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. Pt -BLISHE!) EVERT SAT CRD AT MOKNIXG
3y D. 0. IRELAND,
-o)ti ViCE South east corner of Fifth and
' Miv streets, in the building lately known
as the Court House, Oregon City, Oregon
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Legal advertising: at the established rates.
S. HUB L AT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Oregon City, Oregon.
Office over Charman & Brother. fS:tf
D. Iff. MoKENHEY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
it ILL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL
YV business entfni.-ted to his care.
OfPca One door north of Bell k Parker's
'Pru,r store, Oregon City, Oregon. ;3:ly
V. C. JOHNSON. r. O. M COW.V.
Not-xry Public.
JOHNSON & McCOWN,
OIIEGOX CITY", OREGON.
o Will attend to all business entrusted
t.i'our care ni any of ihe Courts of the .State,
e.llt.'Ct money, negotiate leans, sell real es-
tt)te, etc.
"Particular attention given to contested
land cases. l.yl
niltioiia.n Lotltre No. 1, A.
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r . v a. w.- -Holds its regular xj'
communications on the lirst and third Sat
urdays of cc) month, at half past six r. m.
Brethren in good standing are invited to
attend. Bv order ofQ W. M.
Oregon City, Nov. bth, 1SG6. S:ly
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lcSon Lotlge A"o. 3, I. O.
gpjlS of OF. Meets every Wednes
' -K-v evening at 7 o'clock, in the
Masonic Hall. Members of the order are in
(iied to attend. By order X. G. 3:ly
WUJIamttIc fridge Xo. 151. O. G. T.
Meets every Saturday evening, at the rooms
S.E. corner of Main and Fifth streets, at 7 1-2
-u'clcck. Visiting members are invited to
attend. jn"j
O q By order of W. C. T.
J. WELCH, 9
DEiXTIST.
'Permanently Locate! atOregon City, Oregon.
Rooms over Charmau Bros store. Main
street. (l-'.ly
JAMES m. M003E,
Justice of the Jetoe Jc City Recorder.
Office In the Court. IIuse and City
Cotuici i luin, Oregon City.
Will attend to the acknowledgment of
deeds, and all oilier duties appertaining to
the office of Justice cf the Peace. -2:ly
Dr. F. Barclay, Til. R. C. L.
(Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. II. B.. Co.)
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OFFICE: At Residence,
q Mnin Street (.2) Oregon City.
Dr. H. Saffarrans,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
OFFICE In J. Fleming s Book Store.
Main street,, Oregon City. (52
o John Fleming,
DEALER in J GO ICS and STATIONERY,
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Thankful for the patronage heretofore re
cejve.iL respectfully solicits a continuance
ot the favors of a generous public.
His store is between Jacobs' aad Acker
man's.brictcs, on the west side of Main street.
Oregon City, October 27th, 'GO. (tf
Professor A. J. Rutjes,
TEACHER OF MUSIC.
WfU'L 00 glrtd to receive a number ot
Pupils at his Music Room, at the pri
vate residence of Mr. Charles Bogus. He
wid also continue to give instructions at
private residences. No charge for the use
of the piano. My pupils will please give me
police when ready to commence. 8:ly
SMITH koWJZsBUj,,
' -ifc Smiths and Duller Makers
(Owner of Main aud Third streets,
Oregon City Oregon.
rdacksmithlog in all its branches. Boiler
taking and rtyairfhg. All work warranted
ogive satisfaction. (52
BARLOW HOUSE,
-VJaiu Street, onedoor north of the Woolen
Oregon City Orvgon.
. Eitxlotv, Proprietor.
The pronriptnr 4hnVful for the continued
Ji'miagehe has received, would iaform the j
public that h .-UI r.nntinnA his efforts to I
P'east his guests. (52
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William Broughton,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER,
Xain street, Orego?i City.
Wstini -attend t0 1x11 work in his line COn"
frirfii10 Pfn of Carpenter and Joiner work
endSo Wing' etC- Jobblu P1"01"
T'i!e? u G,lsT IS PREPARED TO DE-
liark to oh Wood Dry i ir Wood and
der left at -aVd warrant satisfaction. Or
filled 6mita & Marshall's shop prompt
CHv r, JAMES II. GIST
7, Dccmbr 1st, is. &
CLIFF HOUSE.
Main Street,
mm, Xearly Opposite Woolen Factory,
W. B. WHITE, i
T.W. RHOADES, Proprietors.
Oregon City, Oregon. '
We invite the citizens of Oregon City, and
the traveling public, to give us a share of
their patronage. Meals can be had at all
hours, to please the rrost fastidious. 15
CLARX GREENMAK,
All orders for the delivery of merchandise,
or packages and freight ot whatever descrip
tion, to any part of the city, will be executed
promptly and with care. lG.6m
OREGON CITY
BREWERY!
HENRY II UMBEL,
Having purchased the above Brewery,
wishes to inform the public 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 lilled.
Oregon City, December Sth, lfeGo. 10tf
L0GU3 & ALBRIGHT,
RKET !
fx n htubiiui
Corner of. Main and Fourth sts.,
Oregon City . . ; Oregon,
TWlvE this method of informing the pub
X lie that they keep constantly on hand
all kinds of fresh and salt meats, such as
BEEF, PORK. MUTTON, VEAL,
CORNED- B E E F, TiCKL ED- TOR IC
IAMS, LARD,
And everything else, to be found in their
line of business. I.OGUS & ALBRIGHT.
Oregon City, November 1, 1300. 2.ly
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ei,5s Market I
IX MOSS' BUILDING, MAIN STREET,
Oregon City.
JL keep on hand all the vari
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eties ot iresh and cured meats :
POULTRY, VEGETARLES,
Corned Beef and Pork,
Bacon, Hams, Lard, Tallow,
etc., d'c, Sj'C.
A liberal share of patromige is solicited,
as I expect to keep as good an assortment,
and of as good quality as the country aC'ords,
which will be delivered to purchasers at any
reasonable distance in the city.
6:ly B.MAYER.
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jonx UVERS
n. C. MYERS.
J. MYERS & BROTH ER,
Claejip CiisSa. Store !
Under the Court House, in Oregon City.
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes. Clothing,
Groceries. Hardware, etc.. etc..
oWhieli they propone to sell as cheap as any
i louse iti wr-cgon.
Oregon City,' October 23, 1SG0. 2:ly
JOI-IIST SCHEAM
Manufacturer and Dealer in
SADDLES, HARNESS, d-c, dx.,
Main street, between Third and Fourth,
Oregon City.
JTHE attention of parties desiring anything
X in my line, is directed to my stock, be
fore making purchases elsewhere.
(lv) JOHN SCHRAM.
A. LEVY,
Main Street, at the Telesrranh Office.
Oregon City Oregon.
Dealer in
Hester's Ready-made Clothing,
Cigars, Tohacco, Pipes, Stationery,
Cutlery, Willow and Wooden
IVure, Yankee Notions,
Fancy and staple Groceries, Candies, Nuts,
Toys, etc. (52
Fashion Billiard Saloon,
Main street, between Second and Third,
Oregon City.
J. C. Blann, Proprietor.
THE above long established and popular
Saloon is yet a favorite resort, and as
only the choicest brands of Wines, Liquors
and Cigars arc dispensed to customers a
share of the public patronage is solicited
(!") J. C. MANN.
SHADES SALOON
H et tilae Main Street, between Second and
Third., Ors$ob City.
GEORGE A. HAAS Proprietor.
The proprietor begs leave to inform his
fripnd :md the public cenerally lhat the
above named popular saloon is open for their
accommodat ion, with a new and well assort
ed supply of the finest brands of wines,
liquors and cigars. '-
THE GEDI.
Main Street, opposite the Post Office, Oregon
City.
E. PAYNE Proprietor.
The undersigned takes this method of in
forming the public that he has purchased
the above saloon, ana now oilers a choice and
well selected stock of foreign and domestic
wines, liquors, etc., which cannot fail to
please thoe who may extend their patron
age. The best Lager Beer, Ale and Porter
in tlie State, always on draught.
3;lyJ E. PAYNE.
PONY SALOON.
Main street, Oregon City,
Adjoining the Brick Store of
S. Ackerman.
JAMES MAN3T, Propr.
This popular saloon is always supplied
with the very best quality of Wines and
Liquors, Ale, Porter, Beer and Cider, Cigars
and Tobacco. Give me a calh
Clty drayman,
ssSS2 -OBEGOXCITT.
Seeds.
The seed3 of all the noblest plants
Take longest time to grow ;
The acorns lie for many weeks
Before their first leaves show.
And children who have sown thern come
And look about their bed,
And say because they lie so long,
" Our acorns must be dead."
But when they sow their mustard-seed
They need not wait so long,
In but a week, like rank young weed,
It grows up green and strong.
Dear faithful heart, among the seeds
A lesson thou canst find ;
For growth's great laws are just the same
Iu them as in the mind.
Thine acorns sown so long ago.
And watched so long with tears,
Still to fair spreading oaks shall grow,
In spite of all thy fears.
Still wait in faith, for naught is dead
Of all that thou hast sown ;
Be not a child, who roots up seeds
To see that they have grown.
How to Tell the Age op Ladies.
There are some men who wait upon ladies
who would be better satisfied if they knew,
their sweet heart's age. They feel a deli
cacy in putting the question right to them,
and no doubt if they did they would be
just as wise before they asked as after.
Hand the following lines to them, request
ing that they inform you in how many
columns their ago appears ; then add the
number together at the top of each column
in which their age is. and you have it :
1 2 4 8 1G 32
2 3 5 9 17 33
5 C 6 10 IS 31
7 7 7 11 19 35
9 10 12 12 20 30
11 11 13 13 21 37
13 14 14 14 22 3S
15 15 15 15 23 39
17 18 20 24 24 40
19 19 21 25 25 41
21 22 22 2 2 R 42
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29 30 30 30 30 46
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33 34 3G 40 AS 48
35 35 37 41 49 49
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39 39 39 43 51 51
41 42 44 44 52 52
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P. V. NASBY " ELOOCI DATES A TlNT' I
hed seen stricters ia a Boston paper onto
the common practice of amalgamashun in
the South, which paper helt up thepraclis
to the eondemnashen uv pins mjn. " My
berthren," said I, " them Boston abolish
nists hev no clear understandin uv the
skripter." When Hani wus cust by Xoar,
what wus that cuss? "He shall be a
SERVANT UNTO HLS BRETHREN." Not Unto
strangers not unto the Philistines or the
Girgeshite, nor the Millerite, but unto his
brethren. How cood he be a sarvunt unto
his brethren except through amalgama
shen? Onless we amalgamated with cm.
how wood the male nigersbe our brethren ?
Oh, my brethren, we wuz obliged to do
these things that the skripturs might be
fulfilled ; and to the credit uv the Southern
people be it sed that they never shrunk
frum the performance uv dooty. The per
cent, uv yallcr niggers in this State attest
how faithful Kentucky hez bin.
A Modern Dogberry. -An irascable old
gent, who formerly held the " posish"
of a Justice of the Peace, was going down
street one day, when a youth accosted him
in a manner that did not come up to his
honor's idea of the respect that was due
him. " Young man," said hej " I fine you
five dollars for contempt of court." ' Why.
Judge," said the offender, " you are not in
session," " This court," responded the
Judge, thoroughly irritated, " is always in
session, and consequently always an ob
ject of contempt !"
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A Fan;cy Dress. At a fancy ball given
at Melbourne, Australia, Mrs. Butters, as
" the press," wore a white satin dress on
which were printed the first pages of all
the Melbourne newspapers and periodi
cals, including that of an illustrated jour
nal with a portrait of the Governor. In
her hand she carried a gold model of a
printing press, from which were struck off
in the room some lines from Byron's
Lara."
Joke on Schuyler. When Schuyler
Colfax wa3 going up from Troy to Burling
. Wtnrp. last winter, a centle-
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man entered the car and took a scat be
side him. Disposed to be sociable, the
stranger said :
" Goinsr to the lecture ?"
Mr. Colfax said he would probably be
there.
So am I. Did you ever hear Colfax
" Oh, yes, very often," was Mr. Colfax's
rC "Yvell what kind of a mau is he ? Is
he a good speaker does he know any-
'?Well, really, I don't know as my opin
ion is worth much on that. My name is
Colfax."
Strange man subsided.
This conundrum is old, but is bad
enough to be rather good : " Why is a
beggar with his toes out of his shoes like
the King of Prussia? Because the King
of Prussia issues manifestoes, and a poor
beggar h3 naatfestoes to bis Eboes.
Sew York Sewers.
We were inclined to doubt the accounts
of the subjoined adventures, until the cir
cumstances were corroborated by a reli
able exchange, which had it from a citi
zen who was cognizant of the facts in the
case of Mr. Schwartz, and recollects the
cause which prevented his second tour
through the sewers, and relates it thus :
While he was in the vicinity of Stewart's
sugar refinery, the escape valve for letting
off steam was opened and. the hot steam
penetrated the subterraneous passage,
which not only scalded but frightened Mr.
Schwartz so that he discontinued his visits.
This informant thinks Mr. Schwartz ob
tained S 80,000, and the sta'tement seems
to give credence to the strange adven
ture :
Several years ago, a little German Jew,
named Schwartz, believing that in the
sewers of New York might be found many
articles of value which had been lost, en
tered them, and for three days wandered
through the labyrinth. He was very suc
cessful, picking up some $27,000 wo'rth of
jewelry, spoons, forks. fcc. but having lost
liis way the first day, he believed that he
might have found much more could he
have carried out the original plan, w hich
was to visit Fifth and Madison avenues,
the wealthy portions of the city. His ad
venture for a time created quite a little
sensasion. But there was none venturous
enough to attempt a second, until Wednes
day of last week, when an adventurous
party of three entered the sewer on Hous
ton street, at the ferry on East river, in
tending to remain one week, during which
time they proposed visiting every portion
of the cily where there seemed to be any
chance of finding treasure trove. The
party consisted of Miss Mary Walker, a
young lady of eighteen, her brother James,
aged sixteen, anil Michael Grady, an old
man of about fifty. The project origin
ated with Miss Walker, and the" how" of
it is in this wise : Some two years ago,
James Walker. Sr., was a merchant, doing
a good business at 99 i Bowery. He was
getting rich fast, but in an evil hour he
was prevailed upon by friends (?) to use
some of his money, which had been "salted
down' in speculating in gold. The result
was easy to be foretold. He lost. To re
cover he took money from his business.
Again he lost. His business became em
barrassed : In despair he committed sui
cide, and Miss Walker and her brother
found themselves six months ago the in
habitants of a room on the upper floor of
a double tenement, 209 Sixth street. Miss
Walker, some months ago, in an old paper
wrapped around a parcel which she was
taking home from a - slop shop," saw an
account of Schwartz's undertaking, re
solved to imitate it. Maps were obtained
and the city studied carefully. Each day's
work for herself, her brother and Grady,
who was formerly in her father s employ,
was carefully marked out. Every prepa
ration which limited knowledge could pre
pare for was made, and the adventurers
started. Each day they rendezvoused
several times in the chambers at the street
corners. On Sunday they had filled all
the bags they had taken with them, some
fifteen in number, and Miss Walker re
turned. James Walker and Grady con
tinued the search, emptying twenty-six of
their bags at the corner of Twenty-second
street and Fifth avenue. On Wednesday
morning at a very early hour, and before
people were stirr.ng, Mis3 Walker was at
the place with a wagon. Oil removing
the iron plate, which at each street corner
leads into a small chamber connecting
with the sewer, she found her brother, but
not Grady. lie had started off on another
trip, although the six bags had been filled
in Madison avenue. The loose treasure
was placed in extra bags, and the whole
driven to a Broadway jeweler's. The rest
was taken from the places on Thursday
morning. A watch was set for Grady. but
up to thd time of Avriting nothing had
been heard of him, and it is feared he has
perished. The result of the week's search
is roughly estimated at $1,500,000. I saw
the treasure yesterday piled in three heaps
on the floor, and the jeweler informed me
that it must have cost over S3.000.000, but
in consequence of the old fashioned style
of setting, its bruised, battered, and cor
roded condition, its value was reduced
about one-half. A little over a bushel
(how queer it sounds to talk of jewelry by
by the bushel) has been sorted, aud among
it has been found one diamond ring valued
at SI 6.000, two more valued at $5,000,
and half a dozen valued at $3,000 and up
wards. The most curious is a plain gold
ring, inscribed on the inside in Dutch,
u Peter Stuy vesant," and was stolen, with
other jewelry, last March, by burglars,
now it came in the sewer is a problem for
philosophers to speculate about. Miss
Walker and her brother, who find them
selves thus lifted suddenly from penury to
great wealth, intend to proceed to Eng
land, where they have relatives. This ad
venture is talked of everywhere, and al
ready there are others preparing to follow
ia their footsteps.
A Description of Heaven. Revelation,
xxi. chapter, 16th verse :
" And he measured the city with a reed,
twelve thousand furlongs. The lengths,
breadth and heights of it are equal."
Twelve thousand furlongs 7,929,000
feet, which, being cubed, is 948.088,000,-
000,000.009,000,000 cubic feet ; the half of
which we will reserve for the throne of
God and the Court of Heaven ; half of the
balance for the streets, and the remainder
divided by 496. the cubical feet in the
rooms 19 feet square and 16 feet high, will
be 5,743,750,000,000 rooms. We will now
suppose the world always did and always
will contain 900,000,000 of inhabitants,
and a generation will last 33 yeais
2,300,000 every century, and that the
world will stand 100.000 years 27,000.
000,000.000 persons. Then suppose there
were 11,230 such worlds, equal to this
number of inhabitants and duration of
years, then there would be a room 16 feet
long, and 17 wide, and 15 high, for each
person ; and yet there would be room.
Medical Properties of Gehaxitm. It
is not generally known that the leaves of
geranium are an excellent application for
cuts, where the skin is rubbed off, and
other wounds of that kind. One or two
leaves must be bruised and applied to the
part, and the wound wiil bs cicatrize! io
very short tifiie.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
Sew Publications.
The life and campaigns of Lieut.-General
U. S. Grant, from his boyhood to the
surrender of Lee, including an accurate
account of Sherman's Great March from
Chattanooga to Washington, and the
final official reports of Sheridan, Meade,
Sherman, and Grant. With portraits on
steel of Stanton, Grant, and his Gen
erals, and other illustrations. By Rev.
P. C. Headley, author of Life'of Na
poleon," Life of Josephine," ' Life of
Lafayette," etc., etc.
Mr. John X. Hoseberry, agent for the
above work in this county, has left a copy
of the same upon our table. Mr. T. B.
Trevett of Portland, is general agent for
the sale of the work in Oregon and the
Territories. Mr. Roseberry will canvass
the county, and will fill all previous or
ders left with Mr. Trevett. This work is
one of rare interest. We quote from the
preface :
"The personal history of a Nation's
benefactor will always interest the people
whom he has signally served. Lieutenant
General Grant rose from humble life to
the highest position of military power,
with no effort! to attain it beyond unas
suming and unwearied devotion to the
Republic, during the period of its greatest
peril and trial. Of such a man, the
humblest citizen desires to know every
detail of his career, from his boyhood to
his later and more eventful years.
In this volume it has been the endeavor
of the author to gratify that natural curi
osity, by giving well authenticated inci
dents of his life.
For much information the author is in
debted to family friends of General Grant;
for others, to the writings of Larke. Carle
ton. Richardson, Nichols, and other his
torians of the war.
It is believed,- that what is written is
historically correct ; indeed, there is no
better test than the able and succint re
ports of the great captains, Grant, Sher
man. Meade, and Sheridan, which are in
cluded in this volume.
The largest portion of the work is de
voted to the early history of General
Grant, and his Western Campaign, because
they cover by far the longest period ; al
though the decisive events of his grand
military career were compressed into less
than one year.
The reader will not undervalue the pos
session of ail the important orders and re
ports of General Grant, whose pen is
wielded with no less effect, in its field of
service for the aimy and country, than his
sword.
The sketches of subordinate command
ers are from reliable sources ; and no ef
fort has been spared to present a faithful
account of the grand armies and their
chieftains, whose skill and heroism rescued
the Republic from the hands of those who
sought to destroy it.
If the biography shall add to the popu
lar acquainiance with the great and good
man wliom we all delight to honor, and
deepen the love of any of the citizens of
the glorious land, on whose bloody battle
fields the beams of peace have just begun
to shine, to him who, under the Divine
guidance, gave us that peace, and to the
country of his birth, the author's labor
will not have been in vain."
Life and campaign.; of Lieut-Gen. T. J.
(Stone-Wail) Jackson, by Prof. R. L.
L'abney, D. 1)., of the Union Theological
Seminary, Virginia. illustrated with
steel portrait, and eleven diagrams of
battle.
. Mr. Jelm N. Roseberry is also agent for
the above work, in Clackamas county.
T. I. Trevett general agent. Each sub
scriber is presented with a fine lithograph
of Jeff. Davis. The prices fixed upon the
book are : For cloth, $4 75 ; Half Calf,
book is devoted to the parentage and early
years of Jackson, the 2d to his cadeiship,
gilt back, $7 00. The first chapter in the
3d to his history in Mexico. There are
20 chapters in the book, filling 742 page3.
From chapter seven ' Manassas" we
quote a paragraph, to show howr it wras
that Jackson came to be known as Stone
Wall :
As the grim wrestle continued, for the
key of the Confederate position, the ene
my perceived that they could make no
impression upon Jackson's front. They
therefore extended and advanced then
wings. On his left, they brought a for
midable battery of six guns within musket
range, intending to enfilade his line, while
on his right their irresistible numbers over
whelmed the shattered ranks of Bee.
It wass then that this general rode up to
Jackson, and with despairing bitterness
exclaimed, "General, they are beating us
back:" "Then," said Jackson, ca:m and
curt, "we will give them the bayonet."
Bee seemed to catch the inspiration of his
determined will, and, galloping hack to
the broken fragments of h.s over tasked
command, exclaimed to them, " There u
Jackson stnndhvi tike a sione icall. Haiuj
behind the Vtrqhmuis. Let us determine to
die here, and tee will conquer. Follow we."
At thh trumpet-call a row score ot his
men reformed their ranks. Placing him
self at their head, he charged the dense
mass of the enemy, and in a moment fell
dead, with his faoe to the ioe. From that
time Jackson's was known as the hlone
Wall BrhpoU. a name henceforward im
mortal, and belonging to all the ages : tor
the christening was baptized in the blood
of its author, and that wall of brave hearts
has been, on every battle-field, a steadfast
bulwark of their country."
Both the . above works can only be ob
tained by subscription through the agents.
The prices for the Life and Campaigns of
Gen. Grant are : Cloth, $4 75 ; Leather
(library style,) $5 25 ; Half-Turkey Mor
rocco, gilt edged, $7 50.
II. II. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco,
have received Dr. Hayes' valuable work
on The open Polar Sea." In this work
Dr. Hayes gives a full account of his ex
plorations in the Arctic regions, and en
ters into an elaborate discussion of the
problem of an open polar sea. We make
a single extract, showing that Dr. Hayes
has a decided opinion on this subject :
With the warm flood of the Gulf Stream
pouring northward, and keeping the waters
of the Polar Sea at a temperature above
the freezing point, while the winds, low
ing as constantly under the arctic as tne
tropic sky. and the ceaseless currents of
the sea and the tide-flow of the surface,
keep tto waters ever ia movement, zt u
not possible, as I have before observed,
that even any considerable portion of this
extensive sea caa be frozen over. At no
point within the arctic circle has there
been found an ice belt extending, either iu
winter or in summer, more than" from lift v
to a hundred miles from land. And even
in the narrow channe'.s separating the isl
ands of the Parry A' chipelago. "in Baffin
Bay, in the North Water and mouth of
Smith Sound everywhere, indeed, within
the broad area of the frigid zone, the
waters will not freeze except when shel
tered by the land, or when an ice pack,
accumulated by a loug continuance of
winds from one quarter, affords the same
protection. That the sea does not close
except when at rest I had abundant rea
son to know during the late winter ; for, at
all times, as this narrative frequently re
cords, even when the temperature of the
air was below the freezing point of mer
cury, I could hear from the deck of the
schooner the roar of the beating waves."
The arguments by which Dr. Hayes es
tablishes his theory are interesting, if not
convincing.
II. G. Langley, the popular Directory
publisher of this coast, has issued the
promised " Pacific Coast Business Direct
ory for 1867, containing the name and
Post OSice address of each merchant,
manufacturer and professional residing in
the States of California. Oregon and 'Ne
vada, and the Territories of Washington,
Idaho. Montana and Utah, and the Colony
of British Columbia. Also, a Gazetteer of
the Counties. Cities and Towns, and an
Exhibit of the Resources of the Pacific
Coast. First year of publication."
This book does much credit to the com
piler. It contains complete lists of r.H the
quartz mills, saw mills, grist mills, mining
ditches, railroads, newspapers, and public
officials in all the States and Territories
mentioned in the title ; besides a good deal
of matter relative to minerals and manu
factures. The Directory consists, first, of
all the towns and counties of California,
except San Francisco, and under the head
of each town are the names of the princi
pal business men ; then similar lists of the
towns and counties of the other States and
Territories ; then a list of business men of
San Francisco, arranged according to their
occupation ; and finally, a list of the bus
iness men of the interior of the State, ar
ranged according to occupation.
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Books in the Olden Time. Before the
art of printing, books were so scarce that
ambassadors were sent from France to
Rome to beg one copy of Cicero's works,
and another of Quintillian's, because a
complete copy of these books were not to
be found in all France. Albert Abbott,
Gemblours, with incredible labor and ex
pense, collected a library of 150 volumes ;
and this was considered a wonder indeed.
In 1491 the library of the Bishop of Win
chester contained parts of seventeen books
on various subjects, and, on his borrowing
a bible from the Convent of Saint S within,
he had to give a heavy bond, drawn up
with great solemnity, that he would return
it uninjured. When a book was purchased
it was an affair of such consequence that
persons of distinction were called together
as witnessess. Previous to the year 1300,
the library of the University of Oxford
consisted only of a few tracts, which were
carefully locked up ia a small chest, or
else chained, lest they should escape ; at
the commencement of the fourteenth cen
tury the Royal Library of Francccontain
ed only four classics, with a fewT devotion
al woiks.
Another Chance for the Celestial
Show. Doctor Phipson, of London, says :
" Though many thousand persons have
been furtunate enough to witness the mag
nificent display, a still greater number
were fast asleep in their beds, and, be
lieving that such can be Feen only every
thirty-three years, regret what they haye
lost." The latter will be glad to learn that
from the observations already collected
respecting the late star-shower, it appears
more and more probable that, although so
fine, it was not the great display so anx
iously awaited, and that we may confi
dently expect another, perhaps more mag
nificent still, from the 11th to the 11th of
November, 1867."
On the ether hand, Prof. Newton, of
Yale College, says :"
" The brilliant exhibition of the Novem
ber meteors witnessed in Europe on the
14th of that month is a confirmation (if
such confirmation was needed) of the as
tronomical character of these bodies, and
of the 33 year circle," from which we in
fer a greater display than the last is not
to be expected next November.
A Coffee Barometer. The Newbury
port Herald says weak coffee, next to
absent shirt buttons, has been the cause
of more family jars than perhaps anything
else ; and yet the declaration of the family
department, that the tasteless decoction
of this morning was made with the same
quantity of the same kind of coffee, and
boiled the same length of time that the
strong, rich cup of yesterday was, is
doubtless true. The fault is in the weath
er, not the cook. When the air is light
and the barometer falls, water boils at so
low a temperat-ire that the heat is insuffi
cient to extract the aroma of the coffee,
just as on high mountains, where the at
mosphere is rare, it is almost impossible
to cook meat or eggs by boiling. Thus
the coffee cup will in some messure serve
for a barometor.bad coffee indicating bad
weather, and vice versa.
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Scientific Calculation. It is calcula
ted that if the earth was a cannon ball,
shot at the sun from its present distance,
with the velocity it now travels with, and
the moment of explosion telegraphed to
the sun. they would get the telegram there
in about five m.nutes, and see the e"arth
coming in eight minutes, and would have
nearly two months to prepare for the blow,
which .hey would receive about fifteea
years before they hsard theoriginal explosion.
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Wlten is a hen most likely to hatch?
When she is in earnest, (her nest.)
Queen Victoruichas been "sledging," aa
they call it in England.
"he steady lights of heaven wa3er ia
the water ; some of the great lights of earth
iu brandy and water.
Times are so hard it is suggested that
pantaloons may us well be made without
pockets. O
A hop on the " light fantastic toe" mav
j be pleasant, but not when you hop on the
ianiasuc ioe oi your neighbor.
" The law," said Judge AsBnrst in a
charge. " is open to all men. to the poor
as well the rich." " And so is the London
Tavern." added Home Tooke. who was
present.
It has heen inferred that Drvden wasn't
opposed to sherry cobbler, from a remark
he once made- Straws mav be mthJe the
instruments of happiness."
A Wisconsin editor,Cin acknowledging
the receipt of an exchange paper printed
on new type, says it looks as 'clean as a
schoolmarm in a bathing tub." q
'Female influence" is a power in
Washington, and the faces Qf sorm
'ladies" are as well known in political n
circles as the statue of Andrew Jackson.
Misprints will present themselves in
other columns tharPthose of newspapers.
The author of a temperance novel whcK
wrote, " drunkenness is folly." tr&s horror
struck to read" drunkenness is jolly."
An old miser, having listened to a ve
eloquent discourseon charity, remarked'.
" That sermon so strongly proves the ne
cessity of almsgiving that Eve almost a
mind to beg.'"
" What a bad light these candles give."
said Tom to his wifeQ " Yes, they have
ju.-L come in," was her reply : to which he
rejoined, " Just come in i should think
they had just gone out" Q
Chicago is always bragging over some
thing ; lastly, that it spent half a million
dollars for Christmas presents, and has
the castiest dircree suits of any city on the
continent.
" You labor evermuch in your composi
tion, Doctor," said a (ilippant clergyman c
to a venerable diviue. " I write a sermon!
in three hours andmake nothing of it."
" So ycur congregation says," returned
the Doctor.
" Potnpey," said a good-na.tured gentle
man to his colored man, ' I did not know-
till to-day that you had been whipped
last week,'7 " Didn't yon massa?" repli
ed Pompey j " I know'd it jile same
time it occurred."
The International Tfceatre of the Champ
de Mars and of the Universal Exhibition
of 1867, of which the erection has been
decided by a decree of Imperial CoiriSis
sion, dated November 3d, will open on the
1st of April. q
A youngster, perusing a . chapter of
Genesis, turned to his mother and in
quired if people in those days used to do
sums on the ground. lie had been read
ing the passage : " And the sons of raenO
multiplied upon the face of the earth."
" Seventy-eight," New York Herald of
fice, advertises for " a till clerk who is
handsome and a rapid penmau ; salary,
$250. Address in own hand writing."
This gentleman evidently believes that " a
thittg of beauty is a joy forever."
A certain Mr. Coffin once being blessed
by the birth of a son. a friend offered one
hundred dollars for the privilege of nam
ing him. The offer was, however, declin
ed, when it was proposed to christen the
child Mahogany.
A butcher presented a hill for the tenth
time to a rich skinflint. " It strikes me,"
said the latter. ' that this is a pretty round
bill." '' Yes," replied the butcher, " I've
sent it round often enough to make it ap
pear so ; and I have called now to get it
squared." O
A dandy, who wore a great profusion
of diamond rings, was one day flourishing
his fingers before Robert Brough, the
dramatist, with the idea ofQni pressing
him. '; I say." said Brough, " I'd rather
have your hands than your head. I know
which could be turned to the best ac
count." q
A yottrg lady reprimanded; her shoe
maker for not following her directions re
specting a pair of shoes she hadqvrdered,
and. among others, insisted that they were
not fellows. Crispin replied that he pur
posely made them so. in order to oblige
her, well knowing the modesty of her dis
position. O
" Young man." said he, " how is it with
you?" Whereupon the young man with
the gold repeater bawled out? in hearing
of nearly the whole congregation : " A
quarter past eight." As may be supposed, q
the gravity of the assembly was much dis
turbed for a time.
Recently, a clergyman was preaching in
Belfast, when a young marwn the congre
gation, getting weary of the (j?ermon,0
looked repeatedly at his watch. Just as
he was in the act of examining his time
piece for the fourth or fifth time, the pay
tor. with great earnestness was urging the
truthjtpon the conciousness of his hearers.
Little Jimmie, only about ten years old,
was standing on the steps of his father's
store, smoking a cigar. A gentleman
passing, asked him with surprise. " Why,
Jim? when did you learn to smoke?"
" Oh," says the childery coolly, taking
his cigar between his fingers, wbn I was
a little feller."
A certain judge was reprimanding an
attorney for bringingTjseveral small suii
into court, and remarked that it would
have been much better for all parties had
he persuaded his clients to leave his cause
to the arbitration of honest men. " Please
your -honor," retorted the lawyer" we did
not choose to trouble honest men with
them."
A Dutchman had two pigs a large one
and a small one. The smaller one being
the elder, he was trying to explaining to a
customer, and he did it in this wise : " The
little pig is the piggest." Upon which his
wife, assuming to correct him,said :
" You will excuse him ; he no speak as
good English as me ; he no mean that the
little pig is the piggest, but the youngest
pig is the oldest."
Why, Mary, my dear, how is this ; I
find you siting here so comfortably with,
your husband ? You told me this morning
you had quarrelled, and he gone for
sailor" father! I told nothing or
the kind." "Oh, nonsense? I am srtre
you said you had word3 together." " Yes,
father, aiid so we had. He asked me what
o'clock it was ; I said I didn't know : and
I so he left the house, saying fcjs vvsminq to
f?ec7 That's all I told you.'? s
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