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MARSIIFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1879.
NO. 49.
Olllrlnl I'niivr of t'onn County.
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T)HE
A MhlllM's Knciijip.
Foiiiin, thn Nihilist, who escaped from
tlui citiidol of Wilnu u fow days ago, was
no ordinary consplritor. When only 17
lit) joined tho revolutionary association,
although liltlo is known of IiJm operations
until ItfH nrrivitl nt Odessa in 1H77. tin
(lion went by tho tiiintu of Matvnoif. mill
noted iih Deputy Chief to Captain Tchu
luirod', tho NiliiliHt lender, who was
hanged id Odessa n fow weeks ago. Ono
of liin tMirlv escapades wuh iin iilUiiiijit
upon tho life of Goronovieh, the hiiy,
which remitted in tho recovery of tho
wretched victim -who was lioiiton mid
tlieu drenciied with vitriol -mid u coif
fci-nion tluit led to tho urrosl of throo
hundred revolutionists, l''oniin escaped,
being iueluded in thn uuiiihor, and
shortly afterward wuh hunt by bin
"Captain" to KhurkolVto release the con
spirator, Ynlnoralsky, Assisted bv hov
end of tho revolutionary league, l'oiniii
established un ambush outside the town,
iiinl w hen tlio Cossack convoy passed by
with the priHouer, tho Nihilists pound
several volleyH into them. Home of the
gendarmes fell dead, others sot spurs to
their horses mid durted buck to Kliurkoir
for assistance, mid Voluorulsky, dis
guised in tho clothing of one of the vie.
linis, rode oil' with the KhurkolV Nihilists,
mid eireeted It ih escape. Foinin iilouo
returned to Khurkotf, mid was arrested
while in the net of taking a return ticket
to Odessa. After his iueureeriition in
tho Kliurkoir prison a series of midacioiiH
attempts were niiido to olitnin n iclfaso.
A bund of Nihilists eauiu to Hiiecor him
from 1C icIV, and two of them, drovtcd us
gendarmes, presented themselves nt tlio
door of tho jail with mi order to convoy
him to the presence of tho Governor.
Tho elder warder wan on tho point of re
moving Komin from tho cell, when, by a
eurioiiH coincidence, two real gendarmes
arrived with a genuine order, and ox
posed tho plot Tho Nihilists then hired
a house opposite tho prison, and ls-gun
burrowing under tho road to 1'oiiiin'n
cell. Thin mum discovered during the
mending of a drain, and the excavators
hud to lly to escape arrest. Komin him
self now tried to break out of prinon,
and, with the aid of Home of the seventy
criminals who shared a room with him
pelf, he dug out thn itiHido of tho chim
ney, ami cliiulx-d up the channel to tho
roof Six of his eoinpauioni escaped
with him, but tho entire party wan cap
tured Mix miloit from kliurkoir. hunt
March Komin was put on Inn trial, and
the day thai tho order wan signed sum
moniug tho court martial, the Governor,
l'rinco Krapntkin, out of revenge wan
nsNissiuatcd, Tho trial ended in tho
condemnation of Komin to the mines of
KjImtiu for life, but iih it wan imagined
that the careless trans-Ural ntllcors
would not keep him iu wife custody, ho
wan removed to perpetual imprisonment
in the citadel at Wilnu, Krom thin cou-
tlueuient lie huHnowsucconHftillvcM'upcd,
1 1... 11.... II 1 1 .1.1.. '..!.... t .1
and bv thiH time Iiiim probablv joined the
riiniiiHi reiugeeH
in hwitzerluiiil.
foi JJj-amiiitT, Oct
10.
At Tin: Louhvim.i: Exi-ohition. Lant
night, onyn tho Cotirler-Joiiriitil, a young
man took Iiih bweetheart to the expimitiou
with a cold-blooded determination, Ho
ithoued her tho dog nhow, "Thin," Haid
he, "ih one of the bent tliingi in the ex
poNitiou " lie cnndiieted her to tho place
where tho beautiful lkirneo ApolloH hold
forth "Thin," mill ho, "ih one of tho
HightH here which in very ititniiu.tijig."
Ho then explained the two great engine
Hocti in tho imluntrial part of tho build
ing Hetthoued her tho art gallery and
that pretty picture in tho pronn room
which in called "1'arnwell to the Koront,"
mill which every lady who ttoo.n it winhen
to carry oil. "Thin picture," ho ex
plained, "exhibitn a gem of female love
litienH, mid fow thiugH could bcjiiettier.
The greatcHt attraction I have ronorvod
for the hint It in by far thn mont iiuiiiuo
thing in the building." The young ludy
hccmiio ery much iiiterentoduH he lcil
her up Htairn and oxidated on tho bcautic.i
of the unknown object. Koon they ntiMid
befoio a largo mirror; ho pmihoil, and xo
did nhe. 'I'lien, with a eohl-bloodod ex
planation worthy of a better online, he
jioiuted into the minor at the vouug
liuly'ii tellcction, and uid; '"l'hut, I
think, 1 the bonn attraction in tho expo
nition." "Tt in ntrango," hIio inunuuiod,
among her blunhen, "that otio glann
Mhoiild mirror both tho groatont and the
Iciud nttraetiou at tho name time."
Tin: Milium rv or Oriuu Ihiwrri:. -llcform
cannot bo curried very far, for
expurgated opra boult'o would bo noth
ing at all. lint Mr. (Iiau lion permmded
people that lie Iiuh been giving iiHoriesof
openiH which aro free from reproach.
The inline of boiill'o may fairly, now and
tlaui, pay to morality tho tribute of a lit
tle hypocriny, and IIiIh in what the muse,
iA uiiiuaued bv Mr. (Iran, in mado to do.
Ncu'rthclt'HH, wo miint nay that tho
hypocriny in apparent. Nothing will
ever make opera boiillo mi improving or
uuriiiioHH inrm or entertainment; tlio
fiipiil prngreiw it 1ms mado of Into yearn
in New York toward a Hoeially respecta
ble HtillllH niav u'nll nil tlio moiillMt willi
Hpl'i'i'hoiiHion. Unmnrried women do not
yet go to hco Mmluuia Awjot or fltnyte'
(lu-ojlti JJut will thoy not iu i. fow yearn;
mid if thoy do, will it not bo oven moro
dillloult than it iH now to prove to tho
bowed foreignor that our country in tho
homo of purity and innoceuco. -f Nation,
Homo tcaohingH I nutnt toll you of
conernatiou Ioverhenrd on tho bunch at
1 report botwoen two children who were
Playing in the Hand togothor. Tlio llttlo
boy wilil to tho girl: "Bo you wish to
ho my little wife?" Tho llttlo girl, nftor
rllection: "Yon ." Tho nniull boy:
"ThontakooirinybootHl"
Tn aiiHwor to many inquirloa, wo wiah
O Hllllo illulliuillv ilif.l Itr .T..v.i..' ...
contly publiBhoil poom, "lllanid," iiuiot
motrloul vorBion of tho lifo of tho ona
t irom Alatno, nor, indeed, can it bo
oilBldorcd in nnv koiikd uciiiniiidmi ilnnu-
wont,
VOrv lllflnnnilll V mi TIuli iiAWmimiAH
1 oiiuludcH itn aueoiint of an imiiouincr
noroinonyj "Tho iirocoanlon wan vory
I ilno, being noarly two milea long, as v
"Iso tho prnyor of tho Jtov. jrr. MoFad
U'JU,"
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Tho propor jiluoo for boys to play
leap-frog is pn tint back Htoop,
THE LIOHTKUEPER'H DAUUIITER.
Twilight eottlod dnrhly down on
tlio rtiNli of wlillo.onjipod wntorH
round tho lighthouse buno twilight
over tho rocky alioro twilight fold
ing tho fiiMiwny land in itn grny
inaiitlo niul I Hitting by tho littlo
Hlit of u window, my chin routing on
my hand, looking out ovor tho durl.
iichh niul denotation or tho waving
world of wtorn. I wan nlono, but I
iniudod it not u whit. 1 wtis lined to
Unit, and it iv im hiioIi HWoot ponco
u ud rcut,
Kntlior wuh uwiiv for two days and
two nightfl; hut 1 folt inyaolf fully
eouipotont to innnngo tho lights, i
hud done it oltcn and often, niul
there wno u hoiiho of human compnn
iotiHhip iu tho Id en of nil tho oyon
llnit woro turning, in tho dnrknem,
to tho rod liuiioon Htur of tho Whilo.
ledge Lighthouse.
At hiiiii'Iho I extinguished tho light
niul busioil inyHolf Hinging tit tny
work, with olonning tho gluHncs,
trimming tho wicks und replonishing
tho grout receivers with oil; und
whut with ono thing and another, I
wuh pretty completely occupied until
noon. Then im I chanced to look out
toward tho n ou rest point of hind, I
saw u while Hug fluttering from tho
lull polo among tho rocks, tho signul
father und 1 hud agreed on in case of
nny help uoodod.
My heart utoppod beating und then
guvo n groat jump again. What did
it menu? Involuntarily I cnught my
hut and shawl from their pegs ago I nut
tho door, und then laid thorn down
again despairingly. How could I
leave tho lighthouse nil nlono?
Hut if my lather wuh ill iu trouble
neodod mo? I know how to miui
ago tho liltlo bout as well iih nny
Cirnco Darling that over figured iu
romance of rol lifo. I could easily
pull to shoro iu half an hour, in the
prcsonl stato of tides, und there was
no need of lights for six hours to
come. And without mopping to
argue tho matter further, 1 rushed
down stairs, loosoned tho bout from
its hooks, und wuh half a (Ior.cn yards
uway from tho rocky tower boforo
nny misgivings entered my mind.
Too Into to look back now. 1 kept
my eyes fixed on tho lluttor of tho
white ilug and pulled long, resolute
strokes as if I hud boon a man.
Ah I drow nearer shoro 1 could
discern figures grouped around tho
rocky point, and my heart sickened
within mu with tho apprehension of
sonio overshadowing calamity.
Hut they woro only girls, us I pros,
ontly percoived Adum Stoko'n
daughter from tho old farin-houno
under tho hill, who gntnered nbout
mo as 1 sprang ashore with dimpling
laughter und eyes of merry inisohiot,
"1 know wo should bring you,
Li.r.lo," fluid Kllon Stokes. "1 know
whut tlio signal wn." i gazed from
one to tho other with while lips and
inquiring gar.e.
"It nioaim ihnt wo want to soo
you, Llr.r.io, child ubout Knto'8 wed
ding dress, you know ami horo you
ate. So come up to tho houso as last
in you can."
"It wuh wrong, Minimi," 1 said,
gravely. "1 must go buok nt onco."
"When you hnvo looked ul the
dress, iii.r.io, and not before," said
siio, clasping both n.y hands reso
lutely in hers. "Como, I won't take
you half a ininuto."
And half vexed with myself, und
wholly with thorn, I yioldod. It was
ipiilo true what sho said, I', would
talto mo but a short timo to go down
to tho fiirni-houso and look tit Kuto's
things; and 1 hud a woman's natural
curiosity about such mutters. It
watitod n good three hours yet to
dusk. I had been prisoned moro than
a week vu tho octagonal walls of tho
lighthouse, and so 1 yielded.
The girls look mo brck with them
in triumph. 1 liked them well
enough thoy wcro all merry, warm
hearted girls, with no harm iu them;
hut 1 had always managed to ovudo
their brother Lauronoo since that
evening among the pines whou I told
him 1 could nover be his wife.
"1 must got back to the light
houso," I unid, starting up before I
had fairly hooh all the gauds and
gowgaws prepared for Kate StoUo's
wodi'ing.
Jle put on his hat and walked
with mo to the point of rocks, lhit
when I got to' tho jagged slono
ovor which 1 liiiu cast my moor
ing
mo, only a piece of ropo remained.
Tho bout hud got looao nnd tloutod
away.
1 turnod witli a frightonod look to
Luwronce.
"Bring your boat round horo Liui
l'onco. For tho lovo of houveii, do.
Soo thoso hoavy clouds darkening
round tho sunset; it will bo dusk bo
foro we know it,"
'You know what I huvo most at
honrt iu this world. Fromlso mo
that und 1 will do everything for
you. If not why, this nights work
will loso your father Ida plnco us
light houso koopor."
"Laurenoo, you you would not bo
so busol"
"I linvo told you tlio altornntlvo
you hnvo only to deoido," ho hu.
worod indifferently.
"Nover!"
Ho lookod nt mo n niiuuto with in
tonso lnulioo iu his oyes; thon turnod
dollboffttoly and walked away leav
ing mo alono,
Alono among tho ragged rooks,
with tho rush of tho morciloss, novor
wonrying tidcB filling my ours with
horriblo itoration. I called nftor
him but ho novor turnod his bond;
und then, clasping my hands, I nnk
down among tho stones, careless of
tho spray that ulmost sprinkled my
face, and begun to woop
The sun had long sinco sot In a
stormy sky, uh if it woro a sea of
blood tho darkness was creeping in
black bIiiuIowb ovor tho fuco of tho
deep nnd a horriblo vision swept
over my mind of great ships wrockod
at sea, upon tho reefs, and the
watchful eye of tho lighthouse closed
and iinbockoningl Ot lost souls
whoso ruin nhoulu weigh on my soul
forevormoroj of tho cry of drowned
men, und tho shlno of lost troasures
t bat I bo sea would lnvo un; oi nco
plo watching for tho inward rido of
statoly snips, whoso imvon would
novor ho reached.
It was about tho hour that I
usually lighted tho lump, and now
Ohl I drendod to lift my head to
the black outline of tho lighthouse
tower in tho distance, hut a hideous
fiicinatiou Boomed to nave drawn
thorn thither. 1 slowly raised my
head and turned it towards tho octa
gonal windows.
Great heavens! At that self-sumo
instant tho light streamed out, red
and glorious, us tho Htur in tho east
must have shown to tho magi. I
sprang up with n scream, momentar
ily believing myHolf to bo tho victim
of an optical delusion, but it was a
roulity. Tho lamp iu tlio lighthouse
wuh lighted; its ribbon of flumo
tloutod acioss tho moving surfiico of
the deop with reassuring shine. And
as I gtized a blur came over my oyo
sight. u choking sensation in my
throat, ami I remombor nothing
moro until I awoko in tho familiar
walls of tho lighthouse, with fathers
kind fuco bunding over mo, nnd
Hurry Morton sprinkling my foro
head with water, while at the Hiwm
moment the clock on the mantlo
struck twelve
"Who," 1 gaspod "who lighted
it?"
"Why, Harry Morton to bo sure,"
said my father heartily, "and a good
thing ho happened lo bo hero when
wo wero both oil' guard. And that
last, Jiizzie, is a thing that must nov
or occur again. Its a windy night
and thcrcs no telling what might bo
fall." All this chanced ton years ago. I
am a happy matron now, with lilt'o
children's voices sounding in the up-
Iilo orchard, whoso blooming
irunohes brush my casemonts Har
ry Morion's wife but I have nevor
forgotten tho horrors of that stormy
twilight, when tho eye of tho light
houso beamed redly on my sight.
Lauronco Stokes, strange to say, wus
wrecked at sea, nnd Kate's lovor
went awuy and novor marriod her.
Dear, dear, how strangely things do
happen in this worlu! Harry says
it is all uonsonso talking about luck
but I bolievo it how can I help it?
A Novkliht'h 1'owKim or Constiiuo
tios. In theno operations of thinking it
is not often tho entire plot of a novel
tho plot of a novel iw a whole that exer
einen tho mind. Thai is a hugo dilllculty;
one no arduous as to have been generally
found by mo altogether bejond my
power of accomplishment, Lflbrts aro
made, no doubt always out in tho ojien
air, and within the precincts of a wood,
if a wood bo within reach; but to con
struct a plot no as to know, boforo tho
story is begun, how it is to end, has al
ways been to me a labor of Hercules, Ikj
yoiul my reach. I have to confess that
my incidents aro fabricated to lit my
story as it goes ou, and not my ntory to lit
my mcidonts. I wrote a. novel onco in
which a lady forged u will; but I had not
myself decided that sho had forged it till
tho chapter boforo that in which sho con
fennos her guilt. In another a lady is
made to steal her own diamonds - a grand
Aim-(fa forte, as I thought but the bril
liant idea only struck mo when I was
writing the page iu which tho theft is
described. 1 once heard uu unknown
critic abuno my workmauship Im
cause a cortain lady had boon mado
to appear too frequently in my pages. I
wont homo and killed her immediately.
I sav thiH to show that the process of
thinking to which 1 am alluding has not
generally boon applied to any great
effort of construction. It has expended
itsolf on tho minute ramifications of talo
tolling; how this young lady should bo
mudo to behave herself with Unit young
gentleman how this mother or that
father would bo iifloctod by tho ill eon
duct or the good of u sou or a daughter
how those words or thoso other would
bo most appropriate and true to nature
if used on somo special occasion. Such
plottings us these, with a fabricator of
fiction, aro iullnito in number as thoy
aro infinitesimal in importance and aro,
theroforo, as I have said, like the sand of
tlio soashoro, Hut not ono of thorn can
bo done fitly without thinking. My littlo
effort will miss iU wishod-for result, un
less I bo true to nature, and to lie true to
nature I must think what natnro would
produce (.Anthony Trollopo iu Good
Words,
i m
A Parisian flowor doalor rooontly said
to ono of his ouutomors to whom ho ox
hibitod a pot with a greon Btoia in it:
"Monsiour, that pot oontains a very ex
traordinary flower, whioh has just ooon
sent to mo from Cochin, China." The
connoissour lookod at it gnwoly for a fow
sooonds, mid thon romarkod: "Ah in
doodl butl luwo understood that it novor
blossoms." "Novor blossom?" was tho
roply. "That's It oxaotly. If it ovor
blossomed, don't you see; it wouldn't bo
a very extraordinary flowor?"
Good torapor is like a sunny day; it
shed its brightness on everything,
THE llfcWARI) OP TAI.ENT.
"When tho fatnons Hthrnm-gur was yet
a babo, his fathor King Yczdogird, sent
him for health and; security into Arabia.
Tho tyranny of Yezdegird had caused
such misery to Ids subjects, and oven his
autocratic heart began to fail us ono
after another of his fair sons pcrinbod in
early infancy. Ho feared tho approach
of childless old ago, of a time when
thcro would bo nor filial hand to console
hlin, and no stately son to inherit tho
greatness and tho (jlory of his kingdom.
Ilonco l'rinco liollram was sent to tho
laud of Yemen, thai by a change of placo
ho might happily realize a chango of that
nad fortune whlclt had consigned his
elder brethren totlicir early graves,
l'rinco Xoammi traveled expressly from
his own court to that of his suzerain and
received tho royol child.
On his return to Youien ho faithfully
executed bin trust, und though young,
Kehrain grow from a beautiful bubu to a
sturdy youth. Xoatiian was still full of
unxiety for his welfare.
"This palace," said he to his son Men-
zer, "is too hot una scorching for tho
royal child, and the air of my other pal
aco in too damp. Let us find an abode
for him which shall pierce the clouds.
There the young eagle may flap his wings
and dnuK in tlio pure air oi the empy-;
rean."
Menzor sought anxiously throughout ;
Yemen for a iialaco tlint would servo thoir !
purpose, but he sought in vain. '
"No such cukUo etists," was the reply
mado to imi nines by one who had trav
eled much, "and ouly ono man on earth
lias the skill to construct such a habita
tion." "Who is this wonderful architect?"
"Semnarf tho Grecian," replied tho
traveler; "in his hands tho granite be
comes liko wax, and ho moulds it into a
thousand varying forms of beauty."
"Hast thou Been his works, oh, travel
er?" asked the prince.
"Many gcorgoous structures havo I
seen that were devised by bin fertile bruin
and skillful hand. Many regions ac
knowledge his genius, many kings have
asked for his services."
"Go, then," said tho princo. "and by
treaty of command obtain me tlio help of
this architect for tho erection of u palaco
for the childhood of llehram-gur. Did
him givo us of his bct, and we will re
ward him royally. He shall have a robe
of honor, a steed of state, seven slave
maidens, und a hundred bags of gold if
ho builds that which wo desire."
Tho traveler carried the message to
Bomnur, tho Grecian, and dolivcred to
him tho gold and jewels which Menzer
had sent as an earnest of his liberality.
Seninar determined to undertake tho
orcotiou ot tlio palaco of tho childhood I
of liohrain-gur, and received from Noa-1
man and Menzer tho statement of thoir
desires. Then he retired to silent and j
solitary meditation, and remained seclud
ed in his room for seven days, seeing
neither the face of heaven nor tho face .
of man. In that gloomy abstraction tho
power of his talent compelled tho vision
of tho palaco its it was io bo, with towers
that pierced tho heavens, and founda-1
tions strong and stable as tho great globo
itself. j
The work of building began at once, j
Swarms of slaves dug deep tho founda j
lions, and soon the stately pile grew be
neath the fostering oye ot tho architect.
Higher und still higher grew towers of I
grandeur and pinnacles of pride, until '
at the end of the years of incessant toil '
tho mighty structure was completed. ;
Bcinnar, the Grecian, gazed with pride I
upon tho work of his hands. Its famo
spread through unary kingdoms, and
thousands canio to see it. Poets sang its
praise. The towers, they said, woro liko
the houses of tlio moon, tho dome was
eneomiMis-sed by paintings of the planets
iu their courses, the polished stone
glowed liko gold and the cement shono
liko silver, tho rays of tho sun wero re
flected from it with a light as dazzling as
that which beams from the eyes of the
damsels of parudiso. In tho early morn-ing-tido
it glimmered like a faint sap
phire, when tho sun was high in the
heavens it woro the dazzling aspoot of a
topaz, but as tho evening shadows fell
upon the earth it seemed in its white
beauty liko the spirit of tho divinity
brooding over tho world. Thus sang tho
poets, who declared that it eclipsed tho
tamo of tho Garden of Edon, and that
henceforth Youien should bo known as
tho Land of Khaviirnak.
Semnar, the Grecian, was to receive
his rewind. Tho princes sat upon their
thrones iu the hall of audience high in
tho towers. Prom tho windows could bo
seen rich towns, fair villages, niuniug
streams, groen forests, spreading meadow
land, and every variety of landscape to
please tho eye and charm tho fancy.
Naouuiu was now known as tho Lord
of Khavarnak, and the possession of this
palaco was tho proudest jewel in his
crown.
"Wo havo desired," said Naomiui, "to
praise thy skill, oh Semnar, in this pal
aco, which will remain to tho most dis
tant ages as a monument of thy talent.
Great lias boon thy skill, great thy toil,
and great thoreforo has boon thy rownrd.
Famo will spread thy reputation to tho
four quarters of tho oartli, and history
presorvo thy name to future agos. Ho it
mino to reward theo in tho present."
Bemnar bowed to his princely patron,
ami folt tho gratification of talont that
has won its way and roceivod acknowl
edgment, "Wo promised theo," oontainuod Nao
man, "a robo of honor, a steod of stato,
sovon fair slave girls, and a hundred
bags of gold, Was not this our cove
nant with theo?"
"It was, O Niioman," replied Semnar
the Groeian,
'In tho courtyard below," said the
prince, "there aro forty stoods, and each
is richly harnossed; and thoy bear as
thoir. burden u thousand bags of gold.
Instead of one robo of houor wo givo
theo sovon, bo that on oach day of the
weok thou shalt bo saluted with rovor
onco by all our subiocts. Bosidos thoso
oven wo give thoo this ono."
As ho spoko Niioman desoended from
his throtio, and taking the royal robo
from his own shoulders he placed it unon
that of Semnar, who, astonished at his
inunllloeut generosity, could nnd no
words warm enough for his gratitude.
"Wo promised theo sovea slave gfrls,"
Slid Naonian, not heeding his thanks.
"Wo givo theo four times that number of
blooming maidens, each ono worthy to bo
a hourl in Paradise."
Ho clapped his hands, and a bovy of
beautiful damsels entered tho hall, and
saluted with bashful confusion their new
lord
"O Princo," cried Semnar, "great in
deed is thy munificence; novor yet was
artist so greatly rewarded. Many kings
have I served, but none gave mo so royal
a guerdon. Had I foreseen such gener
osity I would havo mado the Palaco of
Khavarnak still moro beautiful, and
worthier of tho liberality of its lord."
Tin's boast jurred on Nao in an. It was
a discord amidst tho jubilant music of his
pride.
"Is it possible, then," he asked, "to
devise a palace-more beautiful than this? '
Somnar tho Grecian answored with tho
pride of talent, "In Kavarnak thcro arc
colors, three but I could rear a palace in
which a hundred hues should combine in
harmony. Kavarnak has but ono dome,
but in another seven domes should bulk
against the sky. There arc a thousand
ways iu which, were I building another
palace, I could oclipso the glories of
Kavarnak."
Kaomau's brow darkened. His gener
osity was the offspring of his pride. He
wished to givo a matchless reward to the
architect who had made him master of
the wonder of tho world. What if somo
rival monarch should, by tho help of
Semnar tho Grecian, build a structure of
even greater magnificence? Tho thought
was gull and wormwood to tho proud
heart of Naomau, Ho clapped his hands
again and a eunuch appeared, to whom
Naoman gave his whispered orders.
Tho thousand bags of gold wore re
placed in tho treasury, tho horses wcro
taken again to the royal stables, tho dam
sels wero conducted to tho harem of
Menzer. Homnar the Grecian, thrown
through tho window of tho hall of audi
ence, fell, dashed to pieces, into the
courtyard below. His death cry min
glod with the voico of the priest, who
from the lofty mosque was calling tho
faithful to their evening devotions.
As they went to prayers the dogs wcro
lapping tho blood llowing from a shape
less mass that a few moments before had
boon Semnar tho Grecian. The British
Architect.
Political Chaiiactkii of ran Tuiikh.
Tho Pera correspondent of the Pall .Vail
Gazette says: "When old Mehemet heard
of tho Kabul massacre ho said: 'Yon
English aro always outwitted in j-our
dealings with Orientals; the Russians are
never outwitted. YburCavagnari thought
ho was doing a very fino thing when ho
bid Yakoob Khan tell General Kaufmann
to send letters to him through tho British
authorities. You havo now Kaufniunn's
answer, and oven you, an Englishman,
must admit that it is very much to the
purpose. And you aro being outwitted
here too. Yon don't see it, bnt we do,
and wo wonder how you play as yon do
into ltussian hands. It is not tflo fact
that your policy is inconstant that gives
tho ltussinns their great advantage, al
though that fact is valuable to them; it
is because your agents have no fixed
principles upon which they apply tho
policy they aro to carry out. Sow the
Itussians, on the other hand, havo ono
fixed principle resulting from studv of
the character of our governing class.
They havo learned tho fact, and recog
nize it, that thero aro but two ways of
influencing our public mou, one of which
is intimidation, tho other bribery. Who
soever represents Itussia hero acts in con
fidence and full conviction of this fact,
while your agents do not seem to have
any bottled conviction about tlio Turkish
character. Each suecessn o Amliassodor
goes ou a duTorent tack although the
rigid ono was iointod out by your great
Elchi. Persuasion or logic unsupported
by money or forco, our people do not un
derstand. When your Ambassador
preaches aud lectures by tho hour ho
loses his timo aud bores his listener. Of
course, ho gets a civil answer, and then
ho goes homo and writes a dispatch, say
ing what an impression ho has produced,
ami what satisfactory sentiments animate
this or that Pasha. This is all nonsense;
tho only wonder is that you still be
lieve it"
Little Folks.
It is geuorally believed in Massachu
setts that tho first man was Adams.
"This world is but a fleeting show,"
and it is the nuho way with the circus.
Columbus mado tho egg stand, but
Italians of less renown have mado tho
peanut stand.
Thero aro only three things you can
get for nothing iu this world air, water
and advice.
It always makes a young man crazy
to have his mother .propose to buy his
clothes for him.
"A nd ho said." This is the avorogo
romark overheard by tho passer-by of a
group of loveliness undor twenty.
"What is the tonguo for?" is a new
conundrum. It may bo for ono purpose
or nuothor it is puroly a matter of
taste.
"Say, Johnny, what timo is
it?"
And
"Elovon o'olock and throo laps!"
thou Johnny got one lap with a
slip-
per.
Yakoob Khan has abdicated. "Yakoob
Khan't stand everything," ho romarkod,
with n sigh, as ho handed in his resigna
tion, Tho common pioturo of St. Georgo on
horsebaok, trying to nun stomach bittors
down tho throat of a dragon, is ono full
ot historical beauty,
Tlio undor dog in a fight deserves no
pity, Ho will pitch into smallor
dog than himself tho moment ho gets a
chance.
A tramp, who was caught roaming
around through tho country stealing
oggs, said "ho moroly wished to got tho
lay of tho land.
A starved tramp said ho was so thin
that when he had a pain ho couldn't toll
whother it was a stoinaoho aoho or a
baokacho.
A young lawyer of Hoston says that
persons Booking solitude, where thoy oan
commune with their own thoughts
uninterruptedly, should oomo to his
oftioo.
Tho Chinese Rnry.
As a means of convincing tho
Jnpancso that thoy aro strong on tho
sea as well as on the land, the Chi
ncso government Iiuh recently held a
great naval roviow of its foreign
built war vcbscIh off tho mouth of
the Yang-tszc river. This occasion
brought together under ono head for
tho first time, tho squadrons that aro
attached to tho Shanghai and tho
Foochow stations. Ordinarily, thoso
two fleets, which arc controlled by
distinct Governor Generals, havo al
most as littlo in common as would bo
tho case if they belonged to different
nations. If a frigate of tho Shang
hai fleet wcro to bo repaired at tho
Foochow navy yard, Hhc would be
charged for material, labor and dock
age, precisely as though sho wero an
hnglish or American government
ship. Jlowover, in view of a possible
maritime war with tho Japanese, it
was thought expedient to unite these
two divisions in tho general roviow.
Tho result docs not seem to havo
been quite bo terrifying jib it was
iiopca it wouiu be. mo ncot con
sists, all told, of olevon vessels, rang-
:. - r -. or Vi i irnn . i i
ing from 250 to 1500 tons, which,
with one or two exceptions, fairly
.. -...w -, v.-
represent mo siyio oi war vessels in
accepted use about fifteen years ago.
Tho officers and men are all Chinese,
a fact which docs not nrguo against
their nautical efficiency, for the na
tives ot tho seacoaat of tho Flowery
Kingdom mnko excellent common
atlors, and safe, though sometimes
overcautious, officers. Ono trouble
which was shown by the review to
exist, was in tho diversity of arma-
rnent, for each vessel had cannon of a
.'. ,. m,
peculiar make. Thero were guns
mado by Krupp, Armstrong, hit-
worth, Vavasour, and a number of
other well-known makors, each pat-
torn requiring its own shot and shell.
It is easy to soo that in the event of
war turn variety woulu entail an
immense amount of trouble and
expense if tho vessels were to bo
maintained at ail times in an effective
condition. As fur as the Japanese
aro concerned, they aro not in tho
least likely to loosen their hold upon
tho Loochoo islands in consequence
of this warliko display. Tho Japanese
fleet is no larger than that possessed
by tho Chinese, and in the matter of
armament and stylo of vessel it has
somo of tho defects of tho latter; but
it has a larger number of modern
built ships, and, whnt is ot still moro
importance, the Japanese sailors aro
in no way inferior to tho Chinese,
while their officers possess what tho
ilnneso naval olnccrs Uo not, uo i
small amount of the intrepidity ot
action which has been a msnked
characteristic ot all great naval ofli
ceis and of successful maritime na
tions. Hedgod in by wild and stor
my seas from all fear of invasion, tho
Japanese can well aflbrd to be indif
ferent as to tho vast strength in num
bers of their rival. Tho war, if it is
over declared, will bo fought out
vory largely on tho water, and as
both nations get their naval weapons
by purhuse, there is no reason why
ono country should bo better armed
when hostilities begin than tho
other, while iu skill and pluck tho
Japanese have a natural advantage.
A Peksian Wateiuno Place. Mr.
and Mrs. Oldfather proposed a trip to
the lako to try bathing, and we accord
ingly went. At this Long Branch there
aro no first-class hotels, and wo must not
fail to take all tho necessaries with us.
For fouradults and two children, wo have
one room and a place to do tho cooking.
Wo curtain the room into two. We put
carpets up to tho windows, if that which
has neither framo, sash nor glass ought
to bo called a window. The floor is of
wood, a wonderful thing in Persia, and
Hi-
has a hole in it that enables us to looK
down into the stable. We call it a good
night when wo aro awakened but twice
, .. . . n - ni.i! rm..-
R-SSsaws--sv
id way
gigantic lie. Not a half dozen boats
float on its bosom. Not a living thing
siivo a sort of jolly fish lives in its waters.
It blackens tlio shore that shuts it in,
and kills everything that falls into it.
Bathing in Lako Oromiah is n diversion,
but do not bring any fresh water ideas
here. Ho you know how to swim hand
over band t Well, tton t no it, or you
splash a dim. into your face-it touches
your eyoaud puts it on Are. lou try to
rub tho firo out, but only add fuel, lou
think land is tho best place under tho
circumstances, and try to got on your
foot. Did not do it that timo 1 Your
mouth and noso get full of the liquid
Are you make a frantio effort, get ou
your foot, and walk ashore, sneezing,
spitting, spluttering, rubbing, blowing,
got hold of a towel and aro comforted.
Tho other way is best. Take it easy, Ho
on your book and lot your toes stick out
if thoy want to; thon paddlo homoward.
You can't sink, so don t bo afraid. Whon
?ou oome out, "remombor Lot's wife,"
or you are encrusted with Bait. Corro
spondonoo Troy Times.
A bug scientist says "tho bunble bee
ivos two very distinct sounds, which
KlV
aro an ootavo of each other a grayo
sound when it flies, and a sharp sound
whon it alights." The bug scientist is
right. The sound given out when the
bumble-boe alights on a girl's neck is
about seventeen octavos sharper thau
when the insoct merely flics. And whon
it crawls up a man's trousers leg at a
pionio tho sound prodnoed is all tlio way
from tonor to bass. The profanity with
which it is garnished makes it base,
What is homo without a walking
mutch? A sololsM pot,
ilnn. now in rains, aro iiomcerauates in . "'"
bloom, and that is tho chief beauty of I - me sections auu wen. . , wui . uhut
the place. All water is beautiful, "but ! convcrtaUon wthont any lonng of
r , - i. ..i i- l.. .. '. their tones. Tho porter of tho car was
IjHKU wroiumn uiwuvb auuius iu ou n iuubi i
Urltbh Loveliness. ,
A Paris correspondent says: My in
formant told mo that sho had often seen
a pretty child who is now tho celebrated
Mrs. Langtry, then a pretty liltlo
creature with floating golden luiir, who
used to dash about tho island on her
little pony in most daring fashion. 1
saw this noted beauty myself at tho
Italian opera in London lost spring.
Handsome is sho most certainly, bnt not
to be compared with dozens of fair
American women that I have seen in my
lifetime Mrs. Post, of Now York (lato
Mrs. Wadsworth) Mrs. Wadsworth (nee
Miss Lena Peters) of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Astor, Jr., and her elder sister, tho late
Mrs. Thomas Gaylord. and others by the
score. Still, she is handsomer than her
photographs lead ono to suppose, as tho
chief defect in her fuco, an nndne
heaviness and breadth of jaw, comes ont
unpleasantly in ho pictures. The upper
part of her face, with tho broad, low
brow, large eyes, and beautifully out
lined nose, is very lovely. Her full and
finely molded figure was displayed to ad
vantage in a tight-fitting dress of black
satin, profusely decorated with gold cm
broidories and black lace, its square-cut
corsage and transparent sleeves reveal
ing the charms of iv complexion of the
cream-white tint and lustcrless smooth-
" CT" ?i l V ii 1?Z
deal struck by the calm and business-
j likoway in which she posed in the lobby
while waiting for her carriage. The
... ,- ,
stood in the attitude in which most of
her photographs aro taken, with her
head turned over her shoulder and
lightlr inclined so as to show tho beau
tiful lines of her profile, talking in seem
ing unconsciousness to her escort, yet
just as much fixed in on attitude to bo
looked at as ovor was an artist s model on
tho platform at Les Beaux Arts. Qnite
' a little throng of gazers were grouped
around her, bnt she let them gaze sho
was there to be looked at.and thoy might
! J m,nch M,they 1eA:
that the free-and-easy way in which she
used to treat tho rrim;of Wale9 waa
reauv comical. On one occasion she
I slipped a pieco of ice down the royal back,
' and was only forgiven on her sinking
I gracefully on her knees before the heir
I tUe -ontish throne and craving the
clemency of her future king. On another
occasion she sent her love to Alexandria
as he was going out tho door, and this
b'ttle outburst of playfullness led to a
serious quarrel with her royal friend.
Good Majxeb3 ahtj Equal Eiairrs.
If you pay half a dollar admission to a
concert or any other entertainment, you
have a right to the undisturbed enjoy
ment of that which you pay for; and per
sons who come tramping into tho room'
whilo the entertainment is in progress,
or who go tramping out before it is con
cluded, or who bjr bustle and whispering
prevent you from hearing what you came
to hear, are robbing you of what belongs
to yon. Thoso persons would not, of
course, steal half a dollar out of your
pocket-book; but if they willfully spoil
that which costs you half a dollar, their
uct is essential larceny. Well-bred per
sons never do any of these things, be
cause well-bred persons are always care
ful to respet the rights of others. If yoa
pay for ono seat in a railway car you are
entitled to tliat one seat; but if yon,
occupy two seats, while any decent per-,
son who has paid for one Beat has no scat
at all. vou aro simply robbing that per-
j son of what belongs to him. The writer
of this not long ago saw a well-dressed
lady sit for an hour and look in the face
j of au equally well-dressed gentleman
' who stood all that time and held a young
j child in his arms becanse there waano
vacant seat in the car save one in which
this lady had placed some small parcels
of hers, and which sho did not offer to
relinquish. Tlio man had paid for
tho seat, and it did not belong
to her. Sho would havo been greatly
insulted if sho had been called a rob
ber, but what was she doing? In some
way sho ought to have been delicately
admonished that to take what does not
belong to her is not one of the rights of
women, and that it is evidenco of tho
lack of good breeding. You secure, by
tlio payment of a good round sum, a
j berth in a sleeping car. That should en-
titlo you to immunity from uistnruance
by your fellow passengers. Unhappily
it does not alwovs.
XMOI long ago n iraui
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, n-a- nd '""f1?' nl .?E.n
' tliov hail mat mot at the station, ana on
: sS-aLfej' Sw?b-5
nhsnnt while the train waited in tlio sta
tion, and after ho returned he seemed to
bo too timid to rebuke the talkers, so
they kept on for the best part of an hour,
talking and laughing much louder alter
tie train started than before. Tho fact
that there were a dozen other passengers
in that car, all of whom wero in their
berths, and all of whom had purchased
a right to sleep in tho car, was a fact qf
J ISto
" J evidently belonged to what
tlieso porsons evidently belonged to what
is called good society. Thoir language
was grammatical, thoir dress was fault
less, and ono of the males was a clergy
man. EditorsTaldejaood Company,
MoitE About IUiiway Speed. -The
daily express mail train from London to
Holyhead makes tlio dsstanoe, 268 miles,
in four and a halt hours, being at the
speed of a little over fifty-nine milea n&
hour, stoppages included. The distance
between Now York and Washington Is
228 miles, and tho fastest train makes it
in six hours and twenty minutes, or
thirty-six miles an hour, stops incltmum
But most of tlio trains occupy frow elfttt
to nino hours. In this wide ooury.
u u way engineering exbibita
t triuinph8, ft would seem m i
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ought to be able to run trains
IwltuiAlUA
our important ciues as im m
Britisliors do, If Ave had a HolyUsad
express between Now York and Wwh
ington, tho time of transit would be r
duced to noarly one-half to wit, to U.M
hours and forty minutes. This wowW
enable passengers to loavoNow York
tho morning, havo an entire officii! (Uf
boforo the departments iu Wturiiu. '
or attend a session of congress, aw -4H ,
bo homo again iu timo for tba eveataf
tea.
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