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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1887)
THE FORT OF SAND. Ail &xj x&S aS d7 Ac lt teealr rair, VTItto eirr tiai .At e4?e li wu Ozr ieri ; lasl TK S Sp hOM tj- TSfc4rMtUzt Usii. Aiel tfce tli S tfc tmrrtz.; ra3; Wn hi . ee ptt PtoafeC ptiasndL. Or ivn ef loo. Buattarr-4 -r-Ut Aa raaaferl i n nilr; TBI te tes irri Oa a ixj rss Ssel Aa at abac tt atea tale, S-ej : iat Sererer Bat Uat na: 4 7, am tn irpr Urin. Aa et ChSM-Uct. yWfctU fim Vrtfii TVyy are If,- 'i-Unf yet B;msk tfcrKrf Oar Jer: ef nat. AX A3IATEUR 3ICRDERER A Good Reason for Telling Story at This Time. the Now that the chance? are that I shall fce nominated for Congress aext elec tion, I have been looking over r past Vile, and I can boI be-lp bat admit there are mir Incidents in it that if unexplained will eriooly jeopardize my chance of being at the bead of the poll. Sapo-iMg that in the heat of the contest cry opponent sudIenly charged me with Wrtg under arre't for murder, and that, loo. oa mr own confeb, I very much fear, that in the turmoil of a political meeting I would not be heard with that patience that would enable we to dear mv-elf in the minds of the lei partisan of the andienee. D-ny it? WelL I coulda't rerr well do thai, because I he charge would be true, and it is well known that what ever el-e a politician mar do. he caa nerer. never tell a lie. lie is like the curly-beaded hoy of the poem, or Gorge Washington, or a newspaper in that respect. So I rathor choose to tell the facta of the matter while the public mind is reasonably calm and tlion hare this account reprinted in the form of a cir cular daring the contest Sf the charge is at that time brought against me. A friend of mine, a tirst-rate fellow and an artist in fact the term are generally synonymous was in staled matter of a Masonic lodge, and after the cerenioHv he gave a grand dinner at Anderton's Hotel, the Masonic tav ern of Fleet street, London. The ceremony took a great deal of time, and vhn the banquet which fol lowed was orer it was very late. I found that all conveyances had stopped for the night. I fried to engage a cab, but as I lived a long way out the cab bies showed great reluctance in accept ing so distant a fare. The night was clear and the walking good, so I f truck out and determined on the way to see M.nic' unfamiliar parts of London at an unfamiliar time. I buttoned my over coat a I i ut me and started out on foot. After I had gone several miles through the silent town, meeting no one but an occasional licMiinn or some vagrant like myself. I began to regret th U I had not cut up at one of the Jown-town hole!:. An unaccountable ilnrt took iMWMfc-Mon of me, and this was the more remarkable a I had done Hii.u I could during the dinner to run-n eh it. 0 oour? at this hour there m no place opeu where a tired way farer eould refresh himself. Locking down a side street I saw a bright light stream out on the road, an 1 1 said to myself that I could likely s;et at least a glass of water there. I found this place to be apparently a pub'.ic houf e- It stood ou the corner and had large windows, covered on the toner half with red curtains through which a jwrson could not see, but to judge bv the sound of revelry within there was no lack of something to drink, it seemed strange that any place should so defy the law, but I was thirsty and went in. The moment I pjwnrd the door there was an instant hush and every on k k ed towards in well as they could through the rlouds of smoke that filled the room. A rugh bar was oracled to the right of the entrance, and behind it were barrels of Ixor. A slalwait barkeeper was tilling glasses from those barrols without the aid of the ordinary Utdful and ornamental beer pump. Til take a glass of beer, if you please." I said, putting down my roonrr. -Bear, sir? Yos, sir," skl the man. But he made no motion to flit my order. Ha looked toward the end of the room and a burly man in hb shirt ileeves came forward. "What's your name?" he said, gruffly. My name." I answered, 'is cask I hav found it a good title to travel under in different parts of the world. There' my card," I continued, point ing to the shilling ou the table. "I am very thinly and I want a glass of beer." Oh. you do, do you? Don't you know that no boor's sold in London at thU time of night?" Well, you eeom to bo baring all you want here." Oil, wo $cem, do we? And you want to make jurr, do you? Now, we've had enough of your compauy. Haven't we, lad?" There was a roar of aent nt this and the boor mug rattled on the deal tables. The burly uiau itrcde to the door and otxined It wide. As fce did so there appeared to be a move among the as?rabi'r to xs aalt me. fct the maa hckl ap his hand and said, aathorfta-iveir: "?-tt here, lad. "w." h saoated. taratar ae. "yv tl t .r' I sever btaady wards with a man who is ma eh larger aad straaer tlraa ar- Hslf. aad the ?f-d with wMHi I gK oat a the pareflet readered fatilc his gid-aa:ared attewfK t a-siM mm omi. I heard the door btlted aa I the baWHih reaewed with greater aeree n f-i than bsfore. I walked are aad the earer aad s'od a moaieat l-okiag at the radtl .- Min aaws wwaderiac what th maaiac to ef sh a ree?ptfoa. Even if I had (mated iU a private atheriag. wblca seeated possible, the desire for a eat glass of beer is act locked oa hr the a-erace EiIishataa a pouta? a prsoa byroad the pile of civil treat aat It is a rearaiac thev zeaerallr appreeiafe aad 5 rwpaUuz with. As I slod there aeditatiag oa the enrcataastaaees a stde door vrened aad a woaaaa's head appeared. Iokiac fartively ap aad down the street ibe wauperea waea sae saw ae: "Cat far it! Don't staad liere. hat ma?" "Whjr' I asked, 'what hare i They think voa're aa iaforaMr. Raaf "I'll go back aad show theat I'm nM an iaforater. What shoald I iaforai about." v, ooa t ;taal tare bat Their ve too ararh drink la them to Ibtert to you. Cat for it or there'll he murder." im tats tae aoor was cloel as oftly as k opened, and thinking that perhaps the worn a a kaew better than I. what sort of eomtMaioas she had. I Tut for it." Before I got around the corner I no- ueeu inree men come out, ami seeing me catting for it ther followed, but not with as much haste as they would have done. I thought, if they wanted to catch me. Nevertheless before I had turned the next corner they were at the first turntn". and as thev came into the light of the corner lamp I no ticed that each had a stout stiek in his band. I ran down the next street ami in a very few moments saw why they did not hurry. I was in a trap. Up in the darkness before me loomed the huse brick viaduct of a rail war that ran above the housetop. Against this ended the street and there was no wav out except the rood bv which I came. Just as the position of affairs lawned on me mv three pursuers ap peared at the other end of the street. inere was a lamp about hail war down the street and I reached it a little before they did. Well," I said, dejectedly. "I sup pose it s all up. I ee vou know me. You won't know yourself when we be done w'ye." said the foremost mill an. Oh." I exclaimed. "I jrlve mvelf op. I am tired of hiding, and intend ed to "'re up to the first policeman I met. Bat you may as well have the reward among vou. I suppose. It won't make anv ditference to mo." "What reward?" cried another of the gang. "The one hundred pound. Vou know, of coorse. that I am Brown, the murderer. " Now. here was a curious phase of human nature. Ln to that moment they had been pres-m around me. each waiting for the others to strike first. But the moment I mentioned aty name they fell back aghast, as if it would have been contamination to (ouch me. And yet they were thom- teives oin" to make a brutal a-sault that for all they knew would ond in aiurder. Brown was not the name of the murderer that all London was search inir for at that time, but that name will serve. Hi bad been i week in hiding, with the toils ere U in" closer and closer around aim. He had been seen in every -marter of the metropolis and maur man over his glass of beer had told now he had passed him. or spoke !o him. or thought he had. M v three ruffians oonulied together for a mo ment. The startling announcement I had made had sobered them. The crime I had been guilty of had be on one of particular atrocity. I could ee that the three had half a mind to "eut for it" themselves. "Will yon go nuletly with us to tho station?" ?aid the foromoU rutlian. Certainly. Two of vo i can take my arm and the other follow with his tlek. I couldn't got away if I tried." They declined to touch me. but one walked oh each tide while the third followed. "This i Brown, tfw murderer," said the foremost ruffian to the sleepy inspector at the station, whioh we reached after a long walk. inUj cried that functionary. as he sprang up, wiue awake The two policemen who wore sitting In on a side bench juinjMxl to their feet. I ltHed off my overcoat and stood in the dingy station in all the dazzling giorr of full evening dross The ruf fians rubbed their eyes as if a trans formation seone had taken plaee. Of course a man may bo a murderer in a dross suit, but that Is not the popular conception of him. The polieeiuon looked at me and be gan to laugh. Thore the picture of Brown, snld the inspector, pointing to the walL I am tiot handsome, but I did not in the least rosamblo Brown. "Now, I tald to my threo ruffians, l am evar so niHen owl 'oil tor vour OHMti. I (eel naler hire than I dhl in that Wind alraat. If vuu have no other charge against me than the trivial one of xattrier jam had tetter g befijre I tell my story." They seemed to agree with roe and , hastily left. -Ltd Sharp,'" in Dtlrov ' Frvs. Trot. I CHINESE FOOT-GEAR. A C-oaatry TTTiTr- a Mm' tsla la Ltf CWaese s tors are apt to appear t as all very isacfc alike, aad. looking al aacieat pirtares, they seem as if they had beea the saaie as far bark a w can ro. Aa iatelligeat loagoiiaa ir j. . .j ..... - mt J, nan tut masses oi iaatoa aave orerrel it . . liter years, -arhfle the shoes of diSereat classes of people differ both as to shape aad aateriaL No doebt it i; a weak aes of oars which caases as to thiak every Chiaaataa's shoes to be iadis tingthaUe frota his neighbors, jasl as we fancy all thetr faces to b very atoeh alike. Ia Cbiaa. aotwithstaad tag, it appears that the fho. as weC as the other portions of costvse, k caiaraat of oae's statioa ic life. Thas the workiag-aMa wean a particular shape aad eoior. the learned maa another, aad tin 31 aad aria another. Yob look at i man'.- shoes aad von caa tell his rank. The Mandarin aSects boots greatly. aa mere is a eunoa ratom in roa reetion with them. When he gives up oalce as governor of a district ot province, the beads of the various de partments wait upon him aad request his boots which are placed ia the tem ple. They at the same time make hi ix a preseat of considerable saas ol money. The ordinary shoe has a sole of felt with an uppr of eouoa. A -iasie piece of leather is sewed on under the felt which U about an inch thick. The sides of the sole are painted vhite. Great numbers of these are imported into this country aad sell at l.&k they may be bought in China for about ninety cents. A Chicago gentleman, who was for years a resident in China, informs the writer that he found tbee extremely comfortable for movie about his house and garden. The upper classes go in for embroid ery oa their shoes and slipper oa aa extensive and artistic scale, but I could not learn of any article which would cost more than four dollar. Tbt effect of the embroidery is mostly very pleasing. It is always what may be called surface decoration. The general guiding forms are first considered, and these are decorated. The flowers are not natural flower?. We do not see. a in our work, a hijrhly wrought imi tation of a natural flower with its light ! and shade struggling to standout from the surface on which it is placed, but a conventional representation sufficient ly near to suggest an image to the mind. Men's dress boots or sho-s re of velvet or satin with the universal while sole. Chinese ladies, like those of other land, pride themselves on the small nes of their feet, but in no other part of the world is so unnatural a method employed to secure the desired end. All the Chinese, who can afford it, cause the unformed bone of the female infant to be broken, and the toes to be bent beneath the palm ol the foot. In this war the foot is band aged and not allowed to grow. The result is a miraculously small foot a larg unwieldv ankle and no calf. The pain of the alteration in the direction of the bone freuuenilv kill the sufferer. Yet mothers take a pride in submitting their children to this dreadful ordeaL When these grow up they have a limping gait, aad there are frequent fall-, often resulting in erious injury and broken bone. Tbi- barbarous custom is practiced not only among fine ladies, who can ride ia sedan chairs, but among the poorer classes, who have to toil all day in the fields. SAoe anil Ltathtr IlevUm. Took the Chances and Lost. The occupant of the ofilee on Larned street went out the other afternoon. loaving a bay in charge, and pretty soon a stranger called and asked: "Is Mr. Blank in?" "No. sir." 'Be in soon?" "I I don't know." "Gone out of town?" "I dunno. You want to se him personally?" le. How long has he boon out?" Qiiite a spell. Can't vou come in to-morrow?" "No; must see him to-day." The boy got up and walked around for two or three minutos breathing us If considerably excited, and then observed: 'Sa mi tor. If you've got a case for Mister Blank he ought to know It; if you've got a bill ho won't pay It I'll take the chances and ask what vou want to see him for?" 'To collect a debt of seven dollars." "Humph! I took tho chances and lo3t. Ho won't be homo for a week." Detroit Fr Press. The sun-spot expounder of the Rochester Democrat and CArorHVc, who has during the past two yoars, beon remarkably successful in his pre dictions as to the weather, based on tho violence of solar activity, or rath or upon the prevalence of spots tqion the sun which produce elootrioal btorms, states that theso disturbances are decreasing slowlv to the munlmum. and whoH that Is reached there will be a gradual increase of cleotrical storm for two or throe years. Wooden shoos for children have bcon introduced with some success In London. They are so cheap that they can not bo pawned, as leather shoe frequently are. by the parents of many por ohlldren to whom they are given bf oharttable people LEARNING TO SWIM. Aa Inpntut ArwsapUbiB4rat That 5bo-aVl lie A-rjLrrl by ErrTjtxd-. Laramg to svim reqaires iatettee. al as well as phys'eil effort; the form er is rarely ased, aad the caase-aa-pae is that it soaMtisMS takes caoaths, aad oftea year, to leara. The great troall ta iearatuc is tae Berroasaess that everv oae feels at first ab-ai zei- tiag the head aader water, aad alt ef forts are ased in keepiar the head oat The eiperieae of the writer in Seaca iac: bovs o swiai has caaviaeed hint !!hatthi wroac. A soi swi j . , . . ... . . ?-aw ir w awi wAtcr eil as at the ;arfae. aad the sirs: step ia learaiag shoald be to get ac customed to having the head aoder water. The learner should at arst have all fear takea away, aad thca the rest is eay. IV? writer has taaght quite a number of boy to swim, aad ia naar eases they have learned at the rry erst time trying. His method is as follows: Take the leaner into the water, clear water if it eaa be fomd. i boat waist deep, so that he knows that he caa recover his footing at aar time he chooses. The irst effort should be to bold the breath aad submerge the face, keeping the eyes opes, or better tll. if he can do it at Srst. submerge the whole head. This shou!d b prac ticed until no diiacultr is experienced in keeping the eyes open, aad exclud ing the water from the mouth aad nose, aad until all aervousaess is goae. There need be no fear of injury to the eyes or ears. Then the learner shoald -leet aa obj -ct. say fifteen feet away. plunge boidiv aader the watrr. and make the be of hi way to it by swim ming under waser wit ai eyes op-en. and fixed upon the point selected. I almot all eases, his mind being r adopt the methods calculated toaccom pt sh the end desired, while, oa the other hand, a nervous effort to keep the head out of water fixes the mind upon that alone, and the effort is mad in that direction, rather than in learu ing to swim. Some instruction ia making the stroke, however, should be given. The Anger ends should be brought to gether at the breast, with the thumbs ide by side between the palm of the hand and level with their nppe ; rclge; wlta the harm in this position. the arm should be extended to thfir full length, when the back. of the band should be rolled inward, brin ing the thumbs down, until the back: f rm the letter V, the thumb being back to back and the edges of the forefingers touching. The learner i now in position for making the mo important movement in learning to swim, and this is made by sweeping the extended arms and "dishin hand rapidly around until they touch ihe side, when thev should again be brought to the breast ready for an other stroke. There are few reader who have not seen the movement of the frog in the water, and the aim should be to imitate it in the move ment of the legs. In the recovering s'rokethe movement should be slow that of the propeling stroke rapid by comparison. 0 lr about two and one-half pound of lifting force, in addition to the buoyancy of the body, is required to bold the head entirelv out of the water. 0. GutArie, i"n Chicago Herald. STIRRING ADVENTURES. Sen ami Incltl-Bt in thr narljr of Coloradft 31lnln Iloom. In the earlier dais of Colorado min ing camps there were some very stir ring scenes ami adventures and the tenderfeet were broken in without much ceremouv sometimes. I remem ber visiting a certain camp when it was quite new, and saving a man's life the verr firt night. He was in the bed next to mine in the tent, and about midnight an order came for him to got up, as he wa wanted. Hs was asked to lose no time, as he was to be sum marily triad for having shot a man. I jumped up and declared that the man was innocent, but I was shown the muzzle of a 42caliber and told to lie down. However, as there was no help for it, I -aid I would acronipanv the accused, who was nearly frightened out ot nis wits. e went ttown to one who was styled "the Ju'tice." and the complaint was lodged that the prisoner had shot a man. As he could say nothing in his own behalf. I spoke for him. and stated that at the time the shooting was said to have occurred the accused was soundly sloe ping, fust then a stranger appeared and an nounced that he tiki the shooting, and proved that it was in self-defense, and the matter was all settled. Next day we were treated to a little "fnH." A tin can was tied to an uaweleome visi tor's eoat-taiL and he was told to "git." He lost no time in striking a 2:10 gait, and as he flew down the road the can dangling behind him was a mark for all the rest of the boys to "take a crack at. More than one of them hit the can. too, aad I am not ire but that I made it quiver myself. We thought it was faaav, and so did ihe poor victim perhaps. G. Trum- MtU, in . Lohs GUilt' Democrat A young woaiaa appeared at the post-otace a day or two since, and passing a letter over to a clerk asked now much it would east to sad it to its destination. The letter was weighed and the price anaowaced. The young woman tigbed heavily as she re marked: "Well, it's his Meture, aad I don't waat it now, and he shall have t if It east me 25 cent." She dkla't explain why the had no further use for it. Taunton Oaootte. Talk a beat worsen Look at bank eathlen, belag flighrv! FINE POINT IN LAW. Ca s State IVr tbr 0Mr of Tlrl V:rprtj la Anotfeer state? Dariag Fehrsary of the present year a proatiaeat Chattasoogaa wanted to Sfcare the property oa Georgia aveuae aad Tenth street beioagiag to the State ef Georgia, aad. desiring to deal direct with the Executive head of the S:at. dispatched one of oar leading at toraeys to Adaata to aegoUate for the porchase with Governor Gorioo. The lawyer waited apou the Governor ia the Executive oface of the capitot aad forthwith stated the object of bis erraad. Gveror Gordon, cautious ia all t sings claimed he could not eater into a trade without first receiv ing aa order froam the Lgilature for the ale of the property. This brought about a discassioa regarding the title the State of Georgia had to the proper ty, aad ia the conversation aa idea dawaed apoa the raiod of the Chat iaaoogan which he straightway gve to the Governor la a "brief' style. He said: "The right of way of the Western & Atlantic road, iaduding the Union statioa ground of elsrea acre, was conveyed by various parties to the State of Georgia. The territorial Itm i's of this S '.:? were fixed when it was admitted into the Union, aad for it to be aaie to acquire a title to any real estate byond the limit a fixed would be to permit it to change it boundary lines ad libitum, which it caa nt do aider the Cnstitution of the United states without the con seat of the leg islatures of the two State concerned as well as of Congress. F ;rther. if the State of G .-wgia has the title to the land in question, then ic has ab-olute dominion and sovereignty or r it. powers oi police regulation, etc.. to the exr!uiou ani wholly iodene ident of the State of Tenee: and if an offene hou!d be committed by any one on the laud in qnetion the offender would have to be held amenable therefor to the law of Georgia nd not of Tennessee, as there can be but one -overeignty over the same. Th question, then natural ly arises: in whom is the title to the land vested? It must revert to the original venders to the State of Georgia, as the S ate can not hold it. ele it must escheat to the State of Tennessee most 1 kely to the latter." A the attorney concluded his re markable verbal brief, delivered, of eour-e, in a more conc'se and forcible siyle than the Times is able to quote, his dilingui-bed auditor evinced con siderable interest, and ejaculated something like: "Well, there i con siderable in that, isn't there?" Furih er along he evinced surprise that the matter had not before been put in this light by able legal lights who had interests in the matter. The property in question is far from being inigniticant. representing fully $1,030,000. not a bad take for Ten ne?see to gobble. Upon what i known a G.orgia land stands the Wetern & Atlantic Nation, the new block of building recently erected on Ninth treeu the triangle at the corn er of Tenth treet and Georgia avenue, and hoold the matter ever be given consideration, it would affect Union aiion, the Na-hville & Chat tanooga station, the I'alace Hotel, and the entire tract of land known a the Nahville flats thi property having been old by Georgia. NVver betore has there been any at tention called to the validity of G-orgia' title, and the question, aside from any litigation which might arie. an interesting one legally. If the l;nd Is Georgia land it must certainly be under the jurisdiction of Georgia. and If such i the case the occupant are Georgians. Atlanta can swell her State's population by including these residents in the next census The Chattanooga lawyer referred to is a lending member of tue Chatta nooga bar and tho counsel for one of the largest corporations in the coun try. He i confident his viw is the correct one, and claims that the court will sustain him in hi opinion. Chattanooga (Tcnn.) Times. To Preserve the Complexion. English women, as a rule, possess in youth and keep till age the finest con piexioos. lneir climate is kind to them. Its perpetual moiture seems to keep them in perpetual bloom, as it does their wonderful roses. But be sides their climate, their enstoms fa vor thorn. English girls are kept in the nurery or the school-room, freo from the excitement of late hour, rich food. adHlt societv, fashionable dre or nanus, mi tneir constitutions are tabbshed and their physiques devel oped. The simple food, daily until. hours spent out of doors, on foot or on horseback, and uneventful life, give them sound stomachs, hearty livers ami tranquil nerves, and the beautiful coloring is a matter of course. It can not be said too strongly that health is the only safe renovator of the com plexion. Cleanliness is the one uni versal cosmetic. And if the women of this generation have lost their fresh ness through carelessness or igno rance, or spito of climate, they can nt least rear their daughters to presorve that inheri lance of beauty, to whioh most Americans are bora. Harpers Bazar. TheVacavitle (CL) Reporter svs: Oh Mrs. E P. Buckingham's ranci. ;oou vallev, is a monster fig tree around which staging thirty feet high has been erected, so as to gather the fruit, the yiald from which is ofton a ton. The tree is about twenty-four rears old, aad we presume was planted by DtMHOtna Paaa. Five feet frat the greuad It measures 115 inches In circumference. ' SCHOOL AND CHURCH. Of Edinburgh' 131 churches, 124 are said to be Presbyterian. A committee of the Board of Edu cation of New York City has reported in favor of introducing manual training ia its schools. . Among the fifteen yonng theologi cal students graduated from Anburn Theological Seminary a few days ago were a Hindoo, a negro and several Europeans. All the evangelical churches of Europe ami America during the past year contributed $10,871,000, which is an advance of $850,000 beyond tho pre ceding year. In Italy, for 28,000,000 inhabitants, there are 47,000 schools, one for every S00 people, at a cost of 8Jd- per head. The average number of pupils at the schools Is 40. The Church of England received last year in voluntary offerings, 8.- 9t,250 for the building and restora tion of churches and parsonages and the endowment of benefices. The Gopel of Mark has been infd in raised characters for the use ,i the Minn in Lnina. romon ot tne BiMe have already been printed for the blind in 219 languages, uing this in vention of Dr. Moon. .V. J. H7'neu. At the annual meeting of the Chi cago Young Men's Christian Asocii tion the total membership was report ed as 4.-";09; employment had beon se cured for 4.4C4 men and boys; the t -tal receipts for the year were ?33,.4-3. In Greece tho Government jn?r mits the free distribution of the Scrip ture. and protects the eporUMir-v-The Gospels in the original fold) Greek are used a a reading book in the higher classes of the primary schools. Gospel preaching is yet on a limited scale, owing to the lack of qualified preachers. Rev. E. H. Smith, a Methodist mini-terwho ha charge of the Etowah (Ga.) district, i too poor to own a horse, and consequently he has to walk his circuit, over liften miles in extent, to meet hi appointment. His alary is $200 a year. The Attanta Constitution is raising money with which to buy the reverend gentleman a hore. On the day of his coronation. George III eoniioed a prayer, which, for brevity and good sense, ha rarely been equaled. It was afterwards found in his de?k. It reads thru: "Keep me. O Lord, from silly and unguarded friends, and from secret and de.-igning enemies and give me those things that are be.t for me, through Jesus Christ our Lord." A CENTURY'S GROWTH. Terrltorr Acquired Uy the United States Mnrp the l.ouUlana I'archa.e. It is a century since the famed "Or dinance of 17S7" was passed by Con gress, ami thp first Territory organized tiie Northwest Territory, whose offi cial name was " The Territory North west of the Ohio River." The ordi nance was passed July 13, 17s7. At that time, the L'nited State em braced only S'JO.GiO square miles: Flor ida belonged to Spain, and the Missis sippi river was our Western boundary. Our first acqni-ition of territory was the purchse of Louisiana from France in lfe08. This province embraced not only the present State of Louisiana, but all the vast area from the Missis sippi on the east to Oregon and Wash ington (which then were claimed by Great Britain) and the vast region known as Upper California, belonging to Mexico, on the west: and from the Gulf on rhe south to British America on the north. To be more precise, it embraced what are now known as Louiiatia, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota. Dakota, the larger part of Montana, the larger part of Wyoming, part of Colorado. Nebraska and the Iudian Territory, and was 930,923 square miles in extent, or more than 100,000 square miles larger than tho original domain of the countrv. For this we paid $15,000,000 to France. Our next acquisition was Florida, in 1S20, for which 5.000,000 was paid, adding 59. 7'20 square miles to the Na tional area. In 1S46 tho dispute with Great Britain about the ownership of Oregon embracing what is now the State of Oregon and Washington Ter ritory was M-ttKnl by treaty in our fa vor, and 22, 425 square miles more be came ours. In 1S45 Texas became a membor of the Union by annexation. The inde pendence of Texas had. however, never been acknowledged by Mexico, nud by this annexation wo" also an nexed tho Mexican war. By the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, which ended tho war, Mexico relinqui.-hud ler claim to Ten, and wo paid her $15, 000,000 for Upixn- California embrac ing California. Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and tho western portion of Colorado. In 1S58, tho "Gadsden purchase," a strip of land south of tho Gila rivor, now part of Arizona and Now Mexico was bought of Mexico for $10,000,000. By tho annexation of Texas and those two purchases, 9Sl.2t0 square milos of territory wero Drought under tho stars ami stripes. Alaska with its 577,:ll0 square miles, wore pmvhasod of Russia lu IS07, for $7,200,000. This is our latest territor ial acquisition. Thus, in 84 voars. we hnvo obtained by purchase, "treaty and annuxrttion, 2,752,723 square miles of torritory. costing $52,200,000 in cash airect, not considering tho cost of war. It is manifest dostinv that the exten sion of tho Union shall' go on until all orth Amorioa Ls undor one fin.. Pan ada, Moxico ami Contra America will eventually bo nddod to tho Republic, and our boundarios bo limited only by tho onwimpassing oceans and tha uttimuj ol rauauia. IXilcdo Blade.