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5 -".TV , , L' A. 1 ; J I r A ,v..V- r ST. HELENS, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 19, 1882 YOL. II. NO 41. A rri-fTW ' HOT TT TVfTlRT A KT S A VI 7 M ' 1 11 IV 2 Y 1 n " 'r;- 1 1 J 1 1.1 I AA XJ L.tf I - - A - ' a - . A 1 U ' : . 9 TIIK WniTK CZAK. BY H W. 1.0NGKKLI.OW. p.ist thou stHi on the rampart's height That wreath of mist, in the light Of the iniiluight moon ? Oh, liia Jt is not a wrenth of mA , It is the Czar, tlie White, Czar, Batyushka ! Gosudar ! He has heard, among the dead, ' The artillery roll o'erliead ; The drums, and the tramp of fec-t' Of his soldiery in the street : He is awake ! the White Czar, Batyuxhka ! Ctostidar ! He has heard in the grave the cries Of his jx ople : "Awake I arise S' lie has rent the gold brocade Whereot his shroud was made, lie has risen ! the Whitp Czar, Batyushka ! Gosudar ! From the Volga and the Don, He has led his armies on, Over river and morass. Over desert and mountain-pa8 ; The Czar, the Orthodox Czar, Batyushka ! Gosudar ! He looks from the inouutain chain Toward the seas that cleft in twain The continents ; his hand Points southward o'er the land Of Iloomeleo ! O Czar, Batyushka! Gosudar! And the words break from his lipa '1 am the builderof ships, And mv ship3 shall sail those eas To the Pillars of Hercules ! I say it ; the White Czar, Batyushka ! Gosudar ! "The Bosphorus shall be free , It shall make room for me ; And the gate of its water-streets Be unbarred before iry fleets, I say it ; the White Czar, Batyushka ! Gosudar ! "And the Christian shall no more, Be crushed, as heretofore, Beneath thine iron rule, 0 Sultan ol Stamboul ! 1 swear it ! I, the Czar, Batyushka J Gosudar ! The t'are-Hco. The bones and implements of the . Cave-men are found in association with remains ot the reindeer and bison, the arctic fox, the mammoth, and the woolly rhinoceros. They are found in great abundance in southern and central Eng land, in Belgium, Germany, and Swit zerland, and in every part of France; but nowhere as yet have their remains been discovered south of the Alps and Pyrenees. A diligent exploration of the Pleistocene caves of England and France during the past twenty years, has thrown some light upon their mode of life. Not a trace of pottery has been found any where associated with their remains, so that it is quite clear that tho Cave-men did not make earthenware vessels. Burnt clay is a peculiarly indestructible material, and where it has once been in existence it is sure to leave plentiful traces of itself. Meat was baked in the caves by contact with hot stones.or roast ed before the blazing fire. Fire may Lave been obtained by friction between two pieces of wood, or between bits of flint and iron pyrites. Clothes were made of the furs of bisons, reindeer, bears, and other am mals, rudely sewn together with threads of reindeer sinew. Even long fur gloves were used.and necklaces of shells and of bear's and lion's teeth. The stone tools and weapons were far finer in appearance than those of the : River drift meu.though they were still chipped and not ground. They made borers and saws as well as spears and arrow heads; and besides these stone imple ments they used spears and arrows headed with bone, and daggers of rein deer antler. The reindeer, which thus supplied them with clothes and weapons was also slain for food; and, besides, they slew whales and seals on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, and in the rivers they speared salmon, trout and pike. They also appear to have eaten, as well as to have been eaten by, the cave-lion and cave-bear. Many details of their life are preserved to us through their extraordinary taste for engraving and carving. Sketches of reindeer, mam moths, horses, cave bears, pike and seals, and hunting scenes have been found by the hundred, incised upon antlers or bones, or sometimes upon stone; and the artistic skill which they show is really astonishing. Most savrges can make rude drawings of objects in which they feel a familiar interest, but such drawings are usually excessively gro tesque, like a child's attempt to depict a man s a sort of figure eight, with four straight lines standing forth from the lower half to represent the arms and legs. But the Cave-men, with a piecu of sharp-pointed flint, would engrave, on a reindeer antler, an outline of a urus so accurately that it can be clearly distin guished from an ox or a bison. And their drawings are' remarkable not only for their accuracy, but often equally so for the taste and vigor with which the subject is treated. Among uncivilized races of men now living, there are none which possess this remarkable artistic talent save the Eski mos; and in this respect there is com plete similarity between the Eskimos and the Cave-men. But this is by no means the only point of agreement be tween the Eskimos and tho Cave-men. Between the sets of tools and weapons used by the one and by the other the agreement is also complete. The stone spears and arrow-heads, the sewing needles and .skin-scrapers, used by the Eskimos are exactly like the similar im plements found in the Pleistocene caves of France and England. Tlta necklaces and amulets of cut teeth and tlio daggers made from antler, show an equally close correspondence. The resemblances are not merely general, but extend so far into details that if modern Eskimo re mains were to be put into European caves they would be indistinguishable in appearanco from the remains of the Cave men which are now found there Now. when these facts are taken in connection with the facts that the Cave-men were an arctic race, and especially that the musk sueep, wuicu accompanied tue advance of the Cave-men into Europe, is now found only in the country of the Eski mos, though its fossil remains are scat tered in abundance i 11 along a line stretching from the Pyrenees through Germany, luissia, and Siberia when these facts are taken in connection, the opinion of Mr. Dawkius, that the Cave- meu were actually identical with tho Eskimos, seems highly plausible. Noth i i . ing can ue more probable man that, in early or middle Pleistocene, tj no.- the ' H atout the Arctic Circle in Siberia and Northern Europe as well as in North America; that during the coldest portions of the Glacial period tney found their wav as far south as the Pyrenees; along with the rest of the sub-arctic mammalian fauna to which they belonged; and that, as the climate grew warmer again, ana vigorous enemies from the south began to press into Enrope and compote with them, thev gradually fell ' back to the north ward, leaving behind them the innumer able relics of their former presence. which we find in the late Pleistocene caves of France and England. The Es kimos, then, are probably the sole sur vivors of the.Cave-men of the Pleistocene period; among the present people of Europe the Cave-men have left no repre sentatives whatever. May Atlantic. How Ocean Cables Are Laid. The second American ocean cable was completed a few days ago. I The history of the steamer Faraday s connection with the laying of these two ocean cables is an eventful one. Towards the close of 1880, Jay Gould called for subscriptions for the purpose of laving - his cables across the Atlantic, to be used in com petition with the English cables, and by May, 1881, the cable steamer laraday left England jwith the first half of cable No.l, which 'consists of. seven different sizes, the largest being laid near the shore. The center wire, used for tele graphic purposes, is a large copper one, and of the same dimensions throughout the whole length of the cable. The Far aday soon succeeded in laying the first half, which was buoyed in mid-ocean, with a flag attached to it, and- an electric light capable of burning thirty days. Going back to England, the steamer took on board the second half of the first cable, which was connected with the por tion already laid, and the cable was soon completed across the Atlantic to Nova Scotia. " i By October, 181, the first half of the second cable was laid, but while tho mid ocean end Was being buoyed, some por tion of the machinery aboard the Fara day broke, and the end of the cable was lost overboard, and while grappling un successfully for the lost cable, they had the misfortune to break the first one. The Faraday then returned to London, leaving all these cable ends jn the bot tom of the ocean, in nearly four miles of water. Leaving London again about the first of Jamiarv of tho present vear. with the second half of the second ca ble, the steamer proceeded to mid ocean, and after several weeks succeeded in grappling and recovering all three ends of the cable" from their beds at the bot tom of the ocean. When it is considered that this work was done in water some four miles in depth, j a faint idea of the task required in laying and recovering cables from the ocean can be arrived at by landsmen. After, buoying the cable ends the Faraday was forced, through the roughness of the waves, to wait thirty days before it was smooth enough to attempt to connect the first cable laid. This was done, however, and the fir&t steamer coming to Nova Scotia com menced laying the last half of the sec ond cable, and oh Monday last this was successfully connected with the remain der of the cable in mid-ocean. So that at the present time, beside the English cables, which have been so useful, we have two cables across tho Atlantic in ownership of American capital. Bos ton Journal. Such Stufl as Dreams ar) Made of. Even in his sleep the tired journalist dreams of his work, which is never done. Last Saturday night a toiler for a Chicago paper sought his home, wearied out after a long vzeek of unremitting toil. With littlo spirit to respond to his wife's pleasant greetings, he threw him self upon the bed and was soon fast asleep. Presently, however, he began tossing uneasily and muttering unintel ligible orders about the "make-up" of the paper. "I must have two columns for that," at last his wife heard him say. '"It's the biggest thing we've had in many a day." "What's a big thing?" she asked. "It's a scoop, ami worth making a spread on." "What's a scoop?" "Why, that about Noah." J "Who's Noah?" "Why, old Noah that built the ark and called it the Zoo. He's going to build another yacht." "What for?" "To go in search of the north pole on the next spring freshet. Oh, I tell you he's a rustler. If he could only write editorials as well as he can funeral no tices he'd make a big hit." ;i Just then his wife pinched him, and he awoke and swore he hadn't touched a drop not a eingle drop. An insoct of the genus Pyralid, pre viously quite unknown to entomologists, has very generally ravished the con plant in the Southern States during the past year. It has recently been carefully described by Professor Riley. Sumner burg. In St. Peter - Mr. Dallas was sitting in his office at the Legation in St, Petersburg on a cer tain,morning, when A young man, or rather a boy, presented himself, with the arms of his jacket out at the elbows, and remarked that he "would like to see the emperor." "You would like to see the emperor?" inquiringly rejoined Mr. Dallas, adding the further interrogation, "What do you want to see the emperor for?" "Oh, I have a little business with him," replied ithe youth. "Well," said the Ambassador, "you can't seo the emperor. "Why not.: can't vou introduce mc-?' earnestly inquirod tue boy. "No. I could not introduce you," said the minister, smilingly. "Arn't you the -American minister?" said the boy. "Yes, lam the American minister, but I should not dare to introduce you, if I am." "But I am an American," replied the boy, "and I have conie all the way from Mount Vernon, the tomb of Washington, on business with the emperor, for whom I have a present, and I mast see him; and I call on you as the Ambassador of my country to introduce me to his imperial majesty." "The most I can do, my lad, is to in troduce vou to one of his ministers." said Mr. Dallas,"and if he pleases he may in- troduce you to the emperor. "Very well,'' said the boy, "that will bo one step gained; just introduce me to the minister of his majesty, if you please." At this point of the dialogue the Amer ican minister took the boy to one of the imperial cabinet, remarking to the digni tary as he appreached him, "Here's a boy who says he has come all the way from Mount Vernon, in America, and that he has some message for the emper or, and demands an introduction; can you gratify him?" "I cannot introduce him without first consulting his majesty," replied the au tocrat's minister. "If he is willing I will introduce him." After a brief lapse of time the minister returned from an interview with the em peror, to whom he had related in sub stance what had been previously said of the boy. The curiosity of Nicholas being excited as to tho boy's errand, he has in duced to command the ministerial func tionary to "bring him along." "He says he will see vou, said the minister, addressing himself to the Yankee lad. And immediately they set off for the palace, where the following interlocutory discourse took place be tween Nicholas and the ragged boy: "Well, my little fellow. I understand you wish to see me; wnai is your uusi- ness 9" "I came alkthe way from the tomb of Washington, at Mount Vernon, in Araer- ica, and understanding tuat you iiKoutue character of Washington " "I have great veneration for the char acter and memory of that illustrious per sonage," interrupted the emperor. "Well, said the youth, as he thrust his hand into ins laciiei pocKet, ,l rought this acorn from the tomb of Washington, thinking you might like, to plant it in your grounds and raise an oak to his memory. Wtll you accept it?" "Certaruly, replied theetnperor,''and we will go out at once and plant it." No sooner said than done, lhey pro ceeded to the palace grounds, and, hav ing raised the soil with a spade, the em- jeror committed the acorn to the earth with his own hand. Thanking the youth or the simple but agreeable present, the emperor inquired, " is there anytning more that you wish of me, my ladf The bov replied: "I should like to see Moscow amazingly." "What do you want to seo Moscow or?" asked His Majesty. "Oh. I have' long had a desire to see hat city, and as you were pleased to inquire for my further wishes, and as I know you could gratify my desire, I bought that I would honestly tell yu- .. ... "Well, you shall see Moscow, said' Nicholas; and at once a barouche with six horses was ordered, and the boy was oted off to the ancient capital by His Majesty's imperial command. "The last I saw of the youth, said Mr. Dallas, "he passed my office in St. Petersburg in a coach with six horses, and, as he deigned to look at mo, he oyfully waved a white handkerchiof, of which he had become the possessor, and riumpkantly cried out to me: 'Hurrah, I am going to Moscow! I am going to Moscow! Boston Journal. (haug ana Eng. In answer to a correspondent who writes to us for information on the above subject we have compiled the following information: Eng and Chang were born simultaneously, April 15, 1811, and died at the ag of G3 years. They were con nected by a patent coupler, which en tered the body of each in the region of the vest pocket. This connecting ar rangement necessarily threw them a great deal in each othpr's society. When they were boys their lives were more or ess unhappy by their widely different tastes. Eng was very fond of sour ap ples in his youth, and when at night he rolled and tossed upon his couch with a arge stock of colic on hand, Chang had o lie awake and get the benefit. Later in life Chang developed a strange long ing for tho flowing bowl; while Eng was a Good Templar. When Eng went to the lodge the worthy outside guard would refuse to let Chang in, because he could not give the pass-word, and as Eng couldn't go iu and leave Chang in the ante-room he had to go home and wait till another meeting. Eng was a Mason and Chang was a Knight of Pythias, and Master George thev used to give eaoh other away some times, and have lots of fun. Eng was half-breed, and Chang a stalwart, and that was bad about attending caucuses Chang joined the Episcopal Church anc believed in sprinkling, while Eng was Baptist, and not only got immersed him self, but fixed it so that Chang had his sins washed away at the same time Occe in a whileChang would get an invi tation to a private party in a set to which Eng did not belong, and then they had to settle the question by putting Etrus can noses on each other as to whether they should go or remain at home. Chang died first and Eng a few hours later as a matter of courtesy. 1Eng was not tu jp -pr? to die and regretted that e wtU'H.tfV-' consulted by Chtong before this important step was taken but ho saLr1 it would save the expense of two funerals,' and he wanted to do what was right. The lives of these two men were somewhat peculiar in many respects. There were many little nameless annoy ances to which each was compelled to submit, and which would not at first occur to the student. For instance, Chang had to go for the doctor in com pany with Eng whenever Eng's children had the croup; and whenever Chang's wife thought there was a burglar in the woodshed, Eng had to get up in his night shirt and go with his brother in search of the villain. They couldn't ride the festive velocipede, and when Chang got biling drunk, Eng had to go the jug with him, and stay there till the fine was paid. Among the many bless ings wnicn cluster about us, ana are showered down upon us through life, we are prone to night of the fact that with all of our sorrows and disap pointments we are not born Siamese twins. Laramie Boomerang. J 'he Found Xllm. The Chicago Tribune vouches for the truth of the following story: A milliner of respectability married dissipated tailor, who abused, neglected and abandoned her. Several years hay ing passed without a clue to his where abouts, her friends advised divorce and her acceptance of an advantageous offer of marriage. The woman persistently declined every offer, and when she had accumulated a sufficient sum, started off in the direction her husband was supposed to have taken when he left her. At Halifax, N. S., she received a slight clue, and took the steamer to Portland, Me. Thence she followed his track to New York, where she ceased for many months to hear of him. Finally she found that he was working in Albany, for which place she immediately started. She was about a week too late; he had been discharged for drunkenness. Spending her days at lucrative work and her evenings at detective service, the un wearying wife at length discovered that he was employed by a large firm in Chicago. She wrote there, and was an swered that her husband had gojie away, nobody knew where. 3 Not satisfied with this, she travelled to that city and ransacked eyry concern interested iu the tailoring business there until she met a fellow countryman who said that her husband, when last heard from, was in Omaha. Sho wrote there, got no answer, but went on. There she learned that ho had gone to San Fran cisco, where he had obtained a fine place as cutter in a large firm. She of course went thither, only to be told that her recreant husband had been away from his work several days and was drinking hard. He had not even been to his boarding house. This led her to visit the station houses, and in ono of them she ascertained that husband was in jail for ten days. He was released and prevailed upon to return home after an absence of six year. All this occurred eighteen years ago, and to-day the prod igal husband of yore is a strict tomper ance man in independent circumstances, a model husband and "father and Te spected citizen. Parisian Marrlasre Etiquette. Parisian etiquette makes the marriage ceremonial differ in many details from that practiced in America. There the bridegroom calls for the bride and friends, and takes them to church, just as he does on the occasion of the civil ceremony at the Maire. The bride takes the place of honor in the first carriage, her mother on the left. His father and the chief witness sits opposite them. The bridegroom's mother takes the right I hand place, the bridegroom sitting on her left. His father and the chief wit ness for his side of the contract sit oppo site. The bride's father leads her to the altar, the bridegroom following with his mother on his arm. Then comes the bride's mother.leaning ou the arm of the bridegroom's father; followed by four couples, consisting of the bridegroom's two witnesses, each with a lady of the bride's family, and the bride's two wit nesses, with two ladies of the bride groom's family. When they arrive at the altar a fresh grouping takes place, the bride's family and witnesses seating themselves on her vleft and those of the bridegroom on her right. Before utter ing the "oui," which takes the place of "I will," both bridegroom and bride turn toward their relatives as if to ask of their consent. An English geologist, Mr. J.C. South all, endeavors to prove that man existed in America in the pliocene period. It is safe to say that no competent American geologist assigns a greater antiquity to man on this continent than the glaoial epoch. There is some reason to believe that ants produce sounds of such high pitch that they are inaudible to the human ear. Ancleat Vessels. Magnificent and large as arasdme of i our modern steam vessels, they are very inferior, if we may judge from descrip tion, both in size and splendor, to the vesse ls constructed by the kingspf Egypt and Syracuse, on a scale of grande ir cor responding to the immense preparations of their sculpture and architecture. Ptolemaems Philopater, king of Egypt, built a Vessel 420 feet long, 6C feet broad, 72 feet high from the kennel . to the top of the prow, but 80 feet to the top of the pood. She had four helms of Cd feet; her largest oars were 00 feet long1, with leaden handles, so as to work more easily by the rowers; she had two prows, two sfn s, seven rostra or heaks, succes sively rising out one over the over, the tepmest one most prominent and stately; on the poor and prow she had figures of ani mals, and less than 18 feet high; all the interior of the vessel was beau ti tie 1 with a delicate sort oi painting ot a waxen color; she had 4000 rowers, 400 cabin boysl or servants; marines to do duty on the decks, 2820; with an immense store or arms and provisions, lhe fame prince built another ship called the Tlialame gus, or bed-chamber ship, whicii was only used as a pleasure yacht for nailing up a ad down the Nile. She was not so long or large as the preceding, bul more splendid in the chambers jand fi.rnish- ings Hitero. iving of Syracuse, built an enermous vessel, intended for al corn trader; her lengtn is not given. She was built at Syracuse by a Corinthian ship- builder, and was launched by an appa- ratus devised by Archimedes. All her bolts and nails were of brass; she had 20 rows of oars; her apartments were paved with neat square variegated tiles, on whidh was painted all the. stdry of tlomer s "iiiiad. ishe had a gymna sium, wit.i shady walks upon her upper decks, garden plots stocked with various plants and nourished with limpid water that mowed, circulating around them in a canal of lead. She had, here and there, on the decks, arbors mantled with ivy and vine branches ' which flourished in full greenness, being supplied with water from the lead canal. One of her chambers was particularly spl endid, whose pavement was agate and other precious stones, and the panelsJ doors and roofs were of ivy and wood thval tree. She had a scholasteri bf the urn or library, with five conches; its roof arched into a polus or vault, wi h the stars embossed; a bach with all its accompaniments, all most its accompaniments, all most mag nificent; she had on each side.pf her decks, ten stalls for horses, with odder and furnishings for grooms and rit ers; a fish pond, full of fish, whose waters could be let out or in at pleasure; she had two towers on the poop, two on the prow and four in the middle, full of armed men that managed the machines invented by Archimedes for throwing stones of 300 pounds weight and arrows 18 fdet long to the distance of a furlong. She had three masts and two ai tennaj or yards, that swung with hooks and masses of lead attached. She had round the wnoie circuit ot ner ucck a rampart oi 4 ii I i iron J with iron crows, which took noid of ships and dragged them nearer i o de stroy them. The tunnels or bowels on her masts were of brass, with men in eachh twelve anchors and three maits. It was with difficulty they found a tree arge and strong enough for her highest mast). Great Britain an ominouh cir cumstance for the superiority of British oak-r-had the glory of bestowing upon her a sufficient tree for that purpose. It was round amid the recesses oi Albion s brest by a swineherd. What is remark able an the construction of this gigantic vessel is that her sentina, or sink, though arcrd and deep was emptied by one man J by means oi a puian invented by Archimedes. The Herndon Monument. Lieutenant Herndon, who was cap tain of the steamer Central America when she foundered on the 12th c f Sep tember, 1877, on a voyage between New Yorl and Aspin wall, was the fatier-in- aw of President Artnur. The following account of the trip of the President and his children to the naval academy at An napolis to see the monument in memory of that gallant officer is given by tho New Yorl: World of April 19th: The Presi dent took his children over to Am apolis to-day to sec the Herndon monument, which stands within tha grounds of the naval academy a tribute to the gal- I 1 ll .1 Al or meir grauuiaiuer. It had been amohcr the xamiiy pran3 ior a montn i m . I it back to makt the trip, but until yester day a day could not be fixed for it. Shoit notice was no drawback, ho vever, to a party purposely small and unofficial, and this morning when Mr. Garrett's car was backed with the 9 o'clock train into the Baltimore and Ohio depot all but two of the party were ready for it, and there were no spectators around ex- cept possibly twenty of their fellow pas- sengers. A party more closely at cached to the President's household could hardly have been selected. The Presi dent's son, who overtops his fat ler in height, although lacking nearly four years ot tne age oi cKizeosnin, nau brought with him a New xork friend, Mr. T. Harvey Jackson. The JPresi 's daughter. Miss Nellie, a child of with her plapmate, Miss Moore, of den six. New York. The rest of the party were Hunt, who stood as godmother to President's children; her yonngest and Mrs. John Davis, the daughter ecretary Frelinghuysen, and an au- ity in social arrangements at the ite House. The day opened raw. An eastern wind had been trying to! brush away an avercast sky, but succeeded only in gathering and scattering such clouds as had become detached from the leaden mass. So deficient in allure ments was the day that Miss Freling- MrcJ the son of 8 tho Wh huysen, who was to have been one of th party, decided at the last moment totaj' at home. A slight delay grew ouf of this mishap which kept Mrs. Davis back until the train hour had passed, but onoo out of fhe depot' -lost, time was mora made good, and for an hojir and a half fields fresh from the plow and orchards pink with peach' blossoms relieved tho sky and wind- of . much of their attract iveness. Captain Ramsey, Superintend-, . ent'of 'the academy, and Lieutenant Bar- well were at the depot when the train hauled up at Annapolis. Then It short ride in carriages landed the party at Cap tain Ramsey's residence 'within the Naval Grounds. . T r T The story of Captain Herndon'sdeath has been told often enough, to have lost its interest, if such stories were not en dowed with perpetual freshness. He en tered the navy at fifteen,' none too early, it happened, to have accomplished the deeds of daring and romance that crowd ed hia short life. A lieutenant's com mission rewarded his services in the Mexican war when he was but 33. Then he came here, and after three years of preparation at the observatory, where he was associated with his brother-in-law, Dieutenant Maury, he was sent by the Government with Lieutenant Lardner Gibbon t South America, where, land ing in Pern, he crossed the Andes and explored the Amazon Valley eastward. That occupied him . until 1852, afUr which he prepared a report which has since been standard upon that subject. At this time there were few naval ves sels, and occupation for graduates of the academy was not to be furnished by the Government. It thus became customary for officers unassicrned to entraaa with 8teem8hiD companies Dendinc? a ehanoe I for regular service. This is how Lieat. Herndon became captain of the Central America, one of the line of steamers from the isthmus and the West Indies to New York. Tho Central America, on her. .., way to New York, sprung a leak in a gale on September 11, 1857. There were 580 f passengers aboard. Pumps became use ess on the afternoon of September 12. -Life-boats were lowered for the women ' and children, and they were all saved. Captain Herndon foresaw what was com ing and could have saved himself had lie chosen to leave passengers behind. He chose otherwise and attended to the wants of others so long as anything could be done. At evening he went down with ' the ship, standing on the bridge in fall uniform. The sea covered 427 bodies in that disaster. Not long afterwards a committee of naval officers, known as the Herndon Monument Committee,, began to receive subscriptions from their asso ciates, which shortly aggregated enough to justify a contract with the Quincy Granite Company for a monument, con sisting of a baso and shaft, the former six feet square at the top and three feet high, and the latter pyramidal, eighteen feet high, four feet square at the base and one foot six inches square at the top. The name "Herndon" was to extend in ' raised letters across the -front of the shaft, and the difte, "September 12, 1857, across the back. The work was performed according to contract, at a cost to the committeo of 81,201, includ ing freight, and in June, 1800, the monu ment was placed where it now stands. Until' that time the academy grounds were not much more than half their pres ent width, and the monument was situa ted on the site of officers quarters that had lately been set back. The widening of the grounds left it about midway across on a slight knoll and in the most favored spot within the gates. There are two other monuments, both of marble, more showy than this,4 and telling in long inscriptions of the valor of the Tripoli heroes and of others who gave up their lives off Vera Cruz, but only Herndon name and the date of his death pay the tribute that inscriptions could not con vey. A low iron railing has been built around the monument, and on each side a young tree is growing. Sympathizing Caller dent. on the Presl How the President enjoys his office is told in a story just out, of a Missouri politician and lawyer, who, in company with a senator from his State, called on the President a day or two ago. Tho western politician, after he had been in troduced to the President, said: "Mr. President, I am very glad to meet you. It is the first time I ever had the pleasure of seeing you; in fact, yon are the first President I ever saw. You look fatigued." "Yes," the President replied, "I am annoyed very much, but the rush will be over pretty soon, I hope. The western statesman then resumed: "I have often heard of you, Mr. Presi dent, as being a very fine ward politician. I presume you would rather be out whooping the boys up than here, being as yon are annoyed beyond measure for office?" i "The President laughed, and said "Yes." f Washington dispatch to N. Y. World. I . r Distressed Mother. A touching story of sheep gathering was recently told me on good authority. " A shepherd lost his large flock on the Scotch moun tains in a fog. . After fruitless search he returned to his cottage, biddine- hid collie find the sheep if she could." The collie, who was near giving birth to her young, understood his orders and disap peared in the mist, not returning for many hours. At last she came in miser able plight, driving before her the last stray sheep, and carrying in her mouth a puppy of her own. She had of necessity left the rest of her litter to perish on the hills, and in the intervals . of their birth the poor beast had per formed her task and driven home the sheep. Her last puppy only, she hail contrived to save. t : If s i f. n