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o Oregon City Enterprise, 0 I o .Vol. ! OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1867 No. 17. 0 )ciUcckln Enterprise. PUBLISHED EVEKT SATCRDAT MORNING By D. C. IRELAND, OFFICE: South east corner of Fifth and Main streets, in the building Intel' known as the Court Iloase, Oregon City, Oregon. Terms of Subscription. One copv, one year in advance $3 00 i( delayed 4 00 Term cf Advertising. Transient advertisement., one square (12 lines or less; first insertion $2 50 for each subsequent insertion 100 JjuMiiess Cards one square per annum payable quarterly 12 00 One "column per annum 120 00 One half column " 60 00 Oue quarter " " ; : y : 40 00 Legal advertising at the estabhsiied rates. Book and jJob Printing ! fjpiIE EJiTEUPKISE OFFICE Is supplied with every requisite for doing a superior style of work, and is constant ly accumulating new and beautiful styles of material, and is prepared for every variety of HOOK AND JOB JP X I TV TITS" Gr ! AT SATISFACTOKY I'KICES. per The Public are invited to call and examine both our specimens and facilities for doing work. B U SIN ESS OA RD S Dr. H. Saffarans, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. OFFICE I" J. Fleming's Book Store. ililn, street, Oregon City. (.2 "Dr7F. Barclay, M. II. C. L. (Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. II. B. Co.) OFFICE: At Residence, Main Street ir,v. Oregon City. J. WELCH, Permanently Located at Oregon City, Oregon. Rooms over Charman fc Bro.'s store. Main street. O-ly Jolin Fleming, DEALER in LOOKS and ST A TI OXER Y. Removed to the Masonic building, on Main street, opposite the Enterprise ofliec, Oregon City, Okegon. Thankful for the patronage heretofore re ceived, respectfully solicits a continuance Cif the favors of a generous public. JOHN H. SCHRAMM Manufacturer and Dealer in SADDLES, HARNESS, Lm. etc.t etc., Main street, between Third and Fourth, Oregon City. fFHlE attention of parties desiring anything I in my line, is directed to inv stock, be fore making purchases elsewhere. ( l y )J JOHN' H.SCT1P.AM. William Broughtcn, CONTRA CTOR and BUILDER, O Htin 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 A. a. BELI.. E. A. PARKER. BELL &. PARKER. DRUGGISTS, AND DEALERS IX Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Paints, Perfumery, Oils, Varnishes, And every article kept in a Drug Store. !'!) Maix Stkekt, Oregon City. L. ZIGLEE & S 0 II ., jUg COOPERS, Oregon City, Oregon. rPl?E UNDERSIGNED ARE NOWI'RE L pared to make all manner of ware in the line of cooperage, from a well-bucket to a hogshead, of both bilge and straight work, on short notice, and at reasonable rates. Call and examine samples of our work, as it is its own recommendation. S3.Cm) L. ZKJLER &. SON. JAMES M. MOORE, justice of the Peace t City Recorder. Office In the Court House and City Council Room, Oregon City. ' Will attend to the acknowledgment of leeds, and ull other duties appertaining to theotlice of Justice of the Peace. 2:ly CLARK GREENMAN, rtBs. city i'larman. OU EG OX CITY. All orders for tjic delivery of merchandise, or packaees and freight ot whatever descrip tion, to any part of the city, will be executed promptly and with care. " ltUim '"dray for SALE CHEAP ! A FIRST RATE HEAVY DRAY, IX good order, will be sold cheap for cash ipon application to C. GREEN MAN, 5 l-tf J Oregon City. fOHX MYERS. 18Gl) D. C. MYERS. J. MYERS & BROTHER, Cheap CsisSsl Store ! Under tli4 Court House, in Oregon. City. Dealers in Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes. Clothing, Buena Vista Stone Ware. Groceries, Hardware, etc., etc., " .i'' they propose to sell as cheap as any House in Orenon. Oregon City,' October 23, 1866. 2:ly A. 1. MOXROE. V. A. K. MEI.LEN. 3IARREE WORK. MONROE St MELLEN, Dealers in California, Vermont, and Italian Marbles, Obelisks, Manu men, Head and Fool stones, sLm Oregon. Mantles and Furniture Marble furnished o order. J32.tf Sunday School and Gift Books ! PROM THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIE . Vy RIV? Massachusetts Sunday School Sh;?-. lo sale at Messrs. llurgren & V,ldl"s- F'rst street, corner of Salmon, i ortland, Oregon. G. n. ATKINSON, i? MnvT'llTreas- Oregon Tract Soc.'y. fc &UIM)LER, Depositary. i5.iv DKXTIST. BUSINESS CARDS. CLIFF HOUSE. Main Street, Xearly Opposite Woolen Factory, VT. L. WHITE. J T.W. RIIOADES, 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 most fastidious. 15 Notice to the Public. I HAVE this day closed the Barlow House in favor of the Clin" House. Hope my old customers will give thair liberal patron age to the above well kept house. They will find Messrs. White & Rhoades always on hand to make guests comfortable. WM. BARLOW. Oregon City, August 1, 1857. THE COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL, IS NOW OPET For the Reception of Guests. TUBBS & PATTEN, Proprietors. San Francisco, August 22d, 18G7. (40.3 DAVID SMITH, Successor to SMITH d- MARSHALL, Black Smith and Wagon Maker, Corner of Main and Third streets, Oregon City Oregon. Blacksmithing in all its branches. Wagon making and repairing. All work warranted to give satisfaction. (S'J W. F. HXGHFIELB, Established since 1S-1C. at the old stand, Main' Street, Oregon City. An assortment of Watches, Jew elry, and Scth Thomas' weight Clocks, all of which are warranted to be as represented. Kepai rings clone on short notice, fcand thankful for past favors. (37 !sifipciIsal Mills, OUEGOS CITV. KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND FOR SALE : BRA N A ND CHICKEN EE ED ! l?f Purties wanting feed must furnish their sacks. SQ.tf CANEMAH STORE! JAMES M0RF1TT & CO., WOULD INFORM THE PUBLIC Es pecially of Canemah, 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 permaueutly such a necessity at Canemah. Try us. (32:y Fashion Billiard Saloon. Main street, between Second and Third, Oregon City. J. C. Mann, Proprietor. MPHE above long established and popular I Saloon is yet a favorite resort, and as onlv thp choif-ost brands ot Wines. Lienors and Cigars arc dispensed to customers a shar- J c public patronage is solicited. 'iv) J. C. MANN. SHADES SALOON. West Side Main Street, between Second and Third, Oregon City. GEORGE A. HAAS Proprietor. The proprietor begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally that the above named popular saloon is open for their accommodation, with a new aod well assort ed supply of the finest brands of wines, liquors and cigars. 52 GOOD TEMPLAR'S HALL, Lute P OXY SAL O OX, Main Street, Ouegon City. JAMES HAS.V, Proprietor. The Propritor takes this method of an nouncing that this establishment has one of the best I5illiard Tables to be found in the cit-. The choicest brands of Cigars, Tobac co," Sarsaparila, Soda.and Ginger pop served to order. (7.tf OREGON CITY BREWERY ! IIEXKY IIUMBEI Having mirchased 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 tilled. Oregon City, December 2Sth, 186(3. lOtf LOG VS & ALKUiaHT, EXCELSSOB MARKET I Corner of Fourth and Main Sis., Oregon City Oregon. mKE THIS METHOD OF INFORMING JL the public that tney keep constantly on hand all kinds fresh and salt meats, such as BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, VEAL, CORNED BEEF, HAMS, PICK E LED PORK, LARD, And everything else to be found in their line of business. LOG US & ALBRIGHT. Oregon City. April 20th, 1S07. f2:ly jTa. MacBONALD, Green Street Oswego, Oregon. Post Master and Dealer in GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Grocrrirs, Wines and Liquors I " NOTICE TO ALL WHO WANT First Class Fine or Coarse oots Allocs ! Made or Repaired. Especial care and at tention paid to orders for fine work, such as Ladies' and Misses Fine Gaiters, Gents Fine French Calf Boots, etc. Orders solicited from abroad will be executed with neatness and dispatch. TERWILLIGER & SMITH, 40. tf Green St., Oswego. Oregon. OSWEGO HOUSE! OSWEGO, OREGON'. JOHN SCHADE Proprietor, TS now prepared to receive and entertain X all who may favor him with their patron age. The House is New and the Rooms are u-!v and Neat'v Furnished. The Table will be supplied :with all the delicacies of the season, ine iiouse is suuaieu t-ui stpamer landing. The proprietor will at all times endeavor to ffive entire satisfaction to favor him with a call, and would respectfully solicit the paronage of the Traveling rubiic. V . ; Board per week $5 t'O Board and Lodging 00 Klno-ln Mala... 50 --- ILL HEADS PRINTED. At the Lnterp rise Umce. A SUMMER. DAY. Fade not, sweet day; Another hour like this, So full of tranquil bliss, May never come my way I walk in paths so shadowed and so cold But stay thou, darling hour, Nor stint thy gracious power To smile away the clouds that me enfold; Oh stay, when thou art gone I shall be lost and lone. Lost, lone and sad. And troubled more and more, By the dark ways, and sore In which my feet are led Alas, my heart, it was not always so! Therefore, O happy day, Waste not to fade away, Nor let pale night chill all thy tender glow, Thy rosy mists that steep The violet hills in sleep. Thy airs of gold, That over all the plain And fields of lipened grain A shimmering glory hold The soft fatigue-dress of the drowsy sun, Dreaming as he who goes To peace and sweet repose After a battle, hardly fought and won ; Even so, my heart, to day Dream all thy fears away. O happy tears, . That every way I gaze, Jewel the golden maze, Flow on, 'till life appears Worth- the soft protection of this scene: Beat, heart, more soft and low, Creep, hurrying blood, more slow, "Waste not one throb, to lose me the screue, Deep, satisfying bliss Of such an hour as this ! How like our dream Of that delighful rest God keepeth for the blest, This lovely peace doth seem ; day, Perchance, my heart, he sent this gracious That when the dark and cold Thy doubtful steps enfold, way. Thou may 'st remember, and press on thy Nor faint midway thejgloom That lies this side the tomb. All, nil in vain, Sweet day, do I entreat To stay thy winged feet : The gloom, the cold, the pain, Gather me back as thou dost pale and fade; Yet in my heart I make A chamber for thy sake, And keep thy picture in warm color laid ; Thy memory, happy day, Thou can 'st not take away. Frances Fclleb Victor. VOICES OF THE MOUSTAISS. THE GIANT TREES. BT HERBERT C. DORR. Uprearcd with the azure sky, Like temples leaf-crowned, vast and high, They firmly stand ; No breeze can sway their massive strength Or shake their might' breadth and length, By tempests fanned : Their first of life what man shall know. That sprung two thousand years ago? Two thousand years ! two thousand years! Of human sufferings, joys and tears, In ceaseless chase ; Our Saviour had not walked the earth, "When these great structures had their birth, To save our race ; Yet then, amid the boughs on high, Time's diapasons swept them by. In ages gone, those olden trees Perchance o'erlooked great iuland seas, Whose rippling waves Bore on their floods some unknown race Who had their season time, and place, Now in their graves Yet they still cast their shadows down, Like aucient warriors, grim and brown. Kings of the forest, lords of eld Ere yet by our white race beheld, Ye reigned alone ; Where great Nevada's peaks arise, Your spreading arms beneath the skies Were upward thrown ; As if out-tossed in upper air. Your waving hands were spread in prayer. Methinks as from some eagle's nest I soar above their mighty crest To look abroad ; And looking down the paths of Time, I hear a chant in solemn rhyme, Of our great God ; From wood or plain, or mountain peak, Each all aloud his wonders speak. Father of life, how dark and vast Are thy great mysteries of the past What do we here? Like falling flakes of melting snow We fleeting come, and fleeting go, To disappear ; Yet still we read on earth's wide page Tby cyphers of some by-gone age. O. holr God of all below, How little we poor mortals know Of worlds above ! Elate we live our transient day. And silently we pass away, Led by'thy love ; O, give us wisdom from thy light To save lrom darkness of our night! These giant trees are found in four or five groups in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and almost seem the relics of some other world, so immense are they, many being be tween thirty and forty feet in diameter, and between three and "four hundred feet in height ; their age is estimated in many cases to be about three thousand years. A Fine Man. A very amiable and modest widow lady lived in a county where the Sheriff was not a married man. Soon after her husband had paid the debt of nature, leaving her his legatee, a claim was brought against the estate by his brother, and a process served upon her by the Sheriff. She was much alarmed, and meeting with a female friend she ex rlnimed with agitation : What do you think ! the sheriff has been after me " Well," said the considerate lady, with perfect coolness, " he is a very fine man." ' But he says he has an attachment for tne !" renlied the widow. ' Well, I half suspected that he was attached to vou. inv dear." " But you don't understand me, he savs I must 20 to court! " O. that's quite another affair, my child ; don't you go so far as that it is his place to coma to you." Item. One charge in a lawyer's bill, was, "for waking up in the night and thinking of your business, So. THE TRUE SOURCE OF WEALTH. Editor Enterprise. In a recent issue of your paper there appeared an editorial on the produc tion of gold, in which you expressed the conviction that when used as coin, it added nothing to the general wealth of mankind, and actually tended to improverish the producers. The tendency of the entire article in question is to dis courage all efforts by the people of this State to discover or develop gold mines. Your predications are so much at variance with the established principles of political economy, as I understand their applica tion so contrary to the teachings of ex perience, and so inimical to the prospeiity of our people, that I am impelled to com bat them. You instance the manufacture of a steam engine as a type of the kind of production that increases the wealth of a people. Mechanical ingenuity cannot devise any expedient whereby a steam-engine can be successfully operated without lubrication ; nor can chemical science furnish the me chanic with a. substitute for oil ; conse quently without a certain quantity of that substance insignificant in value as com pared with the cost of the engine, the lat ter becomes as worthless as the same weight of old iron. What oil is to the steam-engine, gold coin to commerce. Commerce cannot exist without currency, or in other words a unversal medium of exchange. The his tory of the world shows that for this pur pose there can be no substitute for gold coin. Financiers have contended that a paper currency to which legislation might attach an arbitrary value, was equally efficient. The experiment has been repeatedly tried, and as often resulted in failure. Although it may be regulated by the most salutary measures of precaution, its use has invaria bly terminated in financial distress, disaster and ruin, unless it was the mere represen tative of an equivalent in coin or safe de posit. In the present state of society there is no other class of producers so absolutely independent as the producers of gold. Ttey have the entire world as an avail able market ; and it, too, being a market that the most active competition can never overstock. Such a rapid concentration of great wealth as has occurred at San. Fran cisco, is without any parallel ; and never before has a State grown so suddenly to such important proportions in its relations to other parts of the world, as has Cali fornia. Had gold mines never been dis covered or worked there, the wild Spanish herds would still be roaming unhindered over the uncultivated plains ; and the State would hold only a sparse pastoral population. San Francisco would still be a miserable village with a few hundreds of inhabitants its exports being limited to a few hides and horns, and a little tal low and wool. The same gold-bearing Range, that has so marvelousy peopled California, extends directly through the heart of Oregon ; but its treasures are more hidden by volcanic debris and im penetrable jungles ; though in time, science and industrious perseverance will reveal them. The clatter of the quartz mill shall yet awake lively echoes through the now unbroken solitudes of our mountains, and it behooves every one of us with our hands, hearts, or brains, to speed the good time. MUD SILL. The arguments of our correspon dent are good in one sensp. But let us ask him if gold diggir.g stimu lates the industrial pursuits ? Cali fornia has never until late years done anything towards her own sup port, while she had been shipping, ,ns the product of her mines, millions after millions. Hence we say that when a dollar is dug up and converted into the currency of the world, it only adds to the expansion but virtually is of no more value to us than before it was washed out. A systematic cul tivation of the soil docs more to stimulate business, diminish imports, and cause us to save our gold, than mining. The continuous export of gold dust would soon exhaust the treasure of any region, toenrich other countries, but on the other hand he who raises 100 or 1,000 bushels of grain, can do the same next year, and so keep on doing, exhausting neither himself nor the country he is in is but absolutely adding so much annually to his own and his neighbors wealth. Pick out Thompson. John tells a story of Thompson and Rogers, a pair of married bucks of New York, who wandering home late one night, stopped at w hat Thompson supposed was his residence but which his com panion insisted was his own house. Thompson rang the bell lustily t and a window being opened a lady thrust her head out, asking what was want ed. "Madam " asked Mr. T.. "isn't this Mr. T Thompson's house? "No" replied the lady, "this is the residence of Mr. Rogers." 'Well,7 exclaimed ihompson, "11 vou'll nlense sten down here. Mrs. j ( r , T T Thompson beg your pardon Airs. Kogers, wont you please step down to the door, and pick out which is Rogers, for Thompson wants io go homef Not Her Owx. A young lady bought a new basket in St. Louis the other evening for pic nic purposes the next day. Before she left the store the basket, with a card bearing her name attached, was stolen. The next morning tne basket, with a ba by in it, was found at the door of a respectable citizen with the card still appended, and the young lady was called upon for an explanation which she readily gave, and was dismissed from the awkward position. No Doubt of It. In this country everybody rides first-class: In Europe they say only Dukes and fools ride first-class. When the Pacific Rail road is completed, we shall neces sarily see some great improvement in the structure and accommodation I of railroad passenger cars. An Adventure in a. Car. There were five of us yes, five as happy fellows as ever were let loose from college. It was "vacation," and we concluded to take a trip to the Falls, and we got aboard the cars at X , and were soon travel ing very rapidly towards our destina tion. We had just seated ourselves and prepared for a comfortable smoke, when in came the conductor, and who should it be but our old friend, Fred. B . After the common salutations had passed, Fred, said he had some business for us to attend to. " Out with it, old chum," said we, " anything at all will be acceptable, so let us have it." " Well, boys," said Fred, in a very confidential tone, " in that next care there is as loving a pair as it was ever my lot to see. They are going down to II to get married, and now if you cau have any fun over it just pitch in. They must be cired for, and I don't know who can do it better than you." In a moment Fred was gone, and we set our heads together to form a plan for taking care of the lovers. "I have it, boys," said Bill See vers, " We must make the girl think that her lover is married " "That's it, Bill, that's it," said we, not giving him time to finish the sen tence. "That's the game, boys; now let's play it." It devolved upon me to commence operations. Accordingly I entered the car in which they were. Sure enough, there they were. The girl thinking, I suppose, that she must give her lover all the seat, had taken a seat on his knee; and he, for the purpose of protecting her, had thrown his arms around her waist, and so they sat in real soft lover's style. All this I gathered at a glance. Stepping up to them, I said: " Why, Jones, what in the deuce arc you doing w ith this girl" The girl arose hastily and seated herself on the seat. " See here, stranger," said the fel. low, "you are a mite mistaken; my name ain't Jones." " You certainly hav'nt left your wife and children, and tried to palm yourself off for a single man, have you?" 1 asked. ' I tell you my name ain't Jones! It's Harper. It never was Jones, ond tain't a going to be nuther!" I merely shook my head and pass ed on to see the resfof the fun. The girl looked wild after I sat down; but Jones, alias Harper, soon convinced her that I was mistaken. About the time they got to feeling light again, in came Elliott and Gregg. Walking up to Harper he accosted him with; " Why, Jones, you here? When did you leave your wife and babies?" "Now, see here, stranger, you aiu't the fust man that'j called me Jones; I reckon I must look awfully like him, but I ain't Jones, an' more'n thot you must'nt call me Jones. I hain't got a wife nor babies either; but this 'ere gal an me is going to splice, an' then yon can talk about my wifej and I wouldn't wonder but what in course of time, you might talk about babies, too but you mustn't call me Jones?" This retort brought forth vocifer ous laughter from the spectators, and also brought blushes to the face of the gal that " was going to- be spliced.' " Ah, Jones," said Gregg, " you'll regret this in the future. I pity your wife and this poor girl." " So, Mr. Harper, j our real name is Jones, is it? and you've been foolin' me, have you? Well, we aic't spliced yetj and I don't think we will be soon," said the girl, and her eyes flashed fire. "Jane, Jane," said Harper, " don't you know I'm Bill Harper. Thar ain't a darn drop of Jones blood in me, an' I'll prove it." At this moment Jeff. Jackson, Bill Seevers, and Jem Byres, entered, and ' of course their attention was called to Harper by his loud talking. They stepped up to hitn and said: " Why, Jones, what is all this fuss about?" This was more than he could stand. He leaped upon a seat. " Now,'' said he, " my name is not Jones, an' I can lick the fellow tQat says it is." By this time wo had got to H and our friend Fred came into the car and made Harper keep quiet. The girl that wouldn't be spliced' requested Fred to help her on the train that was going back, which he did, and the notorious Jones, alias Harper, followed her. We learned, afterwards, that he I proved himself to be Bill Harper, in stead of Bill Jones, and be and his gal ' got spliced." WHAT IS A TEAM J A curious inquiry before the En glish courts, three or four years ago, was into the meaning of the word team, as used by writers generally, and as used in a particular document. It was a very lively and amusing in quiry rather a rarity in a court of justice. Quotations from poets, cN tations from dictionary-makers, and chatty remarks on what the poets and lexicographers really meant, di versified the proceedings. The question w hich a whole row of learned judges were called upon to decide, was : what is a team? One of the counsel urged that the diction aries of Johnson and Walker both speak of a team, as "a number of horses drawing the same convey ance." "True" said Justice A "do not these citations prove that the team and the carriage are distinct things?" "No," replied the counsel; "because a team without a cart is of no use." He cited the desctiption given by Ctesar of the mode of fight ing in chariots, adopted by the ans cient Britons, and of the particular use and meaning of the word teraa nem. FVom Ca3sar, he came down to Gray, the English poet, ond cited the lines: Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield. The furrow oft their stubborn glebe hath broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield, How bowed the woods beneath their stur dy stroke. And from Gray, he came down to the far-famed Bull Run affair in the American civil war, a graphic ac count of which told that the team sters cut the traces of their horses. The counsel for the farmer, on the other hand, referred to Richardson's English Dictionary and Bosworth's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for support to the assertion that a team implies only the horses, and he then gave the following citations to the same effect, from Spenser: Thee a ploughman all unweeting found, As he his toilsome team that way did guide, And brougl t thee up a ploughman's state to Bide. From Shakspeare: We fairies that do run, By the triple Hecat's team From the presence of the sun, Following darkness like a dream. Again from Shakspeare : I am in love, I5ut a team of horse shall not pluck That from me ! nor who 'tis I love. From Roscommon: After the declining sun Had changed the shadows, and their work was done, A weighty strain, the labor of a team. Again from Dryden: Any number, and passing in line Like a long team of snowy swans on high, AVhich clap their wings and cleave the liquid sky. From Spenser's Yirgil : By this night forth from the dark some bower Of Erebus, her teamed steeds you call. From Martineau : In stiff days they may plough an acre of wheat with a team of horse. It may be regarded by some as 6trange, by others as quite in the natural order of things, that the learned judges themselves were divid ed as to their opinions, ond so the case went into further litigation, all to discover the meaning of the word team a simple word, indeed. . . An Allegory of Life. Once upon a time a little leaf wa3 heard to sigh and cry, as leaves often do when a gentle wind is about. And the twig said " What is the matter, little leaf?" And the leaf said: 'The wind just told me that one day it would pull me off and throw me down to die on the ground I' The tvvig told it to the braneh on which it grew, and the branch told it to the tree. And when the tree heard it, it rustled all over, and sent back word to the leaf, 'Do not be afraid; hold on tightly, and you shall not go till you want to.' And so the leaf stopped sighing, but went on nestling and singing. Every time the tree shook itself and stirred up all its leaves, the branches shook themselves, and the little twig shook itself, and the little leaf danced up and down merrily, as if nothing could ever pull it off. And so it grew all summer long till .Oc tober. And when the bright days of autumn came, the little leaf saw all the leaves around becoming very beautiful. Some were yellow, and some scarlet, and some striped with both colors. Then it asked the tree what it meant? And the tree said, ' All these leaves are getting ready to fly away, and they have put on these beautiful colors, because of joy. Theu the little leaf began to want to go, and grew very beautiful in think ins of it, and when it was gay in col or, it saw that tho branches of the tree had no color in them, and so the leaf said : 'Oh branch, why are you lead color and we are golden?' 'We must keep on our work clothes, for our life is not done; but your clothes are for holiday, because your tasks are over.' Just then a little puff of wind came, and the leaf let go with out thiuking of it, and the wind took it up and turned it over and over, and whirled it like a spark of fire in the air, and then it fell gently down un der the edge of the fence among hun dreds of leaves, and fell into a dream and never waked up to tell what it dreamed about. Hugged Against His Will. A most ludicrous scene transpired in a place not a thousand miles from the city of Louisville, oue night re cently, says the Courier, which, though a little annoying to the par ties immediately concerned, was yet so innocent and funny that we can not refrain from giving the general outlines, suppressing names, of course. Two sprightly and beautiful young ladies were visiting their cousin, another sprightly and beautiful young lady, who, like her guests, was of that happy age which turns every thing into fun and merriment. If the truth were told, we fear that we should have to record the fact that these three misses were just a little bit fast. They were fond of practi cal jokes, and were continually play ing all sorts of mad pranks with each other. All these occupied a room on the ground floor, and cuddled up to gether in one bed. Two of the young ladies attended a party on the night in question, an 3 did not get home until half-past 12 o'clock at night. As it was late, they concluded not to disturb the household, so they stepped into their room through the low, open window. In about half an hour after they had left for the party, a young Meth odist Minister called at the house where they were staying and craved a night's lodging, which of course was cheerfully granted. As minis ters always have the best of every thing, the old lady put him to sleep in the best room, and the young lady (Fannie), who had not gone to the party, was entrusted with the duty of sitting up for the absent ones, and informing them of the change of rooms. She took up her position in the parlor, and as the night was suls try, sleep overcame her, and the des parted on an excursion to the land of dreams. We will now return to the young ladies who had gone into their room through the window. By the dim light of the moonbeams as they struggled through the curtains, the young ladies were enabled to descry the outline of Fannie (as they sup posed) ensconced iu tho middle of the bed. They saw more, to wit: a pair of boots! The tr'Jth flashed upon them both at once. They saw it all. Fannie had set them in the room to give them a good scare. They put their heads together and deter mined to turn the tables on her. Silently thay disrobed, end as stealthy as cats they took their posi tions on each side of the bed. At a given signal both jumped into bed, one on each side of the unconscious person, laughing and screaming, " Oh what a man, Oh what a man!'' they gave the bewildered minister such a promiscuous hugging and tousling as few persons are able to brag of in the course of a life time. The noise of this proceeding awoke the old lady, who was sleeping in an adjoining room. She comprehended the situation in a moment, aud rush ing to the room, she opened the door and exclaimed: "My God, gals, it is a man; it is a man sure enough!" There was one prolonged, consoli dated scream; a flash cf muslin through the door, and all was over. The best of the joke is that the minister took the "whole thing in earnest. He would listen lo no apologies the lady could make for the girls. lie would hear no excuse, but he solemnly folded his clerical robes around him and silently stole away. Query Was he mad at the girls, or at the old woman? A lady was telling a young man cf a child a 'few weeks old, whose grandmother wras only thirty-eight years old. The young man replied that that was nothing. He knew a young lady whose grand children weie not born yet. Sir George Rose, once turning a corner, came suddenly upon some young barristers who were in the act of aping his walk and gestures. " You mistake, gentlemen," said the good natured wit, accosting them; " that is not the air of the rose it is only the stalk. Why was Eve the first Ritualistic convert? Becauso she began by be ing eveangelical and ended by tak ing to vestments. The mercies of God are not styled the swift, but the sure mercies of David; and therefore a gracious soul patiently waits for them. . A Sirius question whether every J Dey has his dog. A JI VX TO TIHXTC4 . The most valuable business part ner generally speaking, is the one tba thinks, provided always that be thinks well. Head work, where there is work for a head, is that which tells to ad vantage. The following, from a cor respondent of the New York Journal of Commerce will be recognized as correct by most business men of largo trade and experience. I frequently bring to mird the remark of a friend connected many years ago with largo transactions iu mercantile r.ffairs. The remark was that a great want in our large Wall street banking houses was of a man to think for the firm. He exemplified it in this way: tl I have a letter of introduction to Prime, Ward & King; I call at their banking house; I am shown into a room where a member of the firm Mr. King, if you please is writing letters. Mr. King puts down his pen, reads my letter, and wishes me anywhere but iu his private office, for my coming in has broken the train of thought con nected with the letter he was answer ing. He listens impatiently (in fact if not in manner) gets rid of me as soon as he can. 'Now,' continued my friend,' the best head to a firm should have nothing to do but to think. Every important trans iction should receive his deliberate, well consider ed approval, all ordersshould emanate from him, he shoulddiave time to talko with those having business proposi tions to make, and shld decide what ought to be accepted and what reject ed. To accomplish this, letters to the firm should be opened and brought to his desk, and competent persons should atteud to his marginal note3 on the letters, or to his oral instruc tions. When alone in his private office he may find employment in thinking about thj business and pros pects, good or bad, of the firm, know ing that his orders and instructions ate being carried out byhe other members or by the lerks of the house. Discoveries at Pompeii. Anoth er very interesting discovery lately made is that of four skeletons three female and one male now lying in glass cases, which are preserved in almost perfect fullness of form and outline, but have been completely converted iuto gypsum. Even 'their fingers and toes are almost as plump and round as on the day when, 1788 years ago, the fearful flood of fir and smoke took away their lives. The process is explained as follows: These bodies were prostrated in tho streets by the cloud of suffocating va pors which came first, and which very soon stopped respiration, and after them came the ashes, light, of course, but piled up in enormous masses, so that the lower strata were compress ed into solidity. At the same time, then, that the process of decomposi tion was going on very slowly, of course, so far under the surface the ashes about the body appear to have become encrusted, perhaps with tho assistance of the moisture that drain ed down through from above. At last all the Eoft parts had disappear ed, and there was nothing left but a hole in which the more imperishable bones remained. It was a long time before the wgrkmen learned how to preserve these remains, and hundreds have been broken to pieces and lost. The process now adopted is very simple, but very efficient. As toon as the workmen come to a mass sup posed to be a skeleton, it i3 cargjully probed, a hole cut through, and melted gypsum poured in until tho cavity is filled. The result is a per fect model of the person as he was on the day he fell in the streets of Pom peii. Even the rings on the fingers remain in place, and aro filled with gypsum Tho male form has about it a belt fiiled with coins, forming a mass half as large as one's head, with which he was attempting to escape. A sensitive young school cfriistres was once shocked, w hen, in the geog raphy class, she asked why it was im possible to keep the Mississippi from overflowing its banks, and received for an answer from a little chap, " Because darn it yo can't." I would not, said Montague, be g woman, f.r I should then be robbed of the delight of loving the sex; but, Lady Montague said she was glad she was not a man she was0saved from marrying a woman. When devotion is not accompanied by humility, it inevitably becomes pride. Emerson finely says : "The poor are only they who feel poor, and j poverty consists oniy in irem-g w.