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OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 18GS
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City
Enterprise.
gljt iDcckhj (enterprise
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By D. O. IRELAND,
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J3 USINESS CA RD S.
BENTON KILLIN,
JSSLji ""SaT-HiS DCS. 9
Oregon City, Oregon.
Office in Charman's Brick Block, up
stairs.
(So: tO
Dr. F. Barclay, Iff. R. CL.V
(Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. II. B. Co.)
OFFICE: it Residence,
Jlaia Street . Oregon City.
W. F. HIGHFIELD,
Established since 13ii at the old stand,
Mai.v Stueet, Okego.V Citt.
An assortment of Watches. Jew
plrv, and Seth Thomas' weight
Clocks, all of which are warranted
to be as represented.
Repairing done on snort nonce,
kind thankful for past fuTors.
. c. joassos. f . O M cown-.
Notary Public.
JOHNSON & lYIcCOWN,
OREGON CITY. OREGON.
nI? M attend to all business entrusted
fVovir caro in 'iy of the Courts of the State,
r.illect money, negotiate loans, sell real es
tte, etc. ' . . . . ,
'"l'articularatteutton given to comestea
I tnd cast's.
l.yl
O A. B. UtLL.
A. rAUSER.
BELL & PAEKEH.
AVD DEALERS IN'
Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Paints,
Perfumery, Oils, Varnishes,
And every article kept in a Drug Store.
ii.) Uix Strekt, Onirjox City.
SHADES SALOON. "
West Sid4 Mailt street, bctiretn Second and
Third, Oregon City.
GEORGE A. HAAS - - - Proprietor.
The proprietor begs leave to inform his
friends and the public generally that the
cbore named popular saloon is open for their
O fcccommodation, with a new sod well assort
ed supply of the liucat brands of wines,
liquors and cigars. 52
JOHN M. BACOn,
Justice of the Peace cfc City Recorder.
Office In the Court House nnd City
Council Room, Oregon City.
Will attend to the acknowledgment of
deeds, and all other duties appertaining to
t'ae office of Justice of the l'eaee.
FLEMING,
Retail dealer in School Rooks, Sta
tionery; also, Patent Medicines,
0 and Perfumery.
At ibs Post-ollice, in Masonic Building.
O Oregon City, Oregon.
William Broughton,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER,
Main ttreet, Oregon City.
Will attend to all work in his line, con
sisting in part of Carpenter and Joiner work
framing, building, etc Jobbing promptly
stten.lecTto. U-
J0IIH IL SCHRAM,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
SADDLES, HARNESS,
etc., etc.,
Main street, between Third and Fourth,
Oreoon Cut.
riliri attentiou of parties desiring anything
I in niv line, is directed to my stocK, De
fore making purchases elsewhere
(iy)
JOHN 11.SCI1RAM.
CLARK GREENMAN,
All orders for the delivery of merchandise,
or packages and freight of whatever descrip
tioii, to anv part of the citv, will be executed
Promptly and with care. 16.6m
DAVID S1YIITH,
Successor to SMITH d MARSHALL,
O
Black-Smith and Wagon Maker,
Corner of Maiu and Third streets,
Oregon City Oregon.
BWk!iithinr In nil its branches. Wagon
making and repairing. All work warranted
to give satisfaction. t
OREGON CITV.
KEEr CONSTANTLY ON HAND FOR SALE
Ml A N AND CHICKEN FEED
.3r Parties wantinir feed must furnish
hir sacks. SO.tf
RATJCH FOR SALE.
RTTUATED BETWEEN TIIE CLACK
am.is and the
OREGON CITY TOWN PLAT !
" ths vicinity of the place of T. J. Hunsaker
itl b-o sold cheap for cash.
TVi!!,u. City Drayman,
ii5g 0KEG0X CITY.
F A T T 0 N HOUSE.
Two doors south of the old Court House,
Front street, Portland, Oregon.
W. N. Pattox Proprietor.
Single meals, 25 cents Beds, 25 cents.
This house is newly fitted, and furnished
in the best style. xii.tirn
AMERICAN EXCHANGE.
(IaU LIXCOLX HOUSE,)
8 Krotit street, Portia nd Oregon.
L. P. W. QUI M BY, Proikietok,
(Laltvf Western Hotel.)
This house is the most commodious in the
State, newly furnished, and it will be the en
deavor of the proprietor to make his guests
comfortable. The Baggage Wagon will al
ways be found at the lund-ng on the arrival
of steamships and river boats, carrying bag
gage to the house free of charge. 1 17. ly
Western Hotel,
rOttTLAXD, OltEOOX.
Corner of First and Morrison streets,
Ths bent and most comfortable Hotel in the
State, where every want is anticipated,
and cheerfully supplied. Warm and
Cold Uaths attached to the house.
This Hotel is located near the steamship
Landing. The Hotel Coach will be in at
tendance at all the Landings, to convey
1assengers and baggage to and from the
louse iree of charge.
JON 11 C. D0BCY,
SAMUEL 1. HOLMES,
xl.tf Proprietors.
McLaughlin House.
Main street, (opposite the Woolen Mills,)
Oregon City, Oregon.
J. F. Miller & Co., Proprietors.
This is the most commodious Hotel
in the city. Newly furnished, and just open
for the reception of guests.
J3f It will be the. endeavor of the Propri
etors to make all guests comfortable.
OREGON HOUSE,
Main Street Oregon City.
JACOB B0EHM, Proprietor.
ESTABLISHED 1S07.
KEDIX'TIOS I7i TnltS!
The undersigned wishes to give notice
that from Saturday, October oth, lSt7, prices
at the above house will be as follows :
Board and Lodging per week $5 00
Board without Lodging. . 4 00
Board and Lodgiug per dav 1 00
JACOB B0E1IM.
Oregon City, Oct. Sd. 18(57. .r0:tf
CLIFF HOUSE.
Main Street,
Neorlv Opposite II oofen Factory,
L. WHITE,
T. W. llHOADES, f Aropneuw.
Oregon City, Oregon.
We invite the citizens of Oregon City and
the traveling public, to give us a slidl-S of
their patronage. Meals can be had at all
hours, to please the most fastidious. 15
. Notice to the Public.
IIIAVE this day closed the Barlow noose
in favor of the Cliff House. Hope my
old customers will give their liberal patron
ajzs to the above well kept honsi. They
will rind Messrs. White & Jthoades always
on hand to make guests Cofnforfahle.
W M. 1SAKI-U W.
OSWEGO HOUSE!
OSWEGO. OllEtJOX.
T0I1N tfCHADE . , Prciprletofi
now prepared to receive and entertain
all who may favor him with their patron
age. 1 lie House is .New ana toe itooms are
Newly and Neat'v Furnished. The Table
will be supplied with all the delicacies ef
the season. The House is situated near the
steamer landinz. The proprietor will at all
imes endeavor to give entire satisfaction to
all who may favor him with a call, and
would respectfully solicit the patronage of
the Traveling Public. 41 :tf.
Board per w eek ...... .$ 00
Board and Lodgiug.
Sintrle Meals
6 00
50
W ii a t Cheer House,
os. 12G, 123 and 130 Front street,
Portland, Ok egg.".
REDUCED RATES!
The wndersiened having taken this well-
knawn house, solicit increased patronage
rtm the traveling public. Ihe House lias
atelv been refitted, and the proprietors are
now able to oiler additional inducements to
their patrons. The table will be furnished
with the best market affords, and be under
the immediate supervision of the proprietors
Uonms well furnished and well ventilated.
A large tire-proof safe for the deposit of
valuables. Baggage taken to the hotel free
of charge. Board per week $5 00
Board and lodging ' ?tto8 00
(According to the room occupied.)
Nothing will be left undone, which is in
the power of the proprietors to render guests
eomtbrtabte. LYONS, LEON All!) A Co.,
xi.tfj Proprietors.
II. IilLDBUKGII, J
f!3 E1NSTKIN. )
1.. JJJLBWCBGH,
Sail Francisco.
Portland.
Hiidburg, Bros. & Co.
lMronTEns and wholesale dealers in
All Rinds of Cojrimcs,
Scotch and Irish WhisLie.
Rum, Gin, Domestic Liquors, Wines,
iyc, eve, ivc.
So. 25 Front st., O. S. N. Co.'s new brick
block, I'oitland Oregon
R
EMOVAL !
TUE JElTEUtT
Establishment of J. 15. Miller
HAS BEEX REMOVED
To No. 101 Front si., corner of Alder
Carter's Next) Building, Portland,
In Chas. Woodard ' Drug Store
r7 Where he will be ready to attend to
all manner of wnrkmitnsdnp in his line.
atclies and Jewelry repairel in ths most
workmanlike manner. J. B. MILLER.
A. J. MONROE. W. A. K, M ELLEN'.
'MARBLE WORK.
MONROE 6c MELLEN,
Dealers in California, Vermont, and
Italian Marbles, Obelisks, Monu
ments, Head and Foot stones,
Salem Oregon
Mantles and Furniture Marble furnished
to order. 32.t
Flax Seel Wsnited!
R. E. CHATFIELD,
AT THE
Orosron Scel Store !
First st., Portland, cpiositc the
Western Hotel. Will pay
Highest Cah Prices for I lax Seed
JOTICE.
Friends, many thanks tor past iarors n
eired, I have newly opened a family grocer
i W F. Highfleld's block, fronting the Ore
on House. "Main street, and solicit a shar
Friends, many tnanns utimh l.u.ok:
cei
in
e
are
of your patronage, by offering many articles
g1
less ttiau .vviana man prices.
Will exchange f.r buttir, egg, bams, flour
etc, etc, J?. E.SIO.
i Mi. Pisa
w.
(29
BUSINESS CARDS.
add & Tilton,
BANKERS,
Portland, Oregon.
"Will give prompt attention to collections,
and other business appertaining to Banking,
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange
On San Francisco and the Atlantic States for
sale. Government Securities bought and
sold. xi-tf
L. C. Fuller,
BROKEN,
Pays the Highest Price for Gold Dust
Legal Tenders and Government securities
mght and sold. No. 108 Front St.,
bou
xi.tf
Portland, Oregon.
J. F. UILLER. J. SHATTCCK.
J. F. MILLER & Co.,
MANtrACTUttKRS OF AND OEAL6U8 IS
Roots ;aiaI Sliocs !
At the Oregon City Boot and Shoe
Store, Main street.
THE BEST SELECTION
Of Ladies', Gents', Boys', and children's
Boots and shoes on hand or made to order.
J. H. MITCHELL. J. X. DOLPH. A. SMITH.
Mitchell, Dolph & Smith,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Solicitors in Chancery, and Proc
tors in Admiralty
j:??" Office o-er the old Post Office, Front
street, Portland. Oregon.
A. C. GIBBS. C. W. PABKISH,
Siilary Puhlic and Com. of Deeds.
GIBBS & PARRISH,
Attorneys and Counselors at-Law,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
OFFICE On Alder street, in Cartsr's
New Brick Block. n3
J. WELCH
DENTIST.
Permanently Located at Oregon City, Oregon:
Rooms with Dr. Saffarans, on Main street.
MACK &. HATCH,
DENTISTS.
The patronage of those desiring First Class
Operations, is respectfully solicited.
Satisfaction in all cases guaranteed.
J . B. Xitrmut Oxyde administered for the
Painless Extraction of Teeth. Also : the
lihigoUne Spray used for those who prefer it
Office Corner of Washington and Fron
streets, Portland. Entrance on Washington
street. 42.if
S. G. SKID MORE,
Druggist and Apothecary,
(123 First St., near Western Hotel)
Portland. Okeoon.
Dealer in drugs, chemicals, patent medi
cines, etc. A line assortment of English and
French Toilet Articles,
Perfumery, brushes, etc. fi?Particnlar at
tention given to the preparation of prescrip
tions. (34.3m
ISAAC FARU. JtfllX FAltn.
FARR & BROTHER,
Butchers and Meat Venders.
Thankful for the favors of the cemrntinfty
in the past, wish to say that they will con
tinue to deliver to their patrons, from the
wagon, as usual,
On Tuesdays and Saturdays qf each iveel;
all the best qualities of Beef, Mutton, and
Pork, or any other class of meats in the
market. 9:tf
AR1YIES & DALLAM,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE
Brushes, Twines, Cordage, etc.,
AND MAXl-FACTCRKRS OF
Brooms, Pails, lihs, Washboards, S,-c
215 217 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
113 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City.
Wm, H. WATKIWS, M. D.,
SURGEON,
Office 05 Front st , Portland Oregon.
Residence cor. Main andlth sts.
Robinson & Lake
-VtfH.L CONTINUE TIIE STOVE AD
V V Tin-ware trade as usual, at the estab
lished EMIGRANT STORE,
Corner of Front and Salmon sts.,
Portland, Oregon.
K OS II LAND BROS.
Portland Auction Store!
VI First st., nrxt doar to rosleice,
Portland. Oregon,
Importers and Jobbers of Staple and
Fancy Dry Goods, Grain Bags,
Bnrlans. Furnishinq Goods.
We in ill nan the hiahcsl cash
price for Wool, J'irrs and Hides
P0MY SALOON.
Front St., nejr the Ferry Landing,
Portand, Oregdn.
Rc fitted and Tie-opened ly J. A. Mac
JJona Id. The best of Wines, Li
quors, Cigars, etc., constantly
on hand.
SOMETHING NEW
Boots with Wire Quilted Bottoms
o
These Boots are made on the American
standard last. They never tail to nt ana lee
comfortable, and require no " breaking in
The Wire (Juilled dotes
have been proven by practical experience to
last twice ks long as the ordinary soles. A
splendid assortnient just recei. eu al
R. 1). WHITE & Co.'s,
Boot and Shoe store.
?i 131 First st. Portland
CHAUNCEY BALL,
Successor to Gradon t- Co.,
MANUFACTURER OF
Wagons & Carriages,
201 and 203 Front st.,- Portland, uregon
ffr- Waaons of etery description
made to order. General Jobbing dotie
with, neatness and dispatch.
Oak and Ash lumber, and all kinds
of waaon materials for sate.
Orders from the country promptly
attended to.
OREGON CITY
BREWERY!
HENRY II UMBEL,
Having purchased the above Brewery,
wishes to inform the pubiie that he is now
prepared to manufacture a No. 1 quality of
LAGER BEER!
A a p-ftnA m can be obtained anywhere in th
gtaw. Order solicited and T-rcDert1? felle
OX AST I'MBEKIXA.
I had a new, a cherished silk umbrella,
Which I with care concealed behind the
rack,
Until one night a friend a thoughtless
fellow
Desired itattse, and never brought it back I
This friend upon my Bister had beea call
ing That was all right ; but when he rose to gOf
And reached the door, behold ! a rain was
falling ;
So my umbrella went along with beau.
There, snug in bed, unconscious of the
sorrow
In all its bitternes to be revealed
To my unhappy gaze upon the morrow
(A sorrow time, alas 1 has never healed)
There, snug in bed, 1 lay, and, smiling,
hearkened
To the remorseless patter of the rain :
Why, let it pour, and let the sky be dark
ened!
I was prepared, so why ehould J com-,
plain ? -
Ah ! that sad morn when breakfast being
over,
took my hat, approached the faithful
stand,
To draw my dear umbrella from its cover,
And no umbrella met my eager hand I
Twas gone. My sister soon explained the
reason :
" You were not out last night, my dear,
you know,
And as he was a-coughin' and a sneczin'
When hs wc'nt heme, I lent it to my
beau!"
It went, it staid. I never saw it after,
Though days, and weeks, and months have
passed away.
Nay, gentle reader, check, I pray, your
laughter
My fate may be your own some rainy day!
I mourn my loss as though it were a
brother.
Or, what perhaps is better, a sweet wife !
One thing is sure 111 never get another,
But rather go umbrellaless through life.
The llaaUel-S as Farmers Agricul
ture In AVcst Jersey.
In our old school geographies, the
irst information given the urchin of
the last generation was that " New
Jersey was settled by the Sweeds
and Finns." This was true to a Uni
ted extent. A lew colonies of
Sweeds landed at different points
along the low sandy coast, nnd to
some of them great tracts of territory
were given, upon which titles were
based which later authorities re
spected, and the broad foundation
was thus laid for hereditary family
wealth and culture. But these in
stances were by no means nuraerons.
The. choicest lands along the Dela
ware were selected and cleared by
that mild nnd patient race of plain
men and kind women of whom George
Fox Was the type. In the whole
some and modest precepts of their
religious thinkers the tilling of the
soil was reeommended as the safest,
the noblest, and most useful of all
the employments J and when the
Quaker first began to move about
with his broadrimmed hat in our na
tive wilds j when be laid aside that
plain drab coat for a wrestle with the
primeval woods he set the foundat
ions broad and deep for some of the
soundest agriculture and the ripest
and truest civilization of our age. In
the Eastern States the only parts
where the lands have fiat declined in
agricultural 4 value since they were
cleared are those settled either by
Quakers of Dutch; They are patient
ke nature j they submit to the in
evitable : they are not ambitious of
power. He was willing to lite by
the sweat of an hoftest brow, and con
tent to transmit the same heritage to
his sons, without hoping that they
would aspire to the canvas bags of
the mcney changer, the spindle of
the manufacturer, or the pen of the I
reformer. Old wine he never drinks,
but he loves old frienda snd old ways.
He thinks the generation before him
knew something. He does riot sup
pose that his ancestor, who never
dreamed of a iteam engine, was there
fore a semMjarbarian. In fact, he
seriously doubts whether that invin-
cioie ana unweant-u uiumm
anything to make men really better
or happier. He thinks the wants it
has created are more numerous, tho
not so great, as the want3 it met.
Hence the Quaker is by nature an
admirer of what is old and a praiser
of things as they were. He lores to
assure himself that
" He is traveling home to- Gtfd
In the way the fathers trod."
By a natural law of human nature
the reverence for old ways, is closely
associated with a wise regard for the
substantial interests of those who
come after us. Hence the Quaker is
ever a thorough builder. He does
everything for solid use, nothing for
display. Paint is a vanity and gin
gerbread carvings he considers empti
ness and a mockery. But he does
like to lay a wall that will not tumble
in pieces at the first frost. Hence
the great fctouo bares along the baoks
of the Delaware, and the houses that
were good when Washington passed
them in his retreat from the Brandy-
wino are good houses to-day the
gray rock in some places a little
greener with mosses, and the ancient
oaks garnished with rougher gnarls,
bat as broad-spreading and lordly
now, though the Constitution has
fiercer enemies now than when first
framed.
If yoa wish to see n bright and
broad example of the best, the truest,
the soundest agriculture on this con
tinent, a system by which the farm
and the farmer alike grow rich, go to
Philadelphia, cross the river along
which it is built, and take the cars for
Salem. For some miles you will
pass through a level and not very
fertile region where the growth is
white oak ana some pine. At the
distance of twenty- five or thirty miles
southwest from Camden, and five or
six from the Delaware river, the
traveler comes into the magnificent
agricultural region. On every side,
as far as the eye can reach, he sees a
succession of fields cultivated for
every square rood and loaded with
the promise of harvest. There are
great fields of corn, in some instances
s'uty acres in extent, where the great
regal blades of maize are nodding
and tossing in the summer wind.
On the other side, a wheat field of
ten, fifteen, or twentyNfive acres in
extent, has yielded its golden burden,
and between the drills we see a rank
growth of cloTer almost conquering
the stubble and about to cover the
surface with generous foliage and
scarlet bloom. At tne distance of a
few rods from the highway we pass
farm houses ; they are about a quar
ter of a mile apart, plain, but strong
in architecture, embowered in trees,
and flanked by a grand array of
wheat stacks, apple orchards, and
great, affluent barns, with outburst
of fodder from door and windows,
and beneath a well designed yard,
paved with a foot or two feet of rich,
well-rotted manure. These people
are no amateurs from the city, who
have bought a thirty-thousanddollar
farm in order to get cream to poor
over their strawberries, or a place to
set asparagus plants. We drive in
and talk with the owner. His plain
speech and modest bearing proclaim
his religion. He has no large words,
no boa3ts, no ostentation, but informs
us that from yonder field of six acres
he took two hundred bushels of wheat.
This corn-field yielded last year 75
bushels to the aCre
lie has had no rain for six weeks,
and will hot make so much this year,
but not less than sixty, he thinks.
Yonder clover field of five acres gave
him twelve tons, nnd this handsome
second growth be Will turn tJhder
heat month, and then,- after sowing
wheat, will dress in the spring with
two hundred pounds per acre of
ground bone, tff phosphate, or Peru
vfan goano. We walk over his acres.
They cade to him from an imcle, ex
cept the land en the other side of yon
timber, which his wife Inherited. He
shows us his hogs, his hens, his gang
plow, and his marl pit.- I'tieii we
drive on through other fields, pass
other country homes, and dine with
the fortunite owner of a hundred1 and
forty acres of this admirably culti
vated regftcti. He commenced poor
thirty-five years ago as a tenant,
when be thought his crop good if an
acre yielded him twenty-five bushels
of corn or twelve of wheat. He gave
fortyfive dollars when he bought
several years ago, when Polk was
President Now he would look
away from on offer of two biindred.
He has no idea of going West.
Omaha has no charms ) he cares no
thing for the price of land on the line
of the Pacific Railroad, nor amid the
hills of East Tennessee. And now
the reader asks a reason for all this.
Why are these farmers so happy and
content? We answer that such sue
cess is won only where favoring na
ture has been aided by fcfcill and in
dustry on the part of man. These
Salem county farmers are proud of
their business, and earnest to know
the secrets and established rules of
successful agriculture. They couv
pare usages and grow wise by mu
tual instruction. It reduced to a
code or numerical statement, the
outline of their system would be
somewhat as follows
1. The Quaker farmer of West
Jersey has no fancy notions, no curi
ous theories, no blind devotion to
book-farming. He reads the rural
literature of his day, but has judg
ruent to see what is good for him,
and what is useless. His subsoil is
porous and easily penetrated by the
roots of corn, clover, and wheat,
therefore h finds so advantage io
ploughing deep. He raises crops cf
universal value and in perpetual de
mand, hence be spends little lime in
haunting markets and watching for
an extra five Cents per bushel.
2. lie has a sound and tfniform
system in rotation, getting over his
fields once in five years with this
succession wheal, com, potatoes,oats,
closer; or, com, potatoes, clover and
wheat. In the low places he puts
herdsgrass, and timothy on dryer
lands.
if.' He adds yearly to the actual
value of his acres by putting Opon
them either marl from his pit or
compost made from the growth of
reclaimed marshes. On wheat he
puts super phosphate, unless he gets
rank clover with marl and plows
that in.
4. Thoogh relieved by kind nature
from the necessity of deep tillage, he
plows often and keeps his crops clear.
5. He seldom has business away
from home. He has few wants, and
no vices.
If this describes a model farmer
we can only say that it is no fancy
sketch. If the reader would see a
broad and elegant refutation to the
standard fling of " Farming don't
pay," let him visit New Jersey. He
will find there pure legitimate farm-
ing, not a nursejy business, nor a
flourishing truck patch. But in every
symbol and proof of success, in clear
culture, spacious homes, refined so
ciety, unsullied honor, spotless mor
als, snowy linen, and loaded tables,
he will see what substantial honors
and joys nature has for him whose
hands are brown with honest work j
who displays thrift, sagacity, and
judgment In bis management, and
whose heart is warm with gratitude
and light with contentment.
TXIE ISTERSATIOXAL ttjJuAil EX.
The Attd favors San Frauciscd as
the fitting out place for the proposed
International Polar Expedition; It
holds that the Expedition cannot do
better than enter the Arctic" by 8ehr
ing Straits. The Atlantie side has
been tried often, and always unsuc
cessfully ; the Pacific side never.
Wrangel did go as far north as he
could conveniently, but his voyage
was made forty years ago, since
which time much new light has been
gained besides, his voyage was
made purposes of general explora
tion, and not with special reference to
the Arctic axis of the globe. Frank
lin, Kane and Hayes may not hate
exhausted all the possibilities of ac
cess to the pole by way of Davis'
Strait, but at sny rate they gate that
route a far better trial than has been
given to either of ths others, and
proved that it is beset by pecu'iar
and very serious disadvantages The
mere facts that floating ice ctetids
twenty degrees frther south on the
American than on the European side,
and that a strong current Retards the
progress of every tessel going norths
ward" in the Strait, are sufficient to
drive explorers to setk other chan
nels The wide sea between Greenland
and Spitsbergen is very convenient of
access to Europeans generally,- and it
is worthy of a trial,- which it is now
having; The North-German Con
federation, young as it iSj is already
represented in the field of Artie ex
ploration by a vessel of eighty tons
and thirteen men, the UCrmanta,
which sailed under the command of
Captain Karl Koldewey, from Ber
gen, Norway, in May last, striking
for the eastern coast of Greenland,
which it is to follow northward. The
vessel was built specially for the pur
Dose, and was fitted up under the di
rection Dr. A. Petermann, who has
for several years been regarded as a
leading man among the students of
Arctic geography. Besides the wages
paid to the men, a number of re
wards are offered to them, such as
500 Prussian thalers for the explora
tion of Gillis' land, 1,000 for tracing
the north coast of Greenlend, 500
for reaching latitude 60, 1,000 for
latitude 83, and as much more for
each additional degree up to the pole
The adventurers are also stimulated
by the reward of JE5.000, offered by
the British Parliament, to the first
party which reaches latitude 89,
without reference to nationality. It
was the expectation of Captain Kolde
wey to return home before winter,
but he has a year's stfpply of provi
sion, and rnay find it contenient to
remain of er. There is a reasonable
presumption that he will give this
route by the east coast of Greenland
a fair trial.
Toe Behrtng route remains. The
pass into the Arctic is narrow, but
not dangerous. An Arctic current
passes northward from the tropical
and Chinese seas by the shores of
Kamschatkaand warn the Pacific t
its northernmost limit. In the sum-
mer a current runs through Behring's
Strait into the Arctic, and in winter
the stream takes the other direction.
The Siberian rivers tend to warm the
water, and in the spring the ice be
gins to break up along the noftbern
Asiatic Coast. It is up there that the
American whalers go to catch the
sperm whale, along the edge of the
ice, and the abundance of those ceta
ceans there at euch a time, their com
parative rarity further south, and
their inability to lire under solid ice,
has given rise to a common opinion
among whalemen that they must
winter m the open polar sea, and
come out under the ice, or through
the broken ice in the spring.
The Polar Expedition vessel otfght,
however, to be a steamer,- or to have
a steam escort, for it often happens
that many days and even weeks are
lost for the lack of a propelling pow
er. If steam can render any assist
ance, there should be no objections
to the use of a Government vessel. It
may be that the erudition should
winter on the shore of the Arctic, so
as to be ready to start at the earliest
possible moment In the spring, but
that is a question which would need
some investigation among persons fa
miliar with that region and with the
navigation of the waters about Behr.
ing's Strait early in the season. There
is good reason to believe that with a
good steamer, proper launches fit for
transportation over ice, and dogs and
sledges to be tised in case of recess
sity, a latitude of 85 could be
reached in les3 time and with less ei
ertion through Behring's Strait than
were spent in reaching 79 by way
of Davis' Strait;
All the parlies to the proposed ex
pedition have large possessions in the
Pacific,- and all should be willing to
send the eipedilion this way, because
the Behring route is as promising as
any other and is the ouly one untried
After tbe abote paragraphs were
in type, we observed in a French
journal a stalerneht that a subscrip
tion has been raised in France to fit
out a vessel, which tfiil sail about the
end of January next for the North
Pole, by way of Behring's Strait,
touching at Honolulu on her way.
The sura collected at the latest date
was hot sufficient to supply a first
class vessel and outfit, but it was
considered enough to render it Certain
that the expedition would sail, and
hopes were entertained that a much
larger sum would be obtained before
it would be necessary to purchase the
vessel. The sending of this expedi
tion is no good reason, however for
Dot fitting up another to follow the
same route, for if the French should
reach the l'ole, trere will De a con
siderable region still left for others to
explof-e.
The various advantages of our
recent acquisition of the Midway Is
lands by the simple process of hoists
ing a flag on them, are thus summed
up by the New York Times :
" As they were uninhabited, no te
sistance was made. As they are nn
claimed by any Power, no offense has
been given. As tbey are very little
ones,- no one is hurt by oar owner
ship of them. As they are midway
between the Sandwich Islands and
Japan, they are very handy things to
have. As we get, by them, a fine
harbor and a convenient station in
the Pacific, they will be of high value
to us. As they cost nothing, no one
will complain of the price.''
i
In each of three Court Iion'se
villages of Delaware the whipping
post is an old and familiar ornament
It was removed from Wilmington
many years ago, but you can see it
in Georgetown and Newcastle j and
in Dot er, the State Capital, the leg
islators, if in session at the time of
Court, cah hear the screams of the
whipped in the green jail-yard be
hind the State Hotise, and, if they
like, look oat of the Representatites'
hall upon the flogged.
Speaking of Hartford, Conn.,
Mark Twain say s : " Another blue
law of the City preserves the beauty
and uniformity of the streets and
building. By its terms yoa mnat obf
tain permission from the city govern
ment before you build on your lot
before you construct an addition to
your house before you erect a stable.
You cannot build a house jost when
you please, and jou cannot build just
any sort of a house yoa please,
either.5'
.
-The billiard profession of the
metropolis has just been reinforced
by a French player, possessing in aO
eminent degree the savoir fdite, that
combination of manual dexterity and
business tact so essential in the bil
liardisi who is indifferent as to with
whom he plays.
THE RESCL'K STATIONS
The Metropolitan Board of Health
of New York City, in addition UJ
many other wise reform's Inaugurated
by it, has manufactured a life-saving
apparatus, established a large fiUmbef
of resctfe stations, and published the
roles adopted by tht Board f0rGih
resuscitation of tha apparently
drottned. In order to gite a widtf
circulation to these important 1a
stroctions, with which all person
ought to make themselves acquainted
we reproduce the rales as published
by the Board.
At every ferry -bouse, jind at th
other stations mentioned ifl the list,
the rescue apparatus, namely, tha
heaving lines, grappling pole and
ladders are found.
Every police officer by the tfateraidi
Is regarded as having authority Qrf
the rescue npparotos, but whoefsf
can reach the apparatus first and em
ploy jt, should Ciake the effort, and
should call for help; Lose no tima
in grappling and lifting the body oul
of the water, and at the nearest dry
place at once begifl the work of rej
suscitation, according to tha follow
ing rules :
fcfcxEs roit BEstscifAfiNo xiia
hROWNED.
Remember that the patient mtist
be treated instantly and on the" spot
where rescued. He must be freely
esposed to the open air ; loosen the
clothing so as to freely expose tha
neck and chest. All persons not
needed for sating him should avoid
crowding about.
Let the thfoat and moutb ba
cleansed, by placing the patient gentl
face downward, with one of his wrists
Oder his forehead. Quickly wipe
and cleanse the mouth, and if the pa
tientdoes not breathe, immediately
begin the following movements!
Postufe. Place the patient on his
back, with shoulders raised and sop
ported easily on a folded coat Of e
some kind of pillow.
To keep up a Free Entrance of Air
into the Windpipe. Let one person
at the patient's head grasp the toRgue
gently and fiiruly with his fingers
Covered with a bit of handkerchief
and drawing it out beyond the lips j
then either hold it or press the under
jaw (chin) np so as to retain the
tongue protruding from" ths mouth
but it is better to hold it in that po
sition with the hand.
To Produce and imitate tht Move
ments of Breathing. Raise the pa
tient's extended arms upward to the
sides of his head, and then ptlll (hem
steadily, firmly, and slowly outward,
and forward. Next turn doWti the
arms by the patient's sides and bring
them closely and firmly across lha
pit of the fitomach and press them
and the sides and front of the chest
gently but strongly for a moment,
then quickly begin to tepfeat the first
movement
Let those tvto kinds of movements
be made very deliberately and trith
out ceasing until the patient breathes,
and let the two movements be repeat
ed about twelve or fifteen times a
minute, but not more rapidly, remera.
bering that to thoroughly fill the
lungs with air Is the object of the first
or upward and outward motethent ;
and to expel as much air os possible
is the object of the second of down
ward motion and pressure. This ar
tificial respiration should be steadily
kept up for forty minutes or more
when the patient appears not to
breathej and after the natural breath
ing begins let the same motion ba
very gently continued, and let the
proper stimalauts be given in the
iotertals.
It help and blankets are at band
have the body stripped and Wrapped,
in blaukets, but not allow the move
ments to be stopped. By-standen
can supply dry clothing. And tha
assistants should bnskiy rub tt.a leet O
and legs, pressing them firmly and
rubbing upward, while the move
ments of the arms and chest are
going on. Apply hartshorn or &
feather within the nostrils occasion
ally, and sprinkle or lightly dash cold
water upon the face and neck. The
legs and feet may be rubbed and
wrapped in ht blankets if blue or
cold, or if the weather is cold
Give brandy by the tea. spoonful,
or hot sling two or three limes a
minute, until the beating of the pulse
can be felt at the wrist, but be care
fui and not gite more of the stimulant
than is necessary. Warmth should
be kept up in the feet and legs, and,
as soon as the patient breathes natur
ally, let him be carefully removed to
a house and be placed in bed under
medical carc
If there is help enough at hand
when the patient is taken from the
water or afterward, let the nearest
medical officer in the catalogue (of
any other physician iiear by be
called, but let there be no waiting for
a physician. Do the best that can
be done methodically and deliber
ately according to tha ioregoiog
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