I 1 P. t 1 ENTERPRIiR 3 O t t t ,t. n a o r )r le s cs in is. of of re or is. of T)d. is- ,n a ost ce. rlv. Aid her ses- O res,. A-ill and the 3ce,, hat itedi i it. ses, , i wo-eat--icu ast , till: i us inci ctor r o lifor pills, their , othei ipt of press curi" ed at. ,ault; y sts., San ly as "y.bta.. VOL. 3. g 1866. Established. 1866. The Weekly Enterprise. A N INDEPENDENT PA PER, FOR THE Business Man, tho Farmer And the FAMILY CIRCLE. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT THE 'OFFICE Corner of Fifth and Main streets Oregon Civ, Oregon. D. C. IRELAND, Proprietor. TERMS of SUBSCRIPTION: Single Copy one year. $3 00 " Six months . 2 00 " Three months ............. I 00 CLUB RATES Y Two Copies one year. ... $5 00 Four Copies six month 5 00 Eiht Copies three months. . , .. 5 00 &ZT Remittances to be made at the risk of fj&saibers, and at tkt -expense of Agvnts. TERMS of ADVERTISING : Transient advettifemnts, Including all legal notices, i-i sq. of 12 lines, 1 w.$ 2 50 Vor each subsequent insertion 1 00 )ue Column, one year $120 00 Slalf ' " 00 Quarter " " 40 lJusiuess Card, 1 square one year 12 BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. &i The Enterprise office is supplied with beautiful, approved styles of type, and mod ern MACHINE PRESSES, which will enable the Proprietor to do Job Piloting at all times Neat, Quick and Cheap ! Work solicited. All Business transactions upon a Specie basis. I). C. IRJLJND, Proprietor. B US IN ESS CA RD S. D LI. F. BARCLAY, j&ttm XZ2 JST-un) -, (Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. H. B. Co.) OFFICE At Residence, Main street Ore gon City, Oiegon. V. C. JOHNSON. F. O. M COWN. Notary Public. JOHNSON & McCOWN, Oregon, City, Oregon. Will attend to all business entrusted to -our care in any of the Courts of the State, Collect money .Negotiate loans, sell real estate cte. Particular attention given to contested Land cases. JOHN M. BACON, J astice of the Peace & City Recorder. Office In the Court House and City Council Room, Oregon City. VST Will attend to the acknowledgment of deeds, and all other duties appertaining to the business of a Justice of the Peace. ' JMPERIAL MILLS. Savier, LaRoque & Co., OREGON CITY. fc?Keep constantly on hand foi sale, flour Mtdlings, Bran and Chicken Feed, Parties purdiing feed must furnish the sacks. "TAI. BROUGUTON. Contractor and Builder, Main st., OREGON CITY. riWill attend to all work in his line, con f&T.sting in part of Carpenter and Joiner woik framing, building, etc. JobbiDg promptly .atienaea v. ")AVID SMITH, Successor to SMITH Jb MARSHALL, Mlack-Smith and Wagon 3faker, Corner of Main and Third streets, Oregon City Oregon. j&S-Blacksmithingm all its branches; Wag on making and repairing. All work warrant ed ta give satisfaction. W. F. HIGHFIELD, Established since 1849, at the old stand. Main Street, Oregon. City, Oregon. An Assortment of Watches, Jew elry, aad Seth Thomas' weight Clocks, all of which are warranted to be as represented. Repai rings done on short notice, md thankful for past favors. I , CLARK GREENMAK, : $jg5City Drayman, CTtrr 0 PEG ON CITY. LOCUS & ALBRIGHT, (EXCELSIOR MARKET ! Corner of Fourth and Main streets. I OREGON CITV. 13- Keep constantly on hand all kind of rire.sa and salt meats, such 'as EEF, PORK, i r f BUTTON, TEAL, CORNED BEEF, HAMS, '1UKKL,ED FORK, LARD , A , "U evprrthinir taa tn Ko fnnJ : i . f business, - j 0 -...w ui, iuuuu m vueir une J.W. SHATTCCK. X J. F. MILLER & Co., WJ,-VNl"PACTt:KERS OF AXD DKALEBS IN At the Oregon City Boot and Shoe Store, Main street. , L THE BEST SELECTION t., ;aA!' Gents'- Bovs' and Children's t'a 'lna buoes, oa hand or made to order. J0SllLASD BROTHERS, ' PORTLAND AUCTION STORE, I , Fwt si., Portland, 1 X'zt boor to Post Office. I r-f D?i?r7 od -Jobbers of Staple and : k AU orders for the delivery of merchan- v. V t!-e.?r Packanes and freight of whatever des J,,Pt'on't0aiPartor the city, wiUbeexe- 0'Ked promptly and with care. i . - BUSINESS CARDS. " - J.H.MITCHELL. J. X. DOLPH. . ; ; A. SMITH. Mitchell, Dolpli & Smith, ', Attorneys and Counsellors at Law Solicitors in Chancery , and Proc tors in Admiralty . XW Office o-er the old Post Office, Front street, Portland, Oregon. v. C. GIBBS. C. W. PARRISH, Notary Public and Coin, of Deed, GIBBS & PARRISH, Attorneys and Counselors at Lav? PdBTMVn fiopfftw ... OFFlCE-Oa .JUtWstrt tn'; l '.I. II 1 , w..v. ones uiock. J. F. CAPJ.ES. j. c. MOKELAND. CAPLES & MOR ELAND, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Cor. FRONT and WASHINGTON Sts., PORTLAND, OREGON. Logan, Shattuck & Killin, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, No. 100 Front Street, Up Stairs, PORTLAND, OREGON. ,H- W ATKINS, M. D., SURGEON, Portland, Okegc n. OFFICE do Front street Residence cor ner of Main and Seventh streets. QP. FERRY, ' BROKER, Portland. Oregon. Cor. Front and Washington Sts. Agent North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, and Manhat tan Life Insurance Company. 55TGovernment Securities, Stocks.TJonds and Real Estate bought and sold on Com mission. Dr. J, H. HATCH, '. iMte Mack Hatch , DENTIST, The patronage of those desiring First Class Operations, is respectfully solicited. Satisfaction in all cases guaranteed. N. B. Nitrous Oxyde administered for the Painless Extraction of Teeth. Office Corner of Washington and Fron streets, Portland. Entrance on Washington street. J)ENTAL NOTICE. HOME AGAIN. During my four of two years in the Eastern States I have spared neither time nor money to make mvse'f per fectly familiar with and master of my pro fession. Those desiring the best work that the nature of the case will admit of can find me at my oflice, 107 Front street, two doors above McCormick's Book Store, Portlaud, Oregon. DR. J. O. GLENN. REMOVAL 1 THE JEWELRT Establishment of J. 13. Miller HAS BEEN REMOVED To No. 101 Front st., corner of Alder Carter's N ew Building, Portland, In Chas. Woodards Drvg Store E3T" Where he will be ready to attend to all manner of workmanship in his line. Watches and Jewelry repaired in ths most workmanlike manner. J. B. MILLER. piGS' FEET. FRED. MILLER, 3" Offers to the citizens of Oregon 5.000 Pounds Sonced Pigs' Feet, (put up by him self) in lots to suit. Apply at No. 23 Wash ington street, between First and Second. Country trade supplied in any desired quaruuj. a iiDerai discount to the trade. A. G. WALLING'S Pioneer Book Bindery, OltEGONIAN BUILDING, No. 5 AVsislin;to Street, PORTLAND, OREGON. BLANK BOOKS RULED and BOUND any aesired pattern. MUSIC BOOKS. MAGAZINES. NEWS PAPERS, Etc., bound in every varietv rf style known to the trade. Orders from the country promptly at- icnucu io. HOME MANUFACTURE. J, E. PATT0N, Successor to II IG GINS & COMPANY No. S Front Street. Portland. Oregon. ' Is now manufacturing a superior article of wnemicai.unve, raie ana lorown t amiiy Soan wuicuue wui sen aw can r ran Cisco prices. 3. This soap is warranted. A. J. MONROE. W. A. K. M ELLEN. MAKJJLE WORK. MONROE & MELLEN, Dealers in California, Vermont, and Italian Marbles, Obelixhs, Monu ments, Head and Foot stones, Salem Okegov. Mantles and Furniture Marble furnished to order. f32.t CHAUNCEY BALL, Successor to G radon, ib Co., MANUFACTURER OF Wagons & Carriages, 201 and 203 Front st., Portland, Oregon. Wagons of every descrijjtion made io order. GeneralJobbing done with neatness and dispatch. D. W. WILLIAMS. GEO. T. MYERS. WILLIAMS & MYERS, for the Cbanipoeg, Commercial andLafayette A -.r.,. r ouring nnus. Have ample Fire-proof btorage. Consignments solicited. I3.y RMES & DALLAM, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF Wood and Willow Ware. Brushes, Twines, Cordage, etc. AND MANCFACTrEERS OF ' Brooms, Pails, Tubs, Washboards, fyc 215 i 217 Sacramento st.. San Francisco. 113 Maiden Lane, N. Y. Citv. 2:?r.t,?treet and 28 First street, Portland. pOMMLSSION- MERCHANTS, and Deal J ers in Grocerips mid Prminxn a OREGON CITY, LITTLE VOICES.' Do you ever fancy, mother, Little voices in the air, Swestly minging with each other All around your easy chair ? For the moment half forgetful Of the charge, till regretful Shadow on your face appears. Think of the vanished years. When alone at evening sitting, When no other sound you hear, Do you sometimes cease your knitting, Fancying some one is near ? lnX Jour eyeaa inMant closing, . , . I a '""I iuui uusy tares reposing, Do you, starting, e'er behold Little forms there, as of old? One, the little wretch, it may be, Who with bold, determined front, Pitiful, conceited baby, Launched at you his plain " I won't," And was quietly conducted Where he was soon reconstructed ; As by touch of magic wand, Made obedient and fond. Or whom once you sought with weeping, And beneath a half-felled tree, Found him on his hatchet sleeping, As we men may napping see, And poor child who like fate misses Caught and covered him with kisses, Wondrous in their quick relief To each childish pain and grief. When the early morn is breaking Is your voice still ever heard, As when it from slumber waking Told us of the early bird ? And forgive our thankless seeming, If we sometimes, while halting, Failed, then only to rejoice At the music of your voice. Ilappy they, who in their gladness Shall no worse awakening find ; Ilappy they, in joy or sadness Who recall that voice so kind. And that changeless love remember,' And will still, till life's December, If so far the current flows, Keep it fresh beneath the snows. A New Phase of Crime A mar ried woman in Rrooklyu recently adopted the boldest manner of carry ing on an intrigue beneath her hus band's roof, that we remember to have seen. One evening at tea she introduced to her husband a person age under the name of Mrs. Cleve land, who she said was an old school mate of hersjind who was going to stop with her a few days. When the time came for retiring, the wife said that, as the visiter was timid, and not used to the noise of the ciry,she would sleep with her, while the husband slept with the children. This programme continued for several days, when the visitor who had enjoyed exceedingly her visit to her friend and neighbor, departed for home. On election day the wife took advantage of her spouse remaining at home, to have him as sist her in getting carpets up. and shaking the Fame preparatory to cleaning the house for winter. Thus on Wednesday morning, the house was in the utmost imaginable coufu sion. On the husband s return in the'evening he found his wife, family and household articles gone. Thurs day developed the fact that the wife had shipped her children to Norwalk, Ct., to her husband's sister ; and she took tickets for a tour westward with the above-mentioned Mrs. Cleveland, who turns out to be a yocng man of effeminate characteristics. One of the children remarked, on Mrs.Cleve land's entering the house, she acted something like a man; but it was not noticed. The furniture, money and valuables taken amount to nearly four hundrtd dollars. The family has enjoyed a good reputation, and this unlocked for incident has shocked the sensibilities of the neighborhood, and afforded a topic for what is lo cally known as "Orchard Gossip. Without an Enemy. Heaven help the man who imagines he can dodge enemies by trying to please everybody! If such an individual ever succeeded we should be glad of it not that we believe in a man go ing through the world trying to find beams to knock and thump his poor head against, disputing every man's opinions, fighting and elbowing and crowding all who differ from him. That, again, is another extreme. Other people have a right to their opinion, so have you; don't fall into the error of supposing they will re epect you less for maintaining it, or any more for turning your coat every day to match the color of theirs. Wear your own colors in spitjj of wind or weather, storm or sunshine. It costs the vascillating and irrreso lute ten times the trouble to wind, and shuffle, and twist, that it does honest manly independence to stand its ground. Quails are fast disappearing from the prairies, even as far west as Kansas. Sportsmen call for a law against patching these birds with a net. OREGON, SATURDAY, AJPJlIIi 3, ESCff. THE STOLES CHERRIES:' Frederick Secondfxjf Prussia paid much attention to the raising of fruit, and in his extensive greenhouses the finest varieties were collated, so that he might have enough all the year round. One Christmas eve Ins gardner brought him a branch con taining a new variety op cherries; and so large and luscious were fcthey that the King, after' tasting, ,oneor two, enclosed. Jbejfst luL-a handsome box, and after he had written a note to his wife who was then at one of the royal castles in Berlin tied and sealed it with his own seal. Then sending for his page who it seems had been all the while looking through the keyhole he commanded him to take the box and deliver it to Her Majesty. The page started, but being little more than a boy, like all boys, he was fond of cherries; and each step of the way his mouth was wateiing for the tempting fruit. " If I could only cut a few," he thought; but the box was sealed, " I must have a taste;" and riding into a by-path he dismounted from his horse, hastily broke open "the seal, ' and began to eat. One after another was eaten, before he fairly realized what he had done. What should he say to the king? Then the rogue tore up the note, and breaking the box into small pieces, he hid them in a deep snow-drift. Returning home, he sought the kmg- -lour mission was soon aecom- plished," said Frederick. What saw me queen; 'fehe was delighted withycur gift, ana ate all the cherries in my pies- ence,7 said the page boldly. v hen New 1 ear's day arrived, ana tne queen and royal family came to pay their respects to the kincr. rreoericK wonaerea that nothing was saia about the cherries; so after giv ing several hints on the subject, he asked her pointedly, " how she had liked them?" " What cherries ! I do not un derstand." lhen the king told her what he had done; and he could not heln laugnmg, when she said she seen i i , , ...,.. . . & neither the page, note, or cherries. but such a fault must be punished, bo a lew days alter, he handed the page a sealed note, and requested him to hand it to a certain adjutant. 'ii, :r. .. i auc guilty me uiways suspicious, and the page, who had observed on INew lear s day the king and queen talking seriously, then laughing to- gether, feared bis guilt was discover- ed: and as he carried the note, hp feared he should be unable to escape , i . ; a . j i f-i i meiueu pumsnment. seeing a miserly old money lender, who had 1 fl nod inrra milh hi a -- c-tr. . 1 I whom hfi knpw wa nn frul h0 II nil 413 liiildiri. ?LIII1 1 offered him a niece of monpv if i1P would deliver the note in his strarl Ihe old Jew consented, and handed the adjutant the note, who, breaking the seal, read: Yon will annlv to the- hpnrpr twenty-five sound blows with the flat of vour sword. (Signed) Frederick ' The old soldier was not wont to question the merits of a onsp of thi kind, when he bad the king's order; so he speedily inflicted the punish ment, not heeding the remonstrances of the Jew as he protested his inno mi i-ii ueuct;. me PHsre. niciaen in a enn venient place, heard friend Abraham as he stairii'ered home, prowlino- onr. curses; and he chuckled in his sIppvp as he thought of what he had escaped. lie hurried tome, and entertained his comrades with a recital of his es cape, which so amused them thit their loud shouts of laughter reached the king's ears. Calling for the parre. and surprised at his good spirits, the king questionea him, when the pap-e knelt, and made a full confession; So Frederick pardoned the hnv who promised never again to be guilty of deception. Young Folks u.M.uBwls.-iuBnucuoieoi the two cats, which b.3S been told of many learned men, originated with the nrinter Rarrptf tt;0 nni, nnf, K'WVV ABiJ I pets irern n nat nnr1 n 1-T . ' P O J menu, wviwr lWQ noies in me DOt- f . . .-J . : . ii . i i.l. torn of his door, asked him for what purpose he made them there. Bar.' :j e i . . tcu tomu il was ior nis cats to 0 in and out. " Why," replied his friend, "would not one do for both?" " You silly man," answered the doctor, " how could the big cat get into the little hole?" "But," said his friend, " could not the little one go through the bier I hole?'' " Ah,' said Barrett, " and so she could; but cever thought of that."1 GOOD ADVICE. .Upon a very t important topic one of car New York city exchanges thus speaks: ( On nearly every train of cars now running out of or into New York, can be found a party of three-card monte or make-up euchre every day succeed in players, who fleecing some poof victim out of money In sums ranging from ten to five hn'udred'dol lars. victims afr being ileec ed, appeal io theconductors"for help, to the passengers for sympathy,' .and, when possible, to the law for'pfo'tec- tion. ; Other parties visit the gambling nouses of thi3 or other cities, but freely lose money; and then arrest the gamblers and bring them before the law to recover their money; like the whining, sneaking, lubberly ba- bies that they are. We have no sympathy with these whining losers, For years, the papers have cautibned the public against such men and places, yet every day some sod-corn candidate, who thinks he is smart, tries his hand, gets burned, and then bleats worse than the bigt calf in the pasture. If the sharper who lives by his wits is dishonest, the "innocent countryman" who thinks himself smart enough to beat him at a well known game, and attempts it, is equally so. Two men sit down to play cards for money. Each is bound to win if he can. Each would keep the money; each plays with this idea as the incentive. The best man wins the other pleads the baby act, mops ine tears Irom his face, sobs and blubbers like a lubber, and wants the law to punish the fortunate man who must pay for not being a fool the question of honesty being alike M he law should send complaiuan and defendant on the street noundino- stone, tied to the same chain, prop erly marked, that men might know which was both fool and knave j man Keeps a gambling or sport k ing house. He plays an oven same free to ail comers. His challenge is broad. At last some man who has w r o most likely fleeced bovs and novices at cards till he has learned sompthino- or the game, concludes to trv hi luck. If he beats the gambler he walks off like a lord: but if he is over-piayea lie whir.es and hies to meouiis ior renei. OUCIl Daoies fl C ! i Cl t 1 should never be allowed to come out ir l j t . i uuui uuuer meir moiner s aprons, or suffered to get beyond the reach of their aunts' slippers without a label and an attendaut to cry : "Boy lost!'' When men gamble, let them take the consequences j Matrimonial Lottery. A short t;mA R:nPP 0 .i; ; on..tU y-l I . rouna, a young lawyer moved that one man in the company should be wie(:ieu us re&iueni: mat tnis rresi dent p"uld be uJy sworn to keep rnUbV secret a" the commumca nous tnat stiouid be lorwarded to mDJ in nis official department that mbt; tnat eacu unmarried gentleman anci JadJ should write his or he name on a piece of paper, and under lt.Place tne name of the person they wisrieti to marry, then hand it to the President for inspection, and if any gentleman and lady had reciprocally chosen each other, the President was to inform each of the result, and those who had not been reciprocal in . i i . their choice were to be kept entirely secret. After the appointment of the President, communications were accordingly handed up to the Chair, and it was found that twelve vouno- j ladies and gentleman had reciprocal choices, and eleven of the twelve matches were solemnized. A Beautiful Allegory. A trav eler, who spent some time in Turkev. relates a beautiful parable which was ulUi a"u wmeu seemed more beautiful than Sterne's celebrated figure of the accusing spirit and recording angel has two anjre s. ono on hi rio-ht. i en r shoulder and one on his left. When he dges evil, the angel on the left writes it down, and he waits till mid- night. If before that time the man n'S ll!5 hP.lfl rirf ovilaimc. dm. ClOUS A 1 ah! T havP einnpr?- fnrrr.Vp . .. me!' the angel rubs out the record; but if not, at midnight he seals it, and the beloved angel on the right shoulder weeps." Headache. An exchange, in speaking of the consistency 'of some men in excusing themselves from ta king a newspaper says: The man who told us last week that he was to poor to take a paper, went un to a bar the other niht and snent ten dollars for whisky he had a bad headache the next day. WI1S11E AV03IA!V'S POWER LIES The true power of woman i the resistless power of the affections. In asserting this, am I attempting to mask the great questions of our day with " a glittering generality?" Am I disposed to deny any lawful claim wnicn woman may make lor a more extensive Recognition of her rights, or a larger field for her powers? No; I am not doing any such think Let Avorfta do Whatever her falsities can achieve let her go wherever her in' stincts demand if she truly follows her instincts, I am sure she will not go wrong. I am sure of this, also, that wherever man may lawfully go woman may lawfully go. Wherever woman ought not to be, t is a shame for a man, it is a shame for humani ty to be. I inertly insist upon this, that whatever woman may accom- piisu iu me woria, witn nrain or hands, will draw its vital efficacy, its taiismanic virtue, irom the heart; and that her strength, in all these various shapes of action and of influence, in its root and essences will be the strength of the affections. The hid ing of woman's power must ever be in the fervor and steadfastness of her love. And her most triumphant characteristic is love, culminating in its highest expression that of self sacrifice. A thoughtful writer has observed the contrast between the sexes even in their play. "The boy," he says, " gets together wooden horses and a troop of tin soldiers and works with them. The eirl takes a doll and work for it." That is wo man's great peculiarity the work of self-sacrifice working for others. Rev. Dr. Chapin. Finding Fault with Children. It is at times necessary to censure and punish; but very much more may be done by encouraging children when they do well. Be, therefore, more careful to express your approbation of good conduct than your disappro bation of bad. Nothing can more discourage a child than a spirit of in cessant fault-finding ori the part of its parents, and hardly anything can exert a more injurious influence upon the disposition of both the par ent and child. There are two great motives influencing human actions hope and fear. Both of these are at times necessary. But who would -A. . t M 1 .1 1 1 not preier io nave ineir cnua in fluenced to good conduct by a desire of pleasing, rather than by the fear of offending If a mother never ex presses her gratification when her children do well, and is always cen suring them when she sees anything amiss, they are discouraged and un happy; their dispositions become har dened and soured by this ceaseless fretting; at last, finding that wheth er they do well or ill, they are equal ly found fault with, they relinquish all efforts to please, and become heed less of reproaches. . - . The Swedenborgian Doctrine. A-ccording to Swedenborg, there are three heavens, consisting of three or ders of ann-els: The first is distin?- uished for love, the second for wisdom and the last for obedience. All igels have lived on earth, none were created such. They are men and women in every respect, tliev marry and live in societies in cities and countries just as we do in this world, but in happiness and glory ineffable. All of whom love to God and man is the ruling principle, go to Ueaven at dath. Between heaven and hell a perfect equilbrium is main ained. As there are three heavens there are three hells, and every an gelic society has an iufernal antago nist. Hell, as a whole, is called the devil and satan: there is no individual aring this name. All in whom self-love is the ruling passion fio to helh There is no resurrection of the earthly body. Every one passes to us nnai lot at death; some make a short sojourn in an intermediate state designated the world of spirits, where the good are cured of their superficial infirmities and intellectual mistakes. and the evil reject all pretenses to good. ADunner Wanted! The Colum ---- . bus (S. C.) Phamix, finding its subs scribers slow to pay, advertises for a collectiDrr airent as follows? "Wanted at this oflice, an able-bod ied, hard-featured, bad-tempered, not o be put off, and not be backed down reckled face young man. to collect for this paper; must furnish his own horse, saddle-bags, pistols, whiskey, bowie-knife, and cowhide. We will furnish the accounts. To such we promise constant, and laborious em ployment.5' People that advertise onlv once in three months forget that most folks can not remember anything longer thau, about NO. 21. "Spate moments are the gold dust' of the times;'" when Queen Elizabeth lay upon her dying bed, she cried in the. deepest sorrow and anguish: " Millions of5 money would I give for an inch of time." At thai moment she would have offered her gold, dia monds, or power; more, than' she-ever possessed, who would ; have borne to her the news of a splendid victory or paid the most delicate compliment, wenld bave bfreo thast aside to make room for 6ne who - could have prar; longed, even for an hour, the life of the dying fyieen. Time is a price-, less gift of God to weak, humanity. We are placed in this world for a purpose, and time is given us to ful fill our allotted tack. If we act i unison with the Almighty, we find that not one moment Deed not be unemployed. The service of God; the improvement of oar talents,, and the bestowal of charity upon those less favored than ourselves,' will fill up every inch of time. As the min ute partichs of which gold dust is composed glitter in the light of the sun, so shall the apparently insig nificant actions which occupy but ' a moment, brighten the page cf our lives, when the powerful light of the dissolving elements shall expose it to the scrutiny of the All-seeing Judse. In view of such time should we Dot gather up the fragments, the ruin ates aye. the seconds? which nmv save another from committing sin as would be occupied in momentarily gratifying ourselves. We cannot cal-" culate the ultimate value of hours and minutes, but we know that a old dust carefully gathered becomes valuable, so we may expect to be come the happy reapers of an inval uable treasure harvest, if we faith- ful.y garner and cluster time's col- den fragments. Itate of Travel In a single second a small travelrf one five thousandth of afoot; a fly, five feet; a pedestrian, at an ordina ry crait. five and three .tenths fppf. camel, six feet, an ordiuary breeze, ieu leei; a running stream, twelve feet; a trotting horse, twelve feet a whale, twelve and S-TfY fasNsailing ship fourteen feet; a rein deer with sledge, twenty-five feet; a steam engine twenty-nine feet; a ska ter, thirty six feet; an English race horse, forty-one feet; a tempest, fifty feet; a swiftly-thrownf sto'ne, fifty feet; a greyhound; seventeen feet; an ea gle, ninety -five feet; a carrier-pigeon, four hundred and eleven feet; ordi nary sound, one thousand and twelve feet; a musket ball, one thousand, five hundred and ninety-nine feet; a twenty five pound cannon ball, two thousand two hundred and ninety nine feet; a point of the earth on the ' equator, two thousand four hundred and fifty-one feet; the center of the ' earth around the sun. four miles: a ray of sunlight, forty-one thousand 1 feet. - The Secretary of the Interior. in reply to a resolution of the Senate, -says the aggregate quantity of laud -certified under existing laws for rail-" roads and wagon roads, to States - and Territories, and corporations, up" to January SO, 1869, is 21,561,000 acres; and ior canals, nearly 4,500 . - 000 acres. The auantitv certified tn the following named States since that date is as follows: Minnesota (for railroads) 670,000 acres California, do 2fi.0'J0 do Wisconsin (wagon roads) 72,000 do Oregon do 19,000 do ' Michigan (canals) 2S0.000 do Total 27,000,000 do ' When Peter the Great passed- the edict that any man who challenged ahothar should be handed, whether ' , the meeting should take place or not,a one might have supposed that duel ling in Russia would have come to a sudden end. Yet it is related that'. even this edict did not prevent Gen- - eral Zass and Prince Dolgopoueki irom bringing a quarrel they had to - mortal arbitrament, thoush thev were forced to adopt a mode of settling-" their differences which was rfriw-hi airer than any ordinary duellng.- Ihey agreed to stand in an enllira sure, against which the Swedes were' directing a heavv fire, until one or' the other should be struck. The- arrangement was made, and the two foolish heroes "stood erect, with one hand on the hip, and looking fiercely' at each oeher until the Prince Wus cut in two by a cauuon ball." Thoreau says : In prOpoTtiortf as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post-office, ion may depend upon it, that the poor fellow that walks away with the greatest number of let ters, proud of his extensive- corre-" spondence, has not heard Yroia hiia seif tb'3 long while" i 1 1 o o G O o i