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VOL. 3.
PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1877.
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Birds ot the Forest.
O follow! follow! follow!
Across the plue-roofed hollow,
Song-tinted breakers
On the woods wild acres;
Kuowhiglhe mellow iuh
Or song U as the flash
Of the first dy that wa,
The dreaming, only day.
Lost in the sobbing away
Of tin and pain, alas!
Sweet bird! the Messed place
In what glad world was fret
With glory face to face,
Doyoa remember vet?
HU tongs their circles trace
Wlibonl annoy or fret;
Theysetm to interlace
The faintly known and met.
O! how the world of song
May bloom, and throb, and crow.
Or on the pathways long
Melodious overflow!
Through all earths noise and wrong,
Through all her pain and woe.
How tweet, and purely strong.
The Area of being glow!
The Mysterious Diamonds.
BY ELU4.U KELLOGG.
J? notable woman for decision of Chir
ac I er and strictness of discipline was
Miam" Price, as she was called, who
taught school in Portland. Me. Pollv
Price, her daughter, was an active, bright J
giri, wuose nimuie tongue wa always
ready with every and any body.
The school-room was in Mrs. Price
own house, which stood in Turkey Lane,
so-called from this circumstance: A man
who lived in the street invited the Iter.
Samuel Dean to dine with him and par
take of a turkey. When the parson came,
be found on the table not a choice, two
legged biped, but a Cape Cod turkey
that is, a boiled salt cod-fi.-h. Thedigni
fied selectmen of the town christened it
Newbury street, but the U stately peo
ple called it Turkey Lace and by that name
it wts known for more than forty years.
When the British bombarded Portland,
Ma'am Price, seeing that Turkey Lane
was directly in range of their fire,removed
her household goods to a place of safely.
Polly was determined to save her pig."
A sea-captain at first assisted her. But
as shot and shell came thick and fast, be
advised the determined girl to leave the
animal, as it was not worth risking life
for. Polly, however, was obstinate, and
fastening a string to the creature a leg,
tried to drive it to Biamhall Hill, a
long mile from Turkey Lane.
Tne pig was as obstinate as Polly was
determined, and the contention between
tlM.m delayed their pi ogress. Red-hot
sliot wh:zzd by her, shells fell around
her, and une buisticg flung a huge piece
if the eaith so near as to strike the stick
irsitn bcr baud. But save that pig she
ou!d, aud save it she did.
Mrs. Price came to Portland from one
of the West India islands. She wa, a
woman of culture and decision, and Texy
strict in her school discipline. If any
boy or girl refused to hold up his or
her head, a fork was put under the chin.
You may judge that she allowed no tri
fling with her commands.
Some years after the bombardment, the
old lady was obliged lo suspend her
school, as the town was threatened with
an epidemic of una! I -pox. A number of
her scholar among whom were my
mother and uncles were Inoculated with
small-pox virus and placed in a pest
house. Ma'am Pi ice On wboe experi
ence and judgment the parents trusted,
was employed to take care f them.
It was customary, before the discovery
by Jenner, to inoculate a person with
small-pox matter,as a preveatati tc against
his taking the disease. The patient was
first put under a strict regimen of diet,
and when the system was properly re
duced, be was inoculattd. Being care
fully nursed, the disease was cot much
more severe than a mild varioloid. A
patient seldom died,and scarcely one was
uisugurea oy piis.
The young patients .ver whom Ma'am
Price watched bad long been kept on wa
ter gruel, aud were convalescent. Two
of them, Stephen and Hugh McLellao,
moved by a keen appetite, procured,
through friends outside, two lobsters.
All the patient had seated themselves
around the table and were about eating,
when, unexpectedly, Mrs. Price made
her appearance. She peremptorily for
bade Uieir.taking a mouthful of the lob
ster, saying it would kill them. But they
determined to eat, live or die.
Seeing their obstinacy, and as the boys
were large, being unable to prevent their
eating by physical force, she took out
her snuff-box and strewed the yellow
Scotch snuff It contained over the shell
fish, stirring it with a spfwn. The boys
were angry, but Ma'am was calm, and
they cherished no ill-will toward her.
The good lady's house was a resort for
captains of vessels who had been acquaint
ed with her and her husband when they
lived in the West Indies. They brought
her many presents of fruits, shells, coal,
eye-stones and vanilla-beans. People
troubled with some foreign substance in
their eyes would visit her to have an eye
tstone put in to take it out. Old ladies
frequently went to her bouse for sweet
scented beans ti put in their snuff-boxes.
We children often teased our parents
for permission to carry some presents t
Ma'am Price, and were alwavs rewarded
for our dmrity. She would put the eye
stones iu a saucer of vinegar, and we
were delighted to see them crawl around,
as if they were alive. Old pictures, nee
dlework and beautiful shells were shown
to up, and stories were told about the
West Indies aud the pirates. Tamarinds,
or guava jelly, ortomc other West India
fruir, alto contributed to our happiness.
I am going to ti ll 3 ou about a nist
lingular cvebt in the life of this excellent
woman.
Going one afternoon.during recct ,ino
her little garden, h" picked a "mes of
beans'Mu her aprofil It' turning, she sat
down in her school-room and shelled
them. Ia one of the pods she found
three dhtmindt. Whet a talk those dia
monds made for the town ! People came
from miles around to hear the story and
to look at the diamonds which grew in a
bcan-iod.
I have quoted the slorv a it was told
to me. Mrs. Price snd Polly always de
clared most emphatically that the dia
monds grew in that bean-iod, and I cer
tainly believe the old lady f mud them
in the pod, as she did. Mrs. Commodore
Preble saw her shell out the diamonds,
and so did Mrs. Matthew Cobb,
who lived in the large house on the
eastern corner of High and Free streets.
Mrs. James Deering also confirmed
Ma'am's story.
That is nt all. The very day before
the old lady died, Miss Sarah Jewott
asked her, "
"Ma'am Price, did you truly shell
those diamonds out of a Itcan-podl
Hadn't the pod been opened! Was it
whole like the other podsP
"Bless you, Miss Jewett, how could I
tell. You know folks don't look at every
bean or pea they shell, except there' one
that won't open easily. I was shelling
and looking at the children to see that
they were all in their scats, when I felt
something hard under my thumb. I
looked into my lap and there were two
little shining things among the beans,
and another rolled out of the pod under
my thumb when I took it up."
3lis Jewett bad one of the stones set
in a ring.that is cow in possession of Wil
liam Gould, of Windham; John Camp
bell, a relative of Polly's, bad another;
but where the third one is I do cot know,
When thechildren carried Ma'am a pres
ent, she would frequently take the dia
monds out of the cotton in which they
were kept, and let them handle the pre
cious stones, telling at the same time
how she shelled them out of the bean-
pod, and how surprised she was.
I suppose if I don't spoil this mystery
I shall have a score or more of letters
from my young reader inquiring how
these diamonds come in that pod. This
is cot known certainly. What did the
neighbors think I
Well, my father said that a vessel ar
rived at Portland from Brazil, oa board
of which were several varieties of pre
pion ttonn. The master of th Teasel
was an admirer of Miss Polly, antl it was
supposed that be stole tbe diamond from
the precious stones oa board the sfeip,aad
put them in the bean pod. As he had
stolen them, he did cot dare to give them
to Polly, or evea tell about them. As
Mrs. Price bad only a dozen bean vines,
he knewPolly or her mother would
find them shortly after the Teasel had
sailed, for he put them in just as be was
going to sei
The vessel was never beard from, and
therefore, tbe captain never came back to
claim Polly, or to tell her w here tbe dia
monds, which were nut of any great
value, came from.
The mysterr made a great stir at the
time. Youth's Gempaniy.
Interrupted Table Talk.
Theother evening the Rer.Mr.Philscter
sat down at the tea table with a very
thoughtful air,and attended to the want
of his brood in a Tery abstracted manner.
Presently he looked up at his wife and
said:
Tbe Apostle Paul"
"Got an awful lump on the head 'safter-
noon," broke in the pastor's eldest son,
playing base ball. Bit flew out of the
striker's hands when I was empire, and
cracked ciencbtovtr ibecarjin drocDed
me. Hurt! Golly P and the lad shook
hii Lead in dismal but expressive paato
mime a be tenderly rubbed a lump that
looked like a billiard ball with hair on
it. The jiastor gravely paused for the in
terrupiion, and resumed:
"Tbe A pot tic Paul"
"Saw Mrs. O'Gbeminiedowc at Green
baum'a this afternoon," said his eldest
daughter, addressing ber mother. "She
had on the same old everlasting black
silk, made over with a Test of tilleul
green silk, oat-tail-baque pattern, over
skirt made with diagonal fo'.dt in front,
edged with deep fringe; yellow straw
bat, with black Tel vet facing inside the
brim, and pale blue flowers. She's going
to Chicago.
The good minister waited patiently,
and then, in tones just a shade louder
than before, said:
"The Apostle Paul"
"Went in swimmin' last night, with
Harry and Ben, pop, and stepped on a
clam shell," exclaimed hi joangest son;
"cut my foot so I can t wear my shoe;
and, pleac,can't I stay home to-morrow P
The pastor informed his son that be
might stay away from the river, and then
resumed his topic, lie said:
"The Apostle Paul says"
"31 y teacher is an awful liar," shouted
the second son: "he says the world is as
round a an orange and it turns round all
the time faster than a circus man ran
ride. I guess he hain't got much sense.
The mother lifted a warning fingt
toward tbe boy and said "eh!" and the
father resumed :
"The Apostle Paul says"
"Don't bite off twice as much as you
can chew " broke out the eldest son. re
proving1 the assault of his little brother
on a piece of cake. Tbe pastor' face
showed just a trifle of annoyance as he said,
in Tery firm, decided tones:
"The Ap't!e Paul say"
"There" a fly in the butter!" shrieked
the youngctt hopeful of the 'family, and
a general laugh followed. When silence
wa restored the eldest daughter, with an
air or curiosity, said:
"Well, but, pa, I really would like to
know what the Apostle Paul said."
"Pas me the mustard," said the pastor,
aoseniiy.
Tli en the committee rose, and the sen
ate went into executive session and soon
after adjourned. JTctckeye,
The war in the East has doubled the
price of canary bird seed. Asiatic Turkey
supplies large quantities of this bird prov
ender, but, since that territory lias be.
come the theatre of the war, the supply
has been cut off. The import of the
secdi amount to about four hundred tons
per annum. The Jittle warblers will have
to chance their diet until the Eastern
question is settled.
Brown's Sweet heart. J
Brown was a bachelor a sa l, sileut
man, who. Instead of Having pasted
through the frivolities of youth, had j
.scd them by, and was now safely !
landed on the other side. Hi age was
an undetermined problem, not to be set
tled like that or a horse, by Ids teeth,
for they were artificial, nor by his locks.
for they were dyed, while, by brushing
lorward bis back bair o as to form a ,
false crown several inches below the nat-
urat one, a certain incipient baldness wrsi
dexterously concealed. I
"He will never see hre-and-forty, I
darkly hinted Tabith Skimply, who,
after setting ber cap at Brown for many !
yean, at last,likc .Esop's for, found con.
solation for battled hopes in undervalu
ing their object. I
Though at most time sad and silent,
Brown was cot unsocial. He enjoyed I
the company of friends, in a circle oft
whom, with a bottle of wine to help, he
would often thaw out perceptibly.
"It's a wonder Uiown never married.
remarked Peleg Hifie, oa one of these
occasions.
Brown sighed.
"What a model head of a family he'd
have made," added Jotham Trucncll.
Another sigh from Brown.
"A perfect pattern of the domestic vir
tues." returned Peleg KitHe. "Upon my
word, Brown, you've sinned against so
ciety and yourself in hiding your light
under a besbei.
"You," put in Jotham Trunnel, "who
should cow be setting a bright example
of connubial bliss to the rising ecsera-
lion!"
"Alas !" said Brow a,"itwasBQtto be,"
"Can it be true." inquired Pdeg, "that
you oace proposed to Tabith s Skimpley,
and were resected, as sbs says, oa the
score ot agel"
"As for my age," muttered Brrwn,
u$ke'$ eld eaocgh to remember it, at any
rate, liut, he continued, "I dont mind
tellicg.ence for alt, tbe story of my heart.
just to prove how little Tabith Skimpley
bad to do with it."
Jotham and Peleg set themselves to
listen, and thus Brown began :
"It was a case a! love at erst sight,
"Wouldn't it be more methodical,
suggested Jotham, "if you first told ws
bow you came to ee the lad j I"
"But I dklu t see her."
"Come, that's a paradox."
"A truth, none the Ie; I found her
picture.
"And fell in lve with that I Ah" I
see, replied Jotbam.
"I picked it npfrom where it had been
dropped in the street. It was a minia
ture, dose on ivory, and set in a' hand
some locket none of yur trumperr
photographs, which give to alt the same
eyes, bair aad complexion, but a raatcb
!e?s painting, representing a face of
exquisite beauty, whose white rivalled
the lily, and iu red the rose. Ringlets of
shredded gold felt on shoulders of ala
baster, and "
"Held on. Brawn!" interrupted Peleg
"isn't that going it rather strung I"
"Strong! I tell you it was an as gel's
likeness, improved by leaving out the
wings.
"To find the original of t bat ctlestial
shadow, I voaed thenceforth forward to
devote my days. I bought an opera
glas of extra power, and tinted in suc
cession tbe most frequented places ef
amusement, I promenaded the fashion
able thoroughfares, went tbe round of
the highest-toned churches, sauntered in
the parks, and lounged in the picture
galleries. If I saw before me a cataract
of golden curls flowing from beneath a
jaunty hat, I would hurry forward and
look back to find, alas that the lace
was aaotber.
"I began to despair at last. I felt that
my fate, like list of the Wandering Jew,
was to xnxjch ! march V for cTcnnore.
"I resolved to accept my destiny. If
I could do nothing else, I could at least
manifest my devotion by marchi8g on.'
One day, howctcr, I wa brought to a
bait.
By what," asked Jotham TrunnelL
By tbe yelp of a dog.
I know cot what mysterious influence
there was in that yelp. At any rate, it
startled me from my revcty, and turning
about, I saw "
Toe angel of your dreams" eagerly
antidpited Jotham.
u a big dog worrying a little one,'
proceeded Brown.
"Let go, you brute I was exclaimed in
a silvery voice. A torrent oi goiaen
treste nppled down the speaker back,
which was toward me. sue wa vigor
ously punching the assailing cur in the
no wuii iier parasoi. sue scene arouscu
all the hero within me. Undaunted by
the horrors of hydrophobia, I sprang for
ward, grasped a jaw of the jellow ag
gressor in cither hand, like aamson
when he rent the Hon, and set tree toe
almost strangled victim.
"Turning to place the rescued po-dle
in its mistress's arms, I caught sight of
bcr face. It was "
"HersP cried Jotham.
"Hers!" cried Brown, hollowly, "The
picture, it is true, flattered her a little,
but in all essential repccls the likeness
was perfect.
"She courtesied, thanked me and hur
rying up tbe steps of an adjacent man
sion, disappeared within.
"Who lives therer I inquired oi a
passing policeman.
"Glancing me over, probably to assure
himself that I wa not burglariously
bent
" Mr. Penswarth, he answered.
"I noted down the came and cumber,
took a night to reflect, and resolved upon
my course.
At a proper hour next morning I
called at Mr. Penswarth and rang the
belt.
"Is Miss Penswarth at homer I cn
quiied of the servant who came to the
door.
'She is, sir.
" -Tell her a gentleman wishes to see
bcr.'
"I was shown into the reception-room.
aud soon a rustic of silk was followed by
the mistress of the little dog.
"I hare called,' I said, rising
"'To inquire after Fido- otalib, I sup
pose," she Intenupted. 'It's Tery kind
of you, I'm sure. Except tbe shock to
his nerves, he has suffered no injury.'
" 'It cot thai I have come to speak
of,' I aid, 'but a more serious matter.'
"I threw myself upon my knees a
stroke I bad long preconcerted with my
selfand clasped her hand.
" 'Your Image has haunted me for
months,' I began.
"'My image!' she replied; 'why you
never saw me till yesterday.'
"'But ocatly ajear ago I found fAu,'
I answered, placing the locket in her
hand.
"'OA ray jor zmrulsiotktr'i pieiurf,
irAiVA 11 griettJ tut to mut to l&tc." she
cried. 'She's been dead these twenty
year. They say I d resemble her, but
am not half so pretty.
"I rose and took my leave," concluded
Brown, "a sad and disappointed man;
aad now you knew why I've remained a
bachelor, and hew little Tabitha Skimp
ley has had to do withlt.
Cot of Transportation Before the
Kallroad.
That there was no need for new
methods of intercommunication, tbe in
creasing populitioa made every day more
apparent. In ITS' the cost of transpor
tation from Philadelphia to Eric is stated
to have been two hundred and forty
nice dollars a ton, the method being by
pack bones principally, which were
drives in lines of tec or twelve, each
horse leicg tied to the tail of the one
preceding, so that the train was under
the management of one driver. Each
horse carried a pack weighing about two
hundred pounds. In l?!tl the first saw
mill in Ohio was built by the New Esg
land aad Ohio company, about sixteen
miles from Marietta, on Wolf Creek,
aboat a mile above it junction with the
Muskingum. Tbe crauk for this mill
was made in New Haven, Conn., aad
weighed a hundred and eighty pounds.
It ass carried by pack horses over the
mccnlaic to the Voughiogoey river, at
Sicrtl's ferry, and thence shipped by
water to Marietta. This same jear the
first wagon-load of goods is siid to have
bees transported, by the southern route
through Virginia, from Hagerstown,
Maryland, to Browsville, Pennsylvania,
whence, by the Mooongahela, water coca
mceicatien wa had with the Ohio .river.
A train of four horse could take a ton
frm I lasers lawn and return ia a little
le than a month, the distance being ose
hundred and forty miles, at a charge of
three dollar a hundred weight or sixty
dollars a ton. ....
The operations oa the takes dsricg the
war of ISIS called attention ax-si o to the
cot of transportation, and in ISIS the
lioase directed the secretaries of war and
of tbe treasury to report at the ccxt ses
sion a list of the internal improvements
in progress, and plass for aiding by ap
propriations. In the disccstiun upon this
motion it was stated that tbe expense for
the transportation ef each barret ef flour
to Detroit was net less than sixty dollars,
while for every pound of ammunition
and other material it wai cot less than
fifty cents. Harper's Jlagaste,
A Xkw Ixstrckest roit Scjesce.
There is now in or ration in the Labor
tery of Central University, Richmond,
Ky., an interesting apparatus that re
cords in a beanlifsl manner the motiec
of tbe earth in its hourly progress through
space. It is the invention of Professor
T. W. Tobin. Tbe principle upon which
the instrument b formed is, that a deli
cately constructed pendulum win con
tinue to oscillate in tbe tame direction
as started, aad preserving that plane,
mark tbe movement of the earth beneath
it. The principle was demonstrated by
Foucault, a Preach philosopher, ia 1S51 ;
was verified in Boston at the Bunker Hill
Monument, and lastly again at Yale Col
lege. Tbe apparatus hitherto employed
has been cumbersome, and the results
obtained somewhat vague. The experi
ments, nevertheless, bear historical inter
est, and are related in modern text-books
on physics. It has devolved upon Ken
tccky to furnish the scientific world with
a cnlsbcd and mathematical demonstra
lion of this beautifdl phenomenon, to
gether with the apparatus for producing
tbe result so as to be proved in a school
room or laboratory. The instrument is
about six feet high, consisting of an iron
tripod and delicate pendulum. There is
an index attached to the upper portion of
the pendulum, and when the pendulum
is started this is perfectly still. In six
minutes tbe earth' motion become p
parent, and the needle shows about. one
degree of deviation. In one hour the
movement is so marked that tbe distance
traversed by the earth may be estimated
from its data. The pendulum is of such
delicate construction that it will remain
in motion for twelve hour, and yet may
be retarded or even stopped by blowing
upon K. Lcvirrille Uourur-Joxrnal.
Misgtideo (Jlevenct. e are sorry
to see that President Hayes has thought
nrooer to nardon a counterfeiter. Coun
terfeiting ia a crime of the most deliber
ate character, indicating a settled de
pravity of mind and a dbposition to cheat
every one. .Moreover, those aioit likely
to suffer from it arc the poor aud ignor
ant who handle but little money, and are
consequently unable to distinguish be
twecn tbe spurious and the genuine. It
is a crime secretly lientctratcd, and of
ten earned on successfully and without
detection by the same person for years
When a counterfeiter is convicted it is
better that be should be made to serve
out his full terra. ,V. Y. Ledger.
Ax insurance adjuster went to see a
man whose house had been destroved bv
fire. Said adjuster, "How did this thing
happen I" House-owner "Don't know
it's a mrsterT." Adlustcr "Well. I
know." Hnmiuonpr 'T' hare It.
that's lust what I'd like to find out."
Adjuster "It's friction." House-owner!
i "Frictiont friction! What's that!-"
Adjuster "Why, friction is the result or
II" nnn .It MH - mn tttttutf't
iUUUlug a T l,VW poucj in m yvvu
At CTery birth a funeral is announced
A. Lion Story.
Some time ago, in Tunis, a Sicilian of
IMnaldo's circus excited general admira
tion by bis mauly beauty and feats of
strength. He wa in the habit of over
coming a lion during the performance,
which, however, was trained to succumb.
The bey of Tunis, bearing of this, sent
him an oner of a thousand ducat if be
would kill a lion which he possessed.
Tbe proposal was accepted, and on the
day appointed the bey aad a large com-
fiany gathered round the pit where the
ion was kept. Tbe beast had been there
three days without food, and was fouad
furious. The iron door of the pit opened.
but instead of tbe athlete, a tremVlini?
dog was thrown forward, which timidly
took rtiupe in a corner. The lion, who
was at a distance, turaed in surprise at
the humble intruder, His tail ceased to
lash bis side, his roar ceased, and he sat
with pavs extended, contemplating hi
victim. Propelling himself forward upon
hi belly, he finally made a spring. The
dog, however, who had watched him with
a vigilant eye, sprang in the opposite di
rection. Tbe hoc seemed astonished at
missing bis prey, but after rolling over a
few time, made another jump, which was
also avoided. Pity for the doc induced
the bey to order a cord to be lowered for
him; and while the Ilea was gyrating
prejuratory to a renewed spring the dog
intelligently seized the cord with his
teeth and was drawn up. As he ascend.
ed, the lion sprang agaic, but was too
late. At tins moment the Mciiiaa ap
peared, calm and fearless. He was In a
rich circus costume, and carried a heavy
mace. He took his position in the same
corner previously occupied by the dog.
At first the lien did not perceive him,but,
on turning, his eye expressed a vague in
quietude. He slowly withdrew a few
steps, watching his enemy with a furtive
and sidelong glance. The Sicilian, oa
the contrary, looked straight ia his eje
and watched every movement, Tbe linn
evidently bad mligiTingt, but, impelled
by hunger, sprang upoa the man with a
terrible roar. The Sicilian slipped aiide
with agility, and before the pw of tb
boa touched the grocsd, a violent blow
from the mace oa the head laid him in
sensible, Tbe mace was raised for the
death blow when the bey Interposed. He
offered the man another thousand for the
life of the beatt. It was accepted,, and
the liea w as allowed to recover.
There Will be Best in the Eventide.
All day loag the farmer but stand
betweea his ptoogh-baadlc, turning the
yielding soil; may cadcre the burden
aad beat ef the da v; bit be barced by
the scorching rays of the s us, or be
drenched by sudden showers, bet by-aad-by
the sua farli bis bacser ef light, the
l' 1- . I T - M v
uiiui cease loczr singing asa ay amce vo
their Bests; tbe eventide has ceme. aad
tired man and wry beast fled rest. All
day locg the smith may ply his hammer
while hsgc drops of persptratHHi roll
down his smoke-begrimed brew. He be
longs lo the class that mast toll for their
daily bread, and work with him has be
come secoad nature. He likes the mu
sic of bis bellows saJ clink of bis ham
mer, and a, the huge sparks fly off from
the red hot iron he caa almost imagine
he is JoTe forgiog thunderbolts and
revelling in the forked lightnings as they
wreath aad twine around htm. Uat as
the sun goes down in the west, he lays
by bis leathr aproa. aad washes the tout
and tmoke from his face, and goes home
to enjoy the society of bis family. rr
him there has come rest at the eventide.
All day tbe patient mother pay toil
for ber little oaes, sympathizing with
them in their childish sorrows, calming
their fears and soothing their pains, until
she Is worn out soul aad body; but as
night approaches sleep touches their eye
lids with its magic wand and for weary
motber aad tired child there has come
tbe rest at even tide. And for us all there
will come rest at eventide, it matters aot
what oar occupstioa may be, cor where
our t.otjtens roam. Ltie wito it
Jiitiful joys and bitter experieaces, its
everish dream and empty ambitions, it
hopes aad fears, its loves aad hates, will
be ended after awhile. As we grow older
our trust diminishes, at one by one our
mends fail us aad our expectations are
cut off, the apples of Hesperides turn to
dead sea fruit within our grasp, and the
f i.i. -1 1 . .? Yi ii . ?
iuois,wc ait, i UDics, au wuuij worsaip,
lie shattered at our feet. Oh, the follies
aad vanities of life; the lessons we have
to learn and unlearn: oo wonder we grow
weary, many of c, long before tbe end of
the lourcev u reached. But all we can
do is to possess our soul fn patience, and
press forward for the mark of tbe prize.
The quantity of pins now produced
daily in Engtand is said to be 50,000.000,
of which Birmingham produces 37,000.'
000, leaving tome 13,000,000 to London,
arnegton, Stroud aad Dublin, where
the article is also made. The weight of
wire consumed annually in the pin man
ufacture of England is set down at about
1,25 ton, one-eighth of this being iron
wire, nsed in the production of mourning
and bair pins. The consumption of brass
wire amounts to 2,500,000 pounds, valued
at nearly $500,000, aud of iron wire some
315,000 pounds, worth about fJG.OOO to
these values being added, of course, those
for wages, paper, ornamental envelopes,
boxes, wear and tear of machinery, man
ufacturers' profits, etc. Mourning, nair.
entomological, and lapanned pins ths
is, those stuck in row realize a larger
uroflt than those sold by weight. Taking
it altogether, the pin manufacture of the
United Kinirdom is not overestimated, it
is thourht. at the aggregate amount of
$1,000,000. In the United States, the
weight of pins produced in a year it set
down at 1,120,000 pounds.
It it said that the famous Eddystone
liehthouie it about to fall. It was com
pleted in 17C9 and has consequently done
i 1 1 .1 1 .-fiTr .urft
nearly uuo uuuuivu uin J"""
service. The destm" "!" which it U
cow said to
r said to b -4irc-tc?ed not fr-
aay wcakp' ,r" 7r J 1" " "-
itself vlalhe of rocks oa which
It . " wa5ch represented sa being
Ady to crumble away.
Influence In the World.
Who can estimate the power of per
sonal Influence! The careful, industrious
mistress of a house ha an influence on
her circle the extent of which she herself
cannot calculate. So hat that fast and
frivolous wife, lowborn pleasure is a the
breath of ber nostrils, ber fine clothes
dearer than her children, and of all sor
rows work and duty the most sorrowfuL
How many young minds has she not
warped by ber pernicious example, so
brilliant in its setting aad to seductive in
it lisesl It is so hard l work, so pleas
ant to (day. Has a bold, slangy girl no
influence over ber comrade! If a good,
pure and modest girl who neither flirts
nor idles, neither talks slang nor affect
improper subjects; who finds no pleasure
in silly little intrigues, and abhors all
legrading little falsehoods; who believes
ia duty, and acts as if she believes if
sach a girl as this is a friend which every
wise motber desire her child to make.
so, oa the other hand, is the bold aad
idle, thriftless aad uaduiif jI girl the one
whom she would wbh to be avoided, be
cause of the power of Influence. Every
man and woman living has influence for
good or evil. Our personality his influ
ence; our habits, oar modes of thought,
our fashioa of dress, our method of
speech, each circumstance of our individ
uality, makes it mark, and either repels
by the distaste or attracts by the admira
tion which it inspires; there U no one so
small aad issigatficaat as to be destitute
ef the power of stirring, to some extent,
the world ia which he lives.
Wajster of Time.
The world it full of cteless people
mere idlers. who are of co practical use is
the world. Eating aad drinking aad
sleeping constitute their chief employ
meat. With this proTeader made sere
they are quite satisfied. Habits of ia-
dBstry they have not, asd, moreover, it
is aa part ot their plaa to do anything
that is of practical Talue, They occa
sionally make a pretease of being busy
by devoting themselves to hunting, fisli
icg or caro-ptajiag. tais gives lacm
what they call a good time. Animal
selfishaess is the supreme law cf their
hole being. Ytemtu, ia cer way gen
erally more delicate asd leu offensive, is
sometime amenable to the same charge.
There are tome good-for-nothing women
as well as men too many of lata, for the
credit of the sex, with lives practically at
useless as they are aimless. They caa
maaipelate the Iiltl porictitio of what
thev regard as fashionable life. They
know bow to spend mooey. 2o one cas
beat them ia using aa opera-glass or in'
laying plan for empty aad profitless
amaseseat. Ia the matter of mere shew
they are finished experts. Aad there
their usefolae if usefulness it miv be
called ends. ThcT are fcsiiaio idlers,
taxing the world
fur their subusteace.
bat returaing nothing to it.
Estimate all
sack persoas, of both sexes, at their true
Talaatioa, wa do thea no iojastice ia
sayteg thtt they are not really worth tbe
grmeat they wear or the bread it takes
to feed them. Existence thus conducted
is a grots imposition upon bumaaitv. By
the death of such people the world loses
nothing, since it has fewer paupers to sup
port.
A BoMAScrer the Rcbeluox At
the battles of Aatietam aad Sooth Moun
tain a coloscl was wounded his arm
fearfully shattered aad he was borne
from the field by his brothers and a pri
vate soldier. They carried him acrosa
the country, a long and toilsome distance,
every step of which was torture to the
sufferer, to the bouse of a Maryland
Union farmer. Thea came the ubiqui
tous Yankee scrgvoa with his glittering
knives and cruel saws, and made hasty
preparations to amputate the ailing mem
ber. The farmer vehemently protested.
declaring that the maa would die if the
arm was cut on. The surgeon insisted
that the patient would die if tbe arm
was not taken off, aad the colonel's
brothers coincided with t-e surgeon.
Bat the determined old farmer dispatched
his ton on his fleetest horse across the
fields to the other side of the mountain,
after his mend aad neighbor, a country
physician, aad a rank rebel. When the
rustic Escnlapics arrived there ensued a
long couteation with the Yankee hewer
of bones orer tbe sufferer, but the result
was that the arm was saved, and, after
some weeks of careful nursing, the col
onel galloped off to join bis regiment, a
comparatively sound man. lie subse
quently became Oovernor of Ohio, aad
now fills the Presidential chair. .Y. J".
Trtinuu.
UCKKK I'm. 1 here-is a curious case
at ltockpoit of the singular attachment
some limes instituted between maa and
the lo a er animals. A Mr. Hale has been
for a long time accustomed to throw bits
of food for tome eelt in a little brook that
runs across the back of his lot. Latterly
he observed that they seemed to be wait
ing for his visit, and with a little training
they were induced to eat toou uirecuy
from his hand. They were learned to
nlav and fondle about his lingers, held in
the water and enjoyed his caresses. More
recently the largest one. of the four, a
huge old fellow over two feet locg ard
very large around, allows Mr. H. to ke
him entirely out o( the water, slid him
about freely from hand to hand appar
ently enjojing the novel ST&nastic.
When Mr. If. goes to the bi-ok he calls
them with a peculiar wltle, aad they
soon come rushing brHij" froia. down
ttream. Not long ag- he brought them
hit usual lunch or&h and mackerel,
when only the larf 0De came. The eel
waited a lew avBtents, then turned down
stream and M came hack, bringing hi
tardy faro"! to 'pper. Thi shows
there is " touch of the human is them,
fir at ordinary biped boarder would
bare pUched in without waitiag, and
cjrcd the tabid Boston Globe.
Ths oldest human bciair in the world
ia Senora Peras Glen, a Mexicaa woman,
who lives in Sin Gabriel Mission, Cali
fornia. She I one hundred and forty
years old. Her a?o is declared to be a
I matter of undisputed record.
The Land of the Midnight Snn.
The Rochester Union makes tbe follow
icg extract from a private letter dated at
Tromsoe, Norway, July 3 . We steamed
into this pretty Arctic town night before
Uit, and shall mike our botre here a
week longer, while a portion of the party
finish their northern trip around North
Cape to Vadioe. We crossed the mount
ains by means of horses and carriages,
uiing one hundred aad twenty for our
ride of two hundred miles. Tbe law re
quires every station from six to ten
miles apart to furnish traveler fresh
bone within half an boar of their arriv
al. We are now two dyt into tbe Arc
tic Circle, aad where we now, Live the ton
shines brightly at midnight from May 20
to July 22. Evea two days before reach
ing this point the sua was so sUoosr ati
miumgai xaai toe. lame wanua scade.
This coast is perfectly beautiful, or, I
should have said, grand, as well a woa
derfuL For nearly 2,000 miles the islands
are so thick so close together that it is
like sailing up a river which expands into
lakes. The whole distance ia overshad
owed with snow-capped mountains from
3,000 to 5,000 feet ia height, rising ab
ruptly from the water, while ia the dis
tance are to be seen those which are much
higher. We were exposed only once or
twice to the open sea, aad thea only two
or three hoars at a time, Tbe air here is -very
exhilarating. Yesterday the chil
dren picked wild flowers as we were
walking, aad within a few feet snow
balls. It is a wonder thtt ia so short a
season everything caa be grown ia this
latitude, aad yet grass springs up rapidly,
often growing aa inch ia twecty-ftsur
boors. Tbey have but two tcasoea really
lea months of winter aad two of sum
mer. Although the seasoa it so loag jet
the fiords never freeze, aad I thick: we
often have as cold weather ia New York.
The occupation of the place is fisaiaj ,
mostly herring aad codfish. All are wetf-to-do,
no rich aad no poor. The people
are intelligent, the masxa receiving a ixir
edecatioa. But what a queer place aad
what queer ccttorr.t! Prom the belfry
of the church, betweea the hours of 9 at
night aad f a. lav, a man thoctt the ting
of aight through a large tia bora at ia
terrais of every half fcocr. Tbe clergy
men wear large wide ruff. We have just
been to see the Lappa, some three or foor
miles from the town. They were aot&ed
the day before, aad fer a small sum spent
the whole day among tbemooataiasgath
eriag their rcsadxer, which they drove
dowa for ca to see tome 400 ef them ia
cumber. It was such a novel sight t
see then coming dowa the steep mecnt-.
aia. Tbey w id cot live low dowa, as
they eat only reiadeer moss, which grow
where it l very cold. Cows wtil aot eat
where they have been, as the scent of the
little hair they shed is very offensive to
them. We go from here to tr fWd
arOucdMolde aad Bergen, and pcrpuse
speeding a few weeks there; from theace
e go w uuaborg. taroc-rh Gcrmaar La
Genera, reaching Nice about the first of
November.
A Ghastly Picket Line.
Judze Rawe. wntin- tn th p-;!.,.i
phia WeHr Tiasrs. relate thr- fnii
incident of the aight after the battle of
rreuencjcsocrg: -hea,oo the return
to Marre's Heifhtf. th
filed ia from the road, there appeared to
l . 1. r , r i . "
uc a una use oi soioiers sleeps g oa the
ground to be ocenpicd. They seemed to
make a sort of row or rank. It was as
if a line of skirmishers had halted aad
lain do wa; -they were perfectly motion
less : their siren was nnonnd. NV
of them awoke aad got up. They were
cos reiievea mner wsea tne otaera came.
They seemed to have no commaadr?
least none awake. Had the fatigues of
me aay completely overpowered all of
them, oiicer aad private alike 1 They
were aearest the enemy, within call of
him. Tbey were the advance line of the
i. nioa army. as it was that they kept
their watch, oa which the safety of use
whole army depended, peat np betweea
ice nage ana xae river t The enemy
mighcome within ten stem of thi-m
wit&out being seen. The fog was a vtiL.
u uae anew wnai lay or moved or crept
a little distance off. The regiments were
allowed to lie down. In doing so, the
. , ..
ucu iiimic & ucusct fans, wiiu lirwf mere
before them. Still those others did aot
waken. If you looked closely at the
face of aay one of them, ia the mist aad
dimness, it was pallid, the eyes closed,
the mouth open, tbe hair was disheveled,
besides, the attitude was oftea painful.
There were blood marks also. These
mec were all dead. Nevertheless, the
new comers lay down among them and
rested. The pall of night Concealed the
foe now. The sombre uncertainty of fate
enveloped the morrow. Ose was saved
from the peril of the charge, bet be found
himself again oa Marye'a Hill, near the
enemy, face to face w itli Ue dead, sharing
their couch, almost ia their embrace, ia
the mist aad tbe December night. Why
cot accept them as bed-fello wa I So they
lay down with tbe dead, ail ia a lice,
and wer lulled aalccp by the monotony
of thr cries of the wocaded scattered
evo where."
A French Aati-Tobacco Soeittv offers.
the following prizes on competition: 1.
prize ui one nunurca traces to the
schoolmaster who will write the best pa
per in view of warning youth against tho
dangers of prematurely indulging ia the
Use of tobacco. 3. A nrixe ur" to hnn.
dried francs to the medical maa who will
relate the greatest cumber of in teres tins
i ......i.,s.i.i i . ,. e
tuiu uujiuviuucu uinciTiuuus oa uiseasee
arising fioai the use of tobacco. 3. A
orixe of three hundred fmnnt t,. tK .n.
thor of the best paper relating to the ia,
rluence of tobacco' oa studies, especially
in universities, civil and military school.
A Quest ro.x. An lvrwt nf .k
nity ot labor struck- vm-v- i.t.i Mi. .
week, receiving, bo pay, run in debt for
fit fkAil M t. . J - k
"w lawiQc prices, ana so sooa as
he had dusr a bullet nut r .;. l ...i
was able to limp around, went back to
work acd foaaii thir. Id si.M r
gtrea to another maa. Wanted: to kaow
..i it . . . . .
wmu (.wi maa sv:u
A sqciRK mile, StO acrtt.