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PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1878.
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LoVc-Song.
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If I were a violet, a sweet, white vbdet.
Growing In the sun and In the dew,
StrusRlloff throudj tbeicold spring time.
Hard beset by cruel rime,
I should surely blow Sot you.
It I wcr?-roe;'1X.OTe?rs sreat nd-bearted
Toc, LoT,
Blushing on my ttca, as roses Jo;
After tedious, sad delays,
lu the flnt vans turn user J
Iw6uld sweeten life for you.
V
If I were a daisy, a golden-bearled daUy,
Shlninjr in the field a season through ; -With
my peUUyoa should spall
That! love yue, lore .you well,
Wth my-whTle Ceart, ouly you!
A Parable.
Once there was born a man with a great
genius for painting and sculpture. It
was not in.this world that lie was born,
but in a world very much like this in
some resitectiLand TrrvdifTi-rrnt 5n .thtr
The' world in which this g-eat genius -was
ourn was govcrneu uy a ocneuccut and
wise Ruler, who had inch wiadotn and
such power that he decided, before each
beins? wat burn. fr uliit iinr-ruio
would best he fiit-d in life; he then pat
him in the place best suited to-the wort
he was to do; and be give into his hands
a set ofinstrutnenU to Jo the Vork with.
There was one peculiarity about these
instrument: they could never "be re.
placed; on this point the gitat and wise
Kuler was inexorable. He said to every
being who was born into his realms:
"Here is yoar set of instruments to
work with; if jou take Rood care of them,
they will la,t a lifetim-r if joHiet-them
get rusty or broken, too can perhaps
bare them brightened np a little or
mended; but they will never be as good
a sew, and you can sever have another
set. Xow job .see how- issjiortant it b
that you keep them always in goxl'
order."
This man of whom I speak ha 1 a com
plete set of all the tools necessary for a
sculptor's work, and also a c miplcte set
of jointers brushes and colors, lie was
a wonderful mm; for he could snake
Terr beautiful statues, and be could also
paint very beautiful pictures. He became,
while he was very young, famous: and
everybody wanted torn ;lbing thatdie'bkd
cirvrd or painted.
Now I do not know whether it was
that he did not believe what the good
Ruler told htm about his set of initra
menti, or whether he did not care to keep
on working any longer; but tuia is what
happened: lis grear very careless about
his brushes, and let his tool he out over
night where it was damp, lie left tome
of his brashes fell of paint for weeks,and
the paint dried in, so that when at last he
tried to wash it out, out came the brittle
by dozens, and the brushes were entirely
ruined. The danipnets of the eight air
rusted the edge of some of his very finest
tools, and the tilings which he had to ue
to clean off the rut were so powerful that
they ate into the fine metal of the tools,
and left the edges so uneven that they
would no loager make Hoe strokes.
However, be kept on painting, and
making statues, asd doing the best be
coald with the fcW"and imperfect tools
be had left. But people began to say,
"Whit is the matter with this man's pict
ures? and what is the matter with his
statues! He does not do half as good
work as he used toj"
Then he was very angry, and said the
people were only envious and malicious;
that be was the same be always had been:
aaa his pictures ana statues were as good
'as ever. Sat he coald not make any
body else think so. They all knew
better.
One day the Ruler seat for him, and
said to him: .
"2ow you have reached the prime of
some really great work. 1 wsnt a grand
statae' made lor the gateway of one of my
cities. Here isthel design. Take it b jme
and siady St, and1see it yon can under
take to execute it,"
Asseimas the poor sculptor studied
the design, his .heart sank within him;
there were several nrt tr It nlnh
qaired the finest workmanship of one of
M we miJVAiC iUflllUUlCUU, 111 L. JQ-
strnsMst was entirely raised by rust; the
edge was all eaten away in notches. In
vain he tried all possible devices to bring
it again to a fine; sharp edge. Nothing
coald be done with it. The mo it expe
rienced worksaea shook their beads as
they saw it, and said:
2?o,BO,sirIjtisfoolate; if von hai
brought it to ns at first, -we might possi
bly have Slide it sharp enough for you !o
esc a little while with great care; but It
is past help sow." Theniie ran frantio
ally aroaad tlie conttry, trying to bor
row annular ifument from some one.
JJutose of the most remarkable tecaliar.
ities about. theseeU of instruments ni
ea bythe Ruler ef this world I am speak
lag of-was, that they were of no xite at all
la the bauds of anybody except the one
to when the. Ruler had given-lbem.
They were adt itted to his hand; be
coald not aaakc the kind of stroke he
wanled to make with them. Sj he went
sadly back to tbcUsler, and Mid: X
"0h, sir, I am most unhappy! I can
sot execate thw Jjeaalirul design for yoaf
tatac."
"Bat why cannot you execute itf said
the Ralcr.
'Alas, sir. said ths nnfnrlntnlc mnn
"bj aoae sad accident one of my finest
. i . . . .
muni was f. rustea uiat 31 cannot tse re
stored. "Without that tool it is. Impos
sible to maktthk stafBe:''' -
Then the Holer looked very severely at
faim, and said:
"Ob, Scalptor! accidents very seldom
happen to the wise, and cartful."
"Voa deserve to starve," said tlie
Raler; aad ordered the servants to show
faim oat of the palace.
After this. .Hirs wipf fmm liail in
worse-with the, painter; every few days
some eae of liir insim mAnta ItrkVs tanAmr
his band; tfaey bad been so poorly takes
care ef, that they did not last half as lonir'
as they were meant to. His work pen)
pww a pwwer, usui tie lell so
that he was forced t eke not a miserable
living by painting the walls of the com
monest houses, and making the coarsest
kind of water-jr out of clay. Finally
hi last instrument failed him; he had
nothing left t work with; and at he had
for many years done only very coarse and
-heap work, and had unt bc?n able to
lay up any miney, be was dnven to beg
his food from door lo door, and finally
died of hung.-r.
This is the end of tlie Parable. Next
comes the Moral. row. please don t
skip all the rest, because it is called
Miral." Tlie Irable is a truer one than
yon think, at first; bat the longer yon
think, the more yu will tee hnw true it
is. Are we not each of us born into the
world provided with one body, and only
one, which in est last us as long a e live
in flits wrld f Is it not by means of this
body tint we feel, learn and accomplish
everything! Is it not a most wonderful
and beautiful set of instrumental Can
we ever replace anyone of them! Can
we ever have any one of them as good as
new, after it has once been' seriously oat
of order! In one respect the Parable is
nut a tine one, for the Parable tells tbe
try of a mn whnse set of instruments
-was adapted toonlr two uses to sculpt.
ure and to painting. But it would not be
easy to count up ad tbe tiling which hu
m-in beings can do by help ol these won
derful bodies in which they live. Tnink,
Fur a moment, or all tbe things yon do in
any use xisy; all the breatldni;, eating,
drinking, and running, ot all tbe think
ing, speaking, fcrlinsr, lesrning. you do in
anyone dsy. 2or if any one of tbe in
struments is seriously out or order, you
cannot do one of thce things so well as
yon know ho w to do it.
I do not know anything in this world
half so strange as the way in which peo
ple neglect their bodie; that is, their
set or instruments ; their one set of instru
mentl which they can nenr replace, and
can -do very little towards mending.
When it is too Utc. when the initrnments
are bepelessly oat -of -order, then they do
not neglect them any longer; then they
run about frantically, as the poor scalp
tor did, trying to Sad some one to help
him ; and this is one of tlie saddest sights
in the world a xnun or woman ronnlnz
from one climate to another climate, and
from one doctor to another doctor, trying
to cure or pitch op a body that is out of
order.
I think the difference between a person
who has kept al the laws of health, and
thereby his a guod strenr, sonnd h-idr.
that can carry bim wherever be wan is to
go, and d 1 whatever he wants to do, and a
person who has let his body ret all oat of
order so that be has to lie in bed half his
time and suffer, is quite as great a differ
ence as there is !etwccn a crratare with
wings and a creature without wings!
JJMtjTOOI
And this is tbe end of the Moral.
From BiU of Talk by U. II.
"De Xiniinb Xoa Cam Lex."
The circuit jud e wit aided by two as
sociate judge, whose judicial services
were paid fur st the rate of three dollars
for each day -of session, no mileage or
uther expenses b-ing allowed. The grade
til professional sbility likely to be called
out by such a rate of compensstion may
lie iinigined. "When it htppesed that the
judge, because of some legal disability,
had temporarily to vacate his seat, tbe
elder of tbe two associates presided, aad
on inch occasions judge and cocnsel not
infrequently came into collision. An ex
ample of old date, which went the rounds
of the bsr at the time, occurs to me.
Tbe elder associate on this occasion was
an illiterate farmer, short of stature, lean
of person, and acrid of temper. An old
friend of mine, John Pitcherrwbo has
since served with much credit as jadgeof
oar Cosrt of Cummoa Pleas, was coun
sel in the case. He is still living, an oc
togenarian, and -was noted in younger
days for acamen and wit, the latter usu
ally of a caustic character. In the exer
cise of this somewhat dangerons faculty,
be bad, on some occasion, offended the as
sociate now presiding, who bore him a
grudge in conequence.
It was a" salt for damages, and Mr.
Pitcher, retained for tin defense, look oc
casion, in the early part of his remarks to
the j try, to say:
"There is a legal maxim applicable in
this case, to which I invite your attention
uDt minim it ton curat lex.""
Here he panned, intenJing, doabtlesi,
to add tbe translation, but ere lie could
do so, the judge broke in:
Come, Pitcher, none f your Potto
wattomy ! Give ns plain English."
The other, without turning bis eyes
from the iurv. or intimating br word or
gesture that be bad hear the remark,
proceeded qaietly in hi speech for more
than half an hour before he aain revert
ed"to the matter, winding np thus:
"But, gentlemen of the jcry, this case.
at last, turns chiefly on that well-known
IcimI axiom, which I have had already
occasion to bring to your notice, 'J)e min
ima non curat lu, which, reduced to the
capacity of this honorable court, means
observe, gentlemen means Maw docs not
care for little trifling tilings' and" turn
ing sharply round on tbe little diminu
tive figure, representative for tbe nnncc
f Judicial dignily -"neither do II"
Beribner.
Pkofasitt. We are emphatically in
tbe age of profanity, and it seems to ns
that we are on the topmost current. 0n
cannot go on tbe street anywhere without
baring his ears offended with tbe vileit
words anil bis reverence shocked by the
most ptdfanc use or sacred names. "Sot
dots it come from the old or aiiddle sged
alone, for it is a lact that the younger
portion of the community are most pro
ficient in degrading language Biy shave
an idea that It is smart to swear; that it
makes them manly, but them -sever wa
a greater mistake in the urorld. Men,
even those who swear thcmselrei, are dis
grated with profanity i a j-oung man,
because tfaey know how.oTaU bad habits,
this clings tbe snott closely and increases
with Jtars. It is the most insidious of
JisJjH, growing on one so inviiibly that
almost before oe is aware be becomef an
acc- pli4ed carser.
A Wilted Autocrat. '
I d -ubt if ever a man msde himself
more obnoxious to the traveling public
br.aht into contact with him thn did
Jason Warrcnton, whilom station-master '
nu the Maine end on the Atlantic and St.
Lawmnce Railroad. This man Warren
ton haJ, in former time, kept a small !
public bouse In the pt-vil!sge of Pin-
book, and when the railway was njx-ned J
through the place he managed to obtain !
the position of station-master, or"deot- j
matter," as they arc more frctpieatlv .
called in New England. "
bimply, Jason arrenton was a tyrant
and a mousing ancak.. lie was puffed up
and arrogant. He strutted up aud down
upon the platform of bis station like a
hero.
In this mood Jason Warrenton was
strutting up and down the platform on
tbe afternoon of a bright June dsy, 00
tbe loekont for the through train from
Portland to Montreal. By aad by the
train came thundering up, and came to a t
.top j
A few passengers got off who were des
tined for that station, and a few, as is j
ouil, got offjust to look around. Among '
the former were a gentleman and lady '
man and wife for whom a wagon was in ,
waiting. Among tbe latter was a port! v.
middle-aged man, habited in a garb of.
cotrvi Scotch gray stuff, and looking
eveiy inch the comfortable English
tl cm in.
Tha man first mentioned led his wife
to tlie wairan. and then went forward to
look to his bagiage, which consisted ef a 1
trunk and a common fiiur barrel The I
barrel was an old one, evidently contain,
ing various packages. Tbe autocrat of I
the depot got bis eye upon it,and "smelted j
a big mice."
"Aha! he exclaimed, tipping tbe bar-
rel partially over, asd shaking it.'
-iwiai ye got bcrer
"That is aputof mybsggxge,ir," an
swered tbe traveller.
"Aye, bat what 've yoa get In it!"
"They are goods I boaghtia Portland."
"What kind of goods!"
"I don't see bow it can be any ef yosr '
besinesa, sir," said the owner, with one- ,
stderable feeling. lie knew the aatocrat '
and despised him.
i.ni.i 1 t. 1 . t. .1
vuu. ,c una 1, a on 1 yei vteii sc:
Bring ne an axe, somebody V
At this jancture, tbe man In Scotch
gray came np, and in a very goatiemaaly
and modest manner informed tbe depot,
matter that he would areacfa for tbe
hunsty of tbe package.
"Who atked for your services!" de
manded Warrcnton, with towering in
dignation. ionil speak wbeajoa'rci
spoxea vr. v, oerc s tut axel"
Jait here, while tbe aatocrat was look
ing for tbe ax, tbe man in gray motieaed 1
to some of the train baadi, and in re- j
sponte to bis order they took np tbe bar- j
rel and placed it in the wagon,and the team j
was being driven off when Warrenton
came osck witn a natenct. lie was in a
fariont passion. He wanted tbe name ef
tbe man who had dared to interfere with
bis wdicial badness.
"I will send yoa my name by and by,
rav dear sir," said the Englishman.
"Yoa will excuse me now, as tbe train
is in motion."
And so it was. The man in gray
jumped on board, and tbe station-master,
fairly boiling with wrath, saw bim smil
ing up m tlie platform as it wound oat of
sight beyond tbe long line of wood
boascs. " ho who is that man! Does
body know!"
any-
"That," said a spare engineer of the
road, who bad stopped there for the pur
pose of superintending the fixing of a
stationery engine osed for wood-sawin;,
"that," he repeated, with a peculiar wink
ing aad twinkling, "is Mr. C J. Bridges."
Mercy! bow pale became Warrenton's
face, and bow his legs shook beneath
bim! It was tbe general manager of the
road!
And oa the following day Jason War.
renton learned the name of the man in
gray officially. Itaas attached to a
brief note informing him that bis ser
vices were no losgcr required by tbe
management of tbe road. Bigacxl
"Reipectfully, a J. Bridges."'. Y,
Ltdgtr.
Grace Greenwood at Home.
Iiey Stone visited Grace Green woo J
at her borne in C dorado, which she says
is "a neat brick Iroase, covered a! I over
with vines; the door-yard was gTecn with
grass, soft and fresh as that on Boston
Common in June. Thrifty apple and
cherry trees grew by the back fence,
while elm ana tton wood trees were all
along her sidewalk. Grape vines and
strawberries iu abundance were in their
appropriate places, while flowers, rare
and beautiful,filled every available pi tee.
This vine-covered and shaded borne has,
in its cozy parlor, a fine library of stand
ard books, well bound and set jn a band
tome book-case. Tlie re is a piano and
violin; engravings and paintings oa the
walls, around which the climbing fern
and many another wildwood growth
twines in and ont. Tbe bay window on
one side, and tbe broad mollioned win
dow on the other, attract the passer, by
the bright flowers in one and the green
and growing plants in the other. The
neat dining-room boldsits share of plants,
and the c zy living-room, with its open
fire-place, looks out over a great wealth
of color from choice places in view. "Or
der.neatness and comfort are everywhere.
The mistress and owner of the hoase,
whose artistic touches are everywhere,
aot only Bikes this hospitable home a
thing of beauty and of comfort, bat
strong, sensible, executive and consecu
tive, she carries on a large, profitable
business, and helps to organize and ar
range all the suffrage work for this great
State"
An Irish clergyman once broke off
the thread of bis dIeoarsc, and thus ad
dressed the congregation: "My dear
brethren, let ne tell yoa tbstl am' just
half through ray sermon; but -M I per
ceive yoar impatience, I will- say that
tlie remaining half is sot more than a
quarter as lose at that voa hire
J heard."
Kxtravoganec
It is not often that we find in the daily
prret words more timely and more true
than the following from the New York
Ditf T.vui:
Such extravagance In living as that
which has characterized our people dar
ing these fifteen years patt X unprece
dented in oar social history. It would
set 31 as if the world had been ransacked
for objects of luxury. Costly dress, cost
ly wares, costly things to decorate costly
bou.es, and costly things to eat and drink,
have ttccQ brought from afar. There are
doubt Irts many people who, loosely
speaking, can afford all this. But it was
impossible that sn much lavisbnc of
outlay should not beget extravagance
somewhere. It is not in human nature
to withstand the temptation to keep op
with one's neighbors. Tbe profutenett
of the vulgar rich was like an evil con
tagion. The standard of living was
changed, and false ideal of life became
so common that sensible and honest folks
lost their moral bearings. In certain cir
cles it was necessary to keep one's own
equipage; a little lower down it was con
sidered equally vital to social happiness
to spend tbe summer in Europe or at a
fashionable watering-place; and the ne
cessity of keeping np anprar&nces was
shaded down in the various social de
grees until It reached a point where the
wife of an bumble mechanic was above
"doing her own work," and tbe mechanic
found the plain fare of other times too
coarte for bis dainty palate. Here and
there are notable examples of prcdenec
and fragility, bat the general tendency
of the times has been toward extrara
gance. Yoang men are brought np ia
elegant idleness, as "if born with a ill
ver spoon in their moatb," and manual la
bar is looked upon at something to be
sbanned and abhorred.
It is easy to se where all this deludoa
has led cs. .Esthetic homes, artistic
furnitare, rare books, fine works of art,
aad ranch social glitter, cott money.
And when the fo-d, who makes these bis
life has once created a boat him a false
atmosphere of refinement, be is lost. He
mod have more valuable pintate, more
showy equipages, becsose bis neighbors
constantly mate bim to emulation. In
lb 73 began a period of shrinkage In val
ues which has pinched even rich people.
Those whose bnbbles were mott innated
suffered first. Tbe pictare galleries,
yachts, libraries, aad fine equipage that
have come under the aocti neer's bam
mer these fire years put hate told where
the pressure hat been fe'L Bat many
men, though they hare held nose of these
costly properties, have beta weakly
ashamed to retrench their expenses and
sacrifice their glitter. They base "walked
in a vain show." Tbey have kept op ap
pearances. Some bo deubt have stinted
themselves within doors that they might
shine to their neighbors. And some,
rather than give np an expensive bocse
or hotel, hue wroagfally borrowed from
trust funds, from the deposits of cus
tomers, or frosn the till of their employ
ers. In all tbe recent developments of
man t weajcneas, 000c are so. deplorable
as those which show that be b too weak
to be bun est, but bold eaooga to steal
from the widow, the orphan, tbe trotting
friend and neighbor. Tbe commonest
vice of the time is utravagant living.
Keeping up appearances on borrowed or
stolen capital, maintaining a style of life
which is beyond one's mean, trotting to
the morrow to redeem tbe deficiencies of
to-day these are the things which an
dermine society and shake oar confidence
in each other.
ScxstBLC Almost to tub List. Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Mnlcaby lived on a farm.
They were shrewd and thrifty, and had
the reputation offering "dote." Finally
Mrs. Malcahy sickened and was about to
die. Finding herself Bearing the end,
she expressed a desire to pat things In or
der before that event occurred, and old
Tom prepared to listen.
"Too," says Mrs. Malcahy, "there's
Mrs. Smith, op at the crossing, she owes
me $1 SO for batter; see je get it."
"Sinsible to the last, ay dear; sinsible
to tlie last," said Tom. "Ill get it."
"Then there's Mm. Joaes, up at the
creek, she owes ms f 1,50 for chickens."
"Ah I look at that, now, for a muind;
she forgets nothing."
"And Mrs. Brown, in the village, she
owes me f 30 for milk."
"D'ye bear that! Sinsible to the last;
sinsible to tlie last. Go on, my dear."
"And and "
"Yia."
"And Mrs. RaberU, at tbe toll-gate, I
owe her"
"Abl poor dear I poec dear I" broke in
old Tom, hastily; "how bcr moind does
be wandering 1 Sure we've allowed her
to talk too much entirely, so we bavel"
Not DmrrotXTto. A mite of s boy,
poorly dressed aad barefooted, was wan
dering around tbe Central yesterday, in a
chilly, hungry way. A pompous citizea,
well dressed and carrying a big cane,
caught sight of tho boy aad loudly called
out:
"Here, you come here!"
Tbe bor approached, aad the citizen
demanded:.
"Where are your shoes, sir!"
"Hain't got none."
"Aren't your feet eold 1"
"Yes, sir."
"Don't you want some shoes!"
"Yes, sir."
"I f I gave yoa a nickel what woald yoa
do with it!"
"What was left after getting ray shoes
out of it I'd iavest la wind," demurely
replied the boy.
lie didn't get any to Invest, bat he was
not disappointed. He never knew one of
that style of aaea to give anything unless
a reporter was oa hand to make a aote of
it. Jktroil FrtePrtu.
Kx aged womaa, aimed 'Mrs. Caadaee
Rice, who was over ninety years old, liv
ing Ib Westfield, Mart-, labored Bailer
tlut fctlisr!attru I hst alt food which Wat
oZcred her was poisoaed, aad so refused
. .1 , 1 1 11 . ..
10 eat anyiaiag. one ieiu "i wmrao
days, aad then died otstarvatioa.
Idxas are pitiless. Lmarlint.
The Science of Xaval Warfare.
A correspondent writing of a recent
reconnolssance of tbe Tarkith fleet to
ward Sebattopol, ssyt: "Before conclud
ing I may say a few words respecting the
admirable manner In which the concen
tration of the enemy's fire was managed.
They had evidently adopted theSlemea
and Halake's stadiomcter, an instrument
by which the toitioa ot any vestel ca
tering a harbor or the distance of any ob
ject in view can be ascertained at a nvt
ment's notice. Two observers are re
quired at the end of a base line, and they
have merely to follow the motions ef tbe
object, if moving, or bring it in the cen
ter of tlie field of their respective tele
scopes. The observer at the one end has
his telescope affixed to a table oa which
Is spread a chart nf tbe barbtr mapped
off into tqaarcs, eaeb of which is num
bered. Tbe pedestal ef his telescope
carries alight pointer, eitiie; ef glass era
light, open, narrow frame. At tbe other
end of this table is a tisailar pointer, at
Uched to machinery tdaced is a small
lx underneath, which Is worked by car
reel of electricity seat frota an eieclo
magnetic battery at the ether statien. The
moving of the telescope, in fact, caatet
tbe rutatury motion acessary fur tbe in
duction of tbe electricity, aad everything
is so adjuiled that Use BMveeaeaU of Ibis
tolesoqte and ef tbe ptster at the tabfe
ths II a! waj s correspond. Wheat both the
telescope are pointed at the same object
tbe painters cross, and tbe scale of the
durt being in accordance with aad ia
proportion to the length of the iae line,
tlie point of iotertecttoa aatcraily shew
tbe section ef the harbor is which tbe
olject it to be foned. Si tail tr maps be
ing placed in alt the ferts aad batteries,
it is very easy to commanleate by flash
ing tigesls the aaraber ef the t-qsare sat
which an enemy's ship happens to be, asd
that the range at each point can be ascer
tained, asd tbe jraa laid aecatnitegly.
Daring tbe day whra the ts is shiaiee.
mirrors answer tWs pBrpte admirably ;
and at night the Sathieg ef a niters wi:l
cqaally well serve to telegraph the re
quired infermstiea."
The True Cirll Service Theory.
The theory ef eur ieititatioes Is plain;
it it that gotcr ameot is aa sgtsey created
for the god of the people, and that every
person in tdcc it the agent aad crvat
of the people. Offices are creates!, not
for the besefit of these who are te git
hfo, bat for the public eoavesleace;
asd they oaght to be bo mare ia neaber.
nor should higher salaries be attached Xa
them
than the paMic service r moires.
This ii the thearv. Bat tk iiietilr in
practice is to prevent a direct rtseool ofj
. - -
aJI this te preveat Msb-ic otScet frea
being ceoiWe ed as iatrsvded for the ate
asd etsolnmcst ef tfcWc who na obtain
them. There Is a tteadtnag tesdeacy to
tht, aad It is necessary to restrain it by
wite and cficctire kgutet aa. There is
till iao ther, asd petlttp a greatty more
mtschicroBs resBlt. ef extestire patron
age In ths bands of a tingle magistrate,
to whkh I hare already incidentally al
luded, and that is thai men in etSee have
began to think themselves mere servants
and agents ot the government eT throes
try. It is in an especial manner im
porUnf, if it be practicable, to apply
seme corrective to this kind ef feciieg
aad opinion. It It necessary to bring
back public otSeers to the conviction that
they beloag te the coo a try aad not t any
admtnti tratkw, nor to any oee man. The
army is the army of the country, the
nary is the navy uf the country; neither
of them is cither the iattramcnt cfthe
aiminlttratiea for the time betne nor ef
bim who is at the bead of it. The Ptt
OlSce, the Land 0 See, the Cat torn Hoate
are In like manner institatioas of the
country, established for the good of tbe
people; and it may weil alarm the levers
of free initiations when all the offices in
these several departments are spoken ef
in high places as being bat "spoils of vic
tory." to be enj yedby those who arc sao
ccssfal in a contest which tbey profess
this grasping or the spoils to bave been
the object of their efforts. JXtnid Wth
tttr. The Social Organization of Ants.
Let as suppose that, having no previ
ous acquaintance with tbe subject, we
were suddenly informed, on good author
ity, that there existed In some part of the
globe a race of bclags who lived in domed
habitations, aggregated together so as to
form vast and populous cities; that tbey
exercised j irisdiction over the aljoinlug
territory, laid oat regular roads, executed
tunnels underneath the beds of rivers,
stationed guards at the entrance of their
town, carefully removed any off.-nsive
matter, maintained a rural police, organ
ized cxtcntive hunting-expeditions, at
times even waged war upon neighboring
communities, took prisoners and reduced
them to a state of slavery; that tbey not
merely stored up provisions with due
care, to avoid their decomposition by
dasap and fermentation, but that they
kept cattle, and in some cases even cul
tivated the soil and gathered in the hat
vest. We should unquestionably regard
these creatures as human beings who hid
made no small progresi in clvilixttion,
and shitpld ascribe their actions to reason.
If we were then told that they were not
men, and they were In some places for
midable enemies to man, and bad even
by their continued molestations canted
Certain Tillagrs to be forsaken by all hu
msa occupants, our interest would per
haps be mixed with some little shade of
anxiety lest we were here confronted by
a race who, under certain eventualities,
might contest our claim to the sovereign,
ty of tlie globe. Bat when we I tarn
that these wonderful creatures are insects
soma few lines In length, our cariosity is
cooled; -we are apt, if duly guided by
dominant prepossessions, to declare that
the social organization of these beiugs Is
aot civilization, but at mott cunsi-civili-zatioa;
that their guiding principle ia not
reason, bat "instinct," or otiui-inteUi-
gence, or tome other of those unmeaning
i--t-ti -, t
worus -which are s-t useiui wnea we wisu
to shut our eyci to the troth. J'opuldr
Science YoHtXly.
The Power of the Czar.
If I were lo tuni up the cardinal ftnlt
of theRattiaa army fn three ords I
should tay it Is the total "want of initia
tive." Something In tlie imperial sys
tem teemt to stifle aad kill the power of
individual action. And yet in no army
in tiie world are creater pains taken to
tccguizs and stimulate individual en
terprise. Crosses, decoration, swordt.
and sttbes or honor are distributed with
a tavirb hand, and, better still, tbey are
given on ine tpor, and nor, as with cs,
ben tbe recollection of the brilliant
deed has nearly died away.
The Emperor himself it the great and
sole fountain of military honor. He
watches all personally. The theory is
that no act escapes bis eye. Certainly
to see bow bis every word and gestare is
hHlawed by those aroaad him be woald
appear the earthly incarnation of to-
prune power. And this personal bear
ing enhances the reward In every cans. A
ceneroas word, a friendly look, tbe well
chosen expression of praise to suit the in-
dividcil, go home to the heart of the re
cipient as much at the highly cherished
regard itself.
Two hendred officers of all ranks
break faU and disc daily at his table.
- a - -
r rem ine joaagest to tbe oldest every
eje is fixed oa bim. Before the meal in
tbe assembled circle, at the Czarappears,
it is sees oee uay liiat an aid-dc-csaip
behind him carries a cn,hion with ciosses
unit, and perhaps half a dozen strurd
knots ef honor the riband of at. George.
oraage and black to be worn attached
to tbe sword hilt. Instantly cxpectatinn
is at its height. The Czar voice ctlis
the choien name; all make rnua for the
ebotea man. to pats; becomes blot bin
aad flashed, receives the prite, bends
lew to kiss the imperial band, aad re
tire, b-jasisg at tvry step, made nan
fer life, the admired aad cwarted ol all
the bebetders. Then be has to
Utrtragb the esaal embracing and kiss-
tasr oa bub cheeks from his friends.
The effect of the system is magnetic
11 is to coscentrato all power asd au
thority stMoiBtdy ia one center. The
Cxtr is tbe earthly Providence of tie
soldier and oScer, at well as the eta
iKxhzarat ef tbe military ptwer aad
gkxy of hit c -entry. I have seen obi
etaccrsso overt are with this mark of
distinction that they weat about for tea
mtneto afterward like children. sms.
with the prized deceratiaa in their hand,
s&ewieg it aroend, halt dazed. o sys
tem can be iasAaed a ire calculated te
stimulate iadiridoai efforts to the at-
most. Yet, with alt this tporrinc there
is tooieUtiBg wanting. It is the ifadi-
Vsdaautv sad tbe cubits of tpauseees
I .1 : 1 . 1 , - 1
wbjch y unt wcoanawtt
mode ot Utvisrbt ef a tree peon e con
tapplr. lYnctoer ft be losg-itaniing
tiial of erfdm. wttether it be too much
ImpertaUss3,tbeinitUiite It wholly absent.
YfeB teii the Rassiss what to duTaad be
wilt spring to it Use aa .obeditnt child.
Ia x year it would never have occarred
to bim to - do it of bimseif. Lb
Tim Budutrttt Corrupeadcue.
The DachoVs Watch.
When Q-tcea Victoria was about thirty
rears younger than, she ia now, she "a as
iaclined to be very exact m the way of
bcaines, and more especially in the way
id" promptness to appointed limrs aad
places. Seven years a qneea, tour years
a wife, aad three years a mother, she felt
probably a more weighty dignity resting
upon her tbaa tbe has felt since. Asd
yet no crctt of dignity or roval station
could ever entirely shut oat Lcr innate
goodne-s uf heart.
At the time or which we speak, the
Duchess of Satheriaad held the otEoo of
Mistress of tbe Robes to the Qiecs, and
oa public occatioas ber position waa very
near the royal person, aad ccemed ot
great importance. A day aad aa boor
had beea appointed fur a certain public
ceremony in wbidi the traces was to take
part. The hoar bad arrived, and of all
the court the Dachrsi alone was absent,
and ber ibeacc retarded the departure.
The Qocea gave vent more than once
to ber impatience, and at length, jast as
she was about ttady to enter her carriage
without ber first tady of boaur, tec
Duchess, In breathless baste, made her
appearaace, summering soase faint words
of excase.
"My dear Duchcs," said the Queen,
smiling, "I think yoa mat have bad
watch." And as she thus spoke she un
loosened from her neck the chain of a
magnificent watch which she bcnelf
wore, aad pissed it aroand the neck of
Lidy Sutherland.
, Though givea as a preset) t the leases
conveyed with it made a deep sad live! v
Imprcsiio.i. The proud Dachsts changed
color, and a tear, which she could not re
press, fell up03 ber cheek. On tha next
day she tendered her resignation, but it
wa not accepted.
Satisq sma-1 things does aot pay. It
msy gratify yoar spite at first, bat it is
better to bare friends this enemies. If
yuu cannot make people happy, at leait
refrain from aJtg to their altery.
What if this woatWk t yoar ideal of
womanly perfection, er that bsr your
model maa! Your missioa os earth is
not to remind them of the fact. Eaca of
us has faults of his own or her own; in
correcting theat we shall fiad ample oc-
eanation. Austinsr" or a "dip" never
did aarimod never heleed aavoae to
be belter. Oae who falls into the habit
of giving th era soon looks U-atered. It
It aot always possible to tota the atutuai
Admiration Society aad be a good mem
ber, but at least dao caa bold one s
tongue.
A L vxejboko' miaitter who recrntlr
drove to Shelburne FalU te warrv, oa
ihrir inrilalinn s ivuibI in Wrtlt.livjtii
circumstances, occapying two day$ im.
the round trio of scvoaty miles, recwv
therefor $3. or S2 above the price of IB
iramcu ccrutitate waica he
them.
The Russiast hare a In
Czar will reach his six
The present Czar lacks
of Ming sixty years M.-
Farjeon, the V
Bmj train Irtiff
rival in Ibis co
event In literary
little street near
eastern district'
aad, while
borne, be has,
been a was4
gbibe. Ills
f French
mother an E
does snidest,
these of most
ate extremely
deed, that be
annually. O
there are stUt 1.
iter, and tbey.
cuntent to hit ts
ton, and the m
themselves, it if
on both tides,
reputation hat b
grnwth, it paving .
half a dexea years, bt k Is Wat to..
ccltsre aad special training freta bay
bccJ, aad hit work ia a psastee. His.
father was a geallesiaa ef auaHy high
attainments, and his oxw.br was aa edu
cated wostaa. lie learned the trade of
compositor, bat seoa gravitated into the
edtArixl chair, where mast of his Kfe wai
spent until bis repatatien at a nnveibt
became to preit tkat bis work ia the asr
direction obliged bim to abandon his
profession. His best cdit"ris! wtVrk was
done at Dineiden, Xew Zealand, where
he went at the time of the npeaing ef the
gold field, aad started the first dally
paper ia what was then aa unknown
land. The Octago Ttsui when started
wat about the size of aa ertlistary sheet ef
letter paper, but such was tbe energy
and ability ef its management that be
fore it was a year old it had, by -various
additieat, groan to the ptoportiaas of
the Ltsdna Tiau.L. 'While the paper
was still joeag iu eSee was burned
with alt it contained, aneSatunLty night.
The only ether printing ftnce'ia the
city belonged to a Scotchman of very
ttriet religious views, who would not
allow bis wtEcc to be tbed ea Senday.
Ietrraitned to issue his paper eo Mon
day, Mr. Farjeon aad his seen, with the
otuaivance f the police, brake into the
Scotchman's place, aad the piper bad
been printed before its easer tocsd out
that tbey bed taken forcibe posseasiva.
Energy of this sort as tared tbe prw-reas
of the paper, aad has asade Mr. Faijeeu's
ssccos ia whatever he teas naceraaken.
Ileaderssxe apt to gala lapreMteas ef
aa aether's fetoathy from his wrkisgs,
aad such iaeretsiesu ase very Oiaailr
wreag. Bet Mr. Farjeon pos-tiivts, as a
sua, much the aae charm taa.t delights
his readers ia books. So great is this
that a stf aagvr to btra and bis books
finds aa unaUwyed interest in tbe hearty,
friead'y way ia whtch his acquaintances
talk f him aad those wbv itaa-v smsx
canset herp talking ef bias. He is
fraak aimett to boyishness, asd is ex
tremely sympathetic His work has
beea the dreaa ef a life aad hit success
is its reahxitiea. With snea apatsioa
and aVs irption does be work, aad so
keealy sympathetic is he, that he feti iu
love with his heroins white be was en
gaged oa "Jothsa Marvel," aad when she
died, saich beea ra: eeeess&rr iu the
finale of the store, as be fiatsbed the
testcace he fainted a war, aad remained
naceascioas for aa boar. W&ea be
awakened it was with the words ad
dressed to a brother who was staadiar
beside bim, I loved ber." Bat be is
thoroughlv maaly withal, aad tadaliret
ia boxing, riding, shooting, freeing aad
billiards with alt tbe energy he display
ia his work. He is aa isveterate amoker.
aad his bachelor quarters back of the
Strand and overlooking the Thames Em-
bankiaent, which he Cesertrd for a wife
in June, was at fall ef ptstotseld-glasses,
tobacco poaches, pipes asd similar arti
cles as if be had beea the Bohemian, he
was not. He is i theatre-goer asd ban
written several pity, which have beea.
favorably received, aad it is understood
that bis oa dramxtixation of "GriT
will be presented in Xew York. The
wvrk which have made bis repuLatioa
arc"Grif," "Joshua MarrcL" which be
and crat of his friesds like beat, "Blade
O Grass" "Loodua s Heart." and "Bread
aad Cheese and Kisses." A. T. Grantee.
Tac man who has beea to the Black
Hills says the Bismark Tnlzxt, and re
turned, is a big gua at tbe village drag
store, and feels called upon to tell the
truth when aarratiag his adventure
Soch a raaa, named Curt, was telliatr.
tbe other night, bow rainy Indians he
ha-i killed dwiag bis three moathav resi-
deatiB the Kills.
After he had U1W ' MBsntt hstar. oae
of thelistccers, w4e )OmS?m:k of
Uie aaaber killed, eiliiilia,iii Sen.
I bal," be caelfctmed. "sja m
killed 100 savagea ia tase BsonthiI
"is that allf excIaiMd lae
Black Hiller. "Way, I swfiew ywt
left oat a week? work iltlW's
where." -
"If yen had tnesawJ laek k-ititW fa
diaas, why didn't sny JAmtF d
uiaded aaotMevssjamatatoak Unttntr.Tg.T
"Well, the enejt is, anwllewe. I wsw
afraid of lotiayrnsf mt ef e. 1 sqaiatod
along my ganr Mnn) sanch tk.al say
face was hiinc nswna'eat ef'tj -aad
slht was M'tW swMM tbaa l:'Jssstl iV'be led
about by itarx
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