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.
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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.
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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. Mis Malcom thought it a joke,
hut finding Unit it wasn't, alio accepted
tin otVurand tho chtwk is on it way 2?jt 1i2.IM,"'.ta enoiojo stuuip for ropfy
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