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PENDLETON, UMA.TILLJL COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1877.
NO. 50.
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The Baby for Me.
I hire beard about babies angelic.
With heavenly look In their eye.
And hair like the tunbeami of morning
When first they appear in the skies;
And smiles like the smiles of a cberuts
And mouths like the buds of a ro
And themselves like the lilies and daisies
And every sweet flower that grows.
My baby's the Jolllest baby
That any one ever did tee;
There's nothing angelic about him.
But he' the right baby for me!
Ills smile's not all like a cherub's,
But rather a comical grin;
And his hair well. It favors the sunbeams,
Whea sunbeams are woadrously thlc
His eyes, though they're blue, like the
heavens.
Are remarkably earthly with fun;
And his mouth's rather large for a rose-bud
Unless twere a half open one.
His hands donl resemble a falrr's
In the least. They're a strong little pair.
As you'd think, I am sure. If he'd got you.
As oft he gets me by the hair!
And be isnt a bit like a lily.
Or any sweet blossom that grows.
For no flower oa earth, I am certain.
Has a dear little cunning peg nose.
He's himself full or mischief, the darling.
And as naughty as naught can be;
And I'm glad that he lent angelic.
For he's just the right baby for me!
Some of Hy Seoolmates.
THE BUTE AXD THE GBAT.
Several years ago I attended a day
school in the citj of fct. Louis. The
building has since been torn down, and I
shall not, therefore, attempt to point it
out to you. Let me say, however, that
the room in which our class of twenty
members studied and recited was on
the second floor, and that the teacher,
who presided over it, was one of the
most ferocious characters that is, for a
woman I hare ever known.
On the same seat with me, the desks
being arranged for two, sat a boy wboe
name was Ned Price. Immediately
across the aisle, on my right, sat an
other boy, named Charles Richardson.
Both of these boys were about my own
age, and fall of life, ardor and am
bition. At the close of the afternoon it was
onr wont to recite a lesson in geography.
.For some reason or other, probably
through forgetfulncss, our teacher had
neglected to assign on the preceding
afternoon any regular lesson, and conse--quently,
when we were oace more sum.
cioned into line in front of the long plat,
form, we closed onr books and toA up
our position without having made any
preparation.
Our teacher sat at her desk demurely
f-r a while, and then tapped on the bell
as a nigual for us to assume a soldierly
appearance, with heads up. Presently
&be asked the stereotyped question,
-What is the subject of onr lesson tc
dayl" -"Not prepared," replied the boy at the
bead of the column.
"Next."
"You assigned no lesson."
"Next."
"Not prepared.'
"Next.'
"Not prepared.'
And from the last speaker through the
rest of the class came the tame answer,
"Not prepared."
I donl think Hiss Brown was asloa
isbed, as some other persons might have
been under the circumstances. She had
a way of her own of getting at the bot
tom of an affair of this sort, and, if never
before, she put it to practice on this oc
casioa.
iler face was stern and a little paler
than Bfnal, but without a word by which
to ascertain the cause of the failure of
the class to be prepared in the lesson.
she rose from her seat, opened a drawer
and took from it a black ruler nearly
two feet in length. Advancing to the
edge of the platform, she Iegan with the
first boy, and only ended with the last,
inflicting as severe a feruling as ever
scholar received from an angry teacher.
She undoubtedly thought herself jus tl-
fled for her severity, and if she still live
has, perhaps, found ber reward. Her
pnpils went out from the school that
afternoon with painful welts on their
hands; and if these welts still remain cm
the bands of e ery member of that class
as indelibly impressed as they are on
mine, His Brown has already raised her
lao&ameat!
She assigned us a lesson, and in due
time the school was dismissed.
When wc reached the school gate we
found that come mischievous scholar had
so firmly tied the gate with a piece of
clothes line that we could not open it.
Richardson was the Alexander of our
group, and quickly taking out his jack
knife, cat the rope. lie was about to
shut the blade when the rush of boys
from behind overcame his footing, and he
fell headlong, mce stumbled over him,
and he, too, fell to the ground.
In a moment, angered by his fall,
Richardson hurled his open blade at his
companion. It sew by his face, and
imbedded itself about half an inch deep
between the cords of his left hand. The
sight of blood produced the same effect
on Price's fiery spirit that a lighted
match would have on a keg of gun
powder.
In an issitnt be sprang from the
crouad. and 'rushing upon Richardson,
struck him several times with all the
force in his power. Richardson's anger
had vanished" with the fight; but oltserv
ing, probably, that he was dooaed to get
the worst ot it if be maac no resistance,
be trrauDled with his oDDoaeat,
I have never seen two young bloods
contend so fiercely as these two did for
about one minute. J he scene then De
cani e unbearable, aad we, the lookers -on,
wisely interfered and put an end to the
unmanly fight.
The face aad hands of both the boys
were reddened with blood, which had
sown from i'nee s wosad.
"Come, fellows, make up again," ad
vised one of our number. "You don't
gain anything bv fighting this way."
"We had nothing to fight about in the
logiuntng, confessed Ktcturdon.
"What did you throw the knife fori"
replied Price.
"I didn't intend it should butt you
of course not."
"You didn't!" with a sneer.
"No, 1 didnV
"Well, I won't make up with you.
And as he gazed on his bleeding band,
he added, "You'll pay for this, and I
won't forget it,"
Some two months after this event, I
went to live in Chicago, where, in the
course of a Tear. I again saw Richard
son, who had also come to reside in that
citv.
By-and-by the great civil war broke
out. The President of the Lmted Mates
issued his first call for tnp and then
another, which was responded to by a
host of men, and among others, by
Charles Richardson.
lie enlisted in &a Illinois regiment, and
was soon made a corporal. Four days
later be bade adieu to his menus, and
started for the front.
In August, 1SC4, the Federal troops
were fighting around Atlanta, Ga, and
on the first of Septemter the contending
forces met in conflict lefore Jonesboro",
on the line of the Macon A etem rail
way.
About three o'clock in the afternoon
the firing was terrific There was one or
two charges, and towards night the bat
tle was over.
During one of these charges young
Richardson fell, wounded in the moulder.
at the foot of a small hillock. As be
lay waiting and hoping for relief be
turned bis bead and observed another
soldier, also prostrate, lying about five
yards beyond him. He saw at once that
be wore the garb ot the Confederate file,
but this did not deter him from dragging
himself along to where the wounded
man lay.
"Mis-err likes comnanv." said Richard.
son, when be reached him, "and I sup
pose we
"Are fighting each o l tier again," saia
the confederate. "With a convulsive ef
fort he thrust out his left hand, and with
melancholy smile on his blanched
cheek, be added, "Charles Richardon, do
von rememler thai"
"What, Ned, have we met again on an
other battle field!" said Richardon, on
recovering from his momentary astonish
ment. "The old spirit. I am afraid, still
clings to us, and it bat led you to fight
against your country.
The Young soldier simply answered
"Fr the right"
"I think cot. Ned. I think net. Bat
I'm glad to see you again, and now we
are both wounded."
"You may be sure of that," answer!
Ned, Vo far as I'm concerned, and if I
know anything about it, I suppose it's
all up with me."
"W hen we lost parted," said Richard
son, it was in anger"
"Friends now, murmured his com
rade.
While tber were speaking, a detach
ment of Union soldiers were engaged in
bearing from the field the dead and
wounded. A so cad soon arrived to toe
assistance of Richardson.
"Comrades," he said, pointing to the
grav uniform beide him, "this is a
friend of mine. "Will you take care of
him!"
The blue and the gray were together
borne from the field, the one to be sent
home to his friends, the other to die two
dars later.
It was a bleak day in November when
I again took Richardson by the hand
under his father's roof, and from his lips
learned the incident I have jast related.
Bat a few week later the young- sol
dier who had so tenderly spoken to me
of his ancient enemy who was in death
his friend, fell himself a victim of the
war. The hardships which be bad un
dergone, together with his dreadful
wound, had uodermioed his constitution,
and be faded slowly to the grave.
It is with sorrow that I look nick to
the day when we laid him to rest in the
beautiful cemetery of Rosehill, and upon
his mound placed a soldier s garland. I
often wonder whether gentle hands and
loving hearts have alike been mindful of
the other dead, and whether
"From the silence of sorrowful hours
The desotate mourners ro,
Lovingly laden with flowers
Alike for the friend and the foe.
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the Judgment dy;
Under the roses, the blue;
Under the lilies, the gray. ,
Geo. L. Auttin, in Yovth Companion.
Onr Friendship with Russia.
BT JAMES TABTOK.
In March. 1801. two countries of Chris
tendora changed their rulers Ris? ia and
the United States. On the fourth of that
month a Virginia fanner, Thomas Jeffcr
son by name, mounted his horse in front
of a boarding-house in the city of Wash
ington, and roJe unattended along Penn
sylvania avenue to the Capitol, still un
finished, and, dismounting at a lence near
bv. tied bis horse to a paling and entered
the edifice to be sworn in as President of
the United States. Washington was then
a auairmirein the wilderness, and there
were few persons present drawn thither
by mere curiosity, the journey even from
Baltimore at that muddy season requiring
two days of laborious travel.
The event, however, was celebrated in
almost every city of the land, and the
country accepted the change with some
thing more than ordinary willingness, for
the tie between Jefferson and Burr had
caused general anxiety, and the people
bailed the settlement of the dispute with
relief, though the result of the election
may have d is sa pointed them. A few days
after the inauguration, the members of
tb sew cabinet, and other officials, left
tive seat of government to superintend the
removal of their families and effects. There
was peace in the land.
How different with Rassia! The change
of rulers In that espire occurred on the
twelfth of the same March, just as Jcffer
aon. GallatiB. and their colleagues were
quietly settliog dowa to the batisess of
the adutinwtraiinu. The Etncrur Paul
was in bis palace at St. Petersburg, pre
paring public buMneu with a iew to
starting the next morning upon a journey
to Moscow. He va forty-seven years of
age, and had appeared during the day in
public in his usual hetltli. is ku after
ten o'clock he was in bod and asleep. At
oicveu, twentv men cama to a staid be
fore the gate of the palace, which wat
cloxxl ror tho night. 1 bey were cvMenly
a party of noblemen and officers of rank.
for they were in uuifurm, and their
breasts were covered with Uecorattoas.
They pietentcd to the guard an order for
their admittion into the palace, signed by
the emivarnr himself. Ther were ad
mitted witlkHit nuotion, and they pro
ceeded to the ante chiinber, opening la-
to the emperor bedroom. lie soatiBel
stood before the door, and said to the
leader of the party :
"Tho emperor is ailecp.
"The town is on fire," was the n?"v.
"I must awake him."
The sneaker advanced toxard the em-
Ieror's door, and the seotinol, alarmed at
the crowd of otlicers who followed him,
cried: "Treison!" and fell dead, osrered
with woundi. The ctnperur sprasg from
his bed, and attempted to escape by a se
cret door, which he miuod; then seizing
his sword, he faced the iulru'ler, saying:
"tthaldo voa intend r What tl- Ue
men want who are with yofl?"
Other words were uttered which have
been rariotfelv reported. At length oa
of the boldest of the cBpiratora pierced
the monarch with his sword, aad the
whole party rustaJ upon him and bore
to the ground, lie cried for merer.
Their number and their fury prolonged
the horrible scene, and it was not until
one of them twisted his scarf artmnd the
emperor's neck, that the deed was doae
Such was the tragic end of the Esa-
pcror Paul, who c tutentloas were bo
doubt very gol, bat who kaJ filled heir
to a task bevoad his pjwers. Iacapawe
of understanding his time, cxtremelr
limited in capacity, and every way mis
educated, he had wasted his strength ia
repressing tendencies aad forces which
! too strong for him. He dreaded
revolution in Riuia, and the massacres
which hid sigaalized revolution ia France,
and he spent all his force in keeping oat
of his empire whatever he tbosgat likely
to kindle a rerulutioaarv spirit amosg bis
subjects. One of his decrees, fr ex
ample, forbade the importation of books
written ia the French laaguage, apoa
which tU nested Rssoans were taee de
pendent for their resding, whether of
literature or news. ot content with lbi
he forbade the importation of all looks.
lie practically excluded foreign travelers.
and preveated Russians from visiting
other countries.
His death lifted an tneabus from the
intellect of Risda, aad place J Hjoa the
throae bis son Alexander, prince tweaty
four years of age, the darling aad pride of
the nattoa. II ts eiacatioa hat bees far
more fortunate than that of his father; be
had enjoyed the favor of his grandmother.
Uaihanne II- and bad been allowed everr
opportunity of acqairing knowledge aad
experience whtcn bad been denied to 1 ail.
lie alio bad bis father s example aad mis
erable death as a warning. Young, nasd
some, beloved, he made it the rule of his
reign to welcome the light, to spread
abroad learning, and to pars or, in all re
spects, a policy as different as pible
from that of hit predecessor. He beaa
by declaring to his people that be would
eierci-tc uo authority except in conformity
with the law. lie abolished tbe devices
of tyraany which his father bad estab
lished, such as secret tribunals aad the
ccowrahip of books. He restored mod
institutions abolished by bts predecessor.
and renewed Catharine's decree against
the system of tort a re.
At that time could be read in Russian
gazettes advertisements otTeriag serfs for
sale. Here is one such, translated from
the JIocow Gazette of 1601, the first rear
of Alexander s retgd:
"To be Sold. Three coachmen, well
trained and handsome; and two girts.oae
eighteen, and the other fifteen years of
agr, both of them goodIookicg, and well
aoin tinted with various kinds of handi
work. In the same bouse there arc for
sale two hairnlresers: One, twenty-one
years of age, can read, write, play on a
musical instrument, and act as huntmaa ;
the other can dreM ladie' and gentle-
mens bair. In tbe same house are sold
pianos and organs."
One of the first acts of Alexander was
to forbid tbe insertion of such announce
ments. He founded three cniveritie,
snd entered upon tbe formation of two
hundred and foar preparatory schools,
He favored trt, encouraged commerce and
manufactures, and, although be was hin
dered in bis attempts to Improve his
country by his wars with Napoleon, we
mar say of bis reign that it was a vast
good to Russia, and prepared the way for
tboe more radical changes which have
signalized the reign of his nephew and
namesake, the present emperor.
The new reign and Its reforms, which
drew upon Russia the attention of the
world, were especially interesting to the
president of the t mtcd states. If ever
there was a man who loved bis species,
and desired its welfare, it was Thomas
Jefferson, democrat and president. Demo
crat though be was, be was no bigot of
democracy, and knew very well that de
mocratic Institutions arc only fit for
races of a certain maturity, a majority of
whom are accustomed to read, dUcuss
and'reflect 31 r. Jefferson bailed the pro
ceedings of this autocrat with a two-fold
delight; first, as a human being interested
in the welfare of human beings, and
secondly, as president of a new, unformed
country, which desired to keep out of the
broil of tbe wars between Napoleon and
the king of England, and to sec the prin
ciple established that a ship on the ocean
is part and parcel of the country whoso
flag it bears, as much so as if it were
moored in the harbor where it was
launched. Russia had the ssme interest,
Russia, like the United States, depended
at that time for lis prosperity upon a free
outlet of Its raw products, and was little
inclined to submit to the hindrances
placed upon that outlet for the conven
ience of toe belligereeti.
Here was theoriiHn of tbe friendship of
limits and the Lulled States. It beg-in in
the sympathy of tbe American people
w ith the benevolent and wise designs of
the hmperor Alexander, and In the com
mon interot of the two countries against
the English and French embargoes. Mr.
Jefferson, with that far-reaching wisdom
hirli marked nearly every set of his preai-
deacy, cultivated this friendship by every
means in bis power. He corresponded with
the emperor from time to time during the
hole period of his adminitration, d cell
ing much upon tbe great points of the free
dom of commerce and the rights of
aeatrals. lor twenty yesra the United
States had no representative at the ltd
siaa capital, owing chiefly to thepobcy of
Catherine IIn who looked coldly upon
tbe rebellion of the colonies against the
mother country, she Iwing an empress by
prufrasioa. 31 r. Jefferson nominated a
minister to Rusda in 1S07, and he en
deavored to siften public prejudice
against this act by communicating pri
vate Information concerning the reasons
of it to William Duaae, the chief demo
crat editor of that day :
"A more virtuous man, I believe, d-cs
aot exist than the Eapcror of Russia,
wrote tbe President to IJjane. "lie uu
taken a peculiar affection to this country
and iu govcrnmeatfOf which he has given
me public as wdi as personal proofs."
Tbe iate, however, would not confirm
the nomination, and tbe United States re
mained without a minister at St. Peters
burg antil isQO, when James Madison,on
one of the first days of bis administration,
nominated John Qaincy Adams, who had
jast failed ot re-electioa to the Senate.
Me was coanrt&ed, aad resided m any years
ia Russia, where be lived oa excellent
terms with the emperor, and xendered
good service to his country in many
wajs. From that day to this, the Rus
sian government bai never omitted any
fair opportunity of showing particular
good will to the L sited States, anJ I be
lieve there are reatoas ia the satare of
things
hich s boa Id make these two form
in
emmrcs, Ilatsia and tbe initcu
Slate, cordial friends. In several par
ticulars they are curiously alike, aad they
have substantially the same tasks - To
fuse discordant states into a federal union,
to raise popalatiaas long depressed aad
oppressed to citizenship aad Just freedom,
aad to devclope crude i&stitatiuns into
pare, simple aad cthcieat government.
K cms xx PalX'ttixe. Amog tbe
sigas of the times may be noted a fact
which wtll Interest miay Uarutiaas. Tbe
Rev. James Nell, aa English clergyman
who has lived for some time ia Jerusa
lem, has wnttea a boik, ia which he says
that the Jeas are returning ia large
Bombers to Palestine, do great is tbe
istflax of aewomers, chieflr Jews from
Russia, that the population of Palestine
aas doubled within tee but tea years.
At L.'Utbci, one of the four biy cities
of Gal 'ice. there i three years ago xs
large aa immigratsoa that many of the
immigrants bad to camp oat, the bouses
bctag lasutSeient to contain them.
Building goes on in Jerusalem In the
aigbt as ell as in the day, aad a plot of
ground near the city lias been sold for
twenty times iu former price. Tbe ap
parent casses of this immigration are first,
that now Jews are permitted to own land
ia Palestine without lccoming Turkish
subjects; aad secondly, tbe new law ia
Rusia (l5i4l which corfljwHls all Jews to
be enrolled for military service.
The Debt Faccltt. Tbe Her. John
Halt, I). D writes : "The power to go
iato debt is a g;ft, but like all sorb it
caa be improved by cultivation. It im
plies a hopeful, sanguine tempcramcat, a
fittest toague, an easy m inner, little Con
science aad much self-lore, for your true,
aocomplbbed borroacr feels, and some
times makes tbe lender feel, that it is a
compliment to be aked by him for a
'pecuniary favor.' Asking tbe return of
the money in such a case xeverses the po
sition of the parties ia aa Instant, and tbe
creditor liecomr tbe suitor. I am sorry
to trouble you do not mean any offence,
etc, etc but if you could oblige me by
payiBg that little, etc, etc.' lie is not
paid, but he gets a large helping from the
rich vocabulary of tbe borrower, is gra
ciously treated, and goes away grateful in
heart that the ordeal is over, and that
nothing worse happened. A philosopher
sometimes gets tbe oaly equivalent for
his money in sucli cac by the "study af
forded him of consummate and gifted
impudence."
The French Anti-Tobacco Association
hn illustrated the evil effects of smoking
in a striking manner. A pair of twins
were growing quite satisfactory and were
about four yearn old, when one of them
was taken ill with some trilling ailment.
A friend of the twins unfortunately
placed in the infant a hands as a play
thing a ligbud pipe. The child immcdi
atcly putfed away at tbe pipe, and apt
pcared to erjy it thoroughly. The amuse
ment s ion became a habit, and then a
necessity, until the cluld was continually
worrying neighbors and even strangers in
the streets to give him tobacco. The ef
fect of inceuant smoking on his consti
tution was disastrous. While bts brother
rapidly shot up into manhood, the prema
tare smoker remained stationary in his
development. He is at tbe present
moment la reality a young man, but in
appearance a puny infant, at stunted in
Intelligence as uo is in stature.
Ax Immense African lion, about sixty
years old, escaped from its cage in a me
nagerie at Augusta, Ga., into a exowd of
people. Urcat consternation aad
thorough stampede resulted. "Emperor"
went to work on a $2,000 Tartarr yak.
and "finished it," then tasting gently of
the call of a roan t leg, cat down to rest,
when a rope was secured around his neck,
and be was choked Into his cage.
Bmairr Idkas. She said it was a very
bright Idea. He said be knew a brighter
one. and when she asked him what it was.
be answered, "Your eye, dear!" There
was lilcncc for a moment, men sue iaiu
her head upon the rim of bis ear and
wept.
Tbe Highest Monument In the World.
The new cast-iron spire of the cathe
Inl at Ruen has just been completed.
The Seuiiine Utligicutt, of that diocese,
publwhe the following paiticulars rela
tive to tbe comparative heights of the
principal monuments of the globe, as
contrasted with this new work. None of
the structures raited by the hand of man
has made so msgnirlcent or so lofty a ped
estal for tbe Christian Cross. The dom
of St. Peter's, at Rome, the marvel of mod
era art, thrown up to the skies by the gen
msof Iiramante and Michael Angelo, has
raised tbe emblem to 452 feet above the
ground. Strasbourg, the highest cathe
dral ia all Germany, teaches, with Its
celebrated clock-tower, -ICS feet; Amiens,
-iXJ feet; Cbartrc, 339 feet; Notre Dime,
at Paris bas only 223 feet. Tbe Paris
Pantheon, considered one of the boldest
edifices, dies njt exceed 303 feet, the
croa included. On another side, tbe
highest pyramid, that of Cheops, meas
ures 4"d feet according to some travelers.
403 feet according to others, and this lat-'
tcr calculation Is the one generally ail op-1
ted a height which no kaown human
construction has hitherto exceeded. The '
pyramid of Cbetihrem has 43S feet ; that I
of Ijcorenui l, feet. Among more
modern edifices the dome of St. Paul s.
London, has 3G0 fret : that of Milan 375
feet; the Hotel de Ville, of Brussels, 352
feet; the Square Toacr of Asiaclli (It
alyi 351 feet, the dome of the Iaralides,
Pans, 344 feet. St. Sophia, at Constanti
nople, oaly rises to 190 feet; the Liming
Tomer of Pisa to 1ST feet; the Arc de Tn
ompbe, Paris, to 144 feet; the Pantheon
of Agnppa to 141 feet; tbe Observatory
of Paris to Si feet. The dome of the
stalae, reaches 307 feet in height, Trinity I
Church steeple being isl feet- From j
these figures, which are gives ia roead
numbers, it will be seea that the spire of
llaea, which has a height of 49: feet, is
the most elevated m on am eat in the world.
The old one, commenced in 1544, on the
puns of Rsbert Beoquet, destroyed by
the fire of September 15th, 1522, and
which was justly considered one of the
boldest aad most perfect works ia exist-
eoce, bad a height of 433 feet. It was,
therefore, 53 fest less thaa the present
spire.
A Mother's! Influence.
Ia the article the late ex-Seaator Pratt
was dicta tisg. at the tisae of his death,
this iacideat ia his own Hfe is related :
"It was laic la the fall of 185 that.
having collected for the di&reat mer
cantile firms ia CSacsaaati about 12.000,
I was scat oa horseback by the Lawreacc-
henr road to deliver to the several parties
latere. ted the moaey so collected. As I
was passing the branch bank, then re
cently established, oa the moraiag of my
departure, the cashier hailed ae and brot
oat some bandies ef bank bills, folded up i
ana stawcu uteei away in my ssaiiie-oagt.
aad baaded me letters to the banks to ;
whom the packages were to be delivered.
He staaoed me by saying they amounted
to $20,003. There was a moment, a su
preme aad critical one, when tbe voice of
the tempter penetrated my ear. It was
when I reached the crown of those impe
rial hills that overlook tbe Oaio River
wbca approaching Lawrence berg from
the interior. This noble stream was the
great artery of commerce at that day, be
fore a railroad wet of Jl aasacfausetts bad
been built. What a gay spectacle it pre
sented, fiathiag in the bright sunlight,
covered with tLitboati, with rafts, with
gay steamers asceadiag and descending.
aad transporting their passengers in brief
time to the Gulf of Mexico, toe gateway
to all parts of the world. I bad bat to
stll my hone and go aboard oae of these !
wua my lrraure, aad 1 was absolutely
beyoad the reach of pursuit. There were
oo telegraphs then flashing intelligence
by aa agency more subtle than steam aad
far outrunning it ; s extradition treaties
requiring foreign governments to return
the felon. Tbe world was before me. and
at the age of twenty-one, with feeble tics
coanccuag me with those left behind, I
was ia po3tc3io& of a fortuoc for those
early days. I recall tbe fact that this
thought was a tenant of my mind for a
moment only. Bless God, it found no
hospitable lodgment any longer. And
what think you, gentle reader, were tbe
associate thoughts that came to my res
cue! Away, over rivers and mountains,
a thousand miles distant, ia an bumble
farm-bouse, on a bench, an aged mother
readtag to her boy from the oracles of
tiod."
Cities oy the ExnTii. There are two
hundred and fifteen cities with ooocla-
tious of over 100,000; twenty-nine of half
a million or more, and nine containing a
million or more inhabitants each. Of
these last four are in China. New York
including Brooklyn, as we may right
fully do, for purposes of comparison
anii ioc greatest ciues oi uie wonu stand
In this order : London, 3.4S9.42S; Paris.
1,851,792; New York, 1,535,022; Yienna,
I,091,&99; Berlin, 1,044,000; Canton and
three other Chinese cities, one million
each New York being third in the list
of great cities, without counting our New
Jersey overflow. But although third in
point of population, it is behind all Eng.
lisn citic, many other European, and
most of other American cities, in health
and average longevity.
Two stanzas bare been added to Gray's
clegr. ia order to do away with its one
reproach of having no woman in it, except
"th busy houscwirc." They are to ap
pear after the fourteenth stanza of the
original, and so take precedence of the
men altogether. Here uiey are :
Here sleeps some fair, whose unaffected
charms
DIoom'd with attraction to herself un
known.
Whose beauty might have blest a monarch's
arms.
Whoso virtues cast a lustre on a throne.
Whose modest beauties warm'd a bumble
heart.
Or cheered tbe labors of some homely
spouse ;
Whose virtues form'd to every duteous part
The healthful offspring which adorned ber
house.
There are 100,000 Germans ia Texas.
An Oriental Sight.
It is imprsiible for those who have
never visited the glowing East, to form
an aicquateidea of tlx exceeding beauty
of ibe Oriental night. The sky, which
bends enamored over clusters of graceful
palm-trees fringing soma slow-moving
stream, or groves of dark, motionless cy
presses rideg up like Gothic spires from
tbe midst of white, flat-roofed villages
is one of the deepest, darkest purple, un
stained by tbe faintest film of vapor, un
dimmed by a single fleecy cloud. It is
the very image of purity and peace, ideal
iziog the doll earth with its beauty, de
rating sense iato the sphere of soul, aad
suggesting thoughts aod j earning too
tender and elheretl to be Invested
ia human language. Through its
transparent depths the eyes wander
dreamily upward until it loses itself oa
the threshold of other worlds. Over the
dark mountain range the lonely moon
walks in brightness, clothing the land
scape with the pale glories of a mimic
day; while tbe zxliacal light, far more
dutinct and vivid than it is ever sees in
this country, diffuses a mild pyramidal
radiance above the horizon, like the after
glow of sunset.
Constellations, tremulous with excess
of brightness, sparkle In the beareas, as
sociated with classical mjths aad legends,
which are a mental inheritance to every
educated maa from bis earliest years.
There the ship Arjjj sails over the track
less upper ocean In search of tbe go . den
fleece of Colchis; there Perseus return
lag from the conquest of the Gorgoas,
Isolds la his hands the terrible bead of
Medua; there the virgia Aadromede,
chained naked to the rock, awaits In
a(-oay the approach of the d er oaring
moaster; there the luxuriant yellow hair
of Brrenice hangs suspended, as a votive
offering to Venus; while the dim. misty
track formed by the milk that dropped
from Jcao's breast, aad which, as it fell
upon the earth, changing the lilies from
purple to a snowy whiteness, extends
acruas the heavens like the ghost of a
rainbow. Coaspiccoru amoag them all,
far up towards the zesith, old Orion,
with his blazing belt, meets the admir
ing eye, suggestive of gentle memories
aad kind thoughts of borne; while im
mediately beyoad it is seea the familiar
chtsterof the Pleiades or Seven Stars,
glittering aad quivering with radiance
in the amethystine ether, like a breast,
plate ef jewels the Urim aad Thsmim
of theEteraaL
An Australian Heroine.
The bra rot girl ia Australia is Grate
Vera ca Bisselt. Tbe steamer GtoryXU
was wrecked o5 the west coast near
Perth; a small boat had been capsized In
the surf, aad women aad children were
trugjriiag Ia the water. Oa the crct
jf a precipitous clilT appeared the figure
of a young la ly oa horseback. To the
i'lr"s cs the straided vessel it seemed
utterly impotiib'e that a horse aad its
rider should be able to descend that
precipice. Bat the youag lady never fal
tered. She plunged down at full speed,
and, reach in g the shore, sparred h-r horse
iato the boiling surf. There were two
liaes of roaring breakers. With splendid
pluck she dashed through them aad
reached ths boat, to which tbe allrightei
wocaea aad children were din Hag. Her
horse stumbled over a hawser which
stretched between ths rock and the small
boat; but sbe clua to the saddle, aad
brought the w.tcaea aad children to land.
There was still a maa left oa board tbe
boat. Sbe plunged into the breakers
again and brought him safe to the shore.
While those whom she had saved were
rescuing those who remained oa tbe
wreck, the heroic girt, drenched with the
sea foam aad half-faiatiag with fatigue,
galloped a dazea miles hose to have re
lief seat to the balf-drowned, bUf-aaxed
folks whom sbe had left on the beach.
Her sister, Mrs. Brockmaa, took a borse.
galloped that night through the woods
to the store, taking tea, milk, sugar, aad
Hoar for the destitute people; aad the
next day the rescued were brought to Mr.
Broekmaa'a bouse and cared tor. The
anxiety and excitement proved fatal to
Mrs. Brockmaa, who took a severe cold.
aad died eventually of brain fever. Grace
crnoa Bosscll still lives.
Bcbttso x Fort. Qoitc aa original
method of taking a fort b described ia
BUchcixxTi M'ipizixe. In 1696 a large
Human armj besieged the Turkish fort
of Azof, which was situated oa a plain
strongly fortified, and had a small but
well disciplined garrison. No common
approaches could be made to it, as the
Turkish cannon swept the level with iron
bail. Ia this case the engineering skill
of the Rusdans was batSed, but Geceral
Patrick Gordon, tbe right hand man of
Peter the Great, and the oaly oaa for
whose death it is said he ever shed a tear,
being determined to take the place at any
cost, proposed to bury it with earth by
gradual approaches. He bad a large
army; the soil of the plain was light aad
deep, aad be set twelve thoasaad mca to
work with spade, throwing up a high
circumvallatioa of earth wall before them
ia advance. The mca were kept in gitags,
working day aad night, the earth bciag
throw a from one to, another like the
steps of a stair, the top gang taking the
lowest place every half hour in succes
aion. la fire weeks the huge earth wall
was carried forward nearly one mile, un
til it rose to and above the highest ram
parts, and the earth began to roll over
them. This caused the Turkish Governor
to bang out Uio white flag and give ia.
Had be not done so General Gordon
would have buried the fortresa.
The young ladies of Newark, N. Jn
who belong to eaperaace organizations,
pledge themselves rot to associate with
young men who use intoxicating drinks.
These young ladies belong to wealthy
families, and their Iaflueace is beiag felt
by thcyouBg mca, some of whom have
signed the pledge rattier thaa lose ths
society of the fair temperance advocates.
A Vekmoxt womaa asp that a taaa9
vest makes the easiest aad nicest corset
ever invented, aad bow lookout for fe
male ageatj.
Bashful Benson.
Rev. Jerome II. Benson is a youag maa,
a minister of great promise, aod is greatly
beloved by the members of hi flock. But
he is a very bashful youag maa, and it is
quite a cross for him to make pastoral
calls acd get acquainted with the people
of the congregation. He has lived la
Burlington oaly about eight weeks. A
few days ago he fixed himself up aad
went to call at tbe residence of Mrs. Jas
per L. Biaaiagby, on West Hill, who is
very stylish, aad has four lovely daugh
ters, and young Mr. Benson was accord,
ingly more thaa usually nervous aad em
barrassed, and whea be got to the boose
aad catered the parlor door aad aaw com
pany, two youcg gtntlemea visiting two
of the Mises Blatingby, his wits imme
diately went wool gathering.
Mrs. Biaaiagby bowed him into the par
lar, grandly introduced him to the yoacg
men, aad wared him toward aa easy
chair. As he moved toward it she made
a second effort to capture his hat, aad af
ter some feeble resistance by the ycua
minister she succeeded. And then that
man, thoroughly demoralized by tbe losa
of his hat, made a wareriog adraace to
ward tbe easy chair, aad tnea, impelled
by the thoogat that he was very xldihly
taking the most comfortable chair ia the
room, be swerved aside aad beaded for aa
mriting-Iooking straight-back chair that
stood against the wafL Mrs. Biaaiagby,
returning from the hat-rack ia the hall,
diviced bis intention, aad bore down up
on him for the purpose of getting bin
anchored ia the easy chair. Bat tbe
youag minis tcr had the weathsr-gaage,
aad the more she bowed aad flourished
and said, "Oh, do take this easy chair,
Mr. Benson," the more sieves he put oa,
aad the nearer he worked to the straight
back chair. He reached it. He caaghf
hold of the bade to lift it from the wall,
aad the back came out ia his hand like a
loose tooth. For a brief second be stood
there, very gracefully holding the chair
back ia bis- ba id, listening to Mrs. Bla?
singby's hurried explanatioes about the
children, aad then ae attempted to pot
the chtir-back where it beloaged. lie
didn't succeed very well, for the back
w cakes ed oa itself as be fumbled with
it, and two or three pieces fell eat of it.
Mrs. Blasiagby was now begging him to
leave it alone aad sit dowa in the easy
chair. His face was so hot aad red he
coclda't bear a word she said, aad ia
desperatioa he set the back on the chair,
leaned it against the wall, and. picked up
the chair bodily aad started across the
roota with it, without any particular in
tention, aad followed bv a trail of chair-
back, legs, aad stray spriags that dotted
the carpet like tbe track of a tornado.
He doesn't kaow to this day how Mrs.
Blasiagby got the chair away from him.
He caa osly remember that whea he was
aboat two blocks away from tbe hoase he
discovesed that be was carrying a switch
cane with aa ivory bead, carved ia a very
Black Cruuk dcug.i. evidently the prop
arty of oae of the youag men, aad that
his bead was covered by a jasaty little
hat of dove-colored silk aad rough straw,
turned up at oae tide, aad decorated with
a pearl buckle aad a long drooping
plume, all of which he had often admired
on the bead of the youngest Mus Biasing-
oy. His peculiar appearance aad en den I
mental distress whea he was met ia this
guise by his senior deacon gave rise to
t&e rumors tiut he was intoxicated, which
were, however, so well expLuaed at the
church meetiag last evening that Mr.
ifeasoa was naaairaoasty requested to
withdraw bis resigaatioa. Tats, we are
sorry to learn, be steadfastly refused to
do, and it is understood that be has ac
cepted a chaplaiacy at the Black II II Is.
A Londoa Club for Woatet.
The Orleans Club on the Thames is not
calculated to improve the morals of the
upper tea. Theiames are before me of the
ladies woo were present at a private party
given there by the Prince of ales.
They were all married ladies, aad their
hatbands were aot invited, aad had not
the courage to reseat the insalt thus of.
fered to taeir wives. I regret to say that
the ladies ia question are members of an
amateur dramatic society which has re
cently added large tuaas to charitable
treasuries. The ladies were emSeruiaed
by his Royal Highness so aserrilj that
the msa ia the regular club dining-rocs
had to complain of the noise. One of the
guests was specially invited by the Priae
"oa accouat of her clever conversation."
Tbe fair guests smoked cigarettes ia the
drawing-room after dinner, aad oae of
them sat upoa two chairs ia the aiost ap
proved masculine style. The other day a
divorced member of the club took dowa to
dinner a divorced lady, at which some of
the leading members were greatly seaa
dalized. "The Orleaas Club" is aerer
tbeless oae of the "fastest establishaseata
ia town, or rather out of tow a, for it k
beautifully situated oa the Thame, its
relret lawn aad its drooping trees being
objects of admiration to boating parties
floating by oa these pleasant summer
days. The hoase is furnished ia the moat
luxurious style, withsleepiag apartateate
for bachelors aad rootaa for Bxarried peo
ple. Tbe Prince of Wales has cast his
patronizing eye upon a aew lady, Mrs.
II d, who is just bow tbe talk, if
not the eary, of several of tbe distia
guished lady guests who dine at the Or
leaas Club. If there is a Count Gram
moat about aakiag Bote, our childrea
will have a spicy book for their edifica
tion when time bas put back the present
generation aad scandal is dignified by be
coming historical.
A Sxaxr Cat. A California cat, do
mesticated, aot oaly performs the ordi
nary functions of all cats ia the way of
catching mice, rata, and stray caaary
birds, bat assumes the part of a grey
hound, aad ruas dowa cot-toa-tail rab
bits. She doea aot operate ia the aly
way that characterises ber tactics ia
catchtsi sice, but gives opes chase ovar
fields aad feaces, aad wins her game ia a
square raa.
Ask Euzx Yocso, Brighaa'a .
teeata, baa joined the Baptist Caarefc ai
Lockpert, New York.