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-.4 - -1 ' , - r . - ORIGINAL DFFFmvF sr 5 DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE DEST INTERESTS OF OREGON. VOL. 111. OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1877. NO. 10. ' - - . I llp fii irtf irfSif 1M v -ii .ii tmm r im w i r turn i i a l v m - . j. "S I THE ENTERPRISE. A LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOB THE rriuer.UKlnfu r-lc I3HUKD KVEKY THURSDAY. . FUOPB1KTOU AND PUEU3HK1'.. Official Paper for Clackamas County. Oilire: I" Knterprlne Ituililin, . One Jour South of Masonic Uiiilaing, Main Street. Trrin of Sitborlilloii s a;.iUI fldbr. uue y. ar. lu a.lvance. $2 50 1 5l , bix mouths, in advauce. Trriun of Atl ertloJ ib : TrmUrut ajvirtititMuouts. iucluilint; all legal iiuUon, jJt-r Bijuaru of twelve liurs, one wk - fur each sab.eUt in rtioii One Column, ona year , ! lf Oolumn, nut) year QuarUr Column, one yHr Iki.iuew) Card, one Bjuari, one year SOCIETY NOTICES. 2 50 1 00 JO 00 60 00 40 no 12 00 OREGON LODGE, No. 3, I. O. O. F. 'WcU evry Thursday Eveulnu, at -S, . Main Strert. Members of the Order r In rl iU to att.-nd. By order of X. O, REBECCA DEGREE LODGE, No. 2, j. u. v. t., meets on me soconj and Fourth TuesnUy Evenings of each month, at TH o'cliH-k, in th Odit Kellows' Hall. Vtuiber of the lJegrep are invited to Ituud. FALLS ENCAMPMENT, No. 4, I. U. Oe'.. meet! at Odd Fellows' Hall on tlie Virt and Third Tuesday of each month. Patrlan lis in ".od Btnndin-' are invited to aUMid. MULTNOMAH LODGE, No. 1, a. r. a a. m., noias lt regular commiini- rauoiuonine mrsi ana Third Saturdays 'J. la ea.'h tnonth fct 7 n'iIiIr rpi.m a 'iAi'i..r w wVieiuwT i inf -jutn or March ; and Tfc o clock from tho 2'th of March to the 'Atb (if SepUmber. Brethren in go.Hl standing are '" w niieiiu. uj oraer of V. M. BUSINESS CARDS. WARREN N. DAVIS, M. D rhysloiaii and Surgeon, fcraduste of the Vniversityof PetiBsylvauia. O Office at Cliff House. CHARLES KNIGHT, CAXBY. OEEQOS, riiysician and Irugssl. V-pri-ii.;riptions carefully filled at short notice. ja7-tl PAUL BOYCE, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, OUF.OO.S ClTT, OBF.OO. i,iseae and diseases of Women and v.... ..men B kpeniaiiy. &M?Cull'U ,!tty au'1 ways ready when "- auu-Ti, '70-tf DR. JOHN WELCH, DEXTIST. Qtrirti tt t,,. -ii-ix-r " """ t-TT T, OREGON. "gha,t cash price paid for County Orders. JOHNSON & McCOWN. ATTORNEYS aufl COUNSELORS AT LAW OREGON CICT. OUEGON. ill liaactics in all the Courts of the State. ailL. t . ;?r, n Klve w "aes in the Fnited ...uj t,uir ,i uregon City. 3apr2-tf L. T. SARIN, IOILVKY AT Ij OREGON CITT, OREGON. wlll practice in all the Courts of the State. novl, '75-tf W. H. HICHFIELD, tuhllHllu('Hln(.c -lt. One door North of Pope's nail, M AIN ST.. OIIKUMX CITY. OKKUOX. assortment or Watches, Jowelry. and "r.Bu 1iui.ii, . 1 1 VI W tilt II J " warranted to be as represented. tK. Kepairtng done on short notice; and tlmukiui ps piiminije. Viksli Paid tor County Orders. JOHN M. BACON, DHAI.ER IS BOOKS, STATIONERY, PI0TI RE FRAMES, MOULDINGS AND MISCEL LANEOUS GOODS. I'ltAMEM M IK TO ICIr.IC. Orkoox Citt, Obeoox. tvAt the Fokt Office, Main Street, west side. novl, '73-if J. R. GOLDSMITH, i'ollocior and SolioUor, rORTLAND, OUEGOX. Dy Uest of references ji vcn. dct2J-'77 HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL, Hubs, Spokes, Kims, OAK, ASH AND HICKORY PLANK. TIIKM A luat 81, '70-tf Tiio.vir.sox, I'ortlantl, Oregon. J. H. SHEPARD, HOOT A XI) SHOE STOKE, One door North of Ackerman Bros. Boots and Shots made and repaired as cheap ' " cheapest. novl, 75 tf MILLER, CHURCH & CO. PAT THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR WHEAT, At all times, at the OREGON CITY MILLS, inarw".011 h,nd PEK0 d FLOUK to sell, at i ltea. J riiea desiring Feed must furnish ' novl2tf A. C. WALLINC'S A loucor Kook 15intlc ry "ailJing, cor. of SUrk and Front Sts., ruTLAxn, ORKGO.Y. P Ui1red .3CU:I) Ala BOUND TO ANT "paprs ttr i ' Mu,lic Dxks, Magazines, toowa to tii. t' ,nni every variety of style MwjSi to. rder" tt0m novl.rtf"7 a) CITY BREWERY. i.ZZl0?. P"riae4 the above Brrwerv. vtahea lo Inform th publla that thev are5ifejP now prepartd to manufastui. a No lU t OF LAGER BEER, A good as can be obtain 4 anywhat-a la the State Yr Melted and promptly filled. m A WAHEXTAKK. TO ALFRED TKNKYSON. Poet 1 I come to toucli thy lance with mine : Not as a knight, who on the listed field Of touruey touched Mb adverwary's shield. In token of defiance, but in sign Of homage to the in&bttry, -which ia thine -In English Hong; nor will I keep concealed. And voiceless as a rivulet frost-congealed. My admiration for thy versed vine. Not of the howliug dervishes of sung. Who craze the brain with their delirious dauce. Art thou. O sweet historian of the heart ! Therefore to thee the laurel-leaves belong. To thee our love and our allegiance. For thy allegiance to the poet's art. llKNitY W. Longfellow. Atlantic for Ofcembrr. TUODotX FLOWEKN. There are some Uearta that like the loving vine. Cling to unkindly rocks and ruined towers. Spirits that suffer aud do not repina .-. . Patient and weet as lwly troddun dowwa. That from the passers' heel arise. And bring back odorous breath instead of sighs. But there arc other hearts that will net fel The lonely love that haunts their eyes and ears ; 'I bat wound fond fatth with anger worse tha steel. And out of pity's spring draw idle tears. Oh Nature, shall it ever be thy will 111 things with uood to mingle, good with ill? "Why should the heavy fot of sorrow press The willing heart of uncomplaining love Meek charity that shrinks not from distress, Gentleness, loth her tyraata to reprove? Though virture weep forever and lament, Will one hard heart turn to her and repent? Why should the seed be broken that will bead, Aud they that dry the tears in others' eyes Feel their own anguish swelling without end. Their Bummer darkened with the smoVe of sighs ? nure, L.ove to some tair region or her own, Will flee at last and leave us here alone. Love woepeth alway weepeta for the past. For woes that are, for woes that may batid; Why should not bard ambition weep at last, Kury and hatred, avarice and pride? Fate whispers that so low is your poor lot. They would be rebels; love rebelleth net. FANCHETTE, THE GOAT OF BOTJ X, AINVIXLIERS . AN EPI.SODE OF THE SfEGE OF PARIS. When the German army inclosed in its iron grasp the most brilliant and pleasure-lovinpr city of Europe, trans forming m a moment its epicurean popu lation into a people of heroea, the envi rons once so car and beautiful had experienced a chancre almost as great. Most of the detached villas were deserted or occupied by the enemy, and the vil lages, whose reerular inhabitants had either taken ref usre in Paris or lied to a distance, werorepopulated by a singular assemblage of individuals belonging to all classes of society, and bound to gether by tho tie of a common nation auty, and the necessity of nndino; a shelter and providing for their daily wants. Tho hamlet of Boulainvilliers, which had been thus abandoned, had received an entirely now colony, and its ueantifnl aveime. carpeted with turf of the most lovely green, had all tho appearances ot a canip. As long as tho season would iermit. cookiner was carried on in the opeu air, and groups were constantly to be seen surrounding tho fires and ex changing accounts of their mutual mis fortunes. A painter of Fleurs, bearing the Eng lish or rather Scotch name of MacHenry, was among the refugees. lie had brought with him from Colombos, where he had before resided, a remark ably beautiful white goat called Fan chette. This creature, to which her master was very much attached, iigures in most of his pictures." Light and graceful as a gazelle, she is represented sometimes cropping delicately the green branches of the hedgerows and bushes, and contrasting well with tho snowy wliiteisess of her skin. Fanchetto was a universal favorite and few there were at Boulainvilliers who would not have deprived themselves of a morsel of the bread sometimes so hard to procure, that thoy might reserve a mouthful for the goat, which, however, tho saucy thing would only accept from her particular friends. The grace and rare intelligence of tho animal frequently relieved the miseries of tho siege. All were surprised at the wonderful education her master had succeeded in giving her. lie had even taught her something of his art : and it was really extraordinary to see the sen siblo creature unsiiy employed in ar ranging pebbles on the ground, so as to form a rnde resemblance to a human profile, often grotesque enough, but still Biich as one occasionally sees on human shoulders : and looking at her work, one could not help thinking that after all the lower animals are perhaps not so inferior to us as we suppose. The art with which Fanchatte selected from a bunch of llowers each one that was named to her was really marvellous Hoses, wallflowers, tulips, camellias, wero promptly chosen from the nuni bor, and it was rare indeed that she made the least mistake. Two centuries ago they would have burned the poor beast for a witch. The exercise which she preferred to all others consisted in catching on her horns a series of brass rings whmh her master threw up in the air. This she did with tho greatest address ; and when she had got a dozen or so encircling her brow like a diadem, she would begin jumping and galloping and shaking her head to maKo them jingie, tin over ex cited by their rough music, she would end by dancing in tho most fantastio stylo on her hind feet, till tired at length with her exertions, 6ho would bound to wards her master and throw the rings at his feet. Among those who had found refuge in tke hamlet was a child of five years old, called Marie, the daughter of a peasant whose farm had been ' burnd by the invaders. She was an object of general interest in tho little colony on account of her gentle manners, and the sweet but suffering expression of her pale infantine features. A year or two previously she had been so severely bit ten in the arm by a vicious dog that the limb had to bo amputated, and her con stitution had never recovered the shock. Fanchette soon took a great fancy to the litti girl ; and the doctor having ad vised her to be fed as much as possible on milk, MacHenry offered that of the goat. It was beautiful to see the pleas i ure with which the affectionate creature took upon herself the office of nurse, and the avidity with which the child sucked in the grateful nourishment which was giving her new life. Fan chette became every day more and more attached to Marie. She rarely left her, except when wanted by her master for some now study; and when it was ended, and MacHenry set her at liberty, say ing: "Now. be off to Marie." with what joy the creature bounded away, and how rejoiced was the little one to have again by her side her darling Fanchette ! Nestling her head under the child's hand, a world of loving things were in terchanged in their mute caresses. 1 1 once hapj)ened that a lady having in her hand a crown of artificial ivy which she had nicked un somewhere. probably the debris cf a school fete dur ing happier times placed it on the head of little Marie. Fanchette. risinsr ou her hind legs, examined it with comi cal curiosity ; and having made up her mind on the subject, scampered off to an old tree close by, around whose trunk the real ivy twined in thick and glossy wreaths, butted it with her horns, twist ing it round them ; and tearing off long trailing garlands. She then ran back in triumph to throw her treasures at the child's feet, saying clearly as if she had the gift of speech : " .Look ! This is bet ter than the coarse imitation thev have decked vou with : this is the real thing !" Another davHho child was looking at herself in a mirror, and Fanchette im mediately began to do the same. The expression of sadness and wonder in her eyes seemed to say so plainly : "Why are Marie and I so different? If I were like her I could speak to her, and then we could love each other still better !" One evening Marie, who was sitting by her mother1 side, began to fidget and complain of an uneasy sensation in her back. Her mother, busily engaged with some work, and thinking the child was only disposed to bo troublesome, examined it slightly and told her to be quiet ; but the poor little, thing con tinued to complain, when the mother, getting out of temper, gave her a sharp slap, ianchette, who was present at this scene, presented her horns in a threatening attitude to tho woman, and gently stroked the shoulders of her lit- tlo friend with her foot. At the sight or the dumb animal's eloquent appeal, the woman began to relent, and calling the child to her, examined more carefully the state of things, when she found to her horror, one of those large and poi sonous caterpillrrs called in French proeessionnaires, which had pamiuiiy ir ritated the delicate skin of the child. It was about this time that MacIIenry, continuing his artistic labors in spite of all the difficulties of the situation, re solved on taking for the subject of a new picture his goat Fanchette nursing the little Marie, Fanchette lent herself with her usual intelligence and docility to his wishes ; and Marie was represented lying among grass and flowera with her four-footed friend bendincr over her. This picture, which was afterwards re garded as one of Maolienry s best works. obtained the most signal success at the Paris Exhibition of modern art the truthfulness of the design, the freshness of the coloring, and the grace of the composition being equally striking. liut these bright autumn days soon passed away, and many may recollect the bitter cold of the sad Christmas ol that dismal winter. Poor little Marie suffered so severely from it, that after a vain attempt to recall some warmth by lighting a tire of brushwood, tho only fuel that could be procured, her mother, as a last resource, put her on to her little bed, in the hope that by heaping upon her all tho clothing she could prooure, the child might regain a little heat ; but it was in vain; no heat came; and the blood had almost ceased to circulate in her frozen limbs. At this moment Fanchette arrived, and without waiting for an invitation sprang upon the bed. It was in vain they tried to drive her away ; she only clung the closer to her nursling, and covering the child with her body, soon restored her to warmth and animation. There was one among the teiaporary inhabitants oi loulainviuiersfor whom Fanchette entertained an unmitigated aversion ; this was a knife-grinder of tho name ol Alassicault. His appear anco was certainly not calculated to pro luce a favorable impression, for his features were repulsive and his expres - - - 1 " 1 1 . T , . oiuu uiauyreeuuie. a. iow lorenead. a scowling eye, and a short, thick-set figure were the principal physical traits oi this personage ; nor were tuey re deemed by thoso of his moral character. TT- 1 1 VI A A lie uuu lur um constant companion a largo ill-favored bull-dog with a spiked collar, who seemed to share all the evil instincts of his master. Every one wondered now tne Kniie-grinder man aged to feed this animal at a time when it was so hard to nnd the merest neces saries of life for human beings and that too without ever seeming to do a hand's turn of work ; for all day long he was lounging about, and it was rare indeed to hear the noise of his wheel When any one alarmed at the threaten' ing aspect of the brute who never failed to growl and show his fangs when orkr.rnn.ohed asked his master to call liim off. Massicault used only to reply with an ill-natured laugh ; "He has not begun yet to eat such big morsels as vou ; but there'sno saying what he may do one of these days ! MacHenry was sorry that his goat par v r tiA ireneral dislike to this man He would have rather wished that she should have tried by her winning ca resses to soften his rugged nature and bring him to love the gentle creature that had gained all other hearts ; but as we shall see in the sequel, things turned out very differently. rin n-na nf tlifi ln.sk fine davs of tkat sad year, a crowd having gathered round her while her master was amusing him self by exhibiting her intelligence in the selection of the fruit and flowers he -named, in which she had acquitted her self with her usual sagacity, MacHenry bade her fetch an apple. There were 1 some still hanging on a tree in a neigh boring garden ; but instead of running off as usual to the well-known place, she went right up to the knife grinder, and pushing aside with, her paws the skirts of his coat, displayed two pockets stuffed with something, which the crowd, amid shouts of laughter, declared to be stolen apples. The artist tried to call off his goat, and tho man drove heraway with curses ; but two vigorous peasants immediately laid hold of him, and in sisted on seeing the contents of the sus picious pockets ; which proved to be, as all had supposed, apples stolen from the tree in question. The discovery only increased the rage of Massicault, who swore with the most fearful oaths that he kad never touched one of them, and that the apples fAund in his posses sion had been given ta Into by a friend. Though none believed him, several, in order to get rid of a disagreeable affair, feigned to do so, and ho was finally let off ; but many thought they had thus got a clue to the authorship of several robberies recently committed to the prejudice of different members of the little community. This misadventure excited in the knife grinder a violent hatred against Fan chette, which was heartily shared by his worthy companion, tho bull-dog. Tho latter was an object of special terror to poor little Marie. Fanchette seemed to understand the fears of the child, and whenever the .dog approached her she would lower her horns, as if to protect her nursling, and defy her enemy. These demonstrations of valor were generally successful, the dog slinking off with glaring eyes and drooping tail. . One day Fanchette nestled up close to her master, putting her foot upon -Lis arm, and having succeedod in gaining his attention, ran off to a particular spot, where she stopped to sniff the grass, and then trotting back she renewed sev eral times the same manoeuvre. Mac Henry, - persuaded that something ex traordinary must be the matter, rose ad followed her. When she reached the spot, putting aside, -like a terrier-dog, the lose herbage with her feet, she dis played to view a leather pocket-book which the artist picked up and examined. An instant sufficed to show that it be longed to the knife-grinder, and its con tents proved that this man was one of the numerous spies the Germans had con stantly and everywhere in their service. He found besides in this pocket-book, pushed under the covering, the picture of a child, one of those common photo graphs which have no other merit than a certain resemblance. The very day that the pocket-book was found a frightful scene took place. Little Marie was sitting on a low stool eating a morsel of bread, which she was sharing with Fanchette,' when the bull dog chanced to pass. The animal stop ped for a moment, and looked at her ; then as if overcome by tho temptatioa, he suddenly darted at her and snatched at the bread. He was prevented, how ever, by tho goat, and with a toss of her horns she sent the ferocious beast sprawl ing to some distance ; but he was only stunned, not seriously hurt; andfmrions at his repulse, he sprang upon tho poor goat, seized her by the throat, and shook her with rage. ' Marie uttered a pierc ing shriek, and MacHenry, having got hold of a stick, ran to the rescue. A sharp blow on the head caused tho dog to lose his crip of poor Fanchette, and turn against his new enemy, seizing him by the shoulder, but a peasant coming to tho assistance of the artist, forced tho dog again to let go; and limping off and growling, he at last took refuge beside his master, who all the while had been an unmoved spectator of the scene. Great was the coneral rmef at the sight of poor Fanchette motionless on the grass, bleeding profusely from the wound in her throat : and strong the in dignation excited by the ferocity of the dog and the conduct of his brutal mas ter. Many wero the threats muttered against both ; and there is little doubt that the dog at least would soon have paid the penalty he deserved had Fan chette's wound been mortal : but on ex aminationit was found to be less serious than it appeared, and her master's care of her soon effected a complete cure The inhabitants" of the hamlet, however, resolved not to let slip the opportunity ior getting rid of the obnoxious knife grinder. This ill-favored individual was received whenever he showed him self with cries of "Be off, and quickly, too, and be thankful we do not' throttlo your wretch of a dog first." . - - Unable to resist the general "storm of indignation, the man and his worthy companion were about to take their der parture ; but they had hardly reached the entrance to the village,' when . they were met by a party bringing along with them an orphan boy f about six or seven years of age, whose parents had been murdered some days previously in one of the detached cottages of tho neighborhood which some still ventured to inhabit. The child, at the sight of the Knife-grinder and his dog, tittered a loud cry and covered his eyes with bis hands. .. , . .. " W hat is the matter, my' poor little fellow ?" asked one of the-, by-standers. At length he was able with difficulty to reply, his words interrupted with deep sobs; "That man 1 that dog ! It was they that killed my mother 1 I - saw it all from behind the curtain in which I was hid." j - " . ' . ... Every one looked in astonishment of his neighbor, not knowing whether-to believe the strange assertion of the child ; When MacHenry produced . the Eocket-book and informed thoso around im of its contents. The child imme diately cried out that it was his moth er's; and bad any doubt remained it would have been dispelled by looking at the portrait that was contained in it, for its resemblance to the -ipoor little boy was striking. . - - - . - : In presence of such proof, there could be no hesitation, and two men -immediately set off irk pursuit of the fugitive ; but he had already got a considerable advance, and fear lent 'him wings, so that before they could reach him he had gained the protection 5f the German C0URT3SY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, outposts. He did not succeed, however, in evading the fate he merited, for shortly after the news arrived that the wretched man had fallen into the hands of a detachment of FrenchraHCsirffwrs, and having been convicted of being concerned in the burning of a barn was immediately condemned and shot. MacHenry adopted the orphan boy, and never had cause to repent of his generous action. " I have now two children." he used trail v to sav: "for mv gentle, intelligent Fanchette is almost as dear to me as if she -were a human creature." From Chambers' Journal. How the Czar Confers Honors. Two hundred . officers of all ranks breakfast and dine daily at his table, writes the, Loudwji Times' war correspon dent in Bucharest, referring to the Czar.' From the youngest to the oldest every eye is fixed on him. Before the meal, in the assembled circle, as the Czar ap pears, it is seen one day that an aide-decamp behind him carries a cushion with crosses on it, and perhaps, half a dozen sword knots of honor the riband of St. George, orange and black to la worn attached to the sword hilt. In stantly expectaiton is at its height. The Czar's voice calls the chosen name, all make room for the envied man to pass. he comes blushing and flushed, receives the prize, bends low to kiss the imperial hand, and retires bowing at every step, a made man for life, the admired and courted of all beholders. Then he has to go through the usual embracing and kissing on both cheeks of his friends. Iho effect of tho system is like magic: it is to concentrate all the power and authority absolutely in one center. The Czar is tho earthly providence of the soldier and officer, as well - as the em bodiment of the military power and glory of his country. I have seen old officers eo overcome with, the mark of distinction that they went about' for ten ! minutes after like children, weeping, i with the prized decoration in their hands, showing it. around half dazed. No system can be imagined more calcu lated to stimulate individual efforts to the utmost. Yet. with all this spurring. there U something wanting. It is the individuality and -tha. habit of, sponta neous action, which only tho education and modes of thought of a free people can supply. Whether it be the long standing taint of serfdom, whether it be too much imperialism, the initiative is wholly absent. You tell the Russian what to do, and he will spring to it like an obedient child. In a year it never would have occurred to him to do it of himself. A Wonderful Sight. " I never saw such a thing In my life." said James Donohue, the night watch man of the Central Park Museum. "On Tuesday, Zip one of Barnum's monkeys, fell suddenly and dangerously ill. He was a great favorite with his companions - their leader in mischief. Superinten dent Conklin examined him, and said ho would die. We got a bed of straw and cotton for him, and left warm milk by his side." ' . Mr. Donohue meditated briefly, as though picturing the scene in his mind7 and then said : "xes, in all my - experi ence as a night watchman among beasts, I never saw such a thing in my life. At II o'clock I went to the cage. Usually the monkeys at night sit huddled to gether, sound asleep; but this time they were all awake, sitting silent and move less, watching Zip's dying agonies. Zip lay in a corner, sobbing and moaning. Jack had Zip's head resting on his bosom, while Peto every now and then dipped his paw in the milk and wet Zip's hps, Wasn't that strange ?" The reporter assented. " But there's a stranger tiling about it yet," Mr. Donnohue con tinned; "at mid night Zip died. Then came what my partner lleilly, and Barnum s man say they never saw the like of. As Zip's head fell limp in the arms of Jack, he gave a low squeal, and Pete sprang t his side. Pete looked at Zip, lifted up one of his paws, tapped him gently on his breast, put his ear to his heart, raised his head, and then gave a shrill squeal. Jack m answer dropped lip just as naturally as a human being would at the first intimation that the form he held was dead. Pete was the first to recover himself. Slowly he approached Zip, ex amined him closely, raised him in his arms, dropped him hard on tho floor of the cai?e. and. as Zip did, not move, nrTinr to the urmermost perch. Wasn't that strange 1" Tho reporter assented. " Then sir," continued Mr. Donohue, "came the most extraordinary thing ever witnessed in the Park. The monkeys set up the most piercing screams. The baby monkeys pressed close to their mothers, and the females close to the males. : All chattered and chattered, and pointed to poor Zip. Finally Pete and Jake, fol lowed by all the others, sprang to the bottom of tho cage. They wero all silent now, moving slow,' and in form of a cir cle they gradually came nearer and nearer. Then hugging close, they stop ped. All night long they remained watching tho body, and I never saw a wake that could beat that one, for earn estness and sympathy." After a pause, Mr. Donohne said,' "He'll be stuffed." - - "Who?" the reporter asked "Zip, of course. was the reply. New York Sun. Tire British tar is, as a rule, a staunch supporter of the established church, and has a lofty contempt for dissenters) whieh occasionally shows itself in rather an amusing fway. For example, on board one of the ships of the Channel fleet, not long since, one of the" petty offleera. was telling off the men for church, ion Sunday, and this is the way he gave' the mot tCordrer "Rog'lars, stand where you har; fanev religions fall hout." Hjens have an ambition similar to men They all want to get on the higbes roost. A Youthful Queen Opens Parliament. Sumner described Queen Victoria's opening of parliament, in her youth, as follows: The Queen entered, attended by the great officers of state, with her heavy crown on her head, the grea t guns sounding and the -trumpet adding to the glow of the scene.- She took her seat with sufficient dignity, and in an inaudible voice directed the commons to be summoned. In the meantime all eyes were directed to her. Her counte nance was flushed,, her hands moved on the golden arms of the throne, and her fingers twitched in her gloves. There she was a Queen; but a Queen's nerve and heart, are those of a woman, and she showed but little nervousness and restlessness, which amply vindicat ed her sympathy with us all., , And yet she bore herself welVand manywhose eyes "wero not so observing -85" yu know mine are, did not note these pleasing tokens. I was glad to see them, more by far thanjif she had sat as if cut in ala baster. The commons came in with a thundering rush, their speaker at their head. Her majesty then commenced reading her speech, which had been previously handed to her by the lord chancellor. It was a quarter or a third through before Bhe could get her voice so that I could understand her. In the paragraph about Belgium I first caught all that she said, and every word of the rest of her speech came to mo in as sil very accents as I have ever heard. You well know I had no disposition to ad mire the Queen, or anvthing that pro ceeds from her, but her'reading has con quered my judgment. I was astonished and delighted. Her voice was sweet and finely modulated and she pronounc ed every word slowly and distinctly. with a just regard to its meaning. I think I have never heard anything bet ter read in my life than was her speech, and I could but respond to Lord Fitz- william s remark to mo when tho cere mony was over, " How beautifully she preforms." - How to Wash Lacks. Now that lace and muslin ruffles are universally worn, the pleasure of the possessors is a lit tle dashed by the knowledge that , the pretty varieties will lose their freshness and half , at least, of their beauty in the wash, unless recourse be had to the ex pensive skill of a French laundress. But if they are washed at home after the following manner, they may hold up their heads with the best of the unwash ed: Cover half a dozen wine, or porter bottles with old stockings, sewed on to fit as tightly as possible. On these baste the solid laces, carefully catching down every tiny loop in' the border, The work is tedious but necessary. When the lace is fastened, cover the bottle in hot suds made of fine soap and change the cooling suds to hot again several times a day. Or, better still. Eut the bottle in the boiler, and let it oil two or three hours, by which time the lace will be . quito clean. Set the bottle in the air, and leave it till the lace is nearly but not quite dry. Then rip the lace off carefully, and press it in a book for a few hours. It will come out spotless, not too white, and with the al most imperceptible stiffness which new lace has. Even point lace emerges un scathed from this process. With half a dozen bottles much laoe can be cleaned at once, and the lace can be tacked on at old moments. Smir-ED tiiLiKB. A Parisian caprice, said to be due to Worth, is of returning to striped silks. Thoso an inch wide are especially in favor, such as a stripe of black satin alternating with a stripe of black gros grain, or else in contrasting colors for bouse dresses, as old gold satin striped with garnet, or black vel vet, clair de lune with garnet, or pale blue strips with gray, separated by threads of cardinal red. A Worth cos tume of inch-wide strips of black satin and gros grain has a belted basque with plain satin plastron edged with thread lace, while the postilionjblack has only a satin piping. The plain silk sleeves are so tight as to need gathers a 1 t 1 - 1 m at tne eioow, and are Slashed across in three places above the wrists to show an inner cuff of the striped silk which extends below the sleeve proper. The skirt has three straight flowing back breadths seen on the newest dresses. trimmed simply with a knife-pleating of silk three inches deep sewed to the edge, not set upon it. Tho three front gores are of plain silk, with striped panels set down the front breadth, and bound with satin. . The Lovely Women Invited. Spanish paper announces as having tne approval ot tho Ministry at Mad rid, a scheme for opening at the Pans Exhibition a " competition international beauty. All the lovely women in the world are invited to send photographs of their faces in front new, and ia profile, and CI prizes o: awards in money, .100 aecessista, am 200 honorable mentions are to be dealt out by a jury composed of a male and female for each nation represented. The winner of the grand prize is to be invit ed to the French Capital, and is to bo carried in procession in a car drawn by six Andal URlD ftr Aral)' rSnrcaa nf nur. est breed, and the other successful com- Icuvuta aic lj lhj an, iiuenv to join in the procession. But as the Paris Dabrts ask how is an international jury to de cide, if the Chinese, Hottentots; Poly nesian, etc., who have notions of female loveliness which are not ours, send ex hibits to do battle with our particu-. lar ideal? At all events, the dilemma is possible, as the proposition - is official. A platform orator calls his lecture " How to Gain Wealth." There are several ways of accomplishing this ob ject. One is to over-issue stock, an other is to "raise" insurance crip; ' an other is to get elected president of a savings bank; and a fourth ia to charge two hundred dollars a night for a twen ty dollar lecture. Josh Biixtnos says: " There ia no man who needs so much watching az the one who iz always, watching some eno else." Household Hints. To PREVENT Prp.rnrKT tpau Hunr. iko. Glaze the under crust with beaten egg. To Remove S Cakpet. Scrub the spots with hot wa ter and borax, using little soap; rinse with clear water, and rnb dry with a clean dry rag. " Bread Marino. V cake of yeast dissolved in three pints of tune-warm water. This makes three loaves of bread and one pan of rolls. Our bread is excellent. Cube fob Sleeplessness. Eat an onion or two " previous to retiring at night. Also a specifio for all diseases of the kidney and bladder, if indulged in freely for some time, where other remedies have failed . EOS DTSlrSTATBuKi" aln.ii 1 nLl the moisture in it is evaporated; Iheu . take as mueh as you can put on a dime, about half an hour before eating. Three or four davs probably will answer . bt take it until cured. Dark Steamed Puddino. To be steamed two aud a half or threo hours. One cupful molasses, one cupful sweet milk, two oupfuls butter, four capfuls flour, one teaspoonful soda three-quarters cupful fruit, spice, t suit the taste; to be eaten with flour sauce. Boston Tea Cakes. One well-beat en egg, two teaspoonful of sugar, one cupful sweet milk, one teaspoonful soda, dissolved in milk, two teaspoon -fuls of eream of tartar sifted into the dry flour, one teaspoonful of butter, melted ; bake in small tins. Celery. Celery can be kept fur a week or longer by first rolling it up in brown paper, then pin it up in a towel and keep it in a dark place, and keep as cool as possible. Before preparing it for table, place it in a pan of cold wa ter, and let it remain in for an hour. It will make it crisp and cold. Corn-moral Muffins. Three eggs well beaten, whiles and yolk separate ly; two heaping cupf uls of Indian-meal and one of flour; sift into the flour, one teaspoonful of soda and two of cream - tarter; then one tablespoonful of lard, melted, three cupf uls of milk, one tea spoonful salt; bake well and thoroughly; bake in rings or mall iatty-tins; bake quickly and serve hot. " Cornino Beef. For 100 pounds of beef, take seven pounds salt, two pounds sugar, two ouncas saltpetre, two ounces pepper, two ounces soda; dissolve ia two and a half gallons water; boil, skim, and Jet cool; when a scum rises after a few weeks, scald the brine over, and by so doing and keeping meat entirely covered -' with brine, it will keep a year and more. One Maine schoolmistress is thus de scribed: "She is an imposing human structure, not far from seven feet in hight, and weighing not less, I think, than 300 pounds. Her voice is fitting to her sizn' and her strength is equal to either. She is pleasing to behold- -very handsome, the Anakim uould probably call her." She was sent for onoe to re- dnce a disorderly school to submission. The boys, almost men in stature, had ejected a teacher by force aud sniatihed the desks. The account continues: "She walked the floor, making her ex ordium. Her ruler was like a weaver's beam. She told the school why she .was there, and serenely invited those who designed to make trouble to begin it at once. Not a creature stirred. Af ter some weeks one young fellow of twenty-one years, who considered him self a beau, began to air his preten sions rather obnoxiously. One stride, and she was alongside the. dandy; one grab, and the dandy was across her . knee kicks, howls, and scratches were efforts thrown- away; and amid the. struggles of the-boys not to rend the air with laughter and the hysterical shrieks of the girls, Adolphus was disciplined in a style and to a degree that he will remember to bis-departing days. A Fly vs. the Ear. Two curious de signs are in. great favor for jewelry and brooch purposes. One is the chick en's claw. Such claws as these and chicken hearts are totally distinct. The ornament looks formidable on velvet bows. It is also seen for dress-hooks. Bats and mice are having a fine scram ble over ladies' rings and shawl- ias. But the unkiadest thing in this line is the real fly. It is simply mounted on a stud and worn in the ear. A lady may take it on her head to put on one .only, and a friend is sure to approach with a compliment, fancying it is -real. He will .soon wonder at the insect's perse verance and endeavor to frighten it off, when the wearer will laugh and say he has been caught. It is ratker silly, bat the old sticking plaster mouches had no more sense in them. There are so many obnoxious buzzing things in the world that, whether two or six legged, it is a : satisfaction to catch one now and then, Pari Letter. Fear of Death. It is said of the late Dr. Arnold that, finding one of his children had been greatly shocked and overcome by the first sight of death, he tenderly endeavored to remove the feeling which had been awakened, and, opening a Bible, pointed to the' words: " Then cometh Simon Peter following him and went into the sepulcher, and seeth the linen clothes lie, and the nap kin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped to gether in a place by itself. "Noth ing," he said, "to his mind affords us such comfort, when shrinking from the outward accompaniments of death the grave, the grave-clothes, thelonelines " as the thought that all of these had been around our Lord himself round him ' who died, and is now alive forever more. 1 . How to Gbt Thin. Take regularly three times a day in a little water IS drops of hydrate of potassium always after meals and a little moderation in eating will help. As. S. i r1'