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4t) a. ; - i -A u si DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON. VOL. 11. OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1877. NO. 27, J -y r, . -7 S U. , " ; 1IB r w-r " THE ENTERPRISE. A LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE Farmer, Business Man, and Family Circle. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY. it ii v :v jc !-i . i.n mkxt, FROPKIETOR AND PUBLISHER. OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CLACKAMAS CGUHTY. OFFICE In Enterprise EuttHng, one d.jor couth of Masonic Building, Main street. Terms of Hub.crlpliuu : Single copy, one year, in advance 2 10 Single copy, six months, iu advance 1 50 Terms of Adi-rrllting: Transient advertisements, including till legl notices, per square of twelve lines, one week $ 2 50 For each subsequent insertion 1 00 One column, one year 120 00 Half " ' 60 0O Quarter " " 40 00 Business Card, one square, one year... 12 00 SOCIETY NOTICES. oki:gox lodge, no. uf i. i. O. F., meets every Thursday even- .vi,.., in, at 7$ o'clock, In the Odd Fcl-? lows' Hall, Main street. Members 'ig&r of the Order are invited to attend. . By order of N. G. HKHHCCA DHGKEE LODGE, No. 2, I. O. O. F., meets on the mrfaft Second and Fourth Tuesday jftj Members of the Decree are invited to attend MULTNOMAH LODGE.No A. F. & A. Mn holds its regular com 1 . : . . . i . rr : . . .. 1 'T i . : i 8 itiirdiiv in each month, at 7 o'clnok from the 20th of September to the 20th of March; and t& o'clock from the 30th of March to the 20th of September, Brethren in irood otandintr are invited to at tend. By order of V. M. FALLS ENCAMPMENT, No. 4, I. O. O. F., meets at Odd Fellows' Hall a on the birstoand Third Tuesday of Sf each month. Patriarchs iu good Btaud-FV 1UJ( KICIUIUCU IU HILCIIU. SINES8All. J. W. NORRIS, l'liygiciaii and Surgeon OFFICE AND RESIDENCE : On Fourth Street, at foot of Cliff Stairway tf CHAS. KNIGHT, CA5BY, - - - ORECiOX, Physician and Druggist. trif"Prescriptious carefully filled at abort Police. Ja7-lf PAUL BOYCE, M. D., 1 It y s i c i n n n n 1 Surgeon, Oregon C'itt, Oregon. Chronic Discuses and Diseases of Women and Children a specialty. Ofiice hours day and night; always ready when duty calls. Aug. 25, '76-tf DR. JOHN WELCH, XD IE ILT T I S T office in ORI'COS CITY, OKEGO. Highest cash price paid for County orders. JOHNSON & McCOWN, Attorneys anil Counselors at Law, ORKJO CITY, OKEOOX, Will practice in all the Courts of tho State. Special attention Riven to cases in the U. S. I-and Office at Oregon City. 5aprl872-tf L. T. BARIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OReiiox city, OKr.no. Will practice iu all the Courts of the State Nov. 1, ls7o-tf W. H. HIGHFIELD, I-staJoli.sl5.ed. sixj.ee 4tS, One door North of Pope's Hall, MAIX HT., UIIEGOX, CITY" OHKGOX. An assortment of watches. Jewelry, and Seth Thomas' Weight Clocks, all CijiSof which are warranted to be as repre ss i-d. trjfUepairing- done on 6hort notice; and thankful for past patronage. n.h paid for County Order. JOHN M. BACON, DEALER IN f'-B'UfX Books, Stationery, PICTURE FRAMES, MOULDINGS AND MISCELLANEQU3 GOODS. C'regon City, Oregon. .tt"Atthe Post Office, Main Street, west DEALER IN nue. novl fo-tf IMPERIAL MILLS. LaKoeque, Savier & Co., OREGON CITY. Keep constantly on hand for eale Flour Middling, Bran and Chicken Feed. Parties purchasing feed must furnish the sack J. H. shepardT" Boot and Shoe Store. One door north of Ackermau Bros. ISfBoots and Shoes made and repaired as cheap as the cheapest. Nov. 1, 1875-tf MILLER, CHURCH & CO. pAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR At all times, at the OUEGOX CITY MILLS, And have on hand FEED and FLOUR to sell, at market rates. Parties desiring Feed mast furnish sacks. novl-tf A. G. WALLING'S Pioneer Book Bindery, Plttuck'a Building, cor. of Stark and Front U., POI1TLAMD, OULCOI. BLANK BOOKS RULED AND BOUND to any desired pattern. Music books, Magazines, Newspapers, etc., bound in everv variety of style known to the trade. Order's ..wu me country promptly atteuaea lo, OREGON CITY BREWERY. HENRY HUMBEL, I I h purchased the above TrTi- .v - .' "laue to miorm the w I ture aCN itheMnoT" Ppared to manufac lure a No 1 quality of 7.g.5A V can b0 obtained anywher in the State. Order, .elicited and promufli?e 1, Auld Lang Syne. BT JOHN W. CHADWICK. It singeth low in every heart. We hear it each and all A song of those who answer not However we may call; They throng the silence of the breast. We see them as of yore The kind, the brave, the true, the sweet, Who -walk with us no more. 'Tis hard to take the burden up When these have laid it down ; They brighten all th,e joy of life, They soften ev y f- w& ; But, bh, 'tis goo ' o ;V ' the-i When we ai lempieu sore! Thanks be to God that such have been, Although they are no more. More home-like seems the vast unknown, Since they have entered there; To follow them were not so hard, ' Wherever they may fare; They cannot be where God is not, On any sea or 6hore; Whate'er betides, Thy love abides, Our God forevermore. Grandfather's Bear Storv. A STOUT FOU YOCNG PEOPLE. Of all grandfather's stories, we liked the one about the big watch and the bear best. If I could tell it as he did, sitting in his corner by the fire-place with his old fashioned cane held in both hands, and his funny wig half jumping from his head when lie got well into the story, I am sure that the eyes of every boy who listened now, would sparkle us ours did then. Perhaps we liked this story best, because graudfather showed us just where it all happened, and used to bring out the same queer old watch for us to louk at onceiu a while and sometimes letone of us take the rusty old Queen's arm rifle.about which lie could tell more stories than we could listen to in all winter. A few little knots and some of the rust is all there is left of the wood part of the old rifle. I have the watch yet, dumb and queer looking to children as ever. The storv teller is long since dead. This is the way of it, as nearly as I can re member. "I cau't remember the first bear that I ever saw. Hears were almost as plenty about, -when I was a boy, as foxes are now, and I liked a lamb for supper as well as a ix does a chicken. "But I cau remember well enough the first bear that I ever saw out of a trap and on his feet. There was no meeting house here then, and after dinner Sun days I could do what I pleased till chore-time. Well, after dinner one Sun day I slipped some apples int my pocket aud started for the hill. It was near the first of Slay, and mother al ways liked to have ine bring h"me a good handful of May-flowers. Besides, my partridge snares were along the brook, and though I would not have dared meddle with them Sunday, I al ways liked to see wh-it I had caught. "This watch, that uncle Julius sent nie froui2i!ugland,keptmejj jod company, so I did not feel lonesome. Mo'her would give it to me Sunday moruiug to carry till niht, then put it away in the bend case iu the sitting room through the week. ?-The day was as warm as summer, and the May-flowers on the south side of the hill were redder and larger than now-a-d;iys. I f jund a shady, warm spot, and tried to see how many flowers I could pick without going beyond my length. "I got a large ha-idful and fell to watch ing a squirrel till I fell asleep. I don't know whether it was a sound or the sun shining on my face that woke me. Bat before I was well awake I heard a strung loud stirring in the leaves just across the brook. And what do you think mad? it? A big bear hunticg frr last year's acorns or beech nuts! Just as I have done many a time. It didn't take long to get wide awake, then! The bear didn't see me, though he was very near, and I was surprised not to find myself fright ened. I would have given my new coat if I could have held a gun in my hand! However, I crept off a quietly as pos sible, and the bear was so busy beech nutting that he did not observe me, "When I got well out of sight, I start ed for the house as fast as if 1 was allow ing my homely friend the way! My heart began to thump then and did n t stop any, when, of a sudden, I made the bold resolve of getting the ritle from the kitchen wall where it always hung, aud coming back to find my bear. This was a bold idea, and though it almost made me tremble with excitement, I firmly re solved to put it in execution. It was an opportunity not to be overlooked. "James Bates, a s m of ne of our neighbors, had killed a bear alone, the fall before, and though he was three or four years older than I, he hal been a hero all winter. The fact is, I had been for a long tine desirous of such a a ad venture, and the grand idea of killing a bear all alone, was too great for any thought t'f fear or prudeuce to overcome. "It is doubtful if I should have been allowed to carry out such aa attempt at any time, and I knew that u I should ask for the rille on that day, it would surely be refused me. I had to trust to "luck." Chance favored me, for before rescuing the house, I saw father in the barnyard feeding the cattle. I slipped irto the kitchtn and got the rifle-quickly and without being observed, I knew that there was a good lead ball in it, and had no time to look about for more. Then I run with all my speed back over tbe hill, past the map'.e woods and on through the sheep pasture; more slowly now as I came near the orook. S i6 rlfle aaint a tree, and more from habit than anything else, I was XTi ?Ll7k Et my atcNhen I found the pocket empty I It was in vain to turn abou , or whistle, or search I The I would rather have met a dozen bears than returned without the lost treasure. I had ranged the wood pretty thoroughly and carelessly-that afternoon and might have lost the watch in any of a hundred different places. I began to be fright ened. But a boy of fifteen was almost a man in those days, aud my courage did not desert me when I had need of it. The more I thought of my loss the more de termined I became to kill the bear if good luck and pluck would do it. If I should succeed in this (.though it began to look larger as l came nearer the brook), the loss ot my watch would not be so crreat. I expected to find Bruin still at h-s search for nuts. I remember the half dread and h ilf hope that made my eyes sharp and my heart beat strangely as I came iu sight of the brook. "Almost before I was aware of it I came t the great oak under whose shade 1 had taken my nan an hnur before. 1 stopped there, and a I was locking sharply at the other bank ot the brook, I heard the dry leaves rustle cloe by. The sound came from the other side of the tree by which I was standing, and a single step, taken very cautiously, brought me lace to iace with the be ar I I was so near tint I could hardly help steppiog back. But strange as it seems, I had ad vanced so quietly and stood still so long that Sir Bruin did not appear to have heard me. I was almost surprised at the steadiness of my nerves. However, I took care to select a good, t ill maple not far behind me and not large enough for the bear to follow iu case I should miss him. You may be sure that I had my rirle in readiness w hile I stood looking at the ugly beast, within half a rifle shot. "The bear seemed tome t act strangely, lie would sit back on. his haunches for a moment, and then creep up and smell at something in the dead leaves, much as a cat with a half dead mouse. As I watched him, he put out his huge paw just like a great clumsy cat, and all of a sudden I saw, lying there in the leaves my watch I lie had found my watch and kept by it like a watch-dog! It was plainly a mystery to him. He would smell of it, start back, tumble it over with his great clumsy paws and then set upon his haunches, evidently puzzling his sh tgijy he-id about what it could be. Some motion of mine caught his atten tion and he forgot the watch. If he was puzzled before, he was now stupefied, lie had evidently blundered into a land of surprises. He shook his he id stupidly and began to retreat, half sliding, half backing up the side of the hill. This gave me a splendid chance and I took good aim behind the fore shoulder and tired. Then I dropped the lifle and ran for my tree. The bear followed! When I had got half way to the top, I looked down. The bear lay in a heap some distance below, near the brook. He had rolled down there and was dead! 1 went very cautiously to work to make sure that he was not playing possum, then picked up my rifle and watch and started for home. "I was never so happy in my life! When I entered the door of the bi kitchen, I tried to look as if nothing had happened. I think I did not suc ceed. Mother held up both hinds in desj-iir at seeing me with a rifl'j on Sun day. But father was too much hunter to ask many questions aud we were soon at the place of my adventure. Before ntjht we had the bear in the woo Jshcd. I was so proud and happy that I could not keep my tliguity, aud aflected uncon eern for very long. Th.it fall I was al loAed to go'-vfitU tho men when there was to be a bear hunt. "That night mother said nothing about the watcli-rtud when 1 went to be J, I found the bead case iu which it was al ways kept during the week, hung on the wall near my bed. After that 1 carried it with me every day, but took cre to prevent its falling out ot my pocket again. And that is how I killed my first bear.'' Uncle Joe, in Portland Transcript. Three-Card Monte. Retained at Milan, Tenti., by a missed connection caused by hot boxes, I made the acquaintance of Geo. H. Devol, one of the most famous, if not the most fa mous gambler of the West. Only a day or two since I noticed in a St. Louis pa per a long account of how he and his confederates waltzed a Maine Yankee who was going South to buy a planta tion for $1,700 at threo-card monte. It was the old story of a Texas stock-trader who had been beatun out of 2,000 by the little picture cards, and was explain ing to the passengers how it was done. He had learned the trick, Maine saw through it, and wanted to bet that he did. Devol was a Southern planter, who was tired of planting and wanted to sell out, and gently led Main? up to the luting poiut. When he did bite, it was to the extent of his pile of ready cash. Devol is a gentlemanly-looking man of 47, dark sandy hair, light saudy whiskers, beginning to show the silver, a quick, piercing gray eye, ruddy complexion, of good address, and a sweet talker. He was born in Ohio, but for thirty years has followed the profession of a gambler. Some years, ago he worked on the roads leading into Louisville, and is well known there. While operating on the Short line road, near Lagrange, he won about $1,800 and five gold watches, aud ended the game just as the train waa leaving Lgrango on its way to Cincinnati. The victims squealed terribly, and proposed to have their treasures or blood. They marshaled their forces and drew their re volvers. Devol skipped into the rear coach, locking the door as he went. He then went t the rear platform, and, al though tho train was running at tiie rate of thirty-five miles an hour, selected a clear spot and jumped. He rolled over at a lively rate, but picked himself up unhurt, though his late friends fired a volley at him from their revolvers. He cut across the country aud struck the railroad at Lexington junction and went back to Louisville. Devol is full of anecdotes of his pro fession, and tells some good ones. He tella of a little game he had with A. M. Waddell of Louisville, and Billy Cheat ham, of Nashville, eighteen years ago, Devol and Dad Ryan were going down the river. Waddell and Cheatham got aboard at Smithland. A game of poker, $25 ante, was soon in progress. "Di rectly," said Devol, "Dad gave me the item that he was going to cold-deck the party. I reached over and said to Cheat ham, 'Tnat is a very fine single-stone dia mond you have there.' This movement ennablcd Dad to ring in the cold deck. Waddell got three tours and an ace in the draw aud lost $3,200 on the hand." Six or seven years ago Canada Bill, another famous three-card man, set up at the mouth of lied lCiver with a lot of horses to sell, mostly all of which he had won, and a store, which he had bought. It was right in the line of Texas travel, and Bill was winning every thing in 6ight. Devol suspected (wrong fully, as is afterwards proved) that Bill had 'held out $200 from a divide of win nings they had made together, and ele termined to get even. To do-fT.-fvy'nt to New Orleans and manufactured "sucker" especially for Bill. He dressed him up in rough clothes, gave him $2,000 in money tied up in a woman s silk stock ing, and told him to play the game of greeny by gawking about Bill s stable aud counting his money where Bill could see it. Devol put the "sucker" oil at Hog's Point, three miles below the mouth of Red river, while he continued on the steamer. In due time the "sucker" came into Bill's stable, and, getting into an out-of-the-way corner, pulled out the stocking which, by the way, was a keep sake presented to Devol by a lady friend, and began to count the money. Bill "dropped on it" at once, and took Devol out and said: "George, here is a 'sucker' with $2,000 or $3,000; let's take him." "Do you think I cau handle him?" said Devol. "Of course you can," s aid Bill. "I'll try," said Devol. He carelessly ap proached the "dicker," engaged him in conversation and proposed a walk. The "sucker" assented, and they walked out together. While they were gone Devol told the "sucker" just how to play the game. Said he: "Pretend that you are going to turn the spotteel card, but don't do it. Turn the one I motion to." After awhile they came bick, and Devol gave Bill the wink that the "sucker" was ready for the bait. Bill opened out. The usual preliminaries were gone through with, and the "sucker" untied the knots in his stocking and put up $2,000, and Bill covered it, Devol being st ike-holder, for the reason that the "sucker" would not" bet unless Devol would hold the stakes, as he, the "sucker," "knew that Devol was an honest man." Everything was all ready; a-jd even then it looked so fair that the "sucker" wanted to turn the card with the spot on it, and it was all that Devol could do to prevent it, and had to whisper to the "sucker" several times which card to turn. This whisper ing Bill took to be part of the plan nec essary to induce the "sucker" to bite. Finally he reached out, let Ids fingers linger a moment over the c:ird with the spot on it, and then suddenly turned the right card. Bill locked like he would sink through the floor, then at Devol and then at the "sucker," and said, "That's the first rub." The "sucker" said, "Rub, h 11 I want my money !" and pulled out a six shooter that Djv1 had given him and pointed it at Bill, aud Bill said, "George, give it up." The "sucker" wheeled and pointed the pistol at Devol, who says, "Bill, shall I give it up?'" "Yes," said Bill, aud the money was handed over. After the "sucker" w alked off, Bill said, "Giorge, by G d, I have seen six cocked pistols pointed at your head, and you didn't give up nothing. How is it that you give up 9 easy now?'' Devol replied, "I thought that d d fool would let that gua go off." Afterward Devol told Bill how he had playel it on him, and gave him back all but the $200 which he thought Bill had "held out" on him. After this, Bill and Devol worked together,and made a great deal of money. "The closest place I was ever in in my life," said Devol, "was in '50. I was coming up the river from New Orleans on the steamer Fairchild, and had won a great deal of money. The boat landed at Napoleon, and about twenty-five of those killers there, who in those days eliei not think any more cf killing a man than they ditl a rat, got aboard, 1 opened out and won a good deal of money and four or nve watches. Everything went along smoothly enough until about four ei'clock in the afternoon, when they began to get drunk. One of them said: 'Where is that el n gambler? I'm going to kill him.' 'I in with you, said another. I, too,' said another! and the whole party rushed to their state-rooms and got their pistols. I slipped up and got between the pilot-house and the roof. They searched the boat from stem to stern, but dul not think ef looking under the pilot house. I whispered to the pilot that when he came to a blull bank to throw her stern in and give me the word, and I would run and jump off. About G o'clock he gave me the word and I ran and jumped. I was weighted down with the watches and gold I had won an! the Hs- t-ince was more than I thought, and I missed the bank and stuck tight, waist deep, in soft mud at the water's edge. The killers saw me, and as the boat swung out they opened fire. I could not move, and the bullets whistled past my ear, anil spattereel mud and water all over my face, I had given the pilot $100 in gold, aud he threw the boat out, so that I was out of sight very quick. It was a mighty close place for a little whilo. Devol invitod me to his room at the Milan Hotel, and showed me the modus operandi of three-card moate. It looks mighty easy to tell the rizht card, but it is n.jt. Devol does not throw the carels now. A confederate does that. He is better, he says, on the outside. His splendid address and unlimited cheek eminently fit him for the position. Dar ing the war he had the racetrack at New Orleans, and had a fine lot of trotters. Ben Butler confiscated them and threw Devol into jail because he had won a large amount of money from 'Butler's paymaster. "I have made more money than any two gamblers in America," said Devol, "but I can't keep it. My traveling expenses alone are $10,000 a year. It'sagay life, though a risky one, and I have lots of fun." II. C. U, in Conner-Journal. Pauis dressmakers send out dolls their patrons in fac-simile costumes what they have for sale. . to of COURTESY CF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UXIVZRSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Anecdotes of Drummers. Drums and fifes are probably the most ancient, as they are the most familiar, of our musical instruments. It is a fact, as every soldier knows, that on the line of march, it is easier for the men to keep step to the lively tones of the "ear-piercing fife" nd the roll of "the spirit-stirring drum" than to follow a bra?3 band, which cannot be elistiuctly heard farther than half the length of a regiment. Cham ber Journal tells two anecdotes, which show that, though the drummers may hold the lowest rank in the British army, yet their heroism equals that of the highest. ..In one of the battles of the Peninsula war, a drummer, whose name and corps have both been unfortunately lost to his tory, having wandereel from his regiment, was taken prisoner b- the r rencn, aud brought before Napoleon as a spy. Bonaparte irowneel heavily upon his prisoner as he demanded of him his rank in the British army. On being told it was that of a drummer, the Emperor, to test the truth of the reply, causeel a drum to be brought, and requested his prisoner to beat "the charge !" The drummer's eyes sparkled with en thusiasm as lie gave the terrible roll aud rataplan deniaaeled. "JNow beat a retreat," said .Napoleon. "I cannot," replied the drummer, proudly. "No such thing is known in the English army. We never retreat." "Good! exclaimed the Emperor, "lou are a brave lad, and may rejoin your own armv." Then, turning to those near him, Na poleon gave directions that the drummer should be conducted back in safety to the English lines. Fertuue is, however, a fickle jade, for at the battle of Waterloo this humble hero met with a sad eleth. He hael been out with a body of skirmishers, who w ere suddenly attacked by cavalry and driven back on their supports. I he latter formed square, and the earth shook beneath the feet of the advancing cuirassiers as they rode right up to the poiuts of the bayonets. Beneath that rampart of steel lay the drummer, who had been too late to sejk the shelter of the square. He was safe, however; and when the horsemen were elriven back, he jumped merrily upon his legs and shouted, "Hal lo, comrades I here I am, sate enough V These were the last words he ever uttered; for at that moment a round-shot carried his head off his shoulders. Such is the fortune of war. In the Crimea, on the Evening ef the day on which an unsuccessful attack had been made upon the Uidau, a drummer was observed to leave the shelter of the trenches with his can of tea in his hand. and in the midst of a fearful shower of shot and shell from tiie Russian batteries, he threaded his way among the wounded, giving a drink here ami a drink there un til his can was emptied. Then, flinging the emptv can towards the enemy, with a gesture of eletiance, he walked co lly back to his post. Bv the means eif this timely assistance, some of the wounded were able to bear their suf ferings until darkness enabled them to be rescued from death. The drummer boy who did this brave deeel received the Victoria Cross from her Majesty's own hand. How to Explode a Lamp. The Scientific American gives some of the circumstances which leael to the ex plosion of kerosene lamps, the philosophy of all of them bein-j that the flame may pass down the wick and ignite the vapor which accumulates in the upper portion of the lamp. This vapor is not an explo sive as the term is ordinarily understood, but when it is confined so that the gases resulting from its combustion cannot es cape froely into the open air the vessel confining it will be shattered. Ihisigni tion of the vapor may be brought about as follows : 1. A lamp may be standing on a table or mantel, anel a slight puff of air from the open w indow or door may cause an explosion. 2. A lamp may be taken up quickly from a table or mantel and iustantly be exploeled. 3. A lamp is taken out into the entry where there is a draft, or out of eloors, and an explosion ensues. 4. A lighted lamp is taken up a flight of stairs, or is raised quickly to . place it on the mantel, resultug in an explesion. Iu these cases the mischief is done by the air movement either by suddenly check nX the draft or forcing air down the chimney against the flame. 5. Blowing down the chimney to ex tinguish the light is a frequent cause of explosion. (5. Lamp explosions have been cau-ed by using achimney broken off at the top, or one that has apiece broken out, where by the draft is variable and the flame un steady. 7. Sometimes a thoughtless person puts a small wick into a large burner, thus leaving considerable space aloDg the edges of the wick. An old burner, with its air-draft clogged up, which rightfully should be thr jwn away, is sometimes con tinued in use, and the final result is an explosion. The distinctive beautv of Stickholm is in its situation. Built partly on islands in Liake Malar, it is intersected in every elirection by the waters of the lake and ot the Jialtic, and, with it3 busy quavs broad streets, handsome buildings, pleas ant gardens, and clear atmosphere, is cer tainly one of the brightest and mos charminff capitals in Eurone. The. rrfnT. are still enlivened by the gay costumes oi me peasants, especially those of the nearest provinces; it is said, however, mat tneir use is graaually dying out be fore the advance ef railroads aud othe enemies of the picturesque. Ax eccentric old Englishman who died lately left a.will which bequeathed to his daughters their weight in 1 notes. He evidently believed in the proverb, "Where l, ;ii u r i ..' kuica " nm lucics a weigh." j'ftila aelpna Uuuetm. A Beaver Hunt in Louisiana. There 13 a mystery attending the move ments of the heaver which invests it with peculiar interest. The indomitable in elustry, ingenuity anel silence in con structing its habitation anel dams render this animal an object of much interest to the hunter. Twenty-five years ago it was rjuite rare in Louisiana; now hunelreds of acres of woodland are elesfroyed, and drainage is seriously affected by beaver dams. I he highlands ot East Baton R -uge commence at the Mississippi at Baton Rouge, run in a diagonal direction from the river, and are lost in the flats border ing on Lake Maurepas. A short distance below the town the highland is intersected by a lcV place called a "bottom," which elebouches into a swamp, varying in width, and of con siderable length. Many small branches empty into it, anel it is a dull, sluggish stream a home for alligators, loscer- heads, turtles, beavers, otters, mink, etc. This swamp has never been dry within the memory of the oldest inhabitant un til the past summer and fall. In every hollow log there was either an animal or a reptile, the growth cf a swamp since the Mississippi found a channel elsewhere. 1 he news of this field of "varmints soon attractcel the attention of sportsmen and. like Sir Samuel Baker at the atbara. they prepared to reap a full harvest. They soon began a slaughter, an 1 bea vers, otters and mink enough to stock the market and make hats for a generation were bagged. The methods resorted to lor killiug beavers were very simple. They had made their lodges on the mar- in of the swamp. The hunter would dig with a spade over the channel leading to the cell or lodge, and drop a rope with noose into the hole thus made, then seneling in a dog to start the game, he would noose it as it became entangled in the rone. Many were caught in traps. . Several sportsmen, armed with guns anel lauces, aud having a good pack of hounds, started for a day's hunt. I'll tell the tale as it was told to me." Soon the busy pack are oa a beaver trail. The dams having been previously cut, the water hal lelt all the dens high and dry, and an occasional alligator hole, deep dug into the basin of the morass, was the only refuge for this "subtle pillager." lhe huntsmen urge on the already too eager pack. They overrun the trail, and scattering far and wide in wild confusion, the young hounds bounce a "cotton tail," and in full cry call off the young and in experienced hunters; but the old sports men stand aud listen for the voice of some reliable veterans gone to test the veracity of the babbling stragglers. It is not long ere they return to the spot where the trail had been lost, aud the tenacious old houneis bans' on the 'spoor," following its intricate windings across a elry plastered flat into some dry grass, aud begin to give tongue so freely that they are soon followed Oy their more reckless companions. Now several wild hogs start out ot a thicket, and elraw off the young hunters aud elogs as before. ;.way all go through brier and brake, and now the beaver is up; making bis way to a deep alligator hole, he plunges u and is followed by the elogs. One, bolder than the rest, seizes hold of the beaver, and down they both go to the bottom. But this pool has au owner. With a tremendous snort, a huge alliga tor rises to the top ef the water, as if to inquire who hael dared to intrude into his domain. This frightens beaver and dogs and they all beat a hasty retreat out on dry land, but not far caa the beaver go, for, wounded and tired, it elrags into some mash grass an-d is soon surrounded by men and dogs. It is a large one and weighs ninety-six pounds. tv telling shot in the eye turns the al- igator on his back. The dog is also badly wounded iu the fight with the beaver. The wanelering stragglers who had been allured by the wild hogs and cotton tails now return, each bringing some trophy of his chase. .bight beavers, eight otters, six wild hogs, four rabbits, aud one alligator ten feet long, are the result of the day s hunt, Turf, Field and Farm. A. Ij.VND VYITnOCT A MILL. It 13 a somewhat curious fact that iu the whole island of Newfoundland, which has a territory nearly as large as the State of Pennsylvania, aud a population of 150, 000 souls, there is not a single grist-mill of any description. Little grain is raised in Newfoundland, though as fine oats and barley cau be grown. there as in any part ot the world, and in the western part of the island wheat ripens well. lhe people have been so accustomed from time immemorial to import almost everything except fish, that it is difficult tor them to to take the first step towards independence. The erection of grist mills would, without doubt, give greater encouragement to agriculture by supply ing a uome market ior cereals, and we learn that a move has already been made in this direction. A grist-mill is in pro cess of erection in the island, and the mm-stones and machinery necessary to 7 operiite it have arrived. When com pleted, the mill will be compelled to im port its wheat until a home supply can be obtained, anel a shipment of grain has already been dispatched to it from Mon treal. We doubt whether any other country in civilized latitudes exhibits tne phenomenon ol ueiner without so necessary an article as a mill. A Cool Minister. The late Rev Jir. Liac k, oi iirecnin. was one evening after dark attacked on the road near the Dens o' Leuchland by a footpad, who seized his horse's bridle, and sternly de manded his money. The minister,recov ering a little Irom liia surprise, recog nized in the person a townsman of his own, and coolly addressed him in his homely way. "Ay, ay, John, what time tooK ye to this trade, man" l he villa-.n immediately disappeared. The Columbia River, of Oregon, is the first salmon stream in point of numbers ot the United States, and the Sacramento, ot California, the second. Marriage. Some marry forconvenience,as widowers with families of small children; some marry for beauty, in the hope of deriv ing happiness from a connection with a person who outshines her associates; some marry for money, -apparently re gardless whether the heiress is a shrew or a fool ; some marry for lovelove at first sight no matter whether well founded or not. Now,nearly all such marriages are wrenched affairs. Many a man, and a woman, too, have cursed their day, be couse they rushed thoughtlessly into a connection as unfit as possible, without any reflection as to consequences, when with half an eye the consequences might have been foreseen. So.a .'.;,jw t.r other we have , habit of forming a sort of mathematical estimate of a man's sense and general character, (anel the world we believe tacitly does the same) by the choice he makes in matrimony; and when we see a man with his eyes w ide open, marrying beauty without solid worth or attainments, or joining himself for life to a fool, on ac count of some pecuniary expectations, or forming a connection, which can promise nothing from the nature of the case but disappointment and wretchedness, while we ought to pity him from his heart, we always set him down somewhat below par. We know some men have survived such an error, and have afterwards shown that they had some energy, but men rise or fall with their choice of a wife, and it is generally beyond their power to control effectually all the circumstances with which they surround themselves by a false step. We know many men who have been struggling a whole life against the influence of an unlucky, or rather foolis7i marriage connection, and yet the world selelom overlooks a folly of this sort, and all the struggling in the world can never enable the subject to rise. A sensible writer has remarked that 'it is not the most exquisite beauty, the most sprightly wit or the largest fortune, nor all of them together, nor a hundred other accomplishments, if such they were, that will make a man happy in a partner for life, who is not endowed with the two priucipal accomplishments of gooel sense and good nature. If a woman has not common sense, she can be in no respect a fit companion for a reasonable man. On the contrary, the whole be havior of a fool must be disgusting and tiresome to every one that knows her, especially to a husband, who is obliged to be more in her company than any one e, who therefore must see more ot her folly than any one else, and must suffer more from the shame of it, as being more nearly connected with her than any other person. If a woman has not some small hare of sense, what means can a -hus band use to set her right in any error of conduct into many of which she will naturally run? Not reason or argument, for a fool against that. And if she have not a little good nature, to attempt to advise her will be ouly arguing with a tempest, or rousing a lury. Robert E. Lee's Sword. The Bangor"(Me.) Whi g recently stated that at the time of Lee's surrender the rebel chieftiin came to the spot des- gnated "wearing a splendid testimonial sword that had beeu presented to him. and doubtless intending that the weapon should become the historic emblem of the lost cause at the National Capitol. Gen. Grant prevented this by gracefully waiving the surrender of the sword of his vanquished foe, and hastily penciling the terms he demanded, passed the mem orandum to Lee, w ho became visibly af fected with emotion on perceiving the generosity with which all the officers of his command were to be treated by their conqueror." The accuracy of this statement has been denied by a communication printed in the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, and the Whig substantiates it by the following letter from Gen. Grant: "Washington, D. C, March 23, 1877. "t7. A. Boutelle, Esq., Banqor: "The Bangor Whig and Courier'' ac count is strictly correct, except in this: JNothing was said about swords, side arras, baggage, or private horses until! wrote the terms of surrender, in which gave them, at which Gen. Lee was much affected, and said those terms would have a good effect upon his army. "He had on apparently an entirely new uniform and a magnificent sword such as is not usually worn in the field and it certainly left the impression that the expectation was to surrender it. "Nothing was said in the preliminary conversation to warrant the assumption that anything more was to be grauted to the rebel army than that they were to be permitted to return to their homes on laying down their arms, and not to be molested in their persons so long as they remained there and obeyed the laws in force thereat. U. S. Grant." The Elephant and the Cocknet. "That's a werry knowing hannimal of yours," said a cockney gentlemaa to the keeper of an elephant. 'Very," was the cexl rejoinder. "He performs strange tricks and hanfics, does he?" inquired the cockney, eyeing the animal through his glass. "Surprisin'l" retorted the keeper, "we've learnt him to put money into that box you see way up there. Try him with a dollar." The cockney handed the ele phant a dollar, and sure enough he took it into his trunk and placed it in the box high up out of reach. "Well, that is werry hextraordinary hastonishin ', truly 1' said the green onet opening his eyes. "Now let's see him take it out and hand it back." 'We've never learnt him that trick!" retorted the keeper with a roguish leer, and then turned away to stir up the monkeys and punch the hyenas. Evert hour conies to us charged with duty, and the moment it ia past it is registered how it was spent for or against us ia the final account which all mast give of their actions. Misunderstanding is best prevented by pen and ink. i to