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r 1 T JJJo Tbl. 1. OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER lO, 1S6G, No. 3. PUBLISHED ETEET SATCEDAT MOHXIXQ " By D. C. IRELAND, 6FFICET South east corner of Fourth and Main- streets, in the building Utely known as the Court House, Oregon City, Oregon. . Terms of Subscription. ' One copy, one year in advance $3 00 -' t ii delayed 4 00 Terms of Advertising. Transient advertisements, one square (12 lines or less) first insertion . . .2 T0 'For each subsequent insertion. ..... 1 00 Business Cards one square per annum i a. i . 10 A A pajaoie quarterly ' One column per annum. 100 00 One half column 50 00 ' CO 00 Leral advertising at the established rates. C. JOnKSOK. F. O. M COWS. JOHNSON St McCOWN, OREGON CITY, OREGON. jff Will attend to all business entrusted toVu'r care in any of the Courts of the Stute, collect money, negotiate loans, sell real es tate, etc. , -yl J. II. MITCHELL. J. " DOLPH. A SMITH. Mitchell, Dolph & Smith, Attorneys and Counsellors at Laic, Solicitor sin Chancery, and Proc tors in Admiralty. lT OiTlce over the old Tost Office, Front street, Portland, Oregon. (ly) W. LAI It HILL. M. F. MLLKEY. HILL 2t MULKEY, ATTORNEYS and COUNSELLORS AT LAAV. 7"ILL both be found hereafter at their r OSiice on the corner of Front and Alder Streets, Portland, Oregon. 1yr- BARLOW HOUSE, Main Street, one door north of the "Woolen Factory, Oregon City . . Oregon. Vm. Barlow, Proprietor. The proprietor, thankful for the continued patronage he has received, would inform the public that he will continue bis eflbrts to pleasthis guests. (2 JAMES Til. B100RE, Justice of the Peace d City Recorder. Office In the Court House and City Council Room, Oregon City. Will attend to the acknowledgment of deeds, and all other duties appertaining to the office of Justice of the Peace. 2:ly Dr. F. Barclay, M. R. C Ln (Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. II. B. Co.) OFFICE; At Residence, Main Street (52) Oregon City. Dr. H. SafFarrans, PHYSICIAN aud SURGE OX OFFICE In J. Fleming's Book Store. JIain street, Oregon City. (52 H. W. ROSS, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. (Office over Charman Bros., Main st.,) Oregon City. ly William Eroughton, CONTRA CTOR and BUILDER, Main street, Oregon City. Will attend to all work in his line, con sisting in part of Carpenter and Joiner work framing, building, etc. Jobbing promptly attended to. (52 JOHN NESTOR, AND DRAUGHTSMAN. Front Street, Portland, Oregon. "W Plans, Specifications, and accurate workiug drawings prep irad oa short notice after the latest approved style. (ly) John Fleming, DEALER in BOOKS and STATIONERY. Thankful for the patronage heretofore re ceived, respectfully solicits a continuance of the favors of a generous public. His store is between Jacobs' and Acker man's bricks, on the west side of Main street. Oregon Citv, October 27th, 'Oti. (tf Yf DAVID SMITH "VV. II. JIAHSHALL. SMITH & MARSHALL, Black Smiths and Boiler Makers Corner of Main and Third streets, viigou oicy. . . Ure on. : Blacksmith! ng in all its branches. Boiler making and repairing. All work warranted 'To give satisfaction. w (52 LINCOLN BAKERY, West SUle 3Iaiw gtret, Oregon City Oregon. L. BILLER - - Proprietor. The Proprietor would inform iha that he still continues the manufacture of Bread, Pies, Cakes, Pilot Bread, Bosiou Butter, Sugar and Soda Crackers. In addi tion to which he will keen rnnstantir baud a large stock ot the best staple'and family groceries, provisions, etc. JOHjNT SCHRAM Manufacturer and Dealer in SADDLES, HARNESS, dc, dc, Main street, betveen Third and Fourth, Oregon City. THE attention of parties desiring anything in my line, is directed to my stock, be fore making purchases elsewhere. 0.v) J9H' SCHRAM. Flax Cotton : Its Adaptation to Cot ton Machinery. By Hon. Cliarlfs Jucfoo-n, Providence, R, I. It is proposed to make this paper very brief, and confine it mainly to the inquiry whether or not fax fibre can, by mechanical, chemical, or other means, be converted into jtfax. cotton of a suitable quality for use as a substitute for cotton in the cotton mills of our country. The vast amount of capital invested in the aiil.S, (nearly $100,000,000,) the ab solute necessity of production to meet the wants of consumers, the depend ence of the loyal portion of the coun try upon the disloyal portion for the staple to insure that production, the amazingly increased value of the staple, and the uncertainty of a sup ply at any price, all giye this ques tion of substitution the. strongest claim upon the atterlion of. the peo ple and the government. That this claim will be favorably recognized by the government can hardly be doubted. No opposition to the enterprise can arise from capital invested in flax mills similar to the flax mills of Ire land and Great Britain, for we nave comparatively no such investments. This is a most singular fact in our industrial history, considering the adaptation of our country to the cul .lire of flax, the abundance of ouv capital, the inventive and enterpris ing character of our people, and our immense consumption of flax pro- duets. But such is the. fact, notwith standing that in Ireland, as early as in 185G, there were not less than 100 flax mills, with 560,000 spindles, 50.000 operatives, and $20,000,000 of capital ; and in Great Britain, at the same time, not les. than 300 flax mills, with 70000 spindles, 7,000 power looms, and 30,000,000 of capital, while in this country, even at the present day, there are not more than 15,000 flax spindles, and those are mostly employed in spin ning flax yarn of the coarsest kind. The question is not, however, whether mills shall be built here after the Irish and British models for the manufacture of flax-yarn and linen goods, but whether or not flax can be so treated as to be available for the manufacture of those staples on the machinery of our cotton mills; and, if so, whether the substitution can be accomplished economically, and on a scale commeusurate "with the wants of the mills. Both phases ot the inquiry being equally import ant. they will be examined briefly in detail. It is generally known that flix and cotton are handled in a sim ilar mariner, preparatory to the spin--, ning process, i. e., they are first made to assume the form of drawing and roving, and also that they are both spun from rolls moving at different speeds to reduce the rovings to a suitable fineness for the yarn, and that the rolls are located at proper distancrs from each other, to suit the lengths of the two kinds of fibres. These mechanical analogies seem to favor, at the outset, the substitution of flax for cotton. They should not be overlooked. Neither should cor responding analogies (if there be any) between cotton and flax in their natural state. Do any analogies of the latttr kind exist Cotton con sists of cylindrical fibres individual ized and separated in the bolls of the plants during the ripening process. The fibres when first developed are in a milky or glutinous state. As the boils open under the influence of the sun and air the moisture evapor ates, and the fibres begin to assume their distinctive character, until they are finally separated from each other and cohere only to the seeds, which they partially envelop. In this lib erated form they are characterized by uniformity in length, firmness, and strength, and by a slightly spiral or bearded surface, which fits them for uniting equably during the cards ing, drawing, roving, and spinning operations. But cotton, as sold in the market and worked by manufacturers, has not, throughout its bulk, the charac teristics of uniformity in length and strength. The different pickings from the fields frequently vary the character of the fibres. A drouth or a frost, by suspending their growth, shortens their length and weakens their strength, and, as the pickings are usually ginned promiscuously, the result is a variation in the fibres of all cotton on the market, in both these respects. These variations, however, ore always attended with one marked peculiarity, i. e., with uniformity in length of a large pro portion of all the fibres as a maximum length. Sound gulf cotton has the maximum number of its fibres, about seven-eighths of an inch in length.; uplands, about six-eighths of an inch. Ihe greater or less percentage of iui maximum length of fibre, with the other properties of fiueness, strength, and cleanness, give the cgrade or cotton. When cotton is disproportionately short and weak, it i undesirable, becauso the fibres, in the process of manufacturing, fly off in the form of waste. But short and weak fibres, in small quantities, interspersed and commingled with those that are long and strong, can be carried with very little waste through the different operations into yarn. Such are the leading characteristics of cotton. What are the leading properties of flax ? The fibre of flax is the inner bark of the stein of the plant. It was formerly considered, when separated from the wood, a continuous layer, capable of being split into almost infinite fineness. But flax fibres are now known to be cyl indrical, and straight, like cotton, and lapped upon each other in fila ments about two or three inches in length. The filaments cannot be split. They are united by a glutin ous substance that causes them to cohere with the greatest tenacity, un til it is more or less decomposed. The decomposition of the gluten, to a limited extent, has for ages been effected by water or dew rotting, in all flax designed for spinning from " long or cut line." After the rot ing the straw is subjected to the operation of breaking, to rid it of the woody portion or shives, and then to the operation ot heckling, to liberate the fibres. This is the mode of preparing flax for the flax mills of Ireland and Great Britain, and also for hand spinning. But, as the operation of water or dew rotting i3 attended with much care, labor and expense, and endangers the strength of the fibre, the effect has been to discourage the culture of flax in this country, except for the seed. These disadvantages have also been felt abroad, and machines were long ago invented and tried for break ing and working flax in the unrolled state. The results of repeated trials, both in Ireland and Great Britain, ot machines for this purpose not having been satisfactorj', ihe " cottonizing" of jlax from tinrotled straw was at tempted. Very little success was achieved in cottonizing until the time of Claussen. His modes consisted mainly of cutting the flax into short lengths, and bleaching it, to explode and liberate the fihres. He created a great sensation in the United King dom, and in this country, by his sup posed discoveries; but it was soon ascertained that the glutinous matter was too imperfectly dissolved under his patents, and that his preliminary process of cutting was too unreliable to secure a sufficient assimilation of the fibres to the fibres of cotton, in fneness and length, for cotton ma chinery. Since then the trade has been constantly experimenting, and it is now well anther. ticaied that the gluten of flax can be effectually dis solved by alkalies and acids, and the fibre evenly liberated lengthwise, and also transversely at the laps. With this knowledge the attention of man ufacturers and flix growers is at pre sent intensely directed to the " get ting up" of cheap mechanical contriv ances for cutting or breaking flax straw to the requisite length for cot. tonizng the fibres and throwing off the shives. From this summary it is apparent that theaualogies between the fibres of flax and coiton are striking. While they differ from each other in length, they agree in being cylindrical, fine, and strong ; flax having the advan tage in strength and perhaps in fine ness. Both cohere in their natural state ; cotton fibres to the seeds, and flax fibres to the stem and to each other. And the cohesion of both is overcome by art one by the cotton gin, and the other by the shive break er and gluten solvent. The machinery for manufacturing cotton into yarn is arranged for fibres mostly of a length not exceeding seven-eighths of an inch. Any in crease beyond this length is objec tionable in the spinning operation, as there is only room between the rolls for an equable draft of fibre of the usual length. Hence it will be de sirable, in spinning flix on cotton machinery, to have the maximum number of all the fibres correspond in length, as nearly as possible, to the maximum number of the fibres of cotton. It will also be desirable to have the fibres evenly liberated by the joint operation of the solvent of the glutinous substance and mechan ical force to secure uniformity in their fneness, and thereby avoid, whau is termed by the trade, "stumpy ends."' The want of equality in length of the portion of the flix fibres that are shorter than those having the desired maximum length, which will not be more injurious than the same -want of equality in cotton, renders the as similation of flax-cotton to cotton more complete ; so that if a cutting machine is used Tor reducing the length of flax straw ro the length of cotton, it willot be an objection to the machine that it -makes some of the fibres of an uneven length by cut ting at or near the laps of the fila ments as well as intermediately. The slightly spiral or bearded sur face cf the cotton nbre is probably the result of its 1'ght specific gravity. All gossamer fibres have more or less tendency to assume this form according to their density. Flax is specifically heavier than cotton. Hence the fibres of the former of the same fineness as the latter would have less dispositions assume aform favorable to a unicn, which would make it rather more difficult to keep the fibres in contact during the card ing, drawing, and spinning opera, tions. But this difficulty could prob ably be entirely overcome by the capacity of flax to an almost infinite subdivision of fibre. Should machin ery be used to break or pull apart the straw (instead of cutting it) to a length agreeing, as nearly as possible, to the length of cotton, the result would not give a decided uniformity of length to the maximum number of fibres, and would, thereby, cause a partial failure of the analogies be tween the two kinds of fibre. The disagreement, however, might not injuriously affect the carding opera tion : but it would be necessary to change the condition of the rolls as arranged for drawing and spinning cotton, and arrange them to draw the lengths of the flax fibre that ex cfeded the maximum length of cot ton. This could be accomplished without expense by relieving the in termediate rolls of their weights, which would enable the long fibres to be drawn and spun into yarn of nearly a uniform diameter. Which of these modes for equalizing the length of the fibre will be eventuidly adopted for flaxcotton is uncertain. Perhaps both will be successfully ued. At present the process of cot tonizing is too undefined to warrant the prediction of details of a fixed and positive character ; but enough has already, been discovered to au thorize the prediction of an early and satisfactory mode of cottonizing, in a simple and feasible way, under suitable encouragement from govern ment. Such encouragement should, of course, be based upon the expec tation that it is not only practicable to cottonize flax, but that its cottons izing can be effected economically, and on a scale commensurate ith the wants of the mills. That it may be so cottonized, it is indispensable that the preliminary operations of cutting or breaking the flax straw of suitable lengths, .md divesting it of the shives, should be performed at convenient paints in the producing districts, to save the transportation of the seeds. These operations would not only give another analogy be" tween flax and cotton, but would, in connexion with the abandonment of water and dev rotting, remove the greatest impediment to the extensive culture of the former throughout the country. Flax under such handling would, like cotton, be baled for mar ket in the growing districts. This arrangement, whether connected or not wiili the decomposition of the glutinous substance, and the fining of the fibres at the reducing points, would insure the transportation at a cost as low as that of cotton. It would be desirable to decompose the gluten before transportation, as this substance constitutes a considerable percentage of the weight of flax. If this was effected, the cost of trans portation would bo less than that of cotton. The difference in specific gravity of the two kinds of fibre is said to be equal to twenty per cent, in favor of cotton This is shown by the differ ent modes of ascertaining the num bers of flax and cotton yarn. A reel for flax yarn is two and a half yards in circumference, and 120 threads make a lea of 300 yards in length. The number of leas to the pound gives the number of the yarn. The fineness of flax yarn necessary for fine shirtii gs or print cloths is about number 70, equal to 21,000 yards in length to the pound. The reel for cotton yarn is one and a half yards in circumference, and 7 knots of SO threads each make a skein of 8-10 yards in length. The number of skeins to the pound gives the number of the yarn. The fineness of cotton yarn necessary for fine shirtings or print cloths is about number 30, equal to 25,200 yards in length to the pound, If the same number of flax or cotton threads to the square inch are put into shirtings or print cloths, then a pound of flax jam, number 70, will fall short, of the length of a pound of cotton yarn number 30, 4,200 yards, which is equal to twenty per cent, of its number of yards. Hence in the substitution of fax cotton for cotton, there must be added about twenty per cent, to its weight to obtain cloths ot the same number of threads to the square inch and yarn of the same size. This, although a fetriking difference in the weight of cloth of the same fineness and the same number of threads, will, fortu nately, not soo enhance the cost of flax cotton, as compared -with the value of cotton in ordinary times, as to render its substitution impractica ble. The loss of weight in flax cot tou by the decomposition of the glu tinous subjtance of the fibres is con- sidered to be about twelve per ceut., which is less than the average loss of cotton in waste : so that the diminu tion of the weight of flax from loss of gluten will be more than balanced by the corresponding loss of cotton in waste. It remains to , show what will be the probable cost of flax cotton after the adoption of the necessary facilis ties of production to determine w hether or not it can be afforded at rates that will compare favorably with the value of cotton in ordinary times. Much has been said about the proper time for harvesting flax to secure the fibre in the, best condi tion for cottonizing. Some suppose it should be harvested before the ma turity of the seeds ; others that it may be safely permitted to stand un til the seed is in the glaze; and others, again, that it may be harvested when the seed is fully ripe, without injury to the fibre. Berthollel taught that all fibres of flax are equally fine, whether harvested early or late. But while there is a diversity of opinion on the subject of harvesting, it is uni versally admitted that in order to prevent lateral ramifications from the stems, which would clog the vertical filaments, it is r.eces-sary ro sow plenty of seed more than has gen erally been sown in this country ; at least two bushels and a peck to the acre. Thick sowing may reduce the quantity of the seed crop, but this will be more than compensated in the improved quality of the fibre. Cutting the flax at harvest time will probably be found the best and cheap est mode of securing the crop. This would greatly favor the handling of the straw for liberating tho fibres and the shives, and be just as well for obtaining the seed. The quantity of flax cotton that can be obtained from a ton of flax straw properly sown and harvested, and grown upon good soil, is said to be about 400 pounds. This, at ten dollars per ton for the straw, would be two and a half cents per pound for the fibre. To this may be added the twenty per cent, for the additional weight of flax to make itof the same number of threads us cotton, equal to half a cent per pound. What it will cost per pound to break or cut it, and free it from the shives also, with machinery properly constructed and chemical processes properly used, besides baling it for the market, cannot be stated with certainty but may be safely estima ted not to exceed five cents, thereby giving an entire cost of about eight cents per pouud. From the preceding analysis it is infprred, first, that flax can be suffi ciently assimilated to cotton to be drawn and spun on cotton machinery; and. second, that the assimilation can be accomplished economically, and m quantities commensurate with the wants of all the cotton mills of the country. The Language of Youxg Ladies. One cannot inveigh too much against the use of exaggerated, ex1 travagant forms of speech by yonng ladies saying splendid for pretty, magnificent for handsome, horrid or horrible for unpleasant, immense for large, thousands or myriads for any number more than two. " Were I," says a clever writer, 44 to write down for one day the conversation of some young ladies of my acqua ntance, and then to, interpret it literally, it would imply that, within twelve or fourteen hours, they had met with more marvelous adventures and hair breadth escapes, had passed through more distressing experiences, had seen more imposing spectacles, had endured more fright, had enjoyed more rapture, than would suffice for a dozon common lives." An Apt Simile. Mr. Mudie, the author of some popular works on Ihe Reasons, was originally a teacher in Dundee. He happened to be one of a tea party at the house of the Rev. Dr. M. The Doctor was reputed fur the suavity of his man ners, and his especial politeness to wards the fair sex. Handing a dish of honey to one of the ladies, he said in his wonderful manner: ' Do take a little noney, Miss; hs so sweet so like yourself." Mr. Mudie could not restrain his native tendency to hu mor, so, hauding the butter dish to the host he exclaimed: 44 Do take a little butter, Doctor, 'tis so soft like yourself." -so A gentlemen met a half-witted lad on the road, and placing in one of his hands a dime and a cent, asked him whtchof the two he would choose. The 'lad replied he would not be greedy ; he'd take the smallest. " Fm afraid you'll come to want," said an old lady to a young gentle. man. 44 i have come to waut al ready," was the reply. " I wantyour daughter." Like cures like. Sulphur comes from Yesuviu6; therefore it ie good ! far eruptions. Is the world Growing Larger? Is there not reason to think that this world is daily increasing in size? Is there not an action taking place on its surface analagousto that which Occurs in a plastic cell, when placed in ci'cum stances favorable for its de velopment? To illustrate': We plant a little acorn, weighing a few grains, in the ground. In the course of time it be comes the large oak, weighing many thousands of ounds. and spreading its branches far and wide in every di rection. This oak gels its weight and bulk principally from the air we in hale, and remains upon the earth for thousands of years, perhaps, and un dergoes a gre; t many changes before it is finally restored to the atmosphere even if this event ever does take place. So animals derive their weight and bulk partly from the vegetable productions which they devour. When animals die. their bodies, it is true, are partly decomposed into gas, and restored to the atmosphere, but thy are principally seized upon and appropriated by growing vegeta bles, which in their turn, are devoured by other animals. It thus seems to me that the earth through the agency of its animal and vegetable productions, must be daily increasing at the expense of the at mosphere by which it is surrounded. In other words : the plauts and ani mals of the earth are all the time ap propriating to themselves the ele ments of the atmosphere, and form ing out of them new compounds that remain upon the earth an almost in definite length or time, before they are decomposed and restored to the atmosphere. This idea is illustrated in otrr coal mines. All coal was originally wood, and like all wood, was formed prin cipally at the expense of the elements of the atmosphere. This coal has remained upon the earth millions of years, perhaps, and now men urged on by their necessi ties, are digging it up, and by burning it, restoring it in the shape of carbonic acid to the atmosphere, from which it originally came. No one, it seems to me. can doubt that the earth is larger now than k was when this coal existed in the form of wood. Altho the world may be increasing now, it does not follow that it will continue to increase for all time. Sooner or later an equilibrium will be establish ed between the amounts of element ary principles which the earth akes from and restores to the atmosphere But at present, m my opinion, it is like a growing animal ; its absorption exceeds its waste. In a word, our planet is not a full grown earth; it is merely tin " earthling.'' Scienfifc American. Experiments with Food. From experiments made by celebrated chemists, we find that in bread, eve ry 100 pounds' weight is found to contain 80 pounds of nutritious mat ter; butchers meat, averaging the various sorts, contains only 31 pounds in the 100 pounds; French beans, 80 pounds; peas, 23 pounds, greens and turnips, which are the most aqueou? of all vegetables used for domestic purposes, furnish only a pound of solid nutritious substance in 100 pounds; carrots, 14 pounds; and what is very remaikable, as being in opposed to the hitherto acknowledg ed theory, 100 pounds of potatoes only yield 25 pounds of substance valuable as nutritious. According to this estimate, 1 pound of good breed is equal to 3 pounds ot pota toes; and 75 pounds of bread, and 30 pounds of butcher meat, are equal to 300 pounds of potatoes. Or, again, 1 pound of rice, or of broad beans, is equal to 4 pounds of cabbage and 3 pounds of turnips. This calcula tion is considered correct, and may be useful to families, where the best mode of supporting nature should be adopted at the least expense. Truth Will Out." Well, Mas. ter Jackson," said his minister, walk ing homeward after service with an industrious laborer, who was a con stant attendant " Well, Master Jackson, Sunday must be a blessed day of rest for you, who work so hard all the week. And vou make good use of the day, for you are al ways to be seen at church." ' Ay, 1 sir,'' rep'ied Jackson, " it is indeed b i blessed dav; the week, and then I comes to church o' Sandavs, and sets me down, and lays my legs up, and thinks of noth ing. A Rare Smash. A hack, going down a San Francisco hill had its pole, broken, and ran on to the heels of the horses, the driver could not hold them, so he ran straddle of an iron hitching post and brought up the carriage all safe except the for ward wheels and part of the body; the horses went on, and one stuck his head through a druggist's win dow. Two ladies in the hack came out safe and very cooJ, one remark ing, 41 Why, I declare, the-carriage . j n us UTjurea. ' The Indian Basket Trick. One of the most surprising feats of the Indian jugglefs is known as the 44 Basket Trick." The performer bo gins by bringing tipon the stage, first a yenng girl and a long, sharp-looking sword ; then a stand, or short legged table: arid lastly, a large, deep, oblong basket. This basket he turns end first, top first, back and front to the auaience, opening arid shutting its flap or cover with a bang, and, in fact doing everything lie can, even to the thrusting of his sword ihroDgh the side, to show that it is a basket, and nothing else. He then places tho basket on the table, so that the au dience rnny see that there is do com munication between it and the floor. He again 'ostentatiously turns the basket on its side, that the audience may be finally satisfied that there is really nothing inside. 44 Now," says he, " I interid to put tho little girl in the basket ; and in order that you may see the space in side, 1 put in. this stool for her to sit upon for a few moments, before I pierce her with the sword !" After that he turns the basket bet ter downward on the table. He then takes up the sword, and brandishes it fiercely. At 'his he leads the girl up to the basket, and bids her get inside, but she runs off the stage, screaming loudly. He fetches her back, and asks her why "she is alarm ed. She points to the sword, which he then lays down, and tells her that he will blindfold her so that she can not see the dreadful weapon. He then proceeds to blindfold her with a handkerchief, which foearly covers her face. He picks up the sword again, when she once more runs off screaming, even though she is blind folded. At this the performer seems to be very angry, runs after her, and drags her back to the stage. Taking out the stool, he lifts her quickly into the basket and slams to the lid. The audience are thus aware that the girl is really in the basket, for everything has been done in the most straight forward and natural manner. The performer then lifts the sword from the ground, runs his finger along its edge, feels Us point, and suddenly thrusts it up to the hilt into the bas ket. A piercing scream follows the action, which he repeats again and a gain, each thrust being followed by a scream, which presently dies away into a wailing moan. The girl is evidently dying. Another thrust, and no reply from the prisoned Tic, tim. She is dead ! The juggler then turns the basket on its side, opens the lid, and lo ! there is nothing inside 1 The mur dered girl has mysteriously disap peared, and while the audience are wondering how the trick isperiormed she is seen at a side box. She has torn off the bandage and jumps upon the stage, bowing and smiling. At tendants come in and remove the basket, and the performer retires amidst great applause. A Rough Diamond. Of the ecs centric abruptness of the great sur geon, John Abernethy, many aneo dotes are in circulation. Those that record his generosity should also be made known. In the year 1818. ieutei.ant D fell from his horse in London, and sustained a fracture of the scull and arm. Mr. Aber nethy was the nearest surgeon, and being sent for, continued daily for months. When the patient became convalescent, he was enjoined by Ab- ernethv to proceed to Margate and adopt shell fish diet. The patient rc quested to know the extent of his pecuniary liability. 44 Who is that young woman 1" in quired Abernethy, smilingly. 41 She is my wife ' ,4What is your rank in the arvoyt " I am a half- pay lieutenant." " O ! very weil, wait till you are general ; then come and see me, and we will talk about it." An old minister enforced the neces sity of difference of opinion by argu ment; 44?Jow, if everybody had been of my opinion, they would have all war.ted my old woman." 'One or the deacons, -who sat just behind him responded : " Yes, and if everybody was of my opinion, nobody would have her." If thou hope to please all. thy hopes are vain ; if thou fear to dis please some, thy fears are idle. The way to please thyself is not to dis please the best ; and the wav'to dis please the' best is to please the1 most: if thou canst'fashion thyself to please all, thou shalt displease Hirn that is all in all. Quarles. . They are but infidels- Christinar whose faith and works are nt war against each other. 'Fath which is right can no taore'forbear'from good works, than can the sun to shed abroad its glorious beams, or a body of perfumes to dispense a grateful odor. Feltharn. . Be temperate in diet. Oar first parents ato tbemse-lYes out of bout and -homo. o