, 1870-10-30


F'c,a Na.s T,ss,sa'~ N.nsorordo.' in ne Gcary.
Que 81 tie Lest LIN IN waaLias,oa-or
tlsewheie e-ia Riley, correspondent VI tue
great san Frapcirco d4i|ies.
ldlsy is full Of lunur, aud Las an unfAil-
inK Vein OF irony, Which makes lus ccnyelsa-
tlon 10 tie last degree entertaining (as long
as the remarks are about somebody else).
Ent, notwithstanding tue possession Of these
Qualities, which should enable q man to
write. happy and an arpetizing letter,
hIey's newspaper letters 0fteu display 3
mote than earthly eolemnity, and, likewise,
All untmAginativc devotion 10 pe,ritied facts,
whirl, surprise and distress all meu who
know linn ia his unofficial Character. He
eapas's this curious thing by saying thst lis
enIlu. efs sent lin to Waslliuetun To write
facts, rot fancy. and that several times he has
cc.ue uear losing lis situation by inserting
LhnIol0us remarks Which, not Icing looked
foi at headquarters aud consequently not
nudt rstood, wete thought to ba dark and
tloooy rpseches intended TO convey signals
aid warnings 10 nurtcrons secret soc:csies
or sn,n+tl,ing Ut that kind, ami SO were
AID Gait into the etove- E.ley says
That Acluetimes LIE is 10 afflicted vitn q
ytaztins 10 write sparkling End absorb
ine]y tcaIhtle letter that he simply caunot
rcrlht i, krd 70 Le goes to his den aud revc1.
in the Cell slt Of untrsmlneile1 .crithlinc: and
know, Le DESTROYS the pretty children Of lis
fancy ard reduces his letter to tlc required
1smAl atcurscy- Having reeu Riley DO this
very thing mo1e tl.sn u,ce, know whereof I
sF.ak. Cflen liave ialgLel with hi.n over
happy passsge sud Etieyel to see hlm plow
his zen through ii. lIc Nonld sag: u laa to
wiite that or die; an,l I've snt to scratch it
out or ttalve. Thy wouldn't stasl ii, you
kLow.
1tLirk Kley il about tee nacst entertaining
company ever rRw, No lodged tugcther III
many n!aces i'll Wasl.inst.n .iuriug the sinter
of 1oGs-S. moving comfortably <ro,n plaza tn
place, t1I attracting &;tenliou by paying our
pcison cGut1fcaous in Washington. lille,
would tell all about his tlIa tn Califosula in
tie eAlly daye. by way Ut the lsti,nus
All ,he STU Juan lsiyer: mud about
i.is L.kirg bread in San Franti1ts', to
6ain living, and setting up ton-rine, and
l;ye:ii S TEXTURES, AID teaching, Ftcncl,, md
trlIlEE lar. ard reporting for tho hewapl-
c's. eh.l keeping dsl,cius-scLool, apl it,
ttil setitE Chinesu il TIC cou.ts-Hhlc!l lat
t,f "a= lucrative, md iiiloy Mas dciug hand.
it"l,:e I~ean to 1iud fault because his traus.
tat:.ns wire too ''irco." q thing tor which
tni.y cpnsIItled la ought rot TO bo held
responsible since 10 did rot know word
Of tae Chinese toEgue and only adopted inttr~
pretlt 6 aH mcann Of gairinE an honest live
filiool. I1,Iouel, The Vaccinations OF cncnlirs
Ae vac 1eu!uytu from the position Of Official
intGrl refer. aud nlhn put III his place who
uLs familiar 1sIsl the Chirtso language but
did Let know any English. And I:isy tlscl to
tell aLout publishing Newspaper up III What
is Alaska now,, but was, onls an ice
ss1f then' a,..os With population sa. ~ composed
animals !; aud how. the iceberg got
ad1if, At last, and left al lis pairing snhscrib-
ess behind, and, al soon As tlt commonwealth,
fIaatei enl CT the iuTisdictlon OF 1;u=-ia, tho
people rise and threw OF their allegiance, and
ran ur tie English has, calculating 10 hook on
alotg down the Eti;lsh Iossess1ors; but +
la1d h1t eze and a ctuoAel current carried them
By, sE.l the5 tan up tho Stars and Stripes aud
ste.1sd for Califcr1,is. missed tie cou-
neclisn , aga'p, and :: sseIs allegiance
tue nj cnu,a came Ieme es-sr time.
1r..i rway tLey wsnt With thc northeast trades
d,ifli,S titl.way. tows1d tbs Sand ich 1=laLlr,
Hlert NlNn the. rail up the Canulbal lag und
had eiahd human barbecne III honor OF il.
in ~hicL it was noticed that tho better man
liked friend the eetter lie eujoyed hun unl
t!e wea, hex got fearinlIy hot tisat the ice
Le,g egau to melt. andit goi.so sloppy untlcr
toct that u Nas almost itop,ssib ib(e for 1At!ita
IL get abont at all ; anl at last, just A. they
cluat i'll s,ntt os the ,saud-, tte rne,ancllUly re-
tant OF the oure MAJ aiestic lcetcrf. canted iitst
to one elCe and then 10 the other. aud then
luneed under forever, carrying the national
| tiChi>c >cs alorE with lt-s!d Aot only the
| Aiclyks aud the pol,Elsce, LCt sune eligible
town lot which had increased III vaue a. 1ast
~ they 1lmiEi. bed in rsze in The trnrirr. and
| Nhicl, ii1Iey ce,tlu hare toll At thirty cents a
| rrnntl ard made liics.clt risl.. il he could
lavc ke;s the pioyiuce ai.oAt ten ho;lra longer,
Atti got 1ltK tlto pert.
| AID ~ fGr,h ait, 70 on. with al.:hc facts Of
1;:let'- trip through Mexico, Journey wtlsa
| History bis tcici:Gus faurv can make more in
tticptlus tilau any novel thst ever VAS writ
ten. Wi.sr Shame ii Is 10 tie lsliey down to
the dteary mascn-wcrk OF laying up dead
walk .! fact. He dues writea plain strAiSht-
| ferws:d. aud perfectly accurate AID reIlailc
ce,-c-;.oElelcc, but II eczema 10 fue thas
uo,.ll Iather have one chatsy paragraph Of ilis
fsnrw than whole obituary Of his facts.
i Eilcy i. very metl,odlcal. uat:riuely aeon
1ned4Ilpg. 1cvcr i.rgete anything tllst Is to
| Ie attetdc1 to, il good soa, a nssauu-h (ticn.s,
| n:.ia retmA.lebt. reliahle tntnv. He viii
| ,,:t liIn-e1f 10 ary an.ouat o. t:ouhe 10
I i. rlea tocy. aud therefore always has liz
IL, Il. full OF things 10 bc don7 ior the help
lc.s and tie shitllesa. And ho knows EoN
Il, 10 n-srIv everything. tun. 11e is uls.
wlt.e native hentvole1co l. wc!1-sprsEe
E.t never goes dry liz stands, al
N2:s ready. to hcln whoever needs help.
n lar A. lie Is atie-a,l not tiaFly VITA hi;
nt1tr. for tl.st j. cheap and COMMON cis,sity
s;:: with l,aud and brain, AID fatigue Of limb
a9,l sacrifice Of time. This sors ot .uea J:
| rare. ...... 49,.
| lIisey has ready wit. qu:cknesa and apt
ness al tlec;u,g and applying quosasi1ns- acs
ecuutenancc that is as solemn acd as olsn!
is delivering particularly exasperas4us
IKE. Que night a negro won
Az vas uu,ned to death in huue,
r+xt dacr TO us, and Riley eaid that onr land
lazy would lie oprresssvely emotional st break
isst, beca:se she generally made use OF aucl
| u.1 osfun,ic1 a. offered, being Of mo7bill
70 let her talk along and R2v nothing back-
il was the only way % keen her tcar,s ont o
the gra,v Eilev said there never wa- ; fl
1.e1si in The neighbtiheod bar tnat the srav
was wA:cry fer week.
And snre enough. ut breakfast tue lar1lad
I s.as .sovu in the yer: slough. OF wne-sntrei
,roktn-hea.ted. Everything she locked a
1tmirfc6 bcr Of that poor old negro wou1ac
aEl 70 the buckNhest caAes mado htr sol
the coffee forced groau, and when the tcet
steak came on sbe fetched wal that n,d
c1I hair n.e. Then che got to tAlkiuE abou
deceased, and kept ny STEADY drzzlc i:
both OF Us werr tuakcd through ard ihtoa:t
Prtec,;tIS the took ireeh breash ard sail
aitl. world OF sots. -
ssAl, to think Of II. only to think Of H..
]
70 faithful. Would you beliere II, she ha
been servant in that se1f-s.mc house M
that -e,f.>ane faEil: fer twenty-aeven yeA
cun,c Ih.lrtnas. aud rcver cross word, an
never lick. And oh 10 think ehe snoul
NEE. euch death 4, la.t .t:-a-titting over Il
Ecd-hct stovc at O'Clock in the mornir
and went to eleep and fell on it ar
uas srtually roatGed! not just trizzled M
h:,, Int literally roasted to = crisr
Poor faithful creature. how she us7s cooks
. am bnt poor woman, but even II h.va
sctirup to do it, I will rut up tanbs.oi
over that lope sufferer. Srave-and Nr. File
.. if you Huuld have the goodness to think up
:: li,t1e tEitsyh TO put on il which would sott
.. dc-crite the awful way in Which she m
her ---"
:, "rnt it HtH done, good aud fa:.hfrl ss
| Ezrt." said R;ley, and never sioiled.
Il SrfFttunlism IN China.
Tie discjplee Of Cppfucins have often