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VOL. 10.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 1876.
NO. 47
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Oregon City.
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Old Saying's.
As poor as a chuch-mouse,
As thin as a rail ;
A9 fat as a porpoise.
As rough as a gale ;
As brave as a lion,
As spry as a cat;
As bright as a sixpence,
As weak as a rat.
As proud as a peacock,
As si v as a fox ;
As mad as a inarch hair.
As strong as an ox ;
As fair as a lily,
As empty as air ;
As rich as Croesus,
As cross as a bear.
As pure as an angel,
As neat as a pin ;
As smart as a steel-trap,
As ugly as sin ;
As dead as a door-nail,
As white as a sheet ;
As Hat as a pancake.
As red as a beet.
As round as an apple,
As black as your hat ;
As brown as a' berry,
As blind as a bat ;
As mean as a miser,
As full as a tick ;
As plump as a patridge,
As sharp as a stick.
As clear as a penny,
As dark as a pall;
As hard as a millstone,
As bitter as gall ;
As tine as a fiddle,
As clear as a bell ;
As dry as a herring.
As deep as a well.
As light as a feather,
As hard as a rock ;
As stiff as a poker,
As calm as a clock ;
As green as a gosling,
As brisk as a bee;
And now let ine stop,
.Lest you weary of me.
Stanley, the Great Explorer.
A London special to the New York
Herald says : Five letters from Stan
ley have just been received, being
the lirst intelligence of him since
June 1S75, and was written at Moy-higa-
Island, in Lake Nyanza, and
describes the explorer's voyage
from King Mtesa's territory, at the
northern end of Lake Victoria
Nyanza, where Stanley had been vis
iting the king, back to Camp Kayehe.
In the course of their voyage across
the lake Stanley and his party nar
rowly escaped from being massacred
by savages and treacherous natives
of Bumboyha, a large island on the
wester side of Lake Victoria. The
expedition was saved from destruc
tion during the savage attacks only
by the skill and courage of Stanley
and
JUS FAITHFUL BAND OF FOLLOWERS,
Who, by the observance of discipline
and the effective use of their superior
arms, beat of the treacherous natives.
While on the lake the expedition
encountered several heavj- storms
which at times threatened their frail
canoes with destruction. All the
party, however, arrived safely at
camp after experiencing the most
remarkable adventures. The second
letter from Stanley Jis written from
Lake Shore, a town of Dumo in
Uganda. It is dated August 15th,
1875. Here the explorer had estab
lished his camp on the mainland, but
within easy access of the lake. From
Moyhiga Stanley madean expedition
across the Ukerew Island at its
southern extremity, from whence he
recrossed the lake again toward the
region of Uganda, the whole expedi
tion b-jing transported in canoes.
During the return voyage Stanley
inflicted a sore punishment on the
treacherous savages of Bumbovba
for the attack made upon his expedi
tion, as mentioned in the first letter.
The second letter narrates all the
INCIDENTS OF THESE EXCITING VOYAGES
The next letter from Stanley is
written from Kawango. and is dated
Jannary 18th, 187G. The letter de
scribes the march of the gallant ex
plorer from King Mtesa s capital
across the country to the southern
shore of Lake Nyanza. The march
was made at the head of a large army
composed of spearsmen of Uganda.
The army encamped on the shores of
Lake Albert Nyanza at Lnijampaka,
and after some delay again recrossed
the cou; try to King Mtesa s, where
Stanley arrived on the 18th of Janu
ary. The day he arrived he wrote
his fourth letter. All the letters con
tain particulars of the highest geo
graphical and ethnological value.
Stanley traversed the country of
ivabbar and visited but did not navi
gate Lake Albert Nyanza. This land
exploration by Stanley is in
HIS MARCH BETWEEN LAKES
And his short stsiy on the lake shore
explains why Gessi, of Gordon's
force, who sailed on Lake Albert
Nyanza, in April last, heard nothing
of the expedition. Stanley is, there
fore, the first explorer who has pen
etrated the unknown regions lying
between lakes Victoria and Albert
Nyanza, and the first to survey their
mysterious recesses with the eye of a
scientific traveler. Towering above
this vast expanse is the remarkable
mountain of Ganbarrayara, which
Stanley thoroughly explored, and
discovered among its high uplands a
pale-face tribe who inhabit thi3 won
deriul region, forming a different
kind of people to the black-skinned
denizens of the plains. Stanley
christened the large inlet of Albert
Nyanza, on which he encamped with
his army, " Beatrice Gulf," in Lonor
of the Trincess of England, of the
Koyal House. The next letter is
dated March 26th, 187G, from Kani
furro, and relates the story of his
final departure from Uganda. It
also gives the particulars of his ex
ploration of Kageera river, which
flows into Lake Victoria Nyanza on
its west side. It further describes
the exploration of Captain Speke of
Likes Lake, Windermere and the hot
springs of Naragique. Stanley for
wards with this letter
SKETCH MAPS,
I owing the hitherto uamapped por-
tion of Victoria Nyanza. lie gives
the coast line from the mouth of the
Kageera river on the west to that of
the Shiineyn river on the south. The
latest letter is dated fromUbagive, in
Unyamace, April 24th, 1870, and
gives further details of the. explora
tion of the interlacustrine region and
of Stanley's southward march to
wards Ujiji. From Ujiji Stanley
proposes to revisit Albert Nyanza by
way of Lake Tanganyika, and make
a thorough exploration of the former
basin. Stanley's last letter was dis
patched when he was within, fifteen
days march of Ujiji, where he doabt
less arrived last month. He is amply
supplied with men and moans suffi
cient for him to solve the great prob
lem still open to his undaunted
courage and his splendid gifts as a
traveler. Stanley mentions in his
letter that his white friend, Frank
Pocock, was well and that his own
health was unimpaired.
Isabella Meets With a Cool
ception.
Re-
Ex-Queen Isabella met with a
cool Jn ception on her recent return
to Spain, according to the accounts
recieved by the foreign mails. His
Majesty Don Alfonso, accompanied
by the Princess of Astureas, arrived
at Santander to receive his mother,
and when the vessel which brought
the Qneen hove in sight all the
church bells were in motion and the
guns thundered their olfic;al wel
come. The band played the
royal march and the King started
out to meet his mother, amid the
enthusiastic acclamations of the na
val and military elements. The road
was densely crowded, and although
few vivas were to be heard, it was
easy to see that the youug monarch
won id be a favorite among the peo
ple if the high officials that surround
ed him would only let him. The
King rode a white charger and the
and the Princess drove in open
barouche, accompanied by a lady in
waiting. His Majesty and her Boyal
Highness embarked in a handsome
pinnace and were towed out by a
steam launch to the entrance of the
harbor, where the vessel was moor
ing. Queen Isabella had just arriv
ed, and after embracing I.er son and
daughter, embarked in the pinnace
and landed on the magnificent, qiiay
of Santander. The Queen seemed
much effected, and indeed appeared
to have been shedding tears; but one
thing was very noticeable and that
was a dead silence in the crowd,
broken now and then only by the
shrill vivas of two or three urchins
who seemed to have been engaged
for the task. Not one cry of welcome
was to be heard .and silently tho roy
al personages drove to the cathedral,
where mass was said by the young
Bishop of Santander. On coming
o.it of the cathedral one man raised
the cry of "Viva Isabella Segunda!"
but not a single voice replied and
the solitary attempt died away in
ominous silen e.
Blackmail.
Blackmail is a term not universally
understood. Originally it signified
a certain rate of money, corn, cattle,
or other thing, anciently paid in the
north of England and south of Scot
land to certain men who were allied
to robbers, to be by them protected
from pillage. We have anew mean
ing for the word now. A man that
worms himself into your confidence
and, having learned something of
your private aft'airs, attempts to
transmute it into gold, is a black
mailer. It is simply blood money.
A man that does that kind of thing
has no right to live, except by the
forbearance of the gods. There is a
certain amount of meanucss allotted
to the career of any man, and he runs
the length of his string at a single
dash when he levies blackmail. If
he live aftsr such an ordeal it is only
to vomit like a buzzard and stink like
an nncoffined crow.
Wrell, let the blackmailer remem
ber, as he applies himself to his fetid
repast, that there is an old and use
ful adage on the subject of glass
houses. A man may have an imper
vious hide himself, but there may be
those through whose unutterable
sorrow and degradation he can be
reached. Let him take care, or
hearts that he loves shall bleed.
A Blackmailing Adventurer.
A remarkably successful adventurer
has been arrested in Philadelphia.
His last assumed name was Chalnotte,
but his real name is unknown to the
police, and his most recent ex
ploits were performed as a brother
of Don Carlos. His general plan was
to flirt with women induce them to
compromise themselves in some tri
fling way, and then blackmail them.
His good looks, education nnd intel
ligence enabled him to make a sur
prising number. Letters from over
thirty women and girls were found
in his trunk. This year he made a
round of the watering places, and
when caught was operating at the
Centennial Exhibition. A sensible
women exposed him.
Gross Lack of Attention. A
certain mad wag on a Cincinnatti
journal lately distinguished himself
in New York, Dining at a restanr
ant, he noticed on the bill of fare a
request to the guests to report " any
want of attention." He s nt for the
landlord and pointed out the notice.
" Has there been any want of atten
tion ?" queried Boniface. ' 'I should
think there had," was the reply ; "I
have been here fifteen minutes ami
no one has asked me to take a drink. r
Luelling's Seedling Cherry, speci
mens of which reached the Exposi
tion in excellent order are considered
s iperior to anything yet seen in the
East,
The Custer Massacre.
Statement of a Trapper who was au
Eye- Wit ii ess-Six Prisoners Burned
at the Stake and Horribly Tortured.
Minneapolis, Sept. 7th, 1876.-The
Pioneer Press and Tribune will to
morrow publish an interview with an
old trapper named Itidgley, who has
been a long time in the lellowstone
country, and claims to have wit
nessed Custer's inassacrer-being ,a
prisoner in Sitting Bull's ump and
seeing every movement of the troops.
He was taken prisoner last March
and kept in the camp of the Indians
ever since. Until the Custer mas
sacre he was treated kindly. He
says Sitting Bull organized, not to
fight the whites, but to drive the
miners from the Black Hills. Pre
vious to Custer's attack, mounted
couriers from Sitting Bull's camp
had for eight days watched his
forces, their division into small de
tachments beiiig noted with manifes
tations of extreme delight. Ambus
cades were immediately prepared,
and while the Indians stood ready
for attack, many of them clambered
on the side hills overlooking Custer's
line of march. The Indian camp
was divided by a bluff, the point of
which ran toward the Bosebud and
in the direction of one of tho availa
ble fords on the river. To reach
their camp by this ford, Custer fol
lowed their trai: down to the water's
edgo. There were but 25 tepees vis
ible to Custer, but there were 75
double tepees behind the bluffs not
visible. Custer attacked the small
village, and was immediately met by
1,500 or 2,000 Indians in regular
order of battle. Every movement
was made with military precision.
Ridgley says he stood on tho side
hill, where he had a complete view
of the battle, which was not more
than y miles distant. Custer began
the fight in a ravine near the ford,
and fully half his command seemed
to be unhorsed at the first fire. Then
the soldiers retreated towards the
hill in the rear, where they were
shot down on the way with astonish
ing rapidity, the commanding officer
falling from his horse in the middle
of the engagement, which commenced
at 11 a. m., and did not last over 45
minutes. After the massacre of
Custer's force, the Indians returned
to camp with six soldiers as prison
ers, and delirious witli joy over their
success, these six men were tied to
stakes at a wood pile in the village
and all burned to death. While the
the ll-imes were torturing them to
d nth, tho Indi in. boys fired red h:t
arrows into their quivering flesh
until they were dead. Sitting Bull
was met after tho fight, and he ex
ultantly remarked that he had killed
many soldiers, and one damned
General, but did not know who he
was. The squaws then armed them
selves with knives, visited the battle
field and robbed and mutilated the
bodies of the soldiers. While the
six soldiers were being burned, the
Indians turned their attention to the
force, evidently Keno's attacking
tho lower end of the village. Itidg
ley says Custer's command had been
slaughtered before a shot was fired,
Reno's force attacking the lower end
of the camp at about 2 p. m. The
Indians returned in the evening and
said the men had fought like the
devil ; but Ridgley ays they didn't
make; any statement of their losses.
They said the soldiers had been
driven back twice, and they piled up
stones, and the attack was unsuccess
ful. The prisoners were kept burn
ing over an hour ; but Ridgley was
not permitted to speak to them, so
he is unable to state who they were.
One was noticeable for his small size
and gray hair and whiskers. Reno
killed more Indians than Custer, who
fell in the midst of the fight and two
captains, believed to be Gates and
Keogh, were left to die. The night
after the massacre the Indians were
wild with delight ; many got drunk
on whiskey stolen from the whites,
and the squaws performed the duty
of guards for the prisoners. The
squaws becoming drowsy, Ridgley
and two companions escaped, secur
ing ponies and began a long journey
homeward. The party ate game and
lay in the woods four days to avoid
the Indians. On the way Ridgley's
horse stumbled, breaking his arm,
but the party finally reached Fort
Abercrombie, and thence Ridgley
came here.
He describes Sitting Bull as a half
breed, of large size, very intelligent
with a peculiar gait.
A Sermon in a Paragraph.
President Porter, in Yale gave the
following advice to the sdents of
that institution the other day :
" Young men, you are the architects
of your own fortunes. Rely on
your own strenght of body and soul.
Take for your star self-reliance. In
scribe on your banner, " Luck is a
fool, Pluck is a hero." Don't take
too much advice keep at the helm
and steer your own ship, and remem
ber that the art of commanding is to
take a fair share of the work. Think
well of yourself. Strike out. As
sume your own position. Put po
tatoes in a cart, go over a road, and
the small ones go to the bottom.
Fire above the mark you intend to
hit. Energy, invincible determina
tion with a right motive, are the lev
ers that move the world. Don t
swear. Don't deceive. Don't read
novels. Don't marry until you can
support a wife. Be earnest. "Be
self-reliant. Be generous. Be civil.
Read the paper. Advertise your bus
iness. Make money and do gooJ
with it. Love your God and your
fellow men. Love truth and virtue
Love your country and obey its
laws."
" Matchless misery " has been de
fined to having a cigar and no
thing to light it with.
The Boy as a Barbarian.
The world the boy lives in is sep
erate and distinct from the world the
man lives in. It is a world inhabited
only byboys. No events are important
or of any moment save those affect
ing boys. How they ignore the
presence of their elders on the street,
shoutiung out there calls, their invi
tations, their appointments from our
midst, as from the veriest solitude !
The have peculiar calls, whistles,
pass-words, by which they commu
nicate with each other at long dis
tances like "Birds or wild creatures.
And there is as genuine a wildness
about these notes as about those of
a fox or coon. Tho boy is a savage,
a barbarian, in his taste devouring
roots, leaves, bark, unripe fruit, etc. ;
and in the kind of music or discord
he delights in. They have their
fashions that spread from city to
city. In one of our large cities the
rage at one time was an old tin can
with a string attached, out of which
they tortured the. most savage and
ear-splitting discords. Police was
obliged to interfere and siqpress the
nuisance. On another occasion,
at Christmas, they all came
forth with ;tin horns, and
nearly drove the town distracted
with the hideous uproar. Another
savage trait of the boy is his untruth
fulness. Corner him up, and the
chances are ten to one he will lie his
way out. Conscience is a plant of
slow gro-vth in the boy. If caught in
one lie, he invents another. I knew
a boy who was in the habit of eating
apples in school. His teacher finally
caught him in the act, and, without
removing his eye from him, called
him to the middle of the floor. I
saw you this time," said the teacher.
" Saw me what ? said the boy inno
cently. "Bite that apple," replied
the teacher. "No, sir," said the
rascal. "Open your mouth ;" and
from its depths the teacher, with his
thumb and finger, took out the piece
of apple. "Didn't know it was there,"
fa:d the boy unabashed. Nearly all
the moral sentiments and graces are
lato in maturing in the boy. He has
no proper self-respect till past his ma
jority. Of course there are excep
tions, bat they are mostly windfalls.
John Burroughs, in the Septem
ber Galaxy.
Modes of Walking.
Observing persons move slow,
their heads move alternately from
side to side, while they occasionally
stop and turn around.
Careful persons lift their feet high
and place them down ; pick up
some little obstruction, and place it
down quickly by the side of the
way.
Calculating persons generally walk
with theirhands in their pockets and
their heads slightly inclined.
Modest persons generally step soft
ly for fear of being observed.
limul persons oiten step oil the
side-walk on meeting another, and
always go around a stone instead of
stepping over it.
Wide awake persons " toe out,"
and have a long swing of their arms,
while their hands move about mis
cellaneously. Careless persons are forever stub
bing their toes.
Lazy persons scrape about loosely
with their heels, and are first on one
side of the siJewalk and then on the
other.
Very strong minded persons place
their toes directly in front of them,
and have a kind of stamp movement.
Unstable persons walk fast and
slow by turns.
Venturous persons try all roads,
frequently climbing the fences instead
of going through the gate, and never
let down a bar.
One idea" persons always very
selfish ones, "toe in."
Cross persons are very apt to hit
their knees together.
Good-natured persons snap their
fingers and thumb evey few steps.
Fun loving persons have a kind of
jig movement.
The Way to Hecome Itich.
Pay cash for everything you buy
at the time of purchase. If this rule
was adopted, everybody would live
well, live happy and prosper. Ev
erybody wishes to buy cheap and
sell high, Nothing can please aman
more thau getting a good round
price for what he has to sell. But
supply and demand rule these
things.
The credit system does more in
keening prices high than any one
thing save supply. To Jtartout, the
man that buys of the producer for
cash, can buy lower than if he buys
on credit. Then the merchant buys
of the importer for cash, and saves
another item of cost. Next the re
tail, from the retailer, from the
wholesaler, buys for cash, and on
other item of cost is saved. The
coods are retailed to the people
at large, and the man who sells his
time can sell at ten per cent, less
for cash than he could on credit.
Pay cash and you will be inde
pendent. Pay cash and save
cash. Pay cash and you will not be
compelled to pay high tarrifls to pay
other peoples. Pay cash and vou
can buy bargains. Pay cash you
can hold up your head and look the
world of mankind full in the face,
Pay cash and you will grow rieb.
Ereed's Advertise)'.
Two men were angrily disputing
. i i. ii. . i i
One said "You're a blear-eyed.
beer-beguzzlel Dutchman !" The
other said "Veil, by shorge. vou
vas r.ftttiofirs. von vas a tarn nicr not-
tj T ( Q
tings,' shoost like shoost like a a
it
pig crow-scare, uy suorge, mid out
any shlumn.
Senator Mitchell is stumping Ohior
3Ir. Kerr's Last'Hours.
A correspondent of tbeRichmond,
Virginia, Dispatch, gives some inter
esting particulars of the last hours of
Speaker Kerr's life.
"About 4 p. m., the death-struggle
seemed approaching. His respira
tion grew short and feeble ; he sank
with a collapse, and ho seemed in
great pain, and frequently the word
suffocation' escaped his lips in a
faint whisper.. Yet amid that trying
scene he still manifested not only his
usual fortitude bat his affectionate
recognition of his friends. He
pressed the hand of S. S. Cox, ex
claiming, Good-bye, dear friend,
God bless you.' His pulse ceased at
the wrists, and his limbs assumed a
marble coldness. Time passed on
and the approach of the grim mon
ster seemed to be momentarily baf
fled by the extraordinary vital power
of the sick man. Tho respiration
grew stronger, and at G p. m. the
pulse returned to the wrists, the
heart beating with its usual force and
regularity.
Seven o'clock drew near'; Dr. Pope
sat by his bedside conversing with
Mrs. Kerr, the friends having mo
mentarily retired. The doctor asked
Mr. Kerr, "Do you suffer any pain?"
The patient shook his head. " Do
you -feel easier, now?" He nodded
his head emphatically, at the same
time fixing an earnest gaze on the
doctor, expressing at once thanks
and relief from suffering.
Then fixing li is steady gaze upon'-
the ceiling, his breath became per
fectly natural and regular. The sun
gradually declined behind the moun
tains, and as his last rays faintly
glimmered on the horizon, so it
seemed as if the quenchless spirit
was taking its last gaze through its
bodily organs of vision upon things
of earth : fainter and fainter grew his
breathing, and fixed grew the gaze.
The family and friends hastily gath1
ered around the bedside. The last
heart-beatings grew soft and faint,
like those of an infant sleeping. The
sun sank, and the deathless spirit
took its noiseless flight.
To the reporter Mr. Cox said that
he asked Mr. Kerr ' if he was ready
to go.' He expressed his entire con
tent with a heroic gentleness which
was one of his characteristics. He
conversed freely about the future
world, its rewards, hopes and expec
tations with calmness and equanim
ity. He had suffered so much that
he desired to bo relieved, and yet he
would not have his pain alleviated so
as to distract or stupefy his mind.
He based his hopes of a better world
upon the practice and benevolence
which he had endeavored to illus
trate during his life. He impressed
his views upon his son, who is just
entering upon his manhood. His
wife Avas near him constantly, and
but for the consolation of friends
would be inconsolable.
Every attention was shown to Mr.
Kerr and his family during their
stay at the Springs, and since his
ieath all music and festivity has
been suspended. Mrs. Kerr is a
Presbyterian and the funeral services
were performed according to the cer
emonies of that church.
The Teacher as a Man.
It is unnecessary to say that the
teacher should bo a model man :
every man should be a model mau.
There is much more in teaching; by
example than by teaching by pre
cept. The faculty of imitation seems
to be the strongest during childhood
and youth.
Every man exerts a silent influence,
which is powerful. Every man who
uses tobacco is teaching its use to
some younger man or boy. So with
swearing, so with drinking, and so
with every evil under the sun. A
glorious fact it is, however, that
every good deed a man does, teaches
some one. Every good habit a man
has, exerts an influence upon some
one else. If this were not the case.
we would all go to the evil one at a
double-quick speed.
leachers, how many of you vise
tobacco ? Quit it, or quit teaching.
Do not pretend for a moment to
occupy that responsible position, if
you cannot exert your will sufficient
to relinquish a habit which you
know to be injuring you : and.
through your influence, hundr ds of
others, whose influence again leads
others, and thus in a geometrical
ratio is multiplying evil. The use of
tobacco is but one of the bad habits
which every teacher should avoid.
Teachers are watched, and watched
closely, by hundreds of young bright
eyes, whose owners are ready to fol
low in their footsteps. Children
reason in a very simple manner.
' There is a man who does so and so.
and he is a good man and o smait
man, and if is right for him to do so,
it is right for me." This is the
course of reasoning the child goes
uirougu with, not considering that
the premises are wrong, that a man
who does these things is not good, is
not smart as he should be : that
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inose tuings are blots on liis charac
ter, and if he copies them, he copies
blots.
Remember, teachers, that you are
teaching daily and hourly : that you
are teaching out of the school room
a3 well as in it r that by your bad
example you are undoing what your
precepts have done. Like Sisyphus,
you are rolling a stone up hill that
is continually returning upon you.
The teacher, then, must be every
inch a man. Do right, because it is
right, and teach your pupils so.
There is too much copying of men
in high positions. We should teach
pupils to copy only the good and
i eject the bad. JVatiorutl leacher.
A Hopeless Case The full-grown
young man who calls his moiner m
maw and his lather ins paw.
Giants in Olden Times.
The giant exhibited in Home in
1830 measured nearly eighteen feet.
Gorapius saw a girl that was ten
feet high.
The giant Galabria, brought from
Arabia to Rome under Claudius
Caesar, was ten feet high.
Fannum, who lived in the time of
Eugene 11"., measured- eleven and a
half feet.
The Chevalier Scrog,in his voyoge
to the Peak of Teneriff, found in one
of the caverns of that mountain the
head of the G'unich, who had sixty
teeth, andwaa-j not less than fif
teen feet high.
The giant Faragus; slain by Or
lando, nephew of Charlemagne, was-twenty-eight
feet high.
In 181-4, near St. Gernand, waa
found the tomb of the giant Isolent
who was not less than thirty feet high.
In 1590, near Rouen, was found a
skeleton whose skull held a bushel
of corn and who was nineteen feet
high.
The giant Bacar was twenty-two
feet high: his thigh bones were
found in 1703 near the river of Mod
ern. In 1723, near the castla Dauphine,
a tomb was found, thirty feet long,
sixteen wide and eight high, on which
was cnK ii gray stone these words
"Kentolochns. Rex." The skeleton
was found entire, twenty-five feet
and a fourth long, ten feet across
the shoulders and five feet from the
breast bone to the back.
Near Palermo, in Sicily, in 1516,
was round the skeleton of a giant
thirty feet high, and in 1558 another
forty-four feet high.
Near Magrino, Magrine," in Sicily,
in 181G was found the skeleton of a
giant thirty feet high; the head was
the size of a hogshead and each of
his teeth weighed five ounces.
We have no doubt that "there
were giants in those days," and the
past, perhaps, was more prolific in
producing them ;then the present.
But the history of giants during the
olden times was not more remark
able than that of dwarfs, - some of
whom were even smaller that the
Thumbs and Nutts of our own time.
Mrs. William's Vindicated.
A New York Sun Washington
special of the 29th, says : A week
ago there was extensively published
a statement respecting certain anony
mous letters sent to some members of
the Cabinet, and that through the
efforts of Bluford Wilson, the auth"
orship was traced to Mrs. Williams
wife of the late Attorney-General,
resultingm AVilIiams expulsion from
ihe Cabinet. At the time the state
ment was published Williams and.
his wife were en route for Oregon.
but another and; higher authority,
the President himself, pronounces
the charges wholly untrue and auth
orizes the statement that no suspicion
ever rested upon Mrs. Williams as
the writer of the letters, except in the
mind of Bluford: Wilson. The Pres
ident's wife and Mrs. Williams both
received threatening letters after
Williams resigned from the Cabinet,
and the President saya that Williams'
retirement was not in the slighest
manner connected with the anony
mous letter. He did not then, nor
now Joes he entertain the slightest
suspicion reflecting upon that lady.
On the contrary, the evidence was of
such a character as to point to a ma-
icious person who was angered by an
official act of-jAttorney-General Wil
liams, which the President approved
in due time. The person, whose name
is withheld for prudential reasons.
will be indicted, and then Bluford
Wilson will have an opportunitv of
tilling all he knows about the scandal.
A China-Hoy's "Cousins."
A "China-boy" has no end to
cousins" (sounding the i as it
sounds in pin), in this respect out--
Biddying Biddy a hundred-fold.
From one to-half a dozen Chinamen
will loiter round a kitchen if they
dare, and one may feel certain that
every Chinese of them is hungry.
To be hungry seems, indeed, their
normal condition, for they live by
scores in their wash-houses and oth
er haunts, subsisting on the smallest
modicum of food, in order to save
money. When they drop into our
kitchens to call on a comrade, there
fore, one may lie certain that those
bright little sloping eyes are on the
alert for forage. We have happened
suddenly down-stairs, and found
such a visitor in the closet, his hand
in the sugar-bowl. A neighbor met
another emerging from her pantry,
eating pie. When thus confronted,
they laugh and leave immediately.
Not a word is said in self-defense,
and the housekeeper's consolation is,
that they do not dare to taV e any but
small quantities. But it makes
housekeeping with them not a Btaitf
of entire confidence. It is quite a
question whether or not to put
things under lock and key. If trust"
ed they seem to put themselves
somewhat upon honor, not to allow,
at all events, any large amounts to
be abstracted. This, and the fact
that no drudgery of lacking can re
ally prevent theft, determines most
; housekeepers, we think, in favor of
open elosets. Whether this ingrain
ed habit of pilfering is at once eradi
cated in those who accept Christian
itv, we do not know; but we have
been told by returned missionaries
that they have to settle the same
question, with about the same solu
tion. Scribner's for September.
An Oregon City girl was so hor
rified on reading of man's dying,
from the effect of being bitten by?
another man, that she immediatelj
had her left ear cauterized, and her.
"feller" quit calling in a week, aaj
ing he saw no fun in cowrtiufit a
iceberg.-