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SOCIETY NOTICES.
OKEGOX LODGE, No. 3, I. I.
O. Ft meets every Thursday eve
injf, at 1i o'clock, in the Odd Ft'l-rt
lows' Hall, Main street. Members
of the Order are invited to attend.
By order of N. G.
lfiEKECCA IEGlti:E LODGE,
X' . .1 T f f 1? mnnla . .
Second and Fourth Tuesday f,,-fj
evenings of each month, at 7Mnir"?r
o'clock, in the Odd Fellows' Hall.'11-'"
Members of the Degree are invited to attend
3IUL.TN03IAII LODGE, 2s o. 1,
A. F. & A. M., holds its regular com
munications on the First and Third.
Saturdays in each month, at 7 o'clock
from the 20th of September to the
20th of March; and 714 o'clock from
the 20th of March to the 20th of September.
Brethren in good standing are invited to at
tend. By order of W. M.
FALLS EXCA3IP3IENT, No. 4,
I. O. O. F., meets at Odd Fellows' Hall
on the First and Third Tuesday of
each month. Patriarchs in good stand
ing are invited to attend.
BUSINESS CARDS.
J. W. N0RR1S
l'kygician and Snrgoon.
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE :
On Fourth Street, at foot of Cliff Stairway.
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CHAS. KNIGHT,
CASBY, ... OREGON,
Physician and Druggist.
J5F"Prescriptiona carefully filled at short
notice. ja7-tf
PAUL BOYCE, M.D.,
Physician and Snrgeon,
Oregon Citt, Oregon.
Chronic Diseases and Diseases of Women
and Children a specialty.
Office hours day and night; alwavs ready
when duty calls. Aug.25,'70-tf
DR. JOHN WELCH,
DENTIST.
OFFICE IN
OREGOX CITY, OKEC.OJI.
Highest cash price paid for County orders.
JOHNSON & McGOWN,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
OKKGOX CITY, OltECSOJi.
Will practice in all the Courts of the State
Special attention given to cases in the U. S
Land Office at Oregon City. 5aprl872-tf
L. T. BARIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ORKU02V CITY, OHF.OOX.
Will
State.
practice
in all
the Courts of the
Nov. 1, lS75-tf
W. H. HIGHFIELD,
ZEZsta.'toia.sls.ea. sim.ee
One door North of Pope's Hall,
HAIX MT OHKOX, CITY OKECOS.
i?3? An assortment of watches. Jewelry,
and Seth Thomas' Weight
Clocks, all
(of which are warranted to be as repre
sented. IrRepairing done on short notice;
and thankful for past patronage.
. On-li p.l for Comiry Orrterw.
JOHN M. BACON
DEALER IN
Books, Stationery,
riCTUKE FRAMES, MOULDINGS
AND MISCELLANEOUS GOODS.
Oregon City, Oregon.
STAtthe Post Office, Main Street, east
side. novl-'5-tf
IMPERIAL MILLS.
Lallocque, Savier & Co.,
OREGON CITY.
Keep constantly on hand for sale Flour,
Middlings, Bran and Chicken Feed. Parties
purchasing feed must furnish the sack.
J. H. SHEPARD,
Boot and Shoe Store,
One door north of Ackerman Bros.
EefBoots and Shoes made and repaired as
cheap as the cheapest.
Nov. 1, lS75-tf
MILLER, CHURCH & CO.
PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR
At all times, at the
And have on hand FEED and FLOUR to
sell, at market rates. Parties desiring Feed
must furnish sacks.
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TO FRUIT-GROWERS.
rpiIE ALDEN FRUIT PRESERVING
-L Company of Oregon City will pay the
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
For PLUMS, PEARS and APPLES.
Mr. Thos. Charman Is authorized to pur
chase for the Company.
L. D C. LATOURETTE, Pres't.
THOS. CHARMAN, Sec'y.
Qegon City, July 28, 1875-tf
OREGON CITY BREWERY.
HENRY HUMBEL,
1. 1 A LNO purchased the abovel
---. iJreWtTV. wislip tr inform t lii!s
Public that'he is now prepared to manufac
ture a No 1 quality of
As good as can be obtained anywhere in the
owe. Orders solicited and promptly filled.
II ip of II viriri:?
I have an aunt, a genial dame,
Three-score jears old;
Erect and stately is her frame,
Of portly mold.
Her life is flawless, all agree,
In thought and act;
But she is very deaf, and she
Denies the fact.
From her town-mansion I can ill
Myself absent,
Since I am mentioned in her will
To some extent.
And oh! the torments I go through,
Whene'er I call!
I wonder how I manage to
Endure them all!
I tell her it's a pleasant day.
With tones of joy
. She murmurs in the blandest way:
"You funny boy!"
I ask about her coujh, and sigh.
Through all my soul
When laughingly informed that I
Am very droll!
I say "Dear aunt, I'm glad your eyes
Pain you no more."
She answers, "Yes, but exercise
Is such a bore!"
"What novels, auntie, have you read
And liked, of later
"Upon religious matters, Fred,
I can't debate."
"You ought to see the nice new play
At Booth's, j-ou know."
"I seldom go to funerals; they
Depress me so."
"Dear aunt, I'm real hard up again,
And felt that you "
"A cup of tea? Just ring for Jane,
I'd like one, too."
And thus the smooth, colloquial stream
Flows swiftly by;
And if I venture one good scream,
My aunt will cry:
"Speak lower, Fred, I must exhort!
It sounds so queer
To have you talk as though you thought
I couldn't hear."
Edgar Faiocett.
How His Ship Came In.
I ran across what first struck me as a
very singular genius cn my road from
Springfield to Boston. This was a stout,
black-whiskered man, who sat immediate
ly in front of me, and who indulged,
from time to time, in the most . strange
and unaccountable mauoeuvers. Every
now and then he would get up and hurry
away to the narrow passage which leads
to the door in these drawing-room cars,
and when he thought himself secure from
observation, would fall to laughing to
himself in the most violent manner, and
continue the healthful exercise until he
was as red in the face as a lobster. As
we neared isoston tnese aemonstrations
increased in violence, save that the stran
ger no longer ran away to laugh, but kept
his seat and chuckled to mmselr, with
his chin deep down in his shirt-collar.
But the changes that those portmanteaus
underwent I He moved them here, there,
everywhere: he put them behind him, in
front of him, on each side of him. lie
was evidently getting ready to leave, but,
as we were yet twenty-five miles from
Boston, the idea of such preparations was
ridiculous. If we had entered the city
then, the mystery would have remained
unsolved, but the stranger at last became
so excited that he could keep his seat no
longer. Some one must help him, and as
I was the nearest to him he selected me
Suddenly turning, as if I had asked him
a question, he said, rocking himself to
and fro in his chair the meantime, and
slapping his legs and breathing hard
"Been gone three years
!"
"Ah 1"
"Yes, been in Europe.
Folks don't ex-
pect me, but I got through and started.
I telegraphed them at the last station,
they've got it by this tune."
As he sua this he rubbed his hands and
i changed the portmanteau on his left to
his right, and the one on the right to the
left again.
"Got a wife?" said I.
"Yes, and three children," he observed,
and he got up and folded his overcoat
anew, and hung it over the back of the
seat.
"You are pretty nervous over the mat
ter, are you not?" I said, watching his
fidgety movements.
"Well, I should think so," he replied;
"I haven't slept soundly for a week. And
do you know," he went on, glancing
around at the passengers and speaking in
a low tone, "I am almost certain that this
train will run off the track and break my
neck before we get to Boston. ell, the
fact is, I have had too much good luck
for one man, lately, lhe thing cant
last; it isn't natural that it should, you
know. I've watched it. t irst it rains,
then it shines, then it rains again. It
rains so hard you think it's never going
to stop, then it shines so bright you think
it's alwavs o-oin"1 to shine; and just as
you are settled in either belief you are
knocked over Dy a change, to suow mat
you know nothing about it."
"Well, according to that philosophy,
said I, "you will continue tohave sunshine
because vou are expecting a storm.
"It is curious." he returned, "but the
only think which makes me think I will
rret through safe is because I think I
et
i won't."
"Well, that is curious," said I.
"Yes." he replied. "I'm a machinist
mndrt a disoovprv nobodv believed in it
O ULUt LL1 1 1 . T Uiv " Vrf J T " - -" -., -
out mortf'a"-ed my home an went,
Tvprnhndr laucrl.P.l at me ever vbodv
but my wife fine little woman said she
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ivould work her lingers on betore l suouui
rrivf? it un. Went to Ensland no better
0 ...
thorp: came within an ace ot lumping on
London Bridge. Weat into a shop to
psirn monev to come home with: then
met the man I wanted. To make a long
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story short, I've brought 30,000 home
with me, and here I am."
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"Good for you I I exclaimed.
"Yes," said he, "$30,000; and the best
of it is she don't know anything about it.
I've fooled her so often, and disappointed
her so often that I just concluded I would
say nothing about this. "When I got my
money, though, you better believe I
struck a bee-line for home."
'And now you will make her hannv ."
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"Happy!" he replied, "why you don't
know anything about it. She's worked
like a dog while I have been erone, trying
to support herself and her children de
cently. They paid her thirteen cents a
piece for making coarse shirts; and that's
the way she'd live half the time. She'll
come down there to the depot to meet me
in a gingham dress, and a shawl a hun
dred years old, and she'll think she's
dressed up. Oh, she won't have nice
clothes after this oh, no, I guess not!"
And with these words, which implied
that his wife's wardrobe would soon rival
Queen Victoria's, the stranger tore down
the passage-way again, and getting in his
old corner, where he thought himself out
of sight, weut through the strangest pan
tonine, laughing, putting his mouth into
the drollest shapes, and then swinging
himself back and forth in the limited
epace, as if he was "walking down
Broadway, a full-rigged metropolitan
belle. And so till he rolled into the de
pot, and I placed myself on the other car
opposite the stranger, who, with a port
manteau in eachhaud, had descended and
was standing on the lower step ready to
jump on the platlorm. 1 looked irom
his face to the faces of the people before
us, but saw no siirns of recognition.
Suddenly he cried: "There they are!"
and laughed outright, but in a hysterical
sort of way, as he looked over the crowd.
I followed his eyes and saw at some dis
tance, standing back as if crowded out
and shouldered away by the well-dressed
and elbowing throng, a little woman in a
faded dress and well-worn hat, with a
face almost painful in its intense but
hopeful expression, glancing from win
dow to window as the coaches glided in.
She had not yet seen the stranger, but a
moment alter she caught his eye, and in
another instant he had jumped the plat
form with his two portmanteaus, and
making a hole in the crowd, pushing one
here and there, and running one of his
bundles plump into the well-developed
stomach of a venerable old gentleman in
spectacles, he rushed towards where she
was standing.
1 think l never saw a tace assume so
many different expressions in a short time
as did that ot the little woman while her
husband was on his way to her. She
didn't look pretty. On the contrary, she
looked very plain, but somehow 1 lelt a
big lump rise in my throat as I watched
her. She was trying to laugh; but, God
bless her, how completely she failed in
the attempt! Her mouth got into the
position, but it never moved alter that,
save to draw down the corners and quiver,
while she blinked her eyes so fast that I
suspect she only caught occasional
glimpses ot the broad-shouldered lellow
who elbowed his way so rapidly toward
her. And then as he drew close and
dropped those everlasting portmanteaus,
she just turned completely round, with
ler back toward him, and covered her
tace with her hands. And tnus sue was
when the strong man gathered her up in
his arms as if she had been a baby, and
held her sobbing to his breast.
There were enough gaping at them,
heaven knows, and l turned my eyes
away a moment, and then I saw two boys
in threadbare roundabouts, standing near,
wiping their eyes and noses on their little
coat-sleeves, and bursting out anew at
every fresh demonstration on the part of
their mother. When 1 looked at the
stranger again he had his hat drawn down
over his eyes; but his wife was looking
up at mm, and it seemed as if the pent
up tears of those weary mouths of wait
ing were streaming through her eyelids.
Springfield liepublican
A Bird and Doo Stoky. The follow
lug incident is so improbable and yet so
interestingly truthtut that we preier to
verity it sulhciently to remove all cavil.
Dr. Hunt, at Irvington, has an English
pointer dog, who is the admiration of the
neighborhood and the terror of tramps.
Jfadame has canary birds. One of them
escaped and the usual stern chase suc
ceeded. The bird made a long detour.
closely followed to her occasional resting
places, until nearly an hour had been
wasted, while the pursuers had grown to
six in number, we might say seven, for
old "Dash" had been "at heel" and was
interested in the result. Suddenlv the
bird flushed, sailed swiftly across the
street, with Dash hard after her. The
bird was flying low, all the pursuers try
ing to call oil jJash. but he kent on.
made a sudden leap in the air, caught the
bird in his mouth, as an Irviusrton bov
would a ball on the fly and then dropped
to cnarge. '
Ot course the bird was eaten up and
swallowed ut course not. Mr. C. W
Harrison ran up, and there was the bird
tenderly imprisoned within the capacious
jaws in iaau, ana tne oia ieuow promptly
I surrendered Dickey to Mr. Harrison's
nanus, witn iiaruiy more than a rullled
ieatner. me auair vas wonueriul in two
things, the accuracy ot the catch, and the
i & lug-
tive in the only spare room he has his
capacious mouth. Newark Daily.
Birds and Lightuouses. The bright-!
ness of the lamps in the light-houses of
our coast frequently produce great de-
struction among the birds. As they fly
along the beach in the gloom of evening, '
or seek the shelter of the land when the
ocean breezes blow too strong for their
comfort or pleasure, they are dazzled bv
it th briliancv ot the lishts in the towers
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and irequeuwy uy ummiy Mgninst tne
building, crushing and breaking their
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bones, and oiten Kiinug mem instantly.
un eunesuay eveuiutj; vusl uuuiuei s new
against the tower at Mary port and were
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killed, or so uuuiv uimseu mat mey
crawled away to die. It is said one of
1 the light-keepers swept on in tne morn-
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ing six nunareu ueau unus iroui me iop
of the tower, and that many others were
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scattered on me gruuuu at n icci.
Jacksonville Union.
Haying spent all their spare change at
the Big Show, people will now begin to
economize.
1 COURTESY
Shoeing Horses.
Half of the lameness among horses is
caused by bad shoeing. There must be a
level bearing ot the hoof for the shoe, so
that tlle "se's hoof can stand upon the
will be in pain, and something,somewhere
in the foot or leg, will finally give way,
and the horse become permanently lamed.
If the heels are cut down too much, as is
frequently the case, the joints of the hoof
are on a constant strain, and some of them
will sutler and succumb sooner or later.
If the heels are left too high, and the toe
is cut down too much, the strain will come
in a different way, and will be injurious.
If one side of the hoof is lower than the
other, the foot must suffer. The constant
study of the shoer should be to get a nat
ural bearing. He must have an eye and
a taste for the business. The horse can
not talk or complain even; and he must
study the horse's foot, read authors in re
gard to it, understand its anatomy, and
notice how horses stand without shoes.
All that is wasted of the shoe is, to pro
tect the hoof from the ground. It don t
want to be cut and burnt, and opened and
slashed away at as though it was a piece
of wood. It is most delicately organized,
and it requires a delicate hand to adjust
the shoe so that the horse shall stand easi
ly and naturally upon it.
Not one blacksmith in twenty is fit to
shoe a horse. He is rough, unlearned,
has never studied the anatomy of the
horse's hoof, with its complex joints ; cuts
away the frog, slashes out the bars, puts
a red-hot shoe on the foot, and seems not
to care whether it will give the horse ease
or pain, so he nails on the shoe ana gets
rid of the job.
Any farmer, with a little observation,
could put a shoe on his horse much better.
He could have a portable iorge, and do
his own shoeing in rainv weather. There
is no mvsterv about the iob. Has he not
as much brains as the smith? Has he
not seen shoeing done all his life? What
has he eye3 for but to see how that and
everything else is done? It is strange,
however, how some people pass through
life. Having eyes they see not. Farmers
must use their eyes, and be more self-reliant
and self-sustaining. With a portable
forge, enough could be saved in a year to
pay for it; and the boys and hired men
could learn to repair scores of jobs that
have to be sent off miles, perhaps, to be
repaired. If anything is too complicated,
take it off and see how it is repaired, and
then you can attend to it next time. See
how horses are shod, and you can shoe
them as well as anybody. Rural World.
Been to the Centennial.
A bashful appearing man stepped into
the Enquirer editorial room the other
evening, and edging up to tne table oi
the managing editor, hat in hand, said, in
a hesitating way :
"You like little items for your paper, I
suppose?"
"Certainly," replied Mr. Cockenll; "a
newspaper, like lite, is made up oi little
items. What have vou to offer?"
"Well," said the bashful man, playing
with his hat-baud, "my name is Smith,
John Smith, and I've just got home."
"Glad to see you back again, Mr.
Smith," Baid Cockerill;"been gone long?"
'I have been," said Mr. Smith, with a
tremor of pride in his voice, "to the Cen
tennial, and if you want to make a little
notice "
"What!" cried CockeriU, springing to
his feet, "you've been to the Centennial?
And you've got back? Give us your
hand, I'm delighted to see you. Spear,
let me introduce you to John Smith.
John has been to the Centennial !"
Spear shook hands very warmly with
Mr. Smith, and then ran to the aperture
communicating with the reporter's room
and shouted, "Oh Sliauunessey, come in
here, quick here's a man that been to the
Centennial !"'
Then O'Shaunnessey bounced in, fol
lowed by his assistants, all of whom em
braced the bewildered Smith warmly, and
expressed the gratification it afforded
them to meet a man who had been to the
great National Exhibition. Word got
down stairs, somehow, and Joe McDowell,
Bill Small and Uncle Joe Shadenger came
up stairs at a tearing rate, to gaze upon
the individual who had been to the Expo
sition. It was too much for the modest
man to bear, and murmuring something
about making an item on his return if
they wanted to, he hurried out just in
time to meet on the stairs the foreman and
thirty-two compositors, all eager to get a
glimpse of the man who had "been to
the Centennial. Cincinnati Saturday
Niglit.
Money-Making Pkinces. A letter
from Perugia, Italy, says: "There is a
Count of Perugia, married to a Bonaparte
Princess, who is a type of the rich and un-
popular aristocracv. He sows and reaps
and sells his grain ; works his land to the
I best advantage; is a bourgeois in money-
making, but not a bourgeois in liberality
lie never builds, never gives to the poor.
never contributes to public improvements;
so wnen ms carriage unves uy tue laoor
ers look sullen, llis brother, who led
the same self-interested life,was murdered
on the highway a vear or so ago, as he
urning from some market town,
where he had been making advantageous
business sales for this class of people do
not scorn trade when it brings money, al-
tnougn tney are high nobility. 1 he l'rince
del Drago, of Ii me, whose wife is aunt
to the iing ot bpain, sells his oil and
wlue as any other trader, not with his
own bands, to be sure, but he nas nis
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""i m auu ma uuy-vi;cjjci3,
rents apartments also, and is quite
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iY -. , , milu veiJr uu PttI
1 T nnw rtAA 1 -kj-v.- 11 1
unnvbts n.uuu ana zu,uuu alligator
skins are tanned yearly, which are con
sumea Dy Doot ana stioe manutacturers
. j.1 il . it . i . . . .
m every pornou oi uie united Dtates, as
well as exported to London and Hamburg
The alligators formerly came almost en
tirely from Louisiana, and New Orleans
was the great center of business. The
Florida swamps and morasses are now
the harvest fields, and Jacksonville, in
that State, the great depot.
OF BANCROFr LIBRARY,
Close Shave.
On Saturday last, says the Welland
Telegraph of Nov. 13, four men, whose
names it is not necessary for us to give,
were coming from Hog Island, a little out
of the Chippewa river, in the mighty Ni
agara, but a very short distance above the
rapids, when owing, report has it, to hav
ing on board too much of Gilchrist's Cal
ifornia bug juice, they capsized their lit
tle bark, and were at once hurried on by
the rushing tide to the verge of that far
famed cataract. Three of the men suc
ceeded in grasping with a dead-like grip
the hull of the boat, seizing the fourth
man and vainly endeavoring to get him
to hold on to some of the ropes attached
to the sails, but he was too heavy by too
potent doses of the California nicotine,
and failed to comprehend his danger.
His companions, every time he broke
loose from their grasp, managed to get a
fresh hold. Time was getting very short,
and the mad waters running at perhaps
twelve miles an hour, waited not for their
prey, but rather seemed anxious to get
them into the fatal rapids, which they
were fast approaching. At this critical
moment one of the steam tugs employed
in towing mud scows in the Chippewa
river, was headed by its captain, who had
just observed the position of affairs, to
wards the drowning men, with all the
head of steam on it could carry. Head
ing off the wreck the tug hove to in the
hope of catching them in their mad
flight, and ropes, buoys, etc., were hastily
got hold of to throw to the poor fellows.
Here comes the most wonderful part of it.
Just as the yawl struck the tug and was
secured, the four men vigorously struck
out for the shore, swimming in good style
for dear life, their cold bath evidently
just commencing to awaken them to a
sense of their peril. The one of the four
who had been the most troublesome
reached land first, and straightway re
paired to the nearest hotel to complete
the ducking inside that he had got out
side. In this he was quickly followed by
his chums and when safely ensconced by
the cheerful stove, jokes passed freelv
round on their narrow escape. The cap
tain of the tug succeeded in saving the
boat, sails, etc., from certain destruction,
and he deserves great credit for his prompt
action on the scene of such apparent
peril.
Pompeii.
The annals of the world supply, in the
wav of antiquarian research, nothing
more wonderful and strikingly affecting
than the discovery of this long-buried
city, above which, year by year and cen
tury after century, the yellow corn has
waved in the soft southern winds, and the
vine put forth the purple grape. And in
speaking of Pompeii the neighboring
cities of Herculaneum and Stabas must
not be forgotten, though originally places
of far less importance, and, from the dis
coveries which have been made, present-
ng few features of interest compared
with the first mentioned. Older places
than either of these have been traced out
and made tolerably familiar to us bv
the traveler and artist, but very partially
and chiefly by their architectural remains
only; when, however, the superincum
bent weight which had so long pressed
down the cities of the Italian plain was
by slow degrees lifted, there was revealed
to the living the life of a world which
lad existed nearly 1,700 years earlier,
n its public and domestic aspects re
vealed, too, with a vividness sometimes
as appalling in its reality as it was inter
esting for its historic value. A marvelous
chapter, in the annals of Roman life in
the hrst century ot the Christian era, is
that we read in the story of the exhuma
tion of Pompeii, and of which - so much
to be seen in the museum ol JNaples.
The subject has filled a conspicuous place
n the literature of Europe during the
century or longer, as tresli discoveries
have been made iroui time to time.
The Dome op tiie United States
Capitol. A curious fact concerning the
dome of the Capitol building, Washing
ton, is rarely reterred to. It is in rela
tion to the expansion and contraction of
the iron produced by the heat ol the sun.
This causes the colossal sphere to swerve
from its perpendicular and to bend to the
influence of the day-god as faithfully as
the lovely Clytie turned her sweet face
toward Apollo; so that in the morning
the inclination, although so trilling as to
be imperceptible, is westward ly, and in
the evening in an easterly direction. 1 he
altitude of the dome of the Capitol makes
that buildiug the highest in America, it
being 2875-2 feet from the floor of the
basement story to the crest of the statue.
There are only tour edihees in the world
which tower higher toward the clouds:
St. Peter's, at Itoine, is 45S feet from the
pavement to the top'of the cross outside;
St. Paul s, at Lionuon, 4U4 ieet; tne Ca
thedral of St. Isaac, at St. Petersburg, 3G0
feet; the Hotel des Invalides, at Paris, in
which is the tomb ot the great Napoleon,
is 322 feet high. In the United States
the steeple of Trinity church in New York
is next in height to the Capitol, Hunker
Hill Monument second, Washington
Monument, in Baltimore, third.
Fishing for Rats. Recently severa'
lads were seen to enter the main sewer on
the left bank of the Seine at Paris, by one
of the barred outlets to the river. A po
liceman, curious to know what they were
about to do, followed them, and fouu
them seated by the edge of the turbi
current fishing for rats with a strong line
and hook, the latter baited with a morse
of bacon partially fried. When taken to
the Commissary of the Police they ex
plained that they sold the skins of the
water rats at Irom twenty to thirty cents
each, according to size,for manufacturing
into "kid" gloves for ladies. One of
them who was not fishing, when ques
tioned as to his means of earning a live
lihood, stated that he was "un flot" (a
wave) that is to say, in the evening atone
of the theatres, he passed back and for
ward beneath canvas painted in shades of
blue to imitate the motion of waves at
sea; but the official detained him for vag
aboudan-e. considering the calling in
question too vague to give a living.
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The Horrors of Modern Warfare.
A correspondent of the London Tele
graph writes: "Thus they came on, and
presently opened so fearful a rifle fire
that the bullets fell around us all like
hail. As yet our infantry were quiet;
not a rifle wis heard, and the foe was
coming nearer to the semi-circular
trenches of which I have before spoken,
s.uddenly there is a movement in the
bushes, a shoit note from the bugle, a
rattle of bayonets and steel barrels,
and then a little cheer. Our men are
moving, the supports aie taking the emp
ty trenches, and the rest of eacli battal
ion is m the reserve lines. All at once
such a fire pours forth as envelops you in
smoke, and makes that still advancing
column stagger. Yet only for a minute;
there is a counter-cheer and a rapid rush.
Whirr! how the bullets fly past them;
with what shrieks do the shells bound in !
See, the Servians are standing still for a
moment, fireing yet, but coming no nearer
to the mountain. Their line is gradually-
being fed, too, and they are extending
every moment. It is only the fear of the
shells and bullets which make them hesi
tate. Perhaps not only the fear, but
rather the effect, for now they are falling
fast; without the aid even of a glass we
can see that they are strewing the ground
by hundreds or staggering away to die.
Harder than ever is our fire, as theirs
weakens, and the more determined, too,
are our men, for they now quit the outpost
trenches and are advancing upon the
bewildered enemy. Volley after volley
from the foe fails to stop them; they
leave many a comrade on the ground,
but on they go, till at length the Ser
vians, seeing their red fezes coming
nearer and nearer, turn and fly, deserting
three thousand of their number, whd will
never see home in Russia or on the banks
ot the Danube any more. , Not
one was there but might have been the
hardy father of a numerous family. I
did not see a boy among them. One I
noticed in particular and lie was but a
type of the rest a tall, well-niide, broad-
shouldered warrior, who, having fought
to his uttermost and received a wound in
the stomach, had lain down upon the road
to Derbent in hope of succor. Unhap
pily lor him, ineuds were tar away, and
his comrades had hung in fantastic lash
ion, on a tree hard by, a Circassian who,
having fallen into their hands, had been
first tortured and put to death. I was
looking at him as I rode by", wondering
if he were yet alive, when, horrible to re
late, there came upon the sceue four
Chirkessoes. They, too, had seen their
dangling comrade, and they thirsted for
blood. At this moment the wounded
Serb raised his head and rolled his glassy
eyes around m hope of descrying help,
down sprang a Circassian, andwiiha lit
tie dagger pierced the dying man through
and through, cut off his right hand and
ipped him up as he . lay upon the
ground. Fortunately, his end was neur
and he expired; but even in death he was
a handsome giant, this victim to the bar
barous war which Russia has caused and
waged."
A Manufacturers' "Ring" in Gernianj.
The establishment of "rings" for the
purpose of dictating prices in the market,
which commenced in the United States,
is now becoming universal, and a re
markable attempt in this direction has,
according to the Neue Freie Presse, been
ately made in Austria by a select circle
i Bessemer bteel manutacturers. oSine
of the most important producers of rail
way metals have entered into a compact
to distribute among each other a given
percentage of all the contracts for rail
way metals which may be giveu out in
Austria between the present time and the
year 1878. The plan of operation is to
beastollows: I he subscribing farms are
to arrange among themselves which ot
them are to tender for contracts offered
either by the Austrian Riilroad Com
panies or by the Government. The price
is to be fixed according to close calcula
tion (it the cost of production and of
transport from the works to the destina
tion of the metals. Spurious tenders at
higher prices are then to be seut ia by
the remaining firms, thus ensuring the
acceptance of the tenders sent in by the
selected firm or firms, 7,000 tons being
the limit assigned by the agreement to
the contracts to be received by the as
sociate firms. This snug little arrange
ment is not likely to be interfered with by
reign competition, inasmuch as no or
der for railroad metals has since the
crisis been placed out of Austrii by
either the Government or the R tilroad
Companies, the object of this restriction
being the employment of the Austrian
working class-es and the support of the
existing establishments. Uutortunatelv,
one of the smaller Bohemian firms has,
in the most unprincipled manner, lately
tendered, at lower prices than those fixed
by the "ring," and this frustrated their
scheme for the present. Boston Journal.
How She Felt. The painful suspense
ot the last three or four days has not
been confined to men alone. All the
women have been more or less agitated
and in stores and on street cars have dis
cussed "the situation" in a lively manner
Two females, one apparentlv an old
maid, met in the postolfice yesterday, and
the married woman remarked:
"Well, there is a great deal of excite
ment."
"It is terrible terrible," was the re
ply.
"Why, you seem to be really nervous
over it."
"Srj I am dreadfully nervous.
sincerely hope and trust that no unworthy
man will make me a proposal ot mar
riage during this period ot suspense
for I'm so dreadful excited that I I ?'
"You might accept?"
"No: in my agitation I might throw
the chance away !" Detroit Free Press
It is estimated that there are now in
operation in the United States no les3
than 800 mner mills, which are valued
at $40,000,000 of capital invested, with a
total production of 70,000,000. These
mills give employment nominally to 20o
030 people, whose earnings are footed up
at $10,000,000 annually.
Padded With Diamonds.
About a month ago, a man named
Daniel Goldschmidt arrived at this port
from Germany on board of the steamship
Oder, having in his possession consider
able baggage, which, in connection with
some circumstances occurring on the
voyage, aroused the suspicion of the Cus
tom House authorities, and the baggage
was seized and placed in the public stores,
where it now remains awaiting a thor
ough examination. The barrare has
been claimed several times siuce, but
kept back for further developments,
which have come with more than antici
pated expectations.
On the 12th inst. the steamer Abyssinia-
arrived at Jersey City. While in quar
antine. General Nichols, deputy surveyor,
Mr. m. V. Leggett, one ot bis aids, and
a number ot other inspectors, made an
examination of the passenger list, which
revealed the fact that Mrs. Daniel Gold
schmidt was one of the number. On pri
vate information received a sharp look
out was kept on the lady, and as soon as
the steamer was moored to the dock, Mrs.
Margaret C. Steele, one of the oldeslr of
the custom house inspectresses, was di
rected to take charge of Mrs. Goldschmidt
and her companion. c
In making the usual declaration re
quired to be filed to the deputy surveyor
and his aids, and sworn to by the pas
sengers, Mrs. Goldschmidt deposed that
she had nothing dutiable among her ef
fects. She was taken into the cabin, and
Mrs. Steele, having her suspicions
aroused by the plump appearance of the
lady, at once surmised that the filling out
of the bust was anything but natural. On
disrobing the lady passenger, Mrs. Steele
found two protuberances of a bulbous
form coveriug her breast, which con
tained, in the cotton padding, the follow
ing schedule of valuables, estimated to
be worth at least $ 20,000: Ten coral
bands, one pair of gold earrings, one gold
pin, one pair of enameled earrings, one
pair of pearl enameled earrings, seven
pairs of diamond studs, three coral studs,
one pair diamond earrings, two pearl
crosses, one watch ring, one diamond
breastpin, one pearl breastpin, three
small pieces of jewelry, twenty-five goral
beads, twelve gold clasps, one gold watch,
chain and pencil attached; one open
faced lady's watch, one hunting case
lady's watch, one pearl amethyst pin, one
cluster diamond ring, one gold chain and
piece of chain, one diamond brooch, one
diamond pin with solitaire pearl ; one
cameo, pearl and diamond pin, one pearl,
diamond and stone brooch, one diamond
and pearl brooch, one diamond cross,
worth about 1,500, one diamond pin
with pearl pendant and center, valued at
$1,000.
Some more goods oL, similar import
were also found on Miss C. Odell com
panion and nurse of Mrs. Goldschmidt's
two children. The astonishment of this
lady at the thorough search made of her
person by Mrs. Steele may be better im
agined than described, and on her report,
Inspector Leggett seized also her trunks
and hand-baggage. This consisted of
nine pieces ; w hich were sent at once to
the public stores, and yesterday afternoon
turned into the seizure-room of the Cus
tom House Deputy Collector Dudley F.
Phelps, of the seizure division, received
the papers yesterday, and ordered the
captured goods into the seizure-room.
The above seizures, however, is not the
concluding part of the story. There is
still a sequel connected therewith, which
involves the apprehension of 00,000
worth more jewelry and diamonds, be
sides involving the parties implicated in
the attempted smuggling in a civil suit
as well as a criminal action at law. It
appears that Mr. Goldschmidt had been
engaged in business at Manheim, Duchy
ot liiiden, Havana, and failed. A few
days before his bankruptcy, it is alleged,
he procured a large stock of valuable
jewelry and diamonds as in the regular
course of business, and made away with
large portion thereof Coming to this
country, and caused his wite to follow
nm with the balance in her possession as
above described.
The creditors in Europe, on learning of
the flight of Goldschmidt, invoked the
aid of their govern ment,and on dispatches
received here, a suit for the attachment
of the goods was obtained from the courts
for the 20,000 worth of jewelry found on
the lady's person, and three bags full,
valued at $00,000, which could not be
traced by the State officers, but are
now in possession of the Uuited States
customs authorities. New York Herald.
GcNrowDEK. By equalizing the pow
er of every individual man, gunpowder
made an end ot the oppression ol the
weak by the strong, as was the case dur
ing the reign of feudalism, in the middle
ages. Phj sical strength no longer gave
entire superiority to its possessor, and the
powerful soon found that he had to prac
tice justice, even to the lowest and fee
blest of his neighbors and dependents.
Gunpowder is truly a great civilizer. It
put an end to the barbarous and demor
alizing hand-to-hand fights, and has thus
made wars less ferocious and less de
structive, as it decides the battles with
far less destruction of life than was for
merly the case. Even the improved ap
pliances of the present day, the cannon
of enormous size, the mitrailleuses, Gat
ling guns, needle guns, breech-loading
rifles, etc., murderous as they look, and
able to kill many men iu a shorter time
before, have, strauge to say, an effect con
trary to the theory, by which they would
naturally be supposed to have the result
of augmenting the list of victims in bat
tles. Statistics of all the recent battles
in which all these appliances were used
have indeed shown a much reduced
slaughter of human beings, in proportion
to tne number engaged, than was the
case in battles fought before these ap
parently very destructive and murderous
inventions were adopted-
The School Board of Boston have
repealed the ordinance by which corporal
puuishmeot was allowed to be inflicted
in tht? girls' grammar and high schools
of that city.
We find self-made men very often, but
self-unmade ones a great deal oftener.
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