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DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE, BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON.
VOL. 11.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1877.
NO. 46.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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