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IIH 111 flf ' fit rrrtfY A, o DEVOTED TO POLITICS, NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF ORECON, VOL. 9. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1875. NO.e40. 4i iii ii i i iii iii 5 It 4 V? i 1TERPB1SE. LOCAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER FOR THE Farmer, Businen Man, & Family Cirele. ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY. .A.. NOLTNER, KDITOR AND PUBLISHER. OFFICIAL PAPEE FOB CLACXAMAS CO. OFFICE In ExTErtFRiSK Balldlngr, one door south of Masonic Building. Mala St. e Terra of Subscription l S'.njtle Copy One Year, In Advance. .2.50 .. 1.50 Six Months Term of AdvertUIngi Transient advertisements. Includlnff all lesat notices, square or twelve iin one we;k -- 2.50 For each subsequent insertion.. One Column, one year.... 1.00 120.00 60.00 Half nvisiuess Card. 1 square, one year 12.00 " W."W SOCIETY NOTICES. OKLLtiON LOIt:i NO. 3, I. I. O. 1'., Meets every Thursday evening at 7 S o'clock, in tho Odd Fellows Hall. Main Ktreet. Members of the Or der aro invitod to attend. By RcniiiCA uuurgr Lonca no. & 3. I. O. O. V.. Meets on the Second and Fourth Tues lav (vmiiiiTS e:ich month at 71. nVlni-lc. ill the Odd Fallows Hall. Members of tho Degree are invited to attend. MULTNOMAH LODCK NO. I, A. K. A A. M.. Holds its regular com :om- A 5 A munieations on tlie First a Third Saturdays in each mon t 7 o'clock from the 20th of JSpd. tembcr to tho 2yth of March; and 7-i o'clock from the 20th of March to the 20th of Septembor. Drethren in good standing are invited to attend. I5y order of W. M. FALL" HXC.VMPMCVr NO. 1,1. o. O. V., Meets X Odd Fellows H ill on the i- irs andThirdTucs itli. Patriarchs day of eicii m In good standi! aro invited to attend. r .V 3 C A R D S. J. V. 2sUtRIfe, 1YL. U. PHYSICIAN' AND SURGEON, O it P. J O .V c it r. O R kgo y. RT-ibUc-i V7p-3tlrs M ia .Street. In Charman's Brick, auglitf. Or. S. Phvsieku PACKER, A Surgeon. Or?lCE Xm to Chrmn' Store, K siditic; Main itret. two door above II. Id's Htore. TU Doctor Is Examining Silicon for P:;ii!jris. N'" hination (except Hn Ll") can be made with jin the Insioa Huraau ml" tti iv-rt out 'eial orders Wasuinton. I. mi. joiiisr wELCin DENTIST, OFFICE IN' ORKOOX CITY, OnKGOX. mi ,.1 c:'a Price Faltl for County Ortlisr. B. IL UELA.TJ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW: nsna1 CITY. - OREGON. DjTOFKICE Chirman's brick. Main st. 5marlS72 :tf. JOHN50M &. McCOWN STTORNSYS AND COUNSELORS AT-LAW. Orogon Gity, Oregon. ar-Vill iiractlee In all the Courts of the t.at Siecial attention given to cases in the I. S, Land OiHee at. Oregon City. SaprYSTi-tf. L. T. B ARIN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, OREGON CITY : : OREGON. orriCE Oyer trcrt. Punc' Tin- Store. Main 21mar7J-tf. OREGON CITY BREWERY Henry Humbcl, TI TAVIXO PCRCHAS 11 pil thp above Brew ery wishes to inform the public that lie is nor prepared to maauiaciure a .-o. i qui hy of I, AG Illl It B lilt. as cornl as can bo obtained anywhere In t'istate. Orders solicited and promptly Clled. W. H. HIGHFIELD. EvtablisUed tiore '19, at the old stand. Main Street, Orr?oa City, Orfgon. An aortm-?nt of WathCB, Jewel rr.and Sot h Thomas' WeiRht Clocks all of which :re warranted to be as reuresented. pairin? done on short notice, and mankful for past patronage. JOHN M. JJACON, IMPORTER AND DE.VLER In Eooks, stationery, Ierfum ery, etc., etc. Oregon City, Orfgon fr-WAt the Post Office, Main stgeet, east REEViOVAL. ALFRED KINNEY, M. D., SIJRGEOlSr, I I AS REKOVED HIS OFFICE AND rr osid?nce to the double house. Cornei- of Alder and East Pwk rlrrrL" Ttland, Oreffoi, where he can be . iHy.n, is, 5 ;ra3 1 order N.G. TJIE MOUNTAIN MEADOW HOUROR. PABTICIXARS OF THE BUTCHERT. Joha D. Leo1 Confession All the Par. ticlpators UMiKnated-lMae C. Ha.lt and John M. llijrby th Instigators Mitnation of BriKliam Yottn f. Bkaver. July 20. Tho California Associated Press reporter is enabled by W. W. Bishop, Attorney for John D. Lee, to give tho following details of the confession of Lee. which sets out the character of the whole affair. which is very lengthy. Air. Bishop said that when he got to Beaver, he found that there was great excite ment against Lee, and the people believed ho should be sacrificed to appease the Moloch of the law. He believed he could not get a fair trial in Utah, and consented that his cli ent should turn State's evidence to get immunity from his acts. The prosecution agreed to enter a nolle prosequi as to the hrst indictment. After a long consultation with asso ciate counsel he agreed to it; also, if his confession proved satisfactory, they agree to dismiss all kinds of in dictments against Lee. After Lee made his confession, the prosecution found that it did not implicate high church authorities, also those in brief authority in military districts, so they refused to accept his statement, behoving, as Bishop presumes, that they could, by trying Lee, procure testimony reaching nearer the apos tolic centre; so they disregarded the agreement, and placed Lee on trial Leo s statement opens as follows: It now becomes my painful thongh im perative duty to chronicle the cir cumstances that led to tho unfortun ata affair known as 'the Mountain Meadow massacre, in Utah, which has been shrouded in mystery for fifteen years, causing much comment, excitement and vindictive feeling throughout tho land. The entire blame rests upon Mormon people in Utah. .TNotv. in justice to huammty. feel it my duty to show up the facts as they exist, according to the best of my ability, though I may implicate myself by so doing. I have no vindictive feeling whatever against any man or ciass oi inuiviuuais; what I do is done from sense of duty to myself, to my God and tho people at large, so that truth may conio to icrht and blame rest where it proper y belongs. I have been arrested on a charge of being engaged in a crime committed at the time and place re ferred to. I have boon in close con finement "over eight months, since my arrest. I was in irons three months of tho timo during my con finement. For tho last seventeen years, in fact since the commission of the crime, I have given the sub ject much thought and reflection. I have made an onort to bear my confinement with fortitude and res ignation, well knowing that most of those engaged in the unfortunate affair were led on by religious influ ences, commonly called fanaticism, and nothing but their devotion to God and their duty to Him, as taught them by their religion and their church leaders, would ever have in duced them to have committed such outrageous and unnatural acts, be lieving that all who participated in the lamentable transaction, or most of them, wero acting uuder such or ders that they considered it their duty to obey. I have suffered all kinds of ill-treatment, as well as im prisonment, rather than expose these men. Knowing uio circumstances, as I do. and believing in the cinceri- ty of their motives, as I always have done. I have a duty to perform. I have, since I was arrested, become convinced that it was not the policy of tho Government or the wish of the Court, to punish these men, but rather to protect, and let the blame rest ou their leaders, whero it law fully and justly belongs. After much thought and meditation, I have come to tho conclusion that I cannot long er remain silent on this subject, but so far as I can I must bring to light circumstances connected, and remove tho cloud of mystery that has so long obscured the transaction and served to agitate the public mind, believing it to be my duty as a man, duty to myself, to my family, to my God and to humanity, to cast aside the shackles so long holding my con science in silence, and in pursuance of the disinterested advice of my attorneys. I now submit the facts as far as I know them, stating nothing from malice or for purpose of re venue, and holdini? back nothing that I can state of my own knowl edge. Willing that tho world may know all that was done, and why the acts wero committed, I submit the following as an exact, unvarying statement of facts and circumstances connected with tho crime known as the Mountain Meadow massacre. The facts aro as follows: At this point pages of tho confession were reiusea reporters for the present, but the character of them is permitted to be stated, as follows: He gives at great lenertb. a perfect and concise state ment of acts and facts connected with the massacre, giving names of per sons, dates and places. He claims to fully expose all classes of men and every person connected with the out rage. He starts ont with his first knowledge of the emigrant train, fol lowing them through their unfortun ate experiences and conflicts up to the termination of their sad career He describes all that was done by the murderers after the commission of the crime, and the actions of al concerned with it; also, the actions of Brigham Young and the high priesthood; also, the acts of those in authority, the disposition of children saved, and particulars of their deliv- err to Dr. x orney, agent of the Gov e rumen t, who removed them to- Mis souri. In fact, the statement of Les fully explains, who, for what reason and how th tragedy was a.ccon?plish.7 ed, stating the justification relied upon by participants for th rnmmla- sion of that fearful crime. Ua Ac. tsils fix tho crime unon TaAo n Haight and John M. Higby. com manding officers, the former stand ing on an eminence and givmz the signal agreed upon for the slanc-htfir after the emigrants had been decoyed out vi vutsir uironguom by the nag of truce. The wounded ' had fir At been hauled out and were dispatched, iiiere eio miriy winte men anil a large number of Indians. The de tails of tho killing of men. women and children, surpasses in horror all that has ever been written concern ing the massacre, and is more terri ble, atrocious and bloody than the most vivid imagination could conjec ture; St. Bartholomew's day, and the utmost barbantv of humanity. aro absolutely pale before tho sicken ing tale. In concluding, Lee writes as follows: A few days after the mas sacre, I was instructed by Major I. C. Haight, next in command to "W. H. Dame, in Iron Military District, to carry a report of what had been done to President Brigham Young, at Salt Lake City. He directed me to give him my report and Btand up with manly courage, and I shoulder ed as much blame as possible, he sa-ing that if I did I should receive celestial reward This, however, is my nature, never to bind burdens on others that I am not willing to bear myself. I then went to Salt Lako and reported to Brigham Young the exact facts connected with the trans action, shouldering the greater share of the responsibility that justly bo longed to me. In justice to Brigham Young I must say that when he heard my story he wept like a child, walked tho floor and wrung his hands in bit ter anguish and said: "This is a most unfortunate affair, the most un warranted event that has ever hap pened to the Mormon people; this transaction will bring sorrow and trouble upon us in Utah; I would to God it had never happened." After hearing this l returned home with a drooping heart and reported the re sult of the mission to those in au thority over mo. Lee says seventeen children were saved, and delivered to Dr. Forney, who promised to send them to friends in Missouri and Ne braska. He says the massacre was the result of military orders, Utah then being under martial law, bv order of Brigham Young. Johnston's army being east, in Echo Canyon, and an invasion being expected from the west, by way of California, the Mormon people were in a stato of excitement, and acted as desperation dictated. Attorney Bishop alleges that Leo offered to give the prosecu tion tho names of several of the mur derers, who could be found, as he believes. Bkaver, July 20. In tho Court his morning. Judge Sutherland pre siding, tho counsel for Dame said he had found a fatal delect in the in dictment, which he had intended to overlook in tho trial upon it, but finding that Lee's case would be tried first, and JJame s not reached tins term, he asked that the indictment be cmashed upon the ground that the crimo was not alleged to have been committed in the Territory or District, nor in any county, but sim ply in Mountain Meadow valley, without any designation, whereupon Mr. Carr arose and presented a now indictment, which charges Dame, Lee, Elliot, Wilder, William C Stewart, Georgo Adair, Jr., John M Higby, I. C. Haight, Samuel Jukes and Philip K. Smith with conspiracy with Indians to kill those emigrants, and that in pursuance to that con spiracy they did kill them. Tho in dictment will not be made public till to-morrow morning, at which time Lee will be arraigned and plead to it Beaver, July 21. In the Lee trial to-day. Dame's counsel asked the Court to decide on yesterday's mo tion to ouash Dame s indictment. The Court refused until Lee's case had been disposed of. Lee's counsel asked what was to be done with the first indictment against him. The prosecution refused to reply. Lee was then arraigned ou the first count in the indictment charging him ana seven others with conspiracy to mur der and the accomplishment thereof, His counsel put in as pleas m abate ment that: First, tho grand jury was improperly impaneled, as out of twenty-three jurors drawn eight wero dischareed without canse, three wero drawn at largo and tho panel finally made, which was illegal; that the second indictment does not show, nor does it record that the indict ment was presented by a grand jury in open court. The prosecution ask ed till 2 o'clock to reply, which was o-ranted. At 2 o clock the prosecti tion demurred to tho plea as to the rriml inrv. and the Court sustained the demurrer. A replication was fil ed as to the second plea, denying its truth. Tho Court asked tho parties enhmit proof as to it. Each claim ed that the other side had the affirm ofivp and both refused to move first The Court said the defense had raised the matter, and hence had the affirm ative. It refused to prove its charge, tfrrA ho overruled tu plea r tUnn rdeaded not guilty. The prosecution moved the Court to make the records of the Court conform to the fact that tho indictment was pre sented by a grana jury iuwu", made an order to thai effect, munc pro tunc The Court i k ,-niVtment did not bear an endorsement of the Pfi1 was marked niea Du ? i-o,l 30. The m showed that No. 30 was presented by tlia errand iuTV. he flUQ WJ"!" . ' rt nut the names indicted parties on the record until they wero arrestedehey might just TvaMiKhed in newspaper. Tba den le.1 "ef will win tho case. ltt -" ""i"01"" Court. There is very general .aiK on the street about the blunders of the fed eral attorney. The hrst indictment proved worthless, because it did not state where the crime was committed neither State, Territory, nor conn- tv: th second indictment was not endorsed bv the Clerk as presented, and exeentions are taken on which the defense declare they are willing to risk all. The Court asked the prisoners if they were ready for trial Dame asked to be tried jointly with Lee, for fear his trial would not bo reached this term. The prosecution objected, and tho Court refused to order a io:nt trial. He said the cases should be tried this-term,' if they lasted till the last day he would ask the Government to extend the trial till finished. Lee's counsel asked till to-morrow to decide if they were ready to go to trial on the conspiracy case. The Court granted it but said a very strong showing would be re quired to get any continuance. .It is now believed the trial will go on to morrow. The feeling in town is in creasing against Lee. Me appeared in Court with three wives and two daughters. He seemed cool and col lected. A stronger guard than usual is kept by the United States Marshal There aro witnesses now hero who could probably never be got together again. The attorneys for ljee ana Damo to-n:rht decided to answer that they will be ready to go on with tho trial Thursday morning. New witnesses aro constantly turning up ivee's trial. Beaver, Utah, July 22. Lee's tri al for the Mountain Meadow massacre began to-day. The Conrt was crowd ed. The defense skirmished on every point. The jury found up to 2 o clock is as follows: Josephus Wade, Cren tile, native, two years resident of the Territory; J. C. Heister, Gentile, na tive, two years resident; uavia itog- ers, Alormon, native, iourteen jar resident: Isaac Duffin, Mormon, nat u rali zed, ten years resident; J. P. Chedister, Mormon, twelve years res ident; James C. Robinson, .Mormon, native, eighteen years resident; C. J Arthur, Mormon, native, twenty years resident, son-in-law to Haight, who cravo tho order to. fire on the emi- grants, but has no opinion; Joseph Knight, Mormon, native, twenty years resident; Paul Price, Mormon, native, six years resilient; Lreorge x- Jarvis, Mormon, naturalized, fifteen years resident; Bobert Heyborne, Mormon, naturalized, seventeen years resident, a Californian. stepson to Urie. who was engaged in the massa ere, has been on the ground, knows nothing of it; John Beaver, Gentile, native, ten years resident. The following were challenged and excused for cause: James Gibson, Gentile: J. W. Hunt, Mormon; Wm Thompson, apostate: Elijah Ellmore, Mormon: James linnter, uentue; John J. Waller. Gentile; Henry Hoi ling, Gentile; F. L. Hersmger, Gen tile. The defense' goes after the Gentile jurors, but easily passes the Mormons. Tho jury will be secured to-dav. Each side has fifteen per- en-mtorv challenges. Tho Mormons examined as jurors would swear that ... . . . - v 1 they had lived lrom ten to eiguieen vears in the recrion of the massacre. ere, ml " " . yet never hoard it talked of, and had no opinions auoui 11. xna suuject 'a mi 1 . - causes much open comment and bit ter feelincr. Tho first witness will be called in the morninir. The excitement is now intpnsn. As the Court closed tho .Tn.1ro allowed the lurors to can friends in tho open uouri; auu opeuiy 0- . . , . - ,1 give instruction as to their families, home, stock, larms, etc. j.ms scents was very amusing, lhe delense say thev caro little how the case goes, as they rely wholly on two points to reserve in the supreme jourt: x irsc, Failure to endorse tho presenting of the indictment in Court. Second, The Poland bill crives tho Governor power to fix the terms of Court. He fixed the terms for September, No vember. February and April, and afterward revoked tho order as to February and mado the July term This, thev claim, is a fatal error. It is now thought that the trial will not be so long as was expected, and will - ........ ... ... be closed rapidly. Hearsay Evidence. "I say, Mr. Smithers," said Mrs. Smithers to her husband; "didn't 1 hear you down in the kitchen kissing the cook ?" "Mv dear. replied tsmithers, blandly, "permit me to insist upon my right to be reasonably ignorant. I really cannot say vuut juumaj liavn heard." "But wan't you down there kissing the cook ?" "My dear, I really cannot recol- Wt. T only remember going into the kitchen and coming out again T mav have been there, and from vl.flt tmn bit T infer I was. But I cannot recollect inst what occurred "Tint. " nersisted the ruthless cross- examiner, "what uiatue menu ucu . , . -. -1 T U she said: "Oh! Smithers, aon t kiss so loud, or that old she-dragon up Rfairs will hear us!" "Well," said Smithers, m his blandest tones, "I cannot remember tta ,'Tifpmror.A.tion 1 did put on tue words at the time. They are not my words, you must remember. Satisfactory Evidence. A male ftnnviet at Cayenne obtained per mission to marry a female convict, but as the man was a widower the Governor declared it was necessary first to obtain the ceruncate oi mo rWth of his first wife. A communi- addressed to the authori- ties, but without any reply. J. no convict insisting that the ceremony should be no longer delayed, the r.nromnr said: "But what is there tn nrova that vour first wife is dead?' The reply of the convict was tolera bly satisfactory on this point. "wTi-p " rifl said. "I'm here for hav ing assassinated her. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. How to Kill a Town. Wo take the following extract from one of our exchanges. It is a true picture as to "How to Kill a Town, and is vprv applicable to some of our citizens, among whom are some that rely on their incomes entirely tho people of their own town. Here is a long lesson in this short article, and wo feel confident that many who shall read it will say 'that means me. Where thero are so many who act upon the principle of sending out of town for everything they want, is it any wonder that our homo factories and merchants complain of dull times? Is it not stransro they suc ceed as well as they do? We have right here at homo too much of this sending away for everything. Pat ronize your home merchants and me chanics, and see what a difference it will make. When a man gets so elevated above the community in which he lives and is dependent-' upon for his support and business patronage that lie can not get anything good enough for him without sending to some distant citv or market for it he had better rmvA The. community is ueiier ou . -, 1 11 LC without him. and his place had bet ter be filled by some one who will take sufficient interest in the town in which he lives to do his trading at home, and thus keep the money he pays out in the community, in short, the way to kill a town is to import everything you can, and ex- nort as little as possiDie. xub to build up a town is to import as little as possible and export as much as yon can. . "Sunset" ou the Sunrise. Tl.fl TTnn. K. S. Cox. of New York recently delivered a speech be fore tho Young men's Democratic f Columbus. Ohio, which stirred up the boys considerably. From a report in the Ohio Slate Jour nal we clip the following extract: I have found the old and pure at tachment to the Democracy as the nnlinr snra rind steadfast for our Republican guidance. But why shniil.l T hero to-nirht. under the impulse and-nuspices ot a new gene- mttnn rm i v ne a memory.' in still on. .Duties arise witu pvrv vefir. 1 am Still a watcumau -r I'll 1. 1 . on tho walls of political Zion. Y'ou ask me: "What of tho night?'' The question is -well put. "Night!" what of it? The nigut 01 nuueu years ot liauicai ruie; uio . - 1 i 1:1 l . when personal ana puouc nuenv wero eclipsed; the night which no freeman could work well; the li'ght which, beginning in tho crimson tuMlin-hf in lsno. unstarrea tnrouKn gloomy years, still lingers thick and black, and now portentous! wnai 01 it? Why hope, exultation the aionlrra of a new sunrise! The lono- shadows point to the morning! Joy cometh in the morning! Rise up! Ilnmnerats Ot UlilO. ana see meyiun f ba dawn! Rise no and let the - , . . l;ff,i "Bilrerv of your couch! "Eiso up" from unpleasant dreams about unpleasant facts when the pro vost was on our tracks ana w e ere hunted from meeting to meeting by blood-hounds and by blood-tracks, and when our house was not so much nf.i castle as the open air! hise up, Democrats of Ohio. Vigilance, not ia Mm nrifift of liberty!" "Rise ""i'.'." f .1 - - v. Wiiimm Alien, ana cumu nu v.a ond Ken tho dory of the 1111 U-y w the sunrise! Couldn't re Bluffed. A 'couple of horsemen, going into V icksourg other dav from the interior, over tnnl- an old man and his wite seaieu in the bottom of a mule cart. Feel ;n ,'n hitrli-fmirits. one of the men i"b " ."o a v i. . ... "Hello, uncle! how much win you take for your wife, cash down? "O. I dunno he siowiy repneu "Well name your price." "Ten dollars." "TViL-a her." The horsemen didn know what to c-n-rr nnri irns tratnerinK ui tuo i.o . .i .. ... . s vrtino TOi.I tUa old woman lumped to the -wi am rnrelaimed: "wv " . . , T X w i v i ' iv.. r.i.i man nml lie Uses me Hive uio 1 . , , , I o o. fAmilv that cant bo UUt "O "u J - . uieraA lw tic, man on horseback. rri Miiffprs" o-ot out of tho scrape by riding off at full speed. A Sctferino Capitalist. "Yes, these are awiul nara times, saiu a t oll street broker, as he stood his steps talking to a friend, last evening. , "Mighty tougn, a expect, was the x-rJ' ., i v it i "Why, saia me uioivci, a. uuo invpstincr ana investing ior a ,r Kick a pile of money, I assure J ' , - - , -, i xovl ana a iiuu a o uu i"01ub fary." ' I nrleed ! tv as I'm liviner. If I've lost a cent I've lost 3300,000." "Certain." continued the broker, and what cramps me most, and makes me feel the worst, is that fully S150 of it was my own! Then the friends retirea to a se cluded place and "smiled." ' -oo At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Massachusetts held last week in Boston, an apron worn by General Joseph W arren was present ed to the Grand Lodge by the heirs of Grand Master Benjamin Enssell, who was at the head of the Lodge in 1813; also, on apron, worn by Gen. Lafayette on. the occasion of the lay. inc of the corner stone of Banker Hill Monument. The Way to Judge Wool on a Live kiieep. The finest and softest wool is al- -a 1 IT ways louna on tue snouiaers oi a sheep. But not one person in ten thousand is aware of this fact. Let us watch an expert when he is about to pass judgment on a sheep concern ing the value of the animal for pro ducing wool, and it will be seen he always looks at the wool on the shoul ders first. A writer of extensive ex- perience in rearing fine wooled sheep ana in nanaiing wooi, cuiuuiuuicuicu the following suggestion for select ing a good wooled sheep: "Always assuming iu uui inspected is really a fine wool we first examine the sliouiaers ac iue part where the finest and best wool is usually found. Tins we take as a standard and compare it with the wool from the ribs, the thigh, the rump and the shoulder parts, and the nearer the wool lrom tne various portions of the animal approaches tho standard tho Detter. xirsi we scrutinize tho fineness, and if the result is satisfactory we pronounce the fleece in respect of fineness very even. Next we inquire into tne length of the staples, and if we find that the wool on the ribs, thign ana back approximate reasonably in length to that of our standard, we again declare the .sheep, as regards length of sample, true and even. We next desire to satisfy ourselves ot the density of the fleece, and if we do this by closing the hand upon a por tion of the rump, and of tho loin wool, the fleece at these points being usually the thinnest faulty, and it again gives satisfaction, we signify the fact by designating the wool even' as respects density. Now to summarize these separate examina tions: If you find tho fleece of near ly equal firmness from the shoulder to the thigh, 01 nearly equal lengiu, shoulder, rib, thigh and back, and density on shoulder and across the loins, you may conclude that you have a penecu sueep xor puj- ducing valuable wool. oeiecung sheep for valuable feeders is quite another thing. Trade Journal. How They Bceied the Hatchet. The Boston Herald tells the follow- ing: The ilav following our centennial festivities the following incident oc curred in a South Bend saloon: A friend had invited one of the South Carolina soldiers into the saloon to put another turf on the buried hatch et. While standing at tne uar a stranger came in. The Carolinian suddenly dropped his glass and closely eyed the stranger. His gaze was so steady and peculiar iiiat me friend began to be alarmed and to fear that the hatchet was about to be dug up again. Directly tho Caroli nian asked the stranger it no Knew him. There was no recognition, whereupon the Carolinian asked Rim if he was not in the late war. "Yes," was the reply. And you were once stationed at such a place? "Yes. And took part in a skirmisur Well I thought so, replied tho Caro linian, and raising his hat, showed a largo sear on his forehead, saying "There is your saore mam, my uu , come up and take a drink. And so then and thero they decorated the grave of tho buried hatchet. -- Frightening Children. Nothing can be worse for a child than to be frightened. The effect of the scare it is slow to recover from; it remains sometime until after maturity, as is shown by many instances of morbid sensitiveness and excessive nervous ness. Not unfrequently, fear is em ployed as a means of discipline. Children aro controneu uj uci made to believe that something ter rible will happen to them and pun ished by being shut up in dark rooms, or by being put in places they stand in dread of. No one, without a vivid memory oi his own childhood, can comprehend how en tirely cruel such things are. we have often heard grown persons tell of the suffering they have endured, as children, under like circumstan ces and recount the irreparable in jury which they then received. No parent, no nurse, capauie oi alarm ing the young, is fitted for her posi tion. Children as nearly as possible should be trained to not know the sense of fear, which above everything else is to be feared in their educa tion early and late. m m -- Connecticut has always been prom inent among the btates which sneer at the laxity of the marriage tie in the West and at the ease with which divorce is there obtainable; but sta tistics show that Connecticut has too many widows in her house to indulge very ireeiy in tnis Kina oi sione- throwing. The number of divorces granted in that State in 1874 was 4'J2, which was in tho proportion of one divorce to nine and a half marriages. It is doubtful if Indiana, even, can make a worse showing A printer's devil, in sweeping up a larare collection of rejected manu script, both prose and poetry, with downcast look and blanched cheeks, exclaimed to himself: "Oh! dear, what a, waste of brains. I don't think I shall ever write for the newspapers, except I am one of the editors. They hiivA flip hpt. of ir no matter wntiu . ... . . i. er they write sense or nonsense." Honor the CotoRS. The climax of college patriotism has bfn- ed at Harvard, wnere iu t -ciers' Union," a society in the .col lege, have, dyed all their dogs in gorgeous crimson, and will take them to the Saratoga regain- y. irnf fatorV turns out a uonnecuua. " prfl- SffS.1!!- - comes of the pins? A Jollj- Hoy Is Sartoris. I have seen bat very littlo of Grant although there is an employee of Col. Presbury's among his 250 ser vants at the West End Hotel which is said to be the picture of the hero of Appomattox. He is, I think; a stage driver and a strawberry blondo. Grant keeps very quiet, and will not talk to his most intimate friends about the third term. But tho most popular and best natured and most jolly boy at Long Branch is Alger non Sartoris, the husband of Nellie Grant and the son-in-law to the Pres ident, and when helis not driving hi3 pretty wife along the beach in a lit tle pony chaise, he wanders along the drive in an unassuming manner in a loose sack coat, valued at about $6, and makes himself good-natured, plucky way, that defies criticism and makes him quite liked by all tho young people. He is a fine gymnast a good boxer in an amateur way, and a hard walker; but then the walking at Long Branch is so bla-a-asted dusty' that he does not c:ire to do enough of it for his health Young Sartoris is also fond of a glass of lager, and has taken a great liking to that beverage in schooners. His usual way, as I understand, is to step intoJouss lager beer saioon, and with a good-naturea noa, cry out: Oh, I say, isn't it doosed 'ot. Just give me a largo glass of beah, won't you, old fellah. And I say be pretty smart about it, you it's so doosed 'ot. Thanks old fellah, I'll take another, like a good boy.' I can't help thinking that to be a dem ocratic kind of a way for a man with $00,000 a year, an old family name and married to Caesar's daughter. Country Press. The prophets of evil who for yeaTS have been predicting that the coun try newspapers were to be swallowed up by the gigantic monopolies of tho metropolis, have missed their mark. Never before was the country press so strong, so influential, so respec table, as to-day; and never befoTe was its success and prosperity so well assured. If the metropolitan press has had any influence in shap ing the career of the country journal, it has been beneficial rather than detrimental, in creating a thirst for news that the former could not sup pi y. The man who takes a city po litical or religious journal becomes much more eager for home new3 than ho who does not read at all. He finds that one does not answer for the other. He would as soon think of making his overcoat do duty as hat and boots, as seeking local in telligence in a New York daily. Tho home organ lurs a distinct mission of its own, which no other can supply; and the more journalism advances, the stronger becomes its growthOand the purer and belter its influence. Seattle Tribune. o Parental Lote. No love is so true and tender as the love our pa rents give us, and for none are we so ungrateful. We take it as a matter of course, as something we deserve. Especially may our mothers toil and deny themselves, think all night and labor all day, without receiving any thanks whatever. From, the day she walks all night with us, while wo cry, to the day when she helps to make our wedding dress and gives us thoso cherished pearls which she wore in he:: girlhood, we do not half rAcnfrnize her love for us. Never i until we are parents ourselves, do wo quite comprehend, let is there any thing like it? Alio lover may aeseri - . - ,1 1. . .T us lor some ungnter Deauiy; ino husband grow indifferent when wo have been his a little while; tho friend bo only a summer friend, and fly when riches vanish, or when we are too sad to amuse; but our pa rents love us better in our sorrow, and holds us dearer for any change or disfigurement. There isn't much of heaven here on earth, but what there is of it, is chiefly given in a parent's love. Lady Franklin is dead. For year3 that name has been associated with and suggested all that i3 tender and beautiful in womanly and wifely de votion, her conduct setting an exam ple as lovely and lasting as that of Griselda herself, or of Enid, tho fair and faithful, or Oriana, the beloved of Amadis. Lady Franklin will leave behind her as the fruits of her beautiful life tho finest example of conjugal love, and patriotism, and fidelity, the world has ever seen. "Until death do you part" had no meaning for her; hers was a death less devotion; theirs the perfect union of heart and soul for life and for death, the here and the hereafter, that is the only true marriage before God. During a trial the judge called a witness. No one answering an elder ly man arose and solemnly said, he is gone.' 'Where has he gone? asked the judge in no tender tone. I don't know; but he is dead, was the guarded answer. - i ' Several Quakers aro looking a Oregon for a good place to found a colony of Friends. They havs gone to take a look at tho Walla Walla country, but havo received a good impression from looking at Yamhill, and will probably settle there. Who can sound the depths of wo man's love? A New Hampshire wife says of her husband: His kick is an inspiration, and when ho knocks mo down I feel my measure of hap piness is full to overflowing.' The most quiet and unobtrusive fe male can create considerable sensa tion when a frightened cockroach mistakes her leg for the nearest-way home. The cockroach is an ugly bug. O O o o G O G O O O i o O o G O 1 V " i G t G o o 4 ( I o G i 9 I G 4