V. S. OMriitl Pnprr far Oregon.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10, Wi.
KXPVBLH'AJI HT ATE tXMTV K3TTIOS.
A Republican State Convention
for t lie State of Oregon will he held
at the city of Portland, at 11 a. sr.,
on Wednesday, the 20th day of
March, 1872, for the purpose of
nominating a candidate for mem
berof Congress; six delegrates to
the National Republican Conven-
tion to be held at Philadelphia,
June, 1872 ; three IVosidontial
Electors; and forthe transaction of
such other business as may be
thought proper.
'ft several counties will be en
titled to Delegates in such Conven
tion as follows :
Baker Couuty 8
Benton County X. J. H
Clackamas County ,.". .A... UK
Clatsop Couuty,... I
Cow County,;-. ... , 5
4'mrryGoiii... 4 3
Columbia' County 2
Dwigjaa Couuty 13
irauColiityji, 0
Jackson Cwuifjr. 10
Josephine Couuty 3
Ijme County 13
Linn County 17
'Marion County 24
Tillamook County 2
Umatilla County 5
Union County 8
Wasco County 7
iaoingipiuiity.....
TBI
Total Number of Delegates . . .208
The State Central Committee re
commends
JiolAtnefrpl
unlay, March 2d, and their Connty
Conventions for seleetion of Dele
gates to the State Convention on
T. B. ODENEAL, Ch'n.
C P. Cuakdall, Sec'y.
Salon, Febntary 1, 1872.
TbtAwMpttKi tf the Hf-mmQIb
Tbe assumption of the Democra
cy of to-day is without precedence
Its aRn to plibuc confidence ahf
as bra-sen in their effroiitry, as they
are insulting in their presumption.
With more cheek than brains, and
more impertinence than prudence, it
assumes a part in the drama of pol
Hies for which it has no single ad
aptation, and for which its recent
Mstory can furnish no other testi
mony than that of contradiction ;
and preRmmnr' on the ignorance or
forgetful ness of the people, it flaunts
its pretentious upon the political
stage, and expects to be received
into public confidence. Is it possi
ble that Democracy has become so
infatuated with its own follies and
sins, as to regaid them as virtues
worthy of public admiration, or does
it estimate the standard of public in
telligence and virtue so low, as to
presume upon lis ability to mislead
the people? While the past his
tory of the Democratic party is full
of mistakes and crimes ; while con
tradictions and errors of the most
disastrous character to itself and the
nation are still seen in their effects
upon every hand ; while the people
in Oregon and California are suffer
ing from tho frails of unjust and
criminal legislation, enacted to
tiate the greed of dishonest legisla
tors and their particular supporters
and friends, how can it have the
braifiMpuon to set up die
claims for public, favor that it does ?
One would think that it would hide
its head for very shame ; but no, in
the exube,rance of its supreme im
Hidenoeaod depravity, heartless be
cause impenitent, cruel because un
changed, it arrogates all it has feet,
the principles of Jefferson, the in
tegrity of a Jackson, the fervor of a
Douglas, the consistency of Ste
phensand that, too, while new
departures, and passive schemes, and
litigant bills, and swamp land swin
dles, and Tammany frauds, and
general demoralisation stares it in
the face, like so many reproving
ghosts and asks to be elevated to
power that it may bring about a
reformation in the affairs of the na
tion! b not such assumption with
out precedence? "Amies and
sondes of Democrats," as Pome
roy says, trying to teach "fat offices
and rich stealings" under the sjxs
cious guise of reformer. Democ
racy must be renewed m the sphit
of its mind, become a "tew crea
ture," be entirely transformed, re
constructed throughout, in nature
and practice, before it can hope to
command any respect in the char
acter of a reformer. As the matter
stands now, the assumption excitce
do greater emotion than that of in.
dignant contonit, in the mind of
all sensible people.
The Democratic journal of -the
' state, directly or by implication,
; ciahn for tlie Democracy a large en-
dowment of honesty. To one uir
acquainted with the natural charac
teristics of that party, and the un
scrupulous check of its journalistic
supporters, tlie claims of the latter
in this direction would appear con
vincing and cornet. A familiarity,
however, with the practice of De
mocracy in this direction, will probe
this claim to tho core, and show its
rottenness. Fairness and candor
are not features, or qualities, of Dem
ocratic discussion or investigation.
Wbfle Democracy shows the keen
est vigdinee in detecting the errors
of tlie opposition, it shows none at
all in discovering its own, but
accepts them only as public opinion
drives them to h. The Hodge de
falcation was early seized upon with
avidity by every Democratic sheet,
little and big, from Maine to Texas ;
but it took them a long while not
until public sentiment had driven
them to it to give their consent to
condemn the enormous stealings of
the Tammany ring. In this they
were unfair and unjust. But this
is the mildest feature of injustice
displayed by jounals of Democra
cy. ' If they would limit themselves
in their exposures and animadver
sions on tliem to actual tacts, unde
niable occurrences, their injustice
wonid not become so apparent ; but
the disposition to invent baa be
come so thoroughly cultivated, that
real facto are entirely overwhelmed,
r rendered nugatory, by a super
abundance of imaginary statements.
The Hodge defalcation, for instance,
serves' as a thread upon which to
string statements , of defalcations,
amounting in tlie grand aggregate, if
they wereall summed np, to thous
ands ofmilhons of dollars; more
money , perhaps, than passes through
the hands of those at whom these im
aginary charges an mended to
point In this they overdo the
matter, and excite a feeling of un
belief, even in the minus of those
who are the most anxious to be con
vinced. We might refer, too, in
this conneftion, to the charge which
has been so zealously circulated
against President Grant the one
which asserts that lie has become a
millionaire since his occupancy of
the Presidential chair, thereby im
plying dishonesty. Democracy has
here found a fruitful field in which
to indulge in its paramount propen
sity of making a great deal out ot
nothing. Some of the Democratic
journals have placed the value of
Gen. Grant's pomessions at as high
a figure as twenty-five millions, all
obtained since his election to the
Presidency. Nobody believes such
a charge, no matter how mash in
clined, because it is too extravagant.
If the figures had been put some
wliere within a million or less, there
might have been found tome per
sons credulous enough to believe the
falsehood; but as it is, the projec
tors of the charge are the only ones
who; a justly regarded as dishon
est. But while the Democrac? is
i t u ii j I
o uoBiuim in m pvpciKsny w id- I
vent enormous falsities about the
character and acts of its adversary,
it is just as unscrupnlons iu its ef
forts to cover up its own misdeeds
arime8,or to defend them. The
leaders of the democratic jou rnals
have not forgotten how
those journals endeavored to apol
ogise tor, or cover up the Tammany
crimes; they are well posted a to
vne arguunnis now uemv irsou vo
the 8wamn 1mA swindle in
tH Slate; they have no need to
be tot bow bitmnlry these litigant
organaof Oregon pat on the tyran-
nical tariff in Collecting their bills
for legal fmntihg. They can thus
see that while these journals make
great professions of honesty, their
daily deeds give them the lie. Like
tbefobtsh priest, they may deliv
er long desertations on honesty,
but there is the stolen chicken in
thsrejfrev,' Tliey may cry out thief,
tbfef; but the people can see that
it is but a nwe to distract public at-
; tention from tlieir own raKcring.
The louder the cry, the tJeter go
their hands into the fmolic cotters.
Dishonesty towards opponents in the
management of public interests, be
long as naturally to the Demeern
y of this State, as lour logs to a
quadruped.
A dispatch from Halifax, based
on trustworthy authority, states that
a document has been signed by the
Canadian Government for a ser-
atkm from the Hritihi Empire.
When the Imperial Parliament
passed4nc act of Confederation, an
agreement to separate was arranged,
to take effect whenever the British
Government saw tlie necessity for
such action. I It is now stated that
ever since tlie treaty the British
troops have been gradually with-'
drawn from Canada, until now
there is hardly a soldier left outside
of Harfar. Should tho complice
tions between the United Stites a-si
Great Britain assume a war-likc
character, there is but little doubt
but that the Imlependene? of Can-
ad will be consummated by procta
mation, and thus Great Britain
will be relieved of the necessity of
defending that colony.
TokcM or OmSMomc
One of tlie best indications of the
success of Gen. Grant's administra
tioiijsays a cotemporary , "is tlie judg
ment passed npn it by tlie money
magnates of Europe." While the
opponents of Gen. Grant are resort
ing to every expedient which ambi
tion and hatred and miscmpulons
ness can invent, for the purpose of
weakening theconfideuce which the
success of his administration has so
justly and overwhelmingly rallied
to his support at home, the Roths
childs, of Europe, give expression to
their confidence by offering to take
six hundred millions of our nation
al debt at rates of 5, 4, and 4 per
cent interest Tlie attacks of as
piring demagogues and unscrupu
lous opponents become as volatile as
vapors, in the face of expressions of
confidence so substantial.
A Senate bill has been reported
by Hill from the Committee on
Pestofnoes aud Bailroads, for an in
crease of mail service between San
Francisco aud Japan. It empow
ers the Postmaster General to make
a contract with tlie Pacific Mail
Steamship Company for carrying a
semi-monthly mail on the present
established route at a rate of com
pensation not to exceed tlie rate
now paid tor monthly service, and
upon the same conditions fixed by
acta of Congress in reference thereto
and the contract made in pursuance
thereof; provided, tint steamships
hereafter accepted for said service
shall not be less than four thousand
tons register each.
Democratic extravagance is well
'Illustrated in California. A mes
sage from the present Governor to
the Senate shows that the State
debt is $4,115,305 58, instead of
$3,462,000, as reported by Govern
or Height in his December message ;
the State Capitol Fund has been
overdrawn nearly
half a million;
the Normal School Fund. 8100.-
aaa . a i 1 n-Jy
wv , ure luiu suu nutu) j rinuii
re 5,000 in debt, and the Military
Sumner has made a motion in
Senate to reconsider the confirma
tion of Leggett as Governor of W,
T.
The Salem Mercury devotes six
editorial squibs to Sister Duniway
this week. She "boddW that
Journal.
,' '
The Secretary of War has decid
ed that retired officers can claim
total lemrth of their
service up to January, 1870. '
tliere
TImj StitHlifif Atwrican says
AUIHTI.H1AI. -
ADri.TftRATfn HCTTF.lt.
sre thousands of pounds of butter daty ami a tin basin, have some pun nog
sold In tlie clfv of New York, wjdch 1 laid melted, and give the crack a good
are adulterated with a substance made ' gnabK- '"'hew 1 feed tlie rows with
from cotton-seed oil. It I creditable something that they like to eat, which
to flic farmers as a class tliat they are diverts their attention. 1 commence
not .open to the charge of adulterating stripping down (lie tents with my
tlnif produce; yet the' sullijr from thumb aud finger ; I do not clasp my
dishonest competition or dealers who Whole hand harshly round the teat, for
make lip and sell tliese fraudulent eon. tiy so doing the cracks will o u ami
pounds, and by so doing aftVrt unfa- j hurt the row. If the cow is inclined
vorably not only the sale hut the cliar- ' to kick, do not whip her. I have long
.icter of tin.' genuine article. Asa mat- since timnd it better to put tbriu on the
ter of curiosity we describe an artifl- shoulders and cud tlielrcliecks, snoak
rial compound which was niaiiufac- iug gently to them Hum ton all tlie
Hired in Paris to supply the want of . goadtick one caiigetlioldof. lt takes
real butter during the late scige. The , a little lowier to milk iu this way. I
refuse materials left after manufacture
of srearinc from fatty animal natters
such as tallow, c, consisting of an
oily piste, composed of olelne and
iiiargaruc. were wastied In water ad
ulated with muriatic avid for tlie pur
pose, of bleaching it. It was then siuV
Jeetetl to tlie action ot a cliemleal solu
tion for a period of three hour, during
which it was made to aopilre tlie taste
aud color of butter, 'lids snbsranec,
manufactured without any assistance
from tlie cows, was eonsiderd an
ex-
cedent substitute for butter, ami was
rvadilv accented in nlaee of it bv the
people, wlio eonsldend it much sn -
pcrlor to any other artificial product of j while milking, and to l applied be
this description. , j fore s?ullJlf .ftMisjpplied. To
, ' . ' grease inside-of tlie cow s legs with
A tlwwigli-bred animal is one Uwt ; far(i where mb agallist ty,c tcaU
win transmit m pecuiMr ciiaractens-
tits with almost unerring certainty to
its progeny, t 'rouses and grade ani
mals will not do tills with satisfactory
certainty. Prof. Agassis stand a fact
which breeders of domestic animals
should never forget or undervalue,
when he said, no offspring Is simply
tlie offspring of IU Cither ami moth
er. It Is, at the same time, tlie off
spring of grandfatlier and grandmother
ou Mm rtrtes. Hitnout touching
grouiM atalldeiiateabie.hemigbMiaw
asserted that this dependence at ofC-
spring or liability to reproduce family
characteristics extends much farther
up tlie ancestral line. Heine tin- itn
porUnce of thorough breeding.
According to common aceeptlon, a
cow is never a thorough-bred nor a
Kilt-blead ; but iu tlie instances where
sire and dam are ' Ayrshire or Dur
ham, -or Derauthat is. have been
bred pure for many generations tliey
are called "tlwrourlibred" or "full
blood, " t Ik term being sy nony mou in
breeders' parlance. A tlwroughbred is
maile by wreKilly breetllng to estab
lish a ilistinctive atal ienniuient type,
and intcr-brceding to retain it ; but if
iwo moroiignnreos ot aisimcxive types
or breeds arc inter-bred, the progeiiy is
no longer regarded a iiiU-hlood or
thonmghbred. but cross-bred.
HOW TO CX Ilfe HAMS.
Almost every farmer has his own
particular recipe for curing his pork
and liamj. But this is not saying that
every one ot tbem succeeds, in produc
ing a first, rate article, and there is no
doubt but some, at least, might im
prove upon their mode of coring hams.
The following (bur recipes are said to
be those! after which the premiums
were cured that gained a priie at tto i
Mary laud State Fair :
First Pi.kmu m. -Mix two and one
half pounds saltpetre', finely powdered,
one-half bushel flue salt, three pounds
Drown sugar, one-nau gallon molasses.
Hub the meat with the mixture ; puck
with skin down. Turn i over once
a week and add a little salt After
being down three or four weeks, take
out. and bang up two or three weeks
until it is dry. Then smoke with hick
ory wood three or four weeks ; then
Uur or pack away iu a cool place (not a
cellar) in chaff or hay. Thonvu htt.
Second PKEktrsi. The meat, after
being cutout, must he rubbed, piece by
piece, with very fine powdered salt
petre, on the flesh side, and where the
lea Is cutoff a tablespooutuj (not heap
ed to each liam, a desert spoonful to
each shoulder, and about half that
quantity to each middling and jowl ;
tills must be rubbed in. Then salt it
by
th(
packing a thin coating of salt on
io flesh side of each piece, Bay one
lalf an im-h thick : nack the nieces on
a scoftokllng, or on a floor with strips
of plank laid a few inches apart all
over it (that is, under tlie meat) ; the
pieces must be placed skin side down,
Iu the following order : First, tarns ;
, !.., 1.1. . tl.tnl Innrlj. fun-til
middling ; take tlie spare ribs out of
the middlings, une meat must ne in
this wise six weeks if the weather, is
mlM ; eight If cold, the brine being al
lowed to run freely. J. U. Mclhwv-
TniKD Premium. Halt a bushel of
fine salt, three pounds of brown sugar,
two and one half pounds of saltpetre,
onetaltgallon of molasses. Mix tliese
Ingredients together, then nib each
ieee well w ith the mixture until all
absorbed. The meat must be taken
out of the pickle once a Week for six
weew ; the two nrst times tne meat is
taken out, tliere is to be a plate of alum
salt added to tlie plckle.-.ffr. If.
ll.UarrMt. A
For; urn Premicm. Two and one
half pounds of saltpetre, dried and fine
ly powdered, one-half bushel best Liv
erpool salt, three pounds of brown su
gar, and one-half gallon molasses. Mix
all in a vessel, nib the meat well with
same, and pack with skin down. The
above is the exact amount required for
1,000 pounds of pork. After being In
salt three, or four weeks, takeout, wash
clean the pieces, dry, and Jiang It Up
for smokfng. Three weeks is suffi
cient to smoke them thoroughly by
fire made of hickory wood. When
smelted; tan down or pack away in
dry chaff or straw, examine them
oeeasionly, and if found to be at all
damp, renew the packing with dry
material.
CAKE HI MH.KIKO.
Says Daniel Poster in the Maine Far
merj I began to milk when I was only
eight yean of age, which Is sixty-four
ysars ago, and there has not been more
than two months In all of the sixty
four years bat what I hare everyday
had something to do with cows. And
perhaps I know as much about cows as
anyboy that Is no older tlian I am. I
ihavt laid some experience wits row's
i teats. At night 1 wash the teat with
Water (prefer to have it warm) tlien
with a urufh such a painters liave.
milk In a lone nuart measure, with
one hand, going round anil taking only
a quart at a lime out of each teat.
When T get all the milk. I strip Into
"one of ray hands aiKl apply to
the teats, leaving them quite soft and
moist. Then 1 nave a two-quart tin
wasli dish with a liandle. with about a
pint of Hour in it, and press the dish
on Hie bag with the reats enclosed ;
slake the dish, and the Hour will ad
lierje to the cracks. I liave lieen told
tliat those who tend grist-mills do
not have their hands erauk. A wash
inaiVof milt -nid iiinbissM of eonal
, parts Is good to keen the teat moist
vhen t)te wv. u travenng. In using
tliese prescriptions it don t affect the
taste ot the milk or outter, a on ana
s mie otliers used by s me people do.
The flour acts as a kind of paste on tlie
cow's teat. Now there Is a good deal
of Kissing with rows, lad what other
animal mil we better alfoid to Kiss
over than the. cow? Wcare deriving
some benefit from tlie cow every day
in tlie rear on the farm. When she
Aws iiotalw milk she bbwedln
anil
, ,anure I on tlN farm and
not
i Wntli the liihwav- as is that of
Uncii and tones?
Flak on Vanderbnt.
A New York reporter tells tlie fol
lowing incident which occurred while
lie interviewed Ftsk Oil one occasion !
Tliere was a good ileal of fuss about
that time between tlie Uric and Cen
tral on tbs reduction of fares, so tliat
the reporter asked :
Wliat will be tlie end of putting
down railroad fares Colonel ?"
" Knd ! why we havctit begun yet.
We intend to carry passengers through
to Chicago before we get through, two
for a cent, and feed them oil the way.
and when old Van doc the same, the
public will go on his road lust to spite
Mm:" 6 ,
"Of course tlie Erie Is tlie best
road, continued Fist, in his Mun
chausen way. " It runs faster and
smoother. When Judge Porter went
up with me in the Directors" ear last
whiter, we passed 200 canal boats,
about a mile apart, on the ' Delaware
and Hudson Canal. Tlie train went
so fast that tlie Judge came hick aud
reported tliat he saw one gigantic
canal boat ten miles long. Fact, sir !
We went so fast tlie Jhdge couldn't
see tlie gaps." ;
"Are Site other railroads going to
help you hi tills fight," asked tlie re
porter. " Why, yes and as fast as they are
convinced that we are going to make a
flrsfckiss fight, they say tliey will lielp
us but they want to see Vanderbilt
tied fast first." J
Here the ohVnel threw himself in
to bis favorite attitude leaning for
ward in his chair, with his ellaiwa on
his knees. Then said lie : "Do you
know what these other half scared
railroad fellows remind me of?"
" No, what ?"
" Tliey put me in mtml of the old
Texas farmer whose neighbors had
caught a noted cattle thief. After
catching him, they tied him to a tree,
hands and feet, and each one gave him
a terrible cowhiding. When tired of
walloping him, they left tlie poor thief
tied to the tree, hand and foot. He
remained tied up there a good while
in great agony, till by-and-by lie saw
with delight 'a strange man coining
along.
t Who are yon IV said tlie kindly
looklnc stranger.
"Pm Bill Smith, and I've been
whipped almost to death," said the
man in a pitiful tone.
"Ah, fill I Smith! and how could
tliey whip you ?" asked the sympa
thizing stranger.
Why, don't yon see I'm tlcdf''
"What, tied tight?" asked the
stranger, advancing to examine tlie
"V Yes, tied tight, Ixmds and feet,
and 1 can't move a muscle,'' said the
thief pitifull
Well, William, as you are tied
tight, I don't mind If I give you a tew
lick's myself for that horse you stole
from me," said the stranger, cutting
a tremendous whip from a bunch of
thorn bushes. Then he flogged l;1m
awhile, just as all these small railroad
feuqws woukUtKe to nog vanuerbiit
when we once ret him tied."
But, alas, they never get Vanderbilt
tied.
when engineers would bridge a
stream, tliey often carry over at first
but a single thread. With tliat they
stretah a wire across. Then strand is
added to strand, until a foundation is
laid for planks, and now the bold en
gineer finds safe footway and walks
from side to side. Ho God takes , from
us some golden-threaded pleasure, and
stretches ft hence into Heaven. Then
He takes a child, and then a friend.
Thus He bridges death, and teaches
the thoughts of the most timid to And
their way hither and thither between
tlie two spheres.
i '
The. liethodta, the Organ of tliat de
nomination, published In New York,
suggests a novel measure for the gov
ernment of that church whose organ it
Is. The measure Is nothine less than
that ths church assume the direct sup
port of the Bishop. In order, that this
umy i no inure easily us none it n pro
posed to reduce the numbsr of pre
stdlne Elders one-halt which would
HVMOROV.
.losli Billing says : 'To euro
weak back lay still for a week to
come."
A coroner's Jury In 'Minnesota re
ceutly demand a man to liave been
"severely t)p.en to death."
In Virginia, receiitlv.a prisoner, who
liad been dendthrce inontb. was grant
ed a pinion.
Sundry journal, are discussing tlie
question: "Can we cultivate rain V
Doubtfiil. siiys (lie New York wf
"hut we ui rai thunder."
"Pap"." said a , bright-haired hoy,
"how could tlie military fly from tho
field of turtle when they only had a
plume apiece, and both wing- of the
army were thrown Into great disor
der! Say, how conid they fly ?''
A Western editor ifiorts money
"cloe. but not close enough to be
reached.'1
A boy who bad heard ofsailor hear
ing up anchors, wanted to know if it
was seasiekne-s that made them do it.
Headache can he cured by tilling the.
mouth full of ice-water, and sitting oa
tlw stow till tlie water boll. This k
what is known among medical men ail
a counter irritant.
Michigan diK'tor, who was arresf-
! cd beemhis patient dhd. lias been
aopiitteti on tne groiinu mat lie dhl
lie best lie could, giving all the tiled!
eins of which he knew the mines.
An exchange taH that at ''twenty
years of age Waiitl Stanronl arrived
in California with only one shirt to his
hack. Since then by close attention
to business, lie has accumulated over
ten millions." What tlie deuce can a
man want with tell million shirts)'"
A bevy of Schenectady girls liave
agreed to let their waist expand, and
as a consequence, corsets tliere are
slow sale. They discard hoop-skirts
also, and dress so as to show much
aukle all of which is sensible.
It is reported llmt tlie Postmaster
j Oeneral, with a view of signalizing his
career Hi office, intend- flavoring ' tho
adhesive mutter ot -U"c -tamos
with file various popular extracts.
"Are sisters Sal and Nancy resources,
pa?" "Xo. my son. why do you ask
tliat question?'' "Because I lieard
uncle Josh say if you would husband
your resources you would get along ;.
great deal better than you do, that's
all. pa." I'll plunges into a state of
i intense reflection.
A London husband pounding his
wife was attacked so fiercely by the
family cat. tliat tlie woman had to
take her off to save hi i life.
"What would you do If mamma
should die?" asked a lady with whom
we liave tlie honor of an intimate ac
quaintance, of a little three-year-old.
girl tliat we wouldn't take a hundred
dollars for. "Well, mamma,'' was
tlie melancholy response, "1 'spose I
should have to spank myself!"
A little boy embodied his thoughts
on theology in words thus : "I don't
see how tlie devil came to turn out so
bail, when there was no other devil to
put him up to it."
Tlie last time Joe Jefferson was lu
st. Louis, Judge Joseph Gillespie was
prevailed upon to go and see "Kip
Van Vinkle." This was tlie first play
the. fudge bad vSr witnessed. Hhciii
asked what Ik thought about it' lie re
plied : "Hem ! hem ! confounded ridi
culous The Idea of a poor Dutch wo
man over the wash-tub with diamond I
rings on her fingers."
A lady says the first time she was
kissed she felt like a tub of butter
swimming in honey, cologne, nutmegs
and cranberries, site felt as if some
thing was running through her nerves
on feci of diamonds escorted by sev
eral little Cupids in chariots drawn by
angels shaded with houeysiickels, anil
the whole spread with melted rain
bows. "Mister, liow do you sell sugar to
day ?" "Only tweiity cents a pound,
sir." "Can't give it. I'll drink my
coffee without sugar, and kiss, my wife
for sweetening. Good day, sir."'
"Good day. When you get tired of
that kind of sweetening call round
agaln.'V "I will." He called next
day.
At a negro (-amp-mcct lug the color
ed preaelier said : "I tell yon, blnd
ded bredren, dat the dcbblc is a big.
bog, an' one of these days he'll come
along aud root yon ail out." Ah old
negro in one of the anxious pews,
liearlng this raised himself from the
straw, atal cbsping his Innds, exclaim
ed in the agony of his tears, "King
him. Lord! ring him!"
An amusing colloquy came off at ft
supper table on board of one of our
Mississippi steamboats, between a Chi
cago exquisite, reeking with oil and
cologne, who was cursing tlie waiters,
assuming consequential airs, and a
raw Jouattian seated by his side, dress
ed in homespun. Annilng to his vol-
Sir friend, tlie former pointed with
is iewcled linger, and said: "Buttah,
sar!" "Yes I see it is "coolly repli
ed Jonathan. "Buttah, sar, I say,"
repeated the dandy. "Yes,
sir ff Know It-very good and a tirst
class aitiete." 'JBut&li, I tell you,"
thundered the dandy In still louder
tones, as if lie would annihilate him.
"Well, gosh, all Jerusalem, wliat of
it?" now yelled the down-Easter,
his dander up In turn. "You don't
tiling I took It for lard, do you? You
must he an everlasting darn fool, and
darn yon, If you don't shut, up your
Jaw I'll butter my fists anil cram them
down your infernal throat. If you
don't hush I'll get mad now; do you
rf"
A Hither writes to the Examiner M
dhronkk asking how to make family
worship palatable to voting children.
That lourual suggests wisely and well
in reply tliat it should be brief; that
the !&iitures read and the prayers
offered (mould be adapted to the capac-
least so ftr as to stag and repeat the
Lord's prayer In concert,, These are
excellent suggestions, and we liave
seen them all carried out with signal
effect. ChriitUm Advocate.
mrWSK
was trsTosmpeeUites.