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VOLU3IK VIII.
x'oitTr..visr, Oregon, tiixjbsdat, October t,
NUMBER O.
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tures most make known tlwir names to the
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monim to the famishing, and which "Yon mtift talk to mother about our
she fondly expected marriage would se-: affairs at once, Mr. Anders," " Llllle,
cure for her forever. But, like most 1 succeeding to perfection In her attempt
fHAPTKK iv.
' MnUier !" exclaimed UtMe, tier face
suddenly aflame with mortification,
"how eao you talk so coarsely ?"
"It i the language you was raised
on ttMt I was usin, clillU. Maybe
you'd like to teaeh your mother man-1
tiers."
"Sol would."
''Then, maybe you'd like to leach me
that it hIh'I the best manners in the
worM tor R feller to make himself too
fresh on short acquaintance, even If he
is from the city, and the son of a rich
pap."
Grace rose from tint table in high
dudgeon, and abruptly left the room.
Llllie began to feel that the loss of her
eity beau was not going to break her
heart, after all. John Antlers grew ex
tremely busy, and somewhat hurried in
the use of his knife ami fork. Of the
number that comprised the breakfast
boaid, uoue appeared at ease except the
city swiior. In the sublimity of his Itn
puileneat lie wax a match for the emer
gency.
"Your daughter my altiauced wife, I
mean intends to oiler you no (lis
emirtexy, my dear madam," he Mild,
with a blaud and 'elf-atisftd suille.
"I beg that you will overlook her ex
treme modesty ami consequent con
fusion. After she has become aeeus-tnine-l
to the novelty of her new engage
ment, and has hail time to get better
acq aimed with me, she will overcome
her maidenly timidity."
"My darter needs none o' your de
fending sir. She liaiu't done uot bin' to
complain of, except to git sMKey over
lb a likes o' you. But her imn'U be
hone afore long, and I'll bet a hnrse
he'll take the wiml out o' your sails."
Alotizii rose from the tablet, and, going
close to where Mrs. Emerson stood, be
side the smoking stove, laid his lily
hand iu a caressing 10 auner upon her
greasy arm.
"I wish you'd let me be your sen. I'd
dearly love to call you mother !" he ex
claimed, in tones uf touching tender
ness. Knierson bad a weakness, and
. VSuowden bad divined it. Her
ii r heart ached for the gift of a son.
Unci only, and that was in the long
ago, she had been blessed for a brief
Dtux'Mi with the presence of a blue-eyed
ha by Itoy. This child was her first
born, and he bad gladdened her home
and heart for u short, single year, and
then oue day the angels took him, leuv
tng her bereft Indeed. Twiee since his
deatli had children made their advent
in her home, and, to her bitter disap
pointment, they had Inth been girls.
S, when Alomso asked, in the pathetic
tone he knew so well how to command,
if he might be her son, the fouutulns (if
memory were stirred, and the good soul
burst into tears.
John aud Lillie left the kitchen and
entered the disordered sitting-room
leaving t lie two to their novel lete a tele.
"Do I, then, appear so terribly bad in
ymr eyes, that the prospect of ray be-
cwaiiug a son to you grieves you like
this?" and Aloozo looked the pleture of
i 1 1 j u red i n ooceitee.
"No, it ieu't that !" was the sobbing,
and almost convulsive reply. "But I
was ihinkiu' of my pore baby that
died. It was nigh onto twenty year ago
that i d took him. I 'lotted on him w
much, too. I never see a young man
but I measure the might a' been" with
the whats is."
The young man's peeunliry condition
was such as precluded the advisability
of honest action, else he would have
turned away in compliance with the re
pulsion he experienced through a near
proximity to the greasy, hut iullueulla
aud illiterate dowager. He shrugged
his shoulders aud curled his lip; but he
danced covetously over the broad acres
from which the Hy-slaiued little win
dow atlonled an ample and commanding
view, ami reioemtwed the bills pay
able over which his father agonized
heavily, and upon a settlement of
which a matrimonial endowment like
the one in prospect so much depended.
He could not a fiord to be over particular
under the eircuulstanees.
"Dear mother," he said, coaxiuclv
"I felt, when I looked Into your faee fori
the first time, that you I ad known sor-l
row and bereavement. And I couldn't I
help wishing that It might be my lot to
supply, as best I could, through the re
mainder of your days, the vacant place
that death made In the long ago, wheu
you were young hih! fair and beautiful,
like my preeieus Oraee."
With this the young man knelt in
abject meekness at her feet, aud lifted
up his lily bauds iu uu attitude of sup
plication. Mrs Emerson was unused to homage.
Away back iu her unmarried years she
bad been a rustic belle and beauty, aud
the husband of her heart bad then
offered her adulation that was like
women who murry, she had discovered
too late that what she had bargained for
was simply bartered away, and she had
only lived n love life through her chil
dren, and had longed for real conjugal
appreciation all the days of her wife
hood. So It was not surprising that Her
heart was softened by Alonzo's manner.
"You won't take Grace away from
the old farm after you've married her,
will you?" she asked, through her
tears.
"Not unless you desire It, mother
dear," was the assuring auswer.
Well, get up, myson. Don't kneel
to anybody hut God. It looks like superstition."
'And do you consent that Grace
shall be my wife?" he asked, rising.
I must consult her pap afore I can
answer that question."
Then you won't appear as counsel
against me?"
"No."
"Bless you 1"
Mrs. Emerson blushed, aud fairly felt
young again. The Captain had said
"bless you," accompanying the words
with a caress, when the son God gave
her lay in her arms for the first time iu
the long ago. Their repetition brought
it all back, now, and the combined emo
tions of her wotuau soul were thor
oughly awakened.
"May I seul.lhe enulraet with a holy
kiss?" asked the new claimant for her
love and xyniUliy.
The mingled odors of thul mutunl sa
lute were like anything lU I It (we of
A ruby.
Hose-water aud tohacoo smoke were
at a premium in the breath of the party
of the first part; bacon grease and cook
ery smoke were the combined Ingredi
ents that reudered the kiss of the latter
decidedly aromatic
"Tills compaet Is before God, my
mother dear," devoutly exclaimed
Alonzo, who was shedding tears.
"Before God aud the angels," echoed
the earnest and honest mother, speak
ing from the fullness of her heart.
While this interesting interview was
taking plaee In the kitchen, and Grace
was pouting in her room up-stnlrs, John
and Llllle were sitting In awkward si
lence iu the disordered room where the
two young men hud slept. But, wheu
the bargaiu was sealed between tjie
mother and suitor, and they Intuitively
ktiew the latter had won, both felt that
crisis In their own lives was upon
them.
Why could not you ami I get
married and tie happy together?" asked
John, earnestly.
"I've been asking myself the same
question," replied Ltllle, frankly.
"And what has been the answer?"
queried John.
"Nothing."
"What ls-your answer now I"
"Yes."
"Do you mean It?"
"I am thoroughly in earnest."
"Do you love me T"
"That's a leading question."
"But It requires an answer."
"Do you love mei"
"That's another leader."
"Whioh also requires an answer."
"We're even, are we not ?"
Both laughed.
"There isn't very much sentiment
about our wooing, at all events," said
John.
Do you take my aflinuatlve for
granted ?" retorted 1,111 ie.
"I lake nothing for granted, Miss
Emerson."
"You speak confidently, I must say."
"You said 'Yes.' "
"So I did."
Do you regret It?"
"No."
Then John bowed his head ami kissed
her. It seemed his duty; at least,
that was the way these thlugs were
doue in novels.
Alonzo had finished his wooing with
the dowager, and was now Impatiently
imcing back and forth in the frout door-
yard, engaged Iu taking mental Inven
tory of the acres on every hand.
"Will you be jealous of that gentle
man If I allow myself to become your
wife?" asked I.illie, with a blush.
John laughed till his button-holes
were In danger.
"The Idea!" he exclaimed. "Why,
Llllle, the fellow's a perfect popinjay,
He Isn't worth the powder and lead it
would take to blow him to atoms; and
as to his brains, he hasu'ta thimbleful.'
Llllle blushed scarlet. If she hud not
been engaged to John for the space of a
whole minute, she would have rued her
bargain then aud there. For an entire
mouth she had been occupied In day
dreaming over that exquisite piece of
i human llesh, and it was mortifying to
uer prhle to note the extreme contempt
... wmen uer accepted suitor held him.
But above all other consideration rose
the feeling that her atrection had not
been reciprocated. She had given love
without the asking, and had failed to
elicit a response. !jo she would now
take refuge behind her secret. Nobody
suouiu ever kuow, least of all should
her future husbaud suspect the truth.
She would never betray herself never,
This resolve being taken, she smiled
sweetly upon John, who, equally
smitten with Grace, was equally de
termined to smother the emotion' and
conceal the fact.
to make him believe that Alonzo was of
no consequence to her, or, for that mat
ter, to anybody else.
"I wonder if I'll find her alone," re
plied the obliging John.
"I suppose you will, If yu seek her
now."
"Where's Grace?"
"In her room."
"Llllle, do you suppose she Is happy ?"
"If she Isn't she ought-to be; that's
all."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I'm engaged myself, and I
know how it Is."
"Then you're happy."
"I ought to be."
"Poor child !" thought the well-meaning,
hut misguided fellow. "She cer
tainly loves me, and It Isn't possible for
Grace to care for me now; so I think It
my duty to make this one happy by
making her ray wife."
Thus ruminating, he sought the
kitchen where the good dowager was,
his heart in a flutter and his voice a
tremble. Mrs. Emerson sat stone still beside
the hreakfa-t table, her face burled in
her folded arms. Her thoughts were
with the never-to-he-forgotten past,
which, all unconsciously, she was trac
ing downward .to the present, aud
mingling In an Inexplicable way with
tbebuhyboy who had died In his in
fancy and tlie young man who had
kissed her li- and called her mother,
with the same sweet semblance of earn
estness with which she fondly imagined
the oilier and dearer one would have
greeted her, had lie hut lived to man's
estate.
"Mrs. Emerson," mihl John Antlers,
deferentially, "will you be kind euough
to grant ma an Interview 7"
"Go away, aud let me alone 1" was
the forbidding response.
"Has that impudent popinjay poi
soned yonr mind against me, madam 7"
What do you mean 7" Anil the In
dignant woman's temper rose like a
morning gale. "Who do you call a
wplnjay ?"
"Snowden."
"I want you tn understand that
'Louzo'sa nice young man. I've Just
give my consent for him to marry
Grace and become my son. What are
you goin' to do about it?"
"Nothing," auswered John, his cour
age sinking.
"Then I'd advise you uot to meddle
nor call names. Do you remember the
fate of the prophet I never can mind
whether It was 'Lljah or 'Llsha, hut It
was one or t'other, maybe it was both
that got into trouble by tndii nick
names?"
At another time John Anders might
have laughed at the dowager's doubtful
Scriptural erudition, but he was in no
mood for laughing now.
"I beg pardon If I have oilended,
madam. I assure you no such thing
was meant. My business is altogether
of a dillerent diameter from that to
which you allude. Llllle and I have
been talking, and have mode up our
minds to get married. We should be
pleased to obtain your consent to the
union."
"Must I he called upon to give up
both darters at one breakfast spell?"
and the untiring tempest ro-e higher
than before.
I had hoped to And favor In your
sight," faltered John.
'By &!ander!u' Grace's future hus
band ? Is that the way you hoped to do
it?" and the dowager forgot the long
ago, aud rising, began to rattle the
dishes nervously
"I hope, madam, that I may prove
myself worthy to become an Inmate of
your family; and I assure you that I
will ever strive to so couduct myself as
your son-ln-Iaw that you will not regret
giving your conseut to our marriage."
"I never hearii o' nothln' like It In all j
my born days!" exclaimed the excited
mother. "This time yesterday and no
body had thought o' marryln' the gals.
Things didn't rush along In this fashion
when I was In the market."
"You gave your consent forSuowden
to marry one daughter, did you not?"
"I did, and I'm proud to own it. He's
so dutiful and 'fectionate; so much like
my own boy'd a' beeu if he'd a' lived.
But there's no 'fection'bout you. You'd
never make my darter happy, and I'll
wash my hands of the whole business
by referrin you to her pap."
"Where can I find the Captain,
madam ?"
"I'll uot tell. I don't like the thought
r it. nohow, and I don't Intend to aid
nr abet It no way."
Poor John ! He did not know what
It .
to do. Visious of his suiinyeini.iiioou
home and his genial, apple-faced mother
rose up before him. He looted from the
little window ami beiieltl orace aim
Snowden, who hud contrived to meet.
the former a freli as a white rose in
hor Murehitt inuollii drei-s. the latter
Hnillliu .ml exnlLiint. and they were
walking arm in urm through tlieadja'
cent grim ihIi.
John Antlers was perplexed, aud no
wonder. But had lieoierbenrd t lie con
versatinn between Alonzo and hi:
mother-in-luw-i.,. , P, lie would have
beeu prepared to better comprehend the
situation.
ITo be continued.
OUR EUBOPEAH 00BEESP0KDHE0E.
LETTER SOMBER SIX.
IJOSVOS.
Tile ride from Edinburgh to London,
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a distance oi lour uuuureu nines, is
usuallv made in ten hours by the fast
est traius, aud for the most part Is
through a couutry which would delight
our best farmers. The careful cultiva
tion aud abundant crops remind us of
the land near our cities, and are Indica
tive of a country long under subjec
tion to man. Oats and wheat with au
occasional field of barley are the usual
grnius. Boot crops are largely lu ex
cess of what we raise in America, and
sheep seem to us unusually numerous
aud line. As we near London, the
country becomes au almost continuous
village tilled witli manufactories, mid
from ten lo thirty tall chimneys can
generally be seen at once. At the time
of my former visit, live years ago, thee
were all iu full operation, but at pres
ent at least half of them are not run
ning, for hard times are felt In England
as well as iu America. Through these
villages and the thickly-settled suburbs
we glide almost perceptibly into the
city Itself, and end our journey at the
Midland depot, the large.tand most ex
pensive railroad depot in the world,
which, witli the hotel built as a part of
it, cost $10,000,000
London is a world Iu herself. A city
of 4,000.000 Inhabitants, situated on a
broad plane, upou both sides of a nojtle
river, she has natural advantages which
few places possets. So vast is she that
one could walk her streets for a mouth
without retracing his steps. Anything
made anywhere in the world can be
found in London, while peoptetrom all
countries and nations are living within
tier limits, aud there is nothing which
art ur science can produce which is not
represented here. The very greatuess of
the city and the multitude of tilings of
interest to be seen, fairly bewilder the
traveler, so that at best it can be but a
choice of a few places to be vlsltod, and
a lingering regret that so much mu?t be
lelt unseen.
After a ride through some of the more
celebrated streets to gain a general idea
ot thnoity, we commence our examina
tion of things of purllcularluterest with
a large, dingy-looklug stone building,
blackened with centuries of London
smoke, which stands lit one of the most
busy parts of the city, itself filling an
entire square. As we approach St.
Paul's Cathedral aud enter it, we are
impressed particularly with its size and
raasslvptiev?, and ludeed it is the
largest Protestant cathedral iu the
world. The interioris very plain, strik
ingly so as compared with Catholic ca
thedrals, its decorations consisting al
most entirely of monuments and me
morial table'ls. Of these, we may meu
tion thnso of Howard, the philanthro
pist, Turner, the painter, Sir John
Moore, Sir Christopher Wren, Benja
min West, and Sir Joshua Iteynolds.
In the crypt are Ihe remains of the
Duke of Wellington anil the parapher
nalia of his funeral, including the fu
neral car made of captured cannon and
weighing many tons. Xear by tills Is
the monument of Lord Nelson, under
which his body lies. People who are
enthusiastic aud foolish euougli next
climb more than six hundred steps to
the IkiII, where they are generally re
warded witli a maitnillceut view of
Loudon smoke aud fog extending as
much as five hundred feet iu every di
rection, but although they can see until
lug, they can have the satisfaction of
knowing that they are nearly three
hundred nnd fifty feet above the pave
nient. We recall witli pleasure a Sab
bath service in the cathedral conducted
by that prince of pulpit orators, Canon
Lyddnu. The thoroughfare around the
oathedral is known as St. I'aul's church
yard, the longer side, a carriage way,
culled the bow, the shorter, a foot pas
sage, called the string. Between tho
churoh-yard and Newgate street is Pat-
ernester row, the great center of the
book trade. Here are the offices o
Thomas Nelson & Son, and lltaekwood'
Magazine, and In this vicinity most o
Shakspenre's phys were originally pub
lished. Just oil from tills U the quiet
little nook called Amen Corner.
Very near St. Paul's are the Old
Bailey and Newgate, immortalized by
the genius of Dickens. Going ti
Chenpside, one ot the chief retail streets
In Iiundou, we pass the great building
known as the General Post Office, while
a little further up is King street, which
brings us to Guild Hull, where are the
ancient colossal woodeu figures, Gog
and Magog. Continuing up Cheapside,
we soon come to the open space in front
of the Boyal Exchange, which is em
phatically the business center of Lon
don, as Charing Cro-n is the cooler of
Its fashion. I doubt if there is a spot
in the wot Id through which there is
more travel by foot ami omnibus than
this, as eight main thoroughfares pour
iuto It their ceseles traltlj. It Is well
worth a half hour of one's time to stand
on a coi uer here, and also at the center
of London Bridge, and see the unending
stream or human beings aud omnibuses
which flows by. On oue side of the ex
change is the Bank of England, and
on the other, the Mansion House.
The Bank of England covers eight
actes of ground, has no outside win
dows, is a fortress which has withstood
several sieges, has a capital of $70,000
000, and employs nearly 1,000 clerks.
Obtaining permission tovist the vaults.
we see gold lu heaps as plenty ns iron
iu n blacksmith shop. Wo look over a
railing into a court and see two men
with a pulley lifting bags of gold Into a
wagon, and in oue of the many rooms a
wonderful little machine which weighs
35,000 gold pieces per day, nud plaks out
every one which does not come up tn
the required weight. In the Boyal Ex
change are some of the oldest insurance
companies In the world, aud also the
offices of the celerated "Lloyds," the
ship insurers, whose "list" Is authority,
everywhere in ship matters. Near the
exchange is a fine statue of George Pea
body, the distinguished American mer
chant. On the opposite side of the open
space Is the Mansion House, the official
residence of the Lord Mayor of London,
and where, at his princely entertain
ments, the highest nobles In the laud
can be found.
Not far from here is the Old Tower,'
which iu former times was n fortress
and prison, but Is now used as a mili
tary cuilo-lty shop aud armory, and
contains also the royal jewels, valued at
about $15,000,000. It takes the best
part of a day to go through the tower
with the gorgeously-dressed official
guides. It is especially Interesting as
the prison and place of execution of
hundreds of England's noblest men and
women. Lady Jane Gray, Anne Boley n,
Ituluigh,aud many princes of England's
royal families were put to. death ou
Tower Hill. TheHorse Armory, which
is one of tlie finest known collections of
ancient armory, contains rich suits dis
played on eqtieslrluu statues, aud ur-
contains the remains of so many tlis
ttnguished people, and few places where
an American of education can spend a
day with greater interest.
Taking the cars on the Metropolitan
or underground railway, which makes
the entire circuit of the city, a few min
utes brings us to the South Kensington
Museum and the Albert Memorial Mon
ument, at one corner of Hyde Park.
The museum, while It Is not so large as
the British, Is yet a fine one, sclentif
cally arranged. It has lately been dis
tinguished for the art school connected
with It. What interested me most at
my last visit was Dr. Schlleman's col
lecllou of Trojan antiquities, whioh has
hee'li on exhibition here since last
Christmas. The memorial erected to
Prince Albert by Queen Victoria is very
tine and In undisputed taste, excepting
the gigautic gilt statue of the Prince.
As a whole, the monument has a gen
eral resemblance to the Scott monu
ment at Edinburgh.
We ride hack toward the center fif the
city for more than a mile along Hyde
Park, one of the many breathing places
which London is fortunate in possess
ing, by Buckingham Palace Gardens
and the palace Itself, a large, but by
no means striking building, the city
residence of the Queen of England,
down the mall beside the beautiful St.
James Park to Chariug Cross, tlie center
of the west end, tlie fashionable part of
London. Near here are many of the
finest residences in the city, and most
of the aristocratic club-houses.
AtCharingCross in Trafalgar Square,
Is a magnificent monument to Lord
ranged lu chronological order, many of Nelson, nnd along one side of the square
them tlie very ones worn by the Kings Is the national art gallery. From Char
tliey represent. In this armory are also nr Cross, thestreet Is called the Strand,
breech-loatllng guns, revolvers, thumb- nod is one or tlie most prominent thor
screws, beheading blocks, and execu- oughfares in the great city. At Tem-
tloners' iixe, all from early times, and pie Bar, which was formerly a conspic-
curlous aucient and modern weapons uous laud mark, and could be seen from
from all parts of the world. Within the
walls of the Old Tower, there has been
enacted enough of romance and tragedy
to furnish material for volumes.
a long distance from either side, the
name again changes to Fleet street.
The liar was a rude arch thrown across
the street, where iu early times stood
Opposite the Tower Is the entrance to the posts or bars which, marked the
tho tunnel under the Thames, a dark, boundary line botween London ami
damp, circular Iron hole seveu feet lu Westmiuster. It was removed about
diameter, always to be avoided if possi- two years ago, and we miss its familiar
hie. Walking along the hank of the Urch and the rusty Iron hooks on which
river, we Honii come to the commodious the heads of criminals were oxposed
Custom-house bulldlugs, nnd just be- only a hundred years ago.
outl to Billingsgate llsh-market. s-o jU3t as we enter Fleet street, on the
ruphicully and truthfully described by
Di6kens. ft Is well worth one's time to
islt it from 5 to 8 o'clock in the morn-
lug, aud see and hear the indiscriminate
right, Is a former palace of Henry VIII.
and Cardinal Wolsey, which is now a
hair cutting establishment. Fleet street
was formerly a resort of literarv men.
mixture of ti-h, profanity, old women ien Jonson, Chatterton, Dryden, Mil
autl slang. Fifteen minutes of it one ton, Goldsmith, and a host of others are
summer's morning was uil we wauled, associated with this historic strw.!. Tl.
ustucroes the street iu oue of the cheap WclI-known Mr. "Punch" also has his
temperance restaurants, of which there office here. At the foot of Ludgate Hill,
re many iu imiiou, we nau a great the street again chances Its name to
.owl ofcollee aud a sandwich which Ludgate Circus, which exteuds to St.
would make a meal far a smull family, raul8 Cathedral, the place where we
for two pence. Not far rrom here is the commenced our slclit seeiinr.
mouumelit 200 feet high, built ou the
pot where the great fire of 1S6C com
menced. Near Hilliugsgute is the cele
brated Loudon Bridge, which cost S10,-
000,000, and Is probably the most
crowded bridge in the world, us It esti
mated that 8,000 persons nnd 000 ve-
ilcles cross it er hour during tlie mid
dle of the day.
Taking one of theswift Thames steam
ers at London Bridge, we go rapidly
along the river, under many Hue bridges
which span it, putt Cleopatra's needle.
which is Just assuming au upright posl
tion on the embankment, aud land at
Westmiuster Britlge, wbicii Is larger
and liner than London Bridge, and arc
only a few yards from Westminster
Hall and tlie House of Parliament. The
hall contains oue or the largest rooms in
Europe under one roof, nnd several
apartments iu which we found tlie high
courts iu session, while in the House or
Lords we also found a committee of that
bodv sitting as a Supreme Court. On a
former visit we had the pleasure of at
tending a session or the famous Ticli
borne trial, which was held in one of
llie'e courts. The Parliament House
joins Westminster Hall, and is a beau
tiful and substantial structure. Tlie
chambers or the Commons ami the
Lords are at opposite ends of a fine hall,
and are similur, with the exception that
the House or Lords is elegantly finished,
while the Commons has none of the
conveniences for the use or members to
which we are aecuatomed in this conn
try, not even places mr writing being
provided at the long benches on which
the members sit.
Near tills Is Westminster Abbey, a
tint I'.rv .rt1ou,ililu .triinlnru lint vit
... . . ,. ........i i A City Stucck uy Liqiitxixo.
.M.eut me mini luiereaum; uiiuik '" The JW,Moii Meikxinn. of fluadalalara.
Europe, both on accountof Its antiquity I ilas tl0 following iu its Issue or the 9th
and the illustrious name. associated I ultimo: The furious rain tempest which
witli It, The Abbey was founded by swept over tins city inursuay tasi was
I ......I I... ,l.A mn.l . .. 1 1 i n r.
If we now take n seat with the driver
of an omnibus on Cheapside, we can
ride through Newgate, Holboru, and
Oxford streets (the same unbroken
street, but with dillerent names), a dis
tance of inuuy miles back to Kensing
ton, and will have seen the entire
length or the city, in a course, In geu-
oral, jtarallel to that taken from Kin-
sington to St. Paul's. On Oxford street
we ore near the British Museum, about
which we can only say here that It Is
the largest and best museum in the
world, and Is worthy all the time one
can give it, If It be a mouth. It was re
cently proposed to issue a catalogue of
the museum, but the plan was finally
abandoned because to simply name the
different tilings in the collection would
make several books as large ns Web
ster's Unabridged.
The limits of a single letter will per
mit mention of only a few of the places,
anil those the jnost prominent, which
we had the pleasure of visiting. To any
oue born to the English language, there
is no city in the world equal to Londou
for ititetest or improvement, and for
weeks the traveler can wuuder thrnugli
it, familiariziug himself with places,
persons, and events which have been
prominent In our commou English his
tory for the past thousaud years. A!
though Loudon Is dingy aud smoky,
often obscured by dense fogs, and rain
are so sudden and frequent that It seem
as if the inhabitants are born with um
brellas under their arms, she is a city to
be loved by every American traveler,
aud to be left with regret.
O. R. Bt'HCHAltD.
OUE WASHINGTON LETTER.
To th Kr.rtoR op th.ast Xokth west :
It Is some time now since banks here
have turued from the eveu teuor of
their way, to Indulge In the little
amusement of exeltiug depositors by
"busting up." a freak of that kind,
however, has just been performed by H.
E. Ollley A Co., brokers, ami set the
town lu quite a little ripple of oamrao
tion, aud hungry newspaper men were
active Indeed after the crumbs of par
ticulars. The facts reveal no serious
damage to any one but the-owners of
the bank, it uot having much ef a de
posit business. Business in general fci
In no way disturbed, nor does any other
bank sutler. Some few Individuals
were unfortunate euough to have their
money In "safe keeping" in the delunat
vaults, but not to seriously damage auy
or them. The immediate cause or the
failure is attributed to the District 3-85
bonds, In which the deceased had been
dealing largely. Their first invest
ment, when the issue was yet new,
was quite successful, and emboldened to
more extended investment. In the
course or time, complications arising
involving legal points, the bonds began
to get In ill repute, depressing their
market value. Against this the bank
fought with an energy approaching a
suspicion or heroism, appealing to the
government authorities to recognize
them In a manner favorable to restore
public confidence. But to no avail;
and, in consequenec, martyrdom Is
fullered, aud a corpse is offeied up far
the mournful rites or creditors.
Tlie temperance man and tlie moralist
are again supplied with a ttieme, while
wife and children sit in a dreary home,
weeping over tlie sail roWfortuun of
their natural protector. Mr. W. V. S.
Wilson was the principal teller In the
National Bunk Jtedemption Agency
and had been such for sixteen years.
Of late he had grown very dlsipated, so
far disqualifying hliu for his positron
that Treasurer Gilfillan was compelled
lo discharge him. Up to this time
nothing had ever occurred to reflect
against his iutegrity, ami when his
dismissal took plaee, no suspicion ef
dishonesty was attached to Mm. He
ppeared in the office the day following,
manifesting much uneasiness, ami
finally confessed to having used $890 of
the treasury fuuds to replace money
which had beeu stolen from him, and,
Iu return, to replace which he had sent
home for money, ami was expecting it
when dismissed. The heller seems
general that the man did not Intend
Ilshonesty, although led by bad habltt
ntn sertouscnmplications. Much sym
pathy is relt for the young wife awl
family, who are of high standing, awl,
for a domestic circle, unusually inter
esting and much atlnehed to the un
fortunate man.
The yellww fever relief committee, of
this city, Is ralrly under way, and doing
a noble work. Their ellorts are spread
ing out in almost every direction.
Among them is that or a mammoth
concert, partial pitted in by nil the
church choirs aud quartette olubs or the
city. Tlie grand tournament, to take
place soon, is also under Its auspices, to
which may be added picnics, exaHi-
slons, balls, games, etc Envelopes
have beeu delivered lo every house iu
the city, requesting contributions to be
enclosed aud returned to the committee.
Tlie thrilling report has reached us
from Memphis that children desert
their parents, aud parents their chil
dren; huslmuds desert their wives, butf
there has not been an Instance known
yet where a wife has deserted her hus
band during the terrors of the scourge.
Men go about thinking of this, more
profoundly impressed than by all
that has ever been written or tlie fidelity
or women.
It Is a law few attempt to gainsay,
that fat people have a natural faculty
for takiug uu the adipose, while the
King Sebert, the Saxon, in 010, and ha" S.'.T,' i.tning. We lve beeH
been used especially as a burial place or informed by a jierson who hud the curi-
Englisli Kings and distinguished men 1 osity to count them, mat no less than
and women. It would take the entire forty bolls oi iiguiuiug leu upon me
ii.w-nrii,..lutt.rtnti.i..e..r..eriM city, it is reporteu i.iui uiree persons
" , . were hilled Instantly nnd severul
those who have been honored with bur- -,.,tln,iwl durlnir this frii-htful homharit-
lal here, and we can only say that within ment. We are only certain or tlie fact
Its walls lie thirteen English kover- that a promising student named Cre-
Igns and fourteen Queens, extending Z? !r"T
over a period of 1,200 years. In the aml lustIMIt,y kH'eti DuriK lhe com-
I'oet's Corner are me greater part ot bined tempest of the three elements
lean gro wymote spare at the slightest
pretense. We have had an illustration
of this in the case or our District At
torney and our faithful police. The
former held a fat office. He smiled
upon the commissioners, and they, iu
return, smiled back, with the sub
stantial wrlukle added to Itorincreaslnff
his salary from $3,000 to $5,000 per
year. For n long time tlie police hav
beeu struggling muniuny against s
threatened decrease or their meager
pay. They got up a petition sometiiu
less than a mile long, enrolling most of
the best citizens or the olty, p ray i rig
that their pay be not reduced, as It was
now barely enough to meet the de
mauds of an economical family. In the
face of this, however, It was clipped,
and, as it thus appears, was added ou to
Mr. District Attorney. The gentleman
does not occupy a very enviable po
sition just now, while the clamor lasts,
for It does howl most vigorously about
both his and tlie cttrnmls3loners,'ear9'.
FBbtx.
Washington, D. C, September 20,187S.
England's well-known literary names,
from Chaucer to Charles Dickens, whose
tablet is in the pavement. In another
part of the building, happening tn look
mi the pavement by our feet, we saw.
cut in small letters, "O, Bare Ben Jon
sou," aud this is all the mouuiuent and
mentioned, the greatest terror seized
the people. It-is a miracle that tho city
and its Inhabitants escaped with so lit
tle damage.
The (JranhK reiterates the as-iHnu
that it is only the female honey-bee
which carries a stinger; but are men lo
raafwflr duV 11' )l u 1 1 ll I f u llninn Kuau ova
epitaph this great writer has or needs. lrvinK to Bm,eeze, down behind a Xo. 15,
There is no place on the eartl which I collar?
Tlie nation tliat produces the rawt
marriages Is fascination; aud thenaMou
that produces the most uivorees Isalieu
ution. What woman would ,bi;bItillm0Up
likely to give her husba nd b lo u.g up
if he rirritaledhei2JsUt
TI,I, fa llirht work fr bou; as
the JUid when the bear was hug-
giug him.. '
1 Who ever heard a, bed link ?