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'fit TOOT AAW in in nun r. o 4 O O ; ; 5- u VOL. 8. THE ENTERPRISE. A LOCAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER F O It T M K Farmer, Business Man, & Family Circle. ISSUED EVEUY FRIDAY. rC72 vlVi) PUBLISHER. OFFICIAL PAPES FOR CLACKAMAS CO. OFFICE-In Dr. Thesslng's Brick, next door to John Myers' store, up-sUirs. Terms of .Subscription! Sinto Copy One Year. In Advance S2.50 i Six Months " 1-w 1 A Terms of Atlvertisii'i? ' l7 Vi.-nt. advertisement?, Including I Ji' Jal not ices, ? square ot twelve "- "n,''::;;YM'rtVr:mll" i".o Out-Column, one -v:.ar 2' " " .r. if " ' " MUM) Quarter T iu IJu si " ess Curd. 1-squaro. one year I-.tX SOCIETY NOTICES. on j:(.)n i.oif;i: xo. 3, 1. 1. o. M-ets every Thursday .x?-'.... ev. iin-atT'i o'clock, in the i&l? Od-fi Fellows Hall, Main --"Jgj'-" .str Members of the Or dcA e iuvitt-J to uttend. Jiv order v . - x. a. iii:m:ccA i)H(iiti;u i.onciii no. 3, I. O. O. F-, Meets on the i.,-, Second and Fourth Tues- J A day evenings each month, a; ;av'j :it 7'i u'flui-K, in the Odd Fellows' Hall. Members of the Decree are invited to attend. MULTNOMAH LODCU XO. 1,.V.1. A. M., Holds its regular com- a muniratioiis n the First and 'y Third Saturdays in eaeh month, at 7 o'ehx l; from tho-i'th id' Sep. tPinlMT to the (ith of March; and 7?i o'eloek i'jom the "Joth of Mareli to the JOlii of September. lhethren in good standing are invited to attend. JIv order of W. M. FAM.S UXCA.MPMIiXT NO. l.I.O. O. F., Meets at Odd Fellow's' q Hall on the First and Third Tues- Z$. davofeaeh month. Patriarchs SK i u o d standing are invited to attend. cTiW r:xc.MiMi-:xT xo. 2, c. It. f. I .Mi-i-ts at Odd Jel lows' Hall, in Ore- ,rUi i I s- iir'n:i, on .Monday irvt-ninji, ill !T . M. V. . . . . I .. ..." ,1... , r i Tl- vit-d A atr.-nd. M. C. ATHK , C. J. l;.ve.v, II. s. rna.iy ril C S 1 A' ii' .V V -1 Ji V s. I'HVsii'i.vx a.n"1 svit:-:o.v, Q 11 li(t X V IT Y, O Ji 11 C1 O A'. C");iii!e Fi-Staira in CMiarman'i llrick, Main Sir i t. an-iJII. W. H. WATKIWS, f. O. P3.ULAND. - - 03G0W. it. )l"l-"ICE Odd Ft How's Teiiule,cornT Kirxt aad A!dr stre'-ts. Kesidcnce corner of Main :i:nl Sevi-nth strct-ts. W. W. XO It ELAND, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW; OUKGOX CITY, OH EG OX. OKKICi;--Main Street, oosite tle Court House. si. 1 1 I J K Tu A rr ATTORN EY-AT-LAW: 0REQ3M ClfY, - - OREGON. ?"'FlTCF. Charman's brick, M'ain St. omarlSTJ :tf. JOHNSON &. McCOVfJ ATTORXEVS A.D tOLSSELORS AT-LAW. Orogon City, Oregon. stVr.' -1 irl tho Courts of the the i" J T1." ,i!,,,,,'",I"n f:iven to cases in m. L . s. Land i HUc- at r.--ou Cit v a:rlTJ tf. L. T. BAIUN, ATTORHEY-AT-LAW, onmoxciTv, . : oregox. trJ,ctKlbKVer roTin Store, Main " 1 . 21marT:J-tf. i " " " lE-CREAM SALOON li llSTAJJUAMT! -UrS S.-UZ, Proprietor. Main street, - TT . 0retfo City. 1 CE CRKAM HTLL HE SERVED Kor UltXCi. an.l AJIEKICAX CANDIES. Ice for le in quantities to suit. J- T. APPERSOM, OFFICM ix PO.STOKF1CE BUILDING. L'rfTe,?'1,r' "'k.ma County Or. er,.ana Oregon City Orders -x ?0TIGHT AND SOLD. JNO.IARY nJI3LTC. to anHS A:oilHtod' Colloetions attendod on a leral Brokeage business carried II janotf, A- -?0 LTNEE, NOTARY PUD LIC. ENTERPRISE OFFICE. OltEGOX CITY, The Xext legislature. From the Daily Record. We have compiled from the official returns in the office of tho Secretary of State the lists which follow of members elect to the Senate and House of liepresentatives in the next Legislature. With tho aid of the Secretary, Hon. S. F. Chadwich, and Hon. H. H. Gilfry, ive have made a classification of the members to show their political standing, but the del egation from Multnomah is partly Independent, without being so in the same degree as the Independents elected from other counties. They were Independent candidates as op posed to the regular llepublican ticket. This is the first correct Legislative directory yet published. STATE SENATE. Baker County J. W. Wisdom D. Benton J. B. Lee II. Clackamas John 31 vers D., Jas. W. Oflield 1). Clatsop, Columbia and Tfllamooli S. H. Smith li. Coos and Currv G. Webster 11. Uouglas J. F. Watson It., W. F. Owens I. Grant W. II. Clark D. Josephine E. X. Tolen J). Jackson J. S. Herren I). Lane W. W. Bristov I., 11. B. Cochran D. Linn S. D. Haley D., Thomas M tinkers D., T. P. Goodman I. Marion M. L. Savage 1)., Josenh Engle It., J. A. Itichartlson It. Multnomah J. X. Dolph It., J. S. M. Van Cleave I., Sol. Ilirsch It. " Folk It. S. Crystal I. Union Sam Hanna It. Umatilla C. L. Jewell I. Washington T. It. Cornelius It. Wasco E. Barnes I. Yamhill Wm. Townsend D., J. C. Brady 1). Benton and Folk A. M.Witham It. Democrats, V2; ltepublicans, 11; Independents, 7. The hold over members of the Sen ate are Myers of Clackamas, Webster of Coos and Curry, Watson of Douglas, Tolen of Josephine, Bris tow of Lane, Dolph of Multnomah, Hanna of Union, Cornelius of Wash ington. Only 8 hold over and 22 were elected last spring. In Washington county P. G. Bu ford was voted for as a candidate for State Senator, and received votes and it is understood that he will con test the election of T. It. Cornelius, who holds over and was elected to represent Washington. Columbia and Tiliamook, and holds over, especial ly, by the act which created Wash ington into a separato district. Cor nelius' seat seems secure. HOUSE OF liEl'KKSKXTATIVKS. Baker J. C. Wilson D., G. C. Chandler 1). 1 jen ton James Bruce I James Chambers It., W. J. Kelly It. Clackamas Henry McGugin J. M. Jteed D., F. S. Xover D. P. Lee It. Columbia J. S. ltinearson I. Coos J. D. Dully It. Coos and Curry II. Blake It. Douglas Geo. ltiddle I., J. 1)., , S. c. Drain I., D. W. Sears I., Thomas Ledgerwood I. Graut Bart Curl I. Jackson J. P. Van Riper D., W. J. Ply male D. , Thomas Wright D. Josephine V. W. 1'idler D. Lane A. J. Doak D., Richard Hays D., J. D. Matlock D., John McClung R. Linn Henry Shelton D., A. W. Stannard D., G. F. Crawford D., Frank Shedd I., Joseph Lane I., Jonathan Wassom I. Marion F. X. Mathieu D., David Simpson It., William Darst It., C. A. Reed It., W. Cranston It., A. X. Gilbert It. Multnomah Jacob Johnson I., R. S. Jewett I.", Raleigh Stott I., Wm. Cornell It., M. Gearin I., It. P. Kel ly It., J. M. Scott R. Polk W. C. Brown I., S. L. But ler I., David Stump I. Clatsop and Tillamook W. Dean It. Union D. Wright D., W. W. Ross R. Umatilla W. M. Steen I., J. A. Florence I. Washington James Partlow I., U. Jackson I., Thomas Roe I. Wasco Robert Mays I., E. It. Dufur I. Yamhill William Galloway D., E. C. Bradshaw D., Lee Langhlin It. Clatsop county voted for Joseph Jeller believing they were entitled to separate representation, but this claim cannot stand as the constitu tion limits the number of represen tatives to sixty, and that number is full alreadv. The complexion of the House is as follows; Democrats, 19; Republicans, 1; Independents, 21. We learn that the seat of Bart Curl, of Grant county, will be con tested by George Reynolds, the Democratic candidate. The vote stood Curl 212, Reynolds 199, and Curl's seat will be contested on the ground that he is inellegible under the clause of the constitution that re quires one year previous residence in the county as qualification for membership of the Legislature. Fuozex Custards. This is a very nice dish for dessert and very easily prepared. Boil two quarts of rich milk; beat eight eggs and a teacupful of sugar together, and after the milk has boil ed ponr it over the eggs stirring all tho while. Pour the whole mixture into your kettle and let it come to a boil stir ring constantly, then take it off the fire and let it become cold. Flavor with whatever essence you prefer, then freeze it. A Sacramento man has invented a machine which cuts, threshes and sacks grain all at the same time. OREGON CITY, Endowed with Immortality. J?mhe Siln Francisco Examiner. The Democrats of Indiana have put upon a judiciously constructed platform and are going in to beat Radicalism to death in the Hoosier State. It is amusing to analvze the Ladical platform of Indiana, and Crovernor Hendricks in his speech before the Democratic Convention performed this analytic task in his most felicitous manner. That plat form appeals with pride to its fidelity to duty; to its freedom from taints or suspicion; to its reforms; to its resistance to wrong, and to the "ex posure of it's faithless and dishonest agents. Was ever so bold an appeal made to the credulity of mankind ? Did its authors really suppose they could impose on any voter by such an appeal? Is Williams not still the Attorney-General ? Is not Moses now the Governor of South Carolina, with the indictment of a penitentiary crime upon him ? Are the District Judges not still in oflice, against whom proceedings for impeachment were instituted ? Does not the Louis iana crime against republican insti tutions still remain unrevoked? And are the guilty parties not now in the enjoyment of the fruits of the crime? a crime so odious as to make a Rad ical Senator denounce it as a " cloud upon the fair name of our nation." And, when public opinion compelled the Secretary of tho Treasury to re sign his office because of his connec tion with the Sanborn frauds, was he not the same week made Judge of the Court of Claims for life and con firmed by the Senate ? The platform also declares the party pride over the investigation of the abuses in the District of Colum bia, because they do not want the spoils of office. When did they de cline the spoils of office ? Intolerant and proscriptive, they allow none to share in the honor and profits of public positions unless the' bend the knee in devotion to the party. The vast expenditures must pass into the pockets of their partisans, and no man can tell what stuns pass wrongfully. It has no precedent in our history. In February, 1S71, the District of Columbia was placed under a new form of Government. The Govern or," Board of Public Works and many other officers, and one branch of the Legislature were appointed by the President, and confirmed by the Sen ate, and the more numerous branch of the Legislature was chosen by people in districts. If capable of maintaining good government, the opportunity was most , favorable. Under the eye of the President and his Cabinet, with a party in such majority as to exclude all others, none could hinder; they had their way and developed their tendency. But partiality, favoritism, and cor ruption soon had sway without re strain!? and in three years the debt of the District exceeds twenty millions of dollars. The burden became too great for the party. Corruption and failure were admitted. Before the world they conceded that, in the na tional capital, with officers appoint ed by the President and Senate or elected by their party, they could not preserve pure and free govern ment. That form of government was lately abandoned, and, in tho spirit of Rome's government of her conquered provinces, the District of Columbia Avas placed under the rule of three commissioners taken from distant parts of the country. Free and representative government is this day broken down by party cor ruption in the capital of our country, and arbitrary, almost despotic, au thority established. Can we con ceive a more humiliating admission by tho advocates of free institutions to the world ? Tho gentleman who presided over the Radical Convention felt it his duty to say that two years ago, Gov ernor Hendricks had proclaimed the death of the Democratic party. The Governor denies this emphatically, and declares he only said that we must turn our backs on the past, and stand in the present, and look for ward to the great future; that tho future is ours and that in it the peo ple should achieve that full measure of prosperity and happiness which it is in our power to secure. Tue ueaa issues of the past do not furnish our animating sentiments. The princi ples of free government, and tho usages essential to preserve liberty, are of the present as of the past, and must be of the future. It is amusing to hear Radical ora tors aasuring their followers that tho Democratic party is dead. It estab lishes one's genius for originality. It has not been repeated more than one million times; and each time the followers laugh and cheer; they are so glad the Democracy is dead! They wish it, but feel that it is not so. The laugh and cheers are hollow and without joy. If they were sure of it they would say kind and generous things of so great and powerful an organization. It is not brave or no ble to strike even a dead lion. But a few years since they boasted that the Democrats had no Governor in the Northern States, and but few in the South, but now there are Democratic Governors in Xew Hamp shire, Connecticut, Delaware, Mary land, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Oregon, Kentucky, Missouri, Ten nessee, Virginia, Georgia, and Texas. Arkansas mav now be added to the list of Democratic States, for the bands who corrupted the ballot-box are broken and scattered. - Organizations may be broken and pass away, but Democracy cannot die It is endowed with the immor tality of truth and right. Wherever in all lands men aspire to higher, freer better governments and purer liberty; wherever there is the senti ment that government is made for man, and not man for government, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1874. there is the spirit of Democracy that will endure and yet achieve man's enfranchisement and elevation. Local Option. The San Franoisco Alta of a recent date has a long article in review of the various industries and interests in San Francisco that would be seri ously affected, if not destroyed, by the success of local option in that city. If the figures of the Alta are correct, there are invested in San Francisco in breweries, distilleries, malt houses, wholesale liquor estab lishments, saloons, bars and grocer ies, brewers' materials, syrup and glass factories, $16,G51,75G; there are employed in these several indus tries 11,502 men; to these men there are paid annually as wages, $10,GS2, GG2. This is the amount of the' cap ital invested, the number of men employed and the wages paid in San Francisco alone by the proprietors of the several classes of business named. But these departments of business are not limited to the city. They extend in their ramifications to re mote jiarts of the country and affect interests and industries that many may not even suspect. Thus it is estimated that the breweries of San Francisco use annually, 28, 200,787 pounds of barley; that tlie malt houses use 22,080,000; and that the distilleries use (of grain) 29,800,000 pounds. The cost of this is estimat ed at 81.339,111 80. At an average yield of 20 bushels to the acre it re quires 83,479 acres on which to pro duce it. We have not space for the detailed statements of the Alta, but the above figures will suffice to give some idea of the extent of the inter ests in San Francisco, that would be affected directly by the adoption of the no license policy, while they will also suggest some of the inter ests that would be affected indirectly. Xot Entirely Dead. A Washington correspondent calls attention to the fact that the Civil Rights bill is not entirely dead, hav ing merely been left with other un finished business at tho close of the session. At the beginning of the next session it will be in the power of a bare majority to take up a bill on the speaker's table, the two-thirds rule having been adopted only to ward the close of the session to pre vent interruption of other business. There is an impression also prevail ing in this connection -that the two regular sessions of Congress are in dependent of each other, and if any business is left unfinished it must be originated again at the next ses sion. A joint rule of the two houses, however, provides that after six days from the commencement of a second or subsequent session of Congress all bills, resolutions, or reports which originated in either house, and at the close of the next preced ing ession remained undetermined in either house, shall be resumed and acted upon in the same manner as if an adjournment had not taken place. It will thus be seen that next winter the Civil Rights bill will begin just where it left off when Congress adjourned. At the beginning of the next session it will be in the power of a majority, and unless the fall elections change the present aspect of the House the bill will be passed, unless the minority have the parlia mentary skill to starve it off, at least until it is found necessary to put the two-thirds rule into operation. Worth Kemembcring. Benzine and common clay will clean marble. Castor oil is an excellent thing to soften leather. Lemon juice and glycerine will re move tan and freckles. A dose of castor oil will aid you in removing pimples. ' Lemon juice and glycerine will cleanse and soften the hands. Spirits of amonia, diluted a little, will cleanse the hair. Lunar caustic, carefully applied so as not to touch tho skin, will destroy warts. Powdered niter is good for re moving freckles. Apply with a soft rag moistened with glycerine. To obviate offensive perspiration, wash with soar) and diluted spirits of amonia. A strong solution of carbolic acid and water, poured into holes kills all the ants it touches, and the survivors immediately take themselves off. . According to "women correspon dents," the regent of Mount Vernon and her associates charge fifty-six cents admision to the grounds, allow no boats but their own to touch the shores, run a vulgar, high-priced eating house, sell plants andboquets from tho green-house for double their intrinsic value, vend photo graphs of the place, and dispose of canes said to be made of wood grown upon the premises in short, specu late on the bones of Washington for their own private emolument. Colored States. There are three States in the Union in which the negroes are in excess of the white population, viz: Louisiana, South Carolina and Mississippi. i.n .Louis iana their preponderance is 2,145; in Mississippi, 01,305; and in South Carolina, 126,117. Scar-faced charley has been chosen delegate of the Modocs to tho Gener al Qouncil of the Indian Territory. Since the Canby massacre there can be no doubt of his executive ability. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY', TTK'-rxriTDC ttv nv n at TT?rT?MTA Death in the Ilarn-yard. Careless and neglectful farmers, says the Science of Health, permit tho accumulations of excrements, decay ing straw, chaff, and hay to lie and rot all summer in close proximity to the dwelling, whence bad odors are wafted into every room and the in mates breathe the foul and pestilen tial odors night and day, all through the year, and. adds: " In hot weather windows must bo kept shut to keep out these sickening and deathly barnyard smells. Final ly one of the members has an attack of typhus fever. The doctor is sent for and prescibes what? a lot of poisonous drugs ! The patient dies, and another one sickens in the same way, and goes through the same ex periences, with tho same results; and then another, and that stricken fam ily is left without a mother, a daugh ter, or the younger children that made it happy. Those away at school or at work awaj' from the house es cape with their lives. Here is a ease of the most palpable cause and effect and yet it was not seen till death had thinned the ranks of the family. "In a pleasant town in Massachu setts there was a young ladies' sem inary. Tho reputation of the place and the fame of the teachers drew a large number of blooming girls there to be educated and trained to the accomplishment and duties of life. High hopes animated all par ents, principals, teachers and pupils. But ere long pale death made its ap pearance and claimed its victim. Then another and another, until a panic raged in the institution at beautiful Maplewood, did all who otruld do so hastened to their homes; some to die in their own family circle, others, with more constitution, tore cover slowly and thank God for their escape. But what was the cause of this epidemic? Was it the water? Xo. Was it the food ? Xo. Over study? Xo. Well, was it the malar ou8 region of country? Xo; for it was in the charming town of Litch field, an educational centre, from which have come some of the bright est intellectual lights of the age. It is a healthy place. Then what was the cause of this epidemic at the young ladies' seminary? We answer, it was a filthy barn-yard ! "Tho institution stood near by, and a little east of an uncleaned barn yard, whence the sickening odors were wafted through the house, and those young creatures breathed the death-giving fumes, all uncon cious of its fatal effects, till one after another fell before the destroyer. That school failed. Then the wise ones began to cast about to ascertain the cause of their misfortune. Hav ing cleaned out the stinking barn yard, there was no more trouble. "Last summer, when the weather was hot, cattle dealers were trans porting a cargo from Texas north, when the boat struck a snag in the Red river and sunk just above Shreveport, in Louisiana. The dead cattle were hauled on shore, their hides taken off, and their carcasses left to decay on the bank or tumble into the river. The foul stencd which supervened soon rendered life in Shreveport intolerable. Air and water were polluted. The festering stench filed the air for miles around. A few weeks later the telegraph an nounced the scourge of yellow fever to be raging in that town. It soon spread to other places, where the sanitary, or rather want of sanitary conditions, gave the disease a foot hold, and it peeled several of the Southern cities, among others Mash ville and Memphis, Tennessee. "In the above it will be seen that we trace cause and effect in these cases. But we have cited only three or four conspicuous cases with which the public are familiar. But we do this to call attention to every man's barn-yard, pig-pen, privy, door-yard, hen house, cornpost heap, or any other dead or decaying rubish which fills the air with impurities. Xeither doctors nor drugs can counteract the disease-generating effects of these things. "It is not enough that we bathe and keep the person clean and free from bad odors; we must keep all our surroundings clean, so that the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat shall all be pure. Neat and tidy farmers will clean out their stables and their barn-yards, pig-pens, door-yards; clean out their cellars and their wells, cisterns and springs, and make all sweet, clean and healthful. This is the way to preserve health, prolong life, and save doctor bills. This is hygiene." Selfishness. Wo are put here to grow in goodness, and to assist oth ers in the same growth. We should build ourselves to build others with us. He who is busy supremely and exclusively in getting himself ready for another world is a selfish man, and of all selfishness there is none accursed than spiritual selfishness. The only sins that the master refuses to forgive are those that develope in the religious nature of cultivated people. There is nothing so despic able as for a man to go through such a world as this thinking only how to take care of himself and at last shoot out of it and the . riches ho has got into heaven. There is no heaven for such minions. This latter view will require that man take hold of com mon duty, and that he be a citizen, and that he build uj the material prosperity of society, and flint l.n shall make a power of self and leave behind luia at least as much as a cor al insect does which leaves the island larger round about where it builds. It has just been learned that gal uuiaiit uiscoverea by a man iiaoicu oMiiuimeraamm, lou years ueiore jaivani called attention to it. That won't do at all. Just pronunce it once mere fcwammerdammism. r The lart of Wisdom. The Yerka Union, which is under the control of Senator Irwin, who may justly bo considered as a leading representative of the Democracy of California, is opposed to any repeti tion of the Greeley blunder. It very truthfully observes: It is tho part of wisdom to profit by the experience of the past. The history of the last Presidential campaign demonstrated that there is a large body of voters sufficient in all closely contested States to constitute a balance of pow- er who can not be induced to go to the polls even for so laudible and patriotic a purpose as the overthrow of the Grantized-Itepublican party, unless the opposing candidates are Democrats of unquestionable charac ter and antecedents, and brought into tho field by regular and legiti mate party action. There may- be those who will sneer at this class of voters for their fastidiousness. Such sneers would bo as unwise as they would be in bad taste. The existence of this class of voters is a fact which can neither be ignored nor explained away. Party action ,must be taken and nominations made with referen!o to it. If the Republican party is overthrown it will be by the Democ racy fighting under its own proper standard, with its own chosen leaders who will have the confidence and in spire the enthusiasm cf the rank and file of the party. The Independent party, so-called, cannot contest suc cessfully with the ltepublicans for the Tresideucy. The elements of -success are found neither in its or ganization nor in its professed prin ciples and objects. It -may as well be accepted as ono of the fixed and inevitable events of tho future that either the Republicans or the Demo crats will elect tho next President They are the two contestants that will enter the field, one of which must carry off the prize. The De mocracy, if they would win, must go before the country with a candidate whoso ability and integrity will command the respect and inspire the confidence of the people, irre spective of party, while his fidelity to the principles and devotion to the fortunes of the party must be such as to arouse the enthusiasm of all party men. Our Products. Under date of August 4th, 1874,' Hon. I. P. Moores, Commissioner of the Railroad Land Oflice, has pre pared the following circular for gen eral distribution, which will best explain the object -sought for: This office is desirous of making a full collection of the grains, grasses and texile plants, together with spec imens oi minerals, stone, earth, and in fact any products of our fields, forests and mines, for exhibition here, and transmission to Europe and the Eastern States, to illustrate the varied resources of our State, with a view to calling attention and inducing immigration. We want the choisest specimens of grain, flax. hemp, etc., in bundles, showing the height, size and strength of stalk, with a note giving name of producer, place where grown, product per acre, etc., and also clean seed. All pack ages left at any of the stations on the line of the railroad, will arrive here in as good order as when started. If you will have the kindness to forward such samples to us, in the manner indicated, you will be tho means of assisting very materially m calling the attention of many in the Old World, as well as in the Unwed States, to the unparalleled resources of Oregon, and thereby indirectly receive a personal benefit yourself. ny reasonable expenses incurred in collecting and packing samples will be paid. Please call the atten tion of some of your neighbors to the within, and oblige, yours, very re spectfully, I. It. Moores, Com. Itailroad Land Office. A Couxtry. Parson axd the Tur key. A correspondent sends the following to an English paper, and vouches for its authentity: Half a century ago, when the income of a Dissenting q)reacher was not very large, his salary was often supxle mented by a bountiful supply of pro visions from tho well-to-do members of the congregation. The grandfa ther of our correspondent was a Bab tist minister in Hertfordshire, and at Uhristmastimo he used to be posi tively inundated with hampers filed ,1-I V. n.l 41. Cn fcvju. toiiiga. kju one occasion an enormous turkey was sent to him by the thoughtful kindness of a neighboring farmer, but as iho min ister's family had already provided for the Christmas dinner the bird was sent to market and sold. A passer-by seeing this fine specimen of poultry said, "What a splendid tur key! just the thing for the parson's Christmas dinner," and to the parson it was sent. The prudent wife sent it a second time to the market and sold it for a handsome sum. Another friend similarly struck with the magnificent proportions of the turkey, purchased it, and also sent it to the parson. Xot wishing to fly in the face of Providence, the good man said at last, "It is very clear that the Lord means us to have this turkey;" and with the entire approbation of the family, it formed a part of tho Christmas dinner. . - Pbetexse. Xono but thoso who keep up appearances against heavy odds can understand what servitude pretense imposes upon the sensitive soul. The sting of confessed poverty is not nearly so burning as is tho re ality of being poor, while seeming to be rich. , t t m The Washington' Star denies the story that George Alfred rammed his umbrella down the throat of his antagonist and opened it. NO. 42. Miscellaneous Ileus.. They make paper flour-barrels in, Iowa now. They are air-tight and very light.. A Massachusetts farmer's remedy f or hard times consists of ten, hour'a labor well worked in. A Milwaukee paper speake of "The odore Tilton's terrible tale." We tho't it was Beecher's that made all the fuss. The women used to crusade in old-, en times, but it was with a fine tooth, comb and the Held of cperallou Wttt. a boy s scalp. A man at Dongas C!itv Cab. is training his pet bear to eat the Chi namen who steal meat from his, slaughter-house. This is given as a Delaware obitu-. ary: "His hat wasn t always coosed over his left ear. but he didn't owe a butcher in town." 0 The Philadelphia youth who was. married to a girl who had refused, him eighteen times, refuses her now - and has applied for a divorce. The' residence of the murdered Nathan in Xew York is haunted and is offered rent "free to "a courageous. tenant who will make the demon down."' Mis3 Xettie Power Houston, a daughter of the hero of Sau Jacinto, is spoken of as' "the gifted poetess of Texas." O A Taledo man, ono hundred and ton years old, claims to have been a pet of Gen. Washington. He still points with pride to the prints ot' George's boot toes on his body.. O Tho Louisvelle Courier-Journal very appropriately aske: What tho dickens are they going to send Sher idan against the Indians for? They've got no barns and hay-stacks to, burn.. A new game called "Granger-sev-en-ui," is announced. Three men play for a can of oysters. The first man out gets the oysters, the last the. can, and the "middle man" don't get o anything. They try to make out that Beech er's crime" was only a misunder- standing between the preacher and Mrs. Tilton. Most people would say the understanding was altogether too. good between the two Georgia papers say that it would be hard to find a parallel year to the present one in the history of planting in that State. From the smallest to tho greatest crop everything has done or promises to do well. A Davenport newspaper speaks of" a doctor in that city ' 'looking with a deep meaning smile upon a lot of green cucumbers in the market." On his way home he was obsreved to whisper confidentially to several un dertakers. o "Dear George," said an Indianap olis young woman, "I am willing to marry you if we have to live on bread and water." "Well," said the en thusiastic George, "you furnish the bread, and I'll skirmish round and. find the water." "How like its father it is!" ex claimed the nurse, on the occasion of the christening of a boy whoso father was over seventy, and had married a young wife. "Very likely," replied a satirical lady; "It hasn't a. tooth in its head." It is affirmed that the worst tooth--ache, or neuralgia, coming from tho- x teeth, may be speedily and delight fully ended by the application of a . small lot of clean cotton saturated in a strong solution of amonia to tho: q defective tooth. A temperance man has figured it all out, and arrives at this result: "A file of topers, seventy-five miles in length, marched steadily to -drunkards' graves, at tho rate of. three a minute, or one every twenty seconds, all the year round." Theiiery Foote, of Mississippi, en dorses President Grant's financial recommendations It is said that if you were to leave tho choloric Harry alone with a jug of whiskey, for thir ty minutes, or three-qurters of an hour, he would endorse anything. Miss Lavinia Goodell; lately con nected with Harper's Bazaar; has been admitted to the bar as a prac ticing attorney at Janesville, Wiscon sin. She is the first female lawyer in the State. The crusade broke down the barriers and now women will go to the bar or anywhere elsa O they choose. The "coming man" is manifestly a Maiden, Mass. boy, thirteen years old, who last winter took the job of cleading his father's door-steps for fifty cents and sub-let it to twoother bovs for ten cents each, and the oth er day hired boys to pick one hun dred bunches of violets for a cent a bunch which he sold for two dollars and a half. Tricks of Indian Aoents A num ber of stories illustrating the manner in which Indian agents enrich, them selves, are told in Washington. Ono by Mr. Beck of Kentucky, showing how a drove of 300 cattle was mado to pass muster for 900, by having tho herds that reached art agency count ed driven around a hill, and then, brought up a second time before tho agent, who counted them over again just as the supernumeraries are made to re-appear repeatedly in personat ing an army. . t ; . . A Difference. We heard a man complain about the weight of his baby the other day, and to our cer tain knowledge that same man used to hold the mother of that, baby in his arms hour after .hour after the fond parents of said girl had gone to. their virtuous couch, O C 3' G