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PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1877.
NO. 12.
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Strike While the Iron is Hot.
BT IV. R. 11XKBCK.
Strike -while the iron is hot:
Duller each moment Its plow;
If you wait Ull the metal crow cold.
Small Impression is made by the Wow.
Opportunities seldom return
If neglected, so do not delay;
Be wise and Improve them at once.
And grapple succe while you may.
Fortune favors the prompt and alert.
Who are quiet to discern and to selie
The straws that Chance wafts In their way
Before they're swept off by the breeze.
To hesitance, sloth, and neglect
Were the prizes of Life e're decreed?
Ko;the vigilant, actlv and keen.
You will find, are the one that succeed.
When the moment for action arrive.
To be prompt be it ever your rule.
Strike while the iron Is hot.
And don't wait for the metal to cool.
The Act of a Fiend.
Daring the campaign of 1S00 the
French array, destined to meet the power
of Austria en tho plains of Italy, before
it could render itself master of Turin and of
Milan, penetrate even to the walls of Genoa,
and declare the terms of peace on the bat
tlefield of Marengo, had jet to surmount
the vast Alpine barrier which extends
from the St. Bernard to Nice and Mon
tenotte, and to overcome a series of tre
mendous obstacle, presenting themselves
one after another in seemingly endless
succession, and task to the utmost, if not
demntr. the courage of the troops and
the militarv cenins and perseverance of
the leaders. These obstacles were not
merely the results of natural position;
there vera instance in which Uie resist
ance of the invaded was more obstinate
Had more terrible than that of mountains.
precipices, or rivers. Protected by forti
lications of little strength or difficulty,
and but very inefficiently sided bj a lo
cality which yielded but few means or
opportunities of vigorous defence, but
sustained by an indomitable courage,
great resource of invention, and an en.
tnusiastic love of country,mfinitely more
formidable even than their courage and
their skill, the inhabitants of the small
town and citadel of Irrce, with a garrison
of four thousand Austrian soldiers and
twenty-five pieces of cannon, maintained
their post for three days against an army
of forty thousand Frenchmen, commind
ed by" the three youngest but already
most illustrious generals in Europe
Massena, Lances and Bernadotte.
Furious at seeing his march thus ar
rested before this insignificant little place,
be who bad taken Alexandria in a day,
and Cairo in an hoar, and impatient,
moreover, to assume his positions far the
investment of Milan, the commander-in-chief,
on the 25th of May, 1SO0, ordered
the division of General Lmnea to march
upon the village in all its force, end take
it by assault. After three hours of san
quinary combat, of fierce attack, and the
most heroic defense, a handful of the de
fenders, driven from the citadel, retreat
ing step by step, and hotly pursued by
the victorious Frenchmen, threw them
selves as a last resort into the quarters of
Adjutant General H with the resolution
there to maintain themselves to the last
and sell their lives as dearly as they
might. In a moment the house occu
pied by this brave veteran was converted
into a fortress barricades were thrown
up, loopholes fur musketry cut in the
walls, and every disposition: made that
time and means afforded for & Iat des- i
perate resistance.
Lances, who was the first to enter the
assaulted village, detached an officer In
command of two battalions to drive the
insurgents from their position. The of
ficer, equally distinguished amocg his
fellow-soldiers for his impetuous courage
and his ferocity, soon forced his way, at
the head of one of his battalions, into the
disputed mansion, trampling as he went
upon the dead bodies of the forty brave
fellows by whom it hid been defended.
Gen. IL,tne only survivor, after beholding
the slaughter of fbe garrison, had ariard
himself with a hatchet, and with most
superhuman streneth aad desperation or-
pbsed the entrance of the republican;
ana wnen their leader presented himself,
sword in band, et the door of the room to
which he had retreated, as his last stand
of defence, the old general aimed at his
.head a furious blow, which would have
closed bis career at once and forever, had
it not been skillfull v named br the i&hre
of the Frenchman. It was the last effort
-of the wounded and weary veteran: he
- i a . ...
jni,-Bu id anomer moment tbe apart
ment was filled with republicans.
The Frenchman, who was never known
to yield quarter to a vanquished enemy in
the nlteen year or his wedded life,
stepped forward to dispatch the fallen
general, when a young and lovely woman
iubucu Hum u aujuining room, threw
berself at nis feet, and kneeling there,
pale, distracted, the tears streaming from
tier eyes, enneited lortfi in a roice of
terror and despair:
lif l VS. mm
"Dpaxe mm v, spare mm do not
take his lite be is my husband the fa
therof my child P
The Frenchman glanced for a moment
at the suppliant with an eye in which
there was no trace of either ancer or nit v.
and then, deliberately pushing her aside,
be made a step in advance, took a cool
aad steady aim with bis pistol at the
wounded officer and shot him through
the heart.
The wife of the murdered man uttered
a fearful scream, and starting to her feet
ad flying to the room whence she bad
come, returned in a moment with her
hoy, who, at the sight of his father's
massacre, had hidden himself, pale and
trembling, under the bed; she held h.m
up to the ferocious republican, and ex
claimed: "Monsterl you have slain the father
complete your work and destroy the-on."
At. f I IIC mnmiknt 1en 1 tUntita uufu liaa r1
and a French general, surrounded' bv a
crowd of officers, appeared at the door of
me apartmitnt. The scene was dramatic
a pcifcct covp de theatre. The heart of
the ferocious soldier failed.. him; jwllor
overspread bis features and his limlw
shook, while Madame Hn as if by a sud
den impulse, dung herself at the feet of
the general, with a single cry ot "ven
geancel"
The general raised her kindly and re
spectfully, demanding at the same time
an explanation of the scene before bitn.
There was but little need for words; the
object upon which he gazed bore to his
J . r - lr . .
minu we accusauoo oi uis suuuruioaic,
tint disfigured corpse that female upon
whose lineaments were stamped horror
and despair that feeble child, with his
psllid cheeks and his eyes streaming with
tears, calling upon his father who an
swered not.
Tfie eeneral Derceived at oace that
there was no fact to be ascertained.no ex
cuse to be admitted. His eyes flashed
fire, and, strikiug his glove forcibly upou
the ptlm of bis left hand, he turned
abruptly, and with a lowering brow, to
the assassin who stood before him speech
less and tremblinir. and exclaimed :
"Sir, you area coward and a savage!
What! murder in cold blood an unarmed
man defenseless a veteran before the
eves of his wife, imploring mercy ! It is
the act of a fiend!"
"But, reneraL" muttered the criminal,
with a hesitating voice, the voice of one
who feels he is lost.
"Be silent, sir," interrupted the gen
eral; "I listen to no excuse, I admit no
defense. Give me up your sword, your
epaulettes. From tins moment you are
dismissed from the brigade you have dis
graced, from the army upon which you
are a stain."
The major raised his bead with a fierce,
proud look.
"General," he said, with a voice that
betraved his emotion. "I surrender my
sword, but I demand a trial by my corn
rades.
"You shall have it, sir. and within the
hour."
Then taniiog to the officer, who bad
accompanied him to the spot, and rev
erent! v barios hi head before the body
of the victim, be said to them :
"Unite with me, gentlemen, ia reader
inc tnbnte of resocct to cniortunate
courage a brave and fallen enemy."
The remainder of that dreadfal day w as
passed by Madame II. ia the bitterness of
grief. After witnessin: the interment of
her husband with military hcor, this
unbsppr woman, who bad lost in a sin
gle moment, and under circumstances of
such peculiar horror, all tail made Jilt
dear to her. except hsr boy, sank into a
lethanrr or sorrow an absndoamcnt 01
wretchedness. While she bad a murdered
husband to avenge, a helpless child to
protect aad save, she bad preserved ber
enennes of cited and ixkIv; but Hjw,
when the assassin had usdergoae inc
shame of a public degradation, aad the
prompt and terrible justice of a military
commission impended over bis bead, the
helpless widow coold thick of nothing
but her lois. For her there seemed to be
no looser cause of hope or fear. She
was therefore more astonished than
alarmed when, early next morning,
French aid-de camu waited upon ber,.
with a request from the commander-Ih-
chlef that she would repair immediately
to bis quarters at the Hotel de Ville.
Without a word of inquirvor remon
strance, she arose, took ber child into her
arms, and followed the messenger of the
general.
Led to the council chamber at the mo
ment of her arrival, Madame B. found
herself surrounded by all the glories of
the republican army; by those celebrated
men for whom such wondrous destinies
were reserved; by whom crowns were to
be won and lost, and of whom, in after
years,so manv were to lose on battlefields,
amid the intrigues of cabinets, or theJ
corruDtions of a court, the honor lor
which Uict now were psntine, or the lives
Uiey were now so rcauy a pcni in ui
winning. There were 31 u rat, Duroc,
Lannes, Dcssaix. Mas sens, Iloche, and
i - : - - I . .
Bernadotte; end. in the midst of theta the
genera, bo, with arms folded -on his
brea;t and eyes fixed oa the floor, walked
slowly to and fro, as if la deep and pain
ful meditation.
On the entrance of Madame II. be
stopped abruptly motioned her to be
seated acu then, after gazing upon the
face of ber child, with a gentle nmtlc of
interest and affection, resumed his walk.
Madame II. bezan to feel alarm.
This unexpected summons, tins Strang
reception, the silence that prevailed
around ber, all combined, first tosurprae
and then to terrify her. A vague sensa
tion of anxiety aad fear oppressed her
heart, and she could not command her
nerves for the utterance of a single word
that roicbt call forth a solution of her
doubts.
All at once the roll of a drum, at a lit
tie distance, startled htr ironxber painful
rcvery. It was quickly followed by
vollor of musketrr,and the general, pans
ing in uis watte, piaccuuis uanu upon ncr
arm, and led ber to a window, from
which she beheld ia the square below the
fearful spectacle of a military execution
just accomplished.
"Look, madame," be said, inacaim, yet
impressive tone; "the man whom you see
lying dead upon the ground was a French
officer, whom his comrades in arms have
condemned to death for the assassination
of an Austrian, in a city taken by as
sault."
He paused for a nvnnent: then glanc
ing around upon the officers who stood
near them, be continued:
"You are at liberty to quit Ivrec thi
morning. General De ssix. whom I have
requested to be your escort, will answer
to the republic lor your safety. Farewell
madame; report to Uie Prince Charles
what you have seen of the justice mniu
tained In the armies of the French."
This general, at that time first consul,
was afterward the Emperor Napoleon
Paiities holding life insurance pol
cies in Eastern companies, now iu the
bands or ltcccivers for liquidation, should
bear in mind thai it is absolute! r ncccs
ssry to file their claims with the lleceiver
within the time specihed by law. or tli
time named by Uie Court or Chancellor,
as the case may be. A failure to comply
with this requirement leultto a forfeiture
of the claims.
A Soug iu u "St range Land.
A beautiful and familiar patstge in
the Hebrew reads, "They that sow in
tears shall reap in uncir.p."
To some brave souls in trouble, as to
Paul and Silas in prison, the singing
even takes the place of tears, and an
ticipates the harvest oi joy. mat the
Unguage of Christian hope is native in
sscied tunes, aad that it never breathes
unheard, the story of David Come touch-
ingly illustrates.
David Lome was a botch boy, trained
in the Covenanters faith, and early
taught both to say the Catechism and to
sing the Palms.
Manv of the grand melodies of Luther
and the German Reformers had found
their way among the karsher tunes of
hi native land, aad through alt his
childhood and youth, he had beard them
Kand joined in them by tue tireside aad at
the kirk, till they were as familiar as his
own name.
But David Currie had a restless spirit.
aad, as he grew to manhood, be could
not abide at borne.
He shipped as a sailor, and fur years
had bis will of wandering, while the
wilder license of sea-life gradually wore
out the pious impressions of his earlier
days.
Then a sudden sorrow checked bim
ia his erring wars, and shut him up to
reflection.
His ship fell into the dutches of the
Algeriucs, and he was carried in chains
to Oran and sold as a slave.
For a time this affliction, s. terrible
to his restless, roving nature, almost
crushed bim, but the old memories, aad
the holy leisoas of his youth return ed at
length, and became his oaly comfort.
Time passed, and tbe railing surd
hips of his servitude never ligateaed.
and no deliverance seemed near. Bat
be suffered on in patieece, aad every
day, when hit task was dose, aad he lay
in hi trutrded quarters, be thought over
the sacred texts be had laraed io boy.
Hood, and "sunr the Lord's sasgs in a
strange land."
One lovely moonlight night, as an
English man-of-war lay to in the harbor,
oa the shore where Dsnd was osaaaed,
some sailors heard ia the distance some
strains of "Okl Handred" stealiag over
the sea.
Recent events, the time, the character
of the place, alt quickly sajrcested the
explanation. Taere was a British sub
ject in captivity. Ever ready for as ad
venture, the ceaerous tars msaae! a
boat, and fotloxed the soasd of ute soog.
reached the spot where the prisoaer lay,
and, with one bold stroke in the Kiog's
name, wrested him from bis Moslem
guardsmen's hands, aad carried him un
der the protection of the English flag.
iics.&rcvJ to iiDcrxv, uavia wume re
turned to his dear old Scotland home.
where be found his mother stilt living.
Humble rrratitsde inspired him from
that day. aad, miadfal of his strange de
liverance, through all bis life of piety
aad peace he sung from an overflowing!
nean we ora rciraiu wai nsu mevcu uis
deliverance at sea:
-Be taeu, OGod. cxsJted hlra."
A Palace by the Sea.
Mr. John Hoey ownes the most elab
orate property in America oa tht brink
of the oceaa. It Is said to cost him $40-
000 a year to keep it up. He bad orig
inally about 139 acres probably the
same area cow. In order to get the con
tiguity of a full-grown woodsuch at the
sea gales bad cot stunted, he built tut
maasiou cear a mile back: from tb
beach. As it was set to? low to be seen
from tbe beach, he has cow raised aa
open observatory roof above it, itself
unique and not cnpleasing. The Italian
garden in front of this bouse is almost'
too beautiful to be real. A crescent-like
swtep of geraniums, deeply bordered ,
with neb leaves of various colors, but
uniform ia arrangement, extends for
nearly a quarter of a mile towards the
lodge-gate, which is the most elaborate
private gate, or series of gates, in this
country. The gates themselves appear
to be of ash or laurel wood, nlain white.
and mott tasteiullv carved and extended
from bluish pillars capped with palace
lamps. The fence about the place is of
red and white tubes or shafts, quite open
and hedged within. Ills lodges, gar
dener's bouses, etc., are very numerous
and all fit for exalted corapaay. A new
con-ervatory that he is now building is
pparently 800 feet long. The buge
front is set with huge yet graceful majoli
ca vases, six to eight feet high, aad
streaming with brilliant flowers. All
liver tbe lawn in bronze tints are statues
of celebrities the siae of the originals
such at the Yenus de Milo. the Apollo
Belridere. etc Fftecn or twenty of
these caa bu seen in a single vista. 2sotb
ing is crowded; a fine taste finds no ob
ject or distribution to tnve ollence. 1
observe about 300 century plants In one
place which the gardener was rearing,
Mrs. Hoey, the mistress of all this love
lincss, is said to be democratic enouch to
frequently inske her own dresses. -Y. T".
Htrald.
The Biooest Hotel. If you want to
be effective io presenting an enforc
truth, ssys ths Sunday School Tir.u$, use
illustrations that both you and your
hearers are familiar with:
Itwai oo one of the trains of the
Vermoat Centra! Rsilroad, leading into
the White Mountain region. Runners
from the various mountain hotels were
canvassing the passengers for boarders.
As one of them waxed eloquent over the
attractions of the house he represented,
in his conversation with two undecided
travellers, tic wound up bis description
with this emphatic declaration:
"I tell ycr, gen'lemen, the House.
is the gran mc-nsdg-gc-ry of the mount
ains, an1 or Yythio' else is side shows."
There was an illustration which was in
telligible and to the point. To the aver
age New Englandcr it waias expressive
as it was forcible.
-GKsiGttaarr does, not cxpfltoJretura
to the United States .before December.
1878.
Mus-uhnan Sympathy.
The great Ottoman empire once tra
braced large portions of Europe, Asia
and Africa. The followers of Mahomet
swarmed over three continents, and were
alt powerful wherever they ruled. In
time, however, the Empire began to de
cay, and one by iac different provinces
established a svmi-iodependence of the
Porte. Eyrit Is only nominally a put of
the empire. Morocco and other states in
1 .1 a " - . 1 . -i fl . . 1 '
uoiu .inca aau Asia pay inueie, out oo
not fully acknowledge the sovereignity of
the sultan. The present war grew out of
the restlessness and insubordlnatloa, ua
der great provocations, of the European i
provinces of Turkey, including Uerzeco j
viols, Montenegro, "Bosnia, aad the prin- (
ci polities of Servia and Rouminia. The
latter two were less closely Identified
with the Ottoman empire thvn aay of the ,
other states aad pronaces. The disUct
states of Africa and Asia, not directly j
incorporated in the Ottumsn empire, but
whoso Inhabitants are principally follow i
ers of Mahomet, are in sympathy wiln
the Turks, but as vet have rendered no
direct aid in the present war. Amocg
this class are the people of the Bsrbary
states, and the vast hordes who populate
northern Africa, and the Persians. Arabs,
aad the Mestulman population of India.
The telegraph inform us that the recent
victories of the Russians has greatly ex
cited the folio sers of the prophet ia the
latter country. It is net improbable that
the porte will be able to recruit iu ar
mies with numerous zealous volunteers
from the failtiful of other cocutrie, bet
that will hardly avail to turn the tide of
the battle. bat Turkey requires cow
more thaa recruits is money. Her treas
ry is empty; her credit is hopelessly
wrecked; she bis no meant with which to
prosecute tbe war after the present sup
plies are exhausted. She has put forth
her best strength; she caa hope to do no
better than to stubbornly hold what she
has until starvation aad lack of war mi
terial forces her to sue for peace. She
has the advantage now of some very
stroozlr fortified rwMtioe at Plevna,
SbBtala, SIKstrla, Ru.tchcck, WIddin,
aad in the Balkans. Tbe progress of the
Russians may be impeded, dclsycd aad
made costly in life aad material, but the
Rasstscs, despite their depreciated credit,
have ths losgeit purse, the most men,
the largest magaziac of supplies, and the
best facilities fur adding thereto. It
thcrc&fe seems sot improbable that Ras
sia wit! eventually succeed la rcdscisg
the area of the Ottoman empire ia both
Eorope aad Asia atsd dicUUeg teems
woicst, hoaever humiliating to tbe Turks,
will ia part compensate Russia for the
sacrifices she has made to prosecute the
war, asd prove to be a balm far the
woendrd Muscovite pride. Ifurftaa
2aifJ. ESt -
A Deril FMi.
The largest devil ishcier known to be
captared. desd or alive, has been lasted
ia New York dead. It was driven ashore
star St. Joha during a severe storm a
few weeks ago, aad it was found by fish
trmen dying ea the rocks where the ebb
log tide bad left it- Ths creature's body
Is ten feet loog.eadiagia a caudal fin two
fret and a half aero, and is armed with
ten buge testacies, two of them thirty
feet in length and the others eleven
fecL At the base of tbe arms is a pow
erful parrot-like beak, above which are
two deep-set eyes each eight iecbes in
diameter. Tne arms are slenderaad Uth
cry, broadeniag at the base, and are sup
piled with several thousand suckers, ia
double row, by which the an imti's prey !
is seized with a gnp from which there is
so escape an 3 dragged toward to rc
killed from the powerful beak. Tbe body
aad arms were a dusky red when found,
but have since become perfectly white.
escape and dragged inward
The creature's mode of progression is not
tbe least remarkable thing about it. The
water is admitted to the breathing or
gaut by valves, and when it has given up
-a as
us oxygen ui toe okkki it is violently ex
pelled through a sort of fcnsel, and tbe
creature is thus driven backward with
great rapidity, while the broad caudal
tin acts like a rudJer in directing its
course. It can also move backward or
sideways by the action of its fins, and
bottom with
its long arms ia a most uagaialr fasbioo.
This extraordinary creature his bcea pur
chased fur the New York aquarium, aad
will be placed there ia alcohol.
Tue Cost or Wan. Prof. Sheldon
Amos, of London, writ-s ia the last num
ber of the jAterAoUaMl JlnUa o this
most important subject, aad is of the
opioion that the increasing coit and d
structiveness of war will in due time re
produce the best results of civilization,
sucb as are always readied by reason
rather thaa violence. The qbestion of
success in war, he says, must become in
creasioxly one of whether a nation can
pay for it in tbe place of paying for other
things. When each nation is firmly as
sured of tbi, the speculative hilarity
which now belongs to war will have van
isbed, and it cannot bs long before the
nations, under liberal and conttitutioaal
irovernmcnts, combine to adopt some
scheme of mutual assurance less cxtrar-
gant, calamitous and inhuman than that
I of self-protection. This i tbe language
I - r . ... i ti - - -
oi true aisicsiH&asuip as wen asoi sounu
philosophy, and it will hive to be heeded
more aud more as nations increase tbe
burden of war debts uudor which ther
fagger. Nothing but the cost of war is
likely to bring it to an end as a means of
arbitration.
One great error of our moral teaching
lies in tne fact that there is too much
Dsn'l to it, and cot enough Do. We bid
our children not to do this aau mat; we
do not always tell tlura what they may
do, We tell Uie inebriate not to go here,
and there; but we do cot, as a genera!
thing, give him a place where be can go
We bid the youne avoid the licht, warm.
cheery saloon; but we give only the curb
stone, or his own dim, chilly, uncoaitorv
able room.
All the honorable pursuits of life arc
salutary, provided they arc not sought
with too great aridity and happiness.
That Kartbqnake.
The sensation of men and women io
view of earthquake are various and pe
culiar. We hear of a Utica gentleman
who entered his bouse with the aid of a
Utch-key about earthquake time oa Sun
day morning. He had previously drank
a glass of beer, and be said to bfmself,
holding fast to the banisters, "Power
fullest beer ever drank in my life."
"Wlllum," called out his wife, "did
you fall? Are you drunk again, Wil
liam r
" no," lie replied. "Wha's the mat
ter with you I What makes T shake the
bed sol Got the ager agin f
"William, she returned, with a sab, j
"you did fall and you know iu You
made the whole house shake, too. You
woke me oat of a sound sleep. I even I
beard the dishes rattle, aad it seemed as j
if the very be J was going out from under;
me. This is the second time, William, j
I shall write to my ma to-morrow," )
"W ish I understood 'stronomy, or :
geology, or something, said the
perse
cuted innocent to himself. "I did take
a glass of beer,-bat I ain't so much toxi- i
caled that I don't know when I am right
side up." He thought seriously for a
moment aad then looked startled.
"PVap they mixed It," he said. "Mus'
be. deemed to me the bouse was goia'
around, anyhow."
We draw a veil over the scene that fol
lowed. There are some discussions too
sacred for the public ear, and aa angry
woman in a night-dress is a something
too appalliag for the public eye.
To tbe clear cos science even earth
quakes are not frightful, ho sever. When
the editor of the Amsterdam Putxrritr
was awakened by tbe shock be rose up
in his bed and called out in a clear voice,
"GsbrieL is that your The shock
passed otT, bat not a wave of his raven
locks was disturbed. "I say." he called
out absently, "ootae in." The silence
was oppressive. "I pass," he remarked
sleepily after a mosaeat; adding a be
rolled ever, "Two dollar in advance;
two aad a half at the end of the ye sr."
Wbea Allen C. Beach arose to the sit
uation the scene was far different- "It is
an om-n of defeat r he shrieked, throw
ing of the clothes aad jumping violestiy
octofbed. "I bear t&e host f virtue
and reform marchiag down upon me! It
is the destruction of the Democratic
I'haruah. It is the tramp of th Assyr
iaas. It is the army of the Uaioa la
search of a socr aatsle trrs. Wbat ho!
Bring me a horse. Usttcr still, send for I
aback. I shall rtt ot of tss. I shall
go so far that my name shall be strange
to all the srrotssdisg oosatry; aad,
b'm! I went chsrge the State a cent for
mileage."
To Use yeeo; aad iaaecst there Is
cccrs-sarily cothias excessively dreadful
ia these taiag. Tfeej do cot cadentani
them- "What makes you tremble so,
MatihlaP iaqslred a youth who was sit
ting alose with the yosssg lady men
tioned, the old folks hariag goae to bed.
"You are not afraid. I hopel
"I wasa't trctabtiag, Charles," she
rspHed. "I thought you were- Why,
this is very tisgaUr. I think the build
tag is shaking. Aad H-lea. Taere are
burglars Ia the bouse, Charles. I hear
them la tbe next room. Oa, what shall
we dol Why didn't we keep the light
horning I"
"HbiC," he said, as one hsviag aa
thnrity. "Not a word. Sit op closer,
Mtilda. Let us not go searsMsg after
danger. Let it c- me if it wilL Closer
yet. Hang on
to me, Mstiklt- and all
Ict u br4re A tostlB
m,..
ill be wdL
Or, if we must perish,
Pbcebe Couzrint was perhaps the mot
stoical of the mtay who were rudely
awakeaed on this momentous occaiuo.
"Gentlemen," she said, starting up ia
bed and sleepily searchiag around in
vain for the help which, ala! is not hers,
my client is innocent, lac horse was
stolea by an entirely different person. I
allude, centieraeo of the jury, to to
what s thstl The bouse wa noieatly
thakeo, aad she added, with a firm voice.
"Barkis is willm ; and at tne same time.
gentlemen of the jury, I am not afraid."
The shock died away and she resumed
her pillow with calm confidence, merely
remarking to berself as sbe chopped
asteen. "I've beard enough about that
Colorado election. Now stop!" lixXt
ter Democrats
A Dccxt.to Stool. la the crvpt of
Warwick Church, tbe mighty ribbed
arches of which spring from one enor
mous pier, there is an article which has
long gone out of use whether advan
tageously or not I shall not venture to
say a ducking stool, made for the pub
lic discipline of scolding women. This is
oae of the oaly two, I believe, thst remain
England. It consist of a strong oak
frame on low wheels, from which a seat
rises upon an Inclined beam that works
upon a pivot or axle, me scold was
lashed into tbe seat, and then tee "lnsti
tutioo" was drawn to the river side at a
convenient deep place, and rolled in until
the patient sat just above tbe water.
Then the land end or the beam was
tinned un. and conscouentlr the other
end with its lading went dowo under the
water, where it was allowed to rcmaia
cot too Ion?, and was then raised for
breathing time. This process was re
peated as often as it was thought beae
ficial to the ladr under treatment, or
necessarily for the peace of her family
and neighborhood. Whether husbands
ever interceded for wire thus disciplined,
as wives do now sometimes for husbands
who arts unreasonably iaterfercd with in
tbe gentle sport of blacking their eyes or
kicking their ribs, is not recorded. TA
0 ,
OiKATJf.
The Illshonof Hereford was exsmin
Intra school-clus the other day, and
amnnir other thine asked what an aver
age was. Several boys plesded ignorance,
but one at last replied, "It is what a hen
lays on." The answer puzzled the bbhop
not a little; but the boy persisted in it,
stating that he had read it in his little
book of facts. He was then told to
bring the little book, and, oa doing so,
be pointed triumphantly to a paragraph
commencing, "The domestic hen lays on
nn arenge fifty eggs each year."
The Congo River.
Thanks to Stanley's pluck and energy,
the well-founded belief that Livingstone's
Lualaba was no other than the Congo has
oow been fully Justified; aad henceforth,
the Congo must rank with the three or
four great rivers of the globe. It is to
Africa what the Amazon is to South Amer
ca, the Mississippi to North America, the
Yang-tse- Klaog to Asia. It certainly ex
ceeds the Nile in volume, sad possibly
also In area of drainage. Kiting in the
upland, north of Lake Nyasss, it flows
northerly through the great interior basin
of Africa, until it reaches a point abuct
Itlie second degree of north latitude
(loag. i!l deg. i.) when it swerves lotos
westward, then to the soatbwestward, ca
til it approaches the coast. Where Liv-
logstooe was stopped tho Lualab was a
noble stream from 2.000 to 0,000 yards
wide; after making the great bend near
the equator St develops into a still broad
er stream, from two to ten miles wide,
choked with islands. At the cataracts.
here the river breaks through the coast
mountaias, tbe stream narrows to 0001
yards or less; then spread out into a!
brosd stream from two to four mile I
wide, with a current flowing about three I
sailes aa hour. The volume of water dis-1
charged is eaormou; Captain Turkey's J
estimate 2,000,000 cubic feet a minute J
is probably not so far from the truth. At j
its mouth the Coago Is a thousand feet j
deep, and the water hat been found to be I
perfectly fresh nice miles from tbe coast. I
For forty miles out the ui is perctptiblv 1
freshened by the vast volume of fmb wa-1
ter poured into It. The tide Is teit as tar I
as the first cataract, 10 mile up the! While I write, aad for hours past, inter
river. Io iu lower course the river minable trains have been carrying shell
spresds out into extensive swamps cov-1
ercd with maagreve aad palm trees. I
Tbe first successful explorer of tee
lower Congo was Captain Tucker, who
ascended the river to a considerable dis-
taace above the cataracts, when be
was forced to torn btck. Tbe belief was
that the Congo drained some large lake
aorta of the equator, aad was a coatinu
atha of tbe Niger.
The next to reach the Niger was Cap
tain Hunt, ol tne tin tun steamer JLUcU,
is ISoT. Six years later Captain Burton
attained the sise point. In 1ST 2 lieu-
tenaat Graaby expedition for the relief
of Litiagttone ascended still further, but j
was rccallsd in coaxouesce of Li vice-
stone's death. Cameruo's failure to de-
scend the mer is fresh ia the mtmorv ot
all IT sr. forcMl tn tsV i naf..io1i. I
erlv coarse to the coast by the oppasitioa I
of the caaalbal tribes, throuirb whose I
territory Stanley s progress was a oostia-1 mgut be paraaljy relieved by t&osc can
aons bxttle. Tae German txpeditioa. ca. toned that is, lodged in villsges lar
der Cttstaia Yn Hotaeyer. which started
ta 1573 to ex wore the lower Coaro to
ereoare tbe w av for German colon in lion. I
will orobablv be heard from tbrouirh I
Stanley, when details are beard of his hat-1
srdocs vet successful j-sursev. One la-
portast point in oaaecrion with the fa-1
tare of tbe Conro is alreadv anoareat:!
Cameron's scheme for the development of j
the Great Interior iJJ.ua by means o: I
steam navigation is likelv to be loag de-
laved. Tbe great cataracts near the
eq"sater,cet less thaa those cear tbcoat,
must ever present serious obstructions to
the coamerasl development ol tne ta
terior. SeitxtiJU Jamas.
Why Bryant Left the Law.
William C. Bryant, the venerable pott
aad j-mraalist, when a voce; taa prac
ticed la ia the western p-rt of Masa
chasetts. Tbe circurmtsnce, whkh la
dsced him to give up that professfea asd
become a journalist, is stid to have been
dissrust with tbe technicalities of mesdins:
xeuag Bryaat brought aa action utlis
slaader for one Bios asinsi one Tobcy,
for sayieg that be ( Blots j had "burnt bis
own store. Inert is co doubt ia tar
miad thit be burnt his own tt-ire.
II e would not have gut his
rooJs insured if be had cot meant to
burn it."
turned a verdict of five huadred i dollars
,i.,..
The case was tneu, and the Jury re-
- .
Tobev's lawvers moved the Sanreme
Court of Massachusetti for aa arrest of
judgment, because tbe word wera no:
slauderous m themselveM
offence for a man simply to bum his own
store.
The C mrt decided, Chief-Justica Par
sons giviag its opinion, that simply to
burn ones own store is cot unlawful
when not accompanied by an In jury to.
or by a desire to injure some other per
son, iherelorc to charge a man with
burning bis own store is not slanderous.
r it does not charge him with a enmi
nal offence.
If Tobey had said such is the reason
ing of the court that Blqss burnt his
own store with the intention of eetting
the insurance on the
would have ch
stwi him with a criminal
offence, and would have been slanderous.
Tbe judgment was therefore set aside.
and Mr. Bryant, so it is said, was so dis
trusted with the law. which by a techni
cality, deprived his cliect of a remedy
for a slander, that he gave up uis proiei
sioa. Those of our readers who are law
vers will find tho case of Btoss vs. Tobcy
. , n TI 1 r T AAA
reponeu in s-icucnos .cpor-, p.o.J,
A well kxowx manufacturer gave
commission to a young and rising artist,
on the strength ot the tame achieved by a
clever picture in last year's academy.
"Mind," said the manufacturer, "let the
work be as good as you can make it, and
doat think much about the price." The
picture was painted, and the manufactur
er called to see it. "Yes, it seems all
right; what is the pricel" The artist re-
plied, that, considering his time, etc he
must ask two hundred and fifty guineas,
The manufacturer's coBBteaance fell, a
ine manuiaciurer s consieaance ieii, a
he said: "Two hundred and fifty! Why.I
haven't a single picture oa ray walls that
hasn't cost me five hundred or more!"
Tho artist said nothing, but thought lots,
He will give his thoughts expression it
he gets anotlitir
commission from the
same patron
Tusuis is oae su way of attaining
what we may term, if not utter, at least
mortal happiness; it is this, sincere and
unrelaxine activity for the happiness of
others.
Abandance of Ktmian Transport and
Jrorage.
The weather, which has been splendid
here since the 12th, changed again last
night to rath, with storms aad cold.
Many tents were blown down, and general
discomfort prevailed. However, fire
days of dry weather have aude an im
mense difference oa the roads,-which are
easily traversable again a perfect gwl
sead to tli! cattle. I cannot find anv
reason for the Idea that the cold and wet,
wbea they do come fa earn est, need doss
tnr cimpsign, certainly cot as far as siego
works are concerned. It Is whollv asd
solely a question of trfasport, and this,
on tbe other hand, when the -t are
good, simply means forage. I have naver
sees an army with sach an overplus of
transportmeansatthli. Where we should
use three horses, or even two, the lias
si ins employ four or fire, and so oa in
proportion. The horse are all of hardy
race, accuttomed to just such a climate,
or one rather worse. Then, as to forage.
ue country literally oversows with lt-
maize, oats, u trie j, nay of every sort tail
the horses like, and fresh wheat-straw
with the grain still ia the ear. In the
villages roond the horses of the cavalry
of the Imperial Guard are standing up to
their knees in fodder. The transport
horse are just as well off, aad thousands
of bullock aad buffaloes do the heavier
worse aad live well upon coarser food.
BeSKles the material brought from Ran La
UT rail, nired buiicck-caru from
Roocaaaia aad Balgariawork the supply.
There is no deficiency, therefore, under
me -wo asaas oi transport ana lerage.
and stores to Plevna at the rate of two
miles aa hour. A few thousand yards of
casT, a xew laoutaaa poies, and mere is
co reason why the horses of the reserve
eavalrv aad trains should not be snagly
housed and sheltered half under ground.
The snow seldom lie, I aa told, mere
than tea days at a time, and but a aenth
ia all, during the winter. Around Plevna
itself, the villi res of Urbitza, Graritxa,
Tcchenitz, and Rsdichevo, going from -
right to left, famish abaadast shelter for
the mala body- of the front Use of the
besieging force. Tbe outposts must, of
course, as before Metxia 1570, aad, liter.
before Paris, be lodged in huts f bought
and straw, aad even under teats dT&M.
"- hich each man is folly snpptted. .
-cere tore. I do not see why tne Itasnsa
tid should be relaxed cse mocacat all
the winter through, though, If necessary.
the troop composing the bazezis" force
-her in the rear. It seems to form aa or
diaary military problem tiat has bea
solved successfully often before aad ia
far mere diScoIt circumstance. I shall
Indeed be much surprised if the cni tinted
gesiu o- uen. j oaieses, me weu-ssows
tenacity aad fcirdiliood of Rsssxin troopa,
ai -he point of honor of not withdraw-
i eg the bind once tender-d from the plow,
uo i oeiweea isem supply ue ceces-
-7 Impetus to -a ssccessfu! blockade,
even if not to a vigorous siese; but ray
beiiex is that Use crisis tor Pleva a not
far off. Exact details are here still waat
iag as to Osmaa's exact coshers aad tho
time for wbkh he is actually provisioned,
but the works have advasced very rapidly
wttnta the last lew days. A fresa ele
ment hat also appeared oa the scene.
The cavalry under Go. Goarke sow. or
will within this week, cumber no fewer
than l4catj-fscr retfimeats, all csrrj-iag.
me ijeruaa nne. ti lift taeto are a nu
merous aad welt-horsed light artillery
and if aay more succor get into Plevna,
it will be aa indelible disgrsce to whoever'
to blame. wrmpdte jcu&xi
I Ti.
"The Doetor and 3Lh Peggy.'
Coagress held its
svasica ia Philadd
1S0O. The city had-
phiaotiiil the year
the toae and style of a capital, aad was
the residence of rasay men of wealth
???S taee was William Blnjfhaa, a
I million sire, who lived. It was said, ia the
I nW OlV.rtwr t 1 A v wv !m lsana ..
I rV"r-' j-. -j - - j
--uuc xor uaptaj prompiea ma
to introduce the aristocratic custom of
the Old World. At his parties, each'
guest was announced three times. As he
entered tne call, hit name was exiled
aloud. A servant on the stairs took it
up, aad, in a loud voice, proclaimed it to '
the man waiting at the drawing-rooas
door; aad as the guest passed ia to saluta
the host, bis name, for toe third time,
was pmaouaced ia stentorian toaes.
This foolish fashion, so u asm ted to the
maaasrs of a Republic, was put a stop to
by a ridiculous occurrence. At one cf
Mr. Btngbani s parties, an eminent phy
siciaa, Dr. Euha, and his stcp-dsgti ter,-
drove up to tbe door.
" nat name, sir! " inquired the servant
. . pT -,
The doctor and Miss Peggy " replied
Dr. Kuha.
"The doctor aad Miss PevnivT' cried'
out the man at the hall door, as the guests
entered. . .
"The doctor and Miss Pev 1" bawled.
he of the stairs as the guests ascended.
mem.
"The doctor aad Miss Peggy rshoutedE
the liveried footman, as amid the laugh-"
ter of the company. Miss Peggy and 'tier,
father entered the drawing-room.
The blunder wat too much weight for
newly-introduced fashion to carry. "Miss
reggy" suppressed it.
A Scotch farmer once took his wiiis
to sec the wonder of tbe microscope!
The various curiosities seemed to please
Ule woman very welt, nil tne aamaicuiss
professed to be contained ia a drop of
water were shown off. These seemed to
pcor Janet not w very pleasant a sight
t .
?ta0cn -
UU the "water tigers,"
xe of twelve feet, appi
aa mc u.uus. am uiufauy, aowaver.
r, saagaiaea in iae
appeared oo th sheet.
ngnting wua tneir usual ferocity. Janet
-"piuauoa, aau crte-i
to hor husband. "Coma awa JokaJ'
"Sit still, woman, aad see the show,'
said Joha. uSce the show! Qtikbts
us a', man, what wad come o' us.if ths
awfu-like
brutes wad brak' oat o' t-h-c
water!"
There are 6,500 teachers in Msla-t.