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L4 v w ftf I DEVOTED TO MEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON. VOL. 11. OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1877. NO. 15. rwrni cms? O i THE ENTERPRISE. A LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE Farmer, Business Man, and Family Circle. ISSUED EYE 111" THURSDAY. JT It -V ' Jv . . I 11 M J3 IN 'J? , I'ROPHIKTOU AND 1MBLISHER. OFFICIAL PAPER FDR CLACKAMAS CD'JJJTY. OFFICE Tn E.xriiitPKisE Building, one dor south of Masonic Building, Main street. Tei-inm rMulirription: Single copy, one year, in advance 1 CO Single copy, six iiintlis, iu advance. 1 50 IVr.u. of Al ortlsliia : Transient advertisements, including nil legal notice-, pur square of twelve line.-, one week $ 2 .r0 For each subsequent insertion 1 (H) One column, one year (M Half ". "" Oi) OD Quarter " " 40 10 Business Card, one square, one year... 12 00 OltttGOX I.OIXli:, No. 3, I. I. O. V., meets every Thursday even- . . .. in;.', at 7; i o'clock, in the Odd F I--0'J&r' lows' Hail, Main street. Member--rlr fif the Order are invited to attend llv order of X. G. ickiskcca ji;.;iei-:i: j.oogl:, No. 2, I. O. O. F., meets on the -rri. Second and Fourth Tuesday JJSV. m-niii-) ui train liiijuiu, 1L i"'.-Ti FT 4 j-.t ,v i. .1. -o'clock, in the Odd Fellows' Hall " tra -Members ol the JJegree are invited to atte nd 31UIIN03IAII LODGE, No. 1, A. F. it A. M., holds its regular com luuuieations on the First and Third, Saturdays in each month, at 7 o'clock from the 20th of September to the 20th of March; and 7j o'clock from llie "iotn ,r .March to tlie 20th of .September. ureLiiren in gooci sianiiiuir are invited to at tend. nv order of YV. M. FALLS 12NCAMI31IiXT, No. 4, 1. O. O. F., meets at Odd Fellows' Hall rv on the First and Third Tuesday of W each month. Patriarchs in good stand-tyG Inar are invited to attend. J. W. NQRRIS, I h j sitiau a n tl Sursoozi, OFFICE AND KF.BlUKNCE : Ou Fourth Street, at foot of Cliff Stairway tf CHAS. KNIGHT, lMivsician ainl Druggist. q I iTrescriptions carefully tilled at short notice. Ja7-tf PAUL BOYCE, M. D., 1" hj sieia n and Stirgcou, (tltEODX ClTf, OKEGOX. Chronic Diseases and Diseases of Women and Children a specialty. Olllee hours day and night; always ready when duty calls. A u g. 25, '7tt-tf DR. JOHN WELCH, DENTIST OFFICE IN ltlJOX C ITY, oke;o. Uluhestcash price paid for County orders. JOHNSON & McCOWN, Attorneys and Connselors at. Law, oitt:-o riTv, oitccox. Will uraetiee in ull the Courts of the State Special attention fiven to ease in the U. S- Liiiitl Otlice at Oregon City. 0!iprlb72-tf L. T. BARiN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, - oiti:uo citv, o it k ; o x. Will jractico iu all the Courts of the btate. Nov. 1, ISTo-tf V. H. HIGHFIELD, TZstatlolisli-eca. sizice '-.S, One door North of Pope's Hall, MUX NT., OltKGOX, CITV OIIKfJOX. An nssortment of watches, Jewelry. lj'Vc and Seth Tliomas' Weight Clocks, all 5ii5of" which are warranted to be as repre sented. J i?ltepniriii!j; done on short notice; and thankful for past patronage. 'n.h nll for "oiiity Ortlf-r. JOHN M. BACON DEALER IN JRf?'?' Books, Stationery, PICTURE FRAMES. MOULDINGS AND .MISCELLANEOUS OOODS. OUECON ClTT, OltEGON. JrAtthe Post Ollice, Main Street, west Qiddc. nivl-'75-tf IMPERIAL jIILLS. o LalltM-que, Savier 5c Co., OliEC.ON CITY'. K ep constantly on hand for sale Flour, Middlings, Bran and Chicken Feed. Parties purchaMng feed must furnish the sack. J. H. SHEPARD, Boot and Shoe Store, One door north of Ackerman Bros. t-T Hoots and Shoes made and repaired as cheap as the cheapest. Nov. 1, lS7.Vtf MILLER, CHURCH & CO. pY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR At ull times, at the oi:i:go citv mills. And have on hand FEED and FLOUR to sell, at market rates. Parties desirin" Feed must furnish sack. novU-tf .a. t rr 1 1 j : LINCOLN BAKERY, rpilE BEST STOCK OF STAPLE AND JL F ancy ruocKiin:s and piiovisioxs. The most complete stock of CHINA, GLASS AND CROCKERY WARE. Agents for Wells, Fargo fc Co.; Liverpool, i.oiuion v Globe lnsurauce Co. ; New xork luiuai insurance Co. WILLIAMS & HARDING. OREGON CITY BREWERY. HENRY HUMBEL, HAVING purchased the above Brewer v. wis)wa t inform ti. ' - " . '"IV. Ill 1.11 1 - public that he is now prepared to manufac ture a No 1 quality of SEEB, A cood as can be obtained anywhere in the itate. Orders solicited aud promptly filled. 3 i . '. - " The Last Words of a Dj in? Wife. Come near me, let me lay my hand once more upon my m ow, And let me whisper in thine ear J .rvl'i.'c l'.iisf iiml f.rt rl .2 1- i-. . i- Tlielips that breathe these tremblinj; words H';u . i... l.l :.. .... ...i. (il rvwu ui; v uiu ill lie.lLll, And thy clear cheek can feel no more 1. . . . .. i . . . jueir u a i in una loving oreuiu. 1 jo from thee God only knows How I have lonireu to stay; How I have shuddered thus to tread The lone and shadowed way. F'aitli tells me that I soon maykuow The joys the blessed find, And yet I falter, while I cast A linerinif look behind. I see thee bowed before me here, In bitterne and tears. But I can leave thee something still To lij;ht thy weary years. You n , tender forms will clin to thee, Perhaps will mi.- my tone, And though they will not share thy Jricf, Thou wilt not feel alone. And oh! when time shall calin thy grief, Perchance the hour may come When thou wilt win another form To share thy heart and home; When thou w ilt welcome to thy board A younger, fairer face, Ami let thy children smile on her Who takes their mother's place. But think not, could I speak to thee, That I would frown or blame. Though they should love the 6traugerone, Anil call hi-r by her i.ame; For they will speak to thee of me My memory is their trust; A word, a smile, a look like mine, Will call me from the dust. Yet make my grave no place of tears, But let the Ucar ones bring, To cheer their father's lonely home, The blossoms of the spiing. And ever theve thou, too, mayst kneel, And softly press the earth, That covers her whoe face once gave A brightness to thy hearth. Then will the forms of early years Steal softly to thy side, Andfvir an hour thou canst forget Thou iiast another bride. She may be all thy heart can ask, So clear, so true to thee, But oh! the springtime of thy love Its freshness was tor me. May she be blest who comforts thee, Ami, with a gentle hand. Still guard the little trembling ones That make our household band. She cannot know the tenderness That tills their father's breast, But she can love them for thy sake, And make them more than b!est. Vantloibilt. SKETCH OF A MAX YVOKTII A HUNDRED MILLIONS. Tlio following article, written Nov. 4tli, before Yatuierbilt's death, will he of spe cial interest now on account of lm decease : At the present time the dear Public opens each day the diurnal vehicles ol information which it patronizes, with the expectation of finding two things: first, that Rossi i has begun in reality her long-deferred march to Constantinople, and second, that death has achieved his long-expfcCted victory over Commodore Yanderbilt. Both are occurrences which it is felt must happen soon, aud both are of the first importance to the com mercial interests of the countrj'. The grim, iron-hearted old man, now lying iu his home in New York, slowly yielding to the seige of the King of Ter- lors, holds in his moribund grasp more material interests, perhaps, than any other man, not an absolute monarch, on' thisglobft, and his death will be of greater importance to more people thau many a revolution in a fair-ized country has been. He wields more ab-o'iite power than many kings ia the past century could bouat of; enough able-bodied, active, w eli-di.-ciplined men are at his absolute disposal to have made a conquest of half a dozen little German principali ties and dukedoms, as they existed be fore their absorption by Germany. His absolute empire is a strip of coun try about oOO miles long, extending through the richest and densest populat ed country iu the United States and over which his supremacy is denoted by steel bands,forining the highway of travel; bv substantial depots, and firm buttressed bridges. No other empire in the world has such thorough internal improve ments as this; in none is the govern ment so firm, so equable, and so ellicient. Its territory extends from New York City to Uuff tlo, and its dependencies stretch away 7o0 miles further to Chicago, en compassing Lake Erie on the way thither. 1 he personal income from tins posses sion the net gain over ail expenses is j.Teater thau the salary of a majority of the royal i tilers of this earth. His wealth is estimated as high as one hundred millions, which would be six millions more than the entire valuation of the State of Arkansas, "eight millions more than that of Kan-as, sixteen mil lions more than that of Miuuesoti, thirty-six millions more than that of Delaware, htty-six millions more than that of Nebraska, sixty-eight millions m re thau that of r iorida, sixty-nine midions more than that of Oregon, and si venty-tive millions more tluin that of Nevada. If he chose to convert his property into cash, lie co jld buy up a couple of bt ites in the Union, and stii! have enough to provide for his old age. To iu press upon the reader the great ex cess of the wealt i coucentrat-jd in the hands of this one man, over that of the people of some entire bt U-is, I will pre sent the following comparison, in which the wealth of the IStatjs is given accord ing t valuation in the census of 1870: Vanderbilfs estimated wealth $ 100,000,000 Arkansas.. . Delaware . . . Florida Kansas Minnesota. . Nebraska . . . Nevada Oregon W,52S,M:J l'4.7M7,2-J3 :,4S0.S43 i-i,ri.soi S:4,to".ao--2 24,.S4,tl 2o,74't,J73 S1.7US.510 Ot course one hundred millions is n-en-erally regarded as an outside figure for VajHicrbi.t's wealth, but some persons claim that one hundred aud twenty-five or one hundred and thiitv mi.lions is nearer the amount. He is known ti own 700,000 shares of New York Central and Hudson lliver stock, which are cer t linly not worth less than $70,000,000 to-day, with all the watr squeezed out all the debt paid, and wbJch even now pays eight per cent, per anuum, with the prospect of indefinite increase as the times improve. His net income from this source alone exceeds the entire taxation for State, town, county and city purposes, in either Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Minnesota, Mis-i -sippi, Nebra-ka, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Cirolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Yer in nt, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is double tint of some of these States. These comparisons will give some idea of the immense aggregation of actual wealth in the hands of a'man w ho a little while ago closed his 82 J year, and must, iu the ordinary course of things, soon hnud it over to his successors. But it is not alone the transfer of this vast amount which must affect the commercial realm so strongly, but that there is an atmos phere of unvarying success about the man th t has bui'.t up a faith in him in the heaits of thousands, who have shown this by uniting their business interests with his as far as possible, by their in vestments iu the enterprises which he con trolled, and w h will feel their property depreciate in value, as soon as his hands relax their hold. To what extent this de preciation will go, is the question that many would like to have answered definitely. The architect of this vast fortune has a history somewhat diilerent from the con ventional one of Ameiican self-made men. lie did not leave his home with his worldly goods and chattels tied up in a handkei chief, nor was lie conspicuous iu early life as a pious teacher iu Suuday School, and a regular attendant upon church soci lis. In this respect he does not offer the slightest opportunity to be held up as a model and pattern "for the average American boy to follow after. Lie was as hard, it can be believed, as any youngster of strong passions; great mus cular strength and courage aud unfet tered by conscience always is. He was a domineeiing young bully of exceedingly iitnit id education. He was born in 171)4 on Staten Island, of a Dutch father and a Scotch mother both of the poorer classes there, who obtained a livelihood by farming ami puddug boats laden with produce up to New York, and other mar kets. Yanderbilt was pat at this work as early as he was able to do anything, i.nJ when he was eighteen years old had made himself the half-owner of a boat his cousin owning the other half. The first authentic anecdote of this sort of life represents his having loaded his boat with cider, provi-ions, etc., and hurried up to Sandy Hook, ahead of all others, to sell to two Hritish ships which had just atiived, bringing the news of the treaty of peace that ended the war of 1812. About this time he married Sophia J i hnson, the daughter of a tavern-keeper iu Elizabethport, a young women who, in the course of an active carter which ter minated seven or eight years ago, dis played qualities of mind as notable in every respect as those of her husband. Strong, energetic, with acquisitiveness fully developed, and a wonderful fund of hard common sense, she was a woman who would have made her mark anywhere, !'nd her union with Yanderbilt was per haps tlie greatest stroke of foitune that ever happened to him, which is saying much for her assi-t mce. For years she supported herself and her children not a few of these either, since she bore thir teen of them, of whom ten survived aud accumulated money besides, a part of which she used to give her children a lib eral education, and without which pro vison by her, they would in all likeli hood have been suffered to grow up in ignorance. Her children idolize her memory, and find noterms too big'i in which to couch her eulogy. They feel that they owe everything to her. One of the notable acts of her life was the management of the hotel at New Brunswick, where passengers between New York and Philadelphia and the South were transferred from the stage to the boat and vice versa, taking their meals at the hotel in the meanwhile. Yander bilt h id struggled up to the position of a captain of a vessel by this time, and she was the mother of four chiUlien. She took the hotel with the distinct agree ment that she was to have everything lur own way in it, and to keep all that she made. Her success was remarkable, and one night Yanderbilt came home lament ing the fact that he h id not $o,000 to buy un interest in a cct tain boat. She made no reply, but the next morning she as-toni- lied her husband by laying -$5,000 i n his plate and !ro,000 in those days meant very much more th .n the same amount at present. She remained in charge of the hotel fr years, and there her elder son William H. Yanderbilt was b un. All the time she was burdened with greater business cares that many competent business men would feel like loading himself with, but .she looked out sedulously for her cliild ren's welfare, and though not an edu cated woman herself, she strained every effort to secure for them the best education the country afforded. She gave up the hotel, as her husband be became wealthy, and removed to New York, where she made many stibetjnti.il friends among people wh. were able to appreciate her good qualities. When she died tight ye irs ago,, she had the largest funeral, it is said, ever given a lady iu this city. Distinguished men, among whom were Horace Greeley and A. T. Stewart, were her pall bearers. The number of the best cidzens that attended her remains to the grave was wonderful. I find myself tempted to go on w ith the st ry of this remarkable woman's life, which is more agreeable to dwell on thin that of her famous husband; for with probably as much brains and force of will as he, her nature had a large de gree of generosity, and kindliness, the absence of which is the Commodore's greatest defect. But I must return to the Commodore, whom we left the part owner of a small pirogue, lie soon be came her so'.e own. -r, "and worked wi'h such untiling energy, and so much shrewd ness, tint by the" time he was 23, he formed himself worth 9,000, and out of debt. His boating experience had made Litn pretty familiar with all the waters around New York, and when steamboats came into use,he was in demand as a pilot. In 1817 he attracted the attention of Th mas Gibbons, a wealthy Southerner, who had large vessel interests in New York end New Brunswick. He grew in favor with Gibbons until he was placed in charge of the en ire line, and made it very profitable clearing as much as $10,- 000 a year for his employer. In 1827 he found leisure enough from this business to put into operation on his own account a ferry betweeu Elizabethport and New York, which he made very profitable. In 1S20, he quit'CUbbon1 employ and embarked i.i business fjr himself, build- 1 ig and running b oats on Long Isl.-md Sound, Hudson I'jver, aud from Bordeu town to Philadelphia, en the Delaware. Iu all these he was successful, but his success was purchased by sharp conllh ts with competitors, whom he drove off by me ins f better boats, better handled, or compelled them to buy him off. This occupied him uutil 1848, when he laid the foundation of his California Steamship Line, by building the steamer Prometheus, aud sailing to the Isthmus of Daiien, where he established a tew aud much more advantageous transit route from Greytown, in the Gulf, to San Juan del Stir, on the Pacific. He put ou more steamers, and began a sharp competition with the Unite ! States and Pacific Mail Companies. The history of his operations in that section would make au interest ing chapter, had I space to give it. It svas like all his operation?, bold, deter mined and full of trouble to himself and all who crossed his path or competed. Not the least interesting part of it was his affair with William Walker, "the grey eyed man of destiny" as he was styled by his admirers. Walker's destiny, or his evil star, led him to lay violent hands on YanJerbilt'a transit route, and he roused a force quite different from the happy-go-lucky Central Americans, whom he hud paitially subdued. Yanderbilt incited au insurrection the Costa Kicans rose against Walker and the man of destiny's gray eyes were closed forever one fine morning by a volley of musketry from a tile of soldiers in the plaza of Trujiilo. Yanderbilt's war ended iu 185G, in his receiving a large subsidy for withdrawing his California line, lie then started a transatlantic line, but withdrew from it after building one vessel the Vniuler bilt which he presented to the Govern ment at the breaking out of the war. Vanderbiit's foresight told him the day of water navigation, except across the ocean, was gone by, liiid that of rail roads was ii-ing. In 1301 he definitely abanded his marine business, by which it was estimated he had accumulated $40,000,000. He had been dabbling in liiilroad stocks for years, affecting gen eral 1- Erie, Harlem and New York aud New Haven roads. When he began buy ing Harlem it was worth 13, he got all of it iu his possession in lbb'4, and it ro.-e to 137. He began liguiing with the New York Central and Hudson River Ridlroad; soon had two thirds of their stock, and consolidated them. lie set vig orously to work to improve the mateiial of the road aud their administratis n. His usual success followed; the roads be came among the best in the country, and, what is more to the point paid fine dividends, while other roads were the objects of stock jobbing and all manner of injuiious maladministration. Stock holders of other roads were anxious to seek a share in such beneficent manage ment, and in 1873, the magnificent Lake Shore road passed under his control; followed in 1870 by the Canada Southern. Such is the merest skeleton of the his tory of this remarkable man. Search where one may, it will be difficult to find cue charactei ized by as much per sistent, plucky warfare, end such uni form success. His successes have al ways been literally wrung from the most determined oppositi-Hi, aud it seems at limes as if he would not have any come tj Liiu wiihout that resistance. Iu every relation of life he has been hard and cold, aud frequently needlessly cruel. He has domineered over those who have served him, aud crushed out those w ho have opposed him. His children have not been treated any better than the rest of mankind, and there i- not, it is claimed, much love lost all around. But he has been a just man, paying Ids debts, and keeping his engagements. His influence on the stock market has always been beneficial. He has not entered into any of the speculating schemes that have for au object the lleecing of others, nor wid he permit any one aoout him to do so. He assured his son William that he would ceit linly disinherit hiiu if he ever knew of his gambling in stocks. When he buys, he buys for a permanent invest ment; and the property is sure to rise on his hands, because his effective man agement will certaiuly make it more valuable. He has a hearty detestation of all the stock gamblers, whom he rightly regards as parasites upon hon orable enterprise. With a life spent in creative exertion he has no patience with these drones who scheme to gather the fruits of either men's industry. Seven years ago he married Mrs. Frank Crawford, a middle-aged Southern lady, and though the family has never taken very kiudly to the match, it has given him all that he desired from it careful attention and nursing.--C'or. of Toledo Blade. A Few Feet of Boakd. He was mild aud gentle in his manner, aud did not look a bit liKe a wag. So when he en tered the small office of a large lumber yard in West Philadelphia, and softly asked, "Have you all kinds of board for sale?"' the proprietor replied, promptly, "Yes, sir. What sort will you have'f "I want," said the monster in disguise, "a fe.v feet of Louisiana Returning Board !'' The lumber-man smiled a sick ly smile, and registered a vow at the cor ner beer saloon never to put faith in ap pearances again. Colorado is fast emancipating herself from dependence upon the East in the matter of manufactures. At Denver she has a large foundry which not only turns out mining machinery, but also engines, boilers, iron bridges and agricultural implements. p.fiTTPTSY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, I x A Great Discover v. Fresh on the heels of Cesnola's won derful discoveries of trea-ure at Kurium comes an announcement from Dr. Henri Scldiemanu, whose great success on the side rf ancient Troy was first communi cated to the Herald three years ago. This enthusiast arclneologist has been at work upon the site of the ancient city of Myce lial in the Peloponnesus, and his work has been crow ned with the most complete suc cess. The D. ctor has telegraphed to the HerahtmreM a. copy ui the dispatch iu whichhe announced the result of his explora tioa to the King of Greece. It is as follows : To Hrs Majesty King George: With unbounded joy I announce to your Majesty that I have discovered the mon uments which the tradition related by Pausanijs indicates as the tombs of Aga memnon, Cassandra, Eurymedon, and their companions, w ho were killed w hile feasting at a banquet, by Clytemnestra aud her lover, JEgisthus. These tombs are surrounded by a double parallel circle, with tablets un doubtedly erected iu honor of the vic tims. In these tombs I have found im mense a-rchaj' dogieal treasures and num bers of ai tides of pure gold. The treasure alone is sufficient to fill a large museum, and the most splendid iu the world. In succeeding ages I am sure it will attract to Greece thousands of strangers from abroad. As I am la boring simply for the love of science, I w aive all claim t the treasure, and oiler it, with intense enthusiasm, entirely to Greece. Sire, may those treasure?, with God's blessing, become the corner stone of an immense national wealth. Dlt. HENKI SCHLIE-MANX. Myccnre, November 28, 18TG. The highest scientific authorities in London declare Dr. Sehlicmanu's dis coveries to be the most impoit int yet made in the history of archaeological in vestigation. They go back to the Cyclo peau era in architecture and to the time of the destruction of Troy or to the Greece ff almost 3,000 years ago, when it was the first city of the Hellenes. Mycente, the town of which Dr. Schliemann speaks in this letter, is one of the most ancient in the world. Long before the Greeks joined tgcther t avenge the wrongs of Menelaus and to recover the beautiful Helen from her paramour, Paris, this city was a great center of government and civilization. Homer calls it "populous' and "broad stretted,' and it was its King, Agamem non the "King of Men" who was chosen to command the Grecian forces at Troy. Dr. Schliemann, in digging up these relics and exposing to view the tombs of these heroes of long-departed ages, carries us back far beyond historic times, and to a great extent ovei turns the theories of several modern writers on history. Thest wies which have gener ally been considered almost mythical of the return of Agamemnon and Ids mur der byr his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover, -lEgisthus, are now almost con firmed by the discovery of their tombs, in positions which tend to prove the truth of the legend. This story is one of the most tragical that has been treated by the great potts of the golden age of Greek tragedy. JOschylus in his "Agamemnon," Sopho cles in his '"Electra," jmd Euripides in his "Orestes," have each in turn drama tized various phases of this remarkable story. The legem 1, or, as we may now term it, history, relates how Agamem non, e n his return from the siege of Troy, was foully murdered in his own banqueting hail, and how his wife and paramour, who had murdered him, after wards intermarried. Agamemnon and Menelaus were sons of Pilistln nes and grandsons ofAttrens, King of Mycente. They were brought up, together with their cousin Egisthus, in the house of Attreus. After the mur der of Attreus by JSgisfhus and Thysctes the two brothers fled to Sparta, of which place Menelaus afterward became King. They married two sisters, the' daughters of Tyndarus, Agamemnon espousing 1 Clytemnestra and Menelaus the far- famed Helen. At the conclusion of the i Trojan war, w here Agamemnon had gone j to lielp his prother in recovering his wite, he returned to Mycente. Before leaving Troy he had obtained as his share in the spoils Cassandra, the prophetic daugh ter of Pi iam. She frequently foretold him the sad fate which awaited him, should he return; but, blind to fate, he insisted on hastening back to his "much loved" Myceme. On his arrival there he found that his cousin JEgisthus, whom he had left as the guardian of his king dom am 1 of his wife, hid basely betrayerW his trust aud was living in adultery with Clytemnestra. The guilty couple imme diately resolved to add to their other crime by murdering him, and took the opportunity of a banquet given to cele brate his safe arrival. It is related that as he came from the bath Clytemnestra "ave him a tunic with the sleeves sewn up, and as he vainly attempted to put it on she felled him with blows of a hatchet, w hile her lover, JEgisthus, assisted. At the same time several of his companions perished, and among them Cassandra, who had warned him of his fate. The murder forms the plot of the "Argamemnon" of JBschylus, the first of the great dramatic triumvirate, while the return of Orestes and the death of Clvtemmenstra at his hands form those of the "Electra" and "Orestes." Mycenae, thr scene of this terrible trage dy, was an ancient town in Argolis, about six miles to the northeast of Argos,and is situated on a little hill at the head of a narrow valley. During the reign of Agamemnon it was considered the chief city in the Peloponnesus, but after the Dorian invasion it ceased to be a place of much importance. It continued, however, to le an independent town un til the year 4G8 B. C, when it was at tacked by the Argives, who, having re duced the inhabitants by famine, razed the town level with the adjoining coun try. Strabo states that the destruction of this famous city was so complete that not a vestige of it remained in his - time. But Pausanias, who lived after Strabo's time, relates that the ancient walls and tombs still existed in his time, and these are the relics of antiquity which Dr. Schliemann has now, after much patient research, succeeded in unearthing. Pausa nias states that when lie visited Mycenae a considerable part if the wall still re mained standing, and the great gate, with its lions at either side, is there up to the present lay. These works were att ibutedto the Cyclops, who are also s, id to have assisted Pro? t us in building the wills of Tiryns. Hence this massive style of architecture is called Cyclopean. Here Pausanias also saw the underground chambers of Attreus and bis ci i dren, where they kept their treasure. Also the tomb of Attreus and those of the companions of Agamemnon, who were slain by JEgisthus. Thre was some doubt whether the toinU of C issan dra was there or not, but those of Aga memnon and his charioteer Eurymedon, as well as the twin sons of C issaiidr.-i, supposed to have been als murdered by -E;isthiis, were there. Clytemnestra and EgisUius were buried not far away, but outside the wall. Dr. Sehliemann's efforts to win brck the great events of the "Iliad" from the land of fable have been unceasing for years. While there are in my doubters as to whether the cities superimposed on cities which he unearthed in the Troad were really those of the Ilion of Priam and Hector and its poorer successors on the same site, he has gone on trusting in his great prophet II nvr. About Ins latest discoveries there can hsw.dly be the same questron, but we may look forward to lively discussions for m ntln to come in archaeological circles all over the civil ized world. A. Y. Herald. A Monster Balloon. M. Giffard has devised the construc tion of a balloon for 1878 which wid far surpass any effrt hitherto made iu this direction. This new balloon will be formed of a resisting material, solid, ab solutely impermeable to hydrogen gas, manufactured of alternate sheets of linen and caoutchouc, protected externally by several layers of varnish, and coated with white paint to diminish the effects of the sun's rays. This balloon will have a capacity of nearly 710.000 cubic feet, and will form au immense sphere, the greatest ever constructed, the diam eter of which will not be less than 112 feet. Wheu moored to the ground the balloon will form a monumental dome Kit feet high, exceeding by 15 feet the height of the Arc de Triomphe. The balloon itself will weigh 8,800 pounds, and to join the pieces together of w hich it is composed will take nearly four miles of sewing, w ith 22 miles ol thread. The car of the balloon will form a gallery 50 feet in circumference. A circular space in the center of 10 feet in diameter will be reserved; iu the center of this space the cable, a poweilul rope ot 10 inches in circumfeience, will be joined to the u pper circle by means of an appiratus which will constantly indicate the as cending power of the balloon. This aerial machine will be held to the earth by tight cables, attached to iron rings fixed securely iu masomy, "and will be suspended above a vast conical basin. The car will be readied by two mov able gangways, and from 40 to 50 per sons will be taken on board at each ascent. The cable will descend ti the bottom of the conical basin, and by means ef a se cure system of wheels will be carried along a tunnel to be worked by au engine of 200 horse power. This cable will be 1,730 feet in length. The captive bal loon will be placed in the center of a circular inclosure, 333 feet in diameter. It will tower above the beautiful gar dens, and will form the most elevated dome in the Champ de Mars. With this balloon it will be possible to raise more thau 200,000 visitors 1,G60 feet above the earth during the continuance of the exhibition. They may contem plate from that height, surpassing that of 11 Arcs de Triomphe, the line tableau of the city of Paris, and its surroundings. M. Giffard proposes to construct this enormous machine entirelv at his own expense. It will cost several hundred thousand francs. President MacMauox appears to be a Roman father. Almost immediately after leaving Saiut-Cjr, the Military Academy, his son, the sub-lieutenant, was passing through Versailles, proud of his ofiicer's uniform, of which, how ever, a false collar of not very regiment al appearance diminished the severity. The young officer passed a colonel, who, after having returned the salute, stopped and reprimanded him for his unmihtary - aPP - arance and -asked his name. But scarcely nau ne gianceci at tne card pre sented by the young man than he ex pressed Ids surprise at not having recog nized the son of the Marshall, and was profuse in his politeness. "Very well, Colonel, card for card," said the young man. "I must ask for yours because I have not the honor of knowing your name." The colonel at once handed his card aud the other at once went to the Elysee to make a complaint to his father. An hour after the colonel and the sub lieutenant were both ordered to confine themselves to barracks for four days one for his non-regimental costume, ami the other for not having punished the offense. Thirty-one of those who perished by the Brooklyn theatre fire left w idows and small children, who had been entirely de pendent upon them for support; four left widows alone iu destitute circumstances ; eight left widowed mothers; six were the sole support of orphan sisters and brothers ; aud forty-five of the young men were helping to maintain aged parents; eleven of the widows are about to become moth ers. One hundred and nine of the fami lies visited by the Relief Committee will require temporary assistance.and seventy five more will want help through the winter. TnE Rev. Edward Hitchcock, pastor of the American Chapel in Paris, esti mates the present number of Protestants in France at 800,000. Last year $400,000 were spent in France by Bible, Sunday school, and missionary societies. - - The Oyster Season. The season of the succulent oyster is full upon us. Pleasant piles of the crusty bivalve once more rise from the tables of the innumerable shops which are devoted to dealing them out to the million, and the rich sea-ish smell wafts to the tempt ed nostrils of the passers by. The o!.i inviting signs, "Oysters in every style," calling to nrnd the delightful multiplic ity of ways in which culinary cunuing lias learned to serve up this favorite food, are brought out from summer obscurity, and are disjthiyed here and there and everywhere. Men of business, whom the close of the oyster season sets completely adrift as to the matter of lunching places, and who wander vaguely from restaurant to restaurant, never satisfied, during the oystcrless months without an r, once more -elt!e down to a steady noon tli-t, varied by tiie deft cookery of the oyster-saloon. Theatre-parties no longer find it difficult to choose the bill of fare for a toothsome supper, with which cosily to fitish oil the evening-, entertainment; the givers of modest tea patties are provided with an always-welcome and always-popular dish. It "is specially at the season when oys ters return to us that we are able to ap preciate of how much consequence they are to the material comfort of our exist ence. What, indeed, should we do with out oysters? We know that the unhappy European has to forego the pleasures of what we know as "au oyster-supper." To be sure, he has at command a miserable, . species of little mollusk; but how con temptible is this compared with the big, round, smooth, juicy and lordly denizen of the beds of the Sound and the Chesa peake! He consoles himself with white bait in England, with au infinite variety of cunning made-up devices in France, with a hodge-podge of meat and vegeta bles iu Germany; but who that knows the delights of the American oyster would exchange it for all the savory dishes of Europe? The foreigners who have come to the Exhibition, will, for the most part, have gone aw ay without having tasted tlds most pleasant of American edibles; but those who have remained to partakje of it must have felt the Sad llerock or Norwalk a curiosity scarcely less notable than many things displayed in the great Exhibition Hall at Philadelphia. Even the statistics of oysters are not without interest. They would seem to be the most fecund of all the denizens of the sea; and for this fact, surely, we should be fervidly grateful. Somebody has been lately studying the bivalve, and tells us, after careful observation, that "if every oyster in the sea were to spat every year, the sea would soon be filled up with oysters I" In the interests of omme ce and the other fishes, we would fain hope that the tasty tribe will not wax quite to this extent; though, if they would mike a bridge for us from America to Europe, the legions of the sea-sick would have one more reason to bless the oyster's ex istence. We may take it for granted that every oyster iu the sea does not "spat" once a year. It is, however, boldly as serted by a no Jess scientific authority than 3Ir. Frank Buckland, that a single oyster may cemtain, at one time, over eight hundred thousand embryo oysters. Mr. Buckland, moreover, avers that he has had in his possession "as many mollus cous protoplasms as would have grown in time into one. hundred and twenty-three million marketable oysters.'' Thus there is no prospect, whatever of a famine in this delightful food. Every year the sup ply will become greater, and already their cheapness puts oysters within the reach of the poorer, classes; and as they bring health and enjoyment at the same time, this fact is one which we may well re joice at. Appletoris Journal. Proud. Many kinds of birds evidently feel a vanity of personal appearance, and many animals, especially pet animals, exhibit jealousy. But for an example of downright aristocratic pride, the cow is the last creature we should look to. A writer in Leslie's Monthly, however, expects usto believe the following: Ageutlemau trav eling in England had a letter of intro duction to a person of some distinction whose whole estate was iu excellent keen ing. Among other fine animals shown him was a line white cow, and this creature, he was told, was the very personification of pride. As though she considered her self of pure blue blood, she claimed pre cedence in all cases; she always went ahead of the herd, the best bit of pasture was her exclusive domain, on which no other durst intrude. S far did she carry her pretensions, that if any one. of the other cows entered the stable bcf jre her, she would refuse to enter. Anxious to see this with his own eyes, he desired to be taken to her stable at evening. The man, instructed how to act, drove in some of the other cjws. The white cow drew up; not only did she re fuse to advance, in spite of all encourag ing words, but her whole frame swelled with anger and offended dignity. She kept lowing continually. At last, the cows within, as though conscious that they had forgotten their place, began to come out, and as they were driven out, the proud white, with an evident air of gratified pride, strode in in state. It is almost impossible to convey the impres sion produced by this exhibition of down right pride. ' - Would Have His Joke. Of Gen. Bart lett's brave and merry spirit Dr. Brick-" ett, who was Gen. Augur's medical direct or at the first assault on Port Hudson, tells this story: Soon after the beginning of the assault, Gen. .Bartlett was brought out on a stretcher to the surgeon's head quarters. f'Ah, General, sorry to see you in this condition; where are you wound ed?" "I've got a bullet through my wrist and a flesh wound in my right le. I don't know whether the other leg (the wooden one) is wounded or not; you will have to take that off and examine it." The Washington Star says it cm be proven by statistics that more charitable woric is done m Washington than other city of its size. any