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ORKOOX I.OIKJIVXO. .1, I. I. O. l
Moots everv Thursday . .sZ-,
rveriinoffit 74 o'eloek, in tho z?&g2f&-.
o ld F. Hows' Hall, Main
street. JfcmU'rsof the Or
der are invited to attend. By order
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ki:ui:cc.y ii:t;ui:i: i.omiv: no.
2. I. O. (. V., Mtfots On the tj
Second and Fourth Tuos- S-LZiXiJp
dav evenings each month, JJjy
at 7 4 o'clock, in the Odd
Fellow's' Hall. McmlRT.sof the Degree
aro invited to attend.
MULTNOMAH 1.0DCI: X(, 1, A. I".
& A. M., Holds its regular com-
inunieations on the First and V vr
Third Saturdays in each month,
at 7 o'cloek from the tint h of Sep.
tember to tho roth of Ma rch ; a nd 7 'i
o'clock from the 20th of March to the
20th of Septemher. P.rothren in good
standing aro invited to attend.
liv order of W. M.
FALLS liNCAMlMIKNT XO. I.I.O.
O. F., Meets at Odd I'd lows' o
Hall onthe First and Third Tues- aT
dar of eac!i month. I'atriarchs J v
in good standing are invited to attend.
11 V X I X E X X C A R D X.
a. J. Hovnn
M . 1.
j. v. Nonnis, :t.
si' ini 5J7s,
HOVKTJ cSc
PHYSICIANS A:
n'7" :1i-o i;i-St:iir-! in riiarman's "rick.
Main Street . .
Dr llnv.r's res id' 'lice Third street, at
foot of cliff stairwny.
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1)H. JOHN AYET.OIT
DENT5ST, C-."
OKl'IiT. IN' J'-t.iJ.kX-
OICKROV CITY, OKi:t30N
llisln-st C;h!i Price Pai-.l f,v ('"'
Ordrin.
HUELAT &. EAQ"
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ATTO RN E YS-AT-L A W-
POUTL AN1 In Opit7.'s new trick, SO
First street.
OKKCiOX CITV f.'harman's I riek, up
stairs. s-itJilf
JOHWSOfi & fcl c C O V T2
ATTORNEYS AM) COL'XSELORS AT-LAW.
-Orogon City, Cregcn.
lt7Will practice in all the Court? of Hie
State. Special attention given to cass in
the U. S. Iand OHice at, Oregon City.
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Hi. T. 13 A IT IN
ATTORNEY-AT-LAV,
OREGON CITY, : : OREC.OS.
Will practice In all tlvk Courts of the
State. Nov. 1. 1S, tf
H. E. CHAMBERLAIN,
ATTORNEY-AT-L A AV
OHEON CITY.
QOffleein Estekpkhe Rooms.
JATES 13. TTTON,
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Attoinoy-at-ILiaAX',
Oregon City.
Xov. 5, lS73:tf
V. II. HHiUFHyLl).
KtalllsHi si iter ' 1'.), nt Uv old s(ant
Main Street, Oregon City, Orecon.
An assortment of Wnt hes, j wel-
vrf ry.anun a t nomas eisrnt l locks
rJ all of which are warranted to be as
C-iM represent ed.
ftVRrp:iirlng done on short notice, and
thankful tor past patronage.
JOHN M.'lUCON,
IMPORTER AND IF.AT.ER
In Books, Stationery, Pcrfum-
ery, etc., etc.
Orejron City, Oregon.
C4.At the Post Ofiice,
side.
Main Mgeet, cast
TO FRUIT-GROWERS.
miTE ALDEX FRUIT PRF.SERVIXO
.JL Company of Oregon City will pay tho
o HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
orPM'MS. PKAUSiind APPLES.
Mr. Thru. Charman is authorized to pur
chase for the Company.
' I. D. C. LATOURETTE.
President.
THOS. CHARMAN, Secretary.
Oregon City, July 28, 1S75 .tf .
MILLER, MARSHALL & CO.,
PAY THE HIGHEST TRICE FOR
WHEAT, at all times, at tho
Oregon City Mills,
And have on hand
FEED and EJLOTJHR,
to sell, at market rates. Parties desfrin
i'ecd, must furnish sucks. rov!2f.f
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SATED FI?03I SUICIDE. j
Midnight -was passed, and tlie '
Jights of the vessels laying at anchor
in the stream where beginning to be
extinguished, -when two men hurried
from different directions towards the 1
shore. The elder of the two had al- i
ready reached the-stand and was pre
paring to make a leap; but at the in
stant the younger seized him by tho
arm exclaiming.
'Sir.I believed you wanted to
drown yourself!'
'Yon hav-ed guessed it. What is
that to you "?'
This was the answer, spoken in
the most angry tone. - .
''Nothing, I know. I would sim
ply request you to wait a couplo of
minutes when, if you like, we will
make the great journey together,
arm in arm tho best way of dying.'
"With these words tiie younger ex
tended his hand to the elder, whose
was uot withheld. The younger con
tinued, in a tone of seeming enthus
iasm: So be it! Arm in arm? Tru
ly, I did not d re-am that a human
heat t would beat with mine in this
last hour. I will not seek to know
who you are an honest man or a
villaiu. Come! let us begin the
journey together!'
The elder held tho yciing man
back, and, fixing his dim, half ex
tinguished eyes searching upon the
countenance of his companion, ex
claimed: 'Hold! You seem to me
too young to end j our life by sui
cide. A man of your years has still
a brilliant, alluring future in his
grasp!'
'Hi illiant!' ans wen! the young man,
seornfullv. '"What have I to hone
in the midst of a world full of wick
edness, falsehood, treachery and un
happiness V Coiue! quick!'
'You ulo still young! You must
have had very sorrowful experiences
to,mako life already thus insupport
able to you.'
'I despise mankind.'
'Without exception?'
'Without exception !
'Well then, you have now perhaps
found a man whom you will not
necessarily despise. I have, believe
me, during my whole life, lived an
honorable mar..'
Tieally! That is highly interest
ing. Itjs a 2iry I had not earlier
made your acquaintance.'
'.Leave me to die alone, young
man. Live on. JJeliveme, time heals
all wounds, and there are men of
honor yet to be found.'
'Now, if you take this view, why
are you hurrving so fast from the
world?'
'Oh, I am ah old, sickly man, un
able to make a livelihood; a man who
cannot, will not longer see his only
child, his daughter, blighting her
youth, and laboring day mid night
to support him.'
'How, sir! have 3-on a daughter
who does this for you?' asked the
young man, surprised.
'And with what endurance, with
what love, does she sacrifice herself
for me! She works for me. slip rrnos
hungry for me, and lias only the ten
derest words of love a sweet smile
for me always.'
'And you want to commit suicide?
Are you mad?
"Shall I murder my daughter? The
life which she is now leading is her
certain death,' answered the old man,
in a despairing voice.
'Good sir. come with me to the
nearest inn that is still open. You
will relate to me vour historv. and
' if you like I will let von here me
So much; however, will I say to von
beforehand; chase all thoughts" of
self-murder out of your head. Iam
rich, and, if things bo as you say,
r 1 f 1 1 -. ' '
irom neiiceioriu von and vour
daughter shall lead a pleasant life.,
Ti.e old man followed the j'ounger
without opposition. A few minutes
later the elder began:
t 1 x in t
.uy m-iory is soon ions. Jl was a
merchant clerk, but always unlucky
As I had nothing bv inheritance
and thoyounggirl I married was poor,
I was never able to account, and re
mained on to an old age in a depend
ent, subordinate position. Finally,
I was discharge on account of my
3'ears, and then began the struggle
for a subsistence. 3fj' wife -died of
trouble, and now my poor child is
wearied to gain my support. I can
not bear to see her working herself
to death for me therefore, it is bet
ter I go. Now you know all.'
'Friend, 'exclaimed thej-ouug man,
'you aro the most fortunate I ever
encountered in 1113' life. It is in
sane to call that misfortunes. No
body is easier to help than you. To
morrow 1 will make my will, and 3-011
shall be no resistance mv heir.
The coming night is mv last. Ue-
fore this, however. I must see vonr
daughter, out of pure ' curiosity. I
would for once see how one looks
who really deserves the name of wo
man., 'But, young man, what can it be
that thus early has made vou so un
happy?' inquired the elder, much
moved.
'I believe it was the wealth which
my father left me. I was the onlv
son of the richest banker of thiscitv.
3ly father died five years ago, leav
ing more than was good for me. Since
that time I have been d3ceived and
betrayed by every one, without ex
ception, with whom I had any cou
nechon Some have pretended
friendship for me on account of my
money. Others have pretended to
love me again, for my money; and
so it went on. I often mingled, in
he garb of a simple workman, with
the masses, and thus one dav became
acquainted with a charming being a
young girl to whom my whole heart
soon went out in love. I disclosed
to her neither my name nor my; po
sition. I longed to be lovod tt A
ged to be loved
self alone, and for a time it appeared
as if I were going to be happy at
last, at last!' LtJ .
'Tho young girl and I, whom she
OREGON CITY,
still regarded as a simple workman 1
met e veryafternoon in the Marcus- I
platz, where we walked up and down
together, passing many happy
hours. One day my dear girl ap
peared with red eyes she had been
weeping and told me that we must
part, confessing that hr life belong
ed to another!. With these words she
tore herself from me and disappear
ed in the crowd. Her faithlessness
decided my destinj'. Vainly did I
rush into the pleasures which so
called 'good society' has to offer,
but found my lost peace of soul
never, never! then determined to
bring my joyless existence to a
tilose.' - - - -
'Unhappy young man said the
elder, wiping his eyes, 'from my
whole heart I pity you. I must
acknowledge that I was more fortu
nate than you, for I, at least, was by
two women my wife ono daughter
- tenderly loved.'
'Will you give me 3'our address,
good sir, that I may convince nn-self
of the truth of 3Tour storj'. It is not
exactly mistrust, but I must see to
believe. To-morrow I will arrange
my affairs as I have alread3; told you.
You will remain at this inn to-night,
and in the morning early I will re
turn. Give me 3-our word of honor
that you will not leave this house
until I come back, and that 3 0U will
not in the meantime speak to any
of what has taken place between us.'
'You have ni3' word! Go to my
dwelling, to my daughter, ard you
will find that I have told 3011 but the
simple truth. My name is Wilhelm
Saints. Here is my address.'
With these words he handed the
3'oung man a paper, giving the ad
dress cf his dwelling. . It lay in a
suburb inhabited by the poorer clas
ses, at some.distance from the city
proper. And my name is Carl Teodor,'
hereupon said tho yourg man. 'Take
this bank note; it. will serve 3'ou until
1113- return.'
Carl rang for the waiter, had the
landlord called, commeuJed the old
man to his care on suitable terms,
ami left tho house.
)
Hardly had tho
morning broke
when Carl found himself on the
way
to the suburb where lived the daugh
ter of the old man with whom he
had becom acquainted under such
peculiar circumstances. It was a
poor place. Tho 3-oung man knock
ed, opened the door, and involuntarilv
stepped back.
The oung girl whose inconstancy
had made his life a burden unbear
able stood before him.
She had grown pale very pale;
lut he knew her at tho first glauco;
it was Bertha, whom he had once
hoped to call his own.
At his appearance the young girl
sprang toward him, overcome with
jov, holding out ner nana, iiio
3-oung man waved her back, exclaim
ing:
'Yon did not expect fo see me!'
The poor girl sank into a seat, and
covered her pale, beautiful face with
her hands.
'Are you Willrelnl Salms' daugh
ter?' asked the young man coldlj',
after a pause.
'I am,' answered the maiden, tim
idly. 'And who and where is that other
to whom, as 3 011 told me at parting,
your life belonged;
That other is 1113- father,' answered
the 3'oung girl, looking up to the
young man with a glance which
spoke the tenderest love.
With lightning quickness the
truth dawned upon him; the scales
fell from his eyes.
Speechlessly Jje rushed to Bertha,
took her in his arms and pressed her
to his breast.
'Come to 3-our father,' he falter
ed. 'My father! Oh, heaven! I for
got! Where he? lie has been
out all niLcht. I have watched in
tears the long night through,'
'Your father is saved, lie is with
mo;' was Carl's answer as he hurried
the young girl out and through the
streets to t lie arms of her father.
A fortnight later, in the midst of
the greatest splendor, the marriage
of the rich .young banker, Carl
Teodor, to Bertha Salms, took place.
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Signs. Two signs that spring is
at hand were noticed yesterday bvr
an observing citizen. He saw a blue
bird in Cass Park. It was a line,
healthy bird, and as its songs of j03r
floated heavenward the citizen clasp
ed his hands and meeklv' said:
"I wish I were a better man."
One block further down he saw a
hall carpet on a clothes line. ' A wo
man ami i club were making that
article of commerce get up and dust,
and the womau's face wore a happj
smile as she looked up at the clouds
and planned to have all the carpets
up b3r Satunhay night. As the citi
zen read her thoughts he clasped his
hands and remarked:
"I wish I had been hanged in Texas!"
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He Was Delayed. A Detroit lady
purchased a jacket at a Woodward
avenue store the other day, and the
clerk said he would send it right
home insido of an hour. In about
four hours' a package boy appeared
with the garment, and the impatient
ladv exclaimed:
"You bovs are the greatest nuis
ance in town! I suppose yon stop
ped to play marbles or hunt up a
lost dog!"
"Indeed I didn't," ho replied. I
went up home to change hats, and
ma she had to try on the jacket and
parade before the glass. Then Katy
she-put it on to make a call, and
when she got back ma was determin
ed to walk over on Woodward avenue
to show it off, and I got here a3 quick
as ever I could."
Wheat
Salem.
13 87 cents per bushel in
OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1876.
CONGRESSIONAL:
SENATE.
Washington, April
12. Spencer
introduced a bill to prevent panic
and give elasticity to leg;
al tender !
by limiting its amount together with i
national oanjc notes, anu goiu. ana
silver coin in circulation according
to population, and to make legal ten
der notes equal in value to U.S. gov
ernment bonds with consent and by
action of owners, and to authorize
the issue of legal tender notes and
the retirement of the same under
certain circumstances -nd on certain
conditions; referred to finance com
mittee. The Senate resumed the considera
tion of the bill fixing the rate of pos
tage on third class matter, the pend
ing question being on .Harvey's sub
stitute to restore tlie old rate.
Sargent favored the substitute de
claring the ,old law .satisfactory to
tho people. The postofneo ought not
to bo expected to be self-sustaining.
It was a benefit in return for taxation.
After further debate a:i amendment
was adopted that the postage shall
be, for all distances, one cent for
each ounce or fractional part thereof.
Harvey's substitute was rejected and
the bill passed. Adjourned.
April 13. Wright called up the
Senate bill to amend section o51G of
the revised statutes of the United
States, providing for imprisonment
and transfers of U. S. prisoners;
passed.
The Senate bill for the relief of
settlers on public lands in the State
of California was laid over at the
request of McDonald, who stated"
that the public lands committee had
reported in favor of tho bill; but
there were some parties who claimed
they had not sutiieieutiy been heard
in it and the committee had consent
ed to givo them another hear; tig.
The Senate adjourned till Monday
after debating the bill for pavements
in Washington.
HOUSE.
Washington. April 12. The bill
to supply the deficiency in the print
ing bureau of the Treasury Depart
ment, and for the issue of subsidiary
silver coin in place of fractional
currency, came up, and the Senate
amendments were concurred in. The
bill now
goes to tho
President for his
signature.
Hoar offered
r e s ol u t i on instruct
ing the ptdiciary committee to in
quire what steps have ben taken for
properly representing the interests
the United States
in the s:
stituteJ against, th
C
rt
lit M.
uiier
and others, under t!.e
the of the :5d of Marci
whether the Union I'a
-vr. visions of
. i'ST-'J; also,
i:ie Hail road
Co. has not forfeited its charter, and
whether the same should not be re
pealed, because the company has re
sisted recovery in behalf of its capital
stock wrongfully withdrawn b3r means
of fictitious construction of contracts
or unlawful dividends; adopted.
The following bills were passed:
To establish a land ofiice in the
southern part of Utah, to bo known
as Beaver district; to relinquish cer
tain militaiy reservations in Arizona;
to create an additional land ofiice in
Colfax, W. T. ; to establish a land
district in Wj'oming.
The House passed tho defieienc
bill. The bill to revise the du tie's
on imports was reported and made
the order for April 20th. The House
then went into committee of the
whole on the bill transferring the
Indian bureau to the War Depart
ment. Cook spoke in support of it,
after which there was a recess until
evening.
At the evening session scarcely
any progress was made on the legis
lative appropriation bill. Adjourned
after some fillibnstoring.
April Vj. Walling, from the com
mittee on public, lands, reported back
the bill to authorize claimants on
even numbered sections of land with
in the 'JO-mile limit of the Northern
Pacific Hiiiroad, to make proof and
payment for every claim at the mim
imum rate of 25 per acre; passed.
Kidder, from the same committee,
reported a bill granting lands to
Dakota, Idaho and Woming, for
university purposes; referred to com
mittee of tiie whole.
Halpern, from the same committee,
reported a bill ta provide for the sale
of desert lands in California. On
motion of Page, it was recommitted.
Crannz, from the same committee,
reported a bill for the restoration to
market of the Quentah Indian reser
vation in Utah; passed. Also a bill
respecting the limits of the reserva
tions for townships on the 'public
domain; passed.
The bill to confirm pre-emption
and homestead entries of public land
psssed. The House then went into
committee of the whole on the bill to
transfer the Indian bureau to tlie
War Department. and several speeches
were made; but the committee, with
out action took a recess till evening.
The evening" session was devoted
to debate on the legirlative appropri
ation bill.
Garfield -moved to strike out the
paragraph in reference to mints,
which allows the use of money re
ceived for refining bullion to be used
for defraying the expenses thereof.
He argtied that while this provision
would seem to lessen the amount of
the appropriation, it actually increas
ed the expenditures of the govern
ment. He much preferred the pres
ent s-stem which required all such
moneys to bo paid into the treasury
and then an appropriation to be made
direct. After a good deal of discus
sion in v-hich the California members
took an' active part, Garfield's amend
ment was rejected. .
Piper moved to increase the item
for workmen at tho San Francisco
mint from 225,000 to $275,000. The
amendment was advocated by him
self, Page, Luttrell and Garfield, and
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
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m a Francisco performed
ior tuo people ct the 1'acihe sioue
the same purpose that the rag money
mills performed for the people of the
Eastern States. After considerable
debate the amendment was rejected
b3' a. tie vote, tho chairman, Cox,
voting in the negative.
Ivuttrell moved to mate tho appro
priation S2o0,0U0, and argued that
the effect of the small appropriation
would be to have the bullion sent to
Euroxie instead of having it coined
at homo.
llolman opposed the amendment,
and called attention to the fact that
although the number of pieces coined
at Philadelphia was nearly three
times as great as the number at San
Frr.nciseo, tho appropriations in this
bill for tho latter mint exceeded those
for Philadelphia; the amendment was
rejected.
After progressing as far as page 37
in the bill the committee rose and
the House adjourned to Monda3r, to
morrow beiDg a holiday.
A Misunderstanding of Lingerie.
A very singular incident is told of
a St. Louis gentleman (says tho Re
publican) who one day last week,
found himself placed in what must
have been most distressing circum
stances. The gentleman mentioned
is actively engaged in business, and
even when at home his attention
is so occupied with thoughts of his
affairs that he is frequntly absent
minded and forgetful. The other
morning, his wife did what wives
should never do when the3r can avoid
it; she burdened him with a commis
sion when he started down town after
breakfast, telling him to go to a cer
tain ladies' furnishing store and
there obtitin some of- a particular
kind of trimming she described, add
ing, incidentally, that she wanted
to use it upon "lingerie." The obe
dient husband received the commis
sion, made a mental note and start
ed off, resolving that he would make
the purchase immediately upon get
ting down-town, least during the
day he might forget all about it. In
tho street-car he met a friend and
engaged in an animated debate upon
Bilknap's case. "When finally he
stepped out of the car on "Washing
ton avenue he had forgotten all of
his wife's instructions, save that the
word "lingerie"' recurred to him.
He hadn't any more idea of what
"lingerie" was than his wife might
have of
dashed
thinkin
Ui
it.
mow in,
out be
into the furnishing store,
I, it would be all right. "I'll
get her some lingerie
and get enough
yards so she'll be satisfied, anvhow
he thought. In tlie store a dignified
3-oung lad- advanced to wait upon
him:
"I want "some of 3-our best lin
gerie," he said.
"Yes, sir. What shall I show
you?"
"Some lingerie. I want some
lingerie."
Tho young lad blushed and looked
indignant. "But what particular
article do 3-011 wish," she demanded
with some asperitj.
The man began to get indignant,
too. He thought the .young lad
was trilling with him. He assumed
his best business air, as he remarked
brusque-:
"There is no occasion, miss, for
am- misunderstanding or deury.
Givo me fifteen -avds of the best
lingerie vou have in the store. Do it
no and I. II pav for
and
d U!
a
boy to get it. Never mind the cos.j.."
Then he added fiatteringand sooth
ingly: "I like to sec pretty lingerie
on a 3-oung woman, mat nice 01
vonrs, gazing aumiriugiv in a gen
eral way on the 3-oung Jady s dress.
"You old brute!'' The saleswo
man's face was scarlet as she disaji
peared, and then tho proprietor of
the store came up from another de
partment. He wanted to know what
the customer had insulted the3'oang
lady for, and he sent a boy for a
policeman, who came in, with a big
club in his handand blood inhise3'e,
on the instant. The explanation
lasted half an hour, and even then
wasn't entirely satisfactory. There
is one ladv in town now who can't
go errauda with her husband.
Activity is Not Always Enekot.
There are some men whose failure to
succeed in life is a problem to others
as well as to themselves. They are
industrious, prudent and economical ;
3'et after a long life of striving, old
ago finds them still poor. They com
plain of ill-luck. They say fate is
always against them. But the fact is
that they miscarr3r because they have
mistaken mere activity for energy.
Confounding two things essentially
different, thev have supposed tuat,
if thev were always busy; they would
be certain to be advancing their
fortunes. They have forgotten that
misdirected labor is but a waste of
activity. The person who would
succeed in life is like a marksman
nrinrr at a target; if his shots miss
the mark they are a wast of powder.
So in the great game ot me, what a
man does must be made to count, cr
it might almost as well have been left
undone. Evervbodv knows some
one in his circle of friends who
though always active, has this want
of energy. The distemper, if wo may
call it such, exhibits itself in many
waj-s. In some cases the man has
merely an executive faculty when he
should have a directive one; in other
language, he would make a capital
clerk for himself when he oug-ht to
do tho thinking of the business. In
other cases, what is done is not done
either iu the right time or in the
right way. Energy correctly under
stood is activity proportioned to tho
end .
opposed by Randall and llolman.
Piper asserted that the members cf
the appropriation committee knew
little of the importance of the ques
tion to the people of the Paihc si. n-.
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French Economy.
The French butcher separates the
bones from his steaks, says the
Springfield Repulllcan, and places
them where they will do the most
good. The housewife orders just
enough for each person and no more,
even'to the coffee. If a chance visi
tor drops in, somebody quietly . re
tires and the extra cup is xrovided,
but nothing extra by carelessness or
intention. When tho pot has boiled,
the handful of charcoal in tho little
range is extinguished and waits for
another time. No roaring cook
pfova and red -liot, covers all da3'
long for no purpose but waste. The
egg laid to-day costs a little more
than the one laid last week. Values
are nicely estimated, and the small
eat surplus is carefully saved. A
thousand little economies are prac
ticed, and it is respectable to prac
tice them. Cooking is an economi
cal as well as a sanitary and gusta
tory science. A French cook will
make a franc go as far as an Ameri
can housewife will niuke three, and
how ranch further than the Ameri
ican Bridget, nobody knows. We
should probably bo greatly astonish
ed, could the computation be made
how much of the financial, recupera
tive of Franco is owing to her soups
and her cheap food; better living,
after all, than the heavy bread and
greasy failures of our culinary ignor
ance. The French man's or woman's
..financial conscience will not permit
waste or exceeding the income, no
matter lfow small. The Paris woik-
man saves something every day out
of his little wages, despite all the
city enticement, and Iry- and b3' is a2it
to go back to his native village, and
purchase his little plot, and live on
it contented, never poor enough to
be insolvent. With French econo-1113-,
we should not 011I3' be richer than
France, but our rapidly accumulat
ing material resources would help to
build a national jn'osperity and re
nown that France with her antece
dents and encumbrauces can never
emulate. Tho want of our financial
future and our national honesty is
not, more greenbacks, but more
cconom3'.
Til
Old Time Custom of Throwing
Woman in the Sea of Cyprus.
Cyprus, one of the chief seats of
the ancient worship of Venus, still
keeps up sundiy festivals derived
from that worship, though mingled
with Christian, or at least Biblical
ideas. One of the strongest of these
occurs on the 11th of June in each
.year, and. is called the "Catadysmo,
a name that is nierelj the C3'priote
form of "Catalysmos," meaning, of
course, the flood. But the festival
has nothing more than its name that
can refer to the deluge. As the da3"
approaches, ga3 preparations are
maJe,on shore, and tho boatmen
paint their boats in gaudy colors and
adorn them with flags and streamers.
when tho day comes, a young girl in
ler teens, as remarkable for beauty
as can be lound, is iorcibiy captured
and carried out on the sea in a boat,
the other boats of the neighborhood
accompanying in a lleet. At the
proper distance from shore, with
various (and probably appropriate)
ceremonies, the girl is thrown into
tho sea. As she rises again from the
water she is picked up with loud
lemonst rations of jo3r, taken into the.
gayest boat and carried to the shore
again in triumph. She is then crown
ed, provided with attendants cf hon
or, and woi'slnpped all the day as a
queen or demi-goddess. Besides the
ceremonies, which aro much like the
English Mayday, thcro is an abun
dance of noise and revelry, which is
usually kept up through the follow
ing night, rendering sleep in the
neighborhood impossible. The schol
ar will at once recognize here a relic
from the worship of Venus Anadyo-
mene, who rose irom tne waves near
Cyprus.- The inhabitants say this
ceremony has, existed among them
from the time of enus, in whom
they believe as a veritable personage.
A Lawyer Outwitted.
A similar case to that of the
Presbyterian clergyman commemo
rated in the Editor s Drawer of the
January Harper t occurred in a Mas
sachusetts town of high repute quite
a number of years ago. The town,
now a city, maintained a high school,
according to law. A teacher wa
emploj-ed, at a certain salary by the
year. After a while his services
were not found satisfactory to the
school committee, and their chair
man, a smooth-spoken member of the
legal profession, was disputed to
perform the ungracious task of in
forming the master of the state of
the case. After the settlement of
preliminaries, the point was reached
and the propriety of the master's
resignation was diplomatically and
politely suggested. The incumbent,
if not qualified to teach such a school,
was a shrewd Yankee. He expressed
his willingness to leave so readily
mat tiie committee-man became un
commonly gracious at the success of
his mission. "But," said the worthy
pedagogue, "if my services aro not
satisfactory heie, the3r may be in
some other place; and as I must get
my living, I presume you will give
me a recommendation?
"Certainly," replied the dommitto
mn, thinking only of relieving his
town of an inefficient instructor;
and accordmgl3T drew np the paper
on the spot.
The master read it. and found it
highly satisfactory. "And now,'
said he, glancing keenby at his em
plover, "upon this recommendation
I am so well fitted to teach, I will
thank vou to pay me the rest of my
salary for the unexpired half Year
The lawyer was caught, and the
money was paid. " -
NO." 2G.
Origin bf the Great Lakes.
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The question of the origin of tho
great lakes is or.e that requires moT
observation and study than have yet
been given to it, says J. S. Newberry
in ' the Elicit lyan Gcolcxjical Surrey.
before we can be said to have solved
all the problems it involves. TTiet
are, however, certain facts connected'
with the structure of tho lako basins.
and some deduction from these facts,
which 'may be regarded as steps al
ready taken toward the full undei-
standing of the subject. ' These facts
and deductions are, briefly, asfol
lows: 1. Fake Superior lies in a' syn
clinal trough, and its' mode of formA-
tion, therefore, : hardly- admits of
question, though its sides are deeply
scored with ice-marks, and its form
and area may hako been somewhat
modified by this agent: : -
2. Fake Huron, JLake Michigan,
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario are
excavated basins, wrought out of
once continuous sheets of sediment
ary strata by a mechanical agent, and
that ice or water, or both. That they
have been tilled with ice, and tha
this ice formed great moving glaciers
we may consider proved. The west
end of Lake Erie may be said to be
carved out of the coniferous lime-'
stono. by ice action, as its bottom,,
and sides, and islands horizontal,
vertical, and even overhanging sur-;
faces are all furrowed by glacial
grooves, which are parallel with the
major axis of the lake. - -
All our great lakes are probably
very ancient, as, fince the close of
the Devonian period, the area they
occupy has never been submerged
beneath the ocean, and' their
formation 113- have begun during
the coal epoch. ' .
This, at least, may be rositively
asserted in regard to the agency of
ice in the excavation of lake basins,
that their bottoms and sides, wher-
ever exposed to observation; if com
posed of resistant materials; bear
indisputable evidence of ice action?
proving that these basins were filled
with moving glaciers in the last ico
period, if never before, and that part;
at least, of the erosion by which they
were formed is due to these glaciers.
Crop i'rospects.
We dislike to look at tho dark side
of things, but in truth feel driven to
say that the prospects for Oregon
farmers are of a most decided azure
hue. Ploughs are only just now
beginning to turn up earth, which',
according to all agricultural laws
should be now teeming with the
shoots of 3-oung wheat. We are very
far behind with our sowing, and if
something supremely providential
does not happen our crops will be so
very backward that they will not
come forward at all. Another' pifeid
of news that will not be relished by
our farmers, even should their crops
be unprecedently large, is that the'
wheat fields at Odessa, the granary
of Europe, never looked more flour
ishing nor gave promise of biggf
yield. The Mark Lane Express says
tha even in England, notwithstand
ing lie late rains, there is every
evidence of a bountiful harvest. v If
these rej5orts are verified, Oregon
farmers whodepend almost entirely
for the sale of their wheat on a foreign
demand will bo left with well-fille(l
barns and empty pockets. We sro
no escape, nor have we any advice to'
offer. We may be very xnitcli mis
taken (and we hope we are) in our
predictions, but as a faithful' chron
icler of events and their sequence's,
we can not do otherwise than jmt our
farmers on their guard", for an ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of
curearid they themselves may supply
the proper course in the emergency.
Exchange.
A Case of Imt-cdexce. Tho two
young ladies had to ' talk loud to
drown the noise of the street car;,
and the passengers overheard one of
them ask: - ;.:'
"So the match between y oil and
Augustus is off, is it?" : d
"Yes. and I'm so" sorry," was the
reply. "Father is laid up with Then
niatism, brother George starts for
thO Black Hill to-mtxvvout,-a.al I'll
be almi up in the house all springs
I didn t love Augustus, of course
but I ought to have macle him think
so and kept him on hand for opera
nights till father gets well."
. .
Pr.ErosTEnous Expectations. In
a Woodward avenue street car yes1
terday a man's breath smelled -so
strongly of whisky that a gentleman"
moved across the car to get out of
tho circle.
"Any zing wrong ?" asked the
drunkard as he observed tho change:
"Nothing, except your breath
smells of whisk3T enough to knock a
horse over."
" 'Spect she does she does," was
the candid" reply, "but you don't
'spect a poor man like me can buy
cologne an' -whisky too, do you?"
A romantic Brooklyn girl says of
her handsome pastor; "I know lie
is a good man because as I sit in
church and listen to his words and
watch his beautiful smile 1 can thint
of nothing but Heaven and angels.
It doesn't follow because the knees
of a man's black eassiniere trousers
are shiny, therefore he is devout.
The sahie might be caused by fre
quent friction against the legs pf a
billiard-table. '' ' 1.
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