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o o o o 0 DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON VOL. 10. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 2G, 1876. NO. ol. - ; o ff "HiD ff urifi inly ijv Mil i . . I l j I I II 1 y . Ay $ THE EfiTERPRIS A LOCAL NEWSPAPER o FOR. T II E (farmer, Business Man, k Family Circle. ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY. FRANlv S. DEMENT, PROPRIETOR AITD PUBLISHER. o OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CLACKAMAS CO. r, OFFICE-In KSTKRrRtsrc Pailldlng, one oor south of Masonic Building. Main St. o Terrna or Subscription t jj;nSU Copy Ono Year, In Advance..... " Six Months " " Terms of Al vert 11 ngi .$2.50 . 1.50 Transient advert isements, including all lffal not i.-es, s square of twelve 2.50 1.00 roraoh suLs-nuent insertion. Onet'oliunn.onfl year naif '' , 1-20.00 00.00 40.00 12.00 Quarter i sines Curd, lsquar , one year., SOCIETY NOTICES. OKt:(0-V LOPGU NO. 3, I. I. o. 1, Me-.ts every Thursday ve!iini;at 7' o'clock, in tho Odd i'Vllows' Hall, Main rret. McmliPrsiif tho Or der are invited to attend. By order ki:iuu'CA i)i;c;ui:ii J.oixiii no. 2. I. O. O. V., Meets on the S-rrond and Fourth Tties cl.iv evenings each month, r.t7'j u i:ltn'K, in tile Uiid l lows' Hall. Membersof the Degree rij invited to attend. Multnomah i.oix;i: XO. I,A.I' A. A. M.. Holds its regular com munications on tlie First and Third Saturdays in-arh month. l 7 o c'Iock ironi inc-oin oi rep. timber to tho -JUtli of March; and 'rrtn?k from th JlKi nl' .March to the UaVh "f Sptemlmr. Hrethren in good s'anditiir are invited to attend. c 1'iV order of W. M. rM,s i;caipjii:nt no. 1,1.0. O. F., Mvts at O.lil l eMows Hall on the First and'lhinl rues- OCa i,r :i i.i.ititli. Patriarchs s Titri;mIis in go.-d standing are invited to attend. n 1 ' s 1 x is s $ ( a n n s. A. J. HOVF.R, M. T. J. W. NOHR1S, M. I iiovi:u xomns, p:ivsinxs vn si: ims koxs, t ? .?! t."p-stairs in Charman's ririck, M in st rer-t. lr. II f.vr'5 residence Third street, at foot of eiifT stairway. tf If. W. ICSS, M. 1. WAKRKN' N. DAVIS, M. P. R()5?S Sc DAVIS, PiJVSIClXXS AXI) Si lt) KON S Oregon fity, - - Oregon. ity(.Tie at tli -t'ity IMsjiensary, corner oT Main and Fourth Ms. rr. I.ivi is x ir.idiiat.e rf th fniverslty of Pennsylvania, nrnl has lately arrived lroin th; Kast. Part irular attention given to snrgery. hours from s o'rloek A. M. to " i. m. l.)R..TOIIX WELCH DENTIST, CSfWS OREfiOX CITY, OHWiOX. Hl:ht CuU Irictf raicl f r County Orders. Tl U IE TlAT fiTEAST H A M , ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. o T"oriTINI Iii Opitz's new brick, "0 First street. OIIKUO.V CITY Char man "3 tiriek, tip itftirs. seitittf JOHNSON a McCOWPl 1TT0RNEYS AND COUXSELORS AT-LAW. Orogon City, Oregon. 7"ViU practice in nil the Courts of the State. Special attention given to cases in ths U. S. band OtTice at Oregon City. 5aprlS72-tf. X. T. T3 A I N O ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, OREGON" CITY OREGON. n'iii practice In all the Conrts of the Nov. 1, 1S75, tf JAMKS r. TJT?TON, At t or no v-n t-Tu.'tAV, Oregon City. Nov. fi, 1S75 f JOHN 31. HACON, C clMrORTF.U AND DEALER In llooks, stationery, Perfunv ery, etc. etc. Oregon Clly, Orejron. itvAt the fost Office, Main Ftgeot, east aid. W. H. II I (J H FIELD. Established since '49. One door liortH ofPoix-'s Hall. Main Street, Orf?on City, Oregon. An assortment of Watches, .Tewel- rv.and Seth 1 nomas' eight Clocks l n"ll of -which are warranted to be as u-ii2 represented. tKopnlring done on short notice, and tthankful for past patronage. Cnsli palfl for Cattnty Orders. MILLER, MARSHALL & CO., IVY TIIF. 'HIOHEST PRICE FOR L WHEAT, at all times, at the 3 Oregon City Mills, And have on hand FEED and FLOUR -to sell, t market, rates. "Feed, must furnish sacks. Tarties desiring novl2tf CI IAS. KNIGHT, 0 C.VXUY, OHEGOX, PHYSICIAN AND DRUGGIST Proscriptions carefully filled, at shor ?otlc. Ja7.-tf. Dig tor It at Home. Would yon have the shining metal? Do not o'er the wide world roam, Following a fleeting phantom Stay and dig for it at home. Do not heed the lurim story Treasures distant hillsides hold ; Ten adventurers, disappointed, Stand for every ounce of gold. Wishing still for something better Manv fancies youth will rear; Mountains of the 3'ellow mica. In the distanto gold appear. And the longing is contagious, Drinking from a leaden cup, For the means of grander living, On highways to pick it up. But dame fortune is too ficklo In her train afar to roam. Would you win her golden treasure Stay and dig for it at home. In the land that lies before you Find your wealth by honest toil ; Never votary disappointed lugluly sought the generous soil. Only faint , weak hearts repining cast a way mo coon at nana : fortunes smues win rarely crown them Sought for in a distant land. I'nt success rides on before you, Orapple it and you will win ; Lot e'en now the mists are rifting And the tides are rushing in. Tet no foreign expedition Lure your restless steps to roam, Gold is nearer than the mountains, Stay and dig for it at home. TJ1E REST RED. Tlio district school in the village of Ilollythorn was taught by Miss Eva Stanley, who "boarded around" among the scholars, and was consid ered tlie paragon of teachers. Tho last week previous to the hol iday vacation she had been boarding with a Mrs. Carpenter, who was mak ing gigantic preparations for guests she was expecting from Xew York. "You have never met my brothers, Eva," she said. "There's Sam, and Georgie, and Johnty, the youngest; and such times as they have when they get out here and 'rusticate,' as they call it! But dear me, I don't get much rest or peace, for they are like a lot of boys let out of school. "The last iime they visited me together, John and Sam actually cut a pane of glass from the window and pelted tTeorgo froia my best room with snow! Yon see there is always a regular strife for that particular room, for the bed is a spring one, and they say they don't sleep on any other in the citv. lint they don't get it this time, that's certain, for I intend to give yon that room, and so end the con troversy. 'I had iust as soon occupy some other room, Mrs. Carpenter, and do not wish to incommode your broth ers." "No you shan't, Eva." peremptor ily exclaimed her hostess; "and what is the nst of your going home vaca tion week? You can stay here just as well as not, and do your sewing on my machine." The subject was dropped, and the entire household retired early, for on the morrow the brothers, young, ardent and full of life, were to be there. lint without sending any word of their intention, they had concluded to take the train which would land them in Ilollythorn about bed time. George and John did so, and when seated in the cars began to speculate upon the absence of Sam. "No reason in the world why ho should not have been there," said George. "I can't make it out unless he has taken the live o'clock train by mistake." "Not a bit of it," laughed John, who fancied he understood tlie entire programme. it is most HKeiy lie took that train on purpose to get into Hannah m parlor bed-room, and make us take up with straw ticks and feathers." "I didn't think of that, but I reck on yon are right. We must contrive to get him out somehow." The brothers put their heads to gether and laughed heartily over their scheme for out-witting Sam, and accordingly, when the train reached Ilollythorn about eleven o'clock, they approached the home of their sister in a very stealthy man ner. Climbing the fence in the rear, tliey softly opened the window and obtained access to the pantry, where they demolished a whole mince pie and a quantity of doughnuts. Then with appetites appeased they remov ed their boots and prepared to inves tigate the "best room;" they stole along the hall, which was dimlv lighted by the moon, ascended the stairs and reached the door. Tlie faint rays of the moon disclosed a chair piled with clothing, and they could distinctly trace the outlines of a form beneath the bed clothes. A few whispered words were exchanged and then as lightly as if shod with down they drew near. "All ready!" whispered George. Quick as thought thev seized the form of the sleeper, bed'clothes and all bore it swiftly down the stairs and out into the snow, and were about to drop it in a huge drift when a shrill scream broke the stillness of the night, and oh, horror! it was that of a woman! And in their conster nation they dropped their burden plump into the middle of the drift. w Good heavens!" exclaimed George. it isn t Sam, but some woman as I am a sinner and she has fainted! lktin and call Hannah!" With admh able presence of mind, he lifted the limp form of Eva Stan ley and carried it into the house But they had already been heard and the inmates came rushing into the hall just as be appeared. "George! John! for goodness sake what does this mean, and who have you there?" asked Mrs. Carpenter iu a bre-.th. "Blessed if I know," began George; "thought it was Sam. so we conclud ed to give him a douse in the snow for getting into the best bed and trying to euchre us. Quick! I believe sue nas iainreu. "Just like you," scolded Hannah, as she assisted in depositing Eva once more in the bed from which she had been so unceremoniously taken; "beginning your tricks upon each other before you are fairly in the house. Clear out now 1" Long before she had finished her tirade her brothers had betaken them selves down stairs, where they went into hysterics over the joke. "A pretty kettle of fish!" George said, rolling over the floor and letting off peal after peal of laughter. "I should think it was." replied John, holding his sides. "Oh, my! But what is to be done about it; and who do you suppose sh is, George?" "Some guest of Hannah's of course, and young and pretty at that. I don't know how it is with you, but I feel particularly small and cheap would sell myself at a very low price." "Cheap!" roared John, "Cheap! I would actually give myself away this blessed minute, and throw some thing in to boot. What are we to do? I can't say. I believe I shall dig out of this place and get back to the city before morning. I haven't got the courage to face the music." He began hastily putting on his boots, and would have carried his threat into execution, but for the appearance of Hannah, who nt once asserted her authority . "You are not going a single step, John. I don't wonder vou feel asham ed of yourselves. What on earth possessed you is more than lean tell." "That's right, Han'; pitch in, scold away; I'll take any amount of talking just now. I am as meek as a lamb But who is it we've played so shabby a trick on? replied George. "Trick! I should think it was Why it is Eva Stanley, our school teacher, and this is her week to board here. I don't believe the poor girl will get over her fright. It is too bad; I shouldn't wonder if she had taken her death of cold, being drag ged out of a warm bed at this time of night and dropped into a snow drift in that fashion. .No wonder she cried, poor thing. "Cried, did she?" replied George, with a groan. "I should think she did. I just took her in my arms and let her have her cry out, while I explained to her how she had been mistaken for Sam and became the victim of your mad pranks." "That was neat in yon, Han'," said George. "I am awful glad you hug ged the poor little thing. Wish you had given her a brotherly hug for me pon my honor 1 do. "And how on earth do vou exnect us to stay and take the conseq neuces?' asked John, beginning to look serious. "Im for taking myself off instanter I had rather face a masked battery than this pretty teacher, after making such fowls of ourselves. "I don't care if yon had," answere his sister, indignantly. "The only way is to stay and brave it out, both of you, Qnd apologize for your rude ness." "Cut Sam. how the deuce are wo to cret alousr with him? You know well enough. Han', we shall never hear the end of it from him." "If you two can keep a secret, IT find a way to silence Bridget, and 1 is a subject Eva will not care to have discussed, and fortunately my bus band is away from home. So go to bed and rejt contented." She showed them to the bed she had intended them to occ.iiiy, and soon the house was once more hushed in slumber. Meanwhile, their brother Sam hat reached the depot a few minutes too late. He found the train he was to have taken already gone, but on con suiting a time table he found that another started two hours later, am so decided to take it. He figured to himself, as he impatiently crowde into an empty seat and was being whirled along at a rapid rate, h snugly his brothers had ensconcec themselves in the best bed, which by right belonged to him, he bein the eldest; and consummated a plan to get even with them. r i f i . . sometime alter midnight lie was deposited in Holly thorn, aud reach ing his sister's house he scouted around till he found a way of en trance into the kitchen, where he deposited his luggage, and removed his boots. Then he quietly stole up stairs and opened the door of the best room. "Sure enough," though he, "my fine chaps you'x3 in clover!' For there were not to be mistaken signs of the room being occupied To think of coping with their unit ed strength by dragging them forth was not practicable, but there stooc the pitcher of water, and he knew a erood dousing with the icy llun would bring tliem out quick enough He lifted the pitcher, approached the bed, raised it and suddenly dash ed the contents upon the sleepers Such a torrent of screams as he had never before heard rang through the house, and before Sam couh collect his scattered senses the door opened, and Hannah, George am John rushed in clothed in scanty apparel Hannah with a frightened look upon her face and a lamp in her hand that revealed the entire scene There, sitting in bed, with her hai dripping like a mermaid, her night dress deluged, her faea colorless and looking terror, was the young school mistress; and there was Sam, with the empty pitcher in his hand, the picture of imbecility, staring around like an idiot at the havoc he had made. Hannah, George ud John instantly "understood the situation; and the If tter, at the command of their si.;tci dragged Sam away, rud he assisted the drenched and terri f2d rifl to dry clothing, and then took her to lier own room and bed, explaining for the second time the mishaps of the night. "I'll keep vou with me, now, my loor child." she said, though with difficulty keeping back her laughter. V The boys are nicely come up witn at anv rate: and if it were not for your being so terribly frightened, and the way my best bed has been used, I would nt care, am you are tafo now." Hannah kiseed her charge and went down to see the beys, who as soon as they were fairly shut in the regions below, began to appreciate the joke and now that Sam was as deep in the mud as they were in the mire, gave no quarter. "1 11 bo blamed if 1 know what it all means," said Sam, looking in con fusion at liis brothers, who were roll ing and kicking iu convulsions of aughter. "Means!" said George, holding his sides. "It means that you have stol en like a thief into MissEva Stanley's bed chamber, who is a young lady teacher, boarding here; and thinking it was your humble servant and John snug in bed, yon attempted to drown us out, and made a grand mistake. How do you like it, Sam?" "I confess I see the point, but not tho joke. It is a most outrageous shame." At this juncture Hannah came in and began rating them soundly, thereby Jetting out the whole story. It was Sam s turn to laugh. Miss Eva was not visible the next morning, and Hannah announced that she was sick with a bad cold. Han nah had the unruly crew under her thumb for once in her life, and had the satisfaction of seeing them be have with some dignity. They ap peared rever to forget that there was an invalid in the house, and went on tip-toe about. Sam, who seemed to take the entire responsibility upon his own shoulders, sent off slyly to the city for choice fruit and flowers, which he induced his sister to con vey to the young lady with the most abject apologies and regrets. In a couple of days Eva was able to come dvwn stairs. She was look ing quite pale, but lovely, and of course divinely, when presented by Mrs. Carpenter to her three brothers, who behaved quite well, considering the unpleasantness of their situation. But Sam, who had broken the ice by means of his presents, was most at ease, and hy virtue of his age and expetience constituted himself the proprietor, and was constantly on hand o ofl'er Miss Eva a thousand nameless attentions; aod before tlie week was out John declared that Sa-n was "done for!" "Gone under completely!" echoed George with one of his dismal groans. Hannah, singing Eva's praises, commended Sam's choice, and recom mended marriage to all of them as the ouly sobering process she was acquainted with. It was a pieco of advice, however, which they did not appear inclined to follow, notwithstanding Sam's happy lot with the pretty school mis tress of Hollythorn. She often reminds her brothers-in-law of lier unceremonious introduc tion to a snow drift at the dead of night, and they retaliate with tho shower-bath given her by Sam. Ihuigm?; in China. One mode of Chinese capital pun ishment is known as "the cage." The "cage" used was between two and three feet square and over six feet high. Near the bottom was a close floor of plank. The four sides were open work of plank palings. The planks composing the cover were made to fit around a man's neck close enough to hang him, but not close enough to strangle him. The con demned man was put into this cage, his head projecting above, the cover fitting around his neck, and under his feet anumbea of bricks, one above the other, just enough to enable him to stand on tiptoe. When this posi tion, from weariness, becomes unen durable, his only relief was to hang by his neck. The design is to make a man suffer as much as possible, but not to kill him too quickly. Usnally after a criminal has been standing thus for a day or so, one of the bricks is removed, then another, until he hangs by the neck altogether. It is said that a strong man ordinarily will endure this torture several days before life becomes'extinct. On the present occasion death was hastened more quickly. The man was put into the cage Sunday after noon, I believe, about one o'clock. I heard of it Monday morning and went over to Amoy about two o'clock in the afternoon to see him. He had then been dead some time. The guard said he had died just before daylight; that he was conscious of having committed great crimes, and had hastened his own death by kick ing the bricks from under his feet. But the people said privately that the guard wished to get rid of their charge that they might be prepared to keep New Year's'day (the Chinese New Year was near at hand), and therefore had taken the bricks from under his feet during the night. This probably was the fact. A few years ago you could set up and talk philosophy with a girl all night; but now if you stay after ono or two o'clock in tho morning the old people begin to pound on the floor upstairs for you to go. We don't mind it ourselves, but we can't help feeling for the girls. Gail Hamilton advises girls to pick out husbands as a shrewd boy chooses his upples. She tells them to take to good-looking, plump, liver ly fellows, or none. The San Antonia Herald disap proves of closing the saloons at night; it's so convenient, it says, to know where to go to look for a ijoliceman. A Middle Ape Romance. During the recent visit of Queen Victoria to Coburg, Germany, her attention was called to a venerable tower, covered with ivy, a striking symbol of time's changes and life's contradictions. Here, during forty years, TJlrich von Eichtenstein, the lover of the unhappy Anna of Sax ony, wife of Duke Johann Casimir, lingered in prison. Let me briefly outline this sad history, which is not alone of local iuterest. This lady was a danghter of the Elector of Sax ' ny and was marreid to the Dnke'Cas imir in 1586. Brought up amid the 'ayeties of her father's court, she developed a peculiarly lively tem perament, and was ill fitted for the quiet, lonely life which fell to her lot after marriage. The Duke, a passionate lover of the chase, ap pears to have neglected his young wife, and she presently fell into the snare laid for her by one Scotns, a brilliant and wily adventurer, who had wormed himself into tho con fidence of the Duke, and secured al so the reputation of being a great magician and alchemist. His machi nations against the young Duchess were directed toward tho result of getting possession of her jewels aud bringing her into a guilty relation with Yon Lichtenstein, a gallant offi cer of the Duke's household. Scotus succeeded in his devilish intrigue all too well. The beautiful Princess become totally under his influence, falling a victim to his slight-of-hand arts, and following his injunctions even so far as to make overtures of love to Yon Lichtenstein. Scotus fled with his booty, and the relations between the Dnchessaud the courtier did not long remain a secret. Both confessed their guilt, and they were both imprisoned. The matter was laid before the Consistory, aud Duke Casimir obtained a divorce. After leading a life of penitence for nine teen years, during all which time the misguided Duchess was kept in close captieity, she closed her unfor tunate life at the Coburg fortress in l'J13. Even a sterner fate befell Von Lichtenstein. Ho was condemned to perpetual and solitary confine ment. His sentence was fully carri ed out in the old tower before the city, and his dreadful puuishment of forty years ended with his life in ICjJ. The place of his long incar ceration is incorporated with an ele gant dwelling-house, and the walls of the round tower now resound with the joyful music and noisy pastimes of happy youth, instead of the groans and sighs and complaints of the lan guishing captive. Capital io 1 he Acre. It is obvious to all who give the subject auy consideration that in order to make a farm profitable it must be run to its full capacity. To do this requires a definite umount of capital to the acre just as much as the space within the factory wall needs to be occupied with tho most approved machinery. Capital on Western farms is found to be the most productive, as a general rule, when invested in stock. Exceptional cases are common where surround ing circumstances show that grain raising is the most profitable. In some localities butter making has been found to pay the best. In these it would justify the farmer to either sell off a portion to his land to in crease his working capital or hire capital and keep more cows. In other localities, remote from market, a flock of mei-ino sheep may prove a better investment than cash invested in a large area of land. At all events, whether tho farmer's capital be in land or stock, ho should make full use of it. As a rnle, stock farmers are better adapted to the constant employment of help every day in the year than are grain farms. To make farming successful, either on grain or stock farms or on both combined, the plans for conducting them should be so well arranged that no one about the place either employer or thehired laborers should atan- time be without something to do that will be profitable during the entire year. The speculative tendendency should be checked; the holding of large areas of laud with a view of making a large profit to its increased value in the future. This is too common. Taxes and interest on borrowed mon ey are more than a match for con stant labor. Better to sell a portion of the land to raise money to proper ly stock the remainder. All land that is not used is an incubus on the far mer's prosperity, and some kind of a return, either in the form of grain, stock or other prodnctsx should be exacted from each acre of land own ed. To make the farm pay, sufficient capital to the acre must be used to work the farm up to its full capacity of productiveness. Rural Worhl. Duties of a Mother. She should be firm, gentle, kind, always ready to attend to her child. She should never laugh at him at what he does that is cunning never allow him to think of his looks, except to bo neat and clean in all his habits. She should teach him to obey a look to respect those older than himself; she should never make a command with out seeing that it is preformed in the right manner. Never speak of the child'sfaults or foibles, or repeat his remarks before him. It is a sure wa3r to spoil a child. Never re prove a child when excited, nor let your tone of voice be raised when coirecting. Strive to inspire love not dread respect, not fear. Be inember you are training and educat ing a soul for eternity. Teach your children to wait upon themselves, to put away a thing when done with it. But do not forget that you were once a child. California Farmer. Subscribe for your county paper. Potatoes as Food for Stock. Potatoes in many localities distant from market are this season so abun dant and cheap that they can only be used to advantage for feeding out to stock. It is true that certain agri cultural writers have of late endeav ored to show that this valuable tuber was of little or no value for such purposes, but it is very probable that the gentlemen who advance these theories are not practical agricultur ists. The value of the potato as food for man and many of our domestic animals is too well known to be dis carded at this late day in consequence of anything which may be written by theoretical chemists or agricul turists. Bat while the potato has been a bone of contention among agricul turists for many years, its practical and specific value" as food for stock has never been disproved when put to the test. The celebrated veterin arian, William Youatt, in speaking of the value of the various kinds of roots as food for stock, says of the potato: "Among the various vegeta ble productions that have been ap propriated to the stall-feeding of cat tle, none have occasioned greater discussion than potatoes. They fur nish an excellent supply, particularly when cut and steamed, they appear adequate to the fattening of neat cat tle in combination with comparatively small portions of other food." In the eleventh volume of the British "Annals of Agriculture," we find some statements of Mr. Campbell, of Charlton, Eng., which bear directly upon this question. He observes that 100 bushels of potatoes and 700 pounds of hay are generally suiliciout to fatten any animal that thrives tol erably well. They should at first be given in small quantities and gradu ally increased to one or two bushels per day; dry food being always inter mixed, and the proportion of hay being uniformly regulated by the effect which the potatoes produce on the bowels. The hay should always be cut in order that it may be more readily mixed with the potatoes. -- To Clean a Ru&ty Plow. Take a quart of water and pour slowly into it half a pint of sulphuric acid. The mixture will become quite warm from chemical action, and this is the reason why the acid should bo poured slowly into the water, rather than the water into the acid, and let it remain on the iron till it evapo rates. Then wash it again. The ob ject is togivethe acid time to dissolve the rust. Then wash with water and you will perceive where the worst spots are. Apply some more acid, and rub on those siots with a brick. The acid and the scouring will remove most of the rust. Then wash the mould board thoroughly with water to remove all the acid, and rub it dry. Brush it over with petroleum, or other oil, and let it be till Spring. When you go to plowing, take a bot tle of water to the field with you and apply it every bout to any spot of rust that may remain. The acid and tlie scouring of the earth will soon make it perfectly bright and smooth. If all iron work be washed off with pe troleum as soon as we put our tools, implements, and machines aside for the "Winter, it will keep them from rusting, and save a great deal of trouble and annoyance, to say noth ing of depreciation and loss. llural World. A Magnificent Hunt. The hunting which the Prince of Wales enjoyed in Nepanl, India, dur ing his recent visit to that country, as described in the London Times, is calculated to make the mouth of the ordinary sportsman, who never bags anything bigger than a shipeor a duck, water. The hunt was on the 2'2d of February, and on the even ing of the 21st the preparations com menced for tho next day's sport. No less than eight hundred elephants were moored about the jungles where the tigers were ensconced, and aline of grass huts was constructed, in which 1,800 natives were stationed to keep up fires through the night, so that the tigers could not break through. The next morning the mighty circle of elephants, with their long retinue of horses camels and natives, commenced the march of doom to the tigers. The corresjxm deut thus describes the animated scene: In ten minute3 or a quarter of an hour we came on the rendezvous of the howdah and Suddee or pad elephants, and which seemed to form a dark brown wall across the glade in front. The sportsmen dis mounted and handed the horses to the Syces, the howdah elephants knelt down for the shooters; then there was a great clamor of voices as. the line was formed by many hundred of elephants, so closely packed that a walking-stick could scarcely beep thrust between them at times, and that in places the line was two and three deep. The voice of command, the yells of the jemadars; the blow of the hirens on the elephants' heads, the shouts of mahouts, the crashing of branches above and of saplings below, made the forest ring. At times a halt wa3 called, and there was a comparative lull. Scon the tigers came bounding from their lairs and the savage roars added to the din. No sooner would one come bounding through the forest than the hunters would take aim and lay him low. For three hours the ani mated scene continued, and then his Royal Highness retired, after having shot four tigers. A Ivansas court refused to take a rod nose as evidence that a prisoner was fond of whisky, but explained: "Outside of law a red nose knocks the temperance question higher than a kite." - - 'sSjhqost Vait !" The other day, says the Chicago. THbune, a simple-minded German called on a grocer to pay a bill; giv- ing him a $10 note. Tho grocer ex amined it closely and said: . "Hullo, where did vou get this -note?" " t "Vot is de reasons mid dees note?" replied the honest Teuton; "don't she vas good, heiu?" "Good!" answered tho grocer, "wli3r, you're a lucky man that note ' is worth S10 50." "Ishdotso? Why for?" "You see the signature over here, i don't you!" ; "Does tings like a corkscrew mit de worms? Yah." "Well, that's Spinner's signature." "Veil." "Well, Mr. New is now Treasurer of the United States." "You don't tole me so;" "veil." "Well, and notes signed by Spin ner are getting scarce, and people pay five per cent, more for theia than for the new issue." "By Shimminy, ish dot so?" "Yes; lemme see your bills; why, every one of them is a Spinner! Mau; alive, your fortune is made." In pursuance of tho grocer's ad vice, Mr. Schneider called at the sub-treasury, Saturday afternoon, to get the premium on his bilis. What success liehad it is impossible to state. . but h? v.' as seen lat'.rr in the evening, lurking round the street by which the grocer must go homo, and on be ing accosted by an acquaintance, tie. following conversation took place: "Dor pei'-ble von Sharmany ' fights well, hc'in?" "Oh, yes; the Germans are -unquestionable a military nation of the first class." "Some big fights, hein? Liepsic?'' "Ycs." "Und Sadowa?'' "Yes." "Und Koniggratz?" "Certainly." "Und Worth, und Mars-la-Tour, und Gravelotte und Sedan?" "Of course." "Dnse was all birr battles, rind der Deutch licked?" ' "Yes." "Veil, you joost vaits till dot grocery store shuts himself up, und you saw a Deutch victory vot makos you forgot dem little ones." ihisiness Lav,r. 1. Icrnorance of law excuses no ono. . 2. It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. 3. The law compels no one to do impossibilities. 4. An agreement without consiii eration is void. 5. Signatures made with a lead pencil are good in law. G. A receipt for money paid is not legally conclusive. 7. The acts of one partner binds all the others. 8. Contracts made on Sunday cannot be enforced. 9. A contract made with a minor is .void. 10. A contract made with a luna tic is void. 11. A contract for advertising in a Sunday newspaper is invalid. 12. Agents are responsible to their principals for their errors. 13. Each individual in a partner ship is responsible for the whole, amount of the debts of the firm. 14. A minor cannot make a legal obligation. - lu. Notes bear iuterest only when so stated. 1G. It is not legally necessary to. say on a note "for value received. "- 17. A note drawn on Sunday is void. 18. A note obtained by fraud, or from a person in a state of intoxica tion, cannot be collected by law. 10. If a note be lost or stolen, it does not release the maker. Ho must pay it. Staked and Lost. The Paris cor respondent of the New Orleans Pica yune says: A wealthy bachelor, who breakfasts every morning in one of the most fashionable restaurants of the Boulevard des Italiens, is, or was, very attentively waited on by waiter whose palm he generally crossed, and never with the viler metal. Of course the wealthy bach elor always had the same seat, a seat by a window looking on the ever ani mated boulevard, hot plates, dishes served promptly, but not too fast; in fine Benedict had an excellent ser vant. Bnt, during the last week, Benedict has been unable to get this excellent servant; another one hangs around him and tries his best tosnp ply all his wants; still the now face is not the old face, and what annoys Benedict most is that he occasionally who gives him most sorrowful glan ces. Benedict has examined the matter, and has discovered that his old servant is addicted to gambling. One evening, having lost all his money, he staked his best customer Benedict and lost him. PcornE who Advertise. The Bos ton Pot says: People who advertise are smarter than those who don't, better looking, too, nine to ten. This is natural if not logical. Advertising is an indication of intelligence and looks. At all events the world be lieves in thosa who advertise, and it plants its dollars in their pockets. Such are live people, and in these live days nobody wants anything to do with any but your live men and women. Our advice to everybody except in matrimony is to advertise. It is sure to return largely, increase your reputation as a business man, make hosts cf friends, and add to the number of shrewd and sensible peo ple in the world, of which there has, never yet been an oyerstock. o