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About The Coast mail. (Marshfield, Or.) 187?-1902 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1879)
-"Ac W' WiwF Miii i gplpjuyw Wtm0lm0tnmt0 it i1 1 i iy fcw wwH- stfutii I'Siftetf- . tts MtawaMaMJaaisam iniiiiiiiiB -i1mi"i-TT-" ..y-i- lhiiirfaji'fii;rYi'iiiiijw inn i m r. kfut&m - . THE COAST MAIL, i i, m i im art mur.mmMni . mt l?ubllhnd ererjr Bnturday Moriiluir -IIV- ' ' ' ' WKIISTKIt, HAOKRII A I.OCKHAIl'r, AUrililltilit.C'oi'1 Co,, OrrKori. ti'.mhii. in ahvVmi:. , Ono Ym ,'i .V) U Monti J M Tliree Months , I oo To iHrtltMt wn unrnti tf o tlio muit favorable, forms mill (ilr tUalliijf, . USE ":.r.: :mmiM!L22 1 . - 9 TJio Intcro.itu df Bonthcrk-Gro Son Always I'oroMOAt., COAST jl T JL JIjL X ,1 J u H .j. mmy. , f Tbe Development of our Mlnea, the Improve meot of our Harbor, aal Railroad Cow. tnunlcatlon with the Interior, Specialties. VOL. 1. MARSIIFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 187$). NO. 27. aife-. IiMtlfl I tltpitt lotlCC. II Uku an itisnv hunt lo make a day I II Ultra to many iay4 In in tin a Jt-nr I My tvyi nlli Mt iliilny in in so fur away, Ami )ol in clijlilli, (dry aay,' U liowluro iicr I 'Jim robin.' nctt out In the olitrryliM Hold four ;ouuk Mnlnikiil,iiil weak and null, A month ago I no fait liny Kr"i u . U'l.rm'a not a. robin lu tlio nut at all I is They (law, full kiukii I ami I'm no lilugrr now Than when ilia naat bulll, dial on oaii a, How rubles Ktuw ao ft, ami gliU mi alow, la very lrii lodf-vd, arein to m. I woiulor how 'IwiiuM tm to txt saveiiheti, Ami Harlonilrra4lkm;iJmialiiHuo Hha Iim a watch tlm prtltlwt prr mii, Ami wlntla it all lierxlf-aa I ahoiihl tin, 1 a'i i.o I aliall tit mnrln.l, loo, mint ilajr, . A intuitu waa, i'voswii lior toll amljtieis: TUy'ra lu llio bureau drawer, laid wajrjjj& Hbo'a nrlhK thorn for me to wear, I KU(iiff I omlrr mIioui I'll have) Nut Coualn Jo I Net UultitfCUie! Ma)ltnr Uncle 'llui. My i la ! nlrv.1 mill I ktioar, Uut iuaiutu'4Yiy ur ali ein't i(r liloi I VlntimV Conroiioii. Ur JltXMV WUKN. "Yva, I'rod.n wlfo with money in mow btjcotno a tiocrary iirll. Thorufnni Imiiultt ;otir liurulilo aorrmit ir'mroiI lo turn JlemiUok. Nnj-, inuro 1 Imvo OMMlf wtfo," " Ktiiiml n wlfn? You r miroly jok iul Von Imvti not tliu look of u murried umu." " Nor urn I, You tlrnKtfod Ilia full)nl tiiontiliiK out of ny wordn. I iiierrly meant to my that 1 know tlni jtouiir Imly wliuin 1 Into ml almll Hkiuo km Mm. Vinton ItoMMfni), A protly iimuo, rathor I it not? ntiil not utiuh u tnul looking iono.nor of tlm title, oh? Jlut a truro to joking. MaM llattmwav In ut jifidiiiit in Hi In vorjr holul, mnl 11 la MbIhiI Hullinway whom I Imvn coino down horo to innrrjr, 11 Jovo I 1 Imto tht word ud liatu llm ooiititnont ; hut whitt ttlao in to Ihi ilonn? I nui in no end of dulit utnl troithlit ; liolili't, I wan brought up wllh tlm Idcn that mi Jtnlr m wnkinj-dtntlimtloiand whr xhould I nwnrtn now from Iho mth of dulv 7 ' " Vinton, old follow. thU Ulk doc not outtnil likn joti. JUvn joit furool trn our colloid di;, whwii, Imtwuni tlio iiulfn of our elisor, wo two would dinoumi lova ntid IU lirobabilitioN, whllo imtwwti tin and tho nm' of our ' Kuclid ' iirttty facoa woro nlwnja Hit iiujf, to tlm oorlotu dolrimcut of tlio lino. J" " Yo, I romeiubor," nlowly jawnod tho othor, IcrttiliiK luxily mvii in hln chair, and kouiIIiih i (rrrat (luff of oiuoko through tint open wiudow. "Uut I j.ut nway nil that nonntinao whon I jmt awy ' Huclid.' Onu hoar of fllltiK in lovo. 1 don't think It ln iiraatloal idea. Iiut to return, You Inmt tnou lit tho fluid onto Umu. Do ton know Mia Hatha njr, or mimt 1 look oliowhoro for on iniroduutlour Ym, 1 know hor, hut it would ho n littld too Imd If, with our hantUomti' fact) and winning wan, you ntolo tho (irlxo to whom otlicr luou with lr at trnolioun ijould olTor A.ir" " Wliall nnutimunUl, Trod? Am I !) iirooohltiK. yt,ur manor? If no, I will rt'!itmuc my pinna, and Uko tlio carlinl train out of ti-niji atlon to-morrow." "Tlut will ho nunooiwuary," IntiRli Inftly nlurtrd hU frlotnl. "I havu ulrt-udy atttiuumhod to another fortruiui ; hut ,r " No buU Prod. OIvo mo tho in troduollon ; or, if you won't, douhlloM 8omo onu oImi will, You don't aupiioao, If 1 marry hor, 1 would trout hor llko a lirulo, do you ? No I No ijiioon nhottld ruooivo Kettr homoKO. (lood-njttht. old folio Think it ovor." And IVo.l rkultdiury did think It aver, romomhcrliiff tho Kreat, uohlo aoiwtho woudorful ti'iidorntifa ho had won mm miow ovon n wounded don -tho princely Kroity with whioh tlio lliatl M IllllUro ta r.uilnl.i- Imi l-ll.l i roooncilo it with hi ouU)okon intcu tiou to marry for money. Hut aouio onu elno wun tliinkltig it nil OVOr. too koinn mill in uIiiukh.fi II, ! apokon word had hcon waflud through wor ojiuu wiiuiow, on tlio uioiuin of to hucoo miioko tho wind had hroiiKht hor --ono ono on w I into clioeka Iho hriht noarlut burned, and wIioho oycH ll.uthod, an alio hourd ullno lom n hoiiio oii than Mahol Hutlunvuy horrielf, Hlio had not mount to llMon, hut euoli word Imd been homo to hor, oloitr mid diwtinot, on tho ovoiiiuu; uir, m hLo nt, ntill in hor ovoniiiK-droaM, lloworu in hor hnlr, nui jowola Klt'umll'K hvr throat, rnroly protty pioturo lu tho moonlight. " My money ? In it ( ho nlnuya my money?" alio Ihoulit, lenru aiMii(iliiu to thodnrk eyca nho would Imvt'aeuriirtl wny hut tho moon to hco. "Oihor (jlrl aro loved for thouuiulvov it no muii to lovo mo?" And, with thin llioiiKht rliiRhiK lt chun'oH, Mho ut hod hild hor llio.I iieud upon hor pillow lo llud forKolfulueiw. Jtttd ho hoiikIiI it lu vulii? Coituinly, no trwco of diHoomflluro or IndfHjinilon uppouriKl whon, tho next mornliiK, hor friend, Mr. Huulidiury, broujjht ii Mr. ltomaluo to prenent him - iivriuUaloii bho hud wraciouiily nooordod but a fow moiuontN Worn. It wn tho lojjlnnlng, tho Houiidiuir of tho tooiin for thu fruy ; hut nouo of tho iiy crowd who mado up tho num bor of iloamiro Htokora ut Iho uiountain rotrcat know or drumuod (hut tlio taw In tho girl, witli her oxipilnilu bouiity, liftiiiK her eyes to hor comininiou, with mioh molliiiK ortiieHluthulrdnrk-bluo dcptlm,und in tlm mun, tall, and young, nnd huudHomo, lookitiK down upon her, Mhilo ho talked on, with tho wonderful lukoliintlou of iimnnor nature hnd lout hint - two uombuUulH, for tho that tlmn inot fuoo to iioo, Who Bhould Huin tho vlotory? l)uy morHod inlo weok, nnd Dmno Jlutiior dooiarod that Yintou Uorualuo Imd won Iho actmon'a prleo. Uut norno how, in thoKO lutor dnya, n wur wm rnKlng in tlm nmu'a aoul. What had lie diino? How uniiill, nnd mnuii, nnd oonlouiptlblo liU purpoao looked, now that tliono weekn Imd laitKlil him n loo mou ho had not mount to lonrn-thu Ion won that tho heart nt which ha had acolTod wa beatliiK l'4rd and find lu Ida hrenut, crying out to lay llMtlf nt tho foot of tho wotiinn who had won it I Htaudltitf In tho doorway of tho ball room, on n wurm miuuncr night, ho watched hor, aurrouudml by nnrouii of aduilrom ; thun, wending hia way alow ly toward hor, ho aaw tho udduu auiilo of welcome In hor eyed, as, one by onn, tho othor in no fell back, t uiako placa for him. " Thht ia my waltz, It it not?" ho aald. " Yea," alio auaworod. " U't un tnko ii (droll on tho plnszu, tnaUml. Aroyott willlnK?" "More than willing,'' aha ropliod. " Jt la too warm for dancing." Ho had meant to apeak tho dooialro words toMiight -to nak t!;!a girl to bo bin wifo. liow could ho doubt hla an uworV Ilml he not Iwtruyed It? Jlut, looking down on hor pure lovollnenu, hln iiiirpoao failed him, and atom ami liurali cuiuo tho worda, inaUod : "Mian Hathaway, I tutiat thank you for a charming aumnior. Had you heard 1 wna to leave to-morrow 7 Thb train gooa at ao early nn hour that I feared I ahould not aco you to any gootl by." " Good by?" alio qucalioniugly fal tered. " la not thU n auddon deter mliiallou on your part?" "Homowiml; but a rclriovcd lionor and a reatorod manhood denoud uiion carrying out my roaolntlon." The girl'a fnco poled. Had thia man but mocked her, after all ? Wan alio to bo robbed of tho one awect rovongo for which aho had lived kiuon aha had llrat heard Ida voloo breatho hor nuioo- tho lovenuo of leadline him ou to the atop ho hmi ilclared hTmaelf about to take, tlieu, Willi oilier acoro. rovenl to him that alio had known all from tho tlrnt? Hut what meant thia auddeu pain? In playing her part, Imd alio forgotten it wua not reality ? Wan htr Ariiii tho penally of lm cruelly? All hor prido, all her womanhood, ramu to Iter reaeue, aa aho courteously mur mured her regtola, and then placed her Ittt.o hutid lightly in hla, with tho hotx lhat they might onu day met it again, era aho alipjK-d it within the arm of her partner lor tho next dance, who had oouio to claim hor. "Homo richer woman lma como utton the aeelio," Mio thought, aa alio at laat gladly hailed tt'o aoliiudo of her room, "May aho Ik wnrued na I huvo beenl" lint uron with tho worda canto n bit ter liurat of aol, Thoro wna great btiatlo nnd excito mout, nud terriUetl coufuaion, in tho hotel next day, for tho early morning Ir-iin hntl met witlt n aorioua accident hut it fow tu ilea dulant.nnd tho wound ed ui-eeiigent wero brought back. Among them wna Vinton Uomalno. It wua miiuo internal injury, tho phy aieiuu wild. They could not atato tho extent juat yot, but they feared for tho wont. In tho afternoon. Frud baulahury, onming to Miwt Ualhaway, told hor that Vinlon begged lo aeo her, Without licaiUllou, aho accompanied him ; but at tho door of hia frioud'a room ho draw back, and cloaod it after her aa alio entered alone. Very whllo wan tho hamUomo face which looked up with u amilo of wel come aa hi oyra rested on her. Thia ia kind," ho aald. "1 had aoniothing I wanted to My to you. 1 have a bitter confeiinu to make. Tho doctor a,y there ia little bono for mo, und perhapi. it ia aa well ; lilo haa aud doidy grown worthleaa to mo. and I havo made it ao. Listen, Maind I A month ago I camo to thia plaoo (oh, my darling, how jvoor and miaornhlo n plot it all aooma now I) to marry you or, rather, to try to win you for my wife. Not that I Imd aocu, or knowu, or loved jou, but lxn-nnau I thought I would win you nnd marry you nnd your money. Why do you not abut from mo in acorn? I meant to lma good hnaband.hut I aaw no reiuou why I nhoud not try for tho heiroaa. i'ou wonder why I did not? llecnuao, Mabel, I lout night of hor in tho woman ; bocauso, I loomed to lovo tho lieautiful girl whoao fnco haunted my aloopiug momouta, nud whoao volco wna tho muaio of my d roams j lccauaof beaido hnriiohlo woninulieod, my pur jioso allowed forth Imao nnd oontompt iblo, until I kuow I hnd alnin my own hnppiiiova, ainco I had mado myaolt forever unworthy, Darling, I meant never to toll yon, but in case thlnga turned out for tho worat with mo. I thought I could dio happier if your lips had iold mo I wna forgiven." lint, iu answer, Mnbol foil aobblng on her kntK-H beaido tho hod. "Idvo, Viuton livol" aho moaned. "I, loo, have been notiug Ml thoao nionlha, I wna Billing in tho window next to youra on that flrat night, nnd heard nil, I dotermiuod thou to havo my rovongo, nud tried to make you lovo mo, only to acorn you. Hut I forgot that, in toaoliinrr Iho leaaon, I might learn It, Ah, Vinton, though nn heir oaa, r havo boon poor f wy liftl Make mo rich I" And Vinton, folding hor clono to hla hoiirt, prays for tho life now rendered no full of HweottioMD-u prayer which is miHwored ; nnd whan reatorod to health ho olalniH hla bride, of whoao fortuuo ho refuses n penny. at '. 1 Hod improNsion paper for making patterns on blnok surfaces ia thus mado t Hub into n Htiihtblo tlsatto a mixture of six parts of lard, ono part of neoswax, mm a siiltlolont quantity of Venetian rod, rod lend, or vermilion, lu very lino powder. Tho mixture ahould bo warm, and ahould uot bo op pllod in oxocss, Tlio uniform of tho Zulu wnrrlor oou slats of n ohest proteolor. Thoro is nn ndvnntngo in this: thoro nro no ooat tulla to impede ouo's progrosi whllo tho enemy aro iu pursuit. AdvantugfH of Htaylng In Jkd. Taking nil oocaaional dny In boJ, klrnply on nccount of indisposition, Is, however, n very simple and rudimentary notion of this glorious institution, Hod ia tho natural domicile of ovory uinu : " lo btd we laugh, In hid we cry : And born lu Uil, In tvwl we illo" Hayard, tho 1'roiioh ihyslologittxnniu tallied that man is nn animal who oxer oiaoa tho thinking faculty beat iu n horizontal position. Thun, thoro nro high nrllstlo, social, nnd Intellectual uses conncotod with an occasional day in bod, whioh imperatively claim dis cussion. Hrinloy, tho groat ongincor, whan ha wan fairly bothered nnd puzzled by aomo tough problem, nlwnya betook himself to bod until ho hod nolvod it. Most people have a great kindness for Lord Melbourne, who, nndor tho uffeo (alien of frivolity, used to got up He brow nnd tho Fathers und itnporturba bio good humor to bear with hla wifo, Lady Ouroliuo, whllo tho pretty Hyron struck Icrmagatit used to amaali tho drnwiug-room furniture. His intimate friendn would And tlm premier calmly taking breakfast in bed, with Jotters and diapatclinn .strown all over tho counter- pane. Tho poets havo boon terrible follow to got out of bod. I sutiposo it la because tho visions of tho day and tho uight sweetly intonniuglo. Tho poet Thomson cultivated laziness as n lino art, nnd thought out hla pooma in bod. I'opo was u still worse follow. Whon ho had n lit of inspiration on him, ho would keep tho servant run ning about for him all through tho night. JIo mado amends to them by tho pI9nteouinoM of his " vails." Wo Uko a later inaUnco. Uiatuarck says, according to Dr. Hunch. "I was troubled with varicose veins in I860. I lay nt full longth on tho bed and bad to answer lottorn of a very dospcrato sort with a poncil." Ho has given us some of his oxicrionce when lying in bod. " I uiod tolionwako, full of all aorta of thoughts nnd troubles. Then Varzin would nuddonly como up before mo, jM-rfectly distinct in tho minutest particulars, like a great pictnro, with oven nil its colors fresh tho green trees, tho sunshine on tho stoma, tho blue aky abovo. 1 saw every individual there. I struggled to shako tho thing olT ; and when nt lost I ceased to see it, othor thing camo in reports, notca, dispatches, and ao on ; but I fell over bIkmiI morning." Hismnrcknt Versailles used lo lie iu bod n great doal, " bo cause ho cannot keep himself reasona bly warm in any otuor way.' I aym pathlzo with Uismarck. Accept, prince, tho mark of my most diatiuKuished consideration. m.MJOnti don Society. Ashamed. Jt is said that (he once groat cbess player, Paul Morphy, is iu nn insane oaylum. He utterly repudiates chew, and denies having ever known anything about it. Ho imagines himself a great lawyer, surrouudod by cliontn, and is busy at nil times settling an immense estate left him by bis fathor. Tho legal part of that information may explain tho "insanity dodgo." Hut tho chess repudiation caaU a cloud upou it. It ia evident that ho ia ashamed of making himself a profoaaionnl at an ntausotnont. Kven a lawyer (much as tho news psjiors abuse him) ia a better man than a professional gamer. Mr. Morphy has our congratulations on having como to his senses, nnd our condolence for UAying lost them. If ho bad attended to his professiou, in tho days of his youth, before tho evil day camo, or tho years drew nigh when ho said, " I havo no pleasure iu them," ha might now Ihi a usofnl member of society. To neglect a useful and honorable pro fession for the sake of nu evanescent notoriety in a calling that ia utterly useless, except as a recreation, doci not show satiily. For aomo years past Mr. Morphy lias bcou afllictcd with mental dernngemont of n mild form, whioh haa been merely ou aunoyanco to bis friouds, na they havo been compelled to keen constant watch of him to prevent his making himself utterly ridiculous. It is plain to those who know him. that his braiu has lieon turned by tho iutcuso strain which his wonderful success as a chess player, aud tho great famo it brought to him, occasiouod. This insanity is a sorious thing to him poor follow ; but it is valuable ss teaching a lesson to others who are wild about nmusomouts when they ought to bo earnest about business. If it required any brain to play baao ball, or croquet, ur archery, it might bo n waruiug to thoso. professionals nnd their admirers. It ought to make bllliardisU and poker-players somewhat nervous for that kiud of gaming re quires some little intelligence Hut iu its seriousuosii to him who was once tho king but now tho viotim, it preaches a most oloquont sormun against consider ing pleasuro flrct and uusiuess after wnrd. llaiek'Kyti CL.oHi.sa a Mketiiso.A fow years ugo thoro lived ou tho lino of tho lions utouio road in Massachusetts a littlo boy who was only live or six years of ago, but who was a natural preacher. Bo much tnlont in that direction did ho possess, that his friends often put him on a tabloaud llstouodtoliisdisooursos, Ono dny ho waa preaching with great power, nud boooiuing uuusually ani mated, und swinging tit littlo arms n tho muutier of older ones, when some thing about tho platform ou whioh ho stood gavo way, and dowu to tho tloor tho littlo follow went bond first. Ho was considerably hurt, but controlling himself for u moment ho arose, nud re suming his place, with groat gravity ho Maid ; " l'eoplo moolin'a out " aud thou not able to control himself any lougor, ho let forth the Hoods of his ungulsl! until tho wholo neighborhood could hoar his ohildith otj,Kx, Wo nro firm believers in the maxim that, for nil right iudgmout of nuy uiau or thing, U is useful, liny, ottsoutiul, to boo his good qualities before pronounc ing ou his bad, Carlylt, An American Question. It may bo n selfish vlowof it, but, all thlnga considered, will tho Unitod BUte renp any benefit from a ship canal across tho ItKmus of Darlen 7 Will it not bourdlt England moro than u7 I'crhnps that is uo argument against its construction; indeed, wo hold that what will bonoilt the world at largo must ovontually benefit tho Uni ted tilatcs. Hat unless wo are to build up our maritime interests ao us to Uko tho procedenco on tho oa over nil othor nations, Iho flrat effect of a canal across Darlen might not provo odvanlagoons to our commercial IntcresU. Doubt less, if a practical route can bo found, tho canal will bo built, but it is nothing moro than common prudence to look at tho question iu every light. The Suez canal shortens the voyage from Eng land to India by nino thousand miles, yet tho fact that Uritisb OricnUl trade has been injured by it to tho sdvanUgo or tho great commercial cities of tho Mediterranean tesliflca to tho foresight of Lrd I'almerston whon ho opposod it construction. Tbe Darion project, on tho contrary, met with his approval, and to-day appears to bo tho only ex pedient which would enable England io compete with France, IUly, Austria and CousUutiuopIo f or iho future Ori cnUl trade of Northora Europe. At present not aa inconsiderable amount of tho Oriental trade crosses tho Amer ican continent by railway, paying a handsome tribute to this country. Iowa readers aro familiar with this fact, at numerous car loads of less and othor Asiatic products aro hauled across the Bute nnd have long ceased to be objects of curiosity nnd coiuHient.ln tho natur al course of things this tmfllo ought to increase. The Daiiou cabal would di vert some of this traffic, and English ships would coxpoto with American veanels for tho trade of not only the I'ocillo isloi but tbe western coast of Booth America. Tho only relief from this unhappy result would bo to foster American sea commerce until our Hag predominates iu all the waters of the world, If tho Darion canal, by crcat ing at once tho danger and too neces sity, ahould contribute to bring all this about, that which at tiist would be our loss would eventually bo our gain, iiut that it is a questiou that viully con cerns American interests, aud one worthy of tho serious thought of Amer ican sutrsmausiiip no one can uouut. Jluritiigion liauk-Hye. Insanity in the 1'oorhouse. An article In tho Now York Times. speaking of tho condition of the iuaaoe iu tho county noor-house at By , brisgs to iad KMMrtisatksDB tfee aanio subject, wnicu tuo lauxjiya bos mado ami moro tuan once, heretofore, lusanity is rarely a fault. It is gener ally a misfortune. It cannot be called a crime, and. consequently, it does not call for punishment. Hut tho consign- mout ol sucb unfortunates to couuty almshouses instead ol to places made expressly for them, Is a punishment, and ono whioh is criminal. People who have never seen the dif ference between an insano asylum and n jKor house cau hardly undersUnd how great and sal that difference is. No matter how much care tho manager of a poor-house may Uko with these people, ho ia not educated In regard to their disease. However willing be may be to ameliorate their condition, ho don't know how to do it. They to coivo but partial attention thcro. They should be constantly watched, and every odvauUgo taken to improve the condition of their minds. This is a labor that must be done by itself. Tho only hope of recovery, or even of com fort in insanity, lies in an almost con stant occupation of tho mind during waking hours. Hooks, musio, games, aud other attractions must be cousUntly resorted to. Iu a hospital for the in sane tlioso things are furnished a a matter of ueceaaity. In tho poor-house they nro not furni&hid at all. There tho mind and tho undy are both loafers. This pernicious pmctico is now, un fortunately, iu vokuo iu our owu SUto. Tho reasuu givou for it is that our two insane asylums aro imulequato. Tho ofllcers of our asylums are uot responsi ble for this, but our legislators are. Tho public pay for tho support of these people iu ouo place as won in tuo oth or. The ono is thoir homo tho other is their prison. Provision should be mado to put them by themselves, to Uko flood care or them, aud to minister to thoir miuds diseased. Uawk-Jfyt. A story ia told of two Englishmen who aturted from Denver, Col., for a walk to tho mountains before breakfast, au apparently easy task, aa the moun tains did uot appear to be mora thau a mile or two away. After walking for an hour without scorning to havo mado any progress toward tho desired goal, ono of them became disoouraged, aud ooucluded to return for his breakfast ; afterward, bo took it carriage and went in search of his friend, whom he found ou tho bauk of a small ditch, engaged iu removing his booU. His friend in quired what ha intended to do ? He replied, to wade the ditch, Ilia friend said there was no necessity for that, aa it was less than threo feet aoroaa, and ho could easily jump it. ' You can't toll auything about it iu thia country," responded tho othor ; " it may bo throe hundred feet aoroaa for aught I kuow." Ills morning walk proved to extend about tlfteeu miles before he rcaohod the foot hills. Tennyson, tho poet laureate, is thus pioturod in tho Lultpendtnt JMgti "Tall, rather stout, round shouldered, walking with a stick, a long beard com pletely buryiug hi faoo, and a pair of round, Chiucse-lookiug speoUolos," nis attire: " A felt hat, much the worse for wear, tho brim large and Mabby, drawn low over his forehead; trousers too wide. Bhabby-lookiugcoat too tittht. hit left hand in constant oontaot with his sreotaoles, whioh have a largo gold rim that flashes in tho aun as ho ad vances towirds you," Who Owns the Land In England. Moro than half tho soil of thoUnited Kingdom is nominally owned by aomo 2.00U persons. According to a valua ble anal) sis of tho very ill-arranged and iucompleto parliamenUry return of tho land-owners of tho Unitod King dom, published iu tho Financial llt furm Itecord for 1878, 421 persons ore tho owners of 22,880,700 acres, or nearly 5,000,000 acres more than one fourth of thetoUl area of tho United Kingdom. Tho nind is unablo to grasp what such a monopoly costs tho country, but cerUia features of it stand forth with a prominonce sufficiently notable. In a most absolute sonao, tho woll-bo-ing of tho entiro population of aomo 32,000,000 souls is placed iu tho power of a fow thousands. For these thou sand tho multitude toils, and it may bo on occasions sUrves. Hence it ia that all through rural England wo havo con tinually beforo us that most saddening of all spectacles, two or threo fami lies living in great splendor, and hard by their gates tho miserably poor, the abject slaves of tho soil, whoso solo bo ik) in life is too often tho workhouse that famous device against Tersla tion, paid for by the middle classes and tho pauper's grave. Our land owner have not merely burdened the land with thoir gams preserves; they hare tied it up, and actively conspired to prevent it due cultivation. Instead of rising to the true necessities of the case, they cling to their game, roako penal enactmenU about it, and struggles to augment the intensity of tbe evil which it is to tho peoplo, as if the rcry existence of ibe country depended on hares and rabbits. Ill his abeoluto supremacy tbe land-owner overrides all justice, takes precedence of all or dinary creditors on hi helpless tenanU' esUtes, and control the system of cul tivation, often in utter disregard of private righU or private judgmont, and, tn addition secures to himself tho ab solute reversion of every improvement which tho tenant may make on tbe land. MUctniltan't Magazine. Children of One Father- A touching incident occurred the othor dy in one of the great hospitals in -New York. A young man was brought into it seriously injured by a fall from a horse. lie lingered for two- or liar ce days, during wuicu time tuo matron read from tho Hiblo to him, Ulked to him in short, tried as beet she could to fill the place of his dead mother to tho dying lad. Ono day, feeling that ho was fast sinking, he asked for AcUrgyman. Oae waa br ratqiMoJcly, n vovag soaa, tb jsiww w isws" owsaJsTp. JsfvfmBi uraw As he took the boy's bond ia his, aad spoke to him earnestly of Christ's love, several pale faces were raised from the rows of beds that lined the ward on either side, listening attentively, many of them with eyes wet with tears. "Lord, I believe 1" whispered the dying man. Then the clergyman knelt, praying that God might receive the aoul of his departing brother. At the bedside also knelt tbo Episcopalian matron, two ltomau Catholic Sisters of Mercy, and from tho beds of tho pa lionU came hearty Methodist Amens I Whwn tho little company rose from their kneed aud looked down upou the calm dead face, they did not remember that they belonged to different aecU. They were all children of one father, and He waa very near. When tbo aovuu men imprisoned in a Pennsylvania cocl-mine lately were rescued after five ays imprisonment, they were naked if tuoy hoped to es cape. " Wo prayed for it," was tho reverent reply. "We prayed togother. Borne were ProtesUnu, and some Catholio, but when death's as close as that, you only think of God." Weia-Authenticated Giajits, We read that the giant Ferragus, slain by Orlando, nephew of the celebrated Charlemagne, was 18 feet high. Fan num, a Ucotcbman, who lived at the time of Eugene II., King of Scotland, measured 11 feet, and La Mare, in hia voyage to the BtraiU of Magellan, reporU tbat on tho 18th day of Decem ber he found at Port Desire several graves covered with stonos, and having tbo curiosity to remove them he found human skeletons 10 and 11 feet long. Coming to mora reliable evidence, 11 seems cerUin that a height of even more than uiuo feet has been attained. In tbe museum of Trinity College, Dublin, thoro is a Bkcletou eight feet six inches in height. Iu tho museum of tho Itoynl College of Burgeons of England, is another eight feet two inohes in height, and another in tho museum of Honu eight feet The giant who was shown in Rouen in 1835 measured eight feet four and one-half iuehes. Tho Emperor Maximin was one inch shorter; Skenkins and Plat ems, physicians of tho last century, saw sovoral of that stature, and Qoro pins saw a girl, nineteen years of age, who was tu feet high. 1'hos. J. Buv ditch, tn Troy Timti. 1 11 m m 1 A Newport gentleman boa discovered a new method of preventing u smash- up wuen a uorse runs away. 11a was out driviug the other day with a couple of lady friends wuen tuo relus broke and tho horse ran away. Aa the animal was tearing dowu iienevua avouno at a torritlo rate Mr. Whitiug reaohod ovor tho dashboard and uuhitalied the traces, thui lottiug tho horse enjoy his ruu without tuo carriage. Hlesked aro tho homosiok. for they shall come at latt to tho Father's house. llcinrich Stilling, Tho first silk fabrlo woven ia Amer ica iu 1800, is still preserved at Balem, Mass. i 11 1 Michigan has fifty &I00 oool summer resorU. hi ' m aaiin-ii aa ia Publio oniulon is a second con- soie&oe. A Look nt ilelinhollz. In a naoor in Scribner on the Univor sity of Berlin, Professor Hoyesou gives the following sketch of the pertennil of tut great pliysicitt : As X have said, the strength of the Berlin University lies chifley in tho fact that it count so many great and renowned men within IU faculty. Am6ng these no ono is moro con spicuous than Hermann Lndwitr. Helm- holtz. urofeaaor of physics, of thorn it is said, with justice, that he has mode an epocli in every branch of science to which he ha devoted himself. Ho U a man of about fifty-seven, rather be low middle Jieialit. and somewhat in elined to stoutness. His faco is de cidedly handsomo ; tho brow especially of remarkable spaciousness and breadth, and nil tho feature clearly modeled and iu good proportion. Hia gravo dark eyes express calm and keen ob servation ; ttiey are undeniably a tnuo cold, and probably judgo men with tho samo merciless, mathematical exactness with which they obserre other natural phenomena. Ono can hardly imagine a moro unsentimental, passionless faco, snr a fitter face for a man of science. Oce feeli. -at once that hia mcnUl at mosphere tatibt be clear and bracing, and nnobscured by fogs of sentiment. I find also that in social circles Holm holtz has tho reputation of being an inUreMing-but a cold and unapproach able man. However, tho students, who work in his laboratory and thus come into close conUct with him, cherish tho profonndest respect and admira tion for him. Ono of thorn, a young American, who ha-i studied nhvsica in Berlin for three years, told me that during all thia time ho never remem bered that tbo professor bod addressed one personal question or remark lo him, not even as much as a comment upon tbo weather. Every morning. wnen lieimtioitz enters bis Uboratory, ho grecU tbe young gentlemon. and tbon immediately begins to question them successively in regard to their work. Ho explains with admirable clearness and ease, and when an inter esting point comes up for discussion. he has been known to spend an hour or moro with oae student in frying to elucidate it. sometimes even forgetting ma lecture hour, iiis language 1 at ways mathematically precise, and the most abstruse and involved theory be comes as simple as the multiplication table beiore be lias done witu it. The Iioxdos Cabmen. The Prince of Wales lately presided at the anm &l meeting of the London Cabmen's Ben evolent, Association. The Prince de- ed tbLiCH4ot eataaea to b " kon- " thoroaghly deserving of sympathy." "As a proof of that," said the Prince, " I have aUtistics here before me which state that last year there were between sixteen and seventeen thousand articles left in cabs, amounting in value to about 20.000. which have be puna tually returned. I believe at least, it is the popular belief that ihere is only one article a cabman never returns, ana that isan umbrella, and that 13. we may consider, quite fair. A gentleman hav ing an umbrella may not want a cab. bnt withont an umbrella lio will be compelled to Uke a cab if the rain comes on. (.Laughter.) There are now between eleven thousand and twelvo thousand cabmen, and tho amount ofsthe expense in cab fares comes to anost colowal sum, some thing between 4.000,000 and 5.000. 000." This shows that " cabby" in London is a character of Jorge public importance. AS ISTEKESTI.VO REMINISCENCE. A New York lawyer thus tells how Presi dent Pierce made au enemy of James Gordon Bennett, the founder of the Now York Herald: I was in Pierce's room when Bennett got his conge. Ha had been to Europe and tried to get into society there, and was given the cold shoulder. He made up hia mind tbat he would control tho United States government, and compel Eugland to receive him. He came to Washington boou after Pierce's elec tion. When tho campaigu began he favored Bcott, but turned about for Pierce as soon aa he saw how things wero drilling. After Pierce waa inaug urated Bonuett came to Washington and spent his money lavishly, and mado a claim for tho English mission. The Southern element declined to have any thing to do with him. One morning, when I won sitting with Mr. Pierce, Bennett came in aud said, " Mr. Presi dent, I insist on having un answer to my petition." Pierca replied: "Mr. Bennett, I will be uuablo to appoint you to any oQlco whatever." From that time forward the Herald published edi torials headed, "Poor Pierce." i 1 mm 1 1 a 1 in Any ono who wishes to judge what Franco is becoming and to become, may well study tho subject at Marseilles. Here, on every side, are tokens of pro gress and prosperity. For all France has nndorgoce, of mortid&ttion, of ex pense, of temporary distress, she is to day, from all the testimony I cau gather, the most prcsperona couutry in Europe, The wheels of industry aro humming thero, and tho ecouomy of her people is fast replacing tho hoard which was so drawu upon by the German indemui ty. Hon, J, D. )'aihbunt, in Woicts Ur Spy. The discovery of tho electric pencil bids fair to havo un important effect on several industries. According to tho reports in tbe Paris pajer8, the appa ratus willeuuble any artist to reproduce hia designs to any extent, thus doing away with the engraven' trade. Au electrio current aud au ordinary pencil aro tho agents of this new wonder. When you offer a tramp bread, and he makes a rye faoo, you can oouoluda ho prefers whisky. , 1 . 1 .1 1 1 Wisdom prepues for the wprst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes. -Fond, . ,, Tho use of food by dlfferest jMr0M sbould be regulated in quantity or char acter, or in both, according, to their ages, their health and 'oeflpMloM, tho seasons and tho clfmite in which thoylivo. - jf Milk is tuo only perfect food for in fants. It is tbe beat food for children andyonth up to the age of, sixteen. Old peoplo are weaker in their digest ive powers, partly because their whole systems aro weaker, aad ;'fjrtly because of their diminished sassealwr activity. Their food should be kes ia quantity than that nsed by younger persons, and of easier digestion. In summer and in warm cliaoiea lese food by one-third is needed, the ' tose of tho system boing lowered, an3 per sons thns being unable either to tligeftt or to as8imilato as much is yrine and in colder latitudes. Bo also fat, sugar and staktlw latter includes fine flour beiag ajoinly heat-making olemenU, shoald be bet littlo used in summer and in kofieol regions, aad largely used is winter aad in cold climates. Corn-bread, -which conUins a largo per cent, of fat, k bet ter adapted for inod In wwter wan la summer. Shoemakers, tailors and people of sedentary habits generally seed leas food, ana food that te mere easily di gested, than the iataer aad aJfcpftrsea who work hard in the open air.. Sill, everybody should have efeongh of ac tive exercise to be able to digest a gen erous diet. - A thinker needs a good Bapply of brain food, such aa k liberally far nishecj in oatmeal ; bat he atnst set use his braiu at theexpeaae of vigerea muscles, for it is muscles that have to work not only tho stomach, hat tbe lungs and heart. The sick, of course, need food care fully adapted to their particakr condi tion, and those who are not ia fall health may greatly help theawelvea by rejecting whatever they find iajarioaa to them. Morulas Work. A bad custom ia prevalent ia assay families, especially aatossr iaraaers, et working aa hour before Drmkfsat, at tending to " chorea," hoeing the gar den, cutting wood, mowteg, et. Thk ia convenient oa masy ocaownky ha k not conducive to health. Th .preva lent opinjon is that the BseraMur air k tbe purest aad the .oat hoaltaral aad bracing ;' bnt the aoatrary k th fet. At no hour of the day k the, ak awe filled with dampaee. fog, aaA! atks ggaa thas aba saavkey TiWheat af Hia aa gradaaiiy kwfak tika aakav aoiie iskaeaeea a day adraaaaa, Aa early meal bracea ap ae syateat nsjalatat these iafiaeaees. Bvarybedykaawi the languor and iaintaoaa .aftes ex perienced for the first hoar ia the morning, and this k iaereased try exer cise aad want of food. Ws- .do set agree with tbe boardiag-sekool rfkw, which prescribed along walk before breakfast an a means of preaMting health. Probably the beet eastern woald be to furnish, .every saasabar et the family, especially those who kber out of doors, a cup of coffee kaawdi ately after, rhing Jrosa bad. JbcJsw g. Fkozeu Poddiso. Place in a maald slices of light coke (spongecake k very good), and between them aaykiadof preserves. When the ae aid k aeariy full, cover with cold soft custard. (Dissolve a spooafal of gektiae ia the custard when yoa make it.) Caver the mould ; a piece of paper chaatd he placed over the opea end of the meald before the cover ia pat oa ;" aad pok In a box of salt and iee, theaasw aa you woald in makiBg iee-eraaat, ajg tbout three-quarters of ke aad eaa auartcr of salt. Let tbk stead ia the salt aad ice five hoars. Wbeuyee dkk it dip the mould in a pail of hot wa ter for one iaataat, wipe the ateald, Uke off the cover, aad tarn .the pad ding out. Serve immedktaly. If whipped cream k pliee aroaad it, tt will improve it greatly. Be sire that tho cover of the mould k as- .tight that it nlll not admit oae droo at water.. The mould should be made of block tia. Vim VnsTisn.Foar tnblaamooa- fnl nt lwt F.nclih maakrd'. two tea spoonfuls salt, two of white'aafar, oae 01 wuiio txil? " ., - gar to mix to smooth paste eekry er i&rragoa is uoei , gawre. minx.! Ann nnt tha saBatard ia a bewl and wet with the oil, rubbing it wish a wooden or silver spooauaUl all k ab sorbed ; wet gradually with aaar to a stiff paste; add salt, pepfer, sar and garlio ; work well ; wet liltk at a limn vith tka vlaaaar ! make it wheat as thick oa eake batter ; beat ive er tuu miuutee very hard ; bottk U ; eerk tight ; put a little oil oa the top ef Mm mustard and set it iaa eool piaee far a tow days. VmpisB. Oae Ublosnooafwl batter. Im talif eannoaf nla UUMrUu OOM. AM cup of milk, pinch, e? salt, three tea spoonful of baking power, ' fiear t niako a stia batter ; stir the batter, eugar and eggs together ; aM a, aalt and last. Hoar with baking pewdee ; nlai-.t U in lL AVAn'uautak OA BMftlMe after giving alia geod beattag; hake twenty annate ia neai paa. Drop Cake. Foar aad a half tea cups of Hour, two aad a haW easu su gar, ono half-cap batter, ea eap sweat milk, five egew, Mttee tiaaniiafak baking powder, areeat, hatter aad m gar ; beat tbe eg sesrately ;hke i gem pane, Scpeeiob &err Ouaaaeaam. tMa oup of sugar, eaa 4Hai Now Orkaaa ib'sImbi milk, four ewae fiear. toaspooafak (evea) e solved ia hoi. water, fa Vm &-riHfm. "Bll uIm. iind waa a -u taea.est uauuiv, vk mmmm wra ypar satoeetuag seats waa "3 .1 -a ',- 1 tf uta j' a 1