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f THE OREGON ARGUS, rusueuico avrnr atohd. uor.nixo, ! BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Office-Good's Building, Main st. Edito rinl Koom in first story. TERMS Thi Aaoue vilt be furmthttl at riot DolLri per Annum or S t MmIh Jr Thru Dollars. t2T No Sult.-rijitiano rereirei Jar lets limn Six ' Months, Cf A'a paper d-itrantinned until nil arrearage) i an paid, unless at the option of thr publisher. ADYJ'.UTIMINO HATIiS. One square (IS Hunt or km) one insertion, 8.1,(10 " " two iiucrtiuun, 1,00. " three insertions, Jt.l.nO. Each ub.wqiicnt insertion, j,oi). treasonable deduction to Ihueo w!io ilvvilue by tlis year. Job Printing. Til riiornir.Ton or tub AUC1U3 u haw to inform the inb!io tlmt lie haa juat received a large Hor.k of JUU TYPE nnd other new print ing inatcriul, and will be in llio ; ccdy receipt of nd litmus suited to nil tho ri-niilreiiiriita of iln I... rnbly. IIANDHIU.M, rosTKIlS, W.ANKS, uihiuuaii.-1 I A nil II Ijj1, I -VVUKK find other kin lit, done !o order, on abort notice. ME CKXTL.E TO TIIY UtSU.VND. i; V tir.S. I. V. KXOS, . Ue gctitlo to tliy Ilu.vband, Remember, nil day long, Amid tho din nnd tumult, Ho battle with llio lhro;.g. . No wonder Hint llie uub!o brow Grows clouded with the c.ire That presses on li t henrt mi 1 hands While he in struggling there. An J when the night hn gathered homo The loved one to hie rest, 15c gentle if no m!le appears, TIutoi orrof in liia b.ca.t. Tii trno, you niim tho wclenmo vo:ce, W'hac toiui arc nlwayn kiml, And lung to ra'ao the c'oud thiit coata A ahado'.v on his m u l. Vol, never fwr, that through it nil ' Thy presence i not bleat ; F.ir liko the mmOilnc thruugh the stcmn, l bringa a.veot tlioughta of rcjt. And nuny timca, when labor-ktfsed, Thy gentle tonca have conic, An I m ute g'a.1 imuie in lib heart, 'Tlianka bj fur thro niul home." lie auro, nlthougli h'apeuka it not, ..- '1'hou nrt the aiar whose itiy Mukm life, and guidclh nil In I fe'a darlt, rujgod way. And au bo ever j;eu:!c : Kind worda und deeda frnm thee Uo mure tov.-.ud nukii lubor light, Than cvor thou coulda't aoc. For the Argui. WUo are the i. Honorable Motrin It has been shown in former communica tion what honor ihcro is in the rum seller mid tho dopgery keeper. They arc licensed to deal out "tho death dealing bowl" by a . cinsa of men who arc elected to revise and make laws such as, In their iudjjinerit, the tntorests, the condition, and the wauls of tho country require. They aro supposed to bo competent men to luyUlato for tho best interests of the people thev represent. ' How are the facts in the case! Arc not those same reprosen'atives, men capable of seeing, from their own expeiieneo and yWrrntioti, tho influence of intoxicating liquors upon themselves and upon others of their neighbors and acquaintances? Are thoy so blind, and so ignorant of the effects of drinking liquor, that they do not know from thoir own observation that it tends more than !fll other causes to impoverish the man that drinks or uses liquor to c.ces? Do they not feel in their very souls (if they linvo any) ashamed to get drunk, mid tell us thoy "o'espiso a druuknrd !" They make Jawa to puuish the m:m that gets drunk and commits nn assault on his neighbor, while he is drutik, Do they not know from their 0ft'n observation that directly or indirectly in ore tbau half of the casualties and heart rending accidents that occur among us, as iheir constituents, occur directly through the influence or effect of liquor? Why, lias our Legislature in 185- mado a law to jiunish by,fino a man that sells or gives li quor to tho Indians in this Territory I Is it becauso they could see that the Indian would be injured or injure others while un der its influenco, and yet' they cannot see that it will injure their more enlightened and honored selves and constituent i Un der our government we Lave, as citizens) delegated or given to our representatives the Vight, tho power, and the privilege to make iuch laws for us as they may think will be for our best interests as a people. As dem ocrats, wo support and sustain them iu their legislative acts. Do those acts tend to pro mote the best interest of the people, or "docs the license law, which is kept upon the 'statu to book, give an exclusive privilege to the unprincipled, soulless being .in human bhapc, who pays for the privilege of ruining 'as many of his fellow-men as he can bring ( Vindor his influence. I nm acquainted with j teome of these liccnsc-law-makcrs in Oregon, j who Lave, or did actually assist and advo- j teate the granting of licenses in order to j lrin; this traffic unJer the control of law,' iand for revenue. Some of them have de graded themselves to beastly drunkards, whom thy pretended lo despise) when they V. 1.. Art AM H, V.AIlnr anil Proprietor. VOIu 1. advocated the license law, and di.l wlmitti.-y I personal tiolence, unit murdered her to con citilil to legislate and ninko tlio business c. nl tho first crime. A chain of circum honorable. No ono nortecs tlictn now ex-1 stautinl ovidetice win brought bear against ccpt occaHioiuilIjr an nctivo, warmhearted him, too strong for a doubt n to higuih (and in the estimation of t!i. tender. Tublic indinulioii ran high, and often the hearted, soulless rum sellers, "loo phihin- j iil in which ho was confined wn in danger thropic'') son of teiii'ienince, who still labor . of luting forced opon, and C. suffering the in hope of befer limes. Some of them vengeance of on ctiriiirod i.onulaco. The have descended to the doggery keeper' sta tion, and actually dealt in tho article. Iiut their works follow them somo of them have becomo victims of their own soulless and miserablo tniflic. I know some who now fill the station of representative of the pioplo of Oregon, whom I havo seen beast ly drunk. Should this article meet their f-yos, as I hopo it will, all I ask of them is to cur.o tho writer, and own the truth. You may think you enn smother this question for a timo ct that the country la not prepared for prohibition that the falsehood and misrepresentation respecting the Maine law will satify the people, and keep back enquiry upon the suhj, ct. Hut suppose the Majno liquor law is defeated (which is not the case,) do not the evils, the vicr,und the accursed efl' cla of liquor, in juro the community -j nu represent J Mas not the licenso system bpen tried long enough to convince erery man, who has any reason in his brain, thai to license the business is only to protect it, and make it a mono; oly anion:; the unprincipled part of community. To force tho yrcntrr number i f your constituents lo fie up a privilege because you by law have licensed a few to sell according to law, and impose a fine upon any one who sells contrary to ynir idea of right and law in the case. If the retail unsiness is an evil that requires restraint, or a special lax, why not stop it t Io you, as our representatives, act an honorable part in this matter? riWIIIBITIONIST. For the ArgUM. A Uimlnliccncc In tho fall of 1850, I visited again the town on tho Ohio Kivcr, in which I spent my c.ii ly life. I had a widowed sister resi ding in the country a few miles from town I visited her, and whilo viowing the farm nnd outgronnds, my nephew pointed out to mo an old beach tree, upon tho bark of which was cut : "Hero D.C. murdered P. O.Dec. 18 1924." ' Twenty-six years had elapsed since the dreadful tragedy hero alluded lo. I was intimately acquainted with both of the pur ties, and all the circumslunces came fresh lo my mind, as though but of yesterday's oc currence. Miss G. had been in tho employ ment of my sister for a fow weeks previous to her death. On Saturday evening, Dec. 17th, 182J, the young lady left for her father's for a change of cloihes. Ono week elapsed, aid she did not return to my sis ter's house. IJer mother visited my sister, and inquired about her daughter, who had not returned on the day before, as usual. The girl had now been missing for nearly ninfi days ! The streams were very highi and the first impression was that she was drowned. On inquiry it was ascertained that after leaving home the girl had started for Mr. K.'s, and instead of crossing the foot log ov,.r a largo stream intervening, she had gone by the way of the saw mill of Mr. C.'s father. The young man had crossed her in a skiff, and was seen to start with her toward Mr. K.'s. About an hour after, ho was heard to shoot his rifle, and soon af ter he returned home, and had blood on his hands and clothes. lo stated ihat he had killed a turkey, and had given it to a fami ly of poor emigrants passing aloag. Miss G. was seen last with him, nnd going in the direction of Mr. K.'s sugar camp. Many persons collected, and a general search com menced. Finally, near the beech tree allu ded to, there were indications of a general skirmish broken sticks, bushes twisted round, the ground torn up, and dark s'ains upon the leaves. A trail made off! as of something having been dragged, and on fol lowing it near eighty yards a small pile of logs was discovered in a slough of water, and a woman's hand was seen peering up between the logs! The body of the girl was brought out shockingly btuised the clothes drawn forward, the body having been dragged on the ground, and across a log two feet in diameter. An inquest was held on the body, and a verdict of death by beating, inflicted by an unknown person, rendered. A second inquest was held by a jury of women, and tho verdict was ren- dered deflowered. Suspicion rested on C. lie and Miss G. were engaged to be married, and it was supposed ho had used , YH'.UU. .Wnuw naught of tlilru promises or Hint, know uottiut of t'.oronrla. nail Mar, and Hlrlnits.M - onsoouoiTv, onaaorj TuaaiToav, Saturday, Bsoaxasazi "a9,"iw. case passed two terms of court, and finally, when the trial came on, three days were consumed in making up the jury. Able counsel were employed for and against the accused, and after a long nnd faithful hear ing the jury brought in a verdict of acquit tal 1 Tho young man was discharged, hut so great was (he excitement that ho left for six months j and, on returning, his father sold out his farm nnd mill, and with k!s family removed to Vermillion county, Illi nois. The mnttcr began to die away, when lo! the true murderer became known. The chain of circumstance by whfch the truth was divulged is too revolting to relate, lie was arrested and committed, but by sme quirk of the law he was. bailed out, and fled forever. Hi came westward, and changed his name, ns was supposed. His securities paid the bail money, $1600, nnd hit. wife and three children were sent off, and none of tliein were heard of again. Poor C. died of a broken -henrt. Deep and lasting regret pervaded the minds of the community for their untiring pursecution of j the innocent young man, whom they sup posed to ho guilty. The murderer was one of the jury of inquest on the (lend body of Miss G. 1 lit w as then a married man, and had seen C. part from her ucar Mr. K.'s sugar camp, and afterwards waylaid her, and committed the double crime, ns Ftated. The log over which the dead body w ns drag ged was nearly rotted away when I visited the spot ; tho old beech trco had died, but the inscription was yet discernible. My heart swelled with cnioliou on leaving the fatal spot. D. N. Mahion Co., O. T Dec. 14, 155. IMclui'O of the Uospltal at Seuastoyol. Of all the pictures of the horrors of wnr whieh have ever been pre-ented lo thu world, the llo pil ul at Xcbastnpo! preaenta the must horr b'e, he.trt re.idinjfnnd levolting. It cannot be described, an! the imagination of a Fuaetli could not conceive unj th'i.g at all like unto it. How the poor huinnu body can be mutilated nnd ret hold the euul with in, when every limb ia ahnttered, nnd every vein and artery ia pouring out the life atream, one might atudy here at every step, and ut tho anuie time wonder how little will kill ! The building ueed as a Iniepitul ia one of the noble pilea inside tho dock yard wall, and iaa'tento in tho center of tho row ut right nnglce to the line of tho re Ian. The whole row waa peculiarly exposed to the action of the ehot and shell bounding over the redan, und to the ni Bsiiea directed at tho Darraek buttery, und it beara in sides, roofs, windows nnd doors, frequent and distinctive proofs of the severity of the cannon ade. Entering one of these doora I beheld such a eight as few men, thank God, have ever witneaaed ' In a long low room, supported by Hiiare pillars, arched at the top, and dimly lighted through shat tered and nngluzed window-frames, Iny tho wound ed Itiisj iam, who find been abandoned to our mer cies by their general. The wounded, did I any ? No, but tho dead, the rotten and festering corpses of the aoidiera, w4io were left to die in their extreme agony, untended, uneurcd for, packed ua cluce ns they could bestowed, some on the floor, others on wretched trestles and bedsteads, or pallet of atraw, sopped and saturated with blood, which ooXed and trickled Ihrougli upoa'the fliior, mingled with the droppings of corruption. With the roar of explod ing fortresses in their tin, with flioiis und thoi pouring through the roof and aide of the room In which they toy, with the cruekling nnd hissing of fue a: oun 1 them; these pour fellows, who had serv ed their loving fr end and master the Czar, but too well, were consigned to their terrible fate. Many m ght have been saved by ordinary care. Many lny, yet alive, with inaggota crawling obnut in their wouada. Many, nearly mad by the scene around them, or seeking eacape from it in their cxtiTmest agony, had rolled uway under the beds, and glar ed out on the heart-stricken spectator, oh I with inch looks ! Many with legs and arms broken und twisted, the jagged aplintera aticking through the raw tlesli, implorod aid, water, food or piiy, or, de prived of speech by the approach of death, or by dreadful injuries in the head or trunk, pointed to the lethal spot. Many seemed bent uione on inak in 2 their peace with Heaven. The utlitudc of eome were ao hideously fantastic a to appal and root one to the ground by a tort of dreadful fascin ation. Could that bioody nuu uf clothing and white b OKS ever have been a human being, or that burned black mass of human flesh ever had a hu man soul 1 It waa fearful to think what tho an swer rouit be. The bodies of numbers of men were awo.len anJ bloated to an incredible degree, and the feature distended to a g'gantie size, with eyes pro'.ruiing from the sockets, and the blackened tongue 'oiling out of the mouth, eompreaaed tightly by the teeth, which had aet upon it in the death rattle, made one ahuddcr and reel round. , In the midst of one of thcae "chamber of horrors" for there wure many of them were found some dead and aoine livin? Kngiiah aoidiera, and among them poor Capt. Vanghan of the ninetieth, who has since auccunibed to his wouada. I confess it waa impoa ib!e for me to stand the sight, which herrifiel our mart iiierieneed surgeons ; tho deidly clnminy tench, the sme'.l of gangrened wumiila, of corrupt ed bWI, of m l nglleuli, w .'ie inlo!enib!e nnd ndi nua beyond endurance nut wlmt uiUat have the Wounded felt who were ehl'goJ lo endure all lliii, and who puaaid away without a hand to give them a cup of wuter, or a vniee lo ray one kiudlv word to them t Moat of lluie meu were w ounded on Satur.lay ninny pcrhnpa on the I'riitay befoie indeed ilia imMwnihle to lay liot long they mhdii havo been there. In the hurry of their retreat the MuKovi've aeem to have carried iu dead men Iu get thein out of the way, and lo have put them on palleta in horrid monkery. So that tite r retreat was secured the enoiny cared but little fir their wounded. On Moll lay only did they rc. ievc those whom we sent out lo iln-m during a brief nnnisiiee for the pin p.e, whieh was, I believe, Fought by oureelvee, a our overcrowded lnp luia could not Contain, and our overworked aurgconseould not at- U"ud to any more. Corretpandent af the London Time: tjJTA ccirreapoudcnl of the Deecret News give the follow ng account of the discovery of a new- kind of aupir at Prow City : "Ijiat wcik a eweol aubatiince waadiacovcred on the leavca of the tree A few began lo gather il by stripping off the leavca and snaking them in water in this way f,r. A. Danirie nude eleven pouuda of augar: it lookannd taslra like maple eng.ir. Many scum of men. nonieu and children are now engaged in gathering it. lien II waa Inst discovered soiue anid tlmt it woe liouey.ilj,w j othora said that it proceeded from the Cottonwood leavca ; but it is found on all kimia of leavea and on the rocks. My children have gathiTd nnd brought in a quantity of it. that they had taken from the leavea n it la dej osited ; uf ",e ,rnVt' "r thm cet si:b. tance ns thick a window glass, and eome a treat deal thicker.'' Henator Atchison on the Kansas Question. Sentor Atchison, of Missouri, having been invited to attend the celebration nt tlio spoi of tho batllo of King's Mountain, in North Carolina, sent the coiiitniltco the following significant reply : "Plattk City, Mo., Sept. 12, 1855. "Gentlemen Your letter of invitation requesting my attendance at the celebration of tho battle of King's Mountain lias been received. It will bo altogether inconvenient for mo to be present on that occasion, I have certain duties, both private and public, to discharge ut homo. ; The batllo of King's Mountain was fought by tho whigs under the lend of Campbell, McDowell, Shelby, Se vier and Williams, against tho tories, under the gallant Ferguson. We havo a similar foe to encounter in Kansas on the first Mon day in Oct. next. Tho ' border ruffians," such as fought with McDowell, Shelby ,'&c, on the one baud, and the abolitionists, such meu as fouuht with Ferguson on . the other. We (the, "border ruffians,") havo the whole power of tho Northern States to contend with, single handed and alone, without assistance and almost without sym. pnthy from any quarter ; yet wo are undis mnyed. Thus far have wo been victorious, and with the help of God wo still continue to conquer. "Gentlemen, I thank ynu for tho kind expression in the concluding prngrnph of your letter "Th rco cheers for Atchison nnd Kansas I'1 I havo read this paragraph to sundry of the "bonier rtilli.uiR," nnd their eyes spiuklo ; their arms are norrcd. Wo have been acting on the defc.nsivo altogeth er j th contest with us is ono of life and death, and it will be so with you and your institution if we fail. Atchison, Stringful low, and tho "border ruffians" of Missouri, fill a column of each abolition paper publish ed in the 't,Tth ; abu.-e most foul, and false hood unblushing, are poured out upon us, and yet we have no a'lvoMto in the Sou'h ern press, and yet wo receive no assistance from the Southern Stales. Cut the time will shortly como when that assistance must and will be rendered ; tlio stake llio "bor der ruffians" are playing for is a mighty one. If Kansas is abolitioiiizod, Missouri ceases to bo a slave State, New Mexico be comes a free State, California remains a free State ; but if wo secure Kansas as a slave State, Missouri is Recuru; New Mexico and Southern California, if not all of it, becomes a slave State; in a word, the prosperity or tho ruiu of tho whole South depends on the Kansas struggle. D. R. ATCHISON." fV '-The Russians,-' says an English paper, "had three heavy pieces ofoidnaiice in a battery at the east side of the dockyard creek, which threw their shot nt least six miles! They rarely did any harm. The noise of their course was so great that every one got out of the way." 03" The Louisvillo Courier states that a constant slampeja' is going on among tho slave population of that city and county. lf"Tho Know-Noiiiing Stale Conven-J lion of North Carolina have formally re solved to abandon all sccrcsy whatever. H IIKl.UU'l IO, Five. Jlnllurs Year. 10. 37. UriilHtrntlna of l.rUcm Important Modi nenllons. Tho regulations nnd instructions to Post, niu-tors for carrying into effect tho 3d sec tion of tho Act of March 3, lSflfl, providing for tliM registration of valuable letters, are, by direction of the Postmaster General, modified, as follows, viz : 1. So much of sections 4, 5, and 0 of iheso regulations as requires that packages of registered letters thall be staled, ia here by revoked. 2. All registered letters are, before mail ing, to be wDnhrcd on tho uppi r left hand corner, their numbers (o correspond with those on tho letter bills in which they are entered. 3. Kaeh registered letter, or package of registered letters, will bo enclosed in a wrap per in tho usual manner, nnd if thcro bo n package of unregistered letters to bo sent by the saino mnil, the pnekago of registered letters will be placed in such package, with out being tied, and the whole will then be carefully lied up into one package, address ed to the office of its destination, and placed in its appropriate bag at the moment when that bag is to bo finally locked nnd sent from the (iflico. If no unregistered letters arc lo be sent by that mail, tho package of regis tered letters is to be lied and forwarded in the same manner without being ecnh'd. 4. The registered letter bill will be inclo sed in a separate envelop, addressed to the (fatmastcr.ns now required, and will be for warded by tho usual route as nn unregis tered letter. 6. The number given to registered let ters at tho office of mailing aro not to bo changed in the accounts or letter bills of distributing offices through which they mny pass. 0. Postmasters aro required to seo that tlio postmark of each registered letter (whether written or stumped,) is clear nnd distinct, so that the place and date of mail ing can bo readily determined. Washing ton Union. Picture ot our Countryi "America, as alio now stands, is a si l ik ing fact. J lie Western clearings, tho nn motiso farms of the Mississippi Valley, the Lake trade, tho foreign immigration, toil ing Africa chained to the car of commerce, gorgeous and reckless Now York, nnd sud den San Francisco, excite the imagination, by all that thoy imply and fore-shadow. They represent many ideas, and embody many a wonderful and moving story ; for business lias its danger and daring, its suf fering nnd endurance, nnd tho changes of fortune, in this new wot Id of boundless re sources and free activity, are moro marve Ions than the tales of tho Arabian Nights. This bold enterprise that stretches to the Pacific, this skilled and thoughtful race ffriisI''"g n vost empire. liken Iiomostoad, to cll,tiv"10' nnfJ P1""1' n,lJ n,Jorn i ,llis ljrnve army of workers, inarching on irresistibly to tho conquest of nature, form a grand spectacle Though their weapons the rtxe, the plough, and tho rteamenginc have not the lustre of poel ry that gleams from tho point of the sword ; though the heroes of tho farm, tho work-shop, and the counting house, like vitiligo llampdens, die unsung, yet great qualities aro oft. n exhibited in these huuiblo fields of men's effort, nnd their labirs found nations, as those of the coral insect lift the basis of an island nbovo tho sen, to tho light nnd air of heaven. ' But the picture has its dark sides. Tho eager desire for wealth, the 'incessant and Sabbathless' pursuit of it has becomo the universal passion and occupation. We have that love of money whieh is tho root of all evil ; and under tho deadly sliado of the tree from that root, tho love of know l edge and art, of truth, and virtue, and beauty, withers and dies. 'In prosperity no alters smoke.' Tho curse of Midas is upon ns. Our feelings, our ideas, our aspirations, are all turned into gold, and we are starving amid our barren abniidanco. W'a worship the material, not the spiritual ; tho visible and transient, not tlio invisible and eternal Wo are practical, not intellectual ; nnd our pleasures nro of the senses, not of the rea son", imagination and taste. We are smit ten witli 'the lust of the flesh, tho lust of the eye, and tho pride of life.' We are true disciples of iIik ethics of interest nnd utility, nnd our only morality in rath pay ment, i ruly has it been said, that 'he who maketh hatio to be rich shall not bo inno cent.' If intemperate drinking be the de grading vice of ono portion of our people, intemperate monry-makiny is the besetliny sin of another nnd much larger portion, and it is difficult, to say which is the moro pr r- i uicious. One is a vico of the senses, de stroying tho mind ; the other, a deluson of the mind, nnd n selfish passion, blasting iIia moral sentiments, and palsying the higher powers of tho intellect "Tho poor drunkard cannot resist the "bam fill cup," which benumbs his son!, "uiinimilding reason's mintage," and trans, forming hint 'Iiitot'm ug'oriutielikaucsaof aUcasti'' and the infatuated worshipper of Mammon iiulioerateiy uses ins mental faculties br In own destruction, prefers tho Ignoble nn low to the pure and high, and shuts out lb light of heaven fioin his life. Successful in duslry, rapid grains, rank prosperity, with out counteracting causes to modify their influence, have stimulated this passion for wealth to exces, and have produced already, in this new country, luxury, venality, cor ruption, contempt for intellectual pursuil and pleasures, and sneerit.g indifference lo ennobling nnd elevnted sentiment. Ilenco , vulgar ostentation of our cities ; hcuco tho general want of literary tasto and culture ; hence tho deplorable frauds of business ; hence much of the basnrss of our politics." North Am. Jlcvmp. Washington, Oct. 22. It is reported hero to-day in diplomotic Circles that tllii HnlUli Minuter nfuterls ttinf. ,l0 illlo Btlem,,t to couvict lim of ft viort. tion of the neutrality laws of this country, was the result of a conspiracy of foreigner to embroil tho two government j thnt nt tlio proper timo he will show such to be tho case. Furthermore, Mr. Cratnpton Inti mates, that, should his recall bo cot suininn tod, no succes-or would be uppoiutcd in his place. In the Court of Claims lo-dny tho case of John C. Hale was argued by lion. F. I!. Stanton. The claim is for the trnct of land, on which are situated the celebrated hot springs of Aikanscs, valued at one hundred thousand dollars. ArPLESFoit Human Foon. With us the value of the apple, n nn article of food, is far underrated. Besides containing a largo amount of sugar, mucilage, and other nutritive matter, apples contain vegetable acids, aromatic qualities, etc., which act and powerfully in the capacity of refrigerants, tonics, and antiseptics; and when freely used nt the season of mellow ripeness, they prevent debility, indigestion, and avert, without doubt, many of tho "ills which flesh is heir to." Tho operators of Cornwall, England, consider ripe apples nearly ns nourishing ns bread, and far moro so than potatoes. In the year 1901 which wn a year of much scarcity apples, instead of being converted into cider, were sold lo tho poor ; and tho laborers asserted that thev could "stand their work" on baked apples, wiiho'it meat: whereas, a potato diet re uired either meat or some other substanti al nutriment. The French and Germans use apples extensively, as do the inhabitants of all Kuropenn nations. The laborer de pend upon them ns nn article of food, and frequently make dinner of sliced apples and bread, 'f hero is no fruit cooked in ns man v different ways in our country as apples ; nor is thcro any fruit whoso value, as nit articlo of nutriment, is ns great, and so lit tlu appreciated. Witter Cure Journal. Titp. Rothschilds. An article is going tho, rounds of llio press stating that tho whole concern of llio llothsch'iids is worth 700,000,000 in money capital besides i300,OOQ,000 more in real estate, mines oVc. So far from this be ing the fact, we under stand that tlio gr neinl estimate in Europu ns to tho aggregate wealth of tho whole) concern Is SU0, 000,000 francs, or about $10,000,00(1. The idea is purely absurd llial their weallh should amount to such an iiqrinoiH sum ns 81,000,000,000, equal at 0 per cent, to an annual incoilio of sixty mili- ns of dollars a sum which, in coin' paratively a few years, accumulating iu it compound ratio, and doubling it every twelve years, would concentrate in their hands a Inro portion of tlio wealth and pro perty of all Europe. pATftWTtc. A short time sinco thcro was a terrible thunder-storm nt Niagara Falls. In the rending room of the InternV tional sat a staid, sober, middle-aged man, absorbed in tho contents of a newspaper, never heeding the raging 0f the element around him. ' There camo a clap of thun der louder, moro terrific than any which pfwded, reverberating with the innumer able echoes through the gorg, and the ac company ing lightning throwing a luiM glar upon everything. r Our quiet man deliberately raised his hendobovo the edgy of tin pap' r, and as deliberately remarked: "That's on the American side They can't ,'et up such thunder in tho Queen's do. minions," and then resumed his reading without another word. 03" To euro poverty sit down end growl about it. l!y ao doing you'll bo sure) 10 ficI' ""J 'n:ik'' y0""-" particularly ?aoi to every budy. !.! a: i jl ifll" ;!' !fi I Vili m- 2 If it,! th If to, 4 ! i ;S, t k "i Hi ?i f;, i.