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VOL. 3.
PENDLETON, UMJLTILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1877.
NO. 5.
JOB WORK
iFarewell of the Terlod.
Farewell, my dearest nevermore,
Hand clasped In hud, shall we toccthcr
Roam o'er the breezy, broad sea -dawn.
All In tlic merry soft May Weather!
But then this thought occurs to me:
Twill save a trifle In shoe-leather.
Farewell! lor fate will bare It so,
Oh, fondest heart! Oh, teudarcst, nearest!
The hues of spring hare lost their glow
The leaf the leaf i at its cearest,
I may not wed thee, sweet Just now.
Dry goods and things are at their dearest.
Farewell beloved thou art free
A fearful -dearth of funds had done.it;
111 keep the ever in my heart
HI put thee In my choicest sonnet;
These wlll'l, love they lltUe cost
Xot so a Farls gosrc and bonnell
And now we go divided ways;
Dead broke am I that's all too certain;
I take no more stock in boquela,
Bon-bons, and all that goes with ulrtin';
So now I drop love's pretty theme.
And, so to speak, pull down the curtain.
That Clerk.
"Onlv think of it! A clerk! A sales
woman I" "It teems to me I'd have
worked mr finders to the bone in some
other way before I would have come te
that, said lizzie Doyle, going to the
'mirror and re-adjusting a twenty-dollar
hat.
"So would I. But then, whit could
she do!"
"At least she might hare made herself
a little less public If there's anything
1 despise, itvtbeser saleswomen.
4 'So do I. How much better it would
hare been to bare gone into dress-making,-
or millinery, or something of that
sort. Bat to stand behind the counter
like a man! v
"Papa always did like those Stanleys,1
said Lizzie Doric, petulantly.
"Yes, we all liked them well enough
until Mr. Stanley failed, didn't wet"
"Xr, not I, for one. Laura was al-
ways too independent in btr notions.
Don't von remember bow hard she stud
ied at school t It does seem as if she
foresaw her father failure.
"I wonder she didn't try for some bet
ter position, then. She is surely capable
of being something better than a shop
girl."
"Oh, I believe papa intends to pro
mote ber when Mr. Jobley goes "West
She will then take Mr.Jobley's place as
junior Dookerper. inink ot that lor a
woman P
"That would be better than selling
goods. I don't see bow she can do that
with her refined tastes. Why don't she
give lessons, I wonder! It might not
bting her in quite so much money, bat it
would be a dtal nicer.'
"Yes, and then we could recognize
her," said Uzze Doyle.
"That's what I was coming to,' was the
quick reply of her companion, a small,
saltow-faced girl, elaborately trimmed
and flounced. "How are we to treat her
now! We have been great friends, you
know that is, when the was in our set,
she added, seeing Lizzie's brow darken.
"IU tell you bow shall treat her," re
sponded Lizzie, slowly drawing on a pair
of perfumed, three-button kid gloves;
"precisely as 1 treat all or papa's clerks.
And I should like to see any one of them
presume "
"Oh, but Laura won't presume! Yon
needn't be afraid of that; she's too
proud."
"She must be," said Lizzie, sneeringly,
"to tike that position ! Jcball not notice
ber."
"But how can you help it when you go
to the store or to church! She sits so
near to us you know."
"Of coarse she'll give up that pew. She
can't afford that."
"That's precisely what she does not
mean to do. I heard ber say that the
family mutt economize somewhere else
and keep the pew. Her mother is bard
ol bearing, ana could not enjoy the ser
vices further back. The children, too,
must go to church. That is the last
.thing, she said, one ought to give up.
beard her say this to vo-ir father last San
day."
"How provoking!" said Lizzie, impa
tiently. "She will always be in our faces.
But I shall bare nothing to do with ber.
2 know what it's for, the artful minx !
it's to keep near us. She knows she's got
into papa's good graces; ana Al, too, ad
mires her. I don't see what there is,
though, to aamire. She vcrv plain.'
"Laura is no beauty," was the reply;
"bat l don t think the s so Terr plain
She certainly has lowered herself, though,
by going into a store." And thereupon
me two gins went out lor their walk.
It was near twilight of that simodar
when Laura Stanley walked briskly home
and entered the neat two-story house to
which ber mother bad. lately removed
such ol ber household effects as bad been
spared by the auctioneer.
"This it really pleasant," she said,
sinkiDg into a chair that bad been drawn
near to the glowing grate.
"I had no idea, mother, that you would
eo soon snake the boose so home-like and
comfortable."
"Are you very tired, my dear!" asked
ber mother, a pretty, refined-looking
woman, as she helped ber daughter to
take oil her cloak and Hat.
"Bather, but I like the business; and
it's a fine place for the study of charac
ter," she added, with a curl of the lip
winch her mother noticed.
"I wish you hadchosen something else,
my dear. I was sure your feelings would
be hurt."
"I don't wish bo." said Laura, briskly
"There is nothing else wonld have brought
a salary at cnee,and as for my feelings, it
don't hurt me a bit to find out the bol
lowness of society. Loused to wonder
what a certain person would be to me if
I were not the rich Harrey Stanley's
daugbter,and now I know. It a a knowl
edge worth gaining."
do you meet many persons you are
acquainted with!" asked her mother,
busying herself in getUng the tea.
"Oa yes; and It's amusing when they
come upnn me suddenly. 'Ol da
res! I I is this Miss Stanley! And
somrtimw np go the eye-glasses. Then
I feel well, as if 1 ahoukl like to freeze
-omtsbody, if I could, for a minute.
Others ec roe aad make believe they
are examining good; so absorbed are
they that they go clear by me without
looking up, aad pass outiu the same
way. IJut such slights don t trouble me.
1 find out how much true friendship is
worth, and who, out of all the seeming
ladies I hare been in the habit of meet
ing, arc true, and who are fahe."
"Then you meet some who arc truer
"Ye, indeed; Judge Agate's wife, who
alwars seemed to me so proud and dis
tant, came up to me with a glowing face
and fairly corgratulated me. She did it
like a lady, too, and like a friead. There
was nothing patronising about hef. Aad
there were several others to whom I know
my position makes no difference. They
prize me for what I am. Yot what a
price to pay for learaiag the value of
true friendship!" added Lasts, with a
deep sigh.
"I met Aggie Dyle to-day, and she
wouldn't speak to me said Alice,Ltnras
sister, who had come iate the room and
overheard the last remark. "Why
should't she sj.ak to roe, I wander."
"Because yur sister is a clerk in her
father's store," said Laura, somewhat bit
terly. "That's no rcasea why she should treat
me so," the child replied.
"Of coarse it is not , nor is it any rea
son why Lizzie, ber eldest sister, should
utterly ignore me. I always liked ber so
mccb too. But to-day site came iato the
store and pas-ed me with such a sweep
ing glance, after I had prejiaml a smile
and a welcome for her. Mr. Doyle has
been so kind sisce papa's death that I
looked for better treatment from Lizzie.
That, I coafeas, has wounded me; aad I
shall bare to meet ber so often! Bat
never mind, I most remember tay place,
she added, rather bitterly. "I bare to
work for my living new but I itiil be
proud of it! Good-bye, old lifeef lazy
ease! Good-bye. obi worthless friends!
lour cotdcess cannot hurt the real ; it
is only the worthless joeag lady of fash
ion who feels it, aad she Is slowly de
parting this life."
So saying, she sat down gayly te the
tea-table, aad wxn forgot all about the
toil and the slights of the day.
"Have you filled out all )er invita
tion!" asked Lizzie's eldest brother, one
of the firm of Djy!e & Co., some days
after the precediag conversation took
place.
Lizzie was arranging a bsadred or
more tiny, cream -colored eare4ojsi,wkich
she tied together with some pretty.bright
bued ribbon.
"I believe so," she replied, with a smi'e
"I have asked every yenng lady of my ac
quaintance, and I think our party will
be the finest of the season, if papa will
only bare the carpets taken up in the
west roams aad the ueor chalked. Kat-
ger will do them for fifty detlars, aad
you bare no idea biw beautifully he
works.
"I think father will net refuse res
that," her brother replied. "1!! speak te
him about it-"
"Oh, thank tou, A!. Then I'm sare
be will have it done. I hare aked him
for so many things that I am almost
afraid to ask for mere."
"By-the-br, have tou invited Mls
Laura Stanley V ber brother asked as be
was going out.
"Of coarse not. said Lizzie, with as
sured emphasis.
"Of course noli And pray, whynotr
he asked, standing stilL
'Thy, AL what an idea! She wouldn't
expect it- Oar shop-girl father s dork !
i wonldnT have her lor the werld .
Then, if you are sare she wouldn't
come, you might have sent ber an inrita
tion oat of com pli meat," ber brother re
plied.
"I don t consider her an aceaaintance.
sid Lizzie, loftily; and A! walked eat
of the room with an abrupt shrug ef the
slioulder.
Presently her father came In.
"Lizzie," be said, I particularly wish
yoa to send a note of invitation to Miss
Laura Stanley.
"raps, you don t mean it exclaimed
Lizzie, chagrined.
"Indeed, I do mean it. What I slight
thedaughterof my mertcberisacd frioads.
, . .
uecausc sne nas ooroe aown in ine worm
in a roonev point of vie a ! I should de
spise myself for it."
But, papa, she won t come," said
Lizzie.
"XcTer mind whether she will time or
not. Write an invitation. I will take it
to her."
Lizzie sat down, pale and angrr, to
write the note. After all her boasting of
baring "cut the Stanleys," it was very
bard to be obliged to inrita Laura. Her
cheeks grew hot, as she indited the polite
t...i T . i r I I i i i
lime missive, wuuc sua nruicinucrcu mc
many times she had openly ignored her
to whom it was addressed. She would
bare disobeyed had she dared would
even have withheld the note after it was
written, had her father not stood by to
take it himself. It was indeed humiliat
"DP-
Later, ber brother Al came to her.
"I should like an invitation, Lizzie, for
a young lady of my acqnaintancc," he
said, in a qaiet voice.
"Who is shel"
"The young lady whom I hare asked lo
be my wife," be Raid, smiling.
"Oli, Al, of coarse you shall hare it!
I am to have a sister, then! I'm so glad 1
What is ber name! Is she in the city!
ill she be sure to come? I m suru I
can't think of anybody." And then she
paused, puzzled at his shrewd smile.
"Do I know her!" she asked.
"ou used to," lie answered. "It is
Miss Laura Stanley!"
"Oh, AH"
She sank down, covering her face with
ner nanus.
'I was afraid she might feel the slight
so Keenly, uc saia, ioitiy, "thtt 1 hur
ried matters a little. So you need not be
afraid now that she wil' not come. Will
you not prepare an invitation!"
"I hare. Papa has carried it to her.
Butob, Al, a clerk!"
"A noble toman," said Iter brother,
"who dares face the sneers f 'her set,'
and take aa honest (.totitiea for the sake
of those who are drpeadent apea her,
rather than whine altoet her former dig
aity,,aad lire upon charity. I wih there
were mre like hrr."
So Lizzie as forced, for eacc in ber
life, te eat humble pie.
All For .Vothlni
Ose of the most unfarteaatc men ef
our acquaintance is a goad-leekieg der
gymaa, a widower, whebas six grewa-up
daughters. Of coarse they are violently
opposed to the thoaght of Waving a step
mother, and their poxr father is subjected
to a cruel espionage, aad Is compelled to
take one or more ef bis daegaters with
htm wherever be goes. The ether day,
However, be succeeded in escameg to a
wiifbborine town uiisxtet the oteseece
of a daaghter or
j wo, asHi aiier aa ai-1
sence id sever! days, a message came to
the daughters last their father "bad
married a widow with six sprightly chil
dres." Had a bomb-ftfeeil berst, greater
onnttcmatioa would not bare been
caased. The iatetligeace atse was coa
reyed that the clergyaaa weald retem at
a certain time. Those girls held a ceaa
dl at oace, aad it was aaswitaoesly
agreed to give " the widow with six
sprightly children" an exceedingly warm
rcceptioa so not, indeed, tkst Use boee
aad village cosld net hjd taesa. The
weil-regulated bouse was taraed topsy
turvy the cellar aad paatry eaapfied
reerre coocated baklag Begiccted.
Water was peered ever the stove te give
it a gray and ratty aspect, aed the wia
dewa were spattered with dish-water.
After all this hid bca dene the girls pet
on taesr shabbiest dotlte, aad awaited
the arrival of the sevea aawdeoeae per
eas. Iter. Mr. Baal I y camr, bet he
was alone. He gteeted his daughters as
usaai, aad as he viewed the aeglected
parlors, there was a asetrj twiakle in hit
eye. The dsaghtcrs were ncrroas aad
evident I v aaxis. At last the eldest
mastered coarage aad asked : " Where is
mother P "In beavea. said the good
man. " Bat where is the widow with six
cbtldrca whom yoa married I" " Why,
I married ber to another maa, my dears."
The portraits ef tbnse girls at that mo
ment wokm be worth a tortaee te aa
artist. Surprise, chagrin, Joy, aad hemil
iatieB were depicted apoa thesr ceaa
lenaecci1, which grew first red aad then
cotoriess, chasgtag fioa the eae te the
ether ia qskk saccefsiea. The daaghters
hid argeat dattes etsewaere, aad the
father was left ia the room aloae. Belli
called to spp-, the Hke ef which be
bad at esri-iyeil for mtay a day. Whea
he arose the aeat moral ag, the house had
mere tha iu wested cbeerfaUess aad
order, hile bis daaghters were all smiles
la their neatest ature. Their fear of a
stepmother has greatly decreased, while
the father has much mere frtedem aad is
net ceosUatly under turveiiiaace.
-Safety Matches."
A gentleman who had bees employed
is the manufacture of safety matehes ex
pressed it as bis eptaien that they are the
,t dangerous matehes made, r or, is
the msjenty uf cases, whea a match is
struck, some of the phosphorus en the
tax files and. being highly laQam-
mable, if it meets with any combustible
stance, it always gives rise to a dan
gerous fare, it lighted where Ue pees-
ttberus can fall ea the carpet, the result
is the same as tnwega uie carpet was cs
nosed to the spares of a tire. There is
ale a certain degree of temptatiea
offered to those who asaaafactare these
matcbe. This ooasists ia patting a
smalt oaaatity ofnhespberus into the
heads to make them igaite more easily
- . - . - .
whvn brought in coeuct with the phos
phorus on the bux. Tats fraud has ac
tually been carried into effect ia Northern
Germany, aad althoegh aeUsiag ef the
kind has been dtsoetued ia trns eeaatry.
the fact that it saay be will psetsably la
crease thesr ontKpaiariiy. me saieiy
match has certainly bad time to win its
war. as aa old Variety of it existed ia
Sjtzerlandat a period whea other part
of the world were still occupied with the
Dint aad steel. It hat bcea claimed tor
these matches that they are better able
te total moisture tba other varieties
The lesson, however, is aot appareat, as
the beads are composed of salts, which
are affected bv water ia the maaaer of all
saline substances. It may be staled as a
general rale that those matches are safest
hich reoalre considerable incuoa tor tg
nttkra and which, when lighted, furnish
merclr beat enough to kiadle the splints
The safest, probably, are those in which
a considerable part of the compouad is
formed of sulphur, as it reqaires more
than usual friction to light them. They
are also a quiet match, aad in lighting do
not scatter any ari of the head about.
But they kindle slowly, aad the sul
phurous fumes alwajs reader them ob
jectionable. They can also be lighted o
conveniently rubbing them on the wau
that a great temptation is held out to ser
vants to disfigure the appearance ol
room in this way. iVpetor Scitnee
Monthly.
Makut the Wouax. Some men
marry dimples, some eyes, a few ears
the month, too, is occasionally married
the chin not so often. A young man
once fell head over heels and cars in love
with a braid. He was so far pine that he
became engaged to his braid, but a new
mode of hairdrcsdng having been
adopted by his fiance, the charm was dit
solved and never renewed. What do
young men marry ! Why they marry
these and many other bits and scraps of
a w ife, instead of a true woman. And
then, after the wedding, they arc sur
prised to find that although married,
they have no wives. He that would have
a wife must marry a woman.
A WASHlXfiTOX letter-writer says that
Mr. Simon Wolf, President of tho Wash
ington Schutzenrcrcin, who set afloat
the story that Mrs. Hajea sent tho hit
toric bouquet to his tociety. is likely to
loe his olDcial head. He is Register of
Deeds for the District of Columbia.
The Author of ''Paul and Virginia."
I sappose that this author give a great
deal more of study and care to his book
on nature than be did to the little story
of "Iaal and Virginia." Yet it was this
lat which was published some two
years or more before the capture of the
llistille which gave him his great fame.
Where there was one reader for his
ether books, there were twenty
readcrs!
far "Paul and Virginia." In those i
tierce days when the lUrolution was;
ripeaieg, and a gigantic system of lord-1
Iy privileges was breaking up aad cos-!
semiag
away like straw in fire this
little tender, simple story, with its gushes
of sentiment aad its warm, tropical at
Mospbcre, was being thumbed in lorter's
ledges, and was read in wine shops aad
bidden aeder children's itlllews, aed was
S'taght after by noble women aad worn-!
wbo were not noble and by priests I
t toLi. .vu -im
taetrooosis oi p raver, r.ven tae nara,
dint r.fAMtal TAtini tdiSljr tkf Vs. !
poleoa lloaaparte, had read it with de
light, and in after years greeted the an
ther with the imperial demand "When,
M. SL Pierre, will yea give as another
Paul and Virginia!"
Do yea not weader, as yea read it,
that simple and sleader a tale ceahi
take any hold upo pceple wise were ea
gulfed ia the terrors of that mad rrveta
ties I
Why was it!
Parity, I think, becac the daiaty aad
leader toae of the tmy teller offered such
siraage contrast to the fierce wrangle ef
daily talk; partly also bcoaase, ia the
breakiagdown ef alt the old society laws
aad habits ef living ia Kraace,it was a re
lief te catch a sweet glimpse of the pro
gress ef aa ianoeeet hie aad iaaoceat
seve albeit of children aader purely
aataral infiaeacea.
It is worth year r cadis;, were it ealy
wam ' -..1 .ml . . -
gtrated seaUmest was relished by this
stfaage people at a time whea Usey were
eattiag off beals ia the public saare by
heed reds.
It u sped all r worth reading ia iu
French dress, for its choice, and simple,
and bapid language. f. . umui.
A Favorite Story of Dickens'.
The Astlewisg stery may have gone the
roaad of the newspapers but it is good
eaeagh far re-telbag, since Dsckeas said
ef it: "Yea must knew that I have ap-
wruMiated that stery aad acqtttrcd lm
mease reeatatsee by it!" It cccars ia a
its rcr of reminisceeces ia criher, ea
dtled "A Yankee Tar and bit Kneads "
Oa eae ef Captain Morgaa's Yoylges
from America to ttagiaad, he had under
bit care a very attractive youag lady, who
speedily distiagBitbeu bertcit by redac-
hag five young geallemea to the verge ef
dittracUos. sbc was quite ready to mar
ry one; bat what coald she do with avel
Ia the embarrassment ef her ncaes she
saagbt the captaia, who. afier a few as-
meets theaght, said; "lis a sne cairn
dar ; sBriOe. by accident. Tee should
fall overheard; lit have a bat ready to
pick yen a p. aad yea caa take the
who tores yea well eaeagh to Jem p atter
job. I mis novel preposiuoa met use
yeusg lady's views, and the programme
as accordlegiy earned Oct, with the
trifling exception that four ef the yoaag
men look the pie age, and, betng picked
cp by the boat, presented tbsmsetve a
dripping qoartette apoa the ship's deck.
Tbeetecl of their Badampe&ed aruor,
no !es wet than themselves, tied to her
talc-room aad seat for her advber, the
captaia. "New, Captain," cued she in
despair, "what ual to dot" "Ah, my
dear," replied the captain, "if yea want
rii & . , . i i
a seatiiMe usiuuu, vu iai arj m
a hich the did.
These is a New Ktso or Casam-
ascjl. It is a boy that can stay at his
pest as leeg as there is any Use ef his
hefeHag it, that is net afraid of threat ner
the presence of Tioleacc, aad keeps his
wwrk resolutely ie hand so leag as there
it work to do. This is what is reported
of Aagust Daadel, the brave little tele
graph operator who was sbuvap in the
Pittsbargh railroad otfice on Saturday
night. He kept on telegraphing, doing
bis duty, without the slightest regard to
e mob surrounding him. They could
not drive him away so long as the coa
nectiag wires responded to bis hand
When at last tbey fired the building, he
quietly, and with a teach of burner, sent
his last message, "e ire too hot. Geod
night," and got away in time, showing
bimiclf to be as sensible as brave. Obe
dience to order and discipline were never
more needed than now, and it is a noble
thing to die at one's pott, if thereby a
trust is kept that saves other lives or
keeps destruction or rapine at bar. Hut
to hit it as accurately as this boy has
done, to care nothing for the risk ef Hfc
so long as bis magnets worked and he
coald send Intelligent replies over the
wires and then to know when to quit,
makes us confess that the modern Casa
bianca is a great improvement over the
old. I'AiladiljAia Ledger.
An Oakland huckster bought a fine
mule at auction on California street last
week. He paid one hundred and forty
dollars for it and christened it Martin
Luther. After trying three dajs to pat
its harness on from a second-story win
dow, the owner resold it yesterday fer
fourteen dollars, on long time, and under
the style and title of "Sara." It was
purchased by the city government, and
will henceforth be used to suppress riots.
It is calculated that when backed gently
and firmly into a mob, the business end
of tliis faithful animal will be equal to
four Gatlicg guns and a howitzer. S. i
Xeus Letter.
Manxers arc the happy ways of doing
things; each one n stroke of genius crof
love, now repeated and hardened into
utage, they form at last a rich varnish,
with the routine of life washed, and its
details adorned. If they are superficial,
s l are the dew-drops which give such a
depth to tho morning meadows.
The Stato debt of Virginia is t0,-000,000.
Lip-Reading.
A good many years ago, when the ac
oetnplubed daughter of a well-known
gentleman of this city was a little girl,
she sti takea ill with scarlet fever, ana
when she recovered was stoce deaf.
Fortunately the child, who possessed a
remarkably sweet voice, bad learned to
Ullc before the alttek, and the phyii-
dan who attended ber, fiadieg that her
seme of hearing had cntireiv gone, ea
j daed upon the mother the necessity of
carefully keeping up the habitjf speech.
in order thalitshoald not be totally lost.
r rom that time oat the mother devoted
herself to the preserratiea of her daugh
ter's voice, almost te the delation of
everything else, and the successful issue
of ber undertaking has proved an ample
rearard f r her labors. The Toang la iy
is now not only aa accomplished member
ef society, but aa exceUeat artist, welt
. . u . -
iier etiecaiiea was so careiuuy atteaaeu
to by her mother that she not only talks
well, but uaderstaadt everything that is
said to her by simplv watching the lips
of her interlocutor. On oae occasion an
emiaeat dergysta of this dty called to
see ber mother, aad was received by the
young lady. After seme fifteen urinates
the mother proeatel herself, aad the
young lady retired. Presently the con
versatioa laraed upon the daughter, aad
the mother said something about ber
-iaSiasity." The dergyman, who bad
seea nothing to ied teste any lack of per
ception in the yoaag lady, aad who hail
aot Botsced aay physical defect, was sur
prised, aad asked what was meant The
mother thea explained that her child was
stoat-deaf. The dergyaaaa was loath to
believe it, sad almost demanded further
prof of the fact. The yeaag lady was
then called, aad it was proven to bis en
tire satisfaction that she could aot un
derstand a single word that was spokea
aaless she saw the asetien of the lip
which altered it. Like the deaf girl de
scribed is Wilkie Col lie's novel ef "Hide
aad Seek," she b singularly sejceptibte
to aay vibratioa of the timbers of the
room or hease ia which she asay be, and
her mother bas established a system of
tetegrashj with her by means of the
doors aad balusters, by which she can
comaeocate with her throughout the
whole hecse. By simply striking the
balaster or door with the epen hand
her paresis caa apprise ber that her pres-
caee is desired la a partscslar room er
part ef the premises aad by mediSea
tioa ef the rap caa latora her of maay
of the miaor aJr that are taking place.
Altaoegti her fattter hat a atadsom
eompeieece, this yeesvg lady earns eanb
fer her own aapp-vt ha the pursuit ef act
in. j v i era it srsa.
How She Served Two Masters.
The sweetest oratory that I have lis
tened to en dlff er ia forest was when I
awake
overtakea ase as I sat leaning against tie
base of a meatier tree. They were apoa
the opposite sMc aad. I ceutd set run
Said she : "Since we were children
have felt a deep iaterett asd frieadtiacas
ia your wetfare, cad siaee I case to
kaew the Westedaest ef hop? I bare
leaged te share aar joy with vm. Will
yoa give year heart t year snaker!
He sud: "I cant de that, 31 oily.
would if I could, because you with it.
gave it to yoa last winter danog ear
meetings of the Vrv dmpni, and if too
really don't waat lo keep it yourself, if
yea don't ia the least care fer it, yea may
give it to whoever yea Hke, for I shall
never have aay use for it. 1 weald like.
yea knew, to there a bles-tedneas of hope
very nkely maea the same as yourself if
you weald ealy arrange tilings so that I
might have yea all the tame te divide the
ley with which I hope rea mean; can't
you, Aleilyl '
bhesatd, "O Jobar aad thea there
was a fambtiag. and if be dida'l kiss her.
aad she didn't kiss aim, why,"Katf dhL
and the woods are fall of them. Thea
she said, "Yea mast tell pa how yoa
ted." and he said:
"Isn't it too tosn after getting a ne
heart te tell a f el low's experience" and
she said, "Aotat all. It is proper, and
I am very happy.
He said : "Net as happy. Molly, as if
I bad civea my heart te the Lard, are
. r tr- - -- - '
oct of every imaginable material.
On this day hundreds of thousands of
these change hands in St. Petersburg
alone, and tho sum spent in their pur
chase must be prodigious.
Ax Onondaga County man had all his
teeth extracted, that he might quit chew
ing tobacco.
Prisoners Golnsr to Siberia.
The saddest sight in Kustia to a trav
eler is the manner in which the civil
prisoners are treated. It is a common
spectacle to see 300 or 400 poor wretches
on their way o Siberia under a military
escort; fur moit of them are chained to
gether in couples, while the women and
children who have elected to share their
bread-winners' lot have also to submit
to be treated as criminals. Poor clad,
and apparently half-starved, the wonder
it that any of the party should ever sur
vive the dreadful journey. A Rasaian
criminal condemned lo exile is sent away
with very little ceremony, lint when an
officer of the army, er other person of
cote, bas been sent to banishment for life,
he is dressed in fall uniform and led to
the scaffold in some public place In the
presence of the crowd he is made to
kneel, while his epaalets aad decorations
are torn from his coat, and his nword is
broken over his bead. He is declared
legally dead; his estates are confiscated,
and his wife caa consider herself a widow
if the so chooses. From the scafiold he
starts on bis Journey to Siberia. His
wife and children, tit'ers or mother caa
follow or accompany hira if they choose,
but on condition that they share his ex
ile. 31 r. Arnold, in his book entitled
"Through Persia by Caravan." relates
how, whea passing through Itassia, be
saw a party of prisoners embarked on
loird a steamer on the river Volga.
They were positively eaed a nidi Lips,
so that every part or the interior coald be
sees, iuit as in the lion-bouses of the
Zoological Gardens, with this difference
that in the case of prisoners there was
no everbaaging roof to prevent the raia
or sunshine from pouring ia upon their
wrctcbcdaeM. At the back ot the cage
there was a lair common te all, without
dittiaction ef sex or age. And whea all
were second, isdadlng the guiltier
women and children, fights occurred fer
the places least exposed to the east wind.
This b atytum which mutt sarely fade
awar beneath that Dublic omaioa which
is fast becoming too stroeg f er evea asto
cratic mosarchs to despise; for we are
told that the emsnct nation of tee Kos-
siaa serfs has made a vast legaL soda!
aad material improvement ia the lower
order of the people; and it is to the peo
ple that the world will look for that
much-needed reform which wiu enable
Russia, perhaps at no distant day, to take
aa honorable place aaoa avtttzed
nation.
How Women Dress in Persia.
A few women were seea- We met one
sitting astride en horseback, aa all East
era women ride. We believe them te be
women because of their costume aad size ;
but we caa see no part of them, not evea
a aaad er aa eye. They are sarocded
from the head to the knees ia a cotton or
silk sheet ef dark blue or black tie
chadder. it is called, which parses over
the head aad is held with the hands
areend" aad about the body. Over the
chadder is tied around the head a yard-
lesg roi ef white cotton or nnes, in
which before the eyes b a piece of open
work about the size of a finger, which is
their only lookout and TcuuLuor. The
veil passes under the chuddar at the
chin. Ercry weaaa before going oat of
doors puts oa a pair of troasert, gener
ally of the same staff aad color of the
chadder, and thus her outdoor seclasicn
and disguise are complete. Her husband
coald nvt recognize her ia the street- Ia
this costume Mohammedan women group
their way abeut the lawns of Persia,
their trousers are tightly bound about
the ankles above their colored stockings,
which are invariably of borne manatac
tore; aad slippers with no cxrveringfor
the beet, complete the unsightly, un
wholesome apparel of those uncomforta
ble victims ot the Persian reading of the
Koran. The indoor costume of Persiaa
womeaof the higher class appears ia
delicate to the Europeans. The chuddcr
and trousers are the invariable wal ki
costume. Indoors the dress of a Persiaa
lady is more hke that of a ballot-girl.
In the anterooms of Persiaa royalty my
wife was received by princesses taos at
tired, or rather unattired. An&Tu
"TarwreA Per$ia by Coratoa."
The Great Wall or Caeca. hTalgan
mmands one of th- passes through the
eat wall of China. It is there built
large stones cemented together with
.ertar. It tapers toward the top, being
caty-one feet high and twenty-eight
.et wide at the foundation. At the
aost important points, less than a mile
ipart, square towers are erected, built of
ncks. It wnads over the crest of the
neuntains, crossing the valley at right
ingles, and blocking them with fortifica
ioas. The Chinese estimate its length to
je about eighty-three hundred miles
jet in parts more remote from Peking
the wall is of very inferior construction
There is nothing but a dilapidated mud
rampart, as Col. rreievaltkr saw it on
the borders of Alr-shan and Kama. It la
said to have been built upward of two
centuries before Christ, to protect the
mpire against the inroads of the neigh
.boring nomads; but the periodical erup-
itions uf the barbarians were never checked
t. . i . -r i t -
uy me aruuciai oaincr.
Colonial Relics. There lies ia the
Stone River, near Church Flat, four
stoce anchors, which are supposed to
have been cast there when the British
first landed on Carolina soil. These four
stone anchors are square, and weigh
about five hundred pounds each. An
Iron is rua through the stone and riveted
at the bottom, and at tho top are fastened
iron rings fur the purpose of making
them fast to a vessel. On the stones are
cut the coat-of-arms of Eixat Britain.
Thote four stones are tenanted from each
other not more than twenty-five feet. A
ffgrnticman from this dty came across
them the other day, and made an caon w
raise one, but without eaect, as u was too
deeply imbedded ia mud.
The Nation's opinion is that such repu
dlatinir State as Minnesota and Georgia
are no better than common cheats, and as
s.irli ntitfht to be exposed and disgraced
I O - - . . . w
throughout the civilized world.
Fright in a Sthool-IIotiie.
Many years ago a cub bear was caught
by a stoat lad near the borders of Lake
Winnipiseogee, in New II am pthire, car
ried into town, and, after proper drilling,
became the playfellow of the boys of the
village, and often accompanied them to
the scbool-bocse.
After passing a few months la civil
ized society, be made his escape to the
woods and after a few years was almost
forgotten. The school-house, meantime,
had fallen from the school-mistress's
bands; aad instead of large boys learn
ing to read and cipher, small beys aad
girls were tanght in the same place
knitting and spelling. One winter I
day, after a mild fall of snow, the door
bad been left open by some small ur
chins going oat, when, to the unspeaka
ble horror ot the spectacled dame aad
her fourscore hopeful scholars, aa enor
mous bear walked in, ia the moat famil
iar manner ia the world, aad took a seat
by the fire.
Huddling over their Leaches as fast as
they could, the children crowded about
their school-mistreat, who had fled to the
farthest corner of the room; aad there
they stood crying and pushing to escape
the horror of being eaten first. The bear
sat snuSng and warming himself by the
fire, however, showing great signs of
aiiifaction.by potting off his meal until
he bad warmed himself tho roughly.
The screams of the children con untied.
bat the school-bouse was far from aay
other habitation, aad the bear did
not seea at all embarrassed by the out-
err. Alter sitting and turning nimscil
about far some time. Bruin got up oa his
hind legs, aad shoving to the door, be
gan to take down one by one the hats,
bonnets aad satchels that bang oa sev
eral rows of pegs behind it. His mem
ory had aot deceived htm, far they con
tained as ef otc the ehudrea a dinners.
asd he had arrived before tbe faoridaya.
Having satisfied bisnself with their
cheese, bread, pies, doughnuts, asd ap
ples, Brcia smelt at the mistress desk.
but finding it locked, gave himsclX a
shake of resignation, opened the door
and disappeared. The alarm was gives,
aad the amiable creature was pursued
aad killed, very much to the regret of
the townspeople, whea it was disco rereg
by soe marks oa his body that it was
their obi friend and playfellow.
Small Thing.
In the aaicia! kingdom are found a Tri
als of ferns so micate that their balk
b reckeced bv less thaa tbe alHioata
part of a cubic inch, yet each oae is ca
. ...
ea wiia orgaaa os tense or actzsua-
uea servient to serve the purpose in
their sphere ef life. Tbe vert table kiss-
data, also, ofiera abuadaat spedams of
microscopic forms, calcatatrd to -excite
our admiraUoa by the beauty ana si
ncteneas of their organisms. Sach is
aotablv the case ia several forms of
uii.rsicj. The striated markings of
FUxTtmsm-i f&xiiii aggregate to 64,000
to tbe inch, while JLmalipUxra p8eid
often exhibits striae exceeding 100,000 to
the lineal laca. Aad yet the tkeieioa cl
these minute organiasa are composed
maialy of silex, the si lex again being
made op of silicon aad. oxygea. JSbt
withstaaiing the almost iiTTTitit'Tnal
magnitudes of the organic world, uoaaaa
skill Is able to compels ia the matter of
miauteaesa. Plana am. wire baa beea.
draws so fine as to rival ia siaateaeaa
the smallest fibre of the spider's web.
Gold bas beea deposited cpoa tie sur
face of other metxls, aad drawn to such
extreme thinness that a taoosaad-rsil-
lioata part of a grain exhibited the ris
ible characteristics of tbe metal. The
ccil!aaons of the horizon til pesdulsm
caa be measured to the oae eighty-mil-
lioath part of aa inch, by the aid of a
small mirror, a beam of light, aad a
graduated scale for reading the vibra
tions. Robert, with a mec&aaical skill
unsurpassed, has repeatedly ruled with
a diamond point upon glass the nlae-
leeaut Dana ot nis tesx-pitie,contisnsg ox
lines lea than tbe oae ose-hendred aad
twelve-thousandth of as inch apart, sad
it is claimed that he has succeeded ia
ruling plates covering 224,000 lines per
inch, such as would aggregate ia super
ficial areas to over 50,000,000,000 to the
square inch. L. R. Curtain Pepidar
Cabbies Dotxs. These useful birds
increase in value with each new develop
ment of their usefulness. The latest ap
plicatioa of the "homing" faculty, as it
is called, of this bird, is the establishment
of communication between lightships
ana the snore, at uatea wnen. is ia im
possible to convey intelligence by aay
other method. The taaraiiaaa code ot
sign alt is taken advaatage oi, aad two or
three letters are stamped oa the wi'-
intimating the nature of the aisisti.-
required. The bird ia thea let looe, aad
makes its way to its haunt oa shore. By
this means many a shipwrecked, mariner
may be saved from death. Ia a great
many cases a "pigroa service" might be
made to supercede the electric telegraph.
This would but be reviving the practice
of the great stockbrokers at the begin
ning of the century. Daring the war re
lays of pigeons were kept along the road
from Paris to London, so that these
speculative gentlemen obtained the earli
est news of the coarse of events. The
carrier-pigeon came into special proas
in eacc during the late siege of Paris;
letters photographed on the minutest
scale were carried to and fro by its meaaa.
The Pruaiiaas coald not intercept the
birds, and ended by adopting the sys
tem themselves. At the present tiase
every fortress and fortified town ia Ger
many is provided with nocks of trained
pigeons, by which means communicatioas
could be seat into town, if invaded by a
hostile force.
Absent things act upon us by meaaa
of tradition. History saay be called ordi
nary tradition; while that of a higher
kind is mythical, and nearly related te
imagination; but If we still seek a third
kind of meaning ia it, it ia Iraasf orated
to mysticism. It also easily assume a
subjective character, so that we only ap
propriate that which is sympathetic to
ourselves.