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) uYXVSV 0 1P V i i DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON. VOL. 10, OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1876. NO. 35. , i uoor ti y r i A LOCAL NEWSPAPER P O U THE Farmer, Business Man, & Family Circle. ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY. F'llANTC S. DEMENT, PEOPEIETOH AND PUBLISHER. OFFICIAL PAPER TOE CLACKAMAS CO. OFFICE In Enterprise Building, one ooriouth of Masonic Building, Main St. Trrmi of Subscription I Rln?le Copy One Year. In Advance 2.50 Six Months" " 1.0 o TVrms of Advcrtislngi Transient advertisements, including all le-al notices, square of twelve lines one week .. -" For each subse.,uent insertion 1. K) nn.(wmn,one X oiarter" " 4,)-0l) Rtisiiiess Card. 1 square, one year 12.00 SOCIETY NO VICES. OKIWOX I.OIHJIS XO. 3, I. I. O. F., f.ot cvprv Thursday , Jve::, evening at 7'i o'clock, in tho STiv.i Odd Fellows' Hall, Mam street. Menders of tho Or der arc in vited to attend. 15y order ( ur.nix'CA Duuiii'Mi iloiku: no. 2, I. O. O. F., Meets on the Second ami Fourth Tiics ihiv evenings each month, nt 7" o ciock, in me uim Fellows Hall. Members of the Decree nro invited to attend. MULTNOMAH TLODCi; NO. 1, A A. M., Holds its regular com- ( iniinientions on the First and Third Saturdays in eaeh month, rX at 7 o'clock from the iMth of Sep. tcmher to tho -0th of March ; and 7'j cVlock from the 'JUli of March to the U'ttli of September. Jlrelhren in good Uinding are inviod to attend. Uv order of W. M. VAI.I.S liNCAMl'Mt'AT NO. I, I. (). O. F., Meets at Odd Fellows G Jlall outh First and Third Toes- l iv of each month. Patriarchs In .good standing arc invited to attend. ; u s r -v ;: s .v : a it d r. .T. rsTORTII, physician an sxp.ckon, 3(ifflci ITp-Stairs in Charman's Brick, Main Street. tt" II. W. KOSS, M. D. WAllllEX N. DAVIS, M. D. ROS Sr. DAVIS, PHYSICIAN'S AN'1 S ir li (i 11 X S Oregon City, - - Oregon. HVITle" at the CH y Dispensary, corner of Main and Fourth sts. Dr. Davis is a graduate of th TTnivcrity rf Pennsylvania, anil UaH lately arrived front thu Hast. Part Icular attention glvi-n to surgery, t )fH(-'? hours from X o'clock a. m. to 5 i ?r. TMl. JOHN AVKLOIT DENTIST, OKKICH IN "-Ui. ORKOON CITY, KKON. Hlhrtt Caslt Prict Kl f i' County Ordrr. HUELAT & EAS7HAM, ATTORN E YS-AT-L A W' ' POKTIi.WD-Iii Op'itz's new brick, SO First street. OREGON CITYCharman's brick, up trirs. seitJUf "johnson cTjcovfrT ATTORNEYS AND COL'XSELORS AT-L.UV. Oregon City, Grogon. K7"WiU practice in nil th Courts of the ttfte. Special attention given to cases in the U. S. Land oaie at Oregon City. oapr!S72-tf. L. T. BARIN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, OREGOX CITY, : : OREGON. c Will practice in all the Courts of the State. Nov. 1, 1S75, tf JOHN 31. I5AC0N, IMPORTER AND PEAT, In Rooks, Stationery, Pern. ery, eto,, ao, tirgon City, Orejjon wxAt the Tost Office, Main street, east de. IV. II. JIIGIIFIELI). Established since '49. One tloor nortli of Pope's Hall. Main Street, Oregon City, Oregon. An assortment of Watches, .Towel. Jy?v ry.and Set U 1 nomas' w eight Clocks Ji ."'U all of which are warranted to be as t f -2 represented. aVRepajring done on short notice, and Cush paltl for County Ortlers J. H. SHEPARD, T3oot and Shoo Store, o One door north of Aekerrnan Dros. Roots and shoes made and repaired as 5heaj ns t he cheapest. Nov. 1, 1S75 :tf PITAS. IvjNTIOrllT, CANIIV, ORKGOX, PHYSICIAN A N O O It I'O GIST Prescriptions carefully filled at short notlc. ja7:tf. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. "V-OTICK IS TIKHErtY GIVEN- THAT JLl th" Ftockholdors of the Oregon Citv Manfncturing Company will hold their Annual Meettng for th" olpt ion of Direc tors nt their oftieo jn Oregon C'itv on Satur day July Sth ISTtj. 15. Jacob, Prst. Jun-.'Tth, wl M. A. stuatto.n, Sec. o o THE EfJIERPflSSL "Only a housemaid 1" She looked from the kitchen Neat was the kitchen and tidy was she ; There at her window a seamstress sat stitching; "Were I a seamstress how happv I'd be!" "Only a Queen !" She looked over the waters Fair was her kingdom and mighty was she : There sat an Empress, with Queens for her daughters ; "Were I an Empress how happy I'd Still the old frailty they all of them trip in ! Eve in her daughters is ever the same Give her an Eden she sighs for a pippin ! Give her : n empire she pines for a name-! Ciood Night. What do I see in Baby's eyes ? So bright! so bright! I see the blue, I see a spark, I see a twinkle in the dark-- Now shut them tight. What do I see in Baby's eyes ? Shut tight shut tight. The blue is gobo, the light is'Jild I'll lay a soft kiss on each lid. Good night! good night! A Useful Invention. A pale-faced, anxious-looking man, says tlio Burlington Hini'lcye, who looked as though lie supped with sorrow every week, lives out on North Hill with his wife and seven lovely, blooming daughters. He has, with all these seven daughters, only one front gate, acd that is what makes him pale. Last summer he spent S217 repairing that front gate, putting in new ones, and experiment ing with various kinds of hiDges; and after all that the gate swung all through the winter on a leather strap and a piece of clothes-line, aud there was peace in the household, and the man grew fat. But, when the April days were nigh, it soon became ap parent to the man that his troubles were at hand, and anxiety soon drove the roses from Lis damask cheeks and robbed his libs of their sub stance. He used to climb over the back fence to avoid calling attention to the disreputable-looking old gate, but his self-denial was of no avail. One evening his eldest daughter, Sophronin, said: "Pa, that horrid old gate is the most disgusting thing on this street. If you can't ali'ord to have it fixed, I'd take it away and put up a stile." li only groaned. But an evening or o later, his youngest daughter came in, and said with considerable warmth: "Pa! I wish you had that beastly old gate tied to your neck, that's what I wish!" And she dissolved in tears and evaporated up-stairs in a misty cloud, while her sisters followed slowly, casting reproachful looks at Pa. And the next evening his third daughter, Azalea, came bouncing into the room about !):.')0 p. m., with her gloves in a condition to indicate that she had been patting gravel, and said, with some energy, that if Pa had no feel ing other people had, and she wished she was dead, she did, and she hoped that the next time that Pa went out of that hateful old gate he'd fall from Arch street to the bridge, so she did. And she broke down and disappeared with a staccato accompaniment of sobs and sniflles. And the next time that Pa went out of that gate he found it prostrate between the two posts, and saw that the fragile strands of the clothes-line had parted, under some extraordinary pressure, and that was what ailed Azalea's gloves. Pa saw there was nothing for it but a new gate, and ho groaned aloud as ho viewed the dreary prospect of furnishing gates to support the man ly forms of the best young men in Burlington for another summer. He pondered, and pondered, and pon dered. He became the confidant of carpenters; he was often seen guilt ily showing certain plans and draw ings to blacksmiths and cunning workers in iron and steel. And in due time ho had a new gate up, a massive gate, with great posts, orna mented aud substantial, and the seven sisters were pleased. They read in the little brass plate that informed them that a patent had been applied for, the words, "for 130 pounds," bat they didn t know what it meant until last evening1. Last evening the weather, though sufficiently cool to ho bracing, ad mitted a test of the new gato. A murmur of voices arose from the vicinity of that popular lovers' re treat, as Sophronia swung idly to and fro on its heavy frame. Pres ently a pale-faced man, who held his hand npon his breast to still his beating heart, as he crouched in a dark corner of the porch, heard lto oolphus say: "But believe me, Sophronia my own heart's idol, between the touches of the rude hand of ti " As he began the word he leaned lumum ana bent his weight upon Mil0! 11 wun a suarp click a little trap-door in the side of the post Hew open and a gaunt, mnmr ;n;Ata,i me cr-iie. an.! -ivifl, arm of steel, with an iron knob as big as a irginia gourd on the end v fr- Ut' ani1 with the rapidity of lightning, hit Bodolphus two re sounding pelts between the shoulder that sounded like a base-drum explo sion. 1 "Oh-h-h! gosh!" he roared, "I'm stabbed! I'm stabbed!" and, without waiting to pick up his hat, he fled shrieking for the doctor, while So phronia rnshed into the house cry ing "Pa! Pa! Ta! Rodolphns is shot!" and swooned. The p:de-faced man said nothing but shrank further back into the shadow, and thrust his hand kerchief into his mouth to stifle a smilo. Pretty soon he knew the voice of his daughter Azalea at the gate saying good night. But a rich, manly voice detained her, and the measured swing of the gate was again heard in the distance. Soon he heard Lorenzo say, as he made ready to climb upon the gate: "But whatever of sorrow may await our future, dear one, I would it might fall upon me " Ani just as he lifted his last foot from the ground the trap-door open ed and the gaunt arm reached out and fell upon him with that big knob four times, and every time it reached him, Lorenzo skrieked: "Bleeding heart! O mercy, mercy, Mr. Man! O, murder!" And as he ambled away in the star light, wailing for arnica, Azalea fled wildly to her home shrieking, "Pa! Pa! Pa! somebody is murdering Lo renzo!" And on the porch a pale faced man thrust Mie rim of his felt hat into his mouth to reinforce his handkerchief, and hugged himself into placid content. Pretty soon the man's fifth daughter came home from a party, and she, too, perched on the gate. And in a moment or two Al phonso said: "But, my own Miriam, would I could tell you what I feel " But he didn't, for just then he leaned upon the gate, the gaunt arm reached out, and he felt the iron, which knocked the breath so far out of him that he couldn't shriek until he had run half a railo from the house. And Miriam ran into the house screaming that Alfonso had a fit. The pale-faced man rose up out of the shadow and emptied his mouth and as he stood under the quiet star light, looking at the gate whose iow eif ul but delicate mechanism repelled an ounce of weight over 130 pounds, a look of ineffable 2c"ice stole over the pale face, and the smile that rest ed on the quiet features told that the struggle of a life-time was ended in victory, and a gate had been discov ered that could set at naught the oppressions of thoughtless young people. Charlotte Cusiniian's Acting. Even in the terrific outbursts of "Meg Merrillies," the agonized mad ness of Blauca or the remorse of Lady Macbeth, she never ranted nor overstepped the modesty of nature. Passion is like fire a good servant but a dangerous master, and with her it was kept within the bounds of the purest art. This gave to her acting the charm of reserved ower; it did not convey the impression of labor and efibrt, but one of natural inspiration and ease. Her reading was the finest on the stage, especial ly in its justness. Its accuracy was wonderful, and the astonishing pow er of emphasis which she would sometimes concentrate upon a single wont was contrasted with the most delicate discriminations of meaning. It is not strange that she was almost as popular as a reader a3 an actress, for in the noblest dramas the thought is more important than the action, and produces greater effects a fact which Edwin Forrest illus trated during the last ten years of his life-wben he simply read "Lear," and "Othello," and '"Hamlet" on the stage, being physically unable to act them. Miss Cushman, how ever, did not depend upon her readings of the text entirely, but ex pressed the character she played in varied attitude and gesture. Her stalely figure enabled her to dare successfully what in other women would have seemed exaggeration. The attitude which "Meg Merrilles" assumes on her first entrance lives in the memory of thousands as a picture of fearful beauty. It was more than picturesque it was moral, for it told the story of undying love for Harry Bertram. All through her great round of characters are scattered pictures of similar fascination and power. There is "Queen Kathe rine," with extended arms, appeal ing to her royal husband, or with hand and averted head pointing to Wolsey: "Lord Cardinal, to yon I speak," There is Wolsey himself, shuddering at the taunts of his ene mies. There is Borneo stretched upon the ground taking the measure of an unmade grave. No other ac tor could till the stage as she did. She had not only this vast variety of attitude and gesture, but also ra pidity of motion, which was applied occasionally with splendid effect, particularly in the Gyspy Queen. John II. Stockton in Scribner's. Frank Moulton's Afflictions. There is a great deal of sympathy expressed in Brooklyn for Francis D. Moulton, the mutual friends, on account of the peculiar afilictions which have visited him since he be came so conspicuous in connection with the Tilton-Beacher troubles. During the trial, it will be remem bered, his mother died. A widowed sister took her place in the Moulton household, but in a few weeksshealso died.and now his aged father has been lying very ill, and is supposed to have been at the point of death, re quiring Frank's constant care and watchfulness. He is now, however, improving. Mr. Moulton has de termined to remove to New York. In him Brooklyn will lose one of her most energetic and conspicuous citi zens. He used to take an active in terest in all questions of public in terest, and is rapid to assist cheap transportation, railroad terminal fa cilities, and similar questions; was always a foremost participant ou tho popular side. He will shortly re sume his old avocation of merchant, and will doubtless regain all his for mer popularity. Notwithstanding tlio mnvirant l.itfompss created bv j tho Beecher scandal in Brooklyn, i the most friendly personal relations j still subsist between Mr. Moulton's ! family and many of the active ad- herents of Beecher. A Family Journal. In a certain farm-house, twenty years ago, a great blank book was kept, and labeled Home Journal. Every night somebody made an entry in it. Father set down the sale of the calves, or mother the cutting of the baby's eye-tooth; or, perhaps, Jenny wrote a full account of the sleighing party last night; or Bob the proceedings of the Phi Beta Club; or Tom scrawled, "Tried my new gun. Bully. Shot into the fence and Johnson's old cat." On toward the middle of the book there was an entry of Jenny's mar riage, and one of the younger girls had added a description of the bride maid's dress, and long after there was written, "This day father died," in Bob's trembling hand. There was a blank of many months after that. But nothing could have served better to bind that family of head strong boys aud girls together than the keeping of this book. They come back to the old homestead now, men and women with grizzled hair, to see their mother, who i3 still living, and turn over its pages reverently with many a hearty laugh, or the tears coming into their eyes. It is their childhood come back again in visible Shane. There aro many other practical ways in which home ties can be strengthened and made more endur ing for children, and surely this is as necessary and important a matter in the management of a household as the furnishing of the library or chambers in good taste, or the accu mulation of a bric-a-brac. One most direct way is the keeping of anniver taries; not Christmas, Easter, nor the Fourth of July alone, but those which belong to tho homo alone. The children's birthdays, the moth er's wedding day, the day when they all came into the new home. There are a hundred cheerful, happy little events which some cheerful and hap py little ceremony will make a life long pleasure. Germans keep alive their strong domestic attachments by just such means as these. It seems natural and right to their children that all the house should be turned topsy-turvy with joy at Vater or Mutter's Geburtstag; while to the American boy or girl it is a matter of indifference when his father and mother were born. We know a house in which it is the habit to give to each servant a trilling gift on the anniversary of their coming into the family; and, as might be expected, these anniversaries return for many 3'ears. Much of the same softening. humanizing effect may be produced by remembering and humoring the innocent whims and peculiarities of children. Among the hard-working people it is too often the custom to bring up a whole family in platoon and to marshal them through child hood by the same general, indexible rules. They must cat the same dishes, wear the same clothes, work, play, talk, according to the prescribed no tions of father or mother. When right or wrong is concerned, let the rule bo inexorable; but when taste, character and stomach only is en voi ved, humor the boy. Be to Tom's cravat a tittle blind; make Will the pudding he likes, while the others choose pie. TJiev will be surer of your affection than if you sentimen talized about a mother s love for an hour. Furthermore, do not grow old yourself too soon. Buy chess boards, dominoes and bagatelle; learn to play games with the boys and girls; encourage them to ask their friends to dinner and tea, and take care that your dress and the ta ble be pretty and attractive, that the children may he ashamed of neither. "Why should I stay at home in the evening?" said a lad the other day. "Mother sits and darns stock ings or reads Jay's Devotions; father dozes, and Maggy writes to her lover. I'll go where I can have fun." Mean while father and mother were broken hearted because Joo was "going to ruin," which was undoubtedly the fact. Scribner's Monthly. .-o. An Awkward Pause. A 3-oung gentleman undertook to relate a cir cumstance, last Sunday evening, in the presence of some young ladies. He commenced as follows: "A lady friend and myself, last Sunday evening, went to Bed " Then there was a noise ia the room resembling some new born kittens, and the old lady bounced him out of the house. Tho next day the old gentleman met him in the street, and asked for an apology. "I was about to say," commenced the young man, "that a lady friend and myself went to Bed " when a thrust from the old man's cane start ed him back several feet, when ho exclaimed at the top of his voice: "A lady friend and myself went to Bedford Street Church", yon d d old fool." We've had (says "Hohokus") an Irish ball at the hotel, aud the girls and boys were all there. Supper was announced at sharp 12 o'clock. Miss Grady, the bello of the evening (from Paterson), was approached hy one of the beaux with the question: "What'll ycz have for supper? "Sure, it's a quail on toaslit and some fried oysthers 111 have. "No, ye'll not either. Ye'll take bane soup like the resht, or ye'll rise out of that and give your sate to Mary Ann. That's what ye'll do." Miss Susan B. Anthony says man enjoys all the luxury there is in mar riage. There's selfishness. Won't get married because she can't have all tho fun to herself. "There is a philosophy in ladies' hats," says an exchange. Yes; it commences at five dollars and runs up to forty. Beats all how expen sive philosophy is. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, TmTTUTTRTTY m? r.ALTFORNTA. Some Curious Wills. Mr. William Tegg has just pub lished in London an intertaining volume called" Wills of Their Own," in which he presents many reniark- ! able wills of eccentric persons. Among the most curious of these is that of Edward Wortley Montague, son of Mr. Montague. Ambassador to Constantinople in 1716, by Lady Mary Wortiey Montague, his wife, the supposed Sappho of Pope. After some bequests "To my no ble and worthy relation, the Earl of ," the will adds: "I do not give his lordship any further part of my property because tho part of that he has contrived to already. Item, to Sir Francis give oue word of mine, because he never had the good fortune to keep his own. Item, to Lord M 1 give nothing, because I know he'll bestow it on the poor. Item, to , the author, for putting me in his travels, I give five shillings for his wit, undeterred by the charge of ex travagance, since friends who have read his book consider five shillings too much. Item, to Sir Robert W 1 leave my jiolitical opinions, never doubting lie can well turn them into cash, who has always found such an excellent market in which to change his own. Item, my cast-off habit of swearing oaths I give to Sir Leopold D , in con sideratiou that no oaths have ever been able to bind him yet." Perhaps even more eccentric than this is the last will and testament of Mr. Daniel Martinette, of Calcutta. The following clauses are full of grim humor: "The undertaker's fees come to nothing, as I won them from him at a game of billiards in the presence of Mr. Thomas Morrice and William Perkes, at the said William Perkes' house, in February last. I fnther moie request, not only as it is cus tomary, but I sincerely believe the prayers of the good availeth, and are truly consistent with decency, that the Rev, Mr. Butler read the prayers which are custom uy at bur ials, and also preach a funeral ser mon on Sunday next after my de cease, taking his text from Solomon, 'All is vanity.' In consideration of which, over and above his fees. 1 bestow upon him all my hypocrisy, which he wants as a modern good man, but as my finances are low, and cannot conveniently discharge his fees, I hope lie will please accept the will for the deed. As it 1 es not in my power to bequeath anything to my relation at home, I shall say nothing concerning them, as they have not for these six years past con cerning themselves about me; excep ting that I heartily wish them well, and that my brothers and sisters may all make a more prosperous voyage through this life tiiau I have done." The great Lord Chesterfield seems to have had an equal sense of hu mor, for by one of the clauses of his will, proved shortly after his death in 1773, ho provides that "In case my said godson, Philip Stanhope, shall, at any time hereaf ter, keep, or be concerned in keeping of, any race horses, or pack of hounds, or reside one night at New market, the infamous seminary of in iquity and ill-manners, during course of rases there; or shall resort to the said races, or shall lose, in any one day, at any game or bet whatsoever, the sum of 5000; then, in any of the cases aforesaid, it is my express will that he, my said god son, shall forfeit from the sum of my estate the sum of 5,000 for the use of the Dean and Chapter of Westminister." Similarly, Mr, Davis, of Clap ham, left "The sum of 5s. to Mary Davis, daughter of Peter Delaport; which is sufficient to enable her to get drunk for the last time at my ex pense." And a London bookseller, Mr. Parker, "Left in 1875, a legacy of 50 to Elizabeth, whom, through my foolish fondness I made my wife, without regard to family, fame or fortune; and who, in return has agreed, most unjustly, to accuse me of every crime regarding human na ture save highway robbery." To these instances may perhaps be added the testament of Mr. James Robbies, who, in 18C9, "Set his faoe and his will in favor at his widow wearing widow's weeds. He ordered, 'In the event of my dear wife not complying with my request to wear a widow's cap after my decease, and in the event of her marrying again, then, in both such cases the annuity which shall be fiayahle to put her out of my es tate shall be 20 perannum, and not 30." RiDicuiiOrs Patents. Among the ridiculous patents that have been granted at Washington are a trap for catohing tape-worms, a combin ed plow and cannon, a patent brick to be tied to a cow's tail to keep her from switching her natural appen dage, a house on rollers that deaden tho shock of an earthquake, and a combined trunk and house. The person afflicted with tape-worm starves himself until the worm, at tracted by the delicious bait in the trap, is readily caught. The com bined plow and cannon is for frontier farmers, and is intended for mowing down the savages. Tho combined trunk and house is adapted to per sons of small means, and can be ex tended or contracted, as they may have occasion to use a house or a trunk. An exchange says: "New York ladies wear nothing but the g'psy hats." And unless the brim of the hat is at least four feet deep, and turns down all around, we should think a modest man would want to leave that city. Norristovcn Herald. best take 1 Why Seeds Fail. In the first place, however, wo will examine the cause of failure. If small seeds are planted too deep, they either rot in the damp, cold for the want of the warmth neces sary to their germination, or, after germination perish before the shoots can reach the sun and air; so that which was designed for their sup port and nourishment proves their grave. If the soil is a stiff clay, it is often too cold at the time the seeds are planted to effect their germina tion; for it must be understood that warmth and moisture are necessary to the germination of seeds. Neither of these will do aloue. Seeds may be keit in a warm, dry room, in dry sand or earth, and they will not grow. They may be placed in damp earth, and kept in a low temperature, and they will most likely rot, though some seeds will remain dormant a long time nnderthese circumstances. But place them in moist earth, in a warm room, and they will commence growth at once. Another difficulty with heavy soil is that it becomes hard on the surface, and this pre vents the young plants from "com ing up;" or if, during showery weather, they happen to get above the surface, they become locked in and make but little advancement, unless the cultivator is careful to keep the crust well broken; and in doing this the young plants are of ten destroyed. If stiff, the so;l where small seeds are sown should be made mellow, particularly on the surface, lry the addition of sand and light mold. If seeds are sown in rough, lumpy ground, a portion will never grow; and many that start, not finding a fit soil for tueir roots, will perish. A few may escape these difficulties, and flourish. Ilorey's Catalogue. Concerning Investments. Great fortunes are not made by hard labor. Labor, of course, is one of the essential elements in the build ing up of a large fortune, but it is the judicious investment which util izes and gleans from the labors of others that is depended upon to se cure theindependenceof competency. The most skillful artisan cannot, by his labor alone, retire in his old age upon more than a moderate fortune, and even this accumulation is, to a certain extent, secured to him by a certain degree of financiering ability. Any of us can call to mind many en ergetic, hard-working men who have labored all their lives and remained poor because the necessary tact of judicious expenditure was lacking. They have sowed and tilled, but others have garnered the harvest. A farmer may plow in the right sea son, sow his grain aud give it his careful and undivided attention, and a rich harvest may reward his labors; but unless he has the proper barns in which to store away his hay and grain, and the business qualifications necessary to turn his crops into mon ey at good advantage, the fruits of his labor will be as much lost to him ;is if they had been destroyed by drouth or flood. To properly care for that of which we have secured the ownership is the whole art of money-making. A good investment is one which will in time reproduce its principal. A poor investment is one which produces nothing and is obliged to feed upon itself. A dis astrous investment is one which net only consumes the capital invested, but requires even more to satisfy its demands. Such maelstroms of capi tal are to be carefully avoided, and require close vigilance to escape from when too closely approached. To engage in business is to embark upon a perilous voyage. The bark of cap ital may be staunch and sound, but it requires the constant care of a skillful pilot to secure a successful termination to the vopage. Hence the necessity of a careful preparation as early as possible for the practical affairs of life. The Okefexokee Swamp The surveying party sent out to survey the Okefenokee swamp report that it measures 112 miles in circumfer ence, and, with the si.iuosities, ISO miles around. This vast formation, thirty miles long and seventeen miles wide, is tho largest swamp in the United States. It lies in the southeastern part of Georgia, but partly in north Florida. Here is the Swanee River, made famous by the negro melodv of the "Old Folks at Home." It traverses a large sec tion of Upper Florida, is bordered with valuable cypress and other tim ber, and empties into the gulf at a point eighteen miles above Cedar K3's. Okefenokee swamp was for generations a refuge for runaway slaves. Indians have lived there until recently, cultivating gardens; and in the depths of the jungles and forests are thousands of bears, and a great many Florida "tigers" the cougar, or American panther. One curious experience of the surveying party was to find themselves at "one time, while in the midst of of a great swamp, suffering for water. The discovery of a lot of mounds, "prob ably built by a race of men existing before the Indians," is also reported. Several skeletons were taken out of them, but crumbled as soon a3 ex posed to the air. Tho whirligig of fashion may bring round the most sudden and dazzling changes, and the duties of the toilet may multiply like leaves in Valam brosa, but there is nothing that will niake a woman stand before her looking-glass so long as a sunburnt nose. Death is as near to the young as the old; "here is all the difference: Death stands behind tho young man's back, befoie the old "man's face. Imagination and JDiseasc There is much more in this than many people suppose; at least, tha unob9erving and unreflecting do not understand how much influence and effect the will, the imagination, haa over the health and vigor of body and mind. A man of strong resoln tion can bring on or resist disease or unhappy feelings by the very power of his will and mental actions. The following is to the point: don't worbt about toueself. The Journal of Health says: To regain or recover health, person should be relieved from all anxiety concerning diseases. 3.'he mind has power over the body. For a person to think he has a disease will often produce that disease. This we see effected when the mind is intensely concentrated upon the disease of an other. It is found in the hospitals that physicians and snrgeous who make a specialty of a certain disease are liable to die of it themselves; ami the mental power is so great that sometimes people die of dispose which they only have in imagination. We have seen a person sea-sick, in anticipation of a voyago, before, reaching tho vessel. We have known a person to die of cancer in the stomach when he had no cancer or any other mortal disease. A man, blindfolded and slightly pricked 'in the tiini, has fainted und died from believing that he was bleeding to death. Therefore, persons in health,, and desiring to continue so. should at nil times be cheerful and happy, and those who are sick should have their attention drawn as much as possible from themselves. It is by their faith men are saved, and also by their faith that they die. If a man wills not to die, he can live in spite of disease; and if he has little or no attachment to life, he will slip away iis easily as a child falls asleep. Men live by their sonls and not by their bodies. Their bodies have no life of themselves; they are only re sources of life tenements of their sonls. The will has much to do in continuing the physical occupancy or giving it up. The Two "Duckeys. A Clevelard drummer (says the Leader) was in Elyria a few Sundays ago, and while sitting in his room heard, from the next room, the mys terious question and answer: "Whose dnckey are you?" "I'se your duckey!" A few moments passed, during which the drummer sat in open mouthed wonder, and the silence was again broken: " " lI7o.e duckey are you?" "I'se your duckey!" Unable to stand it much longer alone the Clevelander hurried down to the office, learned that a newly married couple were in the house, invited three other drummers tD here the fun, and tiptoed back to his room. The wicker, quartet crammed their handkerchiefs in their months, and during the next quarter of an hour heard that fond connndrnm put an answered no less than four times by the unconscious rustic and his blushing bride. - At dmner, as luck would have it, the bride and groom were seated be tween two of the drummers, while the original discoverer of the bonan za sat opposite. The table had been cleared of the substantial and orders for dessert had been given. At that moment a-spirit of mischief took en tire possession of the Clevelituder, Leaning across the table, he look ed archly at his nearest friend, and in dulcet tones propounded tho con undrum: "Whose duckey are you?" The other chap was equal to the emergency, and in tones of affected sweetness got in his answer: "I'se your dnckey 1' Two scarlet rustic faces, the flutter of a white dress through the door way, two vacant seats at the table, and four crazy drummers laughing till the tears ran. Hashed across the vision of the spectators as tho cur tain fell. From a private letter from Dr. Bunnell, foreman of the Esther mine, the Plaiadcaler learns that the mill is doing excellent work. He thinks there is already at least twelve hundred dollars in the "pa-is" and thinks it wiil be more than doubled in the next twelve days. All parties connected with the toine are sanguine of its paying qualities, and extent of the ledge. Another Empress. Some delver in forgotten lore has discovered that Victoria I., as she sic ns herself is the second Empress England ha had, and that the first one, oddly enough, bore the same name as her present Majesty, while no interven ing sovereign was imperial in title.or bore the name. "Empress Victoria" flourished 1,000. . m .- Mrs. Bristow, according to a Washington correspondent, holds up her head proudly when she says, "The record of my husband is open, and no one can find a single stain; they must manufacture any evil stories which they tell of him." Osgood and Drew, a speaker and a singer, have formed a copartner ship for temperanoe revivalism on the Moody and Sankey plan. They have started out successfully in Mas sachusetts. Tf incf. nnenrs trt lis that the old laly who stumble and sustained a "frontal contusion" on the Centen : nial gronnds, the other day, must i have been a knock-tee-genariaa. G O o o o o .0 o o o o o o o O - G