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THE OREGON ARGUS. ruiLMUKU msv mti'suay Nos.Hisa, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Oflicc-Good's Building, Main st, Edito i rial Room in tirst story. TERMS Tht Axons will be furnlthed at , U'hrei Dollar! and fifty Vrntt per annum, to iinpU iubtrriberoThrei Jhllart lark to clubi of ten at out office, UJ Tuio Uollart far nit month No oubterip- thin received fur a leu period, Uf No paper diteonlinued until all arrearage! art paid, unlet at the option of the publisher. Varlllloaof the World Mclweea ike TUree ' Ureal I.IvIok Power Vrtiare, VniiUod .; VU(uurno Itaolu tm ptre XowUere. Concurrent advices from Europe and from Washington indicate with mnrkod distinctness Ihut a changa is Icing effected io tho foreign policy of three great Tow en of the world, and that the system es tablished by the Congress of Vienna, nearly fifty years ago, it about to be wept away. .Tliut system contemplated a bal ance of power iu Europe, and through Europe in all the civilized world, in which the United Stutes was estimated at its then attenuated value attvnuutod, because she hod just eomo out of a long embargo and an exhausting war. Since that time the policy of the great European Cabinets has been to endeavor to check our growth aud thwart our progress; but the march of nations is far beyond the control of minis ters or men, and that of the United States has been suck as tins left far in tho shade the career of every other people recorded in history. Our population and our ter ritory are four times greater than I boy were at tho close of the European wars, while- our wealth, commerce and moral influeuce have increased a hundred fold. A wise English statesman foresaw with prophetic eye, thirty years ago, our coming greatness, and cciucided with Mr.Monrou in those views which has ever sinco been known as the Monroe doctrine. liut the death of Coorgo Canning threw the con trol of England's policy into less skillful hands, nnd changed fur a time its altitude towards this country. Under di floret) t counsels from those ho gave, ber Elliotts huve been sent to Texn her Chulfields to Central America, nnd their prototypes to every other part of this continent. Their exertions huve been crowned with defeat; for Texas, Oregon and Culiforniu are now bright stars iu our Union, "and Central America is acknowledging in numberless ways the potent spell of our influence. While these events liuve been transpi ring in this' continent, others of equal magnitude have come to puss iu the old er world. . England has built up a mighty mpireon the shores of the Eastern oceans and Russia has created uuother of no lass magnitude in farther Europe and Central Asia. These two empires are no loss con flicting in their living principle than they are iu their material interests. Tho one is the exponent of tho most complete nb tfolutism, while tho other recognizes the principle of government by tho people, through the represcntutivo system. Wherever these two systems come in con tact a conflict must ensue, and it is tho re sult of this conflict tliut Napoleon furo shawodod when ho said that Europe must become Cossack or republican. The conflict between these two systems was prematurely begun on the . eastern borders of Europo a short lime ago; but i lie Russian giant soon found that his mighty frame was not yet knit with those iron sinews, which, affording means of 'rapid transit for men unci malerid of war, (jive vigor and power to the body politic. Tho Western nations, too, wore not yet fully prepared for the emergency, for tho' France, ever ready for martial feats, went into tho conflict with energy and came out of it with glory, England bad barely gathered up her sluggard strength when a truce was patched up. Yet this truce is merely a temporary one, nnd the great conflict impends as portentously now as it did five years sinco. The scene, and per haps the manner, only seem to have 'changed. In Europe it is a war of diplo macy which is being actively carried on, .and in this, France is the leader of the Powers of Western Europe. Ualf a doz n conventions are now, or have lately been sitting in Paris. The material conflict has been removod to the confines of India and tho borders of frartber Asia. - During the late war in Eastern Europe, the Western Powers as well as Russia felt and acknowledged the power that was ex ercised in lhe'r own domains by tho moral influence of public opinion in this country, and all of them made extraordinary exer tions to secure its expression in their fa vor. Our rapid growth, to which we have already alluded, was the cause of this in terest in our opinions and sympathies, and the evident signs of permanency which this prosperity exhibits makes those na tions still more desirous to secure at least our approbation, if not our participation, in the coming struggle. Hence the great change a the policy of tho European Cabinet, and the abandonment of that assumed balance of power established by the old Congress of Vienna. What new combinations may result from these changes is still in the bosom of time ; but a few recent events point to a desire on the part of the ruling Cabinets of Western Europe to effect a new cutting up and partition of the civilized and nm mercial regions of the world. The Dallas Clarendon treaty, in which England tir- lually abandons the Mosquito protectorate, A Weekly Newspaper, devoted Vol. III. and all ber auciuiit policy on this conti nent; the recent Newfoundland fishery treaty between England and France ; and the Into unqualified declaration of both these Towers to Spain that they will in no way interfcro to prevent our acquiring Cuha should Spain attack Mexico, nil indi cate a desire on the part of the leading Cabinets of Western Europe to leave the political control of this continent iu the hands of the United States. The acceding of England to the desire of France for peace in tho late European war, and her submission to tho wishes ef that Tower iu Ncuchatol, the Italian, the Principalities of Moldavia Bud Walluchia, and other questions, show that to France is ceded the supreme diplomatic control in European affairs. And the co-operation that France gives to England in the new programme for the war in Chiua, unmis takably iudicatcs that Great Britain is to havo the great control of matters in East ern Asia. In this new dealing out of the world, which amounts in fact to this America to the United States, Europe to France, and Asia to Great Britain we are invit ed to accede, and take eur share. Lord Napier, the new British Minister, is fully instructed on the subject, and bas had ul rcady several conferences with Gen. Cass in relation to it. We are also invited to take a hand in thrashing the Chinose into civility, fur which we are to receive an equal participation in the commercial ben efits expected to accrue from that opera lion ; and our merchants, usually so cau tious and fearful of war, nre really desi rous that we should pitch in. Russia has yet to make hrr propositions to us, and they may involve an entire different shuffle and deal, with more trumps in our hand. As tho game stands now, Gun. Cass's in tense Anglo phobia seems likely to be bealen by England herself, and the Ostend manifesto is out-Ostended by the voluntary offerings of the European Cabinets. N. Y. Herald. . . True anil ToiicUlug Incident. Tho Glasgow Christnin News gives the following, as "no fiction, but the plain truth :" A young mnn and his wife were pre paring to attend a Christmas party, at the house of a friend some miles distant. " Henry, my dear husband, don't drink too much at the party to day ; you will prom ise me won't you i" said she, putting ber hand upon his brow, and raising her eyes to his face with a pleading smile. "No, Millie, I will not; you may trust mo." And he wrapped his infant boy in a soft blanket, nnd they descended. The horses were soon prancing over the turf, aud pleasant conversation boguiled the way. " Now don't forget your promise," whisp. ercd the young wifo as she passed up the steps. Poor thing I she was the wifo of a man who loved to look upon tho wine when red. The party passed ofT pleasantly ; the time for departing drew near, and the wife descended from the upper chumber to join ber husband. A pang shot through her trusting heart as she met him, for ho wus intoxicated ho had broken bis prom ise. Silently they rode homeward, save when the drunken man broke into snatches of song or unmeaning laughter. But the wife rode on, her babe pressed closely to her grieved heart. " Give me the baby, Millie, I cau't trust you with him," said he as they approached a dark and somewhat swollen stream. After some hesitation she resigned her first-born, her darling balie, closely wrapped iu a great blanket to his arms. Over the dark water tho noble steed safely bore them, and when they reached the bank the mother asked for the child. With much care and tenderness he placed the bundle in her arms, but when she clasped it to her bosom, no bale teas there! It hud slipped from the blanket and the drunken father new it not. A wild shriek from the mother aroused him, and he turned around just in time to see the little rosy face rise one moment above the dark waves, then sink forever. What a spectacle I The idol of his heart gone gone forever and that by his own intemperance. The anguish of the moth er, the remoise of the father, are better imagined than described.' f3T Fanny Jones says that when she was in love she felt as if she was in a tun. nl, with a train of cars coming both ways. Jimicks says that when be was in love he felt as if ha was being hung and had a cat in his bat and a peck of bumble bees under his waistcoat. Jimicks knows the symptoms. Julia says she felt oh my as if she were a bower of moonbeams sinking into a bath f effulgent honey be tealh a blaze of Ulmy stars to the tones of slow music. OCT The prosperity of man lies in this one word education. Convey humanity io this fountain of happiness, and you be stow everything, all means of power and j greatness. tlg0tt to the Principles of Jeflersonian OREGON CITY, OHEGON, MAY 23, 1857. TUB Vntttllmenl r Prophecy. The following is the outline of an inter eating sermon on "Tho Fulfillment of Prophecy," preached at tho city of Wash ington, by Rev. F. E. Pitts, of Nashville, Tennessee. It was preached in the Cap itol, and tho sketch bolow is taken from tbo National Intelligencer : His introduction to tho investigation in dicated with what roverence and discretion any attempted elucidation of the meaning of prophecy should be conducted ; that the prophecies touching the nations, down to tho fall of Jorusalein, wore but a literal history of Syria, Edom, Moab, Egypt, and Judoa; but from the destruction of the Jewish capital down to a certain poriod called " the lime of the end," a veil was on tho prophets, and no interpretation of the sublimo visions during that interdicted age could possibly be correct ; for God had reponled the announcement to Daniel, the prophot, that " the words wore closed up, and tho vision was sealed till the time ofj the end." That this was not the end of the world was evident, for in the time of the cud "many should run to and fro and knowledge be increased;" that then "the wise should understand, but the wicked should not understand." Not only was the vision itself scaled, but the time or end of those woudors, but especially the theater of these wonders or the land of their real ization, should be unknown till God was prepared fur their accomplishment. That "the time of the end," an age of great intellectual energy, adventure, and locomo. lion, was the age in which a great nation ality would arise ; that the United States nroso at the end of 1200 symbolic days from the destruction of Jerusalem ; that Daniel's 70 weeks being equal to 002 years and 214 days of solar time, according to the eclipses of the sun, gave an infullible rule to determine symbolic time ; so that if 70 symbolic weeks equaled 002 years and 211 days, 1200 symbolic days reached from tho'burning of the temple, on 189th day of the year 03 A. d., to the 4 th day of July, 1770; and that marking the starting point at the occasion of the daily sacrifice, which happened, according to astronomy, at sunrise, three minutes past 5 o'clock, A. M., on the day the temple was burnt, the 1200 days run out at a quarter to 3 o'clock p. n., on the 4 th day of July, 1770 ; and, from the best sources of information, tho Declaration of Independence was pro claimed at that hour on the glorious Fourth. That the United States was the fifth Government represented as the stone cut out of the mountain without hands. The image of Nebuchadnezzar represented the successive Kingdoms of Assyria, Modo Persia, Macedonia and Rome ; that the iron and clay in the foct and toes of the image symbolized the union of church and state under Constantino, June 10, 325 A. D. : that the antagonism of the stone to the imags, smiting it on the feet, symbol ized the genius of our great nation in its opposition to the union of church and state ; that while tho stone kingdom or government teas not Christianity, the mountain out of which the stone was cut was Christianity. That the winged wo man of the wilderness was an emblem of Christianity, and her man-child, to whom was given "a rod to rule," was an emblem of our Government, arising from a pure religion; that this man child being "caught up to heaven in the clouds," showed the providential protection of our infant Re public. That our nation, answering the moral portrait of the nationality which was to coinr, was Israel restored. That God would constitute such a nationality out of the people who would acknowledge his Son Jesus Christ, and not of the Jews, who from the beginning have denounced Christ That per fee', coincidence being perfect ful fillment, our nation and no other on earth answered the picture. That the national ity to arise was to be gathered out of the nations. 1 bat they were te eo westward. That the country they were to inhabit was a land between the eastern and the great western seas. That the land was one "that bad always been waste." That it was to be located in thirteen distinct States, That these States should be bounded on the east by the eastern sea, and on the west bv the creat western sea. That the people gathered out ef the nations should "build and dwell safely in unwalled villages and cities, having neither gates nor bars," "aland of broad rivers and streams;" a Republic where the people "should appoint to themselves one head," and their rulers and governor "should be from among themselves." That the United States was "the isles that should wait" for God, and that the ships of Tarshish or Old Spain should be the first to open emigration. That our country was "the land shadowing ;.!, ;." -hir-h . h,T0nrl 1 1 rivers f , .... j Nile was the United Slates, and no other country. That our great country was di- vinclv protected in its beginning, aud, an i Democracy, and advocating the swering the predictions precisely of the na tionality that was to come, is tho "nation born to God in a day," born on Indepen dence day. That the United States arose in the providence of God as the model po litical Government, and that its great mis sion was the overthrow of monarchy, and the utter destruction of political and eccle siastical despotism. His subject in the afternoon related more especially to "the last grent battle between civil and religious liberty on tho one hand, and political aud ecclesiastical despotism on the othor" termed in Scripture the "bnttlo of Gog and Mugeg," tho battlo of "Armageddon," and the "battlo of the great day of God Almighty." That the United States would be invaded by mon archy. That Russia would be the lending power, and England and ull the autocracy of the world would be allied with Russia against the United States, exespt France : that France would be with us in the end as she was in the b'giuning. That an ar mament such as the world never saw, com posed of millions, would invade our coun try. That the battle field was tha valley of the Mississippi, (see Ezekiol 39 and 3U.) That Heaven would be upon our side. Out iu this lust dreadful fray there would bo trouble such as never was. That the United Slates, being the exponent and rep rcsentkiive of Republicanism, extending iu borders from sea to sen and from tho lakes to the gulf, arose as the formidable defi ance of Autocracy ; and that Russia, em bracing an area of one seventh of earth's terra firmn, and arising in dreadful grand eur, must iu self-defence aitompt the ex tinction of popular freedom ; and that these two formidable powers, lowering and culminating to the heavons liko dreadful clouds surcharged with tho elements ef ru in, would shock the world with their col lision and drench the earth with blood. That our great country would never be divided. That our Union, like a noble ship, though her live oak timbers would bend and quiver in the tempest, would ride the storm in safety. That monarchy would bo overthrown forever and republi canism everywhere prevail, and nations learn war no more. Then sets in that mil lennial day, w hen science, commerce, man ufactures, and the arts would spread, the religion of tho Son of God hnvo sway : "righteousness and peace among the people walk, Messiah reign, and earth keep jubi lee a thousand years." . But an imperfect sketch of these lec lures is here presented. They aro cer tainly creating a profound sensation. True or false, the clearness aud conclu sivcticss of tho arguments as presented by the intelligent speaker, wo think would be difficult to answer. Surely the theme is startling and sublime. The anpropriuto allusion of tho speaker to the portraits of Washington nnd Lafayette, that hung on the walls in the Capitol, iu his allusion to France being with America in the final struggle, was deeply affecting. We Die Daily. The bodies of animals aro eontinuully undergoing a series of in visible changes of substance, of which they nre entirely unconscious. We look at our hand to-day, as we write, and we fancy it is the some in substauco as it wss y ester. day, or last year as it was tan years ago. Tho form of each finger, of each nail is the same. Scars made in our infancy are still theie. Nothing is altered or obliterated; and yet it is not the same hand. It has been renewed over and over again since the day of our youth. Tho skin and flesh and bone have been frequently removed and replaced. And so it is, mora or loss, with our whole body. Tho arms and limbs that sustained us in our schoolboy strug gles are long sinco consigned to the dust, and have, perhaps, lived over again more than once in plant or flower or animal. In from three to five years the entire body is taktn out and built in again with new ma terials. A continued activity prevails among the living agencies to which this hidden work is committed. Every day a small part is carried away ; just as if a sin gle brick were every day taken out of an old wall, or a single wheel out of a watch, and its place supplied by another. The body, therefore, requires constaat supplies at every period of its life, of all those things of which its several parts are built up. (&" A cotemporary says the following is the best method of cleaning black cloth: Brush the dust from the clothes ; re move the grease from th collar, Ac, with a brash or spong and warm water, soap or oil of turpentine ; boil an ounoe of ground logwood, lay the cloths en a table, and brush tbcm wi'h the hot liquor all over, till they are wet ; then brush them with hot water, on the surface of which put a few drops of olive oil. Care should be taken not to have too much oil on the sur face at once. When washed, add few 'irons more, ine operation musi i car- ried on uniformly and in the direction of the nap of the cloth. Hang the clothes np to dry, and they will be a beautiful black, particularly if tha clothe is not - , much worn, side of Truth in every ksuc. No. C. Palestine. lu entering the Palestine Mr. Stanley, in common with all other travelors, was struck with the smnllness of territory which fills so large a space in the history of mankind. Its breadth rarely exceeds fifty miles, while its extreme length, from " Dan to Beorshela," is but one hundred and eight. From almost every height iu Palestine tha inlir breadth may be taken in at a view, from the hills of Moab, to the sea; and the traveler, even in despite of previous pre paration, is startled to find that in one long day ho has passed from the capital of Ju dca to that of Samaria, or in eight hours he has seen "tbrse such spots as Hebron, Bethlehem and Jerusalem." It brings a strange feeling, too, especially after leaving tho uncertain topography of tho desert, to arrivo suddenly in the midst of places whoso still existing names have been fa miliar to us from infancy, as the sceues of events which wo have never thought of without awe" to hear the names of Car met, Maon, Ziph, shouted out by the Bed ouin guides, or by the plowmen iu the fields, who kuow no more of David' wan derings thaa those of Ulyses." This is the charm of travel in a classic land. Rut no where is it felt with half the se curity which is enjoyed among the un questioned localities of the land of the Bible, A. Remarkable l'.xecalloDcr. We have observed several wonderful stories of late respecting the skill of tho Chinese xocutiuiiers, who it is said can strike off the heads of their victims so skill fully that the poor follows themselves nev er discover their loss until a momont or two after they are dcud. We recall to mind, however, the story of a German oxe- cutioncr who far surpassed the Chinese iu dexterity. Upon one occasion it happen ed that a criminal, who was condemned to death, had a singular itching to play at ninepins ; and he implored permission to play once moro at his favorite game boforo he died. Then he said ho would submit to his fate without a murmur. The judge, thinking thore could be no harm in humor ing him, granted his Inst prayer ; nnd up on arriving at the place of execution, he fonud everything prepared for the game tho pins being set up and the bowls all ready. Ho commenced his favorite sport with enthusiasm. After a while, tlio shei iff ob serving that he showed no inclination to desist, made a sign to the executioner to strike the fatal blow while ho stooped for a bowl. The executioner did so, but with audi exquisite dexterity that the culprit did not notice or feel it. He thought, in dead, that a cold breath of air was blowing upon his neck, aud drawing himself back with a shrug, his head dropped forward in to his bauds. lie naturally supposed that it was a bowl which he had grasped, ami seizing it firmly, rolled it at the pins. All of them fell; and tho head was heard to excianuas u reuouuuou irom tue tanner wall, "Uurrah I 1'vo won the game ! " Porlulio. Abistochact A Boat of Their Own In Wales, people are said to think i great deal of pedigree, and the anxioty to appear well in this respect leads to no lit no "romancing. ' isot long ngo, a young lady was suddenly thrown hort du combat by her friend offering to bring positive proof that tho ancestor from whom they traced was on intimate terms with Noah, and was of course in the ark during the deluge. This was a torrib'o blow, but the young lady, who would not have teld a fib for the world, took breath, and replied, to the complete discomfiture of her fair op ponent, 'Very likely, miss ; I dou'l contra diet or doubt that ; he might have worked his passage with Noah, as a last resource ; but we all know, from the Herald's College, tljat at the time of th deluge, my pa's aacettors had a boat of their own.' (ET Judge Wright, of Logansport, Ind., did a little extra-judicial service to the Slate the other day, in a manner unknown to th statute. The proprietor of a low groggery had given liquor to a son of the Judge and another lad, and got them both drunk. The Judge was justly indignant and on Sunday morning arming himself with an axe, stove in the door of th grog gery, and smashed all th barrels and hot. ties, spilling a great amount of miierabl liquor. The Judge then put on bis Sun day clothes, and went to church as coolly as if nothing had happened. 03"" It was a pertinsnt and forcible say. ing of lb Emperor Napoleon, that a 'hsad some woman pleases the ey, but a good woman ploaso the heart. The one is a jewel, the other a treasure." When the editor of a Mississippi oaoar threatened in print " to put a full stop over each of the eye of the editor of the Leuisville Journal,' Trentice replied : While he is putting a full stop over our eyes, we will put hi nose in a parenthesis.' AllVKKTISINU It ATI. One iwro (I j liura or Use) out iiinertion, $:1,im) " - IW.I illMrliIM, 4,1x1 - " tlin-v jiiH rti"ii, fi,w Knell sutrurnl liwrtion, I, no Ueanib!e deductions to thM who advertise by tlio year. i mil mm , mrn M.ni s JOB PRINTING. Th rsomiKToa of th AIKU'S is turn hi inform the public llmt lis liw jut received a large stork of Jolt TVl'K slid oilier new prim ing nuitt-rinl, anil be in the edy reunA of additions euitrd Io nil III rwiilrritin: nf tlio lo cality. JIAMHUU.. 1-ONTKIiH, lil.ANKS, CAIUW, UUCTI.AKS, I'AMI'III.KT-WOKK and oilier kind, done to order, ou liort notice. Heller for Married Wswea. A bill is now before the New York Leg. -slaluro which provide tLst if a husband be a drunkard, profligate, or has abandon ed hi wife, she may have a right to her own earnings. This bill has been before the House for two year without becoming law. A case which stroagly illustrate th need of its passngf, is related by tho N. V. Times thus: A hiuhly rcspeciHble womnn a niillin- er married an idle fellow some eight year ago, and, a milliner often du, lists sup ported him ever since, receiving personal insults and abuse enough in return to muko her tremble often fur her life. A few weeks sines her fear overcame her pride, and she fled from her husband to the pro. lection of her father, a man well known to many of our citizens. Previously to this her husband had forbidden her any inter course with her fumilr. On sending for her clothing, all of which she herself had earned, she was ii. formed that it was hi property, accompanied with the threat that he would tear them from her which she was then wearing if he should inoet her, for it was his by law. The poor woman was actually obliged to borrow clothing to wear in the streets, so much did she fc-ar his brutal violence. Boeidos, ho has the right now to collect all her earnings, and her only mode of redress is through a te dious process of law which will cost much lima and money. If these are th prac tical workings of our present laws, we certainly need bolter ones. The case we hat quoted is true iu every particular aud it u but una out of inuny. Rsu.liant Whitewash. A whitewash equal to good white puint, and similar to that on the east end of the President's house in Washington, msy be made as fol lows. Tako half bushel of nico unslaked lime, slnke il with boiling water; and cover it during lb process to keep iu tha steam. Strain tho liquor through a fin siov and add to it a peck of clean salt previously dissolved iu warm wator; three pounds of ground rice boiled to a paste and stirred in hot ; half pound of Spanish whiting, aud a pound of clean glue thor oughly dissolved. Add fivo gallons of hot water to the wholo mixture, stir it well and let it stand a few days covered from the dirt. It should be put on hot, and, for his purpose it can be healed in a small kettle on a portable furnace. A pint should cover a square yard and it will keep bright for year. To Preserve Fresh Meat. If fresh meat is rollod up in Indian meal it will keep four or five days in the hottest weath er. T he meat should be laid down in pieces not to exceod threo pounds, and each piece should be entirely covered with the nioul. To Makb Table Bekr. To two gal lons of boiling water put a pound of sug ar, a quarter of an ounce of ginger and, two bay leaves. Let this boil for a quar ter of an hour, and when it is as cool as new milk, add yeast nnd let it work. To Select Eogs Containing Malr or Female Chickens. If female birds are required, select the roundest and plump est shaped eggs, but for males, the longest and most pointed. Another, by tho posi tion of tho air-cell at tho butt end of tho egg those may bo selected, tliut will pro duce tho male sex, in these the ail cell is in he centre of the end. If the cell be a idle on one side, the egg will produce a female chicken. The position of the air cell is easily discovered by holding the egg between the eys and the light. To Keep Eus. During a long voyagu to South America, it was noticed how fresh th eggs continued to be. The stew ard was called upon for the secret, lie said that as ho purchased his stock, pack ed down in small boxes rasiu boxes and afterwards about once a wock, turned over every box but the one out of which he was usin". This was all. The reason of his success in, that by turning the eggs. over, he kept the yolks about the middle of the albumen. If siill the yolk will after a while find its way through the white to the shell, aad when it does so, the eggs will spoil. Hens understand this Isct, a is well known, turn over their eggs on which they set, at least daily. Country Gentle man. OCT Brother Brigharn Young, high priest and first president of the Mormon Council of Latter Dsy Saints at Great Sslt Lake City, and acting Governor of Utah Territory, thus denounce sonio of the carnal-minded of the brethren : " We can pick out elders in Israel right hare who can bent th world at gambling, who can handle the cards, and cut and shuffle them with the smartest rogue on God's footstool. I can produce elders here who can shave their smartest shavers, and tak their money from them. We can, beat the world at any game," f- 'Mamma,' said a little fellow, whose mother had forbade him drawing horse and ships on the mahogany sideboard with a sharp nail, ' Mamma, this ain't a nice house. At Sam Racketl's we can cut th sofa, and pull out the hair, and ride the shovel and tongs over the carpet, but hera, we can't jt any fun at al," i( h' ;tV i v j.j'f ii r t N.f,' Mlj v km Mi1: -it,. . m jt-ii'vi.' vm !B$ S W ( M M t! (Vt 5 ' ' iu i i i Iv ma .1: