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Wtyt (foist rcgouiatu rrLiuiA EVERY SATURDAY HORNING, XT IMI. IP. BULL. BATZS Or ABVERTUISC IX COlXt Oae inch, first intcrtic S2 00 Eats wbeqjni. kwertfon, J 00 office. cockt mkket.' ottositx tbe cocar-norsa. Ta sirrr&xn kj sua. l-.iLs.rn setae la ta fetal osliaas. S3 tnt ir . XtrrttiUt tat ff mostatr. Rate of BubtrrlpttsnlnColn: ua Ysar ft oo Six XocCm , t SO Tfcre sioanu i x Start Oeptm W VOL. 2. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1877. NO. 43. JOB "WORK Sm so4 tS ! w ,fi Beyond the Stars. The moon tends donrn her t Uver rays, . And here and there a star U cen Tbat sparkle with a daxxHng sheen; With longing eyes I upward jrrc. While thonckt and fancy travcrre ways Beyond the ranpr of vi!on far Be rood yon furthest, V.lt;l)tet star. I beard In childhood of a dime, A tunny dime with fhaJy bowers, A land of falrot frutt and flower. Of sight and sounds and sonjra tubMine; Beyond the boundarj line of Time This land ofoldeti story lies; At times we call it Taradise. In that far country, we are told, A hlch eternal city stands A city buiided not wHh bands Whose galea and walls of pearl and gold With splendor cUstcn, as of old They looked and shone ere man was made Or earth foundation stones vera laid. Grand Is the palace of the KIbjj Who sits upon a -prea! white throne," And reigns In majesty alone; While all Ills subject tribute brlnr. And seraphim of many win; Before Him, In the sacred place. With reverence Tell their feet and face. Beethoven's Fierce Eyes. ller Majesty the Empress bis grariouslv commanded that BeeltioveiT -FldeJlo" be given on ner nirinaay. Herr Umlauf, tbe V itcnaoivera direct or, sighed deeply as be read these lines. Wbo was to sing Leonora! Since Anna Milder Hauptmaun, for whom Beethoven wrote the part, bad gone to the Court Theater, in Berlin, "Fiddio" bad been iyiag quiet among tbe manuscripts; jot nerr umlaut nail sot Had the lock to discover a new and equally capable Leonora. He sighed, although he did think of tiineimine?chrueder. "Ire no choice,' he said at last. 'The fcchroeder b the only singer in all Vienna who has com pass. Iler lyric parts, her Emmelioe and her Agatha I shall never forget; but even if she can iug L-onora ber extreme youth pats p ayiug Leonora out of the question. And of ail role this loses tbe most if it isn't thoroughly well plaTed." -near, exclaimed Beethoven, when Umlauf told him that tbe part was al ready in Sch feeder's bands, "Mile. Schroeder, a girl of seventeen, and or Leonora! Don't you know, Umlauf, that to play such a part one must have lived, loved, suffered r It'll never do. My opera shall SlWdct not be gives at all. How can you trust a strong character like that in the hands of a child 1" The director shrugged his shoulders and drew the official order out of bis jtirket. My friend," said Umlacf, "all objec tives are useless. Here yon have the i oral command in black and white. Tbe ojkta must be given. You know as well ts I, that, for the moment, no better Leo nora is at our command; and so we must Fee -what we can make out of Mile. Schroeder; and I hoe'that ber mother" --Well, if it can't be helped, gy ahead, for all I care." Beethoven was walking up and down the room with bis hands be hind his back. "But I tell too, Umlauf, 1M hare nothing at all to do with it. I'm going into the country, if it is mid-winter; aLd if you come after me about directing the piece you and I'll fall out that's alL" The director wa silent, but he smiled. After Beethoven ba j gone, though, and he thought of Leonora and ber unluckr yputh, he couldn't help sighing again. Wilhtlmine had just thrown back ber curls and left tbe piano. "You're not pleased, mother," she said, laying her hand on her mother's arm. "I know exactly what you're going to but." "Well, what is'itt" Fran Sophie Schroeder, who bed been giving sundry bints to ber daughter while she was re hearsing at the piano, especially in regard to playing tbe prison scene, now looked intently into the girl's sparkling eves. "Well, my child, what is it?" "That I can master only the first act. For the second I lack tralning.experience, passion. That's what you're going to say. Mother, you're anxious about me. You're afraid I'll break down.' .No, dear mamma; let Leonora once get oo the stage. There I'm at home, and have courage enough. Tuough if Beethoven were in the theater, I couldn't get out a single note for sheer terror. It's lucky he's going into the country. Umlauf told me so for certain." The practice at tbe piano and the mother's advice went on. From the first, Frau Schroeder had shared the opinion i.f the men that Wilbelmine was too young to play Lcmora. But while the mother looked forward to tbe theater re bearsa's with increasing dread,the daugh ter could hardly wait lor them. In her little room she felt like a bird in a cage; but on the 6tege. like a lark that mounts, singing, up into the sunny sky. At the first rehearsals, Herr Umlauf put up with a good deal, not to discour age Wilhelrcine by blaming her. Her mother saw that she was right. On tbe stage ber playing did gain force; still it seemed, of ourse, to the eye of an artiste like Sophie Schroeder, too studied and not nearly dramatic enough. Herr Um lauf, in tbesucceeding rehearsals, began to be rather pleased, but when be thought of tbe dres rehearsal -and performance be grew cold with apprehension. He knew Beethoven. To go into tbe country just when his opera was to be given. He bad said so, and jet at every rehearsal he had risen up suddenly in the orchestra like a ghost, seized the baton, and not only blamed singers and musician, but actually tor mented them. Now, although Umlauf knew all this, be bad assured Wilhelmine, to spare her anxiety to the very last mo ment, that this time the maestro would really set on" on his journey. From the tower of St. Stephen's it struck six. Singers and musicians were assembled for the rehearsal. Fran Schroeder stood in the first en trance. Behind the prompt-box there suddenly j appeared, wrapped in a cloak, a figure with white hair and glsamlng eyes. Tbe orchestra, tha three baso, both the tenors, tbt two oprann and the whole chorus of state prisoners aud guards sighed. Herr Umlauf grew verv warm, though the snow lay deep out-idc. "Heavens 2 stammered Wiihelmine. "Covrage, my child." said her mother. -Ilet:in I' Beethoven called out, and raised bis baton. Tie oierture began. The maotro. who even then was already k . " very nara 01 neanng, made oat. however, to distinguish cverr tann. IT hi-urA with hi heart," aud ncarlr every minate t . . , - - iic rappeu on me uetK. "The horns in the fifth bar adapt. The second ti Hns must learn to tell a wb We nnte from a half. What? I)o you call uiosc smooth runs! They re precious lame ne4" Hard work; splitting wood nothing mi ii, wnispertu toe trumtxine in tbe ear ut me uuie. as ihc ciesin? cuani of tiii orchestra dit-d awav. "Itll go better bv-snd-bv , aaswertd tbe fiute. Meanwhile Wilheimisc had recovered herseir. "Show him that yoa are nt to be frightened evm by'hlm. Perhaps he'll be lots evere in the second act if he's p!eaed with you in tbe first." Alter Ma-Ofllm. " L -t nn tt,. slace, holding her hand anon ber heart. ucetHovca i Ber on ireealet at all. B KTCO. the tailor. &sd Jurttuina had to boar the brunt. With everv nmber her omrage revived, ami especially after the wia iwtoxirtg we rrcital : j men sler, whither haitee-t thoul" -Com Hope' thoa ur Ismmi Isltst Ur UI mesry souls sbtne fadeless and un fslHotr. Oh. come. Msht alt my darkeafo; wsv. Far may It be hat love is far prevat&ar," she delivered so feelinclr that a dimmer of light came into Beethoven's fae. -Gxi: good Mile. Schmedrr." he cried oat, after tbe cl-e ef the first act. "I dtda't expict so mach of sach a young person. Everything depends, tb.usb, upon the second act'. There the prima donna is tbe chief txrsoaaire. and if job can't plaj it so that every one in the j: , r t - - . . uuica win ices nn nair siaau en enu. . tae wnoie thing will gu for nothing. Well, well see. Begin T At thoe words she shivered. Pretence of mind and confidence were suddenly gone. Her mother said, "Ok: rare, cour age," but in vaia. She leased L.- fore- bead againit the wigrr. aad hot tears rolled down her cheeks, while the im prisoned Fiorestan was bemoaning bis vanished happiness. "Joy has left me is the sprits of Mfe," she ropested, saftly. Flerestan, however, went un "WHHnjly the pan I meet; In my heart tbaeemfort swt. So my doty I have done." uYe; my duty I, too, will At it at well as I can," she said to herself, and she went on firmly with liocon for the melodramatic scene. Beethoven found leu to blame than they all feared, and Wilheimice breathed more lightly again. Then, lest before tbe noMest uf all quarter, tbe maestro laid down his baton and called out "Now, Mile. Schroeder, now for it. I didn't like it that Umlauf gave yoa the psrt. Show me now that be Mas right. n here are tbe horns!" She breathed a deep sitth. but it was drowned by tbe boms. The quartet began. rizarre came en to murder Fiorestan. Lcmora, bo recog nizes in Fiorestan ber husband, rushes forward with a pierciog cry aad covers him with ber own body, "First must thou pierce this breast." "Stop," said Beethoven. "You sank down; you didn't fliag yourself. And do you call that an agonized shriek t It was like the buzz of a gnat. Try it agiin." ubelmine repeated tbe pasa "Worc than eTer. You must frighten the people; make them fed as if the house were falling on them." For the third aad fourth time she sane those four bars. "Weaker and weaker; worse and worse." Beethoven had nen to the full height of his figure. Standiag there with wild gestures and distorted face, he cried out: "ilam'sdle. you kill mr whole opera. In such a moment jou must feel you must give a stronz pas sionate outburst. Go on. At the close we'll come back to this passage." Tears stood in her eyes. On Umlauf forehead stood great drops of sweat. Frau Schroeder rolled her handkerchief up tight in ber bands. All the rest shook their heads. Now Pizsrro hurls Leoaora away. Hold," cries Il'xxo. Tnen the courage of despair comes to her and she burst out with tue cry: "First kill Ids wife." Tbe maestro's eyei flashed, an! he be gan to show anger the passion that dur ing the last years of bis life obscured his many amiable qualities. 'StopI stopl" he called oat. "Has any one here felt a single hair n?eJ n hen jlildcr came to this place every body's bair stood on end, and tbe very marrow of jour bones quivered again. My opera, my por opera! Mile. Schroe der, hare jou nothing else in jou but notes! 'First kill his wife.' Everithina about you mutt blaze and burn; your eyes must shoot flame. Not only sing. hut act; have fervor, strength, im pulsecry out in a storm of passion." "Bat,my dear Beethoven ' Umlauf ven tured to say, "you are too much excited, I told you from tbe Terr first wo had no choice. "What should we do to-morrow evening, if" "Iy child !" Frau Schroeder cried out. and ruthed upon the tUni'.. -waier, caueu itocco. FJoicsUu cauuht un the falntinc rHrl o o in his arms. A low murmur ran throuzh the asaem. blage, and Umlauf took heart. Stepping I op to tbe maestro, be said, loud enough to be heard by every one: "Beethoven, this won't do. It's tlie most trying moment of my life, but 1 must tell you that it will be impossible to have you lead the opera to-morrow. Orchestra and singers are at their wits' end. See what a sUtu tbe SchroeJ.r is in,1 pierced the hoirt rf erery hearer and D...77 . , J ! made itself felt to the very marrow of "That ntirely ujrrl.tous," answered , bis bones. Beetb ,vea H.th a scornful laugh, wr.p-;-Mj wli, oh, what hat tfcvu suffered for pmg hischak aroandhim andtirnlg' meV r the collar up high. "I didn't dream offing Fhirostan. 3 '"J? &w' U" "HS! Ira, half oat . her threw . .. . ssiiii jru CTCQIHj;, If Irtfk 1ris llviL AVra witri p...s. I eI.t ' UmUaf was urrnjH,lnl- tU-V it,vi him and shook bands with him. Whesi ntlhHmiae oriened her etc, he assured her that h kimuir ..uit.l 1. .1 .t. . . day. and that in anr rv ViU. shouldn't oeme. " She laid her baad in bis, ami a giow came over her white cheeks. "Taisk yea "she said, softlv. -ImImJ. I .ill Play to-morrow as well as I kssew how. i cwbiu never Twrr- iliutf Brsso I euekl nrrn li rm mmrUim un J hi. leadia-. I . afraid ef hisdrMdfl eves." Tbe coert caase into the boxes. The overture began. As Wilhesmine stvped upoa the ftage ber first glance was iate the erehestra. Brcthovea was really not there. She cottkl have laughed aloud f.r jy'. The applaase re-ached iu height ia 'the so called "H.j-" aria, aad whea the cer tain fell she threw herself iate her moth er's arms, happy as a child. Prrsestiy the disrcbK gve the sigeal for the scooa J act. Fierestaa had fieished his aria aVee: bis TaHished happiaess. While the rie lias played the iatrodactiee te the (if a mattc scene that futlv, LcMaesa aad Hoeci appeared frwm back ef the prison. They went te work diggieg the grave. "Vee tremble are yea frtghteaedP aked U tcon; aad at the same mom eat bis Toiee began te shake. "Oh, n-s only it's se cnW," she as swered. aad looked at bim iaqviriagiy, struck by the qeaver ia bis voice. A batty motiea ef his head ceavejr to her that nethieg was the matter with him, al, rcasaresi, she went e with the dialogue. He, however, sileatly invoked Thalia. If the 3Iae weuhi only, for Leeaera'i sake, bide with her garments the man wise had jest seated himself beidc the con ductor! Wilheimiae, while she weet ea dlggieg aad bvgaa the daet next feliesiieg. sever aetieed the pcrven wbe bad ea-tered- Te the berror ef Umlaaf and the ma il dsns there suddenly stood ameag theas, and then sat dews next the ceadacter, tbe man ia the leeg cloak aad with the Serv evei -oe less thaa Becthevea biai- self. The whole day thrungh he bad been astoring hit bessekceper that ae mowct in the world coo Id get bim to the theatre I Towards ereniee be started fer M ens i ternary walk. All at eaee bow it hap-' pened he cenbln't id I hisses f he stood ) in frost ef tbe theatre. Taking est Ms watch, he said to Mmseif : "Nw they're f beginning and nice matic they'll make. J Be wise and stay oatide." Then he ' strode ep an 4 down, following, in Ms ' mind, naaber after number. "Now I thev're at tbe trio. Now the march ha ' opened. If Pjzrru buagles no a single note in the daet, bell sp.Ml the whole ef it- Well, I luppx-e that's ever. New tbe finale and the closiBg of the act. Hadn't I better go homer He had really left the sqeare and gone through several streets when, and again without knowing how it happened, he stood ia front of the tbettre. "The sec ond act has begus. A fiae perfurmaaec itmBstbe: I lores Un will be throng h directly. I hope bell get his high A this time. If he doesn't keep is time, tbe violins will get oat. One, two, three, four;" and forgetting that he was eat in the square, be beat the time with both hands, then walked straight Bp some steps and through a corridor, and, to bis own astonishment, be was silting on a chair next Umlauf. Umlaaf looked like a man ill of a fever. He trembled for Wilhelmiae for all of them. He could hardly wield the baton. Tormenting thoughts kept chasing through his brain. If she sees him ber self pisesion is gone, shell be scared, forget herself, scream per- hsps bsve another fainting fit. Then the performance is rained; tbe Lmpress will be angry; III fall into disgrace and lose my place. O, heavens! new comes tbe quartet aad be here. Brtth rven sat with his arms fdded over bis cioak and bis bead domn. His eyes glesmed out from under his baihy brows. He kept biting his lip, aad taraed bis bead to the right when tbe rbdia, and to tbe left when the wind instru ments wre to come in. And now the quartet. Pizarro entered, dacger in lund. Leo nora, throwing herself before Fiorestan. cried out to the murderer: "First mast Uisa pierce this srsstL" Beethoven ran his bands throuzh his hair snd began muttering under bis breath. "My bet, my dearest friend," Umlauf whiscrcd, "I entreat you." Pizarro tears Leonora away. She rushes azain to tbe prisoner and airain protects him. Just be, three bars be fore the momentous passage, she made a root ement to the left, and ia that same instant Beelboren raised his hcjd and let his eyes fall on Leonora. They glowed like coals of fire those eyes in the orchestra those dreadful eyes. They met hers full. Was it reality or tbe trick of some tormenting fiend! She raised herself up a little. It was be himself Beethoven. Instantly everything danced before ber. Only the two balls of fire remained sbrady and seemed to grow larger and larger. She could hardly see the conductor's baton; two bars more one bar more; then Then an icdescribable terror fell upon her. Her koecs gave way. She grew deathly faint. She bent backward, ber hands clutching convulsively at ber head. The burning eyes grew larger and more temule, and now "Kill first bis wife!" She doesn't sine it the shrieks it out. It was a cry of deadly terror a cry that S'tMoc-B4stMs;-8tbacr .. Tha fr the first, the spelt that had i uoB4i every hosrt was lifted. There ir.t furth a stttrta ef apitlaase that , seosaed at if it woufcl never end. 'T lk9yfB mntseelesi, with tears In his jCJS?" . Tcm. w'e. c iatease, had ! "F6'; " w every atnta.Je, hor eTer-r . ' "Pf-? tvn0 that ' to the very ! i" T 7'S"ite.th4aks to tn-e tuircj Ves.had corse l hr.r I.unr tkroaah I aairaish aad fear. She bene f said, later : -Whtt, with all the streatb wf ray imag- laauue. aau an the cxercts of rnv iatdli ""rf VZul mJ,laiet," tr fancies that he can rea-1 the Usegraph ge.ee. I cWataecomplbkwas done for dbtttcIlot ttni?itt tkroe 8 ej!?'dtC?.,,Te ,MUl b'Ml S' ialerrapdoa. wh,Mdealy he comes eey ef tesTr. Wbee the certaia had falles, Brcthivcn berried bchied tbe sceaes. He embraced Wilheimice her rnothtr everjbodv. He woeld hare liked to keg the whole world 1 1 bis exsltast heart. His ere Ms ane, he said : "3Iy Leeeors, my own Leoaera. thaeVs thaa'ks. New Biy'epera niit be iamictal tBmertal threeh yow." "Wh 4or eot kaow that this saving was fattflit.ll Threegh Wilhetmiee Scisrrder Devriestt "Fsdelio" weat the w,irid ever Uioaph, white for hervelf she wee hearts witheet oamber. Aad had she, in all her life, which was rich ia g'xsd werk, accomplished nelhieg bat thi, her fame wecld still have beea oa Jvieg. Tmtulittd frvm tie Grrvun f 2 ntmhn-dtrtlx. Soeeeai of tbe Untter Scolptress ia Boston. Mrs. CarWiec S- Brooks, ef CtecJaa-atl faase, is exhibiting and taedciieg in bat ter at Armory Hall, te the great eater tainmrnt and approval ef the Boston ieb ttc My aessawtance with tbe beaatifal artist, which I was very gisI te renew, was tiraasatically beaa ia a box which we shored tecether bchied the scenes in the Woman's Pavilion. I alto rcproest ed my city at her first modeling ia the Jndges' Hall, and, therefore, have the teettng of being her BjsUw guJ-mother I ia, however, in danger ef findiag a mat ia Mrs. Livermere. w he earned Mrs. I Bmtks h mr with her last Satnrday fur a,eniet Senday ectside the city. Mr. Brooks is diligently working in alteraa- between "Pansy," an exeatsite face- aey as the fiower b"e naase it bears, d a sledy of Dick Saiveier's faithfal friend, the "Marchioness, at her solitary Same of eritsbig. This is the first fall lonsth Mrs. Brooks has attempted, bat the aUeeasled fgvre aad striking head-gear of the "small servant" are ia such a state of forwardness that I ventore t-s predict a complete sncces. Pansv" was beraa in the presence of six representative uf the press, who tuned the work. It was ex actly half an hear frua the time she be gan es tbe lamp of batter to the moment that the thoeght ef the artist became rec egnizable in the face. A plaster cast of "Narcissus," another of ber better heads, has been taken, aad is very stitfaclurv U Mrs. Biooks, who has alwats looked for inch a resell. I can see that expe rience has developed Mrs. Brooks wen derfnlly. She models with an eae, cool ness and iadigerence to iaterraptioes wMch is verj gratifying te these cf as who remember htr solemn, though not deebtfal, ceocentratina upon htr werk, oa ber trial in the Judges' Hall. Cvr. Phtliddpki Prut. Antique Marbles at Rome. Nothing more forcibly attests the im perial power aad magnincoace ef Hume, at the height of ber glory, than the frag ments of precious marbles which almost every excaratioa among ber ruins brings to light. Eves if her history were lost to b, these varied bits of stone would tell ia laBguage stronger than words tbe story of her universal dominion, when herships sought every clime, and every land paid tribute to ber luxary. Tab piece reflects the ghiwiagsans of Numidia, tbat the green of Tempe's Vale; this was quarried on PenteisCBs, this in storied Chios, and these tell of Gallic and of Hispanic con quest. Many have a double history, bav ing served to decorate some forum or temple of tbe East before iu spoliation by a Mummius or a Sulla. Toward the end of the second century B. C. the Horn an i, who bad become con versant with Greek arts through their ooBqeests, began to appreciate sculpt ures and precious marbles, and from tbat time onward almost every captured city was ridedoritstreasuies. Not only wtre all the quarries of the world put under contribution, but statues, columns, and capitals, slabs, pavements, and sometimes entire edifices, were traastorted to Home. Carthage, from the time or lU destruction, furnished an almost inexhaustible sup ply. Edrisi, the Arab geographer of the twelfth ronturr. that mrlil f ... 1,1 , l ?1w,creIfound f S .""'."H1"11 T,?" b?!.lm,0i,,b e. V I , j - .. V. u. u describe them. Blocks thirty feet lilirh and sixty-three inches in diameter, and columns thirty feet in circumference, were taken out. Popular Science Monthly. Tan acute and quick-witted Iter. Lemue-IIaynes of Vermont, well kaown years ago throughout New England, was once saucily accosted by an impudent triflcrwitli tbe question, "Mr. liajncs, bow old do jou tuppmc the devil is!" "You must keep jour own family record," wai the immediate response. TrtKitK are thirty-three thousand law yers in the United Slates. This means thirty-three tbouiand sets of obituary res olutions,sooncr or later. Let the unhappy reading public fortify itself. The lionmanldns at Home. Although the weather alosg the Pruth, whrre tbe ltustiass are massed, has teen borribh for a few davs, and the roads there are said still to be beds uf liquid wtxi, the sua shiscs here with oppressive krut. The popalatiuas gather sader the awntRgs every aftenxwta to sip cotfec here prepared in the Turkish fashion and to road the nesp4crs. 1 We Km maaisn onastitatia gaaranieM the lib erty uf the press ia the must emphatic boy calls bis wares en the street in the manner, atxl tbe resalt s that the news- same manner that he does t a ew jerk aad Botten. "Tdegraphal," "ltmiauL" hoot the dark-faced nrehias, sal crowds dock up to boy. Oae's Jirst tmprtssioa ia tryiag to read lUMmaaiaa s that j me whimsical dty, ia a fit of aa!ic. seh as the gud Paa is said sow aad tbea to have had, has mixed Latia, Freacb, Spanish and Italian in a kied of barbar ous compoend, aad has compelled these people to take It aad write It. The straa- upon a termiaatsos which floors him, a word that misleads him so utterly that he gains an improiieB exactly contrary to the I me meaning. The lasgnage is de rived directly from the Latia, the vulgar Latia which Trlia' coi-aists spoke, and at these ooloeiU eaase from ail parts of ine tnea itoaiaa eanpne they oreeght with thesn a eoetoes wliecti ef expression w hich arc Gallic or Spanish ia orisisi. and which glare ap-a esve from the Booms nsan t to-day. At every phase ia the laagaa-e one can see the Latia forms crop oat. The Human characters have been ed is printing ia Hoamaaia siace an earl y persud ef the present ceaterr. het even to tMs day the orthography of many words has not been decided npoo. The most enrions things ia the language, which are at once apparent te a stranger's observation, are the placing ef the arti cle after the nMia as, fur instance, "Tei egraphol,' meaning "the telegraph," the tetter "i" being the article, aad the thickening ic the proaeeciilioa ef ce Uia word fer example, the IUeaaansan capital is called -Bncsreei, which is prvaoanced "BocarechL." The laa gsage sounds soft aad pleasant when spokes by cejtivated people, and the Itacmaaian have a wenderfat talcs t fer aeqatrisg foreign tenznes. Tty eann elate French with fssitless aeeetst, and in Bechamst these are Urge nsxabers ef persons whe speak Esgtih etrg'istly aad correctly. ine ssy tnis vrnMg Is Italian ia its iplendor; warm hreczesnutJe the leaves. J birds sing pleasantly in bttle thick eU in the paras be&re settling themselves 10 sleep. Here and there, ia eeerts er by the wall ef sense eld crav cha.-ck. crenps ef girls listen te the wild, plain live atciic ef gypsy singers, who axe toe lazy lewetk by day, aid who come ent only when the sea is gone in. Other gronps sqaitted on the curbstones, er ia the open sets which are se aemeroas ia Becharest, chat pleasantly among themselves. A a id Greek priest, pass ing along the now half obseore streets, meets a peasant h- hnably dofis his Wallachian hat and bows Ms head to re ceive the Wcsjiag. The esd raaa places his band fervently na the eptarned brow, msmars a few wcrds, then majestically resames his promenade. Ua the Chaasee a fiae promenade ontdde the citv li raits a few elegant Hoeaaaiaa ladies aad ge&tlemea bmagc ia their carriages, gaz ing listlessly at the brewa-faced water carrier, who has fallen asleep by the roadside, after Ms fatigeiag day's roe ad, er at the little merchants, who, with trajsef Turkish sncetmeats, tempt the taxation passers-by. A few gray coated soldiers sit croached sleepily ee 'beaches in frost of the pablic buildings. The carriages 'still rattle noisily in some streets; but ia the others every thing b peacefel. Bacbarest is so qeiet that one feel disposed to forget tbe great silent river, flowing solemnly between its green banks, only a few milts away, the great solemn river spoa whose shores aa hun dred thousasd dark-faced, yellow-eyed Asiatics are steeping oa their arms to night, awaiting the signal fer bloodshed, rapine aad coantless nameless vindictive atrocities. Field Makjital Vox Moltkc When Yon Mottke returned to Holstein, after reorganizing tbe Turkish army, he found living there with his sister who had married Mr. Bute, an Englishman a young girl between fifteen and sixteen, a daughter of 3tr. Bute's first marriage. The pretty little girl loved already, be fore seeing htm, the soldier who bad sent from the Orient such interesting letters to his sister. As for Von Moltke, he had until then seen in a woman only a being constantly interfering with the methodi cal life of a worker. Bat when a man more thaa forty years old U loved by a bewitching girl of sixteen, be cads by re turning her affection. From that time there w at bntone womsn in the world to him, as there wa but one work. He married sweet Mary Bute, and when the died In '63 the great Field Marshal could ssy that his life, as a ocial being, was also ended; only the soldier remained. The dun ten was buried in tbe beautiful park in Silesia, aad on the marble above ber is written, "Iivc is the fulfilling of III. I . ' ll.ni A-. 11.111 . bright, rery charming, very merry, and it i. told a, a pathetic truth that since her tne taw." jiary von Moltke death the Field Marshal has not been seen to laugh. Strategy Dhctai.lt Murdered. "I don't cost you much, little hubby, do II" asked she, tenderly patting his chin. "Please lay I don't." continued she, win somely lajing her little cheek against his. "Wal, aw a of course you don't cost me anjthlng.darllng," replied he, hwitat inglr,and with visions of new silk dresses in his ejes, "but" "Butwbatt" asked she. "Oh, nothing, nothing," was his hurried answer, "only I was going to saj" "Say what!" demanded the little lady. "Why," said he, confusetlIy,"why say say tbat though you don't cost me m much to spoak of, y-jour clothes do, mightily I" She stopped patting tho brute's chin. The Last of the Tunr Harpers. ' Flatcher Harper, wbo died recently,' was born in IS0U at Newtown, L. L. and. after being trained as a practical printer, ' became in 1825 a member of the firm wbicb bis t wo elder brothers bad estab lished eight jears previous. He soon de veloped the highest qualities of business ability. It was at his suggestioa thst the Monthly, Wetldjf aad III jar which now; jiekl the firm a profit of not far from half a million dollars a jear were success-' ivelygivea to the public; aad it is largely 1 to hb foresight, tact aad supervision that the marveloes popularity of those period-1 kab h due. j The intelligence, the enterprise, the, liberality aad tbe high moral lose of' the fraternity of American publishers J may, in great part, be traced to tbe tafia- J tnce and example of the Harper Brothers ! one of the oldest aad by far the largest i of the great pobihbing bouses of tbe conn-; try ; and these healthful characteristics are doe quite as much to Mr. Fletcher Hr. per as to either of his brothers. His act-i lvc business life wa began wbea Bryant, Irving, Halleck and the elder Dana were ia their literary nonage, and thus covers tbe entire period of distinctively Ameri can Hleratare which he, as mccn as aay man, coalribeted to raise to its present high standard of excellence. The publisher is, boeever, misrepre sented to the general pab'ic as a sordid and grafting tndiviiuai. despite whole cabbed and h in-sighted peaariossaesa, author manage to get works vf naqaes tioaed gesies printed, aad tbe reading public are seppiied with books. The fact that on the same day which was marked by the death of the eminent Americsa publisher, the great American historian also died, will therefore be of superior interest to most of our readers. The con sideration that Mr. Harper published the works of Irving, asd Bancroft, aad Pres eotr, and Curtis, aad Motley, will be out weighed by the coesideraUea that Mr. Motley wrote the " Hist-try of tbe Da tea Ilfpubltc. Oar indebtedness to him! seems more real, asd the announcement of bis death brings with it mere of a sense of personal loss asd with the more reason, usee 3Ir. Harper bad left the af fairs of Ms immense publishing bouse mainly in the hands ef the jouac,er mem bers ef tbe fuailv; while Mr. Metier had by se means transcended the period ef arduous ntcrary wt asd beceSceat prod action. Temporary Stars. Erery one has seen ia works es astroa amy the accoant ef the famous teopomrj star of 1572, which appeared during tbe month ef Novemler ia the constellation ef Cassiopeia, all of whose phases were observed by Tycbo Brahc. Its extraor dinary sdatillatioa ; iu brightness, equal ing and surpassing Vega. Jupiter, Sirisi, aad evea Venus wbsa ia quairature, so that it was visible at high aooa ; finally, its sudden dislsutioa asd disappearance after seventeen mnths of visibility, all conspired ta give to this star aa exlraar tHsary celebrity. Ia I COO a sew star appeared ta the Swan, aad was stndied by Kepler ; then it disappeared ia 12I, wai agaia risible ia 1653. asd at susdry times afterward; it is still visible. Thirty years after the disappearance of the aew itar ia Cassiopeia appeared tbe star ia Strpeatarius discovered by Bru aowskt ia October, 1G0I, and which bad for its observer and historian the great Kepler. It was risible for eighteen moaths, aad, while it did cot equal is brightness the star of 1572, it surpassed the stars ef first magnitude, aad evea Jspiter itself. la 1670 a third temporary star was dis covered by the Carthudaa Anthelme, in that part of the constellation of the Fox which in nearest to BU of the Swan. At-the time of iu apparition, or rather of iu discovery, June 20th, it was of the third magnitude. About August 10th it was only of the fifth magnitude, aad three months later it disappeared, reappearing on March 17, 1671, with the lustre of a star of the fourth magnitude. Tbe tem porary stars of 1572 aad 1604 had directed the attention of astronomers to the vari ableness of the light af stars; aad already, in 1050. Bouillaud had approximately de termined the period f Mira Ceti, or the itar o in the conitellatioa of the Whale. Cassini, who observed sensible variations ia the star of the Fox, supposed that its period could be axed ai ica montas; out rain in February, St was sought for id 16 12; it did not rear r L i. . . ptar till tbe end of March, being at that time of the sixth magnitude; then it disappeared once more, and has since nerer beca seea. Popular Scimet XexlVy A satcbai. fol, Irbo lived in Kirk caldy, well-known over a great part of Fifeshire ai "Daft Willie Law," was a pretty regular attendant oa teat preach ings, at a time when uiese discourses were in fashion. Oae rery warm day in sum mer Willie was attending the preachings at Abbot's Hall, he being near-sighted, and having a short neck, stood rery near the tent, gaping in tbe minister a face, who, greatly irritated at a number of his bearers being fast asleep from the heat of the weather, beating on the board of the tent, bawled out ; " For shame, Christians, to lie sleeping there, while the glad ti dings of the gospel are sounding In your ear, and here is Willie Law, a poor idiot, hearing me with great attention." "Eh, go I sir, that's true," stjs Willie; "for an I hidna beca a pair idiot, I wad been alcepin', tool" Texas language is peculiar. To "land" anywhere means to arrive there; baggage is "tricks," pcanuu are "goobers," a mus tang is a "cow pony,' a yearling colt is a "maverick," aad a whip is a "squirt." Travelers "meet upl with old acquaint ances, and it you nave plenty ot money you are "all oodles."1 A MONUMENT to the mcrnnrr nf ("Yin. federate soldiers at SbepherdstowB, Md., wnica was uciiicaicu a law days ago, bears tbe inscription : "We lie here ia obedience to the command of oar anr. elgn States." The Tnrklah "Soft." We have heard a great deal, during Lbs put year, of the "Soft as" of Constanti nople, and their doings there. It was the So f us who, about a jear ago, succeeded in deposing the Sultan, Abdul Asir, from tbe throne, aad soon after, bis nephew and successor, Mcrad V. It was they wbo insisted that Midhat Pasha should be Grand Vizier, and who sgaia threatened the throne of Abdal Hamid, when that statesman was dismissed. Who are the Softas, and how u it that they have so much power at tbe Turkish capital! Ia order to understand this, we must first see what the relation b between re- ligion aad civil government Jn Turkey. The Koran is sot only, like the Bible with es, the Tark's religious law and guide; it is also hit political oeastitntioa and charter. There is, therefore, aa In timate connection between the Turkish firiesU aad the teachers of tbe political tw. The priests and law professors com prise together a separate class, who are known under the general tame of "Uleaa." -The "Uleraa" are all undsr the control of the "Sheik ul-IiUm," who is tbe high priest of the Mobsmmedaa faith- Tne priests are distinguished from the pro fesors br name; the former being called "Motlah." aad the Utter "Muftis." Now the "Softas" are simply students, who are prejaring, ia the public colleges of Cvastaatlnople, to be either Mnttabs or 3Iefiii. Both of these classes are edu cated ia the same colleges, asd go through rery similar courses of study. Thus the Sottas become either priesUor law jtrs or teachers of the law. The -Ulema" have great privileges, and are a sort ei caste, or aristocracy. They do not have to pay taxes; taeir preperty is hereditary in their as9!et, aad cannot be seized by tbe State; their per ins are sacred, and their blood can not be shed, asd they are exempt from military service. The colleges whtre the Softas are edu cated are called "medresschf," asd are attached la the various Moslem monaster ies in aad sear Constantinople; aad as the Undent! are lodged and fed tree, ia houses founded bj pious Mehaaaedass. asd are destined ta become se powerful, very large numbers of ynuag Turks eater themselves as Softas. There used te be ia Turker a class of military men called Janissaries, who were weat to remit against the Saltan, and sometimes deposed asd executed him. These were put down early is this cestsry, asd the part they played "ui oTertirewisg Seltass, and furcisg changes of gorera meat, seems te hare passed lata the bands ef this half-religious, half-legal bedy of the Softas. The first article of their creed, asd the first motive of their actions, is unalterable devotion to the religion of Mebimrr.ed. The second, is their resolve te maintain the Turkish Empire without the loss of a foot of territory. They deposed Abdul As Li because they suspected bim of be ing too much isfieenced by tie advice of foreigners; aad if Brad, "because they deemed bim mentally incapable of de fending the State; asd, above all, the religion- to which they are fanatically de Toted. They are fmitrctl, fierce" aad domineericg. and their possible tafisesce upon the Mobaramedaa population of Turkey is so much feared, that neither the Turkish Parliament aor the Saltan think it wise to oppose their demasds. Raccto wrrn the Gisls. The Kirghiz Tartars hare hone races, from twenty to thirty miles ia length- The winner, who accomplishes the distance at the rate of eighteen or twenty miles an hour, some times receives eight or nine horses as a prize. Occasionally, when there is a hol iday, the girls mount the swiftest horses they can borrow, and challeage the men to a race. A girt gallops across tha steppe prai rie, we would call it, pursued by a horse man, who strives to place his hand round her waist, she doing her best to prevent him by hitting him across the head with a whip. If the man does not succeed, be b still more uafortuaate. For she gallops rouad him, and so belabors bim that not unfrequently he falls from hb horse, aad is saluted by the bootiags and laughter of the crowd. But if he places hb hand round ber waist, she surrenders at once, aad tbey ride oaT together. Am on tbe Turku mans the question as to which b to marry the prettiest girl is oftta decided ia a similar manaer. Tbe young lady, mounted oa the swiftest horse, aad allowed a good start, b fol lowed by her admirers. She avoids those whom she dblikes, aad manages to throw herself in the way of the favored lorer. The moment she b caught she becomes the wife of the captor, and goes with him to his tent., Ftorrnxo for a Hoys. A woodpeck er's hole b scch a very convenient place for a nest, tbat many other birds are glad to find one unoccupied. Sometimes n pair of wrens will watch tho motions of the woodpeckers while they are at work, until an unfinished hole b left unguarded, wheu tbey will take possession of it. As soon as the lawful owners return, the thieves are driven off, but they are so per sistent and troublesome that, although a woodpecker b larger aad stronger than twenty wrens, tbe owners sometimes abtndoa the place, and make n new nest. Still, the wrens are not alwajs allowed to keep the house they hare stolen, fur the blue-birds are equally covetous of it, and sometimes fight fiercely with the wrens la their attempts to gala possession of it. Occasionally, both wrens and blue birds are driven away by the martins, for these birds also prize woodpeckers' holes very highly. The fierce battles between these various birds over an abandoned hole are Tery amusing, and often last sev eral dvrs; for they all are Tery obstinate birds, and as each ono is determined not to give up, the matter b not rery easily settled. St.2fieAelai. Notciso contributes to traaquliize the mind so much as a steady purpose a point on which the soul may fix its U tellectaal eje.
