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JUSTNESS CA RDS.
J. W. NORRIS,
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OFFICE AN'O RESIDENCE :
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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,
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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-.
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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.
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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
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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.
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-L Company of Oregon City will pay the
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OREGON CITY BREWERY.
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-. w x quality oi
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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