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5 U DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON. VOL. 11. OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1877. .NO. 12. Jl' J4W . i V 1 o i O O O 10 4 THE ENTERPRISE. A LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOK THE Farmer, Business Man, and Family Circle. ISSUED EVE UY FRIDAY. l-- ii .a. r ic w.. i iz t i: rr , PUOI'RIETOH AN D PUBLISH EE. OFFICIAL PAPER FOB CLACKAMAS COUMTY. OFFICE In Enterprise Building-, one door south of Mmouic Building, Main street. TcriiiK of Nnbtrrlpllon : Single copy, pud year, in advance... Single copy, six mouths, in advance. .$2 . 1 Trrui of Ailvrrtlaliig: Transient advertisements, including all legal notices, per square of twelve lines, one week $ 2 50 For each subsequent insertion 1 00 One column, one year 120 00 Half " " GO 00 Quarter " " 40 0 Business Lard, one square, one year.. . 12 00 OKKGON LODGi:, No. 3, I. I. O. F., meets every Thursday even- nig, ai o cioch, ill lue ouutil- SsrtSsS'' lowa' Hull, Main street. Meiiitu rs tx7;$. or tue Uiuer are invited to attend. By order of X. G. REHIXXA DEUItEi: LODGE, No. 2, I. O. O. F., meets on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each month, at O o'clock, in the Odd Fellows' Hall Members of the Degree are invited to attend MUlrX()3lAlILODGE, Xo. 1, A. F. it A. M., holds its regular com INUUII U11U1I9 UN I11C I UPb U1IU lilllU y Saturdays in each month, at 7 o'clock y from the 20th of September to the 20th of March; ami 73 o'clock from the 20th of March to the 20ih of September. brethren in good stiimlinir are invited to at tend. Bv order of W. M. PALLS l-:xCA3II3IKNTt Xo. 4, I. (). 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. JUSTNESS CA RDS. J. W. NORRIS, n i c i a it a ml Snrscou. OFFICE AN'O RESIDENCE : On Fourth Street, at foot of Cliff Stairway tf CHAS. KNIGHT, CAS BY, ... OK 1:4; OX, Physician and Druggist. I-Preseriptions carefully tilled at short notice. ja7-tf PAUL BOYCE, M. D., y sic ia 11 a ml Surgeon, Oregon City, Oregon. Chronic Diseases and Diseases of Women and Children a specialty. Ollice hours day and uight; always ready when duty calls. Aug.25, '70-tf DR. JOHN WELCH, JD EHTIST OFFICE IN kk;o city, okf.ux. Highest cash price paid for County orders. JOHNSON & McGOWN, Attorneys ana1 Counselors at Law, OI(K(JO CITY, oiti:JO-. Will practice in all the Courts of the State, Special attention given to cases in the U. S. Land Office at Oregon City. 5aprlS72-tf L. T. BARIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW OK Eft OX CITY, OKEVOX. ill practice in all the Courts of the State. Nov. 1,1875-tf W. H. HIGHFIELD, 2sta."blisli.eca. since 'S:S, One door North of Pope's Hall, MAIS JT., OICKftOS, CITY OltF0 (fiV An assortment of watches. Jewelry, &lYand Seth Thomas' Weight Clocks, all Ev2f which are warranted to be as repre sented. I t? Hepainng done on short notice; and thankful for past patronage. Cmh paid for County Orilrn. JOHN M. BACON DEALER IN a Books, Stationery, riCTUKE FRAMES, MOULDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS GOODS. Oregon Citt, Oregon. ZT At the Post Office, Main Street, east novl-'75-tf IMPERIAL MILLS. Laliocqtie, Savier & Co., OREGON CITY. Keep constantly on hand for sale Flour. xirun anu uuicKen t eed. Parties purchasing feed must furnish the sack. J. H. SHEPARD, Boot and Shoe Store, One door uorth of Ackerman Bros. t?f Boots and Shoes made and repaired as .n-i un me cneapesi. . Nov. I, lS75-tf MILLER, CHURCH & CO. illuHEST PRICE FOR At all times, at the OKUKOVCITV MILLS, fl uave on hand FEED and FLOUR to pen, at market rates. Parties desiring Feed must lurnish sacks. novl2-tf TO FRUIT-GROWERS. 'rilE ALDEN FRUIT PRESERVING -L Company of Oregon City will pay the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE For FLU MS, PEARS aud APPLES. Mr. Ihos. C barman is authorized to pur chase for the Company. -... , L. 1). C. LATOURETTE, Pres't Oregon City, July 2S, li7.Vtf OREGON CITY BREWERY. HENRY HUMBEL, TTuVIJfG purchased the above !rAwishe8 to 'nform t.r,r. v"V "c,,8 Prepared to manufac -. w x quality oi R.00(k!S f " -W anywhere in the r'"'v" v oviinicu ana promptly filled. My Wife. She is not beautiful, I know, Her cheeks have lost their deep, rich glow, The face that once was fresh and fair, Is faded now with grief and care. Her eyes are not of "deepest blue," But, ah, a heart more pure and true, A soul that's whiter than her own, The broad, bl ight earth has never known. And as I watch her here, to-night, Moving among the beauties bright, Fairest to me, she seems, of all That throng the richly gilded hall. What though her hands are rough and warm, From many a breast they've plucked the thorn, And many a stone removed that lay Within a weak, worn brother's way. And if those liandsare not so white, They lead me toward the realms of light. Tea, doubly blest, the treasures given; What gave me her, gave also heaven. Cora B. Bkitton. Under the Mosses. Under the mosses, cold and white; Under the mosses, pale and still, We laid her away when the dewy light Faded away from vale and hill. Oh, she was fair as angels are, Sparkles of light in her silken hair, Sparkles of gold the seraphs hold To crown the chosen of their fold. Under the mosses the little feet Wander and weary nevermore Stories are told of a starry 6treet, And a jasper sea, aud a pearly shore, And a city of light with never a night, Aud a ransomed band in raiments white, Where the little feet find rest complete, Aud the way of the soul is very sweet. . The stories are rich, and grandly old, And I love to dream of that paradise, Where the Savior's love is the light of the fold, And Uis precious peace forever lies. So I seek the way to endless day, By the stair that can never lead astray For the power of prayer is the shining stair, Windiug away where the angels are. Mrs. P. C. Dole. Sue's Mother-in-law. Oh, mammy, it" lie only was an orphan, would say yea t omorrow; but I hate hate the idea of a mother-in-law." "You rui"ht poison her, my dear," dryly remarked Mrs. Do Gio;t, a stately old lady, with snow whit-3 hair, aud any amount 01 Mechlin lace about her throat and wrists over her soft black silk dress. But really, you dreadful old dear, you know it will be awful,1' sighed Sue, puss- n her hands wearily through, the dark fringes above her forehead. "My dear," said Mrs. De Gioot, "you are speakiug in a very ill-bred way; but let that rest. I have no idea you will ever be troubled with Mr. Grey's mother. You will not marry him. A nrl who is daunted by a mother-in-law dues not love the son enough to marry him. Sue's pretty face flushed. Poor little soul, she had never yet known what love was; but she liked Mr. Grey well enough. He was , a rich, kindly, pleasant man whom she had always known; and when he asked her to marry him, she did not kuowr why she should refuse. She hated to hurt his feelings; and suddenly she re membered his mother, a disagreeable old lady, who ruled and reigned over all her family, and ouly did not tyrannize over John because lie lived the lite of a bachelor iu the city and boarded at a hotel. But here was a reason for Sue, and her mother's words sank deeply into her con sciousness, one gathered courage to say no, and a year alter found herself ab sorbed, heart and soul, in a real love at- fair, and accepted Harry lerupest, a young but rising lawyer, with a kind, generous, frank nature, and a dark, hand some face, without remembering that he had not only a mother, but a widowed mother, who lived with him, and could not possibly be ignored or set aside, since Harry was an only child. It is true, Sue had never seen her, for during her six months' acquaintance with Harry, Mrs. Tempest had been at the west nursing a sister who was at death's door with con sumption; and if Harry had not said much about her to &ue,.it was mar oiner md more absorbing themes naturally oc cupied them. Mrs. De Groot smiled wnen &usan iaio her fair head in her lap and recited to her the tale ot her engagement, lor she had .1 .1 ? A. 1 1 Z n C A M . 1 seen tue ena irom me ueL;""'" "- had shed her own tears privately. She children besides bue; but this was her darling, her baby, her pet al ways: ana sucti a p insr as lanuins u" went through her heart wnen sue saw me inevitable separation approaching, out slw h.d th cnuraire and the gooduess to smile and sympathize when tne gin noured out this genuine passion, and threw herself, with blushes and tears, into the arms that could never lau uer whiln thftv were instinct with life. After the confidence was none wuu, auu J . . , 1 Snfi had ouieted both tears and joy, Mrs De Groot bethought lierselt 01 tne last time there had been such an affair, or the likeness of it. on the carpet, and said, with the quaintest smile and accent, at onc. crentle and mischievous. "lias nr. r Tempest a mother, bue? "Oh vesl She isn't here now. I never siw hpr. s ic 13 in umcafro wuu uei sister?" "What ar you going to do about her?" asked her mother. "Oh, mammy, I never thought about her; and she lives with him. How sorry I am! But I guess she will be nice. "She may be very nice to Harry, my dear. So was Mr. Grey's mother to him." "I'm sure she can't be so disagreeable as old Mrs. Grey," pouted Sue,who was a little spoiled, to tell the truth. "Susan," said Mrs. De Groot, w ith con siderable gravity, "I want you to look this thing in the face. You are a young girl going to a new home, with new peo ple w hom as yet you know nothing about Now take a little, bit of advice. Look at yourself, not at Mrs. Tempest, when you come to live together. You know that you have had an easy life,with nobody to thwart your plans and purposes. Now begin to see if you are really a lady or only a pretense." "lou think I onrdit to bear every thinir. do vou. mammv. and nevnr neon or mutter?" "No; but I want you to treat your mother-in-law as one lady should another. Don't recriminate if she talks at you, for that is vulgar ill-bred in the extreme. Don't give up your just position, either with your husband or in the family. Re spect yourself, Sue, and you -force re spect fn m others." "Oh, dear! I wish there weren't any mothers-in-law iu the world !" peevishly ejaculated the girl. "Then I should be exterminated with the rest," smiled her mother. "But you are so different, mammy." "I had an awful lesson, Sue, when I was young. You know your Uncle Tom married Posy Schuyler when he was a very young man, and she was only seven teen just my own age. You remember her picture iu the library at the Hills?" "Oh yes, that lovely, delicate little creature with hair like spun, gold, aud great dark eyes, and such a bud of a mouth,half smiling like a pleased baby's." That is her very counterfeit. She was the loveliest creature I ever saw. Her father died before she was born, and her mother only lived for the baby, and, from the hour she came, just worshipped her. She was named Euphrosyne, after her father's mother, but she always called lier selt Posy,and grew up with that name at tached toher. I never saw such affection as Mrs. Schuyler's for that child; it amounted to passion. She rever trusted her from her sight; she woke iu the night to look at her; she was irautic with ter ror if illness threatened her. She had an artistic nature, but its sole exercise was inventing dresses and ornaments for Posy. I remember being at the Hills as a child, and going into Posy's room a large, airy room, w ith two great windows looking southward; the walls were white, with a deep cornice of every spring flow er, painted to the life by an Italian fresco painter; the white carpet was strewn with roses and violets, the white-wood furniture decorated with honeysuckles aud clematis, painted by Mrs. Schuyler herself in clinging wreaths and tendrils, with clusters of rose and ivory bloom, aud wide blue blossoms looking just fit to pick; there were curtains of Avhite, soft woolen stuff, looped up ia creamy folds by an enameled fern leaf on either side; and everything else carried out in the same floral fashion, even to the lily of pearl shell which held her rings on the toilette table; but more curious than all was the child's wardrobe, which she dis played and I admired after the frank cus tom of ten-year-old girls. There was a rose dress, the softest cashmere, with scalloped bands overlaying each other on the skirt in deepening tints to the waist, and the sleeves were just edged with deep green velvet, which also bound the throat and waist. It was like a fancy ball cos tume; but Posy was like a fairy, and the exquisite tints did not look fanciful on her unreal beauty. Then there was a pansy dress, purple velvet, with a gold buckle at its belt, and the skirt ialhng in rich pleats that seemed to form a rounded out line below like the edge of a flower. There was a thunbergia costume, the skirt aud sleeves of the delicate buff which that flower monopolizes, and a bodice of dark brown velvet like the blossom s throat. "What folly!" exclaimed Sue. "Yes; but very pretty folly. And I have not told you the half. There was a lily dress, of China crape; a violet of pur ple silk, soft and glossless; and actually a cardinal flower, of vivid scarlet cloth, that I thought then too .splendid to be borne; but it was ouly for a skating dress, Posy said. 'She grew up very delicate, exquisite and fragile, but more and more lovely. And then Tom saw her and fell in love. It was strange to see Mrs. Schuyler. She took Tom's state of mind with great calm, as if it were only natural and to be ex pected. Posy had never been in society; she was very young yet; but Mrs. Schuy ler would have expected, if not demand ed, the same homage from every one who saw her idol. But when she discovered that Posy loved Tom and wanted to marry him, she was heart-smitten. She could not entertain the idea. She carried Posy away uirectty ior a rouna or summer travel; but the girl pined so visibly, grew so sad, pale, languid, that her mother was terrihed, and brought her back to the Hills directly, and sent for us to make a visit there . So that aflair was concluded, aud Mrs. Schuyler gave her treasure into other hands to save it, grudging all the while a day's absence, an hour s preoccu pation, devoured with jealous pangs, yet trying to stifle them that Posy might be utterly happy. But when ttiey really settled into every day life, she insisted on their living with her at the Hills, and so secured her own misery. Tom was a good fellow and a loving hasband, but he was a man, and a man of business, and he had his own affairs to attend to, his own anxieties and troubles, and like the best of mortal men, he was now and then inconsiderate and snappish. Posy loved him with all her soul, and would have condoned his offenses and forgotten his slin of tomrue if her mother had not made so much of them. She was like a ti.rress if anything seemed to approach her vounf to harm them, and she flew at Tom. as he impolitely expresseu u.iiku a mad cat if he ever spoke impatiently to his wife or forgot one attention due to her. He bore it awhile very patiently for Posy's sake: but human nature is not all enduring, and by-and-by he used great nlainness of speech, to say the least, with fr Schuvler. Then Posy became very unhappy. She was consumptive like her father, and her life always trembled on as t i ll A CU di;tfi a stem as a nareoeu uowei. .. lived on for years in peace and sunshine, but the stormy atmosphere of hnmo raT her no rest, iier momei s i,rp,i with all she did, even when oom- har rlrooninT dav bv day. If Tom took her for a journey, the. mother irwicfprJ nn .miner too. and Posy could not have the heart to refuse. But traveling was no rest to either mother or child, and i 3 a torment to Tom, who began to comnrehend the situation. Poor little - i Posy ! she failed before their eyes like a weary baby, falling asleep oue day in Tom's arms, aud wearing after death so radiant a look of re.-t and peace that I have never forgotten it. Mrs. Schuyler followed her quick'y, worn out by grief and remorse; for Tom, in the first agony of his loss, told her what Dr. Evarta said, that peace and quiet might have saved their darling. Tom hated her name to his dying day, and never married again, because he said one mother-in-law was enough in a lifetime." "But, mamma, that was an extreme case." "Certainly, but all the more a warning. I have never forgotten Posy, and it is to her my sons in-law owe my natural for bearance," said Mrs. De Gmot, with a smile. "Well, deir, if Harry's mother is awful, I'll try to be good to her," sighed Sue. But then came a ring at the door, and Sue heard a voice. It was her mother's turn now to sigh, as her girl ran down the stairs, her heart iu her beautiful eyes, to meet Harry. So time went on, and by-and-by Sue was married. Mrs. Tempest came to the wedding, and proved to be a little lady, with cheeks like roes, and starry ejes, even amidst the tine lines of age and under the shadow of silver white curls. Keen but kindly those qyes shone on Susan and took her measure, aud Mrs. De Grot congratulated iLrself on the prospect of her d lughter, and said, "Shu is a lady, Sue," her highest formula of approb itiou. Alter the orthodox wedding journey, during which the pair were as uncomfort able and weary as most people are on such occasions, they came home to find Harry's littie house bright with comfort aud neat ness fires iu the shining grates, flowers ou the tables and shelves, a dinner of wonderful savor aud elegance waiting for them, aud a real motherly welcome. "How lovely it is to get home!" Sue Confided to her husband. "I hope home will always be lovely to you, bue, ' was the Ueaming response. "It I only cau get along n cely with your mother, Harry!" said Sue, with a1 wistful 8rt ot frankness. Harry sat down iu the nearest chiir and laugheJ immoderately. "Poor little soul! has it got a mother- in-law on the brain already ? S J it shall." "Harry 1" exclaimed the iudiguaut Susan. "My dear child, if 'the Mum,' as that delightful little chap in Verdant Greta calls her, oppresses you, Use my revolver at once. I never will betray you never!" And here the wretch went off into an other fit of laughter more irrepressible than the hrst. She flushed to the temples. "Harry, what are you laughing at ?" she demanded. "I'll tell you, dear, on Christmas day in the morning. I hat s exactly two months from to-day. Put it down in your tablets along with your dentist s appoint ments;" aud giving Sue a very inconsid erate hug, which nearly shook down the structure ot puffs aud braid she was adorning her head with, he left her to fin ish dressing. Poor little Susan! life became a disap pointment to her. .Mrs. Tempest never w ent into the kitchen, never sniffed at her new daughter's inexperience or ignorance. interfered with housekeeping, or found fault with the housekeepers. She was simply a guest in her sou's home, ready to give advice or assistance, when it was asked, with wonderful wisdom and judg ment, but never intruding. If her chil dren wanted her society, they could al ways have it for the asking; if they did not, she was neither hurt nor angry. Sae knew well thata third person is not always welcome, however dear; aud she remem bered what women so often f rget that her son was now a grown man, with his own home and family, aud deserving a certain respect as such; not a boy to be lectured, scolded, humored, or snapped at as if he were ten years old, and still uuder parental government. She learned, too, to love Sue, the sweet- natured, high-spirited, and impulsive creature, for herself, as well as for Harry's sake; aud Susan, before the two mouths were gone, had called her "mother" with all her heart, and learned to find in her the same comfort and help she had drawn troni her own parent, it in lesser measure than the life-long and natural tie afforded. "Oh, mother!" exclaimed she one day as Mrs. Tempest sat beside her, soothing her with tender ways and soft hands iu the anguish of a racking headache. "How could I ever think mothers-in-law were dreadful?" Mrs. Tempest laughed. "My dear Susy, mothers-in-law are just like other people. If a woman is sweet, sensible, patieut, unselfish and good, she will be loved in any sort of place or relation; if she is domineering, high-tempered, selfish, or disagreeable in other ways, her own children will not love her, or anybody else. It is not the relation that is in fault, but the individual. Ilaveu't you found that out?" "I don't think I've found out anything but that I love you dearly, if you are my mother-in-law," replied Sue, with a very tender kiss. "Yes, you have, Sue," put in Harry, who had entered the room from the door behind the bed, with an ominous looking bottle and glass 'in his hand; "you've found out at least a week before the time why I laughed, the day we came home, at your prophetic troubles. The idea of anybody dreading my mother 1 Dr. Mathews says you must have Champagne, madame, for your headache ; a specific, he says it is. So suppose you drink a health directly to mother-in-law." "No, sir if you please, I mean." "Meekness!" said Harry, in a stage aside. But Sue went on "I'll drink a health to rxy mother-in-law with all my heart." "Long may she wave' ' chorused Harry They had been engaged a long time, aud one evening were reading the paper together. "Look, love," he exclaimed, "only fifteen dollars for a suit of clothes !" "Is it a wedding suit? she asked, look ing naively at her love. "Oh, no 1" he re plied. "It ia a business suit." "Well, I mean busineay' ne replied. The Temple of Janus is Always Open. A young man of twenty-eight, writing to the rail Mall Gazette, say3 that ever since he can remember that is for about twenty-two years the "cannon of the world has never ceased to roar." His earliest recollection is the Crimean aar. After it came the Iudian mutiny, Gari baldi's exploits in Italy, and the i'ranco-Au-tiiin contests alrmt Italian affairs. Then came the four years of the rebellion iu this country, followed by the Prussian attack upou Denmark, and theannexation of Schleswig Ilolstein. The momentous struggle between Austria and Pmssia en sued, culminating at Sadowa. Tne Car list war beginning then has raged almost all the time since, and the Cuban insur rection, opening two years afterw ard, has been going on eight years. Then came the gieat Franco German war, with its extraordinary results, in cluding Napoleon's downfall. England, during the intervals, has also had her lit tle wars in Abyssinia, and Ashantee; India and the Malay peninsula; China aud New Zealand. The Dutch have had their Atcheen war; ltussia has fought Kokhaud and a half dozen other Oriental States iu Asia ; France has had her unfor tunate expedition to Mexico and a de sultory strife iu Algeria; .Mexico has been in almost chronic insurrection; Brazil lias fought Paragua'; a half-dozen South American Republics have had their in surrections; there have been outbreaks in Jamaica, San Domingo and Barbadoes; Egypt has fought Abyssinia, and a native war is now progressing at the Cape of Good Hope. In the Uuited States there have been repeated Indian wars, besides trouble iu the S uth. And to-day, while Dahomey is threatening Eagland, aud the Continent of Europe seems teudiug to a general convulsion, while Russia is at tacked in Asia, France iu Algeria, and the English in Ciiiua, the young man says we are still taught as a quarter of a cen tury ago, that this is "the era of civiliza tion and peace." A Biblical lieputation. Mr. Lord, who is uow residing in Illi nois, was a short time siuce riding lrom Jacksonville to Peoria, in that State, aud as he was passing a squall liut by the roadside, he noticed a shaggy-headed boy about eiyht years of aje with large eyes aud no hat, dressed in a worn-out pair of his father's trousers, trying to balance himself ou the spliutered top of a hickory stump. Mure for the purpose of breaking the monotony of riding all diy without speaking than to gain information, Mr. Lord reined his horse up to the fence aud exclaimed : "My little boy, can you tell me how far it is to Sangamon Bottom?" The boy poised himself on one leg, opened his eyes to their largest extent, ind replied : "'Bout six miles, I reckon." "Do you live in that house?" inquired Mr. Lord. "I lvckon," was the reply. "D yon enjoy yourself out here in the wood-.?" "A heap." "What ails your pants?" "Tore 'em," was the laconic reply. Finding that he had hold of a genius that could not be pumped, Mr. Lord turned his head to depart, but in his turn was now hailed by the boy, who, in a comical, half-reluctant tone, exclaimed: "W hat mout your name be? "Lord," w as the reply. Tue boy griuned all over, eveu to the wrinkles iu his father's trousers, and seemed hardly able to suppress a snicker. "lou seem pleased, said Lord; "per haps you never heard the name before f "les,l have, said the youngster ; "l ve heard Pop read about it." Lord put spurs to his horse, and says that eveu thoughts to which the incident gave rise were not suflioieutto keep him nil snickering throughout the rest ot the journey. The Population of Turkey. There are some curious facts with re spect to the heterogeneous population of l urkey in Europe w hich are just now in teresting. Statistics show, ior example, that the Turks in European Turkey con stitute only one-fourth of the population, while, if we divide the population ac cording to religions, we fiud that only forty-three per centum ot the people are Mohammedans, while rather more than fifty-six per centum are Christians, chief ly Greeks aud Armenians. Classifying the population according to nationalities we have this table: Servians 1,800,000 or 22.2 per cent. Bulgarians 1,837,000 or 21.U " Greeks 1,040,000 or 12 5 " Albanese 1,245,01)0 or 14.8 " Roumanians 325,000 or 2.7 " Jews 77,000 or 0.9 " Turks 2.000.000 or 25.0 " Dividing the population according to their religious, we have: Greeks and Ar- menians 4,394,000 or 52.3 per cent. Roman Catholics. 313,000 or 3.8 " Jews 77,000 or 0.9 " Mohauiinedans . . . 3,000,000 or 43.0 " If the notion that the majority shall rule prevailed in Turkey in Europe. Rus sia would not be obliged to threaten war to relieve the Christians there from Mo hammedan persecution. Post. What right has anyone endowed with an ordinary share of intellect, and blessed with a respectable share of good health, to despond? What is the cause of de spondency? What is the meaning of it? The cause of it is a weak mind, and the meaning is sin. Providence never intend ed that oue of his creatures should be a victim of a desire to feel and look the gloom ot a thunder-cloud. Never de spond, friendly reader, for one of the first entrances of vice to the heart is made through the instrumentality of desoond ency. Although we canuot expect all our days and hours to be gilded by sunshine, we must not for mere momentary griefs suppose that they are to be enshrouded in the mists of misery, or clouded by the opacity 01 sorrow ana misfortune." The New York Herald thinks the elec tion costs both parties f 3,000,000. A Clock in the Sky at Night. There are some old churches in Eng land which have clocks showing the time with only one hand the hour hand. I dare say that it will seem very strange to active and busy minds in America that such clocks as these should still continue iu existence. A slumberous place it must be, truly, where men are content to know time by the h mr, and to take no note of minute. Or, if that is not nearly the way of it, stilt it must be a strangely backward world where such clo.-k-s, once sufficient for their pur pose, have not yet bee.i replaced by time-mcasure-i be'ter suited to active, bui-ne-is-like folks. When such clocks were more common, and h rse clocks and watches less used (and probably very sel dom iu order), it would have been useful to know w hat I am now going to tell you about a clock in t..e sky, though at pres ent the knowledge will help rather to teach young folks the stars, than to t-h ow them how to lean the lime from the stirs, for the clock I have to describe has only one hand, and not ouly so, but that hand goes the wrong way round, and ouly once round in a day. The first step toward a knowledge of the stars should by the recognition of the poledar, because th'j pole of the heavens being the point round which all ike stats are serniiigly carried, so soou a we know the stars aro mo the pole, we have a center, so to spyak, IVum which we can pass to other gr .ups until we k low them all. Oiice known, the poie-atar cau al ways be found by the learner, supposing he observes tha heavens always from the same stitiou; for it lies always in the same position (or so nearly so that the ch tngecan scarcely be noticed). If, for example, you have once beeu chowii, or have found out for yourself, that fio.n a certain spot in your gard ;n, or from a certain wiudow in your house, the pole star can be seen just above a certain chimney or tree, then at anytime, on auy night w hen the sky is clear, if you be take yourself to thatspor, or look through that wiudow, you will see the pole-star over its accustomed chimney or tree. It is there, iudeed, all the time, whether the sky be clear or cloudy, whether it be d iy or night. Not ouly does a knowledge of the pole-star give you a known ceutral oiut whence to proceed to others, but it gives you the means of knowing where lie the cardinal poiut round the horizon; for, of course, when you face the pole star, the north lies before you, the south behind you, the east on your right, the west on your left. But to find the pole-stir, it is well to begin with the dipper. This well-marked group inclu.les two stars which are called the "pointers," because they poiut to the pole-star. The dipper is so Conspicuous and well-marked a group that it is easily learned and cannot easily be forgotten. Although not very near the pole, it is yet not so far from it as to range very w idely over the heaveus; and if you look toward the north at auy hour of any clear night, you will seldom require many seconds to find the familiar set of seven bright stars, though at one time it is high above the pole, at auother close to the horizon, now to the right of the pole, and anon to the left. In England the dipper never sets; in America it partly set, but still can be recoguized (except at stations iu the most southern States) even when partly below the horizon. Prof. Ji. A. Proctor, in St. A icholas. Ecnicd y for Trouble. Work is your true remedy. If misfor tune hits you hard, you hit something else haid; pitch iuto something with a will. There s nothing like good, solid,! absorbing, exhausting work to cure trou-j ble. If you have met with losse, you don't want to lie awake and think about them. Y'ou waut sleep calm, sound sleep and eat your dinner with appetite. But you cau t unless you work. It you ay you don t teel like work, aud go lo if- iug all day to tell Dick aud Harry the story of your woes, you'll lie awake and keep your wuu awake by your tossing, spoil your temper and begin to-niotrow feeling ten times worse than you do to- lay. Ihere are some great trouole that only time can heal, aud perhaps some that never can be healed at all; but all can be helped by the panacea, work. Try it, you who are afflicted. It is not a patent medicine. It has proved its ef ficiency siuce first Adam and Eve left be hind them, with weeping, their beautiful Lden. It is au tthcient remedy. All good physicians in regular standing pre scribe it in cases-of mental and moial disease. It operates kiudly as well, leav : i i - . . mg uo msagieeauie aequeta, ana we as sure you that we have taken a large quantity of it 'with most beneficial re sults. It will cure more comnlaint than any nosti um in the materia medica, and comes nearer to being a "cure-all" thau any drug or compound of drugs iu the inaritet. Ana it will not sicken you it you do not take it sugar-coated. Aloore's Rural New Yorker. There is but oue pursuit in life wbicl it is in the power of all to follow, aud of all to attain. It is subject to no dis appointment, since he that perseveres makes every difficultyau advancement, aud every conquest a victory ; And this is the pursuit of virtue. Sincerely to as pire alter virtue is to gain her; aud zeal ously to labor after her ways is to re ceive them. Those who seek her early will find her before it is late; her reward, also, is with her. and she will come quickly. For the breast of a good man is a little heaven commenced on earth, where the Deity sits enthroned with un rivaled influence, giving satety lrom aau- ger, and resource troni sterility, ana makinc subiutrated passion, like the storm and wind, to fulfil His word. The ladies of Norwich, N. Y"., who had all been buying "hand-made lace" from a gypsy woman at one dollar per yard, were somewhat taken aback at discovering that the article came from the store kept by the husband of one of their number, and that he was willing to sell them all they wanted at quarter the price gypsy. they had paid the Russia and Europe. There seems to be less and less hope of any pacific result from the conference of the powers in Europe as the time ap proaches for their convention at Constan tinople. Russia protests to England on her honor that she does not want Con stantinople, but there is not so much vir tue in that protest when it is considered that the Black Sea is not exactly free to her navj-, and that Besika Bay is exactly ' iu her path it' it was. bhe merely makes a virtue of nece-sity. That Russia in tends to occupy Bulgaria, if not Servia, ia m re and more appaieut. The thing i, how t do it and not excite Europe.- Tur key will of course resist as long as she. can. Aust.ia s course is yet to be marked out, England ha not seen lit to protest, and Geiniany stands iu an attitude of iu differeuce. If Germany, iu fact, were positively op pose I to this act of aggression onhe put of Russia, nothing would be easier than lor her to make it sigidficautly known. Not a Russian soluier would dare to cros the frontier of the Turkish provinces if Germany was to foroid it. Therefore the fact that she docs not for bid it, and that she scarcely seem to notice what is goLig on, is proof enough to be almost co.ic;u?ive that an understanding exists between the Kaiser aud the Czar. Germany is mote than open to the sus picion that sue is silently aidiug and abetting Russia's course. It is reported that Queen Victoria has been transmittiug autograph letters to the Emperor Wil liam, imploiiug him to exert his power ful iullueuce against the disturbance of the peace of Europe. To which the Emperor could reply, whether he has indeed done so or not, that at the time Geiniany and France were engaged in deadly ttrife England was guiay of prolonging the war aud iu creasiug the bloodshed and waste of human life by selling arms aud munitions to the French. But it is not at all likely that he would allow himself to answer Victoria iu any such way. He ha prob ably palliated aud protested, while he is still held by a secret Uudei standing with the Czar, bo that it is true, as the Queen assumes, that the Emperor of Geimauy is really master of the situation He can have peace or war, as ne will. Russia would at oiice call Iier troops back from the bolder if Germany were to warn her that by pushing this experiment she waa incurring the laiter's displea-ure. "As for the other powers of Europe, in cluding all the smaller ones, t.iere is no d mot w hatever that their serious prefer ence is for tranquility. The Emperor of Germany pays a sort of respect to this prevailing sentiment when lie seeks to iu ike his people quiet and unsuspicious of danger, lest their confidence should be uuuermiued aud emigratiou should forth with set iu. He wants industry, trade, and natioual prosperity, aud he hopes to secure them all eveu if Russia engages in War with Turkey. Iu the Crimean war of twenty years ago, Germany w as not reckoned a power of any great conse quence; since then she has become the most formidable power in all Europe, aud she can easily keep Russia and England apart w hile the former works its will on Turkey. It is a problem entirely new in the - allairs ot the comment. Mast. Ploughman. Japanese Scenery. The country is dotted with shrines and spots celebrated iu the historical aud legendary annals ot the Country. At Kamakoura, fifteen miles from Yokohama better known to foreigners from the pr.oximity of the colossal siatue of Buddha thau from auy historic associations is the scene of action of half the romautic and heroic histories of the country. Huge temples, broad avenues, vast flights of steps aud stately groves of trees, still mark the site ot the ancient capital of Japan, are still relics of the days when heroism and chivalry went haud in hand, aud when Dai-Niphou, -'Peerless Japan," as her sous still love to call her, w as alone iu her majesty, and uukuown to the world of "outer bai baiiaus." Noith ot Yeddo lies Nikko, the lovely burial place of lye Y'as, fouuder of the Tokagawa line of Shoguus a vetitable "piece of heaven cropped on eaith," a cluster of fairy tem ples set iu a fiauiuwurf of some of the finest woodland-sceuery of the country. Away North ag.du ate the famous shrines of Isle, to which every Japanese who can do so makes a pilgrimage at least once in his lifetime. But ail tue pride and rever ence of the Japanese is centered in the great mountain Fuji-Yama. Tue glory of the regular, pure w hite cone, rising from the plaiu and toweling king-like over the petty hills scattered to the right aud left, has been sung by Japanese poets and limned by Japanese aitists, from time immemorial. Well-omeued is the house so situated as to command a view of the mountain; fortunate the man who can. show, among his household treasures, the duly signed ceitificate of his having made its arduous ascent. Scarcely a screen, or a tray, or a lacquered bowl exists, on which the well-known shape of the mountain is not portrayed. Ignorant rustics cannot be convinced that there are spots in the world from whence the cone cannot be descried. To the citizens of Y'eddo it is a barometer, a protective genius, a sight to amaze the foreign visi tor; to the peasant it is a something so sublime and grand as not to be spoken of without reverence, The "telephone" has had another suc cessful trial between Boston and Salem, the slightest whisper at the Boston end of the wire being heard distinctly in Salem. When an ordinary tone was used the speaker at either end was readily recog nized by the noise. The experiment was also tried between Boston and North Con way, a distance of 143 miles, and conver sation carried on without difficulty. An attempt to converse over 200 miles of wire was a failure, the words being unin telligible, but Professor Bell, the inventor, attributes the failure to the use of an electro magnet intended only for a-twenty-mile circuit. Turkey has 140 post offices in Europe and 170 in Asia, Tf 1 O i I o - i 4