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o o o o O VOL. 6. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1872. NO. 11. o ul I 1 i)c Ukckhj Enterprise. A DEMOCRATIC PAPER, FOK Til E Business Man, the Farmer Ani the FAMILY CIRCLE. HSIED EVERY FRIDAY DY EDITOR AX1) rillJLISHER. OFFICE la Dr. Thessing's Brick Building o TE R MS of S UB SCRIP TIOX: Single Copy one year, in advance, TERMS of ADVERTISING : Transient advertisements, including all leal notices, i sfj.of 12 lines, 1 w.$ 2 50 For each subsequent insertion. 1 oo One Column, one year $12000 Half " " GO y.iarter " " 40 liu.-iiness Carl, 1 square one year. . .-. . 12 SST Remittances to be made at the risk o Subscribers, and at the expense of Agents. nooir ano job pniXTma. t8 The Enterprise office is stippled with .beautiful, approved st vies of type, end mod ern M.YCULVH PIU-JSES, which will enable the Proprietor U do Job Piinting at all times Neat, Quick and Cheap ! S Worn solicited. AH limine trinsnetiona upon a Specie basis. B USIXESS CA ED S. CH.U. K. WARREN. F. A. FOKBK3. WARREN & FORBES Attorneys at Law, OFFICE CHARM VS'S KU1CK, MAIN STUEET, OREGON CITY, OIIEGON. Nov. 10, lS71:tf J. M. THOMPSON, C W. FITCH. YH fJl.-QOU & FITCH, Atosoejs sit JLsaiT, AND Real Estate Agents, EUGEFi C3TV, OREGON, OFFICE TWO OOORS NORTH OF THE I'OSTOFFICK. HEAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLI), LOAX.S NEGOTIATED, AND AB STRACT OF TITLES FUHNI.VIIED. "E HAVE A COMPLETE AB AT It ACT of Title of all property in Ei.fjene City, and perfect platsot the same, prepaied with great care. We will practice in the different Courts of the State Special at tention given to the collection of all claims that may be placed in our bauds. Legal Tenders bought and sidd. senStt JOHN 31. BAG OX, Importer and Dealer in SIS GT CIS .E-3L. ZrS 9 STATIONERY, PERFUMEllY, &c, Ac, Oregon Cily, Oregon. At Charman Sjr IViirnn1 s old "fond, lately oc cupied by 8. Ackermtn, Main street. 10 tf JOHN FLEMING, DEALER IN F J?. I. . L.xl BOOKS AND STATIONERY, IN MYERS' FIRE-PROOF BRICK, MAIS STUKKT, ORKKOX CITY, OltKfiON. R. J. WEL DENTIST. OFFICE In Odd Fellows' Ten-pie, cor of First and Alder Streets, Poitland. The patronage of thoe desiring superior operations is in special request. Nitrous ox ide for the painless extraction of teeth. fArtiiictal teeth "better than the best,' and an chetip rs the cheapest. Will be in Oregon City on Saturdays. Nov. 3;tf Dr. J, H. HATCH, DENTIST. The patronage of tnose desiring tirst (Tluss Operations, is respectfully solicited. Satisfaction in all cases guaranteed. N. H. Xitrous Oxyde administered for the Painless Extraction of Teeth. Office In Weigant's new building, west ide of First street, between Alder and Mor isou streets, Portland, Oregon. ""YV 11. W ATKINS, M. D., SURGEON, Portland, OttKGtn. t OFFICE Odd Fellows' Temple, corner First and Mder streets Residence corner of Haiti and Seventh streets. V7. F. HIGHFIELD, Established since lS40,at the old standi Alain St feet, Oregon, City, Oregon. An Assortment of Watches, Jew elry, and Seth Thomas' weight Clocks, all of which are warranted to be a represented. Kepamngs done on short notice, md thankful for past favors. CLARK GREENMAN", City Drayman, iSis& -OBEGOX CITY. $3- AUord ers for the delivery of merchan dise or packages and freight of whatever des cription, to any part of the city, wiilbeexe ui ed promptly and with care. jNEW YORK HOTEL, (Deatfches Gafthaus, No. 17 Front Street, opposite the Mail steam ship lauding, Portland. Oregon. H. R0THF0S, J. J. WILXENS, PROPRIETORS. o Board per Week .' 5 00 " with Lodging.. . 6 00 " " T)ij -..7 100 Personal to Ulysses. THE TRUE MESSAGE OF THE FEES IDE XT. The Titusville Courier has, at an immense outlay, secured and laid before its readers "the true message of Ulysses," from which we make a few" extracts as follows (we may add that it is addressed "To the High Old Senate and the House of Representatives") : ABOUT MYSELF. I have had a bully time during tlic past Slimmer. i ho most of it was spent in the neat little "cot tage by the sea," presented me by the great-hearted Tom Murphy. 31 y share of the seizure of con traband cigars and liquors at the New York Custom-house kept me very well supplied with those necessities. During the Summer 1 took a trip through the oil regions, thinking that if any person should have the foresight to present me with a paying well I should re move Colonel Cogswell from the Titusville Post-office and appoint the donor to lill the vacancy-. No one took the hint, however, and the Colonel remains in peaceful possession of that valuable ollice. While he remains in it I am sure of the earnest support of the Herald, the first daily in the oil region. I breakfasted" one morn ing at the Parshall House in Titus ville. No one was allowed to eat with me unless he paid two dol lars to the committee. This was a very good dodge, as it kept out a large crowd. Negroes were al lowed to pay two dollars, but were not admitted to the dining room. In a Southern city this would have warranted the inter ference of the Federal Govern ment, but occurring as it did, in a city loyal to the core, I thought it was a pretty good joke on the pre sumptuous colored individual, who thought himself fit to eat with the President of the United States. I herewith transmit to you the docu ment having reference to this sub ject, consisting of copies of the Tituesville Courier and Iferald. containing the letters of A. Lee, G. B. Williams, Jf. F. Cook, II Hershbcrg, the editorial remarks of the two papers, and the pro ceedings of the colored indigna tion meeting. I would recom mend that they be placed in the Department of State for future reference. At Petroleum Center I received a kiss from a patriotic lady. I since learn that her hus band has committed suicide. There are other things concerning my self of which I shall not speak at this time. THE CONDTTION OF MY HOUSES. 31- horse-fancier reports that my horses are now all in good con dition. I have several very line- trotters. Last Summer one of my favorites was suddenly taken sick, while I was at Long Branch. I hurried home as fast as steam could letch me, and secured the services of the most celebrated vetinary surgeon in the country. He saved the horse, but his hill has not been paid, and I would recommend that Congress appro priate a small sum for this pur pose. The horse is a noble animal, and should receive the fostering care of the Government. I here with transmit to you, Robert Bon ner's correspondence in relation to Dexter, and would recommend that you appropriate a sum sufli cient to have two million copies printed and circulated throughout the country, and also that you make a further appropriation to enable me to keep my stables in a proper manner. THE LATE PRIZE-FIGHT. It is a source of regret that the late prize-fight was not more de cisive in its character. I am of the opinion that Coburn is a bet ter man than 3Iaee. I would re commend that if they conclude to fight again, they be allowed to do so in the hall of the House of Rep resentatives, and that an admis sion fee of 5 be charged. The manly art of self-defence should be fostered and cherished, and I re commend that an appropriation be made to establish a national pugil istic school, at the head of which I should appoint my esteemed friend John 31orrissey". MY SON FRED. "When I was a boy, the impe cunious condition of, my venerable father precluded the possibility of my traveling abroad "strange countries to see." Now that I am well off, I am determined that my son Frederick shall labor under no such embarrassing disadvantages So I have sent him to Europe in charge of General Sherman. I de sire that he should become ac quainted thoroughly with the workings of the governments of the Oid orld, as you well know that we are all earnestly trvhv to remodel ours on the European plan and of course under those circum stances Frederick would be my suc cessor. Consequently he should have that experience and educa tion which would enable him to fill the position with that dignity which I know nothing of. I re commend that Congress appro priate the sum of $30,000 to be forwarded at once to my son, in order to enable him to travel as becomes the son of the head of a -reat nation. CD Locking' the Stable After the Horse is Stolen- S. F. Examiner. In his late message the President says he renews his recommendation " that the public lands be regarded as a heritage to our children." It is rather too late to make this dec laration. The public lands, the heritage of the people, have been most shamefully squandered under the enactments signed bv Grant. His veto, had he possessed the firmness to prevent land robbery, would have saved millions of acres for the occupancy of settlers as homesteads. IJut they have been granted to soulless corporations. These lands extend from the lakes to the Pacific, and from Washing ton Territory to Arizona, and as they have not been segregated from the public domain, the sections re maining to the Government cannot be ascertained by the settlers ; so, practically, the vast heritage of the people is controlled by a few monopolists. Hut this recommend ation of the President sounds like mockery. The reports of the Land Ollice made up to June 30, 1870, showed that there were only re maining to the Government 050, 000,000 acres suitable for agricul tural purposes, and that the greater portion of it was land held by the various Indian tribes. The public domain is now held in immense bodies by a few rich corporations. 3Ianyof these possess greater ter ritory than any monarch in Eu rope, and can hold it without ex pense, because exempted from tax ation. The most successful efl'ort to rob the poor for the benefit of the rich, has been the policy of Grant's administration, in squandering the public domain the heritage of the people. o Adroitly Hit. A presiding el der of the United Brethren Church, while preaching, was much annoy ed by persons talking and laugh ing. He paused, looked at the disturbers, and said : I am always afraid to reprove those who misbe have in church. In the early part of my ministry I made a great mistake. As I was preaching, a young man who sat just before me was constantly laughing, talking and making uncouth grimaces. I paused and administered a severe rebuke. After the close of the service one of the oilicial mem bers came and said to me, 'you made a great mistake ; that young man whom you reproved is an idi ot.' Since then I have always been afraid to reprove those who ! misbehave in meeting, lest I should repeat that mistake and reprove another idiot." During the rest of the service at least there was trood order. The ten largest libraries in the, United States with the number of books in each are as follows: Lib rary of Congress, 1 80,000 ; Bos ton Public library, 150,000; Astor Library, New York, 108,000 ; Har vard Library, Cambridge, 118,000; -Mercantile Library, New York, 104,500 ; Atlueum Library, Bos ton, 100,000; Philidelphia" Libra ry, 85,000 ; New York State Lib rary, Albany, 70,000 ; New York Society Library, 5 7,000 ; Yale Col lege Library, 50, 000. i A curious observer of men, women and things has made the discovery that ipen and boys in variably run the heels of their boots and shoes over outwardly, while women and girls always run theirs over inwardly. Out of 147 men and boys that passed the ob server at a given point this fact was true in every instance. Out of 07 women that passed it was true in every instance but one. . Saginaw County, Michigan, rather prides itself on corpulent infants. The latest arrival in that line kicks the beam at eighteen pounds, and when he inquires for the paregoric during the lone watches of the night he can be heard with great distinctness at a distance of ten blocks. - An ingenious wife in Des Moines, afilictedwith a snoring husband, has a gutta percha pipe, with cube shaped ends ; one she puts over his nose and mouth, and the other over his ears ; thus he consumes his own noise, as a stove does its own smoke, and wakes up instantly. Her Object. A Missouri girl sweetly requested a serenader to draw a little nearer to her window, in order that she might quench the flame of which he was singing with a bucket of hot water. The Cost of Taking the Censrs. Washington Cor. N. Y. World, Doc. U.J The issue was fairly joined in the Senate to-day by the consider ation of Senator Trumburs resolu tion, in full in the Mrhl recently, in favor of a thorough investiga tion with a view of securing re form in the abuses of the dispensa tion of power and prtronage by the present Administration. The Il linois Senator supported his resolu tion by an argument full of facts which had been developed by the evidence taken by the oM retrench ment Committee in the New York Custom House and oilier investi gations; while Mr. Schurz testified that that Commitee had done good service in ferreting out abuses and corruption in various departments of the Government. Senators Kd munds and Conkling were very prompt to oppose the creation of any such committee at this session. They evidently saw that, if crea ted, it would develop a record damaging to the party in power. Mr. Fdmunds got so zealous in his defence of Grant that he actually applauded Collector Murphy, and declared before the Senate that Murphy had collected more reve nue than any of his predecessors. Mr. Trumbull was about to reply, when the discussion was suddenly cut oil' by a motion to go into ex ecutive session. When Trumbuirs resolution was first introduced few if any of the Administration Sen ators comprehended its purport. They seemed to regard it as an or dinary resolution of inquiry. The Senator's speech to-day in support of it opened their eyes to the fact that it means something more, and to- night there is considerable trep idation in the Republican camp lest the debate, which is now fair ly inaugurated, should prove dam aging to the Administration. Trumbull, it is understood, did not open his full budget to-day. He has some facts of a rather interest ing character relative to the way ml in which the public patronage is dispensed by Grant, which, if he is pushed, fie will make public. Schurz, too, has a stoiy to tell about the patronage in Missouri, which some of Grant's defenders in the Senate may not care to hear, mce the opening of thesesion the Administration men were led to believe that Trumbull, who wan dered from the fold last spring with General Logan, was ready to come back, but to-night they are satisfied that he is not sound, and that his resolution must be defeated at all hazards. They have an idea that should Trumbull get his com mittee he would ninke a general sweeping investigation of affairs of the Administrtrion, and that the information elicited would be used as a campaign document against Grant's re-election. The opposi iton to the passage of the resolu tion is regarded by- all fair-minded men as a confession on the part of Grant's friends that his Adminis tration cannot stand such an in vestigation as Trumbull proposes. Morten, Nye, Conkling and others, propose to attack Trumbull, and the debate pomises to be lively. The approprations already made and asked for to complete the tak ing of the census show that the cost will reach at least -Si, 000,000 more than was required to take the eighth census. It is charged that a large sum has been expend ed in maintaining a number of persons under the United States Marshals, who were of no service in taking the census, and are kept on the rolls at the instance of Re publican Congressmen for political purposes. The Committee on ap propriations reported a bill to-day-giving 450,000 additional. Sheridan's solicitor calling one day found his wife alone, and walk ing about in a state of violent ex citment. He asked what was the matter. Her only reply was "that her husband was a villain." Af ter some time she added, with some hesitation, "Why, I have discover ed that all the love letters he sent me were the very same as those he sent to his first wife." Senator Cragiu has presented a bill in Congress providing for a stringent execution of the laws against polygamy and incestous cohabitation. It is intended to strike the Mormons, but as it in fringes upon the patent of Bigam ous Bowen and other Congressmen it will probably fail. To be a woman of fashion is one of the easiest things in the world. A late writer thus describes it : "Buy- everything you don't want, and pay for nothing you get ; smile on all mankind butyour husband ; be happy- everywhere but at home." There is a young lady in Cam- den , Mass., studying Latin. She has a beau. Ho asked he what sic transit gloria mundi meant. She translated it : " Come and see me on Monday." Alexis, as Seen by a Woman- Mary Slemnier Antes. The Archle Alexis is over six feet high, with great breadth and depth of chest, an erect carriage, and a head remarkable for height and development of reverence, veneration and benevolence. What ever else lie may forget to do, he will never forget to say-his prayers. THE UPPER PART OF HIS FACE Is of remarkal.de beauty. The hair, wavy and golden, is cut short. His forehead is intellectual, his ey-es of deep blue, large and full, with those scintillations of ever-changing ex pression which betray the soul, and make the finest charm of any- hu man face. The best of his face is its manliness. It is a thoroughly earnest face, the face of a man who would be no less noble in trial and adversity than amid all the splen dors of fortune. HIS HANDS ARE SIMPLY HUGE, And have the grip of a polar bear. At least they are capable of bear ing more hand-shaking than ordin ary hands. I saw him go through the American ordeal the other evening. He did it with patience and grace, if not with enthusiasm. It gave a sturdy, unsentimental grasp "to the dantiest kid-gloved hand outstretched to him. But the face of Alexis told many sto ries during the process. One in stant it looked pleased, the next weary, the next indifferent, and the next would brighten again. "He is very handsome and agreeable," said a young lady who had danced with him, " but he has the ugliest hand I ever saw. And if she makes the thin, sensitive, nervous Ameri can hand her criterion, it is not strange that she calls the giant fist ugly. It is an ugly, honest hand, that looks as if it had traveled down the Romanoff line from a day when the Romanoffs were not " royal." If the Grand Duke can not dance well; he can walk with a will. Head and shoulders above the rest of the company, he went about with Miss on his arm. The young lady was very graceful and pretty-, in blue crape, with a little blue feather and pink aigrette in her hair. As tiie two went laughing and chatting through the crowd, they were fair to see. IT WAS THE STORY, Old as the earth, of the youth and the maiden. In their glorious young manhood and womanhood, both were royal. We prose over the vanity of earthly honors; yet no less is it the splendor of life to be born to its purple. It is of heaven to be born young, beautiful and beloved. "I was young, tluin" .Madame Do Stael would say, and burst into tears, whenever, in exile or sorrow, she recalled the glory of ht-r youth. If it is the scion of an illustrious race, the representa tive of a vast and friendly- power, the son ot an Emperor, no less is it youth, beauty-, bravery- and man hood, whom America welcomes in the young man Alexis. Samuel Bowles, the editor of the Springfield Jl public tn, has invented a patent hen-roost. The peculiarity of the invention is that of the astronomical contrivance at tached to the roost, and the hens are compelled to awaken exactly7 at day- break. It is not generally known, but investigation shows that in countries as cold as New England the hens arc apt to roost an hour or two after sun rise, which affects the character of the eggs and the quality of the young chickens. 3Ir. Bowles, himself, is a practical farmer, and has been investigating this subject for a great many- years; the result is an invention which will add largely to the value of poultry- throught the country. A Round Lake camp-meeting minister, Father Jennison says : "Woman and the devil turn every thinir upside down in the begin ning. God had given to woman a snecial gift for influence that he had withheld from man. But Sa tan had got her in early life, and she had kept up her wickedness ever since. I tell you, my dear sisters, the devil hasn't left yon alone yet. Satan refused to smite Job's wife because he knew she was one of his best allies." Working it Oct. An old lady in Orange county, N. Y, who pro fesses to work out her own salva tion, has named her furniture after the Scripture and the Apostles. Whenever she wants to sit in her easy chair she telis her servant to "bring up the Apostle Paul and put it near the fire." From the arrow-headed records of Nineveh, George Smith has ex tracted the information that Gyges and Ardys were actually existent monarchs and not myths. There are 10,000 physicians in Russia, which, considering the ex tent of the country, is a very small number. Have we a Healthy Man Among TJs ? From the New York Evening Post. It is the custom now-a-davs. in speaking of the physical condition of the American people, to assume that wherever characteristics be long to them are to be traced back to women; and as even the casual observer perceives that we, as a peoj.de, are subject to various weak nesses, or disorders, the conse quence is that the delicate shoul ders of women are weighed down with a heavy bundle of eompliaints and advice. Against this we pro test. Jt is not courteous, to say the least ; and besides the assumjv tion is unsuj)j)orted. When it comes to a matter of health, the question is not one of sex, but one of race; and although it is un doubtedly true that no peojde can long maintain itself without healthy mothers, yet it is just as true that no people can long mantain itself without healthy- fathers. Have we a healthy man among us ? Yes, as individuals, but he is not what is called, in current talk, "the average man." This is the land of patent medicines, and the suj.ply is according to the demand. There are two sjecific causes for the illheaHh of men. Tn the first place every man is trying to get on in life. We bein when we nvo boys. No one is born to a jdace in society. Every one is told and and feels that he must make for himself a place. And so, that he may- stej higher uj, he is continu ally aiming at a star rather than a tree, or often ex.' .rusts himself in seeking that whien is still beyond him. In the seccond place, the pleas ures of men often injure them. The young man at college rows himself out of health, while the man of busines mistakes excit ment for pleasure. There must be something jumgent and almost ac rid about even the occupations of a day s leisure. J here is no time in these days for one to sit in the sun and sing songs. Something more is charged ujion woman. In her devotion to fashion it is said that she renders herself unfit to become a mother. But how is it with men ? Has not indulgence as often ruined the father as fashion the mother ? A Good One- Scene in a far Western State. A village of rude mining huts, called "houses," "cottages," "taverns," etc., though really they were but "shanties." An old man, sick on his bed. A friend, seeing that his end was close at hand, showed him many kind attentions, and endeav ored to ease his sufferings in every possible way. One dayr, when it was quite evident that the poor pa tient could last only a few hours, the friend said to him : " Davis, it is undoubtedly best that you should know the truth ; you are a very sick man, and will, in all prob ability, live but a short time. Are your a flairs in the condition that you would wish to have them? I should be glad to do anything for you, you know." "Yes; they're all right." " Well, would you like me to write to anyr of your folks in the East ? " "No, not now after it's all over." " Would you like me to call in a minister ? " The sick man, by a great effort of will over a weak and shattered bod-, drew himself up in bed, so as to be in a sitting posture, and sternly, most soberly- and earnestly said : " Why, Governor, what should I want a minister for? I never voted anythinff but the Democratic ticket in my life ! ". e A " girl of the period " com ments thus on 3Iormonism : " How absurd ; four or fivo wives to one man, when, the fact is, women in these times ought to have four or five husbands. It would take about that number to support me de cently." "I ain't a-going to live long, mother," said a woe-begone young ster, one day, to. his maternal ar ent. " Why not, ray ? " " Be cause my pantaloons is all tored out behind," was the answer. A St. Louis lawyer attempted to tiy a case, the other day, while he was half drunk, but the Judge slojqed him, saying: "No law yer can practice at two bars at the same time." An Enraged jarent " Did y-ou throw that half-brick at random?" Weeninir boy "No: I threw it i at Johnny- Williams." " And did i vou strike him on jnirpose ? " " No; I struck him on the nose." A pew in a fashionable church, i in most American cities, costs as ; much as the rent of a comfoitable j house for a year. Fact and Fancy Duke Alexis has a foot a foot in length. Alexis says he will revisit Amer ica in 18 76. Many plain young ladies live tcP be pretty old ones. Beer fills many a bottle, and tho bottle many a bier. Cents of 1790 are now selling for 05 in Ney York, Seventy Swedish immigrants have just arrived at Savannah. A raw Jersey rustic ate four teen oyster-stews at one sitting. A Savannah man was shot and killed an hour after being married. The way to kcej) your s-.tk um-0 brella only lend your cotton one, o A Tennessee farmer lias raised a pound of tea, at an expense of -M 5, It is now said that northern jowa is underlaid by- a vast coal mine. It has cost London 3,084,000 for public improvements within five years. When is a shij like a scarf-jin ? When it is on the bosom of a swell. The Philadelphia police are to wear gray coats and grave counte O nances. O Forty-one divorces aoday is tho maximum, so far, in Allen county, Indiana. In this year there will be four eclipses, two of the sun and tw6)of the moon. It is low enough to live in an at tic, but a ground floor is a-basc-ntent. Judy. "Ammonia straight" is tho proper way to call for it in Gree ley, Colorado. Dexter, Iowa, has subscribed. o $10,000 toward building a narrow gauge railroad. A royal feast in Africa consists of four hundred monkeys and ono thousand yams. o A New York hotel keeps a pew in a fashiondble church for tho use of its guests. A notice over the sleeping-Par office, in Atlanta, reads: "Births can be secured here." Wm. Shakespeare lives in Ala bama, and is celebrated as a suc cessful mellow drammer. On a cold day-, one likes to see the fire getting up, yet one grum bles at a rise in coals. Judy. From seventy-four tons of wheat in a new Jersey granary, over halfatonof beetles were screened. An Indiana editor says : "We leave to-morrow for tho county hog-show, and expect to take the prize." A woman lecturer ojiposcs tho co-education of the sexes, because " ;f ; r. r i.,Qr.i ..i in in nut saiu iu iioiu. me cio.su to ilax." Colonel Fisk has presented mag nificent gold medals to the en gineers who ran the Chicago re lief train. IJappy pairs now7 announce their engagement bv leaving their cards together at the houses of their friends. Sundry intelligent citizens of Pottsville, Pa., sat up all one night, recently-, to see an "eclipse of the sun. A Georgia parrot informed its mistress that the house was on fire, and-thus prevented a large conflagration. They tell of a ten-year-old boy in Ohio who has husked enough corn this season to buy his poor mother a square piano. An English prisoner tried to commit suicide by burning him self in the most vital parts with lighted wisps of paj)er. An enterprising dentist in a neighboring citv advertises : "(Jet your sweetheart a new set gf teeth, as a Christmas present." The Grand Duke, when lielped to some turkey-, said : " Alfbless me, yes. That's the very dish my father is alway-s hankering af ter." A Western journal offers this inducement : ' All subscribers pay ing in advance will be entitled to a first-class obituary- notice in case of death. There are two reasons why sornp people don't mind their business. One is that they- haven't any busi ness and the other is that thev haven't any mind. A wag says it is folly to expect a girl to love a man who every body speaks well of. Get up a per secution and het affections will cling so fast that a dozen guardians can't remove them. A 3Iissouri horse-thief was hung to a telegraph pole, while his way to the voting place, and, ac cording to the Providence Heraty " that manner of polling a vote is calculated to deaden one's interest in town politics." O o o o o o