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; v 9 f X', DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE SEST INTERESTS OF OREGON. VOL. 10. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 187G. NO. 34. i o o o o o c o O o G O O o O O o O THE ENTERPRISE. A LOCM. NEWSPAPER FOR THE Firmer, Business Ulan, & Family Circle. ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY. FKANK S. DEMENT, PROPRIETOR AND PUBLISHER. OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CLACKAMAS CO. OFFICE In Entf.RPRISB Ruildlnpr. one oSLuthoAlasonlcRuilding. Mam fet. Terms of Subscription! e.ni. Cony One Year. In Advance $2.50 Six Months ' Terms of Advertising: 1.50 Transient advertisements IneHu all leal notices, tr square of tw including clve .$ 2.50 1.00 For each subsequent insertion.. One Column, one year Half " " . 120.00 60.00 40.00 12.00 Business Card, 1 square one year. SOCIETY XOTICES. OK KG ox i,oic:ia XO. 3, I. I. o. l, Moots pvcrv Thursday evenim? at 7 nVloek, in the raa Odd Fellows' Hall, Main atreet. Members of the Or der are invited to attend. By order Is . tjr. HCIJCCC V DCCSKHia L(H)GB NO. 2, 1. O. O. F., "Meets on the rfeTWfn Second and Fourth Tues- Atjn' dav evening each month, tptrig.i-.-Sr nt 74 oVloc k, in the Odd Fellows' Hall. Members of the Degree are invited to attend. MUI.TXOMAH LODdH NO. 1, A.l A A. M., Holds its regular com- A munications on tlio First and Th'rd Saturdays in eaeh month, at 7 o'cloc k from the 20th of Sep. tember to tho liuth of March; and 7-i wVlock from the 20th of March to the 20th of September, lircthren in good standing are invited to attend. liv order of . M . FLLS KXCAMPMRXT XO. 1,1. O. O F Meet at Odd 1 el lows Flail on the First and Third Tnes- nf ..wmtll Patriarchs in good standing are invited to attend. BUSIXUSS CARDS. PHYSICIAN AND SVKGKO.V, e"OfTlce tip-Stairs in t'harman's r.rick IXain Street. tr II. W. IIOSS, M. P. VAltRES 2. DAVIS, M. X. te DAVIS, 1MIYSHIVNS AXD StUOKOXS Oregon City, - - Oregon. trotnci) at the City Dispensary, corner of Main ami Fourth sts. ' Dr. Davis is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and lias lately arrived from the Fast. Particular attention given to surgery. offlce hours from 8 o'clock A. m. to 5 p. m. 17R. JOHN "WELCH DENTIST, OI'FICK IN' OKKGON' CITY, OIIKGOX. niffet C uH Price PuiU for County Ortler. o HUELAT &. EAST HA Til, ATTORN E YS-AT-LA W PORTI,.NI)-Ia Opltz's new brick, 30 First street. OIIKGOX CITY Charm an's brick, up stairs sepfiitf "joHwsora a McCOWN ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT-LAW. Oregon City, Oregon. ClfcyWiU practioo in all the Courts of the State. Special attention given to cases in th U. S. Land Other at Oregon City, on ir 1 ST2-t f. Ju. T. 13 A Tt 1 1ST ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, OREGOX CITY, : : OREGON. Will Stnto. practice in all the Courts of the Nov. 1, 1875, tf JOHN M. I5AC0X, IMPOTtTF.R AXDDEAT.F.U In Books, Stationery, Perfum ery, etc., etc. Oregon City, Oregon. V.At tho Post Office, Main street, east Id. VT. H. H1GHFIEL1). Established since '49. On ilfMir north of Pope's Tin II. Main Street, Orrion fity, Orfgon. An assortment of Watches, Jewel ry, and Seth Thomas' Weight Clocks nil of whifh nrp v-1 rr-i tit ... 1 t v. r - W ."uivu W uc 3 d' -SAJ renresented. 7"Kepairins done on short notice, and thankful for past fatronasre. Cash poiil frr County Ortlers H. SHEPARD, and Slioe Store, GO I3oot One door north of Ackerman rros. Roots and shoes made and repaired as cheapas the meanest. Nov. 1. 1875 :tf CHAS. KNIG 1 IT, CAXHY, OKKGOV, PhYSICIAX AND DHI'CCIST Prescriptions notico. carefully filled at short Ja7 it. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. VTI( K IS HERERV givex- that the stockholders of the Orejron Citv Manufacturing Company will hold their Annual Meeting for the election of Direc tors at their office in Oregon Citv on Satur day July 8th l7ti. It. Jacob. Prst. June 7th, wl M. A. Stratto-? Sec, O 13 FIRST AXD LAST. " But tell me, dear," she said And coaxingly the soft eyes shone And shyly drooped the modest head Reside his own " Rut tell me, have you loved before ? Or one, or more ?" The eaper, sparkling face Was full of tender, trusting Trace ; She did not fear his answer then, Her king of men ! " But tell me, dear, the best and worst, Or. am I the first?" He turned his eyes away ; Yet closer still her hand he pressed, Nor answered yea, nor nay ; A blush confessed All, in one burning word, Unsaid, unheard! Quick came a burst of tears A tempest from an 4pril sky And then "Forgive my doubts and fears," He heard her sigh, " Why should I cure what loves are past, So mine be last!" Why He Didn't Propose. ' ""Why did you never think of marrying?" asked I of my old frierd Robbins, who is some ten years old er than myself, and a confirmed bachelor. "1 hare thought of it," said he. "Well, why didn't you marry, then?" I inquired. "I will tell you," he replied. "You know Frank Palmer, don't you?" "Yes," said I; "he failed last week, to the tune of twenty thousand dol lars. But what has that to do with your story?" "bomethinpr. as vou will see, re plied Ilobbins. "I was never seri ously tempted to make proposal, but once, and that was to Frank's wife before she was married do you un derstand?" "O," said I, growing interested. "And why didn't you?" "You shall know," he continued. "I was young and romantic at that time she was beautiful and accom plished. We were thrown together in society, and I was nist at an ase to yield to her fascinations. Though I had never expressed my love in words, I suppose my looks betrayed me. and 1 am quite sure she was aware of my feelings toward her Our families being somewhat inti mate, we were on the same footing; and she treated me much in the same confidential manner as she would a favorite cousin." "Do you think," I inquired, "that she was in love with you.' "No." said he. "I never thought that. I presume however, she would like to have lured me on to a declara tion, and then would have acted as fancy dictated. One day when I had made a morning call, and was retir ing, she told mo she was going out shopping, and laughingly proposed to me to go with her. Having noth ing of importance to take up my time, and not being adverse to the proposal, partly on acccount of its novelty, and considerably, I suspect, on aceount of the agreeablo charac ter of the company I should have, I consented in the same spirit, and in f A . f 1 a lew mmuies wo were lauiy eu route. " I have but little to buyj said my companion; 'you may congratu late yourself upon that, as you will have the less to carry.' "We made our first visit to a ladies' furnishing establishment. " 'Have you any lace collars?' in quired Caroline. "A large quantity were displayed, but they were too cheap. At length one was found at three dollars which being declared the best in the store, my companion at length pro fessed herself satisfied, and decided to take it. " 'I suppose; said she on goiugout 'I don t really need it, out it was beautiful and I could not resist the temptation.' "A beautiful shawl in the window of another store next caught Caro line's observation. " 'I must certainly go in and look at those shawls, said she, 'I never saw any precisely like them. New kind?' said she to the stoorkeeper. " 'Yes, miss,' he replied, 'just im ported from 1 ranee, warranted to surpass in fineness and durability any now extant. Will you have one? ' 'The price?' she inquired. " 'Twenty-five dollars,' was the re ply, 'and cheap at that.' "Caroline was startled at this an nouncement. 'That is high,' said she. " 'Not for the quality,' said the storekeeper, 'just feel it see how soft it is and you will not call it ex pensive.' " 'I did not think of purchasing one to-day,' said Caroline, 'however I must. You may charge it to mv father.' "The shawl was folded, enveloped and handed to me by the storekeep er. " 'I suppose father will scold:' said Caroline; but it is such a beau ty."' "We reached, ere loner, another store.the placard of which"fcellingoff at prime cost," proved so seductive that we at once stayed our steps and entered. Caroline desired to ex amine the silks. The first speci mens offered, which to my unpractic ed eyes seemed superior quality, were cast contemptously aside, and she as,ked to see tho very best they had in the establishment, borne were shown her at one dollar per yard. After a while she ordered twelve yarc.s to he out r.fe i. 1 his was done and the parcel handed to me xue Dill wa3, of course senf. in to her father What with the shawl and silk, each of which made a parcel of no inconsiderable size, I was pretty well weighed down, and began to be apprehensive of the consequences in case my companion should make any more purchases. She, however relieved my anxiety by saying that she intended to purchase nothing more. She was only going to stop at a jeweler's to have a locket repair ed. Accordingly we repaired to the store of a fashionable jeweler. The locket was handed over with the ne cessary directions. .Dut this was not all. A lady at he counter was engaged in examin ng a very elegant pair of ear-rings rhich she was desirous of purchas nsr. but dcmnrrPfl nt tlm a last she laid them down reluctantly, savin cr. "Th but I do not care to go so high as civb uuuars. "Let me see them," asked Caro ine. They were handed to her. She was charmed with them fhiVflv imagine, on acconnf nf tho nnVo for theydiad little beyond that to recommend them. 'Now I must ab solutely go home, said she, 'without i , purenasing anyimng more. "l or once she kept her word, and was released from mv attendance. But the thourrht that slio hn,l n- pended about fifty dollars iu a single . . i -i i . . morning s suopping, ana on oujects C 1 T nuutj oi men uy uer own comession, she stood in present need, could not help recurring to me: and I decided that, until I could find some more rapid way of making money, such a wiie woum te altogether too expen sive a luxury for me to indulge in. How far I am right von mav iudce by Frank Palmer's failure. At all events that is the reason why didn't propose." The 3Iaid of Orleans. Few persons about whom so little is known, says the London Xeics, have been written about so much as the heoric maiden of Orleans, whom M. Mermet has once brought tqon the stage. We do not even know whether Joan was Joan of Arc or Joan Dare. Her fate has been made almost as problematic as her name; an English poet has written au idyl ou the theory that Joan was not burned by the English at Rouen, as Villon declares, but survived to be married, to live in the country, and to be a good deal bored in that con dition of existence. It is just as hard to say what tho person of the real Joan was like. She is a figure as misty as are the lady and the lover in Mr. Calverley's verses, concerning whom the bard says that he knows not "who on earth we Aere, what we did ihere, and what it was all about." In HoO there was an authentic por trait of Joan on glass in tho Church of St. Paul, in Paris, but the work has long been lost. Her monument on the bridge of Orleans, erected in li5G, was broken, was repaired and destroyed again in 1715. The daugh ter of Louis Phillippe erected anoth er statute to the maiden, who has also sat to Ingres, 3)e la llocho and Ary Cbefler. The common type of her is derived from an engiaving of the sixteenth century, preserved in the Hotel de Ville, at Orleans. Poets have always delighted to do her hon or. Sainte Beuvo analyzed a long mystery play on her history, acted in the fifteenth century. There is a Spanish chronicle about her, and she inspired the ridiculous epic of Chapo- lain.and the infamous one of Voltaire Shiller and Alexandire Dumas have tried their hands on her adventures, and M. Wallon, the historian of slav ery, has written a monograph on the virgin martyr of freedom. Somehow the impression remains that the mys tic of Domremy has never yet found the artist who was equal to her pure and perfect fame, and the Maid of Orleans still awaits the canonization which, of all honors, would have been most to her mind. jlorals in Ensiles?;. Another fault of morals in busi ness, is taking ad vantage in mistakes For example, change is being made for, and the man gives you back not only all you give him, but a little more, as well as the article you have taken, lou pocket the money and say, "I am not bound to do business for him and myself, too. It is his lookout. I am not responsible for his blunders. Now I want to know if that is honest ? And yet are there not some men here who have done it, and have never made reparation? 1 know men, who, 1 suppose, you could not bribe to join a band" of counterfeiters, and make plates, and produce bogus money, and circulate it, but who, if they are riding down town at night, and have a bad bill put on them, say, "I cannot afford to have it lie on my hands, and shove it along, having no conscience in the matter. How many men are there that, when they got hold of a bad bill, do not have a sort of ini pulse to get rid of it, without stop ping to consider what the moral character of such an act is? Because you have a bad bill put ou vou is no reason why you should put it on somebody else. And though a man does not make bad bills, if he lets one go out of his hand3 oeliberately, he is a counter feiter iu the sight of God. Som men say, "I was very uncertain about it; some days I thought it was counterfeit and other days I thought it was not: and on one of those days when I thought it was not counter feit, I passed it!" Now, if it was a mere question of a dollar, or live dol lars, or of ten dollars, it might be a matter of amusement; but it is a question of manhood. Back of il that money, is your truth, your fi delity. your morality, your honor. and trustworthiness; and that ought to be a matter above dollars and cents to you. The inhabitants of South San Francisco have shut down entirely on Chinese laundries and fish and vegetable peddlers, in consequence of the present anti-coolie movement. The last Chinese launury in that suburb closed on Tuesday of last week. COURTESY The Liberty Statue. The monumental statue of Liberty o be presented by Republican France to Republican America, and to be erected in the harbor of New York, is (says tho Paris correspondent of the Boston Post) far advancing to ward completion. Tlie. artist, M. Bartholdi, ia enthusiastic about his Avork, and the interest created in all classes of society by the movement is really a strong proof of the broth erly feeling which is felt here to wards the great liepublic of the iNew Vv'orld. The subscription list head ed by Marechal MacMahon and his Ministers bears also the name of the nimble ouvrier, who has furnished lis hard-earned franc to the national offering of ono great nation to an other. Some months ago, when the project was spoken of, a wealthy manufacturer of Paris called on M. Laboulaye, President of the Execu tive Committee and inscribed his name as one of tho subscribers, with out specifying the amount of his con trubution. M. Bartholdi, who was present at the time, and who knew the liberality of the subscriber, jok ingly remarked that "as he knew M. X. to be a strong Republican and a great admirer of America, the amount of his subscription would certainly be very large, if it was in proportion to his admiration for tho Great Republic." "Let it bo so, then, answered tho manufacturer; "and I engage mv- sslf to furnish all the bronze neces sary for tho casting of the statue." "But you are aware," answered M. Bartholdi, astonished, "that your subscription will then reacli tho enormous sum of 1UU,UUU francs?" "Very will, sir: let that bo the amount of my subscription, and I shall impose ouly one condition: I desire my name to be kept secret in relation to this allair, and you can draw on my banker as soon a3 you please for tho amount." Is not this a proof of great friend ship and admiration for the people of the United States, from one who has never yet crossed the Atlantic on a visit to America ? It has been decided by the Committee that the corner-stone of the base of tho mon ument shall be laid in New York, on the 4th day of July next, with great ceremonies. A number ot disting uished French statesmen and writers, among whom M. E. Laboulaye and tho Count ue locquevillo will be present ou the occasion. We under stand that au appeal is to bo made to the American public for a sub scription to cover the expense of the base of the monument, as it would be impossible for the members of the French committtee, who are al most all members of the Senate and of the Chamber of Deputies, to su perintend the details of preparing the foundation in iSew lork. Zeal in SioIuiiiiiiRHiiiuLsin. A letter from Alexandria, &avs tLe Pall Mall Gazette, says that never has a pilgrimage to Mecca and Me dina been so numerously attended as the one which was concluded at the beginning of tho present year. There is now at Mecca n celebrated preacher whose reputation has ex tended through the whole of Arabia. He is regarded as a saint and a prophet, and people from Turkey, Northern Africa, the Soudan, Arabia and India assembled in crowds to listen to him. Among the pilgrims were several princes, such as tho un cle of the Shah of Persia and some Arabian and African Sultans. All strictly fulfilling tho rules observed by the pilgrims, and even the Shah's uncle, who 13 a man advanced in years, entered Mecca with only a cloth round his loins. An old man, feeling his end approaching, travel ed all the way from Kurrachee to hear the celebrated prophet, and died at Mecca shortly after his arriv al. The correspondent also describes some sermons which wero addressed to the assembled pilgrims, apparent ly with considerable effect. In one tho preacher urged his hearers to have as littlo intercourse as possible with Christians and to abstain entirely from drinking wine, and his words produced so much remorse iu some of the pilgrims that as he rode away they threw themselves under his horse's hoofs. Another predicted that within the next ten years the whole of Europe would bo under tho rule of the crescent and that the Sultan of Constantinople would con quer the Eastern portion of the con tinent, including Rome. Adversity. Men, apparently use less and purposeless, have, when placed in positions of difficulty and responsibility, exhibited powers of character before unsuspected. Some of the trreatest minds that have ex isted upon the earth would never have made their rare gifts of benefit to others had they not been driven oat and purified by adversity. The poets, whose sublime strains have cheered so many hearts, have learned in suffering what they have thought in song. Had their path been strewn with roses, had they been wafted on ward by the favoring gale of prosper ity, the multitudes would have miss ed those grand inspiring words that have so helped them in the weary battle of life. SrcRGEON's Vote. "I went," said Mr. Spurgeon, "to vote at the last election for i Liberal. I was met by a brother who said that he was aston ished that I, who professed to be a citizen of Heaven, should go to vote I said, 'Well, you know, I have got an old man and he is a citizen of this earth. 'Yes,' he said, 'but you ought to mortify him. I said, 'Ihat is what I do, for he is a Tory. e England is preparing for war. OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, PHILADELPHIA LETTEK. PaiLADETJniA, May 22, 1S7G. Since our opening day the prospect at the Centennial has been gradually unfolding itself, and though bewil dering in its vastness, is being re solved into detail. Upon entering tho main building ono continuous line of compartments may be seen down the main aisle, in the infinita variety or style of the nation repre sented in each. The fantastic shape of the Japanese front is relieved by the beauty of the Italian, or the mas sive Egyptain is contrasted with the light open pavilion of tho South American department the Chinese, Spanish, Chilian, French, Norwegian and Russian, each representing in coloring or architecture the taste of its people. Foreigners in their na tional dress mingle with the crowd, and on every side may be heard the unintelligiblo sounds of their lan guage. In a cursory view we take in first the Italian exhibit. Exquisite mosaic table slabs, the contribution of tho Pope, Byzantine, Florentine and Roman mosaic jewelry, the deli cate silver fibre sets from Venice and the Milanese workmanship in gold and silver, rivaling the Etruscan of old, each "excites our admiration. Carved bedsteads, cabinets inlaid with silver and mounted with golden figures of celebrated Italians, curious chairs of the Medieval ages, beauti fully carved pulpits and one of black marble inlaid with mosaic of the Florentine pattern, attract tho curi ous. The products of the country in the back-ground we omit to see with these trifling first glances. Op posite the Italian is the Japanese department, rivaling its more civil ized neighbor in the carvings exhib ited. One set of furniture here at tracts more than admiration, wonder superseding the feeling. Groups of warriors on foot and horseback ap parently skirmish from tho opposite bedposts with each other. Each fig ure is perfect in itself even to the expression of tho face, which is de cidedly Japanese, and yet two inches and a half is about the height of the contestants. Dragons rising out of flame support the keystone of the arched head and foot boards and the front of tho cabinets, and no spot on the whole set is without its figure or scroll mark. Carved boxes, picture frames, tea chests, cabinets and chairs lie in profusion around. Guarding all this is a handsome Japanee in a sky blue dress and a pigtail down his back, making one wonder if the dragons carved around are not the portraits perhaps of some of his an cestors. Through Norway and Sweden we see fine specimens of tin ore and silver, and hurry to look into the luxurious Egyptain section. Here all is oriental splendor. Home trap pings mounted with gold, with gold holsters and pommel on the saddle, a sword the hilt and scabbard of which is covered with precious stones, jewelled poinards, and gold mounted pistols are a specimen of property of the Khedive. Velvet table covers and costumes with flow ers wonderfully worked in gold or silver, jewels of immense value, stuffed crocodiles 15 feet long, meer schaums in oriental lavishness of carving bewilder the astonished spec tator. Hurrying to the Austrian de partment one is lost for an hour at the cases of pipes so wonderfully worked in every variety of shape, size or design, and then for a time the weariness of such constrained attention is overpowering and one wanders to the centre of the building to yield another hour to the witching strains rendered by Gilmore's band, wrhile a sense of rest once more re turns. For a change one then visits another building, say the U. S. The display offered by the Navy Depart ment in the United States building is comprised under nine heads, name ly, ordnance and torpedoes, equip ment, navigation, construction, yards and docks, medicine and surgery, provisions and clothing, steam engi neering, and naval observatory and Arctic relics. 1 rom the roof above the department is hung a profusion of flags and mottoed banners, and tho pillars are docorated with large guilt-framed paintings of all the Sec retaries of the Navy and naval heroes from the beginning of W asnington s administration down to the present time. E. Y. S. A bashful and not over-edncated young fellow went to see his girl the other night, and as he started away he put his arm about tier ana wnis pered in her ear, "Dearest, I love you;" and she responded sweetly, "Ditto," meaning, of course, a re ciprocation of his tender passion. The young man could not find "ditto" in his vocabulary, and he asked his father the next day as they were hoeing cabbage, what it meant. The old gent rested a moment on his hoe, and pointed to the cabbage in front of him with the remark: "You see that cabbage?" "Yes," responded the youth. "And you see the next ono there?" "Yes." "Well, that is called 'ditto.' " "Damn her!" exclaimed the impet uous youth, "she called me a cab bage head!" The Democratic State Convention of Geogia is called for August 2d. imiMlMMMIIlfllWMtWIWBMM All Sorts. "Cooling his ear at u. keyhole" is good. It will soon be time to make hay while the sun shines. There is nothing to be gained try ing to look through a knot-hole with a glass eye. An old-school lady says, that with the advent of the tied-back dresses, kneeling in church went out of style. A kiss oa the forehead means rev erence; but there's no fun in it worth mentioning. Silks are ruinously low in price, say the merchants; and still lower in the neck, say the modistes. Mrs. Stowe says we never know how much we love until we try to unlove. To a man who has tried to quit smoking this needs no argu ment. "Can there bo anything brought into this House," asked a disgusted member, during the last session of the Legislature, "that will not be re pealed sooner or later." One of the opposition suggested "a skinned orange." At a medical examination a young aspirant for a physician's diploma was asked, "When does mortifica tion ensue?" "When you propose and are rejected," was the reply that greeted the questioner. When a brisk breeze is blowing about the coat-tails of pedestrians, it i3 rarely a man has sufficient nerve to preserve an unconcerned air under the conciousness that a new half sole has lately been put on the seat of his pantaloons. The third visitor let into the Cen tennial was tight. Any fear that the exhibition wouldn't show every phase of human nature is now ban ished. It seems strange, but it is true. When wo spend a dollar on our selves wo soon forget it, but when we give a dime to another we remem ber it for a long time. The heavy swell Bostonian at the World's Fair is all plaid suit and high hat; he says"carn't," "sharn't," "carn't," "you know" and "don't you know?" all day long. A good authority says that ladies' spring bonnets will be followed by gentlemen's hats. The hats will be on the heads of the gentlemen when the "following" takes place. A sewing circle is described to be a meeting of several ladies where they manufacture sevenpenco worth of clothing for some poor family and ruin the reputation of another poor family for life. Rose-leaf crumples. Edith "Oh dear, I am so tired!" Loving hus band "What has fatigued you, mr Pippetywipxiety Poppet?" Edith Oh, 1 have had to hold up my para sol all the time I was in the car riage I" Shakespeare is to be translated in to the Polish tongue, and Richard's ravings will go from Pole to Pole. A celebrated gourmand once said: "To enjoy a stuffed turkey thor oughly, there should bo only two present yourself and the turkey." 'What on earth made vou get so drunk? and whv oh, why do you come to mo in this dreadful state?" "Because, my darling, all tho other places are shut up." A moment of triumph. House hunter who has just been shown the best furnished room in tho house: "Ahem! I suppose you use this as a storage-room." The thirteen girls who graduate at the Tilden (N. H.) Seminary next month will graduate in calico. It will look odd to see a girl in a 5 dress picking up a 12 boquet. "Ma, what is a lanker?" inquired a bright looking child, the other day. "I'm sure I don't know, my son; where did you hear tli3 word ?" "Why, at Sunday School. You know they sing, 'We'll stand the storm, it won't be long, we'll lanker by and by.' " A little boy whoso conduct made his mother say that she feared he did not pray, replied, "Yes, I do; I pray every night that God will make you and pa like my ways better. A Down-East editor savs: "The ladies' spring hats are pretty, and worn on the upper edge of the left ear, which makes one look arch and piquant, like a chicken looking through a crack in a fence." A littlo fellow being told by a crentleman to get off his lap, that he was too heavy to hold, made quite a sensation among those present by yelling back: "Too heavy, hey! Sis ter Sal weighs a hundred pounds more'n I do, and you held her on your lap for four hours, last night! Some old fraud says, "Get np with the sun if you want to be healthy and wise." It is easy enough to fol low this advice in the winter, when the sun acts sensibly, and doesn't get up until seven o'clock; but when he commences to get np at four o'clock, wo have observed that the wisest men give him about two hours start, and let their wives accumulate health and wisdom. What can be more irresistible, asks the Providence Journal, than the charm of golden tresses and a fair complexion heightened by a costume composed of the delicate amethystine hue of wistaria blossoms, combined with tho creamy tint so universally becoming and just now in such favor with those who rule the fashionable world? Give it up, unless it is two of 'em. 7 "7$.- -sjfreef - News Column. Scio will celebrate on the Fourth July. Indians are murdering white men in Colorado. The President has eigned the Lick Observatory bill. George Sand, tho novel writer, died in Paris last week. The Anti-Coolie excitement at Car son, Nev., ended in a fizzle. 8175 have been raised to purchase, instruments for the brass band at Hillsboro. A man named John Airesly was killed at Canyon City recently br Geo. Addis. J J Wm. A. Herus, president of Am herst College, died at Springfield, Mass., on the 8th. M. C. George. State Senator elect from Multnomah county, left last week for the East. The Congregational Church at Rindge, N. II., has had but two pas toral changes 102 years. The Senate has confirmed Sykes as consul at Cardiff, Rutan at Florence and Bane as secretary of Utah. ' Almost pure chalk e-tiifs it roc beds in Trego, Kansas, and a house has been built of sawed blocks of it. Mr. Henry W. Longfellow has rented a cottage in Brvn Maur Pa where he and his family will pass the summer. Lady Smith, widow of the Presi dent of the British Linran Society has ust entered her 101th year m perfect health. Attendance at the Centennial is in creasing daily; average amounitaken dfSlfully 311,000; expenses about $8,000. The Senate committee on Indian affairs has reported adversely on Mitchell's bill for the sale of the Umatilla reservation. New Bedford gains two hundred houses by the Alabama, that being the number erected by seamen with money got from tho awards. The Indian trouble in Southern California has quieted down. The Mexicans and Indians, who had been stealing cattle, turned them looso and fled. A gang of counterfeiters were cap tured at 3It. Vernon, 111., last week. Some of them are connected with old respectable families in that place and vicinity. The historic landmarks oa Bunker Hill have been relocated and marked, so that future generations will have no chance of quarreling over doubt ful localities. A duel was fought at River Bend Col., on the Sth. between Alfrrl "n Jessuj and a man named Davis. Jes- sup was killed at the second ex change Of shots. The Rnnrpmn Cnnrf l o i x " tuo UUUU- wich Islands has decided that tho possession of opiuni or any prepar ation thereof, renders a person liable On the night of May 23d a China man was murdered in Lewiston. Several Chinamen hav Iionn ed on suspicion, but as yet no evi- ueuce oi weight nas been produced. The town authorities Cal.. have passed an mil inin ra li claring swarms of the common honey bee a nuisance within the corporate umits oi me town. J.iiey are de- r.l i r i ou uuuvo iu lruu. They say it is impossible to cheat with one of the turnstiles hsp,1 nt ti.a Centennial Exhibition; yet one of gatekeepers turned in to(J more than his registering apparatus called for the other evening. The Salt Lake Tribv.ne says: "The train bound East over over the Union Pacific are crowded with passengers from China, Japan. Australia, the Pacific Islands, California and Ore gon, all bound for the great show & Philadelphia. A 3Iacliine that Moves by Light. From the multitudes that crowd the sidewalk of the west side of Union Square, New York City, many are attracted by a small machine that is in constant motion, but without any visible motive power. In front of the the instrument which in a front win dow, is a placard averring that per petual motion is attained by the radi ometer, the invention of Prof. Wm. Croodes, F. R. S., of London. The claim is an exaggeration, as the radi ometer moves only when struck by rays of light and is therefore no more perpetual motion thau is a windmill. The instrument moves by the attract ive and repulsive power of light, and by means of a delicate scale can, it is said, be made to weigh light to the one-millionth part of a grain. The radiometer consists of four pith discs, black on one sido and white on tho other, fastened at the end of four arms that are connected with a metal or jewel point in the centre. This point spins in a glass cup at the top of a rod which is fastened in an up right position in what the maker says is a perfect vacuum. This vacuum i3 the interior of a glass vessel shaped like an inverted or very flat ther mometrical tube, tho four discs re volving in the bulb at the top. Tho light striking on the white surfaces of the discs attracts them, and strik ing on the black sides repels them, so that tho four discs revolve like the sails of a windmill. Iu the strong sunlight they move with such rapid ity as to be undistingnishabla; in reflected light their motion is much slower. o o o G P O o O o o o ; 77"