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OREGON SCOUT JONES & CHANCEY, Pnblhhen. THE ENGINE-DRIVER. Awny, nwny, or night or dny, ThrouRb laliturio or thronp, With llKlitninp gait nnd thund'ring weight, I clash the rail along. Though llamo doth frcd my iron stood, And shoot his nostrils lire, Yet glvo I rein, or h m restrain, As sultuth my desire. I eye with prido hl9 burnished side, His Joints and thews of sttol; lv spirits leap ns throbbing deep Ills mighty pulso I feol. 'Gainst rock nnd hill I hear tho shrill Ito-ccho of his scream ; On air of morn I watch upborno His breath bchlud ino stream. Around each curve his slightest swerve I mcasuro to nhnlr; For danger noar I sharply peer At every thoroughfure. A never loud, but sober-browed And thoughtful man am 1; Kcw words I take to query make, And fewer to reply. For off my post, still uppermost Tho thought dolh with me bido That ovnrywhcro tho lives I bear Of all who with mo rido. Wlio more, save ho that on tho sea With wave and tempest strives, Needs in him sand, than ho whoso hand Tho locomotive drlvesf i'outh' Companion. TOM DALTON'S FATE. "Whon or Man Aint Born to Hang, Eh Ww't Hunt'." Tho people of ISoar Creek settlement unanimously agreed upon one tiling, and tliat wis that Tom Daltoii would Ho with his hoots on. It might he in a icw weeks or it might ho years, they said, hut sooner or later he would he nhot or hung. This opinion had hoon gaining ground since Tom, at the age of twelve, had severely whipped two of his schoolmates and then open ly dolled the authority of the master, Amos dimming-, who had taught the settlement for twenty years. Follow ing closely upon tho school all'air came other desperate mischief by Tom which startled the quiet people of the settle Jnent, and before he had reached tho age of lifteen he was looked upon as una doomed todie a fearful mid untime ly death. Whenever any one told of some new mischief perpetrated by young Dalton, the unvarying comment wis: "That boy' II bo hung yit," Itoverend David Coodinuu, a stroll ing minister, who made semi-annual visits to tho settlement and held "mool iu' " at tho log school-house, was urged to Hpealc to Tom and try to pluck him ns n brand from the burning. Itoverend David was always ready and ongor for a chance to save a soul, so he stopped at tho house of Tom's father, and spent mo evening in prayer and exhortation. Tom readily promised tho minister that ho would try to bvo a better life, but during tho night, he removed the tups froii the reverend gentleman's buggy wheels, and, after this evidence of ut tcr depravity, tho neighbors gave up all hope of his reformation and only re gretted that ho would bringhls father's iutd mother's gray hairs in sorrow to tho grave. The Hear creek settlement, hemmed in by low mountain ranges, and far re moved from towns or railroads, was a little world, peopled by quiet, law abiding citizens, who knew little of tho great busy universe be yond the hills 'which encircled their homes. Some of tho most intelligent of tho inhabitants were will ing to admit that Cleburne County in cluded a small amount of territory out ido the settlement, but they doubted tho existence of eivili, ition in what tiioy termed the "outskeerls" of the country. A few of tho oldest, families had emigrated from Georgia many roars ago, ami many a long winter tivoning wa enlivened by the stories of how th wealth, beauty and chivalry of tho Slate was once gathered atMill- I'dgoville, in the good old davs. Ion long before the war. There was ambition among the people of tho sot tiemeiii. urn hoys were content to make as good as "craps" as "pap did iu his young days," and the girls were happy if they could weave as many yards of cloth and marry "as well as mam did. ' There was one person who had lived in the Hear Crook settlement for twenty years previous to the opening of our idory. who had little sympathy for his neighbors, and consequently few friends among them. This person was Silas Marcom, the richest man in the settle inent, Marcom came from somewhere iu Georgia, no one knew whore, and iKiught a large tract of laud at a place known as the Forks, so called because tho old Georgia trail hero diverged one fork turning abruptly to the south, tho other continuing due west. He had plenty of money, and soon had cleared the largest farm.in the settlement, and built a house that was far superior to those of his neighbors. After the close of the war, when tho people of tho settlement found thorn-K-lvos in very t-truiglitouod eiroum Malices, Silas Marcom let it be known that he had several thousand dollars iu gold, which ho was willing to loan to Jils neighbors on UrM-olans security at a high rate of Interest, and many of them hastened to accept tho old man's otVer. Marcom soon found there was more profit in lending his gold at compound no Intercut than In farming, and utter a low years he abandoned his farm alto gether and devoted , whole time iu locking after his notes ami mortgages. J lis losM fortunate neighbors goon found that he was a mrrcilchs creditor anu nated mm acconlinglv, out sor oral successive failures of crops forced them to accept his loans, even at tho constantly increasing ratc3 of interest which ho demanded. In personal appearance, Silas Mat com was tho novelists ideal of miser. Long shaggy oyobrows almos ooscurcu a pair ot small hlaek ovos that sparkled only at tho sight of gold while his long, bony lingers were con stantly twitching except when clasping notes or mortgages. His wife had died somo ten years after ho came to the settlement, leaving him a bright-oy little girl to whom ho seemed much attached, until his greed for gold ove came every nomo sentiment ami im pulse. Left to herself at tho ago of ton years, Dora Marconi grow to woman hood as unnoticed and uncared for a: tho wild ilowers that budded am bloomed upon the hills around her home. Her father gac little hoed to her movements, and she rambled among tho hills or visited tho homes of neighbors at will. Tho Daltons lived near tho J'orks, and loin and Dor grew up friends from childhood, and whilo they rambled over the ruirired hills Cupid, perched among tho wild flower, shot his arrows intothoir hearts with unerring aim, and tho spark of friendship at length grew into a ilaim of undying love. When loin asked Marcom for his laughter's hand the old man became wihl with anger and. afti r roundh ibusing tho young man, ordered him never again to sneak to Dora. Hut in pile of tho order the? young couple managed to meet for an occasional amble and determined to marry af the lirst opportunity. Among the many who Had mortgaged tlieir homes to Marconi for a small loan was Jerry Dalton. Tom's father, and when the mortgage was duo ho was tumble to pay it. At an early- hour on tho ill-fated .morning old man Marconi rode over to Dalton's house to demand his money, and was mot at the gale by Tom, his father having gone to the house of a neighbor to try and borrow sutlioient money to pay the note. "Well, young man, I've come for my money," was Marconi's salutation. "Well, pap hain't got it to-day, Mr. Marcom,. hut ho'll get it, an' of course you'uns won't mind waitin' a day or two, as the intercst'll be goln' on just the samer"' replied young Dalton. "Not. got the money, eh? Well, you'uns can just, fetch mo my money to-day or git out'n tho liouso. I'll have tho money or the land." "An' you won't give wo'uiis a day or twoP" "Not a day! You tell your pa) if I don't git my money I'll lake posses sion of this here property to-morrov inoriiin'," and with a chuckle of satis faction he rode oil'. Late in tho afternoon tho elder Dal ton returned home without tho money, and when told of Marconi's visit in the morning he lost all hope of being able to save his humble homo. "Pap, I'll go an' see old Marcom ayin' an' may-bo I'll ho able to per suade him to wait a day or two," said Tom. "It's no use, Tom. That old miser's heart's harder than a stone, an' he'd only laugh at ye." Hut Tom's mind was made up to make olio more tilfort to save their home; so, after supper, ho started to the I'orks alone. Meeting two neigh bors on tho way ho stopped and talked with them at length about his errand. ami tit parting ho said, in ,a jesting way, but which sounded terribly earn est to his friends: "I'll make the old miser wait; see if I don't." It was after ten o'clock when. Tom reached the Forks, and he was very un graciously received by Marcom iu the plain sitting-room, which the old miser used as his ollice. After somo hesitation 1'oin explained his errand, and begged for a few days' time to raise the money. Iu reply to his request Marcom b 'gan a terrible tirade of abuse of the entire settlement, and was especially bitter against the Daltons, father anil son. Young Halloa's temper soon b.i- gan to rise. Ho did not reply for some time, hut Dually, slung beyond endur ance, lie retaliated with a volley of loud oaths, ami iu a loud voice abused Marcom for the base and hoarllcss wretch that ho was. The id 1 miser was quickly roused to fury and attempted to strike Tom, but the latter keptout of his way. During the scuille the one caudle that lighted the room was overturned and extin guished, leaving the house in total darkness, and while Marcom was groping his way in search of a mutch young Dalton opened the door and started home. Ho was so excited that he unconsciously began to run. think ing nothing of it at the time, though it all came back to him with fearful dis tinotness later. It was after midnight when he reached home, and not wish ing to disturb his father ho wont direct to Ids room and to his bod. Hoforu noon of the following da Hear Creek MittliMiiunt was .shaken rt'oin center to circumference bv the news that Silas Marcom was hnitallv mnr- lered ill his room, and as rapidly as poatdhlo men and women hurried to tho scone of thu murder. inent and hoard tho sound of a Strug glo, saw the light extinguished, and moment later saw young Dalton leiiA't the lions..', running at full speed. Tom hurried to the Forks as soon as he heard of tho murder, and wa immediately arrested as the murderer. At first ho was so overcome with sui priso and horror that ho did not at tempt an resistance or explanation. hvery act of innocent mischief evoi oininitted by him was soon retold t his injury, and the opinion that h would one day bo hung quickly beeann a settled conviction iu the minds of lib neighbors, so that by tho time tho cor oner's jury was impaneled they had al ready convicted him of Silas Marconi's-murder. At the inquest the two neighbors who met I om on his way to the Forks were tho first witnesses orought forward, and they testified that hi; had threatened that he would make Marconi give his father more time iu which to oav oil the mortgage. Tho next witness was tho man who had heard the angry words, tho sound of a scuffle, and hail seen Tom running from the house. A number of witnesses were introduced to prove Dalton's character, which was easily proved bad iu the opinion of the good people of the settlement. The last witness was Dora Marcom, who caino into the room with hor eyes red and swollen from weeping. He- lor-i tne coroner could nsli nor a ques tion she caught sight of Tom and. 'tinning to him, threw her arms around his neck and said: "Tom, you never done it: tell mo von never done it." "Oh, Dora! you don't believe I done Don't let 'em turn you agin me. God knows I never done it!" "I knowed yo didn't, Tom, and I'll save ye, no matter what they say." Hetwoon her sobs Dora Marcom tes tified that some one entered her fathe r's room about eleven o'clock the night before, She did not see him, but ooognizod tho voice as Tom Dalton's. She heard loud and angrv words, also slight scuille, after which all was till in llic room. She did not see her father leaving the room before D. ill on aino until he was found dead the next morning. No other uerso i ntcred the room that night to her knowledge. This evidence! alone would have convicted her lover before this jury, but Dora knew nothing but to tell tho truth, and, believing Tomiuuo- ont of tho crime, she did not realize the fearful weight of her testimony. I ho jury retired after a few minutes. mil returned with a verdict: "We, the jury. Unit that hints M ircotn caino to his death at the hands of Tom Dalton." Night was fast approaching when the inquest was hnished, and the sherill' leterininod to guard his prisoner at the orks during tho night and carry him to the county jail on tho following day. Summoning a posse of three, Tom was laced in a room, securely handcuffed, aJU tins lour men were to take turns watching during tho night. This was the first murder ever com mitted in the settlement, and as the men it. ...... r . .i .. uispcrscti irom mo inquest, I Hero was a look on their faces that meant danger for the prisoner. Many of them had be lieved for several years that Tom Dalton would ho hung, but now that they were convinced that hit had committed a foul murder they were anxious to assist at the hanging. SherilV F armor had filled that ollieo for twelve years without meeting an resistance iu tho discharge of its duties. And he did not dream of trouble that night; but a few minutes past mid night, whilo one of his deputies was on guard, lifty masked men surrounded the house, and making a dasli into I ho room, they overpowered Hie four olli cers and had possession of the pris oner before tho .sherill' was fairly awake. "What are you going to do?" Farmer asked of his captors. "Going to hangToin Dalton, V grit Illy replied one of the men, and the sherill' knew that ho was powerless to prevent consultation, after which one of them I 1 . t . ,1 I I who appearou to oc me leaner, turueu to Dora mid said : "Well, if yo don't want ycr dad's murderer hung, we'uns needn't take the trouble o' doin' it. an' ye may take i in back to the sheriff, who'll hang Mm soon enough, maybe." A moment later and Tom and Dora were alone, continent tmrt his uiiio cence would -ot b proved, Tom iievt FISH HATCHERIES. once thought of flight,; but. supportin I'AUT II, Who could have done itP Tho people wore loo stupefied with horror at Drat to Inquire, but when Sheriff Farmer and the coroner arrived upon tho scene they soon learned that Tom D.ilton had Loon seen on his way to tho Forks the night lKfore, and another man caino forward and told that ho had pttsxod the I'orks ut about olovon o'clock on th fatal night ami, hoathiir angry worib iu thu hotttu, ho ha'd atoppud fur a mo .1. Leaving a guard over the officers, the lynchers started t nvurd tho woods near by, loading Dalton. who vague ly realized that ho was doomed, but Knowing how ho had b.-on misjudged and hated, ho would not ask lor mercy. Tho lynchers, by the light of torches, were putting the rope over the limb when Dora Marcom, with pale face and wild, despairing eves, entered the room whore the helpless ollioors wore. "lneyrogoin' to hang Mm, dinned 'f they aint," blurted out Sheriff Farmer. Gout' to hang Tom Dalton ? Mv l ...III I. . I I 1 1 -v i out, never; aitnosi. surioKoii Nora, and snatching a gun' from one of the men she ran wildly in tho direction of the lynchers. The noose was around Tom Dalton neck, and eager bauds had grasped the other end, whon Dora, with disheveled hair, sprang hetwoon Tom and his would-be murderers. "Slot), yo brutes! cowards! Would wiit'iins murder my Tom, who's inno cent of the murder a you'uns are ? Slop, I say, or I'll shoot," and with a determined glitter in hor eyes s!io took deliberate aim a! tho croud. '.Viie rope was .slackened for a moment, and one of the party stopped forward and said: "Go homo Miss Dora. We'uns air just a goin' to avenge yer father. Yo know Tom Dalton killed Mm." "You lie, you inurdoriu' seouudivl ! Tom's innocent, an' ye know it. You 'uns have a grudge Kgiu Mm; but I'll kill the fust man what dares to totch that ropo agin." Tho Hushing oyos and steady hands of tho bravo girl, as she stood facing tho mob, with hor linger pressing tho trijjgoi- of the giu, savud Tom Dalton' life, Thu moii suxid irrosoluta for a few moment,- and thgu hold a brief Dora on his arms, he returned to the house again, placed himself in the ens tody of the. sherill', and next day found himself the inmate of a cell in the county jail. For several days work of every kind was suspended in H ar Creek settle inent, ami tne people gathered in groups to discuss the murder and at tempted lynching. There was but om opinion among them, and that was that Tom D.ilton committed the mm dor and should swing for it, and a great deal of contempt was expressed for th lynching party, which was foiled by young girl. The day set for Tom D.ilton's trial tine at last and the court-house was well filled with people from tho settle men, among them Dora Marcom, wh scoured a seat near the prisoner. Dor; had never doubted her lover's imio eonec, and she believed it would In proved at tho Dual trial. One of tin best lawyers in the county had boon employed to defend D.ilton, and he was given a fair trial. The evidence was the same as at the coroner's inquest. and the judge charged the jury that if theybelieed from the evidence that the prisoner was guilty they must bring in a verdict of murder as charg ed iu the indictment. In fifteen niiu tttes ties jury returned and announoed that they had agreed. There Mas per fect silence iu tlio court-room when the judge ordered the prisoner to stand up, and turning to the jury said: "Gen tlemen of the jury, do 3-011 Dud th prisoner guilty or not guilty?" .ot gittiiy; came 111 a clear voice from the rear of tho court-room, and gray-haired man advanced to tho bar. "Your honor and gentlemen of the jury. I killed Silas Marcom." There was a buzz of excitement in tho court room at the strang m-'s confession, and it grew to fever heat as ho proceeded in a clear voice to relate how many years before Silas Miroom had swin dled him of his horn and every thing he possessed. How he searched for him for years and at last found him at Hoar Crook settlement ami demanded redress of his wrongs. Having boon laughed at and defied by Marcom until he was driven to desper ation, the stranger said ho was deter mined to kill his oppressor at the first opportunity. He was concealed near tho house when Tom Dalton entered it on the night of tho murder and, having over- hoard the quarrel, he entered tho room a moment after Dalton left and stabbed Marconi to the heart. During the formality of discharging Tom Dalton the real murderer disap peared and. as tho search for him was not very close, hu was scon no more iu the country. Tom DuHou is master at tho Forks now and there are no happier or more respected people in the settlement than I It I- 1 a r.t no ami 111s wne, worn, it has iiecotne a proverb in Hear Creek settlement that "When 'or man ain't born to hang, eh won't hang." IF. L. II :w!ci, in Detroit Tribune. Ilew the Culirnrnln Institution Provides the Future Supply of Salmon. How do fish hatch? In what manner do they come from the spawn? How many can explain the growth of a fish from the spawn to the minnow? Proba bly not one in a thousand, and yet fish as an article of diet ranks high. If any person hail asked tho editor those ques tions last week, ho probably would have answered, "just like a chicken," if he had answered at all. Now, however, through tlit! kindness M Dibble and Siebley of the State salmon hatchery, wo are able to tell what we know about thehatching of fish and it will not take much space, either, although to describe the culture of fish oornjctly would fill several columns. Tho outfit provided by the State to keep up the supply of salmon consists of a largo building, a number of flumes about two feet wide, one foot mi depth, and running the en tiro length of the building, and a largo number of square box sieves or prop agating baskets with bottoms of wire crossed so as to leave holes about one fourth of an inch square. Through these Humes the water is allowed to run in a small, steady stream. Tho salmon are caught in trap.s or nets when on their way to spawn and the eggs stripped from them. These are fecundated, me mass placed in thu sieves, and a steady stream of water allowed to run over thein. I ho water of Hat Crook lias a temperature of .'10 0 . and in thi it requires about otic hundred davs for the eggs to hatch. From oO 5 to fl." 3 is the best temperature, and with such they can be hatched in six weeks. After tho growth ot tho egg has begun the mass separates mil each one becomes about as largo as 1 big pea. Those are tho head and tail of the minnow, and soon the little fish bursts the shell, coining out on the top, a-' id has the appearance of a small tad pole with a terribly distended stomach, but instead of discarding the old abode it is at Inched lirmly to the minnow and becomes its supply of food for ten days or more, when it is able to rustle. As soon as hatched the minnow wriggles irotind until it falls through one of tho holes in the bottom of the box, when it is carried along the bottom of the trough until a cross-piece or riffle is reached. Hero tltev gather, a gallon or more iu a pl.'jco, and keep up an eternal darting ind diving until the period of their im prisonment lias expired. So long as tho food sack lasts they will not cat, but with the exhaustion of this natural sup ply an appetite is developed, which, properly satislied, transforms the little inch-long samlet into the ten and twenty pound beauties with sides of silver, that gladden the hearts of tho fishermen and tickle the palate of the epicure. Wlien ibout ten das or two weeks old they ire turned into the stream and soon find tlieir way to tho shallow spots whore they fetid and grow until largo enough to venture into deeper water. Mr. bliehley states that while in the open stream not more than one egg in thousand will grow to bo a fish of any size; 111 the hatchery o percent, can bo turned out, and even !)0 per cent, under ivoraolo circumstances. And this is ow salmon hatching looks to one who as never been there before. Sutsta (Cal.JMuil. have- ha ve- un V- coni- A SCOTCH EVICTION DRESS MATERIALS. A (ii'iirnil Klviil of l.imt Vimt'h St) Irs Tor Spring mill Siiiiiiiut. India silks and French foulards are largely imported for hoti-e dresses in the spring and for general wear in summer. The old designs of Dow ers, palms and Pors'tm arabesques are again shown, but the new fancy is for plaids, bars and stripes in these silks ery similar in coloiiug to those of cot ton or of wool goods. The violet blue -ilks will have irregular bars of pink and reon, the darkest blue grounds will be crossed with white or wiih rod, a ul brown wid alternate with ecru as ground or as figures. The inch-square piauis are iiiougitt handsomest in light colors. while the dark rounds lo k well iu rather largo or extremely fine small crossings of contrasting bars. The striped designs are most varied of all. one of the host now patterns being inoh-uid stripes of very tine white spooks, with blue, brown, green, gray, or dull 101 stripes 01 ino sanio width separating them, the hair stripes ot last year are repealed, out nave occoiuo monoton ous, as they are in all kinds of fabrics r lowered stripes are very efl'ective in leaf or lily-of-the-valley patterns, or in slender vines of gay small buds partly brown. 'Greek squares and the zigzag ot chiiddah stripes are also shown. A great deal of French foulard is in tho market, but this has worn so badly that it has lost favor, ami merchants are ton much given to calling it India silk bo- cause the latter is more durable. White India silks, with all-over patterns of graceful lines in black, brown, or scar let, will make pretty summer drosses, and there are many watteau and pom padour designs of roes and pinks iu palo and charming colors. The surahs, with huge, wide diagonal twills, are shown in all solid colors and iu many plaids, some of the prettiest being dark blue crossed with' pink and lighter blue. suoilo with bars of r ami green, ami green ground barred with pink. These are to ho made up in on tiro drosses -not iu combinations -with velvet col lar, vot ami cull, and scalloped draHry on lower kkiru WmlertKl with velvet, r cWo folded in exceedingly wide iiioat with vtlvtt iitlnid Uotwoou. ..i; 0 .. 0 .. 0 . n .. 1 .. e .. 0 .. 11 ,. 0 .. 1 ,. IS A Itnliy mid Cniillo Si-il In 11 ("nso () nixtridnt lor lt. nl. A baby and a cradle figure among the goods and chattels recently seized for non-payment of rent iu Portree, Scotland. The thing seems incredible, but it is a cold fact. Hero is thoollicial list, of articles seized by Aloxaudei McDonald, Sheriff of Inverness, on ac count of non-payment of rent by William Mcllac, a tenant of Lord Mc Donald, as it appeared in tho Glasgow Mail. Dresser anil crockery Woouon soats I'niilloiiiKlolilUl Hpinnlni! whool Two buds unit liluukotb Dop (i)iippy) Clmlr Churn mill top uniiti In ytinl, quantity of corn In stable, ami otliur oiled All those articles were sold at auc tion after forty-eight hours. Whon this fatuous seizure was made tho man MoUae was at the point of death. His wife and seven children wore living on potatoes alone. They wore clad in rags and there was not a penny iu the house. Habies and cradles are evidently of small value in Scotland. "Saxpunco" is the official figure, whilo tho pudpv dog brings a shilling. Of course, tho dog was a Skye. Probably that ac counts for it. Hut thu baby was a Skye, too. Xow, if this uniquo proceeding had occurred iu Ireland, nobody would bo surprised. Tho exploits of landlordism in that country are world-renowned now, and they are defended by the al leged "pure cusseilncss" and rebellion of the tenants. Hut this novel affair took place iu the land of loyalty, fidelity and submission, whoso people flourish in the full enjoyment of aM the bless ings of Knglish civiKzuthm and laws, anil whoso soil, houoivd b the nativity of John Hrown, is still favored by tho atVootions of the Kmpieis of India. 'Mcdo llUnie. STANFORD'S MAIL. diameter or tlio Iiinmneriiblo MUMrts Itpcelvril by the HrnnvoliMit Si'imtor. Senator Leland Stanford, who is a frequent visitor to New York, employ a sharp-witted ex-journalist in Wash ington as his private secretary to sift out of his daily mail the letters of cranks dead-beats and beggars, and keeps threw or four .shorthand writers busily on gagod in preparing the answers to t hone that require attention. The mass of let tors that are poured in upon the Senator from the post-ollloe, morning and even ing, is so great that it would bo appal ling to a man less methodical in hi habits or less able to employ competent assistance. They come from all sorts and conditions of people, but those who have something to sell are among tho- most persistent of the Seiuitor's cor tespondont.s. "I believe the Senator would owir one-half of the land in the country if ho bought all that wa offered." said his private secretary. "I don't believe there arc many land-poor men left be tween the two oceans whom wo have not heard from. And m-c arc always assured that a big fortune is ihipationtly waitiug for the Senator to pick up. Hut it is not land alone that Mr. Standford's correspondents oiler to sell him. Every per.soit who has 'a rare bargain' in any thing and who has bored his friend and pestered every body else whom ho could got at and failed to dispose of it, unsuccessful speculators of every sort. projectors of now lailroads who got to tho ends of their ropes but not got tlieir lines completed to where, organizers of financial, inercial and manufacturing outer); "ises to say nothing of the numberless solici tors for aid for all sorts of educational, benevolent and religious institutions; that are in financial straits, all write :o him." And those letters do not all come from American correspondents. The fame of Soator Stanford's millions and of his more than princely generosity lia gone beyond tho sea, and brings him every week great packages of letters bearing foreign postmarks. A curious, one received a few days ago was dated at St. Petersburg, written in bad French and signed by a man who said that ho was a Kus-iau Count, who ofl'ored to sell a groat, .slice of tho Czar's empire. I have forg itteti how many millions of acres lie said there were. the beauties )f this vast doihain, its untold agri cultural and mineral resources and the delights of its salubrious climate, wore? lescribed by a master hand. Inclosed with tho letter was a formidable-looking official certificate, covered all over with seals and attestations, sotting fortli that the writer had a right to sell tln territory he offered, and tho mimes of high Russian ollicials and representa tives of foreign governments in Si. Petersburg wore given, to whom Sen ator Stanford was referred and invited to write or telegraph iu regard to tho Count's responsibility. The Senator will not probably make tho purcliasc this year. Perhaps one-half the letters that conn.' in Senator Stanford's mail aro from women, and a study of this part of his mail reveals some curious phases of human nature and discloses somo strange workings of the human mind. It is interesting to note how nine out of ton of these female correspondents begin their communications with tho same stereotype .sentences or phrases: "I know that you will consider it pre sumptuous in me to write to yon." If the writer is a married woman she always declares that she "writes thi; lotter without the knowledge of her husband." A peculiarity of the women's letters is that thoy go all around Robin Hood's barn before they conic to the thing they want to say. A woman who wanted money enough to buy a new piano, in stead of saying so rigid out. prefaced hor rooiiost with a narrativeof her fam ily history, a history of tho piano she had, the usage it had boon subjected to. its getting out ot tune recently, her efforts to restore it and the cost. This was followed by a profusion of excuses for addressing a letter to the Senator, a ro-roeital of her trials and struggles, and. finally, after wading through pages of irrelevant matter, the request for the . money was found by the reader in t'o last two or throe linos. Z. L. White, in nilutlclphiit Press. -Prof. Ili.ghcs says a sill: ribbon la .1 belter L'gh'iing conductor than ft metallic rod. Chicago Intcr-Oreatu Ten years ag Thomas F. Clark jokingly gave Miss Julia A. Malooni. of Now Haven, a deed ot certain Colorado lands, which ho thought to bo value less. She said that she'd keep tho doc ument to remember him by, locked it up, and has since been earning her liv ing teaching school. Tho other dav she received a letter from Colorado, saying that there was a lead mine on hor projwrty, ami $250,000 was offered for it. 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