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DEVOTED TO POLITICS, NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON.
VOL. 9.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, ; FRIDAY,:, OCTOBER 15, 1875:
NO. 51.
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Odd l-VI lows' Hall, Main 'ii.jF
street. Meinhci s (if the Or
der are invited to attend. ly order
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Second ami Fourth Tuus- ;JilMZ
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at 7 ' oVIoi-k, in the Odd
V.. Hows' Hull. M embers of tho Decree
are invited to attend.
riiui-TNo.ii.-vii i,om;i: xo. i, a.i.
A A. M., Holds its regular com- A
iiiuuicaiions on uiu cirsi anu
T.iird Sat unlays in c.i:h month, -nt
7 oVI.-ick I'ro'm thelMth of. Sen.
teinher to tlie U J t J 1 of March; ami 7 li
o'clock from the :.'1th of March to the
J..)t of September. IJrethren in good
standing are invited to attend.
i!y order of W. M.
If A I- LS V. X C A M V .11 E XT X O. 1,1. O.
O. V., Meets at Odd Fellows o
Hull on t!ie First andThird Tucs- X$Z
day of each month. Patriarchs
in '"ood .-.tan din:; are invited to attend.
Jl U S I -V K S S CA11D sr.
a. J. if ve :t, m. i. J. w. XOKKIS, M. P.
IIOVKU 5o .aS-OHKIS,
p.i vsici v.s axo srir.i:o.s,
E7-o;tt -o tip-Stairs in Charman's Brick,
M i in str t.
lr. II iv -r's r,-sidncJ Third street, at
f.) t ol clilf stairway. !
mi. .ronr welch
d z n t a ST,
OF KICK IN
ORKUON CITY, OllECOX.
IIl.--it Cnh Price Puitl fr County
Or.li-rs.
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW-
roitTI-AXU-I.i Opitz's new brick, .U)
Tir-t street.
o;tl-:uo. CIT Y Charm an' s briok, up
stairs. sepf-'ltf
.mOllY AM) l'OL.SELCa-AT-LAW,
Oiv-on City, Oregon.
Sp-eial attent ion Rivon to loaning Money.
);lijj front room in Enteuimiise butld
,,v july2!ttf
JOHNSON t FcSOWW
ATTORNEYS XD C01NSEL0RS AT-LAW.
Orogon City, Orogon.
cyWill practice in all the Courts of the
Stat. Special attention S'veu to eases in
the U. S. land Oilie- at. Orogon City.
5airlS72-tf.
Hi. T. 13 A II 1 1ST
ATTOnraHY-AT-LAW,
OR EC OX CITY, : : OREGON.
OFFICE Over rope's Tin Store, Main
street. 21ntar73-tf.
AV. II. HHS1IFIEL1).
Etnhllheil since '10, ut tlie old stand.
Main Street, Oregon City, Oregon.
An iissDrtnifiit of NVathes, Jewel
J.T rv.and Sot h Tlioinas Weight Clocks
: all of which are warranted to be as
l--5 repr-.'sentfd.
C"i;pairin done on short notice, and
'hankf ul for past patronage.
JOHN 31. U VCOX,
IMPORTER ANDDEAT-ER $ljy
In Rooks, stationery, Pcrluni- Jpsfi
cry, etc., etc.
Oregon City, Oregon.
r-v-M the Tost Office, Main stgoet, cast
STILL IX T II E FIELD!
REMOVED SECOND DOOR SOUTH OF
II. V AS S.Vl-OOX.
WILLIAMS & HARDING,
AT THE
LINCOLN BAKERY,
KEEP THE MOST COMPI-ETE STOCK
of Family Uroeeries to be found in the
city. All i;xh1s warranted. Goods delivered
in the city free of charge. The highest cash
lricy paid for country pro-luce.
Orr-un City. March 2S, 1S73.
TO FRUIT-GROWERS.
ryilK AT-DKX FRUIT PRESERVING
- Company of Oregon City will pay tho
f HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
M VuMS' PEARS nnd APPLES.
rh.; t ; Chartnan Is authorized to pur
rasfortheComnany. L. D. C. LATOURETTE,
Trtnr-TT.. President.
Kon City. July 23, 1375. 1f
.SUMMARY Ol' STATU 'I1YS.
"Duke" Holladay is in rortland.
Hippie is stumping Eastern Ore
gon for Warren.
The supposed mail-bag robber is
under bail.
The convict Jame3 Brown, who
escaped from the Penitentiary last
veeK, was corralled by a farmer.
Two hundred bushels of wheat easily
harvested.
Julins Yanwindel had three teelli
knocked ont by a horse suddenly
putting us loot in his mouth.
Tho receipts of the Linn county
fair were $1,100.
A reward of $300 has been offered
for the arrest of the brothers Whit
ney, supposed incendiaries.
Augora goats are becoming ulenti
ful in this State.
Tho Yamhill Reporter says: Sixty
seven loads of grain passed the resi
dence of J. W. Cook one morning
last week. That's only one road in
half a dozen, or more, you must re
member. A letter to the Independent says:
There has been considerable contro
versy about the average yield of
grain in the different parts of Wash
ington county, and as you should
know something of our average 3Tield
this season, I would estimate the av
erage wheat crop at 20 bushels pet
acre, while oats would not average
more than 23 bushel.
On the 2Gth of last month, in Til
lamook county, tiiee miles from the
ship landing, on Dougherty river,
the dwelling house of Isaac W.
Smith, while lie and,, family were.it
church, was burned down with his
household goods; loss about $G00.
The country between Lafayette
and Dayton is fust being cleared of
its timber, and there will bo some
handsome farms in there ere long.
J. C. Trullinger, of Centreville,
has rented his llouriiig mill for$l,ii00
a year. He has established a store
ami large steam saw mill at Astoria,
where in future he intends to reside.
We are informed that Hon. Geo.
II. Helm inteuds stumping Linn
county in behalf of L afayette Lane.
Mrs. Dnniway is giving lectures.
She intends giving us and her paper
a rest during fair week.
The Linn county council, P. of II.,
will convene at .Brownsville on the
fourth Tuesday iu this month, in
stead of tlie second Tuesday, us first
appointed.
There have been a large number of
desertions from the army in the
eastern jiart of the State.
Cattle in Eastern Oregon are in a
very tine condition.
The Oregnn'vtn says the Indians
hitherto located in tiie Xestneca val
ley have all removed to the Salmon
river portion af the Siletz agency,
with the. understanding that they are
to be under the jurisdition of Mr.
Sinnot, agent of Grand Bound. The
Alsea Indians, we understand, are
also willing to remove, if permitted
to occupy lands within the bound
aries of the Grand Bound reserva
tion, and the sooner these Indians
are concentrated in one locality, and
the country they occupy thrown open
for settlement, tho better it will be
for Oregon.
The State pomological report of
Maine gives the following advice as
to harvesting apples:
Gather the fruit when fully grown
or at the time when it has received
the greatest nourishment from the
tree. Ladders of different length,
also stairs, are employed for this
purpose. Tho windfall should be
tirst gathered and converted into
cider, or at least kept entirely sepa
rate from the remaining fruit. Pick
by hand, select and pack with great
care, so as to obviate bruising the
fruit. In assorting make two ouali
ties for market and a third for cider
or swine. Pack in new or clean bar
rels. Pack one kind only in the same
barrel or box; also let the apples be
of as uniform size and appearance as
may be. The upper layer of apjdes
should protrude somewhat above the
chime, and be brought down and
headed underpressure. Employ for
this purpose a clamp, either patent
or home-made. Somo operate with
a screw, others with a lever. The
latter is very simple, and may be
easily constructed. For shipping,
the pressure system is particularly
ly desirable, as it retains each apple
in its place, and hence prevents its
being rattled about and bruised.
The fruit, being barreled, should re
main in open sheds till the approach
of cold weather. Keep as cool as
possible without freezing, before re
moving to the cellar.
A very genleel-appearing young
man, wearing kid gloves and carry
ing a lithe and flexible walking-stick,
thought he would have a joke with a
rnstyand venerable farmer on the
1 air Grounds last Tuesday after
noon. "Halloo," saij the dandy,
are you one of the judges on hogs?"
W aal yaas, walk right' up and let
me look at yon," said the old farmer.
1 hat youth was soon lost amid the
crowd, and no other judges on swine
saw him.
A doctor, attending a wit who was
very ill, apologized for leing late
one day by saying that he had to
stop to see a man who had fallen
down a well. "Did he kick the
bucket, Doctor?" inquired the other.
Eugene "Come, sit down on the
shelly shore, and hear the mighty
ocean roar." Amelia "I can'lT sit
down, you silly goose, because I'd
burst my pin-back loose!"
TF-LUGIIAPHIC XEWS.
Boston, Oct. 6. This mnnii -a
meeting of the Prohibition n?tv
was held in Tremont Temple. The
uuuj 01 me uan was well tilled, and
quite a number of ladies were pres
ent, llev. D. C. Eddy, of Boston,
was President. The committee on
resolutions reported the most impor-
luui oi nmcu was in eilect resolved
that the safety of the reimblic and
the cause of prohibition depend upon
musing me party a unit for the
right, which can best bo secured by
by defeating Alexander H. Bice.
The committee appointed to report a
candidate for Governor, presented
the name of John J. Baker, of Bev
erly. The report was accepted and
made unanimous.
Wokcestek, Mass., Oct. G. About
thirty delegates are holding a labor
reform convention in this city, M.
Chamberlain of Boston presiding.
Besolutions were reported from a
committee in favor of concentration
of efforts for a reduction of the hours
of labor, denouncing the Fall River
manufacturers, advising the work
ing men to keep away from all pres
ent olitical parties, favoring the
substitution of 3 05 bonds for the 5
20s, and the making of greenbacks
legal tender payable for duties and
all debts, and denouncing the na
tional bunk system as one of the
greatest swindles on a patient peo
ple Boston, Oct. 7. California wool
in demand at from 20 to 27 cents for
spring.
New York, Oct. 7. George Gor
man, of the Gorman Manufacturing
Co. is reported to be in tronbH on
his individual account. Liabilities
said to be $00,000.
Memphis, Oct. 7. Senator Alcorn
has telegraphed tho Attorncy-Gen'l
to the effect that several of the dis
patches relating to the disturbances
at Friar's Point, are without founda
tion, and that there is no cause of
alarm for the peace of that country.
The mob lias dispersed, and it is
thought will remain quiet. There is
no question of politics in this excite
ment. The disturbance was origin
ated by a party of several hundred
negroes, who had ben excited by
the ill-tempered Sheriff. They march
ed on the town, but were readily dis
persed. Boston, Oct. 8. There was quite
a large attendance at the meeting of
woman suffragists, held here this
evening to consider what, if any,
action should be taken at the ap
proaching election. Rev. James
Freeman Clark presided. The com
mittee on resolutions reported a set,
the first ot which opposes Governor
Gaston; the second deems it inexpe
dient to make a separate nomination
and negatively endorses Rice.
The report of the treasurer of the
Peabody fund was read at the after
noon session, and showed the total
amount available for aipropriations
to educational purposes to be $'.)G,D00.
New YoiiK, Oct. 8. The lire engi
neers met to-day on for closing ex
ercises, and adjourned to meet in
Philadelphia next year. After ad
journment the delegates witnessed a
parade of a portion of the New York
(ire department.
Denveii, Col., Oct. 7. President
Grunt and party returned from South
ern Colorado this afternoon, and will
visit Central City, Black Hawk, and
Georgetown to-morrow, and will leave
for Washington on Sunday.
Haukisijukg, Pa., Oct. 7. At the
session of the State Treasury Inves
tigating committee to-day, Mr. Gerst,
editor of the Lancaster Express, tes
tified he had information that the
State Treasurer, Mackey, had drawn
4 percent interest on an average de
posit of $20,000 in the bank of Sted
man, Clarkson & Co., Lancaster, in
ISo'J. Gerst declines to give the
name of his informant, unless com
pelled by law. No other witness
to-day.
Hard Up Indeed.
Duprez Dodge was an old sport,
who was known far and near as a
"square man," who accepted the re
sults of games of chance coolly, and
ever found a friend at hand to give
him a "stake" to renew the battle
with the tiger and the lesser animals
of the menageries. Scrupulously
nice in meeting all his own obliga
tions, he was himself tho most leni
ent of creditors. It is related of Du
prez that upon one occasion, being
particularly hard up, and not dispos
ed to make known the condition of
his finances, he started out on a col
lecting tour, the result of which is
best related in his own words:
"This fellow lived seven miles in
the country and owed me a poker
debt of ten dollars. Ten dollars ain't
much money when you'er fixed, but
it is a heap when you ain't; so I
tramped out into the country seven
miles through the mud, for it was in
the spring of the year, and the mire
was over shoe-top a good deal of the
way. I found the fellow out in the
field planting. At first I took him
for a last year's scarecrow."
"Did you get anything?" anxious
ly interrupted a lounger, hastening
the relatio"n to an ending.
"Getanvthing!" exclaimed Duprez.
"Get anything! No; I took a look
at him, ami. walked back to town
without saying a word. He hadn't
clothes enougu to wad a gun, and
his boots were dealing from the bot
tom." A paper in Southern Illinois re
grets that it went to pres3 "one day
too early to record the death of J ohn
Rates." This is not quite as cool as
the paper which said: "Just as we
are going to press John Smith is
being run over by the cars."
The estate of the late S. B. Hinds,
of Seattle, has been appraised at $43
450. ..
TERRITORIAL, ITEMS.
According, to the Owyhee Ava
lanche, Oro Fino bullion to the
amount of' $12,380 has been cleaned
up from the mine only oince ojjera
tions were resumed under the man
agement of Mr. Catalow.
Hops, which are said to be a fair
article for brewing purposes, grow
wild in some parts of Arizona, in
great abundance.
Two prisoners, C. W. Lord, ac
cused of larceny, and Mcintosh, in
for drawing a shotgun on a man, es
caped from the jail at Boise City on
the night of October 1st. A reward
of $200 is offered for their apprehen
sion. A new schedule of fares has been
established on the Olympia and Se
attle steamboat route" From Seattle
it costs now a dollar to Tacoma, a
dollar and a half to Steilacoom and
two dollars to Olympia. The prices
down from Olympia are, a dollar to
Steilacoom, a dollar and a half to
Tacoma, and two dollars to Seattle.
Between ports the charge is one dol
lar. Father Cataldo has lately been to
Pierce City to make a collection for
the purpose of building a school
house for the Nez Perce Indians.
Agent Monteith has forbidden him
to build a school house, but the Fa
ther holds the permission of the de
partment to erect mission buildings,
and thinks quite naturally that a
school house is included. They are
having a aharp little war over the
matter.
Utah's quota of stock in the Cen
tennial exhibition of next year is
2,35 shares which at $10 a share
amounts to $23,51)0. How much of
this is taken Ave have r-ot been in
formed. Tlie whole amount of stock
involved in the Centennial is 10,000,
000, apportioned to the different Ter
ritories and States according to their
population and wealth. As Ne
braska's share is only worth $30,000,
Nevada's 11,020 and Colorado's $10,
310, the people of Utah Territory
have no right to complain of the lib
erality of their assessment.
Jefferson county jail is now with
out an occupant for the first time,
we have been informed since its
erection in 1807.
The Seattle Homestead Associa
tion has perfected its arrangements,
matured its plans for the sale of
3,000 lots within the city limits, pub
lished its prospectus or circular for
general distribution, and its agents
will tako the field for work at once.
The Fairview Miners Union of
Owyhee, passed a resolution not to
work longer than October 1st in all
the mines tint were delinquent, and
on that day work ceased in a number
of the mines in that section.
The Talbot Company is to have
built sixty new large coal cars. To
give an idea of tho extent of this un
dertaking, we have only to mention
that each car will have eight wheels,
and that the wheels will average 150
pounds each, or 72,000 pounds.
Hilly llurke's Apology.
Billy Burke was always a favorite
clown with James Robinson while
running his own show; and whilst
he was negotiating with the humor
ist with the strawberry mark on the
nose, the manager inquired:
"Billv, how are vou on an apol
ogy ?'
"Tip-lop," answered william, anx
ious to secure the engagement.
"Good!" exclaimed Robinson.
"There's nothing like a clown's cov
ering up a blunder or an incident
with a few words to tho point, or a
comical dido."
Burke was engaged for the season
and enrolled in the company of "Jas.
Robinson's Champion Circus," whose
manager Billy was wont to announce
as "James Robinson, tho man who
rides!"
Mr. Robinson was well pleased
with Burke's clowning. He sang a
good song, had a fund of anecdote
and story, and, moreover, was a man
who could make an apology. At
least, Billy said he could; aud the
show had been upon the road but a
few days when he had an opportunity
to display his ability.
The night show was well in pro
gress when tho equestrienne was an
nounced by the master of the circle.
Alas! she had made but a few cir
cuits of the arena when she landed
all in a heap in the saw-dust, rooting
her nose in the dirt, and lay sprawl
ing in the most awkward predica
ment imaginable, while a derisive
laugh and shout emanated from the
audience.
Now wa3 William's opportunity.
He was expected to blame the horse
and not the rider. How many poor
horses are blamed and rings cursed
for inexperienced or clumsy riders
of botli sexes! William did not phil
osophise and exclaim: "Try again;
if at first you don't succeed, try, try
again." Herbert Williams or Seal
might do that not he. His was a
more original method of glossing
over the mishap. He made no allu
sion to a bad ring, found no fault
with the horse, but shouted, as if
delighted at what had occurred:
"That's right! Get up and try it
again. We'll make the people laugh
if we break your neck!"
That "Queen of the Arena" was as
hot as red pepper, and as mad as a
setting hen, when sho arose unaided,
and rushed into the dressing-room
without waiting for the banners, the
hoops or the garters.
--
Edgar Poe said: "To villify a great
man is the readiest way in which a
little man can himself attain great
ness. The crab might never have be-,
come a constellation but for the cour
age it evinced in nibbling Hercules
on the hsel."
Spend Your Money at Home.
An. exchange gives the following
ten reasons why jeople should spend
their money at home. They aro so
forcible and well put that we cannot
refrain from presenting them to our
readers, hoping that they will give
them the consideration which they
deserve: -
1st. It is your home; you cannot
improve it much by taking money
away to spend or invest.
2d. There is no way of improvlnga
place "so "much as by encouraging
good merchants, good schools and
good people to settle among you
and this cannot be done unless you
spend your money at home.
3d. Spend your money at home,
because there is where you get it
generally. It is your duty.
4th. Spend your money at home,
because when it is necessary for 3-011
to get credit, it is of your town mer
chants you have generally to get it,
and they must wait for the money.
Therefore, when you have the cash
in hand spend it at home.
5th. Spend your money at home.
It will make better merchu.its of
your merchants; they can and will
keep better assortments and sell at
lower rates than if the only business
they can do is what is credited out,
while the money goes to other
places.
0th. Spend your money at home.
You may have sons growing up who
will some day be the best merchants
in town. Help lay the foundations
of "them now. It is your duty. It
may be your pride iu after years to
say: "By my trading at the store I
got my son a position as clerk, end
now he is a proprietor." Then you
will think it hard if your neighbors
spend thjeir money out of town. Set
tho example now.
7th. Spend your money at home.
Set the example now. "Buy your
dry-goods, groceries, meats "and
everything at home, and you will
see a wonderful change in a short
time in the business outlook of the
place; therefore deal with j our home
merchants.
8th. Spend your money at home.
What do you gain by going off?
Count the cost; see what you could
have done at home by letting your
merchant have the cash. Strike a
balance and see if you would not
have been just as well off, besides
helping your merchant.
Dth. Spend your money at home.
Your merchants are your neigbors,
your friends; thev- stand by you in
sickness, are your associates; with
out your trade fhey cannot keep
your business. No stores, then no
banks, no one wanting to buy prop
erty to settle on and build up your
place.
10th. Merchants should do their
advertising at home. They should
get their bill-heads, circulars, cards,
letter-heads, envelopes and all their
printing at home, of their own news
paper, who aid them in many ways,
and advertise them hundreds of
times without any pay whatever.
Merchants should set an example to
their customers by patronizing lib
erally their home newspapers. Men
and women aro imitative ' animals
and are prone to follow examples set
them. IIow can merchants expect
their neighbors to trade with them
if they set tho example of going
away from home for their printing
and advertising? Let merchants
and people all patronize home enter- I
prise, and home industry and home
trade. So shall they all be prosper
ous and happy.
The Newest Boston Notion.
The newest Boston notion is Mr.
Benjamin F. Butler's. Having been
inquired of 13T a newspaper reporter
as to his "views on nuance," Mr.
Butler replied that lie should take
no part in politics this autumn in
formation which is very satisfactory
if it is trustworthy but that he was
in favor of paper currency for three
reasons. The first and third are fa
miliar and need not be repeated, but
the second is worth reproducing:
"Because it costs nothing, and if
a man lose a twenty -live cent scrip
he alone is the loser, whereas if it be
gold, the government loses also."
Mark here, in tlie first place the
essential knavery of the inflationists.
If tho "scrip'"' is lost the govern
ment is relieved from the obligation
to pay. That is to say that the gov
ernment saves twenty-live cents by a
trick of fortune by tlie misfortune
of its creditor who loses the evidence
of indebtedness. Mr. Butler seems
to rejoice in this petty avoidance of
a debt as hearty as the idllationists
delight in repudiation on a larger
siale. But how does the govern
ment lose if the gold coin is lost.9
What interest has the government in
it when it lias gone out of its posses
sion? Having disbursed a $10 piece
and received a valuable considera
tion for it, whether in naval stores or
or army supplies or Mr. Butler's
services iu Congress, it is a matter
of indifference to the government
what becomes of the piece. It is
as likely to go back into the federal
Treasury after its loss as before.
Even if it should be melted up, the
bullion may find its way to the Mint,
to bo coined at certain charges. The
government has no vested interest in
the coin after parting with it. Con
tingent interest, in tho shape of a
mint commission, is not hurt by the
loss of the coin in private hands.
Mr. Butler's notion of loss and sav
ing to the government is as vague as
his instinct for the evading of a just
government debt by the destruction
of its evidence is dishonest. iV. V
rost.
A PrN.-"Grant's Relative Strength
as a Candidate," is the unintentional
but excellent heading of an article
in the St. Louis Times.
The Moral diameter of Early
American Settlers.
Dr. T.D. Woolsey in Harper's Magazine.
We are not disposed, on the score
of race, to claim a superiority for the
Anglo-Saxons over tho inhabitants of
other parts of Europe; nor cau we
believe that if there had been no
Normal conquest, no . check in the
kings by the nobles, no parliaments,
no opposition to appal interference
by statutes of pra:miinire and against
provisors,noProtestantReformation,
the English race would have course
-developed itself by its inherent ener
gies into something great and good.
It was in fact owing to national de
cline that AVilliams of Normandy
succeeded in his conquest of Saxon
England. But we rejoice that tho
first colonies were composed chiefly
of Englishmen, because they brought
with them the habits aud traditions
of a land
"Where freedom broadensslowly down
From precedent to precedent."
It was not in England, as on the con
tinent, that the towns needed to con
spire with the kings against an op
pressive nobility, or that the nobility
gained privileges exclusively for their
own order, leaving the others to take
care of themselves, but the Magna
Charta and all the securities of free
dom that followed it were for the
benefit of all.
We have also great reason to be
thankful for the average character of
the early colonists. M. Gnizot, in
speaking of the English and French
revolutions, contrasts them in this
respect: that the English occurred
in a religious ago among a religious
people, while the French broke out
in an age when the human mind
doubted, or denied with extreme
boldness, everything that had been
settled before. The first colonies
belonged to that religious age, and
though it would not be true to say
that religious liberty was the only
motive of even the Puritan colonists,
yet it was a very strong motive, anil
it furnished the best conditions for
the rise of a God-fearing and liberty
loving nation. For they who planted
first of all the church, and the school
by its side, who within a few years
founded a college, as a pattern for all
that should afterward arise, might
indeed be narrow in some of their
views and practices, but they were
the best possible pioneers of a com
ing host of freemen. So, also, the
Quaker settlements were dictated by
the desire to emov their religion in
peace, away from the oppressive laws
ot Jmgland and of its colonics; their
leaders were among the best men of
The Catholics of Maryland founded
their colony for the sake of religious
freedom. The Dutch of New Neth
erlands did not indeed emigrate for
this purpose; but they belonged to a
noble race, in whose memories tlie
times of William the Silent were still
fresh, and their settlements at the
end of his son Maurice's life were
favored by the more liberal of the
two political parties. The more
southern colonies did not, it is true,
have motives in their emigrations
much beyond the ordinary ones that
lead people away from their homes.
Some, moreover, who joined them at
an early time added anything but
character and strength; yet the chiv
alrous spirit and the attachment to
English institutions which animated
the best of the settlers in that quar
ter were to become valuable elements
in the formation of tho national char
acter. Besides the elapses of colonists just
mentioned, two others deserve to be
spoken of, although, on account of
their small number and the later date
of their emigration, they contributed
comparatively little to tho qualities
which mark tlie American people.
One of these were the Huguenots,
who came in tlie greatest numbers
soon after the revolution of the Edict
of Nantes, and who, making small
settlements in New York, Massachu
setts, Virginia and South Carolina,
have given to the country a number
of honorable and important families.
Larger and more compact settlements
were made by the Scotch-Irish Pres
byterians of Ulster, in New Hamp
shire, Western Pennsylvani t and
North Carolinia a class of inhabit
ants of whom their descendants have
a right to be proud.
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The Cukrenoy axl Taiuff. The
Niles Democrat says: While our
currency is unstapfe, and while our
tariff' laws are so abominable, we can
never hope to be more than we are
at present a second rate commer
cial nation; but if 187G might see
the inauguration of sane' legislation
on the subjects, then we would as
sume our proper position as a first
rate power, and no more would Bri
tannia rule the wave.
Joke on Welleb.-The death of
ex-Governor Weller, of California,
revives this anecdote of him: Wel
ler was once unfortunate enough to
be caught in a shipwreck. Arriving
at San Francisco, he was asked bv a
sympathetic friend if he had Tost
much. "Lost everything, sir' said
Weller, "everything but my reputa
tion." "Governor," said the friend,
"you travel with less baggage than
any one I ever saw."
The St. Joe Herald would publis'.i
the young lady's poem if it could
possibly make "rhinoceros" rhvme
with "Queen Elizabeth," or "gazelle"
with "washing-machine;" but it can
not not even "by the wildest pro
cess of versification."
"My son, xmt away that ball. Do
you know where the wicked boys go
who play base ball on Sunday?"
"Yes'm; they go down by the Fair
Grounds."
The Pacific slope may be all right
enough, but it doesn't pay to place
too much trust in the California
Banks.
The Domestic Tootbv.ieli in Dan-
3 v
The following keen piece of sar
casm is clipped from the columns of
the New York Evening Post:
Persons who remember th earn
est appeal to Congress which was
made by a North Carolina member a
few years ago in behalf of protection
for American peaunts.and who recall
the more recent strain of f-loquenco
which was rung from -the member
from Saratoga, when he ros.; to de
mand the assistance of the general
government in restraining to their
foreign founts the minerl waters
which, bottled by the hirelings of
Europe come in competition with the
laxative current of his own spring,
will unite with us in demanding tho
most earnest attention of the gov
ernment to an insidious attempt
which is now goiug on to drive out
of existence another brunch of Amer
ican industry. We refer to the
wooden toothpick. We do not wish
to let our feelings to carry us too
far, out wo think that the United
States can even claim the notion of a
wooden toothpick as peculiarly their
own. It is associated so directly
with the clippings of "Brother Jon
athan's" jackknife, is marked so dis
tinctly with the American character
istics of economy and convenience,
that it seems safe to catalogue it
among those great
original gifts
for which? the rest of tho world
owe this country its thanks. Natu
rally, then, wo cannot rest quiet
when we see a foreign nution not
only stealing this invention, but
with uuequuled audacity seeking to
make us pay lor it.
The facts of the case are simply
these: A Boston firm has imported
more than a million of woodon tooth
picks from Japan; they are adver
tised in the Boston new spupoi s, and
there seems to be a determined ef
fort to make the use at them a re
qnsite to an entrance into Boston
socict3 Now. a toothpick is of it
self a small object. But consider.
The population t-f the United States
is, in round numbers, forty millions.
Of this numbe r it is fair to suppose
tuar, excluding lniunis ana inuiaus,
twenty millions pick their teeth.
In addition, every grown person has
thirty-two teeth, and each sot of
teeth ought to be picked after each
of three daily meals; from which it
appears that a total i f 1J20,000.000
toothpicks are requiied to supply
tho daily demand in the United
States. These statistics prepare us
to appreciate the impending danger.
Is the American lumber interest, we
ask. to be stiiled and unroofed? Aro
the primeval forests to bo permitted
to drive back our civiizution into the
ocean, and once more to cover our
rich fields? Shall we not rather Jet
the food produced from our tilled
fields bo the means of making tho
splinters of our forests useful? To
effect this Congress must act at its
approaching session without delay.
The business will require a states
manlike consideration, but we trust
that among the new members somo
champion of the American toothpick
will be found. What the nation de
mands is a protective tariff" on every
lorm of the toothpick. It will bo
possible, by the exercise of a littlo
ingenuity, not more than to double
the. price of the imjiorfed articles,
but to arrange so complex a system
of customs duties that all the for
eign toothpicks shall be seized for
irregularities in the invoices. This
will make the protection of the Amer
ican articles perfect.
An Anecdote of Jcees Janin.
Nevertheless, he had a keen eve to
his own interest, as the following
story will show. When quite a
young man a certain neighbor of
his owed him fifty francs. One day
when he went to usk for it he found
his debtor in great trouble. "I can
not pay you," groaned the man. "I
have no money; I r.m ruined; in a
few hours my landlord will distrain
for his rent, and carry away all I
possess in tlie world." Jule's face
fell for his finances were very low
just then. Suddenly an idea struck
him. "You have some very excel
lent wine in your cellar, you told mo
the other day; let me have that and
I will give you an acquittance for
the fifty francs." "Impossible tho
porter w ill not let it puss out." "I
will take my chance of that if you
will agree to my proposition." The
debtor did agree, and the receipt
was signed. An hour afterwards a
man in a workman's dress, with his
hat slouched over Ids eyes, appeared
at the door with two wine baskets
filled with bottles. "I have conic to
change some wine that was sent in
to Monsieur " (mentioning tho
debtor's name) the other day by mis
take," he says in a gruff voice. Tho
porter, innocent and unsuspecting,
shows the way to tlie cellar; the man
deposits the bottles he has .brought,
takes away those he finds there, and
goes on his way rejoicing.
Tlie man was Jules .Tallin, and tho
bottles he left were filled with very
excellent water!
Disloyal Talh. As the crowd of
darkey spectators filed out cf the
Atlanta City Court, and watched the
file of sentenced negroes mirching
off to the chain-gang, an old negro
remarked:
"It's a gittin' mighty bindin' on
de niggers dese days!"
"Yus!" said a sassy saddle-lined
fellow; "an' it's got to be stopped
somewhere purty soon, 'lease i'm tell
in' yer dis sort o' ting is a bustin up
de 'publicen party mighty fas'! Don t
yer see dere's more niggers in de
chain-gang now dan dere used to wuz
in de unium league!'
Several of the unchained voters
solemnly shook their heads and
chimed in chorus:
"Dat's testament talk!"