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DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON.
VOL. 11.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1877.
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SOCIETY - NOTICES.
OREGON LODGE) No.
Meets every Thursday Evening,
1 o'clock, in Odd Fellows' Hall.
Main Street. Members of the Order
ars invited to attend.
By order of
N. G.
REBECCA DEGREE LODGE, No. 2,
I. u. u. r.. meets on the Second and
Fourth Tuesday Evenings or each month,
at TJ o'clock, in the Odd Fellows' Hall.,
Members of the Degree are invited to
attend.
FALLS ENCAMPMENT, No. 4,
j. v- J. r.. men at uuj f ellows lall on
th First and Third Tuesday of each month.
Patriarchs in good standing are invited to
attend.
MULTNOMAH LODGE, No. I,
A. F. 4 A. M.. holds its reanlar communi- a
cations on the Flint and Third Saturday A
in each month, at 7 o'clock from the 20th Vj.
7X o'clock from the 20th of March to the ' Y
20th of September. Brethren in pood standim? are
invited to attend. By order of W. M.
BUSINESS CARDS
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l'Ji j.sii'iaia and fturgcosa.
OFFICB AND RKSIDEKCE :
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PAUL BOYCE, M. D.,
IMi.Ysiciaii and Surgeon,
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Obeoon City, Ohegon.
3, i. o. o. r.
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Chronic Diseases and DUeases cf Women and
Children a specialty.
Oflice Hour day and night ; always resdv win u
duty rails. " nuuSS.'G-tf
0 DR. JOHN WELCH,
SfRDEXTI S T .
OFFICE IN OREGON CITY OREGON.
Highest cash price paid for County Orders.
JOHNSON & McCOWN,
ATTORNEYS and COUNSELORS AT LAW
OREGON CITY, OREGON.
Will practice in all the Courts of the State.
Special jittenti.m given to casts in the United
States Lan.l Olhce at Oregon City. Dapr'72 tf
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L. T. BARIN,
ATTOKXFY AT I. AW,
OREGON CITY, OREGON.
Will practice iu all th Court3 of the State,
uovl, "73-tt"
W. H. HICHFIELD,
IJ t t a 1 1 1 h li e (1 sine -
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One door North of Pope's Hall,
MAIN" NT.. OltKUOV C IT V, OKECOV
An assortment of Watches, Jewelry, and
Sotli Thnnila' W.iol.t l..,li .11 nr Til.i. l.
are warranted to be as represented.
"Repairing done ou short notice; andthaukiul
for past patronage.
"hhIi l'aiil lor County Orders.
JOHN M. BACON,
DCALEB IN JtxWfct
BOOKS, STATI0NERY,6sa
PICTURE FRAMES. MOULDINGS AND MISCEL
LANEOUS GOODS.
Flt.tMKM .HIDE TO OKDKlt.
Obegon Citt, Oreoos.
0-"At the Tost Oflice. Main Street, west side.
novl. '75-tf
J. R. GOLDSMITH,
Collector and Solicitor,
OKTLAND, OREGON.
DCTT.est of references given.
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HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL,
Hubs, Kjtoltcs, liims,
OAK, ASH AND HICKORY PLANK.
MOKTllIiri A TIIOHPSO.V,
marSl.'7G-tf Portland, Oregon.
oJ. H. SHEPARD,
BOOT AX1) SSIOE STOI1E,
One door North of Ackerman Eros.
-"Boot and Shoes made and repaired as cheap
as the cheapest. novl, "Ti-tf
MILLER, CHURCH & CO.
PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR WHEAT.
At all times, at the '
OREGON CITY MILLS,
Ana nave on nana illu ana i loib to sell, at
market rates. Parties desiring ieedmust furnish
cka. novlitf
A. C. WALLINC'S
lioiicer 55ook ISintler
Fit lock 'a Building, cor. of Stark and Front Sts.,
POKTIAM). (IREGOX.
DLANK BOOKS RULED AND BOUND TO ANY
JL dealred pattern. Music Bo ks. Magazine
newspapers, etc., bound in every variety of style
known to the trade. Orders from the country
promptly attended to. novl, "75-tf
OREGON CITY BREWERY.
iitji u i:l
Having purchased the above Brewerv,
wiahea to inform the public that they are',SfeS
now prepared to manufacture a No. i UFSS&L
Having
quamy
Or LAOIR BT'.V.Tl..
At good as can be obtained anywhere In the State.
- -vusiwa ma promptly filled.
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Sink, rosy sunlight, steep the fty in splendor;
Die, nappy lav. but witn tny waning ngni
Bring to my heart the words so true and tender
The words my love will whisper ine to-nignt.
Rise, happy moon, with softest radiance streaming
Through boughs where summer breezes pau&e
and sigh :
Shine, happv stars, in azure distance gleaming.
Soft light from out the angels' home on high.
Gleam, little dew drops, gem each leaf and blos
som ;
Sleep in the folded hearts of every flower.
Deep as the dreams of unawakened passion.
Sure as the love that waits to bless this hour.
Die, happy day : rise, happy night, and bring me
Mv love whom I have loved so Ions so well:
Theu to her mystic halls sweatsleep may bring me.
And dreams re-echo all we have to tell.
IIEK C HOICE.
I would like to die In the spring time."
A vreary woman said. .,
A3 she knelt down at the oven door
To turu her loaves of bread -
Her companion's heart fluttered strangely
with sharp and sudden fear.
At the wistful tone and the solemn words:
For sprinjj was drawing near.
Could her sister's wish be a warning?
Ana was the soon to die?
Bat a glance at the speaker's plump phjtlque
Gave strength to question why.
" You would like to die in the spring-time?
Why that, of all the year.
Seems the very time when life and earth
Are crowded full of cheer !
In the time when flowers first awaken
And peep above the gronnd ;
And the weekly darning is much less with
New too kings all around !
When the birds sing out iu the garden
ho sweet and clear all day ;
When the sun shines bright and the children
Are out of doors to play.
" You would like to die in the spring-tiino ?
How strange that seems to me !
For I cannot think whai the reason is,
Home reason there must be."
" I would like to die in the spring time "
The woman said again.
And there stole a sndle o'er her pensive face
' If I might say but when.
I'd escape for once the labor.
Confusion and paint and lime ;
Oh! I d like to die in the early spring
Before house-cleaning time !"
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TEN MINUTES LATE.
In '52 there wasn't a likelier fellow on
the line than George Kirke. He was
tho son of a poor man. and his mother
was dead. His father was a confirmed
invalid of the rheumatic order, and
George played the dutiful son to him
in a way that would astonish the young
men of to-day. Somehow, nobody knew
exactly bow, George bad managed to
pick up a good education, and be had
polished it off, so to speak, by a two
years' course at a Commercial College.
Kirke began on tho Stony Hill Rail
road when bo wa3 about t went v -one or
two years old. First, he was a brake
man. This railway business is a regu
lar succession, and, generally speaking,
a man has to work his way up. It ain't
often that he gets right up to the digni
ty of a conductor at one step, with the
chance to pocket ten cent scrip; and
with the privilege of helping all the good
looking and well dressed ladies out of
the cars, and letting tho homely ones,
with babies and bandboxes in theirarms,
stumble out as best they may.
George did hi3 duty so well that he
was soon promoted to fireman; and after
be bad leurceJ the workings of the ma
chine, be was made engineer and given
an engine. This engine was one of the
newest and best on the line, and was
called the "Flyaway," and George was
mighty proud of her, you may well be
lieve. I tell yu, sir, your true engineer
one as is out and out for tbe business,
and feels bis responsibility takes
as much j'rid6 iQ bis engine as tbe
jockey docs in bis favorite race-horse,
and would sit up nights, or neglect his
sweetheart, to ksep the brasses aad fila
grees of bis machine so's you could see
your face in 'em.
There was another man who wanted
George's chance. There's generally
more than one after every paving job.
Jack Halliday had been waiting for
some time to be engineer of the Fly
away, and w hen be lost it be was mad
enough to pull hair. lie was a brake
man, likewise, and bad been on the
road two years longer than Kirke, and
it would seem that the chance really be
longed to him; 3et be was a quarrel
some, disagreeable fellow, with, inde
pendence enough to have set an empe
ror up in business and still have some
left.
When Jack realized that George bad
got the inside track of him, bis auger
was at whitd beat. He cursed Kirke,
and cursed tbe company and old Whate
ly, tho superintendent, and things gen
erally, until it seemed a pity there was
not something else to curse, he was in
such line cursing order. There was
more lhan one thing which made John
Halliday down on George Kirke.
Georere "had been bis rival iu many re
spects, and particularly where the fairer
part of creation wa3 concerned, ueorge j
was a great favorite with the girls, for be
was handsome, and generous, and good
natured, and Jack was sarcastic, and
always on the ojposite side, and the
girls avoided lnni, as they always snouia
such a man.
We alwavs expected that ill would
come to George, from Jack's bad blood
against him, and we warned him more
than once; but he always laughed, and
reminded us of tbe old saw that "bark
ing dogs seldom bite," which is true in
the main. And, as the time went on,
until two, three, four months bad pass
away since Kirke's promotion, and no
thing occurred, we forgot all about our
apprehensions of evil, and if wo thought
of the matter at all, we thought we bad
wronged Halliday by cur suspicions.
It was a dark night in November.witb
considerable fog in tho air, and strong
appearances of rain. I was at Golosba,
the northern terminus of ourroad, look
ing after some repairs on a defective
boiler, and I was going down to New
lork ou the 7:50 train Kirke's train.
About 7 there came a telegram from
old Whately, whose summer residence
was nearly midway between Golosba
and New.York, and the old heathen had
not yet forsaken it for the city. The
telegraph operator came into the engine
house where Kirke was at work for he
was always at work and read it to him.
Kirke made a note of it in his pocket
b.'Ok. "Pay train on the line. Will meet tou Just west
Of Leeds at 10:15. Shunt on to the siding at Detr.
ing'a Cut, and wait. WalTEX-vf"
Ivirke a watch bung on a nail beside
tbe clock. It was a fancy of bis always
to hang it there -when be was off the
train, so that be could make no mistake
in tbe time. He glanced at the clock,
and from it to the watch. Both indica
ted the same boar 7:15.
"Seven-fifteen," said Kirke, medita
tively, "and we leave at 7:50, and tbe
pay train meets us at Deering's Cut at
10:15. Scant time to make the run in
this weather, but it mu3t be managed."
And he turned away to give some brief
orders to tbe fireman.
Jack Halliday was there. lie bad
been strolling in and out of the room
for the past half hour, smoking a cigar
and swearing at tbe weather. His train
did not leave until near midnight, and
so be bad plenty of time to swear.
We all went to the door and took a
look at the weather, and unanimously
voted it deuced bad; and then we walk
ed up and down the platform, smoking
our after supper cigars; and by the
time we were through it was time for
the train bands to be getting into their
places. Both tbe clock in the engine
room and Kirke's watch indicated 7:40.
Ivirke was putting bis watch in bis
pocket as be said:
"Garth, are you going with me on tbe
Flyaway 1"
"No, thank ye," said I; "I get quite
enough of that sort of thing in my ev
eryday life. I am going .to do a little
swell business to-night, and take passage
in the palace car. Want to rest my back.
God night to ye, and bold her in well
round Rocky Bottom curve; tho road
bed s a little shaky.
"Ay, ay, sir!" responded Kirke,
and
the
swung himself to his position on
Flyaway.
The bell rang. I scrambled to my
compartment in the Pullman, and felt
horribly out of place amoug the silks
and broadcloths, and smells of musk.
But I was in for "first-class," and made
the best of it so effectually that five
minutes after Gibson, who fancies he
owns all creation because be has got a
silver coflin-plnte on bis breast with
"Conductor" on it, had shouted, "All
aboard!" I was sound asleep. What oc
curred in other quarters to affect tho
fate of Kirke's, train, I learned after
ward.
Old Whately, the superintendent of
the road, as I guess I have already said,
had a country residence in Leeds, on a
mountain spur, which commanded a
view of the surrounding country for
more than a score of miles. The line of
the railway could bo distinctly seen in
each direction fifteen miles, and Whate
ly was wont to say his lookout was wort h
more to the safety of trains than all the
telegraph wires on tho line.
Whately was a rich old duffer, kind
enough in his way, but sharp as a ferret
in looking after the road hands, and de
termined that every man should do bis
duty. He had but one child, a daugh
ter; and Floss Whatelv was the belle of
the country. She was brave, beautiful
and spirited, and more than once, when
her father bad been away, bad sho as
sumed the responsibility of directing
the trains, and she had always acquitted
herself with credit.
Old Whately was very proud of her,
as be bad a right to be, and he kept all
the young fellows at a distance, until it
was said tliat no intended Jteejnng ins
daughter single until the Czar of all the
Russias came on to marry her.
This night in November, old Whately
and Floss were out on the piazza of their
country home, peering through the fog
and gloom for the Golosba train, which
was nearly due.
"It's very strange it doesn't come in
sight," said Whately, laying down his
night-glass in disgust. "It is hard on
to ten now! They ought to show their
light round Spruce Point by thistimel"
"You telegraphed them, father? You
let them know the pay-train was oi the
road ?" inquired Floss.
"To be sure. And, good heavens!
there is tho head-light of the pay-train
now! See! not ten miles away, and
running like the very deuce, as it al
ways doeo!"
Ho pointed with trembling finger
down to the valley gorge, where, far
away, a mere speck in the gloom, could
be seen a light, scarcely moving, it
seemed, but those auxious watchers
knew it was approaching at lightning
speed.
Father and daughter looked at each
other. The truth was evident. For
some reason the train from Golosha was
ten minutes behind time, and it would
not reach the siding at Deering's Cut
until the pay-train bad passed beyond
on to tne single tracm .ma tuen .'
Why, to read under the bead of "Ap
palling Railroad disaster,!" and a few
more bomes would be rendered deso
late, and a few more hearts would be
made to mourn. Father and daughter
looked at each other in dismay.
"Is there time ?" asked tbe old man,
tremblingly.
"Selim can do it," said Floss, quick
ly. "If I can reach Leeds five'minutes
before the train yes, two minutes all
will be well. Do not stop me, father!"
as be laid a band on her arm.
"But you must not go! It is dark
and dismally lonely! No, Floss!"
"I shall go, father. Selim knows only
me, and you could not ride him. I have
ridden darker nights. And he is the
only horse in the stable. Don't you re
member ? Tbe others were sent to town
yesterday."
Before old Whately could stop her,
she had ordered tbe hostler to saddle
Selim, and she was already buttoning
on her riding-habit with rapid, nervous
fingers. The horse came pawing to the
loor. Floss sprang into the saddle,
leaned down and kissed ker father's
forehead.
"Pray heaven to speed me!" she cried,
hoarsely; and touching the horse with
her whip, be bounded down the sharp
declivity.
It was raining steadily now, and the
gloom was intense; but Selim was used
to the road, and be was sure-footed and
bis rider courageous. She urged him
on at the top of his speed, np bill and
down, through Pine Valley and over
j Pulpit Hill, and then she struck upon
the smooth road which stretched away
to Leeds, two miles, as straight as an
arrow, tone could see tne nead-ugnt
on the pay-train far down the valley,
distinctly now, and to her excited fancy
it seemed but a stone's throw away She
even thought for a moment that she
beard the grind of the wheels on the
iron track, but no! it was only the sough
ing of the wind in the pines.
On, and still on she went. Selim
seemed to fly. One might have fancied
that be knew bis mistress was on an er
rand of life and death. The lights of
the station were in full sight nay, she
even saw the station-master's white lan
tern as he walked np and doJn the plat
form the white lantern whfth was to
signal the approaching trafn. to tell
them to go on, for all was wcj; On, to
their doom!; r
She dashed aorosa the xttiivay track,
flung the reins to an amazed bystander;
and striking the white lantern from the
hand of the astonished official, she seized
tho ominous red lantern from its hook,
and springing upon the track, waved it
in the very teeth of the coming trein.
Two sharp, short whistles told her
that her signal was seen, and a moment
later the train came to a sto, and the
officers rushed out to learn what it all
meant. Floss told them in a few brief
words, and one of the men at the sta
tion went forward to confer with the
train from Golosha, which had not yet
been telegraphed from tho next station
beyond.
The man waited fifteen minutes before
Kirke's train slid on to the siding, and
it was then known that but for the de
cision of one young girl, the two trains
must have collided four miles beyond
Deering's Cut.
When told the story, Kirke looked at
his watch. The man from the station
looked at bis. Kirke's was ten minutes
behind time!
You want to know bow it happened ?
Certainly you must have guessed. Hal
liday did it. A man was found the next
day who confessed to having seen Jack
tampering with the time-pieces in the
engine-house that night, but bo had
thought nothing of it, be said.
Jack ? Oh, he left town, and wa3 last
heard of in Australia. His little game
was not a success. A few months later,
Kirke was married to Floss Whately,
for being ten minutes behind time.
Why Printer's Dio Y0UH3.
A writer fully accounts for the reason
why printers die young, and why they
are continually tramping from place to
place in search of peace and quietude.
He says that working for forty editors
aud scores of authors, every one of
whom is as sensitive as a sore thumb.
and as lively and interesting as a hor
net, no wonder the printers die young,
and only pachydermatous, grizzly, mul
ish specimens get their share of life
Tho writer wishes that he conld offer
himself as an awful example of the per
ils which environ the man who meddles
with cold ty2ie. A thoroughly-trained
printer should have a step-mother, and
then a step-father, and then have been
bound out to a tanner, and then have
married u scoldin wife and lived in a
smoky bouse, and have bad a family of
babies who were afflicted with the colic.
He should have added to all this disci
pline a thorough knowledge of science
and law, languages, theology, history,
and biography. If, in addition, he has
a vicious-looking countenance and an
amiable disposition, be may stand some
chance with these authors aud editors ;
but the probabilities are, after all, that
they will worry him to death. This
picture will. have a very depressing ef
fect upon ambitious boys who are anx
ious to learn the "art preservative of
arts."" The picture, however, is a tol
erably correct one. Elmira Advertiser.
A Relic of Custer's Charge. "Ray-
monde," of the Cincinnati Commercial,
says: "A touching incident has just oc
curred in connection with the death of
Lieut. Wm. Van W. Reillv. who fell
with Custer in that terrible fight on the
Little Big Horn last year. At the time
of the battle be wore a seal-ring with his
crest cut upon it, and this, together with
his clothing, his sword, bis pistols, and
all bis belongings, were torn from bis
dead body and carried away by some
one of tbe foe who bad helped to kill
him. His mother, unable to secure his
remains, and longing for something
that had been with him to the last, tried
in every way to x-ecover it; she offered
immense rewards: she had fac-similes
of the die made and sent to the differ
ent agencies along the frontier, and she
wrote to all the commanding officers in
the Sioux country, describing it, and a
few days since she received official no
tice from the War Department that tbe
ring had been found. It was taken
from the finger of ono of the fifteen
hundred Cheyennes who came in the
other day for their annual supply of
forgiveness and ammunition."
A New Phosphorescent Body. 31
Landerer has discovered a new sub
stance which phosphoresces in the dark
in the same way as phosphorus itself.
It is the first organic substance possess
ing this property that has been made
known by any chemist. The new sub
stance is called Noctilucine, and is a ni
trogenous body extracted from the glow
worm, scolopendraetc. When exposed
to the air in undergoes slow oxidation,
und glows in the dark.
Thh dogfish which Captain Boyton
encountered while crossing the Straits
of Messina was bravely engaged by the
famous swimmer, who gave the fero
cious animal a prompt and telling gash
in the head with a long knife he carries
in his girdle. The fish turned and fled,
but not without giving bis antagonist a
heavy blow with his tail, which bruised
one of the Captain's shoulders.
Sctevtists have lately been devoting
themselves to the subject of "Photo
graphing the Heart-Beats." We are in
clined to think that some gpneral system
for photographing the " Dead-Beats "
would prove equally valuable to human
ity. Illustrated Weekly.
C0URT2SY OF BANCROFT LIBRARI ,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
Trees on High Lands.
At tbe last quarterly mee ing of tbe
Carmarthenshire Farmers' Club, a paper
was read by Captain Horseman on "The
Effect of Trees in Reclaiming Moun
tains and High Lands." . Among other
things be said: The great effect that
arboriculture has upon tbe general cul
tivation of mountain land is a fact that
cannot bo disputed ; but, unfortunately,
it ba3 not been carried out to any ex
tent, and generally the plantations and
helts of trees have been planted without
due regard to the position and require
ments of tbe farms, the object in view
being merely the planting of spots of
superficial or useless land, whether they
happened to be in valleys 6r not, with
the ulterior view only of cutting the
timber at a future time. There are
thousands of acres of high lands, which
are now literally swept by the c.ld
winds of early spring, rendering them
next to utterly valueless for growth of
corn lands which have the required
depth of soil and which contain in
themselves the necessary elements for
the growth of corn or grass, where if
the young bl ides of corn were protected
by belts of trees, it would produce crops
in some cases nearly equal to the crops
produced in tho valleys.
No person will for a moment hesitate
to acknowledge tho influence which
belts of trees afford as a means of shel
ter for grass and corn lands; and in ad
dition to this they form a valuable shel
ter for sheep and cattle. Cattle and
BheexJ in an exposed position will re
quire more food to keep them in equal
condition to those who enjoy a freedom
from such exposure. I tbink the great
loss which" farmers annually sustain
among their young cattle may be traced,
for tho greater part to the amount of
wet and cold they are exposed to
through want of shelter.
I think that by planting poplars on
the windward side of a plantation (their
growth being so quic) tho injury to
the trees near that boundary might be
obviated. Although larch is a much
more profitable tree than either spruce
or Scotch pine in plantations .intended
for shelter, an admixture would be
preferable to planting with larch alone.
xue one oeing a deciduous tree, grows
quicker at first than the spruce; the other
being an evergreen, presents a great
er opposition to the winter storms, and
seems satisfied for the first fewyears with
providing itself with large roots, so that
when it grows tall it may resist them;
but once these roots are formed, they
grow as fast, and frequently overtake
the larch. This I have seen myself in
one instance. The best trees for plant
ing in exposed situations or on very
high mountain lands, are poplar, pyca
more, beech, larch, Scotch and spruce
pines. I may here mention that poplar
trees, which were at one time of little
value as timber, are now used to make
railway tit s.
I may mention the following trees as
suitable for hedge rows in mountain
districts viz.: beech, laburnum, (the
two varieties! . IJIack thorn is prefera
ble to tbe white, and when they are kept
in order, common gorse. These, when
seen afar, look very well. And now for
the last word. All this has been tried
aud has succeeded.
Influence of a Stock on a Scion.-
A Texas correspondent of the Rural
Kew Yorker instances a curious c.se of
a stock on a craft. Having a fence to
remove in the line ot which stood a
seedling peach tree which be wished to
preserve, a few grafts were inserted into
other peach trees, and for curiosity s
sake, one was placed in a llowering al
mond. All grew, and in due time fruit
ed. In relation to what followed, the
correspondent says: "Those that I had
put on peach stock have precisely the
same fruit as tho scion tree a medium
sized, round, yellow-fleshed and well-
flavored free-stone peach, with a very
elightly-marked suture and without a
sign of red color. The almond sucker
supporting tho peach scion I removed
as soon as the graft had taken, to a sep
arate place. The marked difference this
stock created on every jDart of the peacu
was at once astonishing and interesting,
The leaves assumed a larger size, ami a
darker and glossier green, and the blos
soms changed to semi-double. The
fruit, which is produced freely, grew
very large, and of an abnormal shape;
it was long, of the form of a lemon
with a protruberance on the end, one
sided, the suture so deep and promi
nent as to expose the stone, with a skiu
and flesh of a deep purplish red and a
firm cling-stone. It tasted puckerish
and sour, and was not fit to be eaten. I
had this curious specimen fruiting for
three seasons, when, finally, I dug it up
and threw it away. The peach part was
three inches in diameter, and the al
mond stock one inch and a half, and in
no instance did the last, though natur-
naturally a sucker plant, send up a sin
gle sucker.
Water Powek for Propelling Cars
Substantially tho same idea as that
described in the London Times as a new
invention by which a running stream
is made to propel a car in either direc
tion has long been understood in this
country. In this case the inventor con
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sirucLS a lauiuau irui'K alongside a
mining stream which has a current, and
places upon it a car. This car is tro
vided with a shaft, which extends" out
over the stream. A wheel, similar to a
paddle wheel, .is attached to the end of
this shaft, so as to dip into the water;
ana a
gear wheel on the shaft engages
with a gear on one of the bearing wheels
oi tne car, so that when the current re
volves the wheel and rhaft the bearing
wheel of the car 13 turned, so as to car
ry the car up the stream. When the car
has arrived at the head of the stream.
and received its load, the cear wheel on
the shaft is disengaged from tbe bearing
wheel, and the shaft is fixed by a clutch
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u luui. it cannot revolve. As one or
two of tho buckets or wings of the
wheel will then be in the water, the
current will carry the car down the
stream.
"Wearing Spectacles.
A writer in Scrimer's Monthly for
April gives an article on this subject,
from which we condense the following.
His views correspond with the generally
received opinions of medical men with
recrard to this matter: It is currently
believed that the use of glasses should
be put off as long as possible; that a too
early use of them is injurious, and that
when once begun it becomes, earlier
than it should be, a necessity. As the
office of the glass is to supply tbe re
fracting power which the eye, through
age, can no longer .lurnisu, it is eviaeni
that so soon as a need of this artihcial
power is felt we should resort to it. By
failing to do so, we deprive ourselves
of much useful work of the organ, while
the work it does is done under a disad
vantage, and with greater or less risk.
Far-sighted persons feel the need of as
sistance very early often as early as
the 25th or 30th year. W hen ono can
no longer read with ease the finest print
of a newspaper at a distance of twelve
inches, glasses are needed. Inconveni
ence will first bo felt in the use of the
eyes in the evening, and for a year or
more, their use- may be confined to
work at that time. Under ordinary cir
cumstances the first glasses should be
weak say about No. GO, according to
tho numbering in this country. Such
a number, however, should be selected
as will enable one to read tbe finest
print at a distance of twelve inches. A
pair of spectacles of clear glass, free
from defects, and accurately crround.
which in a neat steel frame cost about
S3 or less, will do as much as pebbles,
for which S25 and even more is asked.
For cleaning the lenses, use a piece of
old, soft cotton cloth. The cae in
which glasses are kept should open at
the side and not at tho end. The rub
bing of the lenses against the sides of
the case soon mars their transparency
Light and Air. One great ad van
tage .of upper bedrooms consists in their
admitting plenty of fresh air; if, in ad
dition to that, they have sunshine, two
important requisites of health are so
cured. Proper attention to the floor is
also important on the score of health;
and wo should see that it is either of
hard wood polished, or of common
spruce ornamentally painted round the
edges, so that the carpets need to be lit
tie more than rugs, and yet shall keep
the place comfortable to the feet. The
best parts of the Brnssels that has bail
its day down-stans, with a plain border
of felt or baize, make good and useful
chamber carpets to those who. wish to
avoid all the expense possible. The
next thing to be remembered in the
bed-room is the walls. There has been
a great deal said about the necessity of
having a pattern of paper or stencil
there which shall not be likely to tor
ment the eye of a fevered patient, as
every sleeping-room ns liable to be also
at some time a sick room. But an' pat
tern, however pretty, may be tortured
into fantastic shapes by a sick person;
antl so we think we had better secure
beauty. for our healthy moments, any
way, and leave it to work its own espe
cial charm upon our.6ick ones. "Va
riety of form and brilliancy of color in
the objects presented to patients," says
Florence Nightingale, "are actual
means of recovery."
Effect of Sunlight on Poisons. A
distinguished English physician, in a
recent experiment, has furnished, as he
thinks, another interesting proof of the
sanitary influence of sunlight. The
poison of the cobra, which be received
from India on ivory points, was ex
posed in a glass bottle to the sunlight,
a portion of them being wrapped in pa
per. He found that on some of the
points that had been exposed to the
light the poison had .become inert,
while on those m the same bottle that
had been wrapped in paper the poison
still retained its fatal activity. He ar
gues from thi3 that sunlight misht in
the same way destroy the poison of
small-pox, pcarlet and typhoid fevers.
Whether this is so or not there is no
doubt about the healthful power of sun
shine. It is unwise to shut it out of
our dwellings. Invalids especially need
its cheerful influence. At this time the
air from out of doors should be freely
admitted to our dwellings. It is the
opinion of some of our physicians that
the diseases that are prevailing among
the children in this town are in part, at
least, occasioned by the air from sewers
or cellars under the houses. The rooms
should be freely ventilated during these
pleasant days.
Beware of Hair-Dye. One of the
residents of a down-east village is a
crazy woman whose insanity is mani
fested by always wearing a letter envel
ope on her bonnet or tied to her parasol,
or in some other harmless way; but we
doubt if any one would be likely to sur
mise tuo cause oi her insanity. A few
days ago her son took her to a noted
physician for his advice. The physi
cian said that her difficulty was soften
ing of the brain; that it was absolutely
incurable, and that it was caused entire
ly by the use of bair-dve. We hope
that this incident may induce people
who resort to artificial means to restore
the lost beauty of their hair, to throw
asido dangerous dyes and lotions, and
wear their gray locks without shame.
They have a curious way of deciding
law suits in Siam. Both parties are put
under cold water, and the one staying
lonerest wius the suit. In this country
both parties are got into hot water and
then kept there as long as possible.
The result in the end is the same.
It is quite easy to perform our unties
when they are pleasant, and imply no
self-sacrifice; the test of principle is to
perform them with equal readiness
when they are onerous and disagreea
ble. Ax Irish coachman, driving past some
fields, and addressing a smart girl en
gaged in shearing, exclaimed: "Arrali,
my darling, I wish I was in jail for
Btealing ye." " '
A Happy Thanks giving Ancient Fu
neral Rites.
A thanksgiving service was held on
April 23d, in tho Independent Chapel at
bymmer, Hales, for the deliverance of
the Sve miners who were entombed in
the Tvnewidd collierv. A concrreea-
tion of 1.500 miners, with their wives
and children, gathered in the "chapel
and manifested deep religious ferver,
singing with one accord old Welsh
hymns. A venerable member of tho
congregation rose in bis pew and re
ferred with deep emotion to the sympa
thy displayed by the whole nation for
the entombed miners, and the admira
tion for the heroic band who fought
their way to their deliverance through
many dangers. The funerals of two
miners whose bodies wrere found in tbe
mine on tho preceding Satarday, took
place in Ferndale Valley. The coffins
were borne from the cottages into the
road and placed on biers; a circle was
formed around them in accordance with
an ancient Welsh and possibly Druidic
custom, and a hymn expressing fervent
hope of immortality was laintively
sung by tho miners. The biers were
then lifted on men's shoulders, a.id the
procession moved down the valley to
ward the church, singing r.t intervals
during the journey. Wheit near the
fatal shaft, which is about a hundred
yards from the cottages, the leaders
gave out the hymn, "In the Deep and
Mighty Waters," which was sung by
the five men who had been the first to
be liberated ou the night when the wa
ter was gathering about them in the
mines. The five men who were rescued
after being nine days under ground,
and whose faint cries went out from the
Welsh hills and set heartstrings, trem
bling in every home in Merrie England,
are slowly regaining thir health. Two
of them weie married men, and when
they were strong enough to bear the
strain of excitement their families were
allowed to visit them. The Queen in
tends to present the rescuers of the en
tombed colliers with, the Albert medal,
which has hitherto been given only for
gallantry in saving life at sea.
Russian Leaders. The Grand Duke
Nicholas is fine looking, tall, forty-six
years old, a-brother , of the Czar, as
hausfhty a Prince as the Hcuse of Rom
anoff has ever produced, and a soldier
as devoid of a military bistory as any
review and parade guardsman. Abdul
Kerim Pasha is the actual Commander-in-Chief
of his army. The Grand Duke
Nicholas is a mere figurehead, guided
and commanded by bis Chief of Staff,
Gen. Nepokoytthizkv, the Moltke of
Russia. He has been in active service
since the age of sixteen, or for thirty
years past, but he has had scarcely any
field experience. He spent a few days
in Sebastopol during the siege, and was,
when quite a youth, attached for two
years to the general staff of the army of
the Caucasus, where be took part in a
few skirmishes with the Cierkesses. He
was brought up as a field engineer, anil
is at present the chief of all the mili
tary engineers of the empire, with Gen.
Todtleben as bis assistant. The Grand
Duke is married to the daughter of
Prince Peter, of Oldenbcrg, and has
two sons, one of whom, the GrandDuke
Nicholas, Jr., a youth of twenty, is
with him in tho capacity cf an aid-decamp.
The Grand Duke is tbe son of
Czar Nicholas, and is accordingly an
uncle of the two princely sailors at
present in this country.
The chief of the general staff in the
Danubian army, and the man who will
actually lead and command the Russian
forces, is a Pole.
Gen. Nepokoytchizky's origin has for
a long time been a hindrance to his pro
motion, but his- abilities .are too great
not to be ultimately acknowledged. He
was, during the war of loo3-4, chief of
staff in the Fifth Army Corps, com
manded by Gen. Luders. He was the
leading spirit in all the operations ou
the Danube during the war, and. has
now the incalculable advantage of op
erating on a field perfectly familiar to
him. He has picked out lor Brigadier
and Division Generals men who served
under him twenty-four years ago as
Captains and Majors, and who, accord
ingly know the Danubiin region just as
well as he does. Kew Yurk Sun.
Salary-Saving. Now that times are
hard the telephone i a particularly val
uable discovery. With the telephone
put to practical use it will only ba nec
essary for a half a dozen churches to
club together, uniting on one really
eloquent preacher, v This preacher can
speak from the pulpit of any one of the
churches, or, if it nuit him better, from
bis own study. Ho will not be annoyed
by seeing his hearers go to sleep under
his ministration, and they will be free
to slumber, if they are weary, without
feeling themselves guilty of personal
discourtesy to their preacher. The in
troduction of the telephone will thus
systematize public worship to a degree
never contemplated in past ages, and
at the same time promote economy.
Tho instrument will b found as availa
ble for the choir as for the preacher.
Fivo quartettes out of six can be dis
missed, and organs can be used for use
less lumber.
How Eagles and Fish-Hawks Feed
the Poor is Florida. Passing the
cabin of an old negro oa the Spruce
Creek, we were hailed by bis daughter,
who usked us for fish. It so happened
that having none in the boat we were
obliged to refuse; but just then an os
prey was seen passing by with a huge
fish in his talons, pursued by an eagle.
The fish-hawk was so closely pressed by
his pursuer that he bad to drop his prej,
which fell close by the cabin, and was
gladly picked up by the woman. Thus,
although the bird3 lost their supper,
the hungry negroes gained one, and as
the mau happened to be a preacher, he
doubtless compared himself to the
prophet who was fed by the ravens.
Ptjret and Stream.
Butter was in use 4,000 years ago.
Some of the original stock appears to
have held over. .
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