0 O 0 0 o o o 0 o o o o o o 0 0 o 0 0 0 Tol. 1. OR EGO) CITY, OR JE-GOIV, SATURDAY, JA1VUARY 5,1867. No. 11, 7 jT , 0 ... . . . iDeckln mtcrprisc. PUBLISHED EVERY SATCEDAT MORNING By D. 0. IRELAND, OFFICE: South east corner of Fourth and Mux streets, in the building lately known as the Courr House, Oregon City, Oregon. Terms oi' Subscription. One copy, one year in advance Z oo ' it delayed 4 00 Tennstf Ailverlising. Transient advertisements, one square (12 lines or less) first insertion . ..$2 50 For each subsequent insertion 1 0" Business Card one square per annum payable quarterly 12 00 One coluiM&jper annum 100 00 One half column " O0 Ooequarter " ....... ...... SO u0 Legal advertising at the established rates. F". & A. M- -Holds its regular communications on the first and third Sat urdays of each month, at half past six p. m. Brethren to good standing are invited to attend. Bv order of W. M. Oregon City, Nov. bth, 1856. S;ly --'-i-- Oregon I,mle 3Vo. 3. I. O. SiS5rof O F, Meets every Wednes s day evening at 7 o'clock, in the Masonic Hall. Member of the ordcarein vited to attend. By order N. G. 3:ly " ' ' IVlllameite Cj .flge a. 13 I. O. C T. Meets every Saturday evening, at the rooms corner of Main and Washington streets, at 7 o'clock. Visiting uiejnbers are invited to attend. 1 "7 J By order of W. C. T. w. c johssox. F. O. M COWN. Notary Pnblic. JOHNSON & McCOWN, 'WTST JfcES ERSL OIIKGDN CITV, OREGON. Will attend to all biuineas entrusted to our care in any of the Courts of the State, col !S;ct . money, negotiate loans, sell real es tate, etc. Particular attention gen to contested laud cases. l.yl -9 D. m. McKENNEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. WILL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL business entrusted to hi care, Ot fice One door north of Bell & Parker's Drag store, Oregon City, Oregon. 3:lv S. H TJJ3 L AT, o ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ortgoit Ci- Oregon. Office over Charman & Brother. S:tf jpiE3 IVX. MOOtfE, Justice of the. Pence db City Recorder. Office? In tht-0Miri H"tisp ud Cit Cfim,i Lvm9 Oivjo:i City. Will attend to the acknowledgment of deeds, and all other duties appertaining to the office of Justice of the Peace. 2:ly Dr. F.GBarciay, M. R. C. L . (Formerly Surgeon to fee Hon. II. B. Co.) OFFICE: At Residence, Main Street.. .(52) Oregon Citv. Dr. H(affdrraiis, PR YSICIAN afsURGEON. o OFFICE In J. Fleming's B&ek "tore. Main, street, OreQDyi City. (52 H. W. ROSS, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. (Office over Charman Bros., Main st.,) Ongo.tC.ity. ly D John Fleming. DEALER U BOOKS and STATIONER'. Thankful for the patronage heretofore re ceived, respectfully solicits a continuance of the favors of a generous public. His store is between Jacobs' and Acker gmau's bric on e west side f Maiu street. Oregon CTtv, October 27th, iJ6. (tf Professor A. J. Rutjes TEACHER OF MUSIC. WILL be glad to receive a number ot Pupils atg)is Music Room, aQlie pri vate residence of Mr. uharles Lonus. He will als continue to give instructions at private residences. No charge for the vise oftbe piano. My pupils wilrplease give me notice when ready to commence. 3:ly DAVID SMITH W. H. MARSHALL. SMITH & IXU&SHA&, eBlack Smiths and Boiler Makers Corner of Main and Third streets, Oregon Citv ... Ure-'on. & "TJlacksmithinz in all its branches. Boiler Q jmakvfjg and repojriug. All work warranted Jo give satisfaction. (52 BARLOW HOUSE, Main Street, one door north of the Woolen Factory, Preg.n City Or. gon "Win. Harrow, P opricto.. 'The proprietor, thankful r the continued patronage he has received, would inform the pubiic ttiut he will "continue bis efforts lo least his guests. (.V2 William Broughton, CONTRACTOR anupRUIZQER, Main street, Oregon City. Will aitend to all work in his line, con sisting in part of Carpenter and Joiner work framiug, building, etc. Jobbing promptlv attended to. (52 BENNETT HOUSE, J Salem Ort-gon. L. AY Si T i UXE 1 HAVING LEASED THE ABOVE HOTEL is prepared to accommodate the public iu as good style as any house on the coast. He has determined to make the Bennett as good as the best, and better than any public items in Salem. Charges moderate. OREGON CITY BREWERY! HEMU'HUJIBEL, Having purchased the above Brewerv, wishes to inform the pubiic that he is now prepared to manufacture a No. 1 quality of LAGER BEER! As good as can be obtained anywhere in the State. Orders solicited and promptly tilled. Or gon City, December 2sth, 1836. lOtf Wafer's Market ! IN MOSS' BUILDING, MAIN STREET, Oregon City. ' O THE UNDERSIGNED WILL keep on hand 11 the vari eties of fresh and cured meats : o POULTRY, VEGETABLES, Corned Beef and Pork, Bacon, Hams, Lord, Tiillow, dec, dec, &'C. v o A liberal share of patronage is solicited, as I expect to keep as good au assortment, and of as good quality as the country affords, which willbe delivered to purchasers at any reasonable distance in the city. 6:ly B.MAYER. LOGUS & ALBRIGHT, 0 EXCELSIOR MARKET ! Corner of Main and Fourth sts., Oregon City Oregon, fpAKE this method of informing the pub L lie that they keep constantly on hand all kinds of fresh and salt meats, such as BEEF, POUR, MUTTON, VEAL, CORNED- BEEF, IJCKLED- FORK, HAMS, LAUD, And everything else, to be found in their line of busiiQss. LOGUS & ALBRIGHT. Oregon City, November I, 186(5. 2.1y JOHIST SCHRAM Manufacturer and Dealer in SADDLES, HARNESS, d-c, dc, Main street, between Third and Fourth, Oregon Cityt, HPIIE attention of parties Besiring anything JL in my line, is directed to my stock, be fore making purchases elsewhere. (ly) JOHN SCHRAM. A. LEVY, Main Street, at the Telegraph Office, Oregun (Jily On gun Dealer in Kentrr-g Ready made Clothing, Cigars. 'I abut-co. Pipes. Stationery. Cutlfry, Willow and. Vi nnden O Ware, Yankee h'ath.ns Fancy and staple Groceiies, Candies, Nuts, Toys, etc. (52 Fashion Billiard Saloon Main street, between Second and Third, Oregon City. J. C Mann, Proprietor. rIMlE above long; established and popular 1 Saloon is y?ta favorite resort, and as only the choicest brands ot Wiries, Liquors and Cigars are dispensed to customers a share of the public patrouage is solicited, (ly) J. C. MANN. SHADES SALOON. West.Side Main Street, hrtwsen Second atid Third, Oregon, City. GEORGE A. HAAS - - - Proprietor. The proprietor beirs leave to inform his friends ana the public generally that the above named popular saloon is open for their accommodation, with a iiew and well assort ed supply of the finest brands of wines, liquor and cigars. 52 o THE GE5I. Main Street, opposite tlie Post Oihe, Oregon City. E. PAYNE Proprietor. The undersigned taes this method of in forii.ing the public that he has purchased the above saloon, ana now offors a choice and well selected stock of foreign and domestic wines, liquors, etc., which cannot fail to please those who may extend their patron age. The best Lager Beer, Ale and Porter in tne State, always on draught. 3:lyJ " E. PAYNE. PONY SALOON. Main street, Oregon City, adjoining the brick Store of S. Ackerman. JAMES MAXN, Proprietor. This popular saloon is always supplied with the very best quality of Wines and Liquors, Ale, Porter. IJeer and Cider, Cigars and Tobacco. Give me a call. 7:lyJ JAMES MANN. V. li. PARTLOvV'S Livery, Feed & Sale Stable, (ESTABLISHED 1S52.) Main Street: Oreaon Citv rj",HE proprietor, after an experience of X h'tteeCtyearsCieels his ability to serve his customers in a satisfactory manner, and still continues to let horses and carriages on fa vorable terms, also to feed, buy, sell or ex change horses. (3ro . ' f CANE M AH STORE! JAMES M0RFITT & CO., Y70ULD INFORM THE PUBLIC ES VV pecially of Cammab, that they have established a Store at that place, where they will keep on hand a well assorted stock of Merchandise and Groceries. which will be sold at reasonable rates, for the purpose of establishing permanently such a necessity at Canemah. Try us. (7:ly lOTCS MYERS. 1866. H. C. MYERS. J. MYEI&S & BROTHER, Clieap Cash Store ! Under the Court House, in Oregon City. Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes. Clothing, Groceries, Hardware, etc., etc.. Which they propo&s to sell as cheap as any House in Oregon. Oregon City, October 28, 1853. S:y S3 Snowing. 0 In thi part of Oregon it is a rare scene to witness the falling of snow, but the follow ing, which we clip from an Eastern exchange, will not be entirely out of season for some of our readers: Goes the lily-footed snow Beating ermineown below Down below To the chJIIr, naked earth ; To the brooklet by the mill, Lying still Q O I can see anear my hearth Every pretty blossom flake Wide awake, O "While the stricken woods are dumb W hen rL ey come. Ob, there's langnagern the snow I How it dances! se it go! See it go ! Every starry flake a voice, Q Though it utters ne'er a word, Can be heard ; Yet the gentle winds rejoice, Fprthey hear the inner strain ; And again To the dreamingheart it calls As it falls To the listening soul that yearns For the beautiful, and teams Mysteries the baser-born Laugh to scorn. Goes the lily-footed snow, 31oving thoughtfully and slow Moving slow ; Wraps it rev'rently the grave Where, ne'er lifting her blue eyes, Hattiehes, Like stalactite in a cave, Or a little vein of gold None behold ; Like a star that wears a cloud For its shroud. Flakes a-tiptoe, one by one ; Slower, slower; they are done, As afraid to break her sleep. Silence keep. Who Rob Orchards. In a certain vil lage in the far West was an atheist. He was an admirer of Dale Owen and Fanny Wright ; but he could see no beauty in the Christian religion. Of course, he never entered any place of worship. In fruit season he was specially busy on the Sab bath in defending his orchard from his great enemies, the wood pecker, and the idle, profligate persons of the village, who on that day usually made sad havoc among his apples and peaches. One day while at work with his son-in-law, an atheist like himself, although a most kind and courteous gentleman as a pastor of a congregation was passing, he very rudely thus accosted the minister : " Sir. what's the use of your preaching ? What good do you do by it ? Why don't you teach these fellows better morals? Why don't you tell them something about stealing in your sermons, and keep them from robbing my orchard ?rJ To which the minister pleasantly re plied : 4 My dear sir I am very sorry you are so much annoyed, and I would most wil lingly read the fellows who rob your or chard a lecture on thieving, but the truth is. they are so like you and the Major here, that I never get a chance." " Good, good,'' replied the Major laugh ing, on which the elder atheist blushed a little, and, in an apologetical tone, said : ' Well, well, I believe it is true enough, it is not the church going people that steal my apples.1' Beautiful, Sextimext. I confess that increasing years bring with them an in creasing respect for men who do not suc ceed in life, as these word are commonly used. Heaven is said to be a place for those who have not succeeded on earth ; and it is surely true, celestial graces do not best thrive in and bloom in the hot blaze of worldly prosperity. Ill success sometimes arises from a superabundance of qualities in themselves good from a conscience too sensitive, a taste too fastidi ous, a self-forgetfulness too romantic, a modesty too retiring. I will not go so far as to say, with a living poet : " That the world knows nothing of its greatest men." But there are forces of greatness or, at least, excellence which " die and make no sign ;" there are martyrs that miss the palm, but not the stake ; heroes without the laurel, and conquerors without the triumph. Police Beat. The other day, a well known citizen of St Louis, who has the reputation of being something of a wag, rushed into. the Central Station and re ported that on the night previous a fellow came stalking into his house stark naked, and that he was unable to put him out, and that he was there yet Three Police men at once started on the run to oust the intruder. When they got into the house they asked to see the fellow that came in there the night before. The nurse brought out the baby, which the citizen's wife had presented him with the night before. The policemen suddenly disappeared. Refextaxt. Deacon S. waa very fond of bivalves, and on one occasion he ate and overloaded his " capacity" to such an extent that he was sore distressed. His faith in prayer, however, was strong. Leaving hia party, and being followed by some younger members a little way off, he was heard to supplicate thus : " Forgive me, O Lord, for this sin of gluttony, and I will never eat any more clams!" Then, pausing an instant, lie added " Very few, Jfany amen!' Acrofli the Cotiwt The Union Pacific Railroad. A correspondent of the Chicago Repub lican, who accompanied a recent excursion party over the union Pacific Railroad to the lOOdth parallel of longitude, has writ ten a ful? account of the road, which is of such interest that we copy the material parte. It should be premised that another Pacific railroad is in rapid progress due west from Kansas City. 200 miles south of the Platte valley route described below. This lower route is the one in which St Louis has the most interest, as it is an ex tension of the Pacific Railroad of Missouri the directors of each, however, are vig orously striving to reveh the Rocky Moun tains with their tracl beibrv ths other. KOCTE OF THE CXIOX PACIFIC. The Union Pacific Railroad, commencing at Omaha follows the valley of the Platte river for 550 miles, or to the base of the Rocky Mountains. One mouth of the riv-v er is 15 miles below Omaha, and to reach the Platte valley the road makes a detour nine miles southwest, and then follows the natural valley formed by this river. Par taking of the nature of a prairie, the val ley, as it extended westward, has been for many years considered an arid plain. It covers an area of about 5,000 square miles, and varies in width from three to twenty miles. North of the valley the country is a rolling prairie, gradually decreasing in fertility, as it extends northwesterly to the British provinces, where the intense rigor and length of the winter, as well as sandy soil, have almost destroyed all vegetable life. The railroad follows the north bank of the Platte for 300 miles and then across the north fork, and up the north side of the south fork, to its head waters, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. LAXD GRAXTd. The land grants of the Pacific road are the finest ever given to a railroad. One half the land for 20 miles upon both sides, with the right to locate at any point the amount they do not get on the last end, where the title is not now in government. This will make them the owners of the en tire valley, after they get out beyond the surveyed and located lands, which proba bly do not extend over 100 miles, for all lands on the then surveyed line are with drawn from the market until they get what they desire. So far they have no lands taken up except at whatever stations they needed for immediate use, and in locating these at random they are safe, for they will get the title whenever they desire it, and the cities, towns, villages, and farm3. are theirs, to locate, to sell, and to build up. Durant can literally say, as he rides out with his iron horse into the howling wild erness, and startles the Indian from his lair : " I am monarch of all I survey ; my rights there are none to dispute.'' TIMBER FOR CONSTRUCTION. When Dr. Durant announced one year ago that he wanted 1.000,000 cross ties for immediate use, and 5,000.000 in two years everybody laughed at the idea. " They must be had.? he replied, -'I will have them." Every source was applied to, soon parties agreed to furnish lots, but they were bringing in cottonwood a species of timber like unto pumpkin or cucumber which looked well enough, but had a reputation for not being reliable over night. But tho resources of man are as endless as his desires are boundless. " Bring on your cottonwood," said Durant and up the Missouri; and down the Mis souri; and out of a thousand ravines and gulches ; rang the sound of the invader's ax, and soon came a perfect torrent of oak, cedar, and cottonwood ties. e To make the latter available, an iron boiler 100 feet long, and five feet in diam eter, was brought into requisition. It was filled with ties, and the apertures being closed, a steam engine exhausted the air, which emptied the pores of the wood when a solution of zinc was injected, which, per meating the fibers, hardens the wood, and upon drying gives it well nigh a metallic appearance and weight, which guarantees its durability for about twelve years. 850, 000 ties and telegrapli poles have already been laid by the company, and 150,000 more must go down, ere the work ceases for the winter 2.500 to the mile, and ex tra for sidings. The company have constructed water stations at convenient distances. Water 13 easi'y obtained all along the road. THE TRACK. The company are now running 21 loco motives, and next summer will increase it to 100. They now employ but 300 cars, but in less than a year will have use for 2,000. The road will be divided into working divisions of about 130 miles each, and al though the same cars will run from the Atlantic to the Pacific without any change of their freight, the engines will only run over one division. The loam and sand make an excellent bank for the track, and the surface form ing a kind ot pate, does not easily turn into dust, and soon covers over with grass ; thus in a great measure keeping down the dust, which is such a terrible plague to all travelers. It is the inten tion of the company to ballast the entire length of the road with finely broken stone, similar to the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. On their reaching the Rocky Mountains they will send their return loads of stone ou all their construction trains. I No road eyer yet built runs oa so straight a line as this. East of Columbus there is an air line of 80 miles, without the slightest deflection ; while in the last 250 miles of track there is probably not 20 curves in the entire distance, not an embankment over 1? feet high, and not a cut over that depth, with only abridge in a half day's ride. This road has every advantage that will enable it to make the fastest time of any railroad in the world. On its return the late excursion train gagrcomposed of nine cars, and, to show the guests what could be done, it ran at the rate of a mile a minute, or 60 miles per hour for some time. 550 miles from Omaha to the mountains can be run in 14 hours with perfect safety, and allow for passengers to stop and get meals and the engines to supply themselves with wood and water. From New lork to Chicago, by way of Pittsburg, is 911 miles time 30 hours ; from Chicago to Omaha, by way of the Northwestern, is 497 more, and time 22 hours ; making 1,958 miles in 75 ho i rs, or three days from New York to Denver City. One week to go from Wall street, spend a day in a Colorado gold mine, and return to the Broker's Board. PROSECUTION Of THE WORK. But turning back to the end of the track reaching away out over the Tlains, we find grading parties at work for a distance of 100 miles beyond the end of the rail ; 75 miles are ready for the ties, except some small gaps that will be filled up in ample time. There is a bridge to be built over the north fork of the Platte, but that is already partly done, and will cause no delay. The track has been laid this summer at the average rate of one mile and six tenths per day for every working day in the month, and making no allowance for rainy days or want of material. Three hundred miles of rails, chairs, etc., have been taken up the Missouri this summer and landed at Omaha. Before the work is stopped this month (October) 325 miles will be in running or der. By January 1st the Chicago and Northwestern will have completed their road to Council Blulfs, when all the future material of the Union Pacific will pass through Chicago on the way to Omaha. The item of freights up the narrow and tortuous channel of the Missouri has been an enormous one. To get engines and cars up from St. Joseph (from which point nearly all the freight was taken) a boat had to be constructed on purpose, and so built as to draw only three feet of water. It cost to transport engines from the shops in the East, where they were built, from $1,700 to $2,200 each, and cars from $250 to $1,000 each. It is evident that all rail communications next summer will reduce the item of freights from 30 to 40 per cent While no road has ever been so cheaply graded, none have ever been built under so many disadvantages and expenses, and the whole world may well look on with wonder at the almost magic build of 28(5 miles now in running order. .The vonder is increased as you look upon the map and see it built afar off from jany other railroad, and only the Missouri river to furnish a channel for supplies. For the last six months the railroad company has had four corps of engineers feeling around for a pass through the Rocky Mountains. No route has yet been adopted. Jlolliday's overland mail now starts at Fort Kearny, 175 miles from Omaha, passengers and mails going that distance on the railroad. From Kearny the stages keep on the south side of the Platte until they reach Denver City. A pontoon bridge has been sent up the road, and will be thrown over the river at Cot tonwood, and the. connection with the road at Fort Kearny be abandoned on November 5th, thus saving 80 miles of staging, and leaving only 48 hours of stages from the road to Denver City. When the road stops for the winter it will probably have reached Julesburg, and the transfer be made at that point, leaving about 3( hours of stages for the next three months. THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSIOXERS. The Pacific railway is especially favored among American railway enterprises, be cause of the existence of natural obstacles and bulk of undertaking that would rest fatally on any embarking of private capi tal in the work. It could not be built without government aid. The govern ment has appointed its commissioners to supervise and examine every mile of track before it is accepted. THE BUSINESS ASPECT. It la very difficult to estimate the busi ness of the Pacific road. Colorado. Utah, and Montana, have a population of a quar ter of a million. In 18G4 it was estimated upon very carefully prepared data that 40.000,000 pounds of freight were carried over the Plains in wagons. In 1865 it in creased to 200,000,000 pounds., and em ployed 9.000 wagons, 50,000 cattle, 16,000 horses and mules and 10.000 men as driv ers, guards, etc.", making the cost for freight alone last year nearly enough to pay $50, 000 mile for the construction of the road. Thousands of passengers were ear ied at $175 head from the Missouri to Colorado, and $3-30 to Salt Lake. Now the Overland Stage Company charge $125 from Omaha to Denver. $250 to Salt Lake and about $400 through to California. If the Pacific railroad charge one half those rates they will double and quadruple the freight and passenger business, ana make the road profitable the first year this, in dependent of the business from the Atlan tic to the Pacific, that will only commence when the road shall have been completed from ocean to ocean, and the tide of the -world's cosaiaerco elb3 aadflo-w3acxo3it A Quakeress in a Hurry. An amusing matrimonial story is told of the olden time of New England. It so fell out that two young people became attached to each other, as young people sometimes do. The young woman's father was a wealthy Quaker, the young man was " poor but respectable.'' The father could stand no such union, and resolutely op posed it, and the daughter dared noj dis obey openly. She met him by moonlight, while she pretended never to see him, and she pined and wasted in spite of herself. She was really in love a state of sighs and tears, which women oftner reach in imagination than reality. So? the father remained inexorable. Time passed on, and tiw? rose of Mary's damask cheek passed off! She let not concealment, like a worm in the bud, prey on that damask cheek, however ; but ' when her father asked her why she pined, she always told him. The old gentleman was a widower, and loved his girl dearly. Had it been a widowed mother who had Mary in charge, a woman's pride never would have given way before the importunities of a daugh ter. Men are not, however, so stubborn in such matters, and when t"H) father saw that his daughter's heart was really set upon the match, he surprised her one day by breaking out : " Mary, rather than mope to death, thou hast better marry as thee choosest and when thee pleases." And what did Mary? Wait till the birds of the air had told her swain of the change, or till her father had time to change his mind again? Not a bit of it, She clapped her neat, plain bonnet on her head, walked directly to the house of her intended as the street could carry her. She walked into the house without knock ing for knocking was not fashionable then and she found tho family just sitting down to dinner. Some little commotion was exhibited at so unexpected an appari tion as an heiress in the widow's cottage, but she heeded it not. John looked up inquiringly. She walked to him and took his hand in hers. " John," said she, " father says I may have thee." And John got directly up from the dinner table and went to the parson's. In just twenty four minutes they were man and wife. Pkettt Waiter Girls. The worthy gentlemen who pieside over the municipal affairs of the metropolis of the Pacific ap pear to be exceedingly susceptible to the blandishments of the gentler sex. Con duct nor condition is by them taken into consideration when passing an ordinance if such ordinance in any way affects wo men even if they have fallen into a lager beer cellar. It was quite amusing to see the struggle between interest and inclina tion exhibited by some of the " honorable members" on Monday night, when the or dinance to permit the pretty waiter girl saloons to keep open till two o'clock in the morning was under discussion. The demoralizing effects of the places where these girls are employed to allure custom ers could not be denied by any member of the Board. The petitions of many thous ands of the most responsible residents in the city, to have the evil abated, prevented any possibility of doubt on that point So, as an excuse for the continuance of the evil, it was pathetically urged by more than one of the kind-hearted Supervisors that if the girls were turned out of the sar loons they would have no resource left but a life of shame." AVhat a homily upon the case such an excuse itself preaches ! The life led by these poor girls for the profit of the saloon keepers leaves no re source for them than shame and degrada tion. Are not parents who have boy3 growing up to that age when, like the Supervisors, they feel the influence of the smile of even a " pretty waiter girl," to be considered in framing an ordinance regu lating the conduct of drinking saloons? Are there no person's feelings to be con sidered in such cases except the keepers of the lowest class of these establishments? It is only reasonable to expect that the strong commendations of these pretty waiter girls, made by the members of the Board, will frame an excuse for many to visit them who would have been ashamed to have done so had the Board condemned them by restricting the hours during which they should carry on their satanellia. Sa,7i Francisco Times. Buffalo Huxtixo Made Easy. A west ern exchange says that about a month ago a party of young men hired a sleeping car in Philadelphia, which they stored with all the luxuries and necessaries desired for a buffalo hunt, and traveled in it all the way to Fort Riley. Two miles from Fort Riley the party hired ambulances, which conveyed them between 200 and 300 miles distant where herds of buffalo were grazing. Having killed five or six of tho huge animals, and enjoyed themselves to their hearts' content tbe party returned, having been gone about three weeks, and having traveled the whole distance from Philadelphia to Fort Riley in a single sleeping car. Practical, Ecoxomt. A thrifty young man got married to a rosy young Irish girl quite to the horror of his mother and sisters, but defended himseli by the fol lowing logic : " If I marry an American girl. I must have an Irish, girl to take care of her, and I cannot afford to support both." An Englishman proposes- a scbera8 to pay off his country's national debt la cce Hundred aod twenty-four years. The "Winter of One Heart. , A beautiful writer counsels wisely when, he says : " Live so that good angels may protect you from that terrible evil the win ter of tho heart Let no chilling influenco freezo up the fountains of sympathy and happiness in its depths ; no cold burden, settle over its withered hopes, like the snow on faded flowers ; no rude blasts of discon tent moan and shriek through its desolated chambers. Your life-path may lead thro' trials which for a time seemed utterly to impede your progress, and shut out tho very light of heaven from your anxious gaze. Penury may take the place of ease and plenty. Your luxurious apartments may be changed for humble ones the soft couch for the straw pallet the rich viands for the coarse food of tbe poor. Summer friends may forsake you, and the unpity ing world pass you with scarcely a look of compassion. You may be forced to toil wearily, steadily on, to earn a livelihood you may encounter base avarice and fraud that would extort the last farthing, till you well nigh turn in disgust from your fellow beings. Death may sever the dear ties that bind you to earth, and leave you in tearful darkness. That noble, manly boy, the sole hope of your declining years, may be taken from you, while your spirit clings to him with a wild tenacity, which even the shadow of the tomb cannot wholly subdue. Amid all those sorrows, do not come to the conclusion that nobody was ever so deeply afflicted as you are, and abandon the anticipation of better days in the unknown future. Do not loose your faith in human excellence, because confi dence has sometimes been betrayed, nop believe that friendship was only a delusion and love a bright phantom which glides away from your grasp. Do pot think that you aro fated to be miserable, because you are disappointed in your expectations and baffled in your pursuits. Do not declare that God has forsaken you when your way is hedged about with thorns, or repine sin fully when he calls your dear ones to tho land beyond the grave. Keep a holy trust in heaven through every trial ; bear adver sity with fortitude, and look upwards in hours of temptation and suffering. When your locks are white, your eyes are dim, and your limbs weary, when your steps falter on the verge of death's gloomy vale, still retain the freshness and buoyancy of spirit which will shield you from the icy Winter of the Heart" Pride. Pride is as great a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, 'tis easier to suppress the first desire than sat isfy all that follow it And it is as truly follyor the poor to ape the rich as for the frog to swell in order to ape the ox, Vessels large may venture more, but little boats should keep near shore." It is, however, a folly son punished ; for as poor Dick says, " pride that dines on van-i ity sups on contempt Pride breakfasted with plenty, diped with po verty, and sup ped with infamy." And after all, of what use is this pride of appearance for which so much is suffered ? It cannot promote health nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the person ; it creates envy, it hasteqs misfortune. Franklin. . Fqseiqx Haih Edict. A most peculiar decree has been issued by the municipal council (Of the departmnnt of Correge, 'That august assembly in high council have il . i ll. . A? - 1 A ueciaeu mat, me practice so prevalent among young women of Normandy and of Brittany to sell their hair in the market places of their respective villages is highly immoral, and, therefore, forbid the practice. The custom has been that those who wished to dispose of their cheveiure, should wear bright ribbonsQn their ehig non, which were synonymous with the words, " Look ,at my hair, it is for sale." Hair venders were then privileged tq go up to the girl, untie the ribbons, examine the hair, and bargain as to its price. As soon as this knotty point was decided, the purchaser, armed with scissors, cut off his merchandise, leaving but a fkw short curls in front Sagacity of a Fox. -A keeper on one of the western ranges of the Ochils recently discovered a bed of young foxes, but the old one was gone. In order to secure her he concealed several traps at the mouth of the hole. Whether Mistress Reynard ob served him at a distance or suspected some unfriendly operation, is not known ; but at any rate, on the keeper returning next day he found all tl traps sprung. They were re-set for several days with like results. Anxious to ascertain how this arose, the keeper lay in wait one morning, after set ting the traps. Soon the wily fox return ed with food for her offspring. She halted a little distance off, and went away, bringr ing back a stick in her mouth. With this she began to poke awaj at the mouth of the hole, and presently sprang all the traps and entered safely, , - The Third Party- A Pantheist minis ter one day met Pr. Emmons, and ab ruptly asked: " Mr. Emmons, how old are you " Sixty, sir ; and how old are you ?" " As old as the creation," was the an swer, in a triumphant tone. " Then you are qf the same age as Adam and Eve 2" " Certainly, I was in the gardea v&ea they were." "I have always heard that there was a, third person inthe garden with them, rex. flied the doctor, with great CQolfigsj, "fe3i never. kne?r t&at H was yo.n 1 - o