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About The east Oregonian. (Pendleton, Umatilla County, Or.) 1875-1911 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1877)
ty (&mt wgoiiiiw. rCBLIIMIO tUTZi or ADVaTmSlXO IX court EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, Oi "mA, first iertfcR. $2 00 !ML IP. BTJXjXj. Each subsequent inurt I 00 OFFICE. COCRT TKKI7r. OrTOSlTK TBS eocT-Kors. Rata of abacrlptlen In Cln: UicTht U 00 Sir Hhi .. ...... S SO Tkr MeaUt....... - UB(ta Ovytss u ts 141 4mbs. ttta yr s. iTirUU( bfUa prsle EMOlf. VOL. 3. PENDLETON, UMJLT1LLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1877. NO. 7. TAT) "rrTV taci rami fin.4 sat 4 at law ,mw. A Wayside Flower. BT ROSE GtAXIO. On the brink or the dusty highway It stood and blossomed alone; It drank U11 dew In the darkce Its root grew under a stone. Brave was its heart at roorolnr, And patient In noon-day beat Whilecomlng and going, going, ForcTer went busy fceL And some bore burdens of sorrow. And some were weary with palu, And other kept happy rhythm To many a glad refrain. Not large was 1U Rift to offer, Yet gladly the weary while It save to the high and lowly Alike or its all a smile. And many a sad heart blessed it. And never a voice could chide. Till frost from a dreary heaven Fell over it and it died. Stanley's Great Exploration. Another mihical nrablcm. and one of the mitt important which Africa has held in her gtim keepicg, bas been ui- umphantlr solved. Tnere were cood I frronnds lor the belief that Mr. Stan- ley, with the advantage of his years of rinffiFOU as n fcin orer. ln Ti.-ornm I tnd thorouirhlv acclimated frame, his combined courage and quickness of clsion insituauonsofiriLand his ex- ceptionally complete equipment for the undertaking, would succeed in reaching I the western ctat tomtitkere . bnt that he I should have been allowed bv fate to fallow the Luala'ja of Livingstone until it be- came tne uongo, ana to locate its enure course irom lae jianvuema country to ! the Atlantic Ocean, is one of the most 1 signal successes in the annals of geo-1 rrnMrl diiMiverv. . Stanley s list letters to the Hernia be-1 DCW mc, ois repcuuuu 4 ic wu fore setting out on this wonderful iour- plcte survey of Lake Tanganyika; and, ner. were written Irom L mi. on utf 0 . . i Tanganyika, in August, 18TG, and did I J .. - . . ...it not reaeh their destinatli-n nntil lUe 13th I of last March. He announced his speedy departure for Nyangwe, on the Lualaba, the point beyond wuich both .Livingstone and Cameron found it impossible to pro ceed. The difficulties encountered by the latter in his endeavors to reach the river from points further west gave us in ad vance,a clear conception oi the hazardous task which awaited Stanley. When these last messages arrived, six months of his unknown journey had already elapsed, rT ,.r- . ,,. VI UU CMb " . .til wiliw. . I Lower Congo, comes to relieve the gen the Pen- I era! anxiety in regard to his fate, before it has taken the form of a painful sus pense. Eesching Emboma on the 8th of Auguat,his travels from Lake Tanganyika to the mouth of the Congo, n.ust have oc cupied abct eleven months, nine of w hlch were stent iu traversing territory utterly unknown. The first report, which the Herald bas just received, gives a general and some what vague geographical outiine of the route. Stanler started from Nyaugwe,the initial point of exploration,on the loth of last November. Instead of embarking on the Lualaba, be appears to have pressed forward along the right bank of the river, carrying his supplies and the sections of his boat on the shoulder of men. His progress was greatly impeded hrffmttm-!.nr eni frw.t .n j t.. .J. uKm h. it itsitvur.sl.T. a rSKK.i. I - . . -3 ' I Mn,it, -ntr,;. IT. . J . r. "Z " "JSr uiciutuukuiu uiiuuuiacu IUCBUIC obstacles Finally the porters from Nv- angwe, 1-10 in number, became so intimi i t .. - dated by the dangers which beset tbe party, that they deserted in a body. Tbe inarch , in fact, was nece-strily made in military order, with skirmishers iu ad vance, aad a rear guard. Manv men were struck down by the arrows of the natives, shot at them oat of tbe ambush of the forests. Tbe desertion of the por ten was followed by a combined attempt to exterminate the rest, of the party, and Stanley was finally compelled to betake himself to tbe river. The brief sketch of the Toyage will ex cite a general impatience for fuller de tails, lhe great stream flowed north ward to the Equator, where its course was interrupted by a succession of catar acts. Stanley, who found that ia spite of the hostility of tbe tribes oa both shores be was better able to protect his men in ttieir canoes tnan in the forests, was obliged to cut a track thirteen miles in length, in order to transport his boat and canoes below the falls. Then, after a pe riod of very necessary rest, tbe voyage was resumed. On reaching the Darallel of 2 degrees north latitude, the course of the river turned westward, and then southwestward. iu a great curve. It was from two to ten miles ia breadth, aad filled with islands, between which the little flotilla pushed forward with less danger from the attacks of the savages. Ail enona 10 communicate with tbe I at ter failed; the supplies came to an end. aad tbe party was threatened with starv ation. Finally, when three entire days had been passed without food, Stanley halted at a village on tbe left bank. where by a providential chance the people were .J " 1. . "".c 1 r 1 I'll 11 1 v. mill unu buuic liiif'iujiii K" Trim the sca-coast. Jucy caned the river .... "Ikuta ya Congo." From that point, the name of Lualaba was replaced by "Jvwango," or "oure" (sirei). Kested and amply supplied, the erne dition set forth again. But its dangers were not yet orer; in three days- Stanley entered tbe dominions of a powcrfal uiue, tne men oi wmcn were armca wiin muskeU. They put off in fifty-four large canoes to attack tbe nineteen canoes riu . 1 1 of the intruder-, and i desperate running fight wm kept up for Uclve miles down Uie river. This was the last but one of thirly-two scnaratc attacks made udod the expedition, after leaving Nyange. Ki lue iorcc oi sou men with niiirh r - ian - ley left Zanzibar, in November, 1874, 115 survivors, id a miserable smte 01 exuaus tioa. arrived with him at Emboma. TI is greatest loss was that of his only English ntssKaai, x r&Bcu i'ococky who was car - ried over one of the cataract of the Con go on the 3d of June last. A special for tune si-etna to have attended the explorer, for his own boat, the lady Alice, with himself and crew, was carried over an other cataract, six weeks later, all escap ing as bj miracle. Fro a Emboma there is casv communication with St. Paul de is easy communication with St. Paul de j iW"J!S?,,,,,,,r0, England in another month. The exploration, it will We seen, begin ning at the point where Livingstone and Cameron were Interrupted, determines the entire course of the Congo river. But farther, through the great curve of that river beyond the Equator, it carries our over nearly ball the unexplored region of Central Africa- Even if there are no great northern attlu- ents of the Congo, as there arc southern, we may consider it as now nearly estab lished as settled facte, that the largest feeders of the Victoria N'yanxa are the sole sources of the Nile; that the river Welle, of Schweinfurth, belongs either to the Scharr. which flows into Lake Tsad, or the Bcnue. which is the main arm of c tiiaiu mui I the Niger; that the Ogoc, at present the I favorite field of French explorers, has no important rccion of it own: in abort-that po other large river-system will be found ' me J unKnowa repua ijibk wircu the systems of the Nile, the Niger and Conso. The results of Mr. Stanley sdl coveries thus extend widely beyond their neiu. uis coou lunuoc miutoicou- mensurate with his dariGg and endurance; de-jad the two journals which equipped him so liberally for the great xcuture are re- waroeu uj t coomauuoa w ScrB-r(iuit anowicugc wmca uas never wva ucu by any sinrle jaurncy of explorati'. When we take Stanley" new route from tnrioar tor, ai icasi iron . gyv " "c ucwiu iiwc, 'uuius "'--"-'j I uc suibcjuii.k, nuwunm. v- . uamnavigauon oi uic iaae; uu ciuuiui- uon of the southern end ox me Aioerx Lake: his iourney from Karagwe to UjK n i - . .it . j . nr .v.. t M ubsht, uii muttiiuui uowui vi uic aiaoa-voopo io ujc m o.ku ww, t X . . I tl- . 4 . inusi aumii luai it iwnu netj d importance of achievement, in the records of American traveL A. I Tribune. Some One to Play With. A little girl who lived alone with her parents and aunts, had tbe attention of I all the household lavished upan her. When her birthday came around, she had manv beautiful mlta. but still did not seem hsDDv. Her kind aunt asked her if her gifu did cot please her. . , . a . , . . . . . 1 4CWUCU uuk A n i.. m n.iiv girl to plav with. I donT care if it it a little girl in rags.' Such is the craving of a child s nature for companionship. About the oddest playmates I ever heard of were some a little girl in a pleasant country home picked up for herself in her rambles. She went every day to a little grove some distance from tbe bouse, and there spent considerable time in play. A friend took an interest in her movements, and had a curiosity ti see bow she spent her time, which seemed to pass so pleasantly. So she followed the little, well-worn foot-path throsgh the gras, and soon saw the glimmer of her little pink dress. She was seated upon a log with a shawl pinned about her waist for a trailing skirt, playing tbe part of a school-mis I r.ll T I. 1J1 I ireaS wiiu g grT,lr. a u -uusu uc laughed to see bcr scholars. TheywerelOae morning, just as Obadiah was sit- akwoM gw rrlt fmt fflfl HfXlMl n I a little jacket of calico, with a white rviwu w vs M I mrwnn fisH nn I a!fr vhtrh n arr-nrMl I them that they could not jump. The ... ... .11 3 I mena iaDgaeu l?e 1 sensitive little inn ocgan to err. out was 1 sensitive little girl begaa to cry, but was reassured by her conversation. Tbe toads were rerfectly tame and contented, and when school was out sbe took uH their clothes aad laid them axsy in a box read v for the next session. It is said that toad, snakes and tar- ties can be easily tamed, and after get- ting a little accustomed to it like to be played with as well as other more mon pets. com- All the inanimate playthings you can give a child will never make up to it the waat of a living playmate, uooose your childnns associate with the greatest care, but do not isolate them from all children of their own age. Children to carefully secluded are often the mrt un comfortable, teazing ones you can find no comfort to you or to themselves; nor do they grow up so much better than other people's children who have bad the advantage of' a little wbolcsome neglect. -t-LSXE. One had a watermelon in a basket ana the other a big piece ot corned beel on ber arm, Mtacy met at the antral mar- ket yesterday, and chatted lor a moment. One bad evidently been mamea out a few days, as the other queried , "Well, how do you like your second husband! "Oh, he's fair-very fair, but you sec I don t understand him very well yet," was the answer. "No trouble. I hope?" "Oh. no. though for alut a week I feared there might be. He went around looking sad and down-hearted, signed vr tivA m t r. ti t mil vnnlfln I- n.tfpri till 1 h rv.L-,.n time., f reallr 1 ...v. MUMuh. . -. 1 - I tvlf .T.nnMT i got alarmed.' And what was the matter colic. heart disease or ague! "1 couldn't make out. as I told you but be finally explained that be had an other wife in Canada and feared she might come here. There the poor man was worrying alwut it for days and days, and i was thinking he was mad or going crazy. It was a great relief tn both of us when he told me the real facts, and now we shall change ourname to Thomas, now we snail cnange ourname to I tiomM. , , f , aiiey.and T0 & happy as bcei." Jf. Quad. PtJ ,, V United States Sexatoii McDonald 1 expresses uie opinion luai ihc rauroaas have outgrown the narrow limits of the piaicsawiunij mtii ncmru mcui, uu I that the national uovernmcnt will have to protect them, precisely as it docs com- 1 merce on lasses auu rivers. The Christian Hcvenge. Obadiah Lawson and Watt Dood were neighbors. Dood was the oldest settler. and from his youth up had entertained a singular hatred agaiust Quakers. There fore, when be was tnlormcd that Lawson, a rrgular disciple of that clas of people, r'h7J:h' T fVm tiibTa he TtSldkSi& move away again. Accordingly a system of petty annoyances wat commence! by him, and every time one oi Lawson hogs chanced to stray upon Dood place, be was beset by men and dogs and most savagely abused. Things went on the for nearly a year, but the Quaker, a man of decided eace principles, appeared in no way to reseat the injuries received at the hands of bis spiteful neighbor. Jlat ten. ho a ever, were drawing to a crisis. viutr, i for Dod, more enraged than ever at the I of Obadiah, made oaths tlsat he .' ...!. .u i-r...- , .v.i up the spunk of Lawson. Chance fa- Ku to stir; the ship yieldcJ to the in voredhi desicn. The Qiaker had a du of tie puff of wind, which gra.1-bigh-blooded filly, just four years, old. t . .. ... . . - - fr: t.i . . . 't..T:: r.,t7 ,Z"T I and had refused a large sum of mosey for her. One evening, a little after setsduwo, as Watt Djud was passing around his corn field, he discovered the filly feeding is the little strip of prairie land thtt sepa rated the two farm, and he coaceived the fiendish design of throwing oil two or three rails of his fence that the horse might ret into his corn during the nigwt. lie did so; and the next morning, Might and eariv, he shouldered bis nae aad left the house. Not long after hi ats- C2CC a hired maa tioiu be had rrcewtly g law muca luriMer oeiaii concerning onlm Ml Circaauaai, aad employed heard the echo of hi gu. this expeJlUon; Ut a few words may be e, themselves to horses and art! -and in a few minutes Dood, csideraWy qotJ to show what kind of wwther de; rf V,ieptaeat WBereTer they find ti cited and out of breath, came harry-1 j ing to the hour-, where be stated he had shot and wounded a buck, that the sera had attacked him, and that be had hard ly escaped with his life. This story was credited by all bt the ncwly-cnipojed hand, who had a dislike to Yt att, and, Xrom his manner, sutpecieu that something was wrong. He there' fore suppeu quietly away tros the boase. and goseg through the field in the direc tion of the shot, he suddenly came upon Lawson' fillr stretched upon the earth. with a bullet bole through bis head, from which the warm Mood was stilt oouag. The animal was suit warm aad could sot have been kilted an hour. He hastened back to the dwelling of Dood, who suet him in tbe yard and demanded, some hit roughly, where be had been. 1 ve bcea to see if your bullet made sure worked Jir. ton s eiiv. was me imuak tort. Watt paled for a moment, bat rec ollecting himself he fiercely shouted. Do you dare to say 1 killed herf How do you know she is dead I" replied the man. Doud bit his lip, hesitated a moment, and then walked into the house. A couple of days passed by, and the irning of the third one had broken, as the hired man met Lawson riding in search of his filly. A few words of ex planation ensued, when with a heavy heart th Qaaker turned his horse aad rode home, where he informed the peo ple of the fate of his filly. No threat of recrimination escaped him; be did net even go to law to recover damages, but calmly availed bis plan and hoar of re venge. It came at last. Watt Dood had a Durham beifer, for bicb he paid a heavy price, aad upon WB1CU ne COUOieu Ki4 Sas. ... , - . . r - i . UBL1 UV-au sw wiuaasMs, m w..- I ft!.. 1 n.ww . lirsMlrfatt 1sii avltflf-Ct LA came in with tbe information that aeigh- l- fVr Iim t Fiaul traV' ilotin f It I fence, entered the yard, aad after eating mo.; oi ue caooages, ' .. ....-. .-J t s .l" well-made beds, and ine vegetaiMcs uer beds, and the vegetables they contained, out of all shape a mischief w 1 ij s impossible to repair. -Aad what did tbee do wita ner, Jacob 1 quietly asacu Obadiah. -I put her is tbe farm-yard. -Did thee beat fairP 1 never struck her a blow, -Bight, Jacob,-nbt. Sit down to thy breakfast, and when dose eating I will attend to the boiler." Shmlr after he had finuhed bis irtiy alter ne nau unmieu ms past lawson mounieu a norsc ana rooe over to 1KJ , wno was silting on ihc porch in front of the house, aad as he beheld the Cjaaxcr dismount, supposed he was coming to demand pay lor rji fillv. and Kcreliv swore be weukl have to go to law for it, if be did. -Good morning, neighbor Dood; bow is thy familvr exclaimed Ubadiab, as he mounted the steps and seated himself in a chair. "All well, I believe," was the reply. "I have a small affair to settle ith Ibee this morning, and 1 came rather car v." "So I suppose," growled "This morning my son found thy K;rr n mr ,.rfen lmf h dcsUorej a CI0d deal." "And what did , do'wlt, bert" demanded Dood, his bf0W darkca1ne. uAnd Ult woujd & , don(J witb ber had be beca my heifer in thy garden!" asked Obadiah. I IV1 .. ,h,hr.tt r.tnrted Watt. mad. ir u,. v ,nnnu tod have done, but we ' " bcrfer for m- h on,y .tit for tat.' " "Neighbor Dood, thou know- est me not. if thou tbinkest 1 would harm a hair on thy heifer back. She is in my farm-yard, and not even a blow has been struck her, where thee can get her at any time. I know thee snot my 1 ,ii i.f.t fhjh .n 1 Ann nrrimniwi inn mi -. . . .-. . . 1.1 ""' . : . ".3 do it. and I lay no evil to my heart against my neighbor. 1 came to ten inee and now I'll go where thy heifer if, home." Obadiah rote from the diair and was about to descend the steps, when bo was stopted by Walt, who hastily asKeo, ... .. a". . a "What was your filly worthl' "A bun dred dollars is what I asked lor ber," re plied Obadiah. "Wait." And Dood rushed into the bouse, whence he soon returned with some gold. "Here's the r .- nn 11 r.. l.i l, I-ncc of your fiUy, and hereafter let there be a pleasantness between u. . Obuduh "Jfunted his horse and rode home with a lighter heart, and from that day to this Dood has been as good a l ncigtibor as one couio wisu to uaTe, uc- ing completely reformed by the returning i oi goou lor ctii. God bath yoked to Guilt her pale tor- j mcoior, jtiscry. jjiyan.. The South Pole. PLACE TO OET AT THAN THE ONE SOME (TV ITS fEUILfl. WORSE NOUTH The greatest itoint of difference be tween the Arctic and Antarctic rcgiiint lies in the fact that the former is doited " ith numerous islands, iwninsulaii isthmuses, the Utter (.exposed to the dath of a vast deep ocean. Its tx jtcrienccd from sweeping currents and winds more than has ever to be borne by northern explorers. On one occasion. hen be was bccalraeu lor a lew hours, t c dead set of the ocean waves drifted the ships towards a range of huge ice bergs, against which the sea broke with appalling violence. "Lvcry eye was transfixed with the tremendous spectacle. ami destruction anneared inevitable." - ilt r 1 i . I Be 'P were."Q ""TCO V s. I T"v"H.u' " ""." J" gigantic iceberg, when a gentle air lc- on board, the shir em erred from their peril and got out into the wide ocean, itou had good means knowing bow thoroughly Wilkes bail been deceived . . . cosorraisig ue appoarance oi taou ai a i partkalarspotrorhe spent three dysiae reBUM ,ith Turk of i in fcnarcbini' for l&nd which Wilkes I . . i in searching lor land which UU had laid dawn on the chart, but six bun- Irod fathoms' depth of water was found in the very center of the position as signed to the land oa the chart. Ross arrived at an optalon that the American eocamaader hai been deceived either by ice islands or fog banks. We need cot go iato much further details " J Antarctic sammer, aad in no higher lati tude than sixty-six degrees. For nice days the crew were alternate ly drifting, hauling, making fast, mead- lag snapped hawsers, and making efforts to stem oppotiag currents. On the tenth day, during a thick fog, a gale came oa from the north. "The sea qaickly rose to a fearful height, breaking over the lofti est icebergs; we were unable any longer to bold our ground, but were dnvea into the heavy pack under our lee. Soon af- ter midnight our ships were involved in as ocean of floating fragments of ice, hard as tloatisg blocks of granite, which were dashed against them by the waves with so mech nolesce that their masts quivered as if they would fall at every successive blow, and the destruction oi the ship seemed inevitable from the I tremendous shocks they received. By hacking aad fil.iag the sails, we endeav ored to av.-td coitiaioa with the larger I masses, hut this was not always possible. Ia the eariv part of the stars the rudder of the A'rtia was so much f.Vged as 10 De no longer oi aay use; .-oooi the same time I was informed 'gual that the Terrvr 1 was compIer.V de- strsved and nearly torn away from tbe stera-post- Hour passed away after hour ithout the least mitigation of luoe awful circumstance in which we were placed. IadeeU, there seemed to be but little probability of our ship holding to gether much loagcr, so frequent and vio lent were the shocks they sustained The loud, crashiag noise of the straining aad working of the timbers and decks as she was driven against some of the heavier pieces, which all the activity aad wamiuimmi uwuic v H 1 eiertkint of our people could not prevent. w.. .nffit to nil the .loalott hrt I .... . Mi . i was surhaeat to fill the stoutest heart- that was not supported by a trust in I. . J ....I L..,n K . .hB AHtv.l4 .11 asrth f i a.- I him who controls all events with dis may." J ne Knial . cemmanuer pt Whenever the gallant commander got UWthKil GU dn. er IO. IMS ILC DIIUIBI? mnil mirmln. a a a i r i .rv oBce touched the 7sth parallel of lati lade, and in all probability no human bclog has ever made a nearer approach to the south pole les by three or four hundred mile than the approach which bas recently been made to the north pole. What we know of the south pole, then, 1 simply this, that nobody has gut within sevea or eight hundred miles of it; that U., barriers are met with quite ecltpiiag - lh5 Vnown in the earth friuid rone: that mountains have been seea lose forth volcanic games) loftier than any discovered by northern explor ers; that all the land is covered with snow at all seaon; that no human being bat been met with l-eyond 5C deg. of latitude; that no vegetable growth, ex cept lichens, has been seen beyond oS deg. or latitude, and that no land quad ruped is known to exist beyond CS deg. of latitude. The cab companies of Paris have just started a new style of vehicle, which is very odd-lookiag, and is not very popu lar. It is a sort of cross between tbe London hansom and the French Jlicrt, tbe bodv thereof being like unto the hansom, but the driver occupies a seat In front, and not behind, as on the London cab. Just now it is not partic ularly p1eaant to take a ride ia one of the new carriages, as your Parisian cabby is nothing if not conservative, and the drivers who have charge of tbe new in novation are assailed on all sides by shouts and cries from their comrades that are more facetious than complimentary, I . . 1 - 1 "Wood-box," "vapor bath," "fire extia guisner, "aeoan cnair on whccis. ? 1 w .... 1 - . 1 . are tome of the epithets wherewith the new chicles are greeted. BiuaiiAM Yorco'a death was being dis cussed at a London dinner party, when a young lady started the rather loid con tention that the principles of Mormonism should for tlicfuturcbcruvcrscd. "Times," she said, "are so bad, and Ushioos are so "i"1!'"" ' '" to have four or five wives; whereas, ncu (iraio oiu iuur or utc iimiwuui, fc much cheaper it would be for husband, and,'-the point which commend itJcIf to ber- each woman bad four or five buslmndi "how much better wives could dress." NoTwrrasTASDixo that the Benders are still relentlessly pursued by the de toetltM. there is no truth in the rumor that they belong to the American Tracked bocicty. The Sultan's Way. Two hundred years ago when the Turks made war it wai sufficient for the Sultan to command a tiling, and it was done. When Suleiman the Great was marching to the relief of Breda, bis ad vance came to the Itiver Drave. and found it impassable by reason of a flood. The patha in command, wbowai, by the way, the minister of war, sent a staff officer to the Saltan to say tint it would be need ful to wait for the subsidence of the wa ters before the armv could cross. The Sultan heard the message, and then said ! to the alde-dc-camii: "Tell tbe nasha that in four days I shall be at the Drave with ' this army. If the bridge for us to cross U i not then ready, l snail strangle mm wiw my own hands." The bridge was ready and the army crossed at the appointed auU UICUUJ MlCVl 11 luc kuitouwu time, but several hundreds of men had been drowned In the process of bridging the flood. So when artillery was needed for the siege operations, and no artillery could be brought up, because of the lack of roads, the Saltan had oaly to say: Have artillery here or you die. and the ; artillrrr was alwavs forthcoming, ai- t though'in several instances metal hid to . Le brought upon camels and the casting of cannon had tr be added to the ordinary ... r i ar ,k. to-uay. iney eave no uvaixr uu bo money to buy uorses, ana yet cavairy mutt be had. Orders are sent to the dis trict governors to send cavalry to the front instantly, and it is forthcoming. . 1 - . I V in every auuici mere are any nomocr oi Circassians who are hankering after a fii'bt with the Hissians. The governor tBcaJ rrport for duty with smiling countenances, and no questions are asked. A ParbUn Story. Lately a traveler passed in a carriage along the Aveaue du Neuilly; the night , was dark; all at once the horses stopped, aad the traveler saw the animals had met an obstacle At the same moment a man raised himself before the hofKi and ut- . , ,CICHCrJ . . . . . -Why ooa't you take care, said the traveler. "Ah, cried the man, "toa would do better, instead f hallooing, la I cod me jour lantern. -What tori ' "I had three beadfd fran f getd an my troo; my pocket has brokee, and all is falling it. the street. It is a com misstoa with wbtch ray master has ea trusted me. If I da ol ad the mosey I am a ruined man.' "It is cot easy to find pieces on such a night; have you coae lettr' -lea, I have -Give it to me. The man hesitated. -Give it to me; it wilt be the means af reorvensg the others.' The puor let low gave bias hit last coin. The traveler wauited; a baautuei UuliS d r.r beran to play arwuud him. -Here, said the traveler, putting the coin to the nose of the dog. "Loot. The intelligent creature sained a mo ment at the moaer and then began to run tbe road. Every minute he returned, leaptag, and deposib-d in the band of his master a .aputcua. la suobi i eaij minute the whole sum was recovered. The poor f-llow, who had gut his money oacs, luiuru, mil wj ihsu.v-.mu sac . I .t ,7. . .1 traveler, who had now got into bu car ra -Ah, you are my preserver, said he; - I al -m a rsirir n m hlrc doae ng" said the trav- 1.. - .1 vi. cr r Vlv ufb'v " man name is itabat Jed; and then whipping his horses, he dusppearcd in the dark ness. A Lirely Patient. "The sick man of Europe" hai, for years back, been a phrase applied with a touch ot jocularity aad a dash 01 con tempt to the Turk; aad ia this rvtV the tutbaned infidel is just now showing him self a marrelously active, dangerous, and resolute patient. So slow and lethargic were hi movements at the outbreak of tbe present struggle, aad so unchecked tbe liberty of advance be allowed to his colossal foe, that all the diplomatic and other wiseacre exclaimed: "I told you so; the old barbarian will, at most, show a final spatm of frantic violence just be- 1U1C UUMlUg WCiJIJAUl fcUC AsraIUV us Bat with a change of doctors or rather of generals this moribund specimen of anachronism has grown wonderfully live- lj, and beside warding on succewlully nearly all the lunges of hi gigantic an tagooist. has managed to plant some pretty stinging b!o on bis unwieldy body. Ot course, it the struggle is al loacd to continue, size, weight, and northern persistence must triumph in the long run; but the lurk bas already re lieved Europe from an incubus of dread owing to its, extravagant estimate of Mus covite power, greatly raised the oplaioa of the world with regard to his own man hood, aad even in his decadence proved himself tbe lineal desceudant of that belligerent race before whose thundering march all Europe, a couple of centuries ago, trembled. Itu nu A oc Yorker. A rcxALK sieger, who was in high fa vor with a German prince, bad to sing one of Haydn compositions. At the re hearsal she and the conductor auiercu as to lhe time In which it should be sung. It was a? reed that tbe composer should be referred to; who, when tbe conductor waited on him. asked if the lady was haniUnme. -Verv." was the reply ; "and inccj4i favorite with the duke." "Then r ' - "she is right," m uauyn, wuu aignia if I at the poor disconcerted pro . r-tlu,, who. in all probability, bad he feasor wh SbS, 5. SlSand ana point, would Have lost his this Hadyn well knew. IIoxolclu travelers visiting tha crater of Kilakeua, during the first week ot September, repn-scnt it a very active and brilliant, i he old bouin lake was, on the luui intu, aiut l.uuu icci iu length and COO feet in width, boiling and spouting. Extraordinary Antics of Mara Moons. The discovery recently of still a third moon of Mars giv additional In -st to the calculations of Profess, 'am- 0. Watson, in regard to this L jjett. The outjgr satellite revolve .ud the planet In thirty hourt .ve min utes, at a mean distar .,420 niile from its center. The inner one revolves in seven hours and thirty-eight minute, at a mean distance of only 5. 0 miles. j The only way in which to firm an estt ! mate of their size is to compare their light with that of the planet itself, or with that of soma other body whose dimensions are known, Comparing thus. Prof rofetsor Watson con cludes that the probable diameter of the outer satellite is four and a-hilf miles, and that of the inner Is two and three quarters miles. The distance of the for mer from the surface of the planet is 12, 370 miles and of the Utter 3,710 miles. Mr. Jacob Ennis says that the inner moon every night rises In the west and sets in the eaL. All night long, while the other stars are moving slowly west wara. as uo ours, tiiat inner moon nasiens rapidly past them all in a rantrary direC- tkn so rapidly that from rising to set- it occupies less than four hours. Standing under a tall tree a person could see iu moUon plainly over the top. When t- . i. . . ;i:..v. u iiki w uk cs "lusu'i it appears as a very thin, curved cres cent! like our own wbes only a few days old. Bat It will grow rapidly, become a fall mooa, and set m the east before mid night. Before morning it will rise is the west again. There may be two new mooss or two full mooss visible to the same peo ple in one night, all made by the inner satellite, without saying anything of the outer. It mutt make around the entire planet three full mooni every day. Tbe inner moon must be totally eclipsed three umcs a oay. The outer satellite performs its revolu "" "7 . .i T"J:rLi? .f . . 1 . 1 u IOBeca .BWfa; ,1, TJZ f . -. rv "T V T .Y i Z " tf PPff i"1 llhL"f thla,cc1fVt 1 full moon some time dunsg the middle IWnnf IK r,I.( ltw Infill edipsed. Before daybreak it will be fax 'in the east, a thin crescent agida, but with this difference now its rounded side is turned eastwardly towards the tea, whereas ia the ereaing its rounded side was turned westerly towards the sub. The inner mooa passes the outer cse very rapidly ia their ceaseless play. Tbe in ner may then be called the swift moos, or it may be called the lower moos, aad the eater the higher moos, for when they are near the "one will always appear above the other. To the inhabi tant oa the equator the upper will sometime- be hidden by the lower, if the lower be large enough. Influence of the Jiind on the Cnre of DUease. The great infiuesce af mental emotions ia cig aad curing disease has loag beea known. Indeed, mtay of the mira cles credited to saicts aad charlatan are attributed by the irreverent aad the shrewd to the faith of the patitat rather tbaa to the virtue of the former's sancti ty, or the latter nostrum!. Cure of diseases of the spine aad also those of a ntrvocs aature, said to have beca wrought by blue glass, and similar humbugs, assy be safely assigned to the same cause. From experiment aad study, aa eminent physician was lately able to make the fol lewiag suggestions: 1. The ill-success of patients treatisg themtdves. aad of pbyuctaas treatiag their ewa families, was partly due to tbe waat of awe and emotion of wonder to oa-opcrate with them. Tbe old custom of keeping patients Sgaoraat of the content of prescriptioas. by writing them ia Luin, had a knowl edge of tbe mind oa its side. Possibly we may be going too far the other way. 3. It is entirely possible that hydro phobia and lockjaw may be brought oa. with all their distinctive sympoms, and thaUleath mty result, through the emo tions of fear aad expects Uon alone. 4. Patients whose will aad intellect are feeble, have a bad prospect of cure; for with them the emotions arc cot strong and neither is their incuence. 5. Physicians of great sdentific attain meat aad real worth may fail when aa igaorant aad obscure charlataa succeeds; because ia the latter case, wonder aad awe are excited, aad these are more poc erful ia their healing influence than aim pie respect. G. In experimenting in hospitals wita new medicines, pascals must be de ceived, orelse the results are complicated by mental influence. Dr. u. Jcst after the strike, when Solomon closed the ditcu-sioa by telliag the slug- irard to tro to the aat. tbe sluggard replied with a knowing wink that be had a much softer thing than that. "As howl ' inquirea uie proTcruuu ... . .. . i . i i - monarch. "I will start a savings hank," replied the man of inertia. The monarch nodded slowly twice or thrice, and went away to get shaved. The next time be met the sluggard, that deliberate individual was ruling m a gold mounted carriage, with coachman and footman In livery, aad ia reply to the monarch nod he just pulled up to say that ho was going over to Europe for a little while, till the hurry blew over. And Solomon went back into his sane turn and wrote, "Better is a handful with quietness than a bank-book as big as a Bible with travail and vexation of spirit Is the city of Bistoa for the year 1S76 there were 10.731 births 0.433 of lor eign parentage. There were also -((31 11 lesritmate births in 1S76. The female nonulatioa ia B.istoa predominated over the males 7.393. The annutl deaths from foreign parentage over American averages 3 to 1. Tkk Paris Exposition of 1878 Is to co a 1M nun Tin. uriinn! ra'enliliiu was about 7,000,000. Koded of Sain tat ion. It I a little singular that while with us the an cot -ing of tbe bead is regarded as a mark ot respect, amoog the Orientals the very reverse is true. The Turks re gard it as an act of positive irreverence to remove the hat or rap ia entering a house of prayer. The Japaaese take off their slippers, and to other pans oi tne East, they remove oae of their sandals if they meet a friend ooof doors, aad one of their atuckiag if Lc calls upa them at home. These customs must date back to a very remote antiquity, as we may refer from the direction given to Moses: -Put off thy shoes from off thy feet,for tha place whereoa thou slant! est is holy ground." It is rather a beautiful way that they have ia New Guinea of greet ing aa acquaintance by the placing of rrrasn Ivm rttTK i Tm tVi tvntsfj rT --"t w a javwai fife, oa tbe top of their heads. The sight presented ia New Zealand, when two persons meet who Lave cot seea each other for some time, must be rather ludicrous to a bystander, however touching it may be to those immediately coacerced. As soon as they come to gether each of the parties envelopes him self la his mat and covers bis face all but oae eye. They thea squat dowa oa the ground opposite to each other, aad begin to weep with all their might, the fountain of tears on both sides seeming to be al most inexhaustible. After they have wept as long as the occasion requires, they approach aad press their nose to gether for some time, doting the per formance with a series of short aad vig orous gruau; after which they are ready to eater upon general conversation. One modeef salctarioa which prevails in cer tain of the Pad fie blinds must call into acj tioa some gymnastic skDIaa it consists ia raising the lift foot,paasing it lightly orer the right leg, and then rubbing the foot oa the face, in certain quarters gentlemen of fashion salute each other in the street by striking the knobs of their canes to gether, which they carry with theta for this purpose, iastead of lifting their LaU as we do. The absence of any head-covering may hare driven them to this fce&jr substitute. There are certain forms of religioct nictation that have a peculiar dignity and impreasivenesa, like that which ex ists in the Eastern church, where, oa Easter morning, the greeting is on this wise "lee lru is men: wirn tne re- posse "He is risen iadeedT Several phrases are also used by the Arabs aad Tcrks which have the same cnaracteris- ues, such as "If God will, taoc art welL" Tbe Persian salutation "lay thy shadow never be less" would not be so' appropriate ia countries where the people iccliae to obesity, lae isaxer tyle of address "liow art taoul" ts a Utile formal, but is certainly better than the vulgar "How d'yer aocaetxae beard m certain parts of the land. As compared with the elaborate asd complicated style of the Africans, our modes of bodily salutation are few asd meagre. A sod or a bow, a wave of the arm, t&uehiag the brim of the hat, or perhaps lifting it slightly from the bead, and our perpetual b aad -shaking, cover about the whole ground of foRaa! ges ticulation in American society. On this last-men tSoaed form of greetiag I desire to say a few plain words. I presume thstia prrporboa ts the population there ts a greater amount of hand-shaking doce ia this country thaa ia aav other region of the globe. The extent to which this ,g Is carried may be regarded as a serious objection to accepting aay high position la the btste. A distin guished army otScer who occe received a grand ovation ia the city of New York, when he had to stand for several aauri oa a platform aad extend his hand to everybody, washed and unwashed, who desired the honor of grasping it, told me that his sufferings were intense after this absurd process had gone oa for a certain length of time, aad that for several days his nand was so swollen that he could hardly use it. There are people whose grip is like that of aa iron vise, aad they seem to take a friendly delight ia crush ing oae s hngers aad grinding tbe bones. A movement has recently beea made in France to regulate this style of saluta tion, aad reduce it within proper bounds. I wish that it might extend to this coun try. If one offers you bis hand it is awkward to refuse it, evea though you might reasocablv object oa sanitary grounds. It is worth noting tnat the orUs sJiKtjry aad U3uria are ooin from the same root, which means AnaltX. In reneral it mar be remarked that we ought not to salute all persons alike. Our best greeting should be reserved lor uose who deserve it meat- As long ago as tna time of the ancient Greeks, we are told that "the must common salutation was by the conjunction of their right hinds, the right hand being accounted a pledge of fidelity aad friendship; whence Pythag oras advised that the right band should not be given to every man, meaning that all persons were not fit to be made our friends." Pvthagoraa was a sensible old philosopher. BUKop Clark, JLI. Tub Confederate Flao. Daring our civil war, the several seceded States used at first distinctive State Sags. In Jtarcn, 1SS1, the Confederate Congress adopted the so-called "stars and bars," composed of three horizontal bars of equal width, the middle one white, the others red, with a blua union containing nine white stars arranged in a circle. The resemblance of this to the "stars and stripes" led to con fusion In and mistakes tbe held; and ia Septembcr,lSSl,a battle-dag was adopted, a red field charged with a blue saltier, with a narrow border of wUiWj on which were displaced thirteen white stars. Ia 1S63, the "stars and bars" was sup planted by a flag with a white field, hav ing the battle-flag for a union. The flag of 1S63 was found deficient ia service, it being liable to bo mistaken for a flag of truce; and oa February 4th, 1SS3, tha outer half of the field beyond the uaioa was covered with a vertical red bar. This was the last flag of tho Confederacy. Ir you want to teach a dog arithmetic, tie up oae of his paws, aad he will put down three aad carry oae every tiase. 3 U