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DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1877.
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OREGON LODGE, No. 3, I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday Evcniug, at -t-r-.f-7)4
o'clock, in UJil Fellows' Hall, 'tpT ' 1
Vain Street. Members of the Order ai
ara invited to attend. "
By order of . o.
REBECCA DEGREE LODGE, No. 2,
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at 7 o'clock, in the Odd Fellows' Hall J"S I S1
Members of the Degree are invited t,,",
attend.
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the tlrst and third Tuesday of each month.
Patriarchs in good standing are invited to
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La each month, at " o'clock from the i()th
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BUSINESS CARDS.
WARREN N. DAVIS, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
Office at Cliff House.
CHARLES KNIGHT,
CAN BY. OR EG OX,
Physician and Druggist.
'"Prescriptions rarefnllv filled at short notice.
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PAUL BOYCE, M. D.,
lMiysirian and Surgeon.
Okkcon City, Orfoon.
Chronic Diseases and Diseases of Women aud
Children a specialty.
Office Houra day "and night; alwavs readv when
duty calls. " auyjrOTCtf
DR. JOHN WELCH,
DENT I
OFFICE IX OREGON CITY OREGON.
Highest cash price paid for County Orders.
JOHNSON & McCOWN,
ATTORNEYS and COUNSELORS AT LAW
OREGON CITY, ORF.C.OX.
Will practice in all the Courts of the State.
Special attention giveu to cases in the United
bUtea Land ottice at Oregon City. .lapr'T'.' tl'
L. T. DARIN,
ITTOUXKY AT JLA W.
OREGON CITY, OREGON.
Will practice in all the Courts of the State.
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W. H. HICHFIELD,
IJHtnhlUluMl Hlnoe !!,
One door North of Pope's Hall,
MAIM ST, OHIUOV flTV, IIKKVUV.
u 'rtuient of Watches, Jewelry, and fSL
Seta 1 nomas' Weight Clocks, all of 'which
are warranted to be as represented. (SiUa
VRepairtu done on short notice; andthaukiul
for past patrouaaa.
4'h Xai tor Comity Orler.
JOHN M. BACON,
DFALEB IN
BOOKS, STATIONERY,
PICTl'RE FRAMES. MOULDINGS AN1 MISCET,
: LAXEOl'S GOOD.S.
FltlMKNM.tDi: X4 ORD1K.
Orf.ikin Citt, Oregon.
tJTM the Poit Office, Main Street, west hide.
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J. R. GOLDSMITH,
f illXEltAL rVI-2AVS-I-V I Ilt
Collector and SolieHoi
'PORTLAND. OREGON.
CBcst of references given. dcc25-'77
HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL,
Hubs, Spokes, It i ins.
OAK, ASH AND HICKORY PLANK.
XORTIIRI'P A THOMPSON,
tnar31,"76-tf Portland, Orcg .n.
j. H. SHEPARD,
HOOT AM) SIIOK SKHti:.
One door North of Ackenuan Bros.
V Boot a and Shoes maJe and repaired as cheap
as me cneapest. novl, . j tf
MILLER, CHURCH & CO.
PAT THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR WHEAT.
w At all times, at the
OREGON CITY MILLS,
And have on hand FEED and FLOUR to sell, at
market rates. Parties desiring Feed must furnish
sarka. noviz-tl
A. C. WALLINC'S
IMoiieer Book Bindery
rlttock'a Building, cor. of Stark and Front Sts.,
PORTLAND, ORi:0.
BLANK BOOKS RULED AND BOUXD TO AXY
desired pauern. Music Bocks, Magazines,
wpapera. etc., bound in every variety of style
M to the trade. Orders from the country
promptly attended to. novl, "75-tf
OREGON CITY BREWERY.
i.JT'n8 Purcnased the above Brewery. 3Ejv
' inform the public that they ure?3)
SttrUty t"'ed nrt'M - , -
. OF LAGER BEER,
wrjT ?.cn obalnd anrhsre iq the State.
r4i4 solicttaa and promptly filled.'
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AX AXflEXT SCl'IPTl'KED Tlt.HB.
He goeth forth into the unknown land.
Where wife nor child may follow; thus far tell
The lingering clasp of hand in faithful hand.
And that brief carven legend, Friend farewell.
O pregnant sign, profound simplicity !
All passionate pain and fierce remonstrating
Being wholly purged, leave this mere memory.
Deep but not harsh, a sad aud racred thing.
Xot otherwise to the hall of Hades dint
He fares, than if some Summer eventide
A message, not unlooked for, came to him.
Biddiug him rise up presently and ride.
Some few hours' journey to a friendly house.
Through fading light, to where within the West,
Behind the shadow of Cithaeron's brows, '
The calm-eyed sin sank to his rosy rest.
J!Y ItAREFOOT BOY.
SI E. K. BROWN.
Skipping along through the narrow street
Of a country village quaint and neat.
With torn hat pushed from a freckled face.
And every motion a wave of grace
With heart brimful of untainted joy.
Who is more blest than my barefoot boy ?
See the clouds of dust that are gathering fast
Round the little form, as it hurried past.
Hiding the delicate limbs from view.
Far more than the tattered garments do.
Yet poverty cannot his peace destroy
Ah ! who is so rich as my barefoot boy?
Now he has mounted a wayside gate,
And is shouting his call to some far-off mate;
With the air of a leader he issues commands,'
Using for trumpet his sunburnt hands.
Now holdiuu to view some newly bought tov
Proud as a king is my barefoot boy.
Earnest of purpose, and strong of limb.
What is the poiiip of the world to him?
Scarcely deigning to turn his eye
Toward the rich man's coach that is rolling by ;
Envy is powerless now to annoy
The satisfied soul of my barefoot boy.
But how will it be ? Will the coming vears
Ripen his hopes, or increase his fears ?"
Will innocence yield to his lust for gold.
Till the heart grows bitter, and hard, and cold?
Yet why should vain doubts my mind employ '!
The an4ela have charge of my barefoot boy.
Rep9fitary.
LULU'S PRESENT.
Everybody declared that Uncle Titnp
kins would be ruined by Lis generosity.
Eut this declaration had now been made
for a number of years, and still he con
tinued prosperous.
But Uncle Timpkins had just jierpe
trated an act, the enormity of which dis
turbed his domestic peace for a long
while, and sometimes it seemed doubt
ful if the sky ever would be cleared.
He suddenly took it into his head to
look up the widow of a brother who had
been dead several years, and, knowing
that poor John "never had possessed
a knack for acquiring worldly goods,"
he resolved to inquire into the condi
tion of the family. Without telling
Aunt Jrollie of his plans, ho went off
very quietly by himself, but he return
ed not as he went.
Aunt Mollie prophesied that no good
would come of this journey; but when
Uncle Samuel opened the hall door, and
she saw her husband enter with a little
girl, she could hardly believe her own
eves.
"This is my little pet, Mollie, I have
brought her home to keep me company,"
said Uncle Samuel. ' Her name is
Lulu." Aunt Mollie looked coldly upon
IjuIu, who shrank back into herself, and
eyed her husband severely, then turn
ing indignantly from them, she ex
claimed: "To think that after raising
a family of eight children, and getting
them well oft' her hands, Samuel should
go and bring home such a pest as that!
It was too much for flesh aud blood to
stand!"
But Uncle Timpkins had gained his
point; Lulu was regularly established
in the house, and, if not noticed by her
aunt, she soon became a great favorite
with her uncle. xVnd not only with him,
but with all who came to the house; for
slie was a sunny-tempered little thing,
making me and gladness where she
went.
It was almost breakfast time. and.
punctual as the clock, the lean, wiry
figure of Ephraini Doolittle strode into
the kitchen, and sank into the aocua-
tomed seat by the chimney corner.
Of all Timpkins' proteges thi3 was the !
one with whom Aunt Mollie had the
least patience, lor five years he had
not missed a morning unless detained
by illness, and yet he always came In
with the same observation, that "as he
happened to be passing by he thought
that he would just drop in""
lie always went to Uncle Timpkins'
to breakfast, but upon being invited
into the dining-room invariably observ
ed that "there was no occasion, wife
would be expecting him home," etc.
This was a regular part of the perform
ance, and it required considerable exer
tion to dislodge him from the chimney
corner.
It was in the morning after Lulu's ar
rival, and her uncle desired her to in
form Mr. Doolittle that breakfast was
ready. This she did very sweetly, and
Ephraim, making a feint of rising, re
plied :
"I was just going, my dear time that
I was off, long ago. Stop to breakfast!
O, no, thank you my wife will be wait
ing for me."
Lulu returned to the dining room and
innocently repeated what she supposed
to be Mr. Doolittle's refusal. To her
great surprise her uncle laughed out,
and her aunt had a very queer expres
sion about the mouth. "Waiting, what?"
she exclaimed, in a tone of cutting sar
casm; "maybe they're going to have
fritters for breakfast, and they'll be
spoiled he'd better go!"
Uncle Timpkins, however, not wish
ing to be undone, dispatched Lulu to
the kitchen with an imperative sum
mons to Mr. Doolittle. She soon re
turned with the answer:
"He said there was no occasion."
Laughing more heartily than ever at
Lulu's innocence and perplexed look,
Uncle Timpkins went to the kitchen, as
he had done for five years, and marched
Ephraim Doolittle' in to breakfast.
Lulu was astonished at the rapid disap
pearance of the viands; but Ephraim
had taken quite a fancy to the child, and
regarded her very benignly.
As he went home that morning he be
gan revolving in his own mind a plan
for her benefit. Samuel Timpkins was
a good sort of a fellow, and, as he had
now taken breakfast there several times,
he believed that he would make the
child a present, by way of testing his
gratitude.
At the wonted hour Ephraim made
his appearance with a covered basket
and therein a Maltese kitten. Lulu was
enraptured was delighted;, her heart
fairly overflowed with love for all sorts
of pets, and the kitten was a perfect
beauty; just the right size to be grace
ful; it was plump and sleek and the very
color to wear a blue ribbon around its
neck. After gratefully thanking Mr.
Doolittle, Lulu displayed her treasure
in triumph; but, at the sight of the kit
ten, Aunt Mollie's cup of wrath was
overflowing. She couldn't bear the
sight of a cat she detested cats; it
would always be putting its dirty little
rse in the milk and cream, and it was
just exactly like Ephraim to give a pres
ent that would soon eat its own head
off!
One beautiful evening in March. I was
entering the room, where it seems my
uncle and aunt were engaged in serious
conversation regarding their ' financial
prospects, when the latter exclaimed:
"Well, Charlie! I hope your uncle is
satisfied now ! . He is ruined ! I told
you that it would come to this, and I'm
only surprised that it did not come long
ago!"
This was poor consolation for a man
who had just been confiding to his wife
the story of his misfortunes, and Uncle
Timpkins looked into the lire and sigh
ed. But all the attempts at consolation,
unless they came in the shape of bank
bills, would have proved unavailing; for
Uncle Timpkins, led away by his enorm
ous heart, had indorsed largely for a
neighbor in distress, and the neighbor
had gone down, dragging his benefactor
with him; and tho friend of so many un
fortunates saw himself threatened with
a Sheriffs sale, and he and his wife
driven forth in old age from the home
which sheltered them for so many years.
"It is strange," said Uncle Timpkins,
musing, "that father left no more
money. There was little beside stock,
and everybody was surprised at it. He
was always so saving and had plenty of
cash."
It was a delightful evening, and Lulu,
accompanied by her kitten, had gone to
the old garret, whose mysterious nooks
she loved to explore; and there she could
have a romp with kitty, in the full en
joyment of being beyond the reach of
Aunt Mollie's reprimand.
Uncle Samuel had been very grave of
late; and, half anticipating something
dreadful, she scarcely knew what, Lulu
leaned against the rough beams, and
watched the gambols of the Maltese kit
ten, which seemed challenging her to
participate in the fun.
The kitten was making a terrible
scratching against the boards, and Lulu
endeavored to call her off. She really
believed that she had discovered a
mouse it would be horrible to see her
kill it and eat it, like other cats; she
should not love her a bit after that
and Lulu tried to pull her away. But
kitty was very bury scratching some
thing from under a board, and, having
put in one velvet paw, she succeeded in
dislodging a dark-colored roll that cer
tainly was not a mouse, nor anything
else alive. Lulu examined it with
trembling fingers, and found bank-bills
to the amount of $5,000. With glowing
cheeks sparkling with excitement, she
rushed into the room where her uncle
sat buried in his gloomy thoughts; and,
paying no attention to her aunt's excla
mation of "Lulu Timkins, go back this
instant and shut the door ! you impu
dent little scapegrace !" she placed the
soiled and crumpled notes in his listless
hands.
"Where did you get these?" said he,
so calmly that Lulu feared he cared
very little about them.
But when the story was told, Lulu
and her pet Mere both lifted in Uncle
Samuel's arms, and his tears rained
down upon tho bright curls, as he whis
pered :
Lulu, do you know that you and
kitty have saved your old uncle from
being turned upon the world ? Mollie,"
said he, looking re proacb fully at his
wife.
It was foreign to Aunt Mollie's na
ture, but she gave way for once, and
folded Lulu in the first embrace that she
ever had bestowed upon her.
"I wish that Ephraim Doolittle was
nere, said Uncle Timpkins. "Had it
not been for his somewhat unwelcome
present, this money would still have
been idle. I should really like to see
him."
"Can't you wait till to-morrow morn
ing?" said Aunt Mollie, so drily that it
extorted from her husband the first
hearty laugh he had indulged in for a
long while.
Th4iouse, of course, was not sold ;
and the very singular manner in which
it had been preserved traveled about
like wildfire, and Lulu and her kitten
became objects of the greatest curiosity.
Ephraim now began coming to dinner,
on the strength of his gift; and if he had
taken up his residence there altogether
Uncle Timpkins would doubtless have
made him welcome.
Time sped on, the kitten had grown
into a cat, and Lulu had become a
voung lady. Her cousins laughingly
declared that she had entirely sujrse
ded them in the affections of their pa
rents; and a stranger would certainly
have supposed that she was the pet
daughter of the house.
One day an advertisement to the fol
lowing effect appeared in a paper pub
lished in the city:
"Lost, on Thursday evening, the 4th
ult., a Maltese cat, with a blue ribbon
around its neck. On returning it to
Xo. Camp street the finder will be
suitably rewarded." .
The following day the paper contain
ed the following answer:
"The finder of the Maltese cat, adver
tised in yesterday's paper, is extremely
anxious to retain it. What would the
owner consider a sufficient inducement
for parting with the cat?"
Lulu was perfectly indignant, both at
the insult and at being separated from
) her pet, so she sat down and wrote:
"If the finder of the Maltese cat does
not restore her to her rightful owner,
he or she will be searched out and ex
posed before the community."
When the paper containing this
threat appeared, it brought a reply from
the culprit in person. Aunt Mollie was
looking forth from the sitting-room win
dow, when she suddenly exclaimed:
"What on earth is that handsome
stranger coming here for? I declare,"
she continued, "if he hasn't got Fortu
na in his arms !" This was the name the
titten had received on that memorable
day when it saved Uncle Timpkin's
house.
"Run. Lulu," continued Aunt Mol
lie, "and. take him into the parlor."
Lulu opened the door with a height
ened color, and a somewhat elevated
head, for the offer of buying her favor
ite was still fresh in her miud. The
visitor, a handsome man of 30, with an
air of foreign travel, doffed his hat with
a low obeisance to the beautiful appari
tion before him, and perhaps he too
felt conscious of his misdemeanor, for
he was decidedly embarrassed as he fol
lowed Lulu into the parlor.
"I hope," said he with a smile that
disarmed all Lulu's indignation in spite
of herself, "that you will pardon me my
unintentional rudeness? I expected to
find the owner of the cat some indigent
old lady or thoughtless boy, to whom a
few dollars would prove an irresistable
allurement, and as I had taken a great
fanoy to the animal, I concluded to try
the experiment."
"And I," replied Lulu frankly, "ex
pected to see, in the finder of Fortuna,
a disagreeable, purse-proud individual
but whether lady or gentleman I
could not decide."
The half compliment conveyed in this
answer, brought a look of gratitude
from the visitor that made Lulu wish
she had not said it; but, just as an awk
ward crisi? was approaching, Uncle
Timkins entered the room, and politely
saluted the gentleman, whom he had
recognized as the senior partner of an
influential firm.
The visitor introduced himself as Mr.
Chad wick, and at once entered into an
easy and agreeable conversation with
the master of the house. The story of
the kitten was told and commented
upon, and the gentleman learned, by
adroit questions, that Uncle Timkins'
circumstances were by no means flour
ishing. He immediately expressed his
want of an agent to oversee his planta
tion, which he pronounced to be sorely
neglected, and acknowledged Uncle
Timpkins' qualifications for the office.
He did not lose sight of Lulu's speak
ing eyes, which rested upon her uncle
almost beseechingly. This was just the
thing for him, it would require so little
labor; but Uncle Samuel was not one to
recommend himself, and Mr. Chadwick
was obliged to ask him point blank.
After a while it was all arranged , and
the handsome Mr. Chadwick departed,
with a warm invitation to renew his
visit.
"Fortuna agttiu!' exclaimed Uncle
Timpkins, as he related to his wife this
piece of luck. But Aunt Mollie glanced
at Lulu in a very significant manner,
and looked little disposed to give the
cat much credit this time.
"If Ephraim were here now, I could
almost give him a hug," continued the
old man.
"He will be here to-morrow morn
ing," replied Aunt Mollie, as dryly as
ever.
Uncle Timkins entered at once upon
the "agency," which turned out to be
very little beyond a name and a salary,
and Mr. Chadwick availed himself to
the fullest extent of the invitation to re
new his visit.
"Jliss Lulu," said 'ho, "quite sudden
denly, one evening, "do you remember
that, when advertising your cat, you
promised that the finder would be suit
ablyjrewarded ?"
Lulu looked surprised at this address,
and endeavored to escape from the
piano
"I left it altogether to your generosi
ty," continued Mr. Chadwick, gravely,
"but I have as yet received nothing."
Lulu stammered out something about
not wishing to insult him, but be re
plied very coolly that it was no too late
to make reparation.
The next moment Lulu's hand was
imprisoned in both of his; and. as she
did not withdraw it, he acknowledged
himself "suitably rewarded.
A Valuable Hint. We read in a
scientific journal: "There is a method
which I have adopted in my own house
to cool the temperature of any room
during hot weather, and it is this, to
hang a sheet or blanket down outside
windows upon which the sun may be
shining. This sheet is wet, and the
evaporation of the water produces a de
licionsly cool apartment. The sheet is
kept damp by having a vessel filled with
water above the top of it outside, and a
piece of flannel arranged to form a si
phon, and touching several portions of
the sheet. The water gradually empties
out of the vessel, and may be replenish
ed if necessary. The window i3, of
course, open. It is strange that so sim
ple and inexpensive a method has not
found favor here, more especially in
sick rooms; a cylindrical-shaped vessel,
with some very fine holes, fixed over the
window, would easily supply the water.
Musical Machiseet. The average
annual value of musical instruments
made in Paris during the last six years
has been 23,000, 000f., divided among
3G0 makers, employing no fewer than
5,000 workmen. Paris turns out every
year 1,320,000 francs worth of accord e
ons. Pianos figure for 1 1, 400,000 f.;
organs for nearly 5,500 ,000f.; wind,
wood, and metal instruments for nearly
4,000 ,000f.; but bowed instruments for
less than 500,000f .
The Empress of Brazil has but $600,
000 worth of diamonds, and some one
ought to feel like heading a subscrip
tion for her benefit.
The pitcher of a base ball club is rhe
power behind the thrown.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY
How to Breed Short-Horns.
Among the papers read at a conven
tion of Breeders of Short-horns, was one
by Mr. W. T. Thrasher, who spoke as
follows on tli8 management of these
choice cattle:
When the calf is born it should re
main with its mother two or three days,
after which the mother may be turned
out; but should be let to the calf to
suck three times a day until it is two
months old. The calf for several days
will not suck all tho milk of its mother.
She should be milked clean until the
calf will take it all. When the calf is
six weeks or two months old, there
should be kept in a box or trough some
shelled corn, which it will soon learn to
eat; and as it advances in age, a little
shelled oats should be mixed with the
corn or a little mill-feed. After it
begins to eat the calf should bo fed all
that it will eat clean. At two or three
months it should be turned on a grass
lot, and allowed to suck night and
morning; and the feed should be con
tinued all the time. It should be wean
ed at about five or six months old. Two
or three weeks before weaning it should
suck but once a day, and then once in
two days, and again once in three or
four days. Thus tho mother will grad
ually dry up, and the calf will be grad
ually weaned, and both mother and calf
will do well. Still continue to feed all
it will eat until one year old. Then
give a mixed diet sach as you would
feed grown cattle. There is at this stage
nothing better to develop its organiza
tion than oats. Cut up fine and wet; then
pnt good, fresh shipstuff with it and mix
up thoroughly. Feed this once a day and
shelled corn once a day. This full feed
should be continued until about the
first of May; then lessen the feed until
the first of June. By that time the
grass will be sufficient for the animal
until October. Then commence feed
ing again lightly until grass fails. Then
full feed again; or, if you have stalk
fields, they will do well on that, with
what grass they will get, up to Christ
mas. Then they should be stabled and
full fed all winter, letting them out
every day all day if not stormy. If
stormy, it is best not to leave them out
all day; yet they should be let out for
exercise and water every day, stormy
or not. The herdsman should be the
judge.
The ijrojjer age for breeding, if the
calf is a heifer, with the above treat
ment, is at eighteen to twenty months
old. A bull may be let to a few cows
some younger.
There is one thing to be said in re
gard to handling animals. That is,
always treat them kindly. Never get
out of patience yoursell and begin to
hallo and abuse the animal. If you
would have them gentle and kind, you
must treat them so. Also have regular
hours for feeding. Let nothing inter
fer with these rules, if you expect to
succeed in your business.
To Make Good Butter. "A Prac
tical Butter Maker" sends the follow
ing to the Rural New- YorKer:
Making bad butter is due not so much
to want of knowledge on the part of butter-makers,
as it is to a want of personal
application of that knowledge to all the
details of the art by the tamers' wivea
themselves. To make butter in the sum
mer months, a place of suitable temper
ature is the first requisite, and that ths
best butter is made in the spring-house
is unquestionable. The uniform tem
perature of the water should be fifty
four degrees, and of the air, about sixty
degree's. The cream should be kept in
the deepest part of the spring, and thor
oughly stirred each day; and if any de
tail in the process of butter-making is
of more importance than another, it is
the management of the cream, for if this is
spoiled, all subsequent care cannot make
good butter; and in order to accomplish
this result three essentials should be ob
served: it must be kept in a temperature
not higher than 2G degrees. Each cream
pan must be stirred every day, and it
must be sejmrated from the milk after
the latter has stood not longer than
thirty-six hours. If a small quantity
of cold spring-water is then added, it
will have a tendency to raise tho cream
more rapidly.
The cream should be churned at least
once a week. The butter should then
be thoroughly washed by churning it in
cold water an operation that should be
several time repeated. This process is
necessary to free the butter from the
butter-milk, for if any remains, the case
ine and sugar contained in it are subject
to decomposition; the former becomes
rancid, and the latter is converted in
to acetic acid, and thus the butter be
comes a poor sort of grease.
The butter should next bo salted and
allowed to stand until the next day, that
the salt may be thoroughly dissolved; it
should then be finally worked and in
an artistic manner done up into pack
ages of desired shape and weight.
.These should always be neat, for their
freshness and beauty have no small in
fluence on the sale of the article.
In moulding and working the butter,
it is important that the hands of tho
maker should not touch it. Wooden
paddles should be used, dexterity with
which can only be acquired with prac
tice. Butter thus made is truly a gold
en luxury and worthy of a place on any
table.
ItiiEUMATisM among Fabmebs. There
is a great deal too much carelessness gen
erally among farmers with regard even
to ordinary precautions for the preser
vation of their health, and yet after all,
there is scarcely any class to whom sick
ness or disease is more irksome and in
convenient. Rheumatism is frequent
among them because they wear wet
clothing, heat and suddenly chill the
body, over-eat after very hard work,
and because they do not keep the skin
in a healthy condition. If farmers
would avoid suddenly cooling the body
after great exertion, if Jhey would be
careful not to go with wet clothing and
wet feet, and if they would not over
eat when in an exhausted condition, and
bathe daily, using much friction, they
would have less rheumatism.
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Schoolmarms as "Wives.
We find some disagreement as to
whether schoolmarms are desirable can
didates for matrimony. Among the la
dies themselves the opinion seems to
prevail that, as wives they would espe
cially adorn homes and make happy the
lives of good husbands. They argue
that the very fact of their getting and
holding their places is evidence of their
intelligence and moral worth, two things
very requisite in a wife. They say,
further, that the familiarity with the
management of children which a teach
er acquires will serve her in good stead
when she becomes a mother; and that
the development of her faculties
which she gets in a school room is of
just the sort that best prepares a woman
for the duties of a wife. In fact, they
say that they are the gir's for young
fellows to court.
We are not surprised that some of
these maiden pedagogues refuse, or
pretend to refuse, to entertain the idea
of marriage. Situated as they are, they
are able to support themselves comfort
ably, and enjoy a degree of independ
ence. They have the satisfaction of
earning their own living, and spending
their money as suits themselves. They
feel that, they are their own mistresses,
know just what are their present ills,
and fear that those they might fly to are
worse. But, though all these may be
true, if the right sort of lover comes
along, and tries to convince a sehool
marm so fortified by sound arguments
against matrimony, that she would be
happier as his wife than as a single wo
man, we will wager that he will batter
down the walls and carry the fort. Yet
so far as material comfort is concerned,
she might do better to withstand the as
sault. It is true schoolmarms of long experi
ence in handling the birch do get a lit
tle precise in their manner and severe
in their accent. The attitude i3 not, as
our correspondent calls it, independent
and overbearing, but like that of an old
drill sergeant, a little mechanical and
austere. But this is the misfortune,
and not the fault, of the schoolmarms
long in the service. Sometimes, too,
doubtless, the daily trials and petty an
noyances of their profession may tend
to sour their tempers, but so would any
body's temper be likely to suffer with a
lot of unruly children in nowise related
to him, to keep in order from year's eud
to year's end. No wonder the counte
nance of the seasoned schoolmarm grows
strong in its lines, and her movement
becomes trim and methodical. What
would the teacher do in a schoolroom if
she always wore a jaunty manner and
kept her .face wreathed in smiles?
Would not the boys and girls take ad
vantage of her, and would not her pu
pils fail to advance in the rudimentary
studies ? It i3 not right to forget the
trials of the schoolmarm.
But, after all, we repeat that many
good wives may be found among the
women who teach boys and girls; and
we hope that all such will get good hus
bands, and find that they have changed
their state onlv to better it vastlv. N.
T. Sun.
Thoughts. A beautiful lady's smiles
are magnets to draw metal from the
purse.
Very few persons have sense enough
to despise tho praise of a fool.
When tho loved one is absent, every
beautiful thing seems her shadow.
A child's heart responds to the tones
of its mother's voice like a harp to the
wind.
Every base occupition makes one
sharp in its practice and dull in every
other.
Never court the favor of the rich by
flattering either their vanities or their
vices.
If the waves threaten to engulf you,
don't add by your tears to the amount
of water.
Individuality is everywhere to be
spared and respected as the root of
everything good.
Promises made in time of affliction
require a better memory than people
commonly possess.
Indolence is a stream which flows
slowly on, but yet undermines the
foundation of every virtue.
Whatever makes the past or the fu
ture predominate over the present, ex
alts us in the scale of thinking beings.
If the storm of adversity whistles
around you, whistle as bravely your
self; perhaps the two whistles may
make melodv.
Keep Staight Ahead. Pay no atten
tion to slanderers and gossip-mongers.
Keep stiaight on in your course, and
let their backbiting die the death of
neglect. What is the use of lying
awako at nights, brooding over the re
mark of 8om"' false friend, that runs
through your brain like lightning ?
What is the use of getting into a worry
and fret over gossip that has been set
afloat to your disadvantage, by some
meddlesome busybody who has more
time than character ? The things can
not possibly injure you unless, iLdeed,
you take notice of them, and in combat
ing them give them standing and char
acter. If what is said about you is
trut, set yourself right; if it is false, let
it go for what it will fetch. If a bee
sting you, would you go to the hive to
destroy it ? Would not 1,000 come upon
you ? It is wisdom to say little respect
ing the injuries you have received.
We are generally losers iu the end if we
stop to refute all the backbitting and
gossiping we may hear by the way.
They are annoying, it is true, but not
dangerous so long as we do not stop to
expostulate and scold. Our characters
are formed and sustained by ourselves
by our own actions and purposes, and
not by other?. Let us always bear in
mind "that "culmniators may usually
be trusted to time and the slow but
steady justice of public opinion.
A touth, at his sister's evening party,
began to sing "Why Am I So Weak and
Weary?" when a little brother brought
the performance to a sudden close
yelling out, "Aunt Mary says it's 'cause
you come home so late every night."
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Recent Discoveries at Pompeii.
A recent visit to Pompeii, altera long
interval, enables me to give you new
and interesting details of that remark
able locality. About two-fifths of the
city have already been disinterred, and
the excavations are now being carried
on by an average number of 100 men,
towards tho east or northeast. One
must look in at the museum, where
fresh bodies or their forms in plaster of
Paris are constantly added. Years have
passed since I was present at the first
ingenious experiment which was made
by the present Senator Fioralli to re
cover the forms at least of the dead, so
that it i a with no slight interest that I
regard any progress, and considerable
progress has been made in the mode of
preservation. It often happens that.
from the superincumbent weight and
other causes, the bones haie been dis
placed these are now removed from
the debris as far as possible, so that the
figure is not deformed by bones protru
ding from wrong places. This was first .
attempted in 1873, and has been contin
ued ever since with great success.
Perhaps the most beautiful figure in
tho collection is that of a young girl,
exquisitely formed; she is lviug on her
face, while her hand was evidently at
tempting to cover her eyes. Tho folds
of her dress, the very texture, and her
hair, are all sharply defined. Near her
lay, and lies, a man on his back, and by
his side was, and is, an iron rod, four
feet long, with which it is supposed he
was forcing a road. Close by is another
female figure, with iron sandals attached
to the feet, the bones ef which are well
preserved.
Without lingering here any longer,
however, let us pass on to the house in
which an excavation was made in the
spring, in honor of our princess. The
objects found there and then, of no great
value, were presented to her royal high
ness; they are an amphora, a necklace
with eighty-four pieces of coral, a mass
of paint of yellow color and a few other
articles. In this house was a shop for
"warm drinks," two or three good fres
coes adorn the wall, and oil jars are
sunk in marble slabs. That compara
tively bo little of the treasures of the
Pompeiani is found is easily explained
by the fact that the inhabitants had
escaped, and thieves broke into ihe
houses, especially between the t'arth
qnake and the eruption, and carried off
all articles of value. Mo t of the hou -es
have indications of these visits in the
modern mason-work, which closes a
hole. I am not aware that what are
called the "water castles" have been
sufficiently noted, perhaps for the rea
son that most have been carelessly de
stroyed. One however, has lately been
discovered, and propped up and bound
round with iron. They were buildings
for supplying the neighboring houses
with water. The top was a large vasca,
to which water was carried up by leaden
pipes, a great number of which still lie
under the level of the ground. By pipes
the water was again distributed from
house to house from the vasca. The
Sarno, which supplies it, still runs. un
derneath Pompeii, and its impurity is
evident from the deposits which have
been formed ou the walls of the castle;
its continual dropping has covered them
with a kind of stalactite. Further ex
amination shows that these deposits cor
respond exactly with the stone with
which a great part of Pompeii was
bnilt. The stone was brought from
Sarno, on the river of the same name,
which thus supplied the inhabitants
with building material and drinking
water. The spot on which excavations
are actually carried on now is called the
bathing establishment. It is an im
mense hall, and is still half full of pum
ice stone; but in the very centre of the
mass, after many feet of soil had been
removed, there were found, last month,
four human skeletons, one of a woman,
and by them were the following precious
objects, which they were evidently car
rying off. In gold, two necklaces, con
sisting of ninety-four pieces, represent
ing ivy leaves, two ear-rings, a chain
with an emerald. In silver, two casse
roles, a large looking-glass, three vases,
a ladle, six large spoons, sixteen smaller
spoons, two forms for making pastry,
like scallop shells; all are well pre
served and highly decorated. Cor.
London Athenaeum.
"Doctor," said an old lady the other
day, to her family physician, "kin ye
tell me how it is that some folks is born
dumb?" "Why hem ! certainly
madam," replied the doctor; "it is ow
ing to the fact that they come into this
world without the power of speech."
"La me," remarked the old lady, "now
just you see what it is to have a physic
education. I've axed my old man more
nor a hnndied times thatar same thiug,
and all that I ever could get out of him
was 4Kase they is.' "
Ax exchange says that bats introduce
bed-bugs in dwellings. We ncer were
in a dwelling where the bats did any
thing of the kind. All the bed-bugs we
have met have seemed perfectly well
acquainted and familiar with us without
waiting for a bat or anybody else to in
troduce them. Fulton Times.
Yeabs ago, when Abraham Lincoln
was a "deck hand" on a float-boat, a
man said to him, "Some of the girls
who pass up and down the river on
these arks are perfect divinities." " Yes,"
replied the yonng boatman, "real ark
angels."
Visitok "I see you have a new girl."
Housekeeper "I took her a week on
trial." Visitor "And how do you like
her?" Housekeeper "The 'trial' is
almost more than I can bear."
The foolish man rasheth out to see
the mob, and is shot through the lungs,
but the wise man huggeth the constitu
tion of the United States to hi
and abideth in the cellar until the evii
days be over. . 1
Ax Irish Belle, wishing to perpetuate
the name of her lover, called her cat
Cleopatra, because the cognomen had
Pat in it.
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