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o e o o e Q Q O o G VOL. 7. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1873. NO. 14.- o o o P M TP H71 ID IP ID TP1 o 0 0 & o o 3 o I)c lUcckln (Cntcvpvbc. 1 DEMOCRATIC PAPER, G FOB TDK Dusincss Man, the Farmer And the FAMILY CIRCLE. KltED EVERY FUID.VY BY A. NOLTNER. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. OFFICE la Dr. Thessing's Brick Building TERMS of SUBSLRIPTIOX: Siagle Copy oe year, in advance,. ....12 CO TER MS of AV YE R TISIXG ' TrtttMcnt advertisement, including all lesal notice. tq. or 12 lines, 1 w 2 50 For edch absequentin-ertion 1 0 One Column, one-year "0 s Hir ' fn Q .arter - " Businei Crd, 1 square one year U m &T R'Mittance tt be mailt at th risk of Subicribert, and at the rpense of Agent. BOOK A.D JOB rMXTIXG. tra- The Enterprise office in supplied with beastiful. approved styles or type, and mod era 1 AC HIVE PrtKSSK. which will enable OtHe Proprietor to do Jb lMnting at all times O " Stat, Quick and Cheap ! WorK solicited. All Jtimintis tranaction vfon a Specie basts. W II. W ATKINS, M. D , q SUHn EON. Portlano, Oiu:cn. OFFICltOAi Fellows' Temple, corner First .-inJ lder streets lleid.-uce corner or M iia and Seventh streets. W. F..-HIGIIFIELD, Etnhlished since lS49,at the obi stand, Miin Street, Oregon. City, Oregon. a .rtmnt or Watches .Jew elry. and S.-tti Thomas' weight 51-k. all I wnrn are warraiiitu Raii injr done on short noticer m.l thankful for past Livers. JMl'ERIAL MILLS. Savier, LaHoque & Co., OR EG OS CITY. ttTuKeep constantly on hand fo! sale Midias. Brm ft Chicken Feed. Par'ien pui-cha-sin feed roust furnish the a Vs. o o - o DH3. WELCH fc THOMPSON, DENTISTS. OFFICE In Odd Fellows Temple, corner of First ami Alder Stree ts. Portland. The patronage of those desiring sap' rior operitio is is in special request. N it i nns ox idt ftf th fVmles-. extraction of teeth. I7".Vii:icial teeth "better than the best,' i n.i t eh the wipe. n. . ' . . - . cy i 1 . Will he in Uregou city on .sauiru s. Xov. ?.::f Dr. B- F2. FREELAMD, o DEHTI3T, 1oom 2 nr.nuM's Bun.nivc. conx V cr First and Washington SHs., Portland. Niiroui Oxidn a J:iunisterrd. irJiiif. jonx m. bacon, o Importer and Dealer in CJ312 CD "SIX TZ-. g STaTIONEUY, rKKFUM ERY, &r., Jtc. Oregon CHy, Oregon. At Charma'iljr H'arnfi'n old ta nd , lately oc 4uoid by S. Acktrmitn, .Main stieet. o 10 tf . O O a. HCSLAT. o C'JXS. E. WARHES. o HUELAT&VARRE N o Attorricys at Lav, OrFICB eil ARMAX'S BUICK, MAIN STREET, ORECON' CITY,O:tEG0N'. March 5, l7J:tf F. BARCLAY, M. R, C. S. rornwrty Surgeon to the Hon. E. I. Co. o 33 Years Eipcrltnre. o riiA.cTicixG rnrsrciAX and surgeon, ?tali-Strect, Oregon City, Gtoro to Rent. T11F.STOTIF. HOUSE FOHMEIU.Y OCCU piftfjby K vr a, on Kock Creek. 12 miles frain Aurora, situatfd at a fine point for emintry trailing post ; can be had on verr reasonable terms. This is a desirably '"point for a man with small capital to go into busi ness. Enq nre of JOHNSON A McCOWX, july2'Hf.J p Oregon City, Oregon. WEALTH AND HEALTH IN o Good Dablo Screw Wire BOOTS AND SHOES. Will not Lrrik and Last as Lon? oJOKTJSON &. McCOWFI ATTORNEYS AND fOn'SELORS AT-LAW 0SEQ0N CITY, OltEGON. o O WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS f the "tate. J7Speci:l attention given to cases in the TJ. S. Land OiTice at Oregon City. April ;,lS7':tf O fm W b. 1 k fc- i OTAttTPUBLlC.ENTERPRISE OFFICE Oreyon C'.tv. i3:tf O f?? tn f9H P"rlr: Agents wanted : All iwh rlasv of working people, of Z. t,n . " ' moments, or all the A kim VKir'n 2Tth, 19T2:1t, -- "I Stills? Till: ENGAGLI) ItlXC And so they say that I shall be Del le of the eominjr ball. j Where all are bright and fair to see The loveliest of all. For this they loop my costly dress, And braid and deck my hair; Bright flowers in th service press. And jewels rich and rare. Many will lirn when I appear. The vision fnir to see Low praise he whispered in my ear. Warm glances thrown at me. Yet memory with a endden pain Comes, better though; to bring! I need to look at thee agaia, Thou simple little ring; Ah ! little hoop of gold and blue, Given by Frank to me. f Meet emblem of that heart so true, Now far beyond the sea. And in tho deep depths of my heart A casket sure shall be. Where gems he ll prize are kept apart Lore, Faith and Costancy. o - When lovely woman veils her bosom With muslin fashionably thin, Whit man with eyes could e'er refuse "em Fiotn CHs-iially peeking in? And when, his ardent gaze returning". 1 he '" dry-goods heave to deep drawn sighs. Would not his fingers ends be burning To press. his hat down o'er his eyes? Advantages of Drunkcucss. If you wish to bo always thirsty, bo a drunkard; lor the otioner and more ytm drink, the oilener and more thirsty you will bo. a It you wish to prevent your friends from raising you in the world, be a drunkard; and that will defeat all their ellorts. If you would ofleotually eounter aet your own attempts to do well, be a drunkard, and you will not be disappointed. If vou are determined to be poor, be a drunkard, and you will be rairied to your heart's content. If vou wish to starve vour lam-- ilv, be a drunkard, and then you will consume the means of their support. If you would be imposed upon, be a drunkard, 1'vr that will make the task easy. If you would ijet rid of your money without knowing: how, be a drunkard, and it will vanish insensibly.-. If you wish to expel comfort from our-house, be a drunkard, and you will do it effectually. Il you would bo hated by your own family and friends, be a drunk aid, and you will soon become disagreeable. If you would be a post to socie ty, be a drunkard, and you will bo avoided as infection. If von would smash windows, break the peace, fret your bones broken, tumble undcj' horses and carts,. be a drunkard, and it will be strange if you do not succeed. If you wisli all your prospects to be clouded, bo a drunkard, and the' will soon be dark enough, as drunkeness is the mother of disease. Tnrc Tykaxxy of ArpETim. In 3Irs. .Stowe's story, entitled ''My Wilo and I," tliere occurs a thriil inpr passage roardinu: the degrad ing vice of a drunkard's appetite, which reveals its desperate tyran ny. It is where IJolton is giving his reason why he dares not marry and is as follows; "One sip would Hash to his brain like lire, and then all fear, all care, all conscience would be gone, and not one glass, but a dozen, would be inevitable. Then you might have to look for me in some of those dens to which the possessed of the devil llee when the tit is on them and where they rave and tear and cut themselves until the madness is worn out. This lias happened to me after long periods of self denial and sell-con-irol and illusive hope. It seems to me, that my experience is like a man whom some cruel liend con demns to go through all the agonies ot drowning over and over again the dark plunge, the mad struggle, the sutiocatton, the wild horror, the agony, the clutch at the shore, the weary clamber up steep rocks, the sense of relief, recover)' and hope, only to be wrenched off and thrown back to struggle and stran gle, and sinjc again. " If I had fallen dead after the first glass of wine I had tasted, it would have been thought a horrible thing;, but it would have been better for my mother and better for me, than to have lived as I did." Moof.rx Chief. Widow Jones' husband .lied far away from homo, and it took so long for his remains to reach her that the relict had re covered horn her grief, and was giving a large lunch-party when the body finally arrived. A wao--on drove up the door, and a large box was handed out. Curiositv ran high among the ladies at the window, and, with one accord they exclaimed "Why, Mrs. Jones' what can that be?" Up went Mr' ent Mrs. Jones' eve-glasses and t glance, she coolly said, "Well, it must be Old Jones come home. Charley, run down and open the door for vour lather." Progress ia Oregon. WOXORFUL PROGRESS OF THE GREAT VALLEY MOVEMENT TO SECURE COMPETITION IX FREIGHT TRANS PORTATION MAXL'FACTL'RIXG ADVA XTA G ESj W II AT THE V L'T UK E PROMISES. We take the following interest ing communication from the San Francisco Jiullctin of the lGth inst. It was written by Mr. Hugh Stryill, who has been writing ex tensively on the resources of our State. While the communication is devoted to many facts we have heretofore published, we give it entire for the benefit of those who may desire to send it East, it being a most complete and and compre hensive statement of the great work just completed, and gives an interesting detailed account of tiie future prospects of our valley : Orecox City, Dee. IS, IS 72. "One of tho peculiar and en couraging features ot-Oregon, at the present time, is the numerous internal improvements that are in active progress. To some of these I have already referred at some length. The great enterprise ol the State, just on the eve of com pletion, is the CANAL AND LOCKS OF THE WILLAM ETTE FALLS COMPANY, At Oregon City. This company was incorporated by a special act of the Legislature in 1808. Hith erto the navigation of the Willam ette river was under the entire control of the People's Transpor tation Company, and during the last year, by purchase, in the hands of the Willamette Transportation Company. The falls at Oregon City, and the extensive works erected by the former company on the east side, for the reshipnient of freight, gave them and the lat ter company the key of the river that preventd all competition by water. The object of the Legis lature was to open the Willamette river to the free navigation ot all carriers under reasonable limita tions, accompanied by a grant of 200,000 to assist in the'eostruc tion of the works. Tho company were bound to have the works, completed on the first of January, 187 -i, under the penalty of forfeit ing their charter. CHARACTER OF THE WORK. Tlgi work consists of cutting a canal and erecting locks on the west side of the falls, so as to ad mit steamers and vessels with case and safety at all times for the charge of fifty cents per ton and ten cents per head for passengers. The work is of great magnitude ami has been skillfull v and en ergot ically pushed by the Chief Engin eer and his efficient staff. The mason work is now finished; the. remainder of the gates will he in their place and the locks completed in one or two days from this time. Some details of this great enter prise will no doubt, be interesting to many of your readers. That part of the canal forming the ap proach, commences above the rap ids and extends to the guard lock, is fifty feet wide ami a thousand feet long. The canal proper, be tween the guard lock ami the first lift lock, is 1,200 feet long, cut out ot solid rock, some portion ot which was fifty feet high. The rock on the land side forms a nat ural wall ; on the side next to the river the construction is of very durable wood, imtnbedded in the rock and supported by buttresses of great strength. The bed of the canal is solid rock. More than 1,500,000 feet of lumber was used on this part of the work." There are lour lift-locks; each lock is 2 IS feet long and forty loot wide and each lock increases the fall ten feet, making the entire Tall lrom the head of the locks to the. river below forty feet, the locks are all cut out ot solid rock of the hardest kind. The walls between each lock are nineteen feet high, ten feet thick at the bottom and five feet at the top, built of the best basaltic rock and laid with the finest cement. The gates are made of heavy timbers of the best wood to bo had and iron bars and bolts of great strength. The swing of each gate is twenty-two feet long and twenty feet high, weighs fifteen tons and is hung on hollow quions, each quoin weighs two tons, brought at great ex pense and difficulty down the Clackamas river, from a quary in that count'. The walls support ing the gates are strengthened by buttresses of stone work sixteen feet thick. The gates are opened and shut with the greatest ease by cranks. The locks are Hooded by eight wickets near the bottom of each gate prior to the gate being opened. The wickets are opened and closed by connecting rods. The work is so complete and per fect and the machinery so simple and effective that it oiily requires two men to work each gate. The ordinary depth of water in the river at the head of the canal and at the lower end of the locks is seven feet, ami the lowest depth at any season of the year is four and a half feet, so that there is am ple water at all times for steamers and other river boats to pass through with safety. Tiie immense quantity of rock taken out of the canal and locks was raised by the use of steam derricks. Steam pumps had to work day and night j annually. The Willamette Valley to keep the water under. Fifty as a vhole--13S miles long by tor thousand cubic yards of. solid rock, ty miles broad could raise "with 10,000 yards of loose rock and 18,000 thousand yards of earth have been taken out of the beds of the canal and locks. Fifty-eight hundred yards of -first-class mason work have been built, laid in tho best cement; 18,000 pounds of giant powder and 10,000 pounds of black powder have boon used in blasting rock. I rom 300 to 500 men have been constantly employed and about 100 men wrought at night the greater part ol tho time. Masons and stone-cutters were paid lrom 5 to G a day, carpen ters from $3 to 50 and laborers 2 50. The monthly pay list averaged about 50,000. The en tire cost of the work is not less than 450,000 to the present time; it will probably take 50,000 more to put the works and grounds in complete and perfect order. Captain Isaac W. Smith, the Chief, Engineer, E. G. Tilton, his assistant, J. A. Lessourd who lias superintended the erection of the gates, iron and wood work, ami Major King, Secretary, deserve the greatest praise for tho masterly manner with which they have dis chaiged their arduous and responsi ble duties. There seems to have been an honorable rivalry among all engaged on the work, from the highest to the lowest who could do their duty best. This important result was secured by treating the men kindly and considerately and paying them liberally and prompt ly. The full pay of every man was never a minute behind time. PROSPECT OF CO M P ETETI V E LINES OF STEAMERS. The company will commence running a line ol" steamers at once from Portland to Eugene City, 125 miles, with boats of different sizes adapted to the rise and fall of tho river. The Annie Stewart will bo the pioneer boat, and will com mence regular trips on the 1st of next month. A second boat is being built at Portland, and will be ready for running in sixty days. Other boats will bo built as soon as possible. The intention of the company is to put on a line of steamers from Portland to San Francisco, so as to be thoroughly independent, and work the enter prise to tho greatest possible ad vantage that it is capable of ac complishing. The gentlemen com posing the company have the busi ness experience, energy and capital to carry their designs into lull operation. THE RESULTS Of the enterprise will be of great importance to the State, and of vast advantage to the farmers and merchants of the Willamette Val ley. Tho free navigation of the Willamette liver will come into honorable competition with tho railroads on tho east and west side , Wnf the river. Freights and passen- 1 ger lares will be reduced at once; farmers will get so much more for their wheat and other productions, they will be stimulated to more extensive and better cultivation; millers and warehousemen will save considerable on their shipments of Hour and wheat. Should the rail road companies reduce teir freight and passenger charges to the low est point, and the public still prefer that mode of conveyance for freight and the Canal and Lock Company will organize a distinct company to buy wheat up tho val ley in sufficient quantities to load their boats to Portland :Wid their steamers to San Francisco. This will still furthei tend to advance the interests of the farmer an. I the business of merchants, by the com pany coming into extensive compe tition with local and other buyers, amL,thereby advauce the price of wheat considerably. Should it be come desirable or necessary, as it will in a short time, this company will put on or influence a lino of vessels from Portland to New York and Liverpool to carry the surplus wheat, flour and other pro ductions of Oregon direct to mar kets w here they iil be appreciated, by which means the farmers, man ufacturers, fisheries ami the other producers of the State will get the full advantage of their labors, and Oregon be completely emancipated from her long agricultural and commercial trammels. HIE PRODUCTIONS OF THE WILLAM ETTE VALLEY. The present and prospective pro duction of wheat alone in this famous valley is sufficient to war- rant great ex pactions. Last year the valley produced 4000,000 bushels of wheat. Linn County Prairie, forty miles by twenty, shipped 1,500,000 bushels at Al bany, Ilarrisburg and intermediate points. The same prairie could raise, with fair cultivation, 7,GSO, 000, and with high cultivation 15, 300,000 bushels of wheat in the year and leave 250,000 for general hus band ry, a quantity sufficient to ! load 384 vessels of 1,000 tons each, good cultivation, 60,000,000 bush els of wheat annually, ami with thorough cultivation 100,000,000 bushels as easily as it now iihf duces 4,000,000, and leave 1 ,500,- j 000 acres for other crops and stock, i known as mixed husbandry. This quantity would give employment to 2,500 vessels of 1,000 tons each for the export and foreign trade alone, and leave all the wheatlands of Southern and Eastern Oregon to supply tiie homo consumption. These estimates are the result of close observation, careful personal examination and correct calculation that challenges criticism. These estimates do not touch on the fish eries and lumbering business of the Columbia and other rivers that can bo increased to an incredible ex tent. The tine canal just about fin ished, that wiil pass through the Tualatin Plains of unsurpassed rich ness of soil and forests of as line oak, jedar, and maple and iir as ever grew; and the canal that is be ing built from the Santiam river to Albany as rich in soil with the splendid forests of the Cascades for a back-ground will all be tributary to the trade and commerce of the Willamette Kiver and the interests of the Canal and Lock Company ofthe Willamette Falls; with the almost inexhaustible, mines of coal, iron, lead, copper, not to mention silver and gold, that line the banks of these three famous rivers and that are embraced in the bosom and on the surface of those ever lasting hills. Indeed this "garden valley" of Oregon is capable of producing for exportation annually more than a third of the amount of wheat now raised in tho United States. The free navigation ot tho Willamette Kiver, lines of ships from Portland to New York, Liver pool, China and the islands of the sea, owned and controlled by Port land merchants, tho completion of the Northern Pacific Kailroad and the building of tho Portland Dalles & Salt Lake Kailroad works that are sure to be completed sooner or later will give a mighty impulse to emigration tto Oregon, stimulate all her great industries and develop all her vast resources to such an extent as would now seem bibu lous to the majority of superficial observers. WATER-POWER OF THE CANALS AND LOCK COMPANY. Not the least interesting and profitable part of the Wdhimette Falls Canal and Lock Company is the vast water-power that their works at Oregon City has secured for them. They have between the Canal and Locks and the river, a water front of nearly half a mile with sufficient breadth to admit of two rows of factories with a fall of water varying from twenty to forty feet. This space will give mill sites for at least twenty facto ries. The water can be obtained either by tapping the canal or by bringing the water in flumes direct from tho cast side of the canal. Flumes can be brought from the talis along the west side of the canal to carry tho water beyond the locks where sites for mills can be obtained with a fall of fort y ffet water to each. These falls put at tho command of this com pany a force equal to at least, 1,000 000 horse-power for iiianutactur ing purposes. Two parties are already negotiating for mill sites. The late Hon. V. H. Seward mighl well say when he saw these falls in 1800, that Oregon is to be the " Workstop of the, J'"c!jic This company will afford every encouragement to manufacturers to erect mills by giving mill-sites and water-power at remarkably low prices, such as may be considered merely nominal five years hence. The saving of water-power on the Willamette., aixl other rivers in Oregon, compared with the ex pense of steam power is from 3,000 to $12,000 a year, accord ing to the size of the mill. The falls are thirteen miles above Port land, twenty-five miles from the Columbia river and 125 mile from the Pacific Ocean. Vessels drawing 19 feet of water can come up to Portland at high water, and those drawing 16 feet can come to Os wego ami u ithin two miles of the Canal and Lock Company's works at Oregon City. The water-power on the East side of the falls, owned by the Oregon Steamship Com- pany, is of greaiT value also: four mills are driven by it by means of flumes from the steamboat, basin. This power is capable of being greatly extended. Capital and skill will yet make the manufac turing business of tho Willamette Falls the admiration of alLtrue America ns. Wiitten for the Enterpkis':. Unfinished Work. EY P. ST. V. Across the street, stands an old and ruined structure whose walls, though fast crumbling t earth, were once but half completed ; and doubtless will thus remain 'till Time shall have lett no trace of its tornier existence. Its walls are nearly covered by the beautiful ercciiin iv- which h.-is mowii (untvs; rained bv the hand which planted i,) in clusters along the walls, and over theGwindows and doors of the building. Let us look at the grounds which surround these ruins. Here on this neglect ed spot, where the work of im provmenl was just begun. and iipon which so much lime ami thought was spent in devising and planning the most elegant, tasty and artistic models of landscape gardening to beautify and embellish the grounds that they might yield1 continuous pleasure and enjoyment to some refined and loved ones of earth here what do we see? In front, a long avenue partly gravelled, load ing from the broad and massive stone steps of the building to the heavy pillared gates standing at the lurlher end ot the grounds,!ike monuments of a gigantic age, to re sist the ceaseless hand of destroy ing time. In the rear of the building a broad extent of land, highly cul tured, had been taken in ant icipation of the abundant produce which this: should be made to yield, but now is overgrown with noxious weeds. I Jut, why is this so? Why was this woi k not oomph-ted? are the questions asked by a 1 who look up on these ruins, and their surround ings. It is but a record of ''unfin ished work." There are many causes which might have prevented its completion. The iticeinpetency of the one to finish what he had thus elaborately begun ; or perhaps, the want of means wherewith to carry on and complete the many beautiful designs wrought by, some skillful hand, might have stayed the hand of improvement. Put k is neither of these. Long years, ago busy hands hud these broad foun dations; elegant and costly mate rials wi re brought lrom afar, to be used in erecting a beautiful edifice; but long ore it was completedho w ho begun the work, and wno had noted with pleasure and satisfation the progress of tho work thus far, was called suddenly into the pres ence of his Maker to that house not made with hands, eternal and in the heavens, whose builder and j maker is God. As I look upon its uufinislud walls, stained and blai k no 1 1 y the storm of Tim its si.r.mi d-i nigs unsightly e.'iu 1 covoivu our with weeds, it stan is as an imn es sivo example ol th.- end of all hu man achiev cincnts. iWany a man begins his life-work wTt h a glowing ideal in his mind, and a sirmg hope in his heart, of making his a distinguished career. 1 le ex i ts ail his energies, and stakes all hishap piuess upon the result.- Put alas for such a hope! Ere the end is reached, he is struck down by a. hand, not mortal. 1 1 is uplified arm falls ami hangs useless at his side, and the Work standSfciuconiplele forever. The iages of the world's histry aro full of th"1 stories of such lives. You exclaim "Can thise?" Aye! well do we know it, even of the greatest heroes of earth. What have th'?y left but the record of an unfinished work; ami tho more beautiful the design,! he less perfect, often, is its expression. Who can say, w hen his years upon earth are numbered, '" 1 have achieved every aim I have accomplished every purpose, ami fulfilled every desire of my heart, for which ! have striven?" Who even at the close of a day, goes to rest w ith the assur ance that the labor of the dav has been fully and sati!aetorily per formed? How few are the hearts, which in either ra-T, are buoyed up by such a consciousness. Viewing life, and its changes, in this light, can we think it strange, that the heart, saddens at the thotightcjol, and irembiingly.shrinks back, from the tasks which a course through life, necessarily involves, ami is weighed down witii crushing des pondency ? What shall it profit us, if we' labor lor hopes, which ; may never be realized; to strive, ami betjieateii ot the ictory; to toil, am! to die ere we have wit nessed the consummation of our work? Yt did He, who gave us hearts to desire, and hands to per form, gie them to no purpose? . Shall we sow and reap not V Must ' our lives be all in vain ? Ot him, who seeks only for the attainment of earthly good.it may wU bo said, " his life is vain." Well may we mourn over the incompleteness of the struct tire his hands hands have reared ; well may we weep over the sad record that stands unwrit ten upon its walls. But he who can carry his life-work into eternity, though it he not finishoivhere.may round it into perfect symetrv here after. We may not look in ttiis world for the full achievement of tiie spirits aim, nor hope for tho realization of its high ideals-, It is enough that ihese .Mills be striven for. It is sufficient that these ideals jbe approached. The absolut at- , tainment shall be ours hereafter. Why then, do we view hopehyslv, the work which is progressing in men's hearts? Why are w faith less, because of the ninny imperfec tions.:and seeming iiH:oirqleteness of their lives? Out of these same lives, God is building a gloiious temple; and wli'm, iiPHis own good time, that temple stands per fected, radient with the light of His smile, and sanctified byIL;s presence, we shall murmur no longer of 'unfinished work.' The term foolscap, to designate a certain size of paper, no doubt' has puzzled many anxious inquire! s. It appears that Charles tho I, of England, granted numerous mo nopolies lor the support of the Government. Among others there was the manufacture of paper. Tho water-mark ofthe finest scut Was the roy.-i! nrnis of England. The consumption of this article was great, and large fortunes vrero j made by those who had purchased the exclusive right to venu it. ' This, among other monopolies, was i Pi t aside by the Parliament that brought Charles I, to the scaffold; j and, by way of showing contempt for the King, they ordered the roy.-u arm-, to be taken from the paper, and a fool, with his cap and heils, to be substituted. It is now over two hundrtd years since the fool's cap"" was taken from the pa- !!, but still the paper of tho j size winch the Kump Parliament j ordered "-Tor. their journal, bearsj. j tho name of the water-mark placed' j there as an indignity to Kin" ! C,orlc ' t W & v. - Here is groundwork for a first class novel: A blind man was cross ing Broadway, New York, when lie was on the point of being run over by a reckless cab-driver, and atthe risk of her own lift-, a pretty yiMing lady ran to his rescue ami piloted the old man to the pave ment in safety. A rich bachelor saw the transaction and straight way sought her out; was intro duced, courted, proposed, was ac cepted ami married the heroine without loss of time. The effect of ti ls is said to be wonderful. Hopeful young lad es can be seen standing in ti e vicinity of street crossings with one eve searching for blind men, and the other on the hokout,for a rvh bachelor, for it would be an awful bore if they should tackle the o'd man and have the bachelor nowhere around. Concerning ill fiiriher cnTa'Izitiort or power in the hinds of (lovernnit-ni 0;nV-rs. by ,-ul.lii g ihf proposed telegraph monopoly to oi ier misiing jsnnn al- i':i'?y wiihi'i ih-ir cm'rol, all exp.-rince O'uve-s. a:iai t lrull olht-r an.l m ir im. a it c ri-i.lf-ia! otis. ilmt wtett c tn b per OMiifil in anv m outer bv diveriitnut e-uijiie b'-Oer and mare cheaply peilortn- ' a oy ln.-iins ..t piiViitn enterprise. It w is prbrt e .-ntrr aise thai firs: carnnelled iorrrnn -nt to n-d-ir-t It-iier puxiajr- from i ami is o-ii's to 3 em's. nutl to d iy. if (iuv. rnuifiit wuiih hand over the whale it-tier curving system to prir.itf partie-;, -carely l..i,n I ly roer l-gal ecnriiies vinl r.igu h l-ins. i-i-ie.nl ul cfi'ig flov er:imMil liml'iin i exees at rereiv-! it iin d pay i'H iwn way w hhont any di-mini-lii-cl ac-om:n ! uion to the piitUic. I"li;n;-eaevil ol tile proposed postal ttl ST iph (jysrfMii is ih enorni"ils power it wi l p'ace tn tin (lovernineni over both the l ii -iue-s and ot i it correspondence of the conn'rv 1 reason sufficient to enn-b-tn i ii wi liot.t the uihers. Sit.ddon Ue- A comical quarrel took place the other day, WnQi Parisian boule vard. A gentleman roughly ac costed a tradesman, aiuDaQ-used him of swindling, "i't'ii sold me," he said, "a pomade to make my hair grow. Sec; my head, is s smooth as a piecef leather !" vSir" answered the vender of ointment, "vou wrong me There are lauds where the best seed don't grow. It is not tho fault of the .seed; it is l :n o Improvement ix Photography. Tht. follow ing is an alarming evi dence ot the progress of the wio tographic, art: QA lady last week had her likeness taken by a pho tographist, and he executed it so well that her husband prefers it to the origit?ul. According io tht cnsua ff I860, C1 Tula hi a pupilniion of 3277. In 1S70 S hd but 34 804. git is claimed hy the Mdvnca'e of adiucision as a Slate thatbe baa now KM.000.'' The shipments tram Chic-mo lat year wtjtr: Fluor. 1.27 574 btrrels; wheat, 17 505,419 bushels; oats, 12,151,24.7 buaa- o G o O O O