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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1886)
ELECTRICITY. Spirit tit tlio morning rnv. IVrr.ntj over KnMcrn liHK Wn-re 1 lie lurk' tlltlie imimlelny Thrills tlm ro.r' n-cnteil fjirii) ;--SI'Tit of tlio tnornlin: ray; iJbt, thine essence I11N. prmon of tlie tvli!illn;r t lowl, Wlirn ifd llu'litnlnm Hy, AVlicli the ftnrdv (Mil: Islxtu wl. And tlio ttlM nlglit mourn? nlotitl, In thy u lulling clinrlfil-elontl Death mid llitlit drive by. Afd thy incpcneo lightly prliiss Where, Mile Ieo-cnlVlniiii, ' "Where tlie welnl An mm Mux '(inlnpt (lie nk lier llamlnir tvlnirs Through long twllllil'it gloom. fn the lnnpuM wintlicrn moon's i-I'ver h am, II1011 tl!l ilnd hide, A here tlif lore-lorn nlplit bird croons 'lo llic lotti", on tin- lido 01 slow tropical lagoon. Willi llio cnotne tlimi llct flccnln;: Jn Kill t Ii'm tjmrry onvcrim old, (Veined llilck ivllli lrgin gold). And thy lingers hit If t unfold lolet ondu, ttlicii otor tin mold AurU'o cioudtil f ky I it weeping. Through tlie blue, bright mas of nlr Pitying m end tialcli tlieo Hying To nsswige hoiiiii heart's ilesimlr With Love's ines.'nge from'lhc dying'. Or, through Micll plroun colonnades I-'nr beneath old Ocean's tides, Where the Marllcil. fh mermaids Wieathe Willi pearls tlielr Miltilng hralds, S.vlft thy fcnlilli! preteni u glllo. There Tinth N'nture rfiimn nil iiiikmIs: Thoti dost Unott her Mnr-strottu places, Sim '.lorMs, arid bleak fiillllides When; etennil ilnrknc hrooih O'er Illimitable space. Thou has "ern life upnard climb, Kroiu tlio Una faint (-park eternal To tho prophet's chant roilillnio; Chaos knew thy force Mipcrual Aeons ore the bit Hi of Time. Atxi Katharine Vttijip, in the Current. THE COIINfi R03I.K. Thoro'a tho cottage at Harlem," Nell Raid, in a timid tone, as if she half expected to he annihilated for the Miggcstion. "Good gracious, Noll!" Fannie cried. "There's Hid coal cellar," said Aunt Sue, imitating Nell's voice lo porfoc lion. Hut tho touch of sarcasm roused the exceedingly small pttili. tic spirit Noll possessed. "1 don't consider the suggestions parallel at all," she said, blushing little. "1 know tho cottage is very small, bnt It in habitable."' "Habitable!" erietl Fannie. "Von couldn't swing a eat in tho whole houso!" "Wo will let the cats exist, without (-.winging, then," said Nell, stoutly "fseo Iierel Wo can I live hero any longer?" "No," Aunt Sue answered rue fully, "not for the present, at any rate." "Our worthy guardian having ah- condcd with all tho proporty he held In trust from our father, ineludin vour $'.'0,000, Aunt Sue, wo must look for some means of existence more humble than this big house and ;''000 a year income." "Oh, Nell!" and hero Fannin's blue eyes overflowed, "how could hoi1" "1 can't toll, mv dear sister; but. lie did. That's the important question. Now, as wo can't pay tho rent of this houso any longer, I propose wo take possession of tho little cottage at Har lem that we own, hirnish it nut of this house, sell tho tables and chairs re mefnlng over, and look out lor some work. 1 suppose we can do (some thing," she added, doubtfully. Something of Nell s courage inspired Aunt hue, lor she suddenly straightened up and said: "Heforo llrnthor James, vour father. my dears, made money ami took me to his home, (iod bless him! I had to work for my bread. 1 made caps, and 1 could teach vou girls now." "Millinery?1' said Fannie. 'No; cups for the army and navy, and boys wore them then, too; more than they do now." "We'll decide about that later." said Nell, seeing l'liunio s face fall again, but now wo must go over and see about tho house How much money have you got. Aunt Sue?" "Ninety-feven dollars." "And you, Fannie?" 'Two dollars and sixty-live cents," paid Fannie, after deliberately counting the contents of her poitemonnaie. "And 1 have over-'O. Quite enough to move, j on see, independent of tho sale of tho furn, lure. We don't owe a cent; that's n blessing. 1 will take lane over this morning and set her to cleaning, If you will see about the car pets and furniture; decide what is bust to lake, I mean." "Vou and Aunt .Sue arrange it," Fiinulosald, wearily, leaving tho mom. "Poor Fan!" Nell mi d, her whole tone of voice changing, as she looked afler her sister. "It is harder for her (hau anybody." "I don't see why," said Aunt Sue, ralhcr sharply; "she has gone about looking like a ghost ever since that old scamp Norris ran oil', but 1 am sure ho tool; vour money and mine as well as hers." "Oh, Aunt Sue. are vou blind? Don't vou sou that Mr. Norris is Fred's father, and Krod, has also mysteriously vanished; and, oh, didn't you see long auo that Fred was In lovo with poor Fan, and her great blue eyes brighten cd for him as they did for no fine else?" "I novor thought of that. Fan novor said u word." "How could she? l'red, never ac tually proposed to her, hut ho surely, mi rely wanted to, and so intended," "I'd liko to hang Ins father." And after this ouorgotlu declaration Aunt Suo joined Noll in a ramhlo over thu house, deciding upon tho host dis position of tho handfomo appointments Many a hotirt-wronoh went with tho decisions lo soil objects endeared by years of associations but too largo or handsome for tho tmy homo they pro posed to occupy. Fannie helped by Ills and starts, but, as Noll surmised.' tho girl had u hoiirlauho to carry that far surpassed tho pain of puoinikQy lots or change of fortune. She was a tall, stood, r blonde, vcrv pretty, and of a gentle, lov.ng d spo sition, nov-r poisosing tic energy of brown-eyed Nell, whose beaut v was not nearly so great but who made up for a snub no-o and a lug mouth in the sunny disposition and :i ijii.uk viv.-ic.U that was very attractive. Fred. NorrN, the son of the KUardi an who had so foully betrayed Hie trust of the girls' dead father, "hail brought his liainNomc face and winning man ners often to lite hoiisj over which M fn Susan Dorrimer presided, and had li ft no power of persuasion untried in his endeavor to win protlv Fiinnic' lb-art. He was partner in his father's law of lice, whin ng his own w:iv to fortune, and no thought of the blonde's patri mony tempted him. It was pure, true love" that softened his voice for Fan nie's ear. shone in his etes when they rested upon her and brought him often to her s cle. And the love he coveted was givon him, thoti!li no words had vet been spoken, when Herbert Not ris suddenly lied, and twenty-four hours later Ins son was aKo missing. Jt was a blessing, Nell said, that they chose the spring weather for their jour ney, as the cottage in Harlem was cer tainly not tempi ng. as it stood, for a winter residence. It made a largo hole in the money realized from the sales of the furniture to put the old house in repair, it having been empty for a long time. And eeu when it, was newly painted and papered and brightened by the prettiest of furniture it looked very narrow and poor, contrasted with the homo whero tho girls luul lived from childhood. The piano had to stand all askew to fit it at ail in the little parlor, and tho easy chairs and lounges looked ail out of proportion. But Nell work ed busily, and gradually tlio "Hitting" becanie a frolic; and oven Fannie was interested in wedging bureaus into im possible recesses ami finding accommo nation for the contents of the great vans at, Hie door. "dust imagine, wis have a snare room, cried acII gloelullv ; "here is Aunt Sue's, hero ours, hero one for servant, it wo ever again indulge in such a luxury, and hero a magnificent apartment, handsomely furnished, to let : ah i lie riiiiinsii and iriuiKs can go to the attic or loft, or whatever vou choose to call the sky parlor, dining room, pantry and kitchen! Fan, seri ously, 1 like it. It is ours, that is one good thing, and wo can have lots of fun cooking and cleaning." "Fun !" said Fan, dolefully. "ics. fun! Come, J m going to give Jano her wages, now wo arc all lixod nieelv, and o will get dinner Ain't you glad now we learned to cook at Uncle Koilnoy s.' How we hated it? I an sighed over the memory of two years spent with their mother's brother on a cozy iNew r.ngland farm, whin their father was in hurono trying lo bring health back to his wife, who died under Italian skies. Hut Nell would not let her mope, and the summer days were coming to make the cottage gar den a new Interest, and a long walk to tlie boat or ears only a pleasant country stroii. i nero was a nine inonev lo nut m the bank for a rainy day, when Aunt Sue obtained employment at her old trade and the girls undertook cmbroidurv for a large dry goods establishment. June had conic, when one morning Aunt Suo received a letter asking her to take : hoarder. "A boarder!" cried Kaniiio, aghast "the man is crazy!" For tlie letter was signed "John Harris." So it was a man. 'He is an invalid, and wants per fect (piiet in a private family. Ho of fers 10 a week. Fan." "And he'll bo .?.'!) Worth of bother. Just imagine a sick man to fuss over." "Ten dollars a week," said practical Nell. "It would m arly keep tho table for all of us." Diseusiod in all its bearing, tho pro posal was finally admit ted to have its advantages. The old family physician was given by the writer for reference. and there was tlio snare room "fa rlv yawning witli emptiness," Nell said. so .Minn Harris was graciously ner- niitteu to tauo up his summer residence in llio little cottage, lie was a white haired old gentleman, who stooped badly, and had large, soft eyes, as blue ii" i auino m iitvii. I'lom mo uay oi ins i i. .i i .. . arrival his devotion to Aunt Sue was so marked as to excite the mischievous raillery of the girls, in spite of the lit tle old maid's blushes and protesta tions. Was Aunt Suo in the summer house. stitching upon her caps, John Harris was sure to lie found, reading aloud the interesting portions of the dally news paper. as she m the kitchen stirrinir cake or rolling pie-crust, John Harris was certainly leaning against the win dow-sill, making sage remarks upon tho beans or tomatoes in the wee vege table garden. Did Aunt Suo remark her love for a llowor. behold the next day a wagon from town with a whole garden ready to bo transferred to the soil of Harlem, under John Harris' directions. He was vcrv kind lo tho girls, but their youthful charms ovi- denllv faded before Aunt Suc'.s mature ones. It was a pleasant Milliliter, in suite of Fan's heart-slekness and tho many pri vations that were now a duty. Poverty Rad not bitten deeply into the nest-egg at the bank, thanks'to the supply of work and the board of John Harris. Upon the plea of poor appetite this in valid was constantly sending orders to tho city for supplies of dainties for the table that aided materially in lessening mo euunary expenses, anil he set the iris to embroider inr such a, id o of handkerchiefs with initial letters lhat Nell declared he could never want an other if ho spent the remainder of his existence blowing his nose. He liked carriasro exorcise and hated to bo alone. ( ho Kent an onen barouche at tho livorv stable, and the whole four rodo ove'rv pleasant duv along tho country roads. Ho insisted that a servant was needed for Ids multitudinous wants and Jane was reinstated, to her own profound satis. faction. Hut the urowning act of kindness cniuo when the Ootober winds were swooping round tho little cottage and u lire in tho sluing room rate looked cheery and homelike, Tho Dorri- mors were oxiieollng everv dav to loar Mr. Harris niiuouitce Ids inten tion of rctnrn'ng lo the city; but he lingered dat after day, as if loth to leave the cottage. One Mustering day, when ho had been In the city sinco early morning, ho caino homo after dusk." Nell thought there were two pa rs of feet on the stairwav, but concluded she must have been mis taken when Mr. Harris enter d the sitting room alone. 1'annio was sit t ng near tho w ndow, and the old man took a seat very near as he said: "I heard some news in town to dav." Fvervbody looked interested. Herbert Norris d cd n Hngland two months ago. Dr. CJarner was toll ing mo about it. Ho has n son, n no ble fellow, who left llio c ty after he did to try to find him and persuade him to restore the monct ho had taken. Hut when he did find him he ascertain ed that ho had taken nothing! Tim money, his own, trust funds, every thing, was invested in unfortunate speculations, and it was to nvo d ruin and disgrace the man lied. II s son stayed by him, working for linn, striv ing to mr.kc him return and face tho consenuences of his imprudence, but his heart was broken, and he died. uied in poverty ami gnei: nut h s son came home to face the bi scry and disgrace from which Ids father lied. Ho brought his clear bra'n anil legal knowledge to bear upon tlie coinpl ca tions, and he has succeeded in getting all'airs into training. It may bo mouths before there is any result, but l'red. Norris faces tlio world to-day as an honest man. free from any complicity in his father's disgrace. Hut ho is vert- sad, very lonely. 1 Hunk if he had a few loving words to cheer him on, tlio thought Hint he had not alto gether forfeited a love ho strove hard to win, the hope that success in the fu ture might mean a wife's love, a happy home, ho why Fan!" For Fan had risen from her scat, her cheeks glowing, her eyes radiant. "Where is he?" sho'said softly. "in my room. 1 will call him down." Hut l'red. lingered in tho hall till Fan. went out, softly closing tho door. They came in presently together, and Aunt Sue. anil Nell gave the young man a cordial welcome. When they were all seated again John Harris said suddciily: "Miss Dorrimer. had you ever a brother John, who went to Calilornia many years ago --a scapegrace boy, who deserted homo and friends in a spell of gold lever, and never came homo again?" "I had a brother John," Susan an swered softly, "who was very dear to inc. lie went to California, but ho wrote now and then." "Vou know nothing of him now?" "I wrote lo h.ni last spring, but I think lie never got t!.c letter." "Why?" "Hoeaiise I- (tho girls did not know) I told him of our trouble (it was so hard for the girls to loose every thing, j on see), and I am sure ho would have answered if ho had received the letter." "Is he rich?" "I don't know." Hut I do. and I will tell you. For years and ears ill-luck crossed him everywhere. He made money by dig ging and was robbed. He grew r.ch in business and was burned out. When ever prosperity came misfortune follow ed close at its heels. So he was asham ed lo wr.te home and record his fail ures, hoping at some time to have a (lill'erent tale to tell. lie was right. The tide turned and he made a fortune. i good round sum. safelv invested. Then he heard of trouble at home and ho thought how pleasant it would be to have a home, llaeheloras ho was, he craed home-love and life. lie thought tenderly of the blue-eed sifter he had left, a slip of a girl, of the nieces he had never seen. bo ho ar ranged his business and caino to New l ork. lie took one man into his confidence--his brother's ojd physician he caino out to the humble cottage Hero the speaker was interrupted, Sue was in his arms, sobbing: "To think 1 never know you!" Nell was executing a species of war dance around tho at m chair in which John Dorr, nier sat, and Fan was bend ing over tho wh le head, her hand .solt K caressing the snowv locks. Heforo tlie winter came they wero all in the old homo again, the cot tauo being by unanimous vote rota ned for a summer residence, when the now year ran was dawned. - married i It kugo AViev. Hud to Nominate Himself. "If a man is in polities in Chicago," said a veteran worker on Friday, "and wants a tiling done he had better do it himself. When wo were down at .Springfield at the State convention, 1 had an agreement with a man on the West Side that 1 would nominate him for a iiioiuber-at-largo of the State committee and ho was to nominate me. After 1 had nominated him accord ng to the programme and my ward wa called in its order ho went back on me, and I had to nominate mtsolf. It's rather awkward for a fellow to nom inate himself for an otllco, or to veto for himself, but there are t.ines when the best of us have to do it." Chi- cwjo Inler-Occan. She Was Kelinble A female of an uncertain ago was asked by a comus taker "How old are you, madam?" "Thirty years," she replied. 'That's what you told mo last census, ten vears ago. "Well, I'm not one of those kind of women w ho toll one story one lime and another story another. Teautt Sijl- llli. A Pitf.zlejl Widower. Young Man: "I want to ask you a quest Ion. "Widower: "All right, ask away." Y. M.: "You have boon married three times, tell mo which wife did you ove mostr W.: "You bite throu sour applus, nne alter another, ami thou tell mo whloh Is llm bweti6t," 2rw iugs. otf, i JS'i PERPETUAL MOTION. A Drrnm of sciolism nml Xot of Science A Hobby of Harmless ( rniilCN. Scieneo has made progress chielly be cause the majority of men are so con stituted as to bo capable of lealiz ng the force of di monstrat'on, remarks The A'o) York. Tribune. Were noi this perceptive faculty general the world migth still bo disputing as to what two and two make when added together, and there would have been no consen sus of opinion upon am- of these gen eralizations from experience which wo call natural laws. Hut while most men arc able to realize demonstrations there are some always who do not pes seas this power, and these peculiar peo ple furnish the paradoxes, as Prof. Do Morgan ued to si vie them: tlio cranks, "as they arocommonlv termed There are manv who become convinced that the circle can be squared, and who are fascinated he the alurenients of perpetual mot on, or seek w tli childlike faith tlio philosopher's stono, To-day the quest of tho last-named il liision has nearlv ceased, but the circle- squarcr still nourish and make life wearv for mathematicians and the sec retaries of learned societies, while the enthusiasts who are sure they have solved the problem of perpetual motion continue to be numerous and confident. and say and write bitter th ngs about the hide-bound men of science who re fuse lo hear of the d scoverv of new laws of nature and niechan'cs. The last paradoxcr lo discover per pjtual motion has jut been revealed in Spri'iglield ().. bv The (It. c-Itcpttb-lie at that town. He is a Frenchman of venerable veaiv, but full of tiro and of course, qtiitn certain that he has dono the trick. Unfortunately an accident has happened to some part of the ma chinery, so that a conclusive demon stration can not yet be given. The (ilnbc- lle))iij)lic amply sets forth the in ventor's belief in tlio" genuineness of tho discovery, and therewith prints tho opinion of scientific authorities upon the problem, it is hardly correct, how ever, to speak, as our esteemed contem porary does, of perpetual motion as a "dream of science." It is in truth a dream of sciolism, not ot science. Science knows and has long known, that the problem is insoluble in prac tice, and the reasons for this conclusion are at once so simple and so conclusive that a remarkable degree of cranki ness is needed for the creation anil maintenance of a belief in the possibil ity of success. If a man should appear who declared that he had solved tho problem of carrying himself in a bask et, il is doubtful whether tho most con firmed perpetual-motion crank would give in his adhesion to the .statement. Hut perpetual motion isho elleet iden tical with carrying one's self in a asket. No doubt seekingporpetiial motion is in iiuiocenl way of wasting time, com paratively speaking. It is decidedly a better way than making dynamite bombs, for instance. Tho Springfield Frenchman certainly has not discovered perpetual moiion, for perpetual million : i ...,.:i,:it, .. 'v.. :... i.... i... i-iin iiums;,jtfiuli, in iiiLiuiiui; iii;itlll mav lia e done so is to assert that action and reaction may possibly not beenual: mil so on, indefinitely; and this is non sense. No doubt the poor Frenchman has derived a great deal of pleasure and .satisfaction from li s hobby, and no doubt he will go on tinkering with it to the end ot the chapter, lor jmra- doxcrs ot hi.; kind are utterly incapa ble ot being set right, as is obvious when one considers that their peculiar mental condition d. sables them from th nking in straight lines. Probably time will never come when there will bo no cranks of this harmless eharae tor, and they are interesting studies so long as they are presented for what they really are. Four (treat Iiealists. j-our realistic novelists ot genius, two of our greatest painters of lower life, and several of our best writers in niiddle-ohuss comedy, nourished almost contemporaneously. Tlie co ncidencc is sutliciently striking to suggest, an in tercsting topic ot discussion, isut, so far as tlio modern novel is concerned, a remarkable combination of circum stances favored its growth. Civiliza tion was descending, and, as facilities of coiuinunieaton increased, spread from town to the country; the middle classes, who since tlio Revolution had become social factoiv, wero eager to hear about themselves; in a peaceful country, where wealth rapidly accumu lated, there grew up a miscellaneous reading public; a new mode of ex pression was required for a ehangod form of society; prose was most eon genial to tho taste of the ago, and a good prose stylo had been lately per teeted. Ill .success in other directions turned the attention of two men of ge nius to the novel; Fielding and Smol lett, I. ike Cervantes and LeSage, failed as dramatists before they exlored the fresh field wh eh was opened for the display of their powers. As the now weapon was perfected, its width of range became more and more apparent. Life everywhere at every period, human nature in its most varied aspects, well within its sphere. With extraordinary rapidity novelists annexed field afte't field; to De Foe's realism of fact was laid Kiehardson s realism of character: to the rich and aried pictures of real life which Fielding and Smollett painted, were added Sterne's subtle analysis o lighter. -hades of feeling and (iold.s'niith's domestic idyls; by her sketches of so ciety Miss Hnrnev opened out a sphere in wh oh women w riters have peculiar ly excelled; lately, llio romantic- school spread out before tho eyes of tholi leaders an, ever-widening rango of his torical fiction and novels of incident ot of passion. As puiutors of tho man ners, satirists of follios.or censors of the morals of mankind, novelists usiirnod the functions of the Add sonian essay ists and tho Johnsonian moralist. Ex cept during tho br llinut reign of I'oote, they encroached upon tho domain of the drama. Mure technical skill is required for the stage, while drnmntints nru ex eluded from many sources of interusl ...I. I.. I. 11.... 1 an iiikii imiisiim. nit eiupiov. mt Quarterly lteuietc. ' CASTLE GARDEN'S SAGE. A Mnn XVIio Hum ltocolc(l Immi grant i for J'orty "Vciirn i nsts mi JCye Over the Taut tr llio ISlircau. Persons who visit Castle Garden arc likely to have their attention attracted by the appearance and demeanor of a venerable man whoso history is coeval ' w th that of the board of emigration itself. The other clerks in the bureau for information look chipper and natty in their blue uniforms, but the old man ;lresse. in sombre broadcloth and wears a tilo that was popular in Robert Km met's t me and suggests stiongly tho 17th of March. James O Callaghan has advanced far into tho last quarter of a century of existence, and he has been in the ser vice of tlio commissioners of emigra tion since tho board was organized in 1817. He claims to havo held ollice continuously for a longer period than any clerk now in the public service, and lie says that during these forty years ho has never had a vacation, ho has never been a witness in a court of justice, and has never been called upon lo substan tiate his allegations by nllidavil. He is clean shaven, has bright, clear-cut features, and looks as young as a man twenty ears Ids junior. li s memory is clear,' although ho is a little uncer tain as to dates. "You have seen a good deal of tho .lark side of life in vour time?" sug gested the reporter as the. actogenariaa took a seat in a pensive mood. Yes, and a good deal that was bright and cheerful, too," he respond ed. "Wonders have been done for tho immigrant since tiie state took the mat ter in hand. Vou are conversant witlt the busi ness ot the board since it was organ ized?" 1 have served steadily under everv board that has held olllee since the or- ;nn zatiou, on May o, 1817. All the orgiiial commissioners, with their clerks and attendants, have passed iway, and I am now the last rose of summer left blooming alone. I can re member distinctly the enthusiasm with which Mayor llaveineyer, who was the 'irst president, entered on the duties of his ollice. The immigrants in those days wore looked upon as the lawful prey of .shipping agents, bonrding-hou.se runners, and miscreants who grow rich in the dishonor of unprotected females. I'ho board had to light an organized horde of land-sharks, well sk lied in their trade, amply provided with money. Tlio breaking up of the pow erful r ng that, existed forty years ago s due mainly to the labors ot Mich men is llavcmever, liiihan t . erplanek, Charles H. Marshall, Gregory Dillon, Robert H. Mintiirn, Ctrus Curtiss, George W. Hlunt, Ambrose C. Kings- ami, Capt. MeArdle, John A. Kennedy, Andrew Carngan, and Kl jali F. Purdv, who was known as the 'Old War Horse.' The board was established not a day too oon, for just at that tunc several causes combined to swell the tide of immigration to these shores to enor mous proportions." 'What were tlie-e causes? "The first Irish fain no of 181(5; the d'scontent and signs of revolution in Germany about the same time; tho stir made in the rast by the Mexican war, and finally the gold fever, which broke out in California immediately after ward. Prior to IS 1.1 immigrat'on was comparatively small, but during the years from IS 1.1 to 1S.11 Ireland sent hero over 1, ,1(1(1,111)0 of people, and Ger many nearly l.'.MO.OOO. For the first seven or eight years after the board's existence Ireland sent more 'mm grants than any other country. Then Ger many took tho ascendant and main tained it up to the breaking out of the war. when Ireland came to the front once more. Since the war tho Ger mans have been coming more numer ously than ever before, and ollieial figures ind cato that the total imniigra 1 on from Germany exceeds that from Ireland considerably over half a in 1 I on, the arrivals from tlie two countries since tlio board was organized being, in round numbers. (I.OOII.UOU." "How does ocean emigrant travel compare now from a sanitary point of view with what it formerly was?" "Since tlie great .steamship lines have been established travel across tho ocean has lost nearly all its terrors. It was d ll'erent when the unfortunate emigrant engaged a bunk in the hold of a packet ship. Now the voyage is made in eight or ten days then'it took six or eight weeks. Tim steamship lines feed their passengers, while tho packets supplied onlv water, and w retches who happened to bo unpro vided with sufiiciciit food or cooking utensils wero committed to a watery grave after perishing trout starvation. Ship fever, cholera, and small pox wero to be found aboard almost every ship. During tlie first year of the oxistento of tlio board twenty thousand persons perished in tlie hospitals on Staten island and Ward's h-lnnd from diseases contracted at sea. For some vears afterward the deaths at sea numbered nearly two thousand. It was coolly calculated when a ship weighed anchor in the Mersey that per cent, ot the passengers would never live to see Sandy Hook." "Under what llag did the packet diips sail?" More than half the trallie was con lueted in American bottoms, and 1'ng- land took the next place. Tho princi pal American lines were Tapscot's, Collins & Co.. Charles H. Marshall Co.. and the Hlack Hall Hue. Williams t& Onion represented the heaviest JCng- Itsh interests, uio cost of passage without food or bedding was usually 5 st limg, and the unfortunate people were huddled together like negroes in slave-ship." "How do the immigrants of the pres ent day compare with thoio of fortv tears ago?" "Those now arriving are far more in telligent, more solk-r. mid more eleanlv. and near? all of them have definite plans and are provided with more or loss menus." "Your board hn moved its bond- quarters froiii time to time? ' "Nell. yes. at periodical intervals: hut I think its moving days are now snftM. its first otllco was in Uio old nluishomo in City Hall park. It uoxt took quarters in Franklyn street, below ; Church; its third abiding place was in the basement of the city hall, and after the fire in that buildingcluringtho cablo I celebration, in 1S5S, it took temporary possession of an old church at No. 81 Anthonv street (now Worth), which was lilted up for its use ponding nego tiations to obtain possession of Castle Garden, where it moved shortly after ward." "Was there not some opposition to tho leasing of Castle Garden to tho emigration commissioners?" "There was opposition of tho most bitter kind which nearly culminated in bloodshed. For many years tho gar den had been the favorite place of amusement for the wealthier cla-ss of citizens and some people of over-nice sensibilities thought it looked liko des ecration to give it over to tho immi grant. The potentates nnd grandees of Europe had been accorded tho free dom of tho city within tho gorgeous amphitheater, and its roof had echoed the voices of such men as Lafayette. Kossuth, Thackcrav, Rachel. Jenny Lind, Catharine Hayes, Hosio. Grisi, and Sonntag. When tho commis s;ouer.s took possession an angry throng of 1,00d men patroled the river and the moat in boats, and there were 10,000 ashore. They threatened to burn down the building, and a force of LMO aimed policemen were kept on du ty two weeks to protect it- Police Su perintendent Kennedy narrowly escap ed assassination.'' An olliecr attached to tho department informed the reporter that tho old vet eran was recently rewarded for his long term of service by having his sal ary cut down from $50 to $10 a month. Xcw York Mail and Jlxprcss. A Giraffe's Memory. The funniest thing I over saw or heard of in connection with the memo ry of animals happened ono year when I was out west with a traveling meting eric. You've heard, of course, how el ephants will remember an insult twenty years, some say longer. Well, this lit tle incident concerned agirafle and gi raffes, are not generally credited with much sense, anyway, to say nothing of memory. Hut this, one showed a groat deal of the latter quality, anyway. Wo had got as far as Rock Island. 111., w here we had to cross the Mississippi on an old ferry, that being boforo tho big government bridge was built there. Everything went all right until wocatno to this giraffe. Ho wouldn't go on tho ferry. Coaxing, scaring, pushing, beat ing did no good, lie simply lay down on the river bank and "would not. budge. While 1 was working over liini the ferry made another trip. When she came back up gets Mr. Giraffe asi spry as you please the first time I urged him and inarched straight on lo the fer ry. Several people who had been on the boat tho tlip before a-ul soon the gi rall'e's queer capers on the other side of the river were waiting to see what kind of luck I had. Well, the boat was fifty feet or so from the down shore when that girall'e happened to turn his head toward the landing and see those peo ple. He gave a giraffe trumpet, and. before I knew what he wasdo ng, jump ed over tho rail into tho water, it took, three-quarters of an hour to pull h in out. Now, what do you think was the matter with that girall'e? I discovered it while the crowd was gathering around tho rescued animal below the dock. Among the people was ono tall, slim young follow the girall'e seemed to havo ;i part eular aversion to. When ho saw tho young man near him ho began to trem ble violently, and made desperate ef forts to break away. 1 questioned the young man. and found that a year be loro he had crossed on tho ferry-boat with this menagerie Thero was a gi rall'e among the animals on the lower deck, and his head had stretched away up to the passenger deck of tlio forrv. where the young man was sitting witli some friends. As tho giraffe's long neck had eomo twisting around in his direction he had been cruel enough tt take a quid of tobacco and throw it down tire giraffe's open mouth. No doubt it was the .same giraffe I had witli mo then, and no doubt, too, ho recog nized his tormentor tin; instant h seyes fell on him. Xlw York (.omvurvial Adctrtiser. Sam Jones' Daughters. In speaking of parental dutly Mr. Jones says; "J have got girls in tho bud now; in two or three years more thoy will bo full blooming young ladies on the carpet. I don't know how you par rents feel about it, but I am loss con cerned about getting my daughters off than any follow you ever saw. 1 will board them and take euro of thorn as long as they aro good girls, and if they nover marry it's all right; but I tell you what it is, 1 don't care how badly I wanted my daughters to marry, f would not push them out in certain cir cles of society. If you havo a boy that wants a wife, ami kow a girl just liko your daughter in every way. would you want vour sou to marry her a dancing, giddy, godless, Christies ill. would your .Now, honor bngut. Vou say: No, Jones, L would you? give it up. to marrv a God knows I want mv boy better girl than mv wifo raised. If you had a sweet, and a fellow had a ru bor, would you liko to him? Let mo say this nica daughter. shnilii ot vour see her marry : If I want to marry my daughters well 1 would try to have them taught how to balco bread, fry chicken, and do all raaiinor of do mestic duties so well that when pcrsoiiH came in our house they would say my wife was the best ho'uso-keoper "they ever saw, when in fact it was our daugh ters' work. Thou there will bo faonin first-class boy come here, f00 miles from home, and marry her. I went COO miles to got a first-class wifo from Ken tucky, and 1 got her, too. "1 put young men on notice. I toM my wifo that when any boys came trout- house to ask them in the parlor and treat thorn liko gentlemen, and thon go out and hunt up littio Paul and Bob to come in and see thorn, but to loll the v.sitors that my daughters wero up stairs st inlying t'lioir lessons. Boys, if you want to see Paul and Bob, just raclf arouud. Atlanta 'onstitulion.