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VOL. 3.
PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1878.
NO. 27.
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j&ZteE DIRECTORY.
Bivot Lara a Sa 4. K. or P.-
-MrrU In 11. Ctl
rrrnlttl. Urotaen
la rood kUadlnc arc cordlailr l,ltcJ t attend.
PXS9LKTDX Lome Xo.5i A. F. AkO A. M.-Meet
ob tae ttii and talre iluadaj, of each moata. lloor
of Btcllcs I r. K.
EikTUX Sra. Martha Wualncttm Cbapler. Tea
diet a. 4ku rrerr Tn-Jr cleat rxtiovt&s tbe firet
Bad tMrd Muadtjila cacb waste.
KcBtca LiMt S4 J41 a a F, PeodlrtOB.
Xteeta every Mturdir ermine i i r. m. Brctarcu la
SodauadiBf are Invited to attend.
kUuuu Loimib Ko. 104. L O. C. T- rrtd'etoa.
Meet ererr Taar4v erealoe at I o'clock P. .
Bretaren' la rood staadlnx are requested u attead.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Eriacorax. CarEcw. Service. ' r. x. Third Soa
dar of eacb Booth tte Iter. I H. Well; ftral aul
aocoad&aaaaittaeHrT. W LMacEwaa.
Barrier Curxca. lirr. W H. rraett. Paitar: aer
T.eet at tte Court Uocae oa the aeu&d Socsa j ol eacb
mocta. at 11 a. K. aallJJr. .
DuciriJt Caries. XlcrU la the Court Hocaeoa
ia third badax of each otoata, Mr. L lacaardtoa
acUOar. at U a. . aad I M r. k.
UcraoaMT Caracs, Sorra. Cer. S. V It1,
Pallor; aerrxea la the Doart Hoot oa I be tnl Sea
aiTof cads issata, at 11 a. Jt aiul t JO r. X.
IC E. CazuaL Uer. J. C. Elrkssaa. Pa-tor; aer
Tteea oa tae fjarta Kabbath la cat a aoata. Praier
siectlas oa Wedseadar ereclsfa.
Caiox Scxoar School iL. Scpc Meet
eTrry Saadajr la tbc Coart flooac at 1-0 oVIm): a. x
Soncr. Elmrle aaaoBaenaeat of blrtaa. tnar
flatvaaaddaaiaa. 1U be Icaerted -Uaoat cbrse.
trbituarr aoUcea vlU be carced fur accrfdlcs to tbctf
laacta.
SlacVeopletoftbeEair OueoTtas.la vraren
tor auiatf. oa be obtalsed at tali oSn.
, iTc latamc ao ropoaataHttj- lor Tlcwi exraaaed bj
comapu&deau.
DR. J. A. KNOWLES,
DENTIST.
TTTIIi practice aU profiaalea la CstiOt aad Ua
II loaOaaatiea. All orJert addreaacd l aim at
Peadlea3B,OresoB.Yll be promtcr attended to. All
ware caaraaued. Caarre Bioeraie.
W.W. 05L2S37, W. T. WIL1IAXS3!?
tOSTOS. OBEGOX.
TVriH.alWadancana.dar or a!at.vttb protst
i aeaa.
E. P. EACAN, M. D.,
Ph3rsician and Surgeon;
I7"ESTOX. CaaOSa Cocatf. Oresoa. Ofo oa
1 1 Jaals fctreet.
J. M. PRUETT, film D.f
Physician and Surgeon,
PEXDLETOjr. OECCOy.
Q T7TCE la Lrr'i aetr bclMlrg. c? atatra.
W. WHITCOMB, M. D.y
Physician and Surgeon,
PESDLETOX. OUTCOX.
IT TT I tmmi aa eaHa. day or acst,vMa prosst
aeaa. AH laeata treated by tae nSe i;,; Terr
!! sodea far taecoBtltirt tf tbc paaest.
W. C. McKAY, M. D:f
Physician and Surgeon,
PEXDLETOX. riratllU Ok.aasj'. Orrcsa.
eppualic taa lcodletoa Uuiel.
OSce
DR. J. 3. LINDSEY,
Surgeon and Dentist
b bow Joctcd aerminmilf la
PESULETOX. UMATILLA CUCXTT.
mierc a!a aerrtect rag alvirt be bad.
S. V. KNOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Woatoa. UmaaOa Coccir. Orecoa.
TXTILL practice la tbc CoiTJ of tb!a EUlc cad
1 f aaULfU-B TemtotT-
trrdal sac Uoa taaid to load bcaiao asd
CoUectfvaa.
FRED PACE-TUSTIH,
(Xotarj- PnLUc)
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Axd Real Estate Bboker.
Q FECIAL atteatioa circa to CoXecrloca acd I"n
fe sate sauera.
Uiaaa aesgCated aad Cosaty Ore an boBsbtad
. orricE ix coairr house.
3. E. Tcxnx. D. tr. Baiixr.
Votary Public.
. TURNER & BAILEY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
QOTXTY Order? buczat aad acid. Loaci sefotlal-
OSce os Xain street, opp. Court Hotue,
t PE5PLET0X. OEEGOX.
J. H. Eiatxb 1I1 be aawdatd -with aa la an coa-
leatea com ia lie tucdt court la tbc f store.
Wit and UHfflor.
The Wehb -word for milk Ig "ownr.''
Let's hear jon ask for some.
A BitALL bor, arretted for
Ui rowing
6-toocs at the windows of Independence
Hall the other day, gut off on the pica
that he was onlj 'rocking" the cradle of
liberty.
A Detroit milkman was going to
raise on prices when be heard that 800
cattle had been barned to death in Terre
Haute, but a boy smashed him with the
information that they were Texas steers.
Free Prfu.
A school-house lot In a New Hamp
shire district stands in three tonne, to
that the pupils sit in Hindge, the teach
er ia .New Ipswich, and the recess is
takes iaAshburaham, Mars.
Ik ancient days the precept was,
"Know tbvsclf." Ia modern times
has bees supplanted by the far wore
fashioaable maxim, "Know toy neigh
bor aad everything about hial.
A max made a bet that be could ride
the v-wheel ia a caw-mill, and as his
widow paid the bet she remarked
"William was a kind hatband, but be
did sot know much about fly-wliccl."
A posthastes writes: Please slot) Mr.
Blank's paper be is dead bow, We re
seat the iasiupatioB that the Interior
kilted-Aaotber I'. H to whom as
y 'attqairy was addressed ia regard to a sub
seribr who went to heavea leaving his
swbseripiloB ttapaid, replied: "He is stil
pefc"
The Wind's- Mischief.
TLe wind was out for a frolic.
And a incrrj- wlpht wahe;
With fljlnc wine aad whUUIoc mouth
Up he came from the far warm South,
To ace what he could'tee.
And he iw lu Gold-LocW garden
A full-blown apple tree;
And where the 1tc were cotlest
Wth leaf and Uoaaom, be aaw 1 net,
A cunning a could be.
And hepauted In hU mid-cap tying.
And murmured ronUhljr:
Oh,what will happen to that blrd-hocae
If I tot, and tumble, and thaka the bow?
Wl do lt,Jnt to teer
So he caught the blotaomed branches,
AndtboV:itha wicked glee;
Shook and thook, aaln and aaia, -And
down there aprinkled a roj rain
Out from the apple tree.
But the blrdllngrln the Urd neat
Slumbered ao coallj
That the mother ung In word like theae:
Oh, what a lorlog, beauUfal brecxa
To rock mj battle for me!"
Eesinald'a- First School Days.
One fmety morning in January, two
delicate-loukin children were sitting be
fore a blazing fire in a Ioag, low nuracry,
with oak ralten satining ucny the ceil
ing. Between them Uy a great sltaggy
dog.
-Yon will take good cara of R Tcr
whiUt I am a arty," aaiJ the boy, winding
bis fingets iu ItiTcr's shaggy hair, and
leaning his head against him.
"Yes, be shall go for a walk with me
Tcry day, and in the twilight I will
talk to him about yon," answered Alice;
"jou might send messages to him in
your letler," she added.
Wou!d von understand tbem, old fcl-
lowP asked Reginald, lifting np the dog's
head, and looking into his ejes.
1 be dog wutxhlly returned his master s
gaze, and gave him his paw.
1 believe he understand i," said Keci-
nald, throwing his arms around the dog's
neck. Oh, Rover, Rover, if I could
only take yon with me!"
"It would not be so bad then," ached
Alice.
"It wsn't be really bad when I get ac
customed to it. Jutt at first it. may be
strange, but I shall be sure to like one
out of the forty boys. It is going out into
the world, aad my father says it is well
for a boy to learn his level early. On the
whole, I am glad I am going; it is only
the first bit of it that one is not sure
about."
It was a large room, with desks and
besches on either side, and as ai.le, a
Resnnald called it, npla the middle. It
had fuur large windows looking out on
the plsvgroand, and a fire-place at each
end, round which some dozen or two of
bovs were cluttered.
ltecinald advanced toward the fire
place at the loaer end of the room, bop
tnir that some one might speak to him.
and rid him of the strange, uncomfortable
feeuegthat crept over him: bat none
of the boys spoke, though they re
garded him critically, as if meaturing the
sort of being be was before committing
incmsciTcs vo maj kiussi acquaintance.
So be sat down on a bench ball-way
down the school-room, tried to look un
conscious, and half wished himself at
home again.
"Hate any of you fellows cot a knucl
I want to cut this piece of string," said a
tall boy, addressing the group generally.
In a moment iteginald had taken out
his knife, and offered it to the speaker.
'Ah," said Thompson, the tall boy, "a
capital knife. Much obliged, will bor
row it for the present, and, alter using
it, he quietly put it into his pocket.
Some of the boys laughed. One of
them, however, murmured, in an under
tone, "What a great shame P
Reginald s color rose. He walked
t traigbt up to Tbompton.
"Will you please give me my knife
again P
Thompson looked surprised.
"No. 1 shall please to do nothing of the
kind. You offetcd it, and I accepted iL
An offer's an offer.
"I lent it to you to cat the string.1
"You did not say so."
"I do not think it just of you to take
idt knife in that way," said Reginald,
thoroughly aroused; "and if yon do not
return it at once I shall speak to Dr.
Field about it."
"Oh," said Thompson, coolly, "you're a
sneak, are yon!"
The bovs, who had been gathering
round Reginald admiring bis spirit in con-
frontinc the tall boy, now drew back, aad
the words "tell-taler "blabr "sneak l"
were distinctly beard. 'And Reginald
found himself standing alone, deserted by
those who had drawn near in sympathy
with him, for Thompson was the tyrant of
the school.
Presently, when the boys had returned
to their places by the hre, and Kcginaid
was apparently lorgotten, a aserry-ioox-
ing boy, a year older than mauel!, sat
down by him.
No." aaid he, "you must not say aay-
thicg to Dr. Field. You must let yoar
knife go,and learn wisdom for the future."
Reginald looked up.
"It's mean and unfair," be said.
"That may be; bnt the boys would say
it was meaner still to complain. One has
to put up with thincs of this sort at
school and make the best of them."
"What's your nsmel" asked Reginald,
suddenly, for there was something about
the boy that he liked, and lie thought
this might be the one who was to be his
fnend.
"Barton. And yourst"
"Reginald Murray."
"Murray's enough, without the other."
"I should like tou to be my friend."
Barton glanced at the large, dark eyes
taai were nxeu upon mm, and at the del
icate aad somewhat sourafal face, aad
a .
leu aitractea aiso.
"I think I shall like job," be returned
"but I must wait aad tee how vos so on
I think you've the rifbt spirit; bat you
mast take my unee a bo at the knife
Willye!"
There was a struggle in Reginald's
miod. It was very hard to give up the
knife that Alice had saved up ber pocket-
money to bay for him I bull, Barton bad
been at school for some time, and knew
better than he what ought to be done, so
he aniwered, "I will."
But Barton was not prepared for his
manner of carrying out the decision. To
hi great snrpriae Reginald marched
straight op to Thompson. "I shall not,"
he said, "apeak to Dr. Field about the
knife. 'It's unfair and unjust of you to
take it, and I shan't be friends with you
as long as you keep it. But Bat ton says
it would be telling taks if I made a com
plaint." Some of the younger Ixiys stood quite
aghast at Reginald's boldness', one or two
even murmured, "Well donel'
Thorn pon stated, half in astnnithment,
half in anger. "You're too fat, youag
sir; you'll have to be put down, 1 see
laid be. But he did not give Reginald his
knife again.
School was indeed a new world to Reg
Inald. He made friends and found cue
tnies; he worked bard, and plated well;
and, on the whole, was tolerably popular.
Thompson, boa ever, stilt kept the knife.
T I . 1 1 - ii
uiiojjiiupon ait occasion, wntcn cauM
a thrill of indignation to go through Reg
inald's delicate frame.
"If I can't get it one way, I will an
other," thought be; and he brooJed over
the knife until be magnified ety ward
that Tbompton said into a scries nf in-
tclts to himrclf, and Thorn paun. pleased
with the power be poseaed otet the boy.
rxerdicd it on all occasions.
So the spring went by,and summer rame.
and the days slipped away, and the holi
days were clox at hand.
"If I were strong enosrh I would fisht
him fur it I" said Reyinald to Birtea.
one day when Tbompton had been more
than utually aggravating.
Tne remark was repeated to Thomp
son, bo was standing by the side of the
river that ran at the foot of the play
ground. At that moment Reginald drew near.
"So you would like to fight me if you
were big enough ! said be with a sneer.
"I should!" answered Rsinald,
warmly.
"Ah, it's a bad state of feeling. If the
knife cauies such wicked thoughts, the
best way is to get rid of it. S bete it
goes, and there is an end of it!" And,
drawing tbc knife from Lis pocket, he
flung It Into the nver. It fell short of
where be intended, and Rfginald saw hit
beloved knife thronzb the dear river.
lying within what he supposed to be aa
easy reach. Without a moment's thought
be jumped in after it, regardless of the
cry that rose The water's deeper than
it looks."
His band, as if by instinct, rrapd the
knife, bnt as be tried to struggle back
through the swiftly-running water, be
got confuted; for, as tbc boys bad called
out to him, it was a great deal deeper
than it looked, and just there the ground
shelved suddenly, and Reginald, taking a
talse step, lost his toting.
There wa a general outcry, which
-ought Dr. Field, and a Tiailor who had
just arrived, to the spot.
"Murray's in the river!
And they pointed to the spot where
the poor boy bad sunk.
With snch a cry as the boys long re
membered, the visitor bad plunged into
the water and bad cacght the boy, who
had risen for the latt time, by the arm.
And the next thing that the boys knew
was that a white, dripping form was car
ried through the play-ground into the
bouse.
Then a whiipcr went round "It was
bis father!"
Then a whispered question "Is he
deadP
And Thompson shuddered u be beard iL
Bat Reginald did not die: he opened
bis eyes to find bis father claspinr his
band. At fir.t be could remember noth
ing; then be looked round anxiouily.
"Is the knife safe I I went to pick up my
knife!"
Then be closed his eyes, and remained
for a long time silent, and when be spoke
again it was In the wild ravings of de
lirium. The shock bad been too much for the
delicate boy. Fever came on, and it was
weeks before he could be moved home.
and then be was ordered to the South,
and Italy was the chosen place in which
Mr. and Mrs. Murray and their two chil
dren should sojourn until Reginald should
have completely recovered his health.
And this time Rover was to go with his
young master.
The day before ltegtnald left home a
carriage drove up to the door, and
Thompson stepped out of it.
He and Krglnsld were alone for a
quarter of as hour, and they parted
friends.
"I have my knife now, Thompson,"
said Itariaald, "and so the quarrel is
over."
And Thompson returned to Dr. Field's
a better and a wiser boy. He never bul
lied any one again. The Gkvrthman.
A Teeiuble Fate. In India, lepers
are occasionally buried alive. When a
leper is past all hope of living more than
a few days or weeks bis nearest relations
arraefre. with his approval, for bis im
mediate interment. eii-ueirucuun oy
burial is called tamadh. and is regarded
as so hi trld v meritorious that the disease
Is sure to die out in the family of the
Tictim. So lately as 18"., a leper named
Oomah, living and lingering at Scrohi,
entreated his wife to put an end to his
misery. A Boaaia, or tradesman was
accordingly engaged to make the neces
sary arraaeemeals, which simply .cob
slated ia Iiirissr a couple of laborers to
die a hole into which tbey threat
Oomah, co&teatiBg to his owa death
The durbar, coerced by the British Qor
ersmeat. at lescth took cosrnizaace of
this iacMeat, aad fined the widow one
hundred rupees. The Buaaia was sen
tenced to three Tears' imprisonment, aad
the grave-diggers each to two years, bat
it Is Tery unlikely that they will undergo
half taat pualsbmeeL
Ix 1825 there were oaly 8t-church is
new lork. Itow there are w.
Boanly Laws.
1 100 bounty is paid to all soldiers,
honorably discharged, who enlisted be
tween May 3 and July 22, ISO!, for three
years, and who were mustered in before
Augutt C, 18CI. Ko mstter how long or
how short a time they served, they are
entitled to the f 100.
$200 bounty will be paid to soldiers
(or heirs) who enlisted before September,
18C3, for three years, and who served the
full time, or were mustered out or dis
charged by reason of wounds, rupture,
or any kind of mechanical injury (not
disease).
$100 bounty is piid to tho wife, chil
dren, father, or mother of a soldier who
enlisted befure September, 1SC3, for
three rears, snd contracted disease in
line of dutr, was discharged for diseaae,
and died of the disease before July 29,
1SC6.
$300 bounty is paid to all recruits
(three yetr' men) in old regiments be
tween September S3, 1563, and April 1,
1SW.
f 100 bounty is paid to all veterans (or
bcir) who were mu.tered put or dis
charged fur wounds, rupture, or injury
(not disease).
All men who en lilted under ceneral
order No. 191, if recruit, were entitled
to f 10; ; such soldiers as ha I rendered
nine months' previous service in the army
or navy, $ 102.
Some men were entitled to 102 and
received 302, for the want of being
muatered a Tetcrass. and such are cow
entitled to snothsr f 100.
All soldiers eali,ttng fr the large
bountr, who were discharged abort of
their full term of service, for any kind
jf wound or injiry even for hernia, j
rupture, or accidental injuries nr whoi
were discharged tn Telegraph order of
31 ay 4. IS 53, from the surgeon gener
al's t rSec, or circular fmm the war de
partment of May 4, ISC5, and failed to
get atl the installments of bounty, or the
entire balance of the $392, or the itfri,
can new recover the balance of the boun
ty; or, if the foklicr haj died since I car
ing the service the l.eira, in the order
named, can now draw the a'reara of the
large bounty.
And all soldiers who served at any
time in the early part of the war nine
moatht or more, and were honorably dis
charged, and then re-en!ited between
September 1. and April, 1561, are en
titled to the 402 bounty. If soch soldiers
has never received it, be can hsve his re
cord so changed ta bow him a veteran, and
yet receive the 102 boanty. No bounty
is paid to soldiers. wh- Krved less than
two years, and were discharged by rea
son nf disability (ickies or dieax.
bnt if a so4dier colu'nl for three Tears.
and was discharged bef.ne the expiration
f terra nf service, f r wounds, ruptures,
er aecideatal iajarie, he is entitled to
receive fall bcny f r which be celiitrd,
200, 302 or $102, oaicg to the date or
his enlistment.
The bounty act of July 23, 1S$4, hav
ing been extended, there are many who
are yet entitled to boanty.
A BeroIatioBlzia? Threat.
I have beard the story ai applied loose
ly, bnt as Jenkinton's father-in-law tells
it, it bu more of point and pith than ia
the other cues. Jcnkinton was the man
who entered the complainL He was t
young merchant, and had married the
daughter of an old merchant, and said
daughter was Inclined to be headstrong
and independent, plainly eiving ber liege
lord to ULderstand that she should be
her own mistress, and do as she pleased.
Jcnkinsoo regarded this as an outrage,
and in the plentitnde of his indignation
be betook himself to his wife's father,
and there entered complaint, deep and
bitter, against the fair recorant; and, sn
fortunately, in hi blundering, he more
than half intimated that the girl had n t
been brought up as she ought to have
been. But the old man betrayed no ill
feeling toward bis son-in-law.
-Did the vixen say -she would do as
she had a mind todoP
"Yes, sir."
"And she makes you generally nncom
fortsbleP
"She does indeed, sir."
"Goodness me! What iacratituJc!
And only last week I rave ber that beau
tiful set of rubies."
UI know it, six."
"Jenkinson, I paid twelve hundred
dollars for those stonei and the setting."
"I should say tbey were cheap at thaL"
"So they were, so the were. And I
thought they would make her so hsppy,
and so good. Bat 1 have a plan in my
mind. I ahall put Bp with bo more re
port of ber shortcomings. She thinks
she will inherit a fat piece of proixrtv
from ber old father; but she mav find
herself mistaken. I have iriren her the
rubies, but I will give her nothing more
until l know that she has mended: and
if I bear anything more of her wilful
ness If I bear another word I will
scratch her name from ray will, and leave'
ner but a lts.on on behavior. If she
troubles yoa any more, you cia tell her
what I say; aad be sure I mean iL It is
time sne stiouia aiiow her old father to
rest ia peace." m
A month later, the old merchant asked
his daughter bow she was flourishing at
uorae.
"O, grandly I" she cried. "You
wouldn't believe how eood and kind
James is. Ho isn't cross any mora at all."
ineoiu maa aouded with satisractioa.
His threat had had iU effect.
DlDX T W AXT It. At an aweilna nf
hqusebold articles the auctioneer held up
a thermometer aad pleaded for a bid.
aio one see to want it, aad he turned
w . w- - . .
to a larmer-iooklag maa aad said:
"Take it, examine it aad give me
quarter for iL"
"No -bo," replied the maa, backing
off.
"What! Doa'tyoawaat a thermome
ter!"
"No. air! T hai nan a viaar nr torn u
aad I worked and worked, aad fooled
aroaad aad foe Jed aroaad. aad I eould
Bever keen It regulated worth a ceaL I
couldn't even epaa the ornery thing I"
CarrjlBsr Concealed Weapons.
A correspondent informs us that in a
discussion on the subject ot concealed
weapons, the question has arisen whether
carrying a pbtol is, in the eyeof the law,
a criminal offence. .
This depends on the particulsr phrase
ology of the statute and the construction
put upon it by the courts. Judges have
generally shown a leaning in favor of
permitting pistols to be carried.
In this city we bare two judges who
entertain opposite sentiments as to the
propriety of carrying pittols. Judge
Brady, who, as one of the Juiticcs of the
Supreme Court, frequent I j h-dds the Oyer
and Terminer for the trial of criminals.
a vans himself of every opportunity to
express his strong disapprobation of per
sons g-dog armed sometimes, iocreaatng
the severity of a lentence n this groand;
while Recorder Uackett is one of the
most famocs shots with a platoi In the
country, and is of opinion that canying
a pistol is only a precaution of ordinary
prudence!
We are reminded bv our oorrooond-
ent'a letter of an anecdote which was re
lated of an occurrence in Arkanas many
years ago. The custom of carry! Dg
weapons upju the person his always been
more prevalent in ibe Southwest than at
the North and East. Pormtrly it wa
a!mt universal. The youns men there.
intead of following Horace Greeley
advice to employ their first savings to
boy a watch, would invest them In a
knife or a pistol; indeed, before earning
tb; rcqaisite sum, they often ran In debt
for these greatly deaired articles. In
proccsiof time the spirit of reform seized
aomeef the members of the Arkansas
Legi!a:urrt and a bill was introduced
prohibiting the carrying of concealed
wraptt. It paased with bnt little oppo-
aitioa. When the Speaker f the Route
put the qootioa of its final pasaae to
tote, the Handle, nearly a foot long, of a
boaie keife was observed sticking from
the inside pocket of his vesL When re
monstrated witn for bis defiance of the
law, he exclaimed: "Ccealtd! That
Vu Unite cis ue UP X J". Ledger.
CuAXCEXLOn Kzvvr used ta relate bow
Aaroa Burr called to see him one day.
and sat tag that he was en his way to Al
bany, osercd to attend to any commis
aioca of Mr. Kent's. Kent wai naturally
flattered by this attention from so dis-
gnished a man. "Nothing was said
about poit'ic, tbeogh I had tern elected
(a the Federal ticket a member of As
sembly frm the County of Dutches a.
Wbea I went home to dinner that day I
said ta my wife, with much self-satifac
Uoa, 'Uetsey, who do yoa think has been
to see me to-dijr She said, I do not
know; who huT I soid, 'Aaron Burr,
CoSoset liarr,' and then related tn ber
ror cunveratKa and the kind eSer uf
profesfioaal assistance tendered to me.
In a few d.ys Coioocl liarr, oa bis was
to New York oa hit return, again called
and aaid be would be glad to be of ser
vice to me in New York if I had any
business in the way of the law that he
could do for me Ucrc The legislature
then sat in New York, and soon after I
took my scat in the folio ring spring In
the Assembly, I received a note from
Colonel Burr lining me to take break
fast with him. Not long afterward I re
ceived another invitation, this time to
take dinner with him. The day arrived
for the election of United Stales Senator.
and a member of Assembly, boarding at
the same bouse with me, came, in 'the
morning, into my room and aaid, 'Mr.
Kent, yoa know we are to choose a United
Suits Senator bvday. I said, 'Yea, I
know.' I suppose he saw, you are
soing to rote for our friend. Colonel
Barrr vui, I quickly replied; ! am
going to vote for my old friend, General
Schuyler." And here the Caancellor
used to conclude with great emphasis:
'Tbtt was the first time 1 suspected what
the fellow was alter." Jt. i . Iniiuu.
A. War Axrcrxrrx. A correspondent
of the Richmond DupittK says: I have
heard an old war story, and, by the way,
it is one of the best of them. I had it
from a former officer under Stonewall
Jackton: "On one of our marches in the
early spring, when a chilling rain bad
been falling for days, and the slush was
almost waist deep, our commaml, utterly
wt etched and broken down, was strug
gling along as best it could under such
circcmtanccs. VS era out myself. I crept
iato a fence corner to rest awhile. Pres
ently I saw a solitary straggler Coming
slowly up the road. He seemed almoit
completely exhausted Ids shoes were
gone, and bis feet cut and bleeding. I
was struck witn nis appearance, for
through all its wretchedness shone the
Indomitable spirit of the Southern sol
dier the man who would be at his post,
or else desd in the attempt to reach iL
I watched him closely, and as be dragged
himself slowly past, I beard him mutter
to himself: D n me if I ever love an
other country."
Tas Worst Kixd or x Mistake. To
be robbed cannot be pleaaanL To shoot
even a robber, although it might become
necessary, would be disagreeable, cat
to imagine a dog to be a robber, and ia
coosequence to shoot one's self, most be
especially unsatisfactory. Yet such a
fate, as appears from the Mechaalcsburg
(Pa.) Journal, befell one Willism DIesley :
On Saturday night last, as Mr. Willism
Blesley, of Silver Spring township, was
on hit way home from Hogestowa, bis
horse came to a halt ia the road and re
fused to proceed farther. The villous of
midnight robbers, highwaymen, tic-, la
s lastly loomed up before Mr. Blesky'a
vitloa as ke grasped his weapon of de
fease a revolver. He found it Tery dif
ficult, however, to bring hit weapon to a
fall cock, asd, ia his efforts, it was dis
charged, the ball lodging la his left hand.
The robber proved to be a dor, which
had placed himself ia froat of the aai
mal, caaslBgtbe accident .Y. Y.Ltdftr.
It is ttii that few persona are belter
versed is British politics than Qaeen Vie
toria. Her wag reign bu given her an
experience of eonstitntienal which
many of her adviser do net possess.
0a the Plaigj.
We rub our eves. Have we wandered
into a Brazilian swamp, then, dariccr the
long dark night! The jellow light of
me eariy morning is shining cows on
those duaky pools of ilugUh water, on
the dense forest, on the in all el noder
wood, and the rank green grat. How
the railway track does not sink into this
vait mire tmsea our comprehension; there
soms scarcely sufficient mud on tbs
scattered islands to support the partly
submerged tree. But, as we are looking
out, a new object suddenly coofronts the
eyes. Initea 1 of that succession of still
creeks we come on a broad expaate of
coB-eo!orrd water that broadens out
as it rolls sy-uthward, and we cry, "The
Miasiatippi!" And over there, on the
the other side, we ace a big and straggling
town picturesquely built along the bluffs,
and all shining in the eariy aunlhrhr.
Rut the Mississippi detains us not; nor
Barlington either. Oar mission is west
ward, and forever westward through the
perpetual forest, with its recurrent clear
ances and farms and fields of maize.
Sirely It is a pleasant enough manner of
passing this idle, beautiful day. The
recent tains have laid the dust; we sit
oatside the car and lazily watch the rich
colore of tlx nsderwovd as we pais. Oiuld
any thing be deeper ia hue than the lake
red of tnote sumach boabes I Look- at
that maple its own foliage is a nus of
pale, transparent gold; bnt up the stem
and oat the branches runs a erveper, and
tne creeper u of a pare Terrain ma that
bursa is the sun. Westward aad for
ever w et ward, ne lose coascaocssess
of time. We reaiga ourselves to the slow
pauicg-by of the trees, aad the faixas,
and them size. It is like a continuous
dream.
Of course, all our precoccerted notions
about the prairies were found ta be
wrong. Tbey were not at all melancboly
and oppressive. Oa the contrary, they
were quite cheerful and bright, ia the
sunshine; thoogh there was still that
mjsterkus feeling about them; aad
though the uaaccastomed eye could sot
gtt quite reconciled to the abtence frcra
the horizon of some line of bill, and
would keep searching for some streak
of bias. Surely there was nothing here
of the dreary wastes we had imagined!
First of al. aad near oa, was a rich wil
der&ess of fiowert, of the most beauUfal
verdore and variegated colors masses of
yellow saa-flowera, aad lilac Mtchaelmxs
dalsea, asd what not, with the blood-ret
of the scmach coming in. Further off.
the plain rose aad felt ia gentle cadala-
MM. mr.ft villi mmm J. i!mm1 tmia-
and bete aad there were the palisades uf
a lew ranches, rurthcr away uil, were
wider aad barer undalario&s, marked by
one or two dusters of the minatest specks,
which we took to be cattle. Then beyond
that agaia the opea prairie-laad long.
level swathes or the vary faintest russet,
gray-green, and yellow-gray, going out
out out until the bice sky of the hori
zon sccsed quite c!oe and sear to us com
pared with that ever aad mrsteriocs re-
cwdiag plain. This vast distant was
not awfnL like the sea. It was beautiful
ia itt pale colors; it was full of aa eager
tnterett for the eye appealed to the
imagination to aid it iu its cud leal search.
and if it wasaa ocean at all it was aa
ocean that broke at our fret in a brilliant
foam of flowers. This similitsde was.
indeed, so obvious that we uaaairaocsly
were of opinion that it must Lave been
used by every American poet who has
ever written about the prairie lands.
A Ride in a Sedan Chair.
The streets of a Chinese city are "hear-
enlv" ia name. Dr. Field, of ttt Artac
littf rode twelve miles in Hong Kng
"LovtV" "Peace." "Bright Clou L" aad
"longevity," of "Etrly-bestowed B!s
iogs," of "One Hundred Grandms," of
"One Thousand Grandsons," of "Five
Brightness,'
jiarkct ot uoidea nnats. ' liis equi
page was a "chair, carried by coolie
bearers, and he thus describes the rider
"The motion was not unpleasant.
though they swung us along at a good
round pace, shoutieg to the people to
get out of the way, who forthwith parted
right and left, as if some high mandarin
were coming. The streets were aarrow
aad deasely crowded. Through such
mass it was no small effort to force
our way, which was esected oaly by
our bearers keeping up a constant
cry (like that of the gondoliers ia
Venice, when turniu; a corner ia the
canals a signal of warning to any ap
proach! ne ia the oppotite direction). I
could but admire the good-natare of
the people who yielded so readily. If
we were thus to push through a ctowd
in New York, and the policemen were to
sbont to the "Bowery boys" to. get out
of the way, we might receive a blessing
in reply that would not be at all agree
able. BattheChmameatookituamatter
of coarse, aad turaed aside respectfully
to give us passage, only staring mildly
with their almend-ejen, to see what great
personages were these that came aioag
looking so grand."
ScxsHiXE. The Krst esseatial for a
cheerfal room is snashiae. Without this,
money, tabor, taste, are all thrown away.
A dark room cannot be cheerful; and it
is u unwhoh&ome at it h gloomy.
Flowers will sot bioasem in it; neither
will people. Nobody knows, or ever
will know, how maay men aad women
hare been killed by dark reema. "Glo
rify the room 1 Glorify the room 1" Syd
ney smith used ta say of a moraine,
when he ordered every blind throws open,
every shade drawn np ta the top of the
window : " Whver is fertaaala eaongh
to have a southeast or southwest owner
room may, if she eheoscs, live ia sneh
loads of sassy light that skkaesa will
have hard work to get hold of hr; and
as for the blues, they will net dare te so
much aa knock at her door."
The Boston pahtk library new con
tains 312,009 Totsme, an innranse for the
year of lo,l9.
Happtaetaes," aad of "Refreshing Breez
e;' of "Accumulated Blessings," of
1 Ninefold Brurbtnes." and of "The
Advfee to Husband How to Do
Wlies; loa Are IH-Tempered.
Begin by staying out until two o'clock
with some fine fellows who know what
good wine is. Itracli your home in the
small hours, and after ineffectually trying
to open the door with a lead pencil, scold
your wife for sitting up for yoa. Throw
your boots upon the floor and wake the
baby, aad desire to know why Mrs. Boggs
lets that little imp shriek so much. Af
ter this, go to sleep aad snore while she
walks the floor with the unhappy InfaaL
Of course, yea will wake up cross; yoa
will hate yourself and the world, and
yoa will be quite equal to the taifcof
throwing upon the carpet twelve shirts
that are in good order, and finding at the
bottom of the drawer ose with a bnttoa
off. Put this on.andapDexr at the break.
fast-table like the ghsrat of Basqno,
pointing at your threat and shaking yoar
bead.
Tell Mrs. Bogg that before yoa were
married, your dear ma attended to toot
Is .. . J i : i i r .
wuwu,uu wuiic aoe wipes away a tear,
suddenly start to yoor feet and soit tho
coffee yoa Lave last takes Into roar
mouth iaU the coal-scattie,asd ask what
she has put into it to-dry, aad declare
yoaneu poisoned. Tell ber that the
breakfast, altogether, ta oet fit for piss to
eaL
Havintr by this means rendered Mr.
Boggs serious, take Tour Daoer aad
plunge iato It, using it as a screen, aad
eating and drinking behind iL Don't
answer Mrs. Bogirs when she aks 30a if
there Is aay news; aad occasiosally
taruit your cap at her, with a groat, to
be refilled- Have your eyes cdently
about yoa, however, tm see Biddy give
Mrs. Boggs a fwlded piper, and inquire,
with a jealoa glance, what that is that
she is hiding under the tea tray, Wbea
ahe replies that it is "oaly tte gas bill,"
fold jour uewtptper aad demand to see
it, asd upon iaspectioa, ask her what she
means by such extravagance. Tell ber
she is bringiag yoa to the poor-boce
that yoa expect to il next year that
everybody is failing oa accoant of the
reckieatacfcs of women who sever take
care of aay thing because, thwy don't Lave
to earn iL Point out the fact that yoa
spead nothing, acd are only a wretched
slave, toiling from dawa until dark, with
bankruptcy hanging by a single hair
crver your bead, while she gvis abool ia
naery. i9X s4crattly ura veur nine
oSpring, several of waom have just had
the measles, aad epoo the iaiaat a arms
whj is pre par ing tor one of his regular
roots 01 croup, and maarac that yoa
wish ws were a woman with ooihiac to
do but to stay at bora asd play with the
children. Tba fly at your third vin.
Hale Peter who inherit! yoar amiable
dispositien aad is pisehiag bis little is
ter aad box bis ears, aad remark to
some inviiible familiar, that one would
think a person who had so maay idle
hoars seed cot neglect these little wretch
es so. Order Pamela oat of the roo-a far
aaiSsg. aad shake little Tommy fer eat
ia his bread Lottota upwards as he
stares at yoa. Promise to bring b me a
cat-o'-nlae-txils aad treat them ail to the
whipping they deserve; aad having set
them to bellowing ia chores, tell Mrs.
Boggs that yoa probably shall cot be
home to diaser. for yoa have rickets for
the opera, and as Coutia Saraaathy ' hss
baad is ia California, yoa think "the poor
thing ought to be taken somewhere and
cheered up a little." If Mrs. Bogs re
maiks that Coatia Sam an thy seems to be
the liveliest person she ever "met already,
aad desires to know why it Is never acc
essary to cheer one's own wife up a little,
remark that "wbea it comes to aboard
jealousy yoa refuse to hstea aaT looker,"
W . W W "
aaa aepart, siammisg tne uoor. ion
know that Mrs. Bjggs, IcTiag her chil
dren as she does, will cever think of get
ticg a divorce, no matter haw hardly she
is csed, so that yoa are quite safe. Whca
yoa feel gtodhamored yoa can make it
up. Any time wilt do for Mrs. Boggv
Yoa always know where to find Aer. Jf.
K. -D-, t a y. Y. Ledger.
CoasBjantioB a Disease of la-door Life,
Among the natives of S.aegambi
Eubsooary affections are not oaly nearly
ut absolutely unknown, yet a single
year passed in the over-crowded a as
pens and steerage-hells of the slave trad
er often sufficed to develop the disease ia
that noil virulent form knowa as ga
loping conssmption; aad the brutal
planters of the Spanish Antilles made a
rule of never buying aa Imported negru
before they had "tested his wind," L c,
trotted him uphill aad watched his res
pirations. If be proved to be "a roar
er," as turf mea term it, they knew
that the dungeon had done its work and
discounted his value accordingly. "If
a perfectly soand rut a is Imprisoned ftr
life," says Baroa d'Arblay, the Belgian
philanthropist, "his lung, aa a rule, wilt
firat show symptoms of disease, aad
shorten his misery by a hectic decline,
unless he should commit suicide."
Our home statistics show that the pcr
centan of deaths by consumption ia
each State bears aa exact proportion to
the greater or smaller auraber of inhab
itants who follow in door occupationa,
and U highest iu the factory districts f
New England and he crowded cities of
our central States. In Great Britain the
rate increases with the latitude, and at
taint its maximum height in Glasgow,
where, a Sir Charles Broiie remarks,
windows are opened oaly one day far
every two ia Birmingham, and every
taree aau a nau ia ionoca; but
farther aorta the perccnUgn suddenl
tiBks from twenty-three to eleven, 1
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cvck 10 iu, 11 we crocs tne
parallel, which marks the
twee a the manufacturn
Central Scotland,
gtoM of the north.
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