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o 3fi ISlSSSS V; . Vol OREGON CIT1T, OISJSCcOjV, SATURDAY, .1 CX.X 4, 1808. No. 37. FlMTFlRPlRIQf1 9- i)c lUcckln (enterprise. ' PC DLIS1IED K VERY SATUUDAT MOKNIXO ; By D. C. IRELAND, I r r-'ft; : South cast corner of Fifth and ' Sf.ts streets, in the building lately know n , f5 the Court Iloase, Oregon City, Oregon. : Terms of Subscription. ? Obc copy, one rear in advance $3 00 f "" " "" il delayed 4 00 I Term of Advertising. I Transient advertisements, per square I ( 12 lines or less) first insertion ...$2 50 4 For each subsequent insertion 1 00 Hsinoss Cards one square per anuurn i payable quarterly 1200 (Hie "column per annum 1-0 "'J One h tlf column " 0 00 t Onn quarter " " 40 00 ; 1 o m! advertising at the established rates. B US IX ESS CA RD S. Dr. F. Barclay, Iff. R. C. L.v M : ; formerly Surgeon to the Hon. II. B. Co.) OFFICE: At Resident; 1 xA.un Street (-r" Oregon City. I WELCH,- i f??? DENTIST. I penntne nt! f LoeaUd at Oregon City Oregon. : Iloftmrt with Dr. Saifarans, on Main street. . V OSWEGO HOUSE! OSWKUO, OliJiUO.Y. JOHN' SCJIADK Proprietor, "I S now prepared to receive and entertain 4 X all vrhvi may favor him with tl;-ir patron ' .lii1 Tne House is New and the liooms are " "lv and Xeat'y Furnished. The Table I w ill be supplied with all the delicacies f s tlie .(uso!!. The House is situated near the '1 steamer lauding. The proprietor will at all ftim' endeavor to ive entire satisfaction to fall who may favor him with a call, and vtu'il 1 respectfully solicit the patronage of ,' tne Ti.n i ling I'ublic. 41:tf. Utiird per wk $5 i r."fJ J.nl Lodging..., 6 0) i-ip'le Miis 50 : - . . t SVScLaughHn House- Tits street, (opposite the Wooleu Mills,) Oregm City, Oregon. E. -5?. KELLY, - Froprietor. This k the most, commodious Hot'-l i i't i- eiy. 'ely funushed, and just open 1-V -f!i.- I -Ci'fti)i) of gue.-ts. ; ; "It wiil be tho 'endeavor of the Propri iii iiKike Ins guests comfortable. -ti.tf OREGON HOUSE, J;.ic S.ivct . .Oregon City. JACOB BOEHM, Proprietor. ESTAUI.1SUEI) 1S."7. KEDLtTlOX IX ritlt'ESl The undersigned wishes to give notics at from Saturday. October 5th. ii:r, prices the above house will be as billows : ' 'iid and Lodging per week 5 00 iiard m it liout Lodging 4 3'ard and Lodging per ilav. 1 oo JACOB UOEll.M. -igoii City, Oct. 3d. Isi;;-. 50:tf CLIFF HOUSE. r Main Street, 1 tji' V-'- -Atdl. '"'ty Opposite Vruolcn Factory, a i. wirm-:', i 1V . . .1' WGKHOADES, I ropmtors. Oregon City, Oregon. . V.'i jjjx ite the citizens of Oregon City, nnd 1'e t. ivulnig public.ao give us a share of . ;l:Mr patronage. Meals can be had at all ,1ioiu.i, to please the n:ost fastidious. 10 q Notice to the Public. I1IAVK this day closed the Hallow House ni favor of the Clitf House. Hope my s ' 1 J rt'stonier-i will give their liberal pntrori to the above Veil kejit hoUse. they vil! iind Messrs. M'hite Athoades always liand to make guests comfortable. AVM. HA U LOW. 3 JOHN Iff. BACON, o Ju s'ice of the Peace it- City Recorder. O.Tio In the Court House and City Cuiioil Room, Oregon City. f ill attend to the acknowledgment of i ' Is, and all other duties appertaining to J i ciUof of Justice of the J'eace. J. FLEETING, Ju! til dealer in School Rooks, Sla tmner; also, Patent Medicines, 1 and Perfumery . At the 1'ostvoiiice, in Masonic Building, I Oregon City, Oregon. I William Brougiiton, COXTRA arm? ,,,1,1 nniLnrm IJ Main strut, Orojon, City. attento all work in his line, con- ,? s'mg ui pai t ot Carpeuter and Joiner work j ti .iniing, building, etc Jobbing promptly attended to. " JOHN H. SCHPwAM, Mamifact'irer and Dealer in j SADDLES, irARXESS, etc.. etc.. j laiu street, between Third and Fourth, I Or eg on (Jinj. .PIIE attention of parties desiring anything 1 X in my line, is directed to my stock, biT i!''ie making purchases elsewhere". ' My) JOHN H. SCHRAM. CLARK GEEENMAN, City Drayman, 0UEG0X CITY. k i Ail orders Tkuges j i "in, to anv f tT'S-nini.t',- AU orders for the delivery of merchandise, and freight ot whatever descrip part of the cit v. will be executed "in j't.y and with care. 1 tf.Gni W. F. HIGHFIELD, Established since l-lO, at the old stand, M ux Street, Oregon City. An assortment of Watches. Jew elry, and Seth Thomas' weight Clocks, all of which are warranted .. iV' to be as reuresented. arwL 1 ('an nigs none on suoi i iiumii md tnankful for past favors. S-r?.k. i. ... i 4. DAVID SBIITH, Hcamr to SMITH d- MARSHALL, I MuchSmith and Waqon Maker, Ore- VOllier of M:lin iin.1 Tbir.1 erf..ta ; I ;ou City Oregon. . i uut!lln? m all its branches. V agon k 'Mi)g and repairing. All work warranted 'e satistaction. (Si) 1 Pne of tIle most desirable places in Ore- n C'lty, consisting of a House suitable for a"'ge lamily or a public boarding bouse "s "ther with an Orchard, barn, one or two j S?"l Cows, etc.. is now offered for rent on I Tery tavoi able terms. I Ai'iiy to w. J. CALDWELL. Oregon City, Oregon. BU SIXES S CARDS. L add & Tiltonj BANKERS, TOUTLAM), OiSEGOX. Will give prompt attention to collections; and other business appertaining to nankin". Sight and Telegraphic Exchange On San Francisco and the Atlantic States for sale. Government Securities bought and sold. ?i-tf L. C. Fuller, BROKER, Pags the Highest Price for Gold Dust Legal Tenders and Government securities bought and sold. No. 10S Front st., xi. tf- Portland, Oregon. I. tiKADOTf. CI1.VIXCY BALL. GRAD0N & Co., mancfacti;rek3 oi" Wagons & Carriages, 201 and 203 Front st., Portland, Oregon. OCT" Wagons of every description made to order. General Jobbing done with neatness and dispatch. Orders from the country promptly attended to. BYIIOX Z. HOLMES. JOHN' tHW'DEKLAXI). HOLLIES & SUNDERLAND, 05 First street, Portland Oregon. Manufacturers and dealers in Hoots and shoes of the latest styles and best material. San Erancisco and Philadelphia goods always on hand. Agents for Ilowe'.i Family Sewing Machines, and John (. Fcl som's hand sewing machines. ICeedles and thread fur sale. (3-t.lj Thomas W. Kinney, 49 Front street, Portland Oregon DEALER. IX WINES AND LIQUORS, Is constantly in receipt of Pure Whiskeys direct from the Atlantic States, ana can oiler to the trade better inducements than any other house in Portland. S OME THING NE ) V ! Boots with Wire Quilted Bottoms o These Hoots are made on the American standard hist. They never lail to lit, and feel comfortable, and require no "breaking in." The Wire Quilled Soles have been proven by practical experience to last twice as long us the ordinary soles. A splendid assortment just received at K. D. WHITE & Co.'s, Hoot and Shoe store, C4.") Id First st. Portland. V. C. JOHXSO.V. F. O. M COWX. JS'otary J'lMic. JOHNSON & McCOWIV, OIIKGOX CITY', OREGON". T7 Will attend to all business entrusted f .i our care in any of the Courts of the State, collect monev, negotiate loans, sell real es tate, etc. '.Pai ticnlar attention given to contested land 'cases. l.yl " J. B. UPTON" Attcrxey and Cocxsklor-atsLaw, Oregon City, Oregon. '" Office over the store of lyop'e & Co., Main street. 4tf.tf Ort'Ron Cily, Oregon. Office iu Charmdn's Brick Block, up stairs. (5o:lf) A. 11. HELL. K. A. PAKKER. BELL &. PARKER. Ayb dealers i?r Chemicals, Putcnt Medicines, Paints, Perfumery, Oils, Varnishes, And every article kept in a Drug Store. S3.) Main Stkeet, Osegox Citt. SHADES SALOON. IVtH Side Maty Street, Mwefri , Second a iid Third, Vr'tirvh Vi!y: GEOEGE A. HAAS - - - - Proprietor; The proprietor begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally that the above named popular si'outi 13 open for their accommodation, with a new and well assort ed supply of the finest brands of wines, liquors and cigars. 52 ISAAC PARIl. JOit.N' rARB. FARE & BROTHER, Butclu-rs and Meat Venders. Thankful for the favors of the community in the past, wish to say that they will con timie to dehver to their patrons, from the wagon, as usual, On Tut-id'tys and Saturday qf ench week, all the best qualities of Beet, Mutton, and Pork, or auy other class of meats in the market, H:tf iBsipcrisil Mills, OUEGOS CITY. KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND FOR SALE : BRA N ND CHICKEN FEED ! ZT" Parties wanting feed must furnish heir sacks. 30.tf NOTICE TO ALL WHO WANT First Class Fine or Coarse Made or "Repaired. Especial care and at tention paid to orders for line work, such as Ladies' and Misses Fine Gaiters, dents' Fine French Calf Boots, etc. ""TiT Orders solicited from abroad will be executed with neatness and dispatch. TEIiWILLUIEIl & SMITH, 40.tf , Green st., Oswego, Oregon A. J. MOXKCE. W. A. K. 1ELLEX. IVI0NRGE & MELLEN, Dealers in California, Vermont, and Italian Marbles, Obelisks, Monu ments, Head and Foot stones, Salem Oregon. JJantles and furniture Marble furnished toorder. I32.tf RANCH FOR SALE. s ITUATED BETWEEN THE CLACK- amas and the OREGON CITY TOWN PLAT ! In the vicinity of the place of T. J. Hun3aker ' :. tf Will be sold cheap for cash. Ai-ply to LEVY i FECI1I1EIMER, Z.H Main street, Oregou Cnv MY PATH OF ItOSES. Often in dreamy mood I go, Along a path, where roses hlovr ; Whose dewy, pink-lipped blossoms fair, Are wasting kisses on the air ; Shy luscious promises disclosing, The hidden sweetness, there reposing ; Till flutter of the loro-bird's O Wakes coy street rmds to blossoming ; Row blossoms trembling with perfume, Bright banner Oriflammes of bloom By all that's sweet ! By all that's fair ! How can I help to linger there? By summer's fingers, thickly hung, These perfumed censers. Boftly swung, With languorous odors thrill my breast, And dreamy balms lull care to rest, In happy mood I come and go Along the path where roses blow. One cautioned mc " Beware the thorn !'r But counsel spurning, wroth with scorn. I turned, " Can things designed to bless Us with such sense of loveliness, Pierce to the quick, and wring with pain, The deepest nerves of heart and brain ? Then cried I, drunken with perfume, 'There are no thorns, where roses bloom." My greedy hand, sought to enclose A flower. God's truth ! a queenly rose, Fair rose vain heart my hand was torn. Xo rose was mine, I hold the thorn, Now, though the sere and yellow leaf, I3 falling, I can smile at grief; And still I wander to and fro Along the path where roses blow. June 1808. Amtxtas. TO JIY SOSE. Knows he, who never toolc a pinch. Nosey, the pleasure thence which flows Knows he the titillating joy That my nose knows ? 0 Nose ! I am as proud of thee As any mountain of its snows ; 1 gaze on thee and feel that pride A Roman knows. A WARM MATH AVAOEU. Recently while two gentleman of this city (whom for the sake of a name we call Long and Short) were visiting Portland, and after having seen the elephant pretty well, finally visited a bath house. Long know ing the other's peculiar conceit, said ho (Long) could endure a hotter bath than any living man. Thereat Short fired up, and a bet was :nade. Two bathing tubs were prepared, with six inches ol water in each The fellows stripped, and seperated by a cloth, each one got in and let on the hot water at the word the wai ger being who should stay in the the longest with hot water running. Short drew up his feet as far aS pbs. sible from the boiling stream, While Long pulled out the plug in the bot tom of the tub. After about half a minute Short said " How is it Long, pretty warm" " Yes'' said the other, " it's getting almighty hot; but I guess I can hold out a minute longer." " So can I," answered Short. " Seis-s ! squash ! lightning ! it's awful ! Fifteen seconds passed, equal to half an hour by Short's imaginary watch. ; I say, over there, how U it now?" " Oh ! it's nearly up to the biliu' pint. Oh! Jehu!" answered the di abolical villain, who was lying in the empty tub, while the Lot water pass ed out Of the escape pipe. By this time Short was splurging about like a boiled lobster, and call ed again1 " I s-a y, over there; how is it now 1" " Hot as the devil !" replied Long. "But whew! scis s-s! I guess I can hold out another minute!'' "TheJielPs fire you can!" shrieked the now boiled Short, vho rolled out and bolted through the part tion, ex pecting to find the other quite cook ed. "You infernal rascal! why didn't you put the plug in?'' "Why, I didn't agree to," said the imperturable joker. "Why in thun der didntyou leave yours out?" ' The Santa Clara Argus says: Some of our exchanges are congrata lating the country upon the fact that a large plantation of chickory is now in a thriving condition in this State. Chickory is the abominable stuff used for counterfeiting coffee, and we can not see why people should be jubi lant over a wholesale adulteration of the delicious luxury. We like coffee pure coffee and seriously protest against chickory or any other bogus substitute in ours. Mrs. Dr. Walker is trying to re-open a divorce which her late husband got from her by default. She wants to be divorced, but de sires the boots, as well as the trous ers, to be. on the other leg. m , A sugar wedding is the latest invention, and for it the West is re sponsible. It occurs thirty days after marriage, or the end of the honey moon. Js that the last of matrimoni al sweeti? THE OXE FALSE STEP. The following story is based upon an incident of actual occurrence in a New York Life Insurance Company names of persons and places only being omitted which struck me as being one of the most singular and touching that ever eame to my no tice: " What harm can come of it, Hay den?" The kind, pleasant looking gentle man addressed gazed irresolutely into the pleading face of his com panion, who seemed to be greatly agitated. " You know it's against the rules of the institution, John.'' " Every bank has some such rule, but then it's nothing but a dead let- ter. It's done by every such institu tion in the country, and the directors know it. But what do they care, so long as they don't lose anything? I have often thought that if you were not so squeamish you might have made yourself a handsome fortune, and the bank not a cent the poorer. But then I wouldn't have advised you to do that, for speculation is rather risky; but this is quite another thing. The paper will be paid at maturity, and no one will be the wiser or in any way wronged by it. If you do this, 1 shall be able at once to make good my losses; and if you refuse, I am a ruined man. It is not for my self that I care, but what will become of my poor wife and children" This was an appeal that reached the heart of Mr. Hayden, for few men were so tenderly attached to his family as he. He was one of those who find it difficult to say no, espe cially where his feelings were ap pealed to, and in a moment of weak ness he yielded, as many a wiser and stronger man has done before him. Despite of his confidence in the truth and ability of this false friend, as the paper approached maturity, Mr. Hayden became anxious and un easy, especially as rumors from time to time reached him of the desperate condition of Mr. Gray's a flairs. It is impossible to say that the man on whose conscience rests so heavy a burden, knew that he should be unable to redeem his promise; but he must have known that it was un certain, at the best. Anyway, the paper was not paid, and thus the breach of trust of which Mr. Hayden had been guilty became known to the board of directors. The quiet town of Desbbrough was electrified by the intelligence that the cashier of the Desbdrough Bank had been suddenly removed from the office he had held for many years; and so acceptably to the public. And the knowledge of the cause that he had been detected in makiog a pr'u fate use ot the money entrusted td him occasioned as much pain as Sur prise iu the community, by which he was universally respected and belov ed, as well as to hia immediate friends and relatives. Mr; Hayden hastened to make the only reparation in his power, by giv ing up to the bank his little propert', the savings of many years; but it could not save his good name or give back to him the confidence of the public. lie was a most affectionate bus band and father, and the disgrace he had brought upon his wife and child caused htm the keenest anguish. His wife, womanlike, clung to him through all, cheering and comforting him as only such can. " I cannot endure to remain here, Mary," said Mr. Hayden to his wife. " I will go to some distant State and there endeavor to retrieve the past and regain the good name I have lost. xs soon as 1 get settled I will send for you and Georgie; that is, if you still insist on clinging to the fortunes of a disgraced and ruined tr.an." " Where thou goest I will go where thou diest 1 will die,aud there will I be buried," said not only the lips but the loving eyes that were raised so trustfully to his. Cheered and encouraged by these words and the new hopes that were springing up in his heart, Mr. Hay den went to a city in a distant State, there to commence the new life he had determined upon. But the con sequences of this one false step fol lowed him. Soon after he left thirty thousand dollars iu United States bonds, placed in the bank for safe keeping, were missing, and very nat ure: ly suspicion rested upon him. As soon as Mr. Hayden heard of this fresh charge, secure in his con scious innocence, he returned to his old home to meet it. But circum stances were strong against him; and he found himself prejudged and con demned by those of whom he had eX pected better things. Of all who bad loved and honored him, only bis wife believed in his innocence, whose pale cheek showed the agony at her heart, but who greeted him with the same loving, trustful smile. Naturally sensitive, he felt keenly the cold, scornful looks that met him on every side. Without money, friends or character, a gloom fell upon his mind, which grew daily darker, until he became a burthen intolerable to be borne. But he would not leave to destitution his wife and the sweet child, so dear to them both. Some years ago he had insured his life for a small amount, in a New York Life Insurance Company. Go ing to a neighboring city, he entered the office of one of its agents. " Do you pay losses in cases of suicide?7' he inquired. " We do, sir," was the prompt re joinder. Afterwards, the agent recalled, with a shudder, the pale, set features of the questioner; but it only awak ened at the time a feeling of curiosity, which was soon lost amid the busy cares that followed. Upon learning this, Mr. Hayden applied for five thousand additional insurance for the benefit of his wife, and ten thousand more for his child. A few days after his return home, the policies were forwarded to him. He handed them to his wifej sayingi " In the event of my death, this will be a safe and snre provision for you and our little Gcorgic." Mrs. Hayden looked anxiously ins to the face of her husband, and was struck with his pale worn aspect. " You are looking pale and Weary," she said; " and no wonder; for you neither eat nor sleep. Come, lie down upon the sofa, and I will sit be side you, as I used to do in the dear old times.1' Obeying the guidance of the gen tle touch upon his arm, Mr. Hayden lay down upon the sofa, and holding her hand in his, fell quietly asleep; his countenance wearing a tranquil aspect, as though to him all earthly care was ended. As Mrs. Hayden gazed upon him she recalled to mind all his many words and acts of kindness, down to this last proof of his thoughtful ten derness. Of the last charge broucht against him she knew him to be ini nocent, and for that one wrongful act, had not ail his sufferings atoned? But even then its messenger was on his way to them. Mr. Hayden had his little boy upon his kneej listening to his innocent prattle, when the United States Mar shal entered with the warrant for his arrest. He took it very quietly; it Was what he had been expecting daily for week. He simply aj-ked for a few hours' delay for the purpose of ob taining bail, which was granted. When the -officer had cone Mr. Itayden Strove to comfort his wife, who clung, weeping, to him. " They will hever convict me Mary,'' he said. And they never did. The hour had come for which he had been making such careful prepa ration. Did some hope that his in nocence might be proved, some clinging to the life so dear to us all, make him falter in his desperate re solve? Who can tell We only know that he called on two friends and asked them to become his sure tics, to which they consented. He then Went home and passed into his study, telling his wife that he had some writing to do, and not to disturb him unless there was ur gent necessity. Mr. Hayden had told the Marshal that he would meet him at a neigh, boring city in the afternoon, and the two gentlemen he called upon had agreed to accompany hira thither. About an hour later they called for that purpose. Comforted by her httsbands assur ance, Mrs. Hayden had regained her usual tranquility. " Run and call papa, Georgie," she said to the child, who was play ing about the room. Delighted with such a mission, the lil tie fellow ran gleefully away. He soon returned, saying: Papa 'sleep. Georgie can't wake him!" With an undefined feeling of un easiness iu her heart, Mrs. Hayden hurried to the room. He was lying upon the sofa, with his face to the door the white set face of the dead! With a sharp and bitter cry the wife flew to his side. The empty vial in the cold, nerveless band told alb The sinning and suffering soul of George Hayden was before the tribunal of the wisest, most merciful of Judgesl Never did we meet with an in stance like the above. How strong, amid the madness of despair, was the love which manifested itself in such tender thoughtfulness for the comfort of those it was to leave behind! And how solemnly does it speak of " The One False Step'' that wrecked a heart so unselfish, a life so full cf promise. THE WHOLE ART OF KISSING. People will kiss, yet not one in a hundred knows how to extract bliss from lovely lips, no more than they know how to make diamonds from charcoal. And yet it is easy at least for us I This little item is not alone for young beginners, but for the many who go at it like hunting coons or shelling corn. First know whom you are to kiss. Don't make a mis take, although mistakes may be good. Don't jump up like a trout for a fly, and smack a woman on the neck, or on the ear, or on the corner of the forehead, on the end of her nose, or slop over oa her waterfall or bonnet.ribbon, in haste to get through. The gentleman should be a little the tallest. He should have a clean face, and kind eye, and a mouthful of expression instead of tobacco. Don't kiss everything, including nasty little dogs, male or female. Don't get down to it. Stand up. Need not be anx ious to get in a crowd. Two per sons are a plenty to corner and catch a kiss. More persons spoil the sport. Stand firm. It won't hurt any after you are used to it. Take the left hand of the lady in your right hand. Let your hat go to --any place out of the way! Throw the left hand gently over the shoulder of the lady, and let the hand fall down upon the right side, toward the belt. Don't be in a harry. Draw her gently to your loving heart. Iler head Will fall lightly upon your shoulder, and a haudsome shouldersstrap it makes! Don't be in a hurry; send a little life down your left arm, and let it know its business. Her left hand is in your right. Let there be expression to that not like the grip ol a vice, but a gentle clasp, full of electricity, thought aud respect. Don't be in a hurry; her head lies carelessly on your shoulder! You are nearly heart to heart! Look down into her half closed eyes! Geutly yet manfully press her to your bosom. Stand firm, and Providence will give you strength for the ordeal. Be brave! but do not be in a hurry. Her lips almost open! . Lean lightly forward with your head, not the body. Take good aim. The lips meet the eyes close the heart opens the soul rides the storm, trouble and sorrow of life (dont be in a hurry!) heaven opens before, the world shoots from under your feet as a meteor flashes across the evening sky fdon't be afraid!) the nerves dance before the jnst created altar of love as zephyrs dance with the dew -trimmed flowers the heart forgets its bitterness and the art of kissing is learned! No noise, no fussj no fluttering and squirming, like a hookimpaled worm. Kissing don't hurl; aud it don't require any brass to make it le gal. Don't jab down on a beautiful mouth as if spearing frogs! Do not muss her hair, scratch down her col lar, bite her cheek, squizzle her rich ribbons and leave her mussed, rumpled and flummuxed! Don't grab and yank the lady as if she was a struggling colt! Do not flavor your kisses with onions, tobacco, gin cocktails, lager beer, brandy, etc., for a muddling kiss is worse than the itch to a delicate, loving, sensible woman. There, how, is Our reccipe, free gratis, for nothing. Try it. - PorcLAR Fallacy-. That you can receive $1 a day, spend 82, and get rich. That to do a man one favor, and then refuse him another, won't make him twice as mad as if you had refus ed him the first That when a friend presents you a hound it will cost you nothing. That when jcu buy on credit, knowing very well you will not pay, it is not stealing. That next year's taxes will be light en That every other man is to die ex cept you. That if you have a good cause in love, war, or law, pitch in, aud you are bound to win. That you can play draw poker and ; loose just so much and no more. j That there is one way, known on j ly to yourself, to break a faro bank. That when you buy a horse he will be certain to turn out as represen ted. That if you always say what you think, you will win the regard of the entire community. Austrian Archduke Henry has actually married an actress to the horror of the Hapsburg3, and at last accounts was on bis wedding trip. XiOCALj DIALECTS. All over the Old World the trav eler, especially if he is anything of a linguist, is struck by the vast variety of the local dialects the same lan guages being spoken, except among educated men, with every possible form of local patois. This is accoun ted for in msny ways, but mostly by the fact that each of the different na tionalities of Europe is composite of many tribe?, long since absorbed and "digested," bat each leaves its almost indellible local impression Americans are apt to imagine that such a state of things does not exist in their own country; nor does it to so great an extent, though the Ger man element, in its various forms, has done a good deal for some local ities. One peculiar section of the country has developed a dialect of its own, and the fo'lowing specimen, which we find ia an Arkansas paper, does not i:i the least exaggerate its philological eccentricities. The pres ent tense cf the verb "to do" is rare ly used, but it is otherwise conjuga ted thus i Imperfect I done it. Then don cst it. He done it. Plural - We uns done it. You tins done it. They uns done it. Perfect I gone done it. He gone done it They gone doue it. Plural We uns gone done it. Y"ou uns gone done it. They uns gone done it. Plu-Perfect t done gone done It. You done gone done it. He done gone done it. Plural We uns done gone done it. You uns done gone done it. They uns done gone done it. Future I gwyne done it. You gwyne done it. He gwyne done it. Plural We uns gwyne done it. You uns gwyne done it. They uns gwyne done it. Future Perfect I gwyne gone dene it. lou gwyne gone done it He gwyne gone done it. Plural We uns gwyne gone done it. lou uns gwyne gone done it. They uns gwyne gone done it. Many Facts In a Small Compass, - The number of languages spoken is a.oyj. The number of men is equal to uumber of women. The average of human life is about 33 years. One quarter of the human race die before the age of seven. To every 1,000 persons one rarely reaches the age of 100 years, and not more than one in 500 will reach the age of SO. There ate on earth 1,000,000,000 inhabitants. Of these about 83,333, 333 die every year, 91,824 die every day, 7,GS0 every hour, and 00 every minute. These losses are balanced by an equal number of births. The married are longer lived than the single. Tall men live longer than short or.esj Women have more chances of life previous to the age of 50 years, but fewer after that age than men. The number of marriages is in proportion of 70 to 100. Marriages are more frequent after the equinoxes, that is, during the months of June and December. Those born in the spring are more robust than the others. Births and deaths are more fre quent by night than by day. Martin Van Buren is the only man who held the offices of President Vice President, Minister to England, Governor of his own State, and mem ber of both houses of Congress. Thomas H. Benton is the only man who held a seat in the United States Senate for thirty consecutive years. The only instance of father and son in the United States Senate, at the same time, is that of Hon. Henry Dodge, Senator from Wisconsin, and his son, Augustus Q Dodge, Senator from Iowa. General James Shields is the only man who ever represent ed two States in the United States Senate. At one time he was Sena tor from Illinois and subsequently from Minnesota. John Quincy Adams held positions under the govs eminent during every administration from that of Washington to that ol Polk, during which he died. He had been Minister to England, member of both houses of Congress, Secretary of State, and President of the United States. He died while a member of the House of Representatives. An old bt-o'ielor in New York offered a young lady a pony for a kiss. She sued him. He pleaded no con sideration. The Court decided that a kiss was a legal consideration, and made him pony up. It is said Andy Johnson, at the suggestion of Mrs. Cobb, and in pur suance of his practice in pardoning rebels, proposes to issue a pardon to to himself, in advance, and plead it in defence on bis trial. MEM OF OUR TIMfiS s In this new work by Harriet Beecher Stowe, in her chapter , on Gen. Grant, sb a says 1 1 7; "Among his qualities af somp plain and commonplace , -virtues Such is his unflinching adherence .to what he thinks right. Such is hia unconditional public and private Hon esty. This was well exemplified Ifi the solicitous care with which he kept the cotton business outside of his command in the West as long as pos sible, from a. welUfounded dlsliko of its immense "corrupting power. When at last he had to consent to the progress of the trade in territory taken from the rebels, lie epecified that it should be kept In the hands of honest, trusty and undoubted Unioa men. He was asked to name such men. He replied, ' I will do no such thing. If I did, it would appear in less than a week that I was a partner of every one of these persons trading under my authority.' Another such virtue is that scrupulous official economy by which General Grant has already saved our overtaxed country five million dollars a yeaf , by cutting down the expenses of the War Department. He also pesesses other Tery no" liceable qualifications of a more spe cial sort, and so much rarer among men, that tbey must be named even In the shortest inventory of General Grant's character. Two of these are, the broadest and most generous jus tice in attributing the credit of doing well where it belongs, and remarka ble Wisdom in judging and selecting men. Ol the former, his letter to Sherman at the time of his Rppoint ment as Lieutenant General, is A good iustance. f) Of his wisdom ill selecting assistants and subordinates, the list of their names is very sufficient evidence. The proved possession of this one faculty goes very far to prove that its possessor is competent to govern, and where a strong will and stainlessP public and private morals are added, the presumption grows very touch stronger A gigantic power of mind ing his own business and holding his own tongue is cVen a greater wonder In General Grant than his successful resistance of the most Violent pump ing of him for a speech has been gtv en; and other such brilliant ' flashes of silence' as Sidney Smith would have called them, illuminate his whole career during and since the war." - -- City Beverages. -The Chicago Times, in congratulating the inhabi- tants of that city upon the excellency and plenty of its drinking Waters ob tained from Lake Michigan through the agency of its gigantic submarine tunnel, refers to the costliness of the other Water works of the Slates com pared with their own. The total cost of the Chicago water works to the 1st of January, was $2,701,204, and that of the other cities of the States are as follows t " The New Y'ork water works, O which conduct the water a distance of thirty-three miles, cost $23,500 000. The Boston water works, whit h convey the water a distance of $23 miles from the city, cost $o,500,000. The Brooklyn water works cost $5, 000.000. The Philadelphia water works cost $3,100,000. The Wash ington water works cost $2,800,000. T'he St. Louis water works cost $1, 000,000. The New Orleans water works cost $1,400,000. The Cincin nati water works cost $1,350,000." Thus Croton (New York) is the dear est water drank. Not that the source of flow is so distant, nor tho quality of a chalybeate character, but somehow we never get cheap things We manage things in such a pecu liar manner that even water, which one would suppose is the common right of man, is almost as costly here as more pernicious liquids. , , . o Home. What a long array of pleasant reflections arise at the mens tion of this simple word ! " Home home, sweet home, be it ever o Q humble; there's ho place like home I Charmingly has the poet expressed' it, and his song will be sung while there is taste in the world Home,1 the abiding place of our affections, the dear green spot of earth to which we are always glad to turn, whether in joy or sorrow, glory or shame!. Sa cred to the heart is the mention of home ! Tfco weary traveler in a for. eign land feels his heart beat quickly,' his eye grows brighter, and his coun tenance is lit with a happy smile at the thought of home t A mother, a sister, a forget me-not, may lie coxily at the bottom of that good 6miie, which spreads its crimson light over, his countenance. The mariner tossed on the stormy ocean, tempest driven and in dispair, turns his last sad thoughts to the dear home ol his . childhood, made sweeter and purer bv a honeless distance intervening. Dear to the heart are the scene "of. childhood ! Truly spake the there is no place like home I . 0