THE INDEPENDENT.
BWBBT SIXTEEN.
Dear little Sadie was "iwert sixteen," .
Vieio( tne softest, sweet blue,- .
ir of the sunniest golden sheen,
Vaee of an angel, fair and tia; .
daintier fairy there never was seen
J bia dear little rtadie at 'tweet sixteen."
Ttio nine wbltfl hand that lay In my own,
'ilnild it pressure, I feel It yet;
ff.njer Ibe mulo ber llpa lnftne,
Kwetet ol voices. I cannot forget ! '
isweettr than warble of song birda, I ween, -auies
low laujnter at "sweet sixteen."
Hometinies 1 feel 'lis dream, I know
iter 'ear tare bending clone to my own;
,i 1 hear in tu twl life bt. soft and low.
-Mr own name called in her sweetest tone;
Tail, unkcne, wbeo sha was sixteen, you see,
v;e you, my boy, 1 waa tblrty-three.
Burlington ilaxtkeye.
WHO IS MY SE1GUD0BI
BY ANSIS A. PRESTON.
"Oh, whut a lovely bunch of pansies!
Is it jiossible they are for me?'' I ex
dnimed, to a tiny, brown-eyed girl who
yliweJ a fragrant lxraqtiet of the goli
Hud pnrplo dewey blooms in a liammook
in wiucu l M-as ltuy swinging under the
hie maple
"Anntie Lee sent them," said the lit
tlo chiltl, "and she hopes the mountain
air will soon make you well, and she's
yonr neighbor down under the hill."
"Who is this neighborly Auntie Lee?"
I asked the woman with whom I board
ed, when next day she came within hear
ing of .bit voice.
"Uu, men, sues sent you some
posies?" replied the talkative Mrs. Evans,
coming briskly from the garden and sit
ting down on the steps of the little porch
no that she might entertain me while she
was shelling the peas, thus "killing tew
birds with one stun," as she said. "I was
a-wonderin' not tew minutes ago how
long 'twould be aforo shed find out
tvbout ye an' send ye suthin', I can't see.
for my part, how she can afford to do as
klio does."
"Why. what does she do?" I asked
"Oh, she says she aimsto be neighbor
ly, and if anybody happens to be sick
anywhere around she sends 'em little
things to eat and flowers to eheer 'em up,
'as sho says, and she always has her knit
ting work in her pocket, and her odd
jobs of knitting, as she calls it, grows out
like tnagie into gloves and mittens and
wristlets, and stockin's that she gives
away." ' ' -
"To her friouda people fully able to
buy them, I suppose?" . .
"Oh dear, no. To poor children and
to olc men and women that I s'pose are
really needy, and that set great store by
her warm and handsome presents, for
her varus are as bright as her flowers.
and I've told my man a good many times
that the color went ball toward makin
her little gift so welcome. An' then she
has so much oomp'nv."
"Rich people from the city, whose 'vis
its she returns?"
"Oh land sakes! no; poor folks that are
tickled almost to death to get an invita
tion to her pleasant little home, -les,
her home is an amazin' pleasant one,
thoneli her man is onlv a uoor mechanic.
She's always a sayin' that she'd rather do
a little good every day as she goes along
than to le a-waitin' tew do some great
thing when she gets able, an' then, per
haps: lose her opportunity and never do
nothin . X told her one day last year,
says I, 'Miss Lee, I should ruther be
puttin' somethin' in the bank for a rainy
day than be givin' away all the time.'
And Bays she, 'Mrs. Evings, that's your
way, and it's a good way. , I don't find
no fault with it, but all these things that
I give away would never get into the
bank, and so yon see they'd be lost, an'
should pas away without ever doin' any
thing for my Master. An I don't want
to go to bed at night without thinkin'
that I have tried that, day to brighten
some fellow-mortal s burden, brought
smile to some face or a streak o' sunshine
... to some heart, if its only givin' a bunch
o posies in the right speret. rf
"And those flowers cost her a good
deal, at first and last, I suppose?" said I
caressing my pansies.
"Oh, 'twould cost me a good deal to
run suh a garden as she does, but Miss
fresh air, sun paths and exercise in her
garden and" Spends htfr time workin' in
there instead of vieitin'. She returns all
her calls by sendin' her compliments
with a bunch o' posies." ' ,
"She hires some one to carry them
alont, I presume?"
"Massy, no. There isn't a child in
the village but would run its legs off for
Auntie Lee," and having finished shell
ing her mess of peas, my talkative little
hostess trotted off about their work again,
saying, as she disappeared through the
doorway,
"It's well enough to be neighborly,
of course; but Miss Lee might see the
time when she'd a wished she had a little
somethin' out at interest."
The Vermont air agreed with me, my
health- gradually improving, and I staid
on and otf, week after week spending a
part of my time, when the weather did
not positively forbid, in my hammock
under the maples.
Asyetlhad not once seen my neigh
bor, Auntie'Lee, but grew to love her on
acconnt of the pretty nosegays that con
tinually found their way from her hand
to mine by one and another of her child
ren messengers.
One night, late in August, there was
a heavy thunder-shower. The sudden
downfall of rain swelled the little river
that skirted our village to a veritable
mountain torrent. A milldam some
miles np the stream had broken away
and the angry Hood came rushing down,
sweeping all before it.
"Auntie Lee's husband's shop is gone,"
shouted my hostess, Mrs. Evans, as alio
knocked at my door in the early morning
after the storm; "and that'sot the worst
on't, for her garden is all washed out
and undermined, so that'll take a pretty
pile o' money to fix it up again. I won
der now ef Miss Lee don't wish she
hadn't been so neighborly, and so had a
little somethin' out at interest," and it
really seemed to me as if the little wom
an was chuckling to herself as she patted
down the stairs. -
In less than half an hour she came
back to my room- with as doleful a look
ing vissage as I ever saw. "Whatever is
a-goin' to become o' me and my man?"
she cried; "and we a-gettin' to be old
folks, tew. Our savin's were all in'the stock
oomp'ny up to Minotsville, in there be
cause they paid more interest than the
bank; we only tuk it out o' the bank a
littlo while ago, an' now. their old mill
has gone clean off, an' they'll all go to
gineral smash and we along with 'em ;"
and this time she went groaning down
the stairs. I could hardly help pitying
the poor woman from the bottom of my
heart.
There was great excitement in the lit
tle village, as a matter of course, but
Auntie Lee was reported to be as "chip
per" as ever. The nosegays came to me
every day as usual, not quite so many
nor so great a variety as formerly, for a
part of the garden had been wasted away,
but enough to give mo an increased ad-
- miration for the sweet old lady who was
no persistent and unwearying in her
neighborly acts of kindness.
..- The next Monday's local newspaper
had this unique notice at the head of the
village items : -
"All who have ever been the recipients
of kindly deeds from Auntie Lee, and
who would like to reciprocate now in
their day of misfortune, are invited to
1 - it ' .
iirmg uieir supper to uaK Urove on
Thursday afternoon at five o'clock, and
talk the matter up over a neighborly cup
of tea." ,
At the time appointed I had a carriage
come to take my hostess and me, and my
basket of cakes and buns f resh from the
bakery, to the beautiful grove. As we
were driven along I was surprised to see
so many people, lunch-basket in hand,
speeding in the same direction.
"Almost every body in town is going,"
said Mrs. Evans, "high an' low, rich an'
poor," ; ' " .
As I was being assisted to a seat, a gen
tle, motherly little woman spread a soft
shawl over the back of the chair intended
for mand quickly folded another shawl
for my lame foot to rest upon.
"This is Auntie Lee," said Mrs Evans,
and the sweet-faced little woman and I
looked into each other's faces with a lit
tle curiosity, perhaps, as well as sympa
thy, and shook hands cordially.
"I don't know what all these good peo
ple are to do with Elijah and me," she
said,- with a smile that was as genial as a
sunbeam, "but the minister would have
us come, and he and; his wife drove
around for us." '
The minister ascended the platform
just then, and after tenderly yet impres
sively invoking the divine blessing, he
looked down benignly upon the faees up
turned to his, and with a touching into
nation of voice asked "Who is my neigh
bor?" He then went on to tell how
Auntie Lee answered that question in
regard to himself .
; "When I first became acquainted with
Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Lee," he saitL ,"I
was finishing my theological Btudies here
in tne village with XJr. Mills, and they
had inst married and settled down in
their littlo house yonder, which they had
inherited. One day I was sent for. to
Teach on trial in the adjoining town of
Luxboro'. My only coat was worn
threadbare, extensively patched, and I
had no way of procuring another. Feel
ing sorely grieved and dispirited, x
started out for a walk, and for the sake
of telling my trouble to some fellow crea
ture, and with no thought of receiving
any aid in the premises, X turned into
Mrs. Lee's house, and read to her the in
vitation I had from Luxboro', and frankly
told her why I could not go at present.
"iieave it to the Xjord, said the good wo
man, and forthwith she proceeded to take
my measure with a piece of tape, uo
home. she continued, 'write your ser
mon and come here again on Saturday
morning. I obeyed. I subsequently
found that the woman had actually taken
a piece of cloth that she had laid by in
the house for a cloak for herself, and,
tailoress as site was by trade, had cut
and made me a coat from it. I preached
my first sermon in it, and shortly re
ceived and accepted mv first call. I
Oh. dear, whispered Auntie Xjee
from her seat by my side, "he's jbaid me
for that coat every New Year's siiice, and
it wasn't much for me to do after all;"
Major Sanford, the richest maij in the
town, was the next to take the stand.
The old people smiled and nodded their
beads, but the young loins looKea at
each other and wondered what he could
be indebted to Auntie Lee for.
When I was a boy," the Mator began,
"I was bound out in H to: a very,
very bad master, from whom x deter
mined to run away X availed myseit
of an opportunity to escape one Satur
day afternoon, when X was sent to uie
pasture to salt the cattle. I caine straight
- . i x ii i ..
over me mountain . io mis piautj.
wanted to cet out of the State as soon as
Sosaible, so came directly to the bridge
own there at the river which is, yon
know, the New Hampshire boundary,
Just after I had stepped upon Vermont
soil. I overtook on the road Mr. and Mrs
Lee. young people then. TheNr had a
basket and a spade, and had been! digging
up wild flowers to transplant in their gar
den. Although an entire stranger, they
accosted me kindly. ; .Noticing that X had
been crying, Mrs. Lee asked; me my
trouble. Before I knew it I ha4 blurted
out the -whole storv. and had been in
vited by her to go home with ilhem and
stay over Sunday. I was, of course, only
too errateful to accept the invitation
After supper we set out the plants.
and then Mr. Le tobk me
with him down ; to the hill to
the bank of the brook, as we called it
then, and into his little machine shop
evinced my fondness for tools, and con
fided to him an invention that had in
crude form long had possession of my
brain. Being a natural mechanic, he
saw the utility of my invention at
glance. The subject was not mentioned
on the morrow, which was a quiet, rest
ful day to me. Mrs. Jjee loaned me
clean linen suit belonging to (her hus
band, and I went to church with them
The next day Mr. Lee went over to H
and made terms with my master, because
Mrs. Lee said she could not allow me to
feel like a runaway. Then Mr. Lee took
me into his employment and gave me
-corner in his shop, where I could, at odd
moments, work at my model. My in
vention proved a success, and , made my
fortune, as you all know. I am thankful,
my dear friends, that I am able to repair
the damage done to the dear little home
stead and to rebuild my old friend's
shop," and Major Sanford sat down,
wiping his eyes with his handkerchief,
while his delighted audience applauded
vociferously.
"Dear heart !" said Auntie Lee to me,
"what was he talking about? He's paid
us over and over, and he's tried and tried
to make Elijah go into partnership with
him, but he would not, and I won't let
him."
Then quickly followed one-minute
speeches by the score.
"They kept me three months when I
was sick and homeless," said one. "I
made their house my home for weeks
when I was out of work," said another.
Ten homeless working girls were mar
ried in their parlor, and went out into
the world with their blessing. There
was a great number of touching little
speeches from those who had received
flowers and delicacies in illness, and
warm garments in time of need.
And so from them all flowed contribu
tions of money, the greatest part of
which was safely placed in bank for the
benefit of the Lees when old age and
failing strength should overtake them.
"Dear me!" said Mrs. Evans to Auntie
Lee, "you've been lendin' to the Lord,
and he pays the best interest- after all. I
never could understand before; but I do
now."
"There are some of us so poor that we
cannot give such as we have. A smile
or a kind word even will come back to
us in kind," said Auntie Lee, and we all
brushed away the tears that we could not
suppress while these touching speeches
were being made, and we went to .our
homes.
Dickens a a Pedestrian.
"Are you a walker?" inquired the
English friend who drove me to the sta
tion from which I was to start for Gad's
Hill, on my first visit to Charles Dickens.
"Pretty fair," I replied, with that Amer
ican confidence in my ability to do any
thing which has made my countrymen
famous. "All right," responded my
friend, with a quizzical glance at the thin
soled gaiters affected by New Yorkers in
1866 a glance which I did not thor
oughly appreciate until forty-eight hours
afterward, in my room at the Gad's Hill
place, when I endeavored to coax those
very gaiters off from my swollen, burn
ing and painful feet. During that inter
val I had met Charles Dickens, and we
had taken one of his walks together.
Professional or amateur, there was never
a more enthusiastic pedestrian than
Dickens. He loved walking for its own
sake; he practised it for its beneficial
efiects upon his health ; he utilized it as
a means of observation ; he preferrod it
to any other means of locomotion; he
found in it rest, recreation and unlimited
enjoyment. To ask you to walk with
him, in town or country, was one of the
highest compliments which lie, who r aid
so few compliments, could offer. Many
are the happy hours, along London
streets and Kochester roads, that
memory now tenderly recalls; but
these pleasures do not obliter
ate the recollection of the exquis
ite pedestrian ! pains that followed
my first walk with Dickens. There was
nothing, except my friend's tentative
question at the station, to prepare me
for the sacrifice. A basket-carriage was
waiting at Gad's-hill station to drive me
to the Dickens mansion io time for din
ner. Next day the host himself drove
me about Cebham park. It was not un
til the second morning, when we had be
come better acquainted, that he proposed
that walk to Rochester , around Roches
ter, through the marches, to Gravesend,
by Chalk .church, that sent me back to
London footsore from unaccustomed ex
ercise, but with head and heart full of
the genial and wise gossip of the great
novelist. "Not quite twenty miles and
back," said Dickens, as we reached Gad's
hill gate, "but good walking for five hours
and a half considering the country."
Considering, too, he might have added,
the stoppages for hearty laughter; the
episodes of flower-gathering and stair
climbing; the visits to roadside hostei
ries, old churchyards and curious, rains;
the talks with tramps, with children and
inquisitive dogs, and the merry accom
paniment of anecdote, reminiscence and
remark, that made each mile a miracle of
delight to one who was, for the first time,
alone with the Dickens of his boyhood's
adoration and his youthful dreams.
Aquatic MontMy and Sporting Gazette,
la Praise of Light Brabmas.
Every variety of fowls has one or more
points of excellence, but by almost uni
versal consent the light Brahma combines
the largest number of good qualities.. A
dozen poultry fanciers may disagree
about the merits of the breed of fowls
they severally prefer, but they will all
unite on the light Brahma as their second
choice. "If fine feathers" alone made
"fine birds," there would be no other
Ugjgiil the poultry yard than the Domr
inione and the silver-spangled namDurg.
- . . . it.
Xf one desires "a cock uiai crows m mo
morn," and a hen that will do a large
amount ol wors in tue- vegeiaoie ami
flower garden, he can not do better than
keep the ordinary barnyard fowls. If a
i p . . it
person Jteeps poultry ior tne purposu ui
witnessing "lively chicken contests," he
will find the game fowls exactly suited
to gratify his desires, lhe Java lowi is
more elegant than the light Brahma, the
black Spanish supports a more lofty
comb, the Xjeghorn produces more eggs,
the buff Cochin will attain a larger size,
the Dorkin will endure more severe
weather without injury, and the Houdan
will aaord more aeiicate nesu. luere
are also breeds that mature earlier, that
are more persistent Bitters, or that re
quire an incubator or a hen of another I
breed to hatch their eggs. In short, that
is a breed of fowls that excels all others
in some desirable characteristic.
For a "general purpose fowl, how
ever, there is none tuat compares wun
the light Brahma. It has a comely form
and good size. It has fine plumage, that
is not liable to injury unless the bird is
confined in close, dirty quarters. When
allowed the run of an open yard or a
small, clean lot, the feathers are not Ua-
. . ' . i , i ml. 1. 'a-
bie to become discolored, xne wuikj
feathers that cover the body of the bird
are relieved by the dark ones about the
neck and on the wings and tail. The
plumage of the light Brahma is not liable
to injury in the coops in which they are
sent to market. It is generally remarked
that chickens of this breed arrive at a dis
tant market in a more presentable condi
tion than those of other varities, and on
this account, if no other, they ordinarily
obtain ready sale. They have no droop
ing tail leathers to be broKen, no large
wattles and combs to be injured during
transportation.
The eggs of the Brahma are of large
size and well shaped. A dozen of them
will weigh more than an equal number
of those produced by hens of almost any
other breed. As winter layers they have
an established reputation. As eggs laid
in winter are worth from two to five
times as much as those dropped during
the spring or summer, the value of the
eggs produced by a Brahma hen is gen
erally greater than of those laid by fowls
that are regarded as better egg pro
ducers. The hens are faithful, but not
persistent, setters. They will rarely
abandon a nest of eggs on which they
have commenced to set. It is compara
tively easy, however, to break up their
desire for setting, when they will return
to laying. As the Brahma hen is heavy,
she is likely to break the eggs of those
breeds which produce thin shells, but
the eggs of her own production are of
sufficient strength to sustain her weight
on the nest.
As mothers, the Brahmas are kind,
affectionate, faithful, watchful and provi
dent. Being peaceable and quiet in
their dispositions, they never engage in
quarrels with other fond mothers who
are rearing families in the same neigh
borhood. Their example in this respect
might Je followed to good advantage by
other birds, as well as by human moth
ers. As Brahmas seldom wander far
from the place set apart for their occu
pancy, their chicks are not liable to be
carried off by hawks or devoured by
small animals. As the body of the
Brahma is heavy and its wings compara
tively small, it is not inclined to attempt
to fly long distances. It is easily fenced
in or fenced out of a yard. It uses its
feet for the purpose of walking upon the
ground, and not for that of scratching it
in pieces. It has respect for flower beds,
in which matter it shows its superiority
over many men. It endures confinement
submissively, but rejoices in the free
dom of the open neid.
In short, the light Brahma is a comely,
useful, respectable and well-behaved
bird in all the walks of life. Its virtues
are many, its faults are few. Apparently,
it does not Know tne meaning oi vice ii
any of its various forms. During a some
what protracted stay in this country it
has endeared itself to thousands in every
State in the Union. It has made many
friends and few enemies. It is a favorite
with persons of all ages and of both
sexes. It has trained its excellent and
wide-spread reputation through merit
alone. It never sounds its own praise
with a loud voice. The male seldom
crows, and when he does it is not in the
tone or manner of the braggart. The
cackle of the female is only loud enough
to inform her owner that a visit to her
nest will not be unrewarded. Among
the gayer and more boisterous birds of
the poultry yard she walks a quiet, mod
est Quaker, conscious that her life is
well spent and that the world is better
for her presence in it.
But the benefits conferred by the light
Brahma fowl do not terminate with
death. Its body is left as a rich legacy
for the living. On the table, at the
market or the mansion, dressed or un
dressed, raw or cooked, plain or garnish
ed, it presents a tempting appearance,
and this appearance is by no means de
ceptive. The flesh is tender, white and
of delicate flavor. The fowl when tol
erably well matured is very plump, the
flesh well supplied with fat.The whole
covered with a skin of rich and most
agreeable color. A few very peculiar
people who delight in the rapid develop
ment peculiar to Young America, who
admire boys who carry a revolver at ten,
and girls who wear long dresses at twelve,
condemn the light Brahma because it
has not a full coat of feathers when it
has been out of the shell but eight weeks,
and because it is not in prime condition
for the gridiron when the first strawber
ries appear. These persons, however,
are chronic grumblers whose complaints
are unworthy of consideration.
The First Sewing Machine in India.
rcbamber's Journal.
In the days when the sewing machine
was in its earliest infancy, a lady residing
in India imported one, and for a long
time 'kept its mysterious workings hid
from the ken of her native tailor. This
functionary was the very slowest of his
proverbially slow "cast, and wasted no
end of time drawling over hem and stitch.
One day his mistress comes to him arm
laden with yards upon yards of dress fab
ric. "Dirzee," says she, "how long will
it take you to run these breadths to
gether?" "Tree days, missis," replies
Dirzee. "Missis, please, plenty too much
work." "Three days? Nonsense! Three
hours, you mean, ,You ore a very lazy
man, and I'll cut your pay. Give me the
stuff; I'll do it myself." Then the lady
retires to her boudoir, from the inner
most penetralia of which a sharp and
continuous click and whirr reaches the
tailor's ears. He can't make out what
the sound is, and is much too lazy to
speculate on it. He continues to "chew
betel," and yawningly to ply needle and
thread. After an hoar or two "Missis"
comes back, and throwing at Mr. Dirzee's
feet the raw material now fastened into a
completed skirt, says: "There! See!
You wanted three days, you sleepy fel
low, to finish t'ais, and I have done it
already." Astonished, Dirzee turns over
the drapery, examines the seems, scrutin
izes the stitch, and satisfies himself that
all is proper and according to tailors'
rule, 'He is confounded. It passes his
understanding. There lies the work done
and no mistake. But how?. He springs
up from the mat on which he had been
squatting; he kicks over the little brass
vessel which holds his drinking water;
he scatters right and left thread, needles,
thimble; he stops not to put on his san
dals or to adjust loosened turban and
waist cloth. Scared and bewildered, he
runs for very life into the bazaar, shout
ing as. he goes along: "Shitan! shitan!
(The EvU one! the Evil one)! He do
tailor business that Mem's house. I
listen I hear! He cry "Cleek, cleek,
cleek!"- Two hours time he neber stop
cry. Den I Plenty too much true dis
word I tell. Ebery bit true. All work
done finished! I not go back to dat
bnngolow." And he never did,
-- . Vi: . : v. V. ..
Smitten with tho Circus Fever.
After the performance was over at the
circus, says a Nevada exchange, a young
man called on Uluamu and said he want
ed to see him on private business. The
veteran took him into his office, and re
ceived him with the usual politeness.
"I came up all the way from Carson to
see the show, and I'd like to join," said
the young man..
"Gh, I see, said the circus man; "you
are a well-formed, healthy-looking young
fellow, and I like to encourage such as
you." The youth's face brightened.
"You don't chew, smoke or drink, I
hope?" ' ;
"Oh, no; honor bright except soda
and beer."
"You must leave off these bad habits.
They weaken the muscles and paralyze
the nerves. You can soon stop drinking,
but your salary will not be large until
you have overcome these tendencies. A
little lemonade circus lemonade is all
the performers drink. Call at 11 o'clock
to-morrow morning and I will see what
I can do. You musn't expect over 50 a
week, though, at first. We never pay
high salaries until we know what a man
can do."
The delightful Carsonite went away;
and next morning was on hand.
Chiaiini took him to a tent where three
immense Bengal tigers were -caged.
Handing him a curry-comb and a pair of
shears, he remarked:
"Your duties will be .comparatively
light at first. You will go into the cage
and curry the tigers down every morn
ing, and about once a week cut their
claws; keep 'em down pretty short, so
that when they attack the tiger-tamers,
Mr. Wilson, they won't lacerate him
much. Sometimes, but not more than
once a month, you may have occasion to
hie their teeth. ou past tnrow me am
mal on his back and hold his head be
tween your knees. If he acts rough, belt
him in the nose a few times. Keep pelt
ing him until he oniets down.
"Haven't you got a vacancy in the art
department? ' asfced the young man irom
Carson.
"Is art in your line?" inquired Chiar
ini. "Yes." drawled the young man. "In
the circuses I have always run with
was employed to print the stripes on the
zebra. I'killed so many tigers keepin'
'em straight that the boss wouldn't let
me handle 'em. He said I used 'em too
rough."
Chiarini swears that the terror from
Carson shall have the first vacancy.
The Australian Exhibitions.
Mr. O. M. Swneer. United States Con
sul General at Melbourne, Australia,
transmits to the Department of Sttte a
very full report of the proposed Xxlii
bitions at Svdnev and Melbourne. The
first opens on the 1st of September, ivtv,
and will close on the 31st of March, 1880.
That at Melbourne opens on the 1st of
October. 1880. and closes on the dist ol
March. 1881. This Exhibition will be
held in the Carlton liardens, comprising
nn area of 65 acres. Nearly ali the leading
European goverments have signified their
intention of being present oy royai com
missionors. All of the Australasian colo
nies have entered heartily into the
enterprise. The English Government
has taken a warm and decided interest in
it. The Prince of Wales and others of
the royal family will visit the Exhibition,
The Duke of Genoa will come out in an
Italian man-of-war. and France and Ger
many will be represented in a similar
manner. The relation which exists be
tween the Sydney and Melbourne exhib
itors is one of eenerons rivalry and cor
dial co-operation. The two cities will
soon be connected by railway. There
are several lines of steamships now ply
ing regularly between tho two places
with low rates for freight. rIhe expense
tt tranBfwrrintr crnndt from Svdnev to
Melboure will be moderate, including
storage. Goods will be received at the
latter exhibition building on tho 1st of
June. 1880.
All the usual facilities accorded at pre
vious international fairs in other conn
tries will be liberally afforded at Mel
bourne. The protection of inventions
capable
secured,
decide
of -war,
of being patented is fully
Should the United States
not to send out a man
it is advisable to ship all
heavy goods in sailing vessels, via the
not later than February. 1880.
Goods from the Pacific slope and parcels
of great value and small bulk may be
shipped via San Francisco by the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, wmen runs
monthly line of steamers from San Fran
cisco to Sydney. Show cases, shelving
beltincr. etc.. may be procured in Mel
bourne at low rates, at the cost of the
exhibitors. Seient ific A merica n.
What Our Boys and Gikls are Read
iso. Sunday Afternoon for .September,
says: the nashy newspapers that are
sold upon the news-stands, and the vile
publications that are hawked about more
secretly, are not, however, the whole of
the mischievous readmit that falls into
the hands of our boys and girls. - Tho
libraries, the public libraries, the Sunday
school libraries, furnish them with a great
deal ol reading that, as they use it, is ex
tiemely hurtful to tliera. The statistics
that our librarians give us, showing the
great excess of novels over all other
classes of books issued to the patrons of
the libraries, give us food for rather dis
couraging reflection. From the Hartford
Public Library one boy took 102 novels
in six menths, and a girl 112 in the same
time. Think of the condition of these
children's minds at the end of such a
carnival of sensations! Even though no
books of positively immoral character are
admitted into the public libraries, it is
clear that the provision of so much men
tal excitement for our young people is
doinj: them great damage. The late con
vention of librarians in Boston discussed
this matter very earnestly and tried to
reach some practical conclusions. One
radical suggestion was that a city or town
has no right to tax the people for the
furnishing of mere amusement to any
body, and that therefore no fiction that is
not clearly educational in its character
should find room upon the shelves of the
public libraries. Another proposition was
that school children (and the restriction
need not be limited to children at school)
should not be allowed to take more than
one story a week. That rule ought to be
immediately adopted and rigidly enforced
in all public libraries. It is simple de
bauchery for any young person to read
more than one novel a week.
Boardino Houses on Wheels. in a
letter just received from a threshing
machine man, who is in active duty in
the harvest field, he discourses as fol
lows: "In the estimation of the ranchers,
we are what we call 'way up,' and have
everything our own way. The cook
house is certainly a great convenience to
all concerned, and I heartily approve of
it; at all times, providing farmers are
willing to pay the difference. It inspires
a man with an abundance of home inde
pendence. It is your own vine and fig
tree, where none dare molest or make
afraid. Here we are at home on the
open plains, and we all enjoy it, I as
sure you," The traveling boarding
house is indeed a great convenience to
the farmer as well as to the thresher, and
in the last few years it has come into use
in many places. It brings many bless
ings to farmers' wives, who used to worry
and lie awake nights thinking how they
would manage to cook for thirty men and
be up in the morning to have breakfast
ready at five o'clock. With this con
venient arrangement, which may lie con
sidered a part of the machine, the far
mer's house is not turned upside down
and inside out: everything goes on as
' usual at the ranch house, and the ma
chine man can feed his men as he choos
es, have meals at his own hours, and em
ploy a cook to snit his own purposes.
The house always stands near the ma
chine, and saves long journeys to meals,
besides being near by to prevent acci
dents, and the men are handy by to do
repairs. So far, the experience with
these cook houses ore favorable, accord
ing to all accounts we have received,
' Tulare Lake, thirty-three by twenty
two miles, has been Jor two years past
gradually drying up. Great wheat
fields cover a great area over which,
three years ago, steamers floated. Cali
fornia fashion, the lake sinks, through
which its waters find outlet into aubter
ranean channels, whose course and des
tination are not traceable. 'Fish abound,
and thousands are continually whirled
away in the vortexes.
Kosciusko' Will.
A Charlottesville, Va., paper has the
following: "Among the records of the
clerk's office of the Circuit Court of this
county there is a document which, from
the notable position the parties con
nected with it have held in the history of
our country, is of interest. The docu
ment in question is the will of Thaddeus
Kosciusko, the Polish patriot, the friend
of liberty and of Jefferson. Thaddeus
Kosciusco was born in the Grand Duchy
or Hiuiciana in lioi. He was sprung of
noble ancestors and inherited a consider
able estate. Early in life he espoused
the cause of civil liberty, and one of the
first acts of his manhood was to break
the fetters of his own serfs. After the
partition of Poland, in 1772, he retired
to Paris and sought in her schools a mil
iary education. It was here that his at
tention was first directed to America, and
the struggle in which the colonists were
then engaged against the mother country
ottered a wide field of usefulness to his
liberty-loving heart. He arrived in this
country in 1775, and in the same year
as appointed by the Colonial Congress
a colonel of engineers. , His services m
the cause of liberty were signal and val
uable. He was ever selected for the
most dangerous and difficult work, and
besides planning the fortifications of va
rious other important forts, the works at
West Point were designed by him and
built under his personal supervision. As
memorial of the valuable services ren
dered in this case, the uadets at West
Point have erected a statue to him
within the fortifications. In 1783, as a
reward for his great services, Congress
bestowed upon him the rank of Briga
dier General, and passed a vote declara
tory of " their high sense of his faithful
and meritorious conduct. Between
Kosciusko and Mr. Jefferson there existed
the warmest friendship and intimacy.
He was a welcome guest at Monticello,
where-he spent some time, and the mu
tual love of these two great men for lib
erty and freedom made their companion
ship highly congenial. With the price
of his sen-ice as a soldier in the American
army, he had purchased American secu
rities, and in these consisted the property
comprised in his testamentary disposi
tion. On the eve of his departure from
this country, in 1798, he made this will
and left it in the possession of Mr. Jefler
son. The ruling passion of his life that of
gaining for his fellow men liberty and
freedom is manifested clearly in this
quaint instrument. It reads as follows :
X, Thaddeus Jiosciusko, being lust on
my departure from America, do hereby
declare and direct that, should I make
no other testamentary disposition of my
property in the United States, I hereby
authorize my mend x nomas jenerson to
employ the whole thereof in purchasing
negroes from among his own or any
others and giving them their liberty in
my name, in giving them an education
in trades or otherwise, and in having
them instructed for their new condition
in their duties of morality, which may
make them good neighbors, good fathers
or mothers, husbands or wives, and in
their duties as citizens, teaching them to
be defenders of their liberty and ooun
try and useful; and I make the said
Thomas Jefferson executor on this 5th
day of May, 1789, T. Kosciusko.
At the bottom of the will is the usual
memorandum of its probate, as of the
12th day of May, 1819, and the memo
randum also contains the statement that
"Mr. Jefferson, the executor therein
named, refuses to take upon himself the
burthen of the execution of the said
will. Teste, John Carr. C. C."
In a letter to an eminent Frenchman,
written about this time, Mr. Jefferson
states that he now "too old to undertake
such an onerous duty, but is striving to
have the philanthropic wishes of the
donor discharged." The probate of the
will gave occasion to a very interesting
correspondence between Mr. Jefferson
and Wm. Wirt, then Attorney-General
of the United States, as to where the will
should be proved. It was decided as Mr,
J. held the evidences of the debts, the
Circuit Court of this county was the
proper forum for its probate.
It nowhere appears whether the pro
visions of the will were carried out or
not. William Wertenbaker, the venera
ble Librarian of the University, was
clerk in the office of the Circuit Court at
the time, and remembers the circum
stances of the recordation of the will
What became of this property is not
known. The securities may have been
worthless, and it is highly probable that
the philanthropic wishes of the donor
were never carried out.
After Kosciusco had assisted our fore
fathers to establish the temple of free
dom he returned to his native land,
where he fought bravely for liberation,
but failing in this he retired to Switzer
land, where he died in loll.
Humor la tne Family.
Good humor is rightly reckoned a most
valuable aid to happy home lire. An
equally good and useful faculty is a sense
of humor, or the capai-itv to have a little
fun alontr with the humdrum cares and
work of life. We all know how it bright
ens things tip generally to have a lively,
witty companion who sees the ridiculous
points of things, and can turn an annoy
ance into an occasion for laughter. It is
a great deal better to laugh over some
domestic mishaps than to cry and to scold
over them. Many homes and lives are
fdull because they are allowed to become
too deeply impressed with a sense of the
cares and responsiDtttiies oi me iu reco-
oirnize its brizht. and especially its mirth
ful side. Into such a household, good but
dull, the advent of a witty, humorous
friend is like sunshine on a cloudy day.
While it is always oppressive to hear per
sons constantly striving to say witty or
imnv thinus. it is comfortable to see
what a briehtener a little fun is to make
an effort to have some at home. It is well
to turn off an impertinent question some
times, and to regard it from an humorous
point of view instead of becoming irrita
te almnt it. "Wife, what is the reason I
can never find a clean shirt ?" exclaimed
a good but rather impatient husband, after
rttmsging ttirougn ait tne wrong uraweru
Xlis wife looted at mm sieauuy ior
moment, half inclined to be provoked
then with a comical look, she said : "1
nAvpr ariiesa conttn drums : I give it up.'
Then ha lauehed. and they both laughed.
and she went and got his shirt, and he
felt ashamed of himself, and kissed her,
and then she felt happy ; so what might
have been an occasion for hard words and
unkind feelings, became just the contrary,
all through tho little vein of humor that
cropped out to the surface. Some children
have a peculiar faculty for giving a hu
morous turn to thintrs when they are
reproved. It does just as well oftentimes
to laugh things off as to scold them;
laughter is better than tears. Let ns
have a little more of it at home. Manw
faclurer and Builder.
Gibls on the Stage. The young
women of Philadelphia never grqw old.
A theatrical manager who advertised for
twenty-five beautiful girls complains that
old women who would pass for his grand
motherand who is not a spring chicken
himself answered the call. These were
women who had capered before the foot
lights for years, and tossed their ringlets
at the front rows for a generation, and
yet they still fancy they are young,
sprightly and beautiful. "I tell you,"
remarked the manager in a confidential
chat with a reporter, "although this may
seem to be an easy way to make a living,
yet I know the life is fraught with hard
ships and spiked with dangers I know
it, and knowing it, act accordingly. Now,
the other day, two young girls called on
Ede pretty little girls, too and wanted
to go on the stage. They were willing
to go at just enough to keep them. : I
took those two little stage-struck girls
aside and talked to them like a Sunday
school Superintedent. They said they
were working in a shirt factory and were
only making 84 50 a week, and could not
get along on their wages. When I found
mat ont I doubled my argument, and I
think I have persauded them that stich
ing shirts at 4 50 a week is better for
mem thou to undertake the hardships of
a life in tights and tinsel. Women get
it bad sometimes. "There is plenty pf
fun with a young man who wants to play
kings and tyrants by casting him for a
policeman m a pantomime, and whang
ing him with stuffed clubs and property
produce. One week of this effects a per
manent cure; but when young women
get it the only thing to do is to talk ear
nestly and honostly to them."
tf I Julian Ctesar the Second. ,
Many persons will be interested, and
many more, perchance, considerably as
tonibhed to learn that an effigy of Julius
Cicsajr has recently been added to the
National Portrait Gallery. The pleasing
circumstance is duly recorded in the
twenty-second annual report of the Trus
tees to the Lords Commissioners of Her
Majesty's .Treasury, and from this in
structive document we likewise learn
that the nation has come into possession
of portraits, among numerous others, of
Lord Bacon, Richard Baxter, Thomas
Britton, the "musical small coal man;"
Geoffrey Chaucer, Archbishop Cranmer,
Oliver Cromwell, the Duke of Cumber
land who is politely styled Hero of Cul
loden in the catalogue Andrew Marvel,
St. Evermond, "Cyclopedia" Rees, Hum
phrey Wanley of the ''Little World
of Wonders;" General Lord Cutts,
popularly known as the "Salamander;"
"La Belle Hamilton," who married
Count de Grammont; Thomas Holcroft,
the dramatist, and Lodowick Maggie ton,
founder of the sect of pietists called
Muggletonians. But how, it may be
asked, did Julius Ctesar obtain admission
to this miscellaneous but eminently dis
tinguished company ? It is a matter of
history that on the 26th of August, B. C.
55, Julius Cffisar, with the infantry of
two legions, cast anchor off the British
coast somewhere between Dover and
Deal. We have all heard how the stand
ard bearer of the tenth legion leaped
with his eagles into the sea, calling on
his comrades to follow him; how there
was a fierce combat on the beach be- ;
tween the Roman invaders and our
ancestors; and how Ctesar, albeit he
gained the struggle, found the ancient
Britons, all naked savages as they were,
remarkable tough customers. Looking
at the season of the year at which this
engagement occurred, Crosar probably
wore the full panoply of a Roman gen
eral, minus only those pantaloons which
were subsequently introduced into the
imperial wardrobe by his nephew, the
chilly and rheumatic Augustus; but at
the first blush it may be somewhat per
plexing to learn from the catalogue al
ready referred that the Julius Ctesar in
the National Portrait Gallery wears "a
tall cap trimmed with white lace receding
from the forehead, and an elaborate laco
ruff." It is added that the countenance
of Julius wears a benevolent expression,
that he was celebrated for his charity, an
eminent antiquary, and was formerly
called Sir Henry Spelman. Mighty
Ctesar was assuredly an eminent
antiquary, and a sedulous collector
of the coins and objects of
vertu of his time in the shape of booty
oi war; and Mark Antony, in the cele
brated funeral oration reported by
Shakspeare, claims for the hero whom
Brutus and company slew, the possession
of many benevolent qualities. He was,
again, called many names during his
time, but the historians mit to inform
us mat he was ever mistaken for Sir
Henry Spelman. Our doubts, however,
may be at once resolved by ascertaining
from further reverence to the catalogue
that the Ctosar in tho National Portrait
Gallery is not Caius Caesar of the Julia
gens, but Sir Julius Ctesar, Master of
Rolls in the reign of King James I. and
lung Charles I., and whose last known
lineal descendent was a Colonel in the
Guards, and one of the many protectors
of X'eg vYofhngton. Jux.
Orchards.
Every farmer should set apart several
acres of his land for fruit growing. He
can make use of the land for various pur
poses while the trees are growing. Indeed
it is probably the better plan to set the
trees so far apart that they will never
meet and overshadow the ground so much
that a crop of some other kind cannot be
raised between them. After all that has
been said and written against raising
croDS in the orchard, the omnion annears
to be that it is better for tho trees and also
for the proprietor, to keep on cultivating
the soil and keep on raising tillage crops
than to lav it down in grass, borne
crops are more suitable for orchards
than others. Hoed crops of any kind
are beneficial, because the soil is kept
in a fine state ot tilth, weeds are ban
ished, and the surface of the soil, being
shaded by crops, retains moisture, which
is grateful to the minute, sponge-like
mouths of the fibrous roots of the fruit
trees. The cost of fruit trees, even of the
Kafit vnrinriiio la fAm wa f t tr& r atviall an)
lbOK IHIIVl(VO tfcj luWU4pni Mill UIIIUII) MUV
the land need not be idle while the trees
are coming to a bearing age, for the
orchard, by proper cultivation, may be
made to produce excellent crops of vari
ous kinds. When an acre of apple trees
is in its prime, it will produce about 400
bushels of fruit, and if these are of the
best variety they will be worth one
dollar a bushel. There will be
windfalls and inferior fruit which
will be of much use feeding hogs
or cattle. Some orchards, it is
true, -produce crops only every second
year, because, having borne a very heavy
crop, they need recuperation. It is a com
mon saying: "One year for wood and one
for fruit," but it is also a well established
fact that, by proper management, such as
judicious pruning, and the application of
special mauures, the trees may be caused
to yield a crop of lruit every year.
Peaches and plums are uncertain fruits;
yet, if precautions are taken, fine crops
may be obtained. If peach trees of the
best varieties are planted in suitable soil,
and in favorable situations, they will bear
almost every year. They do best when
shaded from - the morning sun and
exposed to that of the noon and evening,
as in this case the frozen branches thaw
gradually, and the slender tissues ol
the wood are not fractured by rapidly
thawing after being frozen. The best ol
all the remedies for the curculio is to re
move the soil to the width of three feet
and to the depth of six .inches from
around ' the plum trees, scattering it
thinly over the surface of the orchard or
garden, so that the puptc of the curculio
may be exposed to destruction. This
should be done when the trees commence
to biossom. The cavity around the trees
should be filled with rich muck or com
post. In every large orchard a considera
ble portion should be set apart for grow
ing peaches, plums and pears, as these
fruits find a ready market, and when they
succeed well are very prohtaoio.
' Hallo Yourself 1
Burdett, writing from Canada to the
Burlington llaukeyc, says : One morning
i waiKea out by myself. All along the
marsh roads the farmers were busy mow
ing and turning their hay. A couple of
reguiany ordained tramps, idle and aim
less as myself, and much better acauain-
ted with the road, passed me, and I tagged
along in their lounging wake. Presently
the voice of a farmer came over the sweet
scented meadows :
"Hallo !"
The tramps halted. "Hallo yourself!"
snoutea one oi tnera.
"Do you wont to hire?" veiled the
farmer.
Judge of my astonishment when both
tramps chorused back :
"Yes!"
Well, I thought, they aren't American
tramps anyhow, or they wouldn't disgrace
the profession in this way. But I stood
still to listen and watch, for it was an tin-
UBual sight two tramps going to work
"Then come over here !" yelled the
isrmer, ana tne two ieiipws sprang over
the fence and trudged across the meadow
with the brisk air of men who really
wanted work and meant business. The
farmer stood still, leaning on his pitch
fork, gazing intently at my motionless
figure. Presently his voice broke the
silence once more:
"Don't that other fellow want to hire,
too r ne yeiiea.
The two tramps turned and glanced at
me for my reply. I shook my head sadly
but firmly, and moved on, without wait-,
ing to hear the farmer's muttered com
ments on my laziness. An American may
die, but he never works-
i . 'i - r
A finn art sallerv is to be oeened in
London, the character of which will be
purely dramatic, and the object to bring
together a variety of paintings illustrative
of theatrical art, including portraits of
deceased and living actors. It i intended,
also, that the distinguishing feature of the
collection shall consist solely of contribu
tions from actors and actresses of the
British stage, although a collection of pic
tares by the most talented of our scenic
artists will likewise be added, Moat of
the leading actors aud actrtxsses have al
ready subscribed their uaines in the list
of contributors, .
What military officer is like a man
ust removed from a house? The left
enant,
Sot Yery Funny Items.
A big revolver The world. '
' Tan-bark A terrier's yelp.
Reor-ly too bad Tho mule's
hind
feet. ' .
A bird
on
toast is worth two
on
feather.
It is easier for a rich man to go through
a needless sigh than to sign a subscrip
tion for a new church. Fun duLac lie
porter. A wag who had lent a minister a horse
that had run jaway and thrown the cler
gyman, claimed credit for spreading the
gospel. -
Josh Billings has noticed that the man
who rides on the cars every day is satis
fied with one seat, but he who rides once
a year wants four, ' .: '
Women always claim to be anxious to
have as good husbands as possible, and
yet we never attended a wedding where
the bride married the best man. Boston
Post.
It is said that an old man and bis son,
in Independence county, Ark., have
found $30,000 in silver buried in the
ground, some of which is Spanish coin,
dated 1804.
A party of tourists sought accommoda
tion of a Quakeress in Nantucket. She
said: "I can give thee all board, but
thee must sleep in Coffins." They went
went away hastily.
A boy will fight like fury for his place
at the first table, but when it comes to
turning the grindstone after dinner he s
harder to find than five aces in a deck of
cards. Elmira Gazette.
William Hart, of Cambridge, Mass.,
sat up night after night to read the
Bible, but the more he studied it the
more he was puzzled, and in final des
pair he committed suicide.
Watermelons sell for seventy-five cents
a wagon-load in Kansas, and a State
where the pleasure of stealing water
melons is thus destroyed ought not to at
tract another negro exodus.
A cotemporary asks: " How shall wo
men carry their purses to frustrate the
thieves? Why, carry them empty.
Nothing frustrates a thief more than to
snatch a woman's purse, after following
her half a mile, and then find that it con
tains nothing but a recipe for spiced
peaches and a faded photograph of her
grandmother. jsorrmoicn Herald.
Parties who go out in balloons are re
quested to unload their sand-bags in
homeopathic doses. A citizen recently
stopped a hve-pound bag with bis hat,
and now his hat isn't any good, and his
friends had to dig the sand out of him
before they could get up a respectable
funeral, and the mud ran off the ice and
spoiled the new parlor carpet.
A weary looking individual who was
found lying in the gutter lost night abont
12 o'clock, with his nose buried in thm
earth, said he was "perfeckly shober."
"Merely lookin for the planet Jup hio
Iter, whish the papers say is shplen
didly bright (hie) now at midnight. He
was gathered by a "star, but not the one
he was looking for. Xorrhtoicn Her
ald.
Ismail in Seabch of a Home. For
some weeks past the ex-Khedive has
lived on board his yacht in our port. He
seems to have inspected, one after the
other, all the country seats in the neigh
borhood, and it has several times been
confidently reported that he had actually
struck a bargain for the temporary use
of a villa. One day we heard from a
trustworthy source that he .had offered a
heavy sum to the Conte de Bulzo,
the owner of a large house and
handsome grounds at Capodimonte,
bequeathed to him by Queen Isabella
(whose husband he became after the
death of Francis I., King of the two
Sicilies) ; the next it was asserted that
his Highness was in treaty for two ad
joining villas on the other side of the
same village. Then the magnificent
property at Posilipo, formerly belonging
to the Bourbon Prince Luigi, and sub
sequently inhabited by the Co rate de
Haute, attracted his attention, and
within the lost few days the charm
ing house and ground, well known to
our compatriots as the scene of the
summer hospitalities of the late Lady
btraenna were supposed to have riv
eted his ever-varying fancy. It is, how
ever, now a fact that himself and sons
took up their abode at the Hotel Royal
on the I'zia inst., and the harem was
trans-shipped from the Mahroussa (or
dered home) to another vessel sent ex
pressly from Egypt for their accommo
dation. To-day's journals positively
assert that the ex-royal residence La
Lavorita, at Portici, will, through
the mediation of Count Aghemo,
be put at his Highness's disposal. It
is stated, however, that the palace
will be put in repair and furnished at the
expense of the Italian Government, which
is already in treaty for the recovery of
the land alienated not long ago. One
cannot forbear smiling at a concluding
paragraph in the journal from which 1
gather information. It is gravely an
nounced mat tne ex-iUiedive has ap
plied to the Sultan for permission to land
his harem. ISaples Vorrexjwndence of
"Girls" and "Young Ladles."
I call you a girl, but it is not the fash
ion any more. The girls are gone, and
there is nobody left but young ladies. I
like girls best. There used to be a flock
of Carolines in Lowville, and as fair
flock as ever wore muslin. There were
Caroline Collins, Caroline Northrup.Tar
oline Devan. and ever so manv more.
There were Cornelias, Janes, Elizabeths,
Marys and Paulinas. They were all girls,
and they never scorned the title. Now
they would be Carries, and Nellies, Lizzies,
Mamies, Jennies an Comics, and young
ladies withal, eveiy daughter of them.
Let us not end our names : i "ie." Let
us not forget that affectation is the act of
being a fool according torule. Let us
learn to work worsted cats of impossible
pink, if we must, but let ns know how to
make Indian puddingy and a golden loaf
oi corn bread as well. l,ct us talk trench.
if we can, but let us avoid "slang" as we
would pestilence and famine. Pure and
undefiled English never sounds so music
ally as it does from the unadulterated lips
of a genuine girl. Let us learn the ex
quisite art of keeping young. You read
of Roman ruins. I think 1 have heard
Tyre, Tadmor and Thebes mentioned
once or twice, but there is nothing bo
ancient in all this world as an old dilapi
dated heart. It is everybody's duty,
especially every girl's, to keep young.
Now, to you and your classmates :
Dear glrla, I pray yon read the book of Ruth,
That old love story beautiful truth.
Ol one who Uvea In everlaatlng youth;
And aay with her Truth, "forever thine."
"Thy God my God. and thy people mine!"
Bo shall yoo keepin loving step with time.
And life'a aweel cadence prove a perlect
rhyme.
And when at last the song ! done,
And level ahlnea the dying tan,
Another dawn will anew 1W early light.
And bid Good morn" though you baveaald
Goodnight."
Ben. F. Taylor.
Bismabck and MoLTKE. Prince Bis
marck was present and in the best of
moods. Defeated at the beginning of the
session over the odious muzzle measure,
he has now succeeded in vanquishing his
foes and securing victory on all points.
While the vote was being taken his High
ness sat waiting for the end on the raised
seat occupied by the Federal Council,
full in front of all the House, an arrange
ment which makes the German Parlia
ment like a crowded Court, with the
Judges sitting in banc. The Prince
leans back in his chair, and, throwing
one leg over the other, complacently
slaps the sole of his right foot with his
left hand, or playfully tilts up his sword
and topsy-turvies the papers on the table
before him. And Moltke, who is stand
ing immediately below, seeing mat his
great companion in renown is not em
ployed, mounts the few steps leading to
the Prinee's side his sword hilt becom
ing entangled in the rail and slightly im
peding his ascent to offer his sincere
congratulations on the triumph won.
And for some minutes the two engage in.
an animated conversation, the great
strategist speaking with a fulness and
animation quite unusual in his quiet and
silent nature. -They stand in profile be
fore the Strangers', Gallery and what a
pair of heads! Through a singular freak
of nature, Moltke decidedly looks a di
plomatist and Bismarck a soldier. Ber
lin Letter, .
Charles Sumner used to say that he
had heard Lord Broughman make use of
the wickedest oaths that he ever heard
fall from fe lips of mortal man. This
is doubtless true, but we don't believe
Charles Sumner ever heard a hired girl
quote Shakespeare to a cook stove that
wouldn't draw. ,
Why is an author looking for writing
fluid like a coroner discharging the
duties of his office? Because he is hold
ing an ink quest. '
1879. STATE FAIR. 1879.
REED'S 0PER4 HOUSE.
THE ATTRACrtON AT THIS POPULAR
place of amusement during the eomlng
State fatr will far excel anything of the kind
ever presented at this hon.e during any aimi
lar ocoaaion. being no leas than the appear
ance of Magulre' Hoperb Dramatic Company,
(mm the Baldwin Theatre, Ban rraneleoo.
This irnmenM company la the moat perfect on
the American stage, coin priaing only artlata ot
superior excellence, apeeially selected fortbeir
tuperiorlly io dram alio art - The plays to be
produced will emnrace an we laieat uovriuca,
nut nn the .Lara with entirely new scenery
and mechanical effect., under the auuervialon
of the experienced actor and manager Mr.
John Magulre, the ieaaee of the Portland The
ater. Our readers will do well to avail them
selves ofthta opportunity to enjoy the great
treat which will bepreientedtothem at Reed's
Opera House during the Fair. 80 great a com
pany aa urn can not fan 10 paca me nuuw ki
Iu greatest capacity nightly. A silver cornet
band In uniform will parade the grounds
daily. JOHN MACrUIKK,
rroo. ana nanajrer.
Portland Business Directory
PHYSICIAN AUD SURGEON.
CARPWEI.L, W. B.-8. E. cor. First sod Mor-
rleon. over Morae-. raiaee 01 An.
ATTORMKT-AT-L.AW.
ADAMS, W. H. 9 Dekom'a Bulld'ng, eornrr
Washington ana Finn.
; dentist.
SMITH, DR. E. 0.-167 First street,
Portland.
MB. WALLACE, SECRET DETECTIVE
S and Collector. Buslne. at a dltance
promptly attended to. Cor. 4tu and Salmon.
MONEY
LOANED GOODS BOUGU f-
iTI Produce Sold Account
Coilectrri. T.
A. WOOD A CO., Principal Real Eatate Agent
ramana
TO PKISTKHS.
We nave 300 ponnua ot Brevier in excellent
order which we will aell for 35 con U per pound.
w. u. riLMEK, roniauu.
MC ROSTRVS PAT El T
ELASTIC, FIRE & WTEt?i.C0F
P AI NT I
For Hoofing both on Tin an I Shingles
THE BEST PRESERVATIVE OF TIN AND
shingle roof in the world. Will atoo leaks
nn any roof. We refer by permlaaion to J. P.
uonovan, juiea ivnapp. AltBy A liege le, LK -Utlimittt
Oatman.aod other citiaena of
Portland. The paint will be aupplled by
Hi dge. DhvU A Co., Portland, at 1 60 per gal
lon. Each gallon will e -ver 'i quar tin
and 1 square alitnsie roof but nue oat la nec
earn ry. Full direction nccowp my even pack
axe. All information with resurt to Ike paint
can bo had l y atldreaaiua;
McKINSTRY A ITENDHY,
Portland, Or.
J. JASKULEK,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AND JEWELER,
Xlosebura;. Oregon,
NO MORE USE TO SESD YOUR FISE
Watches to Portland for repairs. A fine
assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spec
tacles and Eye-glasses always on hand.
The only reliable Optosieter in Rosebarg for
the proper adjustment of Spectacles and Eye
glasses, which will preserve add strengthen the
eyesight.
fiAll work warranted.
Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds,
Silver and Plated War,
At Greatly Reduced Prices.
No Failure, No Forced Sale, No Deception.
To make room for a new stock of goods which
I am about to select personally in the East and in
Europe, I offer all articles in my line
At Coat During; September-
Customers are invited to call and inspect, and
be convinced of the good faith of my statement.
J- VAN BEURDEN,
IflS Flrat Street, Portland, Or.
n
NATIONAL
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Prepares for Bnalaieaa
And the practical duties o
life In a systematic course o
instruction In Bookkeeping
Bnainesa Forms, Bnainear
Arltbraetlc.Penmanshtpand
the English Branches. K01
full Information address
De PWtve White, Pnrtlnmi
i
COCCINS & EJEACH,
. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
AVE FULL AND RUBBER
MIXED PAINTS
Doors, Windows and Blinds, Paints, Oils.
Brushes, etc., etc.
No- 65 Front Street, Portland-
sWOon tractors and Dealer are requested
end for our list of prices.
TBEXKItUXX & WOLFF,
MACHINISTS,
And Manufacturers of
Tools for Planing, Holding aud TarnlBir.
Cattle Brands, Iron Hense Work, Iron
Stalling for tVncro, end all kinds
ef Brewi ry Werk made
te erder.
Also Farm Machinery repaired on short notice
Mill Picks made and repaired.
He. 62 and f 4 Prent Street. Portland. Or.
LIME ! UME :
The undersigned having kn appointed agent
iur me ceieDraico.
' EUREKA " SIS UAS USE,
Would respectfully call the attention of dealers
wuirwjHn w tuab uranu oeiore purchasing
elsewhere. We shall endeavor to keep a full sup
ply on hand at all times and at the lowest market
ratea.
WaDB&HS ELLIOTT
OLYMPIA OYSTERS !
I WiLL SELL OLYM PIA OYSTERS AT SI 50
m. per aacr, and will always sell aacneap as
any other dealer in the trade. :
W. 8. FAILIVO,
II and 13 Central Market.
ROCK GO API
The Best Soap r Made
Ask yonr Grocer for it.
M. GJ. NEWBERRY,
123 Front (St Portland, or.
Axent for Oregon and Washington Territory
GEMS! GEMS! GEMS!
G. H. JUDKIKS, ;
Herrleen Street, Bear the Peat OOSee.
PORT1AIB, OftCdoV, v -
Is prepared to furnish St Gama for SO cent;
18 donble-sl d Oemt for 60 cents; 12 card size
for tl 85; BoB-toBf for fl; exit), to frame,
$1 Sb. Children pictures a specialty. U
ADDISON C. GIBBS
A 1 1 orne y fc Co u nselora at Xaw
Portland, ill CregOH.
Rooms 8 an J over First is'attBnal Bank
Particular attention 3peid to business la ths
United btates court.
CLACHAHAS-PAI'ER CO.
Manufacturers and Defers in
PAPER
102 Front Street, Portland, Or-
IN STOCK 1
NEWS PRINT, White and Colored.
BOOK PAPERS, White and Tinted.
XJ JLAT FAPEKS, of all descriptions.
LEDGER PAPERS.
ENVELOPES, of all sizes and onalttiea.
WRITING PAPERS.
CARDBOARD of all kinds.
GLAZED AND PLATED PAPERS.
COLORED MEDIUMS.
MANILA PAPERS.
BUTCHERS' PAPER. .
STRAW PAPER.
PAPER BAGS.
STRAW and BINDERS' BOARDS.
TWINES, Etc., Etc.
Cards Cat to Order.
Agents for Shattuck A Fletcher's
well-Hnown Black and
Colored Inks.
TYtE FOR SALE.
We have several fonts of Job Type
(nearly new), which to -will aell low.
Cases. Galleys, Leads, Rules and
Printers' necessaries generally kept on
hand.
NewspaierB outfitted at list price
freight added.
c
r
T.HR ABOVE 18 A NEW STYLE OF
. hangrr for flower-pota In residences hav
ing Inside blinds where brackets cannot be nsed
For S pota. $2; 4 pots, t i 50. Send 10 eta. for
our GO pace illustrated catalogue of
Ferneries, Aquariums, Lawn
Vases and Ornmenfs.
Over 1C0 different styles, nnflnz In pi fee
from $3 to 2U0 each. All artioios shipped di
rect from the manufactory and tnaraaieed so
arrive In good condition. Call at ouroffioe
113 Morrison street and examine aamplea.
U 3AM DEL,
Sole Agent for Oregon, Washington and Idaho
Farmers Take Uotice t
nfHE OREGON AND WASHINGTON COL---
ony Land Company have superior advanta
ges for selling lands, and persons wishing to self
will do well to consult either or the following
AGENTS t
Harvey Cross, Oregon City, Oregon.
A. Gray, Hubbard, Or.
Samuel Brown, Gervaia, Or.
Wm. H. Holmes, Salem, Or.
George Hunt, Sublimity, Or. t
J. C. Powell, Albany, Or.
Smith & Brass field, Junction, Or.
ThomfMon A Bean, Eugene City, Or.
F. A. Chenowitb, Oorvallis, Or.
B. F. Fuller, MeMinnville, Or.
H. B. Somtuerville, Sheridan. .
W. G. Piper, iLdependenoe, On
Charles Hubbard, Dallas, Or.
T. W. Pittenger, Hillaboro, Or.
Bvron Daniels, Vancouver, W. T.
John S. Baxorth, Pekia, W. T.
James E. Bourn, Walla Walla, W. T.
Albert Howk, Spokane Falls, W. T.
J allies Ruby, Pendleton, Or.
I. N, Munoey, Canyon ville, Or.
If not convenient to consult either of the
above agents, eommut irate in person or by letter
with the head office at Portland, Oregon.
Oregon and Washington Colony Land Co.
Rooms 8 and 9 First Kational Bank B'ldg
WJ.VanSclrajver & Co.
VIIIE AI3D GFOIT
MEHCIIAKT3,
03 Prsatsaanrinttla, Feniand, Or.
:-AGINT3 FOR
Cyrus IToble Distillery,
Lynchburg, Ohio,
. A' hand a large assortment of the fol
lowing UTorite brands of
WlUBKIESi
UNITED WE STAND.
WELLER'8 OLD BOURBON.
CONTINENTAL BOURBON.
OLD HICKORY BOURBON."
OLD COPPEK DISTILLED EYE.
' ALSO
lSd Bomeslle Wines, Braidlrs
Slat, Bbbi. asd an tie Lfdls
Bi aadi ot Elttert and Case Gaodi.
'1 ICHLITI
(fllmer) 1ILW1VIH BUB.
MMURRAY'S
Adjustable Strainer
AND '
CAST IRON STEALER.
Either or Both Fitted to any SIse.
THE STEAMERS WILL SAVE THE
price of themselves in two weeks in soy
family. They can be' used with equal advantage
in boiling, as it is impossible to burn mest or
vegetables to the bottom of your kettle. When
they sre used in steaming, whatever yon are
cooking is inside of the keJtle, thereby setth.
the full benefit of the best. They sre just hat
is wanted in canning fruit. Either the Strainer
or Steamer ran be removed with a knife or fork
when hot, and sre easily feljujtxl lf0 corner
or joints about either that are hard to keep clean.
Mold by Agents tor . TS Cents Back
A genU will call on von shortly. Address
JAMKS Mc.'s-URRAY,
' Port&od, Qr."
JOHN J. SCHILLING S1V8
Patent Ft re, Mmi aad Frost n naiT
ARTIFICIAL RTOIVT?
THE UNDERSIGNED PROPRIFTOB OT
this valuable pateat J the Pact fcCoaat.
5ST?..f"'.fo.' wlk"' en.ars. Boon!!
,i v.-i rrr lit? ? "r5 wyr
OOOO.IUI Iha MrilTnn CVuii- dIITT. j nliMr"5
given and estimate made by mat).
' , - - WWV, . VI ttlftUU.
Terma
CHA8. B. DUiiK iOOF. Propfletor.
d. "w.pheittecs z CO.
MUSIG STORE.
soli agists roa ths
CELEBRATED WEBEFt,
HAINES A BROS.' A.'fD PRAe!5 CO. -8
tiraod, Hqaare and Upribl i-umoa, and r
Katey and standard Organ i.
lest, fares StmMrsfUsBS ZSvegea