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Political False Pretences.
The following from the San Fran
cisco Examiner may prove interest
ing to the Whitneyites:
The opinion of one who has grown
old in such service to the people
as may be rendered in a half centu
ry's devotiou to their interests in the
capacity of a non-party journalist,
independent of party favor, and who
may be aid to have witnessed, al
most the birth of parties in this
conntry, and watched their develop
ment and fate, is certainly entitled
to more serious consideration, and
infinitely greater weight, than are
the views of newly-tledged aspirants
for political advancement who sub
ordinate public interests to their
own, and raise a clamor aguinst par
ty organization to distract attention
from thf-ir own efforts to obtain po
litical preferment.
The venerable New York Evening
Post, wliose editor speaks from more
than fifty years' experience of the
workings of parties, in its issues of
the 4t!i inst., sharply criticises the
position of Senator Booth, as defined
in his recent speech in San Francis
co. "An Independent" party should
by the conditions of its existence, re
frain from all attempts to lay down
or maintain "general principles." It
is independent of all regular parties.
It is a protest against them. Its
corner-stone is i regularity. The
moment it ceases to be exceptional
and occasional it becomes itself a
regular party. Its permanence is
destructive of its independence.
Plainly, then, it has nothing to do
with general principles. The only
successful 'independent' movements
known to political history are those
which have resulted from a sudden
and swift impnlse toward a single,
simple purpose nhich. according to
prevailing popular opinion, has over
shadowed all other interests and to
the accomplishment of which the
people have ben willing to postpone
for the time all differences on other
subjects." Referring to the move
ment which carried tho eltcfion in
New York City just after the down
fall of the Tweed "ring" three years
ao, the writer says: "How far that
movement was successful we shall
not undertake to say, but this is cer
tain: The movement conl 1 not sur
vive until another election. It spent
its force in one. In the nature of
things an independent party cannot
address itself to the varied and com
plex questions which make up the
politics of a community. To do that
it inn't nwnme the responsibilities
of a regular party and forfeit inde
pendence, in tho political sense of
the term that is, independence of
parties and party machinery."
R:ferring to the experiment of an
indepenllet party in California, the
viter declares it impossible to read
Senator Booth's address without
being impressed with the embarrass
ment which beset the 'People's In
dependent Party,' and the difiiculty
under which the Senator labored in
ndvocationg its cause. lie could,
indeed, scarcely state its claims with
out statins: itself out of court. Qnot
inpr Mr. Booth's assertion that the
incledendent movement is a protest
ncrainst party discipline, etc., the
Post asks: "Now, in what way ex
cept by discipline which in the
broad sense includes every tiling
which the term 'organization' im
plies does the People's Independ
ent Party expect to elect Mr. John
Bidwell Governor? whom by the
way, Mr. Booth eulogizes in the old
fashioned party style. If the Sena
tor and his associates devote them
selves industriously to upholding
the 'sacredness of individual liberty
in the right of every California citi
zen to vote for somebody other than
Mr. John Bid well, how will they
therebv promote the elevation of Mr.
John Bidwell to the executive chair
of the State? But do they really rec
ognize any larger liberty in the mat
ter than does any regular party? Are
they not, on the contrary, employing
all the other instrnmeutalites, such
as committees, conventions, mass
meetings, speeches, resolutions and
appeals? They assert, it is true,
that none of the members of the par
ty owe it allegiance except as it does
right, but do not the leaders of the
regular parties say as much? As to
the party lash or political thumb
screw, would the 'independent' man
agers wholly abstain from using
them? Suppose they win in the next
election. Will they appoint their
own adherents to office, or
will they magnanimously distri
bute all the patronage among recrn
lar Democrats and Republicans? We
take for granted that they will pre
fer members of their own party. We
should not think of blaming them
for so doing, but would not it pe an
application of the figurative 'lash'
and thumb-screw'? Orsu2pose that
before election -day, Mr. Booth, or
any other Independent should choose
on the ground, of 'the sacredness of
individual liberty' to apandou Mr.
John Bidwell, go over to the enemy
and vote for somebody else. Would
not the faithful Independents char
acterize him as a traitor and a rene
gade? We have no doubt that they
would, and we believe, politically
speaking they would do right. But
while employing this kind' of pres
sure and other party influences to
enforce discipline and secure the
success which only numbers can
give, with what fuce could they de
voutly thank heaven that in all es
sential party trails and methods the
'People's Independent Party' was
not as other parties, even as the reg
ular Democrats and Republican's?"
Without questioning the motive
of the Independent party, the writer
advises it to avoid carrying on busi
ness upon political false - pretences.
It is a party , to all intents . and pur
poses, and therefore it should not
pretend that it 15 Dona. "It may ' Be
OREGON CITY,
ig r I'eral. but while it
does last it maintains a party organi
zation, employs party methods, en
forces party discipline, rewards its
FnrMr J enemies.
For Mr. Booth to state its case by
asserting tuat, in all essential traits,
it is not a party, as we have said al
ready, to state it out of court. If it
is not a party, with the machinery of
a party, proposing to do certain 1
things and with that view to elect
candidates, it has no claim to popu
lar support or to any consideration
whatever. There is no cheaper cant
than that of no party. Mr. Booth
knows very well, ns every intelli
gent citizen knows, that it is impos
sible to do anything, under any sys
tem but that of a despot;sm, except
by means of parties. Therefore he
has put himself at the head of the
Peoples Independent Party.' Evi
dently he expects his party to be
permanent, because he endeavors to
found it on broad general principles.
It must, therefore, as we have shown
be a regular party, and we advise
him to drop the word 'independent
from its title. We might differ from
Mr. Booth as to the probable perma
nence of his party. What exactly it
proposes to do abont the railroad
and other corporations which it de
nounces, his speech does not enable
us to fully understand. Enough is
said, however, to suggest a miscon
ception not only of our own institu
tion, but of all reasonable popular
government."
Natural History, as Cleaned from an
Oregon City IJojs Composition.
Tho mouse is a shrunken rat, he
chews more old newspapers than an
editor.
The turtle is more attached to his
home than an Esquimaux. He makes
very good soup but a poor racer
barring the one Mr. Aesop saw.
Providence does not give all the ad
vantages to one animal. -
The Goose Some people think the
goose is a jackass. When well roast
ed she is my favorite bird.
The Parrot I never heard a parrot
say its prayers, but my cousin knows
a boy whose eo;isin once heard a
parrot say a bad word.
The canary sings loudest when
people want to sleep. It gets stuffed
when it dies. I would rather get
stuffed during life, wouldn't you?
The Eagle, because he is a high
flier, is called the boss bird. My
cousin's friend says he'll bet big
money that his red pyle can knock
the rilling out of the biggest eagle
that "soars o'er the abyss."
The Cat originated in Venice.
Somebody has fooled all the cats in
our neighborhood by telling them
that they are good s'ingers and that
our family likes to hear them. The
c;its around our way get very fat
when they die. They look as if they
died of something on the stomach
probably wind, introduced by a pair
of bellows.
The Crane is a modest bird. He
has loug, bare legs which he tries to
hide by wading into the water.
The stag bristles with a whole arm
ory, but like men who go armed, is a
better runner than tighter.
The Penguin is uncomfortably sit
uated on the rocks of Patagonia. His
chief products are penguins and gu
auo. He is chiefly used as a design
for camel's hair shawls.
Birds sit down on their feet; boys
do not.
The Mnsquito is the most philan
thropic of all insects.
The Polecat (Father says I had
better let this subject alone.)
Horrors of African Travel.
Col. Long, in describing his recent
journey to the interior of Africa and
tho vicinity of the land of the pig
mies, thus describes the hardships
he underwent: "To cross Atmour is
a fearful undertaking, I assure you.
For 150 miles the route, though
painful, is in close proximity to the
river, and thus we have water for
200 miles. Leaving. Abon Hamed,
where the river describes a great arc
westward, we are obliged to cross a
bleak, barren sea of sand, so suffocat
ing and hot that tne thermometer
will scarcely register the heat. Great
simoons or khamseens blow with
roaring sounds their hot breath, and
cause your skin to crack like parch
ment. On all sides a sea of sand,
bordered only by delusive mirages
that lead many to their death, for
there is no well or water (save one
half-way, like epsom salts, and none
but camels may drink it) ; then we
have water for eight days, carried on
camels' backs in goat-skins. The
camel, a patient, hard-working ani
mal, without which it would be im
possible to cross a desert, still has
not the extraordinarj- powers attrib
uted to him, and i3 water-proof only
for two or three c.ays, dying on the
fourth. Thousands thus perish, and
the road for the whole distance shows
live to ten carcasses for every mile,
bleached bones that indicate the
deadly route. Added to this is the
fearful sea-saw movement. A forced
march is necessary, and day and
night, with occasional naps and stops
for the purpose of eating black bread
and onions and drinking our nearly
putrid water all this may not give
you the slightest conception of this
march.
The personnel of the President's
committee to investigate the charges
brought by Prof. Marsh against the
Indian Department does not appear
to inspire a vast amount of public
confidence that the report will be im
partial, and certainly does not meet
with much newspaper approbation
beyond the mere official organs. But
there are,, perhaps, as 'many as two
members of ihfs committee who, as a
minority,' may be expected .to report
the troth, 'so ' far as tlie investigation
"shairbnng.it to their ti6w. '
OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1875.
Gen. Alexander Hamilton.
The Death of the Son of the First Sec--i.retary
of the .Treasury Au Event
that iCecalls to Mind the Duel with
Restless Aaron Burn
1
General Alexander Hamilton who
ilied in this city on Sunday last, was
only one of many American Haruil
tons who have at various periods in
the history of the country shown
great alacrity in taking up arms for
either their country, their friends or
themselves. He was in command of
the old Sandy Hook fort in the war
1812, and took part in many of the
minor engagements near - the city at
tliat time. After the war he went to
Spain, and was at the memorable
battle before Badajos between the
French troops and the English army
under Wellington.
His father Alexander Hamilton, an
adopted citizen, studied artillery at
the age of nineteen, and in 1776 be
came a captain under Gen. Schuyler
in command of the Northern "De
partment. He was ia the tight at
White Plains, and after having lost
nearly all his men at Trenton and
Princeton and in tho retreat across
the Raritan, he became an aid to
Washington, and was at Monmouth
and Yorktown. While he was a Rev
olutionary soldier he bore a chal
lenge to Gen. Lee from Gen. Lau
rens, and acted as second to Laurens
in the duel that followed. lie be
came commander-in-chief of the
army on the death of Washington in
1709 ami in 1S04 lost his life in a
duel with Aaron Burr, jnst two years
after the death of his eldest son,
Schuyler, in a similar "affair of hon
or." James Hamilton of South Caro
lina, who was drowned at sea some
twenty years ago, was a major in the
war of 1812, served as Mayor of
Charleston and member of the Leg
itlature for several years, and in 1SJ2
was sent to Congress. In tho cele
brated duel between John Randolph
and Henry Clay, he acted as second
to Randolph. His death was a no
ble one. When on his way to Texas
after having spent his fortune in her
service, the steamer came in collision
with another. With the courtesy
and gallantry that always distin
guished him, he yielded his own
chauce of safety to a lady, and went
down to bis death without a mur
mur. The Gen. Alexander Hamilton who
lias just died, was born on the lCtu
of May, 17SG. From the time of his
return from Europe in 1820 he lived
a retired life in this city, spending
much of his time at his county seat
in New Brunswick, N. J. He leaves
no children, and his heirs are his
three brothers, James A., aged S3,
who lives on the estate in Irvington;
John C. aged 85 who lives in this
city; and Philip, aged 73, who lives
in Poughkeepsie.
. .
About Hoarding Houses.
You will observe that the weather
is invariably cloudy when the land
lady tells you that old, old story of
having seen better days. You will
not believe her, however, when yon
see her scoop up the pie with her
hand. She measures her attention
to boarders by their celerity in pay
ing to grab, betrays indebtedness.
Landladies have a very incorrect idea
of the calendar, seeming to think
as they put hash balls before you
under the name of chicken croquettes
that every other day is the lirst of
April. Look with suspicion upon
the question "will you be at home to
dinner to-day Mr, Soandso?" There
is a hidden motive in it, she is
counting noses.
When your landlady insinuatingly
asks at desert, "Pie or padding Mr.
Flipma?" Answer boldly, "a little of
both if you please" you will never
regret it.
Experience has taught me that
boarding house chickens aro born
with more than two legs.
If the landlady has a daughter,
strain every exertion to win her af
fection; engage yourself to her if it
must be (not for "keeps" only for
"hugs") for on this depends your
getting tho tender cuts and the big
gest piece of pie. Rienzi exclaimed
to the Romans: "Friends, I came
not here to talk!" Let this be your
motto at the boarding house table.
It any one at the table has a pri
vate jar of preserves, innocently help
yonrself and pass it along. Such
temerity will be forgiven in a new
comer. Suspect the landlady whose
servants are continually leaving her
suddenly. 'Tis but an artifice to
have the stale bread and cold meat
eaten up. Don't eat with your knife,
the boarders will take you for the
circus sword-swallower, and the cir
cumspect landlady, through fear of
losing her Toledo blade will have it
chained to the table.
In a short time a book written by
Mr. Lewis, the f tinny man of the De
troit Free Press, will make its appear
ance. The following is the dedica
tion: "To the Pawnee Tribe of Indians,-
whose enterprise, talent and
statesmanship, coupled with the fact
that they rise early, go to bed late
and are always aro nnd when wanted,
and who . cheerfully roasted one of
my ancestors at the 6take, without
reward or hope of reward, is this
volume respectfully dedicated by the
author."
Of Course She Did. A middle
aged woman fell as she was descend
ing a pair of stairs on Jefferson
j avenue yesterday, and the first man
to help her reach her feet was a
banker "who happened to be pass
ing. - -
"Did you fall, madam?" he in
quired as he seized her arm.
"Fall ! of course I fell, yon fool,
you! You don't suppose I'd sit dovvn
hero to rest, 36 yooTVshe snapped.
He didn't say.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
tumtvttpsttY OF CALIFORNIA,
Flirtation.
No woman can carry on a flirtation
with a married man that is not crim
inal. No woman can flirt innocently !
even with a young man. It is the I
first step toward unbalancing his !
characte. Through her he sees
other women and forms an estimate.
The voung woman who enters a fam
ily and wins the affections of the
husband and father knowingly and
she can not do otherwise has enter
ed on the road to uerdition. There
isa punishment for the housebreaker, 1
but none for tne uomeureauer, wlio
steals and mars life's best treasures.
Every woman has the. best right to
her husband. He is hers in sickness
and hers in health, to love and cher
ish, as exclusively as if she be his.
He is to provide for her, honor and
love her. He is her protector against
all tho adverse circumstances of life;
no other woman has any right to his
attentions. A man who saw another
man's arm around his wife's waist
would consider it a case of court, or
an exercise for pistol shooting. Wo
men, with keener sensibilities and
finer nature, feel it deeper. It touches
tho heart.
A certain sensible woman says
there are two things she will never
allow anybody to meddle with her
husband and her sewing machine.
Such flirtations are unworthy of
true manhood or womanhood. They
blight the lives that were created iu
the image of God and make the in
nocent suffer for the guilty. All
mothers will do well to see that their
daughters are not mentally growing
up on the morbid books in which
somebody is alvv j-s represented as
falling in love with somebody else's
husband or wife, and a "soul union"
picture which is intended to veil the
incornation of lust. There are
enough men and women to fall by
force of circumstances or the deprav
ity of original sin, without educat
ing any to it. It is well enough to
pull our ox or ass out of the pit; but
we do not want to dig pits for them
to fall into.
Many a soul has gone blood stained
into the preseuce of its Maker, sent
thither by a climax of dark circum
stances brought about by a woman's
flirtation. Don't flirt. It is unwo
manly; it is untrue to your sex; it is
wrong against the mother yon revere.
The man whom you are tempting
will not respect you, and worse, you
will not respect yourself.
Silent Hen.
Washington never made a speech.
In the zenith of his fame he ouce
attempted it, failed, and gave it up
confused and abashed. In framing
the Constitution of the United States
the labor was wholly performed in
the committee of the whole, of which
George Washington was the chair
man, but he made two speeches dur
ing the Convention of a very few
words each. Tho convention, how
ever, acknowledged the master spirit,
and historians affirm that, had it not
been for his personal popularity and
thirty words of his lirst speech, pro
nouncing it the best that could be
united upon, the Constitutiou would
have been rejected by the people.
Thos. Jefferson never made a speech.
He couldn't do it. Napoleon, whose
exeevtive ability is almost without
parrllel, said that his greatest diffi
culty was in finding men of deeds
rather than of words. When asked
how he maintained his influence over
his superiors in ago and experience
when Commander-in-Chief of an ar
my in Italy, he said by reserve. The
greatness of man is not measured by
the length of his speeches and their
number.
The Lamented Gloster.
While the horses were trotting on
the track, a little group of horse
men on the grand stand were dis
cussing the merits of the noted horse
Gloster who died in California.
Gloster's old driver was in the com
pany and he evinced much feeling
when referring to the lamented trot
ter. He said that Mr. Goldsmith,
Glosters's first owner, had the ani
mal's tail hanging up in his sitting
room, and that Budd Doble had egg
cups and an inkstand made out of
hoofs and uses them daily, and an
other great admirer of the animal
has a pair of boots, a pair of shoes
and two pairs of slippers made of his
hide. Mr. Sargent, who drove Glos
ter, told how the horse beat Gold
smith Maid at Chicago in private,
and how he was kept back in all the
races so that the Maid should not be
beaten in public. There is no doubt
whatever that if he had lived he
would have trotted a mile this sea
son in 2:13. All agreed that he
would have been the fastest horse in
the world. Pouglikeepsie EriyZe.
It was a bad day for Chorpenning
and his ring when Mr. Landanlet
Williams went out of the Attorney
General's office. Had Williams re
mained, they might have got away
with a half million or so of plunder,
in spite of Jewell, and come back for
more; but Mr. Pierrepont has shut
down upon them, with a good deal
of emphasis, and the next Congress
will be a bad one for them to go to
for help.
An Indiana girl wanted to see if
her lover really loved her. and she
got a boy to yell "mad dog!" as they
were walking out. The lover flew
over a fence and left her to be chewed
up. and she went right away and
married a store clerk.
4 .
An Oregon man named his girl
Kabv after Oueen Victoria. and wrot
i fTio Onpftn to that effect. Sh didn't
I seem to care a cent, and he changed
1 the child's name to "Sal" and went
out and potmaea,tne nrst English
man he met.
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Sleep Necessary.
"A man who would be a good
worker," says Henry Ward Beecher,
"must be a good sleeper. The qual
ity of mental activity depends upon
the quality of sleep. Men need on
an average eight hours of sleep a
day. A lymphatic man is sluggish,
moves and sleeps slowly. But a
nervous man acts quickly in every
thing, lie does more in an hour
than a sluggish man in two hotirs,
and so in his sleep. Every man
must sleep according to his tempera
ment but eight hours is the average.
Whoever by work, pleasure, or sor
row, or by any other cause, is regu
larly diminishing his slep, is de
stroying his life. A man may hold
out for a time, but the crash will
come, and he will die. There is a
great deal of intemperance besides
that of tobacco, opium or brandy.
Men are dissipated who oveitax their
system all day, and undersleep every
night."
Kxtractfrom an Kiirlishmans Letter.
Of course yon have noticed the
peculiar pronunciation aud nomen
clature throughout tho States? The
map 13 filled with towns of "Eng
lish root and French termination,
such as Centreville, Malinville, Mc
Cartysville, which to me, as a Brit
isher, appears as ludicrous as a sailor
with a stove-pipe hat. Our language
is replete with terminations, such as
burg, borough, ton, field, town, &c.
and I see no excuse you Americans
can offer for bastardizing our tongue.
If Louisville is considered French,
why not pronounce it accordingly
Luiveal? Or if it is to be anglicized,
why not boldly say Lewisvill not
trying to effect a compromise between
the two languages with Luivill?
St. Louis, too, is made a hermaph
rodite in the same way; it is not giv
en the French Saunt Lui, nor the
English Santo Lewis, but in the
American tongue becomes Sante Lui
neither fish nor flesh.
Mr. Disreali in his speech at the
meeting of the Byron memorial com
mittee, said of the poet: "If he fell,
which he undoubtedly did, into many
erroneous conclusions upon Divine
subjects, it may be urged for him
that he was very young. I remember
once Lord Lyndhurst discussing the
character and career of Mr. Canning,
and then asking some one who was
present what was the precise age at
which Mr. Canning died. He was
told that, he died at the age of fifty
six. 'What!' said Lord Lyndhurst,
then advanced in life, but yet in the
fulness of his complete capacity,
'only fifty-six! Why, he was a mere
boy.' But wo must remember that
when Byron died he was twenty
years younger than Mr. Canning,
and in any speculations upon his
character and career this element in
that wonderful character and mar
velous career should never bo omit
ted." At a camp-meeting last summer, a
venerable sister began the hymn
" My soul be on thy guard.
Ten thousand foes arise."
She began in shrill quavers, but it
was pitched too high. "Ten thous
and Ten thousand," she screeched,
and stopped. "Start her at 5,000!"
cried a converted stock broker pres
ent. Curran was once asked by one of
his brother judges. "Do you see
anvthing ridiculous in this wig?
"Nothing but the he-d was tho re
ply. .
Unluckt ax Last. "Lucky. Bald
win," of San Francisco, was robbed
:of 32,000 while at tke Poaghkeepsie
raceB'last wBek. - -
NO. 44.
Fragment of a Letter Found In Ore
gon Cii3".
To our sunburnt Abigails, have
I, by their respective selves been ap
pointed Chief Scribe, Lord High
Keeper of Secrets and Master of Cor
respondence. I have already engaged the cook
to two different fellows (unknown" to
her), while the dashing chamber
maid, owing to my bold advances,
is to be married next month. One
rather deserving young Hottentot
ruined Ins chances with me (conse
quently with her) by betraying the
principles of an Intrasigente. Thia
communistic Othello, this black Red,
first betrayed his wretched religion
by his contempt for all established
rules of orthography. Don't say you
admire hi-s independence or I'll send
you one of his letters. If there is
any possibility of misspelling a word
or any unnatural shape into which a
series of letters can be tw-sted, this
iconoclast will accomplish the feat
with ease. I suppose he might be
said to write in an easy, flowing style,
for he overlooks punctuation entire
ly, as a matter savoring too much of
Dutch billiards (as you used to call a
bagatelle) for a master mind. There
being no stoppages for breath. I sus
pect the sinister designs of the vil
lain to be to get people to strangle
trying to read his eiiusions aloud.
His use of capitals is perfectly para
lyzing. Being rather of an lesthetic
than utilitarian nature, he puts them
where they look t!f pre'ttiest not
"whero they do tho most good."
When a page is finished,' he perfects
it.s appearance by throning in, in a
haphazard, devil-may-care style, a
parenthesis or two, and to heighten
the optical effect occasionally jabs a
capital into tho middle of a word.
As for grammar, I think he can play
more pranks with poor Lindley Mar
ry in fewer inches of paper than any
blackamoor in the hemisphere. The
ordinary double negative is quadru
pled with him, and he so mixes the
moods, tenses, cases and persons that
it is difficult to teil whether he is
trying to draw a kleidoscoxie or make
a Fish House puneh.
Before I forget it, in every letter
he introduces a pet word "deleer
yum," for instance, was Lis last
favorite and this he uses without
"a blush of conscience" four and
five times in a sentence. Facetious
dog! he springs it upon yon when
least expected neither the .sense or
anything else justifying its intrusion.
Well, after playing "peek-a-boo"
in this way through four pages of
Chaldee, after snubbing the rules of
grammar, and forgetting his punctu
ation, after his communistic disre
gard for orthographical ruies, would
you believe it, tin's bravo, this Pet of
the Petroleum Sprinklers, Las got
the' modesty, the angelic meekness
to seak of himself with a small "i?"
The rest was illegible.
SUBSCKTF.EP.S IN ArEEARS, PlEASK
Remit. How not to stop a paper,
aud how to stop ouejo
1. Do not take your paper to the
post-master and tell him to send it
back. In nine cases out of ten you
will fail to stop it in this way.
2. Do not attempt to return it
yourself, and write on the wrapper
to discontinue.. This is against the
law, and lays you open to a fine.
3. Before your subscription ex
pires, send to the publisher a postal
card, saj'ing .your subscription ex
pires on such a date. Please discon
tinue at that time. Sigu yonr name,
also the town and State where your
paper is sent, in lull.
If the paper has been sent two
weeks or more over the time for
which it was paid, don't send a postal
card. It will do no good. Rather
write a letter and enclose what is due
for arrearage, always allowing that
ono number will be sent before the
letter reaches the publisher and his
list is corrected.
By observing these simple rules
your requests will always be prompt
ly attended to, you will have a clear
conscience and sleep well, and tho
publisher will never be tempted "to
take the name of the Lord thy God
in vain."
It was at a party that some young
ladies were discussing the relative
benefits of the sparrows and the
worms, when one of the fair ones ap
pealed to young Fizzleton, who had
just joined them, and had not cangh t
the drift of the conversation. -"Which
do you think the worse, worms or
sparrows?" What did the stupid
brute do but innocently answer, "I
don't know; I never had sparrows."
"Do yon get off here?" asked the
purser of the steamer City of New
port of a lady, as the boat was within
two or three hundred rods of Bul
lock's Point, Tuesday afternoon.
" No," she responded, and just as the
purser was about to tell her that she
would have to buy a return ticket,
she continued," "I get off when the
boat reaches the wharf."
Has Seen Them. Mark Twain
says, "I have seen slower people than
I am. and mo.ro deliberate people
than I am even quieter, more list
less, and lazier than I cm. But they
were dead."
Lorenzo Day, having married Miss
Marthy Week, a local paper com
ments: A Day is made, a Week is lost.
Iiut time should not complain.
There'll soon belittle Davs enough
To make the Week again.
" John, I came very near selling
my shoes the other day, " said one
man to another. "How was that?"
" Why, I had them half-soled."
" I say, Pit, what are yon abont
sweeping out the room?" "No,"
answered Pat; " I am sweeping; oat
the dirt ar.d la-nn the room."
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