o o o o O o o o o o o o o o o o 0 0 o o (7) o o o o O o y OREGON o G CITY Tjll O IQj. WE RPR o k4 ...Jo 0 o o o o o o o -- G VOL. 7. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1873. o NO. 11. o o C I)c lUcckln Enterprise. A DEMOCRATIC PAVER, FOR THE Business Man, the Farmer And the FAMILY CIRCLE. 14 SITED EVERY FIIIDAY DV A. NOLTNER. EDITOR AND PU15I.IS1IEP.. O FFIC E la Dr. Thessing's Brick Building TERMS of SUBSCRIPTION: Single Copy one year, in advance 12 SO T ER MS of AD YE R TISI.XG : Transient advertisement, including all le?l notices, tii'l. of 12 lines, 1 w.$ 2 50 rorech nubsequentinsertioii ..,!,!'' Ooe Column, one year 1 ,,u H. U " " garter C. " Batine Card, 1 square one year 1- t,B Remittitur' to be mtf.de at tht risk of Subtcribe.it, and at the expense of Agent. BOOH- AM) JOB PRLXTIXG. I. -y,e Enterprise office is supplied with kaaatiful. approved stvles of type, nnd mod ern ttACiUNK PKl-:.M-:s. which will enable t Proprietor t do Job PiintitiR at all times .Xeat, Quick and Clitup ! y WirK. solicited. All ButineiM trancictiont vpon a Specie batif. Vs 7 II. V ATKINS, M. D , SlTttC.EOX. rouTi.Axn, Or.KG( n. OFFICE Fellows' Temple, corner First and 1 Jerti eets Residence curuer.rf Miin qJ .Seventh streets. W. F. HIGHFIELD, Established since lS49,atthe old stand, Miin Street, Oregon City, Oregon. An Assortment of Watches, Jew elry, and Stth Thomas' weight CI''"K!, all "I which are w.ii i ami-u to t represented. llepairinjrs done on 511011 nuuee, 1 ud thankful for ):ist favors. pIPEUIAL MILLS. Savier, LaRocrue & Co., OREGOS CITY. tKrep constantly on hand fot sale Midiin-, It run and Chicken Feed l'mMes puicha-ins; feed must furnish the sa Vs. DR3. WELCH c THOMPSON, fS3 DENTISTS. .OFFICK-I11 Odd Fellows' Temple, comer of First and Alder Streets. Portland. T ip patron. i'- of those desiring sup rior oper-itio-is i in special reque-t. .Nitrousox-id.- for the painlesn extraction of teeth. Arti:n:ial teeth "bet tcr than the Lest,' and -f eKf'tp the r!i- ift. Will he in Oregon City on Saturdays. Nov. " : " f Dr. B - R - FREELAPJD, DEKTIS7, 1 ihm pfki'M's nrii.niN'c. cony- V er First and Washington Sts.. Portland. urous Oxide administerrd. ii-J.IT ;. TOIIX M. r.ACON, WW r w . Importer and Dealer in dryZf XZTZ CT2 CI Z E-Sw. 9 STATlf)N::UV. ri:i:i- l".Mi:i? V. Ac, Ac-.' Oregon dly, Oregon. At fjnu.iN J- ll'urnei' uld ftiind. lately oc cupied by S. Ach'rinstn, Muin s-ti eit. 10 if c a. IICIL1T. CK AS. K WARREN. HUELAT &VVARREW Attorneys at Law, orricic ch arh vn's cuicic, main stkeet, OREOON CITY.ORF.CON. March 5, l7C:tf F. BARCLAY, M. R. C. S. Formarlr Surgcofl to the Hon. II. It. Co. 33 Yrara Ksprrlciiee. (1 PRACTICING rilYSICIAX AND SURGF.ON, ?Iftln Street, Oregon CIlj-, Store to Rent. rpHF.STORF. IIOUrjE FORM KRT.Y OCCF .L. pied by Kafka, on Rock Creek . 1 "2 miles from Aurora, situated at a tine point tor country trading post ; can be had 011 very reasonable terms. This is a desirably point for a man w;th small capital to go into bus,i 'ness. .Knq-nre of JOHNSON A McCOWy, jnly2;tf. J trejron City, Oregon. VEALTII AND HEALTH IN Good Cable Scr.ew Wire BOOTS AAD SHOES. VTill not Leak and Last Twice as Loiii JOHNSON & McCOVVN ATTORNEYS AD COUXSELORS IT-LAW OREGON CITY, OREGON. WILL PRACTICE IX ALL THE COURTS f th State. T Special attention giren to cases in the U. R. Land t)ffiee at Oregon City, ci Avril 3,1S7.W A. NOLTNER, OTAltY PUBLIC. ENTERPRISE OFFICE Oregon C t7. Jan I3:tt til &9ll twrdr: ArcnM wanted '. All t!. VtnJ. .7-Spar mont.. or all the t EftJaf? sr PartiouUr. free. - o 5 There Is Xo Such Thing as Death. There's no such ;l.ir!ff as death'' To those who think aright. Tis 'but the racer casting off Wfral most impedes his flight; 'Tis but one little act. Life's drama must contain; One struggle keener than the rest, And thou an end of pain. 'There's co such thinjr as ilath'' That which is thus mi-called. Is ths lite escaping from, the chains That have so loh enthralled; 'Tis a once hidden star, Piercing the clouds at niht. To Miine in p nile rudience forth, A millet its kindred light. There's no sucu thinjr as tleath" In nature nothing dies; From each sad remnant of decay Some forms of life arise, The faded leaf lliat falls All sere and blown to earth. Ere long will minjile with the shapes That gave the flowers b'.riu. "There's no such thing" as death' 'Tis but the blossom spray. Sinking before the common frmt That seeks the summer ray; rTis but the bud displaced. As comes the perfect flowers; -Tis faith exchanged for tight, And weariness for power. DUAI). o BY CEOUtiK II. IJOOKEK. Close his eyes his work is done: What to him is friend or lor man. Rise of moon or set of sun, Hand tit man, or kiss of woman. Lay him low. lay him low, In the clover or the snow; What cares he? lie cannot know; Lay him low. As man may. he tVmprhl his fitrht Proved his truth by his endeavor. Let him sleep in solemn night. Sleep forever ar.d forever. Lay him low. lay him low, In the clover or the Slow; What cares Iit- ? Tie cannot know; Lay liix low. Leave him to God's wathing eye. Trust him to ihe hand that made him; Mortal love weeps idly by Go'd alone has power lo save li Tin. Lay him low. lay him low. - In ihe clover or the miiiw; What cares he? lie cannot know; Lav him low. Too Much 'Credit. Mr. Krone, a shrcvl and thrifty fanner of Alleiilioroiiuli, owneil a l.trie lloek ofslieep, and oneGAu tunin, when it came liousinj; time he was greatly annoyed tin miss, in a number of his linest muttons, anioncr them three or four weathers which he had raised and .fattened for his own tahlo. lie was Mtre it was not the work of doprs, and the most, he could do was to await lur ther developments. On the following Spring, when his sheep were turned out to pas ture, he instituted a careful watch, and ore lone; he detected Tom Stic kney, a neiLrhhoi inp; farmer, in tin :tct of pilferini; a sheep; hut lie made no iuiiseahoiit.it at the time. Sticknev was a man well to do, and Kceno did not care to expose him. Autumn came airain, and upon cotuitiuir t'p Ids thick, Mr. Keetie found eii;ht sheep r.iisinr. lie made out a hill in due lonn to Thomas Stickney lor eiiht sheep, and presented it. JStickney chok ed and stamered, hut did not hack down. Like a prudent man he paid the money and pocketed the receipt. Another priner time came, and Mr. Keene's sheep aain turned out. Another Autumn came, and the farmer acrain took an account of his stock, and this time, fifteen sheep were missiner. As before, he made out the bill to Tom Stiekney for the whole num ber inissinr; but this time Tom ob jected, g "It's too much of a Cod thincr," said lie. "Fifteen sheep! why, bless 3'our soul, I hadn't had a filth part of 'em." Mr. Keene was inexorable. "There is the bill." said her "I have made it out in p;ood faith. I have made no fuss when my sheep have been missing, because I deem ed your credit good and sufiicient." "Well," groaned Tom, with a bier ctdp, "I suppose I must pay: hut," he added emphatically, "we'd close thataccount from this time. You have given me to much cred it altogether some other rascal has been stealing on the strength of it!" ' A curious question' in life insu rance is liable to arise in Delaware, growing out of the recent murder of a negro by Prof. West. His acknowledged objeefs inGkilling and mutillating the negro was tha"t the body might be mistaken for his own, ami. that thereby he might defraud the life insurance conqia uioi out of ft-25,000, the amount for which his life was insured. Some days after his disappearance how ever, he returned and confessed both the deed and the purpose. The question which now arises is, if West is hanged for the murder' will the companies be compelled to pay the insurance to his family? This qestion is now exciting almost as much interest in Delawnrp nt the murder did, especially as, if the companies are compelled to pay it, it Mill be for thvir interest to get hispunishmcnt cominuted to imprisonraeat for life. G o O o G IV ho Killed Iliuit " Only two weeks more, Jennie, and you'll be my wife," and the stalwart j'oung fellow drew the girl close to his breast, and kissed her fondly. "True enough," was the arcli rep!', " and don't forgets there's two weeks yet for you to liehave yourself. Father mightn't like to see you too free with your kisses, and he's just there in the boat house." The scene was a Xew England coast, with a llherman's humble cottage and boat-house in the im mediate foreground, and distantly backed by a moderate-sized village. The speaktrs were Jennie Lee, the daughter and sole relative of the owner of the cottage, and Will Gardiner his assistant and em ployee. Living under the same roof, it was only natural that Will should fall in love with the rosy cheeked wann-hcartcd girl, or that she should have contracted an equally atlectionate regard for her stout, handsome, manly companion. And as theycstood reading in each other's eyes the same story of mu tual love and trust that more pre tentionious pairs have read, they were a picture worth an artist's sketching. Will, with his stalwart frame, bared, muscular arms, and sun-browned face;1 Jenny, with her pretty, childish face, rounded fig ure, anil bare feet. "There, Will!" suddenly ex claimed .Tennie, disengaging herself from his enfolding arms, " I told you to hefiavc yourself. Here comes Abel liei ton, and, likely as not, hehas seen you hugging me." "And what if he has V'creplied Will, defiantly. " You know he's a rival of yours, "Will,"" laughed Jennie, and then i added, more seriously: "and I'm afraid of him not for myself, but for you, Will. When I told him, the other day, that our wedding day was set, and that he mustn't pester me any more with his I o un making, he got as black as a thunder-cloud, and muttered more threats against you than I can re member.". Further conversation between the lovers was precluded by the approach of Abel Helton. He was I a sullenlooking fellow,, with a sly, slouching gait, and none of the out ward manliness of AVill Gardiner. A comparison between ,the two men confirmed the good sense of J ennie's choice. "Good morning, Abe," said Will, franklv. "What brings you here so early ?" C "That's nothing to you," was the surly reply. "I've business with Mr. Lee."" O o With this he passed on and en tered the boat-house,where Jennie's father was at work. He was also a fisherman, and his errand related to the borrowing of nets, or some thing of that nature. In a few minutes he emerged, to find Will and .Jenniu in company with a stranger, a well-dressed man "of middle aire. Q " Can you row me out, late this afternoon, for an hour's fishing?" he overheard the stranger sar. Ycsrsir" rculied Will at what time shall I be ready for VOll. 11 At six o'clock, and I shall ex pect you to row me to a good spot for lively sport." " Don't fear for that," said Will, in good spirits at the prospect of earning a half dollar or so, "its my business to know where the scaly fellows can be caught." o The stranger turned away3 to ward th village, and Abe Derton slunk oil" with murdurous thoughts in his heart. 0 "Curse them liolh !" ran his m tit terings, "he for cutt ing me out, and she for her airs over me; and now comes a chance that I've been waiting for, il'J'an only plan it all out. The stranger had a gold watch, I saw that, and likely a pocket-book crammed full of mon ey. Will's to'row him out alone, and they'll go along the beach be yond the rocky point that's where the best-fishing is. It'll be pitch afore they're through. Yes, that'll do. So here goes for robbing Jennie of her lover, and the man of his watch and money." The stranger kept his appoint ment promptly at the hour nameel, and found the young fisherman read- with his boat. With an ad miring look at Jennie1, whose bare, plump arms pushed the boat nom the shore and threw a kiss to her lover, he seated himself in the stern while Will took the oars. A few strokes sent the boat arouitel the rocky point that Abe had alluded to in hs muttered plans, and, the girl walked back to the cottage and finished preparing the supper for her father. She had scarcely disappeared within the cottage, when Abe Ber ton stealthily advanced toward the i now deserted boat-house, and en tered. He knew rthe place thor oughly and was not long in finding rbat be -wanted a loDg bladed o knife,used in the mending of tackle, etc. He held it up and examined, the handle. Upon it was carved in uncouth letters the name of Will Gardiner. " That's the one," said Abe, ex ultinglyp "ami a good idea it was of mine to get it.' Now to get away witli it without being seen." First peeping out of the tloor to see that nobody was about, he stole out and away witbAhe knife in his pocket. It now grew dark rapidly, and it was not long before Abejdeenieii it sufficiently so for the execution of his plot. Walking a!?ng the beach, lie pas.-etl around the rocky point, and kept on until he saw the dim outline of the boat and its two oc cupants. It lay but a short tlistance frum the shore, and he was too good a swimmer to doubt his ability to reach it silently ami unseen. Hastily removing his clothing, he laid them on the beach. Then he waded in, and struck out, with the stolen knife held between his teeth, in the direction of the boat. Will Gardiner, tirei? of a day's hard work, lay idly across a seat, while his companion indulged in the sport of fishing. All was silent until Will heard a groan of agony that brought him quickly to ca sit ting posture. He was just in lime to see the stranger fall backward from the boat, with a red stream of blood gushing from his sitle. For an instant so sudden and unex pected was the whole occurrence lie sat still, fairly benumbed with horror. Then he leaned cfar over the edge of the boat, on the side from which the stranger had fallen, and peered into the darkness, but he could see nothing, and hear nothing but the cautious stroke of the swimmer rapidly dying out. in the distance toward the shore. What could he do? lie paddled the boat around, but could not find the body. He called out, but there was no answer. He was about to row home for lights and assistance, when the flashing of oars and the hum of voices heralded the ap proach of two boats rowed by a party of fishermen. They carried lanterns and thej white face of Will Gardiner attracted their notice at once. "What on earth's the matter, Will?" aked one, "you look as white as a ghost." In a few disconnected words, he told them all he knenvof the matter. "The body must be about here somewhere," said Mark Landon, tine of the arriving parly; " row, about, boys, and search for it." A search of live or ten minutes, with the aid of the lanterns, was rewarded with success. The dead hotly of the stranger, with a fatal stab in its side, was drawn into the boat in which he had set out but an hour before. As they laid the corpse in the bottom of the boat, an object that glittered in the lamplight attracted Mark Landon's attention.0 It was the blood-stained knife with which the murderous blow had be-en struck. O" What's this.?" said Mark, hold ing the knife up to a lantern. " Here's the thing that did it, and Will Gardiner's name is carved up on the handle.'" At this W411 sprang forward and gazed upon the weapon. "Yes, it's niine,' he said, "but so help me Heaven! I don't know how it came here. .I'm sure I left it in the boat-house this afternoon. ,? He looked aroundenpon the faces of the fishermen as if vaugely ex pecting a solution of the mystery, but only stenr looks of distrust and suspicion met him. He read their verdict readily enough. They be lieved him to be the murderer. " You can't believe I did it !" he exclaimed, as he comprehended the terribly convincing nature of the proof; "you can't think Will Gar diner's a murderer!" And they certainly did not wish to believe it, but they could come to no other rational conclusion. The two men had gone out in the boat together, and one had been found stabbed with the knife of the other. But one opinion could be formed Will Gardiner was a mur derer. The boats were rowed to the bench at Lee's cottage in silence, and the body was placed on a bench in the boat house. Will had followed the others "mechanically, hfs faculties almost dazzled by his terrible situation. After the body had been placed on the bench, the men paused as if undecided what to do next. All looked to Mark Landon, who was a sort of deader among them, for some sntyestion. "Will," said Mark,at length, "we all know you for an honest. upright fellow, and we don't like to think you did this, but it looks bad, and we shouldn't be doing our duty if we didn't arrest you. '-We'll leave two of us with you until morning, and then the coroner will be here." j This plan was carried out, and ! through the long ana0sleepless night Will brooded over the terri ble affair. Jennie "was by his Bide. o G O c COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOPJJIA. and no breath of suspicion clouded her words of sympathy and hope. " I'm sure it'll come out all right, Will," she said; "so don't give way. And I can't help thinking that Abe Berton did it." This idea had not suggested it self to Wilipbut it now seemed feasible. He knew that his rival's hate was strong e nough, for such a bloody deed. At length morning came. Dur ing the day an inquest was held, and Will Gardiner was charged by the jury with the crime and remov ed to the county jail. The fact that the murdured man's watch and pocket-book were missing, explain ed the motive for the deed,Cand, altl lough neither could be found the evidence against the unfortunate-prisoner regarded us conclusive. Sad indeed were the days that followed for Jennie Lee. Convinc ed oof her lover's innocence, but powerless to aid. liim convinced of Abe Berton'sguilt, but power less to prove it she was nearlv wilel with grief. But she was too vigorous of body and spirit to grieve idly. She had no money to hire skillful legal defense for Will, but she resolved to use her own ex ertions. Wisely retraining from expressing her suspicions,antl there by frightening the real murdurer into flight, she determined to watch his movements carefully. "He must have the watch and money hid somewhere," she reason ed, "and by watching him close enough I may get some clue? Most likely he would go to it in the night, and that's the time I must watch." For three nights in succession she flitted like a shadow around the house where Abe Berton lived with his old mother, and crept to her bed each morning, heart and foot sore. On the feiuith night, wrapped in a dark colored cloak, she took herJ station in the deep shadow of a stone wall a few rods from the house weary and sleep', she sat down on the ground and was soon fast asleep. When she awoke, the moon had gone down, and by that she knew that it was past midnight. Glancing toward the house she saw a light in Abe Berton's bed room. This served to rouse her sleep' faculties, and she stole cau tiouly to the window from which the feeble light struggled. It was covered 011 the inside by a tattered curtain, through which she cau tiously peered. The sight that she saw set her heart to beating wildly. There was the murderer bending over the floor from which he had removed a brok en piece of board. From the hole thus exposed he drew a watch and a pocket-book. Success hail crowned her vigil, but what should she do now? The quick-witted girl was not long in deciding. The nearest dwelling was about a quarter of a mile dis tant, and toward it she ran as fast as her tired i'eet could carry her. Am veil there, a vigorous rap brought two men to the. door, and to them she hurriedly told what she hail seen. " Come with me, quick !" she cried, "and seejf I havn't told the truth." Half doubting Jennie's sanity, they did as she requested. They had nearlv reached the house,when she told them to stop. " He's coming out," she whisper ed excitedly. 0 " Don't you see and hcPhas a shovel over his shoulder. lie's go in to hide the stolen things. See! He's comhig this way The three hastily hid themselves behind a fence until Abe had pass ed, and then stealthily followed him. He soon t unfed from the road into an unfrequented, grove, and therethey saw him commence to dig a hole in the ground. He work ed' quickly and nervously, and had soon hurried the watch and money, which he had encloM-djin a rough woode n box. He then returned to his bed-room ami went to bed. A consultation was held, and it was decided to waitHtntil morning without doing anything. In the morning the two men made the facts known to the proper authoritios,the treasure was exhum ed, and Abe Berton was arrested. Will Gardiner's releasepf course, folio weil, and his marriage to Jen nie was not postpone d after all. The Xew York Journal of Com merer ) alluding to the late Presi dential election, and the vast pow er of an administration to procure such an astounding result, in the face of a crushing indictment, says: "It is not well tor the country to have such unchecked power in any human hands, much, less in those who hold it after a ""bitter partisan contest as the result of a party tri umph. When the administration is brought intoepower by a small majority, it must measure more nicely the steps it will take, ami is kept within reasonable bounds bv the presence of a strong opposition, ready to take advantage of its slightest errors. But with, two o o o o Q thirds or three-fourths of the Con gress as its supporters, and a large majority (of its friends in the sev eral State governments, this whole some restraint is, to a great extent, removed, and we cannot be very jubilant at such a prospect." 0 Family Receipts. For Repairing75 Family Jars Mutual love well stirred with for bearance, mixeel with readiness to ) forgive, and general good temper. is an admirable cement. It is well to let all family jars be shelved at once. ( ' Prncurvi n t 1 "1 1 n tnninor lc tiocf kept by using as little vinegar as possible. The heart, by using abundantly of the oil of grace. Treasured by laying them up where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt. Creams the milk of true faith, if it stands long enough, yields the cream of assurance; it is a de licious dish. Stews Those are best avoided by leaving our troubles with him who sent them. Dressed Peacock This is too common and poor a production to be introduced into Christian fam ilies, Q To Cure Cold and Heart burn Do all the good you can, live near to Gotl, and love your neighbor's yourself. Fritters Novel reading, silly conversation, gossiping, ceremonial visits; and late rising, soon fritter away time. Christians have not a moment to waste. Tart Some think tart implies to be smart, but it is never wise to let our wit wound other people's feel ings. Soft answers turn away wrath ; tart speeches lead to gen eral sourness. Sauce Xever to be"tolerated in children; a vulgar and evil thing in anyone.o Generally found to go with goose. Mincing Only practiced by very silly persons; natural man ners are best. See Isaiah iii. 1G, for a warning against those who are described as "walking and mincing as c-they go." 27ie I!ev. C 11. iypttrgeon. Seeing the Point. A boy returned from school one day with a report that his scholar ship had fallen below the usual average, "Well said his father, you've fallen behind this month, have you ?" "Yes sir.;' o "How did it happen ?" "Don't know sir." O The father knew, if his son did not. He had observed a number of cheap novels scattered about the house; but he had not thought it worth his while to say anything until a fitting opportunity should offer itself. A basket of apples stood upon the lloor and he said: "Empty those apples and take the basket and bring it to me half ! full of chips." Suspecting riothing, the son obeyed. c "And now," he continued, "put those apples back into the basket." When the apples wercrreplaced, the son said: "Father, they roll off. I can't put in any more." 'Put thcrii in, I tell you." "But father, I can't put them in." "Put them in ! Xo of course yon can't put them in. Do you expect to li 1 1 a basket half full of chips and then fill it with apples? You said you didn't know why you fell behind at school, and I will tell you. eYour mind is like that basket. It will not hold more thancfco much. And here you have been the past month, filling it up with cheap dirt cheap novels" Xew Tax Uii.i.. For kissing a pretty girl, one dollar; for kising a homely one two dollars. The tax is levied in order to break up the custom altogether it being re garded as a piece of inexcusable absurelity. For every flirtation ten cents. For every young man who has more than one girl, five dollars. Courting in the kitchen, 25 cents. Courting in the parlor, five dol lars. Conrting in romantic places five dollars ami fifty cents thereafter. Seeing a lady Imirte from church, r20 cents ; failing to see her home, five dollars and cejst.o For ladies who paint, fifty cents. Proceeds to be elevotod to the relief of frail old bachelors whose earthly welfare has been put in jeopardy by this fahion. Wearing hoops over eight feet in diameter, eight cents tier foot. Bachelors over thirty years old, taxed ten dollars and banished to Utah. Each boy baby, fifty cents. Each girl baby ten cents. Twins, oife hundred dollars pre mium, to be paid out of the fund accreting from the tax on bachelors; Heads of families of more than thirty children fined a hundred dollars and sent to jail. o o o South Carolina. A correspondent of the Xew York Vorld writing from Colum bia, S. C, gives the following pic ture of the South Carolina Legis lature : The town is again filled with the honorables God save the mark anel white, red, yellow and black legislators are to be seen on every hand. Scott, the retiring Gov ernor, has been too ill to install his successor, the saintly Moses, and the law-makers of this thoroughly Africanized State have spent the ' week loafing around promiscuous ly. Dark colors being fashionable in winter, every thing here may bo considered in the height of fashion. The President of the Senate is a negro; the Speaker of the House is a negro; two thirds of the mem bers of both Houses are negroes; the chairman of nearly every im portant committee is a negro ; doorkeepers, messengers, and other attaches are negroes; the Clerk of the House is a negro; the Lieuten ant Governor is: a negro (convict in the United States Court) ; the State Treasurer, ami in lact all the State officials except two, are ne groes; the members of Congress are all negroes except one, and the few whites associated with this ig norant and degraded black crew look meaner than the darkies them selves. There are members who cannot sign their names ; others who have dabbled a little in a spelling book, but are independent and original enough whenever they attempt to write to spell every word in a way of their own, un like any way known to Webster or the printing office; others who have figured in the criminal courts of their respective counties, and if they do not understand a demur rei, they are by no means ignorant of bars, and the body entire may be considered (always excepting; the few Democrats) as a mass of ignorance and brutality. One' glance at the concern is enough to secure an indorsement of this ver dict from any impartial intelligent looker-on. A Tricky Tradesman. Old Adam C, a resident of Berks county, Pennsylvania, had a queer habit of making 'correct mistakes. When about to sell rather an antiquated horse, he was interro gated as to the age of the beast. "Veil," he replied, "I guess about nine over ten." In a short time the purchaser discovered the fraud, returned with the animal, and said: "Mr. C, what made you cheat me in selling me this horse? Didn't you tell me he was nine or tenr c and here he is over twenty?" "Xo, no ; I sheats nobody. I say he is nine over ten, and he is all of dat." At another time, vrben selling a balky horse, he was asked if tho horse was true to pull and good to drive. Old Adam said: "I tell you, in the morning he gets your wagon out, and. de harness on good; hitch puts- him- fore d wagon good; take up de lines and vip, and tell him to go I tell you he is right dair every time." ? The buyer departs satisfied; but after following directions, he found him "right dair every time," and no amount of persuasion could make him change his position. Buyer, of course, returns the horse; but old Adam sheats nobody.. He told him shust as it was. Having a quantity of wood that had been exposed to the weather till it had become spoiled, he wish ed to dispose of it. Taking a load to market, customerinquires: "Is it good wood? Will it split good?" 3 "Slqilit? Yah, shplit'Iike a can dle." Any one who has split candles can judge how the wooel split. The next time old Adam came to market he was reproached with selling rotten wood; but old Adam sheats nobody. He tells him shust as it was. Senator Wilson's connection with Credit Mobiler is said to have come about in this wise : Mr. and 3 Irs. Wilson celebrated their sil ver wedding four or five years ago, at which time some of "their friends gave Mrs. Wilson a pres ent of several thousand dollars. The proceeds of the silver wed ding were naturally invested in a silver mine in which Mr. John B. Alley was ahead speculator. The' silver proved a dead loss. Alley and Ames moved by pity for Wil son, tendered him shares of Cred it Mobiler to make up the loss in silver, which shares Wilson took and held until rumors of bribery in connection with Union Pacific Railway matters became unpleas antly thick, when he handed the shares back to Ames, and receiv ed the silver wedding money from the great American Shovel with--: out interest. G