OST.  U 
THE  RUBAL  fJEW-¥©RKER 
A  FAIK  WOMAN. 
Eyes  full  and  quick ;  with  breath 
Sweet  as  double  violota. 
And  wholesome  as  dylnjc  leaves  of  strawberries ; 
Thick  silken  eyebrows,  hijeh  upon  the  forehead, 
And  cheeks  mins-led  with  pale  streaks  of  red, 
Ruch  os  the  blushing  uiorulnir  never  wore ; 
With  narrow  mouth,  small  teeth. 
And  lips  swcllinjf  as  if  she  pouted : 
Hair  curliiiK  aud  covered  like  buds  of  marjoram. 
Part  tied  in  nejrlig'enct*. 
Part  loosely  flowing. 
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CHINESE  LADIES  AND  THE  PUG-NOSED 
DOGS  or  THE  COUNTRY. 
Onn  Illustration  ijlvus  a  more  than  usually  ac¬ 
curate  Itlc.a  of  Chinese  wiuucu  and  their  very 
eoiiilcal  puir-nosed  dogs.  It  wlil  be  seen  that 
the  natives  here  depleital  are  dulte  dlfTerent 
In  appearance  from  those  wliohave  Immigrated  to 
thlscotiid.ry ;  and  In  lornilng  an  estimate  of  this 
most  consfTvatlve  people,  it  ivlll  lie  well  to  bear 
In  mind  that  the  representatives  of  the  better 
classes  rarely  immigrate,  it  Is  different  with  the 
dogs,  which  have  hei'omo  the  rage  In  London. 
Ijistonciil, 
OUR  COUNTRY; 
ITS  ACQUISITION  AND  DIVISION. 
BY  LKSTER  A.  KOBEKTS. 
(Continued  from  pagoZST.I 
OREGON. 
In  1S4.3  the  population  of  thatpartot  the  French 
cession  lying  wo.st  of  the  ICoeky  Mountains,  liad 
reached  such  a  numher  that  a  Territorial  Goveni- 
meiit  seemed  necessary;  consequenlly,  ono  was 
organized  by  act  of  tlongreKS  passed  In  August  of 
that  year,  oovering  the  area  bounded  by  the  par- 
allelB42'  and  TJ“  north  latitude,  the  I'aclflc  Ocean 
and  the  Itoeky  MoiinlalUvS.  In  ISO'J  the  numher  of 
population  III  the  southern  |iaii.  ot  the  'I'errlUiry 
was  found  large  enough  to  entil  ln  I  hem  Ui  a  Slate 
Government,  and  on  appllcalloii  t  hatiKirllon  lying 
south  of  latitude  •lo^'  and  lUe  columbliw- 
River  and  west  ot  longitude  IT®  and  _ — 
the  Snake  River,  was  admitted  as  a  ^  ’j| 
State.  i 
to  the  Paclflc  Ocean,"  but  It  was  frustrated  hy 
British  Interference ;  and  again  In  IS4.T  our  Minis¬ 
ter  to  Me.xtco  was  Instructed  to  negotiate  the 
purchase,  but  English  diplomacy  again  preveut,- 
ei'  It. 
About  1342  Iminlgratlou  from  the  I'nlted  Slates 
became  considerable  and  soon  Increased  to  such 
extent  IMS  Wtiw,aK'en  the  Jealousy  of  the  .Mexican 
settlers,  and  collisions  wore  frequent.  An  alLeinpt 
was  made  under  a  feigned  purpose  lo  drive  the 
Amerleaiui  from  the  country.  A  rehelllon  ensued ; 
the  Americans  sought  the  proioeMoii  of  Col.  Fkb- 
MONT,  who  was  then  I n  the  country  on  a  special 
e.xplorlng  rnls-slon,  having  wit  h  him  a  party  of 
62  guides  and  front  icrsmcii.  A  flag  waseoiLstriicted 
bearing  as  Us  eJivblem  a  grizzly  bear-  detiotlve  ot 
force  and  courage,  around  wlileh  the  Amerleaiis 
rallied  In  opposUlon  to  Mm  Mexican  Government. 
With  this  Imstlly-formed  army  Fremont  com¬ 
menced  operations  ami  by  a  few  wcU-plniincd  and 
Imsty  movements  had  nearly  conquered  the  coun¬ 
try  when,  In  July,  came  Gomiuodore  Si.oat  to 
Monterey  with  news  of  the  existence  of  war  be¬ 
tween  the  United  States  and  Mexico.  (.^omiiuKlore 
Stockton  soon  followed  with  troops  and  took  jios- 
sesslon  of  California,  elalinlng  It  as  a  territory  of 
the  United  Slates.  But  IIMle  lighting  was  neces¬ 
sary  Id  obtain  complete occnpatlon,  andblie  treaty 
with  Mexico  S{»okCh  of  In  eounecUon  with  Texas 
soon  put  an  end  to  all  dlllleullles. 
Tuning  this  time  secret  ncgoMatlon.s  had  been 
going  on  between  England  and  Mexico  and  the 
BrltlsJi  Consul  hod  completed  urrangomeuts  by 
which  California  was  to  he  placed  In  pos.scssloii 
of  England.  Admiral  Seymour  had  been  lying  at 
Monterey  for  some  lime  to  aid  in  the  completion 
of  I  he  arrangement,  hut,  suspicious  nr  tho  inovc- 
mpnla  of  Commodore  Sloat,  followed  him  out  to 
sea  one  day.  At  night  Commodore  Si,oat  lelurn- 
ed,  took  possession  of  the  town,  and  when  tho 
EngllsU  udiulral  returned  from  his  trip  he  found 
the  American  Hog  where  he  hadc.xpecled  to  raise 
the  Cross  of  St.  George. 
Notwith.slanding  elloiis  to  estahll.sh  a  i'errllo- 
rtal  Government  tor  California,  tlui  slavery  qnes- 
llon  for  many  years  prevented  a  constimmat  ton 
tlieroof  and  Military  Covernment  was  continued. 
Finally  the  people,  tired  of  this  state  of  atTalr.s, 
held  a  Convention  and  agreed  upon  a  (Constitu¬ 
tion,  naudng  Mielr  boumlaiics  as  they  now  exist, 
aud  declaring  that  slavery  should  he  prohibited. 
With  this  th(3y  made  applhcitlon  In  February 
1850,  for  admission  as  a  stale.  Tho  South  objected, 
to  any  action  that  would  nut  permit  slavery  any¬ 
where  south  ot  Sir  su',  allUougli  tlie  territory  ae- 
qnlred  from  Mexico  was  free  soil.  Then  came  the 
famous  couiproiidse  of  1850  reporUal  by  Mr.  Ci.ay, 
providing  that  California  be  admltied  ns  a  Stale 
with  Constitution  ns  adoptz'd;  that  Territorial 
Governmetd.s  be  iirovided  lor  tlie  rest  of  the  area 
aequired  from  Mexico  wMliont  action  relatlvo  to 
slavery  therein;  that  the  north  and  westbonn- 
darlcsof  Tcxnsboas  t  hey  now  exist  and  agree- 
Ing  to  pay  Texas  ten  minions  or  dollars  In  consid¬ 
eration  of  the  rellnqulshmont  of  certain  territory 
claimed  by  that  staU).  ThI.s  compromise  was 
agreed  upon  and  California  became  a  State  Sep- 
temlmr,  ISoO. 
iiio  pii8.sjige  of  this  CompromlHo  bill  had  the 
elTeet  to  r.also  the  price  or  Texas  bonds  from  ahont 
an  per  cent,  of  the  nomln.al  value  to  nearly  pur. 
Utlils  payment  of  money  was  In  any  way  con¬ 
ducive  lo  the  passage  of  t  he  hill,  It.  wa.s  probably 
the  second  lii.slance  ot  peouiilary  InUtresfa  eou- 
trollng  the  vote  of  i.ongresa— that  of  the  localiou 
ot  the  DLstiict  of  Columbia  being  tne  first.— [To 
be  continued. 
®ljc 
A  LITTLL  FADED  FLOWER. 
BY  SEVEN  AND  NINE. 
“  OH  !  please,  sir,  It  Is  tho  lust  ono.  iKoaV.  yon 
buy  it?  My  poor  child  - 
Me  had  alighted  (roin  his  coupe  and  was  on  tho 
polntof  pa.sslng  In  at  the  stage  door  of  a  theater 
when  Mils  sad  appeal  met  his  ears. 
The  comedian— tor  It  was  a  pel  ted  performer- 
looked  at  me  with  a  gentle,  caressing  air,  which 
(•hanged  Into  ahHolut.o  pity  as  his  eye.s  loll  on  my 
owner's  pallid  face. 
“M’s  of  no  ime  tome,  my  good  woman,’'  ho 
began;  "hnt  well,  give  It  to  me.  Theroyonuro, 
!ind  for  Heaven's  sake  get  yourself  something  to 
oat.” 
Mo  placed  a  plooo  of  money  In  her  open  palm, 
look  me  up  hastily,  and  (lassod  Into  tho  theater. 
“  Overture  played  over  twice— time  I  was  on, 
MINNESOTA. 
Had  the  provl-ston.s  of  the  ordinance 
ot  1T87  been  fully  compiled  with,  that 
portion  of  .Minnesota  east  of  the  Mis¬ 
sissippi  River  would  have  been  com¬ 
prised  In  tbc  firth  St’ite  mado  fiom  the 
territory  north-west  of  Uie  Ohio  and 
have  formed  part  of  the  Htate  of  Wis¬ 
consin.  But  on  the  admission  Ot  Wis¬ 
consin  to  the  Union  In  I8-18,  the  river 
St.  Ci  olx  was  flxed  its  Us  western  lion  n- 
dary  and  tlie  couuiry  between  the  river 
and  the  Ml»sLs.slppl,  txjgeMier  with  the 
adjoining  country  a.s  far  west  a-s  tho 
Missouri  and  the  While  EarMi  Rivers, 
was  set  apart  and  In  isw  estahU.sUed  as 
thoTerrttorvot  Minnesota.  At  this  time 
Mie  Sioux  Indiana  held  possession  of 
considerable  of  Mio  country,  hut  In  1S51 
the  United  states  Government  oblabied 
Milo  to  all  the  tcnlUiry  between  llio 
Mlsstssliipl  and  the  Big  Sioux  River.  At 
this  lime  the  population  of  the  territory 
Wiis  only  about  but  trom  the 
erection  ot  the  TerrlUirlal  Government 
immlgratlod  rapidly  increased  aud  on 
application  the  State,  wa-s  admitted  U) 
the  Union  in  1857,  with  boundaries  as 
at  pre.seiit,  viz.,— norlh  by  the  40Mi  par¬ 
allel,  Lake  of  the  Woods,  Rainy  l.ake 
River,  Rainy  Lake  and  tho  water  con¬ 
nection  between  Ifalny  Lake  ami  Lake 
Superior— oast  by  Lake  Superior  and 
Wisconsin,  from  which  It  Is  .separated 
by  a  Hue  drawn  due  south  irom  tho 
llrst  rapids  in  St.  Louis  River  to  the  St. 
Croix  River,  and  by  tho  St.  Croix  and 
AMs.sl8Slppl  Rivers  south  lo  Iowa  and 
west  by  Dacotah,  irom  which  it  Is  sep¬ 
arated  by  the  Red  River  of  the  North, 
the  Bols  des  Sioux  River,  Lake  Traverso 
aud  Big  Stone  Lake,  and  a  line  drawn 
due  souiti  from  the  outlet  of  the  last- 
named  lake  to  the  north  line  of  Iowa. 
CALIFORNIA. 
The  fli'st  (liijcoverer  of  California  Is 
supposed  to  have  been  Cabkllo,  a  Por¬ 
tuguese  In  tbe  employ  ot  Spain  In  1542. 
By  him  .Mendoza  (now’  Mendocino)  was 
named,  In  honor  ot  the  then  Viceroy  ot 
Mexico.  Spaniards  from  .Mexico  made 
early  explorations  in  all  tho  territory 
now  in  the  United  States  lying  south 
and  west  of  thiit  ceded  by  France  in 
1803,  and  Spain  held  possession  thereof 
until  It  came  under  the  Goveromeut  of 
Mexico.  There  appears  to  have  been 
an  early  desire  on  tho  part  of  the  United 
States  to  obtain  It,  while  us  strong  de¬ 
sire  wa.s  manlfesited  by  England  and 
Spain  to  prevent  auch  a  transfer  of 
title,  in  1S35  an  attempt  w;i3  made  by 
President  Jackson  to  purchase  all  the 
territory  “lying  east  and  north  of  Hues 
drawn  from  the  Gulf  of  .Mexico  along 
the  eastern  branch  of  the  Ulo  Bravo 
del  Norte  up  to  the  37 Ih  parallel  of 
north  latitude  and  along  that  parallel 
CHINESE  LADIES  AND  THE  PUG-NOSED  DOGS  OF  THE  COUNTRY. 
ch  ?  Here,  iini  vounieen,  hero’s  a  little  lu  esent  for 
you— no  earthly  nao  to  me;  have  oceans  of  them 
at  home— admiring  friends,  you  know.” 
And  before  1  ('.euld  say  preafo  /  I  had  changed 
hands  for  the  .second  lime. 
Tho  liii  nda  I  now  found  myself  in  were  very 
Utile  and  very  pretty  ones,  and  they  boiunged  to 
a  young  lady  whost'  splendor  of  ilnsa  and  beaut  l- 
tul  appearance  would  have  quite  (rlKhlened  my 
unaophlstleatcd  self  had  not  her  sweet  face,  her 
low,  musical  voice  and  geiillo  iminnor  Immedlnle- 
ly  rcaasttred  me,  I  fell  In  love  with  lier  Instantly. 
Then  I  looked  around  aud  took  In  the  situation. 
It  was  but  one  more  page  of  the  old,  old  story- 
one  more  edition  of  tho  old  sung  which  has  been 
set  to  such  sweet  mnale  any  time  these  thousand 
years,  only  tliLs  (lurtlcnlar  little  edition  had  a  new 
and  special  accornpammcni,  so  lo  speak,  ot  its 
own. 
Rhe,  my  now  owner,  was  at  the  moment  wait¬ 
ing  to  be  called  on  and  was,  meant  line,  the  object 
of  most  ardent  attention  from  a  faulMcssly-attlrcd 
young  fellow,  who  seemed  to  engross  her  In  a 
most  serious  convcnsaiion.  Me  siioke  in  a  low, 
pleading  voice.  It  was  mi  Interesting  teple,  as  I 
had  good  rea,son  to  know.  I  laid  close  over  a 
heating  heart  and  could  look  iq)  Infu  downcast, 
glistening  eyes.  Her  pertiirbaUon  was  so  great 
that  I  have  no  doubt  .she  would  have  felt  It  a  great 
relief  lo  have  been  caned  from  tbe  scene  of  gen¬ 
uine  emoMiiii  U)  Its  stage  counterfeit,  that  was  at 
tho  moment  In  full  blast  heforo  Mm  fooMlghLs, 
Her  suitor  evinced  no  dlspoalMna  to  relax  his  ur¬ 
gent  question,  however,  until  Ids  pleading  was 
rewarded  with  some  jiosltlvo  lu-surance. 
The  call-boy  ilusned  in  and  out,  leaving  astreak 
of  sound  beblnd  him  tliut  formulated  llself  Into 
tho  announcement  that  she  was  "  called." 
“  You  hear,”  cried  I  ho  young  ftdlow,  ardently. 
“Now  or  never!  For  Mie  lu.st  lime,  if  you  do  not 
halo  me— If  you  will  only  (  rust  me— give  mo  S(>mo 
token;  Jastthe  least  liuie  bit  to  lake  away  with 
me  te-nlght,  that  1  may  cherish  and  treasure, 
feeling  that  Ills  a  proof  of  your  love  for  me,  or 
(hat  you  do  not  absolutely  bid  mu  have  no  hope.” 
The  call-boy  again! 
“Stage  waitin’,  ma’am,” he  vociferated. 
.She  riiLseil  her  eyes  and  llie  light  Ik  them  grew 
tenderly  luminous  as  she  muririured : 
"  1  ie«{  trust  you,  Fred.  Hee !”  .Sho  took  mo 
from  her  bosom,  kissed  mo  and  put  mo  Into  his 
hand.  “And— Hove  yon  with  all  my  heart.  l 
will  never  forget  you.  Don’t  forget 
— - /”  Him  fled  through  the  door  and 
^3  tho  apjilauso  told  she  was  In  front  ot 
thoaudlonce. 
My  new  master  put  me  in  his  button- 
hole  hut  somehow  ho  did  not  seem  as 
n  Joyful  as  he  should  have  been.  Mis 
face  shone  triumphantly  the  one  mo¬ 
ment,  hut  the  next  was  very  dark.  Ilo 
sighed  heavily  and  1  heard  him  inuUer; 
“  Jovet  what  a  Jolly  mess  I  am  In,  lo 
he  sure.  Pshaw!  Pm  a  regular  biute. 
How  can  1  break  With  .MllllcentV  What 
business  has  a  poor  devil  like  no  solf 
!wllh  love.  ?  Can’t  afford  It.  Well,  I 
must  show  up  !it  the  .Siebblnses  to¬ 
night.  Mllllcent  will  expect  mo.” 
My  miLSler  passed  out  or  the  llttlo 
back  8tag(j-door  and  was  soon  rolling 
along  the  avenun  to  keep  his  njipolnt- 
ment.  Wc  dusked  up  lo  a  brilliantly- 
lighted  mansion  and  It  was  not  long 
before  my  ownt  r  was  tre.adlng  Mm 
mazes  ot  a  Strauss  waltz  with  a  iiroutl- 
looklug,  beautiful  girl. 
We  ilunceiJ  several  limes  with  the 
same  ladj',  went  down  to  supper  and 
then  retlretl  to  tho  recess  Of  fi  window 
that  looked  out  Irilo  the  Miorougbfare. 
“That’s  a  vei-y  tliin  camel  la,  Fred ; 
where  did  you  get  it?  Let  mo  look  at 
It  nearer,  please.” 
He  Hushed  neiTOiisly  and  iiHRtered 
something  about  “perslstmit  little  ilow- 
er-glrl ;  bought  It  lo  get  rid  of  lUT.” 
Hhe  hold  me  up  to  the  light,  looking 
acornfiilly  the  while.  Then  she  mut- 
ternd  an  angry  little  cry. 
“  You  have  deceived  mo  shamefully ! 
Who  rjiivc  it.  yon  ?” 
I  was  lield  at  arm’s  length  In  haughty 
scorn.  Too  w'ell  I  knew  to  what  she 
referred.  Them  was  a  tiny,  vivid  red 
streak  In  the  center  of  my  petals.  It 
was  romje  o.u  theater  from  tho  face  of 
my  late  sweet  llttlo  mistress ! 
My  master  wiis  sUeut,  Again  tho 
quostlon  hoated  out,  dW  Inct  but  low, 
through  tho  open  window.  N o  a  ii.swer, 
and  In  the  awkward  silence  I  seemed  to 
be  con.sidou.s  of  a  kind  of  choking  sob 
coming  from  directly  undertbe  window. 
"Them  know  what  to  think,” she 
eonllnued  lollj',  “  and  of  course  inm  will 
_  know  what  bj  do.  Your  leuoi’s  and 
presents  will  be  at  your  rooms  to-mor- 
“  .Stay,  Mllllcent be  gasped.  “  That 
flower  teas  given  mo  hy  a  lady  ;  but  - 
but  she  Is  nothing  lo  me,  absolutely 
nothing  1  Look,  this  Is  how  1  value  her 
And,  snatching  mo  from  her  hand,  I 
y  was  tossed  out  Into  the  street.  1  fell 
_  '  under  tho  wheels  of  a  passing  vehicle 
^  and  WiLS  crushed  out  ot  all  consclons- 
i ®  ^ '  When  I  recovered  1  felt  bruised  and 
sore;  eveiy  In  my  body  hud  been  torn 
^  by  thoso  cruel  wheels,  but  was  I  not  In 
the  road !  Who  could  have  rescued  me  7 
Who,  think  you,  laid  me  away  so  care¬ 
fully  In  this  satln-llned  casket  ? 
