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OREGON CITY, OKEGON, FKIDAY DECERN EBER 11, 1874.
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Taii'l Situnhivs in each month,
t 7 o'clock t'vlsu t health ol'Scp.
tum-r to tin i-Mlli of March; ami 74
V,j.-k Ir f' -"t'l of March to the
u:H of S-t f Vcr. Brethren in good
ntmliiii arc I ited to attend.
HyordAlf W. M.
FILL: i:CAMl'Mi:T NO. 1,1. O.
. I'.. Mi-fts at Odd Fellows j
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..y of ea'-li month. I'atrian hs
in , v. I .!i iiii art; invited to attend.
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K. f. M---tH :it 'M l-V !! Hall, in lr
jn I'ilv, ir-: on Muini.iy i'vniiir, ut
o'.-l j. -;. M mii'iTs of tli- or.l.-r :r. in-Tit-I
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0RE33N CITY, - - OREGON.
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JOHiMS An & McCOWN
iTTORNF.YS I'llL'.VSELORS AT-L.WV.
Orogon City, Oregon.
pr.-xrtico In nil tho Courts of the
tt. Special iittontfon sjivoii to cases in
t. s. I jind otncf nt rjron L'itv
5aprlS7i-tf.
T. IJAHT3ST,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
ORKtiOX CITV, : : OREGON.
.t,rJ.MFICE,v'r I"'" Wwo, Main
itro,,t- 21mar7-tf.
Dr. S. PARKER,
I ATK OK 1IT?TI rik lifrrn..
'n ' t " " V vU K,unas county, who may
'.n'ir""'1 ",n "tl-nt Ward Haruin"S
Wvonal calls. UuWno, Main Str
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JOHN M. UACON,
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Oregon It,, OreSon.
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OREGON CITY BREWERY.
Henry Humbol, t
HAVING ITWHAS- U-U
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n.l. . !. R to. !nf""n the public that he i
It . V ',aroa lf manufacture a No. 1 qual-
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nn..fJ',a Crdvrs solicited and' promptly
OYSTER SALOON
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LOUIS SAAL, Proprietor.
ln Strprt, - - - - Oregon City,
("YSTF.n WILT. HE SERVED FROM
v.' anrt attr this date during the Wintt
'pason. Tho best qualities of
""IH and AMERICAN" CANDIES
for sale in quantities to suit.
JOHN SCHRAM,
lain St., Oregon City.
MAMFACTl'RER AND IMPORTER OF
Snddlea, Uaruemt,
ware, tc etc.
WHICH HE OFFERS AS CIIELVP AS
can bo had in the ft5tato, at
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
8 VI warrant my goods as represented.
1,000 DEER SKINS
WANT K J ),
AND ALSO,
4 J.J. OTHER KINPS OF HIDES, FOR
1. which I will pay the niches market
price in cash Hring on your hides and got
your coin for them.
"JOHN SOIIRAM,
Saddle and Harness Maker.
Oregon City, Oregon, July 11, 1873-m3.
WAGON AND CARRIAGE
ill A j U FACTORY !
riHE uxnEnsioxEn,
JL having Incn.-aseU tlio di
mensions oi nis premises, at t-
the old .stand on tho
Corner of .Muin anil Third Street,
Oregon City, Oregon,
Takes this method of informing his old pa
troiis, and as many new ones as maybe
pleased to call, that lie is now prepared,
with ample room, good materials, and the
very best of mechanics, to build anew, re
construct, make, paint, iron and turn out
all complete, any sort of a vehicle from a
com mon Cart to a Concord Coach. Try me.
ItltK-kKniitliiiijf, Ilnrne or Ox SHoeinj;
and (Jwneral Jobbing neatlv, nuieklv, and
cheaply done. OAVID SMITH.
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E. D. KELLY'
)IA1. STREET, OREGON CITV,
TFST ARRIVED, DIRECT FROM SAX
9f t raneisco, all the
LATEST STYLES
of Fall and Winter
ECats & Bonnets,
rimmed and Fntrimmed. for Fall and
Winter wear, which we offer to the Indies
r Oregon ity and vicinity at exceedingly
w l rices.
MILLINERY GO DOS.
MILLINERY GOODS.
HATS AND BONNETS.
HATS AND BONNETS.
FEATHERS AND FLOWERS,
FEATHERS AND FLOWERS.
RIBBONS AND ORNAMENTS.
RIBBONS AND ORNAMENTS.
CALL AND EXAMINE.
CALL AND EXAMINE.
No trouble to show goods, and no one
urged to purchase. Our desire is to please
our numerous customers.
Oregon City, Oct. il, 1ST I. tf
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(house in the State.
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scarce and I will give every one
dhe worth of their money.
J I also keep a full assortment
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Groceries,
Cutlery,
Jewelrj-,
Not ions,
Miiirnl
Instruments,
Toy,
Etc,
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GKOROE A. HAItDISO.
WARD & HARDING,
DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES,
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A
general assortment of ,
OiMip:.-s and Cliomical,
Perf intry, Soajis
Com 1 hiiiI 11 r u silos, ,
Trnmra, Supporters,
tSliotilder Ilruces Fancj- and
Toilet Articles,
ALSO
Kfroncne Oil. Lamp Cllmnej-,
Ula, Putty, I'll n tit, Oilm
VurnUhr u.ml OyeStufTii,
riRE WINES AND Liqi ORS FOR ME
DICINAL riRPOSES.
PATENT MEDICINES, ETC.
rTThysicians' Prescrij.tions carefullv
compounded, and all orders correctly an
swered. fOpcn at all hours of the night.
11 accounts must 1k paid monthly
novtitf WARD & HAUD1NU.
COME AND SEE US!
4 LL PARTIES HAVING ACCOUNTS
XV wit h illianis iV llnrdiiier can see
how the same stands at the end of th
month. We want some money. oct20tf
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llOV. TO CATCH A Kli vO.
KV PAUL TEMPLETOy, ' 1 i
" Can you . inform us through tho
medium of your valuablo paper, tho
best way to eatcli a Jeau ?"-:i.;itJv cor
respondent. - i . . J
Little lady, do you ask mo
lTow to eatcli a beaut
Surely you, a winsom la.ssio
Surely you should know. '
Let ine tell'you, en passant,
That there are many ways, v
But I will only mention to v'ou
Those that win men's praise.
When j our friend drops in to seo you,
CJreet With happy face,
L.angh and sinarid sparkle- brightly
Witii your rarest jrace ; a
But, with all your pleasant humor,
Though you wear lino laee,
Ne'er forget your mother's labors
Alid her care-worn face.
I.earn to labor help your mother
In tho household cares ;
T-iearn to bake to cook and iron
Don't learn idle airs.
True, a man does not deserve you
If he'd make you slave;
But recollect that men, though rich,
Love- women who can save.
Learn to be a good, truo woman ;
Master every art
That to a home and those you love best
Pleasure can impart;
School your mind
a antl
1 heart and fin-
gers,
Learn what you should know,
And then you ne'er need ask tho ques
tion How to catch a beau.
How They IMayed It on Dougherty.
One day last week four or five De
troiters went into Macomb county to
shoot squirrels and kick their shins
against logs and fence rails. They
had just eaten a cold lunch in the
woods one noon, when one of the
party, a young man named Dough
erty, stretched out on his back, pull
ed his hat over his eyes, and gave his
mind up to the work of assisting his
body to catch a little rest. The re
mainder of the party having an un
derstanding beforehand, quietly with
drew, one by one. One of them pass
ed around to a bush, near to Dough
erty's feet and took a tin rattle-box
from his packet. Another stood close
to the young man's leg, and in a sup
pressed voice, when the signal was
given, whispered:
"For heaven's sake! Dougherty,
dont move so much as a finger! A
big rattlesnake is right under your
leg!"
"My God! what shall I do?"
"Keep perfectly quiet! it is your
only hope! If you even raise your
ringer he will dart his fangs into
your
The man with the rattle-box gavo
it a shake and reached out and laid a
clnb across Dougherty's legs, while
the other man moved off about twen
ty feet ami exclaimed:
"Heavens! what can we do? If we
shoot we may kill Dougherty!"
The club was rolled oil" on tho
ground and the victim whispered;
"For mercy sake kill it !"
The club was rolled over his legs
again, and the box shaken, and the
man whispered back:
"Bo quiet or it is instant death! I
think the snake Avants to go to sleep,
and if you will keep still you will be
all right."
The box was shaken, and the clnb
moved around, and finally the snake
seemed to settle down on his breast.
He dared uot whisper for fear of
rousing it, but one of the men called
out:
"There! it is asleep! "We'll movo
away and wait for it to glide off!"
1 he whole crowd moved over be
hind a bank and laughed and rolled
and tore up the dirt until they were
exhausted, while poor Dougherty lay
there like a log, not even daring to
draw an ordinary breath. The sweat
ran down from his face and started
ont from his body until his shirt was
wringing wet. The fellows took their
guns and tramped away, leaving him
thus, and were gone an hour and a
half. When they returned Dough
erty was sitting up, having discover
ed the joke about five minutes previ
ously. Ho didn't have a word to say,
but there was a whole unabridged
dictionary in his eye. They spoke
to him, but for an answer he rose up,
shouldered his gun, and made a beo
lino for the highway, and none of the
party have met him since.
Grant and the Radicals.
Tho gossips at Washington inform
us that a sharp discussion is waging
now between President Grant and
the Radical leaders. Tho Radicals
are trying to make Grant understand
that they havo been swarnped by
him, and Grant is trying to make tho
Radicals understand that he has been
swamped by them. The New York
World has no desire to put its hands
between the tree and the bark, as tho
old proverb has it. But the truth,
that journal thinks, is that Grant
and the Radicals have swamped each
other. Such a policy as that which
for ten years past has kept alive the
passions and perpetuated the burdens
of the civil war would have destroyed
the best of Presidents. And a Pres
ident so utterly incapable of looking
at power as anything but a personal
perquisite would have brought to
shame a much wiser and nobler poli
cv than that which Grant has served
so stolidly and with such selfish un-
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concern, urant ana ttie lvaaicais m
their mutual criminations and re
criminations remind one of the ill-
conditioned couple who delayed the
marriage ceremony in the kirk of
their quarrels. First the bride "took
a 6cunner" at the groom; then the
groom "took a scunner" at the bride.
At last the minister, finding that pa
tience had ceased to be a virtue, ex
claimed "And noo I have ta'en a
scunner at ye baith," and with that
put them both out of doors. The
people of the United States have
"taken a scunner" both at Grant and
the Radicals, and that is the end of
them both.
; A Tmxc Story of the Rebellion.
We were sitting in our room at the
Glades Hotel, in Oakland, Maryland,
one day, with a charming lady who
had dropped in on a visit. One of
our windows looked into that of an- ,
other room, so placed by the posi
tion of the main building that half
of its interior could be seen. We
were looking up and admiring a lit-'
tie chubby, blue-eyed two-year old,
white as snow, who was pulling a
boquet to pieces and tossing out the
fragrants, or clapping her hands
with delight as a train went thun
dering by."
" These rooms," said our visitor,
"have some tender associations for
me."
"Why so?" we asked.
"Well," she answered, during tho
war the greater part of the hotel was
seized by the Government as a hos
pital, Ave were crowded, into feAV
rooms. My sister and I had this.
In that room where that little beauty
is Avero two Union officers, one sick
of tho fe-er, and the other of a
Avound. It Avas hard to tell whether
they Avere sloAvly dying or sloAvly
getting Avell. I never saw such
ghostly skeletons to bo alive. Wo
Avero 'secesh,' and not modest about
it, either; but still our hearts ached
for the poor young men, so ill, per
haps dying, far 'from friends and rel
atives." " It bothers one to know how this
should be a hospital," we said, " it
is so far remoA'ed from active opera
tions." " It Avas thought," she answered,
" that the mountain air of tho glades
would bo more favorable to their re
covery than elsewhere, so this was
made a hospital. One day one of
these ofiicers dragged himself to the
window, and under the impulso of
the moment my sister asked if we
could do anything for them, and he
ansAvered gasping for breath, that a
little chicken or soup would save
their lives. Chickens were rare in
those days an army is hard on poul
try. The men will work all night,
after marching through the day, to
secure a few chickens; so that when
the hospital nurse and physician had
an unlimited supply of luxuries in
the way of Avincs, potted meats and
canned vegetables, they were without
anything fresh. We knew Avhero a
feAV chickens were hid in a cellar, by
a neighbor, and Ave coaxed one out of
the OAvner, and after a deal of vexa
tious trouble for at every turn avo
Avero met by a fixed bayonet and an
insult Ave got the soup ready, and
as the guard in the hall would not
permit us to approach our patients,
my sister 'attempted, to hand the
bowl to tho olhcer iu tho window.
Just as ho Avas feebly reaching for it,
and she stretching herself half out
to give it to him, a harsh, ugly voice
beloAV criod aloud, " Look out,
there poison!" She nearly dropped
herself, soup and all. Drawing back
she hesitated a second, and then she
took the spoon and began eating tho
broth. 'O, bother!' cried the officer,
'don't waste it in that Avay; I'm not
afraid; and she gave him the soup.
It seemed to revive them, and they
continued steadily to improve, as
day after day wo supplied them with
chicken broth until the cellar Avas
empty. During this time we stood
at the window talking, and we sang
to them 'My Maryland,' and all the
southern songs, we knew, until they
were Avell enough to leave tho hospi
tal and return to duty. They both
seemed sorry to go, and forced upon
us a quantity of hospital stores and
some coffee, which last Ave needed
sadly. Then one gavo a ring and
the other a broach, as tokens of their
kind feeling."
"And did they never return?" Ave
asked.
" One did not, poor fellow, he was
killed in the yery next battle in
which ho was engaged. Ilia com
panion wrote us about it, and the
writer insisted upon opening a cor
respondence with my sister; and
soon his letters greAV into love let
lers, and after a time they were en
gaged. Nearly a year subsequent to
this our patient got lea-e of absence
and came on to be married . He put
up at a hotel, and Avill you believe it,
our own brother, who was in the
Confederate service, and knew noth
ing of my sister's affairs, led a band
of guerillas at night into town and
captured his intended brother-in-laAV
from his bed. "This not only. defer
red the marriage, but depriA'ed the
young West Pointer of his promotion
that he had been promised for gal
lant services in the field. It Avas re
ally aggravating, for exchanges had
almost ceased, ami looked as if the
lovers would haA-e to Avait until 'this
cruel war is over' before they could
be united."
"You should have appealed to
Abraham Lincoln to give a married
brigadier for an unmarried lieuten
ant." -
We did bettor. Procuring passes,
avo went through the lines and a.
pealed to Jeff Davis. Jeff said he
would put my brother's prisoners in
his sister's keeping. They have
been happily married these many
years. He is a Brevet Brigadier
General now, and it all came of our
nursing the enemy in that room."
Here is the foundation of a drama
superior to that given by Boucicult
in Belle Lamar. Washington Cap
ital The Atlanta Herald on tho spur of
the moment, produces this:
Oil, heaA-en-sent Thompson, avc forgiA-c
you
For'spelling it Avith a "p,"
c i , I ni-.. t i rTi i-f the fYi.efc
. That you have Avallopod Benjamin B !
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A rurtnv Look out for a long.
hard winter. Susan B. Anthony's
feet haA-e already begun to grow cold.
Which times are the best ? Meal
times. "
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
TTK! T7t?RQ TTV flV P. ft T.TVORMT fi
The Tariff" and the rarmcrs.
From the Chicago Tribune,
The G,000,000 Americans over 10
years of age engaged in farming are
taxed an average of about 47 per cent
on all they buy, and very heavily on
what they sell, for the encourage
ment of the industries that givo em
ployment to 3,700,000 other Ameri
cans. The farmer pays this average
percentage on his tools, his fencing,
his household utensils on every
thing in fact that ho buys. He sells
the product of his farm at the LiA-er-pool
price, less tho transportation.
That cost is increased in a thousand
ways by the taxes on iron and steel
and by the other duties Avhich Avill
SAvell the cost of railroads and their
management. Ho is taxed therefore
on what he buys and what he sells.
Tho farming army, 0,000,000 strong,
is systematically bled for the benefit
of the employers of 2,700,000 pair of
hands. The argument in behalf of
this monstrous Avrong is the specious
plea of a homo market. It is said
that protection to manufactures at
tracts operatiAros to this country, and
those operatives, Avho would abroad
Ha-o only partiarlly on American
grown grain, live Avholly on it here;
thus there is, therefore, an increased
demand for it, and that this protec
tion more than compensates the far
mers for the taxes it lays upon them.
This is cquiTalent to saying that tho
grain Avhich it Avould cost tho farmer
SI to produce under free trade, and
Avhich now costs $1 47, can not be
sold for enough more to cover this
increased cost, and to give him a
larger profit than he could clear if
tho cost of his Avarcs had been one
third less.
It is a proven maxim of political
economy that the price of the export
ed portion of anything produced hy
a country in quantities beyond its
own need, fixes tho home price.
For if Avhoat can bo sold for 10 cents
in Liverpool, and in Xoav York at
only 5, if would ho bought up and
shipped abroiul until the increased
quantity there diminished the profit,
and the diminished quantity hero
increased the profit. The process
Avould go on uutil the two Avere
equal. It is for this reason that the
farmer sells his grain at any point in
America at tho Liverpool price less
tho cost of transportation. He must
always do so, until tho population
of this country consumes all its ag
ricultural products a state of thiugs
which very probably will noAror
exist, and certainly will not for
many generations. Xo matter how
many deluded loreiguers, lured uy
ficticious Avages that aro high in mon
ey and low in purchasing power,
come here, their demand cannot ser
iously affect tho price Avhilo exporta
tion fixes the price. At present, the
export price, (and therefore the
home price) is low, because the cost
is higli. Tho apparent paradox is
casilv oxplained: England exhausts
tho surplus- of the European grain
field beforo sho draws upon America,
because that surplus is offered to her
at lower rates than ours can be, when.
its cost has been so swollen by taxa
tion. The American farmer could
undersell his Russian rival in the
Liverpool market, and feed all the
millious of the British Isles, if he
were not hampered with this weight
of taxation. If he had free trade, he
would produco his grain ono third
cheaper, and then save all that large
part of the cost of transportation
Avhich reprosonts tho interest on tno
extra millions of dollars which pro
tection has forced the railroad build
ers to sjiend. The farmer uoav pays
two bushels of Av heat to carry a third
bushel from his farm to Liverpool.
Under free trade ho would savo a
certain portion of the two and could
offer this portion and the third bush
el together for about per cent,
less than he must now demand for
the ono bushel alone. The summing
up of tho matter is this: Tho tariff
slightly enlargos the home market,
perhaps, and destroys a very great
part of the foreign market; free trade
would open tho market of tho Avorld
to the farmer, and Avould not dimin
ish the home market to any apprecia
ble extent.
The farmers of the United States
havo the facts before them. Will
0,000,000 of them bo longer taxed for
the benefit of a feAV hundred mill
OAvners? They cannot free themselA-os
by passing free trade resolutions.
They must send men to Congross
who Avill pass free trade hiAvs. Let
them demand their best efforts for
the OA-erthroAv of the tariff monopoly
If tho farmers of the country Avould
but oppose the tariff steal of millions
AvitU a tithe of theAigor they. showed
in opposing tho back-pay steal of
thousands, the great abuse would
soon be dead as tho little one.
What Girls Should Drink. Dr.
Dio Lewis, in his book, "Our Girls,"
says:
I am astonished that a young wo
man who is ambitious of a clear, fine
skin should drink tea. It is a great
enemy to fair complexions. Wine,
coffee and cocoa may be used without
tinging the skin, but as soon as tea
drinking becomes a regular habit,
tho eye of tho discriminating observ
er detects in tho skin. Tea compro
mises the complexion, probably, by
deranging the liver. Weak tea or
coffee may be used occasionally, in
moderate quantities, without notice
able harm; but I advise all young
Avomen Avho .would preserve a soft,
clear skin, and quiet nerves, to avoid
all drinks but cold water. It is an
excellent plan to drink one or two
glasses of cold Avater on lying doAvn
at night and on rising in'the morn
ing. If you have good teeth, and
can help the food into your stomach
without using any fluid, except the
saliva, it will, in the long run, con
tribute much'to your health.
I5ob ;ibbons "ISlind.
Brooklyn Sunday Union,
Judge Servis, the Associate Justice
of tho First District Territorial Court
of Montana, is justly celebrated for
his legal learning, and is greatly be
loved bj' his friends. He is stem,
upright aud honest. But with all
his legal attainments, ho is not the
greatest man at cards in the Terri
tory. It has been said that he did
not knoAV the jack of hearts from the
ace of diamonds.
In the Radersburg mining' camp,
three persons were sitting around a
tablo in one of those log-cabin sa
loons, Avith a . billiard-tablo attach
ed," which are so common in mining
camps, playing a f-mall game of
threo-hand poker, A quarrel ensued,
Avhich resulted in an aggravated case
of assault and battery. This did not
end the affair, for at the next term
of the Court, at the head of the dock
et stood tho Territory of Montana a s.
A. L. Parks for assault and battery
Avitli intent to kill on the body of
Andy Anderson.
The trial came on, and the only
Avituessto the affray Avas Bob Gib
bons, Avho Avas the third in the game.
Having been sAvorn, he Avas directed
to tell the court and jury everything
he kneAV about tho affair. After
clearing his throat he commenced hy
stating that "Me and Parks and An
derson were over at Halbeck's saloon
the second day after the election
Avhen Parks proposed that wo should
have a game poker. All agreed to
it, and Ave Avcnt into the back room
and sat down to tho game; did not
know that there Avas any hard feel
ings between' Parks and Anderson,
or I would not havo played, but
heard afterward "
Here Bob was interrupted by the
Court, who directed him to keep all
hearsays to himself, and confine
himself to the facts of the case.
The Avitness continued: "Well, we
sat doAvn to the table. Anderson sat
there, Parks here, and I there (mak
ing a diagram on the clerk's table).
Parks dealt the cards; I Avent blind;
Anderson Avent blind over me, and
Parks Avould not seo him."
The Judge, Avho is a little deaf,
Avas in the habit of making an ear
trumpet of his hand, and throwing
his head a little forward and side
ways. Having gone through tho
phantomimo, ho interrupted the Avit
ness by asking him:
"What is the reason that Parks did
not see Anderson?"
The witness replied: "I don't know,
but lio would not seo him.
"Proceed," said tho Judge.
"Well, I saw him, he saw, and just
at that minute
"Stop sir," said tho Judge, throw
ing himself into a hearing attitude,
"did I understand you to say that
you Avent blind.'
Yes sir, I Avent blind, and Ander
son ho went blind, and Parks Avould
not seo him; but I saw Anderson,
and then ho saw
"Witness!" exclaimed tho Judge,
striking the bench Avith his clenched
fist, "do I hoar you right, sir? Do
you say that you went blind and then
you saw:
"Yes, sir; replied tho witness. I
saAv, and Anderson saw, and just "
"Stop sir," said the Judge. "Clerk,
fine the witness 50 for contempt of
Court, and direct the Sheriff to take
him to jail, and there to keep him
until he receives further orders from
tho Court. Call up tho next case,
Mr. Clerk."
Bob Gibbons was dumbfounded,
and did not aAvake io the reality of
his condition until the Sheriff had
his hands on him, when he exclaimed:
"Good gracious, Mr. Judge, Avhat
have I done that I must go to jail?"
The Judge, Avho was purple AAith
rage, did not deign to reply to poor
Gibbons, but reiterated the order
Avith increased vehemence, aud tho
members of the Bar, Avho had been
anticipating tho fix that Bob would
eventually bo placed in, were con
vulsed with laughter, which increas
ed the rage of the Judge to the high
est pitch. The Prosecuting Attor
ney endeaA-ored to enlighten the
Judge, and eventually succeeded,
but not until ho had produced a
pack of cards, and, after dealing out
three hands, made tho blind as clear
as day to the Judge.
The fine and imprisonment Avere
remitted and Gibbons Avas allowed
to proceed Avith his testimony.
An Anecdote of Henry Clay.
Many years ago, when tho great Ken
tuckian, Henry Clay, was a candidate
for re-election to Congress from his
J native State, tho following incident
actually occurred:
On election day, Clay was standing
near the polls, surrounded by a num.-
oer oi ins irienas, avucu he A as ap
proached by. an old friend Avho Avas
carrying a flint-lock rifle on his
shoulder, as it Avas customary for all
backwoodsmen to do in that early
day. When he reached Clay, he ex
tended his hand to him and said:
"Harry, as a man I like you; but vou
supported a measure during the last
session Avhich I think Avill prove in
jurious to tho best interests of the
country; therefore I cannot vote for
you again." Clay looked at him for
a few moments in silence; then ho
took the gun off his shoulder, and
after examining it for a short time,
said; "Ditl you ever have a fine bead
drawn through tho sights of your
gun on a noble buck, when the flint
snapped?" The man answered "Yes."
Clay then continued: "Did you break
your gun over the nearest tree, or
did you pick the flint and try it
again?" The man's face brightened
up; he hold out his hand to Clay
again and said: "Why, d n it, Har
ry, I picked tho flint and tried it
again, and I will try you oncomorc,"
and ever .afterward was one of Clay's
warmest f riends. Henry Clay, though
he made some mistakes, was one of
the greatest statesmen this country
ever produced.
A Truce to Personalities
The folloAving article from tho
San Francisco Ecaminer is applicable
to the newspaper fraternity of our
oavu State, and Ave republish it for
their consideration, and trust that
many may heed its wise counsel. It
says:
their3
Why do editors dissipate
force and intellectual energy in abus
ing each other? What good purposo
does it subserve? What public inter
est does it tend to adAance; what
private good does it aid in accom
plishing? During the campaign ante
cedent to the recent- elections, tho
A-alification of each other by the dif
ferent journalists Avas past parallel,
and avc should hope, for the credit
of the craft, beyond possibility of
excess in any future contest.
In Nevada and Ncav York, espe
cially, libel after libel filled the air.
and it Avas never known beforo what
a scui A-y set infest the editorial voca
tion. The Herald says it loarncd in
the heat of that strife that amiable,
accomplished gentlemen, Avho work
hard, Avear decent clothes, earn their
liA'ing like true men, pay their debts,
fear God and love their wives, whose
s-here is to educate public opinion,
Avere, after all, fso many penitentiary
convicts at large, wife-boaters, for
gers, "unnaturalized aliens," thieves,
" ticket-of-leaA-e-men," bribed hire
lings of one party or another.
Noav that the election" is over in
tho East and approaching in this
State, it would be Avell to suggest to
our brethren of tho Press that it is a
senseless business . to indulge in
abusing each other like so many
fish-mongers. Why cannot editors
regard each other as gentlemn? LaAv-
o
yers, physicians, and eA-en ministers
of the Gospel of Peace, in their pub
lic manifestations toAvard each other
pay regard to tho proprieties of social
intercourse, and Avhy do not editors
observe the amenities that obtain
Avith other professional people?
Their SAveeping denunciations and
recriminations do no good, but, con
trarily, much harm to themselves
and others by bad example. Tho
people do not respect it. Journalists
despiso it. Tho influence of tho
Press is visibly impaired; and some
show of justness is conferred thereby
upon the scoffs and sneers of tho
Butlers, the Grants, and their ilk.
If one editor is a fugitiA-e from
justice, or another a victim of a
chronic ailment; if one is a notori
ous turncoat, and another is an at
tempted murderor; if one again is a
besotted bankrupt; and still another
is an incorrigible check-guerrilla, m
Avhat care the general public so long"
as they get what they pay for in a
good newspaper. From what wo ob
serve in the columns of our local co
temporaries, there is only ono
journal in San Francisco conducted
by men of fair character; for it is
the only one so far which hfts not
been stigmatized as venal or subsi
dizable, or edited by men abandoned
to the most frightful iniquities. Re
ally it is time our brethren gave a
truce to personalities, and conduct
ed their affairs like tho aA'erago
Christian who entertains a hope of
salvation.
U'hj- CJen. Sherman Is out of Favor.
"Why is it that a demand for Gen.
Sherman's resignation appears so
suddenly in tho papers at Washing
ton A hich is knoAvn as the official
organ of the administration!" N. Y.
'Pimes. '
It all groAvs out of Sherman's mis
conduct toAvard tho ruling family.
When Mr. JD. Grant graduated
at West Point, tAvo or three years
ago, and was commissioned as a sec
ond lieutenant in a cavalry regiment,
his affectionate mother determined
that, instead observing with his com
pany among tho cruel and savago
Indians, he should enjoy life at
Washington, in some official capac
ity that would keep him about tho
court on as largo pay as ' possible.
The best thing that could be discov
ered in this lino was a place on Sher
man's staff. It.AVOuld make the young
fellow a colonel, with full pay and
alloAvances for that rauk, and it would
insure his presence at Washington
'with very little to do.
When Gen. Sherman Avas applied
to Avith thisproposition, he flatly
declined. His staff Avas full, he said;
its members had served with him
through tho Avar, and he could not
dismiss any of them to mako place
for any new graduate of the acade
my, no matter Avhose son he happen
ed to be; and if a vacancy should oc
cur, he should certainly appoint to
it some officer who deserved promo
tion by his services in tho Avar.
. This refusal was the beginning of
Gen. Sherman's disgrace at the Avhito
house, Avhich became complete Avhen
his daughter's wedding beat that of
Miss Grant's in pomp and splendor,
and it has uoav culminated in this de
mand for his resignation.
Denied by Sherman, the applica
tion was next made to Sheridan at
Chicago. He had not the courage of
his superior officer, and did not daro
to disobey the family command Ho
turned out Col. Forsyth, one of the
braA-est of tho brave, Avith half a doz
en rebel bullets in his body, and
made Fred Grant a lieutenant colon
el in his place, Avith the chance of
loafing in Chicago or Washington, as
he might prefer.
And now if Sherman could bo
driven to resign, Sheridan would bo
General of the army, and Fred would
be a colonel instead of a lieutenant
colonel, and would get about $700 a
year more pay. X. Y. Sun.
One bad thing about gold Not
haA'ing it.
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