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SOCIETY NOTICES
OREGON LODGE, No. 3,
Muds every Thursday Evenni''. a
lit o clock
in OJ.l f ellows' llall
Main Street. Members of the Order
ura invited to att'-ud.
By crier of
N. G.
REBECCA DEGREE LODGE, No. 2,
i. u. j. r ., niei'ia on me second and
Fourth Tuesdny Eveninsjs of each month,
at "it o'clock, lh the Odd IVIIowh' Hall.
Hi lrjree are Invited
to
FALLS ENCAMPMENT, No. 4,
I. O. U. H ttU at Odd Fellows' Uall onV
the First and Third Tuesday of each month. Oi
Patriarchs iu good standing art invited toV"V
utt.'ud.
MULTNOMAH LODGE, No. I,
A. f. ,f A. M.. holds in regular comaiiinl- :
catiom on tliu 1'irht and Third Satunlayti 7
in each mouth, at 7 o'clock from the J0th r
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BUSINESS CARDS.
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riiyKiciaia mid Scirun,
JraJiiate of the Vniverbity of Pennsylvania.
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riiysifiaw and Surjieon,
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Okf.i-.on Citt, Oregon.
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DR.J JOHN WELCH,
13 E N T I S T .
orriCE IX OREGON CITV OREGON.
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iiiU i Land O.'lice at Oregon City.
In the United
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OREGON CITY, OREGON,
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One door Xorth of Pone's Hall.
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... i,orinit Dt of Watches. Jewelrv. and
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rewiirrantMd be as represented.
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O I.AXEOCS GOODS.
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Oregon- Citt, Oregon.
8 At the Fot-t OlT.ce, Main Street, W( ht bide.
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HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL,
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OAK, ASH AND HICKORY PLANK.
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TIIOMPKOX,
Portland, Orr-r
J. H. SHEPARD,
UOOT AXI N1IOK stous:,
One door Xorth of Ackerman Bros.
V Boots and Sho s made and repaired as cheap
a the cheapest. novl, "73-tf
MILLER, CHURCH & CO.
PAT THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR WHEAT,
At all times, at the
OREGON CITY MILLS,
And have on hand FEED and FLOUR to sell, at
markft rates. Tarties desiriug Feed must furnish
acks. novl2tf
A. G. WALLING'S
I'ioiiccrlSoolc 25inclerj
Iituck's BuildlDg, cor. of Stark and Front Sts.,
roiiTLAXD. m:ox.
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Newspaper, t to., bound in every variety of style
"W" to the trade. Orders from the country
Vroinptly attended to. novl, '75-tf
OREGON CITY BREWERY.
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THE SrMMEB IS EXDED."
BT JES.VIK HiEEUOS.
As all around ine from the least flower face
That lifts Itself to greet the Autumn air.
To the far bills ; that sblne serene and fair
Through haze of amethyst I miss some grace.
Some subtle charm, swift vanished from its place
Upon the last warm breath of Bummer; bare
Of all I thought to garner, rich and rare :
With empty hands, where June has left no trace.
I stand and wonder if beyond all this,
la that eternal Lake's unclouded light.
The fadeless summer grows for us more dear
By ev'ry day's deep joy that now we miss;
If there the glory shows more wondrous bright.
For all the beauty that escapes us here.
IIO.HE-4UIU.
More than building showy j-.anslon.
More than dresa and ray. . -
More than dome or lot; vieep.es.
More than station, power and away.
Make your home both neat and tasteful.
Bright and pleasant, always fair.
Where each heart shall rest contented.
Grateful for each beauty there.
More thau lofty, swelling titles.
More than fashion's luring glare.
More than mammon's gilded honors.
More than thought can well compare.
See that home la made attractive
By surroundings pure and bright.
Trees arranged with taste and order.
Flowers, with all their sweet delight.
Seek to make your home most lovely;
Let it be a smiling spot.
Where, in sweet contentment retting.
Care and Borrow are forgot;
Where the flowers and trees are waving
Birds will Hing their sweetest songs.
Where the purest thoughts will linger.
Confidence and love belongs.
Make your home a little Eden ;
Imitate her smiling bowers ;
Let a neat and simple cottage
Stand among bright trees and flowers.
There, what fragrance and what brightness
Will each blooming rose display,
Uere a nimple vine-clad arbor
Brightens through each summer day.
There each heart will rest contented.
Seldom wishing far to roam.
Or. if roaming, still will cherish
Mem'riesof that pleasant home;
Such a home makes man the better.
Pure and lasting its control;
Home with pure and bright surroundings
Leaves its impress on the soul.
A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
FROM THE DIARY
OP A NEW
CIAX.
YORK PHYSI-
I recently made the acquaintance of
a gentleman who has rooms at the hotel
in Boston at which I am in the habit of
stop) ang when in that city. He is a
merchant bachelor, about 45 years of
age, and a very intelligent and pleasant
gentleman. There seemed to be an af
finity between us, hence wo very soon
became fast friends. We often dine
together in a quiet way in his apart
ments, spending the time pleasantly, in
intellectual conversation.
I very soon discovered that he is a
pMlosopher of the metaphysical sort,
and having sat at the feet of the great
masters myself metaphorically our
discourse often turns upon the specula
tions of Plato, or the doctrines of Py
thagoras. Plato is his ideal philoso
pher; ho worships him and discourses
with great eloquence upon his beauti
ful doctrines.
"But," said he, as he concluded one
of his most charming speeches, during
our last interview, "while Plato solves
the three great problems of origin, duty
and destiny, there are exceptional expe
riences, of which he was doubtless igno
rant, at least I find nothing correspond
ing to them in his writings."
"To what sort of experience do you
refer?"
"I scarce know how to answer your
question, which having provoked I feel
under obligations to do," he replied.
"I freely release you from all obliga
tion," I responded, "yet I bhould be
pleased to hear any new views, or ex
ceptional experiences, you may choose
to present."
"I believe you have confidence in my
veracity," he began, "nor do I think
you doubt my sanity."
I assured him that I had the utmost
confidence in his integrity of character
and soundness of mind.
"You will have that confidence put
to the severest possible test, he replied,
"bv the relation of an experience which.
np to this hour, has remained locked in
my own heart, and which I have guard
ed as a treasure too sacred to be exposed
to the iossible ridicule of my dearest
friends, much less the public,, who
would without doubt treat it with deri
sion."
His manner was so sincere and im
pressive that I again assured him of my
faith in his truthfulness, however im
probable the revelation he was about to
make should appear.
"Well, I will tell you my story, niak
insr the single condition that, should
you repeat it, you will not use my name
in connection with it.
I readilv accepted the condition, and
ho gavo me the following wonderful
narrative, which I wrote out at length
from memory before I slept, and which
1 now, with myfriend'a permission, give
to the miblic. Some will doubtless
laugh, others scoff: but a few will,
hope, treat it with respect, and if not
able to explain it, will at least accept it
as additional proof that "there are more
things in heaven and earth" than were
dreamed of bvthe ancient philosophers
"When a young man of 22, I visited
for the first time my grandparents, who
resided at a lovely country seat, a few
miles from Macon, Ga., and while there
I met the nrst and only -woman I have
ever loved. She was the daughter of
a neighboring planter, and the family
were intimate friends of my grandpa
rents, hence my opportunities for culti
vating her acquaintance were excellent.
She was four years my junior, having
just reached the ripeness of maidenhood
and completed her education, returning
home from boarding school a few days
before my advent in the neighborhood.
"I will not enter into details, but will
briefly tell you that her beauty of form
and feature, charming manner, sweet
ness of disposition, and intelligent con
versation, won my whole heart, and I
resolved to win her's if that were possi
ble. I succeeded beyond my most 6an-w
guine hopes; she loved me deeply and
tenderly, and w exchanged vows of
eternal "fidelity.
"On the eve of my departure for my
Northern home, I observed a shade of
sadness on the countenance of my
charmer, and, wishing to dissipate it,
I spoke of my speedy return, and of our
approaching nuptials (we were to be
married in three months) .
"She looked into my face, and aa I
returned her loving gaze I saw that her
blue eyes were swimming in tears.
"I pressed my lips to each in turn.
and whispered, 'What is it darling?'
"Surpressmg her emotion, she an
swered:
" 'Dear Walter, you mitrht think me
silly if I told you that I have a presenti
ment that this is our last meeting on
earth.' "
"'No, Lillian. I could never think
you silly, or bo indifferent to your
words, but I beg yon to believe that
your presentiment has its origin in your
QAftoatira -imonr-inal-t j-am
'Heaven grant it may be so. but I
fear the worst. How can I shake off the
impression that our next meeting will
be in spirit only?'
lo not say in spirit only: for if we
are immortal (and that we are I cannot
doubt, for only immortals can love as
wo can) , we shall be united in heaven.
and thero our love and bliss can surely
not do less.
'"Thanks, dearest, for those sweet
words of comfort, and please indulge
me in my mood, and allow mo to say if
presentiment is a prophecy I am to die
Deiore our appointed wedding day ar
rives. "Deliberately taking her hand in
mine, and looking into her eyes. I said:
By all that is sacred in earth or in
the gardens of the Gods, I swear to be
true to you for time and eternity, and,
if you should die first, I shall live true
to your sweet memory till permitted to
join you in the 'Land of the Leal.' '
'Thanks, dearest; I believe you will
keep your oath, but I must bo permitted
to join you in it: it were incomnlete
otherwise.'
"When in a more cheerful voice she
said:
" 'Walter, do you believe iu guardian
angels?'
" les, I reDlied. 'I cannot think
that all the prophets and sages of old
were deceived, and they teach this doc
trine most of them irom personal ex
perience; Socrates, for example, pro
fessed to be guided at all times by his
good demon or guardian spirit."
Then, when I die, I shall become
your guardian, and, if it be possible, I
shall sometimes make you conscious of
my presence.
" 'Thanks, sweet one: of all the an
gels that dwell on earth, or lave their
wings in the balmy atmosphere that
bathes the brow of Olympus, you are
my souls first choice. Thus
" The golden hours, on angel wings.
Flew over me and my dearie.
"Till at length
'.ho hour of parting
came, when
" Wi' monei a locked and fond embrace.
Our parting was fu' tender.
And pledging oft to meet again
We tore ourselves asunder.
"lteturningr to my Northland home. I
informed my parents of my good for
tune, and at once set about preparations
for my return to the South to claim my
bride.
"In the meantime, love tokens in the
form of billet deaux were exchanged
weekly until but two weeks remained of
my period of probation.
"The Wednesday's mail always
brought me a letter, but this week it
failed. I was impatient, of course; but,
attributing the failure to the neglect of
the postmaster to get it in the first
mail, I felt sure of my letter on Thurs
day. Again I was disappointed , and by
this time I began to be seriously
alarmed so much that I did not close
my eyes in sleep till long after mid
night on Thursday night.
"About two o'clock I resolved, if 2os
sible, to forget my anxiety in si- .aber.
and with that intent resolutely closed
my eyelids and drew the sheet over my
face.
'I soon fell into a dreamy state,
which is indescrible. I did not seem to
be asleep or awake. This was succeed
ed by a total loss of consciousness, from
which I was aroused by a brilliant
light, which illumined my chamber like
the full beams of the summer s sun.
"My first thought was that I had
overslept, but immediately the light
lost its brilliancy, subsiding into a dim
twilight.
"This strange phenomena greatly in
terested me, and I rose to a sitting po
sition and beaan to look about me. On
turning my eyes to the right, I saw my
betrothed standing full length and mo
tionless in tho center of the room.
was not alarmed, yet on reflection
wondered at her presence thus in my
chamber.
"I uttered her name (intending to
ask for an explanation) , when she im
mediately approached the bed, and.
Beating herself upon it, she took my
hand in hers, and said:
" 'My dear Walter, my presentiment
was a prophecy, and I am now your
guardian angel. But thanks t) the gods
(through our mutual oath of eternal
troth) , we are to bo permitted an excep
tional privilege that of mutual com
munion at brief intervals during the re
mainder of your earth life, at the close
of which we will bo united forever and
aye.'
"As she closed this speech she pressed
a kiss upon my for ehead, when in my
joy I attempted to fold her to my bo
som, but the effort awoke me from what
I thought an ordinary dream, but what
I have since learned was (what is termed
for want of a better name) a trance, in
which I had actually seen my beloved.
"I was overwhelmed with grief, and
by this time it was growing light. I
dressed myself, and sought surcease of
sorrow by telling my dream to my
mother, who tried to comfort me with
hope; but I could not be comforted in
that way. for I felt sure that Lillian was
dead, and so it proved.
"A few days only elapsed until I re
ceived a letter from her parents con
firming my worst fears, and giving a
detailed account of her brief illness and
sudden death.
Her disease was malarial fever.
which assumed a most violent form.
and caused her death in a few days.
She died at five o clock on the af
ternoon preceding the night of my
vision.
"My grief was so great as to destroy
my appetite, and deprive me of sleep.
the result of which was a violent attack
of brain fever. I was unconscious for
twelve days, during the first week a
raving maniac, when I gradually calm
ed as the fever slowly subsided, and my
sirengui iauea, iui on the ninth day I
sank into a state so much resembling
death as to leave little hope in the
minds of my friends that I would ever
come out of it, and this opinion was
confirmed by the fict that I continued
to sink.
"My pulse grew feebler and more
tremulous, my breathing fainter and
slower, till they both became impercept
ible, if not entirely suspended.
'The people thought me dead, all
save my mother, whose wishes were
doubtless the origin of her thought.
The physician came, and after a careful
examination said he was in doubt
whether I was dead or in a cataleptic
trance, from which I might possibly re
vive. My friends gave me the benefit
of the doubt, by postponing my funeral
maenniceiy.
'On the morning of the fourth day of
my trance, just at sunrise, my mother
visited me as usual, and on kissing my
lips she was rejoiced to find them warm
er and more life-like than she had since
I had ceased to breath. She grasped
my hands and began to rub them, and
was rewarded by finding that they grew
warm. Thus encouraged sho continued
her efforts at restoration for a few min
utes when I opened my eyes, and, look
ing up into her face, said, 'good morn
ing mother.'
"It seemed to me that I had been ab
sent, and just returned. I was, there
fore, surprised at tho effect of my greet
ing produced upon my mother, for she
clasped me in her arms, and, amid sobs
and tears, thanked God that her dear
boy had been restored to her from the
dead.
" 'Why, mother, said I, 'you surely
did not think me dead?'
jNo, my son, l did not wholly givo
you up, but my hopes were rapidly giv
mg way to despair, when I saw you ly
ing here, without sign of life, day af
ter day.'
'On hearing my mother thus dis
course, X began to be puzzled, but in
stantly tho whole truth flashed in upon
my understanding.
"I had been ill, and had thus reach
ed the border-land of the world of spir
its, where I had held sweet communion
with my beloved.
"I remembered my former vision,
the letter that confirmed Lillian's death,
my grief, my illness, the darkness that
closed in upon my senses, tho awaken
ing in her presence, her joyous wel
come, the rapturous embrace, the kis
ses I had showered upon her lips, the
blissful hours I had spent with her, not
in a shadow land, but in a garden of
the gods (where we had wandered at
our own sweet will) ; of our conversa
tions about her death, which had ren
dered our earthly marriage impossible;
of our last meeting in her father's gar
den, and the vows we then and thera ex
changed; all this was now a most vivid
and delightful reality.
"I remember, also (and this gave me
much joy) , that Lillian had assured me
that, through a special dispensation of
Providence, I wo lid be permitted to
visit her in her heavenly home, from
time to time, during the remainder of
my erth-life, if I would observe certain
rules in which she carefully instructed
me.
"These conditions were that I should
appoint a definite hour on a certain ev
ening of each week, which was to be
held uniformly sacred forever afterward,
that at that hour I should go to my
chamber, lock my door, retire as usual
(first turning off all light) , close my
eyes and think of her, shntting out if
possible all other thoughts.
"She assured me if I obeyed all these
instructions I would pass into what is
called the trance state which would last
some hours, during which my physical
system would have perfect repose,
while my spirit would visit with her, as
it had done for the past three days.
"She assured me that no harm could
come to me, but that I could make the
flight of the heavens and return at will
to my normal Btate, refreshed, but with
a perfect recollection of my visit in all
its details.
"I have strictly and faithfully follow
ed these instructions for the twenty
years that have intervened Bince I re
ceived them, during which period they
have never failed me.
"On a certain night of each week I re
tire at precisely 8 o'clock, and within a
few minutes I pass into an unconscious
state from which I awake in her presence,
and amid scenes analogous to those of
earth, but brighter and more beautiful
than my normal vision lias ever be
held. "But my consciousness is as perfect,
my senses as acute, and my mind as ac
tive as when in my natural state, and
that world (if I can call it n world) as
real as this, and its inhabitants the samo
sort of folk.
"This is my story, the riddle of my
life, for it is an nnsolved riddle to me.
"But be it what it may, a dream,
a phantasm, a mirage, or a reality, it is
a most delightful experience, one which
I would not exchange for the throne
of Persia with ahouri for a bride."
A Feexch nobleman being very ill and
deeply in debt, said to his cunfessor,
that all he presumed to solicit of heaven
was the ho might live to pay his debts.
The confessor, believing his penitence
to be sincere, said, that as his design
was so just and laudable there was rea
son to hope that his prayer would be
granted. "Should heaven be so gra
cious," said the sick man, turning to
one of his oldest friends, "I shall cer
tainly live forever."
Fashion and Fancy.
Clair de lune. or moonlight gray. i
the coming color.
Chevoit tartans are among the novelty
wool fabrics.
Cleft halo brims are among the nov
elties in bonnets.
Carrick canes and Carrick caps are
handsome novelties.
Neiguese and bourette are the leading
winter fabrics.
Flat flounces, pleatings, bows and
trimmings are de rigeuer.
Floral trimmings for evening dresses
aro richer than ever.
Curled cock's feathers tipped with jet
are very fashionable.
Slate, gray and orange are fashionable
combinations of color.
Kilt pleats in the back of polonaise
skirts are a feature of the moment.
Oriental, torchon, Smyrna and Ragu
sa point are the laces of the season.
Silk stockings with lace medallions
covering the instep are thirty dollars a
pair.
Low, square-necked princess dresses
are tho most lasnionable lor evening
wear.
The prevailing colors for chevoit tar
tans are combinations of gray, blue
and red.
Bulgarian cloth and Schamyla cloth
are boarettes of 31 use o vice origin or
suggestion.
Beaded trimmings almost cover even
ing dresses, making them look as if
studded with jewels.
Bustles are no longer worn: three
flounces on the back breadths of under
skirts take their places.
Cloak trimmings are largo buttons,
aigraffes, braids and pa&samentaries,
velvet, silk and fringes.
Demasse, brocaded and bourette silks
are combined with plain silks for street
as well as indoor wear.
New styles of underskirts have
flounces trimmed with open work em
broidery in Fayal designs.
Evening and dinner dresses are cut
square or left open to show tho hand
some pendant or necklace.
The "Madame Leville" tournure pre
sents the most perfect support for train
ed silks that is in the market.
Tl 1 -mm
X rencn gray corduroy dresses aro
made up in very plain styles, with little
drapery, but are richly trimmed.
Coaching, Breton and Serbian jackets
are simulated on many handsome polo
naises and princess dresses.
Strawberry vines, showing leaves,
fruit and flowers, are among tho pretti
est of floral garnitures for evening toi
lettes.
Tho white lace fichu over tho dark
dress is now almost universal, even as
an accessory to the ordinary dinner
dress.
Duchesse lace vests and large cuffs
for tight sleeves are among the mostele
gant lingerie. They aro tied with bows
of satin ribbon.
Anna of Austria cuffs, and large Pu
ritan collars of sheer linen cambric are
coming in vogue, trimmed with the fin
est Valenciennes.
For dinner and reception toilets the
Empress dresses are made of faille for
the front breadths, and damasse, ar
mure or brocade for the back.
Waistcoat fichus of Valenciennes,
Oriental and other laces, and gauze ma
terials are used to give a dressy effect to
plain black or dark silk dresses.
Waistcoat fronts and pompadour
squares, formed either by trimming or
by lace, velvet and silk fichus, which
simulate them, are very popular.
For plain alpacas the prettiest trim
ming is Hercules braid and knife-pleating.
For mourning dresses bias folds
and the new grass fringes are stylish
New apron fronts for dressy black
silks are made of diagonal bands of em
broidered crapo alternating with tulle
bands that are also embroidered; the
bottom is trimmed with wide thread
lace.
Very few cravats are seen but there is
a great variety of cravat bows. The
prettiest are a combination of olive
pale blue and pale rose ribbon. Nar
row satin ribbon is most frequently
used for trimming lingerie.
The new mohair braids for trimming
children s clothes are made to match
cloths as well as in all dark colors
They are handsome and very servicea
ble, lasting longer than the cloth itself
and are yet comparatively inexpensive
Young ladies aro wearing kilt skirts
to woolen costumes. They hang in
straight pleats from the belt down, and
their only ornament is a scarf sash tied
far below the hips. The basque is in
Breton style or else the yolk-pleated
waist.
The great desideratum in dress thi
season seems to be to produce vivid ef
fects with a light background for the
evening and dark or black for the ful
glare of the day. This is in accordance
with the true principles of art.
Among the newly imported street
wraps is one of great beauty in half-fitting
sacque shape, quite long, and made
of light gray, soft, thick camel's hair,
trimmed with black velvet; collar and
cuffs embroidered by hand with silk of
the color of the fabric.
A fabmee having cattle trespasssing
upon his grass fields, posted up the fol
lowing: "Notis If any man's or wo
man's cows or oxen gets in these here
otes, his or her tale will be cut off as
the case may be. I am a Christian and
pa mi taxes, but darn a man who lets
his critters run luse, say I."
A max in Springfield, Mass., sold
his horse last June, but the blacksmith
he had employed has sent in his bill
for shoeing, etc., monthly, with un
varying regularity ever sinee. We
hope that man is a president of a gas
company.
Winter Pasture.
The Mobile Register has the follow
ing which may be aoted upon with ad
vantage in many parts of tlfis State.
The way to obtain good winter pas
turage is simole and not expensive.
Take a piece of woodland, thin out the
worthless umber, leaving rail trees and
mast bearing trees. The exact distance
cannot be given, because trees differ
very much in the amount of shade which
they produce, a no iweniucKy ruio is
to thin timber so that the ground shall
get sunlight at least a portion of the
day, otherwise the grass will be sour,
and rejected by live stock. The ground
should be well sprouted: grubbing is
not necessary; though it is best. The
tree tops and brush should be piled and
burned, and the ashes scattered. Ex
cept for appearance, the logs need not
be piled and burned. Grass seed should
be sown. The available live stock of
the farm should be turned upon it to
trample in the seeds. Hogs are excel
lent for this purpose, feeding them
shelled corn, scattered as widely as pos
sible, and feeding them in a different
place every day.
The seed sown should consist of or
chard, blue, herd's and meadow oat
grass, if tho latter can be obtained.
One bushel of this mixture to be sown
to the acre one-half orchard grass and
tho other seeds m equal proportion.
Persons wishing an immediate uso of
this pasture, plow or harrow tho sur
face, and sow rye with grass seeds. In
such a case the logs must be burned
The rye will not make good grain, but
will give excellent winter and spring
feed. This operation may be perform
ed in tho fall, though most persons will
prefer the cheaper plan, and sow in Feb
ruary grass seed alone. As soon as the
native grasses and weeds will appear,
live stock should be turned in to eat
them down. They will not hurt the
young grass, but benefit it by consoli
dating the soil. So long as these weeds
and native grasses spring up they must
bo fed down. In the fall thev ceaso to
grow; and sown grasses should be left
ungrazed until New Year, when the
stock should be again put upon them
In a year or two tho native grasses and
weeds will disappear by a close craz
ing and tramping, and a good sward of
the artificial grasses will be formed.
If the land has been sprouted, not
grubbed, tho sprouting must bo re
peated two or three years, unless goats
are used, buch a park or wood winter
pasture will not only be an ornament to
the farm, but a source of profit to the
owner.
We have had a good deal of dead capi
tal in woodland. By adopting the
course above suggested we preserve our
timber and make our dead capital ac
tive. Tho cost of such a wood pasture
need not bo large. It is increased if
rye or tail oats aro sown lor the neces
sary plowing or harrowing, and burn
ing logs. For grass alone the whole ex
pense need not exceed 5 or $G an acre,
ii the lot be inclosed, the whole ex
pense will bo the sprouting and burn
ing brush, and the seeds and sowing.
A loss is often the result by using an
inferior or common animal to breed
from, when a thorough-bred could be
usod at a moderate expense. Ordinary
cows are too frequently kept with small
returns, when by a judicious selection
from good milking strains the profits
might be double. A loss is often met
with by not feeding cows one or two
quarts of meal each day, when the pas
ture gets short and dry. The profits
would in general prove greater if farm
ers would raise their own cows, as the
value of a cow depends largely upon
the good care and good feed they receive
when young. A loss is sustained by
not putting in an acre of sowed corn to
use in case of a draught, as one acre
then will produce a much greater profit
than ten of dry pasture. A loss is the
result when twice the yield might have
been secured by the application of
more manure to the crop. By not pro
vidmg suitable feeding arrangements,
boxes, racks, etc., a great waste and loss
occurs by the tramping of good food
into the dirt. A serious loss is often
incurred by letting grass stand and get
too ripe before being cut; and in this
case the damago is two-fold first, as
regards the stock that eat it, and second.
the greater the exhaustion of the soil
Chatham Courier.
The Care of Fowls. All fowls
should have a varied and systematic
diet, with plenty of clean, fresh water,
and tue iowi house should be kept clean,
and botn house and fowls should be
thoroughly rid of all vermin. Hen's
will not bear mush medicine; a very lit-
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no reu uepper win warm a hen or a
chicken if it is cold or partly drowned
In cafes of sickness, a partial change
of food is best. Oive boiled potatoes.
rye or rye meal, or a little flax-seed;
liver, lights and tho heart, fresh from
the butcher's are all necessary for hens
sometimes. Jbresli, pure air is neces
sary, especially if they are sick. Their
houses and roosts should be cleaned,
and the earth should be fresh. The
building also should be whitewashed
Fowls will not bear much grease (or
grease and sulphur) on them. If vou
grease a chicken muclt, it will die.
Grease hardens, but kerosene softens,
and will euro hens legs of mange and
the insects connected with it, and is per
fectly harmless in a degree. Country
irentieman.
Natural Manxes, of Ekkdino. In a
state of nature the horse feeds almost
entirely on grasses, and his teeth are
entirely unsuited for masticating whole
grains. The grain with which he is fed
should be previously cracked, crushed
or ground, else much of it will find its
way into the stomach whole, and yield
little or no nourishment. Agricultural
Journal.
Woek fob Bbood Mares. Slow,
gentle farm work is not injurious to
brood mares up to within two or three
days of their time. The exercise for
mem is oeiier man peing connned in
box stalls. Western Sural.
Tweed's Revelations.
The revelations of Tweed are posi
tively startling. The Senate
of the State was composed of veteran
statesmen, able, experienced and edu
cated men, selected for their capacity,
and presumably for their integrity.
Tweed raquired for his personal
profit and the protection of all
his schemes of public plunder a new
city charter for the city of New York.
It was essential that the powers of the
municipality should be arranged and
distributed so that he, concentrating su
preme authority in his own hands,
could rule as ho pleased, protected
against interference and investigation
by others, and able to pocket the pub
lic funds at will. The charter invested
Hall, Connolly and Tweed with abso
lute powers of expenditure, and made
them auditors of their own accounts.
To secure the passage of that charter he
expended over b0U,U()U for votes in the
Legislature.
He explains his course of action. He
held personal conference with a large
number of Senators. The Rrpublican
ho purchased direct with bribes aver-
aging $40,000 each. Tho Democrats he
purchased with money, and with nomi-
nal oflices in which they nai nouiing to
do and drew large pay. Having con
cluded his terms of purchase of the
Senators, a caucus of the Republican
Senators was held, at which it was de
cided to vote for Tweed's charter; and
in the Senate every Republican Senator
except one voted for the charter. -In
the same way he got all the Democ ratio
votes with one or two exceptions. Sen
ator Winslow was paid SoOO.uOU, and
out of that paid the other Senators tho
prices agreed on for their votes, which
for the principal Senators was iu,vp
each. The Democrats were also paid,
and a largo number of them and their
friends were quartered on tho public.
Others were regularly in tho pay of
Tweed. Oakey Hall & complicity in all
the frauds, and in the distribution of
the plunder, is now openly "proclaimed
by Tweed, who does not hesitate to
avow what he denied in tho earlier days
of his troubles, that he bribed membfrs
of the Legislature for their votes. . The
names of the Senators given as those to
whom money was paid directly ae
Winslow, Woodin, Bowen, Minier,
Wool, Frost, Norton, Elwood, Brand,
Hall, Brodin, Brown, Maurice. Cream
er, Baldwin, Graham; others were
paid indireotly. His agents in mak
ing the arrangements with member
were Hugh Hastings, editor of the New
York Commercial Advertiser, to when he
paid $20,000, and E. D. Barber, who
more particularly managed the House.
The revelations exhibit an extent or
official dishonesty unequaled in tho his
tory of Legislative corruption. The
personal dishonesty of the members
throws the disclosures of the Pacific
Mail case wholly in the shade. It would
seem that, with two exceptions, every
member of the Senate voted for Tweed's
charter, and voted for it for a consider
ation. Never before, we suppose, was
thero such an unanimous sale of Legis
lative votes as this one thus divulged by
the man who bought and paid for them.
It was this charter which vested Tweed,
Connolly and Hall with the legal pow
er which enabled them to carry out the
wholesale frauds and robberies which
have, because of their magnitude and
their character, become historical. Chi
cago Tribune.
Advick to Pbbacheqs. Tho Rev.
Dale, in his second lecture before the
Yale divinity students, gavo some pithy
suggestions about drowsy preaching. '
He said: "Let preachers attend politi
cal meetings and they find no want of
power in their speeches, lhey make
the most felicitous quotations from
poets; they remember the stories of
Walter Scott and Charles Dickens and
have no difficulty in illustrating their
thoughts with perfectly apt allusions to
this or that ttory in point; but let them
once begin to preach, and it would
seem that they had come under the
spells of the goddess of dunces. It is
safe to say that three-quarters of their
sermons are only an intellectual strain.
wearying alike to themselves and their
hearers. The drowsiness is felt by the
preacher and by his congregation. You
have no right to complain that your
hearers go to sleep under your preach
ing. Were I preaching to tho congre
gation I might say to them that they
ought to keep awake, but to you stu
dents I might say that it is your busi
ness to keep them interested. Dullness
is not necessary to the dignity of the
pulpit. There must be a lively interest
felt by tho preacher in what he is say
ing; his work must spring from tho mys
terious fires that are ever in conflict
with dullness and darkness."
A Scotch subaltern at Gibraltar was
ii rtT?
eno day on guard wiin anoiner omcer,
who falling down a precipice, was kill
ed. He made no mention of the acci
dent in his guard report, leaving the ad- .
d end urn. "N. B. Nothing extraordina
ry sinco guard-mounting,.' standing
without qualification. Some hours af
ter the brigade-major came to demand
an explanation, saying: "You say, sir,
in your report, 'Nothing extraordinary
since guard-mounting. when vour
brother-officer on duty with you has
fallen down a precipice 400 feet and
been killed." "Weel, sir," replied he.
"I dinna think there's onything extra
ordinary in it; if he'd faundoona preci
pice and not been killed, I should hea
thought it vary extraordinary indeed,
and wad hae put it doon in my report."
The impurities that make water inju
rious to health are organic matters,
such as are abundantly supplied by
barnyards, drains and cemetaries, where
the decay of animal and vegetable sub
stance is going on. Some families who
live on farms, and who fancy they are
drinking the best of water, are, in fact,
oontantlv imbibing po'son that will ap
pear, perhaps, in the dreaded form of
diphtheria or typhoid fever. Scientific
American.
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