0 hi O O o DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE, BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON. VOL. 11. OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1877. NO. 46. Olrf i i THE ENTERPRISE. A LOCAL. NEWSPAPER FOE T If II 'rnirr,IlaJiiru 3Inn mid I-'iiuii? t'iwle ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY, PROPRIETOR ASI PUBLISHER. Official Paper fop Clackamas County. Oflieo: In KutcririMe lliiililluir. One door South of Masonic Building, Slain Stref-t. Trrim of Ku1)rlitlon : Sinsla Copy, one 'ar, in advance Single Copy, six months, in advance S'2 50 I 50 Trrnii of Adi ertihius Trxui.li. ut advertisement, including ail legal notices, per square of twelve liuts, one week For each subsequent insertion Clue Column, one rear Half Column, one year O.iarter Column, one year iiuines Card, one B'juare, cue year .$ 2 50 1 00 120 00 00 00 40 00 12 00 SOCIETY NOTICES OREGON LODGE, No. 3, I. O. O. T. Meets every Thursday Evening, at.. o clock, in OJd Fellows' Hall. I ,'.' -? Main Street. .Memoors 01 me uraer.; !J&,r . ar invited to altmd. By order of X. G. REBECCA DEGREE LODGE, No. 2, i. w. u. i., meets on me hecond and Fourth Tue.lay Even in us of each innnth at 7J o'clock, in the Odd FcIIdwh" Hall Member of the Dearie are invited to' attend. FALLS ENCAMPMENT. No. 4, i. u. v. i., mwn at Odd Fellows" Hall on' me t irst and 1 hiru Tuesday of each month. rawiarcus in gixid KtHUduig are invited t kttelia. MULTNOMAH LODGE, No 1, i . a. n.. uiikjh us resuiar commnni- -a cations on the First and Third SaturdnvK j in each month, at 7 o'clock from the 'Ait'i',x V, of September to the 2ith of March - an.l Tit o'clock from the 'th of March to the ' ocyKimH.T. ureinren in nooa Ktauuin are invited to attend. Ity order of W. M. BUSINESS CARDS WARREN N. DAVIS, M. D., sioiait and Nurooii, Oraduate of the Iniversityof 1'i-nnsylvauia. Offick at Cuff Houpk. CHARLES KNIGHT, (' A XBV, OK EG OX, a'li.ysioian mul Druggi.. Prescriptions rarrfullr filled nt short notice. Ja7-tf ' PAUL BOYCE, M. D., Oregon Cirr, Oiikoox. Chronic Diseases ami Iisras s of Women and Children a specialty. Oftlce Hours day and night; alwavs na.lv when duty calls. " aiMi5,''7.tf DR. JOHN WELCH, d i: x t i s t . mm. OFFICE FN' OREGON' CITY OREGON. Highest cash price paid for County Orders. JOHNSON & McCOWN, ATTORNEYS and COUNSELORS AT LAW OREGOX CITY, OREGON. Will practice in all the Courts of the State. Special attention given to cases in the l"uited tatN Land 0:lice at Oregon City. 3apr"72-tf L. T. SARIN, ATTOKKY AT $ OREGOX CITY, OREGOX. Will practice in all thf Courts of the State novl, '75-tf W. H. HICHFIELD, Es tn 1 1 1 li .i sin o One door North of Pope s Hall, HAIX T.. KRO( ft TV. OKEIIOX. An assortment of Watches, Jewelrv. and fSL Seth Thomas' Weight Clocks, all or which rrl"' d to be as represented. KKepairing done on short uutice-. andthauKiui for past patronage. ChIi l'aitl lor i'ouuty r;lers. JOHN M. BACON, BOOKS, STATIONERY,( PICTURE FRAMES. MOCXDIXGS AND MISCEL LAXEOCS GOODS. rR im.K n un: t ii i:. Obecios Citt, Oreron. 7At the Post O.Tice, Main Street, west side. novl. '7;"-tf J. R. GOLDSMITH, GEXEUAI, TV 1 -1 W H V -V T J Z 1 1 O Collector and Solicitor. PORTLAND. OltEGON. C"Best of references given. det23-'77 HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL, Hubs, SpoltcK. iti m. OAK, ASH AND HICKORY PLANK. XOUT1I11VP A THOMPSON, mar31.'76-tf Portland, Oregon. J. H. SHEPARD, HOOT AXDS1IOEKTOKK. o o One door Xorth of Ackrriuan Bros 7 Boots and Shoes made and repaired as cheap 73-tf as the cheapest. novl, ' MILLER, CHURCH & CO. PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR WHEAT At all times, it the OREGON CITY MILLS, And have on band FEED and FLOCR to sell, at market rates. Parties desiring Feed must furnish tacks. novl'2-tf A. C. WALLING'S cIioiieer ISooIc Bindery O Pitto k's Building, cor. of Stark and Front Sts.. POHTLAXI). ORKtiOV. I LANK BOOKS KtXED AXD BOUXD TO AXY A- desired pattern. Music Bo ks. Magazines, ewspapem. etc., bound in every variety of style Known to the tril n,.ii.ri (rnm th ronntrv V'mpuy attended to. novl, "75-tf OREGON CITY BREWERY. aaving purchased """a to inform th r,w ,. ,v, .,L5-. now , t . j --r- on.Ht. " w manufacture a Xo. 1 as fforui r MOER BEER. GdVriC7? 1 Stained anywhere ia the State M ul'citd and promptly filled.' A PICTl'RK. Tmst mo, 'tis sometVinp; to bo cast Pace to fuc with one s self at last ; To be taken out of tlio fuss and strife. i ne en.iile.ss clatti r of lxte and knife. The bore of books and the bores of the street, r rom tuc singular mt-sa wo agree to call life, Where that is let which the most fools vote is. And to bd set down on one's own two feet Ho nigh to the great warm heart of God, You almost seem to feel it Ijeat iJown from the sunshine and up from the sod ; To bo coniixll d, as it were, to in it ice All the lH.-aut.ful changes and chances Through which the landscape llits and glances, And to ee how the faca of common day I Wiitten ll over wiih tender histories, When you study it that inteasex way In which a lovor looks at his mist.c-is. TKKASIUKS. A maiden sitting at the close of day Within the shadow of a rose-wreathed bower, Doep brooding o'er a soul that s paa-d away, Whilu fall Ler tears upon a faded flower That nsreet fur t me aot. thrice pre. ioua uuw. Since Death has set his seal upon the elver's brow! Yet though the floweret now has lost its blue. Though dull and dead are its once lustrous eyes. It gives the maid a peace she never knew Xut even when 'twas plucked 'neath summer skies; ft leads her from the dartuess of the tomb To him in that bright land where flowers are aye In bloom. A mother giziug on a curl of gold. Or on two little i-hoes of brightest pink. Which tell her of the time she did enfold Close in her breast her heart about to sink Her bine-eyed boy the angels claimed one night; The I-ord had need of him where all is love and light. Hut soon the fond one sues iu her despair That in His love and wisdom God hath riven Her boy from her; and that the golden hair She treasures is her angel child s in Heaven; And that the- little fort those shoes once shod Are bound now with the sandals of the love of God. An aged man, with waving Filver'd hair, A rosy child asleep upon his knee, Breuthing with peace-throned Muile a tender prayer When rapt in s me ecstatic reverie; A precious casket of the by-gone years Within his hand, and wan leaves wet with sacred tears. The child is all unconscious a he sleeps. That he's a link in that great golden chain. Which joins each blessed one who vigil keeps Around his granJsire, in the heavenly train ; 1 he old man knows not what his life may be, i'.ut for those treasuros, aud that child upon knee. his NEWS FROM A KNOT-HOLE. IIr3. Jenkirs lived in the other part of llev. Mr. Caper's house, and thought herself fortunate in the enjoyment of so great a privilege. Most good people like to be as near the minister as thev can. Mrs. Jenkins did. Her part was j merely an Lt, built on the maiu struct i ure. Her little attic, therefore, was j next to the minister's study. Justin : the corner of the minister's study floor was a knot-hole; a trifling sort of thing : in itself, but when once found to open 1 into Mrs. Jenkins' attic, of the widest j importance in its consequences, j "When Mrs. Jenkins finally became I aware of so close a connection with the minister's family, she sat down to fold her hands and congratulate herself, i Next, she formed her resolution not to ! let any good opportunity slip unim i proved to inform herself of matters that j would otherwise remain dark to her. I Day after day, therefore, her ear and I that knot hole renewed their acquaint i ance with one another. Sometimes she picKea up quite a little ouncn ot news; and sometimes she went down fctairs as hungry as ever. There was as much va riation from day to day as there is in the price of stocks of exchange. Going up to her little attio one after noon to hear if anything rpecialwus do ing in the a Ijoiuiug apartment, she was delighted beyond expression to catch the sound of a voice. It was Mr. Capers in conversation with his wife. Up she climbed, walked tiu-toe acro-s the gar ret floor, got down on her knees, and put her ear as close to the knot-hole as she could get it. She even abut her eyes, lest some of the good should etcape by that way. things For awhile she did not understand anything clearlv. Now she heard Mrs. Capers laugh; then Mr. Capers stopped a minute and laughed, too. This served to excite her the more, and she pressed her head so close against ihe rough par tition tiiat wlien- suo came to go away she carried off splinters in plenty in her hair. Finally she heard something with dis tinctness. Mr. Gapers was telling his wife, who appeared to be in great glee, of a man who had been saying hard things to his wife. Said he, in the i course ot ins remarKs: "Mr. Jones got to abusing his family at last. lie declared his wife should not go out visiting, and threatened to shut her up if she dared disobey him. As for going to these evening meetings, he declared he meant to put a stop to it; he had had enough of it. It did not do her any sort of good, an 1 made a great deal of trouble anil expense to him. He should put an end to it at any and every hazard !" Mrs. Jenkins started up in blank sur prise. "Now I want to know," said she to herself, "if our minister says that of l Mr. Jones ?" ! Without waiting to hear any more I Mrs. Jenkins folded her arms tightly i and defiantly about her, and started down the stairs. The next thing she j did was to throw on her "things" and start off at high speed for her friend's, ': Mrs. Tautog. j "Now, I want to know!" said the lat i ter, as Mrs. Jenkins came through the back entrance, "Do tell if that's youl Sit down, do. What's the word this af ternoon ? Heard anvthing very new lately?" " "Oh, well, no I do'no, either, p'raps it may be new to you though." "Why, what is 'it?" said she. "I dare say 'tis. I'm not in the way of hearin' anything till everybody else has picked it up all clean. What is it now ?" "Oh, well, nothin' really worth men tioning. But then, you may as well know as me. It's nothin , though, that I care to have go from me, you know, I don't wis.h to be mixed "up in this scrape." "No, your name shan't be mentioned. But what is it, Mrs. Jenkins ? WThat is it ? Do pray tell me suddin', for I'm a dvin' to know." "It's no great affair, after all, though. Still it's something. But this is all there is to it 3Ir. Jones has got to abus- in' his wife most dreadfully; and he de clares that if she thinks of goin' out a visitin', he'll surely shut her up, where she can't get out so soon." "Of all the things in the world!" "Yes, and more'n that; he's even gone and forbid her goin' to evenin' meet ings. What do you think o such a man as that ?" "I think he's a monster!" "And so do I. But that ain't quite all. He jaws her all the time, abuses her, threatens her, and keeps her in mortal fear of her life! Only to think of it I" "How did youliear about it? I won der if folks generally know it? How did you ever hear of it, I'd like to know?" "Well, I'd as liet tell you as not, J V"? i A'tog, but then you must prom ise not to tell anybody else about it." "Oh, to be sure not. What should I be gaddin' around the neighborhood for, tellin hard stories about respecta ble folks. Who did tell you, though ?" "Nobody told me e-xactly; bat I hap pen to know it come in the first place from the minister." "You don't say so?" Mrs. Jenkins nodded in silence. "Well, I do ce lire now! Who'd ever a thought of such a thing of Mr. Jones! But I've seemed to take notice back along, that his wife was a good deal down-hearted, and sort o' melancholy like. And that must, be the reason, I know that explains it all." "Yes," said Mrs. Jenkins, "that's it." The latter did not stay very long after unbosoming herself of her heavy secret, when off posted Mrs. Tautog armed and equipped for the brave business she had iu hand. The first house she dropped into was Mrs. Mallory's. "Mrs. Mallory," said she, "almost as soon as she was seated, "have you heard the news?" "Why, no," answered the astonished lady. " What is it pray ?" And forthwith Mrs. Tautog related all that Mrs. Jenkins had been kind enough to tell her, and a good deal more saying nothing about the em-belli-hments she laid on in the course of her story. Mrs. Mallory was astonished, of course. And as soon as her visitor had withdrawn, she dons her bonnet and shawl and whips across to Mrs. Dinks. There the story was repeated with va riations, and considerable additions. Then Mrs. Dinks took it up. And then Mrs. Murray got interested in it, and then Mis. Filpot and so on, till every body had got hold of it, and had talked it up, and had passed judgment upon the man who was guilty of such mal practice toward his family. If it had stopped right there, perhaps it would have answered; but it didn't. It spread like a circle in the water, till, in the end, Mrs. Jones hertelf heard it; and heard, of course, that the author of the story was the minister's own self. The next thing to bo done wus for Mr. Jones and his family to leave Mr. Capers' church and go somewhere else. The clergyman was a good deal troubled about it, and his wife went over to see if t-he could discover the cause. Mrs. Jones received her with a good deal of coldness and seemed hardly civil. Un able to endure it any longer, Mrs. Ca pers asked the aggrieved . lady frankly what the trouble was. Mrs. Jones as frankly told her; that was well, for now the latter knew exactly what the matter was, and what it was necessary to do. Going home and imparting the intel ligence to her husbaml, he manifested qaito as much astonishment as she. He t-at and thought it over a little while, iu order the better to collect himself before taking a single step, and then started direct for Mr. Jones. He told Mr. Jones what he had heard, and declared the whole of it an untruth from beginning to end. Mr. Jones went on with all the minutest particu lars connected with the affair, and ma king the most of the case in his power against the minister. Still the latter positively denied his guilt, and de clared his determination to ferret out the author of so bae a slander, if it was within human possibility. Aud he hur ried back home and set about it. For some weeks it was a mystery still; ho could get no clue to anything. It perplexed him beyond conception. Finally, his wife cme running down stairs one day, her face flushed and ex citeJ, and said to him in her unsteady Dreatu : "Mr. Capers have you noticed that knot-hole in your study floor?" "WThy no," said he. "Where is it and what of it?" "Just come up stairs and see." Aud up thev went together. She then pointed to the tell-tale spot, and re marked in a whisper: "I lust caught Mrs. Jenkins with her ear to that verv hole." That was the first step toward the un- ravelment of the mystery. In a few days more the whole of it began to come out. lie had sent his wife round to make a few innocent inquiries, and she had brought back just such intelligence as he expected and required. And put tins this thing ana tuat together, and recalling certain ideas that up to that time had nassod out of his mind alto gether, he thought the matter was ex plained at last. So he went over to Mr Jones once more. "Come." said he. "if you will con Rent to co home with me for a short time, I think I can explain some things tiaf hnvfl hitherto stood in the way of nnr friendship." Mr Jones did not happen to love malice well enough to refuse, and ac cordingly took a walk with the minister r- tn bid residence. The latter at once took him into his study and shut the door. Tn th first nlace." said he, "1 sup rrA von know that Mrs. Jenkins lives in the Ii." "YVoii on,! vou observe that knot j hole?" "O, certainly." "And this is my study' "Yes." "And where my wife often takes the liberty to come and sit with me." Mr." Jones said he understood that. "Now, then," continued the clergy man, "I am in the habit of frequently reading aloud to her. And once upon a time I happened to be reading from this very book, (picking up a volume of fiction from the table,) and here is something out of that same book that I am going to read to you." And he went on to read to Mr. Jones several para graphs, in which occured the following: "Mr. Jones got to abusing his family at last. He declared his wife should not go out visiting, and threatened to shut her up if she dared disobey him. As for going to these evening meetings, he declared he meant to put a stop to it ; he had had enough of it. It did not do her any sort of good, and made a great deal of trouble and expense for him. He should put an end to it at an and all hazard!" Mr. Jones burst out laughing. "Is that all?" said he, his face as red as the setting sun. "That and the knot-hole," said Mr. Capers smiling good-naturedly. Mr. Jones offered him his hand. From that moment they were friends again. He went back to church the next Sabbath as he should have done. But Mrs. Jenkins has never heard the last of it. Lie Never. Not long ago, on an English steamer, four days out from Liverpool, a small boy was found hid away behind the cargo. He had neither father nor mother, brother nor sister, friand nor protector among either passengers or crew. Who was he? Where did he come from? Where going? Only nine years old ; the poor little stranger, with ragged clothes, but a beautiful face, full of innocence and truth. Of course he was carried before the first mate. "How came you to steal a passage on board this ship?" asked the mate, sharply- "My step-father put me in," answered the boy. "He said he could not afford to keep me or pay my passage to Hali fax, where my aunt lives. I want to go to my aunt." The mate did not believe the story. He had often been deceived by stow aways. Almost every ship finds, one or two days out at sea, men or boys con cealod among the cargo, who try to get a passage across tho water without pay ing for it. And this is often trouble some and expensive. Tlio mate sus pected somo of the sailors had a hand in the boy's escape, and treated him pretty roughly. Day after day he was ques tioned about his coming, and it was always tho same story nothing less, nothing more. At last the mate got out of patience, as mates will, and, seizing him by the collar, told him unless he confessed the truth in ten minutes he would hanfe him to the yard-arm a frightful threat, indeed. Poor child, with not a friend to stand by him! Around him were passengers and sailors of the mid-day watch and before him the stern first officer, with lis watch in hand, counting the tick, tick, tick of the minutes as they swiftly went, lhere he stood, pulo and sorrow ful, his head erect, and tears in his eyes; but afraid.-' no, not a bit! Light minutes were already gone. "Only two minutes more to live," cried the mate. "Speak the truth and save your life, bov." "May I pray?" asked the child, look ing tip into tho hard man s face. The ofheer nodded his head, but said nothing. The brave boy knelt down on deck, and with his hauds clasped and eyes raised to heaven, repeated the Lord's prayer, and then prayed the dear Ijord Jesus to take him home to heaven. Heooulddie; but lie never! All eyes were turned toward him, and sobs broke from stern hearts. The mate could hold out not longer. He sprang to the boy, told him he be lieved his story, every word of it. A nobler sight never tooK place on aship's deck than this a poor, unfriended child, willing to face death for truth's sake. He could die; but lie never! God bless him! And the rest of the voyage you may well think he had friends enough. Nobody owned him before; everybody was now ready to do him a kindness. And everybody who reads tins will be strengthened to do right, come what will, by the noble conduct of this dear child. A Simple Ccre fob Drtjxkexxess.- A Brooklyn man writes to the Sun : "I drank more intoxication liquor from the year 1857 to the last day of 1873 than any other person I ever knew or heard of; and in the meantime, knowing this sure cure, did not practice it on myself, but, lor fun, did practice it on many others, and effected permanent cures. The remedy of the cure is this: When a person finds he must have a drink, let mm take a drink of water, say two or tiree swallows, as often as the thirst or craving may desire. Let him continue this practice. His old chums will laugh ; but let him persevere, and it will not be a week before the appetite for any kind of stimulant will disappear altogether, ana water betaken to quench the na tural thirst. If at any time the victim should feel a craving, let him take the first opportunity and obtain a swallow of water, and he can pass and repass all salocns. When he goes home at night he wi.l feel satisfied and be sober and have money. I commenced this prac tice the nrst day of 1S74. and never think of-taking a drink of stimulants.' The President got through the Bos ton wine-drinking without a shadow of harm or suspicion, but the other night after a late cabinet meeting, when he went home and set the night-lamp on the floor, and then sat down and tried to pair his corns with a button hook without taking his shoes off, Mrs. Haves who was awakened by his gurgling laugh, said she never would have be lieved it if she hadn't seen it. Quench all immoderate desires. The Business Outloot. COMMERCIAL FAILURES OF THE PAST SIX MONTHS. The following table, which we take from the quarterly report of Dun, Bar low & Co.'s Commercial Agency, shows the number of business failures in the United States and Canada for the first half of the present year and for the cor responding period of 176 : TOTAL TOTAL For first 6 mos. For first 6 mos. of 1877. of 1876. States and sj' t. TcBBrroRtES. i S"p '3 5L3 E.S S3 ?g JTo " Hi s S3 Z ?2. Je ?o Alabama 2 626,031 38$ 480.929 Ariz in Arkansas IS 176,315 23 190.849 California 176 1 456.756 Ban Francisco.. .. 78. 6,8i2,035 97 1.773,l"l Col.r.dO 21 381,400 22 209.349 Connecticut 162 2,930,740 98, 2,272,674 Dakoti 3 18.500 3i 67.000 Delaware 8: 149,500 9j 133,000 Dist. of Columbia 1 733.000 12 64,777 Florida 7 120,50i 11 66,000 Georgia 66! 703.696 113- 2,747,590 Idaho 2. 29.CO0 l 3.501 Illinois 244; 4,113.800 206; 3.895.000 City of Chicago.. 107 4,710,000 93j 6,975,900 Indiana 178: 2.234.85 15Rj 2,131.421 Iowa 22U 1,513,400 143: 1,576.480 Kansas 22, 136,50 29i 275,000 Kentucky T24i 3,943.750 13l 4,223,70 Louisiana 31i 433,518 1,424.793 Maine fi4l 571,000 78, 932.650 Maryland 71! 1,756,502 76 1.14C.892 Massachusetts.... 268' 4.190 128 214 7,430.178 City of Boston. .. 41 2,161,200 464 7.42H.200 Michigan 176 4,913,328 252j 4,574.814 Minnesota 86! 1,096.515 65i 364,085 Mississippi S8i 599,689 57 493,783 Missouri 43 461. HI2 63 794.200 City of St. Louis. . C3 3,491,250 41! 1.087.233 Montana 2' 55,000 Nebraska 23 201,300 9! 57,200 Nevada 40 460.39 8j 62.700 New Hampshire.. 35 220,162 22 39l.P0 New Jersey K7 1,950 828 79 9115,179 New York 671 9,84.sy0 450 9.292.381 City of New York 484 16,545.064 44-2 18,776,660 North Carolina .. 65 411,965 9 4 718,285 Ohio 199 3,130.637 204 2,821.857 City of Cincinnati; 56 1.813,896 49 1.009.007 Oregon 18 175.901 14 154.716 Pennxylvania I 300 6,052,957 236j 4,997,640 City Philadelphia! 83 2,215,87 73 2,691.800 Rhode Island .... 51 2,183,587 89 i 5,097,746 South Carolina... 53 924. 49i. 70i 1,258,665 Tennessee 5t; fi02.45ll 119 1,690.965 Texas 77 1,006.620 901 1,018.138 Utah 9 30,000 l 6.000 Vermont 49j 400,863 29 699 014 Va. & West Va . . . 8 821,660 119 2,781,329 Washington Ter.. 4 45.800 3 162,644 Wiscnnxin 701 1,143,956 127 1,820,105 Wyoming 1 37,000 Total 4749 $ 99,606,171('4600; IOS.415,429 D. Canada.... . . .. 650$ 7.575,526II223$ 15 151.837 There is a slight increase in the num ber of failures, but a decrease in the lia bilities for the latter half year. The fol lowing table affords a more complete comparison, as it snows tne lauures in each of the last ten quarters, the amount of liabilities, and the average liabilities iu each quarter : VIR8T QUARTER. jVo. of Amount of Aeerage Vears. Failum. Liabilititt. Liabilities. 1875 1 983 $ 43.176.913 $21,781 1876 2,8)8 61,644.15a 23.038 1877 ...2,869 54.538,074 19,010 8KCOND QUARTER. 1875 1,581 $ 33.667,313 $21,205 l7tS 1,794 43.771.273 24.394 1877 1,880 45.01 8.097 23,972 THIRD QUARTER. 1875 1,771 $ 61.3.2.17 $30,076 1876 2.450 47.807.371 19,534 FOURTH QUARTER. 1875 2.4H5 $ 70.8SH 85 $29,475 1876 2,042 34,814.893 17,034 TOTAL FOR THE TEAR. 1875 7,740 $2l)l.0aO,333 $25,960 1876 9 092 191,117,786 21.020 How Cooke Stopped the Stage Thun der. V uring the early days of Cooke, the celebrated actor, he would have at tended every performance at the theater, but his funds would not permit, and many were the schemes he devised for a surreptitious entrance. One of these, told by himself, is extremely ludicrous. One night he slipped through the stage door before the keeper was posted, or any of the employes about, and, groping his way behind the scenes, sought for a place where he might remain concealed until the curtaiu rose, when he hoped to be able to ensconce himself in some ob scure spot unobserved and get a glimpse of the pei formauce. In a remote corner he found a very large barrel nothing could be better for his purpose. Drop ping himself into it be found at the bot tom two twenty-four-pound canon balls, about which, however, he did not trouble nmself. Little did he imagine that he had taken refuge in tho machine by which the theater produced its stage thunder. But so it was. Just as the last bars of the overture were being played, tho property man tied a piece of carpet over the top of the barrel, without per ceiving in the dark its Jiving occupant. raised it in his arms, no doubt wonder ing at its extraordinary weight, and car ried it to the side scenes. The play was "Macbeth," which opens with thunder and lightning. As the curtain bell sound ed, away he sent the machine rolling. Horribly frightened, and pounded by the cannon balls, Cooke roared out lustily. and fighting to release himself, sent the barrel on to the stage, burst ofl the car pet head, and rolled out in front of the audience, scattering the three witches right and left. Ax Interesting Revolutionary Rel ic. A powder iiorn picked up on the battle-field of Bennington by Samuel Culver, a soldier of the revolution, is an interesting relic of the struggle of the colonies for independence. It is a large horn, more than a foot in length, and a map worked out on it from Lake Ontario to New York; We find on it distinctly marked in the form of printed letters, the words : Lake Ontario, Oswego, Lake George, Wood Creek, Ft. Edward, Sara toga, Stillwater, Skewacet, Albany, New York, with some other names. The sier- nature ai me oouom is " uapt. (Corpo ral) Chas. Hoyedelette, N. B., 1758.' This indicates the owner and the date The name is hardly English or French ; it may be Hessian. It is a valuable and' interesting relic, and helps to expound the history of those times. The maker of this map evinced a skill in making inters vtmcu cannot De excelled at this day ; he doubtless understood the geog- rapuy ox me country irom Canada to New York city, as well as could have been understood by any one in those times. A Nevada editor takes this way of letting us know what his sweetheart's name is : "If we can have Anna-nigh- us we aon t care xor oophia. Remedy for Insect Bites. We read the following in an exchange, and shall give it a trial: When a mos qui'o, flea, gnat, or other noxious insect punctures the human skin, it deposits or injects an atom of aciduous fluid of a poisonous nature. The results are an irritation, a sensation c f tickling, itchiDg, or of pain. The tickling of flies we are comparatively indifferent about; but the itch produced, by a flea, or gnat, or oth er noisome infect, disturbes our sereni ty, and, like the pain of a wasp or bee sting, extiites us to a remedy. The best remedies for the sting of insects are those that will instantly nntralize this acidulous poison deposited in the skin. These are either ammonia or borax. The alkaline reaction of borax is not yet sufficiently appreciated. However, a time will come when its good qualities will be known, and taken advantage of, to the exclusion of ammonia, or, as it is commonly termed, "hartshorne." The solution of borax for insect bites is made thus: Dissolve one ounce of borax in one pint of water that has been boiled and allowed to cool. Instead of plain water, distilled rose water, elder, or or ange flower water, is more pleasant. The bites are to be dabbed with the so lution so long as there is any irritation. For bees or wasps' stings, the borax so lution may be made of twice the alove strength. In every house this solution should be kept as a household remedy. How to Keep FbeshMeat. The .Su ra Wrrld gives this: As soon as the animal heat is out of the meat, slice it up ready for cooking. Prepare a large jar by scalding well with hot salt and water. Mix salt and pulverized saltpe ter in the proportion of one tablespoon ful of saltpeter to one teacupf ul of salt. Cover the bottom of the jar with a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Put down a layer of meat, sprinkle with salt and pepper the same as if just going to the table, and continue in this manner un til the jar is full. Fold a cloth or towl and wet it in strong salt and water, in which a little of the saltpeter isd issolv ed. Press the cloth closely over the meat and set it in a cool place. Be sure and press the cloth on tightly as each layer is removed, and your meat will keep for months. It is a good plan to let your meat lie over night after it is sliced before packing. Then drain oSF all the blood that oozes out. It will be necessary to change the cloth occasion ally, or take it off and wash it first in cold water, then scald in salt and water as at nrst. In this way farmers can have fresh meat all the year round. I keep meat that was killed on 21st of February till the 21st of June. Then packed a large jar of veal in the same way during the dog days, and kept six weeks. The Appetite. To know when and how to follow the instinct of appetite, to gratify the cravings of nature, is of in estimable value. There is a rule which is always safe, and will save life in mul titudes of cases, where the most skillful ly "exhibited" drugs have been entirely unavailing. Partake at first of what na ture seems to crave, in very small quan tites; if no uncomfortable feelings fol low, gradually increase the amount; un til no more is called for. These sugges tions and facts find conformation in the large experience of that now beautiful and revered name. Florence Nightin gale, whose memory will go down with blessing and honor, side by side with that of the immortal John Howard, to remotest time. She says: "I have seen, not by ones or tens, but by hun dreds, cases where the stomach not only craves, but digests things that have nev er been laid down in any dietary for the sick, especially for the sick whose dis eases were produced by bad food. Fruit, pickles, jxms, gingerbread, fat of ham, of bacou,suet, cheese, buttermilk, ets., were administered freely, with hap py n suits, simply because the sick crat ed them." Life and Death. One half the hu man laniily, says tlall s j-iumal. dies under 17 years of age. Nine-tenths of all who are born ought to complete there "threescore vears and ten." be cause nine-tenths of all diseases are avoidable by the steady practice of tem perance and such out-door activities as are encouragingly remunerative. There is a still more specific method of length ing life in healthfulness and vigor, and one which is practicable to ' the masses. Coldo or constipation immediately pro ceed or attend almost every case of ordi nary disease. The latter can be antag onized by abstinence, cleanliness and warmth for 3G hours; and a cold need not be taken once a year if three things are attended to: Avoid chilliness, damp clothing, and cooling off too soon after exercise. Preventing Hydrophobia. -Dr. Gryz mala, of Kriuoe Ozivoe, Podolia, reports that during the last ten years he has treated at least a hundred cases in hu man subjects as well as beasts of bites of hydrophobic animals with the pow dered leaves of zanthium spinosum, with success in every instance but one, although cases of bites inflicted at the same time, but treated in other ways, had terminated in death. The drug is described as possessing sudorific and slightly diuretic properties, the dose for an adult is nine grains of dry pow der of the leaves, repeated three times a day, and continued during a period of three weeks. To children under twelve years of age half the quantity is given. Journal de Tkerapentique. A writer says that when a swimmer gets the cramp'he should turn his toes toward the kuee. Another good way is to turn your toes toward the middle of the pond, and paw for the nearest dry land-'-TTorccsfer Press. As an evidence of womau's confiding nature, it is mentioned that a young lady was married the other day to a Mr. Forget, but lie was always for getting her. Lawyers should sleep well. It ia immaterial on which side they lie. Insurance of Farm BnUdinss. No farmer can afford to have his homestead or buildings uninsured. To have them burned by accident would be ruinous to him, aud a conflagration, which may occur at any moment, might involve the loss of buildings, tools, im plements, live stock and crops. No farmer can afford to run this risk while safe insurance is to be had so cheaply. But unless the insurance is procured in a perfectly safe and honorable company, the policy is hardly to be held as any security. In choosing a company in which to insure, it would be wise to se lect one which does an extensive busi ness throughout the country, and thus lessens the risk of loss, averaging, as it were, its risks. Those insured are al ways more watchful and careful of dan ger. The wise precautions enforced by the insurance company beget a habit of precaution and carefulness on the part of the insured, particularly when it is known that a want of care, and a reck less use of lights and fire, will vitiate a policy. Then dangerous and explosive oils will be avoi led, and only those that are known to be perfectly safe to use, will be burned. There will be no smok ing in the barn, nor matches left loose ly on the girts or sills. It is a peculiar ity of mankind that they will more read ily obey any regulations made for them, than follow their own knowledge of what ought to be done. Men would rather be governed than govern them selves, and very readily submit to reas onable control. Thus it is always found that greater neatness, carefulness and caution are found about farm buildings when they are insured. No careful business man will ran the risk ot losing his property by fire, and every farmer should be a business man. American Agriculturist. Number of Esg Per Annum, After repeated experiments with the different varieties of chickens and com parisons with others who have experi mented in the same direction, it is con cluded that the laying capacities of the principal varieties average about as fol lows: Light Brahmas and Patridge Cochins Eggs, seven to the pound; lay 130 per annum. . , ' Dark Brahmas Egg3, eight to the pound, lay 120 per annum. Black, White and Buff Cochins Eggs, eight to the pound; lay 100 per annum. Plymouth Rock Eggs, eight to the pound; lay 150 per annum. Houdans Eggs, eight to the pound; lay 150 per annum.. La Fleche Eggs, seven to the pound; lay 130 per annum. Creve Ccenrs Eggs, eight to the pound; lay 140 per annum. Black Spanish Eggs, seven to the pound; lay 140 per annum. Leghorn Eggs, eight to the pound; lay 170 per annum. Hamburgs Eggs, nine to the pound; lay 160 per annum. Polish Eggs, eight to the pound; lay 125 per annum. Dominiques Eggs, nine to the pound; lay 135 per annum. Bantams Eggs, sixteen to the pound; lav nO ner nnnhm. Games xiggs, nine to tne pound; lay 130 per annum. White Holland Turkeys. This va riety of turkeys is becoming more pop ular as the public becomes better ac quainted with their excellent table qualities and beauty; for certainly a large, clean healthy white turkey is as beautiful a fowl as anyone could wish to see. They are pure white in plumage, with jink legs, and of good size, though not so large as the bronze, and yet large enough for market; and we are told are as hardy, and stand our severe changes of temperature better than any other variety. The feathers are nearly equal to geese feathers for sale, and will bring almost as much if carefully selected, and the large feathers stripped. Poultry Journal aud Record. Seed Grain will Stand any Amount of Cold. At a late meeting of the Lin nean Society of London, a pot of grow ing wheat was exhibited which was raised from some of the grain left at Polaris Bay, 81 degrees and 38 minutes N. lat., by the American polar expedi tion, 1872, exposed to all the intense cold of that region. A sample of this grain was sown at Kew Gardens, and about two-thirds of the grains germina ted. So did two peas, and a grain of Indian corn. Am. Agriculturist. Reject the Scrubs. la stock-breeding retire from service forthwith every scrub male, whether of the cattle, horse, sheep, pig or poultry family, and use none but good stock animals, as it costs about as much to raise a scrub of any kind as it does a cross-breed or thoroughbred. Therefore, if a farmer would utilize his feed so as to get tue most money therefrom, he should breed none but good-blooded animals. Rural Home. Tumors on Cows. The usual cause of swellings on the knees and thighs of cows is laying upon an uneven hard substance. Jersey cows are more sub ject to it than others, probably from the fact that the skin is finer and more del icate than others. Remove the cause, and in most cases the tumors will disap perr; bathing and friction will perhaps hasten the absorption. Massachusetts Plowman. A young Parisienne lately lost her husband, after he had lain a helpless paralytic for a long time. Immediately after she announced at the mairie her in tention of marrying her cousin. "1 beg your pardon, madame," says the clerk, "bui the law is peremptory in forbid ding a widow to remarry till ten months after her husband's death." "But those eight months of paralysis don't you take them into consideration?" Men who travel barefooted around a newly carpeted bedroom often find them selves on the wrong tack. o o "urn Is C0URT3SY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY rvTirTTDQTTV HIT fiT TTDPMTi