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V: C i iu X its mk& o o o o II . Ill e mm O DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE SESTiPiTERESTS OF OREGON. O ; . ; . TT" . ; . r i- ' i ., i : . ". : ! "' T ' ! " o o O 0 VOL. 10. THE ENTERPRISE. A LOCAL NEWSPAPER v o n T II K -Farmer, Bnsintss )Ian, k Family Circle. J. .a - J - ISSUEIJ EVERY mi'. i !fr!nk s. dement, : PEOPETETOIl AND PUBLISHER. i OFFICIAL PAPER FOB CLACKAMAS CO. " OFFICE Ira Esterphisk RuiWIns. nno uoor south of -Mason io.Kui I41ng. Main St. Terms of Sulcriptlon Sins'le Copy One Year, In Advanee.....-?i50 , . " Six Months" " I50 . .Terms of AdvertlslnR Transient advertlspmenta. IncluJinc all lgal noI icos, square of twelve llnR one Mroi'k.. For RubsMiuent Insertion vhVIIo One Column, one yar 'x.-, ,,4,fr,.J. - ' z:: nutinofes Card, l.squaro. one year. ' ".'r. SOCIETY NO TICES. Ki:t;ON NO. 3, I. I. . v., Mts evorv Thursilay ert ninirat 7 o'clock, in tlie jS-fi o.id 1V1 lows' Hall, M:in -s Mtret. M'nlHrs of the Or der are invited to attend. I!y order O N.O. KKiiiiUCA ikc:iu:i: i.oih: no. C'. I. O. O. l. Meets on the .r-,,.-Second a'lvl Fourth Taes- JUlj& - dv eveninJTi cavil mouth, i."; ;it 7l o'elocU, in the Odd Fellows Hall. MemheMof the Decree . :tre invitml to attend. i:uirxoiAilf i.oocii: so. i,a.i t A. M., Hddsits regular coin- a ' inunieations on the Kirst and y'V, 0 Tiiinl Sat unlays in each month, nt 7 o'clock from the3th of Sej. temler to the li'Hh of March: ami "' o'clock from tho Hh of March to II. JOtli ftf Sv:iteiiiler. llrctliren in ;iool starulimr are invited to attend. P.v order of W. M. 3' t.i.s i'.c amimii :' r NO. 1. i . . r.. M--t.s at Od.l Fellows' rv O :! :,' i - Fi-st and T'dnl Tucs- .h.v'r.f .:: month. Patriarchs V i:i I ::!v1!hj: are hivited toiitteml. (; ,v k s s c a n r .sr. A. J. IIOYKJC. m. p. J. w. xoruis, m. r TPIIYSIC'J.XXS AM) Sl'IKiKOXS, rttffliH- Fp-Stairs in Charman's P.rick, M.i in street. lr. n-vT"s residence Thinl street, at foot of olitr stairway. tf DR.. .TOirN" WELCn DENTIST, OFVK'V: IX OHKCiON CITY, OKE(iO. , Hlehrat :ih Pricf Iall fr County Oriltr. HUELAT & EASTH AM, ATTORNE YS-AT-LAW G PORTIAD-Ii Opitz's new l.riek, a l'iMtKt rert. OIIKUO.V CITY Chan nan's hrick, uj stairs. 'J J OHTJSON &. McCO V 7i ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT-L.WV. - Oregon City, Oregon. STWill practice In all the Court of the 8tute. (SxTial attention tjlven toeassin the U. H. l-nd Otlice :t. reon City. 5aprlS7-2-tt". ' j X,: T. T3 A R11ST ATTORWEY-AT-LAV, oregox cirr, z : OUEGOy. Will practice In all the Courts of the State. Nov. 1, 1S7 tf H.E. CHAMBER LAIN, ATXORINTE Y-AT-LAW " ' OREGOXCm". Ofllco in Enterprise Ilooms. , JAIES 33. UFION, . Attoriiey-at-LaAV, i '-ii- Oregon City. Nov. 5, lS75:tf VT. lr. 1IUJIIFIELD. KstMbllshed uliice 4U, at the oll tland. , Main Stmt, Orrgon fity, Orrjon. " Q An assortment of Wnthcs, Jewel- ? ly.iimi x-m i nomas w cis'it i locks ,"B all of which are warranted to be as Ufc represent ed. 7"Itepairintt done on short notice, and thankful for past patronnge. - JOHN M. liACOX, r IMPORTER AXD PF.ja.ER jJjj in ISOOKS, wuiuuri.t, m. ennui- - ery, etc., etc. rtfl-iRw i Oregon CM;, Uron, , rxAt the Tost Office, Main stgeet, east W i TO FRUIT-GROWERS. XUE ALDKN FRUIT PRESERVING Company of Or con City will jiy the O HIGHEST MARKET PRICE cr PU'MS, PEARS nml APPL.ES. Mr. Thos. Charman Is authorised to pur- cuasc for tho Conjpanv. ' Ij. IV f r,ATOrTRETTE. : - President. : uus. CHARM AX. Secretary.-.. O . OrcRouCity, July 2S, 1ST5 :tf ' 1 MILLER, MARSHALL & CO., PT-..IHK highest Trice for HEAT, t all times, at the Oregon City Mills, Anil have on hand ; FEED arid FLOUR re1,.at.nJnrk?t ratrs- Parties dcFiring ecu, must lumish sacks. novl-tf o o Alice's Rose Tree. BY EMMA GARRISOX. . The genial sanshiue of a sweet May ftfteinoon fell in flickering waves of gold over tho mossy roof and ivy-hnng chimneys of an old farm-house standing in a green hol low in the midst of tho pleasant bill country which stretches southward from the red battle-ground of Man assas. In the neighboring wood the turtle-dove cooed her pliantive love lay, the partridge whistled, and -the robin twittered to : her young; and from the surrounding meadows came the. dreary gurgle of the brook i and the musical tinkle of the 'bells from the cattle cropping the rjarly clover that sprang up green and tender in the warm shadow of the hills. The orchard round about the old house was one mass, of fragrant, milky blooms; and the lilac bushes tossed their purple plumes through tho low windows, the soft winds scattering the leaves over the sanded floor until the great.hospitable room, with its ever open doors and yawn ing lire place, gave forth orders sweeter than ever filled the vales of Araby the Blest. On the window-sill, overlooking the garden, a young girl sat, on this same May afternoon, her little slip pered feet hanging almost low enough to touch the grass-plot beneath; her pretty, golden hair thrown back in wavy disorder, tier cheeks Hushed, and her tender, blue eyes brimful of tears, as they looked, witii a serious, questioning (azc, toward the even ing sun, just slipping out of sight, behind ilie stimmit of tiie distant ue '.in i . ii. 'Why, Aiioi -, ' cried a manly vo'ce, how's ti.is? Come, come, I t. ought ou meant to be s brave?" "Wo I did," her voice faltering painfully'. "But it is so hard so hard. Archer, to to " And .-die dropped her pretty head o:i ids aim uli. I g.ie way to a good cry . lie stiuUi-d !-at"U 'e sjft. mass of ieaaiiii!. k i ; u it ii.ii r U ndcfiy, and .-aid, "1 i. A;;ce h.ueer for c.Uiii tliounh you so; but it can't be ro- And the sooner i !p than may not helj.ed, i tiie heater Veil. think Illilt L lo-tii-ht." "To-night.'' "Yes to-ni rht. Yon don't bl.tine me for what I'm doinn?' "Biaiut! von. Archer? Oil, you Hash know better!" and a kindling lit the tearful bine eyes. " I have something for you, Alice." he said, alter a lan.'-e.' "See here" and he iirew from his pocket a tender little rose tree with the roots carefully wrapt iii paper. " I got it at Mr. Ashtoii.s to-day; they say it is a rare species and blooms every month. Come, we'll plant it and it shall bo my parting gift." lie caught up tne littlegarden hos that lay close by, and went around to the old sitting-room window. Alice followed him in silence. "Just here," he said, digging up the soft black soil, "where you can see it, whenever you look out at the window; and mind it shall be a tokin between us, Alice as long as it thrives and blooms, you may be sure I'm alive and prosperous; but if it withers and dies " " It will live, Alice; and I shall and come back to you again Heav en has told me so." - She looked up, with something like awe in her face, as she heard his conlulent words. Ho smiled, and, leveling the soil about the roots of the little tree repeated, half to her and half to himself. "It will live; and I shall live?" Then he kissed her softy, and she tripped away to the kitchen, leaving iiim standing there alone. By 10 o'clock' every arrangement was completed ; and Archer's satchel packed with clothing on one side and eatables on the other, stood locked and strapped, on the kitchen door-sill- He picked up and swung it on his shoulder. "Well, mother." he said,- putting his arm round her aud kissing her tenderly, "I must be off! Take care of yourself, and may heaven bless you.' "And you, too, my boy. He turned away, pained by the sigbb of her tears, and trode out towards the old .gate. Alice fol lowed. He kissed her on her cheeks, brow and eyes, and then without another word walkeu rapidly away. She watched him until a sudden turn in in the road took him from her sight; so did the poor mother, sitting on the door-sill, thiuking, both of them, no doubt, of tho weary days of woe and war that would intervene before they looked upon his face The spring wore awav. summer came, aud the thunders of battle rocked the old farm-house to its very centre, but the rose treo (lid" not wither. "Though the air was hot and sulphurous, it shot no yonug ten drils and burst into fragrant bloom, and Alice said to herself continually." He will live he will come back "to us. A cold and cruel winter another spring the harvests trampled down before they ripened the beautiful hill-country made desolate bv he ravages of war; still the rose-tree bloomed and grew, and Alice's heart was full of hope. But when the summer, passed, au4 tho autumn came, and the scanty havests were gathered in, a change seemed to fall upon the laud; the suu wbrpa murky glow; the sky seemed brass'' But in thqse days of desolation the rose tree drooped, and as the winter came on all life seemed to go out from brauch and root,' and Alice's Lope failed. No letters reached them from Archer, and they heard rumors of terrible disasters daily befalliog the Federal forces. OREGON CITY, He is gone, Alice we shall never see him again "said the poor mother, and Alice found no words to disap prove what she said. The winter was dreadful. Scanty of food and fuel, the two mourners sat by their lonely hearth, with an unspoken sorrow :iu their white faces that awed even the fierce! gnerillas, who prowled about the I old farm-house, into somethino-1 like pity and respect. But there is nothing in this world of ours that does not, sooner or later, come to cuu. ueeis oi time may seem slow, but they are sure. The lonely winter dragged itself away, ana spring, .came "a - snow-drop in her hand, - a solitary lark above her head. " The blue sky smiled down, and the sun light fell in genial beams, and the gentle rains deceuded on fields black ened by the ravages of war, bringing up the tender grass and meek-eyed violets over the nameless graves of the fallen brave. In the garden, at the old farm-house, the pinks came up and opened their odorons petals, and the hollyhock buds swelled al most to bursting; the old fashioned rosed budded, and the lilacs tossed their purple plumes through the low windows as in days gone by. - Alice felt a strange balm dropping into her sore heart; and day by day she watched the little rose tree, "as one might watch a dear face on the verge of eternity. And at last at last her hopeful faith was rewarded ; for on the topmost branch a tiny green shoot appeared. "Oh, mother," she cried, running in; "lie isn't dead. He'll come back to us again the rose tree is alive." But tho poor mother turned de--pairingly from the happy faeo and Kiiook her head. Age is less hopeful than youth. "No, no. he'll never come back again," she said. But the spring advanced, and the little shoots grew, and one after another new shoots came out, and by full summer the rose tree was in I ssun. weighed down with fragrant imsoii liuwers. Still no tidings (.me from Archer; but Alice hoped nut waited. In the meantime Lee's !Te-s retreated before Grant, and : ;ie old li.iLr waved again over that portion of desolate Virginia. An evening came, in the cloudless .lory of legal June. Mrs. Bradford sat upou the door-sill, swaying back and forth and murmuring to herself in a dazed, mel .incholy way. Alice sat on the soft grass close by the blossoming rose tree. But where was he? Heaped up amid the name less dead on some distant battle ground languishing in some far-off hospital, yearning for home and friends? Her blue eyes grew dim with a inist of tears and her brave heart sick wit h deferred hope. Bnta gentle wind stirred the branches of the rose tree, surrounding her with a eloud of delicious perfume, ami at the same instant the old gate swung sharply on its hinges. Some one was coming down the littie foot path; it was a soldier! Such visitors, rinding their way back to Washington, and so home, after the terrible battle in the wil derness, often drop in at tho old farm house no. v. Alice rose up and placed a chair beneath the little woodbine arbor. "Won't you sit down and some refreshment, sir?" She have said, sweetly, as he came up. He sat down while Alice darted off to the kitchen. "Bring some cider, Alice," called the old women, wiping her eyes. "I like to give them the best; my own poor boy was a soldier." Alice brought the cider, clear and rn', a lump of ico tinkling in the boft oin of the goblet. The soldier took it, raised it to his lips, heard the ice tinkling with a cool, refresh ing sound, as he had heard in hun dreds of times in his boyhood. His hand trembled travo way it, fell, and hespraug to his feet with a jis sionate cry. "Mother Alice don't you know me? Did they know him ? Let their happy tears, their tender embraces answer. Clasped in their arms, lie the strong man. the soldier, bronzed by the smoke of half a score of bat tles, sobbed like a little child. But after a while they grew quiet, and Archer sat down beside his mother on the door-sill, with a fresh goblet of cider in his hand; while Alice, with a shine in her eyes beside which the. Tune stars looked dim, went back to her seat on the grass. "I knew you'd come." she snid softly, her sweet face dimpliner with happy smiles; "and I told mother so. because your rose tree came to life." Archer looked over at the jrreat crimson blossoms, and said, almost solemnly, "Yes. Alice. I live; and the rose tree lives; und better still, our love lives also." " And the niht was filled with irlndness And 4 he eare that infested tSe. day, Foldel no their tents, like tho Arabs, And as silently stole away." President Girardin, on6 : of the ablest of the Frerch jndges, says of divorce: "Loner experience on the bench has convinced me that the vast majority of persons who sue for jndi-r cial separation were not fitted for wedded life. They never fail to urge that they were mistaken in their choice, ana tnac ir ine- oo n-u ! joined to anvbodv ele but the person from whom they seek to be separated i they might have been happy. This j mav be trne in some few cases, bnt v generally speaking there is at least one of the parties to every suit whose temper is wholly intractable, and I do not see what would be gained by allowing this party to go and marry again and make a second home as wretched as he or she has made the 1 first." OREGONvMlDAY; MARCH 31, 1876, , Gen. 15el knap's History.; He conies of good stock, his father, Gen. . William ; G. Belknap, having been an ollicer in the regular - army from 1813 to lSrI ,' served with marked gallantry through the Flori da and-Mexican wars,: and enjoyed the intimate friendship . of - Gen. Scott, William Wortlr Belknap was born at "Newbnrg, N. Y,, on the 22d of September, 1829, and' graduated from Princeton collego in the class of 184:8, among his college acquaint ances, singularenough, being Messis. Clymer and Blackburn of ' the com mittee that has just Jexpbscd " his guilt; as well as Secretary Kobeson! He studied law at Georgetown, D. C, and in 1S51 began the practice of his profession at Keokuk, la. He served one terra, in 1857-S, in the Iowa Legislature as a democrat, bnt, being unwilling to giving counten ance to the Leeompton swindle, he separated from the radical wing of his party, and was known ' as a Douglas democrat up to tho out break of the rebellion. He entered the army as major of the 15th infan try, and served with his regiment in the army of the Tennessee, rising through the various grades and par ticipating in the battle of Shiloh, siege of Corinth, campaign and siege of Yicksburg, campaign and siego of Atlanta. After the capture of that place, he marched with Sherman to the sea, and finally to Washington, taking a prominent part in all. -.tho actions of these brilliant campaigns. He was promoted to the rank of bricadier-general for special gallan try in the memorable battle near At lanta, in which his regiment fought from either side of the line of breast works, was afterward breveted major general, and, at the date of his muster-out, on the 24th of August, 1-SC5, was regarded by Gen. Sherman- and his companions as one of the most accomplished and promising officers of the army. Shortly afterward, he was appointed collector of internal revenue for the Mrst district of Iowa, and, upon Gen. liawlin's death, soon after Gen. Grant entered upon the presidency in 18d'J, lie became secre tary of war. His second wife was then living, but she died of eon sumption in the latter part of 1670, aud about three years ago he was married to his present wife, her sis ter, Mis. Bowers, at Harrisbnrg, K.v., her birth-place, at t he residence of her brother, Dr. William Tomlin son, her kinsman, John H. Pendle ton of Ohio, giving away the bride. She was understood to have proper ty, and he soon rented a large houe, and they launched, out into a very extravagant style of living. Mrs. Belknap has been ono oT the hand somest and most elegantly' dressed ladies in Washington, and received many oi her dresses from Worth, the Paris milliner. The I.adv who Rejected Washington's Mauri. Bishop Meade, in his "Old fMi ti niwl I'!i sof Virginia," tells the following: The elder sister of Miss Mary Cary had married George William Fairfax, at whose house she was on a visit, when she captivated a young man who 'paid her his addresses. His affection, however,' was not returned,' and the offer of his hand was rejected by Miss Cary. This young man was afterward knowu to the world as Gen. George Washington, the first President of the United States of America. Young Washing ton asked permission of old Mr. Cary to ad dress his daughter, before, he ven tured to fpeak to herself. The' reply of the old gentlemen was, "If that is your business here, sir, I wish you to leave the house, for my daughter has been accustomed to ride in her own coach." It has subsequently been said that this answer of Mr. Cary to the stripling Washington produced the independence . of the United States, and laid tho '.founda tion of the future fame of the first of heroes and the best of men, bur immortal Washington, as it was more than probable tiiat. had he ob tained possession of the large Tor ture which it was known Miss Cary would carry to the altar with her, he would have passed the remainder of his life in ' inglorious ease. It was an anecdote of the day that this lady, many years after she had becorue the wife of Edward Ambler, .happen ed to be in Williamsburg,, when Gen. "Washington passed through that city at the head of the American army, crowned with' never-fading laurels and adored by his country men. Having distinguished her among the crowd, his sword waved toward her a military salute, where upon she is said to have fainted. But this wants confirmation; for her whole life tended to show that she never for a moment regretted the choice she had made. It may1 be added, as a curious fact, that the lady Gen. Washington afterward married resembled Miss Cary, as much' as one twin-sister over did an other.. . ' . Prof. Proctor says the moon is deadj and has been dead for years. Perhaps, says the Danbury Xeir's, it was the smell of its decomposition which led the people to infer that it was made of old cheese, i What Georgo Eliot calls "warm paleness" is identical with the hue of a man's fac- who struggles wildly on the perilous edge of an orange peel, and is too pious to swear. A Syracuse man claims to have discovered , a substitute for : eggs. Don't set your hens at other business just yet, however. - r " ).". . Never look - cross at a lawyer who is against you for the time being, for by this very post he ocenpies he must stick closer than a brother to his client. Bee. .: . - COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, , CONGRESSIONAL. ; ' - -' SKXATE. '-: ' Washtxotox, 'March 23. Jones, of Nevada, introduced a bill to pro hibit the transportation of- liquid nitrp glycerine , and to regulate the transportation of dynamite. The bill absolutely prohibits the-transportation from one, State or Territory, to another or to or from foreign coun tries, of nitro glycerine in any other form than that of dynamite; it pro hibits the transportation of the latter substance except . by " merely freight conveyance and on condition that it is 'packed in .metallic, 'cases and unac companied with any means cf ex ploding it. In the event of death being caused by explosion when dy namite is transported in any other manner, every person who knowingly permitted or aided in the transporta tion is to be deemed guilty of man slaughter. Maich 21. The Chair laid before the Senate the House bill in relation to political contributions. Howe thought it affected political matters more than anything, and that there was no law question connected with it; that aay committee was com petent to wrestle with it, and sug gested that it be sent to the com mittee on privileges and elections; agreed to. The Senate voted to adjourn over till Monday when it adjourned to day. The Senate then resumed consider ation of the Senate bill to count the votes of President and Vice Presi dent. After debate the question was taken on tho passage of the bill, aud it was passed yeas 02, nays 2G. HOUSE. Washington-, March 22. The House took up the bill reported yes terday from the judiciary committee, prohibiting contributions to election funds by officers of the United States government, the question being on the amendment offered by Blaine to extend the application of the bill to Senators, representatives and Dele gates in Congress. Alter a long discussion, participat ed in by Blaine, Holman, Goode.Cox anil others, the House proceeded to vote on the bill and the various amendments. Blaine's amendment including Sen ators, ltepr'eseutatives and Delegates in Congress in the. provisions of the bill, was agreed to yeas 128, nays 88. The amendment offered byr Goode to Brown's substitute, making it a misdemeanor for any person to use force, menace, violence or bribery to iniluonce the election of President, Vice President, Senator, llepresenta tives or Delegates in Congress, was then adopted yeas 212, nays t3. The next voto was on Brown's sub stitute. Tho first section is that no ollicer or employe of the government shall require or request, give to or receive from any other ollicer or em ploye of the same, or other person, directly or indirectly, any money, or property, or any other thing of value, for political purposes, and any such officer or employe who shall offend against the provisions of this act shall at once be dismissed from the service of the United States and also be deemed guilty of a high crime and misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, be lined not less than S500 nor more than 3,000, and be imprisoned not more than one year, at tho discretion of the Judge trying the ease. The second section is the amendment offered by Goode and adopted. The third section gives the U. S. district courts jurisdiction of the offenses created by the act. Tho substitute was agreed to without yeas and nays, and the bill, as thus amended, was passed yeas 173, nays 8. Adjourned. March 23. Cook, of Georgia, re ported the bill to pay expenses in curred by the State of Oregon and citizens of California in suppressing Indian hostilities in 1872 and 1S73; referred to committee of the whole. Thornburgh, of Tennessee, report ed back the Senate bill donating the military road from Astoria to Salem, Oregon, to those counties through. which it passes; passed. Cook, from the committee on mili tary affairs, reported a bill to reduce the area of the military reservation of Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory, to 54 square miles; passed. March 24. Holman presented the memorial of the Women's Temper ance League of Iudiaua, asking for legislation to promote temperance in the United States; referred. Wilshire, from the committee on Indian affairs, reported a bill to pro vide a Territorial government for the Indian Territory and moved to have it recommitted. After a discussion the bill was re ferred to the committee on Indian affairs. . The House went into committee of the whole, Cox in the chair, on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation ; bill, with the under standing that the general debate would be limited to one hour. After a considerable discussion, the committee 'proceeded to consider the bill iu detail. . r ' The item for compensation of Sen ators, which is the first item in the bill, having been read, fixes their salaries at $4,000. Baker, of Indiana, moved to reduce it U c.3,000;. rejected. Foster moved to reduce it to $2,70Q and intimated that the Democratic majority, if. it wanted to be consist ent, should voie for tho reduction to 2,700. Hill moved to make the reduction of salaries commence on the 4th of March, 1877, and agreed with Iloar that it was indecent for members of Congress to be squabbling over their own pay his amendment would ob viate that difficulty. ' . -J ' After further debate tho question was taken on Foster's amendment to fix the pay at abc.nt2,700and itwns rejected, there being but 24 votes in the amrmative. The amendment was also rejected.' Adjourned '. r ' ' offered bv Hill .-Alexandrian Antiquities. t - . The opening of. the new railway from Alexandria to Aboukir has been the means of unearthing a multitude of interesting antiquities that have long lain hid in the vicinity of the former city. A.corresjjondent, writ ing fromEgypt to the Academy, re lates that' recent excavations'' have brought to view at liamleh the head of the statue of a late Boman Em peror, together with a large number of terra-cotta lamps of the Roman and Christian periods. Among the last, the most curious specimens are the 'tToad Lamps," which bear on their upper surface the impression of a large toad, in the midst of whose body appears the hole for the oil. In the earliest examples of these lamps, the figure of the toad is un mitigatedly ugly; bnt, as tho series progresses, the body, of the animal is gradually contracted, its legs are lengthened and straightened, and the -distinctive character of the head is altered. Finally the figure be comes thoroughly conventionalized, the legs being reduced to straight bands, and the body transformed in to a simple boss or knob. The stamp of the late Greek Alpha im pressed on the under side of the lamps shows that they were manu factured in Alexandria. Small bottles, bearing the effigy, and occasionally the name, of S. Menas, a saint of the fourth century, are also recovered at Alexandria, where they were manufactured. They are of terra-cotta, of a whitish color, and usually of small size, although one recently found was above a foot high. They have two handles, and in shape resemble the "pilgrims' bottles" of the Middle Ages. On one or both sides is; the image of the saint, with a nimbus surrounding the head, and a cross on either side. Other symbolic figures are added, with sometimes an inscription in Greek. It is supposed that S. Me nas belonged, to the early Orthodox Church of Egypt, as his name does not appear in "the Coptic calendar. Kindness Rewarded. Kindness always pays. It may not make regular semi-annual cash dividends, but kind words and kind actions are sure to turn up something some day for the giver. This fact was illustrated in Detroit not long ago when a gentleman - had a dog stolen. The animal was returned to him by a colored man whom he had once assisted, and half a dollar changed hands. In the course of three or four days the animal was stolen again, aud again he was re turned by the same man. Another fifty cent shinplaster was charged to "profit and dog," and it was not un til the canine was returned the third time by the same man that suspicion was aroused. "See here, George, isn't this rather singular?" asked the owner, "I dnnno," answered the colored man. - "Well, I think so very singular." "I tell you what boss," said the victim of suspiciou,"you wasmighty kind to me once, and I hain't forgot it. Dis isn't singular quite yet, but if you pay me anodder fifty cents and dat dog is missing again dis year it'll be powerful singular and I'll find him and not charge a cent!" They compromised on that basis. Detroit Free Press. Just So. There is no business, in all the wide world, so subject to sponging as the art or trade of print ing a newspaper. It really seems to us that public corporations, societies and associations in general, have a funny notion about printers. They think we ought to print, puff and publish all for nothing, that is "free gratis," in other words they seem as tonished if we ask half price only for an obituary . notice, card of thanks', tribute of respect, a personal com munication, or anything else that only interests a few persons, and not the general reader. They think it costs no money to advertise, puff, etc. They forget that this business makes them knqwn. They forget that printers ink makes nine-tenths of their immense fortunes; they for get that it takes money to pay com positors to'buy ink, typo and pa per; aud lastly, they forget even to thank you; for gratuitously puffing their business or serving the public. Not only do country editors suffer from -this infliction, but they are compelled to listen patiently to - tho dull nonsense of some fellow who wants to introduce himself to the public for office or injpose some new fanglcd humbuggery. They sab- scribe for the paper one year and promise to pay for it in a few days, ana are very sensitive if they are asiieu ior ii next year. io one is paid less, and abused more than tho printer. Post , An Auspicrors Dat. It is an nounced that an enormous number of betrothed couples are to be married on the coming Fourth of July, and that, to make sure oi the fact, cler gymen are already being engaged for the day. Oh, jnst think of itl One hundred years of American indepen denc! Let's all get married on that day. Rochester Democrat. The Boston Bulletin has prepared the following epitaph for a liar; In life he lied while lie had breath',-" And, strange to say.lies still in death ...- . ; - i Albany base ballists are preparing for the summer campaign; T no.: '23;' Alsike Clover for'Mees.31 o nJ IU ; The following contribution to tho Fanner, by a resident of this county, may be intfrosting t p ;bee-kecperR: t It would bo to, tho interest of bee keepers to sow Alsike cloYer.for.thei bees It is the best of ell'the.nowefs. in : tho vegetable; kinoEa'i for Hlie production of ;honey.-It i an much better- than white clover, as,wlite. clover is better than red clover Al sike has a pink' bloom ' which is as full of honey' as an egg is of 'meat. When in f nil bloom, every flower has' a bee or a humming birdjon it. - The, straw is better, far. .than ;tUe.red clo-. ver. Seed' very fine; "four, pounds will be sufficient to sow an acre. It, will begin to bloom - as ; uooii'as it" starts in the spring, and;will Idoom right along through May'," June, July and a part of August. In Jnne and July, it will be about two feet high, with a perfect sea of pink rlowers, which are full of honey. . Even the', air bears witness of r tho fact of, its presence. I have " medinni sized swarms of bees that have filled their stand of 2,000 cubic inches with hon ey in four weeks. . If you have sink flowers rich with honey on ho farjn, your bees will make severarpoum"rs more honey than if they hud to de- pend upon wild llowers, or had to go. three or four miles to pasture ! Some persons sow, buckwheat for. their bees, but it is 'not 'worth ahy thing. It is impossible for' the bees to get at the honey, if any there bo in the flowers. I' have sowed it sev eral "times for mv bees, but. they would not work on it. lied clover is not good for bees. It is not 'economy to sow anything for bees, except Alsike clover, ii ". ' rr- Frochel's Kindergarten ThcoriCiJ.. -His whole method founded itself upon the child's natuia; A : child is social, therefore he must . . have. company ami not to ueieit to .iuo solitude of his home. He is "active and fond of making keep him busy, and help him to produce thingj He loves the earth give him a' gaiv den patch. He is an artist giye him .music,, imitative action, and other appropriate means of expres sion. He is curious teaxili him - to think and discover. He is religious lead him to trust in God. On this last he said: . "God-trust, rock-firm God-trust, has died out of the world. The Kindergarten shall bring it I Kick' so that the next generation of chil dren shall be God's children." Here is work for a child,, not against tli3 grain, bnt with it; not in violation of God's law in the .child nature, but in loving obedieu.ee- "to it. .Instead of punishing the lad who makes pictures upon his slate, the loving Kindergarten master puts him to making pictures, aid gently shows him how to produce with his lingers the pictures that float in his brain. Instead of rebuk ing his curiosity and "constructivess, the Keilhan schoolmaster yokes them to his purpose. Instead of checking the child sweetest impulse in im pulse to play he consecrates it. Jean Paul has said: '.'Play ' is the child's first poetry.1" ' It was a wise and poetic saying of a poet. - Bat Froebel was not a poet, but a school master and philosopher. He . went deeper, and said the supreme word above play when he called it -"the first work of childhood. It w the child's chief business. . Use play r to serve the ends of education you, may, but to do away with it is the unpard onable sin "cf tho'prfevafent method of. teaching. E. Eggleston iri Scrib ner for March. ' ' : t . From Highland. H IIic;hianx, March 2d, 187fi. 1 Eoixoit Enteeprise: I notice that you call for correspondence, and as you have several subscribers in this Grange, you should have a corres pondent here, and I 'will try to keep yon posted. - -1 Highland Grove Grange is in a very flourishing condition, the Pat rons taking an unusual interest in the work. On the 11th, we had "r very pleasant meeting. Nearly all the members were present, and under the head of Suggestions for Good of the Order, a lively debate took place, all of the brothers and sisters parr ticipating. At the suggestion ofu brother that payment of dues was1 in order, the members responded in' their usual liiieral manner. , , , A basket picnic is in contempla? tion for ilia Fourth of Julv; to bo held at Highland Butte. C. T. IE : Qli Geography. An English gentleman has a geography published in London in 1794, in which Gali- fornia is described as an island and a map is given showing . it : to "bq" entirely surrounded by wafer. The, book tells of a tree in Florida "tho leaves of which, if bruised ant thrown intq a large pond' c 5water. all thebeasts which drink thereofwill swell up and burst asunder 1".'" It says that the air of Pennsylvania is "generally to be granted clear and svfeet, the heavens being seldom overcast with clouds,", and that the "length of days and nights is much. the same as in New Jersey." There is a chapter devoted to "Rarities of New; York," in which it is said that "ir divers parts of New York (especially, those nigh unto and upon tho "banks of the Biver Connecticut) grows sort of snake-weed, whose root. is. much esteemed for the bitting of. the rattlesnake." ' .' '.' H ;- ' s , T ' '! Surgeons say that finger nails, bit-' ten off, often "find lodgnent in the stomach, ' where the " remain iol years adhering ' to tho tissues ; and mining one's feelings.' Don'fc bits your finger nails, -'vi,: - ,,,7 o o O o o o o o o o o o . o o o o o o o o o o G O o o o O O o o o o o o J'