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VOL. 10.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1875.
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THE ENTERPB5SE.
A LOCAL NEWSPAPER
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Farmer, Business Man, & Family Circle.
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY.
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OFFICK In Enterprise P.uildlnjr, one
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SOCIETY NO TIC US.
OKIiCOX L()lr. XO. 3, I. I. C). l.
Meets every Thursday ?jy5,
evening at 7 o'clock, in the 4&j&rk
Odd Fellows' Hall, Main
street. Members of the Or
Uer aro invited to attend. lv order
" N. G.
ki:iu:cca ii:(;ri:i: loikju xo.
3. L O. ). r Meets on the
Second ami Fourth Tues
day evenings each month,
at 'i'i oVltK-k, in the Old
Fellows' Hall. Membersof the Ihh.
are invited to attend.
ree
Multnomah i,oih;e no. i, a.i
A A. M., Holds its regular com
miniications on tho First and
Third Saturdays. in each month,
at 7 o'clock from the -Oth of Sen.
temljer to the U'Oth of March; ami
o'clock from the :10th of March to the
l!0t!i of September. Brethren in good
standing are invited to attend.
By order of W. M.
FALLS EXCAJKVMENT XO. 1,1. O.
O. F., Meets at Odd Fellows'
If.ill .m l-,irt d ml Third Tuos-
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davofeach month. Patriarchs V
in good standing are invited to attend.
II US I A' fiSS CARD S.
A. J. HOVER, yi. 1. J.'W. NORRIS, M. U.
HOVER fc INTOimiS,
1MI YSIC I XS AND SCRCEOXS,
?TOfnWlTp-Stuirs in CUannan's P.rick,
Mil in Street. n
br. H.wer's residence Third street, at
fot of rli if stairway. tf
.TO 11 WELCH
DEE3T15T,
OFFICK IN"
OUKCOX CITY, OKSOOX.
Illir'x-st C .isli Price Pali! for Coui
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Onler.
HUELAT & EASTHAIV1,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW-
IMtHTLAXD I.t Opitz's new brick, 50
First, street. r
OREGON CITY Char man's brick, up
Malm.
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C- ATI-SEY,
ATTORNEY AND COINSELOR-IT-L.UV,
Oregon Citv, Oregon.
Hnonl .1 attention trlven to loaning Money
OlUu'J Front room in Knteiumusr build-
inj. juiy-mi
JOHNSON & McCOWN
iTTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT-LAW.
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Oregon City, Oregon.
Will practice in all the Courts of the
State.
HM-ciai attention given to cases In
th U
S. Iand Ottice at. Oregon City.
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OR EG OX CITV, : : OREGON.
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the Courts of tho
Nov. 1, 1S75, tf
Will
State.
practice in all
H. E. CHAMBERLAIN,
ATTOIINEY-AT-LAW
OREGON CITY.
Office In Enterprise Rooms.
J-AIICS 13. Ul'TON,
Attornoy-;it-Lav,
Oreson City.
Nov. 5, lS75:tf
AY. II. HIGH FIELD.
Etablithetl nince '4t at tv oWl Mand.
Main Street, Oreson City, Oregon.
An assortment of Wathes, .Tewel-
ry.and .Set h Thomas' Weight Clocks
. all of which are warranted to be as
! i-onrnsented.
Rpn.iirinz done on short notice, and
thankful lor past iir"s?.
JOHN 31. BACON,
IMPORTER AND DEALER
In Rooks, Stationery, Perfum
ery, etc.. etc.
Oregon City, Oregon.
trAtthe Tost
side.
Office, Main stgeet, east
TO FRUIT-GROWERS.,
ryUV, ALU EN FRUIT PRESERVING
J. Company of Orepon City will pay the
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
for IMA MS. PEAKS anl APPLES.
Mr. Tho. Charinan is authorized to pur
cVm' tV-r tVi Crmnpv.
I.. P. f. LATOVnETTE.
Prescient.
! IV. CMAHM VN.s crtary.
vr Vnu Citv. July lSTj.tf
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SAN KEY'S SONC;.
THE NINETY AND NINE.
Tho follow ins; sons as sung by Mr.
San key in the revival meetings, creates
more religious enthusiasm than any
other which has been introduced:
There were ninety and nine that safely
lav
In the shelter of the fold.
But ono was out on the hills away
Far out from the gates of sold ;'
Away on the mountains wil'd and bare,
Away from the tender Shepherd's
care.
Lord thou hast here thy ninety and
nine.
Are they not enough ibrUiee?
But the Shepherd made answer, this of
mine
Has wandered away from me.
And although the road be rough and
steep
I go to the desert to find my sheep.
But none of the ransomed ever knew
How deep were the waters crossed,
Nor how dark was the night the Lord
passed through,
Ere he found the sheep that was lost;
Out in the desert he heard its cry
Sick and helpless and ready to die.
Lord, whence are those blood drops
all the way
That mark out the mountain's track?
There were shed for one who had gone
astray
Kre the "Shepherd could bring him
back,
Lord whence are Thy hands so rent
and torn ;
They are pierced to-night by many a
thorn.
And all through the mountains thun
der riven.
Ami up from the rocky steep
There rose a cry to the gate of heaven ;
"Rejoice, I have found my sheep!"
And the angels re-echo around the
throne,
"Rejoice for the Lord bringeth back
his own.
IJeiid the Twiir when Green.
There was once upon a time as
old wives used to say a husband
and wife, who bad brought up three
laughters, respectively named Karen,
ATaren and Metty.
Ihey might certainly have been
eckoned very pretty had people not
inown them to be all three quite as
stubborn and contradictory, and de
sirous of having the last word. Melty
was by far the most disagreeable. By
dint of time there came two wooers
or the two el.lest daughters, who
finished by mavrving.
But it was two vears before any
body ventured to make up to Metty.
At last, however, she had a sweet-
leart. It is true that he came frcin
a long distance. Tho bans were to
bo published three times, and on tho
third day after such publication,
which had been fixed at an out-of-the-way
hour by the bridegroom, he
and Aletty met in church in order to
be married. hen these particulars
were settled the man who was an
odd fellow, at once took his depart
ure.
On the wedding day the old par
ents had made their appearance at
church with their daughter, lint
ihey had a long time to wait for the
bridegroom. At last he appeared,
mounted on an old gray horse, with
a musket slung across his breast, a
pair of worsted gloves on his hands,
and a large dog at his heels.
Iso sooner was the marriage cere
mony over than he said to ins brute,
"Jump on to that horse, and place
yourself before me that we may re
turn home.
She did as she was bid, although
her father made a number of objec
tions. He could have wished that
the newly made pair had entered his
house, first of ail to eat something,
lint the new husband would not hear
of any such thing, and they went
their ways.
When they had gone tolerably far,
the husband let fall one of his glove3.
"Pick it up," said he to his dog; ,
but the animal let it lie, foranythiug I
he caied.
"Pick it up, instantly!" repeated
he; but again the dog did not stir.
After having commanded him a
third time to do what he had com
manded him, but with no better suc
cess, and without the dog's seeming
to care a farthing for his commands,
the man took up his gun and shot
him dead on the spot.
Ihey then went their ways, and
reached a wood, where the husband
had a mind to take some rest. Our
travellers accordingly got off thsir
horse, and put the bridle on his neck.
When the man thought they were
sufficiently rested, he called his horse
three times; but the animal took no
notice of his master's voice, and
went on grazing. On seeing this,
the husband took up his gun once
more and killed the disobedient
horse. On witnessing this sicrht the
wife felt strangely uneasy; and while
continuing her road, determined.
come what might, never to contra
dict her husband.
Shortly after, ho took up a green
twig, and folded it so that the two
enJs would meet, and presented it
to his wife, bidding her keep it till
he asked to have it back. The newly
married pair then followed the road
on foot and arrived without further
accident at their farm-house.
Hero they lived very happily, for
Metty had not forgotten the resolu
tion she had made in the woods,
never to contradict her husband.
She always appeared so gentle and
docile that nobody suspected that
ghe was the untractable Metty. Xow
mis is wnat ner husband said to her
one day: "Should we not go and see
your father, Metty, to ascertain how
he aud your good old mother aro by
this time?" J
The wife declared that nothing
would idease her better; accordingly
the husband ordered his horses to
be harnessed, and off they went.
Toward evening they had overtaken
a Hock of storks, all journeying to
gether. "Wlnt a quantity of crows" said
the man.
"They aro not ciows, but .-torks,"
said the woman.
"Turn the chaise round and take
us home," was the order the husband
gave his servant.
They accordingly returned from
whence they came.
Some time after the husband again
asked his wife if she did not long to
see her aged parents.
Of course Metty wished it heartily.
On the road they met a flock of
sheep.
"What a large flock of wolves!"
said the husband.
"They are not wolves," observed
the wife, "but sheep."
"Turn round the cart and take us
home," ordered the husband of the
servant. And this was accordingly
done.
A third time the farmer ashed his
wife if they ought not to pay a visit
to her old parents, and as she ac
quiesced eagei-ly, tho horses were
once more harnessed. They had
gone over a deal of ground, when
they met a llock of hens.
"What a quantity of crows!" said
the husband.
"Quite true," said the wife.
This time they did not turn back,
and when they reached the dwelling
of the old folks there were great
rejoicings. Karen and Maren like
wise came with their husbands. The
mother took her three daughters
into the room, for she was very curi
ous to question Metty as to her mode
of living, and to know whether she
was satisfied with her husband. Dur
ing this interval, the father kept
filling a largo jar with silver coins,
which he placed on the table before
his sons-in-law, sa3-ing it would be
long with its contents to the woman
who was most obedient.
On hearing this, the eldest began
to cry out, "Karen, ray beloved;
come hither for a moment come my
dearest Karen." But all his apieals
were lost upon Karen. Even when
he went into their bedroom, and be
gan to urge her with a sort of gentle
violence, he could not make her stir.
The second husband fared no bet
ter with his Maren.
It was now the third husband's
turn. He merely went to the door,
knocked, and said, "Come here,
Metty."
Out she came in a moment, and
inquired whether ho wanted any
thing. He answered, "Merely .the sprig
which I gave into your keeping when
we were in the wood on our wedding
day."
She gave it to him at once, as she
always carried it in her pocket. Then
the husband showed it to the others,
saying, "Behold! I bent this branch
when it was still green you
to have done the same!"
ought
Peruvian Traditions of tue
FiiOoi). According to a Peruviau
legend, two brothers escaped from a
great deluge which overwhelmed
the world, by ascending a mountain
which iloated upon the Hood. When
the waters had retired they found
themselvs alone in the world; and
havingconsumed all their provisions,
they went into the valleys to seek for
more food. Whether they were suc
cessful in their search the tradition
does not say; but if not, their sur
prise must indeed-have been agiee
ablo when on returning to the hut
which they had built' by the moun
tain, they found food ready prepar
ed for them by unknown hands.
Curious to know who their benefac
tor could be they took counsel
together and finally agreed that one
shuuld hide himself in the hut while
the other went into the valley.
The brother v.-ho remained concealed
himself carefully, and his patience
was soon rewarded by seeing two
aras with the face of a woman, who
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immediately set about preparing a
meal of bread and meats, lint it
was not long before the aras became
aware of tho presence of the conceal
ed brother, and they instantly es
sayed flight; but the man seized one
of them and she afterward became
his wife. By her he had six chil
dren, three sons and three daughters,
from whose union sprang the tribe
of the Cauaris, whose descendants to
this day hold the ara in great ven
eration "The Peruvians werv acquainted
with the Deluge aud believed that
the rainbow was the sign that the
earth would not again be destroyed
by water." This somewhat startling
announcement is made by Lord
Kingsborough, and he shows that
there can bo no reasonable doubt on
the subject, in an eminently charac
teristic manner. "This is plain," he
says, "from the speech which Mango
Capac, the reputed founder of the
Peruvian Empire, addressed to his
companions on beholding the rain
bow rising from a hill." UancrnCs
3tttire Hares.
The Most Ancient Trades. The
advertising business is tho oldest,
and the word "advertise" is a Bible
one, and it was used before there
were any newspapers to publish the
modern advertisement, or any dic
tionary to define the term. An in
tersting real-estate transaction which
took place in the land of Bethlehem
it 1 . r
some mousamis oi vears ago, is
described in the fourth chapter of
the book of Kuth, where it is written:
"And said unto the kinsman, Naomi,
that is come again out of the country
of Moab, selleth a parcel of land
which was our brother Elimelech's
and I thought to advertise thee,
saying, buy it before the inhabitants.
and before the elders of my people."
It may be true, as stated, that you
can drink a gallon of C-tlifornia whis
ky and not get drunk; but pray, what
for, then, do people drink California
whisky ?
The Sti-i-7-nj Woleou, says Iho
d'-p...sit r.onv Oregon City will, w
Uiin"l. contribute lurelv to
markets of tho World." "
oal
ion
J low to Avoid Taking Cold
A cold is simply a developer of a
diseased condition, which may have
been latent, or requiring only such
favoring condition to burst out into
the flame of disease. That this is
usually the correct view of a cold as
a disease-producing agent, under all
ordinary circumstauces, may be
made plain by reflection upon per
sonal experience, even to the most
ordinary understanding. When tho
human body is at its prime, with
youth, vigor, purity and a good
constitution on its side no degree
of ordinary exposure to c::Ltr gives
rise to any unpleasent effects. All
the ordinary precautions against
colds, coughs and rheumatic pains
may be disregarded aud no ill effects
ensue. lint let the blood become
impure, let the body become deranged
from any acquired disorder, or let
tho vigor begin to wane, and the
infirmities of age be felt by occasion
al derangements" in some vital part,
either from inherited or actual
abuses and the action of cold will
excite more or less disorder of some
kind, and the form of this disorder,
or the disease that will ensue, will
be determined by the kind of pre
existing blood impurity, or the pre
existing fault of these organic pro
cesses. It follows from these facts
and considerations that the secret of
avoiding these Unpleasant conse
quences thought to spring wholly
from the action of cold upon the
body has very little dependence
upon exposure, but a great deal
upon the impure and weak condition
of all the vital processes. In other
words, with an average or superior
constitution and intelligent observ
ance of all the laws of health, men
and women could not take cold if
they wanted to; they might be expos
ed to the action of cold to a degree
equal to the beast of the field, and
with like impunity. But in case of
persons with feeble constitutions,
and who disregard, knowingly or
otherwise, the conditions of healthy
existence, no degree of care will pre
vent their taking cold, as it is termed.
They really live in houses regulated
with all the precision of a hot-house,
they may cover tlumselvs with the
most highly protective clothing the
market provides, and j et will take
cold. I don't think the consumptive
person lives, or ever will live, even,
if kept in temperature absolutely
uniform aud clothed in a wholly
fauitless manner, in whom the well
known signs of one cold after anoth
er will not be apparent. But, on the
other hand, there are those who,
like the late Sir Henry Holland, of
good constitutions and living in ac
cordance with tho laws of health,
may travel, as he did, from the trop
ics to the Arctic again, clad only in
an ordinary dress coat, and yet
scarcely know what it is to have a
cold or sickness of any kind. The
truth is, to avoid taking cold from
ordinary, or even extx-aordinary, ex
posure, tho vital processes must be
made strong enough to rise above
the untoward influence of external
conditions. From the Sanitaeian.
Notice It.
Notice what? Notice everything
that is done by others to contribute
to your benefit or happiness. Noth
ing seems so ungracious as tho pass
ing over without remark, and appar
ently without thought, tho thousand
and one little efforts and attentions
which are intended to sweeten domes
tic life.
IngratituJe and indifference some
times mar the character of women;
but are far more frequently observa
ble we think in man. A husband
returns from his business at evening.
During his absence, and throughout
the livelong day, the wife has been
busy, with mind and hands, prepar
ing some little surprise, some little
notion, some unexpected pleasure to
make his home more attractive than
ever. He enters, seeminclv sees no
more of what has been done to please
him than if he were a blind man, aud
has nothing more to sav about it
than if he were dumb. Many a lov
ing wife has borne in her heart an
abiding sorrow, day after day, from
causes like this, until, in the process
of time, the fire and enthusiasm ot
her nature have burned out, and
mutual indifference spreads its pall
over a household. .
Often, wo think generally inatten
tion to the little acts of thoughtful-
ness and consideration results from a
mere habit of carelessness, but, m
its effect upon the happiness of a
family, it is a most unfortunate habit
A few words of thanks of oppreciative
recognition, are easily spoken, and
such words are precious to the soul
fhnf hungers for them. Thev are
highly prized and are not soon for
cotton.
TVko notice of what i3 done for
you. Words of merited praise and
thanks exert a kindly and beneficial
influence upon both listener and
speaker. Gratitude unexpressed
seems to others to be unfelt. A. 1 .
Ledger.
Educational. The Commissioner
of the Bureau of Education at Wash
ington has issued his annual report,
from which an exchange compiles
the following statistics: Out of 10,
000.000 bovs and crirls between tho
acres of G and 16 vears. the total pub
lic school enrollment in the United
States and Territories amounts to
S,000,000, with an average attendance
of 1,500,000. The total expenditures
lor public school purposes for tin
past year read od the sum of $74,
000,000, and the highest salaries aro
paid in the Cherokee Nation, the
rates being respectively $225 and
P'J'OO per month for male and female
teacher?.
It is now said that tho "big ( fraud )
racy" will not come off till I-'obruary.
Senate Committees.,
The Senate committees are as fol
lows: On Privileges and Elections Mor
ton, chairman; Logan, Mitchell,
Wadleigh, Cameron (Wis.,) McMil
lan, Sauslbury, Merrimon, Cooper.
Toreigh Beiatious Camaron (Ta.)
chairman; Morton, Hamlin, Howe,
Frelinghuysen, Conkling, McCreery,
Bogy, Eaton.
Finance Sherman, chairman;
Morrill (Vt.) , Ferry, Frelinghuysen,
Logan Boutwell, Jones, (New),
Bayard, Kernan.
Appropriations Morrill, (Maine,)
chairman; Windom,' Vv'est, Sargent ",
Allison, Dorsely, Davis, Wither, s
Wallace.
Commerce Conkling, chairman;
Spencer, Boutwell, Cameron, (Wis).
Burnside, McMillan, Hansom, Den
nis, McDonald.
Man u f ac t u res B obe r t son , ch a i r
man; Booth, Bruce, English, Wal
lace. Agriculture Frelinghuysen, chair
man; Itobertsou, Harvey, Davis.Jor
dan. Military Affairs Logan , chairman ;
Cameron, (Penn.) , Spencer, Clayton,
Wadleigh, Burnside, Uordon, Kan-
dolph, Cockrell.
Naval Affairs Uragm chairman;
Anthony, Morrill, (Me), Sargent,
Connover, Norwood, Whyle.
Judiciary Edmunds, chairman;
Conklihg, Frelinghuysen, A right,
Howe.Thurman, Stevenson.
Postoffices and Post Boads Ham
lin, chairman ; Ferry, Dorsey, J ones,
(Nev,), Dawes, Paddock, Saulsbury,
Mackey.
Public Lands Oglesby, chairman;
Windom, Harney, Hamilton, Paddock,
Booth, Kelly," McDonald, Jones,
(Flaj.
Private Land Claims Thurman,
chairman; Bayard, Bogy, Edmunds,
Christiancy.
Indian Affairs Logan, chairman;
Morrill, (Me.), Ingalls, Clayton,
Bogy, McCreery.
Pensions Ing.tlls, chairman; Alli
son, Hamilton, liootii, JJruce, Ale
Donald, Withers.
llevolutionary Claims Stevenson,
chairman; Johnson, Goldthwaite,
Morrill, (Vt.), Wright.
Claims W right, chairman; Mitch
ell, Wadleigh, Christiancy, McMil
lan, Cameron (Wis,), Carpenter,
Cockrell, Jones, (Florida).
District of Columbia Spencer,
chairman; Hitchcock, Dorsey, In
galls, Kobertson. Merrimon, Eng
lish. Patents Wadleigh, chairman ;
Windom, Dawes, Johnston, Kernan.
Public Buildings and Grounds
Morrill (Vt. ), chairman; Cameron
(Penn.), Cooper, White.
Territories Hitchcock, chairman;
Cragin, Patterson, Christiancy, Sha
ron, Cooper, Mackey.
llailroads West, chairman;IIitch-
cock, Cragin, Howe, Hamilton,
Mitchell, Dawes, liansom, Kelly, Ca
pei ton.
Mines and Mining Sargent, chair-
T -r At 1 T n I
man; liamiin, Alcorn, Harvey, oua
ron, Goldthwaite, ltandolph.
Bevision of Laws of the United
States Boutwell, chairman; Alcorn,
Christiancy, Caperton, Wallace.
Education and Labor Patterson,
chairman; Morton, Morrill (Vt.),
Burnside, Bruce, Sharon, Gordon,
Mackey, Keycs.
Civil Service and Letrenchment
Clayton, chairman; Wright, Oglesby,
Alcorn. Patterson, McCreery, llan-
lolph.
Audit and Control of Contingent
Expenses of Senate Joues (New),
chairman; Dawes, Dennis.
Library Howe, chairman: Ld-
munds, Hansom.
Printing Anthony, chairman;
Sherman, Saulsbury.
Rules Ferry chairman; Hamlin,
Merrimon.
Engrossed Bills Bayard, chair
man; Withers, Anthony.
Enrolled Bills Conover, chair
man; Robertson, Kelly.
On the Levees of the Mississippi
Alcorn, chairman; Clayton, Harvey,
Cooper, Cockrell.
To examine tho several branches,
of the Civil Service Boutwell, chair
man; Conkling, Allison, Merrimon,
Eaton.
On transportation lines to the sea
board, Windom, chairman;Sherman,
West, Conover, Mitchell. Burnside,
Norwood, Davis, Johnston.
The nominees were confirmed by
the Senate in executive session.
William B. Astor, son of the cel
ebrated John Jacob Astor, founder
of Astoria, whoso death was announ
ced last week, was in his 81st year.
William B. was one of the wealth
iest owners of real estate on the
continent, and the well known found
er of the Astor Library, and for his
many gifts to New York City and its
charities. His death was not unex
pected. He has been ill for some
time. He was born at 190 Broadway,
in March, 17'JI. He inherited about
$20,000,000 at the death of his
father, and his wealth has been con
stantly increasing. It is almost im
possible at the present time to esti
mate the amount of his wealth, but
it is stated on apparently good
authority, that his property may
be safely estimated at $100,000,000,
nearly "all in rented real estate,
chiefly in New York City. He was
thoroughly educated and well versed
in literature, but of retiring disposi
tion and mingled little with the
world. In business affairs and the
administration of his vast property
he was shrewd and cautions. He
leaves three sons and two daughters.
His wife was a daughter of Gen.
Armstrong, Secretrry of War under
President Monroe.
A handsome youth being question
al lv a rather sH-lbh ladv as to his
occupation, replied that ho was "an
adjusb-i- T iuo cable alphabets."
lie wa-i simply a printer.
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News Column.
On Thursday night of last week,
the prisoners confined in the Mult
nomah county jail made a bold rush
for liberty, but were frustrated. o
Mr. Aiken, of Marion county, has
raised 400 pounds of flax to the acre
this season. 0
Three houses were broken into in
one night at Kalama. o
The Dashing
broom.
Wave carries the
The Oreomiian boasts of roses and
pansies in lull bloom in mo miu'ue
An American has offered to sell
the Ilerzegovinian cannon, on credit.
Thomas has made a death-bed con
fession of his having blown up the
Moselle with dynamite.
Mexican bandits are becoming very
troublesome in the southern part of
California. o
The Victoria grand jury calls for an
impartial investigation of the Pacific
disaster.
Tho Oregon Granger is no more;
the Cultivator has taken its place.
Oregon apples have been selling
in San Francisco at from $1 50 to
$2 DO per box.
T. L. Davidson, of Marion county,
will send some Oregon wool to the
Centennial.
The Albany Register tells of a man
named Cowan who knocked a tramp
out of shape for trying to walk off
with his watch.
The official vote of Missouri on
the adoption of the new constitution
is 105,104: for the constitution, 90,-
o5; against, 14,401. Maioritv m
favor of adoption, 7G,')0li.
Vice President Wilson's life was
insured for $3,500.
A German astronomer has discov
ered two new small planets, not
visible to the naked eye, in the con
steliation Aries. This makes the
number of the lesser planets one
hundred and fifty-three.
The German empire has eight hun
dred consuls in foreign lands. Twen
ty-two of these are in the United
States.
It is announced that Theo. Thomas
has been appointed musical director
of the Philadelphia Centennial Ex
hibition. The Woman's Centennial Commit
tee at Philadelphia intend publish
ing an American cook book and
short biographical sketches of our
eminent women, for the country's
hundredth birth-day.
San Francisco has a whaling fleet
of eleven vessels, and tho catch this
season yielded 1G,000 barrels of oil,
150,000 pounds of bone, and 20,000
pounds of ivory, the aggregate valu
ation being $500,000.
The crooked whisky trials in St.
Louis have been postponed until
January.
Some "Bob White" quails from
Virginia have been set at liberty on
Whidby's Island.
A bronze statue of Daniel O'Con
nell is to be erected at Melbourne.
Dore is engaged on a picture C0x20
feet, representing Christ's entry into
Jerusalem.
Better prices for corn are looked
for in the Liverpool market.
The British corvette Challenge, on
a scientific expedition, has arrived at
Valpariso.
No fewer than 4,500,000 letters
found their way into the dead letter
office last year. These contained
$3,000,000, 'money, drafts, bills of
exchange and notes.
It is somewhat singular that both
the President and the late Vice Pres
ident should bo known by assumed
names. The proper name of U. S.
Grant is Hiram Ulysses Grant. The
proper name of Henry Wilson is
Jeremiah Col bath.
There are 220,000 Indians in the
United" States.
Sherman says there will be no war
with Spain.
Tho Tuolumne Independent wants
Californiaus to make olive (?) oil of
mustard seed.
About 2,000 unemployed people in
iuomreai macio riotous demonstra
tions on the 17th, demanding either
work or bread.
The Umpqua Call is to issue from
Hose burg.
The boy convict, Willie Reynard,
has been pardoned by Governor
Grover.
The Centennial delegation appoint
ed by congress, is now in Philadel
phia. President Grant and family aro
the guests of G. W. Childs, of the
ft
meager.
George F. Seward has been
pointed Minister to China.
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An endowment of $22,000 has been
subscribed for the Baptist college
at jxc.uinnvnie.
Lx-Governor F. J. Moses, of South
Carolina, has been elected indgo of
tne j.mrti circuit (Jourt.
The submerged
Telfair is now afloat.
steamer Gussie
Prospectuses are out for the Ama
tenr I'ress of anconver, and the
Literary Ledger of Portland.
Ihe bottom has fallen out of the
roads aronnd Scaonoose. and the
supervisors can't find it.
Portland lawyers are Pryi?ig to find
out, in the District Cora;, who
tho mail bavj. .
Three negroes were hanged in New
Y'ork on tho 17th, one of them dying
horribly.
Beecher says he's for reopening
the scandal.
o
Vigilantes at Carson hanged a well
known desperado in the grave-vard
ron the 17th. . , -
o m The net profits of the Fair held in
aid of St. Vincent's Hospital at
Portland were $2, 700.
Oregon paid 847,939 internal rev
enue during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1875.
A paper called the Minor is to bo
started at Pendleton.
pcrsc-ns in tne mining districts are
out of employment, and it is feared
there will be much suffering among
the poorer classes this winter.
Judge G. W. Baily has been ap
pointed U. S. Commissioner at Uma
tilla by Judge Deady, in place of
Mattie Davenport resigned.
The Democrats of Pendleton have
organized a club "for the more effec
tive working of the "party organiza
tion in Pendleton precinct in the ap
proaching campaign."
The O. S. Js. Co. wCl build
wharves at Astoria; soon.
There aro fewer domestio servants
in Oregon, in proportion to the num
ber t;f inhabitants, than in any other
State iu the Union.
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fitHicsss-Ajitonsr Farmers
Tho American f irmer, in all' his,
planning, and all ;ds building, Las
never made provision for lily. He
has only considered the means of
getting a living. Outside of this
everything relating to society and
culture has been steadily ignored.
He gives his children the advantage
of schools, not recognizing the fact
that these very advantages call into
life a new set of social wants. A
bright, well-educated family, in a
lonely farmhouse, is (very different
material from 5 family brought up in
ignorance. QAa American farmer's
children, who have had a few terms
at n neighboring academy, resemble
in no degree the children of tho
EnropeaE peasant. They come home
with new ideas and new wants, and
if there is no provision made for
these new wants and they find thereby-
no opportunities for the satisfac
tion, they will be ready on reaching
their majority, to fly the farm and
seek the city.
If the American farmer wishes to
keep his children nCar him, La must
learn the difference between a living
and getting a living; and we mistake
him and his grade of culture alto
gether if ho does not stop over this
statement and wonder at it.
To get a living, to make money, to
become "forehanded" this is the
whole of life to agricultural multi
tudes, discouraging in their numbers,-.
to contemplate. To them there is
no differences between livinsr and
getting a living. Their whole life
consists in getting a living; and when
their families come back to them from
their schooling, and find that, really,
this is the onlv pursuit that has any
recognition under the paternal roof,
they must go away. The boys push
to the centre of the cities, and the
mrlc frllrTi- if flirts- nnv A - n
man or a young woman, raised to the
point where they apprehen 1 the
difference between living and getting
a living, can never be satisfied with
tho latter alone. Either farmers'
children must be keot icnorant or
provision must be made for their
social wants. Brains and hearts
need food and clothiner as well as
bodies; and those who have learned c
to recognize brains and hearts as tho
best and most important viarfc of
their personal possessions: will tro
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where they can find the ministry
they need.
hat is the remedy? How shall
farmers manage to keep their chil
dren near them? How can we dis
courage the influx of unnecessary
nay burdensome population into
cities ? We answer: By making
agricultural society attractive. Fill
the farmhouses with periodicals and
books. Establish central reading
rooms, or neighborhood clubs. En
courage the social meetings of the
young. Have concerts, lectures,
amateur dramatic associations. Above
all, build as far as possible in villages.
It is better to go a mile to one's daily
labor, than to place one's self a mile
away from a neighbor. The isola
tion of American farm life is the
great curse of that life, aud it falls
upon the women in a way men can't
appreciate.
As late as the 5th of November the
flowers in the gardens of Santa Bar
bara, Cal., were of supassing beauty.
Among them were callas which meas
ures 14 inches across, fuchsias cov
ering houses with their plume-like
branches, and passion flowers-of
various kinds, besides lemon and fig
trees in full-bearing. In the same
county is also the largest almond
orchard in tho world, containing
100,000 trees.
"I was once in the service of the
United States," writes a man from
Portland, Oregon, to tho Secretary c
of War, "but now am in the service
of my God. Inclosed find Post-office
money order for $40, which belongs
to the Government of the United
States."
It is probably not generally known
that Pius IX now in his eighty
fourth year has already buried
more than ono hundred cardinals,
part of them created by his predeces
sors and the rest named by himself
since Le cam.3 into office.
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