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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1877.
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SOCIETY NOTICES.
OREGON' No.
O. F., meets every Thursday even
I. I.
ing, ai j o chick, iu me uau tfi-:
lows' Hall. Main street. Members Vvv
of the Order are invited to attend. ' 1
By order of . G.
ii:i5i:ccA iix;iji:l: lodge,
No. 2, I. O. O. F., meets on the
Second and Fourth T
ruesday jT'SjzL?
evenings of each month
o'clock, in the Odd Fellows' Hall
Members of the Degree, are invited to attend
MUL.TX03IAII LODGE, No. 1,
A. F. & A. M., holds its, regular corn -
Saturdays in each month, at 7 o'clock
from the 201 li of September to the
UOth ff March; and 7V o'clock from
the 20th of March to the 20ih of September.
Brethren in good standing are invited to at
tend, iiv order of V . M.
FALLS J:NCA3II3IENT, So. 4,
I. O. O. F., meets at Odd Fellows' Hall
on the First and Third Tuesday of
each month. Patriarchs iu good stand
ing are invited to attend.
J. W. NORRIS,
1 Jx y s i c i it ii ji ii I Surgeon.
OFFICE ANU KESIDE.VCE :
On Fourth Street, at foot of Cliff Stairway.
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CHAS. KNIGHT,
oaxbv, ... oici:;o,
Physician and Druggist.
2FPrescriptions carefully filled at short
notice. ja-if
PAUL BOYCE, M. D.,
lhyiciaii and Surgeon,
Okegon City, Oiieuox.
Chronic Diseases and Diseases of Women
and Children a specialty.
Otliee hours day and uight; always ready
when duty calls. Auir-3-", '70-tf
DR. JOHN WELCH,
DENTIST
OFFICE IX
(iiti caix city, onEcox.
Highest cash price paid for County orders.
JOHNSON & McGOWN,
Attorneys aM Counselors at Law.
OltKUO ( ity, oiii:;o!(.
Will practice in all the Courts of the State.
Special attention given to cases in the U. S.
Land Ollice at Oregon City. 5aprlS72-tf
L. T. BARIN,
.ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OHK(JO ( ITY
Will practice iu all
Stic.
. oici:jo.v.
the Courts of the
Nov. 1, lS7o-tf
oW. H. HIGHFIELD,
Z2sta.Tolisl3.eca. since 'S,
One door North of Pope's Hall,
MUX .T., OltKCiOX, CITY OltKOOX.
An assortment of watches. Jewelry,
fciyaand Seth Thomas' Weight Clocks, all
5,jof which are warranted to be as repre
sented. J'-jff Repairing done on short notice;
and thankful for past patronage.
'Mh iil fr County OrdfW.
JOHN M.BACON,
1E AI.EK IV jT
Books, Stationery,
PICTURE FRAMES. MOULDINGS
AND MISCELLANEOUS GOODS.
OllEGOV ClTT, OrEGO.V.
IrAtthe Post Oflice, Main Street, east
fide. novl-'75-tf
IMPERIAL MILLS.
JjaKocqiiP, 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.
t-i7Boots and Shoes made and repaired as
ciieap as the cheapest.
Nov. 1, 187"-tf
MILLER, CHURCH & CO.
"DAY; THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR
At all times, at the
OltKGOX CITY MILLS,
And have on hand FEED and FLOUR to
sell, at market rates. Parties desiring Feed
must furnish sacks. novl J-tf
TO FRUIT-GROWERS.
HP HE ALDEN FRUIT PRESERVING
J. Company of Oregon City will pay the
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
For PLUMS, PEARS and APPLES.
Mr. Thos. Charman is authorized to pur
cnase lor the Company.
L. D. C. LATOURETTE, Pres't
iUOS. CHARMAN. Sec v.
Oregon City, July 28, lSTo-tf '
OREGON CITY BREWERY.
TIPWDV TTTTHf T1T1T
T-TAVIXG purchaM-d the above rVfU
irewerv. Wishes to inform tJi
puunc that he is now prepared to manufac
ture a No 1 quality of
?ood as can be obtained anywhere in tbe
etate. Orders eollcited and promptly filled.
Do .Your lest.
The heart and mind of man and man
Must differ, it is true,
And so the deed our neighbor does
Perchance Ave ne'er could do;
And thus, iu climbing fortune's hight
To reach the fame iu store,
If people only do their best,
The world will ask no more.
Docs then the little humming bird
Its tender song forsake,
Because the nightingale's eweet voice
May softer music make?
Or does the tiny, twinkling 6tar,
Which lends to earth its light,
Repine because some kindred orb
May chance to burn more bright?
And so thro' life we find that some
Are clad in praise und fame,
"While others meekly plod along,
With naught to gild their name.
But when each life is recou'd up,
It's doings counted o'er,
If we can say, "1 did my best,"
Our God will atk no more.
"The One Talent.
In a napkin smooth and white,
Hidden froiu all mortal sight,
My one talent lies to-night.
Mine to hoard, or mine to use,
Mine to keep, or mine to lose;
May I not do what I choose ?
Ah! the gift was only lent,
With the Gievr's known intent
That it should be wisely spent.
And I know he will demand
Every farthing at my hand,
"When I in His presence stand.
What will be my grief and shame
When I hear my humble name
And cannot repay his claim!
Some will double what they hold ;
Others add to it tenfold,
And pay back in shining gold.
Lord, O teach me what to do!
Make me faithful, make me true,
And the sacred trust renew.
Help me, ere too late it be,
Something now to do for Thee
Thou who hast done all for me!
Observer.
How
Thomas Jefferson was Elected
the First Time.
The circumstauces of doubt and dis
pute which overshadowed the fourth
Presidential election in 1800 possess a
decided interest pertinent to the present
time. At that election where the struggle
lay between John Adams and Tnomas
Jefferson, the voting was so close that it
was not known who would be President
for nearly three mouths, or from the 1st
f December, 1800, to the 17th ot Febru
ary, 1SU1.
At that time there was no provision, as
at present, for the choosing ot Electors of
President by popular ballot and by gen
eral ticket throughout the States. Ou the
contrary, there were three different modes
of choosing Electors of President and
Vice-President in practice: First, a
choice by the Legislature; second, an
election by the people by general ticket;
and, third, an election by the people vot-
ngin Congressional Districts. Tile third
method was first adopted and then aban
doned by Massachusetts aud Virginia, as
the district system was fouud to be open
to the objection of dividing the strength
of the State, and neutralizing its vote by
possible equal division between the
candidates of opposing politics. In Mary
land, where the district system still re
mained in force, the popular vote by dis
tricts had resulted in choosing four Fed
eralists and four Republicans, and the
same was the case in Vermout,whose two
votes in the Electoral College were equally
livided between Adams and Jellerson.
The Republicans carried their Electoral
ticket, by Legislative or popular vote, in
Xew lork. Pennsylvania, and in all the
States south of the Potomac. The Fed
eralists carried for Adams four of the
New England States, Vermont being di
vided. It now began to appear that the
result would hinge upon the vote of
S.mtli Carolina, where the choice of
Electors was by the Legislature. Many
of the members of that body being of
doubtful politics the result was extremely
uncertain; and the vote of South Caro
lina was canvassed with as eager interest
by both parties as it has been during the
past week. An attempt was made in that
State to get up a trade or a compromise
bv which the R-publicans ottered to sup
nort the Federalist Pinckuey for the sec
ond office provided their caudidate. Jef-
ferson, should be voted tor by the eder-
. . I. ' 1 l l 4 n.-v.-.. ii U.i tint, tt.s.
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IStS lor Hie Ural. iVltCI UJUSUliauuu,
Federalists rejected tins compromise,
and resolved to stand by their own ticket
This left them, however.in a hopeless mi
noritv.and the Republicans in the Legisla-
ture ctiose ineir uu iiicnuisnmu uum
ni-nHna without dirhcultv. 11ns. as
was ouicklv known, give a majority to
Jefferson of eight electoral votes; provid
ed all elected as Federalists or KepuD-
lirans adhered strictly to their party
affiliations. This, however, was tar irorn
certain ; for the original intention of the
framers of the Constitution, that the
E'ectors should themselves have entire
liberty of choice, was still of some weight
in the public mind, thotigu weaseneu uy
thp. stronir current of party feeling
which hnd run high in the precedin
vears. If half a dozen Electors should
exercise their independent liberty o
choice they might make an entirely new
deal as to the orhces. A combination oe
tween the Federalists aud a part of the
Republicans might make Pinckney or
Burr President, with Jefferson as V ice
President, or, as was actu illy canvassed
Pinckney and Burr might be dropped en
tirelv, and the names of Jefferson and
Adams substituted, -reversing, however,
the positions they respectively held at th
moment, of President and Vice-President
During the summer preceding tin
election the seat of Government had been
removed from Philadelphia to Washing
ton; and in this isolated and straggling
village in the wilderness then contain
ing less than five hundred inhabitants)
the great question of a disputed Presi
dential election was to be finally settled.
Congress met in Washington for the first
time on the 17th of November, 1800,
nearly two weeks before the result of the
election in the South Carolina Legislature
had ben reached. It soon after became
known that there was a tie in the Electo
ral vote, Jefferson and Burr each having
received 63 Electoral votes to Adam's 63
and Pinckney's G4.
The disappointed Federalists, some of
whose leaders cherished a virulent hatred
for Mr. Jefferson, conceived the idea of
making a combination to give the Presi
dency to Burr, although he was the Re
publican candidate for Vice-President.
Burr was from the North, and could, it
was thought, be won over by ties of grati
tude, while Jefferson was from the South,
and most unpopular in the New England
States, where Federalism had its strong
holds. Burr, however, notwithstanding
his acts of periidy and ambition iu later
years, does not appear to have gone into
this scheme at the time. Even before the
tie in the Presidential election was clearly
known, Burr wrote a letter declining to
enter into any competition with Jefferson
for the first ollice. Alexander Hamilton,
the great Federalist of New York, was
himself emphatic in condemning any ar
rangement which should prefer Burr
above Jefferson. Much as he disliked the
latter, he disliked Burr more. Hamilton
wrote to Oliver "Walcott:
"I trust New England will not so far
lose its head as to fall into the snare.
There is no doubt that, upon every pru
dent and virtuous calculation, Jefferson is
to be preferred. He is by far not so
dangerous a man, and he has pretentions
to character. Burr is bankrupt beyond
redemption, except by the plunder of his
country. If he can he will certainly dis
turb our institutions to secure himself
permanent power, aud with it wealth."
Iu spite of these protests, however,
a caucus of Federalist Congressmen de
termined to attempt the election of Burr.
Some of them hated Mr. Jefferson to such
a degree as to advocate his defeat in the
pending election in the Housed, where the
Federalists clearly had it in their power
to prevent an election. They were ready
to do this even if the offices of President
and Vice-President should be vacated be
fore reaching an election. The num
ber of Federalists, however, who were
ready for anarchy, were small, aud Bayard,
of Delaware, together vith the Maryland
Federalists, who could at any time Sittle
the contest by throwing their votes for
Jefferson, came to a mutual understand
ing that the attempt to exclude him from
the Presidential chair should not be car
ried beyond a certain point.
Before proceeding to count the Electo
ral votes ill joint convention, the House
had passed resolutions first, that the
House would proceed to ballot for Presi
deut immediately after the counting of the
vote; second, that the doors of the House
should be closed during the balloting, ex
cept to the Senate aud the President of the
L niteJ States, tor whom seats were pro-
ided ; third, that after commencing the
balloting for President, the House should
not adjourn until a choice was made;
nd, lourth, that all questions which arose
iter the balloting commenced should be
decided bv the States without debate.
On the second "Wednesday of February
(1S01) the momentous issue was to
be decided. 1 he whole country was on
the tip-toe of expectation. The party
ourmils were full of paragraphs and
communications testifying to the public
anxiety, and dealing in dire predictions as
to the result.
Meanwhile the balloting went on, last-
ngfrom the 1 1th to the 17thof February,
the House having got rid of its rule pro
hibiting adjournments by taking renewed
recesses wheu the members were wearied
out. Two or three members who were
II, were brought to the House ou their
beds. During the protracted ballotings,
the public mind was greatly agitated. It
was declared that offers on both sides had
been made to the doubtful members.
Jefferson wrote to Monroe that the Feder
alists were only prevented from passing a
law to vest the Executive authority (in
lefault of any election of President) in
the Chief Justice, by threats on the Re
publican side that certain States would
then rise in arms and call a convention to
frame a new Constitution. On the 12th
of February a Washington correspondent
wrote to the Aurora:
'We have had nineteen ballots, and
the result is still eight States for Jeffer
son, six for Burr, and two divided, name
ly, Maryland and Vermont. "We are de
termined neither to adjourn nor yield un
til the 4th of March, unless a choice
should sooner be made. Our session is de
clared permanent, and our proceedings
are in conclave. The Federalists voted
closed doors, in 'order that they might
screen themselves from the public eye."
Auother letter to the Baltimore Ameri
can has the following:
"The proceedings of Congress these
three days have exhibited the mysterious
character of a Pontifical onclave, rather
than the ouen and dignified features of
the Legislature "fa free and Independent
neonle. Contrary to all former us:ige, the
votes of the several Srates were counted
with closed doors. I most seriously be
lieve that it is meant by the Federalists
to dissolve the Government, and to ex
cite Republicans to violence. Let notour
fripndd bv any act whatever coun
tenance any turbulence. The re
sources of the people will triumph, and
the authors of this agitation will oe con
to an infamv which will haunt
them to the crave.
The correspondent of the Philadelphia
a.izette. wrote on the third day:
'Balloting has been again postponed
nno hour. When the hour expires an
the members are c alled to proceed to it
amin it is ludicrous to see some of them
ruuuiu"' with anxiety from the committee
room 4 with the r night caps on.
A rep rt having been spread at "Wash
ino-ton that the Pnil idelphU Republican
had risen and seiz -d on the public arms,
the Aurora, a Republican organ, de
clared: "No ! Republicans will be the last to
have recourse to arms, but should the
day arrive which Jonathan Dayton proph
esied, that the Constitution of the United
States would be burnt at the point of the
bayonet, we trust that every Republican
would be emulous of dying in the last
ditch."
At Washington, a caucus of Federal
members was called by Mr. Bayard, of
Delaware, who was one . of the most in
fluential spirits in that party, on the 16th
of February. After a free conference, it
was finally determined, though with great
reluctance on the part of some malcon
tents, that B irr had no fair chance of
election, and that Jefferson must be
chosen. Tne result, however, was not
reached until Jeffjrson himself had been
sounded as to his intentions in the event
of his election. Mr. BayaM told the cau
cus that Mr. Smith, of P r-'and, who
was intimate with Jefferson, living in tiie
same lodgings, and a member of the
House, gave assurance that no serious
change of policy would be attempted iu
the event of Republican success. As to
the offices, meritorious incumbents who
were in subordinate places would not be
removed merely on account of their po
litical opinions. This, however, . was
strenuously denied by the Jefferson party,
who declared that no pledges were ever
given by their chief.
The next day after this caucus (Feb.
17th) the thirty-fifth ballot was taken,
and resulted precisely like the preceding
ones. After an hour's recess the thirty
sixth ballot was taken, when it turned
out that the Federalist member from Ver
mont was absent ou the roll-call, while
the Maryland Federalists voted blank.
Tiiis gave two more States to Jefferson,
the votes standing ten States for Mr. Jef
ferson, namely : Vermont, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Ken
tucky and Tennessee; f ur States for Mr.
Burr, namely: New Hampshire, Massa
chusetts, Connecticut and Riiode Island;
two States voted in blank, namely, Dela
ware aud S uth Carolina. The Speaker
immediately declared Thomas Jeffjrson
duly elected President in pursuance of
the Constitution and Congress aud the
whole country breathed, m ire freely, re
lieved at length from their long and har
rowing suspense.
Capturing a Polar Bear.
The skin of an immense polar bear
was received by a gentleman in New
London per barque Nile, from a friend
on the barque Inabella, at Cumberland
Inlet, with the following account of its
exciting capture: "A party of men from
the Isabella, including a number of Es
quimaux auu mysuit, were walking on
the ice a short distance from the ship,
when, rounding a hummock, we unex
pectedly discovered a short distance from
us a large bear, quietly feeding. We
would have returned to the ship without
disturbing it, as we were armed with
only one rille and a few spears carried by
the natives, had not one of the several
dogs that were with us auuouuced our
presence with a loud bark. The bear, as
soon as itsiw the intruders, begin to ad
vance slowly toward us, but was met by
the dogs, who attacked the animal vig
orously, but with little effect. IIj shook
them oil, and alter lnjuriug three ot them
so badly that they had to be killed, lie
continued to advance. We discharged
the rifle and then fled to the ship, where
we armed ourselves and came out to look
for his lordship, who had disappeared be
hind one of the numerous hummocks by
which we were surrounded. We had
searched for soma time, when, as one of
the Esquimaux passed the corner of the
hummock he came face to face with the
infuriated animal. He gave a fenful cry
just as the brute struck him with one of
its immense paws. The rest of us heard
the cry and rapidly 'surrounded the brute,
which stood perfectly still over the body
of the Esquimaux. We fired sixteen
shots, twelve of which entered its body,
before it received its death wound. The
native was insensible when we picked
him up aud b idly torn about the shoulder
by the bear's claws, but was not seriously
hurt. We took the body of the bear on a
sledge totheship; itweighed l,575pounds
and was ten feet one inch from nose to
tail, and eight feet four inches around
the thickest part of the body." Norwich
Bulletin.
Did Not Understand.
A very anvisiug incident occurred on
a Fort Wayne railroad train. Just be
fore one of the accommodations pulled
out trom the station a well-dressed, re
spectable looking individual, slightly
the worse tor a little "tarn," entered one
of the cars and approached a lady who
was occupying a part ot a seat, and sua :
"Madam, n tin (hie) is seat taken f"
The lady very pleasantly answered,
"No sir."
"Madam, may I si (hie) it down?"
"Yes, sir, you may."
The boozy individual took a seat and
in a tew moments the train started, tie
sat seemingly contented and happy for a
few minutes. All at once he threw his
arms about his fellow-traveller and
kissed her vehemently several times.
Several passengers in the crowded car
at this became yieitly incensed. Tiie
fellow kept up his loving method of pro
ce lure and the lady appeared to be re
sistin? him as best as she could. Final
ly a number of the most determined o
the passeugers made a .jimultaneou
b lunce f r the boozy man. One indi
vidual raised a window, and it looked as
though the fellow was going to hunt
terra Jirma, when he suddenly seemed to
take in the situation.
"What does yi (hic)you fellows want?"
The only auswer was a more deter
mined eff rt to life the speaker from his
place. Then the other occupant of the
seat turned and took part in the conver
sation.
"Gentlemen," said she, "this u my
husband."
"O "
The man and his wife had entere l the
car bel re any .t the other passenger
and he had r ne out for refreshments
When he returned. feelinr very humor
ous, he addressed his partner in such
tone that everybody could hear him, as
though the was a stranger, and that is
what fooled them.
Children's Food.
Milk, which has been already pre
scribed as a chief constituent of all forms
of diet from earliest infancy, is, scientifi
cally speaking, animal food; but I now
use these words iu their popular sense, as
including the flesh of animals with its
juices. Medical writers have, perhaps,
differed more on the question of the right
time for commencing the use of animal
food than any other poiut with regard to
the management of children. While one
recommends that meat should be with
held from children until seven or eight
years old, another allows meat, gravy aud
broth to be given as soon as any teeth
have appeared. The variety of constitu
tions demands that all strict rules should
be sometimes modified. There can be no
doubt that children will often thrive well
on farinaceous diet, with milk, for a
longer period than iscommonly supposed ;
but when several teeth, including some of
the grinders, have appeared iu both jaws,
nature indicates that the time of feeding
by suction is past, and that meat is now
to be given with discretion. The system
is now less sensitive, or less easily dis
turbed by moderate changes of diet, and,
therefore, we are less exclusive in diet
ary rules, for the age under notice, and
would allow more latitude to the judg
ment of parents and others who have to
cater for children. We would, however,
caution them against an excessive use of
meat, and especially against giving highly-seasoned
animal food to children. Even
now when several of the grinding teeth
have appeared, and indeed for the first
three or four years, meat should not be
regarded as the chief or iudispensable
article of diet, but rather as an addition,
an assistance aud a stimulus. Light
puddings, (especially such as are made
partly of milk) should now be given as
the first course of a dinner for children,
aud should be followed by a little gravy,
with a little masheJ, mealy potatoes.
Broth or soup the latter neither too
concentrated nor highly seasoued may
now be given with some farinaceous food
added, such as toast, rice, macaroni.
Meat, either beef or mutton, but the lat
ter more frequently may be next given,
either roasted or boiled and finely minced.
Simeness in cookery should be avoided.
When meat is boiled, the liquor, which
contains valuable salts, should be pre
served for broth. Au egg, lightly boiled,
may sometimes take the place of meat.
Savory, or highly seasoned meats such
as potted meats, sausages, aud stews made
hot with spices should not be given to
children. Such a diet would vitiate the
taste, diminish the appetite, and teach a
laid to refuse plain and wholesome food.
While a child should not be compelled
to eat what does not agree with its di-
iestive power, he should be early taught
) take what is placed before him. Meat
hould be well cooked, so as to be thor-
nighly done, and yet to retain the nutri-
lous juices. Excessively fat meat is gen
erally disliked by children, ami should
ot lie t-irceti upon them. Ou the other
hand, the rejection of all fat is nothing
more than a habit, which had its oiigiu
n whim or faucy, and hasbeeu confirmed
y yielding to it. liiis stiouiu oe cor-
ected, and a moderate share of the fat of
meat be taken. Of course it will be less
required if new milk and butter are freely
used in the dietary, tor these will supply
fat. Other useful articles to supply this
constituent of food are, dripping spread
in toasted bread, and finely minced suet
n making light puddings. Children who
lislike the fat of beef or mutton will
often eat bacon, which may therefore be
iccasioually given with some advantage.
n cases where the aversion to tbe tat ot
meat is obstinate, while milk is readily
aken, finely minced suet, boiled in milk,
may be recommended.
Wuat a Plant Did. A little plant
was given to a sick girl, iu tryiug to
take care of it the family made changes in
their way of living. First they cleaned
the window that more light might come
n to its leaves; then when not too cold
they would open the windows so that
resh air might help the plant to grow.
Next, the clean window made the rest
of the room look so uutidy that they used
to wash the floor and walls, and arrange
he furniture more neatly. This led the
father of the f unily to mend a brokea
chair or two, which kept him home several
evenings.
After the work was done lie stayed
home instead of spending his lei-ure at a
tavern, and the money thus saved went to
buy comforts for them all. And then, as
the home grew attractive, the whole fam
ily loved it and each other better thau
ever before, and grew healthier and hap-
ner with their flowers.
Thus the little plant brought a real as
well as a physical blessing.
Oatmeal Mcsn Rolls. Take cold
oatmeal mush, and work in lightly barely
enough wheatmeal to make it into rolls
Too much, kneading spoils it. Rollout
with the hands on the moulding-board
into a long rolldike a wooden rolling-pin.
and about one inch and a half in diame
ter; cutoff pi ces two inches long, :d
bake on a grate in a quick oven twenty
or twentv-nve minutes. liiese can be
made very light, dry, and tender. They
are also very sweet, and are great favor
ites with those whose teeth have not been
brought up on Graham flour and oatmeal
Serve warm or cold.
Economical iiite Socp. Take one
pouud of loiu of veal, cut in small pieces,
put it on to stew wita a quarter of
pound t nee and a small quantity of
onion in two quaits of new milk, till the
rice is perfectly soft, adding a little white
pepper ana saic to taste; then press it
through a sieve to the thickness of rich
cream, a ue soup must, oe warmed aain
after straining, but not boiled, as that
would curdle it. It more flavor is liked
a little cut celery and a very small bit o
lemon-peel, with a blade of mace, may be
added.
To Color 1 ellow. For two pound
ot cloth take one ounce bichromate
potash, one ounce sugar of lead, dip the
cloth in the solution of lead first, then in
potash dissolved in about one pint of
uoiuug water.
The Financial Prospect.
This text teaches us notouly to look at
signs but to draw conclusions from them,
and it appears to us that the signs of the
times indicate that the resumption of
specie payments is near. The &igns to
which we allude are:
1. The importation of gold from Eu
rope, by our Government aad bankers.
America is a gold producing country just
as much iu a wheat or cotton producing
couutry, and when not only all its own
large gold product is kept at home, but
actually supplementedwith more from
abroad gold must soon become sufficient
ly abundant to bring down the premium
to par.
2. The second reason is greatly dimin
ished imports.
3. Tne enormous yield of our silver
mines is now being largely exported to
China, going far to pay for our teas,
without havintr to se:id ;old or other
commodities to E irope to draw against
fjr our Chinese supplies.
4. Oar excellent wheat crop U in de
mand iu Earope and will consequently in
cieisethe balance of trade in our favor
aud bring more aud- m re gold.
5. Aud perhaps chiefly our 4) per
cent, loan, princip il and interest payable
in Kold, is likely to be ue irly all taken in
Earope, not only paying oil" the six per
cents, held there, out bringing g old from
Europe to pay the six per cents, held there.
All these causes, and they are very po
tent ones, are operating at present along
with the usual export of cotton, petro
leum and provisions, aud the uausual iu
crease of butter and cheese exports, to
bring bills of exchange below par, and
to reducethe pieiuium ougold to nothing.
These re:isjus look to be as pluiu in
die itions of a speedy return to specie
payments, unless they be counteracted by
adverse legislation, as the putting forth
of leaves is of the approach of summer;
and such a way of biiuging about specie
payments would be the best of all, for it
would involve no wraugliug over legisla
tion, and it would occur iu the midst of
general prosperity, abundance of tnouey,
aud low rates of interest. N. Y. Wittiest .
Thrice Harried and Thrice Divorce.
Galesburo. III., Oct. 22. A. remark-
ble case, in w hich the same parties have
been three times married aud three times
ivorced, occupied the Court ou yester-
ay. I he complainant, Helen 3L. liaker,
s twenty-eight years of age, fine-looking,
ud the daughter ot the late Dr. Soauld-
The defendant, Marion Teraloia
Baker, is thirty-two, and connected with
the best families in tuis city. The youug
couple were first married in Kaoxviile,
111., November lo, looo, and supported
on both sides by wealthy aud influential
Irieuds, their prospector happiness made
them tne envy of all. However, iu April,
n 1SCSCJ, only six months after marriage,
Ieleu filed a bill against leraloia, asking
lor divorce ou the grounds ot extreme
ruelty. Divorce was granted the June
following, aud Helen rejoiced in her
maiden name tor a few mouths oaly,
wheu ou Jauuary 1st, 18G7, she aud Teral
bia met by ch ince in Chicago, repeuted
with tears aud were married the second
time aud took up their residence in Gales-
arg. A daughter was boru in March,
1SG3. On the 2A day of December, 1872,
Mrs. Baker again filed a bill for divorce
m grounds "tf desertion, asking for the
ustody of her child. The decree was
granted iu February, 1873, according to
lie prayer ot the bill. Ou the 3d day of
Decemoer following the same parties
were agaiu married, as the coinplaiuaut
tates, she hoping to speud the remainder
t her days with the defendant, lue
couple received congratulations aad pres
ents from friends, wno trusted they would
be able to keep all their goad luteutious.
August 4, 18(6, Mrs. Baker again, tor
third time, tited a bill for divorce ou
grounds oi desertion ana cruelty, itic
ecree was granted yesterday, aud the
ustody of the daughter, some seveu
years old, was given to the mother. ott-
cago Times.
tV Pathetic Inciuext. -A touching
ncideut happened at the cemetery in this
city, recently. A gentleman was walking
long the aveuue, when he was approached
y two little girls with bunches ot violets
u their hand-, whosiid, "Please, sir, will
ou snow us Mr. Alfred Y. Johusoa's
'rave?" While aiding their search, he
asked why they desired to find that pir
ticular place. "Last winter," was the re
ply, "when it was cold and we were very
pcor, we had a barrel of flour sent to us
Irom money that he had left when he died
I don t know what we should have done
without it, and we want to put these flow
ers on his grave." And with irrateful
tears they laid on the mound their offer
ing of simple wavside flowers. It was
thedyiug tuought of a kiud-hearted man,
this legacy to those in want; but how it
will spring up along the future years iu
blossoms sweeter than those in kindly
gudeu flowers that will cause the giv
er's memory to "smell sweet aud blossom
in the dust." Aud what a beautiful
thought that the kindlv. compassionate
heart of one goae before can so reach out
from its grave to relieve the sufferings of
the living. Such a monument is better
aud more enduring than marble. Belfast
Journal.
Some savant has made out the following
physiological horoscope for the benefit of
mankind in general: About the age o
thirty -six the lean man usually becomes
fatter aud the fat man leaner. Between
the years of fortv-three and fifty his ap
petite fails, his complexion fades, and his
tongue is apt to be lurred upon the leat
exertion of body or mind. At this period
his muscles become flabby, his joints
weak, his spirits droop, and his sleep is
imperfect aud unrelreshiug. Alter tui-
feriu!r under these complaints, a year, or
perhaps two, he starts afresh, with re
newed vigor, and goes on to bixty-two
when a biuiiUr change takes place, but
with aggravated symptom i. . Vheu these
periods have been successively passed
the gravity of incumbent years is more
strongly marked, and he Legius to boast
of his age.
Disraeli has 825.000 a year, and he
lives like a hermit.
The Landlord's Christmas.
BY NED BUNTLTNE.
He was an old man. His hair and beard
were as white as the snow which fell fast
upon his shoulders on that evening before
Christmas, in eighteen hundred and seventy-four,
as he walked slowly past a long
row of tenement houses, all his own, in
the great Empire City of the Empire
State.-
The old man paused, for he saw two
young sewing girls meet in front of one
of the houses pale, fair young girls, but
all too thinly clad for such weather.
"Eat dinner with me to-morrow, Addie,"
said one, a slender girl, with a pinched
face. "I've saved up enough money to
have a real meat dinner, and a pie with
it, too. - Do come."
"Oh, how I would like to, Annie, but I
can't!" said the other. "Mother is so
sick, and our rent must be made up by
Monday, and. I must work hard to do it.
No Christinas for me, Annie."
The old man heard the grief-born sigh
which came with the words, and he passed
on with his head bowed thoughtfully
down.
"Poor children of toil," he murmured.
"There is no Christmas for you ho time
to rejoice over the advent of Him who
came to heal the sick, to comfort the sad
hearted. What am doing, who must so
soon be ushered into His presence? What
am I doing to win a welcome there?"
A sigh almost as heavy as that which
he had just listened to broke from his-lips.
He reached the corner and glanced
back. In that tenement block over two
thousand poor toilers lived. He knesv
them all, for he. collected his own rents,
and he knew how they lived.
"They shall have a Christmas," he mut
tered, almost fiercely, and he thrust his
cane sharply against the icy pavement.
"They shall have a Christmas, and one
they will never forget."
He hurried on, and at the next corner
took a street car, which carried him to
the front of his own residence a plain,
old-fashioned brick house,in a down-town
street.
Eutering with a latch-key, he shook off
the snow from his overcoat, hung it and
his hat in the hall, and then entered a
small but cozy sittiug-rooin, where a
young man sat at a table with an account-
book and paper blanks before him, while
near his side sat a young girl, evidently
his sister, knitting on a woolen stocking.
"Dear Uncle, I am so glad you have
got home. How it storms!" said the girl.
"It snows pretty sharp, Puss," said the
old man. "Bat it is not very cold for a
Christmas Eve. How are you getting on
with the reut-bills, nephew?" he asked of
the youug man.
They are nearly all made out for the
quarter to come, sir," was the reply. "I
suall finish before supper is ready."
"Good! When y u have done that,
mark every one paid in fall."
"What, uacle, before they are paid?
Some of the tenants may be short, or
sick."
"No matter do as I tell you. Mark
each bid paid iu full, and be as quick as
you can, for iifcer supper I want you to
tike a meaioraudum-book, and go with
Puss aud me. We are going out shop
ping going to the grocers, dry-goodsmea
and coal-dealers."
Tne youug man looked puzzled, and
even ruts laid down iier knitting, and
akini' her old uncle's cold hand in her
wn warm, soft palm, asked him if he
id not feel well.
"I never felt better, Puss; but to-mor
row, it 1 live, 1 shall teel better than. I
ave felt for years. Tell Hattie to get
upper as soon as possible, and then be
ready yourself to go oat with me."
Christmas morning, 1874. The sun is
butjust gilding the church spires, yet
there is a stir in the frout of the row of
tenement houses spoken of in the first
part ot our sketch a stir that is strange
aud unusual.
Eveu though it is Christmas, coal carts
are duuipiug tons of coal before every
nouse uutcner and grocer wagons, too,
are stopping every moment, and busy
men are carrying in turkeys, joints of
meat, and packages of tea, coffee, and
sugar. Porters trom drv-roods hou.too.
are carrying in buudles from warons
bearing the names of prominent firms.
Y hat doe it mean? This will tell:
The old landlord, accompanied by his
niece anl nephew, is going lroui room to
room of each house in turu, aud to every
tenant he hands, receipted, his bill for the
next quarter's rent. To each he says:
"A merry Christinas," aud the gifts are
there to make that Christmas merry
food, fuel, and clothing, needed, ah 1 so
much, by those children of toil.
"Heaveu bless our good landlord !"
comes, tear-bedewed, from over two thou
sand grateful lips.
"Heaven bless our good landlord!"
goes up toward neaven, Dome oy angel
messengers on happy wings.
"Heaven bless all good landlords"
echoes the writer, and every reader, too,
who leels that we can and ought to live
for others as welt as for ourselves.
As important discovery has been made
at Pompeii. It consists of a number of
objects of gold and silver, and close to
them the carbonized skeletons of two
men, who would seem to have been borne
do wn in the storm of ashes while endeav
oring to escape with their valuables or
plunder. Among the things found are
eight rings, six pieces of money, two
pairs of ear-ring, ornamented with thir
teen pairs of half globes, with little shells
upou them, held together by chainwork,
aud a necklace also of chain woik, all of
gold; a silver ring, three hundred and
thirty-two pieces of silver money, a casse
role of the same material, broken in
pieces, and three large bronze coins.
Tiie tea plant was introduced into In
di i forty years ago, and already about
2,000 acres are covered with it on the
slopes of the Neilgherry Hills. The
yield of the current year has been over
18,000,000 pounds, valued at $10,000,000.
In Brazil d:amonds are found on moun
tains 6,000 feet above the sea. That ii
what makes them so high.
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