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J - ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE V GIFTS' itir rr VOL. 8. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1874. NO. 32. - - . Av An. . ssK mm, 11 r THIH ENTERPRISE. A LOCAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER FOR THE yafuier, Business Man, k Family Circle, ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY. A.. xVOLTNER, BDITOR AXU PUBLISHER. OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CLACKAMAS CO. OFFICK-Iu Dr. Thessing's Brick, next ; door to JoUu Myers- store, upws. T;riM of Subscription t Sinsla Copy One Year. In Advance " tjix Months " " $2.50 . 1.50 rrm of Alverlilti J Trrt-ndent :td virUseinonts. includ all kal uolio-s, square ol twt including yelve lillfS oil'' w --. - 2.50 For eucn 'luy.u"" ....v C'olUiii.i, one yrar - nu ;. 1.1HJ 40.00 12.00 ii,iiii..-MCrd. 1 wiuar , one year. SOCIETY NOTICES. OKIJGOX LOIKJi: XO. 3, I. I. O Meets even' Thursday ewninat 7'v o'clock, in tho .street. .M'MillicrsiiI the or der are invited to attend. J5y order N. G. ki:iii:ccaJ)i:c;u li ii x. 3. I. (). ). 1 ;, bluets on uie .v r inl an t Fourth Tues , i i v e t'liiirs each month, Ml i) I'lurK, ill Hie I'iIU f. liovvs' II (11. Meiiiwcrsof the JJegree arc invited Id attend. .Mi.irvoM.ui i.oit;i; no. i,a.i' v A. M., IK Ids its regular coin- a niiuiiiMtiun-i. on . i... i.':..... I Hie i'ji.l rtn.i v Tusi-.l S.ilimLiys mcai-li luontM. r Ht 7 o'rl.x-k tvo'ii) tlu-0l)j f Sep. t . ,i ...r in tin isith of March: and 7' , , . i , l- from tin- -juth oi' March to the i Jim i,f SL'iCi'miitT. l'.rctlii en in 'Kd ti.aii.lin un in itcil to attend. r i'.v order of M- O. F.. M- t ts at l eiiows 11. ill i.nlli." rust and Tiiird Tnf.s . . t' ..... l ni.nitii. I'.itriarclis . . . m 1 in ' iiaadin aro invited to attend. V 1.1 1- ' I' ! C A l 1 l I'.N i' N V. 11. I. M " '.s ;it .l l V llo.v;' Hall, in On .n i iii' tlr j i;i. on Silunla evfiiinir, at 7 . ! :. .M inlj'-rs ol the ord r ar in- M. C Ai 11 KV. C. ..1. ii.ir.is, i;. s. nia-TJy 11 C S I .V A' V .V C . t A .V. I'll VSIv l N A.M SiritGKOX, a- y o ,y c 7- r, o ; (. o .v. r;;-Stairs in C'l ir. nan's Uriek, M.im .i r-: V. SJ. vy ATK1S, Til. Dm j PJTLA;iD - OREGON. n' i- I'"H.'K l-OJ.l I-V-no.VsT.'iniK',frni.T l'.rs: .and A iii t si r -ts. Ksid'-nc corner oi .dam a ad -"V v ;:t .1 str ' Is. tv. "V.i 31 0 II i: L A X i), ATTORN EY-AT-L AW; UltKU(). CITY, OUEGO.Y. Hi. I L IJ 1Z LAT, ATTO FIN EY-AT-L AW: I a to ON. "iJKI-"I."K I'Siarman's brick, Main st. jinarl.STJ .11. JOHrJSON k McCOWN ATTOKXEVS A.M) fOLWSELORS AT-LAW. Oregon City, Oregon. ity-Will pra.-:i.'o in all the Courts of the Stat--, .i'eial attention iven to cases in 1 the 1. S. Land U.tic at ( iro on City. jairlS72-tf. i.. t: a a Tv 1 jST, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, oiii:;oy t. ir OREGON. KKICK Ov ir stro-et. l'npe' s Tin Store, Main -'lmarTtt'. I C E-C R:E A M SALOON a x n A I 1-Z .S 'P. ALJ I i A XI T ! I'OrS AAL, Proprietor. Main Street, Orrjron t'Uj-. lKK V.M Yj'ILL HK SEUVEHFROM 'i-jltir.njr the .Summer .). lhe b. k qualities of V- l r. . . V II U II 'Ift-IIKKIC AX OAXUIES. i.r sal..- in .aantities to suit. J- T. PPERSOW, mcE1 orriCK nun.r.ixo. EorGrrr and sold to.,n I.' ":t"d. Collection M.... "l-ins n....i:... . - - ruUUviuTal on jrokeae business carried juuotf. J0UX m. I5AC0X, 'c. 'Ity, Orcroi. AeketaaD, Main st. The Faded Wrapper. " Are you not sorry that father has gone away to stay over night, Alice?" said one of MrsMontgomery's chil dren to his sister. Tt. ruins sr flint no one will call; and now mother will wear llmf. fWlpi. wrntmpr nil Aa.v I heard her tell Barbara she would j have a good long day for sewing, i She doesn't think it worth whilt rhile to set even the dining room table just for us. "Don't you wish she would spill spill ink on that dress, Philip?" was the answer. "Then she wouldn't wear it any more." "No, indeed, I don't want it any worse, for she would wear it just the same rainy days and when pappa is away." Now, mamma in the next room, heard this discussion of thi children, and arose to take a survey of herself in the looking-glass. It was not a very jleasing picture that the pol ished surface gave back to her view. " Now Harry Warren's mother," said Philip, " is always dressed nice ly, any time of day." " She wears such pretty bows on her hair and neck," said Alice. But she isn't half so plcasauj as our mother," she added loyally, " if she does look prettier." The mother's eyes glistened as she looked down on the old wrapper. " To be compared to Aunt "War ren," she thought, " and by my own children, too. Who would have thought they were such sharp little things? They notice every trirle." Mrs. Montgomery's spirit was quite stirred. She would not allow such a rival, she said to herself, if she could eclipse her. ' " You shall be disappointed about the old wrapper, for once, Mr. Phil ip, ".she added smiling, so she took a soft bright dress, just the tiling to enliven a dull day. Then she pulled her hair in her prettiest style, and proceeded to dress herself with unu sual care. The delicate lace collar was adorned with a bow of palest pink, and her hair was tied back with a ribbon to match. It is wonderful hmv these simple additions to the toilet changed her whole appearance. A little taste does much for a woman's toilet, and yet how small, often is the cost. A simple knot of violet or crimson vel vet will make a dull dress look bright and even elegant. As a great painter said, trifles make perfec tion, but perfection is no trille." Mrs. Montgomery's face wore a brighter look than usual that day, aii she entered the nursery. Her dress had actually raised her spirits; but s e was hardly prepared for the burst of admiration that greeted her. Ir is not often that compliments are sincere ami heart-felt as were those of her little ones that day. But her ciiildrens tones quickly changed to one of anyiety. " Are you going away anywhere, mamma?" they asked directly. "No dears, I am going to sew on the machine all day; so we can have a nice time together." Little Alice hung over her chair a minute, admiringly, and fingered her buttons as she s .id, with a smile of deep content in eye: " You look nice, mamma." Mrs. Montgomery smiled, as sho threaded the needle ( f her machine, while l'liiliji added proudly: "She looks nicer than Harry's mother, even when she has her silk dress tn." That was reward enough; she had eclipsed her rival. "I'll remember this lesson," said the mother, in her own heart; and she did remember it. The rainy day dress was doomed, and they helped to rip it up with sincere pleasure. It made excellent linings for a new one, and it often preached its old sermon over, as it hung, wrong side out in the closet. Mothers, when you allow your selves slovenly ways among the lit tle ones, in the seclusion of the nur sery, remember there's a child there "a takin' notes." Those notes will Ik rad even when your head lies low. Of -all the bright pictures that hang on memory's wall, there is noe (o nle so faj t j j . , n-i- 'wn moher, whose appearance was al ways neat an-i tasteful, even in work ing dress. Children may love an untidy mother, after a fashion, but can never respect her. She cannot keep the hold on them in after years that one of the ojtposite habits" pos sesses. Besides, if you are untidy yourself, they will probably grow up to imitate you. Don't neglect the details of dress, that add so much to appearance, because there will be " no one about but the children." Sd. TiiE Social Inflcexce of the Grange. On this subject a Missouri 1 ulron says: The grange has already effected a great good to our part of the country. Its efficiency has al ready been attested; its strength is everywhere felt. Nor does it show its jiower and virtue to better advantage in any other of its works than is exhibited in that pleasant and genial sociabil ity it causes to pervade society. The hand of friendship is grasped with different feelings; their sympathies for each other awake, in fact it is a grand medium through which is dif fused a higher estimate of the vir tues of our neighbor." Latino Down the Law. A horse thief on trial at Hernando, misplead ed insane; ex-Governor Clarke, who was acting as District Attorney, ar gued thus to the Jury: "If the pris oner is insane, he should be sent to Jackson to the luuatio asylum. If he is a theif he should be sent there j to tho State Penitentiary. If he is ' partly a thief and partly an idiot, he 6nouui ue sent xnero u me- ouue Xjfcgi&laturs The Chinese Treaty. Senator Hager's remarks in introduc ing the resolutions of the California Legislature in the Senate have had a good effect in directing public attention in the East to the Chinese evil. Judge Hager did not make a set speech on the question, as at the time he was not in prime physical condition; but he said enough to bring the matter intelligibly before the Senate and the country. His immediate predecessor in the Senate from this State made several earnest endeavors to place this Question in its proper ligbt-before the country, through the medium of Congress ional action, but it seems next to im possible to dispel the dense clouds of ignorance and predjudice that op posed every effort to obtain relief for the people of this Coast from the op pressions produced by the operation of the Bnrlingame treaty. Mr! Cas serly raised the point and ably sus tained it, that this so-called Chinese immigrtion was but a coolie importa tion, a slave traffic, and as such even under the Bnrlingame treaty, suscep tible of repression by the Govern ment. As a question of immigration simply, nothing can be done with the Radicals; as they look upon any ac tion ot prohibit it on the ground of race, as inconsistent with their posi tion on the negro question. But as legislation to prohibit the introduc tion of coolie slavery and Chinese prostitution, they are now inclined it Vi.rr.ii-! if n-i'll. ,.n.,, rill... "oiu II Ll UIC ltlOl. X 11 K'Jf akinit in private converse, that hith erto they have not understood the question of Chinese importation as possessing any features distinct from the general question of immigration from Europe and elsewhere. We are inclined to think that Judge Hagar has laid the foundation for some per manent relief either at this session or the next. We understand it is the Senator's purpose to c-all the atten tion of the Secretary of State to the modi'ication of the treaty. Our new Minister, to China, Hon. Bnj. P. Avery, ought to be of good service upon this question from his intimate familiarity with Pacific Coast affairs, his sympathy with the sufferings of our people, and his ability to impart his ideas to those competent to afford relief. Examiner. " Lonely To-Night." Husband traveling. Scene 1. R )om in hotel. Spittoons full of .gar stumps. Bourbon whisky. A'i hands equipped for a night's spree. Husband, in a hurry to be off, writing home: " Deaii Sl'sie: My time is s"o occu pied with business that I can hardly spare a moment to write to you. Oh! darling, howl missyou, and the only thing that sustains me during my abseuce is the thought that every moment thus spent is for the benefit of my dear wife and children. Take good care of yourself, my dear. Feed the baby on "one cow's milk. Excuse haste," Ac. Wife at home. Scene II. Parlor. All the gas lit. Thirteen grass wid ows; Fred, from around the corner, with his violin; Jim, from across the way, with his guitar; Sam, from be low, with his llute; Jack, from above, with his banjo; lots of other fellows, with their instruments. Dancing and singing, sideboard covered with nuts, fruits, cake, cream, wine, whis key. Wife in a hurry to dance, writing to her husband: " Dear- Hi iusy: How lonesome I feel in your absence. The hours pass teeliously. Nobody calls on me, and I am constantly thinking of the time when you will be home and your cheerful countenance light up the rotine of e very-day life. My household duties keep me constantly employed I am living as econom ical as possible, knowing that your small income will not admit of friv olous expense. But, now, dear, I will say good-bye, or I will be too late for the monthly concert of prayer. In haste, yours," &c. A writer in the Medical Journal, London, states that in whnoninrr cough in the last stage that is, after the third week he has had one ounce of the strongest liquid amonia put into a gallon of water in an open pan, and the steam kept up by means of half a brick madeled hot through out, and put into the boiling water containing the amonia, and the pau being placed in the middle of a room into which the patients were brought as the amonia steam was passing off. The method, he says, was used in the evening, before bed time, and it proved so efficacious in ab .ting the spasmodic attack, and after three or four days terminating the malady, as to establish, bey 011 tl doubt, the value of this mode of inhaling am monia as a theapentic agent in tran quilizing the nervous system to the whooping cough. VAiA'AHi.EBECEirTS.-Table-cloths, napkins, and, in fact., all linen, should be very damp when ironed, and ironed until perfectly dry. In case we want to pour anything verv hot into glasses, we may safely do "so if we set them upon a cloth wet in hot water. For removing grease spots from any fabric, use ammonia nearly pure, then lav white blotting paper over the spots and iron thoroughly. - Prints that are likely to fade if washed in ordinary soap suds, will retain their colors admirably if rub betl in starch water. If silverware is dipped in clear hot water, without soap, and imme diately wiped with a soft linen cloth, it will look much nicer than if soap were used. Biblically Incltned. A New Hamsbire- lady died recently after having read the Bible through thir-t.-four'ticifce.' Summary of State News Items. Yamhill has opened the camp meeting season. ' The Salem "Woolen Mills are again running on full time. Caterpillars by the million are making their appearance in the vicinity of La Grande. Several thoasand pounds of wool of this year's clip have already been shipped from Pendleton. J. M. Frier, an old resident of Portland, committed suicide in Yam bill county a few days since. The several Granges""throughout Polk county are making grand prep arations to suitably celebrate the 1th of July. The residence of George Miller, on Rock Creek, Baker County, was destroyed by fire last week. Nothing saved. Geo. Marshall, of Junction City, and Chas. Goodchild, of Eugene, have purchased the woolen factory at Ashland. The hardwarestore of R. M. Wade at Salem, was entered by burglars a few evenings since and various arti cle i s oln. A school house and Grangers' hall will be erected at Knox's Bntte, Linn County, as soon as possible. A union of two great benefits. The Yamhill Reporter says that a young man named Pierce committed suicide a few daj-s since on the prem ises of Mr. Hager, in East Chehalem precinct. The Albany Democrat says there is connected with the eleath of Perry Herren at Salem, a dark chapter that has not yet come to light, and proba bly never will. Salmon fishing at the' mouth of R )gue river is good. Tho canning establishment is putting up 2.5(H) 2 -o'ind cans per day. Another es t b.iihment is proposed. McConnell, late of Corvallis, was one day last week examined, at Al bany, by Drs. Gamble and Tate, and declared insane. He was conducted to the Asylum on Wednesday. A Linn county man whipped an other severely, three times in one day, last week, because the latter h id taken improper liberties with a little daughter of the former. Tolman ran for Judge in 1872 and only lacked 1,138 votes of beating Judge Prim. The latter received 1,10S votes, and the problem that only a lightning calculate! can solve is: how manyotes did Tolman get? The Journal learns that the Oregon Military Road Companv disposed of their road and lands to the Pacific Lind Company, of California, the first of the week. The amount paid was 120,f'K)0, as wc learn, $50,000 being paid down. The Independents of Columbia County have nominated the follow ing ticket: For Representatives, J. S. Rinearson; County Judge, Dean Blanchard; Sheriff, G. W. Maxwell; Clerk, Geo. F. Moeck; Treasurer, F. A. Fowler; Assessor, E. J. Ford; School Superintendent, John E. Gil breath; Coroner, John Gunn. At a recent meeting of the stock holders of tho V. W. Mfg Co. the following officers were elected: Di rectors, John F. Miller, of. Salem, Edwin Russel and W. S. Ladd, of Portland; President of the Board anil Managing Agent, John F. Miller; Secretary, Samuel R. Irwin. The Democratic nominees of Jos ephine county are as follows: For Representative, Wm. Fiddler; Coun ty Judge, M. F. Baldwin; County Commissioners, Geo. S. Mathewson and Jas. Neely; Sheriff, Dan. L. Green; County Clerk, Chas. Hughes; County Treasurer, Wm. Naucke; Assessor, John Howell; School Su perintendent, B. F. Sloan; County Surveyor, Wm. N. Sanders. Information is wanted of the where abouts of Newell C. Hulen, who left Monroe county Mo., about lhe 15th of last March under peculiar circum stances, and it is supposed he is some place in Oregon, Willis II. Fountain, of sturgeon county, Mo., will liberally reward any person who will send him any information on the subject. - my -- -- Waste Paper. Few housekeepers are aware of the many uses to which waste paper may be put. After a stove has been blackened, it can be kept looking very well for a long time by rubbing it with paper every morning. Rubbing with paper is a much nicer way of keeping the out side of a tea-kettle, coffee-pot, or tea pot bright and clean than the old way of washing it in suds. Rub bing them with paper is also the best way of polishing knives and tinware after scouring them. If a little soap be held on the paper in rubbing tin ware and spoons, they shine like new silver. For polishing mirrors, windows, lamp-chimneys, etc., pa per is better than dry cloth. Pre serves and pickles keep much better if brown paper instead of cloth is tied over the jar. Canned fruit is not apt to mould if a piece of writ ing paper, cut to fit each can, is laid directly on the fruit. Paper is bet ter than straw to put under carpets. It is thinner, warmer, and makes less noise when one walks over it. Two thicknesses of paper, placed between the other coverings on a bed are as warm as a quilt. If it is necessary to step on a chair, always lay a paper on it, and thus save the paint and wood work from damage. The "Beast" to go. Abroad. There is a growing belief in Wash ington that Ben. Butler will accept the Vienna mission. His suddenly broken health seems unlikely to be restored -unless- he retires froinr-a-c-. five life. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, The Tendency of fiovernment. The second inaugural message of Governor Ingersoll is a document full of sound sense concerning the a'ifairs of his State and comprehen sive views of national matters. Speak ing of the results of the operations of the "federal revenue system, in comparison with the exhibit made of Conneticut's fiscal coudition and ca reer under Democratic rule, which exhibit is manifestly to the latter's advantage, he very truly says that while public indignation has been most justly excited by recent disclos- ures of the corrupting manner in which tho collecting service of the General Government has been ad ministered, it will fail in its object of reform, if its force is spent in de nunciation of individuals, while the system, in which -the corrupting in fluence adheres, is allowed to remain. That system, growing up as it has, under the sudden necessity of a state war, and shaped in such large degree, as the circumstances under which it grew up favored its being, for other purposes than the simple one of ob taining revenue, has become so com plicated and intricate in the ramifi cations of its powers, as to make es sential to its execution a multitude of officials, extending through all unpopular and frequently disreputa ble grades of a detective system, with powers most arbitrary in char acter and demoralizing in tendency. It is a' prolific source of that demor alization so generally deplored in the official service of the Govern ment and should be a most worthy object of that administrative reform now so seriously engaging the atten tion of the country. But it would not be just in noting the comparison just indicated, to overlook the pow erful influence of that great under lying distinction between the local and general governments, which sub jects the one to a close popular scru tinty that in the case of the other can rarely, and only under excep tionable circumstances, be had. It is hardly possible for any serious of ficial abuse to exist in a state like Connecticut without being very soon made known to and clearly under stood by its people. And in this rests the security of its institutions. Indeed, as we recede from that period of extraordinary emergenc3T. when the Government of the Union felt itself bound to use all powers needful for its own defense, without scrutinizing their relation to a con dition of peace, the strength of our State Governments anil their admir able adaptability to the administra tion of those powers of government most closely affecting the great mass of society, lie-comes more clear. The tendency of all government is toward centralization or an aggrandizement of its own pojver. The jealousy which resists that force in a govern ment which, like that of our Union, comprehends within its sphere of action a teritory almost continental, embracing every diversity of climate and a corresponding diversity of so cial organizations and interests, how ever liable to abuse it ruay be, is nec essary to the harmony of the entire system. And though the future his torian of our times may not wonder that the passions aroused by the migh'ty struggle through which we have passed, did not at once allow free scope to the healing influence of this principle, in the rehabilita tion of our disorganized States, he will, nevertheless, admit that by ig noring that influence, a condition of ; affairs resulted, of which the pitiable j degredation of South Carolima and the shameless usurpation which holds sway in Louisiana, remain as monumen ts to-day. Exam in er. PoTAsn for Peach Orchards. According to the statement of a Mr. Shcpard, at a meeting of the Cincin nati Horticultural Society, says the Country , Gentleman, potash is a cheap and excellent manure for peach trees. A barrel, costing $35, lasted four years for an orchard of twenty five acres. He dissolved the potash in water, making it of a strength to float a potato, and then gave each tree two quarts of this liquid each spring. From 2,000 peach trees treated thus he treater. thus he sold 1,500 bushels in 1867. GS0 do. in 18G8 and last year (1871 we suppose) 800 bushels, and prospect still good for satisfactory crops in the future. He claims to have sold t?12,000 worth of peaches from this orchard in live years. This would be on an average of $120 per tree for each year; a good vield certainly. If potash in such small quantities will produce such an effect, it must soon come into general use. How- the Germans Appropriated ! theFrench Indemnity. The French indemnity paid to Germany on ac count of the Franco-German war, ! amounted, together with interest, to i S1.0G9.87J,7i7 in gold. With this sum (rermany created a iuna 01 $10,000,000 for invalid pensions, made compensation to the German shipping interests and to the Ger mans expelled from France by the war, established railways- to the ceded provinces, built fortifications, made grants to meritorious generals and statesmen, dismantled French fortresses, paid for siege material, established fortifications on the coast, restored railways in France, constructed telegraph lines for the use of the army of occupation, paid for the expenses of civil administra tion in the occupied jrovinces, and restored about $8,000,000 to the Naval Ministry for war expenses. The sum total of these appropria tions and expenditures, with the valne of the ceded railways of Alsace-Lorraine, was over $432,000,000 ' in gold, and there remains $G36.000, . 000 to be divided among the States ' cf the Gerosn Ecjpir. That Kiss of my Mother. George Brown wanted to go some where, and his mother, was not will ing. He tried to argue the matter. When that would not do, instead of saying, "I should really like to go, but if you ennnot give your consent, dear mother, I will try to be more content to stay," he spoke roughly and went off, slamming the door be hind him. Too many boys do so. George was fourteen, and with four teen years' experience of one of the best mothers, one would have thought better of him. "But he w-as only a boy. What can j-ou expect of boys?" So say some people. Stop! hear more. -That night George found thorns in his pillow. He could not fix it in any way to go to sleep on. He turned ajid tossed, and he shook ami patted it; but not a wink of sleep for him. The thorns kept pricking. They were the an gry words he spoke to his mother. "My dear mother who deserves noth ing but kindness and love and obedi ence from me," he said to himself, "I can never do enough for her; yet how have I behaved? How tenderly she nursed me when sick!" These happy thoughts quite over came him. lie would ask her to for give him in the morning. But sup pose something should happen be fore morning. He would ask her now, to-night, this moment. George crept ont of bed, and went softly to his mother's room. "George," she said, "is that you? are you sick?" For mothers, you know, seem to sleep with one ear and eye open, especially when the fathers are away, as George's father was. "Dear mother" he said kneeling at her bedside, "I could not sleep for thinking of my rude words to you. Forgive me mother, my dear mother! and may God help me nev er to behave so again!" She clasped the Penitent boy in her arms and kissed his warm cheek. George is a big man now, but he says that was the sweetest moment of iiis life. His strong, healthy, im petuous nature became tempered by a gentleness of spirit. It softened its roughness, sweetened his temper, and helped him on to a true anel no ble Christian manhood. B03-S are sometimes ashamed to act out their best feelings. Oh, if they only knew what a loss it is to them not to do so! Attorney Central "tVilliams" I.andau- lei to he Exhibited ia the tVest. From the AVashinfrton Cor. of tho Cincinatl Commercial Judge John J. Wright, of Iowa, late an Indian agent, and recently tried and acquitted for his frauds committed while holding that posi tion, has just purchased the famous landaulet which Attorney General Williams bought for his private use, paying for the same out of the Con tingent fund of the Department of Justice. It will be remembered that Wright made publications not long" ago of charges that Williams and Delano had maliciously persecuted him. He has purchased four mag nificent horses which he proposes to attach to the landaulet, with which to make an overland trip to Logans port, Indiana, stopping by the way at Lancaster, Ohio, his old home, nd with his magnificent turn-out, and accompanied by a coachman and footman in livery, illustrate to the simple-minded, horny-handed and honest ruralists the luxury and ex travagance of Washington official life. The judge proposes to attend political meetings and other public gatherings this fall in all parts of the West, for the purpose of giving the speeches that he will deliver on the dishonesty of our rulers due and telling point and effect. Inherence of Appetite for Al cohol. A striking instance of this kind has been recently brought to our knowledge. A lady, wife of the Mayor of an Atlantic city, was a con firmed inebriate, and in spite of the most assiduous efforts made by her husband and others to restrain her, continued to drink until her life fell a sacrifice to the indulgence. Her grandmother were intemperate, and they both died of drunkenness. Several of her brothers were inebri ates. She had a child, a daughter who exhibited in childhood a marked appetite for strong drink, and who drank to intoxication whenever she had the opportunity. This child died at the age of six years. During her brief life she was known to have been repeatedly drunk. So inveterate was her appetite for liquor that she resorted to the most cunuing tricks in order to procure it tricks such as would do credit to the ingenuity of an adult. Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal. "Nes." for President. The Cap ital, published at Washington, in speaking of Col. Nesmith, of Or egon, says: "In this hour of revo lution, a revolution that breaks up party lines and resolves political or ganization back into the masses, it is difficult to foresee the future. But if the instincts of the people remain active as ever, here is a leader round whom all thoughtful minds and true patriots may rally." Wouldn't it be grand fun for the boys to see "Nes." President of the United . States; the man who was rejected by the Demo cratic ConvejiotT ot Oregon, for a sixteenth-rats' - country-; J- Attorney? Strangef",.things have happened in the politics of this' country. Ex. Prompt Beplt.-wA little boy who had not been well coached was being examined with a view of developing his theolegical attainments. To the question "What becomes of men who get rifm by cheating and stealing?" he promptly replied: "They go to Europe, air." "Is Your Note Coodt" A Boston Lawyer on-School street was called on a short time ago by a boy, who inquired if he had any waste paper to sell. The lawyer had J a crisp, keen way of asking questions, and is moreover, a methodical man. So pulling out a large drawer, he ex hibited his stock of waste paper. "Will you give me twenty-five cents for that?" The boy looked at the paper doubtingly a . moment, and offered fifteen. "Done," said the lawyer, and the paper was quickly transferred to tl bag by the boy, whose eyes sparkled as he lifted the weighty mass. Not till it was safely stowed away did he announce that he had no money. "No money! How do you expect to buy paper without money?" Not prepared to state exactly his plan of operations, the boy made no reply. "Do you consider your note good?" asked the lawyer. "Yes, sir." "Verv well; if you say your note's good, I'd just as soon have it as the money; but if it isn't good I don't want it," q The boy affirmed that he consider ed it good; whereupon the lawyer wrote a note for fifteen cents, which the boy signed quite legibly, and lifting the bag of papers trudged off. Soon after dinner the little fellow reappeared, anel produciug the mon ey, announced that he had come to pa- his note. "Well" said the lawyer, "this is the first time I ever knew, a note to be taken up the day it was given. A boy that will do that is entitled to note and money too;" and giving him both, sent him on his way with a smiling face and happy heart. The boy's note represented hia honor. A boy who thus keeps his honor bright, "however poor he may be in worldly things, is au heir to an inheritance w hich no riches can buy the choice promise of God. Advertise. It pays to advertise, and also to treat our fellow-men kindly, as the following incident among the thou sands which are constantly occur ring in every newspaper office, de monstrates: A few days since an intelligent looking young man called nt the of fice of the Washington Chronicle, and stated that he had been com fortably well off, when misfortune overtook him, carrying away every thing, leaving him without a cent in the world; that he was tolallf desti tute, hungry, and without a place to lay his head at night, unless provid ed for bycharity; that he had rela ttves who were well off, and some in fluential friends, but that he would rather starve than let them know of his real condition. Well, said the party addressed, what is the object of this narrative? What do you wish? "Nothing," said he, "but to ad vertise for employment in any hon est calling. I am a good bookkeep er, a fair business man, but am will ing to work at anything that's hon est. I have not, however, one penny to pay for the insertion of an adver tisement, and called to see if the gentlemen of the Chtoniole Compa ny would publish it and take the pay ont of my first earnings." He was answered in the affirma tive. He wrote out his notice; it was inserted, and afterward a card was received from him. saying: "I have secured a situation. I thank you for inserting the 4aeV for me, and will pay for it from my first receipts on salary. Please discon tinue the 'ad.' Very respectfully and gratefully, yours." It pays to advertise. If you want employment, advertise; if you want help, advertise; if 3-011 want to sell anything, advertise; if 3-ou want tQ purchase anything, advertise. Jointly, if the fish can be obtained the Columbia river canneries could this year put up (as they have the facilities for doing so), 300,000 cases containing 14,400,000 cans, of one pound each, valued at $2,100,000, to produce w hich they pay' $1,000,000 for cans, boxes, etc., and distribute $525,000 among the fishermen for fish, 2G.O0O for incidental expenses, leaving a balance of $18,231 to each, net profits for the season. We say this might be done, could they got the fish, but what will be, none can tell. It is well known that Texas is the most extensive grazing State in the Union. One breeder of cattle there boasts that he will have seventy-fnre thousand calves to brand this season. He branded sixty-five thousand the lyear preeeedmg. A great many calves are producert in otuer pans 01 the country, but it is doubtful whether any other single man has more interest in common weal than the prosperous Texan aforesaid. Two Irishmen were working in a quarrj-, when one of them fell into a . deep quarry hole. The other alarmed, came to the margin of the. hole, and cried out, "Arrah, Pat, are you kilt intirely? If you're dead, spake," ; Pat reassured him from the bottom by saying, in answer: No, Tim, I'm not dead, but I'm spach less." CmiED Him. A young' wife once cured her husband of a disposition 0 to absent himself from home at night 111. r I lflnf bv providing him wiin au c v..---' dinner, and saving to him afterward "George, . if you find sweeter spot . than our home describe it to me, and I will rival it if I die in the attempt." A kiss and a few tears 1 completed the victory. r G O O o O o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o O 7'