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s 4 o 0 i 41 o O o o o O i ) O o o 0 o I 1 1 Tol. ! OltlOON CITY, 'OBEGOIV, SATURDAY, JUIET 6, 1867. Cir run 7 1 w n : 1 ,1 J fcf" m T3 nra v -F5 X. ""F3 "v. est "n. J 7t! o ,0 o o E ia ar by it it, id in of iix ix. 10- ,k S at irv red .iff. 11 B ick- ton, am 3 r rei aint suit, said ;e iu and ssivc lat if want men ends i and relief iii tiff. ! Y ) ljc iUcckhj Enterprise. PI-BU9HED EVERT SATURDAY MORNING By D.0. IRELAND, OFFICE: South east comer of Fifth and Maix streets, in the building lately known as the Court House, Oregon City, Oregon. Term of Subscription. One copv, ornj-ear in advance - il delayed .13 00 4 00 Terms cf Advertising. transient advertisements, one square (12 lines or less) first insertion ...?2 for each subsequent insertion 1 00 Cards one souare per auoum oIayabIe quarterly 12 00 oOne column per annum .loo uO One half column " 50 00 One quarter " " ............ 20 00 Legal advertising at the established rates. "jiuhncmah L-stJge .No. 1, A. C I-'. & A. JI -Holds its regular communications on the first and third .Sat iirJ.iys of each mojith, at half past six p. a. Brethren in pood standing are invited to uttend. Bv order of W. M. Ore 'on City, Nor. 6th, 1SG0. :20 .oriS- Ortf?cii 3Lolj;e To. 3, I. O. ofO.F. Meets every Wednes "a$r.v'k jav evening at 7 o'clock, ia the Masonic Hall. Members of the orde- are in tted to attend. Jiy order X. 0. nrs'J Willaiiietlc Crtge Xn. 133. O. C. T. Meets every Saturday evening, at the rooms S.E. corner of Mam and Fifth streets, at 7 1-2 j o'clock. lsitmg members are invited to attend. ?:J,-M , IJy order of W. C. T. w , c. jonxsox. F. O.-M COWN. Xot u-y J'nblie. JOHNSON & EIcCGWN, s "W" ir.j i.t. GUI- (3 ON CITY, OREGON. Will attend to all business entrusted o I ."our care in any of the Courts of the State, aillect moa-.-y, negotiate loaus, sell real es t te, etc. J-?Tartieular attention given to contested 1 ui(i cases. jL o D. M. MoKLmiEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. w JIM j ATTjEND PROMPTLY TO ALL business entrusted to his care. ) rvu-.z One door north of Bell & Parker I 'rug store, Oregon City, Oregon. l:'Av B. E U E L A T, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oregon t'Jty, Ore go a. Office over Charman it Brother. ?:tf Dr. H. Saffarrans, PH YSICIAX and SURGEOX. OFFICE-In J. Fleming's Book Store. Main street, Oregon City. c Br. P. Barclay, LI. It, C L. (Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. II. B. Co.) QFFlGi-hAl Residence, Sain Street i'.'-.u Oregon City. J. WELCH, mm? DKXTIST. X ."'."t I'ermiittutty Locate! at Oregon City, Oregon. 0 Uoonia over Charman A Bro.'s store. Main street. (12.lv J Oil U.K. sen HA II, Manufacturer asd Dealer in fTh SADDLES, II A IIX ESS, ' Main street, between Third and Fourth, Oregon C'nij. attention of parties desiring anything JL m my line, is directed to my stock, be fore making purchases elsewhere. (ly)O' JOHN 1LSCI1RAM. A. II. BELL. E. A. r.VRKER. BELL.&, PARKER. ' AND DEALERS IN" I Chemicals, PatentPMcdic'titcs, Paints, s Perfumery, Oils, Varnishes, ' "d every article kept in a Drug Store. '. '''!! Main Stkeet. Orkros Citt. " ZIGLER & SOU., I COOPEKSj n.. X pared to makfv-nll manner of ware in the in of cooperage, from a well-bucket to a hogshead, of both biltre and straiirht work. U on short notice, and at reasonable rates. van and examine samples ot our wors:, a3 i us own recommendation. j&0nfl) L. ZIGLFR fc SOX. JAMES m. MOOBST isce o ;?e Peace CtVy Recorder. 0tHce-i the Court House and City Umncil Room, Oregon City. ill attend to the aeknowlediment of i? ,oe($nd all other duties anpertaining to t-ieot!ice of Justice of the Peace. :y ; Jolm Fleiniiig, T'E-ILER U HOOKS and STA TIOXER Y. hankful for tfij patronage heretofore re fed, respectfully solicits a continuance I Jl the favors of a generous public. "js store is between Jacobs' and Ackev ; fran's bricks, on the west side of Maiu street. , Oregon City, October 27th, '0G. (tf CLAEK GREENMAN " j rT,i,, City Drariuan, I ,;S: OR EG OX CITY. I opA11 Vrders fWtnp delivery of merchandise, If t; -kaaes ana freight ot whatever descrip- I a, to any part of the city, will be executed tromptly ad with care. " 16.6ui h i DRAY FOR SALFCKEAP ! A FIRST RATE HEAVY DRAY, IX ,, x Kd order, will be sold cheap for cash v .v'ii application to C. GREEXMAX, t Oregon City. CLIFF HOUSE. ig- ISIaik Street, r-'.'-vr A Xmrhj Opposite Woolen Factory. W. L. W H1T1J, T - i T.W. RIIOADES, f Iropnet tors. 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. f 15 BARLOW HOUSE, Main Street, one doar north of the Woolen Factory, Oregon City Oregon. lVm. Barloiv, Proprietor. The proprietor, thankful for the continued patronage he has received, would inform the public that he will continue Lis eflbrt to pleast his guests. (52 AMERICAN EXCHANGE. ( la le L LXCOLX HO I 'SF, ) Nc. 81 Front street, Portia ml Oregon. L. P. W. QUI.MBY. PiiontiETOii, (Lata Western Jloid.) This house is tlie most commodious in the State, newly furnished, and it will be the en deavor of the proprietor to make his guests comfortable. The Baggage Wagon will al ways be found at the huid ng on the arrival i t' steamships and river boat.-, carrying bag gage to the house free cf charge. 17-Iy 2HAVIKG- Xearly Opposite the Post OQice, Main street, OIIKc; ON CITY. rpilE UXDKRSIGNEI), WHO II AS FOR JL some time past endeavored to serve the public satisfactorily in the art of shaving and Hair. Dressing, returns his thanks for the patronage he has received, and requests a continuance of the same. S2.tf) H. FRANZ. TnOTOMUPH GALLEIlYT" T T IS ONLY NECESSARY TO LET THE B public be informed that JOHN HELM, Artist, lias removed' to the Photographic Rooms on Min street, lately occupied by Morrison C. A they, wlire he is prepared to execute bet ter work th m ever. For Children's Pictures the best hours are bet iv cen 'j and 12 o'clock .v. v. !). ly Ii22tei9istl Mills, oresox cm. KEEP CONSTANTLY OX HAND FOR SALE : L RA X A XD CUICKEX FEED ! Parties wanting feed must farnisli their s;icks. " 1-S.Sm 6U E G ON 0 1 T V Paper Msiiiiif o. Manufucture, and have constantly on hand, a very Superior Article of Straw Wrapping-Paper. Orders will receive prompt attention. ""22.lv. J J. D. MILLER, Secretary. GANEMAH- STO RE I JAIJE3 110RFITT & CO., 7"0ULT) INFORM THE PUBLIC ES V y pecially of C;vneinah, 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. (32:y DAVID SMITH V.. II. MARSHALL; SMITH h MARSHALL, Black Smiths and Boiler Makers . Corner of Main and Third streets, Oregon City Oregon. Blacksniithing in all its branches. Boiler making and ropairiug. All work warranted to give satisfaction. (52 William Broughtcn, COX TP A CTOR and BUlLpER, Main street, Oregon City. Will attend to all work in his line, con sisting in part of Carpenter and Joiner work framing, building, etc. Jobbing promptly attended to. (52 OREGON CITY BREWERY! v. v IIENIIY II U JIBE IV, 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 filled. Oregon City, December 2Sth, yQ'L lOtf Main Street, at the Telegraph Office, Oregon City Oregon. Dealer in Kester's Ready-made Clothing, Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Stationery, Cutlery, Willow and Wooden Ware, Yankee Xo lions, Fancy and staple Groeeiics, Candies, Xuts, Toys, etc. (52 L O G U S A liBHIGIIT, A l L O S U il Ia iAlislSB 1 Corner of Fourth and Main Sis., Oregon City m Oregon. rruKE THIS METHOD OF INFORMING JL the public that they keep constantly on hand all kinds fresh and salt re.eSis, such as BEEF, PORK. MUTTON, VEAL, CORNED BEEF, HAMS, PICKELED PORK, LARD, And everything else to be found in their line of business. ' -LOG US & ALBRIGHT. Oregon City. April 2'jth, 1S67. 2:ly . Sunday School and Gift Books! TROM TIIE AMERICAX TRACT SOCIE- j Society. For sale at Messrs. Hurgren & ' ... . i? t- a. a iifMaf Sl'ilniftn BILL HEADS PRINTED. At the Enterprise Ofiice. Officers and Private. The soldiers, when I pass, present Their arms ; I wear an epaulette ; 1 blush ; and blushing, I regret, How little in that regiment I've done to make those boners mine More than the meanest in the line. With us they march against the foe. And we we know the reason why ; We see preferment's tempting show We reap the fruits of victory ; We wear the garlands ; loud-voiced fama Speaks of our deeds, and gilds our name. What reck they of the why or how ? Their country is a hard stepmother, Who for their outpoured blood will throw A crust of bread, a rag. Xo other Reward is theirs. She gives no aught For services she values na'ught. Glory ! they know not what it means ; And if they knew, what then ? What then? They're but inglorious citizens ; And history for the meaner men Opens no page ; the mingled mass Must to oblivion's darkness pass. Some will return, supported by The broken crutch of poverty; And for the happier ones who die, Forgetfulness the'r destiny, Yet in the Held they faltered not, What matters it ? they are forgot, Honor the rank and hie : they are Than their superiors nobler far. Sez:ng Japan. If one wishw to boo Japan, says a correspondent, he -mast take a good long ride into the interior say ! thirty or fortv miles. Of course it is not entirely safe travel alone, but provided there are three or tour in the company, a native guard 1 Fuperlluous. One of the best trips for this purpose is the one to a place called Jtiasiu-so. About a mile or two from .Yokohama, the road enters a beautifully cultivated country. Vast fields of corn, wheat, rice and potatoes al ternately pass in review' .and one can't help remarking the almost entire freedom from weeds in their fields. They have no fences, but a narrow ditch divides one field from another, and one property from another. The soil is very prolific, giving as many as three crops a year. lint neither their fruits nor their vegetables have the slight est taste, and I have seen Sowers that ex cel in beauty anything I ever saw any where else, perfectly devo'd of smell. A great feature of both China and Japan is the immense number of beggars that are poen everywhere. Ireland is nowhere in comparison, and if the traveler is only un fortunate enough as to bestow alms on one. they seem to rise up from the very earth, and they will follow him sometimes a mile. It is strange that there should be so many of this class here when ve take into consideration that lour or five tempos (a tempo is equal to about two cents) is sufficient to provide rice enough for a- day. and the masses seem to live upon nothing else. In some portions of Japan it is against the law for the natives to beg, but it was my misfortune to visit those places where this law was not enforced. Around Yokohama comparatively few are to be seen. a3 they are not allowed upon the foreign settlement, and besides that, labor is in great demand both in building the houses that, were lately destroj'ed and in improving the settlement, by mending the streets and building ft n'ew hatabar, or pier. IIvdkoitiobia ix THE IIokse. In Chica go, lately a horse exhibited all the.symp toms of hydrophobia, and -was killed to relieve his sufferings. In the early part of the day, while the animal was yet manageable, a partial paralysis of the hind legs, with a eovnewhat unfused foot and drink, and towards evening became very restless in his Btall. starting and trembling violently at the least noise, such as footsteps or the snorting of a horse at a distance. He started wildly and opened h;s mouth with a peculiar grinning ferocity, and would rush at any one coming near him. Ic his intense suffering he attempted to bite everything about him, and in his paroxysms did not even spare his own body. There was difficulty-" in deglutition and a fre quent grinding of the teeth. MrT Youatt, the famous veterinary surgeon, who has been bitten eight or ten times by rabid animals, relates that crystals of nitrate of silver, rib! el into the wound, will positively prevent hydrophobia in the bitten. True or not it is easily tried, and is not dangerous. Influence of the Moon on the Weatii t.h. Professor Marcet, cf Geneva, has worked upon the meteorological tables from 1S0Q to 1SG0, in the Biblioiheque de Geneve, and h.'S given the result in tables in the same journal. During the last CO years (21:915 days, 721 lunar months'), there have occurred 2,030 changes of weather that is. from rainy to fine weath er, or fine weather to rainy. Of these 2, G30 changes, 93 happened at new moon, and 90 at full Inoon ; 109 on the day following 'the full moon; 107 on that following the new moon. It is hence calculated that the probability of a change of weather occuring on the day of the full moon is 0:121 ; at new moon. 0:14:3; the day after new moon, 0:118. The influence of the moon upon the number of days of rain and the quantity of wa ter which falls the Professor regards as negative. With reference to the barometer be'states that, of the 2,030 changes of weather, the barometer, prophesied I. GOO times correctly. This approaches nearly to the proportion of three times out of four. Robert J. Walker as a Hotel Keeper. During the past year a large' hotel has been built in Georgetown, D. C.f which is about to be opened under the auspices of no less noted a personage than Robert J. Walker. He is to be assisted in this new business bv a son and a son-in-law. and their intention is to make the house the most quiet, comfortable, and fashionable home for families to be found in .the- Dis trict. Fiftv vears ago. the great tavern which stood upon the site of the present edifice was frequented by John Randolph, who, with his numerous servants in livery and horses and carriages, gave the place a celebrity which will not soon be forgotten. To-day, an ex-Secretary is about to prove to the'xvotld that he can keep a hotel." Tlie Earth Worm. Trobablv there are few boys who do not occasionally indulge in the sport of angling, if not for the sport at least for the pleasure of enjoying the fruit of their ex ertions -if successful when brought to the table. It is well that we put in this proviso, for " fishermans luck'' is a phrase every boy understands. No fLh bait is so generally used in angling as the earth worm, and we shall endeavor to give some information in regard to this despised, but useful creature, which boys who often handle it may not possess. The earth worm belongs to the clas ; called annelids, from the Latin ane'.las, a small ring, because the body of the worm appears to be composed of a series of small rings joined together like beads on a string. 1 he worm has also another name, Lurabricus Terr est, is, which is simply the Latin lor earth worm, so this apparently insignificant creature bears a high-sounding name. And he is worthy of it, He is a remarkable individual, belonging to the only class of invertebrate animals which have red blood. This is quite a dis tinction, one which many animals much higher in the scale of life do not enjoy. We have said tins is a useful animal. .We do not refer to its value as bait for fish, but its usefulness as a cultivator of the soil. It does, beneath the surface, just what the farmer does on the surface, opens the soil to the action of air and moisture by running galleries in every direction. It does even more. It is a superior worker of fertilizers, turning crude and rank ma nure to valuable compost, fit for the sup port of vegetable life. If not allowed to do this in the heap, it will carry on the work after the manure has been removed to the field or garden. Hat this does not exhaust the list of its useful qualifications. It actually turns poor and grudging soil in some cases to valuable and generous mold. In dry times the worm is driven by the necessities of his nature deeper into the earth, as he cannot live in dry soils. When he returns to the surface he brings with him the earth he has swallowed for he fs an earth cater, but of this presently and voids it upon the surface. And this which Le leaves upon the surface is cf the very finest quality. Every one has seen these worm castings heaped about the mouth of their holes. Thus the man ures added to the soil by man and the constituents of the soil, themselves, are thoroughly mingled by this indefatigable cultivator, and these castings in time ac cumulate on the surface, so that instances have been known where several incites of vegetable mold have been added by this means to the surface cf a field. In this manner the earth worm proves him self to be one of the farmer's best friends and assistants. Now let us see whether he. like some of the feathered tribe, has some bad qualities which offset his useful ness. He certainly does not destroy liv ing vegetation either roots, stems, or leaves ; for even those who deny that he is a dirt eater do not charge him With eat ing living plants. They merely assert that he eats dead and decaying vegeta tion. A correspontleut in our issue of February 9th. gave a well written descrip tion of "what he had seen him do ; eating decayed leaves, and minutely described his process of feeding. The worst that can be said of him is that he defaces our nicely kept walks by his nocturnal de posits of exuvia. What does the earth worm eat 2 This is a disputed question, but we incline to the opinion expressed by Samuelson and Hicks in their treatise on the ''Earth Worm and the Common Housefly ;'' Jean Mace, in his "History of a Mouthful of Dread ;" Appleton's Eyclo pedia. art. Earth Worms and Annelids ; Chambers Educational Course, art. Zo ology, and Prof. Seeley in No. 2 current volume Scientific American, that the earth worm does eat dirt, as much as the Otto macs, those South American Indians de scribed in " Odd People" by Capt. Mayne Koid. Most boy anglers will also agree with these authorities that the earth worm is a dirt eater, with the exception, per haps, of the boy who while fishing was asked by an acquaintance passing what he had in his mouth, and replied: "Wums fur bait.' A few other peculiarities of this animal and we will release him and our readers. The swelled protuberances envelop ng the body of worms at some seasons, must have been noticed by all who have seen them. These appear like tho results of disease or accident, but are simply the envelopes of the ova for the re production of the animal. The head of the worm is de-titute of eyes aud cars. It is furnished with a mouth alone, which may be easily perceived bv ihe aid of a small lens or microscope. Take a worm on your hand and let him crawl across the. palm and you will feel a rough sensation on your skin. Or attempt to pull a worm out of a hole in the earth and very likely you will break his body iu two. Why Simply because the worm ha3 legs, or at least, substitutes for them. These substi tutes are hair hooks, easily seen through a common magnifying glass, and they are retractile at the will of the worm. This will explain the tenacity with which he adheres to the walls of his home when force is used to pull him out. Sorgo How to Plant Ir. I notice, says a correspondent of the liural Ameri can, that there is considerable said about sorghum, how to plant it, ore. I will give you my plan for preparing the seed for planting, which you may publish if you see fit. Putting- what seed I wish to plant in a vessel, 1 pour on it boiling water enough to cover it, and let it remain twelve hours, or until the water becomes of the temperature of the atmosphere. I then fill half full of dirt an old pan, (no matter how many holes iu the bottom,) and spreading a cloth over the dirt to keep tiie seed from mixing with it, I pour the seed, water and all, on the cloth. Af- ler spreading another cloth over the seed, I place over the top of the pan, and set the pan at the south side of the house. If it gets too dry, moisten by wetting the sod. In three or four days the seed be gins to sprout. Then I have my, ground ready, and by the time some of it has grown one inch long I plant, covering with moist soil and pressing hard with the hoe, a id in a very few days the sorghum is up. The Best Watermelon. Mr. J. Ti. Coins tock writes that he has been growing watermelons yearly for fifteen years, hav ing during that time tried many varieties, but that one called the " Sirawberry" he has alwav? fonnd "best." Tlie Ortan Milestones. The great mystery of the sea is beheld ia our vast ignorance of it. Boundless aa the vastness of its waters, and as day suc ceeds day, ushered in by no sail, crossed by none, and none appearing at night to reach its white hand above the horizon, we feel the mysterious power of our com pass, in whose veering pulse we trust ; and the uses of the stars and sun that steady our quadrant, and stoop down to lea l us. Put of the ocean's boundaries, and islets, and shallows, we do not know till we see the captain's chart, of which there is no copy in our school atlas. Here on are places denoted of which we never knew. Solitary roks struck once by a lone vessel, and their longitude, and lati tude carefully marked, yet in the great void of waters swallowed up again, so that with much cruising our imperfect calculations never find them. The names of the Flemish Cap, of Whale's Hole, -of BoLMifs Bank, of Bazarlethy's Rock,. of Woodall's Rock, of Virgin Rocks, we do not hear. -yet in the North Atlantic they have their places well attested : but cap tains have sailed this ocean where they lie a hundred voyages and never proved them real. So broad and trackless is the deep, that'two steamers, quitting New York to gether, sailing the same course and at the same rate of speed, rarely see each other after the first night out. Their compass differs a hair's point, and they float a hun dred miles apart. Here on the chart is marked Persons Shoal (breakers), signifying that in mid Atlantic there is a spot so shallow that the surf breaks upon it as upon Poekaway Par or Sandy Hook. Men are gray with sailing on the route of Perseus Shoal, who never heard the surges nor. saw them flash ; lost in the great deep is an awful sentence. The coming of a sail to those who drift, is like finding the true catch to Dodd's combination lock. ith its billion changes. With ail the vessels of steam or sail that ply between America and Eng land, it is raye to espy more than three between the opposite coasts, while you are crossing the sea. - Some vaguely under stood matters of the earth's rotundity, not new, save to oV.r landsmen's ignorance, become palpable, when we see upon the chart the ocean's skeleton, water and me ridians only, like an empty hoop-skirt. For example : We see that the Straits of Gibraltar, instead of facing Cuba due westward, are nearly upon the latitude of Cincinnati ; that London does not lie op posite New York but opposite Labrador: that when one is nearly half way to Eu rope he is due south of Greenland, and still west of the mouths of the Amazon; that, if you are shipwrecked in mid-sea, your nearest land will be the Azore Isl ands, from which, indeed, you are but 50J miles on the route between New York and Southampton. The route that carries vou to England ouickest is not a straight line upon the map. but a curved one. You sail on the arc of a great circle,"' and so reduce your voyage from 1,000 miles to 3.000. this is the" simple proposition in navigation, that a crooked line between two points is shorter than a straight one. To avoid icebergs, which drift to Nan tucket, you sometimes bear due eastward or even southeastward, and the bend act ually north by cast. The Gulf stream, the Hanks and the Roaring Forties are the great belts that you must cross : the one is the zodiac of the ocean, spangled with wrecks, seaweed and icebergs ; the second is the broadest geysers of the Atlantic, smoking eternally the veil between the New World and the 01 1 Nature's last in timidation to the sailor seeking the Wes tern Hemisphere ; in the Roaring Forties you sail where all the winds do blow, sheltered by no coasts, subject to the fierce and mutable humors of the great waters and their skies. In every long swell than swims toward you there are a thousand tons of brine. In every guli that flashes like a pearl in your wake comes an admonition of loneliness. Night descends with no friendly sail in its em brace. The gales cap every wave with white foam, till the sea to the horizon looks like a shoal of sharks with quivering fins. Morning arises upon the same drea ry w aste, save that the clouds are stronger "and more imperious ; no bright tints in them, as at home, but grey and scuddiing, like the complexion of the ocean, and filled with its restless spirit. Growlvg of the Caxe. M. Conard. of West Grove. Chester county, a practical agriculturist, who has devoted much at tention to the grow ing of the cane, and manufacture of sorgo syrup, give his dan of planting aud cultivating as follows: Select, if you have it, a sandy soil with southern exposure. In general, good corn land makes good cane laud sod is preferred. Plow deep, as early as th ground is in order. At middle of May, pulverize, thoroughly, plant in drills north and soutti, lour feet apart. Time may be gained by scald'ng aud soaking the seeds until sprouts appear ; cover lightly ; thin out eight to twelve inches ia a row ; when eighteen fa twenty-four inches high cut out the suckers ; cultivate as corn, allowing no weeds to grow. Two quarts of prime seed will plant an acre, which on good ground may yield 200 gal lons of syrup and 'thirty-fire bushels of seed. Cut when heads are cleverly turn ed brown. -- The Passion Flower. The annexed interpretation cf this justly celebrated and much admired flower will be found inter esting : The leaves resemble the spear that pierced our Saviour's side : the ten drills the cords that bound his hands, or the whips that scourged him ; ihen petals the Apostles. Judas having betrayed, and Peter deserted ; the pillar in the cen tre the cross or tree ; the stamina the hammer ; the style the nails; the inner circles around the centre pillar the crown of thorns ; the radiance the glory ; the white in the flower the emblem of purity ; and the blue, the tvpe of heaven. On one species, the passitfora alter, even drops of blood are seen upon the cross ot the tree. This flower continues three days open, and then disappears, denoting the resur rection. A mixtere of three parts fine charcoal. tyvo parts bone meal, and one part plaster (gypsum), applied in quantity of about two to four quarts to the roofs of a tree or vine when planting, have been found to fully repay the cost- in increased vigor and growth during the season. 'Not ox the Pill.' A few vreeks ago. while attending Hamlet" at the re nowned St. , my attention was at tracted totrard a good looking country Jake, whose whole eyes were riveted upon quite a lovely young lady, seated within a couple of yards of him. While we were looking at him, he rose from his scat, went round to where the lady in question was seated, and to the astonishment of all, and the dismay of the lady, before any one had any idea of his intentions, gave her a hearty smack. The lad', covered with blushes, turned to her escort for protec tion ; he, in rather a savage way, demand ed an explanation of such rudeness. With his thumb inserted within his vest sleeve, and his other hand extended, as if in ex postulation, our hero, with a slight tinge of shame on his handsome visage, thus ad dressed rather a mixed crowd of excited gentlemen : ' Gentlemen, I don't care a darn : the fact is, I couldn't a helped it if I'd bad tu di the next minuit fur it. Jes' take me out and give me a wolloping. I know 1 desarve it. Put while I sot there thinkm' what a nice gal she wur, a del istible de sire cum outer me to kiss that gal or bust, and, gentlemen, as I sod before, jes' take me out and give rue a good dubbinV for I deserve it all. Vui,'r said lie, resuming his seat and looking stageward, the lady having in the meantime left, " I should like to see the feller as kin du it.1' At that moment the play was inter rupted by an ear-splitting ,; horse-laugh," which only a thealrial audience can have any idea of, to the chagrin of the leading star,"' who naturally enough deemed it incomprehensible none of the stage ac tors knowing of any other performers but theirs in that building at the same time. A Modern- Petition. A gentleman, who had been long attached to Cardinal Mazariii, aud much esteemed by that great minister, but little assisted in his finances by court favor, one day told Mazarin of his many promises and his dilatory per formances.. The cardinal, who had a great regard for the man and was unwilling to lose his friendship, took his hand, and lead ing him into his library, explained to him the many demands made upon a person in his station as minister, and which it would be politic to satisfy previous to other re quests, as they were founded on services dene to the State. Mazarin "3 companion, not very confident in the minister's ver acity, replied : " M lord, all the favor I ask at your hands is this : that whenever we meet in public you will do me the honor to tap me on the shoulder in the most unreserved manner.'' This was at once acceded to. and in two or three years the friend of the cardinal became a wealthy man, on the credit of the minister's attention to him. Mazarin used to laugh, together with his confidant, at the folly of the world, in j granting tueir lavor to persons on sucri slight security. The Ei-FECTs ov Tea ox the Skin. If yon drop a few drops of strong tea upon a piece of iron a knife blade for instance, the tannate of iron is formed, wLhh is black. If you mix it with .iron filings or pulverized iron, you can make a fair nr ticleofink. If you mix it with fresh hu man blood, it forms with the iron of the blood the tannate of iron. "Now w hen we remember that the liquids which enter the stomach are rapidly absorbed by "the veins and absorbants of the stomach, and enter the circulation, and are thrown out of the system by the skin, respiration and the kidneys, it is probable that a drink so common as tea and so abundantly used, will have some effect. Can it be possible that tanin introduced with so much warm liquor, producing perspiration, will have no more effect upon the skin? Pock at the tea-drinkers of Russia, tho Chinese, and the old women of America, who have so long continued the habit of drinking strong teas. Are they not dark colored and leather-skinned ? When young they were fair complexioncd. How PKEP can Shafts be Sink? The quastion occurs to the miner who sinks down a shaft for three or four hundred feet, " how far might I descend without being burnt out, or froze out; and which?'' The student of natural science, who adopts the theory of internal heat, and recognizes, as correct, the present observed rate of increase of temperature with depth. .would answer as follows : Water would boil at a depth of 2.130 yards. Lead would melt at a depth of 8.400 yards, Red heat would obtain at the depth of seven miles. Gold would melt at the depth of twenty-one miles. Decoction or Sagebrush. The Trespass says that in some of the mills about Vir ginia an infusion of sage juice in the amal gamating pans has been found to hasten the process and increase the yield. The reason for this result is not known to those who use the process, but it is sup posed that the infusion tends to keep the mercury bright and susceptible. The same result was reported from the ue of sage brush some months since, when the theory was advanced that its beneficial efi'ect'was produced by the role contained in the desert shrub actingslmilarly to sodium-amalgam. The Young Idea." That which thou hast to do, do it with all thy might," said a clergyman to his premising son one morning after breakfast. " So I did." said Pill, with an enthusi astic gleam in his eye. " Ah : what was it, darling ?" ond the father's fingers ran through the offspring's curls. " Why. I wolloped Jack Edwards till he fairly yelled. You should just have heard him holler, dad." The father looked unhappy, while he explained to him that the precept did not apply to an act like that. Geo. B. Waldron is playing at McVick- i crs theatre, Chicago. Mrs. Julia Dean Havne has re-r.ppeared upon the boards at St. Louis. Sweet Corn. The following article ha3 been handed us, with a special request to publish, and a guarantee as to the sound ness of the views advanced iu it : It is a surprising fact that sweet, corn is not abundantly grown among farmers? Ever farmer thinks he must raise his five or yn acres of Indian corn every year, in order to have something to fatten his pork, and to furnish fodder for his stock, Arc. Now, if every farmer would grow three or five acres of sweet corn, his crop Would prove of much more value in proportion to tho number cf. acres than Indian corn for feeding purposes. Last spring I planted six acres of sweet corn for the purpose of ' q taking it into market green. Put after the market became "glutted," I concluded to save the balance of my corn and euro it to feed. I cut and fed to my hogs corn (in the stalks) every day, and they would eat stalks and all as clean as they would green clover. Through the month of Oc tober and until tho last of November, I fed husked corn. I can say I never killed o . so fat pork before. They seemed to bo completely filled up with lard. I prefer the sweet corn stalks to anything else iu the shape of fodder for stock, and especi ally for cows giving milk there is nothing equal to it. The stalk, husks and lea9e, are much more juicy and sweeter than any other corn-fodder" I vPeu'd recom mend those that sow corn for fodder, to sow the sweet com in preference to anv other. Be careful to trace tin your secM. o a in the fall, and then you ,viil ngt fail to have good seed when you come to plant or sow. George W. Curtis. 0 Monroe county, X. Y. o European Cannon. W"hi'e we in Amer ica are engaged in nanufaciuringmuzze- o ioauing cannon, winch threw soii.l shot and shell, before which no ship, even if constructed of solid iron, could stand, and of two. three, or four times the calibre of any which European mechanics have yet - 0 been able to produce, the French and English are endeavoring to manufacture O guns which will make up in accuracy and rapidity of firing what they lack in weight of" metal. It is announced that the new O French cannon. tle construction of which O is supposed to be a profound secret, eGn be 11: ed 40 or i0 times a minute. It car ries with accuracy 2.000 yards, and a sin gle discharge would destroy the whole front of a battalion. It is so light that two men can easily lift it. France shows great partiality for breech-loading cannons, but England is discarding them. England is experimenting with n.'ed!e-gnns. but the great delay of her Government in decid ing upon a proper weapon for the army, O while other European nations are rapidly arming with breech-loaders, is complained by the London newspapers. 0 -- Preserving Potatoes. A correspon dent cf the Scientific Amc&an say3 that ho has tried the following method of keeping potatoes for two years with complete suc cess, though in some instances the tubers were diseased when taken out of the ground: Bust over the flooPofthe bin with lime, and put in about s;x or seven inches deep of potatoes, and dust with lime as bef ore. Put iu six or seven inches of potatoes and lime as again : repeat the o operation until all are stowed away. One bushel of lime will do for forty bushels o) po'atoes, though more will not hurt them the lime rattier improving the flavor than o h n wise," A Novel Experiment. Let five persons get together in a room, and one of them lie at full length. on a table, with his hands folded over his h roast The others imut take a pu on, two on each side ot him. and emU-aY' r if :e him with the forefinger of ear- hand on! v. This wiIfo . 1 . seem an imposil!;II;y, but less be accomplished, bv a can nethe ! Ihe five taking a long inspiration together, find men. when their lungs are fully inflated, let Jingo out the air together, and the IV ur lifting the other. After a little practice, euro being had to breathe exactly together. they win be ab!e to Hit him liisui above their heads and let him safely down a" igahi. Try it, readers. - Beet Sugar. Some 20.000 pounds of beet sugar, manufactured at Chattsworth, in Livingston county, arrived in Spring field, Illinois lately, and will Im. sold in competition with Southern sugars of-tho same grade. It is a superior article of coffee" or C sugar. Almost 100.000 pounds have been manufactured at this point during the past season, which is but a mere sample of what the company ex pect to do the ccming season. There is every reason to expect that at period by no means distant the manufacture of thfs staple will become one of the leading brandies cf industry inJUilnois. The Best Quince. The Country Gentle man says that the best variety of the quince is the Grange. The Angers Quince afford.? good fruit, a little later than the Orange. The best time for planting is au tumn or spring the distance asunder may be about ten or twelve feet, which will be found near enough for full grown trees, on a deep, rich and well treated soil. The quince needs judicious framing by thin ning out crooked, needless or crowded shoots, and leaving a well distributed, symmetrical head, on a short-single stem. . . Steam Plowing in England. The Steam Cultivation Commission appointed by the Royal Agricultural Society, find that some 100 steam cultivators are at work on 220. 000 acres of arable land, displacing 2.500 horses. The machine eats only when working and thus saves in that item at least $509 a year to its employer, while doing its work deeper and more thorough ly and rapidly than it can be done by animals. Notable Request. The Greenfield Ga zette gays a thriving young merchant of Ohio died recently, leaving a fortune of $40,000. which by Ihe terms of his will goes to his affianced wife, if she remain? single until she reaches the age of twenty four. Th'13 young heiress has been for the past two years an operative in the Lyman Mills at Ilolyoke, Massachusetts, but" is at present residing with her parents in New Salem. . . Don't tell us Book Farming is good for nothing. No man can even drive oxen. without ihe aid of Haw-ticultnre and Gee-ology. o 8 o 0 o o o o o o 0 o o o CD- CD o ( 0 0 1 e O