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o o o G o i3 0 0 O O 0 mgT iji o. i mmii mmi ii The Weekly Enterprise. ! o A DEMOCRATIC PAPER, FOR THE Business Rflan, the Farmer And the FAMILY CIRCLE. O ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY CY A. NOLTHER, ) EDIT Oil AND PUBLISHER. 'OFFICE Corner of Fifth and Main streets Oregon City, Oregon. o TERMS of SUBSCRIPTION: Single Copy one year, in advance, $3 00 TERMS of ADVERTISING : Transient advertisement, including all notices, sq. of 12 lines, 1 v.$ 2 50 For each subsequent insertion ' loo One Column, one year $120 00 Half " ' 00 Quarter " " 40 Easiness Card, 1 square one year 12 &JT Remittance to be made at the risk o Subscribers, and at the erpente vf Agents. BOOE AND JOU FEINTING. K3 The Enterprise office is supplied with beautiful, approved styles of tvpe, and mod ern MACHINE PRESSES, which will enable the Proprietor to do Job Piinting at all times Neat., Quick and Cheap ! e Work solicited. All Jiuiinct.i transactions upon a Specie basi: Telegraphic Clippings. Memphis. A ugf. The judicial election .'yt'swiday resulted, in the defeat of the Re publicans by 2.000 majority. Some ar- ... .. - ,t r .1 :, i" v ... . I tmIj .i i i r iwuf iui mf viuiaiiuu Ol Hit' 14th ttnd loth amendments. The President has appointed Bailey, of Ohio. Consul at Hongkong. It, is known from the President himself that he will not call an extra i session of Congress, unless th9 war in Europe- shall so a 'feet our interests as to render one ne cessary. A dispatch from Raleigh says that the Conservatives have carried the North Car olina Legislature. Washington. Aug. (i. Official notifica tion of war between France and Prussia liaviny been received yesterday, the fact is made known that the President is deter mined to issue a proclamation of neutrali ty. The proclamation will particularly explain the neutrality laws, so that they may be fully understood by the people. A Tribune special correspondent writes from Paris : Thursday evening there was almost a mutiny in the Chalons Camp among the Garde Mobile. Marshal Co ti ro bert inspected them yesterday, lie had tw-oQing'eaders brought to a drum head court martial and shot directly. It is known here that the commissary of the Garde Mobile is very bad, and they want shelter and food. Ghken- IJni.u:, (Whifo Snlphor Springs. Ya..) Aug. 0. A terrible accident occur red to-Qight on Cheapeake and Ohio rail ro td. to the up train, at Term linn. The lievt. car trow) the rear fiS.-eh wt nreoini- tated down an embankment a hundred leet. and shattered to pieces. Twelve pas sengers were killed and twenty wounded. Et'llO PK A X v." All NEWS. C.i;ixi:n!K. Aug. 4. A special to t!ie IleraUt at ?:30 p. tn. says there hvs been hard lighting at Weisenbery yesterday and to day. A largi force of Prussians ad vanced between Weissenborg and Lanter l)u rg. ten miles into French Territory, drivinit) the SdvanCe posts of the enemy and destroying several miles of railroad between Lanteiitog and Strasburg. along whfeh it is supposed Mc.Mahn was pre paring to advance. The French loss is liwavy, including many prisoners. A special of the Tribune telegraphs from 'the Prussian headquarters that the Crown Prince's army stonffed the Weissenberg troops of the oih and 1 1th div isions. The Prussian army corns was reinforced by tlie 2d 1'ivarian corps, and engaged Gvn. Penny's division of Marshal .McMahon's corps. GTlie French were driven oil the thdd. The Prussians now occupy the FrenclPcamps. Several hundred French soldiers were taken prisoners. The Prus sian loss is considerable. No movement is announced !rom the Lower Rhine. The French force consisted of Ponay's division of McMahon corps. Weissenberg and Gcrschell. in rear oL-town. were carried by storm at the point of the bayonet. Another special adds: Latest. The Prussian victory at Weissenberg is deci sive, alter an obstinate resistance. Gen "trol. who commanded the French, in the" absence of Ponay. was killed, with two officers of his staff". The French lost one piece of artillery and o0 wounded pris oners, including many Tucos. fell into the hands of the Prussians. On the German side, Gen. Kirschback was wounded. The (nadier Guard and the 15th regiment suffered severely. London, Aug. 5. A correspondent en dorsed by the limes as trustworthy and neutral, gives the following interesting de tails of the bmtle of Saar Brucken : The F rench took some prisoners, but no can non. They lost 40 killed and t0 wounded., j The French force in the battle is estimated a. 30.000; Prussians only G,000. Artillery' won the tight. There was but little inlan f au-1 no cavalry engaged. It was the .SVth Prussian rea'imeut, not the 50th. as sported, which '.Y$ esg-ied in the bat tle. Three companies of the 40;!i held iheir ground against the French until the Jatter's force bad fully developed their strength. Tha suja.ll Jorce of Prussians then retired. 0 Frankfort. Aug. 5. Noon. A train has just arrived bringing 500 French pris. tmers from Weissenborg. They will be sent to Noiihera Prussia. The total num ber of prisoners taken by the Prussians in toe tight was 800, including 18 officer. The North German three masted schoon er Saare. captured by a French man-of-war, was brought to Brest Aug. 5th. It is understood llxl England has de termined to mike the invasion of Belgium a casus belli. The Kins' of the Belgians will summon the powers who guaranteed .her neutfctlity to her assistance as soon as her tefjitory is invaded and England will respond. Negotiations at Florence for the preser vation of neutrality of the Pontificial ter ritory were successful. It is reported that (England will send two frigates to the Tib r to protect the Pope. Advices from l?nmn ronroconf fliaf fViA i-m I HI suits are endeavoring tj induce tha ope to remove to Malta. Paris. Aug. G.La Liberie publishes a private dispatch sent at midnight last night from Strasbourg, that McMahon beat toe 1 russians yesterday evening, the latter evacuating Weissenberg. Telegraph com munication with Weissenberg has been established. The same journal adds that McMahon moved yesterday towards Weis senberg. He was but two hours march from that point, and his men marched at quick step. He has between 60.000 and 70.001). To-day there will be about 150 OOOoncentrated near Weissenberg. Loss of Prussians in the recent engagement reached 10,500 in killed and wounded and prisoners. The French forces defending the town were but 8.000 to 10.000 stivng. while the attacking fence combined tully 40 000 men. The enemy was so severely crippled that he could not follow the French when they retired. The Journal Officiel says the French troops, to the number of 7.000 or 8.000. who were engaged in the affair before Weissenberg, had to contend with two Prussian corps, including picked men-of the Prussian Guard. It adds, iti spite of inferior numbers, our regiment resisted the assaults of the enemy for several hours with admirable heroism. When they were forced to give way, the loss of the enemy was so severe that lie did not pur sue. While at Saar Brucken we have broken the Prussian line, our own remains intact. The army of Baden yesterday crossed the French frontier, and advanced to Lonterberg, where ii established its headquarters, and seized some baats in the river. The French loss at Neitrkircher was three killed and one wounded. They shelled St. Jean station. The New York Herald has a special from PLondon. dated Aug. 5tb. which savs a dis patch from ilogaren to-day says the defeat of the French at Weissenburg was disas trous. Gen. Donay s division, composed of picked fighting men, was utterly routed and several of them reached here in a de moralized condition. Weissenberg is in the possession of the Prussians. A gen eral advance from here and Saar Louis is expected. London. Aug. 5. The statement :s reit eratad that Russia's relation to the biilig erent powers depends on Austria. If the latter maintain neutrality. Russia will also remain neutral. The only event that could alter this situation, would be the rising of the Poles. St. Petersburg journals report that Prus sia has no dtsigus on the Dunubian prin eipali'ies. The mission of the Duke of Cadore to Copenhagen to induce Denmark to form an alliance with France, has failed. Since his arrival there Denmark has declared neutrality. Don Fernando, of Portugal, is not dis posed to accept the crown of Spain. Bkki.in, Aug. (). The substantial fruits of the Crown Prince's victory are the de struction on the side of France of the quadrilateral and cuttingoff of Me?tmhon's corps from his northern connections. Ton French men-of-war have entered the Baltic. This makes 19 French war vessels now in the Baltic. Lonton, Auir. t. 0:30 p m. The follow ing dispatch is just, rtceived here : Wk!ssi-:m:i:uu. via Berlin. Aug. ;. The Prince Royal has defeated Marshal Mc Mahon. The official report of the victory of the crown Prince is as follows: Bkim.ix, Aug. 'j, 1:30 p. m. The Prince Royal telegraphs the following bulletin from the field of battle : A victorious bat tle, has been (ought near Worth. McMa hon was totally beaten. The battle was fought by the larger portion of my com mand. The French retired upon Bitsche. Bismarck's organ ut Berlin now ap; proves England's observance of her neu trality o b 1 i g a t i o n s. The New York Jleral'l has the following: Cai-siu'i e. Aug. . The forward move ment of the righ of the Prussian armv from Treves and Saar Louis commenced yesterday. The Prussians captured Sieck. and vigorously attacked Theonville in overwhelming numbers. After some re sistance the I reuch threw away their arms and took to flight. At the same time yes terdaj the army commanded by the crown Prince made in the direction of Bitsche. To-day there was a general advance of the whole army. Upward of two thou sand prisoners hate been forwarded to Frankfort. The position of the main body of the French army is at present unknown. Prussian troops are advancing on M etz. Saaii lwacKKN, Aug. o. i p. rs Brucken has just been retaken by Prussian army corps under Gen. n. Saa r t tie Sle. it lie- tnetz. Berlin. Aug. 7. The French Emperor has withdrawn his entire force and is con centrating his troops lor the defence i.i Paris. His losses are enormous. The Prussians overtook the retreating French forees early Saturday morning west ot Saar Bucken. near Spechen I lit Is. Gen. K.imos commanded the forces, supported by Gens. Barnekow and Stahpnagel. The action was severe. The position at which the French endeavored to make a siand. during the retreat, was carried by the Prussians at the point of the bayonet. The battle is known as that of llagenan. King Williams sends the following dis patch to the Queen : " Good news ! Great victory won by our Fritz. We hive cap tured 4.000 prisoners, thirty guns, two standards and six mati'iillenrs. M:Maho!i. during the fight, was heavily reinforced from the main army. The con test was severe and lasted from lla.ro.! lill 9 at night, when the French retreated. ; leaving the field to us. Our losses are j heavy. j London. Aug. 7. A special cable to the New York Herald report by dispatch from Berlin Says : The forces of Southern Ger man Volunteers crossed the iihir e and ad vanced 'to Strasbourg. The whole French army was driven back, and is supposed to occupy the. line between Metz and Nancy. Paris. Aug. 7. -The Senate and Corps Legislatif have been summoned to meet on the 11th inst. The dispatch from the Emperor an nouncing McMahon's defeat and his separ ation from the main army caused the ut most consternation, ine l russians are over the frontier aud advancing on Paris. La Liberie has the following from official source ; McMahon fought near Nieder broun ; his headquarters were at llagen an. and be has fallen back to Avonne. Strasbourg 13 menaced. A Herald London special says, from offi cial news received here the situation may be summoned up as follows : The Crown .OREGON CITY, J W-UUPtf J1M.1JIJ jum Prince has driven Marshal McMahon's army from Weissenberg. aud Luterberg, and Worth, and will probably compel u complete evacuation of llagenan and Strasbourg. McMahon's corps is at prcs-s ent cut off at Metz. The prisoners taken by the Crown Prince and Gen. Goeben number 8.000; number of killed and wounded unknown. An immense quantity of army stores were captured. A soecial Paris corresnondent nf Oia same paper says: The Prussians were hoaxed by a report of victory by the French forces, and the wildest enthusiasm was manifested. The Garde Mobile will be sent to the frontier. Belgium is not protected bv the treaty of 18:50. Paris. Aug. 7. One thousand Italians will be fighting with France in a few davs under the treaty of alliance, offensive and de ensive ; as for Austria she remains the iosui.iut ion. one soiu nersew. toner enemy. King William, lor the German subjects which were left her by the treaty of Portugal. If victory should crown our nun, nance tvm rememuer Italy, and she will not forget, Austria. The Journal Offiwel says the defense of Paris is assured. It would require an ar my cf half a million to invest its fortifica tions, while 30.000 would suffice to defend them, and there troops enough now in and around the city to furnish the necessary garrison. These with the sailors from the fleet, which could be procurred. the Garde Nationale. the Garde Municipale. and the firemen, would make up a solid army of 100.000. Paris is free from danger. A dispatch from the Emperor, 'dated 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, says: Communication with McMahon having been cut off. noth ing was received from him until last even ing. Gen. Sligie has been wounded. Mc Mahon's loss was great in the battle, but his retreat was effected in good order. All is quiet to night. I go to the center of the position. The London Times says, the French are in a critical position. The momentuous question arises whether the Emperor's health leaves him in possession of his or dinary faculties, as is marked by his usual hesitation, to which is attributed the ran dom and purposeless strategy and puzzl ing inaction which probably" brought the calamity to the national arms. The Em peror is now bound to accept battle in stantly, lie has an entire lack of con trolling forces for restoring spirits to a deleated aimy and this while the enemy is concentrating tin 1 lie heart of Lorraine. Circumstances will soon exact the reap pearance of England in the character of a mediator. The British foreign office has received an imperative demand from Prussia that England shall stop the shipment of coal to France, or abandon her position of neu trality. It is believed af Antwerp! that the war will end. in a week. McMahon reports his headquarters at Saverne, and that his corps suffered less than was reported. The 1 'russians have occupied St. At-o'd. All males at Metz are pressed into service by Napoleon. The condition of Paris is believed to be dangerous. Hka!qcartii:s at Citalos. 5i"R Marie, Aug. 8. Prussian reserves are rapidly gaining their advance. The national guards are assigned to the defense of Paris. Guns are mounted on the new fortifications. All citizens between the ages of 30 and 40 are incorporated ';l a national guard. Those under 30 are en rolled in the garde mobile. It is said positively that the Emporer is ill at Chalons. Prussians menace Metz and St. Avoid. McMahon continues his retreat towards Waney. There were illuminations and public re joicings last night at llambuig. Dresden and other cities. French prisoners are every where kind ly treated. Grant Photographed. Charles n Dana, one of the old est I'epubliean editors in the Unit ed States, says in his X. Y. JSun of a recent date: "Grant's ad ministration is bad, foolish, weak, cowardly, corrupt, anti-American, contemptible at home, and more contemptible abroad. It is impos sible to speak the truth and deny that this is so. It is impossible for an independent journalist, anxious to discharge his obligations to the people, to conceal or palliate facts so fearful and so notorious. The President is incompetent, lazy, neglectful of his duties, un able to comprehend them, and careless about performing them, lie appoints men to ofHee simply be cause they have made him pres ents, or are his relations, or be cause some foolish caprice prompts it. lie degrades the country in the eyes of all the world, and stands tremblinir like a coward for fear of a corrupt and I an nipt power like Spam. The man who saved the nation as a soldier is covering us with shame as a Presi dent," " just as the Democrat predicted weeks ao has the Howard inves tigation terminated Howard is a whinincr Kepubiican the majority of the Investigating committee were Republicans, jmd the result is a whitewashing report by the majority, while the minority brings in a very different affair. This latter simply shows that of the fif teen distinct charges against How ard, fourteen are fully substantia ted by the testimony taken, which covers three thousand pages. There is a sensation in Columbus At: .i vuio, me wile or a prominent newsdealer having eloped with a oung cierK. Hie wile s name is Mrs. Rosclle. OREGON, ATUIHA, AUGUST 3, 1870. Chinese Labor. From Pomeroy's Democrat. New England wanted the black people of the South released from slavery. And nowj when they are free, and by legislation made tlu peers of white men, New England abolitionists, aristocrats, and mo nopolist legislate the entire black and white working population of the South into continued work at great disadvantages, for the benefit of Northern bondholders, who pay no taxes. And Xew England to-dav, instead of giving employment to the liberated black people of the South, turns up her pious nose in horror at a negro, and sends j abroad for sliip-IoaJs of Chinese laborers, ignorant 1 agans, who believe not in God, to lill her factories and workshops, to the robbery of white workmen. Does this scheme not serve the white workmen of Xew England right for their aiding to build up an aristocracy that robs labor every where ? Is tliis serving the black popula tion rifjht ? The Chinese work for less wages than a white man. A white man in Xew England has a family to support. The ignorant Pagan has none. Dut the' Xew England monopolist care not for the poor, be they white or black. The Chinese comes here with his heart behind him. He comes here virtually a slave to the con tractor who' employs him. Shall we now tolerate slavery in America? Is the aristocracy otthe Xorth better than that put down at the South? The Chintse live like a do-j. He builds no houses, he adds noth ing to the general wealth, but sends his earnings back to the Celestial Empire to await his coming. Of what use is he to America? He cuts down no trees. He reclaims no land from its wild state. lie brings no money here to invest. lie does not even nelp enrich our Gravestone cutters. lie is not. iound pioneering his way to the West, side by side with tlu; earn est young laborers who are by the Government being robbed for the beneiit of Bondholders. lie is not in sympathy with us as a people, or with our laws and institutions. You say he works cheap. Put the poor consumer is not benefited. The object of the employer is not to cheapen goods for the poor. He employs the Chinese workman only to make more profits to himself! lie can undersell by a penny or two; then while workmen must come to the new standard in time. And God knows they have none too ranch money now to pay for home articles when comes Satur day night. As wealth increases it becomes cold, proud, selfish, grasping, avaricious and unfeeling. The rich have no sympathy with the poor. The man who works, as a general thing, may call at the backdoor for the master, but he is not wanted in the parlor. Little by little wealth steals its wav, ever protect'insr itself. Lit tle by little it crowds 'labor under the hetchelinir of hv back s for collection of taxes. First, it takes to itself the notes of all the working-people of Amer ica, dignifies them with the name of bonds, exempts these notes from being taxed, and makes workingmen pay taxs on all they have invested in land or tools. Then it adds to these bonds year after year lifting up the rich, crowding down the poor. Then it brings here a cheep, unmarried Pagan labor to rob it and make it help them rob our own workinj people, and our people who toil, tamely submit to paying taxes and to this importation of labor's de gradation. Thank God that, in the Demo cratic 'city of Xew York this insult to labor will not be tolerat ed ! In Republican districts where those who work are the slaves of the monopolists, men may submit to this shame, insult, and robbery of their families. But it cannot be done here. Democracy does this much for the laboring man. If a negro, a white man, or a Chinese Pagan wants to come here and make his home with us, he will bo welcome. But no cowardly, labor-cheapening contractor God ever gave life to can bring to Xew York a shin-load or a car-load of , . j.: 1 i i in opposition to our woikingmen ! at prices less than a little street- , sweeper can earn ot a wet dav. But the negroes of the South are forced to submit to this new order of things, as are the work ingmen of Xew England. Repub licanism, compels them to this. And the more we have of Repub licanism, the more will we have of this Insult to labor Aiding monopolist Enriching of contractors Making of wealth to invest in United States bonds Exempting the rich from taxa tion Crowding back the poor Robbing of white and black workingmen Disregard for the right and cementing aristocracy with the life-blood and sweat of overtaxed and underpaid labor. Shave the heads of these Chinese contractors that we may know them, and if this does not cure them of their desposition to rob .and insult, send them to Xew York, where they will be taught better lessons than they dare give in Republican dis tricts, where the doctrine is that labor is the slave and the dollar the master. Xo Chinese laborers and Chinese contarctors for us. Better a riot if you will a revolution at once. For the workingmen of America have rights, and it is their duty, before God and man, their rights to maintain, no matter at what cost of blood, life or sentiment. Knew Ncthingism E.evivcd. Congress just previous to its ad journment passed a new natural ization law, the text of which we have given in the lialn dealer. B' this bill no foreigner can become naturalized except by the District or Circuit Court of the United States or by one of the registers in bankruptcy. The effect of this bill will be to almost entirely pre vent, in Oregon at least, the natur alization of foreigners ; as to ac complish this hereafter it will be come necessary for the applicant to go to Portland with his witnes ses, a distance of two hundred miles from Douglas and three hun dred from Jackson county. In this we see the revival of the old Know Xothing party which we had supposed was buried by the Democracy in 1S56, but it seems we had "only scotched the snake, not killed it!" The enormity of this act is the more apparent when we consider that the Radical party have just made voters not only of the field negroes of the South but of every worthless negro barber and boot black in the Northern States. While these are considered to be full1 competent to exercise the right of suffrage the foreign born white immigrant is to be put un der the ban, simply bacause he lias sense enough to have an opinion of his own and cannot be forced either by money or threats to vote against his own interest. We take the position that this sort of Legislation is entirely without authority in the Constitution of the United States, and therefore void. This sacred instrument gives power to Congress "to estab lish an uniform rule of naturaliza tion," but it gives to Congress no power to exercise exclusive control of it. There is no such thing as a person being a citizen of the Unit ed States, he is such by becoming a citizen of one of the States of Territories. The reason for the provision we have quoted in the Constitution is, that as bv that instrument the citizen ofvone State was entitled to the same privileges .and immunities of a citizen of any other State, it became necessary to establish an uniform system of naturalization. It is therefore evi dent that while Congress may dictate to each State, how they can make citizens of the United States, th"y have no authority to take this subject from the control ol the State and give it to the United States Courts. We hope t ho people will not quietly submit to tlisse continual encroachments by Congress upon the right of the States, but that they will make resistance before it shall be too late to break their chains. Plaindtaler. Colonel Jim Fisk has been rais ing a row at the Continental, at Long Branch. He took a corps of his young lady friends to attend the hop on the 18th inst., where upon the boarders withdrew their wives from the iooitl and have ?mce leu ine noiel Witn lnelr lam' Hies ---- The saying that "there is more pleasure in giving thsn receiving," is supposed to apply chiefly "to , medicine, kicks and advice, " tttt xrir'r. ixr;-,i-, r.i0,To. " The New York Sun has elicited a correspondence from different classes in regard to compensations for employment, which presents a fearful contrast to what is necessa ry for obtaining the plainest ele ments of existence. A lawyer's clerk writes as fol lows: It happens I have that seven good friends who are employed by lawyers in first-class practice; and further that I myself am engaged as clerk in the office of a legal gentleman. These facts render it unnecessary for me to "inquire at respectable offices," as your corres pondent advises, tor they furnish such equivocal proof of his accu racy as may be needful. Friend No. 1 17 years of age, employed by Brown, O'Hall & Yanderpooi, receives the munifi cent, salary of 3 per week. Friend Xo. 2 17 years of age in the office of Rufus E. Andrews, 82,50 a week. Friend No. 3 18, with Ilirsch & New combe, $2. Friend No. 4 18, with Laroque e'e Barlow, $3,50. Friend No. 5 19 & Hummel, $5. Friend No. G 19 with Hoove with ex-Sur- rogate Tucker, $3, Friend No. 7 19, with Gold smith, Dyat & Townsend, $5. I am 24 years of age ; I super vise nearly all of the office busi ness of a certain lawyer in large practice: I work from 8:30 a. m. to 0 p. m.; occasionally appear in Court in place of my employer, and have been his only clerk for the last eighteen months; salary 86 a week. A " white slave," who signs her self "Flora," writes that she has to maintain a family of five upon an income of Ca 65 per week, and pay tier daily car tare out oi mat pit tance. In the Jarge retail stores there are employed little girls called " cash , girls," who stand on their feet from twelve to fifteen hours daily (they are not allowed to sit) for the price of 81 50 per week. Commission agents and brokers' clerks come along with a wail, and we think not without reason; It is staled as a positive fact that clerks, from eighteen to twenty vears of age, are employed every day at 8100 per annum; and that not five ptr cent, of the voting men engaged in those positions receive as high as 84 50 per week. The mammoth millionaire, Mr. A. T. Stewart, is held forth as one of the hardest taskmasters, who pays starvation salaries. It is no wonder that New York is filled with a desperate class who prey upon the community for bread, where labor cannot satisfy the pangs of hunger. . Tut: Portland I'ress gives cur rency to a funny incident which occured in that city a few days since. It seems that an Irishman, living at the North End, is pos sessed of a wife whose fondness for the "craythur" is inordinate. On the morning in question, she pur chased a leg of lamb for dinner, and putting it in the overt to bake, she turned to get some wood, when pussy, who had stood with longing eyes on the meat, jumped into the open oven. 1 he woman not per ceiving the cat, closed the oven door, and proceeded in the dis charge of her accustomed duties. Tabby cried, but Biddy couldn't find her, and during the forenoon the woman imbibed too freely of her favorite beverage and became oblivious to all about her. Pat. came home to dinner; the dish of meat was set before him, which he pronounced rabbit. His wife as serted it was lamb, but Pat. turned it Over, discovered, to his horror, the hair of poor pussy. A scene ensued, in which Biddy was sum marily sobered. An Irish woman, seventy-five years of age, and unable to" read or write, whose property was as certained to be worth "$105,000, was found by a census-taker living in the third story of a large tetn ment house in the Eighteenth Ward, New York. -- . Mrs. Reade paid $150,000 for a new church at New Derby, near Liverpool, England, and the Bish op of Chester refused to dedicate it because it is too elaborately or namented. She threatens to sue the Bishop. - "Why do women spend so much time and money on dress?" asked a gentleman of a belle. jo worry other women," was tae dia bolical but truthful answer NO. 40. Ee Something'.- It is the duty of every voun'oi" man to take some active part asr actor on the stage of life. Some seem to think that they can vege tate, as it were,- without being anything in particular.- Ma'n was not made to rust out his life.- It is expected that he should "act well his part." He must be some- thing. He has a work to perform, which it is his duty to attend to. We are not placed here to grow up, pass through the various stages of life, and then die, without hav ing done anything for th benefit of the human race." It is a princi ple in the creed of tlie Mahometans that every one should have a trade.- No Christian doctrine could be belter than that. Ts a man to be brought up in idleness? Is he to live upon the wealth which his ancestors have acquired by frugal industry? Is he placed here to pass througli life like angautomaton? Has he nothing to perform as a citizen of the world ? A mail who does nothing is useless to his country as an inhabitant. A man who docs nothing is a mere cipher. He does not fulfill the obligations for which he was sent into, the world, and when he dies he lias not finished the work which was given him to do. He is a mere blank in creation, ome are bonP with riches and honors upon thef? heads ; but does it follow that they have nothing to do in their career through life? Their are Certain duties for every one to perform lie something ! Don't live like a hermit, and die unregrettetL See that young in an, no flatter" what are his circumstances if he has no particnlar business to pur sue, he will not accomplish much Perhaps he has a father abundantly able to support him. Perhaps that father has labored hard to obtain a competence that is suffi cient for his sons to live in idleness. Can they go abroad with, any degree of self-complacency, squan dering away the money which their fathers have earned by hard labor $b No one who has the proper feel ings of a citizen, who wishes to be ranked among the useful mem bers of society, would live such a life. .16 something ! foont be ft drone! You may rely upon your present possessions, or on your future prospects, but these riches mav fiv away, or other hopes3 may be blighted, and if you, have no place of your own in such a case, ten to one you will find your path beset with thorns Want may come upon you before you are aware of it, and having no profes sion, you will find yourself in any-" thing but an enviable condition It is, therefore, important that you should be something ! Doti't de pend upon Fortune, for she is a0 fickle support, which often fails when you lean upon her with the greatest confidence. Trust to your own exertions. JJe something Pursue that vocation for which you are fitted by nature ; pursue it faithfully and diligently. You have a part to act, and the honor in performing? that part depends upon yourself. It is sickening to see a parcel Of idle boys hanging around a father, spending the money which he has earned by his industry, without attempting to do anything for themselves. JJe something should be their motto. Every one is capa ble of learning some "art, trade, or mystery," and can earn a com petence for himself. He should be something, and not bring down the gray hairs of his father to the grave. He should learn t depend upon himself. Idle boys, living on a parent without fthy profession or employment, are ill qualified for good members of society and we regret to saj' that it is too often the parent's fault that they are thus brought up. They should be taught to be something, to know how to provide for themselves, in case of necessity, and to act well their part, that "they may reap the honor which therein lies "If I were to lose you I would never be such a fool as to marry again." Wife "If I were to lose you, I would marry again directly." Husband "My death would "be regretted by at least one person. Husband Wife "By whom,?" "31y successor" An American woman named Lucy Foster, has been graduated at the College of France, in the medical department, wrhich entitles her to practice in any part of France. Rhode Island is to have a Beard of female inspectors for its prison c o o o 0 o 0 0 o oO o 0 0 G O o o o