G G O o crt r G O o 0 o o . O OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MACRII 28, 1873, VOL. 7. NO. 22. If 12 1 I II' i ii iti ii r. sj fii I 11 7 o o THE EHTERPRSSE. A LOCAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER q P O It T II K Farmrr, Business )lan, & Family Circle. ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY. EDITOR A XI) PUD LIS HER. OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CLACKAMAS CO. OFFICE In Dr. Thesslng's F.rick, next tloor to John Myers' store, tip-stairs. TcriiH of .Subscription i Single Copy nc Year, In Advance " Six Months " " 1.5;) Terms of Advertising Transient advertisements, including all legal notices, 7? square of twelve line one week 5 2.-ri) For earn subsequent insertion.- l.'Ht )ite Coin in ii, one year 1'JO.tHI i,ir " tin.iH) quarter" " " - "".'' Business Card. 1 square, one year 12.0!) F. BARCLAY, Kl. Ft C. 5. Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. II. R. Co. Thirty-It ve Yours Eijxrii'nce, rRAfTiriXG PiU.SlTIAN AM) SURGEON. Main Street, Oregon City. J. W. MORRIS, M. D.f ( LATK OF ILLINOIS.) niVSKTAX A.D Sl'RGEOX, o o i: i: a o -V c t y, o it a a o .v. Will r -sponil promptly to calls during eit her day or niirht. tiliee at Ward's Drugstore. Can be found at the ;iiir House at night. febHin.r V. H. WATKSMS, Wis D., PORTLAND, OREGON. tn tFFH'F. Odd Fellow's Templo.corner First and Alder str uts. Residence corner of Main and Seventh streets. Drs. Welch A: Thompson, DEfJTlSTS. B"( mi,-. In Odd Fellows Tern 111', corner of First, and Alder streets. Portland. Toe patronage of thos" desiring superior ojM-rations is in sp-cial request. Nitrous -oii(e tor the p-iinless extraetion of teeth. ' Art illeial teeth " in-tt er t hau the bc&t," and Hch":ii as the cheapest.. Will be in Oregon t'ltv on Saturday. Nov. i:tf t. IIl'KI.AT. CIIAS. K. WARKKX. . H 'JUL AT & VfARREF Attorneys-at-Law, OREGON CITY, - - OREGON. X"OFFI"B('"harmans brick. Main st. q "marl"7J :tf. jos-irjsors a ehccown ATTORNEYS AM) COL'NSELORS AT-LAW. Oroson City, Oregon- ajTWill practice in all the Courts of the State, jsjueial attention given to cages in the 1.'. S. l,and Mire at Oregon City. oaprIN7'-U. ATTORriEY-AT-LAV, ORKCOX cm' : : OREGOX. OFF It Street. E Over Pope's Tin Store lmarT-5-tf. Main A. F. FORBES, A T T O li N i : Y A T I. A Y . OT-Offiee No. 13, Dekum's Ruilding, Port land, regon. 7niarlS73-tf. J. T. APPERSON, OFFICE IN rosTOFFICE DUII.DINCJ. 1 Ti'nili'K, Clnrkaiiini County Or- "its unit Oregon t'jty Orders BOUGHT AND SOLD. NOTARY PU3LIC. Iy:ns negotiated, Collect ions attended t, and a Uein-ral Ilrokeag.- business carried 0,- Jani.it r. V. 11. HKS1IFIELD. e4tnll4heI since ' !, at the oltl stand. 31:iin Strvvt, Oivson City, Oregon. O An assortment of Wathes, Jewel- r .auo etti i nomas' v, eiht flocks . ! 1 t" v.lit..li .. i ... l i . ' m- t nau uuieu to ue a.S represented. RVKepairing done on short notice, and thankful lor pat patronage. J011X 31. 1UC0N, IMPtvitTEI AND IEAT.En in liwks, stai ionery, Perfum ery. tc. etc. Orrgon City, Oregon. O tt"At Charrnan A Warner's old stand, lately occupied by S. Ackenian, Main St. A. NOLTNER NOTARY PUI5LIC. o ENTERPRISE OFFICE. OltEGOX CITV. For the very lvst photographs, goto Drad ly A ltulotson's Galery without STAIIi Acvn4 In tUe Elevator, li) Montgomery r-ereet, San Francisco, California. mm A Pulpit Review of the Credit Mobi! icr Scandal. A SERMON BY REV. LAIRD COLLIER. Our National MortilWntion. From the Chicago Tribune. Thv princes ar fonijiaiiious of thieves; cVeiv one loveth gilts, ami followeth sifter rewards. Isaiah, 1 : xxiii. I come to the consideration of this matter of Congressional corruption, of conspicuous names which stand perjured before the country, with a personal and patriotic mortiiieation which I have no words to vindicate certainly no words to express. I have no wish to increase a morbid hunger that feeds upon tales of scan dal, or that depraved temper which finds a cloak for one's own moral de tection in the exposure of another's or to stimulate self-righteousness, which usually has blatant or hidden satisfaction in the downfall or mis fortune of one's fellows, and which gives occasion for the Pharisee to say, "See, 'I am holier than thou. Every American should rise above partisan affiliations and considerations in the very words and tones of voice brought to the discussion -of this se rious pass into which the nation is brought, and with moral earnestness of spirit, and discretion and sedate ness of speech, set to work to make plain the verdict of the popular con science, and give pledge to one an other, as citizens of a proud nation, that the escutcheon so recently soil ed bv the names of princes who have "sought gifts, "" followed after re wards," and -'became the companion of thieves," shall be made pure and unsullied, as of old tiling And let the speediness, unhesitancy and com pleteness with which we perforin the duty be the assurance to the nations of the world and that America has a moral sense, purpose, and executive- ness which conceals no wickedness of those high in place, but remands them to spheres where less harm can 1m; wrought and their names to the censure and judicial punishment they merit. And WHAT MORE FITTING OCCASION could be given a minister of Christ to teach and impress a lesson of religion? Let the rulers hear the word of the Lord, and the people give ear unto the law of God: "Wash ye, make ye clean: put awav me evil oi oui uu ing." It is nothing that corruption has characterized other times, and rulers and legislators have been dragged to the earth and made to wallow in its mire by bribery, and perlidity, and peculations; it is nothing that luxury has been the demon which lias over borne the consciences of Senators and Judges in Greek and lioman times, and that what we call worldi ness, and what we know to be greed of gold, has destroyed the reputa tions and usefulness, and clouded in shame names otherwise luminous in the annals of England: it is NOTHING IX EXTENUATION or palliation ot tins incoming trie ot corruption, and tins sweepm away of honorable names into a his tory of infamy unparallelled in bar- banc or Christian time, lhe good name of the nation is certainly cast down, but Ave are not in despair These investigations demanded and now going on are the process of clear ing away the under brush it is purg ing the dross lrom the silver, lrm it is a high marching of moral fates over the names of men hereto fore held high in the esteem of their fellows; the moral and inevitable fatt of wromr-dointr has sneedilv and be times overtaken the wrong-doers The nation is not lacking in yriCK AND SENSITIVE lTltLIC CON" SCIENCE. It is a splendid spectacle to see the whole people aroused and indignant w illimr to have iustice done to the accused, determined iustice shal be done the Government. Thoug names have been enshrined in our hearts, thev shall be cast from us, until, by repentance and confession full and imblie as the exposure, tliev shall make them worthy to be taken 1 ack The whole nation is not morally stupelied and benumbed. WE HAVE NOT ALL, GONE TO SLEEP, nursed to indifference bv a vitiatct and stilling atmosphere. We have not all become lovers of pleasure more than CJod. Some whom we supposed were serving the Lord wo have found out were all the time wor shi))ing Mammon. And the CJod whom thev serve is powerless to save them now in the time of their dire need and extremitv The details of these Congressional investigations, I must assume, you are all familiar with, lhat it was morally wrong and particularly harm fill and disparaging for Congress men to bnv. and hold, and receive enormous dividends upon the Cred it Mobilier stocks, that it was known to be wrong, and that it was an ac eusing spectre in the consciences of Senators and lietreseutatives who bought and handled them, is clearly shown by the fact of persistent con cealmenf, and then comes the addet sin of lying, one of the vilest am most inexcusable of all sms, concern ing an oi which. Jlnricrs llccAv, "H journal of civilization," the emi nently charitable cartoons of which you must remember, savs: "There is a painful feeling that the gentle men implicated have strangely pre aiicaieu, ii notumg more. it is not left for .us to determine the orig inal morality and wrongfulness of the transaction. the periurv. to keep it concealed, tell terribly enough w hat the men engaged in it themselves thought of it. I need not recite THE CATALOG UE OF NAMES IMPLICATED Indeed, a sermon should always aim at impersonality, but certain names are representative, stand for move ments and causes, and to begin at te leginning, Mr. Senator Nve ' could not say to Vice President Col fax what he is reporte'd to have said to Mr. Senator Patterson, that if he j wished to get out a patent fool he should deposit him in the Patent Of fice for his model. Those who have known Mr. Colfax best have never mistaken him for a fool. No man in America ever played a small card better or on less capital did a larger business. He was fortunate in being a citizen of Indiana, which, if with out great repute for enlightenment, has extended renown for religion. That he was a suitable man to repre sent his State, Indiana has verily be lieved. When publicly accused of being a party to the Pacific Bailroad job, we all understand that these are the ex act words of his full, Mat, explicit, and, for the time, efficient denial: "Neither Oakes Ames nor any other person ever gave or offered to give me one share, or twenty shares, or two thousand shares, in the Credit Mobilier or any other railroad stock; and unfortunately I have never re ceived or seen the value of a farthing out of the 270 per cent, dividends, nor the S0() per cent, dividends, in cash, stock, and bonds you have read about every day for the past month nor 100 per cent, nor 1 per cent, nor one-tenth of 1 per cent. IIOW riTIAULE, HOW .SOLEMNLY SAD, this asseveration in the light of these recent investigations, testimonies and confessions! And what does Mr. Colfax mean when he asks for "a suspension of public opinion?" This is a solecism. Opinions are not passive, but active; cannot be kept in abeyance or held in suspense. And the public are de cidedly of the opinion that a lie has been told and sworn to. I o wart I this man who has been honored be- ond his due measurement and mer it by Iris countrymen, words of con sun? have not 1 leenunmixed with both haritv ahd scantiness. Indeed, it i - t i i 1 ' is verv nam ior our v esiern, p radi al perpendicular texture of thought o accuse men oi Hypocrisy. ,ur. toi ax lias set great store bv the ethic due of rhetoric. It is reported that within, a few davs, lie sent his card o a friend bearing the following in- ription: "Your sorrowful but truthful friend, Schuyler Colfax, which has in it a touch of tenderness it is really pathetic. It is no new thing, seeking a temperance meeting in lialtimore as a httmg occasion for Mr. Colfax to make public proclama tion of the fact that he desired "to stand ritrht in tlte sight of God. This goodv-goodish SPONGE CAKE SOJIT OF RELIGION ;as been stock in trade which lias him p.eavlv as large dividends paid as his Credit Mobilier stock. I hate a man who will kick a dead dog. and had I not said these things of Mr. Colfax years ago, and publish ed them. 1 should consider 1 had no right to sav them now. . Hut I have dwavs had cosiderable svmpathv with the men who might be more saintly were thev not in righteous dread of being more hypocritical. I hope for the purification of Con gress by this strange providence of huddling together all these conspic uously Christian men the rhri-l'mn-statesman pur e.rrrlhjni Patterson, Colfax, Pomeroy, Harlan, as the chief sinners, and this hope has serious foundation, in the faith that insincer ity histrionic religion, dramatic piety is the most heinous sin against both man and God. TI1EP.E ALE CIIIJISTIAX STATESMEN at Washington, and thank God for them, who carry no placard around with them, who do not their alms before men, who say not their pray ers in the market j daces to be seen of men, but who put their convic tionsinto the measures they advocate and their piety into their votes. And now listen to these line rhet orical words which must go with out comment, for comment is neod- less and would be only the suggester -of Mr. Sen- of painful memories ator Patterson: " Of this outrage done to the fair fame of men who have lived without reproach for half a century, by driv ing them into the gaze of the public with a scourge of epithets which should be laid upon the lowest crim inal with caution; of the torture in Uicted upon men sensitive of their good names by subjecting them to legislative inquisition without suffi cient reason, I may take occasion to speak elsewhere; but here I close, simply remarking, if such things are to continue, all decent men will leave public life as I do with pleas ure, and not with regret." From an officer of this great rail road, built by the Government that is, by your money and mine, but owned neither by the Government nor ourselves. Mr. Senator Harlan received 10,000 for electioneering purposes, when ho himself was a can didate for re-election. And finally comes the political scandal of 3.000 given into the hands of llepresentative York, of the Legislature of Kansas, to secure the re-election of Samuel C. Pomeroy to Congress. How pertinent ME. HAP.LAN'S HOMILY, and yon know he knows how to preach, for this was his profession for years. This is his sermon ; " The expenditure of money at elections is a growing evil. The apology for using it on one side is that it is done on the other, and the peril grows out of the fact that it is often handled by unscrupulous agents, who make a use of it not contemplat ed by those who furnish it. A pub lic sentiment that will make it peril ous to a candidate to allow the ex penditure of money to influence elections, without restricting its uses within clearly prescribed limits, is one that needs strengthening bv all the arguments our lest men and purest journals can adduce." Mr. Harlan is now the editor of a Washington newspaper, and this he uses to give savor of sweetness to the name of Pomeroy: " We are utterly at a loss to ac count for such a representation of Mr. Pomeroy. Those who know him intimately and well, believe him to be one of the truest and purest of public men, as they knew him to bo one of the most generous. His bene factions have made hundreds of wor thv families rejoice. Those who ought to know him thoroughly re gard him as singularly unselfish, caring only for money as be can use it, not to aggrandize himself, but' to accomplish some good." I shall waive all witicisms about how he made his money, and how he did care to use it and accomplish some good with $S,000 of it. That Mr. Ames is THE CHIEF OF SIXXEKS, if we only allude to orUjinal sui, I admit. That Mr. Wilson, Vice President elect, was "born in obscurity and reared in poverty," is not to the point. That many names of lesser note are involved and must pass into a dark chapter of the history of Feder al legislation, is painfully true. Our national Congress in many ways is of higher quality than in the days we deem its palmiest. There is broader intelligence, liner average culture, less profanity, intemperance and debauchery ; but these last are not the besetting sins of Congress men now-a-days. Thev have become " the champions of thieves; every one loveth gifts avd followtth after rewards." I take to mv heart deep pain and unaffected sorrow that the names I have been compelled to mention in order to give delinitencss to my discourse, are all identified with the interests and worship of the Chris tian Church. THE CHURCH CAXNOT RE P.LAMED by individual infidelity and disloyal tv. I trust these men are none the worse by reason of their relations to the Church. I have no sympathy with the tlippant allusions of some newspaper items which scoff at their religious professions. I shall never cease to feel the truth of Sir llobert Peel's admonition: "It is not pru dent, as a rule, to trust yourself to any man who tells you that he does not believe in a God or a future after death." Heligion and the Church, which outwardly stands for it, have for their aim to make men better, and I do not believe that they ever made a man "worse. There are base' coin and counterfeits, but m small pro portion everywhere to the genuine; and it is only by reason of the gen uine that the base and false have any current value whatever. We have detected the ostensible and paraded religion of these men to be not of the true, but false. And TO CURE THESE EVILS of our time, the greed of gold, the worship of Mammon, corruption, bribery, peculations and perlidy, I have no short cut, no new patent, Only the old time sovereign remedy can I suggest and earnestly inculcate imliriiliHtl ifi''r,'f. Lo our youth hold it as a first and last principle of lne that integrity is better than place, that honesty is better than riches? We must begin at home witli ourselves and our children not with conventions and their train ing, their bending and holv binding to the standard of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Character, splendid character, must be set before the people as THE ONE CRITERION OF WORTH, not wealth, not conspicuous. What nave these men gained? It were better their names had never heen upon the lips of supercilious and ob sequious votaries, than that now thev should lio fiili.,l in tlio d should be folded in the dark clouds of bribery, or even suspicion nd we are come to a time when m choosing our rulers and legislators, we must choose between personal worth and party fealty. So great was the disinclination of the great Pericles to the receiving of gifts, so utter his contempt for riches, that though the means of raising Athens to be the richest and most flourish ing of the Grecian States, he added not a single coin to the estate he in herited from his father. WE MUST SEEK Rl'LEIIS who are possessed of the spirit of the Egyptian King, who said he could better afford to make his subjects rich than be rich himself Let us instil that splendid antique personal self-respect which eharat terized Seneca when he defiantly said to the tvraut Nero: "I had rather offend you by speaking the truth than please you by lying and liat- terry. I am persuaded that Congress wiil do its duty the people must see to it. This is our Xation proud we are and ought to be of it; it is the freest on the earth, and we are the freest and best favored people. The nations of the world already know of our painful mortiiieation. The sec ond officer of the nation has come to trial lefore the conscience of the na tion,' and must before its judicial tribunal. We .isk not for severe punishment, nor for any punishment only an ademiate treatment of al these names which shall demonstrate the inliexil.de integrity of the nation And, my friends, LET US SEARCH OUR OWN HEARTS. Have wo ever, in these hearts set a price upon our own virtue and lion i ,f nat nstv TT.,,-- lirnn iust in w is least? vi.i T could make plain to every individual whom x a o- dress-to every young mai ing and starting f " C that place, and conspiciiousness, . . T--i and wealth, and selfish ambition have to pay great penalty, and afford no satisfying peace to the soul. Only a conscience at rest, only duty osten tatiously performed, only reliance upon God, and His approval, can send into our souls the angel of peace, there to fold his wings and abide. The world and the fashion therof passeth away, Oh! how soon and how suddenly, yes it is like the morning dew. Dut God, and char acter and love endure forever. Ilev erently let us commit ourselves to Heaven's guidance. Manfully let us beat back the tempter, till we" are se cure in the all-atoning sense of strong assured character. Truly, like Cod let us love and help one another. And humbly walking the path of duty the flowers of beauty and peace shall spring up, greet, and bless us on the way. I'oor Little Stephen C'irard. RY MAPI" TWAIN. The man lives in Philadelphia, who when young and poor, entered a bank, and says he, "Please, sir, don't you want a boy?" And the stately personage said, "No, little bov, I don.t wan't a little boy." The little boy, whose heart was too full for utterance, chewing a piece of licorice stick he had bought with a cent he had stolen from his good and pious aunt, with sobs plainly audible, and with great globules of water rolling down his cheeks, glid ed silently down the marble steps of the bank. IJending his noble form, the bank man dodged behind a door for he thought the little boy was going to shy a stone at him. I3ut the boy picked up something and stuck it in bis poor but ragged jack et. " Come, here, little boy," and the little boy did come here; and the bank man said, "Lo, what pickest thou up?" And he answered and re plied, " A pin." And the bank man said, How do you vote? excuse me, do you go to Sunday-school?" and he said lie did. Then the bank man took down a pen made of pure gold, and How ing with pure ink, and he wrote on a piece of paper, " St. Peter," and he asked the little boy what it stood for, and he said "Salt Peter." Then the bank man said it meant " Saint Peter." The little bov said"Oh!" Then the bank man took, the lit lie boy to his bosom, and the little boy said "Oh!" again, for he squeezed him. Then the bank man took tin little boy into partnership, and gave him half the proiits and all the cap ital, ami he married the bank man's daughter; and now all he has is all his, and Jill his own, too. STORY OF ANOTHER GOOD LITTLE ROY. My uncle told me this story, and I spent six weeks picking up pins in front of a bank. 1 expected the bank man would call me in and say, "Little boy, are you good ?" and I was going to say, " Yes;" and when he asked me what "St. John" stood for, I was going to say "Salt John."' But I guess the bank man wasn't anxious to have a partner, and I guess the daughter was a son, for one day says he to hie, "Little boy, what's that you're picking up?" Says I, awful meekly, "Pins." Says he, "Let's see 'em. And he took 'em, and I took oil' my cap, all ready to go in the bank and become a partner, and marry his daughter. But I didn't get "any invitation. lie said, "Those pins belong to the bank, and if I catch you hanging around here any more I'll set the dog on you!" Then I left, and the mean old cuss kept the pins. Such is life as I find it. A Jacksoxiax Peroration. A correspondent gives the Hopkins ville, Ky., X:nr Em the following as a speech' made by General Jackson, when he was yet a poor backwoods lawyer in Tennessee, and unknown to fame: "He was employed to prose cute a negro for the murder of an other in a tit of jealousy, and in his speech to the jury was the following paragraph: "No more shall the voice of the poor murdered man be heard in the songs of the merry corn huskings. No more shall he pluck the siiowv cotion ball. No more oi.oii tiw. "forests resound with the echoes of his hunting ln" 1o-"s lie chased the horn as with 'possom and the coon. No more shall his nimble feet keep time to the music of the banjo as he patted juba and cut the pigeon wing. That voice, once so iovful is now hushed in death. Ihose J . -i ... . rtn.I , .c.iiico so ague are imm "K''1"1"1 strll. His body now lies upon i.t .".i- ,,-Ti...l turf, with his bip the toe pointing up to the blue arched vault of Haven." Not Maggie's Fault. An Irish man who had just landed went to see his sister, who was married to a Yankee. The couple lived very hap- ;i,. fre'ct her ami wnen iai ii.,r ntleman took him over hi: plaee'to show it to him. Pat evidence of prosperity, said at to the his brother-in-law: "Begorra, vou are very happy here, with this fine property to live on; me sister had good luck, intirely, so she hed, in getting you for a hus band." " Vh yes, " responded the marr ied man, "vc would be happy but for one thing." "And what's that?" asked Pat. "Ah Pat," returned the gentleman, " I am sorry to say that we have no children." "No children!" exclaimed Pat; " thin, begorra, i'ts not me sister Maggie's fault, for she had two before 1 she left Ireland, and that's the ravson , , ,i a. i. ... i i m" me lamer sini ner 10 America i . , j ;-ome oiu anuv ouiions. useu as r, 1 1 v..ii T , lavthi h a ;ahy iu Io 1roVcd to be hollow, with a five dollar green i back folded in each. l'arajrrams. Sweet home A beehive. " Safety-Matches. " Love-match- es. Handy book-markers Dirty fing- ers. Always driving things A hammer. The Bone of Contention. The jaw bone. A Man of Low Extractions. A cheap dentist. "When is a mother a father? "When she's a sigher (sire). The right of weigh What we don't get at many shops. Can a man be said to pay as he goes if he sleeps on tick? Why is a thriving tradesman like ice? Because he is solvent. A Legitimate inference That a dentist's office is a drawing-room. To Find a Good Book-keeper. Ap- ply at any circulating library. Why is an infant like a diamond? Because it is a dear little thing. A woman who tells fortunes from a teacup is not necessarily a sauceress. When is a lady like a show-window? When she takes great pains with her sash. A punster challenged a sick man's vote at the city election on the ground that ho was an ill legal voter. The total numl er of deaths in New" York last year was 02,047, an increase of o,071 on the mortality of 1S71. Hard work is the price asked for success, and it can be purchased with no other kind of currency. A Buffalo paiter announces that bv the recent burning of an ice house there. 200.1 mrj tons of ice were re duced to ashes. A man had an aching tooth, and had it pulled out. He savs he forgot the pain directly it was out of his head. What is the difference between carpenter and a flower merchant? None whatever; thev are both floor ists. The man who ate his dinner with the fork of a river has sprained his foot while attempting to spin a moun tain top. A seaport paper tells of a skipper who thinks it curious that such a little thing as his barometer "should in lluence the weather." A Becent won, on gardening is called "The Six of Spades." "The Hake's Progress " would not be an inappropriate title for a sequel. A trifle from the British Associa tion (). What is the difference be tween fixed stars and shooting stars? A. The one are suns; the other dart ers. A would be suicide in Maine is go ing to sue the apothecary who sold him arrowroot instead of arsenic for obtaining money under false pretens es. The gentleman so often spoken of in novels, who rivited jteople with his gaze, has obtained employment in a boiler-manufactory, with extra par, ou account of his peculiar facul ty."' I-.ecept For Making a How. Walk along the pavement of a crowed thor oughfare with a ladder on your shoulder, and turn round every two minutes to see if any body is making faces at you. Somebody inquiring at the Spring field, 111., Post Office for a letter for Mike Howe received the gruff answer that there was no letter there for any body's cow. A cheerful giver put the following note in a pair of pantaloons sent to the Michigan sufferers: "There now take 'em. " Last pair I've got. Don't get burnt out again." "Mamma, a brooklet means a little brook, doesn't it, and an eaglet a lit tle eagle?" Yes, my darling.' 'Then ma. does an eyelet mean a little eye, and hamlet a little ham?" "Six feet in his boots!" exclaimed Mrs. Beeswax. "What will the im pudence of this world come to, I wonder? Why, they might as avoII tell me that the man had six heads in his hat." Mary McArdle lately died in Feng hal, Ireland, at the age of 115 years. Her strong point was she worked with the reapers last harvest, and kept up with a frisky youth of 77. Hazardous! Husband: "If cook isn't punctual to-day, love, give her blow- her up well!' Wife, My dear Charles! Well, will you come and stand ltehind the door with your life preserver?" In response to an inquiry of a sci entific publication; "Whence comes fleas?" a western journal says it does not care a pickle, but would like to know where in thunder they go to when you look for them. Bus, a kiss; rebus, kiss again; plur ibus, to kiss irrespective of sex; syl dabus, to kiss the hand instead of Hie lips; blunderbus, to kiss the wrong person; omnibus, to kiss all promis cuously4, erebus, to kiss in the dark. As soon as the House passes the appropriation bill of 50,000 for the issue of the new postal cards the Post master General will immediately commence work upon them, and issue them as soon as possible. The extraordinary demand for iron and coal is causing the development of new sources of supply in Lurope Lngland now draws on Spain and Ireland for iron ore, while new coal mines have been opened in the latter count rv. What an Did Man has Noticed. I have noticed that all men aro lonest wdien well watched. I have noticed that pulses will hold pennies as well as pounds. 1 have noticed that merits is always measured in the world by it's success. j. nave noticed mat in nearly an things money is the main object in view. O O I have noticed that in order to bo a reasonable creature it is necessary at times to be downright mad. I have noticed that some men aro so honest that necessitv compels them to be dishonestcin the end. I have noticed that silks, broail cloths and jewels are often bought with other people's money. I liave noticed that whatever is right, with a few exceptions the eft eve, the left leg, Qind the left side of a plum pudding. I have noticed that the prayer oi every selfish man is " Forgive us our debts, while he makes everbody who owes him pay to the utmost far thing. I have noticed that he who thinKs every man a rogue is very certain to see one when he shaves himself, arfil io ought, in mercy to his neighbor, to surrender the rascal to justice. I have noticed that money is the foil's wisdom, the knave's reputation, the poor man's desire, the covetous man's ambition, ami the idol of all. I have noticed that all men speak well of all men's virtue's when they arc dead, and that tombstones are marked with epitaphs of the good and virturtus. Is there anv particu lar cemetrv where the bad men aro buried. O Political Sermons. Some yean since, a suostanuai iarmer in tiio State, who was a Federalist, had a servant man who was a violent Dem ocrat. The farmer went to attend church himself, tried hard to prevail upon his servant to do the same. But in vain. He persisted m spend ing his Sabbaths at home. On IteingO asked why he was so opposed to go ing to church, his answer was, "Be cause the parson is forever preaching i;.;..,. " The farmer, thinking that the ar gument would be overcome if he could only once get his servant to hear his minister, hired him n a certain Sabbath morning to go. On returning home, the servant said: "There, it was just as, I told you it would bo; all politics, from beginning to end." Ow "No,' said the farmer, "not so, there was not a word of 2olitics in the whole discourse." "Yes, said the servant "there was the text "was tolitics. "Why, what was it?" said the farm er. "This," said the servant ;" 'If the Federalists scarcely be saved, where will the cursed Democrats appear?'" "No, it was-not, was the reply. "On the contrary, it-was "If ;the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and oinner ap 2ear?" "I know it, watf the answer, but, darn him I knew what he meant!" The following article from the New York Stu will give an idea of tho condition of some of the women of that citV: working Margaret McMahon. a scamstress. was arrested in Brooklyn vesterdav. on complaint of Miss Phillips, of 3H8 Fifth avenue, who charged that she had stolen and pawned a quantity of clothing which had been given her to make Tip. Miss Phillips takes contracts from a New York clothing house for making garments, and lets the work out in Brooklyn. At the trial yesterday it transpired that Margaret McMahon had taken clothing home to finish at the follow ing rates: Four pairs of pantaloons price to be paid, seventeen cents ; twelve pairs drawers, fifty cents; twenty-one pairs drawers, one dollar; six shirts, twenty-five cents. " Yes, I pawned the pantaloons," she said, " to keep my family from starving. Miss Phillips refused to pay me lor what 1 had done because I did not finish the work as soon as she wanted me to. I got 2 for them." Justice Mai ten "How long were you making tho articles you have mentioned?" Prisoner "Nearlv a week, work ing night and dav." Justice (to Miss Phillips) " You will pay this woman for her work im mediately." (to prisoner) "You. are discharged." Mrs. McMahon was accompanied in Court by her four children-,, the oldest being eight years old. A Mystery. Two darkies had bought a piece of pork, and Sam, having no place to put his in, trust ed the whole to" Julius's keeping. Next morning they met, when Julius said: " A most strange thing happened at my house last --night, Ssmi- All mystery to me. " "Ah, Julius, what was dat?"' "well, Sam, this mornin' I went down into the cellar to get a piece of pork for breakfast, and I put my hand down into the brine, and felt all round, but no pork dere all gone couhl'nt tell what be went with it; so I turned upOde barrel, and Sam, as true as preuchinpde rats eat a hole clear fru de bottom ob de barrel, arid de dragged pork all out." "Why did'nt de brine run out of de hole" " Ah, Sam, dat is de mys tery." Chief Justice Chase is represented as having changed from the hand some, smooth-faced, portly man of the past, to a tall, heavy, thin roan, with a yellow beard. His mind is clear, but his voice is weak and the? thin lips quiver from parlysis. Hd is the ghost of his former self.