast ex ttnt of country known as S tudan. there are 50,000,000 of p-ople win oaly want a niiroad to theses coast to give the out side world a tra le of many mitli at of lollsrs. ro jo.t look at Out, will you? Just place your optic upo.i tli vlroics of civilization into the heart of Af.ica. Look at tb-se benighted ptgxna. turn in deaf ears t the coasolatioas of the g r- , j . -1 , . 1 pel rarnea v incm uj iuc zniuiuaaue, sitting down in front of their bumble huts, aad crying for ndltotd. Pair, de luded, mi-guided Africans. What hat 3Ir. Stanley been telling you! How could be Impose upon yitur ignorance and your cmldi.u credulity, aid nil your oa tutored minds with vague, uorestfcl j earning 1 fora railroad? They will want a daily paper next, and tbea they won't be satisfied until they have a telephone, a system of life insurance, a Beccher scan dal, a Louisiana muddle, a signal service bureau, a street commissioner, a ladies besewlent society, and three or four j si I and a penitentiary aad all tbe other can oirailaat of a healthy tirilirarion. And then, after they haTe built thetr railroad. and hare thipp-d three or foar millions of dollar.' worth of gold dust and ivory and have built new houses with high stoops, basement dining rooms, mansard- roof and cut-throat mortgages, they will organize grange, and try to legislate thetr railroad out of tbe country, aad will denounce it as a fraa -L asd a monop oly and as extortion, asd will make it carry f 100,000 worth of ivory aad gold dsst two hundred miles, aad be responsi ble for the property, as a common earner, for eighteen mills per hundred miles, and will sigh for the good old days when they piuted their legs aad west naked, and didn't owe a dollar, (nor a cest) ia the great wide world, aad there warn t a rail road within tea thocsand mile of Africa. Aad tbey will pass laws forbidding the running of train aster than six miles an hour, asd will get onzhe trains aad swear at the conductor aad chaff tbe brakeraaa and growl at the company because they are cot carried from Ubijikowopkocko aasji to Wptchicdiikiaikopclurwptcbji siding, a distance of forty-three mile, in tweaty miaates. Aad their newspapers will teach them new slang, aad tbey will starve at! their lives to keep the insurance cuapxsie going, asd their wires will give away all their good tsraraer clethes ta the wmter.asd all tbeir goxl winter clothes is the scaraer tn tbe Ladies Be- tetvlcat aad Foreign Miuioa societies, aad their siat wilt run f $c strshsi aad thetr daughters will nta for aay maa who wears an eye-glass asd puts bis hair ia the middle, aad they will bare more trouble ia a week than they sow hare ia a tear. Deluded Pagaas, stick to your idols aod your hut, aad wbea yoa must travel, walk, aad make your wires ca-'ry tbe bggge, as your ftloers did. Bat dow't let Mr. Stanley g 1 prow li eg ab Hit thtosgn jearcouatry Mtth a railroad sb scripUn. A raiiroal is a dreed-ul thlog. and after it has made you rich, it will tike all vour time dunag the remaiatag days of y.ur life fighting the railroad aad prcTeauog iv is irom occosuog na. EeriiAft Haxiejt. Getting Square With the Captain. A good story has beea told of a lispisg officer having been victimz-d by a brother officer wbo was nutcd for hi cool, deliberate aad tr-ag nerve and f bis getting square with him is tbe fol lowing m.nncr: Toe cool joker. Cap tain BUrkner, was always quizzing tbe lisping utSeer, a lieutenant, tor nis nerr oasneas, asd said one day at ame-s: "Way, nerviutasss is all noasenss; I tell yea 00 brave man i ever ecrrooi. "Well, captain, inquired his lisping friend, "how would yuu act thpttliluga shell with an inch fa thee tbould drop it thclf in s walled aale in which yoa bad taken tbetter from a company of tharp thojterth, and where it wath thertair. if yoa put out your nothc you'd get pep pered" "Hisw, said the ciptain, with a look at his brother otScers. "Why. take it coolly, aad tpit oa the fu-cc." Tbe party broke up and al retired. Next morning a number ot soldiers were as sera bled on paraie, when aloag came the lisping lieutenant. Lirlly opening nta eye, be remarked to a cluster of orbcer: "I waat to try an ektbpeumeat thith morning aad thee bor extticedin -ly cxoi Tom Blackney can be. S-ymg this be walked debbcrateiy into tne captains quarters where a arc was burning on the hearth, asd placed in it hottest put a poader canister, and instaullr re treated. There was but one d r of egress from tbe quarters, aad that opened utxm the parade irrouad. Tue occui-int gave one look at tbe emitter, compre hended the tituation, aad in a moment made for tbe door, but it was fastened on tbe outside. "Charley, let me out if yon love aer shunted tbe captain, "Thpitca the canitherl" shoutrd bo ia return. Not a moment was to be lost; the captain had at first ssttched up a blanket to cover himself with, but soon dropping it he raised the window, and out bounded, sass evcrytntag out a very short uadergarmsst, and thus, with hair almost oa end, be dashed oa to n tali parade ground. Tbe shouts which hailed him brought out the whole of the occu panu of thc barracks, to see what was the matter, asd the dignified captain pulled a sergeant in froat of him to hide himself. "Why didn't yoa thpit oa it!" inquired the lieutenant. "Because there was no sharp-shooters ia froat to stop a retreat, answered tbe captain. "All I've got to thav. then, ith," said the lieulea aat, "that you might thafely hire doae it; for 111 la ware there watha t a single grain of powder Is it. Lanaon lltrald. Base-ball is reaehlsg the perfection of hitta art. Ia a game between tbe Harvards and Manchester, last week, there were twenty-four iaaisgs without either side gaining raa. At this rte thc jraae must soon become extinct. It wilt resell the point which Dr. Johstoa wished might be attataed by the lashios able music of hk lime it will become so difficult at le be impossible. A aWAKBt.r gesllemis Sur-resdcr. Care of Consnrnptioa. Consumption is the one universal foe of our cisilintion, and tbe higher and more refined uur ttandsrd T cietv. the mnre cl-as-ly and fatally it pur-Ue us. t e doubt whether It often sm.te sn Arab of 1 lie desfrt. The mciiral faculty uf Great Briuln. and many of the m. iu America, are setiliHg down 00 tbe following results: 1. No knows medicise ha any uni form appreciable efficacy in contumptiwn. s. A. esse ca .not be cared without a free exposure to ouideor air. 3. 0 voyages, milder climate, aad the maiatrmnce uf as equal artificial temperature .ftea baUa a fatal tennia-.-tloa uf the cae. Tse disease I mainly due t a hck ef daily exercise in the open air. Such exetcise, keeping tbe appetite natural. tbe digestion good, tbe circulation vigorous, and the conn licit Insg-cells supplied with pure sir, almost certainly prevents consumptios, unless the system is weakened Cy other causes, and this and this siose gives aay nope of core. The above we rather ia part from II aiT i Journal f Uealtk bat it has been our view for nearly forty years. That dme ao a physician told es the follow- isg iscxaect: He was medical adviser in a family where all tbe daughters bat one bad suc cessively died of Cituumptioa oa reach, tag maturity. The last being taken, be determined to change bis entire treat ment to withhold all medidae, asd to prescribe daily outdo? exercise in all weather, asd brisk fnctioa of tbe tkia in a warm room on returning home. Tt young lady said the would rather die. "Yoa eaa do at yoa please, be replied. "Follow my advice asd yoa may live many years; reject u aad yea wm not urc tbe -ear out" The love of life at length rallied. She followed bis advice t toe letter, aad wai alive asd compara tively well wbea he told cs of the case. which was several years aiier. net it shc-sld sot be fergottea that there is a stage of ccsismptioa before a cough acts in asd chest-poaru are felt. The first indicatioss are a dc5ciescy of Dreath, strength aad Seas. These ate la dicatiens that must not be neglected. Brisk walking is good exercise, bet horseback riding is better. SaasiiLae and cheerful acaorapaaimeats are great helps. Al a ay s stisp t&urt elexhaastios. an I avosd evcryihi&g violent. JVtll'i CmpxsiVs. Tbe Contrast. Wbes 30a see a yocag maa sitting is a parlor, with the ugliest six-year-old boy that ever frsgatescd bais-eix ta the mirror, cla-aberieg ocr his knees. Jerk ing his whste tie oat f kar, massisg his w site vest, sacsiaj sis saiat, treilsg la 4 bis puckct fr' nickels, aad yelting isceaatly for him to cuose oat is tte yard aad play, wtnle the careiisii-ig victim smiies alt the time bke toe cuvxr uf a ornic ilmn.ir, toa may safely bet, ahbuega tJLere ia"t the sita of a tirt ap- uarcnuyiatse radio uf I8JXK) mm. sua ca& bet year bo-tout ikulir that Ovauag boy ha a is:cr mIo u pnmptg in a room nut tweaty feit J, and tnat the yosng man dirsat come there jttjt fur tne faa of pUyiag wits her brother. They were very pretty and there was aspare-itly five or tx jears diflxrecce ia m . . . - . h - uteir ages. j.s t&c uaia patted cp as ua-sey, oatn the A- hi Uiheyeauger girl blasbcd, tlatieacd her ou-c against ibe wiadtf , and drew back la j ycs smile a ayousg taa came dastuug tsto the car, btxk bauds tenderly u.u cuc- dially, insUtcd oa carrying her valise. magaxiae, .lttle ptr baadle, and would probably have cairied her had hs per mitted him. Tbe a-eagtr- smiled as she lett tbe car, and the mcrraar west tippling thr- cgS the coach, -Tbe re eoyard. rbe other gvn tat looking nervously out of the window, aad osce or twice gatbtrcd her parcels together aa though she would leave the car, yet seemed to be expecting Sfirae oae. At last he came. He bulged isto the door like a boose oa firr, looked aloag the seats until humanly gaze fell oa her up turned, expectant f; aad Anted, "Come oa t I've beea waiting for yoa oa the puttufm Tor hftesn minutes, crabbed tur basket and strode out f the car, while she followed will a little vati-e, a bandbox, a paper big fail of lunch, a bird-cage, glass jr"of jellv preserve, aa t as extra shL Asd acnistv look ing old bachelor in tbe farther end of thecarcruaked oat.ia ut..na with the in dtgatct .jk of the pa-aeager?, '-They're married P Bariigt Hineitye. Conversation. r cacti pe iple regard conversation s an art which may be ac quired not as an inborn talent. A well ctioa prfes-or in Puis adrent.-es to "give Iessoas ia the art of coaversatioa;'' and if professors tetch ladies, in youth, how U walk gracefully, why rut how to talk in the Same manner? For, although everybody walks and talks, not more thaa one la a hundred do either, with ut instruction, in a manner calculated to carnaahosest compliment, Tbe art of cooversati a is realized as such is a sc ant by a pers m unaccutouiel to so ciety, if suddenly introduced to gather ing of intellect. However fluent ia speech and self poes-eJ iu maaaer upua ordinary occasions, evea the boldt-t feel dimayed upon catering a sphere prevaded by an atmosphere of mental culture. Tbey cannot rise to tbe level of their surroundings. They bare lan guage, and tbey may have usuraace, bat they lack tha buoyancy inspired by a familiarity with the art uf cuaversatioa just as the untaught flouaderer la deep water sinks, because with hasds asd feet liko his neighbor, be lacks a knowledge of the art ul swimming. Nothi.no breaks dowsaaaa's faith ia humaa aatara asd the merciful dispeasa lioa of thiayi to much a to fit up ta pare roost just beiutitulry, with a aew bed, East lake paper, Brussels carpet asd a Spitz dog, asd advertise a "Xurs-uhesl room to let, with bOArd, aad coast c hftvisg about $30 a month eat ef that room, aad tkea the very next day bars three cos a try relation, cease ia with a pillow-slip fall of ga,-!y aaUs to stay three ka,-iihiritJtfm Matthtft,
