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4o WEEJvLX. OBEGO T AJS S MAN. T&inmY GEIG0SSTAKS2JJ Bcinl rupvr f the rafted States. FRIDAY, ; : MARCH 24, 167C. CAU.FOK HEirm-lCAU WJTTT CWI , ttAIIWA. . A. Bepoblican convention for ltirion comity b brsbr calM t meet at Kerd' (twn Hon in lUletn on Friday, April 81st, Wii, t 11 'cloek a. a., to Mlect 13 fctegatM k the Ke publican Htaat eoniauuoa which is ooeveae in tha OltT af Poctlaad AUviird, 1876 ; and to transact atmh othat baaine aa may coma befora wid emnmitua The committee m-eeta that preinet awat ngi b aekl at tbair naual place of voting on fcttwrday April 1SU1, 1876. at 1 o'clock P. M. Taaconiuittae have adopted the following as tha apportion raaat of dttleafatea iu said conven tion, baaad upon Uie votta cut for Hod. li. W iHiam for Congrats in 187(5 : fuiem... ..:....'.,;"...:...,:......:.:....... .11 Kaat Salem. . .f.... . . . . ..... ..M Worth fttetn . J . f .. h . , . . . . ....... , .... .. SoatA Balana. ..u,;.. .... vi.J-.4: ui.j.- Alxqna . , . ... .. , . j .4. BilTwton... ,...-.,.-,.,............ , . J5 B opU Prarle .,, .4 Aurora .6 Jin Bo villa :t Cuamsoag. .. . ...... .....S Hubbard ....... J Wood burn. ... . ........ P. 4 Goraaai ' .'. '. J airfield..,.;.., ........ S LaBish....: 1 Jefferson. . '.-. ti . .i. . . ... -. Sublimity. u,. . .4 Lincoln.... ...6 Marion... i'...$ Total.... ....... M Honest men deoiring homstand aonpataot aftieialj, eoroe oat and let your purpoia ba lult, by putting tha rigbt bud iu the right Aiaees. .- The Committee urpeatly requests all Itepub heant la be at tha prinuiies, and rewpecrfnUy iavite all others, without regard to past poliu al differences, at ho in Had from this tuna for ward to pot down wrong, uphold right and rote tin Bepoblioan ticket, to parUciuaie with u in fka ptecinct nieeuup. K, J. il. Muoexs, &vun, JUrch 8, 1376. Ciiairnian. Saving other busbies, which requires rry '-undivided attention, . I hereby with draw from the business management of the OnEGON STATESMiX. J desire to ten der my thanks to the jjeiwftHrs patron? of Che iper, ittu bespeak A vouUmmuee of ih same to my successor." --' - ' ' . a.'w.'watths. ! Salem. March 23, 1S76. . .' Every Republican who has the interest of the party at heart, should attend the primaries auc! ee that none but the best ne are entrusted with the matter of nom inating mrr hext legislatiye ticket and onnty officers. A teirly formed ticket R'iH secure a full Republican vote -A .X umber oi vessels are to be built on this coast for EnlUh ship owners. Our Cue timber is jut coining into notice and is so clieap that' w e can fiiniUh ships for all the world at niu -h less cost than any other country. Every advantage should be ex tended to those desiring ships by our cap italists and people generally. This one itBtn can be made a source of great reve nue to the State. , , ,. 'The report of the School land Commis toners for 1S72 gives an item or $1003,20 as expenses ot Col. Gllfry lo Wash ington. ; Of , course lie win be unt to the centennial exhibition at ITiiladf Ipliia ;tiiis year and oar ciilldren will be called npon toj toot the Lit). The expenses of the trip will be moderate. It will probably cost more this year, but tlte people must grin and bear it. The Albany Democrat estimates the Statesman "irresponsible." Unlike the Democrat the Statesman is supported and AAStaiued by legitimate business with the honest masses of the people. We have no school funds nor any other stolen goods, fcut the support of the honest classes of all jtarties hi the State. The State printing grab will receive a little attention at our hand, at an early day. esir WAIT1MJ. Jov. AVatkinds charges up to tlte State All convict labor. Among the items we find two which read as fellows : To loo dava work waiting at $1 50 per oar.: To 91 daja work trimming lamps at $1.50. Almost exactly the same things occur fn all of his quarterly reports. Just wha'. those convicts are vait 'r.g for, has ;iot yet been developed. But, do they get pay or iocs the Governor take care ot it for them. THE Governor's organ says tlie school funds of the State are in better condition than ever before. If that be true the peo- file would do well to deed the balance of public lands to alkuids & Co. and make Uer arrangements for (ustainlng our pub- l':e schools. It is well known Hint most of the funds obtained and loaned by this Democratic administration are a toUl loss. What cbet'k to put in such defence; We will commence the publication of the ac tual record, in a U k days. M'IIL I ttM. A forrecpondent reviews the ntutement In the Governor's organ that "the school fauds in the State arc in better condition atkn ever," in too raugh a manner for the column! ot th Statehjjax. UegWe3 nu merous iustaucet of a dual lone, brought About by Illegal scoa on tlie part of Cotn mbwiouert, which will appear In due tima. W1U Bro. Cabii please jrlse Bud sing to ttia Board: toan, rr?!:.;rs, Jn trff -r-, But loan iu the iutert of the Tai-iyaw. I CORBfcTT TA. HmUXL. I .KW I 1 1 ii 9 s r f t Mr. Corbett's Hardwre Reporter its other" name Is breeonUa has an acces sion to its editorial corps, who . is princi pally distinguished Tor his stupidity. , lie writes , Jong , winded person! Article, charging - Senator Mitchell vita) high crimes and misdemeanors and showeriug most profusely the bltteiest epltliets on his head, fie gives no epeciflcAtions and avtkee no charge founded on a single fact. It is an easy matter to charge almost any thing, but it Is evidence of groundless mal ice for even a Democratic paper to make charges without giving some reasons therefor. That paper evidently refers to the private .character of Mr. Mite-bell, as it makes no reference to his career in poiV ties, save to insinuate that recent changes in Federal offices might liave been avoid ed, ..The private . character ot Senator Mitdieli 1ms been dragged before the pub lic and all charges against him adjudi Cited at the bar of public opinion. It i a very late day for Mr. Cerbett to reuew his personal attacks on Mr. Mitchell. If Mr. Mitchell has been unfaithful or corrnpt as a public servant it 'U ' the duty of all who know , it to expose him, because all of our people are interested; but, so long as his enemies can find noth ing but personal charges against him, in which the public lias no interest, tlte true animus of tlie assailants becomes apparent and the charges fall to the ground. The most superficial observer and thinker can not fail to see tlte real point involved. Mr. Corbett failed to get the place now occu pied by Mr. Mitchell and seeks revenge in this cowardly manner.. If the great hard-, ware speculator can afford to sacrifice what little reputation he has in that way tlie people will smile at his fall. The dir ty material employed by Mr. Corbett to do the work, of course is irresponsible and will forever remain where he is now, in obscurity. , " - roftTutio rwiJTica. It has been repeatedly stated .by parties in Portland and elawhere, of late, that Mr. Scott was tlie author of the bitter at tacks on the -Republican party, -through tire editorial columns of Mr. Corbett's nardware Ke porter the other name be ing Oregonian, since the date of his re moval from ofllee.' A short acquaintance with that gentleman and some knowledge of bis record and future prospects, induce as to disbelieve all such charges. . Mr. tioott has been abused without stint by tlie Corbett organ, and has stood by tine colors ot bis party; and after having been taken tare ot by that party with A good 1 office, tar a term ot years could not stultify him. self A3 to fly to some opposition paper to seek revenge in low flung personalities, which, if the desired results were obtained would create disseittion iu the arty and defeat It at the nest election. Mr, Svott is a young man of promise who could uot possibly afford such conduct and we be live cannot have a single impulse which would actuate him to such a course. Standing as he does among tlie foremost politicians of his party, we have reason to expect his best efforts in iu behalf. TEAT rACETltti;. Tlte Albany temocrat drives a fearful joke at Gen. Joe. Ijne. While It may be true that tlie General tm disgraced his State and flag of hU country in attempting to serve such men as Jeff. Davis, it i un becoming young men ot this generation, to so cruelly assault him in Ids old age. This is the bitter irony, for which style Gen. Brown is especially noted : "We make the following suggestion to the committee of arrangements having In charge the getting up of the grand Centen nial Celebration ot Oreeon, at Portland : We suggest, that a special invitation Be given to that distinguished statesman, soldier and liero. General Joeph Lane to participate in the fuitivltiesof the week. A guard of honor, conslstingof one person from every couuty should be sclented to accompany tlte veteran Ilero from his mountain home iu Southern Orpgon to the Metroirolis of the Kmpire State et the new .Northwest. The railroad company would doubtless furulsh a special car for the occasion, and would make such ar rangements as to bring the party through iu iiaudsome style. Tue Watkinus Independent call fell very flat and will likely never be beard or again. He hoped to divide the Kepubll can party by such means and secure a vic tory for his party. But, the masses or the people are awaking from a political slum ber and willjprotect their interests by making and voting Republican tickets. There is no occasion tor any third party and none will be nominated in Marion couuty this year. A Philosopher says, lite Is short and perhaps that is the best thing about It. If applied to Ilemot-ratic school fund hand lers in Oregon, the shorter their political life the bectter for the people. Detroit husbands and wives soruttime once in a great many years hare dis putes. The other day, whow a ileech strw:t couple were holding an angry argu ment, the husband exclaimed: Oil, con sistency, thou art a jewel .'" The wife at once broke down, and as she sobbed gvped out: '"Yeu saw her at the opera, I aiipuose, but if she bad to split wood, wmh dishes, and take care of six children, sue wuttlUu t luott any inUK'u I uo Uow hoo!" Hens have an ambition similar to highest roost. " Commonieated. . - ami Ann nattmi. - To the unlettered savage, or it may' be said, to all mankind, upon whom tha light ot science has never da wucd, er'whose hearts are unchanged by the Influence of that tinrer and better light from God, Revelation, this world presents little more titan a place o sorrow pr 'jase ment for a season. A place iu which to live,' ps lite away in pandering to the pasions and Appetites, then to die, to be forgotten, . to cease to exist. The wild savage looks npon the bills, tlte valley and the mountains; he eeee the grass grew, the flowers bloom, the air anil the ocean he sees filled with moving thlugs, yet ho re gards everything only so far as It eou tributes to his present wants. Ills Ideas of a great spirit and a lire alter death, are vague and very uuctrUtin - The philosopher examines carefully every object vhicb t.A'nre presents to Ids view, and while he sees 1n aD, beauty, utility and endless variety rba finds unity and perfect harntory to pervade All, ai d in his practical -way he reduces every thing, by which he is surrounded slnipiy to matter. The billy emblem of purity the fir tree of tlie forest, like the cold clod beneath our feet is matter. Man Is himself matter; this world Is matter; and if we look above, "beneath and away from our globe, we see, rolling .through space without bounds matter. Matter is a term applied to all sub stances, lust la to all material object5. though strictly speaking, or in the com mon acceptation ot the word, matter does not embrace everything of every nature In the tiuiverse. Tlie properties of matter are many and varied, anil matter exists lu a multitude of forms. In discussing some ot tne ainereiu forms ana properties Ot matter, we will take those objects, with which all are most familiar, simple though they appear, aud they only appear simple- "Thiue are uot always what tucv seem." It Is iu and through tlie study of simple elements that we are able to under stand matter in its most complex forms. Through small beginnings great ends are attained. Little children become great men and women. The roxe U a flower which we all love, it has a form almost perfect, a bright color and pleasing fragrance, and when we say tlie rose is beautilul w simply assert the Idea which these three proper ties united In tlie rose convey to m. Form Is an essential property ot the rose, it is also an essential property of all matter. The color which we see in tho rn-ie is a property of light. Matter being differently arranged wlttt regard to tlie particles which compose it reflects different rays of llht. All colors are found in the light of ittu sun. is lot out the sun from tlie heavens we have uo Jkht. tie color. Mat ter existing In a certain state Is given off or tnrown out from oilier matter wnicn it always surrounds in very small particles, and thus mixing with tlie air we breathe, come in contact with etrtain of ttiir narvea aud produce Ute sensation ot smell, lie nee fragrance. 'i lie rough stone which we see by tlie wayside or the smooth pebble of tlie beach, U hard and litfnry. Two properties wholly UL ini'lar, and yet they depend for their existence, either npon tlie same cause or else upon different causes so near alike that we oaimot make a very clear distinc tion between them. Tlie stone may be broken iato a thousand pieces, but this is not easily done, and whence comes this re sistance to a separatien ot tlie stone Into ptrtsr The answer is found in tlie analysis ot tlie stone. AH matter is sup posed to be made up of ultimate particles called atoms, these atom being congre gated together from the different maaxes which we see everywhere in nature. In all masses of matter tlie re is a tendency of each atom to approach every other aio n in the same mass. This tendency or inclination is attraction. The attrac tion ot these atoms in the stone keeps or binds them together and holds the stone eutire, orgivea it liar dues. This a tt mo tion is a property of all matter; It is not equal in all matter, or if it is equal, it is, in some forms of matter partially counteracie 1 by some otlier power, orele matter in all Its various fnrms would be equally hard. Again a stone let go from the hand falls to the ground. It is drawn toward the earth by some secret force or Influence, this force, influence or whatever it is, is called also attraction. It exists wherever matter exists. Every atom of matter in tlte universe has an attraction for every other atom. The measurement ol I lie attraction which tlie earth has for all bodies glvea them welht. Attraction gives to the stone hardness, attraction gives to the stone weight. Here Is yet room lor a Jfewton. Light sent out from the sun travels mil lions of ml leu in a second. It is turned from Its course, reflected again and again, yet it remains the same. It diffuses itself everywhere throughout space. It is made tip of seven different colors, but itself is colorless. It emanates from a source ; it has at least Pome properties of matter. Is light matter? If it is matter, is tlie source ot light inexhaustible, for matter taken from matter, in time, leaves nothing, un less, like the rain from heaven, it again returns. Electricity, If it be matter, is matter in its most incomprehensive existence; elec tricity identical with tlie lightning is bound dewu aud made to do the will of man. it U sent en a thread of wire thou sands of miles across the continent, under ocean's surging waves, bearing thought it self. Touch but the magic wire and lo, thy thoughts are borne on a flaming track and awilmr tlutn winds can blows is sped the rapid answer back. We observe around us motion aud rest, matter at rest and matter moving, as though it were endow ed with, or locked up iu Its particles the inherent power of motion. The grass comes up out of the ground ; the tree tops were once beneath tlie soil ; now tliey are high above. Again, they die and fall to the earth. The animal creation moves on the land ; through air and ooean. The rocks tnmble down the mountain side ; the mountains are wearing away ; worlds roll on In their course ; change U stamped upou the wlwle of creation, and what is tlte eairse f ITie rock of itself would never w r nHi!n -wmlt mnd tp tree without some external, over-ruling power, would tmver spring' forth' from the Seed. ' 1 1 .ili i , 1 The world would be all (load and admit as the tomb. This hand which forim Tl nti letters and words hi matter; and In it there resides no pnwar. mnd tiw.twun will come wheuUwillba cold and still ; and Hits body will iiwltnu moulder back to motlier earth. The band, the arm nud tl- whole physical framework, is mutter. Yet we J know there Is a power located iioiiuiwlwire that controls and animates it. There Is a power existing somewlmre timl moves die universe... Tliat power la miml, iu the fihtrsical actions ot man and Indeed, ot the whole animal creation, we see lli myste rlonseoiitiection between mind and mat ter. How or what way tuind and matter are connected we de not understand, Muid aud matter,, are far dlU'ereiit ; yet lu some way they are connected. Miud is surrounded by matter and arta upon mat ter, but it does not depend upou matter fjr its xlstnuce. Destroy mind wre It powdble, the uul verse ceases to exist. An nihilate matter, mind is uuaffetitud., .. The qualities and properties of matter in no way pertain to mind. Mind looks back upon the past and lives iu tlie future. The events of yesterday are eveuta of to-day. Matter is not mind, mind Is not matter, as man comprehends It. Matter was created but miud is eternal. Mind is tlie creator, matter the creature. The human miud, wbeuce and where is it t It is the breath of the Deity. ' God created man in his own image, he breathed Into him tlie breath of life and man became a living soul." We have often aaid that man was mat tcr: be is something more he Is muid and matter. Matter is tlte agent through which jniud acts. Mind Is the essence tlie true man, And If we try to trace tlte connection between the two, we will soon be lost aud bewildered. We will to raise the bund, instantly tne hand is raised. We place our hand upon a table, know whether the table Is hard or soft. In the first place there seams to be, as It were, a command sent from the mind. In the second instance the tame takes place, and in addition the fuct of the table being soft. or uaru is returned, at least tue inn id through -its agent becomes possessed of knowledge. Physiologists tall us there are nerves passing through every part of the body nerves which couvey lutellb gence and nerves which c mviy powar. These nerves all center in the bruin, whence we conclude that the brain is the seat of motion and . sensation. We also infer that the brain Is the seat of the miud. As we do not -perfectly under stand everything connected with tlie ac tiotis of the mind, we mnot say positive that tlie brain is the sent of tlie mind, it ia undoubtedly the principal organ through which the mind la made maulfest. Por tions? of the brain have been removed from individuals and yet tlie miud was unaffected. The whole brain may beta ken away from some of tlie lowor ani mals aud life will ruraalu for a long time. We have no means ot determining whether sensation ana Intelligence are deieiident on the brain or not. Yon may sever a man's head from Ids body and life will not at ouee become ex tinct. You have in this case sqiarated tlie braiu Irom the trunk, yet each part re tains lite. And perhaps at the very In stant after this separation takes place both parts are little anecteU. is the mind life. or is lite only the manilestation of the presence of mind:' Then wlwrc does the miud reside f You have separated mat ter. Have yon separated mind T U miud divisible? Under ceitttin conditions mind and mat ter are united. Iteslroy those conditions. do you destroy the miud? No, you only muse a separation. home contend that mind is not au abso lute existence itself, but that it is the re sult ot organism; that miud does not and cannot exist Independent of auch organ ism, i ney noiu tuac tne miud cannot ex ist without a brain and an orrraniz'.d : od : that the body, with lu various organ, its nerves, Its bones and Its ti'-ue. and all ivi parte, is tlie anise of the existence of the mind, liestroy tlie organism uud you du- stroy the wind. As well say thut elec tricity cannot exist independent ol the battery, or oltalc pile. These are hut tlie means by which electricity is excited. this physical structure is only the appa ratus through which tlie mind, in its iires- ei.t condition, acts. Itestroy, burn up tiki appartus, tlie miud lives, and will con- tmue to live. And, alter all, we know little of mind, little or mattor. Just as we begin to think we know the most we find that we know nothing. We cannot understand ourselves. There is a power in the universe we cannot comim-licnd. Like the currents of the ocean man is moved by unseen powers." K. V. In examining the debts of the American cities, we find that Wash ington owes taiO for every inhabitant: Dos ton. $140; Portland, (Maine) and Jersey City, each $li'j; New Orleans, Pittsburg aud Bungor, each $110; Bal timore, 10o; Philadelphia and Brook lyn, each $75; Providence, $H8; Cin cinnati, tl; Kichmoiid, ?7u; Uoches- ter and Charleston, IUo: Iiuiaville. $55; Newark, $43; St. .Louis, $3U; uieveiauu, :; Milwaukee, m, and Han Francisco, $15. The citien there mentioned, aud Memphis, Savannah, Albany, Detroit, Mobile, Augusta, St. Joseph, Iudiuliapolis, Ht. Paul aud Alleghany have an aggregate debt of $ IlKi.nuO.OtM, and a population, in 187ft, of 4,!KX),(HX, making au uverage debt for those cities of about $100 to the person. On the other liund the 'Eng lish cities of 1-oiidon, Liverpool, Man chester, Ieeda, Bradford, Bristol, Halifax, Bolton, Brightoti, Birming ham, Oldham, balford, ltocbdale, 11 uddern field. Wolverhauipteu, Pres ton, Newcastle, Blackburn, AHliton, Buuderland, aud riwanseu with U,(00,. 000 inhabitant) have together only $121,000,000, or au average of leea than $19 to tiie wrou. Han Francisco makes a highly creditable appearance iu this 1 itst, and it is niuinly owing to the fact that she had a non-partisan government for nearly twenty years, that she lias now relatively less debt than any other large city iu the Union. A curious fact in the history of the New York (Juts-light Company is, that the fire in the retorts has never been extinguished eiiice it was lighted, tifty-one years ago. When the works were moved up town, some years ago, ! portion of t'' firopBrffiill v rrno"n to the new location. From Baoramento Itooord-L'ulon. 1 nmcur saunm - SI nee the publication of our article the other day recommending that the practice of shearing sheep twice a year be abandoned, aud giving our lur aucu reoommeuuatlon, we have talked with a number of practi cal ah i.p-breeders who say they can- not agree with us. They aay they raise sheep primarily for wool, aud be iug determined to know which course would g re them the moot wool, shear ing once or twioe a year, they have tried both, aud after such trial have settled down luto the practice of anearing twice. They admit that the Bhort staple will not sell for as mueU pr pound as a longer one, but they get more than wool enough by aheariiig twit than they would by shearing once to make up the difference In prioe. Sheep that are sheared but once lose a great deal of wool during the latter part of the winter and spring, eveii wheu they are in good order And in a healthy condition. If many of the Hock are affected with the scab, as they are moat sure to be wheu tbeared but once, the loss of wool will be greatly iucreaaed from this cause, lb en, again, they aay the rainy snaapu. here is such as to render shearing in the fall Almoat a noceeeity where the flooks are large aud unprovided with shelter from tbe storms, as most of the large flocks of necessity almost are. ihe Hheep in tliese large flooks must to a great extent depend for food iu winter as well as summer on what they cau piok up on the range, and cauuot be kept up in good flesh enough te give them atrotigtu to carry about a Jong fleece of wool saturated with water, aa it is here much of the time in January, February and March. I hey instance the present seuwiti, when tha wool on the bheeps' bucks has hardly been dry tor tbe pant two moutiiB. If the fleece were the full growth of a year it ought on an averuge sheep to weigh, say six pounds when dry, and when full of water would weigh more than doable that amount, which they claim with good reason would keep a sheep poor to pack around. i lie rsorou:. It was mldulght.. The young mau bad larewtilled himself out, aad Emetine had locked tlie door and was untying her shoes, when her motlier came down stairs with a bedquilt around her, and said: , "Wanted to creep up stairs without my hearing, eh f Didn't think 1 knew It was au hour after mldiiihgt, did you V Tlie girl bad no reply, aud tlie mother continued: "Did he propose this time f " "Why Mother I" exclaimed tlie daugh ter. "You can 'why Mother.' all yon want to, but don't i know that he ha been com ing here tor the last yearf Don't I know that you ve burned up at least four tons of coal courting around here Y" The girl got her shoes off, and the motlier stood in the stair door and asked: "Emellne, have you got any grit f" "I guess so." "I guess you haven't. I just wish that a feller with lalae teeth and a mole on his chin would come sparking me. Do you know what would happen, Emuline?" "No." . "Well, I'll tell you. He'd come to time In sixty days or he'd get out of this man sion like a goat jumping fur sunflower seeds." Emellne went to bed te reflect over It. A WIJHX ACC9SK. Tho following Incident la related by the Marysvllle Appeal of March 1st: The mother, aunt aud brother of Thonma W. Jackson, one of the Kerim' robitora arrived here yunturday from San Francisco aud visited him at tlie station boutse. The meetiuir was a moat affectlnc one aud. it la suid, was "too much" for the officers present. The Marahal had buHinem out, but Devolt, it is aaid, melted The scene was one must affecting, the mother wet-ping and walling iu the most heartrending manner. All pres ent, iucluding the young rascal, wept bitter tears of grief. Mrs. Jackson and party returned yesterday. Kho will he nearer her lout boy iu a few mouths, aa he will be takeu in churge by Han Francisco ofllcers as aoon ns discharged by the Court here. uuciiabu isu itvustur The land ehotild have been prepared last fall; but If that was omitted let be done early and well. Ordor trees nt once if pot done. When trees urrlve, unpack at once and heel them in which means place them In trenches with the roots well coycred with earth; they will remain iu this way for weeks without Injury. Do not plant in wet soil, or that which ia partly frozen. Planting should not be hurried; each tree Hhould he exaiuln ed; the broken roots tri mined mnootli; the tops shortened by cutting buck the brunches o,.e-lialf or two-thirds, and then set out with good earth around tlie roots, which ehould be well worked in to fill every xpuoc. . A I.AWYI.H- Ml TY. David Dudley Field says It is the dutV of u luvt ver to deft-nd a tliixf. mill lie hopes the time will never oome when it h1iu.1I he considered a reproach to a lawyer that lie does it. Mr. Field limy at least console hiniHolf with the reflection that the time will never come iu New York when a lawyer will not have at least the opportunity. A (sti'mp speaker, in dealing with the "modern Ahysical degeneracy of women," exclaimed: "We must take good care of our grandmothers, for we shall never get any more!" Jt is so with mothors also, as a Conimcticut merchant was surprised to bear, the other day. ilia puator whs visiting him and bis wife, and, alter warning her that she must take better care of hor health, he concluded thus: "Re mom bor, my dear madam, your fam ily. Y"r tMtmnd miKht i-tilni. we hut yojr clil! fren n,-vei could !" M HM-KI.I.A KOl'ft. It l said that jrrA9't3ofWl-X mon never had a mortgage upon it. Jdlenees is the atupiditv of the body, and stupidity is the IdleiieHS of the mind. ". .. . I could hart fly Xestl muck confidence"' In a man who had never been Juapoaod upon. Opinions founded mi pivjudloe are always sustained with the greatest -Vlohinne. ' ;;. At twenty years or age the will reigns; at thirty; the wit; and at forly, the Judgment. A wit once asked a peasant what part he performed In the great drama of life. "I mind my own buaiuesa," , was the reply. " Ex-Queen Isabella in Almost aa much of a brother to her friends in Hpaln as Jeff. Davis Is te tbe Democratic party In this country. "I can marry any tlrt I please," said a young follow, lioastlngly. "eVry true," replied his waggish companion, "lor you ' cau't please any." - - .. Death Is the only monastery; the tomb in the only cell, and tbe grave that adjoins the convent Is the bitter est mock of its fntillty. A KnlAll I lit At tat-to fVaA tint A II 1 at f1f II f icvuv u-ea a u mokivv v" nimi the singular expresaion, probably added by a waggish friend : "May their future troubles be little ones." When a young lady tretc-hea out a pretty little hand and auks you to un do her glove for her, Isn't she exercis ing au undo influence ou your feelings? Somewhat ot a fall, my country men. The gentleman who recently sued a Bout on piiier for $10,000 dam age to lils chamrter and got a verdict of $1, has just been arraigned iu that city for stealing gns by a falite connect ing pi IMS. Borne enterprising chap has paid $:i,0(K) for the privilege of selling pop corn on the CeutruuiaJ grounds. As all the Yaaaar Co Hogs, girls are ex pected to visit the Couteuuial show, a niuoli larger sum is deniuuded for the chewing-gum monopoly. t A man In St. Ijouia, who lias biien having tbe delirium trtmetis from tbe effects of crooked whiskey, ban recent ly been drinking tbe straight article, and now be says the serpent have all changed to Angela. Scene In a Funday school class of ragged boys. Who made you ? His boy answerod, "The ' dtnst . of the earth." "Oh, no!" was the remon stration, "UiJ made you." "No," was the resiJoiiHe, "tho hoy that Ood made Jut stepped out," ' A Detroit woman who got 1,700 from that city for breakiue her lee In a sidewalk hole a while ago, broke her leg again in tlie same way a day or two ago. Hut it is foolish fur a wo man to go on breaking bur legs for a regular buiii.'m, eveu at $1,700 per leg. . A profane young person describing the looks of a lirwly-arrl ved M. V. (rom the Far West, aa he npeared at Washington depot, aaya: "Jie looked as if be had come all the way across the continent on the hurricane deck of a mule." Ileal, gunulue economy ! The Deiu ocrula sieiidiug two Juye in both Houses of Congreats, oostiug the coun try $24,000, to abolish the provision that gives Wist Point a baud that coeta $12,000 a your. Nothing like re trenchment. A country girl comin; from tin field, was told by Iwr couiin that she looked as freh aa a daisy kissed by the dew. "Well, It wasn't any body by tliat name; but it wiis fsye Join tlint kitl un. I told him every one in town would Uud it out. A man idigltly prvt cut Ions, fond o' diaplay, and somewhat ignorant, re cently culled the attention of some viHitors to a ehowy carpet on one of his apartments, with the remark : "There, gentlemen, this is one of the best carpets Mr. ItruHHcIs ever made. It may not be gt-uarully known," but it has been discovered that the same kind of coloring mutter which poisons the striped Htockiug is also used to color the bad whiHkey. lu both cases it goes lo the legs and ruins the un derstanding. A New York man him eared him self of the filthy liuliit (,f tobacco chewing by Hint ing an apple every vi. ue ne ier, inclined to liurlakc of tho degrading weed. He had been jer fu in I lor uud frcxeoincr stovex for teen yearn, but the fruit worked uu of- i fectuul cure. ' TlfK Walla Wulla Stn.ennian says The O. H. N. Compuiiy tuke whea ! from the iimtitli of the Tiiceunon te ' Portlund at tlie rute of per tou. From VV'ullii Wulla, by railroads and (steamboats, it oonti. $fl er ton to ship wheat to Portlund. From these lig- urett it would eem Unit the xhorU-r i the (liHtuiii-e llii- more it costs lo gut it I to umrki t." I Home yo.ieg ludi-s of Whitmore jJ1 i.UKe, i u;ii ig.i i , undertook to gi t lip a donation fur i lie Rev. T. K. Pierce by retailing Ukmch, and succeeded in disposing of ninety, for which the ag gregate receipts were $4 ot). But the investors complain Hint tho girls pinuueu up uieir lips uud skimped tho j ineaHurd to Hiifli u degree Unit they I made a profit of l.otsi per cent. j A child !.- has been educated oa the ninral-siiitsioii plan rcftim-d o get j out of bed ii be washed one cold I morning, iter uu nt urxued the mat ter with in r, i lit elie linnlly huo climbed, when the infant logluiau aaid: "Atml Mnry, jihj do us you " like, and let in.- do a-. I like. You like to be eleau aad cul l; I likv to lie wurtu and dirty." Joaquin M.'lr, In dehci ibing how he fell iu love with a girl at a railroad accident, mukva a Mrong drum alio point where he n,x: "I e hi bfiire u lie n umIni and ran, Willi bar busus rittd aa eu M.iuue mil." The Apprehension that be was grad ually departing from tha ByionlsA mould Into wliicJb be had jammed blsTr -en i n. w 111 be eoTisldemm r d I ml n lalied . 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