CONGRESSIONAL.
Xegislatioa Pertaining to the Interest'
of the Faciflc Coast
BItXATK.
Bills wero introduced as follows :
By Dolph For tho admiesion of the
Territory of Washington into the
Union.
. Also, restoring to the United States
ifertain lands granted to the -Northern
Pacific Railroad Company.
Also, repealing the pre-emption and
timber culture laws.
Also, for the forfeiture of wagon-road
grants in Oregon.
Also, to set apart lauds for a public
park in the Willamette valley, Oregon.
Also, to encourage tho manufacture
of eteel for modern arts and armor.
Also, to provide heavy ordnance.
Also, for tho erection of a public
building at Portland, $500,000 ; Salem,
-$100,000.
AIbo, to establish an assay oflico at
Portland, and for tho erection of
buildings and the necessary apparatus.
By Mitchell To amend tho act of
March 3, 1887, restricting ownerohip
of real estate in tho Territories to
American citizens. v
Also, abrogating all treaties with the
Chinese Empire, so far as they permit
the coming of Chinese into the United
States, and absolutely prohibiting the
same, except os to diplomatic, consu
lar and other officials.
Also, authorizing tho Secretary of
tho Treasury to establinh life-saving
stations at the following places : One
near or at the mouth of the Umpqua
river, Or.; one between McKenzio
head and Peterson's point, and one at
Gray's Harbor, W. T.
By Mandoreon For a public build
ing at Omaha to cost, including site,
$1,000,000.
By Edmundf To provido for the
establishment of a 'postal telegraph.
It is the Edmund telegraph bill of two
yars ago.
Also, for allowance of a bounty erf
$8.33 per month to all men who
served in the army during the war.
Also, for pensions to all who served
during the war.
Also, for amendment of the consti
tution allowing. Congress to pass uni
form laws on the subject of marrmgo
and divorce.
Also, for an amendmont to tho con
stitution preventing tho manufacture,
importation and sale of intoxicating
liquors in the United States.
Also, for tho admission of Dakota
.and tho organization of a new Terri
tory of Lincoln.
By Stanford To require ten years'
residence before foreignets can declare
their intention to become citizens of
tho United States, except iu the case
of those arriving before the ago of 21
years, when residence of six years only
shall be required.
Also, for the establishment of a
quarantine station at San Francisco.
Alto, granting to the State of Cali
fornia 5 per cent, of tho proceeds of
cash sales of public lands in that State.
L'y Cullom For a pension to the
widow of Gon. John A. Logan.
By Turpic For tho admission of the
States of Washington and Dakota.
By Hoar For the erection of a
monument to Negro soldiers and sail
ors who gave their lives for the preser
vation of tlm government.
Also, a lull to facilitate and develop
tho resources of Alaska, and to open
an overland commercial route between
the United States, Asiatic Russia and
Japan. The bill directs a survey to be
inado of a routo for tho construction
of a railway by tho most feasible routo
from tho northern boundary of the
United States through British Colum
bia and Alaska, to n desirablo harbor
on the southern coast of tho Alaskan
poninsula, on Behring sea. It is in
tended to begin at or near Spokane
Falls, on the Northern Pacific road,
and run north on the eastern side of
tho Rocky mountains, deflecting west
wardly for a branch line to Sitka, the
main lino to be continued north and
west to a desirablo harbor on tho Alas
kan peninsula. One hundred thous
and dollars is appropiiatcd for the
survey.
Dolph reported favorably to the
Senate a bill from the committee on
commerce for extending tho port of
entry at Portland so as to include
East Portland.
By Chandler For fixing tho sal
aries of foveral judges of the United
States District Courts at $5,000.
By llawley To reimburse prisoners
-of war who wero in military or naval
service during the war of rebellion.
By George To annex tho public
land strip to the Territory of New
Mexico.
By Harris A memorial for a con
stitutional amendment prohibiting the
manufacture, sale, importation, ex
portation or transportation of alcoholic
-drinks in tho United States ; referred.
IIOUMK.
Among tho petitions presented to
the Houso by Morrow, of California,
wero tho following :
Resolutions of California Wool
Growers' Association, protesting
against a repeal or reduction of duty
on wool.
Also, a resolution of the Chamber of
k Commerce of San Francisco, recom
f Unending tho appropriation for repairs
'lof tlio Hartford.
kf J Also, a petition of tho Chamber of
Commerco of San Francisco for sea
coast defenses.
Also, reholutions of the Chamber of
Commerco of San Francisco, asking
for an appropriation for tho laying of
a cable from Sun Francuco to tho
.South Farralone Island.
OREGON NEWS.
Everything of General Interest in a
Condensed Form.
A failor named Peter Carson was
drowned at Empire City. "
The postoffice at Herman, Douglas
county, Oregon, has been discontinued.
A chair factory will soon begin op
erations at Salem, employing from
thirty to fifty men.
Tho life-saving inspectors recom
mend' that a life-saving station be
established at Newport.
Subscriptions aggregating over
$100,000 have been raised in Portland
to complete tho Villard Hotel.
Tho order of November 28, 18S7,
discontinuing tho postoffice at Molalla,
Clackamas county, has beon rescinded.
The warehouse of J. M. Mcintosh it
Co., at Waldo Hills station on the
narrow gauge, blow over during a high
wind. The warehotiso contained 20,
000 bushels of oate, all sacked.
Lawrenco Wilhelm committed sui
cide at his home, on tho Scholl's ferry
road, near Portland, by shooting him
self in tho temple. Ho had been ill
for about a yenr and a half and was
out of his mind.
Captain Young, of tho engineers at
Portland, reports that a log boom at
Coquillo City; Oregon, interferes with
tho passage of the steamers that carry
the United States mails, and that the
navigation of the Coquillo river is im
peded by settlers foiling trees in tho
stream.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miner, the female
smuggler, appeared beforo tho bar of
the United States District Court at
Portland to answer to a charge of
smuggling opium. Sho plead guilty
to tho charge. Judge Deady then
fined her $150 and further directed
that she be confined in the Multno
mah County Jail for ono day.
As a result of tho investigations of
tho swamp land agents, 150,000 acres
of land, at a rough estimate, will be
lost to tho State, but titles to tho lands
will be established, and disputes which
hr.vo arisen over swamp land matters,
since 1SG0, will be largely eettled. It
is expected that patents for lauds do
clared swamp will bo issued by tho
government to the Stato immediately
after the submission and examination
of these reports.
As W. H. Hembree of East Port
land was going to Lafayette, ho met
two men on tno roi d near Braley's
farm, who caught his horse and made
him dismount while tho other held a
revolver at his head and went through
him. It was very dark and impossible
to see who the parties were. Mr.
Hembreo had monoy hid in his boots
and when ho jumped to tlio ground
tho money rattled, which atiractul tho
attention of tho robbers, who mado
him tako off his boots and give them
the coin, which amounted to $1S0.
They refused to tako his watch and
allowed him to go.
Tho steamer Yaquina City, which
went ashore on tho sands near the
entrance to Yaquina Bay, and is now
a total wreck, was owned by the Ore
gon Development Company, and had
been on tho Pacific Coast only a few
years. She was built by John Roach
& Sons, at Chester, Pa., in 1877, and
was christened the 'Western Texas,
being intended for a Galveston packet.
Sho was an iron ship, 231 feet long, 34
feot beam, aitd 1G 2 feet depth of hold.
Her tonnage was 1,210.98 gross and
U31.ll not. Her draught was 12 G
feet. Sho had on but sixty tons of
freight, and 300 tons of rock ballast
when she went ashore. Her loes will
bo quite severely felt by her owners.
Tho Yaquina camo to tho Pacific
Coast in tho summer of 1881, and has
made about one hundred voyages be
tween Yaquina and San Francisco,
without any serious accident ever hap
pening heretofore. Tho vess-ol is val
ued at about $200,000. It is under
stood that tho insurance yia8 $100,000.
Mrs. Charles II. Thompson and her
niece, Miss Elizabeth Reniley, were
found dead in bed in a private lodging
houso in San Francisco, having been
asphyxiated by gas. The ladies ar
rived from Chico. Mrs. Thompson's
husband is baggage-master at that
place. The key of tho jet had evi
dently been turned accidentally. The
room was filled with gas when the
bodies wero discovered.
Chineeo papers cive details of the
disaster occasioned by tho Yellow river
overflowing its banks in tho province
of Ho-Nan, and tho complete inunda
tion of the city of Selling Chou and
ten other populous cities. The whole
area is now a raging sea ten to thirty
feet deep, where it onco beforo was a
densely populated and rich plain. Tho
statement is mado by missionaries
that millions of Chineso urn homeless
and starving. Tlio newly gathered
crops of herbs and trees r0 all swept
away. "Bread, bread," is tho cry of
thousands. Mat huts aro being erected
as fast as possible, but tho misery in
creases owing to cold weather.
A dispatch from Sm Francisco says :
Jas. Briggs, a sailor on tho British
man-of-war Triumph, which arrived
from Esquimalt, was tried at tho latter
port for insubordination, and sentenced
to eighteen months' imprisonment in
Portland, Eng., prison. During the
voyago to this city ho was kept in
irons. When he was unironed this
evening to tako down the beds he
lexped through the gun port into the
bay, swimming four miles to one of
tho wharves. Ho was arrestod in an
almost nude "condition by an officer,
and taken to I ho receiving hospital,
whero ho will bo detained until claimed
by tho proper officials. Tho escaped
prisoner ttlls a heartrending talo of
cruel treatment by tho ship's officers,
and says two other sailor also de
serted the ship. ,
i COAST CULLINGS.
'Devoted Principally to "Wasbingtoi
Territory and California.
A man known as "Long" Tayldr wa
drowned off Coh-man's wharf, Seattle.
The Belmont hotel, at Los Angeles,
Cnl., whs destroyed by fire. Loss,
$100,000; insurance unknown.
Conductor Roso was killed in the
collision on tho California Central
construction train near Los Angeles.
Francisco F. Detencourt. a dos
pondent middle-aged cigar dealer,
blew his head oil with a shotgun at
San Francisco.
Capt. Charles Boyle, of tho schooner
Jennie Griffin, fell overboard and was
drowned at Sun Francisco. He leaves
a wife and child.
Michael Barry, 5G years of ago. fell
from the balcony in front of his house
at San Francisco, and died from the
injuries received.
At San Francisco, Postoflico Clerks
llaunan and Meaghor were discovered
to be afilicted with smallpox, and were
sent to the pest house.
Edward H. David, a sailor on the
British ship Victoria, fell on" tho wharf
at Nanoimo, B. C, and was drowned
before tho boats could reach him.
J. B. McDonnel was arrested at San
Francisco for having in his possession
a block with intent to uso it, for coun
terfeiting Bank of England notes.
A man named P. Murphy was found
dead in his room in a lodging house at
San Francisco. Two wounds in his
head lead to a suspicion of foul play.
Henry F. Price, of San Francisco,
who has been starter for tho Sutter
street cable road for several months,
committed suicide by shooting himself.
Joseph Taylor, a watchman in the
Taconia wheat warehouses, foil from
the dock, striking tho timbers as he.
fell. Ho was taken out but died
shortly afterwards.
A freight train on tho eastern divis
ion of tho Central Pacific broko in two.
A portion passed under a bridge and
a barkeman named David Chugg fell
from tho cars and was killed.
In a collision betweon freight and
passengor trains at San Bernardino,
Gal., engineer Thompson and fireman
Gaffney, of the freight were killed.
Several cars were destroyed by fire.
Henry Niotman, a bar-tender, was
stabbed and killed at a San Pedro,
Cal., dance house by a Spanish woman
named Isabella Andrass, who was jeal
ous of his attentions to another woman.
Tho hotel at Crescent, a small set
tlement near Los Angeles, costing
$10,000, was blown down by a terrific
windstorm, entailing the death of Mrs.
Arnold and her 10 year old daugntor,
recently arrived from the East, and
wounding more or less seriously six
teen hotel guests, many of whom met
with miraculous escapes.
A special from Paradise, Nov., says:
Merrach Carrel left this place for his
ranch, six miles away. Not reaching
homo search was instituted and his
body, frozen stiff, was found a milo
from his home. He was an old resi
dent of the valley, and a prosperous
farmer.
Wong Ah Hung, tho Chinaman
who was convicted iu tho United
States District Court at San Francisco
for importing women for immoral pur
poses, was sentenced by Judge Hoff
man to ten years' imprisonment and
to pay a fine of $2,000.
Jimmio Kics, 11 yoars old, while
hunting squirrels near Placerville, Cal.,
having emptied ono barrel of his shot
gun, was iu the act of reloading wlion
tho remaining barrel was discharged,
tho load taking effect in his face. One
half tho charge entered his right eye.
A chambermaid in a San Francisco
hotel noticed a trail of blood leading
from tho balcony to a room occupied
by Joseph Schmidt, a young German.
When tho door was opened Schmidt
was found lying on his back, in a pool
of blood, having cut his throat with a
penknife, which was found lying on a
table.
Oscar Heym, accountant in tho
Occidental warehouse at San Fran
cisco, shot himself in tho breast, in
flicting n wound which will prove
fatal. A shortage of several hundred
dollars was found in his accounts re
cently, and it is supposed this led to
his suicide.
A man by tho name of Murray went
to a lodging houso at San Francisco
and engaged a room. Later thore was
a smell of escaping gas, which was
traced to Murray's room. Thore was
no responso to repeated knocks at the
door, which was finally forced open.
Murray was lying dead on tho bed and
the gas was turnod half way on,
A construction train on tho Atchi
son, Topoka fe Santa Fo road, consist
ing of ten cars, on which wero betweon
fifty and Bixty men, ran into some
stationary flat cars, at Los Angeles.
Tho construction train was backing up
for a load of sand, and as no signals
wore displayed by tho train of flute
tho engineer did not seo tho latter in
timo to prevent tho accident. The
force of the collision broko tho first
car of tho construction train in two.
Of four men in tho shattered car, Tom
Rose, acting conductor, was instantly
killed, and Captain Gilbert, night boss,
Bill Griffith, brakeman and James
Kelly, laborer, all received serious and
perhaps fatal injuries.
G. W. Hunt and Nelson Bennett,
the well known railroad contractors,
havo quit work on tlio Oregon Pacific
railroad, discharged tho men employed
thero and annulled and rescinded their
contract with tho coinpany.j Mr. Ben
nett had a contract for forty miles oast
from Albany, and Mr. Hunt had a
contract for tho next fifty miles.
JOYS OF COUNTRY LIFE.
Mr. anil Mr. HniTurr'i Visit to n (icnuln
Hunil Huuinior IW-snrt.
"1 think we hnil better go away for a
couple of weeks," observed Mr. Bowser
,i few evenings since n3 wo .sat on the
steps.
"But why? Our house is nice and
cool, and wedon't seem to feel the need
of a change."
"Oh. we don't, eh? That shows all
Von know about it! If you had half an
ye you could coo that baby is suffering
for a change. You are looking like a
saffron-bag around your mouth, and I
am just dragged out myself. Wo shall
go to the country."
"Hut our rooms aro so cool, and we
can buy whatever we want to eat."
"Cool rooms! You wait until you
strike a country bod-room and you will
call this house a sweat-box! As for
living yum! yum! Think of cream,
fresh eggs, yellow butter, fresh berries,
old-fashioned biscuit, delicious coffee,
night breezes, new-mown hay, ripe
cherries, et al. !"
I supposed we should have a week at
least in which to get ready, but Mr.
Bowser only gave me a day and a half,
and he even begrudged half a day of
that. He telegraphed to the landlord
of a country hotel on the banks of a
small lake, and tlio most 1 could do
was to tumble about a bushel of things
into a trunk and tie on my bonnet. We
got out there by train. That is, we
got within six miles of the. place. Mr.
Bowser had been in such a hurry that
he didn't ascertain particulars. It was
only after he had bargained with a
teamster to take us to the lake for
three dollars that he found that the lake
was not on the railroad. He looked a
little gloomy over it for a spell, but
finally showed me his nine-dollar lish
ing out lit, and after awhile forgot any
unpleasantness in viewing the country.
We saw a farmer cutting wheat.
We saw three crows.
We rode over three miles of causeway
ind three of dust.
We saw as many as live barns.
We met a barefooted boy.
We saw a dead horse.
If we met or saw any thing else I
an't remember what it was. Mr.
Bowser drew in deep draughts of what
lie called the elixir of life, and quoted
poetry about the plow-hoy and the low
ing kino, but I guess ho. was glad when
the ride ended. The .sun had burned
rlie back of his neck as red as tire, he
was all dust and dirt, and the cause
ways had tired him out. We found the
hotel a very picturesque all'air. It was
half log and half frame. I can't say
whether it was Queen Anne or Tom
Collins style, but it was probably one
r the other. The landlord had given
us a room in the log part. lie knew
that we sighed for the picturesque, and
lie was willing wo should have it. It
was a room as much as eight feet long
and live feet wide. There were rod
peppers and may weed and seed corn
and onions hanging to the rafters, and
the great eraeks in the floor worn partly
hidden by a rag carpet. There was a
cracked looking-glass of the Noah's
Ark period, a bedstead which had come
over on tin; Mayflower and a rheumatic
old stand made in 1770 held tip a tin
wash-dish and a blue pitcher without a
handle.
"Is this the et al., Mr. Bowser?" I
asked as I dropped into the only chair
with baby and looked around.
"Do you want the earth?" ho roared
back. "What do we come to the coun
try for? Do we expect to find palaces
out here? I tell you, this is the most
picturesque, romantic spot I've seen in
twenty years, and I propose to put in
two months here!"
I finally got baby to sloop, made my
toilet and thou went out with Mr. Bow
ser to view the neighborhood.
There fas a lake.
It was almost forty rods long, and
almost twenty rods wide.
There were a post-office and a black
smith shop.
There were two hay-stacks, a ruined
saw-mill and a lame horse.
That was all, and I returned to the
hotel while Mr. Bowser went lishing.
We had .supper at six o'clock. The
landlady rang three bells. The first
was to notify us that wo could expect
supper; the second ' was that supper
was being prepared; the third that
supper was ready. Between the differ
out bells Mr. Bowser picked the burrs
off bis pantaloons, rubbed some oint
ment on his neck, and said to me:
" e all feel the change already. 1
haven't seen you anil baby look so well
in six months, while I have the appe
tite of a horse. I think we'll put in
three months here."
When we went in to suppor wo found
knives and forks without handles,
cracked plates and n table cloth with
seven holes liberally and artistically
distributed throughout its length and
breadth. The tea might have beon
sage, or it might have been catnip.
The biscuits were yellow with salora
tus. Tho butter was whito in tho face
and tasted of tho last generation.
There were some frjed eggs, Inn. they
had seared a setting linn otf tho nest to
get them. The milk in the pitcher had
turned. It probably belonged to '.ho
Turner soeioti. .Mr. Bowser tried to
stuff himself hi order to carry his
point, hut it wa no use. Ho might
have restrained himself until morning
had I not paid as wu returned to the
bedroom:
"As for living, yum! yum! Think of
cream, fresh cjrgs, yel !"
"Yes. think of it!" bo roared. "Who
got mo out here! Who was. whining
about the pure air of tho country
finding fault with our table complain
ing of our H18 bedroom! You've
succeeded in dragging us out here, and
now 1 hope you fool hotter!"
Wo sat on tho veranda and ough
mosquitoes uitll teti o'clock and the .
went to bed. It was a bedstead witli a
cord in it, and it was a straw bed on
which we slept. Thero wasn't a mos
quito bar at any door or window in the
house and we were hardly in bed be
fore the pests pitched on us. Seven
different times before midnight did Mr.
Bow.or get out of bed, light the tallow
dip and attack tho enemy. Ho was
getting out for tho eighth time
when tho cord broko and wo
all went through to the floor.
Then we got up and sat up tho rest of
the night, catching cat-naps between
the bites. We might not have known
when day broke, except for the kindly
interest taken in us by a stray hog. Tho
beast crop under tho house, and the
space was so small that ho lifted tho
boards under our feet with his back.
When we felt the boards lift we knew
that another day hail dawned upon the
picturesque locality.
We left the hotel before breakfast
and were home to dinner. Mr. Bow
ser seemed very much occupied with
his thoughts on tho way home, and
when we finally entered the house lie
turned on me and said:
"Mrs. Bowser, I'm a man who can
bear a good deal before losing my tem
per, but I want to give you fair warn
ing right here and now that I want no
more of your nonsense! The next
time you mention country to me the
next time you dragoon me into another
excursion of this kind 1 shall be justi
fied in in !"
And lie kicked tho trunk, pitched his
lishing tackle into the back yard, and
went out. to get some cold cream for
his blisters, burns and bites. Detroit
Free Pres..
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GROWING CORK-OAKS.
A Ciilirornlii industry Which Will Soon
I'rotii to Ito KiMiioni'riitl v.
The growth of cork-oak in California
is not a matter of experiment; its suc
cess was demonstrated long ago. The
distribution of cork acorns by the Pat
ent Otlice about twenty-live years ago
may not have accomplished much in
other parts of the country, but it gave
us a start, and there are now trees
yielding cork and bearing acorns at a
number of different places in the State.
There aro trees growing on Mr. Rich
ardson's place at San (iabriel. There
were samples of cork and acorns shown
at tho Sacramento Citrus Fair by 11. A.
Messenger, of Calaveras County. Thero
are trees of similar ago in Sonoma,
Santa Barbara and Tulare, and perhaps
other counties. The State University
is growing seedlings from California
cork acorns, and will be likely to have
tho trees for distribution next year.
Thero is no doubt about the adaptation
of the tree to tho State as the widely
separated places named above all fur
nish proper conditions for its growth.
It is of course a crop of which one has
to wait some timo to gather, and there
fore needs patience in the planter.
All the cork-wood of commerce
comes from tho Spanish Peninsula,
where the trees abound, not only in
cultivated forests, but. also grow wild
on the mountains. Tho tree is like
an American oak, with luavcs
similar to tho oak, and acorns. It
takes ten years for the bark to become
a proper thickness to bo manufactured
into bottle-stoppers, life-preservers and
seine-corks. When stripped from the
tree it is to be boiled for two hours,
cured in the sun for a week and pressed
into flat pieces for baling and shipping.
The denuded trunk, like a hen robbed
of her eggs, does not sulk and quit tho
business, but throws out a fresh cover
ing for a fresh spoliation. One tree
has hcou known to yield half a ton of
cork-wood. Ono pound of cork can
bo manufactured into Ml champagne
corks. The billed cork bark is sold to
cork manufacturing centers. The
in st extensive manufactory in Ameri
ca is at Pittsburgh. Besides the ordi
nary demands for cork bark, a good
supply of the buoyant material, after
being burned to mako it still lighter
than the original bark, is shipped to
Canada and New England, where it is
made into seine-corks. The average
annual importation of cork-wood into
this country, entirely at the poit of
New York, "is 70,000 bales a year. A
bale weighs UK) pounds and is worth
on this side of the water $20, making a
total value of the importation of sjl,
100.000. It comes in duty free. Pa
cijia ltural Press,
A Western clergyman, whoso sal
ary had not been paid for several
months, told-the trustees of his church
that lie must have his money, as his
family were suffering for tho neces
saries of life. "Monoy!" exciaimed
ono of tho trustees noted for Ids stingi
ness "money! Do you preach for
money? I thought you preached for
tho good of souls!" Tho minister re
plied: "So I do; but I can't cat souls.
And if I could, it would take a thousand
such as yours to mako a meal." N. Y.
Ledger.
Farmer Hoprako (to departing
guest) "Had a good timo, I hope?"
finest "Well or hardly. The mos
quitoes nearly killed me." "That's all
right. You come around next summer
and I'll fix you comfortable." "(Jolng
to get rid of them?" "Yes. I'll fat
ten 'em and servo 'oiu up for quail."
Philadelphia Call.
m m
Smith "Hero tho editor of that
villainous Sijuiblet says that I am a
thief and a bribe-taker. What shall 1
do?" Jones "Do? Why, mako him
prove it." Smith "Oil, that would be
too easy. I want to cause the follow'
some inconvenience, jf possible."
Omaha Herald.
The historic walnut tree at tho top
if tho Devil's Don, on tho battlefield of
Jottysburg, was blown down not long
fliH AND POINT.
Probably, of all sonsatlonal devel
opments, boils aro tho worst.
Wlion supply and demand coaso to
play, values completely disappoar.
Tho crutch of Timo accomplishes
more than tho club of Horculos. Bal
lhascr (Jracian.
When you put your fingers into
somebody olso's pio you must oxpoot
to get tart rejoinders. Burlington.
Free Press.
Man must work. Ho mav work;
grudgingly or gratefully. Ho may
work as a man or as a machine.
Henry Giles.
Most of tho pooplo who aro willing;
to tell how to become rich aro finally
burled at tlio exponso of tho county.
Lincoln Journal.
What some people call their son
sitivenoss is merely a disinclination to
bo treated as they would treat others
under the same circumstances.
Tlio specially actor who recites,
"Yes, Pin a Tramp," isn't ono in
reality, but lie's likely to bo if ha
doo.su' t go and learn a trade. Wasli
ington Critic.
A Chance for Some Inventor
Of Into they have chimneys invented
Which till et their own smoke consumo ;
Now a muilc-cotisumliiR jilnno '
Is needed to help out the boom.
Tid-Ilils.
Er 'otnan dat liab married or po
man 'oazo she lnbbed him, is mighty
ap' tor want her daughter to marry er
rich man, no matter whiither sho tub
him or not. Arkansaw Traveler.
O.naha Damo "My daughter,
your husband is a villain." Bride of
a Month "Wha ." "Ho's married
before, and for all we know lias a wifo
living yet." "II rrors! How do you
know?" "I asked him to step into tho
store and match these r.ophyrs for you,
and ho wouldn't do it." Omaha
World.
An Irishman, who was a witness
iu a recent, case at the Tombs, gave a
lawyer who was eross-oxanilning Iiim
so much trouble by his witty evasions
that the counsel at last said to him:
"See here, my man, if tho devil could
have his choice between you and me.
which of us do you think ho would
take first?" "Wiiich of us would tho
devil take first?" said tho witnoss.
"Why, mo, of course, because ha
knows that ho could havo you at an
time." Ar. i Ledger.
WHITTIER'S YOUTH.
Ills First I'uIiIIhIiimI 1'imiiii anil tlio Prleml
It llioucht lllm.
Whiltier began to rhyme very early
and kept his gift a socret from nil ox
copt his oldest sister, fearing that hi
father, who was a prosaic man, would
think he was wasting time. Ho wroto
under the fence, in the attic, in tho
barn wherever ho could escape ob
servation; anil as pen and ink wero
not always available, ho sometime
used chalk, ami oven charcoal. Great
was the surpriso of tlio family when
some of his verses wore unearthed,,
literally unoarlhed, from under a heap
of rubbish iu a garret; but his father
frowned upon theso evidences of tho
bout of Ids mind, not out of kindness,
but because ho doubted tho sufllcionoy
of the boy's education for a literary
life, and did not wish to inspire hint
with hopes which might never bo ful
filled. His sister had faith in him, neverthe
less, and, without his knowledge, nho
sent ono of his pooms to the editor at
the Free Press, a newspaper published,
iu Nowburyport. Whiltier was helping"
his father to repair a stono wall by tho
roadside, when tlio carr'or Hut g a copy
of the paper to him, and, unconscious
that any thing of Ids was iu it, ho
opened it and glanced up and down
tho columns. His eyes fell on soma
versos called "Tho lixilo's Depart
ure :"
Fond ncone' which delighted my youthful or
Ktcnco,
With fuullntis of sorrow I lild youdlou
A liiHtlng iidimii for now, dim In tho dlstaneo
Tho hhores of Illucrnln recede from my
view.
Faruwoll to tho oliffn, lompcst-boaton and
Bray,
Which Kiinrd the loved shores of my own na
tive lund;
Farewell to tho village mid sall-shudowod bar.
The foroHt-crowncdhlll and tho water-wash
strand.
His eyes swam; it was his own poem,,
tho first ho over had iu print
' What is tho matter with thoo?" hi
father demanded, seeing howdazod ho
was; but, though ho resumed his work
on tho wall, ho could not sponk, and
ho had to stoal a glaiico at tho paper
again before ho could convince him
self that ho was not dreaming, Suro
enough, tlio poom was there with hia
initial at tho loot of it "W., Haver
hill, Juno 1, 1820," and, hotter still,
this editorial notice: "If W..' &&
Haverhill, will continuo to favor us.
with pieces beautiful as tho one in
serted in our poetical doparlmont of
to-day, wo shall esteom it a favor."
Tho editor thought so much of "Tha
Exilo'B Doparlure," and sOmo other
verses which followed It from tho sum
hand, that ho resolved to make tlio
acquaintance of his now contributor,
and ho drove over to see him.
Whiltier, then a boy of eighteen, watt
Biimmouod from tho Holds whero h
was working, clad only iu shirt,
trotisors and straw hat, and having
slipped In at tlio back door so that ho
might put ids shoos and coat on, camo
into tlio non with ".shrinking dif
fidence almost unablo to speak, and.
blushing like a maiden." The editor
was a young man himself, not mora
than twenty-two or twontythreo, anil
tho friendship that began with thU
visit lasted until doath ended it. How
strong and how close it was, and how
it mis made to servo tlio cause of
frocdoni may bo haruod in tho Ufa of
tho groat abolitionist, William Lloyd
Garrison, which was 'tha odhor'a
u a me. t'L Nicholas. ,