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DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON.
VOL. 10,
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1876.
NO. 35.
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A LOCAL NEWSPAPER
P O U THE
Farmer, Business Man, & Family Circle.
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY.
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OFFICE In Enterprise Building, one
ooriouth of Masonic Building, Main St.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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