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VOL. 3.
PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1877.
NO. 3.
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palca u4 a War prM.
Scraplriaa's Sister Jane.
Scraphloalovet me dearly;
I lore Seraphlaa, too,
Oh, her form' divine (or nearly)
Thai's of coarse twixi me and you.
Lot of blisses Fate baa aent us.
And we'd really not complain.
But for one who will tormant u
Serephlaa' sister Jsnel
Small U Seraphlaa'., alstcr.
Six year old, or thereabout;
But,byjlngoi she' a "twister,"
Full of nolle and tiny about.
Ortcn when I'd gently whisper,
Serapblna' kits to gain.
In rant that intruding llsper,
Serapbica'a sister Jane!
'When we in the garden wander.
Just to view the plant you know,
Ai our words are getting fonder.
And my loved one listens lo!
In she rushes, hair a tangle.
Like a doll that's cone Insane;
Then I feel I'd like to strangle
Serapbina's sister Jane!
When I next behold ber figure.
At her I will make a spring,
And ni say: "When you get bigger.
You won't like this sort of thing!
Courting has a brief existence
Don't you interrupt again.
When I'm here just kep your distance,
SeraphlnaV sifter Jane!"
Stolen Frnit,
A little room at the top of the house
with "half windows that opened a few
inches only, and let very little of the
'wretched air of the crowded street, into
as poor a room as ever poar woman tried
to keep clean.
It had not the immaculate spot
lessness of the traditional home of pov
erty of the Sunday-school books, but that
I believe to be fable; and do what its
owner could, the smell of the cabbage,
which the good German housewife down
stairs was cooking, and the smell of the
pipe, which the Irishman on the next
floor was comforting his soul with, would
single with the perfume of the drains,
which the owner thought would do very
well, if the Board of Health never noticed
them, and make the room anything but
fresh and sweet and pure, whenever the
door was opened.
However, the poor creature bad swept
and d Cited, and scrubbed up the place
before daylight, and she had made soup
and gruel, and had left her sick little
girl in the care cf a brother two years
older he was only twelve and had gone
to hex long day' duties at the factory.
To neglect them would be to have nei
ther room nor gruel next week, for she
must be mother and father bth to her
children, now that her sailor-bat band had
gone down at sea with the wreck of the
god ship Etmeralda.
Ail day long the worked her body in the
factory, and ber heart in the little room
where now in the baking heat of the red
hot noon-tide the little girl lay tossing
and turning on her pillow, and the little
boy sat beside her, repressing his boyish
longings to be off in the street, for love
of his sick sister.
"I think," be said, stating his firm cos
Taction, for he had sever had enough to
eat in all his life; "I think, Sis, if you
could eat the rest of the gruel you'd feel
better," and he p rested it upon her, hold
ing the bowl in one hand and the spoon
in the other. "Do now try to eat it,
Jutty."
"o,Bor said the girl. uSo, I bate
it. I want something nice and cool. I
wish I had lemonade. If I had lemon
ade I think I should get well right away.
uu, x wun x naa lemosaaei"
-Mother will get you some when she
coses home," said the boy.
"febe can't," said the little girl. Sbe
won't have any money until Ssturdsy
night. Oh, dear; I wih I was rich, I'd
have a great pitcher of lerar.aade and drink
and drink and drink. But it's no use
wisbing.Tom," and she turned ber flatbed
little face upon the pillow, and burst out
with:
"And such lots of lemons in the gro
cery aown-stai."
And at this juncture poor, little fever
ish Kitty began to err.
In imagination she saw the long batket
piled to the brim with the yellow fruit
which nature taught her would do her so
much good, and the tears came at the
thought that while there was so many she
couia boi nave one.
The sight of those tears was more than
lom could bear.
A thought came into his mind that had
never.been there before.
"Don't cry, Kitty," he said. "I'll be
back in a moment7 and ran out of the
room, down .stain, and out at the side
door of tha house.
TT . . ...
xie meant to asK the grocer to trust
mm a lemon, and then to earn the pen
aies to pay for it somehow. But there at
the side-door stood J4r. O'Brien with an
exasperated countenance, holding a slate
A r . t . . .
vutcjcu -wi4i uguica wiia JJIS ICIl band
and emphasizing bis remarks with his
forefinger.
"That's the way we grocers ruin oar
stive" said be, "trusting every one that
comes alosg. 2o, Mrs. Conner, I can't.
It's cath with me hereafter. Xo isore
trust. Didn't you see the card with the
poetry on it I've hung over tbe counter!
'So Trust,' is on it as your own eyes can
see. It's not you particular, but it's
everybody that I say Xo Trust' to.
After that, what could Tom dol
He couldn't beg for one; besides, he
knew he shouldn't get it.
But there be stood beside tbe lemon
basket, so that he could smell the de
lightful odor of the fruit, so that by put-
tisg oat bis band, be could touch it, and
so one was looking, or be thought so, asd
the vision of his little sister tossing on
her pillow, was before hi eyes, and the
temptation of opportunity fell upon hirn
at the same time, aad
Well the next minute each of his hands
held two big lemosis.
As well be hang for aa old sheep as a
o, au se was about to plusige them
)uto his pockets, whea
"Catch Urn! Catch him, the thafe of)
the world 1" cried the grocer' wife from
behind the counter, and out flew the ?ro-
cer and away flew Tom. I
"stop thief!'' was taken from the grocer'
mouth by the crowd, so that soon he bad
no need to bellow it himself, but save his
lungs for running.
Let no man blame the grocer; he knew
nothing about the sick child up stairs.
All he saw was a well-patched, able
bodied bov making off with so much
profit in the sbae of four lemons.
Hi dealings were with poor people,
and there was nothing in this rifler of
"his basket and his store" to touch his
heart particularly.
If you ere a grocer perhaps you are
you'd know how aggravated be was.
and what just cause be tbougbt be bad
' for fallowing the flying figure with pur
poses of vengeance. And tbe boy was a
thief.
The chase lsted a little while but it
ended at last.
Tom tripped over a curb-stone and
came to the ground.
He was liftea by his collar, and from
his pockets were taken tbe great yellow
lemons.
"The "finest in the lot, the young divilP
cried the grocer.
And now there was nothing to do but
to choke down hit sobs as be was led to the
station house. He had no idea of excus
ing himself by mentioning his sick sister.
He was a son of Adam, but be was net
so mean as his forefather.
Had be etn the apple he sever would
have mentioned Eve never.
Little he knew who brought up tbe
rear of that procession that had turned
out to see him caught.
Kittv, 1 vine in bed, had heard the noise
of the pursuit, and had risen to her kaees
and thrust her bead from the narrow
opening of the window just at the mo
ment when lorn started on ms nopeies
race.
She knew in a moment what had
happened. She knew that Tom had
stolen some lemons for her.
She remembered seeing them; ber
words:
'And such a lot of lemons in the shop
down-stairs.
Why had she uttered themt
And now what could she do but fol
low them and tell the truth, and atk them
to punish ber, aot Tom?
She had not been able to stand on ber
little feet for many days, but now the
brief strength offerer was upon her, and
she found herself makisg ber way, bare
footed, and in ber little nightgown, down
tbe stairs and into tbe street.
She did not know tbe laws of ber coun
try sufficiently to be sere that he
not.
Tbe station bouie a well patroniasd
institution in that neighborhood was
vcrr Bear.
Into its doors, between its great gas-
lamps, marched the officers asd their
prisoner, and tbe grocer, and an tut raga
muffin, who were at once driven back.
Tbey cru.hed and crowded awaj before
the nourish of dubs, aad Kitty was
pressed agaia.t the wall.
She was almost too small to be seen,
and six sailors, part of the crew of the
Peter Poilrr, who bad been called upon to
give evidence in the case o: a comrade
who bad been beaten to jelly by
the mate daring the voyage, and were
slowly filing out, never noticed her; but
the seventh, a tali, robust man of forty,
paused and stooped down and said:
"Well, little Uss, what i tbe matterP
"Oh, everything," said Kitty. "Ob,
please, please don't hurt bim; hurt bim.
I said there were lots ot lemons in tbe
shop, and he took them for me, btcaus
I was sick. Please do it to me whatever
gets done with thieves. Please, he's my
brother.
"It's tbe boy who was jsst takes in
yonder, you meant" aVed the sailor.
"Yes, brother Tom," said Kitty; and
they wont let me in, and I feel so queer."
And tbe sailor bending over her, lifted
br in his aratt.
"You arc too sick to be In tbe street,
lattie," be said, and strod into tbe build
ing again, and there in the great nom
before the fattest and whitest-headed old
gentleman she bad ever seen, stood Tom
and tbe grocer.
"Sure and your honor sees 'em, said
U UIU
the grocer, holding out the
lemoss.i
Four great beauties, and I saw bim take
there with my o n two eyes."
Kitty's head was swimming, aad she
was as cold as she bad been bot now, but
high and shrill ber baby. voice arose:
"It was for me be took them. I cried
I was so hot. I said thtre were lemons
in the shop. Please, please do it to me,
whatever it is."
Tom turned, saw bis little sitter, and
for the first time broke down and cried;
bat through his tears he mansged to sob:
"She don't know; she'd not much but
a baby. I guess the fever's got into ber
Tarl r.nt ..nll.Tft In An. it
bead. She's got nothln' to do with it."
"Now, if I might speak, your honor,"
cried the sailor.
"But you can't," raid the Justice of the
Peace. "Who are youl This diiid's
guardian t"
"I just happened to be going by," be
gan ttie sailor.
"Then keep your finger out of this pie,"
said bis honor.
I'll psy Mr. Grocer for bis box of
lemons, ir he'll let the ltd off," persisted
tbe sailor.
"Hold your tongue, sir!" cried tbe jus
tice. "Do you make a charge against this
boy, Mr. Groccrt"
Bat at that moment a little trembling
figuic i a Li iuiu iue room,
Tbe mother of the children, who bad
cose earlier than usual fiota the factory,
work bting slack, and had heard tbe
awful bcks of ber boy's arrest, aad bad
missed her tkVglrl.
"It's mother 1" cried Kitty. "It's
Baathtfl"
Tk. I.mnni I ft.ftt.lt.., I nn n inyrn in
hi pockets, and bis heart bobbed up and law or man and Uod, and oeins Uoneat , . ""uuu cuccl wuic.ii mem uw a more ooiiierou ort man i boxes containing about 2.
..-". - . . ... i . .the inftnnrnnrtaf w.ta... . ..a I t Ma I . r .1 r. . i . ... . I - .. . 1
- .... . - . - a . in .Mm. IUM...H1.H - . .ft . . ft. T . ft . I . . . r . .. . . . .
down in his breast, and be ran verv lair, II ever so poor, now wmuiuuinencri:. - , ,.r -- u.iiuhuuui mac, h was iue ctiwh w prei?ni02 oou pounds each.
but after him came those who could run , ine
The grocer, a lithe, long-limbed, active "The mother a Uacent womaa," said " v ure ul" u une usppines in uic universal unnttmas sai-
man and a policcmsn to of them. ! he, "and pay for what .be gcU. A da-to aJ toti cUop, but is simply a pie- uiatlonwhich Is still in use among us; but
Verv soon all the tag rsg and bob-tail ! cent, respectable woman." TTiu Hm0,t' f transmluion of whether we are literally "merry" or not,
of th "rir.il. .irwt? and the crv of i Cut then and there, before the verv evcluU,, through the membranes. loonier there are very few tolerably well consti-
""h"" ...
And it mined to her that all must be
right now. But Tom crunched low for
shame.
lie knew he vraj a thief; and what had
his mother told him about keepioir the:1 u "M wn ,I,Pa " 'ho reason
! grocer
' punctioa
of the whole court, the decent, respect-10
able woman gave a wild cry, and flung we,Bn "e anitaal belore and alter the
firm. .tw.tit th vim in i:cxpcriment. A frog, for examule.
turn. pressed her to his heart.
Tnm fira .rr,.. n.il tnraxl rnrinni
.
r!nn..u.t w,tK hi. .m.ti .,
But Kitty, with her baby w-mxa in -
stinctive comprehension, saw at a clanct
what it would have taken ho jr. to have"
explained to Tom. aad cried:
"I guess it s lather come back Irani
She guessed right. It was the old story""1 Bietime in salt someUmet in I
.f desert island and years ef anxious wait
ing, and the sailor bat made search lor'""-" . i jw.i
his wife asd childrea since his return.
And thus qaeeriy had they all beea:ome tnteiesung to see bow 31. IWtap-l
brought together again.
la consideration of all these circum -
ttances, the grocer refused to make any
charge against Tom, and he was set free.
"
An LatnownGrfat Man.
""JP
Wm.U. Seward ws first nominated
for Governor of XewYerkin 1H. He10,
lived at Auburn, and a number ot hn , " .r" , , . . . . ' I
fellow-tewntmea, in acts-Jancc with thecre ,utScicot at U habitaa'e them-
.,i.l ..r. -i ;. .v..teive u me cnaage. i nit accounts lor I
naaer sate ia hi owa coustrr "were op-
' .
pated
Ujcir
chains aa
ilr.
to the nomination- Tfeev berated' ..' '". J M me .mm.i m m-,. w mimwi, mviwimiij " waiim-inicugii cBamniBg iweaiT-utc caru I " -j - 6"-
w uouuauv. .mj iwm , . r -...K .--.. I .! II. . 1-... . I v.. . C.. 1 1. -l. -f . -C . Z , T- I of flmr iwr-m nrr raiT .f , w..V.
deieatioa for favoring it, aad tae .. -. .uiw , uuiuuum avv ..m ... 4... i ttxi. & ci.j piuni ie pucen iat i r-i -
remarked "I never sapposed:cou- waica have grown outot uiesouei nu- pasteboard boxes, which agaiaare packed I "gc oi iwbth.
cl....... ..- km .k..i A iress-wawr eel. piucgvd ia tall-wa-l maa nature, a it were, ua Jew xearslm woodea tMxes. cootaiais? from 1.000 1 iroi is never so Or oT
..,tinn; t rn l ,w.t -,iw.ier. ooes not seem to oe aaecica. out toiuay we nave caits, ot course, aaa tse
upokeof him as the greatest mas in thcTrtUUDF lLe Puuariuet ot tats
State." "Well " replied the vexed citi ,Pede' M-ifcrt ,eJ lato wroag
xent. -the State tnctl be in a ttnni con-:oacltu',a' which may be cited to thow
Hir,n r .r,1 i. .rr,. K.m.r
"Geatlemen." astvered the chairman. "I
t..n.w r-- ,k:.,i., --t T-...
aad that is that a -rcat maa never live
J a
at home . preat mas ha hm foasd
at Erie, Pa- unknown to his tewatmea.
x ale Callege conferred the dejTce of A
3i. oa Artemat Martin, aad the dbuat
of Erie kaew of so tuch maa. A re
porter, however, fuusd him out, and he
is considerable of a maa, as the report
shows:
Professor Artemat Martin is a bach
elor, aged forty-tso. His occupation it
that ef market gardener, aad for the last
half-dares year every Wednesday and
Saturday morning hat found him suiting
vegetables oa Stale Street. Ia his owa
family be has alwavt bees called "The
Professor' (a title be has cow a right to
ear), but to his neighbors he has been
known osly as a market gardener.
Ia mathematical circles, ia this coun
try aad Europe, few names are better
known than that of Artemat 31 art i a. He
it a regular contributor to the Edncalicyuil
Time, of Losdoa, England; to the Jftt
iacr tf JfotAmitiie, of Cambridge.
England; to the Analytt, of Dct 3foine,
Iowa, and tbe mathematical tiepartmasi
of the Yale Ccvnly CXroticU, ef Pena
Yaa. X. V. He was editor ef the mathe
matical department of the SclooUay
Joearuutill its dicoatiauaacc He i
now editor of the departmeat ef higher
mathematk ia tbe Xtmaal Mtnllly, pub
lished by the wed known maibetcatlcal
rathor. Professor Brooks, at iliiJersville,
Pa. Finally, be is editor aad publisher
of tbe Jifadieaiaiieal Yuitor, aa annual of
wbica the first a a tuber at issued last
March. Ia his modest home was found a
comprehensive and valuable mathemati
cal library of several hundred volumes.
The Giant's Causeway.
Xo.hing I have ever seea ia nature can
equal the perfect finish of the Cause y
It Is difficult to believe that the haad f
maa has not fashioned it. Pillar on nil
. . ...
tar, smoin, penecx nexagost, climb up
anu oown wnera you win upoa it, aad
the tame perfection of shape meets your
eyes. One group of pillars has been
called the Fan. since it has assume! that
I shape. Tbe columns as a rule are abcut
lour feet in length and rite on: above an
other so regularly that the top on tome
lorm seats, and those lorm backs to them,
asd so oa from the lowest to the highest.
la r I . i :., - .,0 -
iiuauuiini luipussiuis ia uracnue iiic
beauty of tbe pace; you have to stand
first where we stood to bslieve it.
- . - a
aianu on tne nexagt-ns witu tbe great
wavea surging up to your feet, billons of
blue-green water roll up and rctieat.
. . .a a.
s s M s lrom ,nuninB hoi
ui9, uuucj juui icci, uiu tscn at vou
approach to peep over the rocks, ruth
forward again, fitting all round jou, and
tpiatuing you witu loam asd bits of sea
ced. Turn aside asd rocks of grand
ana weira siiapc meet your view. Among I
others appears to be a monk who, with
bent head, kneels in everlasting attitude
of prayer. Contemplate these rocks for a
few minutes and they will appear full of
isces ana ugures, lantastic perbaps and
quaint, but all in keeping with the kneel
ing fi 'ure. Turn your back upoa the
sea, and what a grand scene jou have!
wnat cunt, wnat rocks, what wenderiul
formation. It seemed to me, wherever I
looKcd, my eyes wanted to remain fixed
Nae Dominion Monthly.
S:a HcKrjiKCT Davt. When Davy
was in aiciiy be was studying geology
and tbe rap and datter of his hammer
among the rocks astonished the Catanian
pcatants, who accounted bim mad. Tbey
told their pricttof the danger from the
maniac, but Davy had seen tbe priest be
fore them; bis reverence quietly intimat
ed to tbe peasanti that it was a foreign
gentleman from a far-off land who was
practising a penance 1 Davy was regard
ed by the Cauniaus as a saint. He has
since been regarded by the world aa
philosopher.
A CoxKEcnctrr preacher tajt tbat a
good congregation will pralta the music,
the choir, the veatilation. aad tho ririll.
ties of the usher, but as to thesemoB,
"Well, I dunso."
Fresh-Water Fish.
It i well known that fresh-Water M,b
uaauii utc id sail wiltr. and Vice versa: I
gating this subject, and the conclusion is
.Pe on'J necessary to
plunged into sea water lotes one-third it
w .... a a. a . . r . r i i
- vii.ui. II uuil lac lUUi Ul IUC le I
inirouuccu, mt blood globules can be I
fn 10 .lcAT0 "J distribute
a uimu 1
tbe iktn of which it not entire-1
ly omutic, the same phenomena occur in I
j.c...
Ttl ..a) aaM fskalatft All. I. I t l I
.Ml.V U 4aU UaJ, UU.Hi, H UIUI I
.f'h - water, changing their bsbiutioa In
u l"ercIofct T',ir the above, be-
3U" nu a'-wery to such apparent ex
" hc"v u,c- . irau-
ater saimos. lor lastaece. piunzed ab-
bptly in sea-water, resist the effect
linger than other fresh-water fishes ; but
ledies within five or six boars. This
i,ow, according to M.Bert, that the
t . 1 a . I a 1 0 a
ua suaueaiy irem irea
enter uraexua water
I, . f . , n u. a 1.. I . I
augc uumuui
w ca.t it it, oftea by pare accident, to
" " erroneous determination la la-
wratorv expenaenUng. After haviagl
,,m" several irets-waicr ecit,
. a. .... . I
pained alive aad usharmed. Wubicg I
I joudu, a mrwj inicu, uu uct re-
continue the experiment, he directed
is attistast to istrudsce the fish, asd re
ert results. To his surprise, the eels
tea peialttealy died after a three or four
r sojoura ia salt water, aad loeg
arch failed to discover the reatoa why
iwas that, wbea M. Bert placed them
ithe tanks they lived, while, wbea the
autast did so, tbey perished. Finally,
1 Uert fousd that hit attistast, doubt-
la ea account of the slippcriscsi of tbe
ct, lifted them with a piece of doth ia
b haad. Tbe clo'.h robbed o3" a little of
ti natural slime of the asimal, wkicb
ptected it from the salt-water. Osm
a tbea occurred ia the denuded portion,
al the eelcvtatually died.
. oe ceo rere expenmeat of iatertiog
vfish ia fiesh water, produced aaala-
gu results. The gills were the seat of I
a . t . a .t . a p I
alrsatiess, the same as tho-e noted in I
frh-t ater fish placed is salt-water. 31. 1
Bt also observed that tbe life of the!
s. fish could be prolonged by adding salt
tabe frvth water, thu adding farther I
cinrmation to bis the-ry.
Vvxastox to Moxct. One of the "Ke-
fener." who years ago thought "the
tupy family" at urook rarm weuid ueie.ew mis i
. 1 - - - ..... I .fta- .... y.ll A - - . al I
. . . - . . .
u beginning ul a new social nir, was a i
btberof oae of the leading editors of
lbcouatry. Being a very young maa.
hoad Imbibed the notion tbat it wa.
wag to nse money as a medium of ex-
cinge. Barter, r the exchange of one
pi lace for aaotbT, and labor, be
ttught, wire the only righteous methods
oleics, cge.
f be rode la a rail-car, he would aa
str, ia rejyinse to the conductor s de-
and for a ticket or money, that he bad
mher. bnt woald tin anr work the con-
drtor might aaggtst ia payment for hb
. If lie dnlml a on art OI straw-1
Irrici or a small measure of peaches
wtof tbeBnx.k farmer lived on the
fntsof the earth be would say: "Gold
al aitrt-r har T nnnr. but neh a 1 1
Iu. mr al.lHtr to work. I will exchange I
f. thr-v " I
" . .. . I
fraditioa say that such were the win-1
okr ways and charming conversation
ot
tfcvoung man that peaches aad ride
wre freely placed at his command
Ait for tbe lovaltr cf young mea to
tlir ideals 1 That young reformer, so it
iid. married a lady with a fortune.
ai is now a prosperous Eoglith gentle
an, wbo doe not hesitate to give gold
at silver in exebsnge for labor asd
piduct.
V Fnrxeu i.bvaleiaa Is ..ut in a lone
,. t i r - :,z ' r ' I
Qbenationoaine auvamagesoi KIu-1
in and erring in general, lie contends
tht groaning and crytoR re two grand
ojvauoas yj wuico b.iuic ,. u-
-f ft .11 -i. -. .11... .-IV
fensh; that tho ptuentswbo give w.y
to heir natural leeungt more speeouy
reover 110m accioenu ana operauons
tba those who suppo it unworthy a
ma to betray such symptoms
u it
ard;c at either to groan or cry
of smaa who reduced hu pulse from ons
hutired and twenty six to sixty In the
come of a few hour by giving full vent
to ta emotloBt. II people are at all un- poIng the structure is familiar to tastern
hspry about anything let them go intol.jea. We walk upon stone from Port -
ujcji rooia anu cuisiuii uiokiio uu
a lod boo-boo. In accordance with the
abor, the crying of children should not
be to greatly discounted. If it is sjs -
temtically repressed the result, aay beiDt)0a a mat from Central America, re -
at. wtut' nance, epuemic ui. or was
othe disease of the nervous systesa
A good rnMrtr is told of a scapegrace
wbni a mentor rcmiaded that hia aunt
bad paid bis debt, aad that be should be
raoc submlsiive to the withes of his rela
tive Tha vountr eood-for-aothiog did
not take much heed of the scrmoo, but
wh his creditors were meBtloBed he bad
a rial ert du rssir xes, jc?, toy -
paid my creditors, but what lias she dose ast ia tha storm, and the most fearless
J ' under menaces and frowns; whose reli
lor ae i I . .i. .i n ... t.
rial erf du fur: "Yes, yes, ay auat
It la aUted that 60.000
persoBi hava
signed the pledge t Ue areay w
de"wa!,perXBC "
The Happy Holiday.
Hannlnen on Chrfttma Jar la both a
tradition and a habit. Of old. when men
were rougher than they are now.and enjoy
we have a survival of tbe old nolion of
tuted persons who fail to drtw some kind!
tuted perrons who fail to draw some kind I
of genuine bappises from the day of our
creat feast-
We do good deeds on that day for one I
- 1 r t t i .
luinir. SQQ Iue uOIQIf Unnt tlellifuL. C
remember the Door and endeavor In tome I
way to bn.;h.ea the day f..r them; we
giie giiu 10 our meant ana nave juy in
the giving; we warm our hearts in tbel
glow of the Christmas fires, and there is I
cotaion i sucn warmiu. tnemaiuonsi
..f . i. . .? 1 1 ..1.-.t- I . I
U LUG iJ HC aU HOKIaUU, UU (ICS
without inleaJing it we grow generous at I
this season, making ourselves happy initios. Of these cotters there are two. both
io dc uuicr to. dinretii, c
rejoice in the glee of the children, catch-
log something of their keen rest for sua-
pie pleasure, and softening for the time
tb crusts of hard worlduoet in which
tie year contact with life encases us.
We eater into the spurts of the little peo
ple, asd forget that we are grave mea asd
omea, with the cares asd the dignities
of year upon our heads. It It good fur I
ct, too. that we caa thus revert once a
year to something like childhood, draw
ing thence sew stores of yoctbfulne.
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It is a curious fact that Chnitmas aloae,
ot all our boiidvs.ls mott-growa wun
a a . .1 T . T. a V. . h - I
uwuiubi. ik u.uu uv-
custom wa a pretty aad notpiuoie one
ia the day of the old Dutch djaatty,
but the fthioa, d.-ts coau and formality
have robbed it of much of it gtsul sig-
nificasce. We Injure ecr cor-drutat otrl
the toarth of July with a teaseleas dia.
uarotser bouaays are iiocai, provisciai, i
. a" . . - a I
w u iwi imcuj aboiwi iuil 1
rnts osly, of tbe which may be classed I
with it. hat a distiact asd definite char. I
iih..la.ll. Ma Mna.aaM - . I. . . . . a 1 I 111 IT IT I 71 1 . a n T III. . . mm .
acur oi us owa. it catums are taeigtveaa aceouat of every oae. If a lew
natural growth of ceaturie. All nations I
have cuatnbaied to the general store uf I
ihtm. asd the obterva&ce with which the
day is marked ia difiercat countries arc I the cattiag or defaced ia any way are re- Pce, maa to his owa. It b thea I feel
suffidcatly like each other to make ofltaiaed asd destroyed bv tbe"Gjveraieati"ay immertality. I look through the
them a sort of Chrittmat frcematoary, I
tcroagh which every keeper of Chrutaat 1
rtcoesixe a brother ia every other eb-1
server of the day.
In this eoestrr. we ore much f oar I
n,.i.i... Mt...n.a,i i.r,Vi.. nicV.ni
k I i ft. I f . " I I J. ..!
ha. if hcdtJ nt iatrodoce tLe da v tu I
. s. . ... --il 1
a, ft. i . ft.. UU aa m Ma. fta I
iu spirit, it we were sot quite Scrvogea,
e were at least giea otcr to taogtt I
. . ... a. ft r - -1 a . ft .-ft. . . I
- . . .... I
vi mniL. anu uaj too u.ue o u uuui-1
maa habit uf aliasdasior oaraelve to the I
chil.ri.ke Chriitmas customs ia the spirit I crease ia the sale of cards, aad this had
.... . .la. .l . T a. -C
uf chlldlwvd, until his Tiny Tims asd
tbeir fcilom taught us what delight there
m U Is a fWaily feast whea gvx-J will
,tu all around the board. 3nr Tfk
Pt.
Tribes and Tongues.
The Saa Fraacisce crr expand eat of
. - r J A I .-
gei ou iw, nJ i
ul ue people w me uy I
-ft . . 1 T I
domettme painters ecu tgo to uib-i
raltar to copy the costumes ul far cous
trie that sets the streets ia a blaze, but
to see nations, come to Saa Frascucw.
You meet a Spaniard ia a wide hat, aa
Italiaa with ink ia his hair, a correlatixa
of frogs aad rpt-ii?rt, all ia a miaute.
A California Indian ia stilt shoe, a moon
faced Mexican ia partial ectlpte aad a
a a - . w m-m. a I
utx of Afncaa by brtret, a Ibtssiaa with
a square chla and a furry Iouk, all ia
three squares. 1 ou etbow sou th Ameri-
cab. .uixiiaar, .ic .-5ai.. aw
accost a maa who was born In Branl. who
bail from Good Hope, who trades ia
Uoaolula. Oae of the great Chinese
merchants with aa easy gait, aa erect
head and a boyish face, it coming around
the corner. A maa from Calcutta is be-
. . ft ft T . iT. r. I
nitiu you. isiaciiw w "a u I
guue u oo.-e joB. .uc
here with tbe high cheek-buaes, the blue
eve, and the cutty-pipe aad a word I rum
Ilubby Burns ia his mouth. The Dutch
have takta us, and the Irish, do they not
"thravel the round wurrldl Of cmurse
New E i gland It here, and ew i urk aad
the South. They are fwrjrwhere, but
.how u vour Cilnmbiaas aad Peruvians
and Sea-lslsndera, aad all sorts of peo-
I.. .. . , . ,
I Die lrom ice outer euges oi geo 'rapuies
,.t ,,e far lhlm 7.f atlai- aa liere.
- ..7 . ' , a.
jatnesc ana v,.nne signs grow laminar
,oa ln x wck. ScUvonias. and Mon-
11,01 are as thick as red pepper in Eat
.. r -
loUU ctUTJ. ji u a iremcaoous soiy -
cll,t
I write ia tbe Baptist "-Metropolitan!
Temple," a cotmopoiitaa church whose
.Joors are opea to all nattoas, aad the most
I elC4nlaaui,t, 4 ,
built of pine from "th wild where roll
the Orrgon," of fir, of jiww, tho giant
red-wood of California. ulbiog com-
uu, e anus Bitiicu in iium uis
I we write upon a portfoliotromi.Tiina,i
I on paper kept in a cabinet lrom japan,
J witb a pen of California gold. Wo step
cliac upon a pillow woven i
theoccaa,catine eggs oi ca.uitu wuu tua word cancer, aeaaiag acrao, oe- roubles 109,500,000). From the lig
shells of Egyptian marble, sit ia the shade Caut there are a great many crabs ia ure5 t wiH betcca that if the war should
of ao Australian tree, aad awing ia I that portion of the globe; and it it tituat-1 tQ three years, Rustia will have
. a. m a s. u laiaxia
bammocK worn uo auiuiui
-r.. rm.i.it min it ho who choose
-!-i.. ifh th mnt Inrinplble rtunlntlnn.
" . . . . . . .t r
who resists me sorest tcmpiauoa iroa
within aad without; who bears the heav
iest burdens cheerfully; who is the calm-
..a -l a T-Ir IS m Mf1
oa God
I aott uafalteriBg.
in.,.v, tn.n,nrm
lltjfi-
How Postal Cards art Hade.
The Daner Uljn which nnital rnl ant
printed comes in sheet about 22 iocbet
by 23 inches in size, asd is packed in
a . , r
,000 sheets, and
After the
unoacked the first thin? in t.r.
der is the printing. This is done by two
u os ct under presses, eaca oiwbiebprints
forty cards at a single imprestioa. The
printed sheet are then placed in racks
aad allowed to drv for twodavt. la order
to prevent any blotting or defacement.
to prevent any blotting or defacement!
I Now they are ready for tbe cutters, of
Iwhfch thr r thr rrni n-l
the flrtt, which is a rotary cutter, the
-
hMl lv 1 rl, rrn.lr u n Im itrlm
cnntxlnin-r fnnr rvu'il r.nh M.h Thl
sheets pau through thU machine at ip-
idly as cbo can follow another. Tbe
strips are tbea collected in nacka-es of
one hundred each, the edges are made ex-1
actly even, and the packages an tbea
placed oa the iron tables of the cutters.
which sever them in the opposite direc-
knows as the Crasstoa uadsr-cut." Tea
packages of 100 sheet each, after leaving
the rotary cutter, are placed in tbe ca-
der-cot;" a lever is pulled which sets the
macmacry ia motion, asd up comes a
heavy knife with a'diagsal taotioa, aad
there are -(00 postal cards complete ia a
twinkling. A bit of braat is removed, J0". i2tltwe thiak, like the fly oa the
allowing the uncut package to be moved I !, c have something to do with the
una Dmoer distance under the knife, and
the procea it repeated. The cards trel"!ad are buried. The sua does net stop
tbea taken ia bunches convenient 13 bwr our facer!; everything goes astuasl;
iumwicu, urc .-e oraaui
j brushed to remove all dust aad -feather."
handled, aad the edzes are carefallv
iTher then nis istothe hind of eirtiealuac w ima meaucn kiu oaia our uaet
1 t L. . 1 . r
guu, uj asom uej uc coaaun 031 uw
to i3.Wi cards apiece.
Tbe prases are sow printing about 1,.
000,000 cards a day. The coatract re
quires that 1,000,000 carus shall be made
ia a day if the demand is so great.
It is not expected that maay vuttars
will eater the rooms ia which the cards
..
are made, but precaaooss are taken to
Every sheet printed is registered by the
prcTen. izc n or soiBXiioa oi cartas.
press, asd the company is compelled to
card werelott It would cause coas'ider
ble troable. althoczh the lota aoiiht be
trifllag. Any card tint are sptaleJ in
ictpector.
The post-office officials ia this city do
cot regard postal cards with favor. Pott-
master J ame expressed the opinia the 1
other day that thev were eta pitfceal I y a
Iseisaace. asd oae of the sabordisatel
bfUaflU ,ttffMl fhlt tVM'll Clfffl rf.ftil
fSoals asserted that postal cards caaied
. fs!H-"j.rT in Ibf tx!e of l!imm rf 1!
ft. g - - "
wo a day. me daily sate or card, ne
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t -j-.-t-b. v m u
. ... - ft,m. rl . r-mt . . a.ai.v.1 tlVA IWl
- -j
hid bees sold.
There wt a gradua! is- j
beta the case iace they were firs: Intro
duced. Other castes beside the demaad
for postal cards had a&cted tbe sale f I
tamps, the daily IalUag-o3 ta wnica
amattatel to about f2,000. These caates
were the hard timet aai the ta!e of stamp
by country postmasters, which had re
cently bcea exposed. Postal card ia
iu couatrr could aot fail to be a loss to
I..
mc irurrmmenr. oecaase tsey were car-1
. - . -. . .1
laEasriaad
. "
riea so xar at a tnaingcoti.
taey bad met wits more ssccc ua ac-l
count of the limited territory over waka
they bad
to be diatribated. JTne York I
The UacBBloyed.
"Three millioa of unemployed mea ia
the United Stales" that is the text upoa
which have been threaded more edituiria.
... ... - ... i . .,. . . .a.
O t IT 11 Uifl At 1 J1 IT m-m 111 J S.a 111 VI
menl aJc hxs pjc
... . , . . -- - j. i1..:.,!
States ahoat 40 000 000 DeoD.e. 20.000.-1
000 male, of whoax not over S.OOO.OoO
are mature, able-bodied mea. Of these
8,000,000 about 2,000,000 arc Sjuthera
negroes, of whom it caa hardly be said
that anr are rrallv out ol eaoloraeaL
Ine there it work enon'rh fur all who are
. .i : . ... nr a v. . . : : .;
"a. " -ft. a. -
mihius. at least three millioa are farmers.
uf wbom it be aaid that nay are
out of cmplovmeat. This calcuUtioa
leaves but about 3,000,000 to be account
cd for, and if they are all out of employ
ment, tbea there it nobody at wurtc ta
tbe United States, except the women, the
Soothers negroes aad the farmers! But
thl, of course, it aa absurd conciutioa.
Of tbee 3,000,000 we know that 1,000,-
I WV ft- VHftkAV
dou are csurageu la acute ouauiesa to
a Y T . E
i . r . i.r " .. i i
rt'
I accumulated w call a. abu oi uis reaua
I rwvi rvnn at Irat oa(-half of 1.000.-
J u i t'et, ia
"T75 r , r-.i.n in
IW K MMu a. .1 1
i - . uho. ia Government or State
emnlov. etc- etc This wU leave bat
1 q txv) 'raea really u
i'bo,; MaU7 & whom icaat half are
Sjnlhera -a-hiuM who woa't work, tramps,
llaxyyouagmenliviag oa their tamers,
'mm kaA . r r i VJm m f tKa. f-nru-ln.
jfc that not over 500,090 aea ia the
UolteJ Sutfc tn realty uaemploved.
lU,5ura Leader.
' ,
1 A rcrtL ia aa English school was
utcu as uaaiiaiiba mki. -iibt
the tropic of Caacer so called, aad why
i it situated twenty-three aad a hau degree
from the equatorr The aaswer, coa
1 ttructed on a basts ot purest lone, waa:i.jr Keen exDeaded. To cover thi
oi grais irom "The Tropic of Caacer is so called lrom a Jum j3 a ttsem
. - a l a a si,.
i tweaty-utree aaa a aau uegree in.
Xrquawr ucvavie inti v bib hv.,
T . . 1. ........ a. . ma., a-a
I there thaa &bv where ell. " AnotEer pu-l
I nit. uked to tie Saa the word "buttrs,"
I1 . .... I . ua r.n..1a aiknl
i wrotoat iu aetvaiBg, ..-.... -
Taaxea Butter.
A lxttu: boy eatcred a fish market
the other day, aad seeing, for the first
k I time, a pile ot lobster ljlag oa HM coa
Ur, looked at thea iateatly tor soae
them's the hi-raet crasahoBwers 1't era?
Uae, when he exclaiaed, "i3y gracioss
I-"
Tid-Bita.
OCR customs and habits are like the
rnts ia roads. The wheels of life settle
into them asd we Jg along through the
mire, because it Is too mcca troable to
get out of them.
Tit well In deeds of good, tsoagh ssuIL to
wnTe ;
TIs well some part of Ifl. though small,
to rare
Tti well with ooard,upward hope to I trite;
Kua v dinner la escare.
. 1T " laSn solemn, almoat awful
JoJCht lor eery individual, that earthly
influence, which has a eommeaeemenr.
nCTer 'Juh all ages, have aa esd I
v ...... z. i a a . a. .
u u. uuuc II UllU. IUVI lirCUlT DIena.
ki wim the b-jusdles. eTer-hnn?-.
7-orS adverse, and will ever work
l?fe lf Sw of openly or secretly,
w"gao an ume.
Ill weary watching ware by wave.
a Tti toe use neave oawamt
We cihab Hke coral, -rare by rrave,
om oare a oaux war aaswans.
We're beaten back la nxany a fray.
But sewer siren rth we borrow.
Acd where the vsajraan! eaap to-day.
mc rear tana rest to-acrrow.
Of raid MaMfj.
So lately died, so soon fonrotiea. Tia
the way of the world. Ilea take cs by
the haad, aai are aaxioos about the
1 t . t - a - .&
neaiu oi our ooujes. aad lanzn at our
I rning of the earth, borne day we die
7 ,,.Z , " ' r . '
I1"0 hearts feel the wound of affiktioa;
c 001 on the street; one or
asd forms; bat the crowd moves ia the
A eves to be Bean
lie l vitals; oar spirit it
The hotae He hoUU taatt dear.
ToUdakof Uia a by ear aUe
Is a!xaot as oatrse
A to reaeve Uls thrsse bcyoad
Those skte of starry bine.
So. eves wsEe I thought syself
Hotaele, Corlara asd weary,
MUilag lay Joy, I waited the earth,
ifrself, uod's Msctaary.
F!r.
Wuzrr the stifised body gees down to
the tomb, sad, sliest, asd remande, I
feel there it ao death for the aaa. That
clod which yoader dsst shall cover is
1 at my brother. Tbe dsat gees to its
$rave Into Heavea. I ask ao miracles,
prooiT, so reatoaiag for me. I atk ao
risea dust to teach me irisortaHty. I
ln coctcogs ot ctersat Ulc.TJuedtrt
I F-irisr.
tux azxrxaaT.
I pir-j : war joa rrana j-:
.1. ;.
It brisgs rar aothisg bat aad resteabrasee.
Asd saaXe aeqsarret tlia pooroUTuae.
Jiv birthday! jcUrij Td forget It:
1 wutxidbeTosaxcrif Icoaid.
AUf alas! the year are wispier:
Xbey suae me oia t(ore ra. good.
Ir every aia cssJd find perfect
equality ia marriage, there would be so
single bleasedsest, co dirorcts, aj woa
aa out of ber sphere, an maa shirking
his cusjogal ropoauUliiiei, aad no coa
fiict betweea the two sexes for equality.
Bat a urge proportion ol aea fau to
deaosstraie their ability to care for more
I thaa thesxdve, aad, a aa accompaav-
I: r - .
1 leware we are oougeu u near to
l . . .ft. . r J . 1 .7
much about the iadepeudent, teU-rcliist
wutnaa. Mru Tirol.
Prrxcs's Joes ox txe Zocuuxx
Dexocbjits. It will be remembered that
recently oae of the Xicivillt' iareti gut
log committee fousd three or four buxes
in the custom-house marked "J. li. G.
Pitkia. The coadusioa was jumped at
that the &. teat were certain stoiea
I turn-fa beariesr the vtiteof the Sfat. The
a q
committee, throogh Got. Xkholls, asked
the attoraey-geaeral of Use United States
they aboald be opened. Judge Deves
lJ the committee would have to take
xaax ixspoosioiuty ea us owa ssouioers.
Mcaatime, while cogitauag aa to what
should be done, eaca member of the
siatiuss tuuiBuiux icu wku unviue
I sen oa ut uuaca iu wtobue iue posu-
I hiiit-r or the orv-ntnir tir the ldi wnehAcit:
I - .
I detection. Xcaawsile lltkia. who kasw
hat was get
goiag oo, allowed New Orleaaa
for three week to work itclf into a high
state of excitement. Thinking the sus
pense had beea long enough borne, aad
with the chtsccs to have the committee
make asses of themsdvet, he yesterday
telegraphed to the XicholU autaorities
his permission to opea the boxes. It t
understood they costaia fishtcg tackle,
wae imitation grubworms,uId fjUisiaoe,
bathing-auits and a haamoclc or two.
Pitkin thinks also that oae uf the boxes
contains ia maautcript aa epic pueat.
which he trusts the committee will read
and criticise.
aad RaaiaUnow taking a letoa from
the same exacting teacher. She is ca!y
I in the hith month ot her atruggle wita.
1 TN. .a..! K . . -.1 lax. I Km. a. nj. ar
rency to 1410,000,000, aad it i expected
she will have to issue 430,000,000 rouble
(32800,000) more. The Ruadaa ncwa-
paper Valerie, after .aa elaborate re-
0 toe suras already expended.
Hnwi the conclusion thai, u the war
ia I tm Autumn, it will cost not I
j thaa 850,000,000 roubles ($020,500,000),
- f wuich 252,000,000 (tl69,5CO,OO0) have
150,090,069
i a dcTi oa her haada of a fearful aafai-
. . - " "
he I . . -. o
mg. ,or Ber taXDSVm.
I Tkb AuMralian tat that th rewank
mill ll rKiMaa.n.i.1 V.
i r" -j - e,". vpm
I "ri isaiu is we xt &i jaeiuoorac aaottBK
lis the afgrseato to alxtV-twa eB-i
I ejevea shillings and sixteaa peace. Tha
auaber uf sharks brought to the Tarww
- 1 p.lka tiatioas tlEce the olftr of a raward
I waa published aaooata to eight haadrsd
J I aad lorty-tix. Une ot the aearks i
i . f . i r .i J . .
and about sixteen feat ia lt-rth. aad
weighed about at.