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f - 1 -s,W V-: " -A ,,-' . -i. ....... ' ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE i 1 a" i t n DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON. VOL. XII. NO. 37. OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1878. V " it fiSx. y-i If 4r u zSS 1 ) 5? , -. " 'i i i 1 J 1 r i " THE ENTERPRISE. A LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOB THE Farmer, Iluinei Man and Faiully Circle ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY. IFZe-USnK: S. IDIEIMIIEJZIiTT, FBUflllETOH AND PCI1LISIIEB. Official Paper for Clackamas County. Ollice: In Knterprlse Iliiiltliiijf, Ouu Joor South of Masonic Building, Main Street. 1riu of Mul)rrltllou: 8luul Copy, one year, lu advance Single Coj-y, Blx moutliB, in advance I'i 60 1 50 Trruik f Adt erllilng i TrauBient advertiHeuienta, iucludiut' all legal notices, per square of twelve lines, one week $ 2 50 for each subuequent insertion 1 00 One Column, one year . 120 00 Half Column, one year 00 00 Quarter Column, one year : 40 00 'Business Card, one square, one year 12 00 SOCIETY NOTICES OREGON LODGE, No. 3, I. O. O. F. Meet every Thursday Evening, at. 7H o'clock, in Odd Fellows" Hall, Main Street. Member of the Order. are Invited to attend. By order of jf. O. REBECCA DEGREE LODGE, No. 2, J. o. o. meets on the Second and xounu luesuay evenings or each mouth, nt 7 M A'clo k. in tliw o.l.l Fl lon-u' 11.11 Members of the Degree are Invited to FALLS ENCAMPMENT, No. 4, i. O. O. F., meets at Odd Fellows' Hall on the First and Thiid Tuesday of aach month. Patriarchs in good standing are invited to attend. MULTNOMAH LODGE, No. 1, a. k . & A. -Yl., holds its regular comuiuni- a.Mnna tka T.J .1 ' 1 ' t : 1 I 1 in each month, at 7 o'clock from the 20th mvuw uu xiini Bun linen n.n niHvu of September to the aoth of March; and TH o'clock from the 20th of March to the 20th of September. . Brethren in good standing are mviieu 10 aiieua. Xij order of W. M. BUSINESS CARDS, WARREN N. DAVIS. M. D., lMtysiciuu antl Surgeon, Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Office ax Cliff Hocek. CHARLES KNIGHT, CA.XBY, OltEGON, l'JiyMicinu unci lruggist. -"Prescriptions carefully filled at short notice. Ja7-tf DR. JOHN WELCH, QDENTIST.. elyiCE IX OREGON CITY OREGON. Uigheat cash price paid for County Orders. E. L. EASTHAM, A T T OKXY A T -1 A W , OREGON CITY, OREGON. Special attention given to business in the V. S. Land Otflce. Office in Myer's Brick. JOHNSON & McCOWN, ATTORNEYS and COUNSELORS AT LAW OREGON CITY, OREGON. Will practice In all the Courts of the Btate. Special attention given to cases in the United -Btates Laud Office at Oregon City. Eapr'7'i-tf BLAJ.RS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR bale at thlsoffico. Justices of the Pee ace can ' -get anytnlng In their line. WAIID, OBOKOE A. HAJtDIXO. WARD Sc HARDING, K EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A, GENERAL assortment of. Drugs mitt Chemicals, Vcrfanirry. soap, Com and Jirnvtiea. Trnwrn, Nunuorta, felioulder II r urea fr'Miir nud Toilet Article. ALSO Heroaene Oil. Lamp Chlmneya, Ulau, lull.T, Xjalnla. Olla. VarnUhv and lye Mtuflth. 'PURE WINES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. PATENT MEDICINES, ETC, ETO BfV Physicians' Prescriptions carefully eoi pounded, and all orders correctly answered. Ml. Open at all hours of the night. KA Ah accounts must be paid monthly. uovl,lJ75tf WARD & HARDING. W. H. HIGHFIELD. IjBtnbllHhod since '19, One door North of Pope's Hall, MAIN WT.. OBEUON CITY, ORESOX. An assortment of Watches, Jewelry, and Beth Thnmu' Wnlolit r'l...-lrj .n nr ,...!. V o . ... v w UAWU xe warranted to be as represented. Repairing done on ahort notice; andthanaiui zor past patronage. Cash Paid lor County Order. JOHN M. BACON, DEAI.EB I!f BOOKS, STATIONERY, PICTCKE FRAMES. MOULDINGS AND MISCEL LANEOUS GOODS. FRAME MADE TO ORDER. Obkgox Crrr, Obkook. VAt the Post Office, Main Street, vest side. novl, "73-tf A. C. WALLING'S JPiouccr Uoolt ISiiidcry Plttock's Building, cor. of Stark and Front St. PORTLAND, OKEGOX. BLANK BOOKS RULED AND BOUND TO ANY desired vattern. Musio Bocks, Magazines, Kawspapers. etc., bound in every variety of style known to the trade. Orders from the country promptly attended to. novl, 5-tf OREGON CITY BREWERY. Having purchased the above Brewery.) wishes to inform the public that they areUiJt aow prepared to manufacture No. li quality OF LAGER BEER, As good as can be obtained anywhere in the State. vzaers souenea ana promptly Uied. Dm PIS Ations Smile Whenever Yon Can. When things don't go to enit yon, And the world seems upside down, Don't waste your time in fretting, But drive away that frown; Since-life it oft perplexing, "i'ia int. '. tho wisest plan To bear all trials bravely, Ar -' whene'er you can. Why should you dread to morrow, And t)ius d - poil to-day? Tor wliua ycu borrow trouble, You always have to pay. It is a good olu maxim, Which should be often preached Don't en,- the bridge before you Until the bridge it) reached. You migM bo spared much sighing, If you would keep in mind The thought that good and eyil Are always here combined. There must be something wanting, And though you roll in wealth, You may miss from your casket That precious jewel health. And though you're strong and sturdy, You may have an empty pnrse, (An earth, has many trials Which I consider worse) ; But whether joy or sorrow Fill up your mortal span, 'Twill make your pathway brighter To smile whene'er you can. The Foundation of Two Old Myths. BY A LINK WIN3LOW. Stop, Bright-eyes! Don't skip my story, because foundation is a dull-looking word, and you do not know what myth means! I want to tell you some thing wonderful and true. We'll look in 'Webster" and find out about "myth." A myth is a fabulous or imaginary statement--a tale of some extraordinary personage or country. For example, Baron Munchausen's stories and Gulliver's adventures among the giants of Brobdingnag and the ltttle people of Lilliput, are all myths. The old story of a race of pigmies in Central Africa, who every year waged fierce wars with the cranes, has been supposed to be equally fabulous; but re cent travelers in Africa tell us that there actually is in Central Africa a tribe of little people about four feet high. They have large heads, slender necks and bodies. The lower jaw and chin protrude, giving the face au ape-like expression not at all handsome. They are very agile; even the old men will dance in a wonderful way for a long time, and they are noted for their fights with wild elephants. All the tribes of the interior hunt the elephant, but these dwarfs are the most successful. The skin of the elephant is so thick on his back and sides that it takes a long time to destroy him with their weapons, but these little men dart underneath the elephant and wound him in the belly, and then of the way of the maddened creature in safety. Schweinfurth tells about being sur rounded one morning by a troop of im pudent boys as he supposed, who danced about him with strange grimaces and took aim at him with their darts and ar rows; tnen retreated as suaueniy as tney had appeared. lie found out afterward that he had really been in danger, for these pigmies were not boys, but full- crrown men, warriors well trained to fisht. He did not succeed in penetrating into their country, but the king gave him one little man who was his compamou for months, and of whom he took great care, hoping to bring him home with him. lie killed hiniselt, nowever, by over-eating, a fault of which it was impossible to cure him. Du Chaillu ha3 written a book about this dwarf nation, and others have seen and written about them; so we must ac knowledge that Herodotus and other an cient travelers had some fouadation for their stories. You've heard some of the old Greek and Roman myths; perhaps you've read in "Hawthorn s Tanglegood Tales how Cadmus sowed the dragon's teeth and eaped a harvest of armed men ; and of the cruise of the Argonauts in quest of the golden apples of the Hesperides You've heard of bcylla and Charybdis Do vou remember about the Sirens, the singing mermaid3, who sang so sweetly that all who heard them forget their homes and were allured to destruction! Wise Ulysses made all his men stop their ears with cotton, and caused himself to be bound firmly to the mast when they sailed bv : so he heard the song and es carted destruction. .Modern science nas louna a iounaa tion for these old stories of the Sirens in the musical sound produced by certain fishes. You thought fishes were mute? Few IV U U VV lUUb BULUC owl to uu aiut though Aristotle wrote about it centuries 1 1 . I . t nn-fe-.A cmvta an rmf. ee.". Lately, scientific men nave oeen mas ing extensive observations, ana nave found that out of the more than tnree thousand species that exist, fifty-two are now known to produce sounds, some 01 these make grunting, or grating, or hum minir noises, but some utter very sweet sounds. The fishermen told Sir J. E. Tendent, late Governor of Ceylon, that certain sounds resembling the faint, sweet notes of an .iEolian harp proceeded from the bottom ot a neijrhbonner lake; that Dotu they and their fathers were familiar with these sounds made bv two species of shell fish. They call them "crying shells." So Sir J. E. Tendent took a boat and went out on the lake, one moonlight night, and thus describes the sound he heard "They came up from the water like the jrentle thrills of a musical cord, or the faint vibrations of a wine-glass when rim is rubbed by a moistened linger. was not one sustained note, but a multi tude of tiny sounds, each clear and dis tinct in itself; the sweetest treble minsled with the lowest .bass. On ap- nl vino-the ear to the wood-work of the boat, the vibration was greatly increased in volume.'" The sounds varied consid erably at different points, and they did not hear them on all parts of the lake. Did you ever rub the edge of a thin gob let round aDd round, after dipping your ringer in water? If not, ask your mother to let you try it Eorae time after dinner, that you may know how fishes' music sounds. A party of five intelligent persons' heard music in the harbor of Bombay, described as ''like the protracted boom ing of a distant bell, the dying cadence of an Eolian harp, the note of a pitch pipe or tuning fork, or any other long-drawn-out musical note." The fish that was said to produce these sounds closely resembled in size and thane the fresh water perch. The sounds rose from the surface of the water all around the boat. Singing fish seem to me almost as wonderful as mermaids, but I assure you on the authority of M. Dufosse, a emi nent trench naturalist, that this hsh- story is a true story. Work and Play. A Curious Trial in India. A correspondent of the Loudon Times, telegraphing from Calcutta, says: A special High Court Bench, consist ing of the Chief Justice and two Puisne Judges, will sit to-morrow to hear an ap peal in the case of the lttnah ot l'ooree. The Advocate General, on behalf of the Government, will support the conviction. No case since the famous Baroda trial has excited so much interest. The Rajah is the hereditary guardian of the Temple of Juggernaut, his special duty in that capacity being to sweep the space in Iront ot the throne when the god leaves the temple for the Juggernaut car. He is also the secular head of the Hindoo re ligion in Orissa, and is worshipped by the Ooryah people as the visible incarna tion of Vishnu, being regarded as the lineal descendant of the old Hindoo Kings of Orissa, whose dominions are said to have extended from the Ganges to Godavery. The murdered man. a Hindoo ascetic of great sancity, enjoyed a special reputation for curing diseases. The salient facts of the case, as given in the judgment of the District Court, are shortly these: The victim of the murder was discovered by the police in front of the Lion Gate of the Juggernaut Temple, covered with burns and other marks of indescribable torture. He lived fifteen days in agony. His statement was that two servants of the Rajah had come to his house and told him that their master wanted him. He was accordingly con ducted into the gymnasium of the palace, where the Rajah, with ten or twelve ser vants, was present. He was then thrown down and overpowered, and after being tortured for three hours was thrust out through a small back door. After crawl ing some distance he was eventually dis covered by the police. The motive for the crime is a mystery. The murdered man was unconscious of having offended the Rajah, but stated that the Dowager Ranee had consulted him regarding the state of the Rajah's mind, aud he had given directions for his cure. He had only once visited the palace. It was possible that the Rajah was induced to believe that he was employed oj the Dowager Ranee in the work of incanta tion against him, or that there was some intrigue between them. The trial, which lasted a considerable time, created a pro found sensation in Orissa, in consequence of the special sanctity both of the ac cused and the murdered man. lhe As sessors were for acquitting the Rijah, but the Judge convicted him, though cu riously enough he sentenced him only to transportation for life. Cheerful Women. In marrying, men should seek happy women, lney mase a terriine mistake when they marrj for beauty, or for tal ent, or for style. The sweetest wives are those who possess the magic secret of being happy under any and all circum stances. Rich or poor, high or low, it makes no difference, the bright little fountain bubbles up just as musically in their hearts. Nothing ever goes wrong with them no trouble is too serious for them "to make the best of it." Was ever the stream of calamity so dark and deep that the sunlight of a happy face falling across its turbid tides would not wake an answering gleam? Why, then, joyous tempered people don't know half the good they do. .No matter how cross and crabbed you feel, no matter if your brain is lull of meditation, on "afiheting dis pensations, and your stomacu witu med icines, pills and tonics; just set one of those cheery little women talking to you. and we are not afraid to wager anything she can cure you. lhe long drawn lines about the mouth will relax the cloud of settled gloom will vanish, nobody knows where, and the nrst thing you know you will be laughing 1 Ah, what a blessing are these happy women! How often their little hands guide the ponderous machine of life, with almost an invisible touch I How we look forward through the weary day to tbeir fireside smiles! No one knows, no one ever will know until the day of judgment reveals, how much we owe to these helpful, hopeful. uncomplaining, happy women. One ot the most valuable Indian relics we have ever seen was broug into our office to-day. It was a combi nation pipe and tomahawk. The handle and pipe-stem is made of sugar-tree wood. Apparently machine turned The mouth-piece, nowever, nas oeen re moved. The handle is embelished with silver hands fastened to it with faultless regularity. On the pole of the toma hawk is to be observed a smooth silver emblem, not unlike the shield of the United States. 1 his strange object was plowed up in the garden of O. D. Mont comery, near onacKie isianu, oumner " . m t .A . 1 - .1 . . A A county, ine spot was ciearca aoout tne year 1793. When found, this peculiar its piece ot mechanism was wrapped in raw It hide covered with an oleaginous com pound. Nashville Banner. Is the moral as in the physical world the violent is never the lasting; the tree forced to unnatural luxuriance of bloom beara it and dies r.riTTPTraY OF Relics of Washington. The House Committee on Appropria tions has under consideration the expe diency of purchasing a great number of relics ot General Washington which are now, and have been ever since the death of that jeminent man, in the possession of the Lewis family, of Virginia. This family is one of the oldest in the State, and its members are the immediate rela tives of General Washington.- In common with nearly all the prominent families of what is known as the "Northern Neck of Virginia," where it resides, the Lewis family was much reduced in wealth and prosperity by the devastations of the war and the abolition of slavery, so that the preservation of these relics in the family can no longer be the easy matter it once was. The examination of these relics and the questions of their purcha-e have been in trusted to the Commissioner of Patents, and that gentleman made his report on the Gth of 3Iay to the Secretary of the In terior. In the recapitulation of the relics occur the following: "Mirror" chairs, one on which the General sat a few minutes before his death. One double brass candlestick, by which the farewell address was written. Silver candlesticks. One field-glass ; spy-glass used in the Revolution. One ledger kept monthly by General Washington. Knives, forks, one plated cake-basket. Portrait of Washington. The robe in which he was christened. Silver-plated lamps; thirty-six pieces of chinaware. One bedstead, presented to Mr. Law rence Washington by his friend Admiral Vernon, and by Lawrence left to his brother the General. Several surveys made by the General himself. One guitar,preseuted by General Wash- ngton to Miss Nellie Curtis. Miniature portraits of the General and Mrs. Washington, on wood, painted bv Trumbull. One shaving-glass in frame, with drawer. An engraving of the Countess of Hunt- ington,presented by her to General Wash ington. The Commissioner says that these ar ticles have been in possession of the Lewis tamily since the death of General Wash ington; that they are all in an excellent state of preservation, and that there can be no doubt whatever of the genuineness of every article. The half-leugth portrait of General Washington is of life-size,clear and well-preserved. It is a matter of tradition that it was the best likeness of the General ever painted. Of more in terest than that is the ledger, which con tains the record of all of Washington's private transactions for more than twenty years, iuost 01 the record is in his own hand. Every item of receipts and expenditures, including even his losses and gains at cards, he set down with the most scrupulous exactness. The articles of household use are in their original con dition, and illustrate the style of living of the first President of the United States. The whole collection is far superior to that now ia the possession of the Govern ment, lhe total number ot articles is more than ninety. Added to those in the possession of the Government they would form the larcrest and best collection of the relics of Washington that could now be made. The family is reluctant to part with these relics, but 13 impelled by the con sideration that inevitably in a few years, with the separation of the iamily, the ar ticles will be scattered, and perhaps a great number in course of time lost or destroyed. The family feels that every citizen will be glad to have these relics made public property and accessible to all. The sum suggested for them ($12, 000) the Commissioner says does not ap pear to him to be excessive. In his judg ment the relics could be sold tor that amount, and perhaps more, to private persons. This statement and recommen dation of the Commissioner of Patents, aided by the natural feeling f veneration cherished by all Americans for the name and services of Washington, will probably lead Congress to make the necessary ap propriation to put these relics beyond the risk ot possiole loss, or ot transfer to foreign museum. iV". T. Tribune. Let those who are curious in coinage numinsmatology is the learned name of that particular weakness collar twenty-cent pieces, if they can, and lock them up securely in their cabinets. What twenty-cent pieces will bring twenty years hence, at auction or by private treaty, who can tell? Fabulous sums, perhaps, for no more of them are to be coined, the bill to that effect having passed both Houses. So they lapse into the category ot curiosities, and the pock ets which knew them will know them no more forever. They will be scarce as Hebrew shekels or Massachusets pine tree shillings, or any of the old colonial coppers. I hey nave never been mucn admired by a money-spending public because of the faculty with which they might be taken in change for quarters So they go into banishment and desue tude, and as they disappear, we remem ber, not altogether afiectionately, divers discarded coins and tokens which have gone before them. 2f. Y. Tribune. A Cat Story. A friend of ours tells the following cat story, and vouches for its truthfulness: Coming into the house one day Mr. K. remarked to his wife. "I have found Daisy s kittens. ' "Well," she returned, "I am glad, for they must all be drowned." On going to get the kittens no trace of them could be found. A few days alter wards, remembering that the cat was in the room during the conversation, Mr. K took her up and said : "Daisy, if you wil bring me your kittens I will not let her drown one of them. "The cat immediately left the room, and coming back with kitten in her mouth laid it at his feet with evident faith in his word. "Now, where .are the others," he asked, and she went and came until the four were on the rug at his feet. Mona E. BANCROFT LIBRARY Bread-Making. Within a few year?, unbolted wheat or Graham flour has become quite popular throughout the country, and deservedly so, on account of its pleasant flavor, as well as its well-known superiority in re gard to healthfulness. For mush, gems, griddle cakes or soda mufhns, there is nothing superior to it if rightly cooked, though many are so prejudiced against it, considering it little better than bran or cattle feed that they will make no use of it. It should always be kept perfectly clean, so as to require no sifting, for the most benehcial properties are supposed to lie in the hull, and in whatever form it is cooked, it should be mixed thinner than f fiue flour were used, else it will be dry. Graham bread is made similar to white bread, with the exception ot sweetening a little with molasses, and mixing quite soft so soft that it is very difficult to mould, and is usually baked without. Probably no article of food has been more improved in quality, since the in troduction of stoves, than corn and rye bread. The old-fashioned brown bread, which was mixed hard enough to stay in a round heap on the bottom of the brick oven, although once a staple article in every household, would now find few ad mirers, except, perhaps, an occasional el derly person who whimsically believes that food cooked in the old-tashioned way would taste as good to them now, as it did in the growing, romping days of their childhood. In order to induce the present genera tion (which appreciates too well the lux ury of light and tender fine flour .cook ing), to patronize coarse bread very lib erally, it must be made as appetizing as possible, without affecting its healthful ness; it must be moist, light, a trine sweet, and baked with as tender a crust as possible. Brown bread, mixed thick enough to make a rounded, heaped up mass, and baked four, five, or six hours, is usually so dry and hard that it is any thing bat tempting, after twenty-four hours old. For some years past, we have mixed ours thin enough to require no smoothing off after pouring into the baking tins, unless the meal is unusually fine. Our experience has been that, the thinner it can be mixed without falling, the lighter and more moist it will be when baked. Whether this rule holds good when yeast is used, I am unable to say, as I have had no experience with that kind, but can see no reason why it should not. Although some may consider either yeast or sour milk necessary to make good brown bread, I think, should they try the for lowing method, that they would be well satisfied with the result: Sift three-fourths of a quart each of rve and Indian meal together, add three fourths of a cup of molasses, and one teaspoonful of soda nicely dissolved; mix with warm water as thin as it will bear no quantity can be given, as meal varies so much in quality, the coarse re quiring to be mixed much thinner than that winch is hne. Bake two or two and one-half hours in a hot Oven not hot enough to burn it, but sufficiently hot to bake it nicely, in that course of time; if kept closely covered while baking, the crust will be much more tender, and con sequently, better relished by the majority of people. To Clean the Hair. Ammonia should not be used on the hair; it injures the gloss and softness, causing the hair to become harsh and dry. The best way to cleanse the hair and keep the scalp healthy is to beat up a fresh egg and rub it well into the hair, or, if more conven ient, rub it into the hair without beating. Rub the egg in until a lather is formed; occasionally wet the hands in warm wa ter, softened with borax; by the time a lather is formed the scalp is clean ; then rinse the egg all out in a basin of warm water, containing a tablespoonful of pow dered borax; after that rinse in one clear, warm water. Scotch Cake. One pound brown sugar, one pound nour, one-halt pound butter, two eggs, one teaspoonful cinna mon; roll very thin and bake. Susie's Cake. One cup of butter, two of sugar, three of flour (heaping), and four eggs. Sift one tablespoonful of cream of tartar and half a teaspoonful of soda in the flour. Cuab-Atple' Sweet Cider. Heat a pint of vinegar and a pound of sugar, mace, and cloves together, and pour over the crab-apples for six mornings. Plums, cherries, and peaches make delightful pickle done in that way. To Use Up Cold Meats. Prepare your meat as for hash ; fill a deep dish with boiled maccaroni; on top of that place the hash ; cover it with tomatoes, over which sprinkle bread crumbs, with a little butter; bake until nicely browned. Buttermilk Muffin?. One quart but termilk, two eggs, butter the size of an eg?, two flat spoonfuls soda mixed in a little water, or one spoonful saleratus, two teaspoonfuls salt, flour to make a thick batter. Bake in rings in a quick oven. Crumpets. Three cupfuls raised dough, work into it one-half cupful soft ened butter, three eggs, and mix suffi cient to make & stiff batter; turn into buttered pans and let it remain fifteen minutes before baking; bake one-half an hour. Beef Tea. One pound lean beef, chopped fine; put in clean vessel with a cover; add one pint cold water, and four drops of muriatic acid; stand on back of range one hour; then simmer two hours; strain and add lour cloves and one tea spoonful salt. To Absorb the Bad Aiu. In cases of small-pox, scarlet fever, or other fever, onions sliced and kept m the room will absorb the bad air: the fever will soon disappear; they must often. be changed very Dyspepsia. A simple and eff.c'ual remedy for dyspepsia is to abstain from drinking immediately before and during meals, and for an hour afterw&rd. Also use no milk in either tea or coffee. "tu Science. The Nestor of Ameriu -tury will Few men in the present cen "'a Upon leave a more permanent impressi "ot American science than the late Prou se Henry. As a discoverer, he stood in U. front rank. His name will be indissolu bly connected with the invention of the electric telegraph, with the system of daily weather reports, with the use of the fog signals in our light-houses. But im portant as were these researches, they were not more valuable to science and to the world at large than the plans and sys tems of which he was the author and organizer, that had for their object the interchange and extension of knowledge. The Smithsonian Institution owes its method and its usefulness chiefly to Pro fessor Henry. It is the scientific ex change of the world, and serves as a clearing-house by which the investigators in each line of research may be informed of what advances are made, what dis coveries indicated, all over the globe. Besides this, -Me mithsi an employs its funds in publishing the tbc4. V-.e but valuable works of specialists; works that would not find a popular demand suffi cient to pay for the proof-reading, but having the possibility of priceless worth to science. As the President of the Na tional Academy of Sciences, Professor wm . . - at Henry was also the leader in aiding special researches by means of his funds. In all these matters he took the largo view of the value of knowledge; never permitting the question, "What use is it?" to interfere with aid to a method of study that promised new results. Although at the opposite extremes of the scientific field, the one being devoUd to physical aud the other to natural his tory inquirie?, Professor Louis Agassiz and Joseph Henry had many points of similarity. Both made their greatest discoveries in their earlier years. Both when they grew older laid broad plans for the future of science inthis country, and paved the way for their success. Both lived long enough to earn the title of venerable, and in his advanced years Professor Henry was justly called "the Nestor of American Science." Both surrounded themselves with a circle of younger men of like pursuit, bound to them alike by gratitude and. admiration; and both were beloved. Each left be hind him an unfinished work, but with the foundations so well laid and the plan so clearly outlined that other hands can complete it. Each by his energy and whole-souled devotion has given a ma terial impulse to scientific discovery in this country, and helped to place the United States in the foremost rank of nations engaged in the quest of know! edge. Ar. Y. Tribune. Morrissey and Wood. The death of John Morrissey and the failure of Ben Wood recall the celebrated bout between these two gamblers, when the latter won $124,000 from the former The New York correspondent of the Buffalo Courier describes the occasion. Ben was in the habit of dropping into JVIorrissey's place occasionally for a little recreation, and one night, about ten years ago, he sauntered in as usual and fell afoul of the bank. Morrissey was there and many men about town, all of whom knew Wood's pluck and hang-on-ative-ncss, and the party settled down for some lively work. Wood had about $3,000 in his pocket, and as the betting was heavy he managed to gee to the bottom in about an hour. In fact he was cleaned out. But his blood was up that night, and, as his reputation for pluck was at stake among the boys, he decided that once for all it should make or break. His ready cash wa3 gone, but he owned valuable property on Tyron row, where the Staats Zeltung building now stands, and he proposed to hypothe cate the property to Morrissey against whatever sum, up to its value, he should lose. The offer was accepted, and the great night began. It lasted all night and up to 9 o'clock next morning, and. when a truce was finally called, Ben had won back the $3,000 he started with and scored about $120,000 ahead besides. With the money that Morrissey had ad vanced him on the hypothecated prop erty, he turned around and gave John the worst whaling he ever received at the card table. Not a sign of wincing was shown on either side till physical ex haustion forced a cessation of hostilities. Both men were true grit to the last and neither Bhowed the least ill-temper from beginning to end. It was on that occa sion that Ben performed the extraordi nary feat of smoking $90 worth of cigar3 in one night. Morrissey had a special brand of cigars at $1 each for his flush customers, and Wood, who is a tremen dous smoker (or chewer, rather, for he merely chews f uriously at a cigar, and then flings it away) managed to spoil ninety of them while the fight lasted. She had invited him to stop to sup per, and ne was trying to appear easy and unconcerned, while she was on her prettiest behavior. "Have you used the sugar, John?" inquired the mother in a winning manner. "John don't want no sugar," ejaculated the young heir, ab ruptly, "Why not?" inquired the father, curiously, while John", in his surprise, swallowed a bit of toasted crust, and nearly cut his throat open. "Cos he don't," explained the heir, in artful man ner. "I heard him tell Mary last night " "You keep still," interrupted Mary in an hysterical manner, while the young man caught his breath in dismay. "I heard him say," persisted the heir, with dread ful eagerness, "that she was so sweet that he shouldn't never use no more sugar no more an' then he kissed her, an' I said I'd tell, an' " The young heir was lifted out of the room on his ear, and the supper was finished in moody silence. A Camden woman was prevented from attending the funeral of her sister by the non-arrival in time of a lace hand kerchief from New York. The brutality of the railway company is severely com mented on by the neighbors. Always tell the truth; it easier than lying. you will find Forcing: Ehnbarb. Rhubarb or Pie-Plant has of late years become so universally popular as an early spring vegetable that we often wonder why it is not more generally forced iulo growtn m winter. It ia a plant messing great vitality, and not readily kill by neSlect besides it will grow almost MIJwhei provided the tempera- SrSi, abo i;gcSDfc Afmi who has a v. V ,kjKhen 0l ""V ln which to set th PlaAmay bM,V! ?leny of rhubarb in win. rifntthe7 1 take the trouble to put a few . 00tfl "to large pots, boxes or tubs this fall, an store them where they can be had whe required. It is better to take up the im " Sep tember than later in the season, because the soil will have sufficient time to thor oughly settle about the roots and new fibres issue before cold weather. Very little light is required or necessary for forcing rhubarb, as the stalks are more tender and less acid when grown in the shade than when fully exposed to light. . The kitchen is the best place to force the plants, provided theTieat is kept np dur ing the night at least the temperature should not be allowed to sink below 40 or 50 degrees anr. .a. goou mo, xuu- barb plant in the kitchen or elsewhere is not only an ornament, bnt a useful thing to have about the house in winter, and every housewife will know how to cover a coarse tub or box witn moss, or coarse cloth to make it correspond with other furniture of the room. When one set of plants begins to fail, throw away and bring another from the store room, because of their little intrinsic value, as every farmer is supposed to have plenty of rhubarb. If the first plants started in the fall or early in winter are potted in rich soil and well cared for, they will usually last through the season, or until spring, and a iurtner supply win not uo required. Mural New Yorker. Roosting Places. Far less attention is paid to providing suitable roosting places for fowls and chicks than is given to a host of other and less important matters connected with poultry and poultry houses. We have seen neat, tasty poultry nouses, wnicn appeared from an outside view to be the most comfortable places lowls could wi6n for. yet an inspection of the inside re vealed the roosts from five to six feet high, far too high' for heavy fowls. In "ye olden times," when light bodied fowU were the go, it did well enough to let them roost high, especially as the hen house was not carefully closed at night to prevent the visits of predatory rats, weasels and other animals with a natural relish for chickens in the rough. Now we have heavier fowls, are moie particular in regard to the condition of the plumage, and take more pains with them, so these aerial roosting places can readily be dis pensed with, a substitute being readily found in the now popular roosting benches, which can be made but ith a small outlay of time, labor and moiiey, and are movable, permitting the fancier to move them wherever necessary. These benches can be made from twelve to six teen inches high and of 2x1 inch slats. There is no regular length for these benches, from five to six feet being a very convenient size, though if the compart ment be not too wide, they can be made to conform to the width of the house, being careful to make them set true on the floor, with wide spread legs well fastened on. Poultry Journal. Kindmess to Animals. It pays to treat domestic animals kindly. There is no animal sc stupid as not to know the difference between kind and unkind treat ment, and none so vicious or ungrateful as not to respond in kind to the band that pets and caresses it. The vicious horse ha3 almost always been a timid colt, and required only kind and gentle treatment to drive away fear and establish confi dence, to render him docile. It is the nature of all animals to re sent ill treatment, even from one of tbeir own species, and to fight when imposed upon. Thus the horse will return a kick or a bite, while the horned animal will do battle with the arms with which nature has furnished it. A timid and spirited colt is very natu rally and rapidly changed into a vicious and unmanageable horse by rough and unkind handling and the timid heifer, by the same treatment, becomes an ugly hooking and kicking cow. Domestic animals recognize kind words as well as kind acts, and a cross word at a critical moment will bring fight and deter mined opposition, where a kind word would have calmed fear and subdued anger. In handling domestic animals, that man is the most successful who governs his own passions. With do mestic animals, kindness begets kind ness, and passion begets passion. Cake of Cellars. At this season of the year cellars need looking after. The cellar under the house should never be used as a store-house of vegetables and fruity except in small quantities, during the winter. Keeping several hundred bushels of roots under the rooms where families live is something which should never be tolerated. But where it is done the whole should be cleaned and purified a3 early as possible. Chloride of lime is a cheap and common preventive of foul odors. Chloralwm is another, nearly as cheap and even more efficacious. With all decaying vegetables removed and buried in some out-of-the-way place, and the sound vegetables placed where they will be dry, there need be no fear that these disinfectants will not prevent any evil odors making their way to the fam ily living in rooms. As warm weather approaches, cellar windows should be opened to allow a circulation of air. Country OenUemmn. The Secretary of the Illinois Board of Agriculture furnishes the following in relation to the corn crop in bis State r Acres in corn as returned to the assessors in 1875, 8,815,791; in 1877, 935,411; av erage yield per acre for a series of years, 38 bushels; estimate of crop on basis of full average yield per acre, 340,628,245. e I (' it- I V 'I ;X - ; V ' ' . i (' f 'A- A l : fir ili Ai :C IT