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Olllclnl I'nprr of i'on 'County.
Untitling Memphis Paper.
Probably tho mot hiilopoinloiit pn-
nor In tho lTiiod Suites at tho prw
cnl day l tho MomphlM Appeal. It
Ih truly "liitlopoiiflont In nil I ilnjw,
mill neutral In 110111111,'." Willi llio
advent of Yellow Jack, tlio typos nil
Hlni'tod on trump. Thoy woro not
iilValtl to illo, but prolbrod not to
court dontli ly remaining In tho city.
Tho odilorH and ropoitors hIho con
eluded to wrlto up various Hummer
resorts In a inoro lionlllil'iil olimalo
niul iloimrtixl. Only ono innn remain
ed in tho ollleo, an old printer nuniod
"JnUo," Tho Ibvor had no terrors
for him because ho hud it. Ho has
tho whole thing in his hands is
master of the munition and monarch
of all ho surveys, llo lias full con.
trol of everything from hull. box to
sanctum. In tho inoining no goes to
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MAIL.
VOL. 1.
MARSIIFI33LD, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1879.
NO. 47.
MY DIAMOND.
I could ivo yon tho pedigroo n( tho
Mono hut the details are so long mid ho
muny thoy might tiro you. Bufllciont to
say that J bought It many years ugo from
an old dealer in tho lower part of Broad
way, who told mo a carious story con
coming It. Ho said that it was a talis
man; thnt four hundred years ogo it was
ownod by a Venetian family of ruined
fortunes, who long guurdod it with jeal
ous euro; it had punned from thum in
muny wuys to brothers of his in tho
monoy-lomlihg wuy, and should bo initio
f I gave him his price for it.
In truth, tho Htono hud a strnngo und
fiery gleam. At tho first glance it seemed
of 'tho parent wider; in an Instant it
changed to pink, bluo mid pale green,
mid then irridcHcout opul linen, emit
ting sparks of the.
I wutoliod it curiously tor nearly an
tho post otllco, gets tho mail, opens i hour, talking irrevalontly tho while of
other matters, mid reluctantly coming to
the eotielusion that if ever a precious
stono poitHcsM'd uncanny projiertios thin
one coitniitly did. 1 thougiu myson
yielding to fooliHh Htiporntitioti, or that
r ... ...i ...i.i. i .....:.... ..
my eyes were ureii wiui ""K nnM"n ""
tho gem, und to rent them 1 turned my
tho loiters, und takes what they con
tain, lie then walUs around to u sa
loon, tills up on beer, takes a thirty,
cent clgur, und about noon happens
around to tho printing ollleo. Ho
pompously opens tho door, enters,
and says.
"Good morning boys, how nro
things running?"
Alter wailing a sulllciont time for
nu atiswer, ho continues:
"You tntiv hill that editorial on
tp , , ;tnf niiviiiti iiii-fii Mint "iin
'Tho Political Situation,' sot that ar- i ilirK , lmrkling diamonds
stranger. Her fuco romnlnod placid, but
aflor a momont a domuro smllo stole Into
tho corners of her mouth, and I don't
think it was by what slio saw in her
book, or thai she was reading very at
tentively. Hhe left tho car at Fourteenth slrool
and I gazed ongerly after hor as slio
turned up to Broadway, and then I must
have sigliod. Perhaps because I feared
I should never soo her aguin. What more
natural than for mo to dosiro to know
her? It was so kind and so sensiblo of
her to prevent my losing my diamond.
Hhe was such a gontlo-looking ereaturo,
though she hud spirit, us I saw onco in
the gleam of hor evos, and those oyos
were so expressive of intellectuality, and
her perfect none was only loss bountiful
than hor perfect carnulion mouth. Hut,
pshuwl need I apologize now for my in
terest then. It does not toko any of us
very long to discover that. Love never
asks the question --why? As tho old song
says: Hhe hud gono from my gaze like a
beautiful dream, if I could only meet
hor again, Perhaps kIio was married.
Not that it was any of my business, but
somehow sho did not look murriod, she
wns girlish in spite of hor dignity. Ono
thing 1 discovered, thoro was a name on
tho llyleuf of ber book, tho first of which
was Maud. Perhaps the book wus not
hors, and it wus, could I liopo to find in
a great city like Now lork a lady only
gluiico to other diamonds in the case to kiiowinirthut her numo was Maud? When
coiuiiaro them with the talisman, 'iho t i..i m-rived at Ibis stntto of common
i eu oroviiiontiy i lvinoii my mouiini, wr . Mimiu, I inui roneiieii mv tuuco ol uusi
ho took from his side pocket a wallet und ( L.hH ft,i nfter idtouding to tho first duty
opinion u, nun irom n i.uiiitouuiih
brought out severul tissue pupor pack-
ets. onened them anil showed to mo
tiulo on 'The Deireneraov of Morals
tho Cause of our Rupture' on the
other side, niul distribute tho tele
graphic news."
When ho wants to aiiiuso or abuse
nnybody outside of the city, ho docs
mo, well knowing that thoy date not
como to iho ollleo to see him. Ho
docs not ilo much writing, but what
he does is fearless in expression. At '
the head of tho local columns ho has
the following standing:
'On account of the press of adver
tising, our readers must excuse a
scarcity of news items this morning.''
Tho dead "ads" are changed about
and tho form not taken oil" tho press.
Ho sits in tho sanctum the greater
poition ol tho lime, smoking import
ed cigars which tho editor loll bo ,
hind. Ho keeps tho books, und ev
ery night cuts up several oxohunges
for "dupes," and has some rouiarlca- ,
bio strings JIo credits himself with
from .10,000 to (10,000 ems a day, and ,
adds a liberal allowance for correct- j
imr rim?. JIo finds It somewhat la- i
horious ic feed the press and tmiko up
tho mail, but tiinnugcs to get along
with it. A man called at the ofllco
tho other day with tho followit g
which ho wished to have inserted as
no advertisement in tho local col
There is not one ko that you have
in your bund," he said. Ho was right.
All" were bright in their glittering Hush
and merciless gleam - wondrously beuu
tifnl, but nil were unlike tho talisman.
"Why do you sell it?" I asked.
"With till this wealth you cannot need
money, and if what you tl) mo of its
tulisiuunio property bo true, the gem is
priceless."
"I wish to sell it if you have the cour
age to buy," he made unswer.
It seemed to mo that ho tiroposedly
made his tone dramatic, anil I smiled
scornfully. As for the stonn itself, I
liked it; the story ho told of its virtuo,
although I only half believed it, inter-
ested me. I hud no fear of any ovil sn- i
. . .. ..... 1 . it !.. !
poruutlirui inuueuce; u was jiisi mu ni..i
I winded to buy, und in shuio and cut
ting it wan all tmtt was to be desired.
Tho old dealer told me that when I
was alwiut to embark in any enterprise
that would prove successful tho stone
would dazzle with unusual brilliancy.
If misfortune or death were to come
upon mo or mine, tho stono would up-
jHMir dull and almost neutral.
Now I am a practical sort of n follow,
i but I liod no objection to tko tius my-
1 tery along with tho stone, provided it
I whs thrown in as a bargain and I bad not
to pay extra for it. In u few minutes I
mudutip my mind and counted out to
him four bundled dollars, tho price ho
I asked for it, and left.
I woro thu diamond for more than five
i wars: nt first in u ring, afterwurd in a
of tho day, leading my mud, my thoughts
I How buck to my lady in gray.
"If tho thing weto within tho bounds
J of possibility, 1 would like to fled out
win) she is, just to mimic ner ui iwi
kindness to me."
How like a jackass 1 must havo ap
peared to hor. When I remembered my
impertinence in smiling I would havo
been glad to havo found somo obliging
friond to kick me down stairs for my
idiocy. I bowed to tho inevitnblo and
dismissed tho uffair with a sigh, but I
did not forget her face
Ono rainy afternoon, about a mouth
after, I mot her in u Hioadway stage. I
recognized her in a moment and took a
seat, tho only ono vacant, by her side. I
looked into her face, and I know sho re
membered me, but she did not exhibit
tho fuintest gleam of consciousness of my
existence. It was worse than TunUdns
and the torments. Hefnro sho left tho
stago the ruin fell in torrents. I hoped
that sho was not provided with an um
brella, that I might offer her tho protec
tion of mine; but a glance showed mo
that sho held one in right hand. My uu
fortunato luck again' I looked down at
mviliiiinniiit: it snarklod like tho snn-
lieiunH, and as joyously; but iU dazzle
conveyed no intelligence to mo; only it
gave me a gleam of hopo. Sho m w
near thut I could easily havo played a
trick, liko that which a friend of mmo
onco plaviil, slip a card into her cloak
pocket. 'Nothing of that kind would go
down with this queenly creature I per
fectly well know. ,
I wus forced to watch hor again leave
me and turn down tho street, holding her
dress so dexterously that it quite escaped.
ring, and sho boliovcd In Its magic moro
firmly than I did.
"It has novor failed mo yet, Miss Al
lyn, and I am longing to put it to a
strongor tost.''
Sho was so provoklngly domnro and
unconscious that I kopfc'back tho petition
on my lips, for I folt my courago, liko
Hob Acro's, oozing out at my flngoronds,
and again I wilted.
"I should think yon would bo afraid
of losing it," sho said, ft fow days after.
Sho was holding tho ring in hor hands,
moving it this way and that woy to catch
tho gleams.
"Do you know, Miss Allyn, that I am
constantly ufruid of losing it evor sinco
I met you ?" Then I jrrcw bold mid took
hor hand und said: "I'Jcso keep it for
mo. Lot me put it on this finger. Plcaso
do and -and givo me yourself in re
turn." She hung her head and blushed and
shimmered n litllo, but sho did not say
No. PhUmMphin Tint).
Young Men Strike Out.
If tho able-bodied young men who con
gregate in our largo cities, instead of
standing about corner groceries cursing
capitalists und tho Government for not
supplying them with work at higher wa
ges than than trado and tho times will
justify, will strike out or tho mincw or
the unsettled parts of the country, they
would do tho public a real service, and
in a fow years, by industry und economy,
find themselves in independent circum
stances. Thoro nro in California, Nova
da, Oregon und Washington Territory
and Arizona, :t.rl,(W8,100 acres of public
lands, of which only OO.OOO.OOO have
been surveyed. It is safe to estunuto
thut over 100,000,000 ocrea of this unsur
veyod land is capublo of cultivation, and
at least ouo-half of tho remainder would
gruzo sheep und wool-bearing goats. It
is said by men who uro posted, that there
..r.. iinnrlr 10.000.000 acres iu California
of tho best grapo land in tho world; that
nearly all tho hill and mountain sides
extending from fur up tho Sierras down
to the sea shore, most of it now covered
with brush and chapparul and considered
utmost worthless, will if cleared and cul
tivated, produce tho tabic, raisin and
wino grape to perfection. There uro
thousands of acres within sight of San
Francisco buy that can bo bought for
from $!) to Sl'O per ucro, or loss, twenty
five acres of winch cleared und cultivated
in tho right kind of grapes would in four
years mako their owner indeiendeut. Of
all tho industries in tlus state wo don t
believe that unyunng is more prunu.iiuK
t j t ... ll. . 1i.nilfl nf Mill
in ttioiuiuro man mucminHuu" i i.-
L'nilK). Willi J,OW wues uj ov kuuoi,
commanmng mo west uiiii "
world, with mountains of mineral wealth
within a day's travcLpIan. Fraucisco..
and extending ail llio way from Moxico
on tho South to Alaska on the North, and
comprising gold, silver, lead, copper,
quicksilver plutiuium, iron, coal, etc.,
all free to tho first locator, and waiting
for tho industrious prospector to develop
them; with the finest forests of timber in
tho world and a climate that cannot bo
I surpassed anywhere; with millions ol
acres ol as nno grain iiiuu u ; "'
..Coffin- for sale cheap at John noSies e i ger o disciosei, two neaur -.3,
Smith's carpenter shop. whose little gir culls mo "j.apa. Al mVh""I Hmm (l ,mv0 ma before this rapidly approaching completion, mid
"How much Will it cost for three this time thoro Imvo Un-n no trrn Ues n J ffiiKe. that I am a lawyer and otl.er moans of communication and
insertions?" asked the carpenter. our family, no. r 'riem " g ...Jd Judge Clinton's junior partner. In ready for occupation; with all theso im-
Jack squared round l tho desk, own health In s bee. xi olio, nllm , ext ofllco to ours there aro two ,nense and available resources near at
ass-'" - '"" ''?SSSSs .srrsiiWiMJK mxwss
mil tiii'irn. i Tim imiiiuih 111 uu wiikiiw v -- .-
. .
iWhiii " pxclaiined the udvertisor,
'"you do" tmean 81 12 50."
"Well, you heard what I said,
didn't you? That's dirt cheap-only
M 50 for each insertion. If you
don't want mo to put it in you can
got somo one else to do your piint
ing, that's all."
Of emirsu ho hail to nay the price.
Ho bus not fully determined on
his political policy, but expects to
come out for Tildeii if the lover con
tinues. Ohio State Journal.
:;..'. .... ' .i ,:i.. .,t,.blv fid. saw my lady in gray going
us w;iriiuiK, iT ' i"- -j --- - - . .... i i.:n
lowed the oftonso. Onco I speeiilatcil in I must contess to lecnng a srv mi umi
p.iimii.1 Mail and lost heavily, and onco I and then disappointment. I did not
asked a sweet lady fwend to bo my wife, liko to know that my digiulUHl nknown
and sho refused mo plump. weni iirouuu visiiiug koiuiuihuii n ...v..,
Superstitious or not, us you win, i ro- oven iiiougii uio k"""1""'" """ "". "-,
. .. . . i; : r... i . ....... :..... .11 it lfijlv frliUltl
I IllllllllUllll 'n, v.lA.mioii.inj .......,, ...-...-
The Dignity or onirc.
A Dotroiter, says tho Detroit '
Prr.ii, who was rusticating in one of the
wilderness counties of Michigan, was olio
day out hunting, when ho came upon a
hamlet consisting of a sawmill, two
houses and a log burn. Tho sign or
"Postolllco" greeted his vision over a
door iu ono of tho houses, and ho inves
tigated. Tho ollleo was un eight by ten
room, and the boxes for mail matter
numbered just four. A written sign on
the wall announced that tho mail arrived
,.,ii.l mv diamond us my talisman, my
iniiiitnr. ami ever since mv unsuccessful
wooing I lmvo looked upon it with love
not unmixed with awe. One morning,
when riding down town in u Madison
uveiiuu car to my business, I looked up
from my piqor, conscious of a pair of
eves fixed steadily on mo. Opposite wus
u'lady of about twenty years, dressed in
soft, somber gray; tho only bit of color
to relievo it -except tho bloom in her re
fined fuco was a bit of red, low down
beneath the brim of her gray felt hut.
Hor eyes were light, lustrous brown; ner
hair, 'much darker und glossy, was
brushed back in waves from her low
forehead, upon which a curl or two fell,
not the detestable "bangs," which 1
frankly state I abhor, but short, grace
ful, fringo-llko ringlets, that rested upon
the white brow ih if they loved it. There
was no doubt about it, this rare and
radiant maiden was gazing at mo. 1
liwik...l ut her in return Willi a nice i
till' llllll imt'.i... i.-- - . ... IIU1KPII ILL ill
und departed onco a week, and the J osi- Jo jimk() 0X.,rt8H,V0 ,,f nothing, cer
tainly not curiosity. She gimiceu iiown
master sat liohind a pine tanio icatuiiK
the Postal Uttutti and chewing a sassafras
root. , . , .,
"Any letter for John ? asked tho
Dotroiter. , , ... ,
Tho Postmaster didn't shako lis bead
mid crush the inquirer's hope all at onco,
as somo officials do, but slowiy roso,
looked carefully into each ono of the six
empty boxes, peered into an old cigar
box on the window sill, and then an
swered: , , i ii
"I don't see anything just now, but it
is only four days to tho next niail.'
"Is this a money-order officer con
tinued tho strniigor.
"Well, no, not exactly, though wo
bundle considerable money hero.
"Can 1 uot a dollar's worth of threes t
asked tho Dotroiter, lifter a pause.
"Well, no. not exactly," replied the
officer, looking into his wallet. I
guess I can spuro you llvo or six now
and tho rest next week."
There was anothor puuso as the Post
master vainly tried to make ehuugo for a
quarter, und tho Dotroiter finally ro-
marked; . , ,
"This isn't rated as n flrsl-olass post
office, is it?"
"Well, no, not exactly,- was uio uo.ui
dential reply. "Fact is. we don't In u
very rushing business hero, and somo
times I think it would pay mo hotter to
go back to tho farm."
.'I don t suppose yon mako S?!i0 a ycai
hero, do your' T , ,.
"Well no, not oxaotlyj but I dout
look at that altogether. The position
that it gives us in society hero must bo
takon into consideration, you know.
"Tho population of tho liamlot, in
cluding a tamo bear and a dog, tmrn
borod thirteen,
again at her book, "Daniel Dorondu.
1 returned to my telegraphic dispatches
in the lleralil. Again I felt hor gazo,
and again I looked up and met hor eyes.
Sho evidently wanted to speak to mo, or
else had something on hor mind concern
iim me. Had I ever seen hor bofore t I
..ul;...l tilVUiHI. IN11I nilU mVlllVH P'
modestly sweet to wish to attract tho at
tention of a stranger. Perish tho thought,
1 said inwardly. Hut sho was certainly
looking at mo again. I am not a bad
looking fellow, and, us men go, not a bad
Hort; I havo always boon popular with
my lady friends, and I returned her look
ii.':.. ii..... .IMi mm of interest, und I am
afraid I smiled. Instantly hor fuco
clouded, sho bout over her book and bit
her lip angrily. I turned to my papor
but not to read. Onoo moro I looked up
at my fair vis a-vis; sho was steadily
gazing at mo. T could havo sworn to it.
Oh. my tulismanl you failed mothon.
but the fault was mine, x u' --
your advice. Just at this momont tho
conductor camo hurriedly to tho front of
the car to spouK to uio arivur,
was reluming tho lady in gray said o
himJn a low voice, ovonr word porfeotly
audible to mo, and as chilling as an ice
berg: "Conductor, tho gontlemnn opposite
mo is losing his diamond."
I Unshod to the roots of my ha r, folt
for the stone and discovered that it waa
hanging by the spiral screw, and so
nearly out thai a quick inovomont would
i ......i o .i..wti tiitn the luoshos Of 1110
cur mat. I replaced it soourely, bonding
back tho wire for greater safety, and
then east an imploring look of apology,
gratitude and UumlUtloa Mon tho kind
1 1 mil I
wiuilil rail iiiiou me. not upou business
and, although I was always polite, I
never encouraged that sort of thing, and
as a practice 1 heuitily disapproved of it.
My second thought was more charita
ble. Oim of the fellows might Ihj hor
brother. So much tho Indter. I would
mako his acquaintance and cultivate
him. I did this after some weeks de
lay and considerable circumlocution on
my part, and learned that the older of
the two men. Mr. Allyn, had a sistor
named Maud, and that she was engaged
to his friend and puitnor. Just think of
my dihinay. Actually cngageu io mu
oilier fellow ! 1 was sad enough to know
she was bound, birt 1 raged thinking of
her as the wife of a fellow who hud no
ambition mid less brains. There was
nothing in tho man absolutely nothing.
Why, only a week before bo bail shown
u look of legal iiouineii in a case, a mere
technicality of which tho rawest Btudont
should not have been ignorant. I looked
at mv ring after my disturbed thoughts,
and its rosy gleam gave mo fresh courage.
After rcllecting a day I rosolvod to re
morselessly and determinedly cut lnm
out if I could.
Tl wiih nnllrt ill mv nnwer to bo of 'BOr-
vice to Mr. Allyn, and in return ho asked
mo to his father's house for dinner. So
I saw my lady Maud ut home, and there
whore true womoii shine best, I found
ii..r more sweot mid womanly than slio
hud looked before. I had prepared my
solf for our first meeting, out she had
not, and; betrayed a little embarrassment.
I did not, however, refer to our adven
turo until I had called upon hor sovcral
times, and then I venturod to thank her
for coming to Uio rescue of my precious
diamond. She beggod mo with deep pink
in hor ohook not to mention it. I was
ussiduons in my attentions and laid siege
tothohoarts of tho rest 01 mo iiuuny.
and quietly beggod to woo. Thut I had
:.,(!,, .,,.. nver her WUS lirOVCd H.V
the fact that hor betrothod became jeal
ous of mo, and forbade her from receiv
ing my visits. She rebellod, after bear
ing with long annoyaneo from him, and
filially dissmissod him.
I ventured to ask hor liko a hypoorito
why I no longer mot Mr. Furbush at hor
!. "Vnt. that I am pining for his
II.KI.U. .---""-- ... --
i.i.. m t ...1.1.1.1 will, n Mlirnur.
"Wohuvo broken our ongagomont,"
sho said, looking at tho carpet.
I consulted my talisman. Dlossings
upon it. It fairly danced in tho light.
Tho temptation was strong, but I ro-
l....1 11 A lmn tier to LMVO 1110 UlO llUlUt
he had lost. I woited till ono evening
when I was escorting her homo from the
bv tho nearest pound-master mid treated
li"ko a worthless dog. Parents should
encourage their sons to leuvo tho cities
us earlv us possible und strike out for
themselves. We venture to say that
thoro are few healthy growlers in San
Francisco or other cities on tho coast
who could not, by saving the monoy tney
spend for whiskey and living economic
ally, get together enough to tako them to
some place whoro they could get all tho
Government land they could work. In
stead of getting up strikes and indigna
tion meetings against capitalists or to
abuso the Government, got up indigna
tion meetings against tho drones and
force them to strike out. When tho
bees got too thick in a hive for comfort,
they drive out the youngest family and
mako thorn seek a homo for tlonisolves.
l ...t ,. net on tho sumo principle and en
courage our young men to go out und
avail tlicmsolves of tho grand privileges
thu Government has oxtended to thorn.
Keep them al home long enough to read,
write and cipher, with sufficient knowl
cdRO of geography to find their way out
in the country, learn them sober, eco
nomical and industrious habits, ieach
them to let politics mono, mm io uiuct
down tho first candidate for ofllco who
oilers to treat them to a drink of liquor,
in order to buy thoir votes, for that is
just what it means, and at an early ago
make them leave tho cities aud strike out
for thonibolves. Young man, strikeout.
J-talnma Courier, (Ki. w.
Eluvatuu IUiuioaps in Nkw Yomc.
Tho Now York Legislative Committee
appointed to investigate Uio subioot of
.S it :.. H...I Ml, iln lioiniTi Him o.
rauroatiiuK """ - , ", , .
animation of tlia elevated railromls in
tho city last week. Tho foots brought
forUi snow uiiu m .j
uoatlv, but yet bid fair to bocomo protlt
able. Tho Metropolitan has oost, up to
this time, $800,000 a mile for Uio fifteen
milos of its length, and it is ostimnted
that the expenditures yet to bo mado
will increaso tins 10 w, ''"
Tho compauy have expended 100,000 in
experiments on plans for consuming tho
Biiioko of their engines and oindors.
Thoir ears cost $3100 each, and thoir on
Kiuos $5000 tq $5200 each. Tho road has
So murines und 150 cars. They claim
that they havo added $100,000,001) to tho
city's taxablo valuation by increasing tho
....f.,.. nt iriiiortv in tho suburbs. lur-
lM..w ,-- v . 1( .. , .
ing tho three' moiuiis oiuuug Depiumuur
30th thoro were carriod on tho Thinl,
Sixth and Ninth avonuo linos 13.012M1
passongors, tind the roeoints woro J?000,
002; Uio nvilrngo faro boing 1V conU.
Tho Metropolitan road, it is estimated,
will pay quarterly dividends of J per
cent.
Joliamicn Hex.
Of all tho wonderful adventures over
told, commend us, says tho London
Dally 'lelegraph, to tho history of John
Dunn. Mr. I)nnn is a colonist who had
tho skill to gain tho good favor of tho
Zulus and tho wisdom to utilize his luck
in tho most practical manner. Ho is tho
son of an English officer, and, for might
wo know, a pattern son, an cxcollcnt
faUicr, and a model husband. Ho ought
certainly to bo the latter, at least, or if
he bo not, it can hardly bo for want of
practice, for Mr. Dunn has quite becomo
a convert to Zulu ideas, and possesses a
harem worthy of pious King Soloman
himself. Now, this worthy man wan by
trado (start not, Oh, reader!) a
smuggler, pnroly and simply. Tho
British government forbade the exporta
tion of arms to Zululand, and Mr. Dunn
snapped his fingers nt the British Gov
ernment and ran his muskets across the
Tugcla river by tho hundred. On tho
breaking out of tho war it seomed a toss
up whether John Dunn would accept the
post of goneralissimo of the Zulu army,
or whether ho would Und it moro to his
advunhigo to bring his pigs to our mar
ketin other words turn spy upon tho
pooplo with whom ho hail lived and
whoso confidence ho hud gained. With
that noblo disregard for the smaller de
tails of morality which characterizes
your soldiers in want of information wo
briled John Dunn into taking his chance
of being shot with ono of his own rifles
or struck with an assegni of his own in
vention, for wo have but little doubt
that Celcwayo would have shown him
but scant mercy had lie fallen into Zulu
hands. This, however, may liavo lKicn
all very right mid justifiable; the funniest
purt wus to come. Sir Garnet Wolseley's
great scheme turns Zululand into a sort
of negro United Stales, with a paternal
providence somewhere in Natal, and ono
of tho States to lo ruled by Dunn! That
this ci-devant smuucler and whisky-
hcllcr, and present spy and enlightened
polvgumist, should Ims made a king is
really too romarkablo an idea to havo
emanated from any one but the author
of "Vivian Grey." John Dunn signing
Johannes Ilex and treating as an equal
with Her Majesty's Resident would mako
a historical picture which might Iks hung
cheek by jowl with another representing
Mr. Dunn's twenty or thirty dusky
r spouses bung represented ut court. Per
imps, now over, on me principle uiui
your converted poacher always makes
tho best game-keeper a principle well
known to and often acted upon by our
proud nobility Sir Garnet thinks that
John Dunn is' tho right man to stop tho
smuggling of arms, which wo have de
creed is now to cease. This much, at
least, is true, that Dunn will never let
unyono-smiigglo arms-but himself,
YAKIKTY. ,
Eve's first outfit was u full costume.
A girl mav smile und smile, und bo
unwillin' still.
A woman's belt covers a great waist of
vital energy.
When people are killed by an ovcr
doso of opiates, isn't it luudan'um to
tho skies?
"What's that man yelling at?" asked a
farmer of his boy. "At tho top of his
voice," chuckled the boy.
In ain't bo mutch what a man kan lift,
oh what ho kan haug on to, tlia shows
hiz nktual strength. Josh Billings.
In tho world's broad field of battle.
In tho bivouac of life,
Bo not liko dumb driven cattle;
Be u martyr take a wife.
Tho walking-mutch is no longer a test
of tho endurance of the pedestrian. It is
tho public opinion upon which the strain
comes,
If you want to go into first-class
society in Cincinnati, you musn't call it
tube-roso, but "tu-ba-ro-so." Detroit
Frco Press.
It wus tho proprietor of a Bessemer
furnace who first rejoiced when he met
"a foomun worthy of his steel." Bur
lington Hawkeye.
A now arrangement of "Pinafore" has
been put upon the stage, with tho
"hardly ever" left out. It will draw
like a plaster. Burlington Hawkeye.
A mob tarred and feathered a comic
singer out West for eloping with another
nan's wife. His manager bills him now
as tho "Great Feathered Songster."
Mrs. Shoddy lately puckered up hor
mouth genteely, and told a gentleman
friond that ono of her lovely daughters
was a "Diunott, ana mo outer
'bronze."
A Miss Whitton. now at Damariscotta,
Me., has probably the longest hair of any
woman in tho world. It is eight feet
long, and when in French twist it passes
six times around her head. The growth
is perfectly natural.
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The Coast Mail.
. DKVOTED TO
ALL LIVE ISSUI.
Tho Intorosts of Southern OreJ
gon Alwnys Foremost.
The Development ot our Mlnei, the i Im
provemeotof our Harbor, una Kallroftd Com
munication with tho interior, HpeclsUlM.
A Cumocs Paintimi Discovkhep
curious discovery has been mode at tho
Vernon House, Newport, It. I., which
was formerly the headquarters of Wash
ington, Lafayette and Rochambeau. It
is now boing prepared for tho offices of
the Unitod States Geological Bureau. A
day or so ago it bocomo necessary to ro
movo a largo broad panel from over the
fireplace in ono of the up-stairs rooms.
Behind this panel was discovered an old
fresco paiutiug in oil on plaster and
measuring somo three feet square. Iho
subject appears to bo a West Indian
sooue. In ono corner aro the figures of
throo beautiful females, one boing dressed
Unlinppy Royalty.
The banquet at Clmmbord and several
other manifestations show that tho French
throno is still regarded as a prizo worth
winning, and yet it has liccn in recent
times, at any rate, singularly fatal to its
occupants. Only ono French King sinco
Louis XV., tho well-beloved, (who nar
rowly escaped being assassinated by Da
miens, and whoso coffin was jilted with
mud) says tho Paris correspondent of tho
Pall Mall Gazelle, has died peacefully in
Franco, and that King (Louis XVIII.)
wob twice an exile. Louis XVI. porisliod
on tho scmTold; Napoleon I. died nt St.
Helena; Charles X. at Goritz; Lonis
Phillippc ut Claremont; Napoleon III.
ut Chisolhurst. It is a rcmarkabln fact,
too, that sinco the accession of the Bour
bons only two direct heirs to tho crown
have reigned in France Louis XIII.,
who ascended tho throne after tho Jcsnits
had assassinated his father, Henry IV.,
and Louis XIV., who succeeded Louis
XIII. Louis XIV., was therefore the
last Dauphin wlio inherited tho crown.
He hail several sons and grandsons, but
thov all died before him, with tho excep
tion of his grandson, the Due d'Anjou,
who had been seated on the throne of
Spain in spite of Lord Peterborough and
tho Austrians, and who founded the
Bourbon lino ucross the Pyrenees. The
Dauphin of Louis XIV. died, leaving
behind him threo sons tho Dukes of
Burgundy, Anjou and Berri and Louis
XV. was tho son of the eldest of
the three brothers. The grand
monarque was therefore succeeded after
the regency of the Dnke of Orleans, by
his great grandson. Fearing on his dcath-
ImmI that tho Bourbon lino might oecomo
extinct, he declared his illegitimate chil
dren, eight of whom had been legiti
mized, capable of succeeding to tho
throne of France in default of princes of
blood. However, in due time, and al
though it was generally supposed that
tho Duke of Orleans would make away
with the youthful monarch, Louis X .
mounted the throne. Louis XV., liofore
he was 10 years old, married the daugh
ter of the King of Poland, and "ouch
was the joy occasioned by this pledge of
peace given to Europe and of grandeur
to France," wrote Charles dn Rozier,
"that lawyers pleaded without fees and
dentists drew teeth for nothing." By
this marriage Louis had six children
fivo daughters and ono son. Threo of
his daughters survived him, and had in
their old age to lly before therevolution.
The Dauphin, who preferred the compa
ny of scholars and savans to the dissipa
tion of Versailles, and who jKjssibly
wouhl have mado an excellent monarch,
died at the early ago of 30. Beneath his
lortrait Voltaire wrote:
"Connn par ses vertus plus que par scs
travaux,
H sut ponscr on sago, ctmournl en Ueros.
And, if we are to believe La Harpe,
when ho died a copy of Locke was found
under his pillow. The first wife of the
Dauphin died before she had been a year
marncii in giviujj uuui w n n...b.v.-
but by a second marriage with the Prin
cess Marie Josephe of Saxony, Louis of
France had five children Mine. Clothil
de, who married tho King of Sardinia;
Mine. Elizabeth, who was guillotined
during tho revolutioned, ana turco bons,
who were all destined to ruio over r nuicc
Louis XVI., Louis XVII. and Charles
X. The house of Valois camo to an end
w ith the threo sous of Henri aud Cathe
rine deMcdicih, w ho reigned successively
as Francis II., Charles IX. and Henri
III.; and the probability beems, iu spite
of the prediction of Nostradamus and
other prophets, that the elder Bourbon
line is destined to cud in the same man
lier wiUi a triple reign. Louis XV. was
succeeded bv his grandson, Louis XA I.,
and the fate 6f the Dauphin of that imfort
unato monarch, who paid the penalties of
the follies aud vices of his predecessors,
forms ono of the most gloomy episodes
of French history. Tho only bon of
Louis XVI. nnd Mario Antoinette was
inrniWl to death in Uie temple. The
French throno was next filled by Napo
leon I., who in order to leuvo a direct
heir to the throne mid to found a dynasty
put away tho Empress Josephine and
married Mario L.ouiso of Austria. A son
was born, but the spell remained un
broken, and the King of Rome died at
Vienna, Duke of Reichstadt and colonel
of an Austrian cavalry regiment a vic
tim, according to tho Memoirs of Mar
xhal MarmoiU, of Uio ussiduity ivith
which, in spito of a feeble constitution,
lm i-inrfnrnied his luilitOTV dlltlOS.
England having taken tho eagle and
Austria tho eaglet Uio French crown re
turned to tho Bourbons, and Louis
XVIII. ascended tho throne. ijouis
XVIII. hail no childron, and was suc
ceeded by his brothor, Charles X., who
had two sons, tho Duo d'Angoulouie, who
became dauphin, and who had no chil
dren, and tho Duo do Herri, wlio was
stabbed on tho stops of the tho opera in
1820 by Louvel, and whoso wife wus
soven months afterward confined of a
son, who was called Duko of Bordeaux,
but who is now known as tho Coinpto do
Clmmbord. "Tho Royalists," says u
Fronoh historian, "hailed tho new-born
Princo as Uio child of miracle, and saw
in his event tho presago of long and glo
rious destiuies for Uie older branch of
tho Bourbons." Ton years later Charles
X., tho dauphin and tho "child of mira
cle," woro driven into exile and couvoyod
Wmriiind on board an American ship
belonging to Mr. Patterson, tho father-in-law
of Joromo Bonaparto. Iu 1SJ.1
Chateaubriand visited tho aged monarch
at Prague. "I was overcome with emo
tion," ho wrote, "on seeing in tho resi
douco of tho Emporor or Austrh, the
sixty-eighth Kiug of Franco, bent under
the weight of 70 years, 21 years of which
had boon passeu in exiio ui "" wi-
but her courageous effort woro unsuc
cessful, arid tho Royalistjj wero swept
away root and branch. In 1852 tho
French throno was onco moro occupiod,
and another attempt was mode toper
potuate the imperial dynasty. After tho.
crushing defeat of Sedan Napoleon UT.
lost his throno, and it is needless to recall
how the Princo Imperial foil in tho Zulu
war. With regard to tho Bonopartos, it
is curious to remark that the present
head of tho houso is the youngest child
of tho youngest brother of Nopolcon I.,
Also, that beforo divorcing Josophino
the Emperor wished (for reason's it would
be rather delicate to relate) to settle tho
succession on tho eldest son of hia
brother Lonifl. Again death interfered,
and the Imperial throne descended, not
to Uie eldest, but to the third son of
Lonis end Hortcnsc. Looking at those
facts, it is, perhaps, not very astonishing
to find the adherents of pretenders to the
French throne more anxious than the
pretenders themselves to disturb tho ex
isting order of things.
The Old Stone Mim. in Newport.
The JViom, in speaking of tho paper by
George C. Mason Jr., on tho "Old Stone
Mill at Newport," says: Tho writer mado
a careful snrvey of the building lost
October, with a firm beliof in Uie theory
advanced by tho late Mr. Hatfield in
ScrUmer's, viz., that tho mill was tho re
mains of a Norman baptistry. We
pointed ont at Uio time what wo consid
ered the weak points in Mr. Hatfield s
argument, and our objections wero fully
confirmed by Mr. Mason, who convinced
himself that tho fireplace and windows
uro a part of the original constntction,
and discovered that, besides Uie first
floor above the arches, a second floor ex
isted, counected by a ilight of stairs with
the lower, as is shown by the holes loft
to receive tho ends of the treads. Into
tho technical evidence advanced in sup
port of theso statements wo cannot go
far; but it is conclusive. The fireplace
was found to havo two flues, ono in each
corner, which seems most improbable as
un after-thought: besides which the
southern flue is perfectly pargeted with
a mortar identical with that used in the
construction of tho piers, and with mor
tar used in tho dwelling-house and tomb
of Governor Arnold, Uie owner of the
mill. This personage, who owned a so
callled Leamington farm had resided in
England not far from the Leamington
(Warwickshire) mill of which Uio shape
is circular, and the construction, upon
arches, as liko that of the Newport
structure as cut stono can resemble
rubble. It is suggested Uiat the latter
may have beeflBuilt to replace the
wooden windmill blown down in 1G75.
Mr. Mason furnishes diagrams to enforce
his points, and his paper is so creiiitauie
to his professional acntencss that one al
most regrets that it did not appear in tho
American Architect.
I1UKE AND TUBtlB.
Three things conducive to happiness.
A full stomach, an empty pocket and a
clear conscience. Wfe are fearfully
liappv.
"I'riso for information," said a mem
ber of a legislative body. "I am very
glad to hear it," said a by.stander, "no
man wants it more."
A woman looks upon her husband as a
charming being during two months of
her life the month before she marries
him and the month after sho buries
him.
There is a wicked bachelor Judy knows
who, with reference to the "Womanhood
Suffrage Question," wants to know
whether when mou have endowed Jadie3
with tho franchise, they will alio them
i. e., the men any litUo freedom in
turn.
"Thomas, I havo always placed tho
greatest confidence in you . Now tell me,
Thomas, how is it that my butcher s bill
is so large, and that I havo always had
such bad dinners. "Really, sir, I don t
know, for I am sure wo never nave any
thing nice in the kitchen, that we don t
send some of it up to Uie parlor!"
"Who is he?" said a passer-by to a
policeman who was endeavoring to raise
an intoxicated individual who had fallen
into tho gutter. "Can't say sir," replied
tho policeman; "ho can't givo any ac
count of himself." "Of course not," re
plied the oUier, "how are you to expect
an account from n man who has lost his
balaneo?" r Albany Journal.
Mrs. Godingtou has been shopping.
"The clerks," sho says, "treating mo
with utter condensation, 's longs they
could git anything ont o' mo; but no
sooner had one ol m lounu out uiui, iu
yards of kaliker and a nans o yuru w
all I wanted than ho began screaming
out 'Cash?' aforo ho'd half done em
in rod, with long hair flowing beneath a torjg throuo. Tho monarch is ending
hat decorated with plumes. Iu her hand j j j8 aftya wtjk i,;8 grandson, whoso father
A recent bbituury notice says: "Mr.
Smith was 191 esUmablo citizen. He died
M-itli norfedt rosiirnatiou. Ho had ro-
SeaUZlltohl'hlunho-story of my ' oenUy beonrriedl"
sho holds a mandolin. This group stands
at Uio gate of a castlo, boyond whioh
may bo soon a cluster of houses with rod
tilon roofs. Opposite this is n turbanod
negro holding two suow-whito horses
uimnwhiit hcavilv harnessed. In tho
background is a gathering of Indians
with long lances, Tho painting is bor
dored ubovo by a stripo of yellow, over
winch is a friozo of passion-tlowors and
bea-shells. It is a curious work of art,
and has proved quito a puzzlo to local
connoisseurs. It has beou presented to
tho Redwood Library.
Tho foliugo is getting mad; that is
say, it's on its sere. Boston Postl
was assassinated aud whoso mother is a
cuptivo," (couilnod iu Uio fortress of
Ulayo lor oxciuug a luvuiuuuu m .
Vondoo ngaiust Louis Plulippo.) Iho
last dauphin of Franco, tho Duo d An-
gOUiemO, was uewuvu w u ". "
faUior at Goritz, The crown now passed
from tho older to tho younger Bourbpn
branch, but fato remained iuoxorablo.
Beforo Louis Philippe was driven from
Franco ho lwd tho misfortuno to lose his
oldest son, the Duke of Orleans, who
.,.a ii.rrvw.i frnin his camairo and killed
1W .! -- - i - w ,.nn
to save tho crowu for Uio Comte de Paris, you
up.
V writer in tho Atlantic asks; "Were
you evor troubled by the ghost of a
poem?" Hard-that is, never. W e have
been troubled by the "skeleton" of a
poem, though, and we may some day bo
troubled by the ghost of tho poet. Wo
intend to kill a few as soon as tho rush
of job printing is ovor. Nornstown
Herald.
Honry Ward Beochor having tasted
lrger boor and pronounced it good, a
Toronto browery has kindly filled the
Brooklyn preacher's collar wiUi a brand
of that article. This is all well enough,
but wo aro sorry 10 nearuiui mo wiuu
meetings at Mr. Boccher's houso aro bet
ter attended of late than they woro a fow
months ago.
Thomas Ball, tho Amorioau sculptor,
lives in a simply pretty, Aowerwy
rounded house which ho built himfO"
iust ousido ono of tho old gates of llor
onco. Mr. Ball is now nearly sixty
years old, and a clover, agreeable matt
brown beard is fast turning gray.
heavy locks uro gray and his eyes a
blUO. -moA.
Onco in travoling, Uio Rev. Dr. Bw
bqo was exceedingly ammyod fcya
pedantic boro who forced himself J
iim, and made a great Prd1eJfJ
Shallow learning. The '0,r fc
loiiK as ho could, and at lougtk, I.oem,
t him eravelv. said: . "Mv Ma. J
...1 T innw all that la to 1)0 ,
In that? saw iwe i, wi
with what ho thought a very coagtei
on Uio spot. When the storm or wia ar-1 jjr ;-r every thing weft
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