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DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON.
VOL. 11.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1877.
NO. 45.
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SOCIETY NOTICES.
OREGON LODGE, No. 3, I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday Evening. t-5vN--'--74
o'clock, in OJ.l Fellows' Hall, TCf "l
Main Street. Members of the OrderVTi;'i
are invited to attend.
15y order of N. o.
REBECCA DEGREE LODGE, No. 2,
I. O. O. F., meets on the Second and iVTfc1l
Fourth Tuely Even in tfs of each month, f Hv 0
at 7 o'clock, in the Odd Fellows' Hall. -' X
Members of the Ie;ree are Invited tii'"'
attend.
O FALLS ENCAMPMENT, No. 4.
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. w. yj. i., iiM-in a tiuu reiiows llall on
the First and Third Tuesday of each mouth.
PatilarchH in good standing are invited to
attend.
MULTNOMAH LODGE, No. I,
A. F. & A . M.. holds iU regular commi.ni- a
cations on the Fir and Thirl SHi..r,l.iv 7
In each month, at 7 o'clock from the 20th" X A)
of September to the iith of March; and
It o'clock from the 'joth of March to the ' t
join ot September. Jirethren in pooil standing are
invitod to attend. My order of V. M.
BUSINESS CARDS
WARREN N. DAVIS. M. D.,
lIi,Yiiaii and Siirgeo?a,
tlraduate of the Cniversity of Pennsylvania.
OjricF. at Cliff Hoifk.
CHARLES KNIGHT,
CAN11Y. OK EG OX,
1'li.ysloiaii and Druggist.
BTTrcHcriptions carefttllr filled at short notice.
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PAUL BOYCE, ll. D.f
riiysiclaii and Surgeon.
Oregon Citt, OitEfiox.
Cdrouio Diseases and Diseases ,f Women and
Children a specialty.
Office Hours day and utght; always readv when
duty rails. au2.-.."'7(tf
DR. JOHN WELCH,
OFFICE IX OREGON CITY OREGON'.
Highest cash price paid for County Orders.
JOHNSON & McCOWN,
ATTORNEYS and COUNSELORS AT LAW
OREGOX CITY, OREGON.
W ill practice in oil the Court of the State.
Special attention given to cases in the United
States Land Office at Oregon City. ."apr'72 tf
L. T. BARIN,
ATTOILYKY AT LAW,
OREGON CITY, OREGON.
Will practice in all th- Courts of the Stat?,
novl, '7.-tf
W. H. HIGH FIELD,
12 W t It 111 M ll el sllKM' ,
One door Xorth of Pope's Hall,
M ix ST.. niti:usi nxv. it :;.
An assortment of Watches, Jewelry, and
Seth Thomas' Weight Clocks, all or which Vy,
are warranted to be as represented.
, -'"Itepairing done on short notice; and thanki ui
for past patronage.
VitHli latil lor Comity Orders.
JOHN M. BACON.
BOOKS, STATIONERY,:
PICTrRE FRAMES, MOULDINGS AND MISCEL
LANEOUS GOODS.
l'ltAMi:. 7i.tiK to iti:it.
Ottcnos Citt, Oregon.
VAt the Post Office, Main Street, west side.
novl, '75-tf
J. R. GOLDSMITH,
i 11 ' 1 Z 1 1 A MJWSPAPKIl
Collector and Solicitor.
PORTLAND. OKEGON.
d7"Best of references Riven. tlet-25-'77
HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL,
Hubs, Spokes, Kims.
OAK, ASH AND HICKORY PLANK.
N'OKTIIUI P A TIIOJH'SOX,
mr31.'76-tt Portland, Oregon.
J. H. SHEPARD7
HOOT axd snos: STOIC K,
One door North of Aokeriuan r.ros.
Boots and Shoe made and repaired as cheap
as the cheapest. novl, 5-tf
MILLER. CHURCH & CO.
PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR WHEAT
At all times, at the
O OREGON CITY MILLS,
And have on band FEED and FLOUR to sell, at
niarktt rates. Parties desiring Fred must furnish
ck. novl2-tf
A. G. WALLINC'S
IMoneer ISooIt Kiiiltr'
Pittock'a Building, cor. of Stark and Front Sts.,
l'ORTLAXD. OltEbOX.
1JLASK BOOKS RULED AND BOUND TO ANY
-L desired pattern. Music Bo ks. Magazines,
""papers. ttc- b'.und In every variety of style
anowu to the trade. Orders from the country
Promptly attended to. novl, "75-tf
OREGON CITY BREWERY.
"UMltlJL fc MAODEK,
wi.hlU PnrclaBed the above Brewery.
now 0,rm the Public tn' h"y reH'
quaUtV maaufactuia a No. 1
a. otvvi F LAGER BEER.
0ur.nCan obtnd anywhere in the State.
W" """cited and promptly filled.'
A SONt; OF SCH.VER.
Always in your darkest hour, strive to remember
your brightest. J. I'. Iiichter.
Sing mo a song of rammer,
F.r my heart ia wintry sad.
That glorious bright new-comer,
h makes all nature glau 1
Sing me a song of auminer,
TLat the dark from the bright may borrow.
An 1 the part in the radiant whole of things
May drown its little sorrow.
Siua me a song of summer,
When God walks forth in litjht.
And spread- His glowing mantle
O'er the blank and the gray of niht;
And where He conies, His quickening touch
Revives the insensate dead.
And the numbed and frozen pulse of tiling
Beats music to His tread.
Sins me a song of summer.
With bis banners of golden bloom.
That glorious brigtit new-comer.
no bears blevir winter s doom.
With banners of gold and of silver, -
And winjjs of rosy display.
Anil verdurous power in his path
When he comes with the pride of the May;
When he comes with his genial sweep
O 'er the barren and bare of the -scene.
And makes the stiff earth to wave
With an ocean of undu'.ant green;
With tlourish of leafy expnnsion.
And boast of luxuriant bloom.
And the revel of life as it triumphs
O'er the dust and decay of the tomb.
Sing me a song of summer :
O Ood 1 what a glorious thiug
Is the march of this mighty new-comer
With splendor of lite on his wing I
When he quickens the pulse of creation.
And maketh all feebleness strong.
Till it spread Into tl issom or beauty.
And burst into pieusof song. '
Sing mo a song of summer !
Though my heart be wintry and sad.
The thought of this blessed new-comer
Snail foster the germ of the glad.
'Xeath the veil of my grief let me cherish
The joy that shall rush into day.
When the bane of the winter shall perish
In the pride and the power of May.
BRIGHT & CO.
Pretty comfortably settled in his new
store was was Hufiis Liyntle. The win
dow (it had only one, being well, not
a larga store) was, after much thought
and experimenting, arranged to his sat
isfaction the bright-colored scarfs and
cravats and necktigs forming a sort of
rainbow against the sombre background
of black ones; the packages of kid
gloves showing the tips of their many
hued fingers at the ends of their gilt
and white wrappers; the gaudiest silk
handkerchiefs living like jolly young
Hags about the dozen or two other arti
cles pertaiuing to the masculine ward
rone which in admirable taste and order
were grouped below them when his
one clerk, who was also errand boy and
several other things in fact, engaged
for general utility," as they say in the
dramatic profession rushed in, with a
face, every feu turd of which said, as
plainly U3 words, " important news! "
Kufus looked at, him a moment.
4 What is it, Fred ? " he asked, at last.
" One hundred and thirty-six is
taken, ' said Fred, pausing to give due
effect to whatever further communica
tion he had to make.
" Well ? " queried his employer.
"Same business as ourn, gent's fur
nishing," continued Fred.
"Don't say 'ourn,' and don't say
4 gents,'" said Kufus, in his surprise,
relapsing for a moment iuto his old
role of teacher.
" YVtll, 'tis," said Fred, sulkily.
"The deuce it is ?" exclaimed Kufus,
resuming the character of the man of
business, as he threw down the collars
ho Lad been assorting, and walked
moodily to the door.
Before the next ''tore, which had been
vacant for a long time, stood a heavily
laden cart. Two men were unloading
and earning in boxes and cases the
same shape and size as those which had
contained his own goods. A tall, rather
rough looking youug man was superin
tending, and a boy evidently general
utility," like Fred was darting hither
and thither with a ereat pretense of ren
dering valuable assistance.
llufus stepped out on the sidewalk,
whistling carelessly and becoming at
onco very much interested in an over
worked horse that had fallen across the
car track, but as the horse was helped
to his feet by a sympathizing crowd ho
slowly turned and came in again, giving
as he passed a comprehensive glance at
the neighboring establishment.
Every pane in the window it also
hail only one window shone like an
overgrown diamond, and in each corner
was already placed, on a pretty walnut
stand, a pot of ivy, the dark green vines
climbing the gray-papered wall, while
scarlet flowers of a flourishing gera
nium smiled gayly in the sunshine.
A sign above the door, beside which
the modest one bearing his name looked
like a dwarf beside a giant, bore in great
glittering letters the inscription,
" Bright & Co."
"Going in for combining poetry w-ith
business. Twon't pay," said Kufus,
referring to the ivy and geranium, as he
slammed his o wn door behind him, and,
seating himself at his desk, look up the
morning paper, but not to read. He
had lost all interest in the political sit
uation; all he did was to gaze vacantly
at the printed sheet and think about his
rivals to be" Bright Jt Co."
"This neighboihood won't support
us both, that's sure," he said. " It
must be a hand-to-hand fight until one
is left victor. Too bad! too bad! Here's
sister Fan nicely married, and mother
as comfortable and happy as- can be in
her little rooms around the corner, and
I thought I saw smooth sailing before
me at last. After teaching school five
long years away out West, besides keep
ing books for people and copving law
documents far into the night, to say
nothing of living like a miser all the
time, on purpose to save money enough
to start iu business in my native city
have a fellow set up right next door in
the very same business, it's too much; "
and Kufus shook his head at the frown
ing face that looked at him from the
mirror that hung opposite.
A young face, and not a disagreeable
one (on the contrary, quite au agree
able one when minus the scowl), sur
mounted by waving locks of bright au
burn fome psopl call them red and
ltgLted by a pair of sparkling real blue
eyes. Nose aquiline, mustache to
match the hair, month large and not s j
very ugly, and the chin well, perhaps
if the chin had been a trifle more prom
inent, and the hair a shade less au
burn Ituf us might have possessed more
hopefulness and a better temper.
That very evening such is the in
consistency of man in spite of his as
sertion that " that sort of thing didn't
pay," Kufus bought at the nearest flor
ist's two Madeira vines, a smilax, and a
spicy carnation pink, and the next
morning there they were sweetly bloom
ing in his window, when the tall, rather
rough-looking young man who had been
overseeing the carmen the day before
came briskly in.
"Mr. Lynde?"said he.
Kufus bowed stiffly.
" Called to see if you'd let me take a
look at the arrangement of your win
dow from the inside capital effect out
side. How do you manage I don't
know much about such things myself."
"What cool impuaence!" thought
Kufus. And then he said,m an icy
manner and in an icy tone, " I'm afraid
you won't be taught here, sir. It cost
me time, thought and patience to pro
duce the capital effect 'of -which you
speak. You must use your own brains.
Mine are not at your service."
"Oh! is that the way you feel ? " said
the young man with a chuckle. "Well,
I guess Bright fc Co. can do without
you;" and he disappeared as suddenly
as he came.
And apparently " Bright - & Co."
could, for in two or three hours the
shop window of that enterprising firm
burst upon the admiring gaze of the
passer-by like a whole garden of flow
ers. Such a delicate mingling of shades
and skillful combination of colors had
never been in a shop window before
at least not in that avenue. Dark pur
ple scarfs and ribbons prettily entwined
with those of pale yellow; smoking
caps, gay in crimsons and gold, and
blues and puffs, and scarlets and greens;
bows of every hue, looking like a flock
of gigantic butterflies clinging to a car
pet of dark brown velvet; beautifully
embroidered slippers; silken and satin
watch fobs of many fantastic shapes;
pipe-holders quaint and graceful in de
sign, and fifty other things Kufus had
never thought of, " but which women
will be just fools enough to buy and
give to men," he said to himself, bit
terly shone from his neighbor's win
dow. A week went by, during which Mr.
Lyndo refused the loan of a hammer
they had mislaid theirs to his neigh
bors, kicked their cat (it was a very
gentle kick, and intended more for a
hint than anything else) when she
chased a flying rat into his store and
under his counter, and Fred had a
rough and tumble fight with the boy,
" 'cause he swept all the dirt of his own
sidewalk on to ourn."
Then, one uncommonly bright and
pleasant Monday morning, as Kufus, re
freshed by the Sabbath rest, was coming
down the street, humming an old hymn
tune which his mother good old Meth
odist, was fond of singing and happily
forgetful for the moment of all life's
cares and vexations, his eye was caught
by on unusual glare at the very top of
" Bright & Co.'s" building. A mam
moth sign had been placed there, call
ing attention in enormously fat letters
of the guiltiest gilt large enough to
be seen at least half a mile away to the
business of that wonderfully and aggra
vatingly go-ahead firm; and that sign
trespassed at least two inches on his own
premises.
Kufus ceased humming, scowled,
quickened his steps, entered his store,
seated himself at his desk, flung his hat
on the floor, ran his fingers through his
sanguinary locks until they stood like
an aureole around his head, seized pen,
paper and ink and dashed off the fol
lowing note:
" Mr. Lyndo's compliments to Bright
& Co., and bogs to call their attention
to the fact that their last and biggest
sign exceeds the limits allowed them by
law."
This, with a snort of delight, as a
war-horse that scenteth the battle from
afar, did Fred receive and hasten to de
liver next door, to return Avith answer,
equ illy concise, written in a large, bold,
but rather scrawly hand :
" Bright & Co. are sorry that the sign
maker should have made such a mis
take; but unless Mr. Lynde wishes to
put up a similar sign, they are at a loss
to see how so slight an infringement
can interfere with him."
" Oh, indeed! " said Kufus, his face
almost as fiery as his hair. " What re
markable coolness the fellow has! Bnt
I'll let him see he can't completely,
over-shadow his humble neighbor," and
forthwith dispatched another note:
" Mr. Lynde demands the instant re
moval of the before-mentioned sign, or
Mr. Lynde's lawyer will wait on Bright
& Co. this afternoon."
To which came the short but perti
nent reply:
" Mr. Lynde's lawyer may wait on
Bright it Co. as soon as Mr. Lynde
chooses."
But it happened that Kufus couldn't
getaway from the store that day. Some
great festivity, to take place that even
ing in the vicinity, sent all the boys
and young men in search of masculine
necessities and adornments, and the
overflow from Bright & Co.'s alone was
sufficient to keep Kufus and his only
assistant extremely busy. But as soon
as night had fairly set in and the rush
was over, he sent Fred, a delighted
messenger with a communication to a
voung lawyer friend, and, with resolu
tion and defiance written on his brow,
and hands firmly clasped behind him.
he began slowly pacing backward and
forward, his determination to fight it
out -with his neighbor growing strong
er and stronger every moment; for, "in
the first place, it was downright shabby
to set up in the very same line right
next door, "he repeated for the twenti
eth time. " I couldn't and wouldn t
have dono it; but, no doubt, this Bright
i3 some selfish, grasping, cold-hearted,
unpleasant fellow, not caring who he
shoulders out of the way as long as
Iia " tvIiati snddenlv the door flew open
and the roundest, plumpest, prettiest
lot of a woman flew in.
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She wore a dainty white apron, with
a bewitching bib and two charming
pockets, and the pockets were adorned
with scarlet bows, and the bib had a bit
of scarlet geranium pinned at the left
corner, and a saucy small hat. turned
up on one side and trimmed with scar
let berries and green leaves, were
perched insecurely on the top of her
satin-smooth black head.
"Mr. Lynde!" said she, in a voice
that implied "lam not to be contra
dicted under any circumstances what
ever," a she confronted Kufus.
Kufus replied, "At your service,"
with a smile. He'd have been more
than mortal if he could have looked at
that bright face, with its frank, fearless
gray eyes, cunning pug nose, dear little
mouth, and general air of cheerful in
dependence, without smiling.
" I am Bright & Co."
"And rightly named," flashed through
Lynde's mind; and then his face be
trayed the great astonishment he felt,
but he bowed and said nothing.
" You look surprised," said the little
woman.
"Iam," said Kufus. "I thought
I mean I was sure that is, I sup
posed "
"No matter what you supposed," in
terrupted "Bright & Co.," in a manner
that in anyone else would have been
rude, but jn her was decidedly charm
ing. "I'm Bright and Co., and I
want to know why in the name of
pins and needles, you're so awful hate
ful about that sign ? It can't hurt your
house if it is yours or you, extending
only that far" (holding out two tiny
fore-fingers, with nails like wee pink
shells, about half an inch from each
other) " beyond my house it is my
house and you know, if you have one
grain of common sense, it can't."
She paused, but Kufus said never a
word.
" I suppose," the" little woman went
on, shaking her pretty head so emphat
ically that the saucy hat nearly slipped
off, just hanging on her back hair in a
manner that snggested to Kufus the
days of his boyhood and the " Sailor's
Hornpipe," " you think I have injured
your business. If I have, I didn't
mean to. The building next door was
left to me by an old aunt, and the store
was stocked from the wholesale estab
lishment of au old uncle. Now I
couldn't set np a millinery shop or a
flower store, or a confectionery with
shirts and socks, and collars, and cra
vats and suspenders and such things
could IV"
" Of course not," replied Kufus. "I
see no w ay in which they could be con
verted iuto bonnets, boquets or candy."
"Just so," said Bright tfcCo., putting
her right hand into her pocket and
drumming softly on the counter with
the fingers of her left. " I took the
house and thanked my lucky stars and
auntie; and I took the goods and
thanked my lucky stars again and my
uncle. I 2)laced Bright ' over the door
without any ' Miss.' (Kufus couldn't
explain for the life of -him why he was
so relieved to hnd it wasn t 4 Mrs., ) or
Christian name, because it looks more
business-like, and I added the 'Co.' be
cause it sounds well, and my small
brother (the ono your Fred tried to
thrash the other day) is my general as
sistant, and my big cousin (to whom
you rel used to look at your window)
helps me in every way he can, though
that isn't much, liecause he has his own
business to attend to "
" Glad of it," thought Kufus. "And
I have a pair of lovely twin sisters only
six years old, and a dear mother and
grandmother to take care of and oh!
how can you be so hateful about that
sign 7
" Gooil gracious! " exclaimed Kufus,
running his fingers wildly through his
red that is his auburn curls, and
causiug the aureolo to rise again
44 Don't say anything more about it.
Cover the whole of yofir house and
mine also though it isn't mine; there,
too, you have the advantage of me, as
you have in anything else with signs
if you will. I can make a living for
my mother and myself somewhere else,
if not here. . I have no large family de
pending on me, like 4 Briprht & Co.' "
Oil, dear, no, Mr. Lynde, that
wouldn't please me at all," said the lit
tle woman: " the somewhere else,' you
know. Stav right here. There'll be
room for us both after a while, I'm sure
of it."
Kufus looked into the rosy, earnest
face with an almost lover-like smile, as
Fred burst into the store shouting,
44 The lawyer says come to his office at
10 o'clock to-morrow morning, and he'll
see that the old sign comes down in a
jiffy."
44 Oh, vou wicked boy !" said Bright
& Co.
44 Never mind that," said Kufus. 44 1
give you my word that the sign shall re
main just where it is ;" and seizing his
hat he escorted her to the door, leaving
Fred in the act of executing a break
down, illustrative of extreme astonish
ment, but too much astonished to whis
tle an accompaniment.
And the sign didn't come down that
is, it did eventually, but not until the
next May. and then another, still larger
and stretching twice the distance, took
its place.
44 Lynde. Bright & Co.," the new sign
reads, and the two small stores are
turned into one largo one. and 44 Kufus
Lynde "and 44 Bright & Co." are part
ners for life.
Corrective in Lead Poisoning.
Workmen employed in the manufacture
of white lead are always liable to lead
poisoning, both by inhaling the dust
and in touching the lead with the hands.
Various correctives for this have been
employed, and among these the latest
and most simple is a careful washing of
the hands in petroleum. Three wash
ings a day are reported to be sufficient
to prevent all serious danger of poison
ing. Said iie: "Darling, you see for years,
circumstances, and business, and imag
ination have been doubling things up."
Said she: "They must have been a sort
of cucumber, my pet."
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA,
Hard Times.
The Popular Science Monthly says:
Production and consumption do not
have that intimate relation to each other
they once had. In old times the weav
er, for instance, was in contact with his
customer; he wove cloth as he discover
ed the need; he cautiously set up a sec
ond loom when it became fully evident
that it could be kept employed; and
thus supply and demand went, as it
were, hand in hand. But now gigantic
mills filled with many spindles have lit
tle accurate relation to , consumption.
The power of production by means of
improved machinery is something im
mense, and it is exercised with no very
watchful or cautious regard to the im
mediate needs of the community.
Goods are piled up in vast quantities in
waiting for a future market, or they are
pressed upon the markets at such low
rates or on such long credits that buy
ers are seduced into over-purchases. In
favorable times these establishments are
run at high pressure.
The old fashioned nice relation be
tween producer and consumer disap
pears. Speculation takes the helm.
Much more is produced than there is
corn, leather or other goods, to ex
change for it. The resources of the
mills are great; they can borrow from
the banks while they pile up their fab
rics in their ware-rooms; they can by
mean3 of their concentrated capital keep
their machinery running even at a loss,
if by so doing they can crush out a rival
or manipulate the market. But in the
height of this prosperous run there is a
check no matter for what cause and
suddenly work stops. There is little
sale for goods produced ; the fires must
be put out, the doors closed, and thou
sands of operatives are deprived of em
ployment. This would not be so un
fortunate if this over-production had
heen diffused among the work people.
But it had not. Notwithstanding the
high pressure and the excessive manu
facture, wages have been kept down;
while producing in six months as much
as can be exchanged in a year, the work
men have not been paid in this way
their wages have been upon the basis of
the whole year's work as a result, they
are turned empty-handed upon the
street.
And, what is particularly unfortunate
they are reduced as consumers to the
minimum point. Here the evil works
both ways. The excessive production
which has shut up the mill has weak
ened the power of the community to ab
sorb this production the goose that
laid the egg has been slain. Inevitably
the recovery from hard times brought
about in this way must be slow. The
spindles cannot be set in motion until
the stock of goods on hand is reduced
and afresh demand revives; this demand
cannot revive because the great body of
consumers are in a state of impoverish
ment. This condition of things is en
tirely sufficient to explain the genesis
and the prolongation of business pros
tration. Capital is not impaired; it is
locked up in machinery that is silent,
in goods that cannot be exchanged, in
money that has no borrowers. It is the
paralysis of consumption that is the
cause.
A Montenegrin Lamentation. The
Montenegrins bravely and with success
defended their country when it was re
cently invaded by three Turkish armies;
but many were dead, and great was the
sorrow of the women of the land. The
dirge of the women is a remarkable one.
It was while at Ostrog, after a severe
battle on the frontier, that a correspond
ent of the London Times first heard it.
A young man died in the hospital in the
night, whereupon his mother and two
sisters began to shriek forth their grief.
Their wild frenzy was horrible to listen
to, and at last the Montenegrin Prince,
who was sick, sent a soldier to them
with a request that they should cease
their lamentations. They did so; but
early in the day the body was taken to
the cemetery close by, and as the earth
closed over it the outbreak legan again
the women scratching .their faces,
beating their breasts, and lamenting in
shrill voices which could bo heard a
mile away. The lament is a matter of
form and does not in the least indicate
the intensity of sorrow; the wife, in
deed, not being permitted by custom to
take part in this show of feeling, and
the men considering it undignified to
take any part other than accompanying
the body on the returu to the house.
There was something in the lament
which was interesting from a certain
point or view. It was metrical ; a short,
ejaculatory, three-feet verse, always re
peated in the same modulation a mo
notonous chant. The women on return
ing home will consider it their duty to
contiune their lament for weeks or
months, when they are journeying from
place to place, and especially when in
the jresence of others. Solitude seems
to extinguish the lamentation, but if
two relatives in bereavement meet, they
embrace, and then, leaning against each
other, renew the chant in sympathy, if
not in harmony.
I can fully corroborate from my ex
perience what your correspondent says
as to eggs not hatching which went to
the bottom of the water. I tested a set
ting of Black Cochin eggs the other day.
and as one of them immediately sank to
the bottom I concluded it was a bad
one, but, seeing it 44wobble,"" I put it
back under the hen, and it was eventu
ally the first to hatch. Fanciers' Gaz
elle. The Reverened Henry Ward Eeecher
is accredited with saying that a work
ingman with a wife and six children can
be maintained upon one dollar a dav.
Mr. Beecher gets a salary of .?20,000 per
annum. Would it not be well for him
to make the experiment of keepinp- KOul
,1 11 X 4 1 -
aim uuuj loyemer uDon a salary of SiJCo
a year?
Mr. Walter, of the London Times,
says he -was surprised at seeing so little
drunkenness in America. But it must
be rememlered that he associated most
ly with newspaper men while in this
country.
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Electing a President.
SENATOR MORTON ON THE DANGERS OF
OUR PRESENT SYSTEM.
Senator Morton prints in the North
American Revieuoor July-August,a sec
ond paper on the subject of that part of
the American constitution which relates
to the election of a President. The pa
per contains but little that is new. In
1875,Mr. Morton reported to the Senate,
from a committee of which he was
Chairman, a resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution, substi
tuting for the present plan of electing
President and Vice President another
plan. The proposed plan abolished the
whole machinery of the Presidential
electors. It required that each State
should be divided into as many districts
as there may be Representatives in Con
gress from each State; that the voters
shill vote directly for President and
Vice President, and the person having
the highest number of votes in each
State shall have the two votes at large
for President. The object of this
amendment was to avoid all the dangers
and possible complications which
threaten the peace of the country, and
cf wh c i we had an example last yjar.
The fact that the Electoral -College has
long since ceased to accomplish the orig
inal purposes for which it was institut
ed, and that it has become an obstacle
in the way of a fair election, and a pos
sible cover for fraud, has been freely
discussed, and nas been generally ad
mitted. The only difficulty in the way
oi abolishing the Electoral College is
that of finding some other plan better
calculated to secure an honest election,
and as near an approach to the jiopular
will as can be had under our sy&tem of
voting by States, instead of voting as a
whole people. Mr. Morton gives the
figures showing the wide difference be
tween the voice of the people as repre
sented in the pojjular vote and in the
vote of the Electoral College. Thus
in
Percent Percent
popular Klectora.1
vote. vote.
1872. Grant received 55
1868. Grant received 52
18G4. Lincoln received. 55
185G. Buchanan received. .45
1852. Pierce received 51
1848. Taylor received 46
1841. Po'lk received 50
81
73
91
59
85
56
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The particular point presented in the
present paper of Mr. Morton is to pro
test against the alternative plan provid
ed by the constitution for the election
of President by the House of Represen
tatives. At such an election each State
has but one vote. New York and Ne
vada have one vote each, though New
has 114 times the population of Neva
da. He states as a fact that, though the
House of Representatives has 293 mem
bers, it is possible for forty-six mem
bers to elect a President. Delaware,
Nebraska, Oregon, Nevada and Colora
do have 1 member each, who together
would give 5 votes; Rhode Island and
Florida have two members each, and
the 4 members would give two votes;
Minnesota, New Hampshire, West Vir
ginia, Vermont and Kansas, five States,
have each 3 members, 2 of whom from
each State would cast the vote of that
State, so that 10 members would give
5 votes; Arkansas, California and Con
necticut have 4 members each, 3 of each
or 9 in all, would cast the vote of these
States; Maine and South Carolina have
5 members each, G of whom would give
the vote of the two States; Maryland,
Mississippi and Texas have 6 members
each, and 4 votes from each State, or 12
in Jill, would cive the vote of these
three States. Here, then, 46 members,
representing twenty States, would give
20 votes for and elect the President,
notwithstanding the 247 other members
all voted the other way.
Mr. Morton points out the dangers of
corruption where the choice of a Presi
dent may be reduced to the vote of one
member from one or more States. Pres
idents have been chosen twice in that
manner. In 1801, after several days'
ballotting, a member, who was the sole
representative of a State, stated to a
friend of Mr. Jefferson: "If Mr. Jef
ferson will give assurance that ho will
retain the Collector of the Port of Wil
mington, in Delaware, and at Philadel
phia, and will give two bills (which
were named) his approval, I will change
my vote to-morrow, and know of two
other members from two different
States who will change their votes.
The effect of it will be to change the
votes of those States and give to Mr.
Jefferson three additional votes, which
will elect him." Mr. Jefferson gave the
promise, the votes were changed, and
Jefferson was elected. In this instance,
three men controlled the votes of three
States, and, by a personal agreement,
elected the President. In 1825, the sup
port given to Mr. Adams by Mr. Clay,
and by which Adams was elected over
Jackson, was the foundation for a
charge of bargain and sale which fol
lowed Mr. Clay through life. Mr. Mor
ton strongly denounces this provision
of the present constitution, because of
its gross injustice, and its complete de
nial to the people of all voice in the
election of President.
44 A good man leaveth an inheritance
to his children's children; and the
wealth of the sinner is laid pp for the
ju-t." The first part of this Scripture
verse was printed on the backs of all
policies in the Universal Life Insurance
Company. And now policy-holders are
waiting for the application of the last
clause.
One of the famous "Seud-stamp-for-sample''
agencies, who guarautee $500a
month to all ninnies who choose to
bite, sends us one of his circulars,
which says: "111. Cat. free." We may
as well say to him, however, that it is
no inducement; for if the cat were per
fectly well, we've no use for her, as our
yard is already pretty well supplied.
A?" exchange solemnly announces
that "the bed-bug is on his annual tour.
Same old smell same bite."
Popular Fallacies.
THE NECESSITY FOR PCRE AIR HOW TO
ORTAiN IT.
Night air and damp weather are held
in great horror by multitudes of persons
who are sickly or of weak constitu
tions; consequently, by avoiding the
night air, and damp weather, and change
able weather, and weather that is con
sidered too hot or too cold, they are
kept within doors the much largest por
tion of their time, and, as a matter of "
course, continue invalids, more and
more ripening for the grave, every
hour; the reason is, they are breath
ing an impure atmosphere nineteen
twentieths of their whole existence.
As nothing can wash us clean bnt
pure water, so nothing can cleanse the
blood, nothing can make health-giving
blood, but the agency of pure air. So
great is the tendency of the blood to be
come impure in consequence of waste
and useless matters mixing with it as it
passes through the body, that it requires
a boghead of air every hour of our lives
to unload it of tlftse impurities; but, in
proportion as this air is vitiated, in such
proportion does it infallibly fail to re
lieve the blood of these impurities, and
impure blood is the foundation of all
disease. The great fact that those who
are out of doors most, summer or win
ter, day and night, rain or shine, have
the best health the world over, does of
itself falsify the general impression that
night air or any other out-door air is
unhealthy as compared with in-door air
at the same time.
Air is the great necessity of life; so
much so, that if deprived of it for a mo
ment we perish; and so constant is the
necessity for the blood for contact with
atmosphere that every drop in the body
is exposod to the air through the me
dium of the lungs every two minutes
and a half of our existence.
Whatever may be the impurity of the
out door air at any locality, the in-door
air of that locality is still more impure,
because of the dust, and decaying and
odoriferous matters which are found in
all dwellings. Besides, how can in-door
air be more healthy than the out-dor
air, other things bt ing equal, when the
dwelling is supplied with air from with
out? To this very general law there is one
exception, whica it is of the highest im
portance to note. When the days are
hot, and the nights cool, there are pe
riods of time within each twenty-four
hours when it is safest to be in-doors,
with doors and windows closed; that is
to say, for the hour or two including
sunrise and sunset, because about sun
set the air cools, and the vapors which
the heats of the day have caused to as
cend far above us. condense and settle
near the surface of the earth, so as to be
breathed by the inhabitants; as the
night grows colder, these vapors sink
lower, and are within a foot or two of
the earth, so they are not breathed. As
the sun rises, the same vapors are warm
ed, and begin to as o nd, to be breathed,
again, bnt as the air becomes warmer .
they are carried so far above our heads
as to be innocuous. HalCs Journal of
Heallli.
Effects of Toracco Smoking. A
remarkable illustration of the evil effects
of tobacco smoking is afforded by a fact
lately published by the French Anti- "
Tobacco Association. Two twin chil
dren (boys) were growing quite satis
factorily, and were about four years old, ,
when one of them was taken ill with
some trifling ail men. A friend of the
family happening to see the suffering
infant, unfortunately placed in its hands
as a kind of plaything a lighted pije.
The child immediately puffed away at
the pipe, and, strange to say, appeared
to enjoy it thoroughly. The amuse
ment soon became a habit, then a ne
cessity, until the child was continually
worrying his neighbors and even strang
ers in the streets to give it tobacco.
The effect of incessant smoking on his
constitution was disasterous. While
his brother early shot up into manhood,
the premature smoker remained station
aay in his development. He is at the
present moment iu reality ayonnjrman,
but in appearance a puny infant, as
stunted in intelligence as he is in stat
ure. Pall Mall Qaztfte.
The bolting and sifting of flour, it has
long been k'nown, deprives the consum
er of many of its life-sustaining elements,
and. as a'writer of the agricultural de
partment of the Weekltf Tribune remarks,
it is only because the eyes of the masses
are gratified at the expense of their di
gestion ahd health, that the practice is
still persisted in, despite the teachings
of scientists and physicians. The flour
from good grain can only be improved
by fieing it from all foreign substan
ces, and cleaning perfectly the exterior
of wheat, and the only whiteness that
should be required is that produced by
age.
A literary gentleman, wishing to be
undisturbed one day, instructed his
Irish servant to admit no one, and if
any one should inquire for bim to
give him an equivocal answer. Night
came, and the gentleman proceeded to
interrogate Pat as to his visitors. "Did
any one call?" 44 Yes, sir; wan gen
tleman." "What did he say?" . He
axed was yer honor in." 44 Well what did
you tell him?" "Sure I gave him a qu ivi
kle answer, jist." " How was that?" "I
axed him was his grandmother a mon
key." An old Highlander, rather fond of his
toddy, was ordered by his physician,
during his illness, not to exceed one
ounce of spirits daily. The old gentle
man was dubious about the amount,
and asked his son, a schoolboy, how
much an ounce was. " Sixteen drachms
make an ounce." was the reply. 44 Sir
teen drams! What an excellent doctor!"
exclaimed the Highlander. "Run and
tell Donald MTavish and Big John to
come doon the nicht."
The Czar has a powerful appetite for
roast Turkey with or without stuffling,
plenty of blood gravy and deviled Bas-hi-Bazouk.
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