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)t ijcK) tlcdljttrtrJt. M. 4, I. BtllVIT, " s rrerte1ee. A Jaaraal for tj People. Uvet telbe laterestsef Pamaalty. ladepsBdeal la PollU aad ftVeltsloa. . Alive to all Live lessee, aad Taoroe.a), 4 sUdtesJ ta Orpostax aad Eaposiag tb WroaaS eftbeMasaea. '. . . V - - - 9 mCK-Ooa. raoji Wwiihioi Stsst . TEBMS, IJf ADVANCE I ' Oa vaar... '1 soaUa. TtttM MIU. .Ill - - - - Li . - I Oaresspaadeata wrlMat ever assamsd stgaa-' tare mast make kssei tkstr Baases to lb -t Fass arsarai, Psaa fanes. Fan rari.a. ADVBBTMKMKXTIUMrU4a IUiukK VOLUME VII. POWXJkJTO. OREGON, HirA.Y, DECEMJOEll' ttl.lMTT.' NUMDER 14. Editor, or ae aueatloa wtll as glvsa to tbetr eawmaaleatlOBs. Iwm "MARTHA MARBLEHEAD: fa Bale BBS IWM fCbefceWa. T .- actbsb or crrs; iu," iuh dowb, ; mamxu Ass' assav lbs," Tbs arey . oB,-saswsA'ssrBSBl ' iAMl eBAIBoe." L ' arc.f aro btc. 1 , ' .-I '. ' ' - ' " ; ( Eaters, seeordlnf. to Aei of OoifnM, la tat rw IS7T, by M ra. A. J. iMslwar. la lb ortlr X lea Ufcearlaa ef Cvaa1et WaaBlastoa City. . I Tb morning of Klogitoa Qreenebor ougb's trial .before tbe polio sourt wss an excessively wat a ad dark and muddy on. AH ' night long tba wind bad bowled la fitful complaint around th prison, and suawered back to tba fwstltng gusts that visited him from tba etly bome wharf Martha Jones ncc Msrblsbsed waa pacing bar ehsmber Id j m muto no reel - , What war tba Imaginings of tba lot ' jriaoDsd msn. Be, Ilka a eagad eagle, ba ; frattad la eonflosmsnt, I leave tba j reader to Imagine."' He "tiad" passed a ' alaaplaaa bight, aod partaken of bread and wster sparingly at breakfast. : When lad bafora bla honor tba polloa Judge for trial, ba was pala and sad. Tba angar under which ba had ebafed bad given way wbaa -pro pact came for bla acquittal, aad a faoliog of mortification at tba thought of bow ba would appear la. Msrtbs's eyes, were aba to witness bla bomlllaUoo, albeit ha bad suffered It Id bar dereoss, filled him with a choking grief. There waa a long roTl of prisoners' names npoa the docket. Ah Bin sad steles a eaw-buok. and. after a tedlooa trial, waa sent below for . flvs dsys. John Bmlth bail beea.dr.aak and dlsor drly, and 'waa fined tea jlollsr aod costs. Thomas Jooea had sold liquor to- aa Indian, and James Johnson bad been nested as-a-vsgisut. Wrtw-HHes el.tljiM IIimi - nil Mme Ath Ilk A ohsrges were dlapoaad of, aad tbea eama Kingston's turn. - He trembled slightly aa ha advanced tAlba erimlnal'a chair, and tarnad In voluntarily toward the door. . Aa be did aea little child entered, bearings la bar ka M.tal aa 1 - A a..M - -r - "For Mr. Orsensboroogb," aba said, timidly, boldlDg aloft the missive In bar tiny fingers. A MmuniiplvulMIMflAil emM tb4?0Te the- crowded - eoart-roota. - It noval aaana to belmM aueh a child la aaeh a place. Her heavy hair hnng . ii rinuiM ai anna maia onr nar fratile-eboaldera, and hr fdtdfacei Tanharf arondmiiAla Ilea lha nriannar'i King em I lad, aad the llkeoaea was i i t i .i . ' "Year daughur, air f aaked bla - bo DOT. "Bba oagbt to be,w vasjthc Impolalvc anawer. . The child stood waiting, aod a stspor seemed to have fallen opoa lbe court. I aaa prajina; lor jwitttwip age, was all the hots oonlalned.3 : "Ood blaaa van. little eirl." wblanered the prlaoner. "Tbla la bo place for yoa. Rub bonis and tell your mother that I, too take eoarago." The witness for the proaeeatloa failed service agent waised rortn-a rree maa. Aa bnr laur Sod bs stood In tbs prae nee of his sonl's mate, aad, bnt amlllng. . 'I knew yon woo Id coma," aald Mar- ' vmm Amm mmiA ahMwf WrB vim . . .nl T ... J wwb whi. mj wm J " ..i . could have done It, King. I know tbe laws of men stsad between yon and me, ntf mrtiitwii. Too njurrf eine bow, King. We shall meet sgala In tba landof eoule from your presence, Martha?". TIIIUod shall will Itotberwlas, my more tbaa friend." "But Ood baa w tried Ketherwtes from "Doa't tempt me, King. , Rather help me to be strong. - "Do yoa tbea debsr too from all right to bopeT" ' Tor what, Klng . "Happlnaea." , - . ' my friend.': There comes a time . W - 11 f . - . I meat learh to depend upon oarselves for bspplneee. Wo learn, to bo happy la 1 Ood'e wsy, and not ears." "But bow are we to a neentand God's " way?" MBy ever walking In tbe straight and narrow path." . "Yoa talk la rlddlee, Martha." ' "I speak aa' the Holy fplrli prompts ' "Tbea what would, yoa have me to dat?J : . ' "Oe thy way for tbla time, and let tbe future take care of Itself. 8flVIot for tbe day la tbe evil thereof, yoa buow." "But may I nohope to aome time re new and finally conaummate our once anticipated relaUoar . "Klngetoo, look beret Yoa arc not . the maa I loved once. Yoa have gone y Into by and forbidden patba, and your feet have stumbled In ways of tbs slrsoger.". , ' "And 1 7 I to believe my ssnsea, Mrs. Jeoes? laltjroMtbst thus aeeoae me? Yoa, who hsva llwed a He for years, till your, vary children confront yon with jour falsity Let's go to the root of sells. I do not claim to be aa angeL Td hardly be a fit companion for tbe only woman I over loved, If I were a aerapb. A asoatn ago I would haf scorned to offer 70a my band la mar riage. Bat I was k fool, aod blind. fancied myself too good to meet yon upon aa equal plane. But I find that yon are tba hero and I the coward wben (be real trial conies. Yoa cannot bold yourself In wifely allegiance to tbe foaa youi detest for a single day without sin. Yoa seem to forget this. I admire your heroism, but enndema your Judgment. I caa never be an true to my heart' purest aflVetloo without being equally guilty with yourself. But I ahall be true to you hereafter." As be spoks bs drew nearer, and took ber bands within hla. O, Martha, give me reason to hope Ibst, whsn the legal etlgaMt-yen deteat has bees removed, I can come and claim yea, and I aba It to eooSaa Wby le It, rester klod, that man, who del me to protect woman, oven agalaat beraelf, forever falla, wbaa the tt ff9n i tft protect blataalt llartba felt bar eoarage glvlag way. How deeply, tbroegb all her yeara of auOarlng and dlaappolntmant, aba bad longed for the aooiety and affection of tbla mao. To realat hla Hore, eeea wbea ba did not arge It, bad been a trial almost greater tbaa abeomild bear; aod bow, wbea aba bad both heraelf and bla. to flgbt,abokl aba be able to prove equal to the etroggle. and tbua protect them botOLfruoi alnf Hi eyea were riveted apoav Iter la a faaelnatlng gate. Bba felt hla hot breath come and go, and hJ well-nigh yielded to bla atroiig em brace. -Darling r he wblapered, MI have waited for yoa ao patiently and long. I knew yew would com to me tome time, for Ood oever lateuded that we aboatd remain apart. " With a will mora heroic tbaa waa ever needed to face a cannon ball, or tblhargrTOattTv MIRBT Wool heraelf free from tbe looged-for aaa brace, and con fronted her euitor at moat eevagely. .";?'." ' "Kingston Oraenaboroagh V abe ei I aimed, paaalouately, "do yoa realise oar situation V fl do, saoat aasaredly. Yea are tbe legal wife of a man yoa loathe, and yaa know that yoa love me. Tbla Is no time for trifling." "King, doyen remember the times few short years ago, wben yon and I were young aad Innocent f" ' "Could I forget, Martha -Agala bla passionate case was upon bsr, and her every sense thrilled with a stmsna dsllaht 1 ' ' "We wale- av lunnccnt U Inexpert. enced then. I loved aod Iroated yoa. Had I beer tbs arbltejror m; own des tiny, I should never bave married soy body sis. But I was away from you, I was young and dependent, and I gsvs my bead la . marriage to another be cause I fancied marriage to be my duty, and obedience my law. I did not meaa tot wrong you. King. But all -that Is peat, and we do wickedly when Weetsntt here parleying with temptation. Leave me, please. Go back to Washington. Attend to your duties there, as I shall strive to attend to mine white bars. I do not know when . I can remunerate you "for your kindly, but enforced as slstsace, but some tlms yon shall bsve your pay." "Yon are morally free from your bus. bead, Martha." - "But not legally free, yon know." "Wby should the laws restrain yea, child? Yoa bad do voles la msklog ibem." .... . For my own self-re pact's oaks, sir, I will obey them." Shell yea seek legal a pa ration from that fellow V 'I should bo false to every sense of purity If I did not, sir. Yon know what bla married life has been." . "And wben yen are free, what then t "Nothing." "Yon are cruel, Martha." - . . "lamoaly kind. . - "I confess I cannot sec your kJndaeM la thus repulsing me.1 . foor blunderer. : He had imagined he bad found an easy prey. It angered him to know, that be bad reckoned ao completely without hie host. "I bsvs not tlms to Ulk longer, King. Even while wo stand Idling here, tbe I sla rest upon my debt accumulate. n ' Thr le a way to cancel both princi pal and Interact, Martha. Only promise mo that yon will, wbao free, become my wife, and yon need have bo further fear of debtor destitution." ' Agala he waa Irresistibly drawing Bearer, and agala she wss compelled to fight ber great affection In order to pro tect both herself aod hi !ItonJast .nJUogrlorOoireee sal sully not my womsnbood by offer lag careesee to another's wlf f" But, seen as aha apoke, alio was also drawing nearer. Ood blees the little children. They come to mortals sometimes la boars of peril Ilka angels, nnswarea, Tbe little Alice, who bad carried tbe note to tbe police court, entered hurriedly. Tbo couple started, ss though a dan gerous and guilty spell were broken. "Wbst Is It, daughter T" aaked Mar- tba, blushing. Tbe child thai King bad publicly aald wegbt to bafo been hla, so maeb d Id she reeem bl h I as, stood e 1 pee ten t ly. Cay on, dearie," said Kle;, kloy. ; "Flea, air, -1 beard a maa say mamma had got rd of papa 00 good terms, and waa going to marry yoa." "I wish It were true," was Klog'fjm- pulslvc ssswsr. t "Don't you see ?" said Martha. "Al ready my good aame'rls being tam pered with. Yoajojuet put eoptlneute between us. Let ue be bravo enough to do what wo kaow to be right. And should tbs time ever be wbea I caa come to yon as your wife, let the self-respect and mutual esteem of each of os toward tbe other remain unimpaired, that wc may begin life under better ausplbee tbao though ws never hsd been tried. And if we do not meet sgaln on earth, let's be prepared for bap ptoses in Heaven." "Yon have ruined me," aald King, desperately " I bave saved yM.!1 "Ashy fire." ' i The erocibTsls the best friend pure gold caa come la contact with." "But I am not pure gold."; "Tbea yea shall ' be purified. Oe, and may ministering angels guide you." He turned from her, and snatching op tbe child, clasped ber to bis heart and covered ber radiant face with kl Aa Instant and be waa gone. ' !' Heavenly Father, guard and guide him In tbe patbe of purity and pesos," lbs defrauded womaa sighed, ss sgsta and again sbe kissed tbe little child who had on wittingly protected ber from herself. "If I sm svsr to become bis wlfs, be shall bave no cause to doubt me," sbe said, as be walked rapidly down tbs street, and sbe gated after blm with am Utterable longing.' "I'I no worthy of her yet," aald King, aa be sought lodgings at a hotel till steamer day, and set to work Co earnest to reform bis habits, many of whleb were far front being what they should bsvs beeUt Wbea the boarders came to aopper, Mm. JoBM treated them lib grave but gentle demeanor. She had su Oared too severely In tbe school of affliction not to know the value of self-control. Her boarders were a merry set of well- to-do gentlemen, wbo took pleasure In praising ber skill aa a caterer, but tbla time they could find no eseeUenoe to praise. Tbo table-cloth was askew, the meat overdone, tbo vegetables soggy. and the dessert seorehed to bitterness. "One would think von were sorry of Mr. Greens borough's acquittal! "Mrs, Joaee," aald one, more garrulous than tbo rest, wbo' could toot endure a spoiled dinner. - "No; I'm glad of bis acquittal, sir, and jsot pleased tnaSeveftocansr he's gb- Itsf 'to ft leavc tbe country." Significant glances were Interchanged here and there, but the gentlemen were too well bred to offer further comments, They ebrugged their shoulders on the balcony, though, aad exchanged nods and winks among tbemaelves Be I bey lingered over their cigars. .For It wss well known thst th couple had bees lovers before Mrs. Jones' marrlage,-and every maa of them was morally certain that they were mutually acknowledged aad thoroughly Intimate lovers now. Thus wisely does tbo world treat of that concerning which It only surmises a part of tbe truth, and thus charitably doss It Judgs of msn and women wben measuring tbslr rectitude by a standard of Its own. v .SajsslaBAl, Aw Editokial - OitATiow. Enoch Emery la editor or tbe Peoria, Illinois, JYatuertpt. A few months ago bo mar ried a Miss Msry Whiteside, who, at the tlms, waa superintendent of schools the lady aspired, for a re-nomioatlon toj the office before the Bepublieaa County Convention. Her husband was a dele gate, aad tbe following account of bow' bo presented beg to the convention Ic given In aa Illlnola paper "Wben Enoch Emery sross.la tba Peoria County Coaveotloa to aomlnate tbe candidate for county superintendent of schools, 1 bare came a auddea lull la tbe proceedings, fevery one became Io ta rested, and tbe delegatee leaned for ward la breathless atlealioa. One could bavs beard a horse couch la that awful elilloeea. Tbe emotion extended even to tbe good Eooeb himself. Hs Bmas. diffidently toying with hie spectacle, Ural cleaning tbeos with n new cambric band kerchief, aod then placing them on ble forehead, aald: 'J put In Domina tion for the mo or county super! a Undent of schools, Mrs. Msry White side s long paoee Emery.' Flutter among the delegatee. I nominated her poor years sgo iBeaaailnnJ, and as I wss n Boras sense responsible for her aa aa official. I got to watching ber. Cheer. watohel ber Close autl aaw ber real worth...! Encouraging cheer. I was drawa nearer and nearer a ber ferlee of bar the better I nxed ber.' iritorme of cheers, yells, snd orlee of W boo pee I' Sbe was nominated wllboat a dissent ing voles." Men Withoct Oct ciatio. Tb maa who baa nothing in do is lb moot miserable of beings. No matter how much wealth a maa pommies, be caa be Belt her contented nor happy without socupaUoa. We were bora to labor, and the world Is our vineyard. We caa find a field of usefulness almost any where, la occupations we forget our earee, oar worldly trials, and eor sor rows, it Keeps us from constantly wor rying and brooding over what la inev itable. II we haveeooufn roroureeleee, we can labor for tbe good of others; and such a task Is 00s of tbe most delight fx I duties a worthy and good maa caa (saaibly sesc laV 0U1 ABHIIQTOI LETTEI. To tbs Emvob ee vna Wsw Kosrn waer 'Last eight's ."norther" bae gives as oar first ex peruses with lee, and though wo have to-day a brilliant November sua pouring bis mollifying rays down upon ns from a cloudless sky, yet tbe cold, plerelsg wind continues, aad those who venture upon tbo streets arc as closely wrapped la shawls, furs, aad overcoats, as bad tbs thermometer been at sere instead of twenty-four degrees. Tbs river bss subsided from I U devastat ing bight, aad tboss to whom tboaond brought ech great disaster are now re pairing their disaster as best they can. But for the algoal service at Harper's Ferry advising our merchants In ad vance of tbe flood, tbe damage, would have been tenfold greater. Tbla fore warning coabled maoy to remove their goods to safe place, aod thus confined tba losses bera prl aclpally to w faarese, f stowed- by, a-New-York Sum reporter, .bjpping, and boo-m. A. to WTO, thsT loaeec upon tbo Upper Potomac and I .h u. 1 .,nr..i k.... upon tbo Upper rotomac ami tributaries bave been fearful, of life, a well as property, while hero few people were drowned. A men drlvlog a pair of horses attempted to cross one of the flooded street At the foot of tbo White House lot, but sunk In a washout, aad all were drowned. Hie death waa not diesovered notil come colored mew seek log plunder fished up bis body from the wagon, Whsn high water meets tbs Incoming tide, the Potomac backs ovsr all tbo low grounds near tbe White House, aad often, as In this storm,' dose grsat damage. Tbe proposition to erect dykes on the bank of the river aod cut off floods, lust ss Holland ksepefout tbe sea, or as tbs marshes near New York are reclaimed from the tides, and turned into tbo best of agricultural and build Inglaada, Boss Shepherd, filling up tbe old canal which ran through these low grounds, not only made available for tbe government laada worth mill ions of dollars, but thereby Indicated jeisarly-tbe BfaetteabiHty of whottjf t$ui fining our annual floods to the river banks, aad vastly Improving the sen! Ury coodltleo of the city generally, as wall as the occupant of the While House, particularly. The notorious un bealtbfuloeae of tbeWblte House arises from Its close proximity to tide water and Its marshes. It Is further proposed to reclaim the hundreds of acres of ri vsr bottom which lie above tbe long bridge, and which arc dally covered and uncov ered by tbo tide. Tbo ex halations of these marshes arc wafted directly upon tba White House, aad should tbo river be dyked aa Indicated, and coo flood to Its channels, aey one can apprsclsb -The shipwreck of tbo "Huron" brings deep sorrow la many families here, for all It officers bave families snd rela tives la the District, or sxUoalve cir cles of acqualnlanccf gained by peat residence here. LieuUnaot Palmer leaves a widow with two young chil dren, one aa Infaat; aad draugbUman Evans, a widow and ono child. These reside hersiSnd ere left with little pro. vision for the future. - Wo are glad to nots thst tbs press generally le discuss ing why tbo vessel aboold bsvs beea sent to aea la a storm, right In tbe face of eaatlooary aignahj from tbo signal service, aad that, too, near Caps Hat ters, where the aaa Is paved with, tbe bones of shipwrecked dead, wbo bave been lost npoa Its rocks aad treacherous currents. Hems ons Is deeply In fault. and, as dead men toll no tales, wc pro sums ths.real blsms asvsr will be fixed spotf nny one It seems- singular that all such disasters Invoks no personal accountability. glng the ' war 1V200 soldiers were crowded upon one boat at Memphis, and before It bed steamed aver man who lb too Mississippi, unliks ; tbo sea, never gives up lu dead. aad not one of tbeos poor soldiers could ever bo found, though hundreds of dol lars were spent In dragging for bod lea, nor waa any superior offloer ever held amenable for the terrible catastrophe. It was a mere Incident of the war, aad tbs loss of thS "Huron" to a mere Inci dent of naval life. A singular statomsot Is made that a former officer of tbla Ill-fated essst deserted It, aad suwered court martial rather tbaa remain upon Ik He bad so etroog a pressntlmsnt of lu loss that bo preferred to coffer dis grace rather than to go agala npoa It. Tbo navy department bss full record of hie trial, and It abowsbo sou Id aesiga only this ooe reason for bis cowardly act, - ' Tbe latease exeltemeat exhibited In the Beaste over the admission of tbe Booth Carol I aa and Leo lal ana Senators reminds ns of tbe closing Bosses In last spring's Presidential conteat. Now, as I then t very, aval)blsscak,aad apace Is I taken by some deeply latorseted Sena tor or spectator, aad aeemlagly there appears la every one's face that lade seribable took which betokens tbo ap proach of some great exigency or alter nation on which baags Individual weal or woo. Just prior to the opening r battle or a charge, upon the enemy's lines, we bsvo seen the lips firmly closed, eyes fixed, and nn expression of determloallea npoa each soldier' eoon- tsoaoeo to meet tbo earning daoger, let tbo result bo wbst It may. whether la meagTed body or sacrifice of life. And here, In thavveotful struggle of this snd last weak, there Is much Indeed, as ws wslcbed tbe spectators, rather tbaa tbe freaeecT, to reexwl ite Baoe.wrtea of the war when life, rather tbaa party. wss at stake to the participant. Wo have before spoks of those con tests between tboee oUilectuel gloats, Ssoatom Ed m suds aad TnnrmaB, and this week has given as another In the oodeaver of Mr. Therm an , to seat But ler, of Sooth Carolina, aad Mr. Ed munds to defeat It, . Every parliament ary taette baa been resorted to by both, and wc thlak there baa never been finer dlspmy of their pecullsr talents tbaa npoa this momentous Issue. . , - Felix. Washington, D. C, Nov. 0, 1877. i Tbs Crashy sf Polygamy. 'John W. Young's wife, Llbble.bas lft h brother's In Philadelphia, where sbe has beea staying since 'she eaase from I'Uh a month asm. for Eimir. New . York w here abe. w ill spend the wlutor at a water-ear. She wee laUr- there are dark blue clrclee about tbe eye, aod there le a oompresslon of tbe Hps, a peieaese about tbs nostrils, aad a tremalousoese of tbe hand, that are very painful to aea. Tale woman la consumed by a fire of Jealousy s napes k- able, or la dying of remorse and shams. In her yeulb sod levellneee she eons- pel led John W. Young to discard two former wives to secure her, and lor tea years sbs ruled In ble household, bore aim several cniiaren, ana was ino osr-lioa-ef bla heart. Now. a ber beauty begine to' fade, aod when ebe Is about to Become a mother for the fourth time. sbe finds bsrself sapplsntsd by a chit of s girl with a pretty face, wnlle here le aaggara. la aoewer to a quest too, sne aid: "I knew that my husband was going to marry Loella Cobb, and there fore I left blm and came homo to my parents, and I will never live with blm again never, never." 6he apoke vehe mently, although alio waa almost sob blog. Aftsr a moment abe aald, aad there wee, something of pride la her face, "But don't you Imagine that be married that girl for love. No, my hus band loves me. It wss ambition aod In fulfillment' of a promise made to bis wisueti Juno 10 succeed 10 Ills place in the church, and, that be might do ao, made blm prom lee to become a poly ga ntlet. Hla marriage to Mies Cobb wss bis first sUp Is execution of the promise, end, ss he thought, to ble falber'a seal. But be baa been disappointed. He was not siioaen to succeed bis father, and now bo bitterly regrets tbe stsp be has Ukes, and almost every day I receive letters aad telegrama from him begglag me to return. I treat them with ..con tempt. I will never go back to bim. ( will be tbe wife of no maa wbo would give me up nod break, hie yews to ms for the ssksof power." . Bhe said this with flashing syss and quivsrlng lips. A moms at afterward slis waa almoat weeping, as sbe said: "I msy go back to tub la tbe spriug. If I live, and set of my life to the education of my sbil drea. . I never believed In polygamy or Mormoalsm, but I loved John Yoang madly. I thtok pntygamy'too horrible to think of, aud I made John forswear It befis I would marry blm." Anrtno- fUld Eepubtiam. Gov. Koiton'i rini Attack of PanlysU. It wss In the fall of IMS that ths Iste Governor Morton waa first peest rated by the loatdlow disease that finally proved fatal. Hla attack Is thus described by himself: "During the Isiur part of the summer and first part of ths fall of 1865, I fait an Indisposition to rend or study. 1 I didn't ears to read eo moon as a wsws psper. My mind felt dull and clouded, and I found many little things eaoaping my memory. was Confused easily, and took little or no Interest In what waa gming on about moEven tbe du ties of tbe Stale no tbuger engaged my los attention. Tbe feeling contin- ud notll the 10th of October. I neverfjro Weal," loog-eontioued laughter shall forget ths day. It waa a beautllul one; the air waa erlep, and I walked a very long distance. In tbe evening I retired eemewhat fatigued, but la-ether fepeels. apparently In my. naoat -health. Tbs next morning I woss sany, not as I attempted to get out of bed I disco v. stbiI 1 .wss nnsbis to lift Again and agala I made , tbe effort. wbea It aoddealy Daahed through my mind that I waa paralysed. I fell little polo, bat from my blpa doeaward I was suable to move myself." But -ths strangest part of the story' Is to come. His mental activity bad returned. "My head seemed as clear as a bell, and In voiuoUrily I called to mind Ineldente which I bad forsotteo. altboocb previ ously I ad charged my memory -with them." So auddea and com plate we the work of tbie eubtlo disease, for five years the powers of ble mlad and body bad been taxed to their st and It la not etrange, perhape. that a person of hi bo I id should be thus attacked. Il le said that bis fslber suf fered ssa paralytic la hla later years, snd that aa aunt was slmllsrly stricken. It wss probable, therefore, that tbe die waa latent, bat in. cwoeMert eg tbe powerful, muscular frams which be la bertied from hie mother, whom be greatly favors. It ta doubtful If bo would ever had beea proa t rated had his labors beea lees severe and pewtracted. CLEOPATBA'g NEEDLI HELD III Paw. It Bppeare that tbe eeercolne obelisk, abaodooed nff Flnleterre, was aot towed lato aa cngnsn naroor, as waa one presumed. It bae found' an-; msrtgs 1Ttoswrt of Terfeni; aad a Spaaieh court of maritime law moot aw determine tbe amount or saivags doe tbereon. Tbo question of oalvsgs hi a aermu 00a for tbo contractor. Tbey have offered to settle with the crew of tbe caving craft, but their offer hi rejected with soora. Tbs amount or salvage le largely determined by the value of tbe rescued property, we must first decide what Cleopatra's Nee dle le worth. Tbo adjudication of all other questions la cosy enough. As obeliske bsve oe market value, or are quoted at fancy prices, ths settlement Is surrounded with asmeroua ember raasmeliU, Consequently, the obelisk of Thothmee III. will pass the wloter In an admiralty court at FeTrreol, Acer York THowne. A a Ithaca maa has Invented sin 18-day watch. One of Xuvss' Apologist. In discussing the question of civil ser vice reform. General Sheridan, la speech at Toledo,' convulsed the booee by the following account of bis efforts to secure aa office : I did sot see bow It wss possible (aod I triad very bard to eee) fr Mr. Hayes to make a success of bis administration, especially la hie Soutbera policy, u a lees I waaappoiBiea collector of customs at New Orleans. I knew there would be a aew enllevtor'hppoiuted, because Pree! dent Hayes told ms an. Hs did ms tbs further honor of asking who, la my Judgment, would be tbe best msn fr the place. This waa n some bat del Ira t question, and oe I asked time for reflec tion, wbion be very cheerfully rave me. snd, by tbs wsy, that la tbe only thing Be baa given me up to dale. 1 1 proarl ous laughter. ' - wow, 1 anew now important tea cm leetorshln of New Orleans waa to the busi ns m Interests of tbe .el ty. I felt that the government must baas a man of Integrity to the "Place, who should also be a maa of good moral character, as well aa mere than average ability. 1 anew me collector auouii be a sond maa and a Republican. I spent two or iirree days in prayerrui deiioeratioo upon tbe qoeatlon, aod at last came to the reluctaut conclusion that perhaps. all thing considered, I came nearer fill log tbe bill than any other man in' the mate wno waa likely to be appelated. I waa deeply aaxlous for tbe business la- tereeUvf tbs city. I had ao doubt of my InUgrlty. LaughUr. My moral Character waa wall. It was as fair a moral character as a somewhat tropical man could develop In a tropical eouulry. As for ability, I kaow I possessed that: opon this point I wss unanimous. I might possibly bsve bad n shadow of doubt upon boobs otbsr questions, but upon tnie point 1 was. solid, ureal laus hUr.l I knew I waa n representa tive? man, for I had once aerved In Con gress with great satisfaction to my con stituent. It le true I did not serve long, but thst waa not my fault. I would bave been eervln tbe Bute yet if tbe people would have elected me. Cheers nod laughter.) I was sleeted or two years; 1 had a bard contest for my seat: It waa finally, awarded nte. about four months before tbe adjourn- mant af the Cinignes yr which I bad J. make up n record, but! worked hard: I voted 00 both aidee of every -bill that came up: I yelled "Mr. Speakert" every chance I bad: I called ooe memtwr a liar, and told another be was a fool; I But my boot on my desk, spit tobacco ulee 00 the floor, oaled tbe ladies In tbe galleries, want Into Innumerable eo as sart Ue-room a to tsko a look at tbo doe s meats, borrowed some money, and went home, f Lour-ooullnued laus-bter.l Consldsrlng lbs tlms 1 hsd, I mails a good average "member reeorjj." Sev eral people told mo tbey actually took me lor enfold member. lUreat laughter.! Cooeidefiog all tblbs-s, I tbluk you will agree with me that I was but dotng y duty to my oouutry la consenting to take tbe collectorsblp of New Or leans. I stated tbs result of my reflec- Uoo to the President. The Bianbaf lnj whien- lie racalved my surifwH,'" asSl1" .... ieuiigg-, rnfljov tnereturev- to mo . bappy and cordtat'Tbela a very cordial man). Ho promised to msks out tbe enmralasloe of collector st New Orleans. Hs did ao. but by aome eUaose over sight he commissioned a man I bad never thought of In connection with tbe office. Loud laughter. Do you blame me for thinking tbe administration a future? Tbe solid sartb seemed to slip from under me. I felt tbe Republic wss gone clean gone. Intbsdlstresaof my soul I cried out I "Is thla what I mad 127 Republican soeecbea for In tlie last campaign 7" . Or, to elate It more cor rectly, tbe eanie speech f27 time. .Im mense laashter.l Can this sovsrnment go on If 1 am left not 7 Alas! poor country, wbo will care for you, now that I am banished by tbe edict of a tyrant, aad caa bave no chance to sustain you. to" aay nothing of myself T I elated something of thle klud to Mr. Hayea. My words moved him to console me, moved blm to advise ms. He advised me either to null down mv vest" or wblchowing to the excitement I wss laboring under at ths tlms of tbs Inter view, I eaooot oertalaly remember; but It le One or tbe other, and, aa he le kaown to be a liberal man, perhaps It was both. My first Impulse, after lis tening to ths sousollng words of -the IVesldeut, sa W ga sod l1easf.41. I did; I look three or four. They braced me up. ' I felt better. Laughter. Ponro, tbe illustrious Afrlcsn. who has resided In Europe for about two years peat, recently died la Berlin, greatly regretted by all the savants of ths Old World. Perhaps ws should aay Mr. i'ojco, for-altbough he was oaly- a gorilla, be waa ao human la ways, and looas tost tnis do do ranis prens oad been beetowed npoa blm. . He was broucht from Africa by lr, Fraaken- stela, of tbo Germs a West African Ex pedition, nod In tbo Berlin Aquarium was an object of unceasing Intermit and curiosity. Last summer be mad a visit to London, receiving visitor at tbs Royal Aquarium. Pong was very In telligent, aad hie face wore a human espreaaloa abaolateiy startling. He wss doetio and good-tempered; but we fear be acquired soma Injurious bsblu by living among mvo. la bis native woods bs lived opon bananas, plne-sp- ples, and the like; but In tbe more civ ilised qssrters of tbe Aquarium be de enured beefsteaks and drank beer aod inc. Perhaps this ehsnre of diet was one cause of Pongo's early death. or- per'f iiatar. 1 GERirB.' Alexander nsmlttoBLjonan ssid to aoTaUmsAO friend 1 "Mee give mo credit for genius. All ths genius I bsvs Is lust tbie whea I bsvs a sub ject on hand t study It profoundly. Dsy and Bight it Is before es. I explore it all its bearisffs, Mr mlad become pervaded with It, Tbea the effort which-1 make le what . tbs people call the fruit of geoJos." . - Wbea death strikss down tbe I cent and young, for every fragile form m whKin be sets Ino panting spirit free, a band red vlrtnee rise In sbspes of mercy, charity, and tove, toewsla I be world and bless It, Of every tear that sorrowing1 mortals shed 00 each greea grave, some good I bom, soms gs oiler nature comes. lActtna. . - Th working elsaars hsva. during li s past four ysars, lest (dUO, 000,000 by on gaging In strikes. After BriglAn Tpn g Wsaltk. "During tbe prophet's lifetime, there was a account reodered of the tltblns- - to tbe church, and whether be bad f 100.000 or $1,000,000 auauaily, no eo -ever knew; or If oue, perchaoce, as a confidential book-keeper, did ever know, be waa wise enough to keep it to bint- ; self. Taylor promisee that the trustee In trust of ibsetiurch, which Brighsm waar shall bereafur render a full ac count of the Deoul' tliblne IsIab m. year, aad toll bow much It is la kind and quantity, aud what la done with Is. Tbla ie an Immensely pooular aromlsa. and It la oulls liksle tl&t It slllk. mm.- endure quietly the prodigality of tbe Youne fmmllv. The llni l.ll 1 1 ...I in royal profusion, tlie eons traveled like priueee, and In all their beating tbey fell aud acted aa If "Israel wss thsir hsrltsgs." While "the old mao" waa In hla elorv. thee erM naiail haughty, and iipliftel: already thev are - uown, imr "own, in ine-eyea of tb com- . . . x - munity. tsrignam cared nothing about . the poverty of tbeaoostlee and th wants of tbvlr tam I Ilea. Tbs ablest maa smong them, Orson Pratt, wss for years Mvlug 4 tb greatest distress, and It was only when be bed fallen at lb feet of bla master, and learned at Woe, that he waa permitted to work for the cburchln literary labor sod draw from tbo tllhlus offloe soms of lbs Uaoss.arles of life. Every pig. potato, or eabbace that ble. apostles received waa debt led against litem, aad tbe amount of their ladebted waa held over thsir heeds: but his own drawlug from the public crib have yet to bo footed up; tbey bsvs so a -curiosity to flud out what be had. It is-gl vso out tbst Taylor has begun to msks such an lovestigstloo Into all ths church accounts, aad Inteude to know what property the church owue rigbtruiiy; aod where aoy of that baa ' . been gobbled up by Urigbam or aay of . hla family, It baa to be returned. One a thm 1 l..rm arl.A la An b. n . kub. . -w. - aeeper and accountant, baa been ordered home from bla mission In Europe to msks this investigation, a work which will, doubtless, take bim years; burtbej people went It, aud If Taylor aud hiaao nclatee are boosst enough, It will bo given to them. Whether they dare to go this far or not, the promise of It It. very sal laiactoryv vor. jxr T, Z line. Tbe silk thread employed by seam reeaes Is liable to acquire poisonous properties, In consequence of a fraudu lent practice described a follows t Tbo value of the beet quality Varies' from aixty to seventy frauca a pound, and th . mauriai is sou wnoiesaie by wslgbt. For many year It ha beea tbe custom to Increase tbe welsh I by steeolnr the silk in sugar Sod water, or In an" Infu sion of gall-nuta; but tbla fraud not bo- log found to yield sufficiently large profits, a patent waa taken oat for an other plan, wblcb eooetota la soaking tb silk, wbstevsr lu color. In n bath of acetate of lead, and, after drying the skslos, sspoaiug them to a current of bydmouipburtc acid. The result I tb dcpoalttoe of a quantltfpLguLphiLretjaf- lead, Wblcn greatly addato. to. wejghk,; mercantile value. Wc are acquaiated with a pereon at the bead of aa exten sive drveamaker'a establishment, who,- from in us or alia thread thus pro pared, wss attacked; a wall a bar workmen, with painter's colic; some of tas woramsn seen lost lblr teeth, In consequence of their habit of biting off tbe eiide of the thread, ao operation during which tbey sbsorh a portion of lb lead attached to It. . " Tba following Is so. easy method of dlaenvering tbe fraud, which le limes carrted eo far that aome alike have been fouud to eoulslu aa much as Iwsn- y-three per cent, of their weight of eel phuret'of lead : Place n few thread at the upper part of a tube eloeed at Its la furior extremity, and moisten tbea slightly with water containing a smsll smoOul of acetic acid or strong vlaegar. Wbea tbe silk le Impregnated, add a few drops of a solution uf Iodide of po tassium; If nay lend b present, a got den deposit of iodide of toad will at owes betray tbs adulteration, and tb wslgbt, of ths Iodide formed, aud that nf tbs silk before and after tbs operation, dry log Included, afford a clue to the quan tity of lead Introduced to deceive the purchaser; n dangerous kind of fraud. In asmuch as the poieoo Is slow and insldi- I entails Injury to the leelbJ,gf q- TeJaTTofoXloallMUof the system, paralysis of. (hexjnteeiine, and may oven eaoee death. Au toss and Fumcg Good Jito- ' orA - - - The Rxaso! WHvvAiths resit og of pews la a Chicago church he other evening, there waa hot eompetltlow Jor ym w Bwi, tw uiu in, a w s Imrm bum. Il ...lull. b.k J to Brotbsr B. "Why are yoa so aax lous to gt that particular seat f" ho waa asked by Brother C. "Why be cause It's Juat next to Brother M.'a," be replied. "Well, what of that?" re turned the other. "Wby," rejoined Brother B., "M.'a as bald as a jug. aad be draws the flies from everybody around blm. I made up my mind to get a pew near blm thic year, for If thrre'saoytblng 1 bate It's to bs pestered with flies wbsa I'm when I'm listen ing to a good sermon." ' '"'.-' There arc times when a maa feels blmaelf a weak Insect, snd would sheer fully go hungry for two weeks for the privilege of enjoying the kicking powers f tbs mule for fifteen mlnntee. .One of these occasion I Just sJbout tbe time a great big, burly six-footer of s drayman marches In on n wet day with anggy, meddy rubber boots, covering the ear pet with tracks ronktner t1ks"Cttt nee ptctaree, and pooring a piat of dirty water over a desk full of papers from aa oil cloth sleeve, as bs laye a Mil mpam It lor four kits of mackerel, whlrh be has broochl to tb wrong place. CWteAafi jfreoyoef TubU. . , v On dsy yoa will b pleased with a friend, aod -lb nest wteappofnted to him. It will be so to the end; .aad yow must msks up your mind to It, sad not quarrel, noises for vers grave cause. Your friend, yoa bsvo found out, to nog perfect. Nor are yea; sad yon eaooot at pent much more tbaa yon give.' Yea must look for weakneee, foolishness, and vanity In bonis nature; It le un happy if yon are too sbsrp la seeing' tbem. "'" ' A lonely Keokuk bachelor wants to adopt a slrl baby, not lees tbaa eighteen, ysars old. " J