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, 1877-09-01
HYDE PARK.
Report of the Committee on the
Punnping-Works.


~ IL OetefM'hoQ " EesA'loil "Au AHeA
Ia Fight.
e.,. ,,,,x,u . 800 .,...u.. =, r1rs. p,x,.
met In tho ctub.room Of the Sherman House
vc.scu1nv ,oon IN r.r~tvn lin ,coor. of a cotn.
'.s" ses.e nu 70 .esc.Yo le .coas =. -. eo
h'tttte aepu'"1eu NJ a,proF!o"s !hec'l''s ~ -
nnninc into tho matter Of a pumping.works anil
Drainage eyskem In 1fyt1e Park. Tho Hon. John
Wentworth, presided, and called unon John Fur
.rthc, Cbo,rr,n of thr Com,,,;t+nn for rcnnrt.
7ns COMMITTEES nsronrrp ID
that thc1 had made personal examination Of
tho arca to be lrainct, OF tic improvements on
st,c,, area. and MI o&hcr matters ucrtaIutnr to
Their in.tr,,r.tout. THry oro ,,p,nimo,,. In
~. ."sn ",s',us. 4.-. ''l'.'toes ~
tae's en'"'en '""S "o ''seens"S cA'sss 10Y
tho construction and prosecution of any such
drainage system as contemplated by the oF.li-
nance passed by the Trustees of Hyde Park
',... ~ " ~. 49, ..t.,"s, w.. ~. So''.
m'tice asc thae thc rssmaae1 eost u. tnc ttes
eht "orKs Is ONLY YET! nnali pTaporsto1 OF t!n
1S I n .xsa 4 ~ " .trhs. a IenG en
~ t"o pun!'c s's.e. ~. u..n ~,
nnu % xe"css "ts n. ~ ~ III nn rnr"
NMS!e a.ea, y W., ~ III ~. y. t.s1 patp1
haHt 'a1iet nss as ssssi ss,s i", ~ !" Nv Nv @ ~
cfvm. IN nn.uaa ~, nnrsHl,tason 'r"., IT, LIE s.: Ee-
I " increasing cxponses OF caErytnR on The
wnrk and keeping Il In repalT. Furthcr,
| tho Committee declare that there Is no
authority Of IN" under the charter ity which The
Uuaru OF Ifustees Ia empowered 10 apply tAt
public moneys III tho village for atfrancfnE
private interests. Tho ordinance provides no
plan for carrying out the purposes eonte!nplnt.
desired.
IN. FoasrTHE, IN EXPLANATION or TIE Rr-
Fonr,
said that he l'a!! examined the ordinance, ana
found that uo indication as TO Tho location oi
| tho rlmnlnE-W0rke was given therein, AtIsl thai
| h1ihe What property HnuIu pt ueucHtG!
| W tAg nFupt,seu iapiosGnieat' ~
| connseleu tnc tattAeha Ec"statlJ ~ t1pt ntttG
, 1877-09-01
Qtfft's.

r,,,. =. ,ts ,..r., t'tnw ,,cv have rcr.tvod ~
.ns 1,'.s, 70 ''o "o'"' NV"
~ LUG dlstu1paHeeS continue IN '''"cri's lay
1M'roaa company NIL ''"@ee'"''s''-f"1 "1't9e''
r"'a n"'fft"'
What Il tho difference between charity and a
tatlor! Tho tlrst covers tnt1stltuue oi sina' Tho
latter multitude of sinners.
A conscience vold Of oitcnso Il Il good thing.
but faru, void Of fcnue Is quito another mat
tcr.--ChntH'dh Saturday -sNhf.
Twcntv.1rr tlo,,sa MI wafermrlons nrrtrcd In
Bvston or SIvutIay. Comment il mt q, ,,crcs.
anry "A Il ilttIu ttncturu uf rhui,orb.-IomtI
e:a,t;rfer,
,.,
mis- latidlatly, your butter = TOO nrissocrasle
lnr my democratic tastc. 1t 1s ono Of tho casea
In which swcrttcss Is preferable tn rank."
The Comic e. has dismissed Ills valet,
being ,,uablp to nav him, III tllo discharge lie
etatrtl Tint The beIrer was MI excellent servant,
mn euc.l d, jnrxuru1lc creditor tlut be hnt to
nart with him,
- A Fr.orl,non cnr,cctl II, .tu,,yIpp ,,,s Fin.
sitsit lahi,aa4e oss,atSs tnAs' hs'hush Aa
llltilocr u eowA nto Ss!cu r"tt'e, "ms Mt1'lgel
Of cats nrc not called cowtlc ID a th'hs tEat ho
cant understand
nortiuc men in tIiensss: ordered tIat there 10
n rcdttrtDn OF 10 per cent or tho tA1RrT of the
ntght. ht.wutchuan. s-I'uck.
.,..,-1
LUG Unltsa STATES aFay Is pe1ns rap!Aiy put
upon WaF inht!ne. lMo i1sore so!u'ers uaFc
icpoTtea ~ Aaty VI ". L9a1s, anu . man ~ tte
losp1ta! VIVA sofe iee Wy! o9 ffaay lof ousi-
ness III lcSs LINN aloftlaoht'--hFidAe}o7 o9aaa-
ara.
"Wfy don't you speak distinctly" cried a
paesonEcr to brakeman who nutiaunccd fhe
un,ncs OF stntions III an utterly ,lnlntullgtblo
manner ~ can't understand word YOU sny.'t
q What's Tint to tncp, responded tia brake
man, Hfou don't eypert 10 have inc, clear
tenor ot 4,O d month. do youl''
,r,.- ..,,...,.,...,,..,
tnc 1oMW;ns !ncaIcnt ils uappTnea ~ one o. tno
nuos eS"oos o. wv W e!:; 10
hoi.1% .r3' out. IT,, ! ~ roa,ts aentcnee
;n n "A'en tlic "olu ~ ptopeiif useM ecmo!ur
"iMe papy G1cnvatea WHICH II gctA huft'--
I'hHdaaDhm Dafe"H.
II We CORRECTLY understand the platform OF
tho Nrrcnburk party Ut InWn, It pro,,iseb mn cru
| OF hle1l wages, lots IT employment; htzt urlccs
| for wheat tor sIo furt,ler, cheap iotlr ior tho
| mechanic; ltgi prices for cattlu for the stock
unsy, Low interest, at,.l rs,ou titlies for every.
| b0tly tut contractors, manufacturers. rulroads
u.,l ba,i;vra, wl,o nFo TO be very ponr, and have
NJ money to pay their llands-j{arktUe.
| -.-.--
| I1aH tNiAt.SC.SE -, -, - I!iE :, HlEH-
1"N1 r,.It ~ -. ~ 'Sh
I At"s. s''"'
, 1877-09-01

Al aYerngc yIcid OF wheat In Great Nritatn Is
considered 10 be about twenty-cigh& bushcts Der
total rEopAt nay lUl, oo, ,G0u busllcls. But With
out reference to tho acreagu or the yield per
ncrc, lu0, 10,GOj bushels llaa for several years
past bccu considered an aYsrnge total crop VI
wheat In tl,c Cuitca kfng,luIll, thus leaving
the average annual necessities tur furcigtI weat
mt an,ncwhcrc from SO,U0D,M0 to 630V, QUO
bashcl.. This estimate is sustained py tho lnl-
l,wins official figures pf the
lNruGIs or WHEAT AND FLOUR INTO TUE
UNITED KINGDOM
during thu .ycurs when the aercage Of wheat
suwn IN the Kingdom WIS tnuCh gFcatcr than II
haa been fur tue last three years, v!x:
, 1877-09-01
BRIDGING THE nOspIlonus.


Capt. James u. Eads, The meIl-known engineer,
Ia conjunction with Mrs. A. o. Lambert, h44
tomplc3d plans for bridge across tht Ros-
p!1orus. connecting rcsa. European CONSTANT
nopr. With the Asiatkc slorv. TIC bridge,
whlrs,, With tho exception ot the tna.onry anil
flooring, will 10 constructed Ut iron. vii! bo lou
feet wlde, G.0oo tcet lous. aud will consist ot IT.
teen spu,.s, of Which tho central onu will cpyer
TO tuct, tue luHEcst span III thu world. The
hciyht NJ the roadway uboyc thu surface 0f
the water will b. l20 fret. Tho ch!cf difficulty
iu the trvction u the bridge vii! tsu encountered
In the construction a! ttr great central arch.
The current at thls point is very strous, and It
viii te necessary In buiiting thc piers to xtlsk
twu great ealssons ln waller inors than to0 feet
deep. Tue piers Ut the arch will tc tifty feet
thick, aud will b. eous.su"lrd vi 9tanstc Blocks
locked together with Eo4 br4ecs. w y new In
ycntLun VI the engineer, The weight of heaYy
ahjcets, StieA rs troops uF sicanAztara, t4ss!uE
oycs tho aFyhcs, vii! bc equally distributed
atnous uIl t'le supports. so'thEt tho danger
arising from the eotsesasratou u wclsns upon
my uuc point will he 2yrfteu. A CAREFUL Survey
ol tu Leu ol tho Busphofus shuws tlat II u'nslsts
of ulrsc feet VI altuylal mud oyer ubout Aft:eL
feet of sandy atrata. Beneath them ID ) fuun-
us4oA u Avlll suck. II u esttAatcI that tne
, 1877-09-01
Another Letter from Mrs. c. Krapf.

Ia. HApwAvKlnd Sit: take the liberty to a1dfen
you aEan health sssssIy t1t snssd y - sS 9rIt
9nEo aad the fourth u nearly 20 rIops{ j. zone .''i
s SoseriHl t!rs 51aI ,.sstns as onf sot s II II
au!io number from thls slseo. ioq!4 w!11 TsISiT IT
estiu4blo LADY. end very She las r.
neas Of telling many bottles Of the Est1Itsas Y fts M
dsugKtAA Of Anr Aybot 10 rEfsous afflicted M!tn
MI ialnosA. W. haxe hoard Of .oao wonderful es'"
eaee'ea ~" .oa'' fs''ee''9'iEpE iEpEnpAcM CO
Am A1hor, Mich. Aug. u ISIS.
, 1877-09-01

T0tal,.. .oH. :. >. .381s. t1iH. 11u
Tbs total aggregate Of tho ak yenrs' crops
froin ts7u u 1875. inclusive, was l.ea5 ooo,G0
bushels. 1t Will be seen, therefore, that Nc ex-
ported only istc uycr Is per cent Ut tfscse ag-
anifsd ~ average oi :S,t44.sHD Iusle's ot
wheat for hoine euAss.'aptsoa and tas seed n the
United Status IL now at loast 5.Ooo,0N greater
than tho ayeruge or the six years from 1871 to
ls75, aud, with tho lncrcascl asrcagc II wheat
sowu III tho nets Stutcs aud Territories nov
zach year, It Is reasonable that tl!a requirement.
]0r tlIosu purposes sr ls71s will amount to al
1cast 2l0, w. to0 bushels, thus leaving lGleV,-
ODU for export.
Of wheat anl nour 10 al foreign countries q
the year IN Juuc ~, 1s7t tlilI out Of n, IT,
bushels total export, .I,713,t;3, or about o.,c-
thr1, went ~ other countries thai' TREAT
nr!taIn. The deficiency ~ iha usual supplies
this year can scarcely full to lncEcaac the rc-
quirs.aents upou tho United States f!em the
usual Importing Countries outside nf tirrat
hritaia !. as,oN.00 or M,tn. NV out u tlo
aboyo 70,O0, 100 ur b00.NOO1 bushels 10 ~
tuwarts supplying lircat Britain's necessities of
say .nUoo,uuo (and ~ sotne ess11natc I'd, ouo,ooU
bushels.
1t will 10 seen that the surplus Of wheat IN
tho United states from tie prcsclt trop Is sut-
lcicnt to supply alt Of Great brttan's presumed
necessities Tor wheat except about l0,tDo,uo),
Aad possibly HtU0, O00. Guahe!s-~ih short. tilAi.
iuAtcal ol supply ylny - per ceut VI British re-
aru ablc to supply from u 10 ~ per rent Ut all
her necessities besides incscaAtAs our c1p'sta to
other importing countries about 81 pes cout.
hut now We coa4e to
TUE AAlA potxT
III Ill this inquiry, viz: 2" VIII the deficiency
In the supplies from other foreign countries to
ttreat Britain bv equal to the inr1caseu sup
ply In the United St4test'
Great Hsltain lIaa for several years past drawn
Iii average VI xay il104, u0 busflels of wheat
iro,n utlcr countries than A.ncrira and lttt!e
over oI4r-hal{ ut this haa conc from Russia.
Ihp following IL alx'ut the relative percentage
Of TREAT Brit 7ln's tutal imports Ut wheat aud
whr4t tiour furnished by various foreign countries
during ths last four years:
FtF cat.
United Statea sud causaa.... ...,............ 81
Russia ........ ~
EFtll4h loGl&.A. ....ss,t... ss.ss .
kltMEt... -. u
HcFuf4b$ ....... y
Turkey aud R04at2nt0. nt0.......s............-. =
QthtF eoGh&Fless. .stI+.s. =
TOtaI..,...,. -..-,...s.s. .....,.... l9u
Tho United States uill be oblc, Ia 1S17-'16, to
furnish ufsA& Britain a7,ooQ, 900 busbals more
, 1877-09-01

rctcnt officer, who served formerly In the frns
sian army, md entered the Turkt!, service ns
military Instructor, havlnr hccn recommended
for the oi1cc by his own supcrtort. Hum also
served In the Prussfan arrny, 1caFtng IL With the
rank Of Captain, when he took service With tho
1orto a. Military instructor. IN the year 1870,
although, then l'ashn, he applied to tho Fsus-
sian War Un1ce. for, leave to scrnter the
urtns, cvcM With lis former rank Of Cap
tain. But this request WIS rctt1ect; Ant! tt
was intilnatcd to 1,iin TINT i was not tor the
.ntcreet Of tcr1nany tllat aE!lccrs whu hat taken
service in the Turkish arny should qu!t It.
llur, Pae'lA Is mt ol, sl,cetally frcns1y terms
With Mchcnict All rashn. and this mar hare
been all an additional rcasun for his opnont-
lie ought to bo writ qualified ior this Charge,
having becn for several ycats 1nspcetur,tacncral
pt Ordnance In the fustrrs.cs. Mchc,nct 4hlf
taaha IA not on footing nf great intimacy With
iortncr ir snph"y, xho lad to endure 50 many
!nden!ttcs in his old vocation: tcots that pr,ts-
alan officers will scarcely look rpun HIN O. se-
clally tlctr equal. whatever his prcsc;t military
sr s'S @ e s' =" pn.e s iss al ''qSens .e
With them. s,rcckcr and Dlum have
remained Christmas. amt thcy. 1t is
sail, charge, thrIr reneEatle ct'iof M
With avnE r.e to M pF1sGnt por.''m Gy
They say that Mthttnet Pnshm Affects :. Mlissul-
unn fntlntisitm which lie ,ats not fcet AMI Tint
he luis thus acquired right TO h4scrt MI A.ttlor-
ity and claim il rcapoct within his Owl. family
to which pthcrwiae nr tnula not pretend. Fur
Ills wife brlongs .u au Oa,nanii family ri high
rank. and such ta1r* confer al huttor on nn,
Of tuicrior statson'wi,on, they nlny hurry. It
i*, In nny ca+e, iast that slchcnlet All l'aslla
is now received sIshil the clique uf the Stnm-
l,uul EEcn.lic, aud trcn.cst by them as oI'u u
themselves. rlcrc tan l,c but little doubt That
he uw a his promotion to tho rank Of slush.
tficlt. Mnrs!lni} rather ,nurc tn the influence Of
this ciauc tl:nn to the aceflcnt Of hls prlssIah
bIrth.''
, 1877-09-01
AN IMPORTANT LETTER.

Find s!t;. ! hayr berR taking ,nur ltsoI,eE II:
A'ng l!Il: aGa a'.1 G.lnx tn ;sM.y c:;rt q. =.
tlus rla!nunt TAYslelsus OF our Neacal tol'sse'o'
Epnncrl IaGushblc. -. ..x
ii ilrY wcfo Ike knots on ttcs lily weight e" =,
pounds. Nhrn eolnmeaceI wth you! teme!t,. ~!
II II Two hthdFcl and ten tN1ftis. hut t.ff a ~
a soa Sfs i hax. taksns ttt,s o $t
1rot tue medicines fF9nl =. nreu,il fca'a teh1 u
'SS' N Mrs. c. EEAP7
, 1877-09-01

FEyEIt. AND ACHE cufel for 70 rrnts. Tilr,e ..,.
scNchl artt IN ti!s WI III Tint Will rurn Frrri ~;
Aqua AMI ali Dthet laason. nll4ont srnric TynsnH
YELLOW, mil enrr Feycrt taIlc.l hy tAnWAyS pn,Lsj
per bottle.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-18
How to Explode a Lamp.


The Scientific american gives some of
the circumstances which lead to the eX-
plosion of kerosene lamps, the philoso-
ply of all of them being that the flame
may pass down the wick and ignite the
vapOr which accumulates in the upper
portion of the lamp. This vapOr is not
explosive as the term is ordinarily un-
derstoOd, but when it is confined so that
the gases resulting from its cOmbus-
tion cannot escape freely into the open
air, the vessel containing it will be
shattered. This ignition of the vapor
may be brought about as follows:
l. A lamp may be standing on a ia
bic or mantle, and slight puff of air
from the open window or door may
cause an explosion.
2. A lamp may be taken up quickly
from a table or mantle and instantly
explode.
s. a lamp is taken out into the en-
try where there is a draft, or out of
doors, and an explosion eDsues.
t. a lighted lamp is taken up a
flight of stairs, and is raised quickly to
place it on the mantel, resulting in an
explosion. In these cases the mischief
is done by the air mOvement-either by
suddenly checking the draft, or forcing
air down the chimney against the
flame.
3. Blowing down the chimney to ex-
tinguish the light is frequent cause of
explosion.
6. Lamp explosions have been caused
by using a chimney broken off at the
top, or one that has piece broken out,
whereby the draft is variable and the
flame unsteady.
Z. Sometimes a thoughtless person
puts a small wick into large burner,
thus leaving considerable space along
the edges of the wick. An old burner,
with its air draft clogged up, which
rightfulIy should be thrown away, is
sometimes continued in use, and the
final result is an explosion.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-18
Eliza Webb interviewed.

The Herald reporter at Lockport, n.
Y, had an interview with Eliza Webb,
mother of Ann Eliza, recently divorced
from Brigham Young. She was one of
the original MormOns in 1888. The re-
porter said:
"Have you any opinion in regard to
Young's connection with the Mountain
Meadow affair ?''
~ have a positive conviction" she
replied.
ITO what effect ?n
"That Young instigated and probably
ordered the slaughter. Young's word
was law. l and many others implicitly
believed it as the word of God. The
command of the prophet to do anything
whatever made obedience sacred duty.
1t took away from all crimes so called
all taint of eliminating. 1t made vice
virtue; it sanctified practices totally alb
horrent to Christians, even to civilized
human nature. A man who welded an
influence like this had no difficulty in
getting anything accomplished. He
made himself feared as well as respected
through the terrible order of Danities,
from which the destroying angels and
others came. All who belonged to this
misnamed develish clan were ready to
strike anybody at the lifting of Brig
ham YOung's finger, or at such signal
as the scratching of his nose. She de-
scribed the butchery as brutal and
misguided resentment against a blum
dering military policy, encouraged by
the fanatical desperation of the Mormon
priesthood next under him. The first
news of the massacre was a secret. 1t
had been carried to California by other
travellers, who passed along the trail
and came on the unburied bodies, per-
haps weeks in advance of our informa-
ton. When my husband first brought
the news to me, the whole butchery was
generally laid to the Indians, but he
said to me apart that Mormons had g
hand in this sure. 1t was some five
years after that the facts crept through
belief up to knowledge, and even then
no one dared to speak of it except in
whispers. 1t was frightening, sicken-
ing thought with us all. 1 have nc
doubt that Young ordered the butchery
and is alone guilty."
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-18
About Wives.

Many man has won in the battle of
life because, when he went from home
in the morning, he left behind a de-
voted companion who looked well to
her household, and relieved his mind of
any distracting cares pertaining to his
domestic matters. The same men, on
their return at night, have caught in
spiratiOn from the clear statements,
mprehensive understanding, or uuer-
ring instincts of the same companions.
All who have been engaged in great
moral enterprises-anti-sl TEN per-
ance, charitable, church-knOw how
much they are promoted and strength
ened by women. We heard good story
the other day, which bears on this point:
1t was one of the doubtful days of the
late electoral commission. Judge Brad
ley, on some minor point, had favored
the claim of the Democrats. The ru-
NOR at once ran through Washington
that Bradley would vote with that side,
and Tilden would be counted in. A cit
iZen of Maine, present in Washington,
caught the infection of doubt, and
called on Senator Blaine in his appre-
hensiOn. He stated the rumor he had
heard. "Pshaw ~ said Mr.. Blaine,
"there's nothing in it! The decision is
not to be made till tomorrow; and in
the meantime the Judge has got to dine
and room with the old lady. She is an
old-school abolitionist, and belonged to
the underground railroad company.
Take my word for it, there will be no
decision for Mr.. Tilden from that quar-
ter while she is alive and well ~ The
result proved the Senator's discrimina-
tiOn. Now we have it that Mrs. Hayes
is the daughter of an old anti-slavery
man. Let those who are disturbed
with the idea that the President is go.
ing to abandon the loyalists of the
South, white or cOlored, be comfOrted
from the same reason. The women o.
this Republic in large measure already
rule Commonwealth.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-18
Ladies of the White House.

The beautiful Mrs. Jefferson, the OBJ
ject of her husbands romantic attach
ment, had been dead nearly a score of
years, when Mr.. Jefferson became Pres
ident, and there was literally no lady of
the White House during the greater
part of his Presidency, as his two
daughters, Mrs. Randolph and Mrs.
Eppes, made but two visits there, and
only occasionally did Mrs. Madison Off
ciate in their absence.
The first visit of Mr.. Jefferson's
daughters to the White House was dur
ing their fathers first term, while their
husbands were members of Congress.
Mrs. Eppes, the younger daughter, is
said to have been an exceedingly sweet
and gracious person, of great beauty.
She had died before her sister repeated
the visit, passing q second winter in
Washington, during which one of her
sons was born-the first child born in
the White House. Mrs. Randolph, less
beautiful than her sister, was more bril-
liant, and her father had lavished every
care upon her. She was educated in
convent in France, where, on her eX-
pressing a wish TO remain and lead the
life of a reLjgieuse, her father appeared
and Quietly took her home with him,
making no reference to the subject, and
introducing her at once to the gay world,
in which she acquired something of the
polished manner that was habitual with
her. Shortly after her return to this
country, she married her cousin, Mr..
Randolph, to whom she bore twelve
children, and with whom she lived
serene life of nearly forty years, broken
by few incidents other than those COM
mon to all in the loss of friends and
property, although the latter loss the
Legislatures of Louisiana and South
Carolina in some measure repaired by
generous appropriation that made COM
fort and competence secure.
A graceful, sprightly, intelligent, and
altogether charming woman, Mrs. Ran
dolph was her fathers solace, compan-
ion, and delight. 1t was, doubtless,
loss to the nation that she did not lead
its society during the eight years of her
fathers magistracy; but the demands of
her young family, the education of her
daughters, conducted entirely by her.
self, and her love of her husband, whose
own not inconsiderable fame has been
Obscured by that of his great father-in-
law, kept her in her pleasant Virginia
home; but she was, as the Spanish Min
lister said of her, fitted to grace any
court in Europe. She survived her
father some ten years, and is buried by
his side at Monticello.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-18

GIRLS, DON'T TALK SLANG.-Girls,
don't talk slang! You have no idea
how it sounds to ears unused to it, to
hear a young lady, when she is asked if
she will 90 with you to some place, an
swer, mot much ~ or, if requested to
do something she does not wish, to hear
her say, Cant see it ~ Not long ago
we heard young miss, who is educated
and accomplished, in speaking of
Young man, say that she intended to
f'go for himW and, when her sister
asked her assistance at some work, she
answered, mot for Joe ~ Now, young
ladies of uneXceptiOnal character and
really good education fall into this
habit, thinking it shows smartness to
answer back in slang phrases; and they
soon slip flippantly from their tongues
with a saucy pertness that is neither
ladylike nor becoming. 81 beW or
"yOu betn is well enough among men
who are trading horses or land; but the
contrast is startling and positively
shocking when young man is holding
the hand of his lady-lOve to hear these
words issue from her lips. They seem
at once to surround her with the
rougher associations of his daily life,
and bring her down from the pedestal of
her purity whereon he had placed her
to his OWE coarse level. We know the
bright-eyed girl who reads this will
think the matter over, and do what is
right, and discard slang and unladylike
phrases.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-18

THE INIPERTURBABLE PASSENGER
A train boy on an Illinois road found
rather tough customer in an old man of
composed mien, who received all shots
as if he were bullet-proOf. The boy
bombarded him with papers, and PAM
phlets, and candies, and bound books,
and nuts, and fruits of one kind and an
other. But it was no good. Had the
elderly party been lined inside with
brass he could not have shown greater
Indifference. The boy had fretted under
his treatment, as was plain to be seen.
He had passed the cigars about thirty
times, and without success, when he
said, in a tone of desperation:
"rry some of these cigars, and if they
don't kill you within a month I'll give
you the money back"
The man was somewhat amused by
that, but he had the boy. He said:
"If I am dead how can you give me
the money ?"
"I'll give it to your family, then"
"But amt got no family"
"Well, then, I'll give it to the people
next door," persisted the boy.
"But there amt no family next door,"
said the man, with the smile lengthen-
ing his face.
"Oh there'll be one move in when
they hear you are dead" was the reply.
The elderly passenger shut up like a
borrowed knife.-DdH5ITy NetOs.