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DEVOTED TO POLITICS, PiEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON,
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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1875.
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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT-LAW.
Oroon
City, Oroon.
"Will practice in nil the Courts of the
Statf. Sv ci:U aft-Mitioji gi-in to cases in
tho U. H.'lMtid O II :ir )r.--fn City.
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L. T. BAHIN
ATTORTJ si Y-AT-LAVV,
OREGOX Cirr, : : OREGON.
OFFICE Ovcr; Tops Tin Store,
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AV. H.illlGUFIELD.
EitablUhrd alAce 4t, the old stand.
Main Strict, Oron City, Orfson.
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An issi'rt m'nt of Vath, .Twfl-
ry.anil .s.ith Tiiouias' WViht Clocks
all oi wrica are wurrumeu 10 oe as
y ifpiirins: lone on short notice, and
thankful for past patronage.
JOHX 31. KACOX,
IMPORTER .n'D DEALER
in Rooks, StatirVry, Perfum
ery, etc.. etc. f I
Orff?!CIt-, Orejjon.
trAtthe Post
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OSlse, Main stjjeet, east
REMOVAL.
ALFRED KINNEY, M. D.,
SUllGEOX,
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AS RKNOlf D HIS OFFICE AD
t'sidence the double hous.
. W. Corners . Aldrrand Kait Park
rtrt, Porttand. vrejon, whr ho can be
found at all horns, day and night.
May 6, 1375 an
So to
A Ppr Day at home.
Terms
v j lrree. Address
uMy G. RTIXT A Co., Portland, Me
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Letter from Longmoiit, C. T.
Exteepeise:
Xleasure the
have read with ranch
published statements in your paper
of the resources of Clackamas county,
an J must say that I am much pleased
with the truthful, straiqht-forward
facts therein contained. Havingbeen
a resident of jour county for over
three years, I know whereof I write.
But it does seem to me that it would
have been better to have had a'full
statement of facts in relation to tTie
business of Oregon Citv. Its num
ber of business houses, of all kinds J
i:id some figures approximating the
amount of trade done. etc. Some
thing of this kind would be received
and read cladlv by many who are
looking to Oregon for a future home,
and I know of some who are anxious
to get the information your other
wise admirable report fails to give:
ana some oi tnese parties are taming
strongly of going to Oregon City to
get t.teni a home.
Permit tne to
in praise of the
write a word or two
many good article?
published in the Exteupkiss on the
resources of Oregon in general and
Clackamas county in particular, that
have appeared in its columns in the
last two vcars. Everv man in Clack-
tnaas county ought to support hi
county paper.
hat Oregon needs to-uay, is more
people, more factories, more machine
-hops, more farmers and mechanics
VIi tins crv of "hard times, comes
.'rop.i Oregon sending so much money
ut of her country for manufactured
.foods that ought and could be made at
'tome. It is by good sound at tides
published in the pruss throughout
rhe State that induces peop.e to stop
nid think, and it also induces people
in other localities to stop and read of
the magnificent and varied resources
contained in the limits of Oregon,
md emigration is obtained in this
a-ay.
Please to excuse me for writing so
much, as I set out only to ask you to
give a little more information through
the Extekpeise concerning Oregon
City. I am always anxious am
jdeased to hear of Oregon's prosperi
ty, as I have many pleasing rceollec
tions of her magnificent scenery am
unparalleled resource s.
Respect fully, L. II. D.
Longmont, Colorado, July l'J, '73.
Ax Expensive "Boss." The New
lorK recenny ttevoteu three
columns to a comparison between
the White House expenses of diiTer
ent Presidents during the last twen
ty years, and the result proves that
Cieneral (.xrant is a pretty expensive
"boss" to sustain. The following
figures show the annual average of
the appropriations from the time o
President Taylor:
Annual averatre under Tavlor-
Filmore (Vhig) S01.CCG
Anniiil average tinder Pierce
(lVtn.) 41,09(3
Aunu.d averaire under I'.uchan-
an (Deiii.) 4G.571
Annual average under Tjincidn
(Rid.) 52,193
Annual averasre lirst term of
tiratit (Had) 104,720
Annual averatre second term of
Grant (Bad.) 119,289
Gen. Grant's fuel appropriation
alone is $5,000," and the 'green-house'
attached to the Executive mansion,
which Gen. Babcock has ths manage
ment of and disburses the funds
thereof, costs the country $10,000
per annum. Gen. Grant is said to
live very economically, and this may
be a fact, as he h.iS unquestionably
saved enongli to make himself richer
than Beecher.
Hammond at Seattle. Mr. Ham
mond's out-door meeting in Seattle,
last Saturday evening, says the Olym
pia Standard, was largely attended,
but a portion of the crowd were bois
terous in conduct. This was proba
bly occasioned by Mr. Hammond's
way of attracting an audience, which
was by shouting "lire! fire!" at the
top of his voice. An alarm of course
immediately ensued, and stores and
offices were hastily closed, while the
crowd rushed pell-mell to the quarter
from which the noise proceeded.
When it was ascertained that they
had been made the victims of a ruse;
the auditors were not in the best
humor for listening to a sermon nor
did they entertain "very Christian
like feelings toward the cause of the
alarm. A razor-strap man on the
opposite side of the street was doinj
a brisk trade, but when the disturb
ance ensued, he very earnestly beg-
-ti me people to believe that Mr.
xiammond was no "capper" for him!
Faint and Inadequate. Ex
Speaker Blaine, the Springfield Ee-
pubhean states, appears as the third
tax-payer in Augusta, his tax aore
gtting $1,085. "This tax, however."
remarks the Portland Argus, "gives
a very lamt anil inadequate idea of
His great wealth. Thirteen years
ago he was a poor man, livinsr in n.
rented house, for which lie paid $300
yearly rent." Mr. Blaine is the can
didate of the Congressional Tailroad
speculators and lobbyists for the
Presidency.
The Country Editor.
The annual convention of the New
York State Editorial Association,
which was held in Elmira recently,
and the fraternization of the Alabama
State editors therewith, affords the
Buffalo Express the opportunity of
saying something that ought to be
said. The city press, and more par
ticularly the metropolitan press, is
inclined to "think small beer" of this '
gathering of the country editors, j
which feeling grows out of an over- ,
estimation of the influence and im-
portance of the daily press, and an j
tinder-valuation of the work of tho
weekly press. Our political history j
for the 2ist few years abounds with !
incidents to prove the fallacy of these j
estimates. The Express cites one i
conspicuous example the Greeley
-the
movement. It was hacked by ther
most powerful and brilliant daily
japers in the United States, and was
opposed by the country press with a
ess ostentations, but far more pow
erful influence, as the result proved.
In both political parties the so-
called leading organs of the city press
are deferred to and cherished by the
party leaders, and the weekly press
practically ignored. The result on
the one hand was a dictatorial tone,
and Anally, in most of the cases, a
refractory spirit in the city press;
while on the other hand neirlect does
not have an equally bad influence,
because the country iress follows
the lead of political principles, and
is not Haltered into an over-estimate
of its own importance. Very few
Republican weeklies in New York
went olf after Andrew Johnson and
Charles Sumner. The fact is, the
weekly press has always been the
consistent, undeviating, faithful reli
ance of the Democratic party on the
one hand, and of the Ridical party
on the other. If they have less bril
liancy aufi conspieuousness than the
citv papers, thev have more stability
and fidelity to principle. At the
same time, it may, perhaps, be said,
they have in a greater degree the
confidence of the masses, and hence
a greater influence in making up the
popular verdicts. The reason is evi
dent. They come more immediately
in contact with the people, more
closely reflect the popular view, and
more accurately harmonize with the
public conscience. There is more
"red tape" at the doors of the sanc
tums of a New York editor-in-chief
than at the White House. There is
a divinity constructed to hedge about
city editors that makes them hermits.
Their ears are open only to a privi
leged few. The country editor, on
the contrary, lives in daily inter
course with the common ieople, and
reflects their views in every is-ue.
Moreover, the country paper is to
its subscribers what the city paper
is to a few of its readers a life-long
companion and a trusted counselor.
The country paper stands seeond
only to the family bible; and in half
the families, not even in so subsidi
ary position as that. It is almost
their whole library. They read it
all the week; read it at the hearth;
read it thtough as religiously and
thoroughly as they do their bibles
ad vtrrtisenicnts and all. Who ever
reads a New York Timm or Herald
by course ?
Moreover, again, tho constituency
of the country press is more uvmcrous,
as well as more exclusive, than that
of the city press. At the Elmira
Convention there were nearly a hun-
urea rsew lone btato editors regis
tered, representing nearly that num
ber of successful and respectable
weekly journals with a bona tide cir
culation, greater than all tho daily
papers in New York; and, anyway, a
far greater influence. It is only when
they are summoned together from
their scattered fields of labor that
the work they represent can be ap
preciated. They must be taken in
the aggregate, regarded as a class, to
perceive their strength. " When was
there a gathering of city editors rep-
resenting so much of direct influence
on the masses; so much of irresisti
ble power, or, indeed, so many read
ers, told by the head ?
And this is the most useful mission
of these annual conventions. They
afford an opportunity to see the army
of public opinion massed. The pre
sentation of this aggregation each
year cannot fail th work a silent and
effective influence upon tho minds of
public men. There is a body of men
that the coming statesmen need to
make themselves acquainted with.
It is surprising that politicians are
so slow to find out what is the real
oracie oi pnonc opinion, me cause
of most of their timidity, stultifica
tions, blunders and failures is their
too great deference to a few big pa
pers which mislead because they
reflect only the opinion of a sing
man, or of an ambitious clique; and
their inattention to the great number
of more disinterested though less
noisv organs of the popular will?
The Express thinks that the time will
come wheii political leaders and
statesmen will recognize the relative
value of these two forces, and place
the weekly press upon its proper
pedestal.
Not AIcch. me bound papers,
which give their own reports and
arc not furnished as were the Port
land dailies by a sensational writer
of puffs, employed by the "Rev
Hammond liimselt, are not very
heavy, in their praise of the old fel
low. The Olympia Standard gives
him a touch of something after the
style of the Enterprise, and none of
the papers have anything of the
foolish character that was so dis-
T tl
ernstiner to 5ensiDie perrpie in me
Portland dailies. It takes but a lit-
tie while for a decerning
people like
Oregon and Washington Territory
is inhabited with to find out a monte
bank and cheat.
COURTESY OF
UNIVERSITY
Delano and JJrother Orvil.
There is no longer any doubt that
on or about the 20th of Juno, Presi
dent Grant wrote a letter to Secreta
ry Delano requesting his resigna
tion. When the letter reached the
city from Long Branch, it found
Delano at his usual-head-quarters in
Mt. Vernon, Ohio. It was three
days after its receipt in the city be
fore it was placed in his hands.
Meanwhile, Gen. Babcock and Gen.
Porter, both of whom had peculiar
relations with the President,, began
to circulate, in a very confidential
manner, to very particular friends,
the action of the President. The lat
ter told it to several of his boon
companions in New York City, while
the lormer came over to Washington
and circulated it to those in whom
lie had confidence, and who are
gen -
erally favored with important btate
secrets. So confident were these two
young officers that Delano would
comply with the request, which al
most assumed the form of a demand
that they made no attempt at con
cealment, when direcly interrogated
on the subject. When Delano came
here from Mount Vernon, and got
well over the surprise in store for
him, he consulted with Indian Com
missioner Smith, find determined to
resist the President's request. His
move was a bold one, but he had a
pat hand, and he knew it, and con
cluded to play for what it was worth.
He went directly to Long Branch
and saw the President. He express
ed surprise that the President should
relieve him when under newspaper
fire. The President told him that he
could no longer carry him; that for
mouths, keeping him in his Cabinet
had been something akin to harbor
ing an elephant. Delano expostu
lated but Grant was firm. Then he
plead, the warrior of a hundred bat
tles was immovable. Tho crafty
Delano was not to be outwitted. He
knew his game, and began to play
his points. Finding that he had
failed to make any impression upon
tho ground of sympathy, he boldly
defied Grant to do his worst. He
made threats. The sword of Damo
cles which he held over the Admin
istration's head was "brother Orvil
He coolly told the President that he
should refuse to comply with his re
quest for his resignation, and that if
it was enforced he would expose the
anything but creditable relations Or
vil Grant bore to the Interior. De
partment. He moreover, reminded
his ehiei that Urother UrvH was
given the exclusive control of the
furnishing of sutler's supplies at
military posts, upon the written re
quest of Ulysses S. Grant. President
of the United States, and of which
paper Columbus Delano was the
present and prospective custodian.
This exhibition of treason on the
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pari oi me nristian eiemeui, oi tne
Cabinet not only surprised but pro
voked Grant. He dismissed Delano
from his presence with much feeling
and the later came over to ashing
ton and resumed his official duties
with as much nonchalance as if the
relations between himself and his
master had never been rnflled
Meanwhile, Delano has not resigned
nor has Grant dismissed him. Which
idmits of tho very plausible infer-
once that the 1'resulent iloes not care
to have the peculiar transactions o:
lis near kith and kin laid bare ant
subjected to criticisms of a discrim
inating public.
Ilxcliangc of Compliments.
There has been an impressive ex
change of compliments between l.e
logg, the bogus Governor of Lonisi
ana, and Clinton, the State Auditor
both carpet-baggers and belonging
to the "ring," who havo"carried mat
ters with such a high hand in that
State. Clinton, who lias been on
trial for various fraudulent proceed
ings in office, sent in his resignation
to Kellogg, to take effect next Decem
ber, saying that he had long desired
to resign, but he waited until his
character should be vindicated. Kel
logg rejoined with an expression of
confidence iu the integrity of the
Auditor, and the curious information
that, though in the discharge of his
official duty he had ordered a prose
cution against him, he never for one
moment believed him guilty of dis
honesty. An unpleasant sequel to
this vindication of Clinton is found
in the fact that Attorney-General
Field has just filed anew information
against him, charging him, the State
Treasurer, the Secretary of State,
and the speaker of the House of
Representatives, all members of the
Funding Board in 1874, with having
funded five warrants drawn by the
Auditor, amounting to nearly $140,
000, the warrants representing an il
legal and invalid claim against the
State. Clinton and the others have
been compelled to give bail in the
sura of $10,000 each to answer this
charge.
The Ladder was Steady Enough.
A few days since two couples from
Davenport were in DesMoines, and
while viewing the sights inspected
the new capitol building. Just how
they managed to reach the second
story Is unknown the Srst thing the
workmen knew of their presence was
when they were seen walking around
at that height, thirt.y-five feet from
the ground. Finally they completed
their sight-seeing and commenced
preparations for a descent to terra
firma. The way down was by a long
ladder. One of the gentlemen of the
party remarked to his lady: "I'll go
down and steady the ladder." Then
the maiden took hold of the mascu
line Davenporter's ear arid remarked:
"Young man -that ladder is steady
j enough; yon wait Here tilll go clown
: first. He waited. " .
CAN3roT.-i A "man's note cannot be
redeemed by either faith or love.
BANCROFT LIBRARY,
OF CALIFORNIA,
I'rot ect ins Rogues.
The President is at his old tricks
again, exclaims the Albany Argus.
For years he has been as the refuge
of men caught in dishonest and
fraudulent practices. "Boss" Shep
herd found in him a strong tower of
defense, and t-day Grant listens
with great deference to the whisper
ings of the Tweed of tho national
capital. When Bristow detected the
stealings of the "whisky ring," and
took measures to expose and sup
press the frauds by the removal or
change of the revenue supervisors.
Grant promptly stepped in and
countermanded the movement. In
this way he prevented the exposure
of his friends, who were known to
be in league with the whisky thieves.
If new men were placed in certain
districts where the operations of the
ring were most successful, haul
iers misht be nmde. and some of
the friends of tho administration
might be hurt before an opportunity
could be given to instruct raw or
untrained officials. Such a plan
would not work well for the inter
ests of tho revenue robbers, and
hence Grant put his foot upon it.
le came promptly to the defense of
the plunders and no more has been
leard of the detection of whisky
frauds.
And since there has been another
exhibition of Grant's friendship for
rogues, Judge Fisher, the District
Attorney of the District of Columbia
ias long been sns rected of being the
tool of the "rings" which flourish so
rankly in that locality. Harrington,
the safe burglar went free, and other
friends of "Boss" Shepherd were
said to be similarly fa"ored. Post
master-Jewell handed over some fla
grant cases to Fisher. The grand
jury was in session, and the evideuce
to bring about conviction was not
meagre nor doubtful. But the jury
was discharged, and the convictions
were not found. Upon this flagrant
neglect of public dutv, complaint
was made against Judge Fisher, and
thereupon it was repen ted that the
President had very politely sent him
a note requesting his resignation.
But why this tender course toward
toward an otlieial charged by "a mem
ber of the Cabinet with neglect of an
important duty? If Fisher was guil
ty of hindering and thwarting the
ends of justice, as uas been charged
by iiadical journals, ami as the con
duct cf the Postmaster-General
would seem to show, why was he not
summarily removed from the posi
tion he so notoriously disgraced?
But that is not the President's wav
of dealing with characters of this
sort, as has been seen from his ac
tion in other cases. "Boss" Shep
herd went to Lons Branch to inter
cede in behalf of his friend Fisher.
Grant it said, recalled the rcsquest
of the resignation of Fisher, upon
the promise of the latter to "thor
oughly reorganize this office!" Fish
er was too useful a tool as JJistrict
Attorney at the seat of government
to be dispensed with.
It is true Fisher, at last, had to
yield to the pressure, and tendered
his resignation. But it was a hard
struggle, ana the agitation ot tne
subject now will probaply lead to a
Congressional investigation of the
whole matter the coming winter. A
Democratic Congress will doubtless
let in a flood of light on these dark
subjects.
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liaising a Howl.
"Grant cant get up even a twelve
month trip for Parson and Mrs.
Newman, to be paid for by the peo
ple," says an exchange, "without a
tremendous howl being raised over
it." And it's a shame, too, remarks
the Louisville Courier-Journal , Par
son Newman was Mr. Grant's pastor.
He wanted to take a pleasure trip
around the world, and wanted some
body else to pay for it. So Mr.
Grant created for him the office of
Inspector of Consulates with a salary
of $10,000 a year, and all expenses
paid, Making Mrs. Newman Secre
tary to the Inspector, with a salary
of '$3,000 a year. Under this ar
rangement the Parson and his wife
around the world, having a high old
time of it, for the inspection of con
sulates consisted merely of inquiring
the price of putty of such consuls as
as they happened to stumble over.
And now, although the whole thing
didn't cost the people more than
forty or fifty thousand dollars, some
of the newspapers have beeu raising
a howl over it. Such conduct makes
us so ashamed that we are a news
paper that we are sometimes almost
tempted to sell out and become an
entirely different sort of publication.
Could not Insure Hajimomd. A
good story is told of Hammond the
Revivalist, when in Portland. It
seems that a life-insurance agent
waited on him for the purpose of so
liciting his patronage for a policy.
When Bro. Hammond had heard him
tlnough, he put on one of his sanc
timonious smiles, and said "My dear
sir, a life-ins irance policy possesses
no attractions for me, my only
thought is for the nature insurance
of my soul, if you can insure that, I
will cheerfully patronize your com
pany." Putting up his pamphlets,
plans and scale of rates, very rapid
ly, the Agent looked at the holy
howler a moment and thm said in
the coolest possible manner, "Mr.
Hammond, we do not take fire risks
in our company." Exeunt Omnes.
Catholic Sentinel
Condexsed Them. One of the lady
speakers at an Indiana Sunday-school
Institute condensed her objections
to the way some speakers dilute the
; plain words of Scripture for chil
I dren's ears into one sufficient sen
tence: "The Bible does indeed say
milk for babes, but it does not say
water the milk."
1 A IJeautiful Ciirl Found llang-
A TERRIBLE SIGHT FOR A FATHER.
Just as we were preparing to go
to press last night, we learn the de
tails of an event which tills us with
sorrow and astonisnment. For the
present, out of respect for the suffer
ing parents of the lady, we refrain
from publishing the names of the
dramatists persomc in the scene de
scribed below:
For the last ten years there has
lived in this city an eminently re
spectable family, the pride of whose
household was a daughter of seven
teen. She was as beautiful as the
ideal of a poet, and as remarkable
for her intelligence as for her sur
passing loveliness. Her eyes were
like stirs on a summer night. Her
form warmed by the blood of bloom
ed womanhood, was as graceful as
that of a Grecian goddess. Her hair
rippled over her pearly, shapely
shoulders like moulten gold, and
her glowing cheeks, soft as velvet,
looked like roses mingled with
snow. You may be sui-e that one
possessed of such charms of mind
form and feature, would awaken the
rand passion in some man's bosom.
For several months past a gentleman
has been paying her the most devot
ed attentions. Her lover was both
handsome and intelligent. Her fe
male friends, when they teased her
about him, observed that a flood of
conscious blushes irradiated hrr
beautiful face whenever his name
was mentioned. After a while, how
ever, she Jost all Jier spirits; her
musical laughter, like the tinkling
of crystal drops upon leaves of silver
was hushed, and she seemed like r.
liljr that had been plucked and made
to fade by the burning rays of the
sun. Her parents anxious about her
watched her with tender solicitude.
She would not reveal the cause of
her melancholy. Yesterday even
ing she was missed about eight
o eiocK irom npme, ami tne iears oi
her parents were excited. They
sought her high and low, but she
was no where to be found. Finally
her father remembered that of late
she had often been seen sitting, sad
and distracted, in a vine covered ar
bor which was just back of the house
iu a lai-go Uower garden. He rushed
to the arbor, and as the distracted
father gazed iu at the door, he saw a
sight that froze his blood, paled his
cheek, and filled his bosom with the
deepest emotion. There was his
beautiful daughter, her tall and
graceful form ai rayed in spotless
white, her long golden hair stream
ing like a flood of light down her
waist, hanging. Oh, think of it.
young men and maidens, and loving
parents hanging her arms
hanging around her lover's necJ,', and
her head pillowed upon his manly
breast! Lexington Caucasian, Ju
3d.
A gentleman of the legal profession
at one of the great mining centers,
having spent a gaudy evening at a
leading hotel, found the fresh air too
much for him. Instead of reaching
the bosom of his family, he gravitated
to the lock-up, with the much-needed
asststance of a servant of the Queen
in full uniform. The lock-up keeper
didn't know him, and consequently
couldn't send for his friends to bail
him out, as is frequently done by
these tender hearted officers of jus
tice. So he was allowed to sleep
until seven in the morning, wnen he
was aroused and asked his name;
which he promptly said was Johnson.
He obtained soap, water, a clothes-
brush, and was refreshed by a cup of
tea. Ho then proposed to the lock
up keeper that the officials should
walk beside him to the police court.
When the time came, this was done,
and by keeping the officers in earnest
converse, it appeared as though the
lawyer was engaged upon some busi
ness before the court, and when the
name of Johnson was called, he calm
ly rose and said: "I appear for the
prisoner, your worship." "What!"
said the police magistrate, "do you
deny that he was drunk?" "Oh, no,"
he replied, "he was very drunk, but
is very sorry for it." "Five shillings,
or six hours' imprisonment," said the
police magistrate. "I will pay his
fine myself," said the ready-witted
gentleman, who, in this instance,
showed that the man who is his own
lawyer hasn't always a fool for his
client. JSfelbon me A rgus.
Call for Organization. The lat
est political movement in Louisiana
is the issuance of a call for the imme
diate organization of the Democratic
party of the State, "in view of the
approach of the Presidential cam
paign for 1S7G." The Ouachita Tele
graph says of the call:
The call has been circulated, not
with the view of piling up signatures,
but simply to obtain the names of
leading men in all tho parishes. In
this particular the document pub
lished is without lwallel in the polit
ical history of Louisiana, and we
trust will have its due share of
weight. The call is designed to en
list all the political elements opposed
to Radicalism in one common broth
erhood, an.l to begin the work of
aligning the people of Louisiana with
the national Democracy as speedily
as possible.
Not Spontaneous. One
nvsnn's friends a noted one
of
of
Ten
Ten -
nyson's lines, in the poet's presence
as the happy instance of the natural
expression of a spontaneous thought,
and the noet said: "I smoked a dozen
and the poet s
cigars over that line.
The PlattsbnTffW'f - Sfis- "takf
care of little things is the way to get
" All stuff the more little things a
fellow has to take care of the harder
it is for him to get rioh.
Aimless Lives.
According to a recent author, Chi
nese women present a peculiar speci
men of the daughters of Eve. They
spend a great part of their time in
gossiping, smoking and gambling,
lhese accomplishments do not come
by nature, but require years of assid
lous training for the perfection which
prevails in polite circles in China.
They never dream of playing except
for money, and when they have no
visitors of their own rank to play
with, they call up the domestics and
play with them. Poorer women meet
at some gambling den, and squander
large sums of money, or run their
husbands in debt, which they are
unable to pay at the end of the year,
and thus have an excusesfor suicide!
Tho married lady rises early, and
seas that tea is provided for her hus
band, as well -as some hot water for
his morning wash. Each lady has
one or two maids, besides a small
slave-girl, who waits on the maids,
and lights her mistress' pipe. A
lady's hair-dressing takes her atten
dants one or two hours. Then a
white paste is applied to her face and
neck, which is smoothed over and
polished when dry. The cheeks and
eye-lids are then touched with ablush
of rose powder, the surplus rouge
remaining on the lady's palm, as a
rose-pink on the hand is considered
a great beauty. Then they dye the
nails red with the blossom of a cer
tain flower, and finally they dress for
the day. Many of them have chig
nons and false hair; but no hair-dyes
are used, for raven locks are common
and golden tresses are not in repute.
Many ladies pass a good deal of time
in embroidering shoes, purses, hand
kerchiefs, and before marriage nearly
all their days are occupied in prepar
ing for tkji dreary event of wedding
a man whom she has never seen.
After all, are the lives led by some
of our American girls, asks a contem
porary, so infinitely superior to those
of the fair Chinese? Comparisons
are odious but there is room for a
great deal of thinking here!
How to Count Interest.
Four per cent. Multiply the prin
cipal by the number of days, separate
the right hand figure from the pro
duct and divide by nine. o
Five per cent. Multiply number
of days and divide by seventy-two.
Six per cent. Multiply by number
of days, separate right hand figure
and divide by six.
Eight per cent. Multiply by num
ber of days and divide by forty-five.
Nine per cent. Multiply by" num
ber of days, separate right hand fig
ure and divide by four.
Ten per cent. Multiply by num
ber of days and divide by thirty-six.
Twelve j)er cent. Multiply by
number of days, sejjarate right hand
figure and divide by three.
Fifteen per cent. Multiply by
number of days and divide by twenty-four.
Eighteen per cent. Multiply by
number of days, separate right hand
figure and divide by two.
Twenty per cent. Multiply by
number of days and divide by eigh
teen. Brain Food. Much has, been
written, in late years, about the
strengthening influence of fish, as
an article of diet, upon -the human
brain. Instigated by the plausible
theories on the subject, many per
sons commenced eating fish regular
ly and have kept up the practice for
a long time without having experi
enced the desired increase of intel
lectual capacity. And now comes
the New Orleans Republican with
this discouraging suggestion: "Un
less a man has brains, it is useless
for him to eat brain food. It has
never been claimed for fish that it
creates; it only strengthens the
brain." Some of our contempora
ries, after duly considering the facts
set forth by the New Orleans paper,
will probably discontinue the con
sumption of piscatorial nutriment
anu reiuvn to tinar tirst love, "corn
ed beef and cabbage."
Little Oaths. A little five-year-old
boy was being instructed in mor
als by his grandmother'. The old
lady told him that such terms as "by
golly," "by jiugo.'te by thunder,"
etc., were only little oaths, and but
little better than swearing. In fact,
she said he could tell a profane oath
by the prefix "by." All such were
oaths. "Well, then, grandmother,"
said the little hopeful, "is by tele
graph,' which I see in the papers,
swearing?" "No," said the old lady,
"that's only lying."
o . -o.
At a school examination ill Con
necticut the other day, a girl of six
teen stepped forward and began to
read her "composition." It was head
ed ' The Beecher Trial," and she was
going on to say: "Adam and Eve
partook of the forbidden fruit," when
the lady principal rushed forward
and led the astonished pupil to a
seat, thus depriving the world of
what no doubt would have been a
ml liable addition to the scandal lit
erature.
Shorter. A Nebraska woman has
papered her cabin with the report of
the Beecher trial, and now she makes
washing-day shorter, and causes time
to fly while at her knittijg, by8 pe
rusing tho cheerful pages on the
wall.
Sausages. "What kind of saus
ages i3 them?" queried an ld lady
of the voung man of literature and
pea-nuts, as he passed through the
train selling bananas.
A Kansas girl says that nothing
makes her so road.as to have ay rass
hopper crawl up and down her backs
just as her lover gets to the propos- .
ing point. 0
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