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M.- -Holds its regular communications on the first and third Sat urdays of each month, at half past six p. m. Brethren in good standing are invited to attend. Bv order of . M Oregon City, Nov. bth. 1SCC. Q D :1V . vv,iv Oregon L-wtgeQio. 3, I. O. $&S& ofO F. Meets every Wednes- '!j day evening at 7 o'clock, in the Masonic Hail. Members oftheorder are in vited to attend. By order N. G. S:ly Willamette Li.itlgc iVo. 131. O. O. T. Meets every Saturday evening, at the rooms . S.E. corner of Main and Fi.'lh streets, at 7 1-2 o'clock. Visiting members are invited to attend. 1 "7 j By order cf W. C. T. J. WELCH, DENTIST 6 o retDuinentbj Located at Oregon, City, Oregon. Rooms oyr.r Charxhan &. Bro.'s store. Main street. (12.lv ' TV. C. JOHNSON. F. O. M COW'S. Xotary Pnbllc. JOHNSON & IVIcCQWN, OIU:(X CITY, ORISON. f Will attend to all business entrusted to our care in auy of" the Courts of the State, collect money, negotiate loans, sell re es tate, etc. Particular attention given to contested laiid cases. 1-Vl D. Til. McKEIOEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Laic. WILL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL business eiitrusted ta his care, Ojtfice One door north of Bell & Parker's Drug store, (t'giti City, Oregon. ;5:ly TO ALL S. HUELAT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oregon City, Oregon. OlEce over Charmau &. Brother. 8:tf JAliIESI. ftTOQBE, Justice of' ijeace c- City Recorder, -rr OfTico In the Court iPuise and City Council Room, Oiggon City. Will attend to the. acknowledgment of deeds, and ail other d.ities appertaining to theollice ofustie of the Peace. 2:i V Dr. F. Barclay, M. R. C. L. o (Formerlyurgeon toQhellou.'n. B. Co.) OFFICE: A t Reside n ce, Main Street (52) Oregon City. O. u o ur. n. sauarrans, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. 0 OFFICE In J. Fleming's Book Store. Main street, Oregon City. John Fleming, o DEALER in. HOOKS and STATIONERY. ThankfuffrT the patronage hercloforefe ceived, respectfully solicits a continuance of the favors of a generous public. His store is between Jacobs' and Acket1 min's bricks, on the west side of Main street. Orfgon City, October 27th, 0;. 0 Of Professor APJ. Rutjes, TEACHER OF M U SI 6. T7ILL be glad to receive a number ot V V Pupils at his Music Room, at the pri vate residence of Mr. thtnles Logos. He will also continue to give instructions at private, residences. No charge for the use of the piano. My pupils will please giye e notice when -ready to commence. S:ly a- P.VVin SMITH O V.'. It. M AHSIIALL SMITH St MARSHALL, Jjlack Smiths and Boiler Makers Corner of Main and Third streets, Oregon City . . O Oregon. Blacksmithing in all irPbranches. Boiler making and repairing. All work warranted to give satisfaction. (52 BARLOW HOUSE. Main Street, oue door north of the Wooleu ! 0 Factory, Oregon City Oregon. Wm Barlow Proprietor. The proprietor, thankful for the continued patronage he has received, would inform the jH.blie that he will continue his efforts to j'least his guests. (o'2 William Broughton, u CONTRACTOR and BUILDER, Main street, Oregon City. 'ill attend to all work in his line, con sistin:; in part of Carpenter and Joiner work framing, building, etc. Jobbing promptly attended to. (-2 TO SUBSCRIBERS. TV iTOOl) WANTED. Cord Wood taken m payment of Subscriptions to the Oregox Citt Enterprise. Delivered at the 0 otbee, or on the bluff, corner cf Ccutvr awl Q:'c-tatb stct-elv - O O OREGON CITY BREWERY ! gllll IIENUYHUMBEL, Having purchased the above Brewery, wishes to inform the public that he is now prepared to manufacture a No. 1 quality of LAG MR BEER! As good aa can be obtained anywhere in the State. Orders solicited and promptly tilled. Oregon City, December 2Sth, 1S06. lOtf IN MOSS' BUILDING, MAIN STREET, Oregon City. nrilE UNDERSIGNED WILL OJL keep on hand all the vari eties of fresh and cured meats : POULTRY, VEGETABLES, Corned Brrf and Pork, Bacon, JIams, Lord, Tallow, A liberal share of patronage is solicited, as I expect to keep as good an Assortment, and of as good quality as the country affords, which will be delivered to purchasers at any reasonable distance in the city. :Iv a B. MAY'ER. L0GU3 t ALBRIGHT, EXCELSIOR MARKET ! Comer of Main and Fourth sis., Oregon City Oregon, IAKE this method of informing the pub 1 lie that they keep constantly on hand all kinds of fresh and salt meats, such . as F,EEl POh-K, MUTTON, VEAL, COKy ED- li E E F, PlUKL ED- F O R K, 11 A MS, LAUD, And Everything else, to be found in their line of business. LOG US & ALBRIGHT. Oregon-City, November 1, 1 863. "2.ly JOHN MYERS. 18G6. H. C. MYERS. J. MYERS & BIJO'UIER, Undtr flie Court 1 louse, in Oregon City. Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes. Clothing, Groceries, Hardware, etc., etc., Which ttey propone to M as cheap as any JL.ie in Orfion. Oregon City," October 23, 1SC0. 2:ly C A N E M A II ST0R JAMES M0RFITT & CO., -YT70ULD INFORM THE PUBLIC ES W pecially of Can mah, that they have established a SWeat that place, where they w;ll 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. JOII7ST SCHHAM Manufacturer and Dealer in SADDLES, HARNESS, etc., tc, Main street, between Third and Fourth, Oregon City. rIiIE attention of parties desiring anything Xin my line, is direetf-a to my stock, bc foie making purchases ei.-ewhere. (ly) JOHNSCHRAM. A. LEVY, Main Street, at the Telegraph Office, CMVgoli City Un gon Dealer in Kestrrs Ready made Clothing, Cigars. Tobacco. Pipes, Stationery, Cutlery, Willow and U anden Ware, Yankee Aotions. Fancy and staple Groceries, Candies, Nuts, Toys, etc. . (52 Fashion Billiard Saloon Main street, between Second and Third, Oregon City. J. C. Mann, Frcprietor. THE above long established and popular Saloon is yet a favorite resort, and as oulv the choicest brands of '(Vines, Liquors and Cigars are dispensed to customers a share of the public patronage is solicited, (ly.) .1. C. MANN. SHADES SAL00N West Side Main Street, hetireen Second and Third, Oregon City. GEORGE A. HAAS Proprietor. The proprietor begs leave to inform his and the public generally that the friends and the public generally that the above named popular saloon is open for their accommodation, with a new ana wen assort ed supply of the finest brands of wines, liquyrs and cigars. 52 THE GEM. Main Street, opposite the Post OJice, Oregon City. E PAYNE Proprietor. The undersigned takes this method of in forming the public that he has purchased the aboVe saloon, ana now oll'ors 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 iu the !State,alwavs on draught. S:lyj K. PAYNE. PONY SAL 0 0 EL Main street, Oregon Citv, Adjoining the Brick Store of i. Ackerman. JAMES 3JAXN, Propr. This popular saloon is alwavs supplied with the very best quality of "Wines and Liquors, Ale, Porter, lieer and Cider. Ciirars ..-and Tobacco. Give me a call. M-.i.-i . .... ... - j JAJltS .MAjN. BENNETT HOUSE, Salem . . . Oregon, L. JAY S.Tt RXEV, HAVING LEASED THE ABOVE HOTEL is prepared to accommodate the public in as good style as anv house ou the coast He has determined to make the Bennett as good as the best, ana setter than any public house in Salem. Chirks moderats- Til. Idiot Boy. We find the following beautiful poem in the Lancaster Iaily Exprez. Those who have heard this touching effusion recited by the celebrated tragedian, Mr. Forrest, will never forget either the pathos with which he renders it, or his simple, affecting intro duction to it. Mr. Forrest thinks the writer was the brother of the poet rfouthey. Na-tio-nal Intelligencer. It had pleased God to form pocr?ed A thing of idiot mind. Yet to the poor unreas'ning boy God had not been unkind. Old Sarah loved her helpless child Whom helpnessness made dear, And life was everything to him Who knew no hope nor fear. She knew his wants, she understood Each half artie'late call ; For he was everj thing to her, And she to him was all. And so for many a year they lived, Nor knew a wish beside, But age at length on Sarah came, And she fell sick and died. He tried in vain to waken her, He called her o'er and o'er; They told him she was dead the words To him no import bore. They closed her eyes and shrouded her, Whilst he stood wond'ring by, And when they bore her to the grave, He followed silently. They laid her iu the narrow house, And sung the funeral stave, And when the mournful train dispersed, He loitered by the grave. The rabble boys that used to jeer When'er they saw poor Ned, Now stood and watched him at the grave, And not a word was said. They came and went and came again, And night at last drew on ; Yet still he lingered at the place Till eveiv one had gone. And when he found himself alone He quick removed the clay, And raised the coiiin in his arms, And bore it swift away. Straight went he to his mother's cot.- And laid it on the floor; And with the eagerness of joy He barred the cottage door. At once he placed his mother's corpse Upright within her chair, And then he heaped the hearth and blew The kindling lire wilh care. She was now in he;- wonted chair, It was her wonted place, And bright the tire blazed and flashed, Reflected from her face. Then bending down he'd feel her hands, Anon her face behold ; Why, mother, qo you look so pale And why are you so cold ? And when the neighbors on next morn Had forced the cottage door, Old Sarah's corpse was in the char, And Ned was on th floor. It had pleased God for this poor boy His only fnend to call ; Yet God was not unkind to him, For death restored him all ! TiiK Empty Ckadle. Many a mother's heart will respond to this sketch from Miss Barber's Weekly : ' We met John on the stairs. He was carrying an old cradle to be stowed away among what we termed plunder,' in the lumber-room. Oue rocker was gone, and the wicker work of the sides broken. It was an old willow affair ; but we could not retain from casting a sad look into its emptyT depths. Gone,' he said, dreamily, ' all gone ?? What golden heads were once pillowed here, heads on which the curls grew moist in slumber, and the cheeks and lids fl'ish ed to the hue of rose leaves. When sleep broke, the silken-fringed lips opened heavily from the slumbrous eyes ; smiles flitted like sunbeams over the face ; the white fist was thrust into the mouth, and when mamma lifted the muslin and peeped in to see if baby was awake, what cooing and crowing was heard! The little feet began to kick out of pure delight, and k eked on uadi both of the tiny red shoes were landed at lhe loot of the cradle. WJiere are those heads now ? Some that were embrowned with vigorous manhood are sleeping on battle fields ; some are bleaching with time and care, and the feet have grown sore and weary on the roughs paths oi lire, remaps some mue or, onte tenderly roc! c ', he -e, is sleeping in aie cofiiu. Over it grows heart's ease, and the vigorous box aud white candy tuft, and starry jessamine. The blue bird flutters its bright wings through the willow boughs, and the cool Summer wind whispers to the green leaves and grass blades on the grave.'7 Remarkable Ccke. We are informed by Mr. Gibson, a gentleman-.well known at the Monte, that a few days since, a favorite grey mare of his was taken with the disease known as blind staggers. She laid ddwn to die, and was pronounced dead by Mr. Asa Ellis. Mr. John Guest being present, bored through lhe scull of her forehead, just below the eyes, from which a pint of water flowed, and in a few minutes she rose to her feet and went to feeding. ' It is important to those who own horses to bear this in mind. Los Angeles Xeics. SmokixCt A wav a Fai:m. Think of this, voting man : our Government land costs one dollar an acre, on an average, and champagne two dollars a bottle. Many a man dies landless, who during his life, has swallowed a fertile township, trees and all. So a voting man who smokes cigars and tobacco to the amount of one dollar a week, wastes a farm of fifty acres each year, which in a short time, would be worth a thousand by its mere rise in value, Round Table. The PunUltmrnt of Children. Not long ago, says Hall's Journal, an editor in the northern part 'of the State of New York told his son. about eleven years old, that he would whip him in the course of a few hours, and locked hici in the up per room until he had leisure to do so. When he heard his father coming he be came so alarmed that he junipM out of the window aud broke his neck. About a year ago a mother punished her little daughter, of eight years, by shutting her up in a dark closet ; the child became so frightened that convulsions were induced, which resulted in death. In another case of a similar character, the result was still more calamitous, for the child became epileptic, and so remained for some time afterward. The object of parental cor rection should be the ultimate good of the child, and to make it effective : 1. The character of the punishment should be according to the disposition and temperament of the child. 2. The punishment should be la pro portion to the nature of the offense. 3. The punishment should be inflicted with the utmost self-possession, for if done in a towering passion it takes the charac ter of revenge, the child sees it, and re sists it with defiance, stubbornness, or with the feeling of being the injured party. 4. Punishment should never be threat ened for one or two results, both, unfor tunate, are certain, either the promise will not be kept and the child lose confi dence in the parental assertions, or the child's mind, dwelling upon what is ex pected, sutlers a lengthened torture, im agination always aggravating the severity of the chastisement, and the child learns to startle at every event which is likely to usher in correction, and the foundation is laid for that fearlessness of the future which is the bane of human happiness ; and in some cases the severity of the ex pected suffering looms up so largely un der the influence cf distempered imagina tion, as in the case of the editor's, that child suicide is considered the lesser evil. It is nothing more nor less than a savage barbarity for any parent to hold the mind of a child in the state of terrorism for a single hour, let alone for days and weeks. 5. Never correct a child by scolding, admonition or castigation in the presence of any person whatever. It is an attack on self esteem, which provokes resistance and passion. Let grown persons recollect how ill they bear even deserved reproof in the presence of others. G. Never punish a child twice for one offense. ; it is a great injustice, a relic of barbarism, and always discourages or hardens. Make each settlement final in itself, and don't be forever harping on what is past. 7. Punishment should not be effected, in any case, without placing clearly before the child's mind the nature of the aggrava tion, and that the sole design of the chas tisement, or reproof, is his present and future welfare. 8. In all cases, where punishment is decided upon, it should be prompt or de ferred, according to the aggravation or palpable wrong. Pi is almost always bet ter to defer; but in such cases threaten nothing, say nothing, do nothing which in dicates in the slightest degree that any thing is to come. And when the time does come, do not alarm the child with any show of preparation, but gradually and effectually bring up the whole matter, place it in its true, just, and clear light, and act accordingly ; and always as much as possible appeal to the child's conscience, to its sense ot right, to its magnanimity, to its benevolence towards man and its grat itude towards God. Ths Department of Aoricx'ltvre. The annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture is a very brief document too brief, indeed, it would seem, if we take into consideration the vast , interests it treats of. and the bulky documents issuing from other departments. The facts and considerations presented in the report show the condition of the Northern States to be verv flourishing. The increase dur ing the past year in the number and value of farm stock, in the amount, average aud value of crops, appears to be most gratify ing, and many readers of the report will lay it down regretting that no more is of fered, a feeling which is by no means sh.ired by the readers of other documents of this class. With regard to Southern agriculture, the report justly dwells upon the immense prospects of Southern agri culture, which only need the adoption of a reasonable labor system to secure a prosperity unparalleled in the past, and unsurpassed by any other States in the Union. The Department of Agriculture has a great mission to perform in these States. Some of the leading men in the Southern States have begun to see clearly the causes of the inferiority of the South. Nothing will be better calculated to dis abuse the minds of the masses of the Southern people than the statistical state ments showing the relative progress and wealth of North and South. The Agricul tural Department is still in its youth, and for its progress and development needs the fostering care of Congress. No de partment of the Government is more worthy of this care. Labor Saving Plows. A late Washing ton dispatch shows that some of England's inventions are to be introduced in our country. This special says : John Fowler & Co.. of England, have sent here a com ple set of steam plowing apparatus, in charge of an overseer, which is capable of plowing over an acre an hour to a depth of twelve inches. The cost is less by con siderable than by horse and hand labor. It is thought it will be adopted by a large number of California farmers. The Cus tom House has levied duty on this sample of nearly $400. Mr. Bidwell offered a joint resolution refunding this, which was immediately adopted. History of Bribery in Kiiglai.a. The first recorded instance of bribery in boroughs, cr at least the first occasion on which the House of Commons appears to have taken cognisance of the offense, is the case of Thomas Long, who having been returned for Westbury in the Parlia ment of loll, and having been seen to be " a very simple man and unfit to serve," confessed, oa being questioned, that he had given 4 to the Mayor of Westbury and another for his place in Parliament. The culprits were ordered to refund the money, and a fine of 10 was assessed on the corporation and inhabitants of the town. It is to be observed that the Parli ament sat on April 5, that action was ta ken iri Long's case on May 10, aud that the Parliament was dissolved on May 29, after the administration of a severe re proof tm the part of Elizabeth. It was by no means to be wondered at that the Queen took umbrage at the language and the action of the House of Commons, for they not only took cognisance of this case of bribery, but debated on the nomination of members by noblemen's letters, on the extent of the prerogative, on the privilege of Parliament, and on a rumor to the ef fect that certain members had received fees or rewards for their votes. There is but little evidence of bribery for more than a century arid a half after the date of this occurrence. It may, we think, be concluded that such practices did not pre vail in the time before, during, and after the civil wars, since it could hardly be but that the Parliaments of the Stuarts would have taken cognisance of the of fense if it could have been brought home to the parlies who under divers pretexts incurred the wrath of those majorities which ruled from time to time in the House. It ha3 been mere than once observed that there is little, if any notice taken of bribery in the essays of Addison, Steele and others, nor in Swift's political writ ings, nor in his journal to Stella. Treat ing there was in plenty, especially at the county elections, but this from mere jol lity it seems, and not for any political or personal end. There was, indeed, no need for bribery. As a rule, the counties re turned Jacobites, and the Court relied on the nomination boroughs, belonging on the whole to the Whig party, for its ma jorities. In the times when Cornwall sent 42 and Wiltshire 23 burgesses, from towns which wore decayed and impoverished as early as the reign of Elizabeth, the means by which the Ministry could secure the as cendancy were more obvious and cheaper than the corruption of the few electors who as a rule constituted the electoral college. The bribes were paid to peers and great landowners, and the only sem blance of a free election was to be found in a very few boroughs and in most of the counties, which at that time really con tained freeholders. The origin of bribery is to be traced his torically to the representatives of special commercial interests, and to the ambition or successful merchants, especially the West India planters. After the Revolu tion, the prerogative of giving monopolies of foreign trade, which had formerly been the right of the Crown, was assumed by Parliament, and consequently was a per petual object of parliamentary intrigues. They who have studied the transactions which led to the reconstruction of the South Sea Company in 1721, are familiar with the course taken by the promoters of those schemes, a course which might be paralleled in modern railway legislation. Votes now became more and more valua ble, as the holders of office strove to re tain the enormous advantages of pensions and sinecures. But as Ministers were con strained to distribute some of the spoils among their supporters, votes were notori ously marketable. The nomination bor oughs Were not it seems regularly soldun- til about the accession of George III. ; but bribery increased till that time, as we know from the pictures of Hogarth, and from the indignant hypocrisy of several Acts of Parliament passed in the reign of the first two Georges. It is allowed that the practice became general in the elec tions of 14 and l4o. Nor was it mar vellous that the electors became infected with the epidemic which raged in Parlia ment. Walpole and Pel ham bribed the House of Commons systematically : and the eager aspirants for offices and titles strove to effect an entry into the political paradise by expedients of a similar charac - ter. Peerages were founded and endowed with the spoils of the public purse, and a judicious speculator might and 'did obtain solid wealth and hereditary honors for his family, by investing some portion of his capital in a nomination for a corrupt bor ough. It Would not be difficult to quote several titles whose history may be traced to these prudent, far sighted speculations. The electors knew what they were selling, a valuable privilege for solid cash ; and if f'aey did discern that the purchaser of their votes intended to reimburse himself from the public revenue, they might cCmf'ort themselves by the facts that the contribu tion came from the general resources of the community, while their gain Was a special advantage ; and that, as the ulti mate profits of the candidate were cer tain, the electors would not be benefited by giving an honest vote. In short the House of Commons was, as it now is, the author of bribery ; the prostitution of boroughs being due to the seduction of ad ven airers. Bribery awi Us Ikmcdy, Fra$cr:s Montane. Tlie San Francisco Chsmtier of Com mence und Immigration, Partiea now at Hamburg and other maratime cities of central Europe, have acquainted the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, with the fact, says the" Mercantile Gazette, that a very general de sire pervades the people of those parts to emigrate to this coast, they being well ad vised as to the advantages attending a residence here ; the only thing that deters a wide spread movement of this kind be ing the cost of passage, considerations of health and comfort while on the way, and an ignorance as to the prices of land, the best locations for settlement, expenses of interior carriage, and similar items of in formation that might readily be supplied to them with little trouble and at a trifl ing cost. It has therefore been proposed bv the Chamber of Commerce that the proprietors of large tracts of land, willing to dispose of them, should at once ac quaint that body with their terms giving information as to the character and situa tion of their property, facilities for com municating with San Francisco or other marketable points, with such further data as will enable them to judge of its fitness for the purpose required. Persons know ing of considerable tracts of public land, well situated for settlement, might also render the Chamber, who propose to be come general agents in this business, a valuable service by forwarding such a de tailed statement of the same as might lead to a more full and particular examination on their part. In fact, as this is a project in which every property owner and citizen of California is interested, all are invited and expected to co-operate with this in stitution in furthering it by every means in their power. The opportune moment has arrived for a united and vigorous effort toward secur ing for this coast such a share of the for eign emigration setting towards our shore as its geographical position and natural advantages entitle it. If attended with but a moderate measure of success such a movement cannot fail, to enhance the value of property, invite capital, stimulate im provements, and finally impart to every interest and pursuit an impulse that will carry California rapidly forward in the path of commercial enterprise and indus trial prosperity. Hereafter a much more extended plan of operations is contem plated by those having this matter in hand the present being a mere temporary ex pedient for bringing hither such passen gers as can be accommodated in ships coining to this port for cargo. But even in this view it may turn out to be of im portance, not only as a means of adding considerably to our population, but as in augurating a general system of immigra tion, which once set ou foot mav hereafter be diverted into more cheap, direct and expeditious channels. The establishment of a line of screw propellor3 of large ca pacity to run direct between European ports aud the Isthmus of Panama and thence to this place, should at once gain the attention of our business men and cap italists, as the only means adequate to meet the wants of the passenger traffic that must soon seek this route, and which the proper effort might even now have been in full tide of success. In a few years the railroad will also become an efficient auxiliary in supplying us with population. But that will mostly be drained from the Atlantic States, whereas we should at once establish direct com munication with the seaports of Europe, and draw our supplies from the over crowded communities of the old world, seeking as far as practicable to obtain them from the frugal and well trained in habitants of the manufacturing villages and rural districts. A Yankee Boat Race in Japanese Wa ters. A private letter from l'okohamaj written on board the British war-ship Princess Royal. September 19th says : , I told you four months since about a boat race between us and the crew of the American flagship Hartford in which we beat. Last night the return race came off amidst the greatest excitement, in which the people on shore joined. There was heavy betting on both sides. Both boats' crews were in beautiful condition, as they had been in training for a long time, and the Americans evidently .thought they wore going to beat us. At 4 P. M. yester day both ships, rigging and decks were crowded with people from the shore. At 4:15 the boats started : thev were . 12 oared cutters. The Y'ankees got a little ahead at first ; there was a heavy sea on I In two or three minutes our boat shot ahead and came in 10 boat-lengths before the other, after a four-mile race. The race was for $100. It has been all the talk here for a month past. As Rich as Croesus. The Helena Dem ocrat furnishes an incident which occurred in that city recently : A well-known portly gentleman of this city, while carrying the dignity superin duced by seventeen cocktails and a quart 0f eH--nog, met a friend on Broadway, the other day, and by the peculiar optical de lusion consequent upon over-doses of al cohol, saw double, and Undertook to go "between the individual, " and as the cen ter of the two objects is the focus in such cases, he came against his friend like a nef ro regiment charging a sand bag forti fication. from which he rebounded as if the objective epace had been charged with electricity. Taking him bv the arm. his friend steadied him on his pins, with the remark, "Whv, you re pretty full to day." " Y'es, ech I" says the other, with a strong effort to draw his boot soles through his windpipe, and with the comico-tragic pantomime of ' Toodles," I've, ech S got . .... i n my pockets lull ot quartz, i m, ecu : ncn ab Croesus." Miscellaneous Ink Drops. Jeff. Davis is said to be highly gratMc fct the arrest of Surratt q Dr. Aver, of Lowell of pill advertising notoriety, has entered the field aa a public ecturer. The present Marquis of Waterford is twenty-two and has an income of fourhun- dred thousand ciollars. A. T. Stewart, the New York merchant prince, is gradually withdrawing himself iromcuve business. w A gold brick weighing thirttopounds, taken from mines in Nova Scotia, U being exhibited at the East. G. W. Harri.sf. Sut Lovegood) was: elect ed Superinteadent of the Wills Valley uiiiouvi ui, vuuiiiiooga laieiy. The Confederate General Rosser has gone into a commission house in Balti more. The " nistorv of Morgan's Cavalry." by General Basil W. Duke, will comprise volume of fonr or five hundred pages. The author of " Eccee Homo" has at last been found, it is said, in Professor Seeley, of the University College. London. Jeff. Thompson turns up as treasurer of a Christmas gift enterprise for the benefit of the " Southern Hospital Association for Disabied bofdiers' in New Orleans. The Young Men's Christian Association of Philadelphia have presented George H. Stuart a bust, in Carrera marble, upon a pedestal of exee,eding beauty, of General U. S. Grant. The sc ilptiire'cost Sl,oO0. " Sarnh," said a young man the other day, "why don't you wear ear-rings?" " Because I haven't had my ears pierced 1 will bore them lor vou.7J "Thanlc you, you have done that enough." While Mr. Peabody. the liberal banker. was recently in Philadelphia, the Inquirer pointedly suggested that " our schools are numerous, and our colleges ancient and useful." O Mr. William Pejd. of East Hartford, Conn., has a coin of the reign of one of the Ptolemy Kings of Egypt, hundreds of years before Christ. He found it in the hospital yard at Jacksonville Florida. q A old iron stove, cast by John Patton at the Berkshire Foundry, England, in 12 nearly a hundred yearsago was sold at Auestown, Pa., recently, as old iron. A London publisher announces The Lover's Dictionary : a Political Treasury of Lovers' Thoughts, Fancies, Addresses and Dilemmas, indexed for references as a dictionary of compliments, and guida, to the study of the tender sciences." An enthusiastic Boston critic says that Miss Jean Hosmer changed her wardrobe seven times during a recent performance, before he left, and was still in a healthy condition, and would probably make another change to die in. A writer in the Didionnaire du Com.' merce goes into elaborate calculations of the money saved arising outf the greater rapidity of railways, and values it at $8, 000,000, on the basis that the time of a French citizen is worth 5d. an hour. A man named Patrick Hark, of QuebecfO fell m a trance and was sujtposed to be dead. Preparations were made for the funeral, but he recovered consciousness in time to prevent that eeremonv. A sea sonable wake." rr The Wyandotte, Michigan, rolling mills employ some 200 hands, at a cost of $20, 000 per month. The lill is 140 by 200 feet, and contains eight furnaces. The number of rails rolled daily is about 250, or 12,000 per. year. This mill is furnished with two engines of 200 horse power each and two of 30 each. The new champion golden billiard cue of Connecticut is five feet in length, and made in three sections, one of rosewood and two of maple. The rosewood is fen circled by,iiands of gold, and on an in-laid piece ct pearl is engraved the word Champion. The butt is plated with pearl, on which is inscribed the State motto and coat ot arms. It cost $400. Beards ale in Russia the peculiar pre rogative of two classes only, but those the most numerous, it not the most potent serfs and priests ; all other Russians crop and shave. Government officials of all kinds and they are a host gentlemen, barons, and soldiers, will hot allow a hair to be seen, unless it be an imperial, a roy al, or a Napoleonic moustache on the up per lip. Beard is the triark of servitude and pnest-cralt. and is. therefore, abhor red by the " respectability" of Russia. When Grou mat be Taken Medicin ally. Grog may be taKen medicinally : After goose, or duck, br pork, oo Irish stew, or any delicacy of the season, into which onions may have seaaoningably en tered. Invariably after salmon. When there is any washing beingQdone at home. O When the painters are in the house. When a person feels faint, and dosen't know what is the matter with him. When a friend tiirns up after an absence of several years, or when you are parting with a friend whom you do not expect td see for several years. G o When a person has the toothache. When a person has lost at cards, or when a person has conje into a large property. When a person has met wit& a great misfortune, or made a tremendous bar gain. When a person is riding 'outside a Stage coach, or is on a sea voyage, or gc-es out between the acts of a five-cent tragedy, or before ascending iu a balloon, or after coming off the jury of a coroner's inquest, or when you are setting up for your wife, q or when a friend drops in to smoke a cigar ; and, in fact, upon all suitable occasions Of sadness or merriment, when a person feels rather low, or feels in eery higlCspirits. Diptheria. As this fatal disease is somewhat prevalent we give lhe following recipe by an eminent French phyEician, which is said to be a certain cure : " Take a number of lemons, squeeze the juice into a glass, and gargle the throat with it, at the same time swallowing a little of it" This remedy i3 simple, and may be the means of saving the liyis of your little ones if applied in time. Moth ers, remember it 0 O i v o O o o o o o o 0 0 0 o o O 0 09 o O O o o O 0 o o o ! O o O O o