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( r 1 ESTABLISHED FOR THE DISSEfllHTIOX OF DEIOCRiTJC PRINCIPLES, AXD TO EARN AS PXEST HVISff BY THE SWEAT OF OUR BROW t r - WHOLE NO. 535. KU0ENE CITY, OR., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1878. $2.50 per year IN ADVANCE. 171 1TJ Sftt (Suflcnt (City tarl If. B. ALEXANDER, W. H. ALEXANDER. ALEXANDER BROS., Publishers and Proprietors. OFFICE In Underwood's Brick Building, over Crin'g Jewelry Store. OUB ONLY BATK3 OI- ADVERTISING ' idvertisementa inserteil u follow. : k ' hie square, 10 lino, or lew, one inaertion $3; each uvioquent insertion $1. Cash required in advance Time advertiser will be charged at the following catos: One square three months IS M . " six months 00 " " one yeur H 00 Transient notices in local column, JO cents per line or each insertion. Advertising bills will be rendered quarterly. , All iob wo' must he paid ron on mxivkby. rOSTOFFICE. -From 7 . m. to 7 p. m. Office Iloure Sundays Mail arrives from the south and leaves Roing north 9. HI fit .!U1 n ni in a. ni. Arrives from the north ami leaves ginnii .r..,ih Rk 4-M n. in. Fur Kmisliiw. Franklin and Ixmg T im. close at 6 a.m. on Wednesday. For Cruwfunla- villo, Camp Creek and Browusville at I p.m. Letters will lie ready fur delivery half an hour after a rival of trains. Letters should be left at the office cue hour before mails depart. A. 8. PATTERSON, P. M. SOCIETIES. T.nrtiv. lnnoit No 11. A. F. and A. M. Meets flrst and third Welnesdays in each month. , sssj'ifc, Kprsrun Bttttk TxinoK No. 9 I. 0. O. F. Meets every Tuesday evening. 5VMVi"" WlMAWHALA EnCAMFMKNT No. fl, meets on the 2d and 4th Wednesdays in each month. A CARD. To all who arc suffering from the errors and indiscretions of youth, nervoiiB weakness, Sic, I will send a recipe that will cure you, FKEE OF CHARGE. This great remedy was dis covered by a missionary in South America. Send a self-addressed letter to the Rev. Joseph T. I.vaAN, Station D, Bible House, New York. DR. F. WELSH jwjJl HAS OPENED tttr-n DENTAL BOOMS Permanently in the Underwood Brick, Eugene City, and respectfully solicits a share of the Jiublic patronage. Refers by permission to J. i. Cardwell, Portland. A. W. PATTERSON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office on Ninth Street, opposite the St. CliarlcN Hotel, and at Uenldence, KJGKNK CITY OIJUGrON. Dr J. C. Shields OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SER vices to the citizens of Eugene City and surrounding country. Special attention given to all OBSTETRICAL CASES and UTER INE DISEASES entrusted to his care. Oliice at the St. Charles Hotel DR. JOSEPH P. GILL CAN BE FOUND AT HIS OFFICE or res idence when not professionally engaged. Office at the POST OFFICE DRUG STORE. Residence on Eighth street, opposite Fresh) terian Church. Chas. rJ3. Horn, PRACTICAL G UNSMIT1L .DEALER IN GUNS. RIFLES, and materials. Repairing done m '' Sewing Machines, Safes, Locks, duns loaned and ammunition furnished. hop on Ninth street, opjiosite Star Bakery. WM. Purchasing Agent, B. SAN FRANCISCO, LAKE. CAL. JEWELRY ESTABL1SMENT. J. S. LUCKEY, mq DEALER IN (f- Clocks, Watches, Chains, Jewelry, etc. Repairing Promptly Executed, tir All Work Warranted. 3 ' J.S. LU'JKKY, Ellsworth & Ca's brick, Willamette Street. Bonk- and Stationery Store, POST OFFICE BUILDING, EUGENE City. I have on hand and am constantly receiving an assortment of the Best School and Miscellaneous Books, Stationery, Blank Books, portfolios, Cards, Wallets, Blanks. Portinon aaes, eta, etc A. S. PATTERSON. OPPOSITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE ! SLOAN BROTHERS TTTITX DO WORK CHEATER than any other Y shop ia town. HORSES SHOD TOR SI 50, "With new material, all round. Resetting old shoes 5 Cent). All warranted to rItb atllaetlon. Siop on Eighth Bt, opposite Hum piirey's Stable. DR. JOllX UERRBOLD, SUECIClt iXD XECH1SICJI DEMIST, HAS REMOVED TO ROSEBURO, Ore gon, where he mj?ctfully offers his er Tices to the citizeBts of that place and vicinity In all the branches, of his profession. Trustee's Sale. TWILL OFFER FOR SALE TO THE hight Wilder, on the 2i'.th dv of .Tannx-v, 17, Vit Na 6, and the we-t half of lot No. 7, in block Na 2, of Pattar.i's addition to Eug-.-tse City, Iane county, Ony n. (being former rvsi slen'ce of 1). B. UraT.) Term rnAu O. iL COOPER, Tra-tee. ST. NICHOLAS, "Vie king of all publication imieil for lite young on tuner tide of the Atlantic. bourn amtoo (England) Observer. Tlie third volume of this incomparable Magazine is now completed. With its BIX) royal octavo wes, and six hundretf illustrations, its splendid serials, its shorter stories, poems, aud sketches, etc., ote., in its beautiful binding of red snd gold, it is the most spieniiiugut Dook Mr hoys ana girls ever Imucu train me press. I'nce, J i ; m lull gut, J. ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1877. Which opens with Novemlier, 1870, begins ' short and very entertaining serial from the French, " The Kingdoiii of the Oiwily," A story adapted to the Thanksgiving scaaou. Another serin 1 of absorbing interest to boys, " HIS OWN MASTER," lit J. T. TllOWllHUKir, author of the "Jack Hazard Ktories," in the Christ mas Iloliday Numtier. Ilesides serial stories, ChriHtnuis stories,lively sketches, Miems and pictures for the holidays, and some astonishing illustrations of Oriuntal sports, with drawintrs by Siamese artists, THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY NUMltKIl OF St. NICHOLAS, superbly illustrated, contuins a very interesting paper. " THE HOYS OF MY CniLDHOOD," Uy WILLIAM CI'LLKN 1IHVANT. Do not Fail to Buy St. Xiclolns for the Chridtmus Holidays. Price, 25 Cents. Durimrthe veartherewillbe intorestinmners for boys, by Willam Ciillen llryant, John l. Vhittier, Thoiiias Uughes, William Howitt, Dr. Holland, Oionra MiicDunwl, Hanford B. Hunt, Flunk R. Stockton, and otheis. There will lie stories, sketch", and poems of special interest to irirls, by Harriet l'rcseott SiHilfonl, Nil- san Ooolidge, Surah Winter Kellogg, Klixulwth Stu art Phelps, Louisa Alcott, Lucietia P. Hale, Cclia Tliaiter, Alary Mapes Dodge, and muuy others. There will be also " TWELVE SKY PICTURES," 1IY rilOF. PltlXTOll, the Astromer, with maps, showing "The Stars of Each Month," will be likelv to surpass in interest any series in popular acienco recently given to the public. AMUSKMKST ASO INSTKl Ci ION, with pitw ivn ituitt(i i't'p tvit i'i!ir will lie uiinglcil as heretofore, and St. Nicholas will continue to delight the young und givo pleasure to me oui. GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. To meet the demand for a cheaper St. Nicholas Gilt-Book, the price of vols. I und II has been re- iluced to 3 each. 'I lie three volumes, in an cliviuit ntirury nise, are sola lor (in (in lull gilt, si.ij, so Theso volumes contain moreattractive material than fifty dollars' worth of ordinary children's books. Subscription price, f 3 a vear. The three hound vol mat an nmv Rive tneir c In men a coinn etc set. umes and a subscription for this yoarouly $12. Hutv scrilie with the neaiest newsdealer, or send money in check, or P. O. Money order, or in registered letter, to Scmuneb, & Co., 743 Broadway, N. Y. ALFRED BLEU Has taken possession of thn Luckey Livery Stable, . . And will carry on a GENERAL LIVERY BUSINESS. Horses fed and hoarded by the week or day. HORSES AND BUGGIES FOR HIKE. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, EUGENE CITY, OREGON. MRS. A. EENPREW, : Prop Having again taken possession of the old and well known ST. CHARLES HOTEL. Which has been newly furnished and refitted, is now open foe the reception of guests. 1 have hitcen rooms m the FIRE PROOF BRICK BUILDING making 50 rooms in ell. It is the most commo dious and best appointed house in the State south of Salem. FREE COACH TO THE HOUSE. A. ItliMRKW, B. H. JAMES, HANVKAITITKEH OF TL AND SHEET IR0X WARE, Willamette Street, Eugene ity, - Oregon. 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Address, ash a itonm.v , SW Fcltok BTBEirr, Dbookktu, N. Y. M77n R?NTRAI BOYD & REfJSKAV, Proprietors will KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND, BEEF, VEAL, roni and MUTTON. Dried Meats f all kinds. IjutI, Tallow.ete, 1 1 Beef i a chunks from 3 to 5 cents. Will If yon wii-b to buy your gooib cheap, you must go to the store of LURCH BROS, COTTAGK GROVE. They keep one of the largest stocks of General Merchandise Outside of Portland, and they sell good cheap er than it can be bought anywhere in the Wil lamette vallev. The firm of Lurch Bros, consist of Aaron Lurch and lien Lurch. VISITING C A fC OS VerT nvt at the OUAKD OFFICE. A BKLIi: 7TA;OV-I am the sole I a ,eiit for :.j ( iI-Mtel w s-on. T. G. HENli:iCKS. . The Silver Dollar the Unit of Value. What legal authority, except tho fraudulent act of Feb, 12, 1873, have the motiomt'tallio press for mcas luring the vuluo o( silver by gold J. ho lorteenth section of that aet mad the gold dollar tho unit of value for tho hist time in tho history of this country. The act ot April 2, lTo made the silver dollar, containing 371 4-1G grains of pure, or 416 grains ot standard silver, the unit ot value and it continued to be the unit by which all values were measured, in eluding gold, to Feb. 12, 1873. in isd4. w non silver became so abundant, though the increased pro duct of the Mexican mines, that gold appreciated so much in its relalivo val ue that Uongrcss was compelled tore adjust the legal ratio of tho two coins to mako it correspond with tho mar ket ratio ot the metals, they changed tho weight of the gold coin from 24-7 to JlI-2 grains per dollar, which changed tho legal ratio from 1 to 15 to 1 to 10. Here we ilnd Uongcss by this act measuring our gold coins by and adjusting them to tho silver unit. Again, tno aet ot IrJl fixed the weight ot tho eagles at 170 grains ot standard gold. 1 he tenth section of the act of Jan. 1H, 1837, changed the weight of the englo to 258 grains ot standard gold. J !y the ninth sec tion the weight ol the silver doll ir was reduced from 410 to 412 1-2 grains ot standard! silver, but the amount of pure silver in tho dollar was not changed, the reduction being in the alloy. This was the only chango made in the silver dollar from 17'J2 to 1873, and this chango was in the alloy nlono. The 41G and 412 1 dollars containe I 371 4 1G grains ot pure silver each; so tho silver unit was not changed from tho time it was adopted by Congress in 1792 until it wa abolished by an act ot Feb. 12, 1873, when the gold unit was substituted. There were no gold dollars coined liy tho United States until 1849 ; by the act of March 3, 1841), Congress authorized the coining out of stan I ard gold "coins of gold of the follow ing dei ominations and value; Doub le eagles, each to bo of the value of twenty .dollars or units, aud gold dollars, each to be ot the value of one dollar or unit." Mark tho language of the Statute: "liach to be tho value of one dollar or unit." What dollar was referred to? There was then none in existanv.0 but tho silver dollar. What was the unit referred to? Thero was but one, it was tho silver unit tho only legal unit of value known to our laws until tho fraud of Feb. 12, 1873, was enacted. Heie, again, wo hnd congress measuring the valuo of our gold coins by the sil ver unit. Now, the silver dollar authorized by the I'd iine Dill contains the exact amount ot pure silver contained in tho dollar of 1G92 and 1837 the dollar of our fathers yet tho monometallic press call it dishonest money. A tie whole of our bonded debt was creat ed while this dollar was tho unit of of value, and an unlimited legal ten der; now if wo pay our depts by the legal unit of tho date of coutract, aud in the coin named in the contraot, is it not an honest payment? Where is the dishonest? There can bo none; but it was clearly dishonest and fraudulent after our debts wero create ed for Congt ess to change the con tract by changing the unit of value aud demonetizing the coin in which they wero made payable, anq compell ing their payment hy another and greater unit and in a more precious because scarcer coin. Aabauy (N. Y.) Times. IIemenway's Hoy. Hemen way's boy writes the following upon eagles: "The American eagle is the largest and powcrfulest bird in tho world, but he is smaller than an ostricu, which is more of a hoss than a bu d. The eagle is a very proud bird, and don't go rouod eaiin' worms aud caterpillars and diggin, up tomato plants like a hen does, -but no Hies through the air with his wings, and sometimes swallers little children, which is very sad. The eagle lives sometimes to bo several hundred years old, which is a long time to live. Ilickey Barllett's sister Is an old maid, and she is as old as an eagle, and she gets awful mad when the fellers call her an old steak-bonier, there is several kinds of eagles, but the United States eagles is the boss bird Unit ever growed in Furope, or Asia or Africa. An eagle can fly about a thousand miles in a very short time. I should like to see too eagles fight. I should like to own an eagle." A patron of a certain newspaper once Kaid to the publisher: "Mr. Prin ter, how is it you never call on me for pay for your paper?" "Uh:" said the man of types, "we never ask a gen tleman for money." "Indeed:" replied the patron. "How do you manage to get along when they don't pay?" "Whv,"said tho edi'tor, "alter a certain time we conclude he u not a gentleman, and we ask him." 9 Wouldn't Rfcinroratc. Tho following, which we find in tho Fairchild Main, Chronicle, is so neatly done and has so wido an application outside of Maino that wo transler it to our columns: lie was tho manager of a church fair, and one morning ho walked into the newspaper othee and said: "Want an item this morning?" "Of course," replied the editor, whereupon the visitor laid the fowllowing note upon tho table: " 1 he ladies ot the stroet church will give a festival at their vestry hall next Friday evening. Literary ana-musical entertainments will bo provided and a supper will be served 10 an wno tiesire. A no ladies m chargo ot tho fair hayo had much ex pcrienco in such matters, and are sure to provide a good tune. Ihe admis sum wilt be only htteen cents, and it is cetain that no one can spend that amount to a bettor advantage. Ue sure to go and take your friends." When the editor read it, lie said: "Oh, I see, an advertisement." "No, not an adyertisemnt. Wo prefer to have it go in tho local column, replied tho manager. And seeing that the editor looked skeptical ho continued: "It will interest a great many of your readers, and help a good cause; besides we havo spent so much money getting up our entertainment that we can't allbrd to advortiso it without increasing tho price of tho tickets, n such a matter as this we ought to be willing to help each otner." "Well," said tho editor, "if this goes into tho local. 1 supnoso von would reciprocate by reading a little notice in your church next Sunday, say when the sermon is about halt done." Tho visiting brother naturally asked what notico, and the editor wrote and handed him the following: "Tho weekly Chronicle, for tho coming year, will bo the bost and cheapest family paper in Maino. Its iropnetor has had much experience, and has all the helps which a largo outlay of money can procure. His paper has a larger circulation than any other published in tho country, and is to be furnished at only two dollars. It is certain thai no ono can spend mat amount to belter advan tage, ho sure to tako tho Chronicle and subscribe for your friends." The manager hemmed and hesitated, and then said, solemly, that he "doubted whether it would bo judicious to in- tempt a sermon to read sueh a not'ee," but suggested that if it was printed, copies of it might bo distributed at the door or tho vestry ou tho evening of tho entertainment. "Yes," said the editor, "but it would attract more attention in the niddle of a sermon. It will interest a arge number of the congnegation and ulp a good cause, and beside so much money is spent upon the idiromclc that I don't seo how tho owner can afford to print handbills to advertise it without increasing tho subscrip tion price. In such a matter as this, we ought to bo willing to help each other." Then tho gentleman saw the situa tion, and went straight out, without caving so much as a complimentary ticket. "Yaas, breden and sistcrin, der time is not far distant when der angel Gabriol will be blowin his horn aronud yer. He'll como round like a thief in der night, an' wedder yer got close on, or wedder yer is naked as brudder Johnsing 8 head, yer 11 have tor answer der summons and com plaintiff." (Somebody in tho audi ence put an overcoat of rotten tomato on the speaker's nose) "Dis yer Ga briel buisness will last fur 'bout two minutos longer den I'm goin ter git off dis box and kick tho stullin out 'cr der nigger galoot what frowed dat termartus, " continued the brother as ho took in "elevethly." More Black maili.no. An oldish man having an apple stand on wood ward avenue, was yesterday ap proached by a hungry looking lad, who asked: "Say; ain't you goin' in to giramo an apple?" "I'll give you to the Station first!" was the grutr repliy. "You declare war, do you? , All ric;ht, my old buckshot! I'll stand right hero for the next hour and tell everybody that you spit on your apples and then burnish 'em on your greasy old coatsltcve! We'll see who'll come out ahead in this mad struggle!" The boy did. lie got Lis apple in fire seconds. Mrs. Juggins lost one of her lodg ers lately. He went of! suddenly on urgent private affairs, and forgot to settle his little private account. "Ah," said come 'ere 'e the old lady, called isselt a "when'e capting; but I've discovered only a left tenant." to my cost ts a Schmidt's Do. "I am Borry to seo that you men can't agree. What's the matter now?" "How does dings vaa, Shudge? Dot big fool ot a Dutch blazes ho mako his big dog of me, und dot dog no maKo a nolo ot my bants, und mako plood owit. I can't stundt me dot, und tolo him I mako his dead dog mit a gun. Den ho say I niusd vipo my vest down of my chin. Dot makos me bo mad I kicks myself of der snood, und gives him a blue eye oi ins noso. ' iiTl i lA it you wish to ,niako a cnarge against him I will probe tho mattor, and if I .find? that ho has been guilty of mifdrneanor,Thttll incarcerate him. Will you make an affidavit that ho assaulted you ?" "No, Shudge, you don't stand under me. Ieh vas not afder David. Ioh vas afdor Herman Schmidt." "Why did you not notify him that his dog had bitten you, and that you .J ...I- . 1 I I ui'sireu to nave nun snoir "Yaas, I guos8 so not." "Did you notify him?" "Yaas, I nodifv him. und he nodifv me dot I vas a dam fool." "Does he allow his dog to ruu at arge?" "Yaas, he vas a largo dog, und ho run at eferydings, und ven I go to mako him dead mit a gun, ho breaks a picket feuoe rail of my hot." "1 guess I shall have to bind you both over to keep the peaco for six months." "Yaas, dots a good dings. I kill der dog and keep der pioces six years. How vas dot old swine owit. I'ull dot bants of your chin." It was some tune beloro tho plain tiff could be made to understand that ho would bo compolled to obtain a bondsman as well as tho defendant. and when ho did understand it, and had been bound over.Sehmidt laughed at him, and ho was heard to murmur: Dot vas a haal of a law. I buy me dog as big as a jackass und I tench urn to ead Dutch Schmidt s Vool." The Gold King of tho East is be coming more desperato, if possiblo, than ever, and is practicing a now dodge. It sends a tolcgram to Lon don that tho publio debt is to bo paid in silver, if the silver bill bocomes a aw; and then tho correspondents of its papers telegraphs back that "the nows" creates much alarm hi the American market. Who's alarmed? Nobody buttho gold gamblers. And since they have no interest in our wulfaro only tho interest on the Na tional Debt, which is payable in gold alone, wo are not disposed to change our views materially on their account. n tact it is, not a very good dodgo to misrepresent us in any foreign coun try, ds ihe average American cares very little whether England respects iim or not, and then to onslavo our- selves, lor the preservation ot tho publio credit and the good opinions of English aristocracy or German bankers, is not compatible with tho deas of American independence, the fourth oi July and the power of Con gress to ooin money and establish the valuo t'lercof. Let Congress repro- sent the will of our people rcmono tizo silver and rejoct foreign dicta tion is what the country now de mands. The N. Y. Tribune, apparently without shame, says : "It is a straDgo fact that' Mr. Kellogg, after an ab sence of five years from tho Seuate, is lis own successor." Strauge indeed? This fact proves tho wanton disre gard of the provisions of the Consti tution by a Radical Senate; the power of the military to crush the civil power in a State, and how much the rights of a State and the liberty of tho people are valued by the Republican party. This is one of the glorious achievements to which that party re fers with pride. After barring the doors of the Senate against represen tation for five yean, they are opened at last to admit a carpet-bag scala wag that does not and can not hon estly represent any people on Ameri can soil. If you wish to find out the length of day and night any time ot the year, double the lime of the sun's rising, which gives the length ot the night, and double the time of setting, which gives the dxact length ot the day. A meddlesome old woman was sneering at ayoung mothcr'sa wk ward ness with her infant, and said: "I dec lare, a woman ought never to have a baby unless she knows how to hold it." "Nor a tongue, ceiiher, juietly rcspouded the young mother. IIokkoiw of . Was. The London Times correspondent, describing tho engagement at Tartar Bazardjik, makes tho following horrible state ment : Up to this time it was all fair fighting, but now these execrable savages whoso deeds have thrown so dark a slur on Turkish arms- the Circassians and tho Bashi Bazouks were let loose on the field and acted there after their own instincts. I have had a description of the soeuo from an eye-witness, whose statements are admitted by tho Turks even among tho regulars, seems to think it not worth whilo to deny the facts. Every woundod Russian lying on the field was butchered after the closo of tl.e battle by the Turkish irregulars. Every dead was stripped stark naked and left on tho field unburied, and a . groat majority of the bodies wero mutilated. Many were absolutely be headed; others hv with their throats cut clean to tho vertebra1; others were made targets of, and wero literally riddled with bullets. How To Curk A Soke Turoat. "Due who has tried it" communi catos the following seasonable ar ticlo about curing tho soro throat: Let each ono of your half million readers buy at any drns store one ounce of camphorated oil and1 five cent 8 worth ot chlorado ot potash. Whenever any soreness appears in the throat, put the potash in half a tumbler of water, and with it garglo . tho throat thoroughly, then rub tho throat thoroughly from the outside with camphorated oil at night bcloitj going to bed.'nnd abo pin around tho throat a small piece ot tlannol. i Ins is a simple, cheap and sure remedy. How It Was. "It's just as I toll you, Mrs, Brinkor; my own husband saw 'em with his two eyes, an, heard 'em as plain as I seo that Inlo on your noso this minute, an' ho says the long an' short of it was that they was both comin' out of church by different aisles an' met by accident, ns you say, at the door, when Tom speaks up for politenoss and says' '.Nice ovenin,' and she snaps out full o' spite, 'No' s'uee!' and now she's makin her brags that she'd givo him tho mitten." During the past twenty-seven years nearly ' $8G2,000,000 In gold havo been coined in tho United States and $113,000,000 in silver. Not one dollar in seven has been silver, yet wo hear talk of the abundance of sil- .... ' . 11 .! ' ver. lietter demonetize goiu since its abundance is likely to cause it to depreciate. If the argument is good against silver, it is bettor against gold. If not, why not? A politician of large experience is reported as saying the other day at Washington: "If the President had Jackson's courage or Lincoln's tact.he could sweep the country and mako his Administration benencent to the peo ple. As it is, it threatens to bo no more-than a parenthesis in our politi cal history. Perhaps he may yet wako up. Of course this is possible, .out tho general impression be creates so far is that ho has a porfect teraper,and unyielding will, ana nono of that mag netism which enables one powerful man to draw others to him and induce them to follow him, even when they are not entirly persuaded that his courso is tho most judicious in short, that he lacks ono ot the most impor tant qualities ot leadership." NoUndkkclotiies. A lady recent y received a dress from Worth. She . oonld not get in it. She telegraphed the autocrat to that effect. He answer ed : " Perhaps you attempted to put it on over other clothing. This cannot be permitted. I will send by steamer ' buckskin tights, which is the only gar ment worn with dresses made accor ding to the dictates of fashion." Alas! this is what we nave come to. i ignis and a piece ot muslin basted in tho train ot the dress. Real estate has fearfully decreased in value in New York City. Property which was bought of August BelmoD, tho banker.for 8500,000 six years ago. ately came oacK 10 nis ownersnip m default ot a mortgage loan for $280,000. A Maine girl worked the motto, I Need Thre Every Hour," and i res- ented it to her chip. Ho says he can't helD it: it takes him two Hours to milk and feed the pig, morning and night, and business has got to be at tended to. A Miss Joy was present at a party recently, and in the course of theevt- ning some one used the quotition: "A thing ot beauty is a joy forever," when she exclaimed: "I'm glal I'm not a beauty, for I should not like to be a Joy forever. Why is a baby like :i sheaf ot whett? Because it is first cradled, and then thrashed, and finally becomo the flower ot tho family.