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POTTXVIVX). OKEGON, THTIBSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1S78.
nVKTISEMEXTHiiwerl.-"lon ftraaonabV
VOtilTJIE VIII.
F ACT, FATE AND FANCY;
Mart Wijk m( UtIbc li."H an.
Bv Mrs. V J. DUXIWAY.
thor op "irnmi keid," "n,tw nmro,"
'AMIK AND HF.VRT tX," "THK IT APFT
! . I M K ." "OVK WOKAIO 4 PII K HE."
"IKI MORBI80N,"
ETC., ETC.. KTC.
' l"ntrel,ftvnnlins; to Act or Congress, In the
far 187H, liy Mr. A.J. Dnolway. in tbeodloeor
Librarian of Cungres at Washington Clty.l
CHAPTER L
"I that the Captain's house ?"
'Which one ?"
'That low, white, rambling affair,
ith gable ends and dormer windows,
i il that dilapidated door-yard fence,
hI the general flavor of 'mild decay'
that is everywhere visible about the
premises."
'Yea."
"Confound your laconic monosyl
lables ! Why don't you talk ?"
"What shall I say V
"Anything. No matter what, so you
t r.ve that you've r tongue in your
h-Md."
'he first and last sneaker was a young
m.n with Llliputian proportions, big
w'.,iskers. florid complexion, and fluent
igue. He bad a decided city air
u:. iut him, a sort of "counter-jumper"
! k which played sad havoc among
ii -i country Usees wherever lie went.
i leed, there seemed to be no end to tile
at'ectionai conquests of Alonzci Hnow-
deu.
ut the young gentleman was like nil
"" ler fortune-seekers of bis kind. He
n-.s iu search of a rich man's daughter
lom be might make his wife; and be
' f young, haudsoiue, dashing, ami a
' e musician he could both play and
" ig "divinely" the young ladies eou-
lered hi m a very desirable "catch."
I'ihh feeling was not participated in, j
never, by the parents of supposed -to
1 -marriageable girls, and it was cur
rently retorted that more than one
jit'T familiax bad parted company
itii him from the frontdoor, the Ie&ve
' king of the young fortune-hunter bav
in ir been facilitated from tbe toe of a boot.
The daughter of Captain Emerson a
gentlemnu well known in volunteer
military circles in Indian war times
pretty L'llie Kineison, a blue-eyed bru
"ette, an.l a linking rustic beauty, with
- lany charms peculiarly her own, bad
-eently spent, a week in the city, and
H. there fi-tnd th acquaintance of
he dashing Alouzo. She nad also been many machines to contribute to bis
mrodui'ed i i his companioti at thelS"!'1- Tbey made butler and cheese
-rry, or "ha -wav house," on the road i 'or market. They dried apples, gatb-
i a. ling fr.mi the city to the Captaiu's
Oirm, and y uug gentleman number
two bail neeti smitten with a desire to
pursue the acquaintance thus oppor
tunely begun; and, after waiting sev
eral days to avoid unseemly haste, he
had mounted a horse ami started out in
quest of his amonta't whereabouts, en-
countering at tbe cross roads bis rival,
who, in his eyes as well as iu
the estimation of the ri-al himself, I
loomed up very formidably.
"Beg pardon; I did not quite under-
staud y ur name," said Alouzo Snow-1
den, attain attempting to draw bis retl- n,t was blaek-eyed blonde. I
cent companion iulo conversation. These young ladies bad many suitors,
"My name in Anders John Anders." "8 ws natural in a land where women
Again the second speaker relapsed were held at a premium beeause of their
into si'ence. He was evidently a scarcity, and especially so sioce it was
younger mau than bis companion, "ami known that Cataln Emerson held
had e-n le-s of "the world." That Is. mortgages knee-deep on all the square
he was less audacious aud self-eonfl- '" tracts of land that Joined bis own.
dent, and the casual observer would not Alonso Snowdeil and John Anders
have considered him at all the equal of were alike ignorant of the existence of
the othT. Grace Emerson, ami both had ventured
Yet there was one impulse or ambi- to visit Lillie, ami had happened upon
tioo which the two held in common, 'he e errand at tbe same time;
which, unlike as they were, made eaeb iienee, tbe assurance of the one, aecord-
a special sul jeclof tbe other's interest. I'g to his temperament, ami tbe retl-
John Anders was neither tall nor eeuce of tbe other, for a like and yet op
short, large nor little. He was not a poMte reason.
blonde, iut was be a brunette. He wu Towser, Sneezer and lUgged Tail
not homely nor handsome. In short, were quieteii at last by the vigorous ap-
there was nothing about him to distlu- pNUon of Hie dowager's broom, anil
guish bun from other men save an Iu- the young men were permitted to enter
dcscribahle rmpraumient, which caused a lw, eramped sitting-room, with lare
one to feel interested in him without floors ami two beIsteails, the former not
caring to analyze tbe reasou why. vt free from Bundry grease-spots, ami
"We're almost at tbe CapUin's gate, u,e latter resplendent in gorgeous but
as you perceive," said Snowden, "and ,,,rty patch-work, surmeunted at the
uow I want you to tell me what brought 1,96,1 't'1 narrow pillows, enclosed iu
you here." soiled cases as scant aud diminutive as
"A fool's errand, probably." themselves.
"I thought as much." "Mr Snowden, I believe," said
"Well, since you are so inquisitive, I IJ"le. her faee Hushing hot.
should iiu to know what brought von rhllt Gentleman offered his band.
here." "A charmlngday, Miss Emerson; and
'Luck."
"Who's laconic now ?
Aloozo Snowdn, Uagbetf, but did not
answer; ut the t Ui . , f,
front gate, amid the bMj,.-. nf .i,
and walked together op th ..
path, as thoroughly imbued W,h
for each other as it wae pou,ie i
K,ne-
Mra. Emerson was busy in tt.
try" at nerct.urn. ineuay was warm,
but there was a light breeze iu the air, I
and she was standing where she could
get tbe full benefit of it while at her
labor.
"I t!it Llllie's mother?" asked
Alonzi, under his breath.
John shook bis bead, but whether tii
reply in the negative, or simply that be
could not answer tbe question, Alouzo
did tint know.
"If I thought Li II would ever develop
into a hogshead of entrails like that, I'd
loreco my claim on the Captain's
ducats," further observed tbe gentle John Anders blushed, aud felt a pain
Aienzo. j ful sense of inferiority. And yet, be
And now they were on the stoop, a
low, moss-grown, rickety structure,
around which hop vines lion tod. as if to
guard the entry where Mrs. Emerson
stood churning.
"Get out, Tnwser, Sneezer awl
Ragged Tall !" exclaimed the dowager,
while Lillie bit Iter lits In annoyance,
ns she thought of the contrast between
the pleasant city homes where she had
met Mr.Snnwdeii and Iter father's mstic
surroundings, her mother's oburn, and
the three uolsy dogs wltli the eupho
nious titles.
"I detest tbe country, and every
tliiug in it I" she exclaimed, under her
breath. Ami the reader will bear her
visitor witness that It was little
wonder.
Captain Emerson might iiavo reatle
Ills country home a veritable paradise
If be had chosen. He bad taken up his
abode in the far-famed vulley of the
Willamette at an "early da'," when
his indulgent paternal government bad
endowed him and his wife, Jeauette,
with a square mile of the very "pick" of
tbe country. And the Captain was a
lucky man, la the moat felicitous ac
ceptation of the Idea. Everything be
managed turned to money. The Cayuse
war, which had "broken" many an
eager aspirant for fnt government con
tracts, had resulted in the usual luek
for him; for, when other men held on to
their "scrip" in tbe hope lo realize Its
face in greenback dollars, he had cold
ten percent, short, and thereby realized
doubletbe profit that a legitimate sole
would have brought if lie had bargained
them oirin tbe usual way.
But Captain Emerson had no "taste."
Do not understand by this that he was
not an epicure. No one could excel
him In that direction. Perhaps it la
better lo suy tbut he had no ideality, no
eye for the beautiful; fur, should hie eye
ever fall Um these pages, and he
should read himself devoid of taste, he
would at onee In ler that tbe thought to
be conveyed was gastronomic discrimi
nation, aud then be would be angry,
ami Justly so.
But, if the Captain was devoid of
Ideulity, he certainly was not devoid of
acquisitiveness as any one could see
who was at all a physiognomist. He
was short, stout, pig-headed, thlck
skinned and rubicund, ami there was no
limit to his desire for the possession of
God's acres. Neither was there any
eheek to the complete fulfillment of bis
own fancies, o far as bis means per-
niitted." fib w Hto jmd 8lnMllnm were so
ered berries, raised poultry, kept sum
nier boarders when they could get tbem,
and often cooked for hired farm-help
wlieu wives ami daughters of men less
fortunate were enjoying looks, music
ami recreation.
Hot never a thing of beauty found its
W-Hy inl U Emerson farm-house, save
only the two ilaughters, Grace and
LiHie. Oddly enough, these girls were
act opiMieites of each other. One, the
heroine to whom tbe reader lias already
been Introduced, was a blue-eyed hrti-
Ue, and tbe other, whom be is yet to
what a lovely home you huve here, to
be sure. Ko wonder your cheeks are
,osi'-"
I I.illle Emerson was a sensible girl,
i ami she saw the fellow's irony, yet she
Ilkeil bira, after all, for saying some
thing agreeable. Shedlil not often bear
pretty speeches In that bouse.
John Amiers stood expeclautly. Ev-
WkmUy Ullle iiU foigottBii blm.
"Will you uotlntrodueeyourfriend?"
site
asked, iodicating the bashful
"imager.
"An, I forKot. Kg nardon.
JJ rV-'"""- merely.
A road
Excuse , . A uear yotl
i was"
y your name
"Anders," saM the
promptly.
"Anders ? Anders ?
met you ?"
young
mau,
Where have I
"At the ferry, probably," Interrupted
Mr. Snowden. "It is bis business t0
'tend the ferry boat."
could not, for his llf, have given a
reason why.
Jjillte Emerson remembered as a
beautiful dream the oosy farm-bouse
opposite the ferry, on the hill. For the
bouse of Mr. Anders, though It was
bounded by not a fourth of her father's
aere, was a very Arcaditi as compared
to her own.
"Take cheers and set down," said
Mrs. Emerson, in her bustling way,
whereupon Mies Lillie looked more
deeply annoyed than ever. She bail
been nway from home, and in "society"
just enough to make her ashamed of
her dowdy drudge of a mother. And
yet it was a shame for her to be thus
ashamed; for tbe time had been wlieu
no compiler girl than Jenuette ltanklu
had danced tbe hoe-down in Missouri
Flats. And everybody had thought
young Emerson the luckiest dog In all
the "barrens" when he secured the
prise ami "toted" her across the plains
to Oregon in '49, in an ux-cart. True,
she laeked culture, but so did her bus
lmnd, at least at Ibat lime, lint, while
be bad mingled with men and women
of the Improved world, she had prac
ticed "poor-Ricbard maxims," and de
teriorated. Hence the present discrep
ancy between herself and her absent
lord, who had been elected to servo in
the legislature, and was at that time ab
sent, Seuator-niuking and protecting
bis wife at the churu-dasli and uiop-
stick, while his daughters pouted and
pined by turns In their unrated nupirn-
t,on9 for opportunities than the
ttare, comfortless home allorded,
The young gentlemen seated them
selves upon the edges of a pair nf rick
ety, home-made chairs. Lillie stood si
lent and abashed, not knowing what to
say, ami Mrs. Emerson waddlud baok to
her churning, panting anew as she pro
ceeded with Iter work.
"You have a lovely country home,
Mr. Amier," Mild Lillie, after a pain
ful pause.
"My father and mother make It so,"
was the ready reply.
"But there's no natural advantage in
any home I know of to be compared to
the prospect here," said Alouao Suow
ilen. "Indeed, I fancy that Rasselas
would have given over Ills desire to
wander from the happy valley, could he
have found n retreat that equaled this
within its borders, provided, of course,
that a wood-nymph like yourself had
kept wateli and ward therein."
Lillie Emerson felt like a fool. Sbe
had never read Uassela", and alio felt
U.At Srcwilwn knew it. But then, site
was Haltered by bis show nf learning, a
well as by bis attentions; ami when, an
hour later, she was busy milking the
cows and (jrace was corralling tbe
sheep, and bis voice rose clear and
musical in n sentimental song to tbe
"silver uioou," which he commanded
to "roll on," she thought she had never
heard anything iu all her life so de
lightful. fTo be continued.
Why Are So Many Things So ?
Why it is right to steal from the gov
ernment T
Why Jim Anderson should get off so
much easier than Ananias 7
A by It Is wrong to kill the man who
says lie tout you so?
Why the boys who made the Fourth
of July odorous and liideous with gun-
imwtler Imm JBW to I860, inclusive, are
speechless with indignation at the de
praved aim vicious tastes or the hoys
who want to enjoy the same kind of a
celebration in 1S73?
Why people always ilicusa European
politics as though they understood
them ?
Why a man should always get mad If
you frankly, and for ills own good, tell
him he Is making a ass of himself?
Why it is so hard to find a man when
you waut lo borrow money of him ?
Why it Is so hard to borrow I lie
money after you have found him ?
Why u man always wishes he had
chosen some other profession ?
Why n man is always going lo laKe a
vacation "next summer?"
Why a man thinks every year that
he won't be us big a fool this year as he
was last?
And why lie is, though, all the same?
Why a man never tries to beat down
the price of a railroad ticket?
Why everyhmly ullects u profound
knowledge of growing crops aud crop
prospects?
Why men always lie about the size of
the fish they catch, and the number ot
duoks they shoot?
What a girl ever sees in a great,
selfish, deceitful, hulking animal of a
mau lo marry him for, anyhow?
Why It lakes five growu people to
lake one sleeping infant to tbe circus to
"see Hie animals?"
Why a mau who doctors himself with
patent medicines, three bottles for a dol
lar, always, in referring to his health,
sneaks of "his nhvsiciatis" as though he
were constantly attended by a retinue of
fifty or sixty doctors : Jsurnngion
Hntckeyc
Tar vour sons In early coffins, aye,
ami your daughters, too, with tears of
Joy, rather man mat iney suoum come
un and drift alnileslv and listlessly out
luto the world, without a fixed aim or
purpose Iu life, or be forced into an un
congenial occupation which they hate
ami despise. "Apples of Gold," by
Hit Sturm Jf. 11'iJwi.
Since the Suflolk County Jail was
opened for use in 1S51, over 123,000 prls
oners have been received there, and it
lias been the scene of four capital exe
cutions.
"See here, mister," said a boy, who
ww driven up a tree by a ferocious dog,
"If you don't take your dog away, I'll
. up un your apples !"
Josh Hillings says: "To euloy a good
I..1.'". .Uu" K,ve publicly aud steal
juivuieiy."
OUR EUE0PEAN COBRESPONDHEOE.
LETTER scmbbu thbbr.
KOINUUllOH.
To English-speaking travelers, there
is, iierlmps, no place, escept London,
which contains so much of interest as
Edinburgh. As Glasgow Is the com
mercial metropolis of Scotland, so Edin
burgh is its artistic and literary center.
She can refer with pride to such n list
of men distinguished in the Intellect
ual world as few cities can equal. Sir
Walter Scott, Robert Hums, Dugald
Stewart, Hume, Play fair, Professor Wil
son, Dr. Chalmers, John ICnor, and a
long list of others who arc associated
with the city, have given it a place In
the world's regard which it cau never
lo-.
Like most cltieaof the old world, Edin
burgh dates far Into the past fur its
origin, and owes its location to its fa
cilities as a stronghold. The high rock
iu the center of the city, upon which tbe
oastle is built, is so conspicuously a
suitable place for a fortification that we
are not surprised to find that it was so
used even before the Roman occupation
of the Island. For the last GOO years,
there has been a castle on the ruck with
a town or city at its base.
The present city is located on both
sides of what was, originally, a deep
gorge, but which, in the course of time,
has been partly tilled in, until uow it is
largely a pleasure ground, known as
Prince's Garden. The old city is on the
castle side, while, the new, which has
mostly beeu built within the past hund
red years, is on the opposite side of the
garden. The three ceutral points of in
terest in the city arc the castle, C'altou
Hill, uud Holy rood Palace and Cathe
dral.
Probably a majority of travelers visit
the old castle tirat, both because of its
own attractions aud for the sake of a
line view of tbe city which is obtained
from It, The castle, which is reached
by ii lung carriage way, has been added
to by successful sovereigns until it uow
consists of a large number of rooms, the
most of which are without attraction lo
the traveler. Wo notice with Inter
est the apartments occupied by Queen
Maiy, aud the small, Irregularly-shaped
bed-room, scarcely nine feet luug, in
which hereon, James VI., was born, and
from a narrow window of which he was
let down iu a basket by a rope to tbe
base of the rock nearly 300 feet below,
aud taken secretly to Slerllug to be bap
tised into the Catholic faith. Queen
Margaret's chapel, which is said to be
je oldest edifice in the city, is a small
unlldiug of tho jturely Gorman style,
aud is perfectly preserved. It remains
just as in her tunes, with the exception
of the oak floor, which lias been renewed.
Ttiecruwu-room contains the jewels and
regalia of the former Kings of Scot
laud, which, while it has beeu worn by
many famous in history, has brought
disaster upon them all. The armory,
like the museum in this city aud other
allies of Scotland, contains relics
associated with nearly all her historic
heroes. For instance, the number of
two-handed swords which the brave
Hubert Hruce had is astonishing to the
modern mau, who has not one small
one, if we are to accept as true the rec
ords of the various museums. The pal
aces, parliament-houses and other
splendid buildings which have beeu
built upon the rock at various times,
have either been destroyed or despoiled
of theirornameutsaud chauged iuto sol
diers' barracks. On the walls of the
castle are many curious butobsolete and
useless pieces of artillery, amoug them,
tbe huge "Mous Meg," tweuty-lucli can
non, with an out covering made of hoops
driven on. It was made more than 400
years ago, and burst firing a salute, 00
years ago. Tbe fortress was once takeu
by a few men, who, with their heavy
iron armor on, climbed up the steep
side of the rock In the night and sur
prised the garrison. Of the crimes,
rumauces and sieges of the famous old
place, which have extended over a
period of several hundred years, we
have no time to speak, and indeed, of
themselves, they would flit many vol
umes. From the diilerent parts of the
walls of the castle the whole of the
city and surrounding country for miles
around cau be plainly seen.
At the foot of Canongate street, on
the opposite side of the old city from
the castle, Is Holyrood Palace. Its
many rooms are divided iu much tbe
usual way Iuto picture galleries, state
rooms, and private apartments, which
in general are without special interest
except those which are associated with
tlie tragic life of the beautiful Queen
Mary. We were shown Lord Daruley's
rooms, fitted up with great elegance
for the time In which he lived, aud con
taining his richly inlaid suit of nrmor
and other relics. Adjoining, are the
apartments of Queen Mary. We are
surprised at the small size of the supper
room from which the luckless favorite
Itizzio was dragged from the very feet
of the Queen aud murdered in tbe ad
joining audieuco chamber. Tbe guide
attempted to show us the blood stains
upon the floor In front of the little
stairs down which the cousplrators es
caped, but after striking a light and ex
amining the fiooron our knees, we gave
it up and suggested to blm that it
would eave travelers a great deal of
trouble aud disappointment if some
fresb blood were placed on the spot oc-
Icaslonally. It requires a great deal of
"faith" to be able to see the "InelTace
able" blood stains after the fading and
scrubbing of 300 years. But to roe the
saddest of all were Mary's private rooms
which yet contain much of the furniture
of her time and remembrances of her.
On a little table by the window is her
work-box, with her needle work In it
as if she had laid It down but a little
while ago. The bed In which she slept,
which was once beautiful, is now rot
ting and dropping in pieces from the
eflecta of time, iu spite of care. The
tapestries with which the walls are
hung are faded, but are In better condi
tion. All the surroundings of the place
have beeu kept as nearly as possible as
she left them. As we linger in these
rooms and the adjoining cathedral,
which are so filled with memories of
history, where Mary married Darnley,
where she listened iu tears to the harsh
reproof of Knox, where her favorite was
so foully murdered, and where she af
terward married Both well, It seems to
us like looking over the long lost Illus
tration of some volume of history.
Connected with tbe palace are the
ruins of the old abbey, which are even
yet rich enough In ornament to show
how magnificent it must have been in
its prime. Within its now rootless and
crumbling walls, several of the minor
kings and princes of the realm are bur
ied. As we stand within this venerable
ruin, with Its walls so thick that Its
builders doubtless thought they would
stand forever, and try to read the names
and inscriptions on the time-worn lab
lets, we ca:mot but think how valu are
man's attempts to immortalize himself,
and bow soon even nature triumphs over
all the works of man.
On the opposite side of tbe gorge
from Holyrood Is Calton Hill, on which
are the old and new observatories, Nel
son's monument, which, from its pe
culiar shape, has been railed "a Dutch
spy glass," uud the unfinished national
monument to Scotland's soldiers who
fell at Waterloo. Tills was modeled af
ter the Parthenon at Athens, but prov
ing too expensive, the plan was aban
doned after tbe work was partly done,
aud the incomplete building is now
nicknamed "Scotland's Folly." Ujion
or near the hill are monuments to
Dugald Stewart, Prof. Playfalr, David
Hume, and the Burns monument, with
its memorial-room aud mementoes of
the poet. The High School is also lo
cated partway down the bill.
There is no object more conspicuous as
one looks over the city than tbe beauti
ful ami costly Scott monument, which
Is on a commanding situation on one
skleof the Prince's Garden. It Is two
hundred feet high, In general appear
ance not unlike tbe spire of some great
cathedral, but is open at the base, cover
ing a sitting figure of Scott, of heroic
size. This and the Albert memorial at
Kensington are the only monuments of
this kind, and they are most beautiful
and appropriate. The new city has
wide streets, line residences, and many
open squares, which are generally or
namented with the statues of prominent
men.
On and near Canongate street, which
extends practically from the castle to
Holyrood, are most of the places of in
terest in the old city. Near tbe palace
at the foot of Canongate, formerly stood
Girth Coss, a place of public execution,
now marked by a circle in the pavement.
Just beyond is While Horse Tavern,
which figures largely in W'averli as a
place of meeting for English o til cers.
It was aleo a famous place of meeting
for Scotch wits, aud hero Dr. Johnson
aud Boswell bad many a witty en
counter. It is uow used as a stable and
hay loft. In the Canongate cemetery,
which Is a smalt enclosure crowded in
between high buildings, are the tombs
of Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart, Dr.
Burney, and the two Fergusons.
We visit, among other places, John
Knox's church and his house which
adjoined It, a very quaiut building pro
jecting into the streets, with small win
dows high from the ground. It has
been recently fitted up, aud filled with
mementoes of the great divine, and Is
to be kept as a Knox museum. A Sab
bath day iu Edinburgh on a former visit
found us attending service nt Trow
church, which is nearly 250 years old,
and tbe place where Annie Laura was
married. Ou High street, which Is
merely a continuation of Canongate,
formerly stood the massive old prison
called the Tolbooth, built more than
400 years ago. In tbe early part of this
ceutury it was demolished and its loca
tion marked by an immense heart made
iu the pavement.
Tbe prison long bore the quaint name
of "The Heart of Mid Lothau," and con
tributed some incidents and the name
to one of Scott's most fascinating novels.
St. Giles' ohurcb, at first a gruud Cath
olic cathedral with forty altars, with its
beautiful coronal spire, was no
ticeable in early Protestant times for
the pnachiug of John Knox, and for
being the place where Jennie Geddes
entered a vigorous protest against the
Dean of Ediugburgh by throwing her
stool at bis head. The open space be
tween Parliament House and St. Giles
was formerly a cemetery, but gradually
was encroached upon, the tomb stones
broken and removed, and is at the pres
ent time a paved court. John Knox
was among those burled In this ceme
tery, and the supposed location of bis
tomb Is marked by a small marble in
tbe pavement with tbe letters J. K. cat
in It, and this is all the monument Ed
inburgh lias yet given to one of her
greatest men. A visit to the courts of
lustlce was of interest from the fact
that everything was done witli the tit
most dleuitv and formality. The
judges were clothed in long black robes,
while they, as well as the ad vooates, wore
white curly wigs which covered the
whole tops of tiieir beads. Not fur
from here is the plain, three-story house
with bay front, which Sir Walter Scott
occupied for twenty-live years. From a
tomb stone In tbe old Gray Friar's
church-yard, we copied tbe following
Inscription on a tomb dated, 1067:
" Header, John Milne, who inabeUi the fourth
John,
Aral bjr dsceant from rather to ton,
.Sixth Master Mason to a royal race
Of seven sneewalve Kings, sleepo in this
place."
But time fails us to mention the many
substantial public buildings, churches,
museums, hospitals, etc., with which
the city abounds. In tbe old quarter,
file traveler cannot but notice the
crowded tenement houses, some of them
twelve stories high which literally
swarm with frously women Bjddirty
children. These were built when trrb
city was shut in by its ancient walls,
and were once iu the quarters of the
nobility. But the pride of Edinburgh
is Its great newspapers, its vast publish
ing bouses and its justly-claimed repu
tation as a literary center. It delights
to be known as the "Athens of Scot
land."
Tbe traveler can but think how much
not only Edinburgh but all Scotland
owes to the geuius and labor of Sir
Walter Scott, whose magic pen has im
mnrtaltzed scenes and events which, but
for him, would long ago have passed
from public remembrance. As it is,
thousands of travelers from all over
tbe world come annually to visit tbe
places known to them by his writings,
and to make real the scenery he ha so
truthfully described. Although Ediu
burgh has built to his memory a splen
did monument, be lias built for himself
a nobler in the great book establish
ments which are engaged all the time
upon tho various editions of his works.
We can but admire the Scotchman
for his industry, ids intelligence, bis
integrity, his love of liberty ami cnuutry,
and for nil those sturdy traits which we
naturally associate with his character.
But If you deal with him, remember
that while he is honest to the bottom
of bis heart! one Scotchman is a match
for any two Yankees, and that while be
undoubtedly loves his American cousin,
and does not hesitate to tell him so, be
will, with a bow aud a bland smile, get
the Hat of the bargain every time. Aw
we see them struggling so hard for a liv
ing on their almost barren bills, and
think of tbe long, dark, snow-bound
winters through which they must pass,
we feel like stretching out n hand to
them uud inviting them to come home
with us to tbe enjoyment of better
things. But without doubt their na
tive heather-covered bills are as dear to
them as our wide, fertile fields are to us,
and if the best place iu our grand west
ern prairie should be given tbem, they
would soon long for the rugged sides
and cloud-covered peaks of their native
Ben Lomond. No matter what the
surroundings under which we are born
and brought up, nature seems to have
wisely placed iu every human heart a
respouse to tbe expression of the poet,
"Be it ever so lowly, there's no place
like home." In our next letter, we shall
have the pleasure of taking our readers
to Melrose Abbey, and the home of Sir
Wulter Scott. O. It. BuitciiAKU.
Before Marriage.
Lovers' quarrels arise from different
causes; sometimes from mere intensity
of affection making undue exactions,
aud at others from causes which, prop
erly unuersioou ami appreciated, would
warn the parties of the impossibility of
their ever living happily together.
1-or Instance, a young man who is en
gaged lluils his affianced very jealous.
Whenever they meet other ladies iu
society, she treats him with great cool
ness, this cuius liis ardor aud makes
him discontented, so much that he is iu
doubt about marrying her nt all. He
lias, in fact, come to the conclusion that
If be believed she would treat him after
marriage iu the same way she does uow
he would never marry her.
As a general proposition. It mav be
laiu iiowu mat persons win not change
essentially after marriage. A belief
that tliey would has been tho cause of
countless unhappy marriages. Thev
will be just about the same after as be
fore, and, if anything, a little more
likely to give way to strong natural
proclivities, or peculiarities of temper.
it you wouiu noi marry a young
woman, nroviueu you ttelleve sbe would
continue to be as she is uow, without
any marked change iu her disposition.
then you do a very perilous thing to
marry her at all.
The same rule, on the other band, ap
plies lo the young men. Many aud
many a girl has made a shipwreck
of her happiness for life by marrying a
young man iu the confidence tbut after
marriage sue wouiu wieiu such an In
liueuceover him as to reform his wild
habits. Site lluda her inlluencu dimin
ished rather than increased, after thev
are married, und disappointments,
uisagreemeuts auu misery necessarily
follow.
Marry no one with whom, without
any change of character, you ure not
saiisneu.
Of twenty-seven cases of sun-stroke in
a single day in Chicago, twenty-four
were mtn aud women addicted tostroug
UIIU&.
Asia contains half the people of the
gioue.
Corraapontlen la writing over assumed signa
tnrca most make known their names to tbe
Kdttor, or no attention will be given to their
"nnmunleaMoiu.
ODE WASHINGTON LETTER.
To tbc Kono. OF thTHkw Northwbst :
An index of lbe House journal com
mittee s report of executive and miscel
laneous .loeuments has j,t been pre
set! showing m brief ,he amount of
work dotie during the first haIf of ,e
present Congress. This volume em
braces between six aud seven hundred
pages, and covers 1,017 reports of com
mittees bound in five volumes, a series
of executive documents making twenty
three volumes, ami miscellaneous docu
ments in seven volumes. The number
of pages of "text" thus indexed sum
up to 2S.00O, an examination of which
shows 5,227 bills and 200 joint resolu
tions to have been introduced into tbe
House, awl to have received more or
lets attention. Added to these are sev
eral hundred Senate bills. No previous
Hossk ever bad before it more than six
hundred bills duriug the whole Coo
gress. So this appears that the boalneaa
has increased to almost double that of
any House since the beginning of tbe
American republic. This is accounted
for by the increase of what is known as
"private legislation;" that is, for claim
growing out of the late war for pen
sions, and for property destroyed
claimed to be owK?d by loyal citizens.
Other causes for the iucre3e are to be
found iu the development of the Terri
tories, the growing railroad and mlniinS
interests, aud the gradual and natural8
swelling of all business and trade. Of
the 5,227 bills aud 200 joint resolution
there, however, appears but about Vi
subjects of general interest, the -e-mainder
being devoted to imiividua s,
societies and corporations.
Tbe California agitator,
paid us a visit with his tone
with its usual garbage, whi
to an audience assembled a
to bear him. An act of Con
it unlawful for public speake'
meetings about the Capitol, which tins
scalawag foreigner bad heard, ami
thought to come here and get himself
arrested by violating the law, to thus
boost himself into greater notorie:y
The authorities, however, concluded t,-
view him as a wayward boy,.rep-e-senting
men of real or supposed wrongs,
and extended tbe clemency of au
thority. It was wise, for thfr man fa i
dose that even the shallowest thiukio.r
American citizen finds difficult to swal
low. When the country first began 'o
bear him, it gave an ear nf Si'.mnatby
aitd respect, fur be was suppoaeir (0 be
an hottest voice from a sufTerinK-olatsa.
But he proves to he an adventurer, vje,
vitujieritive, crude and unptiuciplt
He is poison to the cause nf the men
claims to represeul, and is a mirror f -those
of erring principles.
A few days ago the imiice ''''ir.Mj:
ceesful raid upon a gambling-hooce.
For some time they had been watching
and waiting an opportunity to mat -their
unexpected and not very welcom
visit- At last it was afforded by tl
colored waiter, who, in his pilgrimag
to the adjoining -saloon for drinks "
make the diacy brains of the gambler
more dizzy still, became careless, an-.
left the door unlocked behind him.
his absence tbe o 111 cers stole cautiously
and gave three gentle taps upon Ui
constitutionally suspicious door, KhU
unsuspiciously opened for a pair of su--picious
eyes to peer through. But .
was too late to close, for a whole officii
leg ami arm instantaneously plungtd
through, and quite a sufficient amouut
of avoirdupois iu well-built KIieem -n
as quickly made their curiosity felt
upon the door. Tbe surprise was com
plete. A game was iu full progress
with the stakes upon the table, arousd
which sat some seven or eight eager
participants. All were arrested. The,
room was unusually well furn!slie .
having fair claims to elegance.
Felts.
Washington, D. C, September 0, Is.S
The fitness of having a woman pn- -dent
for Vassar is more widely rec
nizeil than we had dared to hope, j -fore
Vassar existed, it would have b - .
ditlloult to find so many believers in
capacity nf women to hold profesf r
sbips as now seem ready to concede Uitl
a woman may he found competent to n
college presidency. Tbe suggestion ot
Miss Anna C. Brscketl receives it
deserves, the utmost deference, foritie .
by all odds the most distiiiguisnee ot
American women In tbe theory and
practice of education. Good work as
Vassar has done, we should expect fro. a
Miss Bracken's miud aud methods a'.
origiuul and quickening impulse th...
would throw its past imo uie sua-:
Vassar needs a new Inspiration. -
SjiringfieM Jlepubtican.
The New Orleans Timet savs that f.r-
strong sympathy shown the atllict 1
cities of the South by their more for
uate sisters or ttie iorth Is someth k
not to be easily forgotten. While
North witli a lavish hand is sooth -lithe
fevered brow ol the Southern sutler
ers, she is building a monument of grat
itude which will be luminous forev
A handsome youth being question''
by a rather stylish lady as to his oc
palton, replied that lie was an "adim-
of movable alphabets." He was aim. ,
Iffgrney,
IhJnrimed
aMltEHQtotr
Iggkpitol
igjesarmaKes
tsW hoi i
a printer.
Confucius says, "They who know !
truth are not equal to those who love :
and those who love it are still-be.-,
those who fiud delight in tbe p"
of it."
An Irish lover 'nark'J.iaiH when
pleasure to be akiiie, ,a' 3
your sweetheart Is wldjj
acrew-drlverbutouce.