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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.
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W. W. XO It ELAND,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW;
OUKGOX CITY, OH EG OX.
OKKICi;--Main Street, oosite tle
Court House.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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