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, 1875-08-21

NATURAL LOVE Or MEN FOR THE CoUN-
TRY.-W hatever may have been the record Of
a mans life, he never t1ses his love for the
country. He may in boyhoOd have become
sailor and plowed every ocean under the
sun he may have won honorable scars upon
the field of battle, or mixed with the turmoil
sad uprcar of great cities, sharing in their
magnficence and srlendor, but when he
begins to feel that his sun has crossed the
zenith, and the shadow of life's evening are
gathering about his halting footsteps, his
love for the country comes back to him. He
wishes for no more toll or excitement, and is
glad to forego the "pomp and circumstance
of glorious war; There il something con-
genial in the scent of the soil, the growth of
the trees and the flowers and the babbling of
water brooks which lures him back to his
starting point of country life. Not that it
is better or pursr than the life of the cities,
bat that in some way it appears TO befit his
declining years and enable him gracefully
and well to finish his course and step from
the stage. 1t seems TO be the natural long
ing of all women born, when age croeps upon
them, to clasp again the bosom of mother
earth; to spend their last days in her imme-
diate and benefcient presence, forgetting all
the acrimony and strife that are generated in
crowds, and thinking only CT the "peace
which passeth all understanding that is
surely coming them. 1t is laudable ambi-
ton that is common to almost all men, which
inspires them in mature life to seek a home
in the country, where in the simple arts of
agriculture they can forget the mad excite
ments of the world, make pets of flowers or
dumb animals, and grow purer and holier by
contact with nature herself. Such has been
the wish of the greatest meE the world has
ever seen, and such will always be the wish
of every true-hearted man who has grown
tired with the bubbles that amused him dur
ing the earlier foot falls of his life-iouruey.-
S. T. Ci7ulidle.
, 1875-08-21
THE GOLDEN SIDE,

lhere Is many a rest on the road of life,
Il Hwe.wous-'only stop to take it;
An many tone from the better land,
Ii the queruloiis heart would wake il:
To the sunny soul that it is full Of hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,
The gasss IL green and the flowers are bright,
Though the wintry Storm prevaiieth:
Better to hope, though the clouds hang low,
And 10 keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through,
When the orninous clouds are rifted;
There was never night without day,
Nor an evening without a morning;
And the darkest hour, the proverb goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many gem in the path of life,
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That il richer far than the ieweled crown
Or the miser's boarded treasure;
1t may be the love Of little child,
Or mothers prayer 70 heaven,
Or only beygar's grateful thanks
For n cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web of life
a bright and golden filing,
And do Coils Will with a ready heart,
And hants uIrt are swift and willing,
Thar 10 snap the delicate silver threads
Of our curious lives Gsunder,
And then Heaven blame FOR the tangled ends,
And sit 10 grieve and wonder.
, 1875-08-21

Our TELL-TALE LRs.-I have no.
ticed that the lips become more or less
contracted ID the course of years in
proportion as they are accustomed to
express good humor and generosity or
peevishness and a contracted mind.
Remark the effort which moment of
iil-tempemper or grudgingness has
upon the lips, and judge what may be
expected from an habituaI use of such
movements. Remark the reverse, and
make a similar Judgment. The mouth
is the lankest part Of the face: it
can't in the least conceal its sensa.
tions. We can neither hide ill-temper
with it, or good we can affect what
we please, but atfectation will not help
US. In a wrong cause it will only
make our obeerVers resent the en-
deaVOr to impose upon them. The
mouth is the seat Of one class of emo
tiOns, as the eyes are Of another or,
rather, It expresses the emotions, but
in greater detail and with more ire
pressible tendency to be in motion, 1t
is the region of smiles and dimples,
and of trembling tenderness; Of a
sharp sorrow, or full breathing joyi
of candor, of reserve, of anxious care,
or liberal sympathy. The mouth, out
of its many sensibiIities, may be fan
cied throwing up one great expression
into the eye-as. many lights in city
reflect broad lustre into the heavens.
, 1875-08-21

HANDLING GRAIE.-Baltimore has
struck out a new idea in transferring
grain which promises to be very use
ful, and which must revoluticnlze the
customs of the older and less enter.
prising ports. The cars containing
the grain are run directly upon two
story scow, and towed alongside the
vessels, and thus the work Of transfer
is accomplished by grayitatiOn, the
grain running Of itself down the pipes
into the hold, and saving the time and
expense of the old system Of shoVellng
out of lighters, as now prscticed at
New York. The new Baltimore plan
can, of course, be adopted with adEan-
tage wherever the cars are unaOae W
come directly alongside the vessels
, 1875-08-21

NOVELTY IN SURyEYING.-The delicate
chemical balance has been added to the list
Of surveyors instruments. By the aid of
this instrument. the number of acres in an
irregular shaped surface may be accurately
computed. The method by which this is
applied is simple enough. The plan Of the
desired territory having been frat measured
and reduced by scale to paper, is then cut
out and carefully weighed. 4 portion of the
same paper-that is, paper OF the same weight
and thickness-is then cut to size that viii
represent one acre, and its weight recorded.
By dividing the weight of the paper which
represents, in outline, the whole sections sur
yeyed, by the weight of that which repre-
cents the number of acres and fractions Of sn
acre in the whole This way of measuring
surface gives less trouble, less calculation,
and less liability to error, than any other
cssT method.
, 1875-08-21

DESIGNATING GRAvE.-An act of out
rageous and hideOus vandalism was recently
perpetrated upon the remains of Gen. Howell
Kinds, buried in GreenVille, Mississippi The
vault which contained his coffin was broken
into, his body taken out and his right hand
cut off. For this strange and unnatural crime
no other motive can be found save the super
stitious idea that a certain bone in the right
hand of q dead man is powerful !" charm "
for conjuring. No ring or other valuable
was upon the body when buried, and there
fore no mercenary motive can De assigned FOR
this desecration OF the graye-Dothing could
have inspired the deed but the horrible infat-
uation Of the con njurer.
, 1875-08-21

To conduct newspaper so that it Will lie
-oo5 with more interest each week, is what
avsrv one who has an idea OF publishing a
,.,er must do. An editor must be untired,
4 bs wishes to make his paper interesting.
He must never be content with filling his COL
,,,,ns each week, but must try to fill them,
--;,b the news in as condensed and acoePta-
b,s q manner as possible To do all the above
tb;nes do them well in each and every week
n the year, is what few have an idea OF hav-
~ - 10 be done, unless they know something
- - ;bs business. 1t requires steady and sen
III nerson TO conduct a NEWSPAPER 50 thst II
nav be acceptable.
, 1875-08-21
Russia and England.

Recent utterances of the London TdAes con-
cerning the relations between England and
Russia in Central Asia seem to warrant an
apprehension that the English Government
lacks nerve 10 face the situation, and that it
will make no efforts to restrain MusooVite en-
croachments. The Tins, plainly asserts that
it would be mere folly 10 think Of opposing
the advance of Russia by force Of arms. and
that sit would be only one degree lees foolish
TO invite o great war at present by planting
the outposts Of India at Herat." This is
very significant language, for if it means
anything it means that the Government has
decided to abandon Afghanistan to the Rus
slams, and at the same time to give them the
command over Persia Whatever power
holds Herat is in position to menace Brit
ish India on the one hand and Persia on the
other. So fully has this been recognized for
half century or more that the Indian Gov
ernment has insisted on the Independence of
Herat as a SsB qafG non, and in 1910 even
went to war with Persia on that account.
But with Russian policy dominant at Herat,
and Russian military progress overawing
Affghanistan, it would never be safe 10 count
upon the loyalty of the frontier tribes of Brit
ish India. British dominion is maintained
far more by prestige than by force of arms
in that quarter of the world, and the Orien-
tai is habituated 10 the abandonment of one
set of rulers the moment he finds, or thinks
he finds, another more powerful set. For
several years the Emir Of Affghanistan has
been tiuctuating between his fear Of England
and his fear of Russia, and there can be lit
tie doubt that the adoption cf sub a pcl.cy,
as the Tanes indicates would be sufficient TO
determine him in favor of the Northern
power. In such a case the moral effect of the
change would be to breed disaffec,ion far be-
yond tho actual scene of operations, and long
before the Russians had approached the from
tier of British India the Indian Government
might find itself engaged in hopeful strug-
gle with It's reyoltcd feudatori,s. A policy
of inactivity for England in India at this
iunc'ure seems TO us TO be nearly equivalent
to policy of suicide. II she has made Up her
mind that the advance Of Russia cannot be
stayed by any power at her disposal, she must
at the same time have realized that her suprein-
acv IN Asia IS doomed to extinction, and that
aggressive course, the history of her Indian
government must he suecession Of mOre or
less fatal, but always costly struggles, to re-
press intestine outbreaks, which from the na-
tu-e of the case will propagate themselves
with ever increasing force and rapidity. If
this is the best Disraeli can do for the East
ern question, either tho temprr Of she Eng
lish people must have changed remarkably,
or his ministry will have short lease of life.
, 1875-08-21

WHY STEINBERGER WENT TO TIE NAVI-
GATOR IsI.ANDs.-AIl the void and the rest
of mankind have heard how Colonel A 3.
Steinberger was Transported from San Fran
cisco TO the Navigator Islands in a mau-of-
war belonging TO the United States, taking
with him couple Of bronze cannon and
lot OF second hand mnskets. On arriving
there he at once reconstructed the Govern
ment, establishing two Kings, who are TO
bear sway alternately, and making himself
Prime Minister for life, with handsome in
come of the public revenue; and Steinberger
will certainly take care to collect it. The
mystery of these proceedings has puzzled the
curious very much, and some have seen in
them the symptoms of a deep political intri-
que. The truth is that Steinberger was sent
away in this style to get rid of him. He is
an old army officer, and was Quartermas-
ter or something of that sort ont on the Pa
cific coast when Sam Grant, as S.einberger
still likes TO call him, was sent out there
twenty odd years ago. lie is very talkative
fellow, knows lot of stories about Sam, and
tells them with dramatic effect. One Of his
fayOrite narratives is how Sam had the deli
rum tremens one time going down the Co
lumbia river, and jumged overheard from
the steamboat TO swim ashore, a mile or so
away, and was fshed out with difficulty.
OF course, such stories as these are not agree
able TO our h0nored President, and Steinberg-
er, whom he once loved, became a bore and
terror. His feeling was heightened cOnsid-
erably by the fact that Steinberger was given
to iutimating at times that he was still the
holder of pecnniary obligation for about
$3.50 of money lent to Sam Grant in those
early days, and which would now amount to
a neat little sum if 1t were to be paid, princi-
pal and interest. No patriot can deny that
these facts afford sufficient reason for get
ting rid Of Steinberger, and for sending him
off TO the South Seas in a Government yes
sci. The chanse Is that he will presently be
killed and eaten by the people he has under
taken TO govern and that will be the end of
old Steinberger and of Sam Grants affliction.
-Nstc IOrk Stnl.
, 1875-08-21

EUROPEAN ARMAMENTS. Captain Vim
cent, Of the Royal Berks Militia, recently
delivered a lecture in England upon the
armed strength of Europe, showing that the
present situation is supposed TO demand the
maintenance of combatant strength of five
millions, with paper strength of seven and
half millions, for land forces alone; in
GLIDING fifteen thousand guns and million
and quarter of horses- The maritime forces
o: the European powers consist of 2O39 ves-
sells, of which 200 are iron-clad, the whole
being manned with $50, 600 men, and armed
with 1900 guns. Besides these, one hun
dred and ten ships Of war, Of which fifty-six
will be armor-plated, are now building in
European dockyards. The expenses inciden-
tai to these armiss and navies exceed six
fully three fifths is devoted to the land forces
Thus is the progress of civilization and chris
tianity triumphantly demonstrated. These
six hundred millions of dollars, moreover, do
not represent any thing ike al that the peo-
pie OF Europe contribute to the grand total of
military and naval preparation. We must
add all the disorganizing effects of tigid
CONSUMPTION in most of these countries; the
withdrawal Of the prime of the population
from peaceful industries; the confirmation Of
6espotism by habituati0n to limitless supervi-
sion and interference; the perpetuation of
wars through the perfection Of the prepara-
tions for them the fostering of national an
imosities and barbarous ambition through
similar agencies. In fact, whatever may be
said for the necessities Of the case, there can
be no question that human progress is great
ly retarded by these enormous arnaments,
and that whether they are active or passive
, 1875-08-21

"NO, I don't want any of your lightning
rods" said kentucky farmer, last week, TO
q man who had stopped at his house to pat
up patent lightning conductors Z" L ain I
afraid of lighting, It's the thunder l believe s
going to knock US all eudwise, some day. 10
"You don't seem to comprehend" said the
pedlar these ere silver-tipped rods are light
ing rods, and the gold-tipped ones are thun-
der rods,-just what you want," and he
persuaded the old man in ordering up the
gold-tipped rods.
, 1875-08-21

TmSKiSG.-It is only by thinking that a
man can know himself. Yet all other knOwl-
edge without this is splendid Ignorance. Not
3 glance merely, much close examination
will be requisite, for the forming of trne
opinion Of your own powers. Ignorance and
self conceit always tend TO make you over
rate your personal ability-as slight degree
of knowledge may make timia ssii.a pass
upon himself too humble Judgment. 1t is
only by thinking. and much impartial obser-
walton, that man can discover his real dis
position. \ hasty temper only supposes itself
properly alive; an indolent indulger iHiag
ines he is as active as any one; but by close
and seTere examination each may discover
something nearer the truth.
, 1875-08-21

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TELEGRAHH.-
Platt Burr, Esl., the Atlantic and Pacific
telegraph constructor, has been almost ubiqui-
tous during the last two or three weeks be-
tween here and Idaho, absorbed in the exec
utive details connecting the line between
EIko and WalIa Walla. Mr.. Burr was here
a very short t;rre Since, in company with Mr..
Boomer, of the Northwestern Stage company.
and gave to us and the Portland public the
gratifying information that our telegraphic
thraldom would be removed in the course of
a couple of months. We next hear Of him
east of the mountains at Baker, Boise and
Silver cities, telegraph poles rising in his
wake between Idaho and his intended con-
nection with the O. S. n cUtnpany's line at
Walla Walla. In the Silver City idaho
14ralalcEe of Just week ago he was reported
up there, cheering on the progress Of each
section, the reports of which we were yester-
day engaged i'll compiling from the Idaho
paper, When VINO " uarkeheu our cOor pul
the trebIy welcome presence of Mr.. Burr,
whom We supposed five hundred miles away.
lie confirms the encouraging reports Of con-
struction toward Walla Walla; and, more
than all. puts quietus on the telegraph
rcmor that the Western Union had absorbed
his line. Nevertheless, the fact thgt the man
who put up job and gobbled the Union
Pacific railroad and the Pacific steamship
line by which freight and passage was
doubled since last year. also is the owner Of
II controlling interest in the Atlantic and
Pacific Telegraph company, renders uncer-
tain what day may bring forth regarding
combination or absorption, as Jay Gould
likewise holds seven and a half millions of
Western Union rival s!oek.-Frtla'a Journal.
, 1875-08-21

An exchange puts it thus pertinenily or
impertinently, as readers may determine ior
themselves: "Grant has been guilty OF the
great indiscretion Of taking three honest men
into his cabinet, and this is likely TO give him
trouble" It cannot be urged against Grant
that such indiscretions have been his rule.
, 1875-08-21

CHINA affords Bismarck an excellent oPpor-
tunity to crafty his PugnaoiOus spirit An
attache of the German Legation at Pekin has
been assaulted and robbed, in accordance
with the well known sntipathy OF the Chl-
pese against al foreigners.
, 1875-08-21

THE Bishop of Paderborn, German pre-
Ia,s under the sentence Of German courts for
consumacy, prefers to undergo his punish
,,ent In a more tranquil climate Accord
ingly he has left Germany.
, 1875-08-21

BtGAsrY-A nice young New Hampshire
man has been arrested for having three Wives
This Is Just one ahead of The Walla Walla
bigamist; but give Smithy time enough and
he i ssre 10 catch up
, 1875-08-21

a singular case is nov up before New
York c0rrt. 1t Is that Of 8 man who sues a
woman f6r enticing away his wife, and asks
fifty. thousand dollars damages. The defend
ant Id sush ss-ss Is ssEsfallT ei the opposite
sea.
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Ku.LrNe CARRIAGE WoRws.-A cor.

KILLING CABBAGE WoRMs.-A cor
respondent of the New York Tribune
says: "In July last in going through
my early cabbage, l found one COM
pletely covered with the worm. I'm.
mediately 1 obtained handful of
bran and sprinkled it over the head.
The worms began to squirm and fall
of the cabbage, and wherever it
touched them they seemed to be in
pain. The following morning they
were all dead. Since that time, on
the first appearance of the worm, l
SOW the bran. Some seasons It may
be necessary to do it a second time.
If the worms are very thick, it is bet
ter to take handful and sprinkle it
over the cabbage. A hundred weight
is ample, cheap, and easily tried. Pos
sibly it may be the very thing we
have been looking for.'-Missouri
Farmer.
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IN THE Court of Common Pleas of For
Il est County. No, l Sept. Term, 1874,
Breve de partitions facienda.-Tate,
John Cobb VS.. Giles +. Filley, Theodore
Larcille, j. Philip Kriegor, John f. Tolle,
Henry Van Stoddiford, II. a. January,
Jacob Woodburn, William II. Reid, II.
II. Barrett, Ada $. Ames, Horny S. Arnes,
Mary s. Ames and Edgar Ames, minor
heirs of Edgar Ames deceased, and Lucy
V. S. Ames, guardian of the said minors,
John A. Scudder and W. ii. Scudder, ex-
ecutors of Henry Ames deceased, Thomas
Scott, and w. II. Brown, Trustee.
Notice is hereby given to the above
named parties, that by virtue of the above
mentioned writ of partition, an inquest
will be held and taken upon the premises
therein described on the 9th day of Sep
tember, A. ID. 1878, at one o'clock in the
afternoon, for the purpose Of making par
tition and valuation and appraisement of
the said real estate, as i'm the said writ re-
quired; at which time and place said par
ties can attend If they think proper.
To Giles +. Filley, SC.
T.J. VAN GIESEN, Sheriff.
Sherff's ONCE, July &c, 1875. 16 ct
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For Sale.

The old Holmes House property is
caered for sale on very reasonable
terms. This property consists of two
acres of land, barn, suitable for liv.
cry, size 105x40 feet. The foundation
of the Holmes House contains a large
amount of first class building stone.
The land is suitable for gardening and
with proper care will raise superior
vegetables. This property will be
sold cheap. For terms enquire of the
editor of this paper, or of G. F. GILES
pie, Whig Hill. 3Stf
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FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

President JHdgc--L. d. WErMoRF.
associate JHdgos-ANDREw COOK, Jos.
G.. DALE.
Sheriff.. J. VAN GTEsEN.
ITcdsurer-S. j. SETLEY.
Parliamentary Register d: Recorder, &C.
y. NJ. CLARK.
ommisSioners-JouN THOMPSON, JAS.
X. CLARK, ELI BERLIN.
County Si,pcrintendent-S. +. RoHRER.
District Attorney-S. ID. IRWIN.
Jury CommiSsioners--JAs.F FLYNN, VIM.
PATTERSON.
County SHipeVor-S. D. Irwin.
C0roncr-M. ITTEI, in.
County AUdtorS-T. B. Conn, L. WAR
NER, G.. JAMESON.
Member Of Congress l9h D,strict-C. b.
CURTIS.
ASscmbly-J. II. AoNEw.
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LOST.

On Saturday or Sunday last, one
half of chased gold locket, oval,
about one inch long by one-half inch
wide. The owner was up the Stewards
Run Road as far as McClintock's on
Saturday. Any one finding it will be
suitably rewarded by leaving it with
DIR. Winans. 11tf
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