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The Loves of the Pigeons.

Pigeons always lays two eggs, and
these produce male and a female, so
they are mated from birth, and, could
they remain so they would be the hap
piest of the winged beings, But, alas |!
MANY accidents occur to disturb their
ioy and bring trouble and quarreling
into their community, as Charley and
May can testify.
They thought they would bny pair
of young pigeons and Charley spent
several half-holidays in making large,
commodious house for them, and put
ting a ledge on the outside for them to
stand upon. This he painted very
carefully; but on learning that they Of
ten rubbed their beaks upon the paint
ed wood, and had been known to die in
consequence, he as carefully scraped
the paint all off again. The little
creatures were brought home in bas-
ket, and for some time they remained
in their house, unable to fly, and were
carefully fed by the children with rye
and split peas.
At length Charley grew impatient,
and thought he would give them some
lessons so he brought them out, placed
one on each shoulder, and then coaxed
them to fly off Bob, beautiful pigeon
with black spot on his back and tail,
soon flew around the yard but his
little lady futtered from Mays shoulder
to her head, and then to her hand, I'M
willing to try longer flight. At length
Bob coaxed her to the roof, one day,
and thence to the ground. It was a
long flight for her, and she lay there
painting, when suddenly neighbor's
dog rushed upon her, and before Char
lev could reach her she was dead.
Poor Bob few back and forth in wider
and wider circles. He searched for her
ali ay long from every roof in the
neiehborhood, and came home to his
lonely house at night; but early the
next morning he flew off, unable to re.
main alone where he had once beeen sc
happy.
For long time the children watched
for his return but months passed, and
nearly year after, they purchased an
other pair. These were pure white
and SO young they could not fly. This
time the children decided they would
not teach them, but let them take theil
own time in learning. 1t seemed lonf
time, although it was not many days
before Bob put his head cautiously out
and peering around, flew up to thu
roof, then down again, cooling ant
ooaxing lady-bird to try it too. Sh'
was very tinid, but he stood by, en-
eeuraged and few with her, and she
too, safely reached the roof.
| How happy they were From tha
day they almost lived out-of-doors, onl.
going in to drink and sleep. Soon tn
water was taken from their house ant
placed in large pan under q tree
They saw it, longed for it, but were
whole day deciding to try it. At lengt
Bob flew down, tasted, called his mat:
and stood on the edge Of the pan t
protect her while she drank. Then th
pretty creatures tasted the grass, an
. finding it safe and pleasant to do 81
often came down and walked aroun
4 the grounds. Soon they commence
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THE LOST PICTURE.
BY MtNNA MYRTLE MILLER.

~ MlNNA MYRTLE MILLER
It was but little dreamy face
There's many and many another one
With lovely pose and charming grace,
And yet there ia none that is likeit--n0ue.
Whose may find Il with careless eyes
'TiR not shadow, piece Of art
But something to look at, love and prize,
And press to your lips and bold to your hear
Long and lovingly you must gaze,
And fancy the pure lips speak to y0t1;
Fancy the saiut-bke eyelidR raise
And the sweet eyes look you through au
through
Let your soul be filed with questioningR sad,
And say Is it best that she quit her play
And wonder and wait and be never glad,
Calling me, calling me day by day?
Or is It best that she lift her eyes,
COnfiding to those who are in my place,
That the smile Clear-eyed on the sunny skies,
And langh and sing and forget my fW'U2
What IT,, under sorrows sorcery,
WitChing my idols day by day,
On a wide and silent forgetful sea
My darliDg's features should drift away
What If, when I seek her with bounding sigh,
shall find her not in the haunts Of yore,
R8Hmd littiB specteF, with hfOurnful eye,
Shall stand In her place foreyermoro
Let your tortured fancy have widest scope,
Until 1t seems that vour heart must break,
And then with quick and sudden hope
Say: It is all for her dear sake.
There's many picture under tho sun,
with meek sad face and tresses bright;
And yet for me there is only one,
And that lost it yesternight.
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Bribery in the Past.

In England for more than q century
the shadow of suspicion of corruption
has never been cast on the ermine of any
magistrate. And yet no longer ago
than the beginning of the last century, q
lord chancellor, the earl of Macclesfeld,
was removed from Office, fined and i'm
prisoned for receiving bribes. And a
century earlier the illustrious name of
Bacon was soiled by the faint of a pc
-ovlaiory corruption. It Is not much
more than 100 years ago-if the prac-
tice did not last down to the end of
Lord North's administration that
members of Parliament were bought
for ready money by ministers, in sums
proportioned to their market value.
John Wilkes, in his famous No. 45 of
the " North Briton," declared that it
was by bribery alone that the peace of
1863 had been carried through the
House of Commons. 1t is on record by
the evidence of John Ross Mackay, who
was Lord Bute's private secretary, that
this was literally true, and that the
provisions of the treaty could not have
been carried through the House with
out it. And Wilkes, writing from Par
is, while in exile there, reafirmed his
assertion, affirming that the members
of that House knew that it was extreme
" true as we'll rs extremely scandalous.
The precise sums which were paid to
secure this end certainly very good
one) were g1, 900 toforty honorable gen
tlemen, and $500 to eighty not less
honorable but less valuable members.
The private secretary of Mr.. Pelham, q
Mr.. Roberts, told memoir writer OF
the last century 1--WE think it was Wrax-
ALI that he himself used to pay with
his own harfdSthe wages of these faith
full servants of the minister, being from
G400 to G800 each, conveyed in an ex-
pressive squeeze of the hand on taking
leave of them at the end of the session.
When the Duke of Newcastle succeeded
to the premiership ON the death of his
b1other, George II. demanded the book
in which the record of these parliament
ary benefactions had been kept, and
put it into the fire and held it down with
the poker with his own annointed hands
until it was entirely consumed. Sc
that 1t appears that Charles Surface had
some reason for boasting as to his two
ancestors, who had been NJ. P.'s, at The
sale he made of his family portraits, il
the "School for Scandal, that he
verify believed that this was the frs
time that either one of them had beer
bought or sold /" Not to go back ttc
theold days of the French farmers-gen
eral. and the sale of justice in the ole
French courts, the fall of the dynasty
of Louise Philippe was mainly owing tx
the notorious corruption of the legisla
ture. Under the late Bonaparte the
Legislative bribery, If any, came from
above, in the shape of imperial favers
and even his judges, though they could
not venture to deviate from the course
in political cases commanded by theil
maker, were never, we believe, accused
of taking bribes. And no such impu
tation has ever been laid upon the pres
ent Assembly by its various enemies
or upon the administration of justice
that we have ever heard of.-Nea0 YorI
hadeDendent. s
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News of the Week,
DOWN' EAST

Tho case Of Mcdonald, the Bank Of Eng
,.nd ,orrer arrested in New York, will praba-
rvco. before the United States Supreme
roprt before the British officials get him in
custody.
lanes A. Coe, a promising young broker
Al Boston, is charged with Irregularities "
involving 5000, 600. His method was to alter
tbo Brnres Of stock certiicrtes, raising
certificates for one, two, and three shares,
10 ono hundred, two hundred, and three hun
arod respectively.
--Of the sloops of war ordered built by the
ass Congress, one will be given TO the Norfolk
navy yard and one to that Of Charleston.
IA proposition has been made to tunnel
lbe Hudson, 80 as to admit Of the passage of
aliWay trains from New Jersey and New
York without change Of bulk.
10 practice homeopathy is in the estima-
ton Of Boston doctors conduct unbecoming
and unworthy Of an honorable physician
The strike Of Rhsde Island factory men
for reduction from 10 to 10 hours a day, has
failed.
IA great struggle is said to be prevailing
in shawoken Penn, for the possession over
ten thousand acres in the anthracite coal re-
gons valued at $40, 100000. One party has
burned three houses which the other side
erected, and retaliation is now threatened. o.
II Wheeler, of New York, represents one side
and the Reading Railroad the other.
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Mr.. QUTENHATTAUEoBA, an Apache
sachen, recently commenced his prepa-
ration for embracing Christianity by
killing his fve squaws. The military
proposed to hang him, but Gen. Crook
interposed, and sent him on TO San
Francisco fort, to be shut up forever.
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The Egypt recently landed in New
York the largest number OF passengers
ever brought by one vessel 1706 in the
steerage and SO in the cabin, making
with the ships crew = living freight Of
nearly z, 900 persons.
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Curious Manner of Lassoing Cattle on the
Isthmus of ~Tehuantepec.

Early in the morning men hunt the cattle in the
woods and drive them into a large enclosure. Then,
selecting from the herd the largest bull, the herds
man on a swift horse dashes after it, and at full
speed filings the lasso, which never fails to coil itself
about the horns of the animal. The horse is blind
folded, but is taught TO turn half round as soon as
he feels the lasso thrown from his riders hand. lie
then s%tifiens his hind legs, puts out his neck and
gets ready for the jerk which throws the bull to the
ground; for one end of the lasso is attached to the
horse's tail. After the cloud of dust caused by the
chase clears away, the bull is seen madly trying TO
get loose. A moment after, and he is dragged TO
the corral. In this way twenty or thirty herdsmen
will soon fill a large corral with animals Of all sizes
and descriptions"
A. S. Twombly is the writer of the article from
which the above is copied. The article purports to
be an account Of an expedition to survey the route
for q ship canal across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
L DO not understand that the writer was one Of the
party; and I hope for his own sake that he was not.
His statements about the country through which the
proposed canal is to pass, and the people of the
country may be truthful; but the lassOing diminishes
our confidence in his veracity.
He tells us that q the owner Of the summit lands
comes from Oaxaca once a year to brand the cattle.
If so, why Is the largest bull of the herd selected to
be lassoed frstf Or to be lassoed at all? For it is
to be supposed that be was branded years ago. And
whoever heard of riding a blindfolded horse ON such
an occasion? And then think of the poor horse,
with one end Of the lasso attached to bis tail, and
the other end TO the horns of q wild bull. How he
gets ready for the jerk, by turning half round, stiff
ening his hind legs, and putting out his neck, [ do
not understand. The jerk would be seen TO come;
aud, in such circumstances, the horse would be more
likely to be thrown to the ground than the bull; to
say nothing of the risk of losing his tail.
As the cattle were driven in to a large enclosure to
be branded, we should suppose that lassoing would
only be preparatory to branding, and that only those
would be lassoed that had not previously been
branded; but the writer seems to have lost sight Of
the branding, and to think that the only object was
to fill the corral; for he speaks of filling the corral
with animals of all sizes and descriptions; conse-
quently with those in part that had already received
the brand. Now if Mr.. Twombly gives a correct
account of lassoing cattle in any part of the civil
lied world, I should like to know it.
See ScIibner's Monthly for February, pages 407
and 408. ALIQCIs.
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JAPAN.

The japan Gazette, Of February 22d, mentions
the marriage Of a noble with the daughter Of a
merchant as an evidence Of the growth Of liberal
ideas. II saysB
THE youngest son Of Chill Matsu-maye Former
Governor of Matz9 mayc) has lately become SON
in-law 70 Tennojiyo, one OF the large Osaka mer-
chants. In former times, when the Kuwa0oku
(NObles) managed their States and the Daimiyo
and his heir made all Official appointments, collected
the revenues, and in all things was the lord Of bis
own territory, the Kuwagokn could not intcrmarry
with the Heimin common classes), bat since the
old feudai system has been abolished, this custom
has also been done away with, although this is tho
Grst instance Of the kind that has yet taken place"
There are other evidences of progress, also The
Mikado has under consideration, but has not actI-
ally decided, an Embassy 10 the Pope; the whole
country is to be thrown open TO foreigners, those
who travel in the interior, Of course, 10 be con-
trolled by the laws Of Japan. and "stoycpipe" hats
are commonly worn by the japanese in Yokohama;
that the Chinese residents Of the latter city have &C
cepted the velocipede as an excitement, is rather
amusing TO the YokOhamers.
The Government will hold a Universal Exhibition
in Kioto or Yedo in about four years. Commits
sioners have been appointed 10 the Vienna Exhibit
ton to study the plans 10 make ii q crcditable and
thoroughly national and international affair.
In order TO mark his appreciation OF the action
taken by the japanese authorities in the case OF the
Mlrt1 Luz, the Emperor Of China has forwarded q
letter of thanks 10 His Excellency Dye TAX, the
Governor OF Kanagawa, and has, it Is said, init
mated bis intention, subject 10 the approval OF the
Mikado, of comforting OH him the title Of Mandarin
Of the first degree.
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Letter from Oregon.
PORTLAND, OREcOS, L. :.
Hrhrnhrr 9Th Isl

PoRrLANp, OREcoS, L. :. A.,
February 9th, 1873. J
Ma. ADyERrIsER-STR Portland is one Of the
few live cities on this Coast. whose wide awake in
habi;auts are always abreast, if not ahead. OF their
n~eighbors and who SEEN equal to any and to every
emergency As al inland town she has no supe-
riors-sitaated on the banks Of the beautiful Villa
me,;c, II miles above its confluence With the majestic
Columbia. snd some 100 miles from the sca. she
holds the key Of the rich valley whose name her
great river takes, which rich valley Is destined ere
loug TO not only bread but butter the great majority
Of the people II this whole Coas;-with a climate
toe, unequaIlsl sni unexcelled, she is fast becoming
the hvorite resort of many Of our just now frozen
eitizens east Of the Rocky Mountains, as well as Of
those Of Europe, whose " thermometer this winter
has been down away down to 10 - : so ,
yes, and even lower. below zero and, in Old Eag-
land, SO low that the papers say over one hundred
poor people have actually frozen 10 deAth,--while
our winter has been as delightfully."- mild and pleasant
as theirs has been excessively cold and severe Port
land, too, is fast becoming a thriving place Of cont
mercial importance full Of ships from every sea
and sails from every shore which, with her rail-
roads, will most a~ssuredly, in the course Of time, set
her ahead and on high, until she finally is rated and
ranked amongst the first and the foremost cities in
tins large land.
Education, too, is here most wisely nurtured and
fo~Stered-our very worthy school directors have just
built and finished up in elegant style. a beautiful
structure for a central high school which, with the
several other similar seats of learning herein and
with a corps of the best Of teachers. will afford am
pie accommodations and instructions for our /" rising
race who, after all, are to become the future hope
of the State, Church and Nation yes, and the
World
Portland. Mr.. Editor, being now one Of your
n~eighbors on the east, as well as a large consumer at
this present time of your own island products, will
yet fill your national e~xchequer with coin and your
people with corn and, in our commercial "reci-
~procity,'' will both bind together, though some 1900
miles apart. and build up each other in gain, good,
and greatness Let, therefore. there always exist a
sweeter and q stronger union than a tclegraphic tie,
between Honolulu and Portland, between the Sand
wich Islands and the State of Oregon !! p.
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The Order Of Good Temnlars.

Last Thursday evening. at the hall of Ultima
Thule Lodge OF the above Order, a celebration was
had of the institution of the first Lodge in these Isl
ands, April II. 1853. Something over Il hundred
persons, members of the Order and invited guests,
passed a very pleasant evening, eulivened with
speeches, singing. music, and at the close, with
dancing. The meeting was presided over by c.. W.
Hart, District Deputy G. W. c. 7. Addresses were
made by W. c. Jones, Esq. H. NJ. Whitney. Esq,
Walter Hill, Esq, and the Rev. s. c. Damon. Col.
Jones, who is rightly regarded as the Pioneer of
the Order in these Islands, gave a very interesting
account of the small beginning, and the slow pro-
gress for a long time, which has now resulted in
four furnishing lodges, with q membership of about
two hundred. IN good standing. The good that has
been accomplished by this Order in this city, is pa
tent to the observation of all, and must commend it
to the earnest God-speed of every good citizen. In
the United States, where the Order originated some
fifteen years ago. it now has a membership of not
far from a million. About Eve years ago. it was
introduced into England, where it at once took
root, and rapidly spread over Scotland and Ireland.
1t has been planted and is aourishing we'll in Aus
tralia and New Zealand. From a late number of
the Southern Cross, of Auckland. we copy the fol-
lowing regarding the Good Templars in England
We learn that the first Good Templar Lodge in
England was inaugurated in Birmingham. II was
No. l. and named Columbia" in honor of the
country from which the movement bad been intro
duced. The next lodge, No. ,. was established in
Aston Manor three months afterwards. 1t was a
fact worthy of noticing that at their first annual
meeting they showed they had got to work in earnest
By forwarding n petition to the Commons House of
Parliament in favor of Sir Wlired Lawson's Per
missive Bill. On the Sth of September. 1868. they
bad l lodge and IS member in 1869. D lodges and
81 members in 1870. Is lodges and $40 members;
in 1871. 290 lodges and $4,000 members and now
in 1872. in the month of September, they had nearly
l,40O lodges. and a round total of 100000 member
in England alone. They had in Scotland 500 lodges;
in Glasgow, $50 lodges and 10000 members and
they could count upon $500 men and women once
down in the dregs of humanity. In Berwick they
had 1900 members, and for three sessions in success
sion the Judge who had come round to Jy criminal
eases had been presented by the Sheriff with q pair
of white gloves, as there were no prisoners for trial.
acknowledging that this was owing to the influence
exerted on the population by the Good Templar
lodges. In South Shields they had the pleasure of
inducing the first publican into this Order. In Scot
land their success has been marked, and they had
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It is cited very plausibly az one Of the chief
reasons why the military of Spain object to a re-
public, that under u monarchy they would have a
good chance of continuing to bear arms, and as
this is an easy. INDECENT life, once fallen into it
they DO not like TO return to Industrial pursuits.
Besides such consideration, the generals of the
army have IN the past history of Spain had open to
them positions Of virtual Dictatorship, which for
the future under a Republic would be lost to them.
Canada is still agitated over propositions for an
nexation to the United States. 1t seems to be
settled with reasonable deGniteness that the British
Parliament, ifROt absolutely tired Of Canada. would
not %interpose any very serious objection to the col
ony if it should see ct to cut loose from the apron
string OF the mother country. Recent publications
to this effect through authorized party organs in
London have touched the Canadians in a tender
place and they are now. at certain quarters. de-
batting the ~propriety of taking steps looking to
their ultimate union with the United States
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The Trade Dollar.

Congress provided at the last session for the issue
Of n new silver dollar which ought to be popular on
this side Of the country. II is only to be issued TO
depositors Of bullion at their own request. The
Mexican dollar has long been very popular, and has
been extensively exported. The Chinese have sent
immense sums Of this currency to China, buying the
coin at a premium over the American dollar. The
Mexican dollar is worth four cents more than our
gold dollar, but a premium of five cents has fire.
quently been paid for the former for export.
The new silver, or trade dollar is to be 300 fine,
and to be worth five cents more than the gold dollar.
and one cent more than the Mexican dollar. The
Mexicans have recently put a new stamp on their
silver dollar, and the Chinese are a little suspicious
of it. If the Mexican dollar can be crowded out by
the new American dollar, which IS Of a higher in
trinsic value, n point will be gained.
The value Of a silver bullion would be advanced II
there was a large demand for the trade dollar. But
rs it would not come into general circulation here so
long as the old coin is abundant, the chief demand
would be for export. If ten millions in trade dollars
should be wanted within q short time, possibly the
silver miners would find their account, either by an
advance Of bullion or by sending the same TO be coined
into the trHde dollars. r Bulletin, March 2lst.