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A. J. UOVER, M. D. J. W. KOltUIS, M. I
itoveu cr. isromiis,
PIIVSICIAXS AX!) Sl'RGEOXS,
ftOlliee tTjvStalrs in t'harman's Brick.
Main street.
lr. Hnvr's residpnoe Third street, at
foot of clitT stairway. tf
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JOHN WELCH
1 N T I ST,
Ol'KIOK IN
OUKGON CITY, OHKGOX.
!!lj;liiaC:uli Price Paid fur County
Orders.
HUELAT & EASTHAM,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW-
PORTI..VXU
First street.
I.i Opitz's new brick, 30
OKICUO.V CITY
stairs.
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sepf-Mtf
JOHNSON & McCOWN
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT-LAW.
Oregon City, Oregon.
tTWlU practice In all the Courts of the
State. Special attention Riven to cases in
the IT; S. iJind Oince at Oregon City.
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ATTO R N E Y- AT-LAW,
OREGON CITY, : : OREGON.
Will
State.
practice In all
the Courts of the
Nov. 1. 1875, tf
H. E. CHAMBERLAIN,
ATT O RNEY- A.T-LAW
c OHKGOX CITY.
Office in Enterprise Rooms.
JAMES 13. UPTON,
Attorney-fAt-Hia.v,
Ore?
;on City.
Nov. 5,
1875 .-tf
W. II. IIIG1IFIELT).
Kstuhlisheit since 'iO, at t lie old stand.
Main Street, Oregon City, Oregon.
An assortment of Wathee. Jewel.
ry.and Seth Thomas' Weight Clocks
:B all of which are warranted to be as
&k&r'-2i represented.
C7"Knpairlng done on short notice, and
t hankful fo past patronage.
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JOHN 31. BACON,
nfPORTErt AXD DEALER
In Books, Stationery, Perfum
ery, etc., etc.
Oregon City, Oregon,
At the Post Office, Main stgeet, east
side.
TO FRUIT-GROWERS.
rriliP. at.DEN FRUIT PRESERVING
X Company of Oregon City will pay the
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
orPU'MS. PEARS und APPLES.
Mr. Thos. Charman Is authorized to pur-
chaso for the Company.
L. D. C. LATOURETTE,
President.
Trios. CI CARMAN, Secretary,
wRonuiy, July 28, 1875 it
MfLLERf MARSHALL &C0.,
P'Tn? "IOHEST PRICE FOR
HEAT, at all times, at the
Oregon City Mills,
And have on hand
FEED and ITLOTJTt
,vH1,at.,TJark?twrat68- Parties desiring
ccd, must furnish sacks, novJQtf
The Forgers' Great Ring.
N. V. Nun.
On Saturday Capt. Pretty ares ted
a man who has lately been known as
Cbarles C. Farnham. on a charge of
negotiating and having in Lis posses
sion forged California and Oregon
railway bonds. It has since been
learned that the prisoner is Charles
J. Williamson, whose escape from
arrest about the timo of the forgery
of the bonds of the New York Cen
tral, Western Union, and Buffalo aud
Erie railroads, two years and a half
ago, has been the principal obstacle
to the punishment of the known
criminals in that gigantic conspiracy.
The first arrests made on account of
them were of brokers, whose only
possible implication was their bad
luck in having theforgers pitch npon
them as intermediary agents. They
could trace their knowledge of the
forged securities no futher back
than to one Chailes J. Williamson, a
curbstone broker. Williamson was
not to be found. They soon after
ward arrested Joseph G. Yale, an
Englishman, of Manhattanville, to
whose possession some of the forged
securities were traced.
Spence Pettis, -who was awaiting
trial for forgery in Massachusetts,
furnished information upon which
Andrew L. Roberta and Valentine
Gleason were arrested, and which
set the detectives upon the track of
other members of the gang. Scon
afterward Eckel and Dr. Alvah
Blaisdell, both of whom figured in
the Cunningham-Burdell murder
trial, were arrested for complicity
with theforgers. Stephen Raymond,
a well-known "crooked man," had
left his usual haunts when it was
discovered that he had borrowed
84,000 otr a patch of the forged
bonds. Private detectives traced
him to England, where he was arrest
ed, aud whence he was extradited.
The police next found Gottleib
Engelis, who was looked upon as
the skilled workman who imitated
the important siguatures. The seal,
too, were well imitated by one
George Olmstead of Staten Island.
He turned traitor, and was an impor
tant witness in the trial of Andrew
L. Roberts in the Oyer and Terminer
in June, 1871. Olmstead's testimony
was that he had engraved the seals
for Spence Pettis.
In the civil suits against Roberts,
Gleason, Mrs. Lydia Roberts, and
and others, the corporations victim
ized were rewarded by verdicts for
130,000. Roberts and Gleason are
in prison. Blaisdell, Engels and the
other alleged conspirators are out on
bail.
The connection of Williamson with
the conspiracy can be more easily
established , as in at least three of
the five loans for which the forged
bonds were used as collaterals he
was the man who placed them in the
hands of the brokers. Vigorous
search was mado for him at that
time, but he had got awav to Europe
with the wife cf George Millard, who
was convicted as the receiver of the
gang of masked burglars arrested by
Detectives Field and King two years
ago. Williamson was known to have
about $40,000 of the proceeds of the
forgeries.
Ou Jan. 19, a well-kept, prosperous-looking
stranger answered an
advertisement for special capital, by
Rollins Brothers, bankers, at Wall
and Broad streets. The stranger
rode in a stylish coupe, driven by a
liveried coachmean. lie said that
his named Chailes C. Farnham. Hav
ing plenty of unemployed capital, he
comtcmpiated investing some of it
in a business that would furnish
agreeable occupation. The senior
partner of the firm was rather pleas
ed with the knowledge of finance
displayed by his visitor. The only
obstaclo was the fact that Mr. Roll
ings was on the eve of sailing for
London, and would not have time to
complete the articles of partnership.
It was agreed, however, that all
things being satisfactory, the part
nership would bo entered into on
his return. A bright idea occurred
to Mr. Farnham. His wealth was
invested in Government, New York
Central, and other bonds. Not
having much cash at command, he
thought Rollins might negotiate a
loan at light interest in London or
Brussels, using Mr. FarnLam's bonds
as collateral. Mr. Rollins assented
to this, and agreed to cable Mr.
Faruham's 11,000 from Europe as
soon as the loan was negotiated.
Mr. Rollins sailed for EuroDe on
Jan. 22, and received $100 ,000 bondg
irom larnhams agent just before
ue went aboard the steamer. There
was no time to see what sort of boDds
they wero.
Mr. Farnham for a few days there
after was not seen on the street.
When he next appeared he said that
he wanted to raise $6,000. He ob
tained a loan of $6,000 a few days
afterward ou 817,000 New York Cen
tral bonds. About a week ago ho
asked a futher loan of 6,000, offer
ing to put up as collateral certain
Central Pacific bonds, which he said
he had already pledged in Philadel
phia. Mr. Rollins was also in need
of 4,500, and Farnhem agreed to
lend the money provided he could
get enough to release the bonds
hypothecated in Philadelphia. He
otiered the California and Ore-on
bonds as collateral for this loan.
The negotiation of this w09 intrusted
to Mr. Burke, Rolling Brothers
cashier. The money was obtained,
but instead of Farnham going for his
share to person, lie sent his eoaoh
man. Mr. Rollins concluded to
take the money himself, and he in
trnstod himself to Mr. Farnham's
coachman. They drove to the Amity
House, at Broadway and Sixth
avenue. The coachman pointed to
the door of the hotel, and said that
Mr. Farnham was inside. He drove
way as soon as Mr. Rollins had
alighted. Mr. Rollins inquired for
Mr. Farnham in the bar-room, but
ouu peiauus was known there
Mr. Rollins, growing suspicious, in
vestigated Mr. Farnham's securities
and the forgeries were fliso-i'
Mr. Farnham sent a note to Roll,
Brothers pretendincr vexation ti.f
the money had not been taken to
him, as ordered, and askincr in hov
it sent to him at the Irving House.
Mr. Rollins and Mr. Rnrlv Wh
went to the Irving House, hnfc Ail
not take the money. He called for
the money at Rollins Brothers' office
on Saturday, and was there arrested.
On Monday Officer Kierns of th
Tombs squad identified him m
Charles J. Willamson. The employ
ers of firms that he victimized in 1873
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uave aiso recognizea mm. ue was-J
arraigned in the General Sessions
yesterday, and pleaded not guilty
to forty-seven indictments for for
gery. Williamson, alias Perrin,
has served a term of imprisonment
as a panel thief and for burglary.
It i3 known that lie was concerned
with one C. B. Orvis, who, on July
21. 1874. was arrested by Detectives
Walling and Golden, at the West
Side Hotel, for having obtained from
George B. Ripley of 40 Broadway
$20,000 on forged bonds of the Buf
falo and Erie Railroad representing
$25,000, Orvis, when arrested, said
that he got the bonds from William
son. Centeimial Literature.
At the- Centennial Exhibition
grounds in Philadelphia a building
is in course of construction to be
used solely for an exhibition of news
papers. It occupies a conspicuous
position near the miniature lake, on
a line between the United States
Government building and Machinery
Hall.
The plan of exhibition is an alpha
betical arrangement of partial files
of each newspaper or periodical pub
lished ia this country, iu such a
maimer as will make them in
stantly accessible, the space devoted
to each bearing a label with the
name of the publication printed
thereon, aud further desien date by
a number, by means of which a
stranger, upon reference to his cata
logue, will be able at once to ap
proach the section of the building
where the particular journal which
ho desires to examine or refer to may
be found.
The cases containing these files
will be set up to form alcoves similar
to those in public libraries for the
arrangement of books, these alcoves'
forming lon. tiers, one on each side
of the building, throughout its en
tin length, a portion of the space
between being reserved for the ac
commodation of attendants, leaving
a passage for the public eighteen
feet in width, extending from ono
end of the structure to the other.
The second story approached by
four fiifrnts cf stairs, is devoted to
leading rooms for the accommoda
tion more especially of newspaper
men, and will be supplied with con
veniences for correspondents.
A catalogue giving the name of
each newspaper, its frequency of
issue, and the number which desig
nates the position allotted to it, to
gether with such statistical informa
tion as will serve to convey a com
prehensive knowledge of the nature
and extent of the business of news
paper publishing in America, will be
issued in a compact form, not diner-
mg very much in size aud appear
ance from the official catalogues of
the four departments of the princi
pal exhibition.
For the suggestion of this exhibi
tion of journalism, in the full and
complete manner proposed, the press
and the public are indebted to Gen
Joseph R. Hawley, President of the
Centennial Commission, himself a
newspaper man of large experience
and advanced views, who knows
better than most men that in this
particular interest the United States
is not only in advance of any other
country, but that it furnishes more
and better papers, with a larger ag
gregate circulation than all the'other
nations of the world combined.
The detail, however, of the ar
rangement, and the responsibility for
its success, rest with Mr. George P.
Rowel 1, known as the principal
source of such newspaper statistics
as the public has been supplied with
for a dozen years past, and who is
possessed of advantages which en
able him to surmount those obstacles
which to a person of les3 experience
might make the undertaking one of
serious difficulty. N. Y. Sun.
The Denver Mirror says: The re
port of a sermon by a Fremont
county preacher is worth repeating
here: "Boys, you'll find this life like
a game of seven-np. You want to
save your tens and look out for
game, an' never beg when you hold a
good hand. Also, recollect in the
long run low counts as much ashigh,
if it is only a trump. The devil has
stocked the cards, but jist play 'em
honest, and when it comes your deal
yer boun to get a winnin' hand every
tim , and old split-hoof will jist have
to jump the game and look for a
softer snap. Also, if you happen to
turn Jaek, call it lucky, but don't
forget to remember that turning
Jack is uncertain business, and'll
never do to bet on." "
The result of. the experiment of
woman suffrage in Wyoming is not
very enoournging to its advocates
elsewhere. The Governor, in his
message, says it has been a failure -a
form of negotiation amounting to
little or nothing. This fact is con
firmed by testimony from other
sources, which represents that ,. the
women are getting of tired jury duty,
and cue ro little for the boon of the
elective franchise that they do not
go to the polls in any numbers to
exercise it.
CONGRESSIONAL
SENATE.
Washington. March 1. Freling-
huysen, from the committee on agri
culture .reported adversely the Senate
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out to provide ior an investigation
into the habits of the Rocky moun
tain locust, or the so-called grass
hoppers, and it was indefinitely post
poned. He also reported from the
same committee in favor of the Sen
ate bill for protection against injuri
ous insects, with amendments, which
was ordered printed . and the bill
placed ou the calendar.
lue feenate passed without amend
ment the House bill appropriating
700,000 for the purpose of buying
material and continuation of the work
on the building for custom house
and postoffice at St. Louis. The ap
propriation in the Senate bill pro
vides that the appropriation shall be
used for certain iron works. Morrill,
in presenting it. said it was intended
that the amount appropriated by the
Din suau De deducted from the ap
propriation for that building for the
ensuing fiscal year.
COoper. from the committee on
public buildings and grounds, re
ported favorably the House bill au
thorizing the purchase of additional
ground for the custom house at Nash
ville; passed.
Morton moved it be postponed,
and that the Senate proceed to con
sider the resolution for the admission
of Pinch back as Senator from Louis
iana; agreed to yeas 32, nays 24.
Alcorn spoke at length in favor of
the admission of Pincl.back.
Norwood said the Senator from
Mississippi had, as a member of the
committee on privileges and elec
tions, reported that the election in
Louisiana was an organized fraud,
and ho (Norwood) did not see how
an organized fraud could elect a U.
S. Senator.
Alcorn said the committee was not
instructed to inquire into the legality
of the election of the legislature, but
as to who was the Governor of Lou
isiana; because on that question hung
the right of the claimant to a seat
in the Senate.
Edwardssaid the resolution under
which the committee acted read:
Resolved, that the committee on
elections and privileges be instructed
to inquire and report to the Senate
whether there was any existing State
government in Louisiana. In pur
suance of that resolution the commit
tee reported there was no govern
ment there.
Alcorn said the committee having
reported, there was no lawful gov
ernment and the Senate having re
fused to authorize a new election
there, and Kellogg having been rec
ognized as Governor of that State,
the question was settled as far as it
could be, and no further adjudica
tion could be had.
Edmunds had the floor, but yield
ed to Cameron, of Pennsylvania, who
moved that the Senate proceed to
the consideration of executive busi
ness. Boutwell entered a motion to re
consider the vote by which the bill
appropriating $75,000 for the St.
Louis custom house and postoffice
passed.
lho Senate then went into execu
tive session and soon after adjourned.
March z. Davis presentd a peti
tion of the citizens of West Virginia
in favor of aid to the Texas Pacific
R. R. providing the iron used in the
construction of such road bo of
American make; referred.
A joint resolution with regard to
the Centennial celebrations which
passed the House of Representatives
yesterday, was agreed to.
The following bills ou the calendar
passed the Senate:
xui to reunce ine number and in
crease the efficiency of the naval
corps; Senate bill for the relief of
the widow of L. II. Rosseau.
The bill to extend the time of
filing claims for additional bounty,
under act of May 28, 18GG, passed
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Washington, March 1. Dunham
offered a resolution instructing the
judiciary committee to inquire what
legislation is necessary to secure m
demnity for the United Sataes for
the interest on the subsidy bonds of
the Pacific Railroad Companies, and
also to secure indemnity against the
liability of the United States to pay
the principal; also to what extent
the rates of freight and transports
tion on those roads mav be regulated
so as to make them less burdensome
to the public: adopted.
The Speaker called on the commit
tees for reports.
nopKins, irorn tue committee on
the Centennial celebration, reported
a bill authorizing the iriesulent to
appoint time Centennial commission
ers for Texas in nomination of the
Governor in place of those now act-
ing(?) ; passed.
Hardenberg, from the same com
mittee, reported a bill recommending
the people of the several States to
assemble in their respective counties
or towns on the approaching Centen
nial, aud cause to be delivered a his
torical sketch of the county or town
from its formation, copies to be filed
in the county clerk's office and in the
library of Congress, so that a com
plete record may be had of the prog
ress of the republio; passed.
Kasson, from the committee on
Pacific railroads," reported a bill
amendatory of the act relative to
filing reports of railroad companies;
passed.
House then adjourned.
March 2d. Randall, chairman of
the committee on appropriations, re
ported a bill appropriating $163,000
j to provide for engraving, printing
i and other expenses of making and
j issuing U. S. notes, and directing
j the Secretary of the Treasury to
J js3ue silver coins of Jho denomina-
nnTTRTrar DF RAMHROFT LIBRARY.
ions of 10. 20. 25 and 50 cents in i
redemption of an equal amount of j
iracuonai currency and to rrovide
for such redemption until the whole
amount of fractional currency is re
deemed ; ordered printed and recom
mitted. Saylor, chairman of the committee
on public lands, reported a bill de
claring valid all suspended entries of
public lands in which the commis
sioner of the general land office has
decided patents shall issue which
have been confirmed by the Secretary
of the Interior and Attorney Geperal;
repealing section 2,452 of the revised
statutes. After explanation by Say
lor, the bill passed.'
McGill, from the same committee,
reported a bill to extend the time of
pre-emptions of public lands. The
bill extends the time to two years;
passed.
The House went into committee of
the whole, Saylor of Ohio in the
chair, on the bill to carry into effect
the treaty with the Hawaiian Islands.
Woods discussed at length the ad
vantage of the treaty.
At the close of Woods' speech, and
without action on the bill, the com
mittee rose, and Clymer presented a
resolution of impeachment against
Wm. W. Belknap, late Secretary of
War, for high crimes and misde
meanors in office. In the midst of
great excitement and with unusual
stillness in the House, Clymer rose
and said; "I ask permission to make
a report from the committee on ex
penditures in the War Department
of so grave importance I am certain,
when it is heard, the House will
agree that I am justified in asking
that permission at this time."
Permission was given, and Clymer,
taking his position at the clerk's
desk, read the following report: The
committee found at the very thresh
old of its investigation such unques
tioned evidence of the malfeasance
of Gen. W. AV. Belknap, then Secre
tary of War, that they found it their
duty to lay the same before the
Housp. lhev further report that
this day a letter of the President of
the United States was presented to
the committee accepting the resigna
tion of the Secretary of War.tegether
with a copy of his letter of resigna
tion, which, the President informed
the committee, was accepted aboat
10:20 this morning.
Clymer then proceeded to read
the testimony of Caleb P. Marsh,
taken yesterday before the com
mittee, lie testified he had paid
Secretary Belknap about $20,000 in
consideration of his appointment as
post trader at Fort Sill, Indian
Territory. The reading was listened
to with intense interest by the House
and by a large audience in the gal
leries. At the close of the reading,
and after the members, who had
taken up positions near the clerks'
desk, the better to hear the testimony
and accompanying statements, had
returned to there proper seats,
Clymer, who had also gone to his
seat, arose and said with great emo
tion: Mr. Speaker, I would not, if I
could, and I could not, in my present
condition, if I would say anything
to the facts just reported to the
House. Another occasion may be
afforded to me to do so. They are
so plain that everywhere throughout
this broad land, and throughout
Christendom, wherever the English
language i3 read or spoken, they will
for long years constitute a record of
official corruption and crimes, such
as there is no parallel for in our own
history or that of any countrj that I
know of. In this hour, if 'one senti
ment of pity, une word of sympathy
conld find utterance from me, it
would be because I feel that the late
Secretary of War is but the proper
outgrowth, the true exponent of the
corruption, extravagancy and the
misgovernment that has cursed this
land for years imst. That being
my own reflection, I will discharge
my duty best to myself and to this
House demanding the previous
question the adoption of the resolu
tion. Kasson appealed to Clymer to give
an apportunity for some suggestion
to be made before asking the pre
vious question on a iratter of so
grave importance.
Fob Dyspepsia. A correspondent
of the Boston Globe offers a remedy
for a very distressing complaint a3
set forth below. It is given for
what it is worth: Will you please
insert for the benefit of those who
suffer from dyspepsia or indigestion,
that four tablespoonfuls of lime
water, mixed with a glass of cow's
milk, will cure the worst form of the
above distressing disease in a few
U1. -L. tVUU) i' y v., 4Jr-
a sufferer for three years. The first
dose acted like magic, and I have
felt like a new-born man ever since,
which is some weeks ago. I saw the
recipe in the Scientific American,
issued a few weeks ago. If you
knew the terrible sufferings of this
disease you would not hesitate to in
sert it.
A Novel Device. Among other
devices to obtain the "ways and
means" of life is a novel appeal to
patriotism and vanity introduced by
a lady of dashing appearance. She
has installed herself in a committee
room at the Capitol, with a large
and elegantly bound blank-book,
each page of which 13 ruled into
small portions, each one largo
enough to contain an autograph sig
nature. The book when filled is to
be nailed up in a box and deposited
in the Capitol, with an inscription
stating that it is not to be opened
until 1976. For the privilege of thus
transmitting his name to posterity
each signer is to pay the sum of $10.
How many will thus embalm their
autograph remains to be seen.
Diet for lovesick maidens Tonder-linea'
An Incident of the Late Re
belliou. "They are bringing the wounded
from the wharf some of them have
been kept in a Southern prison, pa
says, will you come?"
Thus, in eager tones spake the
little daughter of Assistant Surgeon
D , of Hospital, Washing
ton.
We responded, by joining at once
the group of surgeons in the en
trance hall. The sufferers were
brought in upon stretchers, and, as
they were carried by, the chief sur
geon ordered them to such wards as
seemed most suitable for the par
ticular case.
Some of the poor fellows were in a
fearful condition; toes, fingers and
limbs often a mass of corruption.
We uttered kind words to the con
scious, and tried to soften the stern
ness of Dr. G., the head surgeon, by
little soothing applications of our
own.
The hopeless cases were always as
signed to a room in the rear of the
building, quite near the dreaded
"dead house." This morning it
seemed to us the "hopeless ward"
would receive nearly all of them:
and just as we were thinking how
hard we must labor in order to save
some little token for the absent
friends, G.'s voice reached us from
the upper end of the hall; "Take
him to the rear, hopeless;" aud in a
moment more we leaned over a
stretcher, w hereon a tall, broad
shouldered man lay, whose expres
sion of countenance, as he heard the
surgeon's words, I shall never forget.
Dr. D., who stood next to us the
youngest surgeon in the building
turned down the slight covering and
exposed a ghastly sight; a once pow
erful leg one mass of decaying mat
ter. The patient looked toward us,
as he saw our pitying glances, and
exclaimed in a low tone which rung
through the hall:
"Save nie; I have a wife and five
children; I must not die !"
" e will do all we can, I hasten
ed to say as the stewards moved on.
"Doctor, would it be possible to
save him
"One chance in a thousand," he
answered.
"Let us try."
"You forget that I am only an as
sistant here, and must obev orders."
I flew to Dr. G. "Can we try to
save that man ?" I asked.
"Useless; why spend time on such
cases when we are crowded ? He
must die."
"Let him go to my 'pet -ward,' " I
asked; "anywhere but among the
hopeless. Please, doctor, as a special
favor."
"Ah, you women hamper us with
your pleadings!" he answered half
crossly. "Put him where you please;
only don't ask me to sympathize if
he is soon buried."
We went back to the kind-hearted
assistant, who stood with his young
wife leaning on his arm.
"Will you perform the operation?"
"Yes; if I can get permission to
do so."
Then came discussion, opposition,
a vote of the staff, and alter much
trial the poor fellow was carried into
the amputation room.
"Dr. D. must take entire charge
of the case," said G., with a shrug of
the shoulders. "It is nonsensical,
and I will have nothing to do with
it."
The operation was performed in
the most skillful manner we were
told, and Dr. D. said to us: "If ever
I prayed in my life I did then. Not
one encouraged me. They voted to
please you, in my favor, and I gave
myself up entirely to the work in
hand and went on; now if he will
only live."
"Our man" gained wonderfully.
Never did we feed a patient on bran
dy and water with more eagerness.
G. stood by us saying: "The end is
not yet."
Dr. D. came to request our pres
ence in the "dead house" he would
like to show us the remains of the
limb. We looked on calmly as he
took "it" from the pile in the corner
and listened in a dreaaiy way to an
account of the "difficulty, science,
transverse something" but all the
time we were hearing:
"Save me! I have a wife and five
children; I must not die."
"Doctor," said I, "if he lives, von
have saved him, and that is worth
living for."
"You saved him," replied the doc
tor. "No one else would have
gained permission for such an opera
tion;" and then and there we called
him "our man."
He gained slowly but steadily,
we left him to take our place as pa
tient, only to hear on our rocovery
that "our man" had gone home to
his family. If his eye should rest
on this paper, he will doubtless re
member who held up the doctor's
littlo daughter for him to kiss, be
cause "she was so like his own."
As for Dr. D,, we are quite sure
he is doing good somewhere; and
should ho read this .he will learn
how much he was honored for his
bravery. For a young practitioner
to face the opposition of all his asso
ciates is no trifle: but to perform a
difficult and peculiar operation, with
critical eyes upon one, with only one
chance in a thousand of saving life,
is evidence of a noble heart as well
as a clear head.
Strauss recently wrote in a lady's
album: "Love is the exchange of
two quadrilles and the contact of
two waltzes."
Editors do not like to print an ar
ticle lazily long, and the general
reader does not care for a couple of
yards of song; so gather your wits
in the smallest space, if yon want a
little renown; and every timo you
write, my friend, boil it down.
"Good Manners."
There are certain points of good
manners in which women fail wniefr
yet seem to have been greatly ' over
looked by their censors. TJie op
woman who behaves badly attracts
more attention than nine hundred
and ninety -nine well-disposed; and
when one woman falls below the
proper standard, all women seem to
be humiliated thereby.
In connection with our schools
there is springing up0 a growth of
nngracefulness and indelicacy wntch
goes far toward neutralizing the in?
tended good. Typical American girls,
pretty, gentle-faced, intelligent-look--ing,
well-dressed, will fill a car with
idle, vulgar, boisterous chatter. They
will compel without sciuple and bear
without flinching the eyes of aU their
felloiv-passengers. One couldsome
times wish that our far-famed schools
would stop their algebra, 6top their
Latin, stop their philosophies and
give their undivided attention to
teaching their pupils how to talk.
It may not be possible to make them
talk sense, but surely they can be
mado to talk gracefully. Delicacy
is not a thing which can be lost and.
found. Familiarity with lovepwith
out confidence, without regard, is
destructive to all that exalts and en
nobles woman. :
It is the first duty of woman to be
a lady. The Avoman who says that
this is making much ado about
nothing is the wo'nan who will
accost you by name when you enter
a car, in a tone that introduces yon
to every person in it and makes you
wish that the part she occupies had
runoff at the last switch. She is the
woman who, under pretext of con
versing with one or two friends, in
forms the whole company of her
views on woman's rights and her
relations with her hu?band.
Good breeding is good sense. Ig
norance of etiquette is often the re
sult of circumstances, but bad man
ners in woman is immorality. Self
possessed, aggressive coarseness . of
demeanor, merits
that mild form of
imprisonment for
restraint called
life."
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Genius and Labor
The popular notion tfcat great
works are entirely and wholly the
result of "inspiration,'' says .Temple,
Bar, and that men who are "inspir
ed" are always more or less, idle,;
desultory men, is well, a popnlar
notion. But it is remote from the
fact, Small works speaking stillO
of works of a high order may be
the result of inspiration; and small'
portions, and many small portions
of a great work, may be due exelo
sively to the same origin. Equally,,
also, will the general conception of a .
great work of art be the result of in
spiration. But the doing of it in its
entirety will be no mere inspiration
than the making of a cartwheel isv
inspiration, or the digging of a grave,
or the methodical emptying of a
gutter. This will be deliberate,;
downright hard work; and whether
it be done at all, and how far it will
depend in no degree upon; genius.
but on character exclusively, " "Tt'ir
ensrgy that dose it." ' You may '
whistle off a lyric almost before, you ;
know where you are, and eaven half
a dozen stanzas may come to you
from the Lord knows where; but noi
epic poem was ever composed in that'
easy, vicarious fashion; no, nor one-
canto of an epic poem, nor half a
canto, nor a fourth. "Pray," said'
Ignatius Loyola to his disciples, "as.
though everything depended upon
yourselves." A like injunction,
should govern the man of genius.
He cannot help feeling, I suppose.
that which is peculiar to him oepends
upon celestial influences; but he
should set to work as though every
thing depended upon himself. The
winds come to the sails that are
stretched to receive them; but if
they are allowed to lay idle against
the mast, the breeze will blow upon
them to little purpose..
Leap Year. Girls do you inov?
that this is the one year of the four,
given especially for your comfort?
If the matrimonial market was brisk
during the fall of seventy-five, how
much livelier will it be in the spring
of seventy-six? We have often
thought that could women have
equal rights with men and & fair
chance to show their capacities for
"business," they could excel the
most energetio of their brothers!
Now tho opportunity is offered.
Many poor disconsolate young men
are wandering over the country in
search of remunerative positions of
a domestic character. Take them
in, girls, give them comfortable
homes; in your father's house therW '
is room and food to spare; share it
with these poor young men who
have either nothing to do or in filling
situations where the labor is great
(measuring ribbons, or selling cor
sets and bustles) , the strain on the .
mental powers is quite a tax, and the
recompense only seven dollars a
week! How can they pay their
board and . wash wonfen too? Have
pity on them girls, do, The female
hearts are eminently sympathetic and ,
here is an opportunity to be a mis- ;
sionary. If after, awhile ,your father -should
object to taking care of this
nice young man now his. son-in-law .
than you can show your devotion
and prove that yon married for love.
by going to dress-making, or teach
ing school, while your ' husband
stays at home and keeps house.
It will be a pleasure -for bim to
come after you on rainy days, too,
or to oarry your work hom, to spare
you the walk! By all means, girls,
be industrious during this year, and
don't miss the chanoe of being hap
pily married. There are plenty of
nice young men out of employment.
St. Louis has
tent-v cents.
dime lectures for.
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