Image provided by: Oregon City Public Library; Oregon City, OR
About Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1871-188? | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1874)
O o o O o O 3 VOL. S. O REG ON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAKCH 27. 1874. NO. 22. IP lift fit o THE ENTERPRISE. . A LOCAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER P O It THE Farji:r, Busiiu'ss 3Ian, k Family Circle. ISSL'ETJ KVERY FRIDAY. - .a. . o wr jxi: r , EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. OFFICIAL PAPER FOS CLACKAMAS CO. OFFICE In Dr. Thessin's Brick, next doer to Juha Myers' store, up-stairs. Term of Subscription t Sin le Copy One Year, In Advance $2."0 " Six Months " " 1.50 Terms of Alvertl-dii;: Transient advertisements, ineluiin a;l lal imtics, square ol twelve liies o:i' week 5 2.50 Vor aeh subs tient insertion l.oa Onr Col;i:nn, on. year 12i.m Hi;i' ' ' " liU.IKJ Quarter" " '- '.) Business Card, I square, one year J! U S I -V K S S C A li D .sr. .T. W. MOliltIS, M'. O., I'll VSIt'IAN AXI) Sl'RGKOX, O 11 li O O A C I T Y, O It H ii O A'. ft'.-Oine Uje.Stairs in Charinan's Brick, Ma n Street. aulUf. W. II. WATKJNS, f1. D. 5iiii3oii. PO ST LAND, OlEGOFi. nrol'ni 'i'.-Oil, I l-'t -1 low's Tel lipl.-.eoruor Firs?- and AM t struts. K sid,.iicu corner of .Main and Seventh str -. ts. Di'.s. Welch tV Thompson, DENTISTS, OKKIi'K IN" 0 J) I) F E L L O TE M E L E, ,ra r of First a;l AM-r Str.-ts, IOIC VI. .i iK7"Vill '- in i ir-gon City on Saturdays. J i v. o :I I B. II t'F.t T. CIIAS. K. Vv'.MinKN-. H U E L AT &VARRc N Attorneys-at-Lavv, 0AE30?i CITY, - - 0?.t?CW. O-T-OFI'ICi: CU:irin;n"s brick, Main st. ":iarlsT-iAf. J O H 72 3 O o Pa! c C- D V il ATTORNEYS AMI COUNSELORS AT-LWV. Oraan City, Oregon. J- Will nr-ict -: in all the Court of t!ie Stt S..ei:il litt-Titioa iriv -n i cas -s in tho U. S. l.aud ):lie - at Or. ;,'! C ity. .iaprlS7tl'. JL,. T. BAItIN, ATTOr? :i E Y-AT-LAVl', OllEGOX CITY, : : OREGOX. OFFICE Over Tope's Tin Storf. Main street. Jlmar7J-tf. J. T. APPHRSOW, orncK ix rosroFFiCK r.un.Dixc:. Lc jal Trmlcrt, ( lnckiimin Comity Or iler.H. and Orr'im t ity Orders B0TJ3HT AND SOLD. rT OTA UY 1 ri 15 C. Loans n.-otiated, CoI!"et wns att.-nded to. find a U.noral r.r..k a;.- busiir-ss carried on. janiitl. A. NOLTNER N 0 T A U Y P U P L I C. ENTERPRISE OFFICE. oiii:r;ox cn v. W. II. llKilLI 1ELD. Ka(ublishd since ' V.K ut Hie old stand. Main Strrrt, Orson l it y. Orison. fan An assort meiit oi ai nes, .i ewei- .-c-a. I Tlw c V,.i . t l'l,uL-c all ot wliich arc warranted to be as rvnrcs.Mitd. iItep:iirin done on short notice, and hankful tor past patronage. A. C. WALLINC'S PIONEER BOOK BINDERY. Pillock' IJuildinir Corner of Stark jii1 Front Slrcets. PORTLAND, OREGON. IUVXIC BOOKS TU'I.KP AND ROUND y to anv iesir.-d pattern. Music books, lb.azines, Newspap-rs. etc., bound in ev trv"varietv of stvie known to the tirade. Order from the n untry promptly at tended to. OREGON CITY BREWERY. JXHenry llumbol, k- til - . -' w - ' .... lr tvivd wnnn s. ry wishes to inform the juiblic that lie is now prepared to manufacture a No. 1 qual ity of L A O BR BEER, as ,;ood as can be obtained anywhere in the .tate. Orders solicited and proiuptjy fllled. HEW YORK HOTEL (Deutfches Gafthaus.) No. 17 Front Street, Opposite the Mail Steamship Landing, PORTLAND, OREGOX. H.ROTIIFOS, J. J. TOKENS, Proprietors. Roird Week Board w'eck with Lod jing $5.00 6.00 l.no 0 t My Game at Chess. Oil, yes! I understand vou, now, r You ask me Ii3', Jehu, That cloud uoii my Lrow : That brightness ikd and gone. Ah, well I to you I'll unfold The mystery that darkly irrew O'er in v mind", so lon: untold ields to friendship true. It's just three weeks and a day, That ha.s passed silentlv bv .Since we met; a lady, fair and gav? No, tlie old man aiid I. And as acquaintance slowlv advance In tones blandly and taiiie, lie counselled nn; to take a chance At that old, old game. And the gatno I anxiously began, And gazed upon my victim' "With the careless expression of one That is sure to win. I paraded my castles and horses fine with pawns here and there be tween ; And with bishop solemn and divine, I sought to capture his queen. lhital ts! for anticipation bright, In some dark mysteii. us way, lie quickly put my horses to flight; And my castles lost in the allray. A few more elYbrrs, strong and wild, My lost ower to regain; And my queen and bihop mild, Were" numbered with the slain. Then rm- mind trembled to and fro, And tilled my soul with regret To bear that low, painful echo Of: "dat ish check mit!" (jRK.vsrrwoou. A AY rouged and Deceived Wife The lolly id" writing Io e-Lettcrs. A tired husband went home from his work last night, and taking otF his coat, requested his wife to mend a rent in the sleeve, then sank upon a sofa, behind the evening paper. Wife-like she dived into the pockets. From tho inside pocket she drew forth a letter, directed, in delicate chirography, to her husband. With darkened brow, she took the suspi cious looking missive from the en velope, stud without noticing the A. " O date, began to read : " IJeaii (ieorok : I am lonely, oh, so lonely, since you left me last Thursday night." " Ah, ha I that was lodge night he told me,'' said thu now thoroughly interested woman, as she glanced viciously at her husband, who ap peared to be just lading asleep. ' Oh, how cau you sleep with the weight of this deep sin upon you? Jlat I'll see what more the brazen huzey has to say, if it kills me." Witli out; hand pressed to her throb bing heart she read on: I know I am foolish, darling, but when you are away there seem to be :i barrier between me and all that is bright and lovely. The sun does not shine half so bright ; the moon is but a white spot in the sky, and the stars stare coldly down when vou are not with me, lord of mv life and heart." Was it for this? was it for thi?" moaned the unhappy wife. " Fortune speed the day when we may bo united in those indissoluble bonds that are sacred in the eyes of Heaven and earth. What mockery ! Does he or she consi ler that his vows made to me are not sacred? What are they going to do with me, anyway, I wonder? Poison, perhaps. Oh, false, false, perfidious man. Oh, wicked, hell ish, designing wanton ! Still the suilering woman read the letter, though each word burned to ashes a thousand hopes and joys ; when we need no more meet clandestines, and tremble in each others embrace. I'd make you tremble, if I had you in my embrace a minute ! " wheu my head nitty be pillowed in safety upon vour breast " " the liendess !" "and your arms twine in loving nressure around me " " Furies !" " and our lips smother tho tender words that would escape between them." " Oh, the sirenic she devil" hissed tho woman as she tried to keep down the boiling rage within her. She crushed the letter in her hands, then threw it upon the lloor and sprang upon it with her heels, as though it were a sn ike, and ground it into the carpet. Then with clinched hands ami compressed lips, she strode rap idly back and forth across the room, ever and anon making a move as if to spring a fury upon her husband who with a paper over his face was apparently sound asleep dreaming perhaps, of the wicked temptress that had come between him and his fund wife. Presently a reaction took place and the wretched woman sank into a chair and found relief in that blessed panacea for female ills a Hood of tears. Grown calmer after awhile, she picked up the rumpled letter, smoothed out the creases and with an air of mingled despair and resig nation looked for the signature. " Your ever loving and devoted, but poor apprehensive" "What's this! Flit-flut tering birdie A-d-a Ada. WT.v, bless me! this is one of my own letters to txeorge. What a fool I" A sound from the sofa, first like escaping steam and then like a car rattling oer the stony street assured her that her ridiculous actions had been witnessed by her husband, burning with shame, the foolish woman Hew into her room and locked herself in, and she is almost as mis erable now as when she felt that she was a wronged and deceived wife The city bells should not toll the tell-tale hours, when they onlv serve to loose the tongues of wakeful wives upon belated husbands. 'Whv my dear, its three o'clock; where on earh have yon been?" "Hang the confounded bells. What's the good of settin one's watch back, so long as the city pays to tell his wife the time of nicht." Selection of Candidates. From the Sale in Mercury. On Wednesday last past; the selec tion of candidates for State officers was made by the Democracy at Al bany. Those wi,o were nominated received that honor because they came up to that standard of efiicien cy aud honesty which is now, as it ought to be, more rigidly exacted bv the people than ever heretofore. The true and earnest reformer does his work of reform as ellicientlv in the ranks of his party, as in a 'separate organization. And in the Conven tion just held the scrutiny into the character of the candidates was as searching, and -the selection as care ful, as any professedly reform party could have debited, and much more so than is likely to be imitated. Al though it is true that local circum stances sometimes go far to justify a departure from party ties, even as events sometimes palliate tho adop tion of lynch law, other means hav ing failed, yet for one successful re form thus achieved, a dozen have been accomplished by the rtforming element working within and purify ing the party. Every honest Demo crat who breaks ranks not only nu merically weakens the party by his defection, but lowers its moral tone by the abstraction of his influence for good. One half of the activity displayed at the proper time by the members of our party within its or ganization, which is shown in get ting up delusive parties which, meaning well and honestly enough, perhaps, tit their inception, almost invariably collapse in failure to de feat every dishonest scheme, displace every unprincitded leader, rectify each inconsiderate step, and keep the party on the highest plane of moral ity and efficiency. Tho errors and crimes of unworthy individual Dem ocrats have been punished most cer tainly by the Democracy. Tweed was brought to justice by the or ganized Democracy of New York. No hope exists of reform from the multitude who control these so-called independent movements. The honest men in them are outnum bered and outgeneraled by those who like the crowd that Hocked to David in the cave of Adullam, join them because they have no where else to go, and tire equally bankrupt in moral and political character. Itiward for a Long Idfu and Cruel Death. Under the above head the San Francisco Ahi truthfully says : "Congress has performed an act which is but a sad commentary upon the value of potriotism and fidelity to orders and duty, as viewed by the eyes of Members of Congress. There was a man in the Army of the United States who had served his country well and faithfully through many a years' campaigning, through wars of civilized nations and of savage tribes. He never failed in the per formance of duty, never turned back from the front of war, nor from the face of an enemy. He had grown old in the service, 'lie was aud always had been a soldier; hence he had been no trailing politician, no specu lator in land, or scrip, or mines, but had contrived to live on the small salary received through years of ser vice in an inferior grade, and has ris en by merit alone to the position of Brigadier General. He was sent to makepeace with the Modoc Indians. He was named with a peace Commis sion to try and negotiate a peace with them." He knew his danger, but also knew his duty, and like a true soldier, whose years of youth and manhood had been given to his coun try, he would not fail her in his old er manhood, although ho well knew the danger of the mission on which he entered. He attempted to do it, and sealed the service with his blood He had accumulated no fortune. His pay was all the fortune he pos sessed On that he lived and sup ported a wife, to whom he was ten derly attached. But when the bul let of the murdering savage crashed through his brain that salary ceased, and she, whom ho had left at the command of his country, was desti tute, her husband slain, while per forming a duty, fulfilling an order which never should have been im posed upon him, because it was not legitimately a part of a soldier's duty. And now, widowed and poor, s me friend on her behalf asks Con gress, in consideration of her wants, and her late husband's faithful ser vices, to grant her some allowance in consideration of Iter necessities and his unselfish and gallant services. And that body, which votes millions for this, that,' and everything, which is ready to squander any amount of millions upon Indian Agents and contractors of all kinds, votes an in significant pittance of fifty dollars a month, only, to the needy widow of the gallant) generous, brave and un selfish General Cauby! . We do not remember ever to have felt more, ashamed of the representatives of our nation than -while reading the telegram announcing this most nig gardly and unworthy specimen of parsimony." N ArFEAii. O, woman! in our hours of case, you know we'll do whateer vou please. We'll promise to renounce the sin of Bourbon, brandy, rum and gin. and go so far as to refrain (except when tempted) from champagne; but have some mercy, do, my aear, au leave'us lager-beer. A California paper says: ' Ineffi cient fish-ladders around mill-dams, tilling the river with saw dust, using seines and grab-hooks, etc., are bad enough, but gtant powder, as a me dium for fish murder, must not be tolerated. All such offenders must be prosecuted." Au. lie Played on a Harp of a Thou sand S'trin'rs." A curious sermon of a hard-shell minister, which appeared in the Brandon (Miss.) lleyhter, and preached July, 1853, at a towfT not far from Brandon: "I may say to you, my brethren, that I am not an edieated man, an' I am not one of them as believes that edication is necessary for a Gospel minister, fur I believe the Lord edu cates his preachers just as he wants 'em to be edieated ; an', although I say it that oughtn't to say it, yet in the State of Injianny, whar I live, thar's no man get's a bigger congre gation nor what I gits., Thur may bo some here to-day, my brethereen, as don't know what persuasion I am uv. Well, I may say to you, my brethereen, that I'm a hvrd-shell Baptiss, but I'd rather heva hard-shell as no shell at all. You see me here to-day, my breth reen, drest up in line close; you mout think I was proud. But I am not proud, my brethreen; and although I've been a preacher uv the Gospel fur tweut year, an' although I'm the captin uv that fiatboat that lays at yure landing, I'm not proud, my brethreen. I'm not a gwine to tell you edzact ly whar my text may be found; suf fice it to say it's in the leds of the Bible, and you'll find it somewhar 'tween the first chapter of the book of Generations and the last chapter of the Book of Involutions; an' cf you'll go an' sarch the Scripturs, you'll not only lind my tex thar-, but a great many other texes as will do you good to read; an' my tex, when you shill find it, you shill find it to read thus: 'An' he played on aharpuv a thou sand strings spirits uv just men made perfoek." My tex, brethreen, leads me to speak with sperit. Now, there's a great many kinds of sperits in the world. In the fust place, thar's the sperits as some folks call ghosts, an' then thar's the sperits of turpentine, and then thar's the sperits as some folks call liquor and I've got as good an article of them kind of spe rits on my fiatboat as ever was fotch ed down tlie Mississippi river: but the tex says: 'He played on a harp of a thousand strings, sperits uv just men made, pcrfeck.' But I'll tell you the kind uv spe rits as is meant in the tex, my breth reen. I'ts fire. That's the kind of sperits as is ment in the tex, my brethreen. Now, thar's a grate many kinds of fire in this world. In the fust place thar's the common sort o' fire, you lit a cigar or pipe with; an' then thar's cam-fire, fire before you are re.ldy, and fall back and tire, and many other kinds of lire; fur the tex says, 'An" he played on a harp uv a thousand strings, sperits uv just men made perfeck.' But I'll tell you the kind uv fire as is mer.t in the tex, my brethreen. It's hell-fire ! An' that's'the kind uv lire a grate many uv you will come to ef you don't do better nor what you hev been a doin; for 'he played on a harp uv a thousand strings sperits uv just men made perfeck.' Now the different sorts of fire in the world may be likened unto the different pursnasions of Christians in the world. In the fust place, we hev the Piskipalians; and they are it high sailiu' aud a hifalntin set; and they may be likened unto a turky buzzerd, that flies up into the air, nn he goes up an' up, until he looks no bigger nor your linger nail, and the fust thing you know he comes down and down, and down, an' is lillin' himself from the carens of a dead horse along side of the road; 'An he played on tho harp uv a thousand strings, sperits uv just men made perfeck.' An' then, thar's tho Methidis; and they may be likened unto the squir rel running up into the tree; for the Methidis believe in gwine from one degree of grace to another, and fina ly on to perfekshun, and the squir rel goes up, and up. and up, and he jumps from lim to lim, and branch to branch, and the fust thing you kdow he falls, and down he cams ko Humnx; and that's like the Methidis, for th'-y always is fallin' from grace; 'An' ho played on a harp ny a thousand strings, sperits uv just men made perfeck." And then, my brethreen, thar's tho Baptis' ah, -an' they hev been li kened unto a possom on a 'sinimon tree, and the thunders may roll, and the earth may quake, but that pos sum clings thar' still! ah. An' you mav shake one foot loose, an' he laps his"taii round the lim' and he clings forever; for 'He played on a harp uv a thousand strings, spirits of just men made perfeck." a A FUEIOUTAXD FAKEBrLLIN- IoW V. Both Houses of the Iowa Legisla ture have passed the railroad bill, which originated in the Senate, by a vote of ninety-two to four. It di vides the roads of the State into f out classes, and acts directly, without the intervention of a board of Com missioners, as in Illinois, the rates that may be charged in eacli class for freight and passengers. These rates are three cents, three and one half, and four cents, respectively, for passengers. A fund of 510,000 is placed in the Governor's hands to defray the expenses of prosecuting railroads that infringe on the. law. When damages are sustained by any one, he may receive five times their amount. The rates for freight are fixed at a low point, but tho exact figures are not stateth In San Francisco there are fifteen Masonic Lodges, with a membership of 2,123. A San Diego, Cab, paper speaks of there being camelias in bloom in the open air in that city, and an nounces that it is a sight. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RF.RKTTLEY. CALIFORNIA. The Tariff Qtiestion. An exchange truthfully says that at present the agricultural districts of the United States, and notably in the Western States, there is a loud outcry against the railroad companies for their "high charges for carrying produce to market. The arraign ment of the companies is just. Ow ing to the high freights charged, farmers reap little or no profits from their crops. Freights should be re duced so that the receipts would barely cover the cost of operat ing the road, keep them in re pair, and pay a moderate interest on the actual cost of their construction. Anything beyond this is a robbery of the producers. But while the farmers are demanding, and justly too. a reduction in the rate of freights so that the proceeds shall barely meet the current expenses of the roads and interest on the capital invested in them, they should at the same time, and with a voice equally im perative, demand that the protective tariff, by which the price of every thing they eat and wear, and all their implements of husbandry their wagons, their plows, their harrows, their cultivators, their mowers, their reapers, and their every implement cr tool of whatever kind is increas ed from twenty to one hundred per cent, shall be repealed. Even the cost of railroads is much in excess of what it would be if it were not for our robbing tariff, levied to add to the already plethoric wealth of the Pennsylvania iron masters. Literal ly they are the "Iron Masters"' of the whole country. In consequence of the tariff" it costs the farmer at least 25 per cent, more to produce his crop, than it otherwise would; in consequence of the tariff, railroads cost 25 per cent, more than they oth erwise would. If the companies, therefore, wished to carry freight as low as possible, they would be com pelled to charge 25" per cent, higher than they would if the tariff had not added to the cost of their roads. Thus does high protective tariff, add 25 per cent, to the cost of producing a crop by the farmer, and 25 per cent, to the cost of moving it to market. But it does not add one farthing to the amount he receives for it, for tiiis is determined by the market in which he sells. What the farmer will re ceive for his wheat for example, is not determined by what it has cost him to raise it and carry it to market, but what it will bring in Liverpool. The quotations of the Liverpool Grain Exchange determine the price of wheat throughout the United States, no matter what its production and transportation may have cost. Let the farmers then, while they abate not one jot nor title of their demands for low freights, demand also the abolition of the rob bing protective tariff, that they may prodr.ee crops at light cost, as well as send them to market on low freights. An Old-Fashioneo Mottiei axda Rr.roi:MKi Boy. Some time ago a Mrs. Buckleby, who lives over in Berrien county, Mich., directed her son Samuel, a lad of fourteen years, to take a t urn at the churn. Now, as Samuel had set his heart on going a fishing at that very time, he 'got his back up,' and H.ttly refused to agi tate the cream. The curvature was promptly taken out of his spine by a slipper, and with tears in his eyes, he went on duty with the dasher. In about half -an hour, and during the brief absence of his mother, his eyes fell upon a plate of liy-poison, and a bright, smai t thought struck him. Just before Mrs. Buckleby came back, Samuel lifted the fatal platter to his lips, and just as she en tered he exclaimed: "There, mother, I guess you won't lick mo any more. Now, what did this Spartan moth er do ? Why, she simply took Samu el by the nape of the neck, lifted him' dt ftly into the pantry, beat the whites of six eggs together and told him to engulf tho same instahter. He refused and through the assist ance of the hired girl he was made to swallow the dose. Then his mother began preparing a mustard emetic. Seeing this tho boy commenced beg ging, crying out, "I was only trying to skeer'you." But the mother was not to be softened and Samuel had to take the mustard. He w as then made to swallow a dose of pain-killee, had his back rubbed with the Vigor of Life and his stomach with the Oil of Gladness. At this stage he vomited up everything but his stockings. He was then made to take a dose of cas tor oil and seven of Ayer's pills. If vou want to see a mad boy, just say 'Ily-poison' to Sam Buckleby. "Buy me out, and I'll quit the business," is what some of the sa loonists a word the Courier-Journal lias waited three weeks for the Bos ton I'ost to coin say to the tempe rance women. But the women sel dom or never trade, which is well enough, for they are old enough to know or, at any rate, everybody else is, that if they were to abolish every drinking saloon aud drown everv saloon-keeper in the United States to-day, and then abandon the movement, nine-tenths of the estab lishments would be in full blast again before to-morrow Examiner. evenmg- Aecording to the report of the Postmaster-General o02 persons were arrested during the past year for va rious offences against postal laws and regulations. Of these, "J3 have been convicted; 198 are awaiting trial, and 95 were discharged for want of proof The number of missing lestters du ring the year was 6,186, of which 3980 were registered. About 8500 ; 000 was lost in these letters. These figures show that very nearly two registered letters were lost to one un registered letter. t;wiriti laiirers ot a Hum Reaction. The San Francisco Examiner has the following sensible article on the present praying excitement in the East, which meets our hearty en dorsement. It says : "We believe in using every legal means to resist the dominion of drunkenness. We are an earnest ad vocate of the sacred cause of tem perance, not only in the use of alco holic liquors, vinous stimulants, and all manner of intoxicating beverages but, also, in tho use of tobacco, and every other article consumed by man that tends to debilitate his body, en feeble his intellect, debase his moral sense, dull all his God-given facul ties, and finally and forever ruin his immortal soul. Such being our sen timents, it is plain that we must sym pathize with the cause of the wo men's war on whisky, but we do not approve of its policy, expediency, or wisdom, nor have we faith in its ac complishing any lasting reform. We believe in moral suasion. We be lieve in making a powerful appeal to the heads and hearts of rum sellers who retail their stock to the injury of their fellow man. But when bands of women combine to force the deal ers in liquor to close their establish ments, to their pecuniary detriment, we are tempted to ask of our women friends: Will the cause of temper ance in the end not be weaker than before '? As we see' it. all these move ments of flie ladies of Ohio are un mistakably illegal, and would not stand a moment in a court of law. We do not believe in the method. Let the women appeal to the Legis latures of their States for laws whieh will promote the ends they are la boring for, and then let these laws be carried out. If, however, the statue-book does not forbid the retailing of intoxicating drinks, if in selling this sort of beverage the dealer is breaking no law, we fear a reaction will set in, and the return wave of public opinion will swamp tho re formers, because of the injudicious method of inaugurating their 're firm.'" A Feyi:it:l Bevel vxiox. From 1S10 to 1850 the average annual ex penditure on account of Indian Af fairs, was trl,:J7:.(U:5; from 1SG0 to 1SCG it averaged !, 221,751 annual ly: for the single year of 187"), under the present corrupt and extravagant Administration, it was .r'7,9ol, 705, or nearly eight millions in round numbers. Tho Indians are rapidly disappearing, but it seems the fewer there are the more it costs to pro vide for them. It is appalling to think what appropriations would be required for their support, suppos ing the disbursements on "Indian ac count to be continued through the hands of such officials as Secretary Delano and Commissioner Smith, if Indians in the far West should be come as scarce as thev now are m New York. This is the department of public expenditures in which such items appear as "contingencies, in cluding traveling and contingent ex penses of superintendents and agents 650,000," and "general incidental expenses of the Indian service, SC.-27-851." Congress makes loud profes sions of a desire to ecouomize. Why, then, does it not institutea searching investigation into the expenditures of the Indian Bureau, wliich have become notorious from ocean to ocean on account of their extrava gance and the corruption connected therewith? Is it because the Admin istration leaders are afraid to have the public see the extent of the in iquity prevailing in the Interior De partment? If so, the reason for for bearance is insufficient, as the facts given above, taken from oflicial doc uments, are in themselves a fearful revelation of dishonesty and waste. Samuo ix Texas. Fayette county Texas, tells the old story. The blacks there, children, comparatively, are constantly made dupes of by the su perior cuteness of the whites. One scoundrel has done a thriving busi ness by selling them "free papers'" at 610 each. Another speculator fur nishes them with a stakepin with cab alistic figures upon it. With this the purchaser is told that he can "pre empt" forty acres of his master's land. Onr correspondent estimates that a million of these stakepins at So each, have been sold in the South western States. The buyer is told to keep his purchase a secret, for if the white man discovers it the charm will not work, and the "forty acres'" will bo nowhere. A little less seri ous swindler is the traveling trades man who sells to the negroes "hair straightener (colored water), at one dollar per bottle. This is funny; and the story of it a little relieves the doleful monotony of the reports. "Freedmen's Savings Banks are more important. "The great trick here," says our Texas correspondent, "is when one deposits slO or 50, to re cord it in the poor fellows pass book as 1 or .-?.".; and so it is entered in the bank's books. The depositor is unable to read, and of coureeis easi ly cheated. A". Y. Trtbuxe. A tea made of chestnut leaves drank in the place of w ater, will cure the most obstinate case of dropsy in a few 1 1 ays. A tea made of dried whortleber ries, and drank in placf of water, is a sure cure for a scrofulous difficul tyhowever bad. A tea made of peach leaves, is a sure cure for a kidney difficulty. A plaster made of fresh slacked lime and fresh tar is a sure cure for cancer, which, with all its roots, will come out. A tea made of willow leaves is a sure cure for fever and ague. m f- JT" Grain on the San Joaquin rher, in California, is eight inches high. j Mrs. Smith on the (iranirc. From thp Brunswleker. Oh, ho, so you've been to that old Grange, have yon? Pretty time of night to come home, isn't'it? Mid night if a minute! I wish the Gnirige and alt the Grangers were blown up. No, sir, you needn't make anv ex cuses at all. Business detained Vou! couldn't leave! had to watch at the bedside of a sick brother! Sick brother! siek fiddlestick! sick ster, would be nearer the truth,Gf expect and your poor, patient wife at horne slaving herself to death for you to spend your money on grange dinners, grange balls, and what not. You'd' far better spend it for shoes, chignons and ruffs for your suilering family. You've been drinking, too, Don't tell me you haven't. 1 say vou hare? so please don't contradict nie again. Wasn't contradicting me? Boo-hoo! Oh that I should have live.i to seoO the day that my own husband should call me a liar. You'll be the death of me yet, and then what will Income of the chil dren, when their dear mother is gone and their father running every night lo some grange? I'm ju; cause yon didn't take m t mud be with vou. am I? You asked me to go did vou? No you didn't. Oh, its too late to c invite me now. I'll hut go a step; no, sir, I'll die first. And, Smith, I tell you that you've got to stay at homo, yon shan't go to another Grange meeting. Won t ask me? I'll show you. I'll lock you in a room, and throw the hev in tho well, I'll cripple the horses, I'll I JJ do something terrible, r my name isn't Smith, see if I don't. Jump out of the window, will you? No, you won't. I'm not ."oing to have my rights trampled upon by you, if you are a Granger and I'll not attend to my own business. If it isn't my bus iness to know where and how you spend your time, I'd like lo knw what is. I'd be ashamed to talk to my w ife as you are doing. I'm doing the talking, sim I? I'm not, any such thing, you hateful old scoun drel you! If you don't Jiush, I'll kick you out of bed, anu you may take up your lodging at the Grange, as well as you board. A report was heard at first it re sembled distant thunder, but it was finally like a heavy body coming in contact with a hard surface. .It might have been Smith that fell on the lloor; but then it might not. A pretty mantel-piece ornament may be obtained by suspending au" acorn with a piece of tiuead attach ed, .within hatf-an inch of the sar- face of some water cont. vase, tumbler, or sar.eer. ined in a md allow ing it to remain undisturbed for sev eral weeks. It will soon burst open, and small roots will seek the water; a straight and tapering stem with beautiful glossy green leaves will shoot upward, and present a ,-very pleasing appearance. Chestnut trees may be grown in the same matiner, but their leaves are not so beautiful as those of the oak. The water sho'd be changed once a month, taking care to supply water of the same de gree of warmth; bits of charcoal ad ded to it will prevent the water from souring. If the little leaves turn yellow, put one drop of ammonia into the utensil which holds the water, and they will renew theirQux uriance. Another pretty ornament is made bj' wetting a sponge and sprinkling o it with canary, hemp, grass and oth er seeds. The sponge should be re freshed with water daily so a-to keep it mo'st. In a few days the seeds will germinate and the sponge will be covered with age. a mass of green foli- TlSEAOING OX 1) ANOEKors G iOUND. Congressman Dawes is treading on dangerous ground. He is telling the truth with risky plainness. The most devoted of the household organs at Washington, the X"'io,iiI Jl-j.nhiirtiu , warns him of his peril, and chides him in this gentle, patronizing way: It seems unfortunate that a gentle man, holding the high and important position occupied by Mr. Dawes, can rarely take the floor to explain the financial condition of the Treasury without announcing propositions which, unexplained, tenu to weaken public confidence in the party that he assumes to lead. He is doubtless a laborious, studious painstaking man. He would save at the spigot while wasting at the bung. His vis ion appears too contracted to embrace the vast expanse of this co intrv.and comprehend tho extensive ramifica tions of tiie Government in its prac tical workings." The IIichest of all on: Phesi dents. The President lots just pur chased a large lot in the northwest ern part of the city for his future town residence. He pays sJ2.(MX) for 1,500 feet, and ti e house is to cost with the lot near slO0,( o ). It is un derstood that the President, wLen lie is released from official diitiesQwill divide his time between his three residences: the St. Louis farm, at the sea shore, Long Branch, and in Washington. He will retire from public life in very comfortable cir cumstances. He has been, since ho entered the army, in 18(11, one of the luckiest of men I am told by thoso who know the facts, and are compe tent to judge in such matters, that General Grant's in vestments have all been made with great wisdom, with the sole exception of the small ven ture in the Seneca Stone Company, anil even that concern is looking up of late. His investments here, at Long Branch, and especially near St Louis, have turned out well. St. Louis people say that his farm in that vicinity will alone make him a large fortune, so rapid is the increase in its value. Washington Coir. Trey Tines. o o o c O o o o O o o O o o o o