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3 " 'V, T7 3 DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON. YOL. XII. OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 29, 1S7S. NO. 45. ttti ; "VJ f . . - - . .. 0 j THE ENTERPRISE. A LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOR T H K Farmer, UoilDrm 71 mn and Family Circle ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY. PBOPKIXTOB AND fCBUSUIE. Official Paper for Clackamas County. OOiee: In KnterprlM Iluiltlin j. One door South of Masonic Building, Main btret. Trriut of kobM-ripliou Single Copy, one year, in advance .... $1 60 Single Copy, six mouths, in advance 1 60 Term of Advertising : Transient advertisements, including all legal notices, per square of twelve lines, one vreek $ 2 50 For each subsequent insertion. 100 Out Column, on year 120 00 Half Column, one year 60 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. Meets every Thursday Evening, at. 7 54 O ClOCa, in UUU XUUOWS UIll, V H jrJi are invited to attend. By order of X. G. REBECCA DEGREE LODGE, No. 2, j. u. u. t ., meets on the Second aud Fourth Tuesday Evenings of each month, at lit o'clock, in the Odd Fellows' Hall. Hiiiubera of the Degree are invited to attend. FALLS ENCAMPMENT, No. 4, I. O. O. F., meet at Odd Fellows' Hall on tha First aud Thiit Tuesday of ach month. Patriarchs in good standing ar lnvitwd to attend. MULTNOMAH LODGE, No. 1, A. t . & A. At., uoltls its regular communi cations on tha First aud Third Saturdava in each mouth, at 7 o'clock from the 2uth of September to the 20th of March; and Z1 IX o'clock from the 20th of March to the ' 2uiu ui oejHuinuer. ureinren in good standing are invitod to attoud. By order of W. M. BUSINESS CARDS. WARREN N. DAVIS, M. D.f l'lij iciuii and Surgeon, Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Offick ax Cliff House. CHARLES KNIGHT, CANBY. OREGON, Physician anil Druggist. -"Prescriptions carefully filled at short notice. ja7-tf DR. JOHN WELCH, DENTIS OFFICE IX OREGON CITY OREGON. Highest cash price paid for County Orders. E. L. EASTHAM, ATTOKXEY-AT-LAW, OREGON CITY, OREGON. Special attention given to business in the U. S. Land Office. Office in My er's Brick. JOHNSON & McCOWN, ATTORNEYS "and COUNSELORS AT LAW OREGON CITY. OREGON. Will practice in all the Courts of the State. Special attention given to cases in the United StaWs Land Office at Orejjon City. 5apr'72-tf BLANKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR bale at thisoflice. Justices of the Peeace can get anytning in their line. GEO. A- HARDING, DrnEEist ai Aitoary, TEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND A GENERAL IV. assortment of Drugs aul Chemicals, Pfrfunifr.r, Noapn, t'mtw aud Itruabe. Truurn. hunuurli. saouldfrBrafri a-uny and 'Juliet Artieiea, . ALSO Heroaene Oil. Lamp Clilmneya. Ulau, PuIIt, Painim Oil. Y urHi.liei and lij. Hit lite. FORE IMS AND LIQDORS FOR MEDICINAL PDMES. PATENT MEDICINES, ETC, ETC ttTL. rhysiclans" Prescriptions carefully com' pouuded, aud all orders correctly answered. RV. Open at all hours of the night. Bju All accouuts must be paid monthly. Uovl,lS75tf WARD & HARDING. W. H. HICHFIELD. Established since -A l , : On door North of Pope's Hall, MAIS MT OKEUOX CITY, l)KEUO.. ao assortment of W atches, Jewelry, and Hath Tli......-' XI' : . . .. "eijjui tiocjis, ail or which are warrant! t- U a - - . i , 'Repairing done on short notice; andtbuuni for past patrountle. lasta aait lor Comity Orders. JOHN M. BACON, DEAI.ER J'glSt9l BOOKS, STATIONERY, PICTURE FRAMES. MOULDINGS AND MISCEL LANEOUS GOODS. FRAJIEU M int. TO ORDER. Oiieoox Cixt, Oregon. JfcTAt be Poet Office, Main Street, west side. novl, '75-tf A. C. WALLINC'S !Pioneer ISooIc ISiiiclcry Pittock's Building, cor. of Stark and Front Sts., POKTLAXI), OBtGOY. BLANK BOOKS RULED AND EOUND TO ANY desired pattern. Music Bex ks. Magazines, Newspapers, etc, feonnd in every variety of style known to the trade. Orders from the country promptly attended to. novl, 75-tf OREGON CITY BREWERY. 1IU3II5KL fc 3IA.TI:EIl. Having purchased the above Brewery, "rEEE" Wlfihejl tck tnfnpm t. A .1 - . uo j 1 i) n i li a ft iiiey ur ww jiiikcu to manuiacture a Sio. 1 quality OP LAGER BEER, As good as can be obtained anywha the Stat. Orders solicited and promptly fill mi Sea Longring:. BY JULIA CLARK. Oh, gire me a breatlrof the ocean; One glimpse of the whispering sea; My heart and mj soul in commotion Have wakened strange longing in me, 'Tis the voice of mj childish devotion And speaketh in rapture to me, And calls me again to tho ocean, To bathe in the life of the sea. I long for the spray of the ocean, The breath of the briny old deep, "Where ships in their dreamy-like motion, Seem folding their pinions to sleep. The mountains are grand in their power, The prairies are boundless and free, But nothing, ah nothing, in Nature Can rival the dark sounding sea. AVhen evening hath oradled in shadow The heart of the slumbering deep, I ramble thro' woodland and meadow. The home I revisit in sleep, Tho orchard is sweet in the. gloaming, Is fragrant with apple in bloom, Oh fate 1 I'm weary of roaming While years drift me on to the tomb. Portland (Jfe.) T-anacript. Putnam's Adventure with the Wolf. In the year 1739, he removed from Sa- leui to Pomfret, an inland fertile town in Connecticut, forty milea east of Uart tord. Having here purchased a consider able track of land, he applied himself suc cessfully to agriculture. The hrst years on a farm are not, how- ever.exeinpt from disasters and disappoint ments, wnicn can only be remedied bv .tubborn and patient industry. Our farm er, sufficiently occupied in building a nouse and barn, telling woods, making fences, sowing grain, planting orchards, and taking care of his stock, had to en counter, iu turn, the calamities occasion ed by drought in summer, blast in harvest, loss 01 cattie iu winter, and the desolation of his sheepfold by wolve9. In one night ue bad seventy hue sheep and troats kill ed, besides many lambs and kids wound ed. This havock was committed by a she-wolf, whichwith her annual whelps, had lor several years mtested the vicinity. ine young were comcaonlv destroyed by the vigilance of the hunter, but the old one was too sagacious to come within reach of gun-shot. Upon being closely pursued, she would generally fly to tha Aesttrn woods, and return next winter with another litter of whelps. llus wolf, at length, became such an intolerable nuisance, that Mr. Putman entered into a combination with five of iiis neighbors to hunt alternatly until they could destroy her. Two, by rotation. were to be constantly in pursuit. It was known that, having lost the toes from one foot by a steel trap, she made one track shorter than the other. By this vestige the pursuers recognized, in a light snow, ihe route of this pernicious animal. Hav ing followed her to the Connecticut river, aud found she had turned back in a direct course toward Pomfret, they immediate ly returned, and by ten o clock the next morning the blood-hounds had driven ner into a den, about three miles distant from the hou3e ot Mr. Putmu. The people collected with dogs, guns, straw, tire, and bulpher, to attack the common enemy. With this apparatus, several un successful attempts were made to force her from the den. The hounds came back badly wounded, and refused to re turn. The smoke of blazing straw had no effect. Nor did the iumes of burnt brimstone, with which the cavern was tilled, compell her to quit the retire ment. Wearied with such fruitless at tempts, (which had brought the time to ten o'clock at night,) Air. Putman tried once more to make his dog enter, but in vain. He proposed to hi3 negro man to go down into the cavern aud shoot the olf; but the negro declined the hazard ous service. Then it was that the mas ter, angry at the disappointment, and declaring that he was ashamed to have a coward iu his family, resolved himslf to destroy the ferocious beast, lest she should eucape through some unknown fis sure in the rock. His neighbors strong ly remonstrated against the perilous en terprise; but he, knowing that wild ani mals were intimidated by fire, and hav ing provided several strips of birch bark. the only combustible material which he could obtain that would afford light m una deep and darksome cave, prepared for his descent. Haviug, accordingly, di vested himself ot his coat and waistcoat, and having a long roap fastened around his leg, by which he might be pulled back at a concerted signal, he entered head foremost, with the blazing torch in his hand. The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, is about two feet square; from thence it de scends obliquely about fifteen feet, then running horizontally about ten more, it asscends gradually sixteen feet towards its termination. Ihe sides of this sub terranean cavity are composed of smooth and solid rocks which seem to have been divided from each other by some former earthquake. The top and bottom are al so of stone, and the entranca in winter, being covered with ice, is exceedingly slippery. It is in no place high enough for a roan to raise himself upright, nor in any part more than three feet in width. Having groped his passage to the hori zontal portion of the den, the most terri fying darkness appeared in front of the dim circle of light afforded by his torch. It was as silent as the house of death. None but monsters of the desert had ever before explored this solitary mansion of horror. He, cautiously proceeding on ward, came to the assceut, which he slowly mounted on his hands and knees, until he discovered the glaring eye-balls of the wolf, who was sitting at the ex tremity of the cavern. Startled at the sight of fire, she gnashed her teeth, and gave a sullen growl. As soon as he had made the necessary discovery, he kicked the rope as a signal for pulling him out. The people at the mouth of the den, who had listened with painful anxiety, hear ing the growling of the wolf, and sup posing their friend to be in the most im minent daDger, drew him forth with such celerity, that his bhirt was stripped over his head, and his 6km severely lacerated. After he had ajusted his clothes, and loaded his gun with buck-shot, holding a torch in one hand and his musket in the other, he descended the second time. When he drew nearer than before, the wolf, assuming a still more fierce and terrible appearance, howling, rolling her eyes, snapping her teeth, and dropping her head between" her legs, was evidently in the attitude, and on the point of spring ing upon him. At the criticle instant he leveled and fired at her head. Stunned with the shock and suffocated with the smoke, he was immediately drawn out of the cave. But having refreshed himself, and permitted the smoke to. dissipate, he wnt down the third time. Once more he came in sight of the wolf, who appear ing very passive, he applied the torch to her nose, and perceiving her dead, he took hold of her ears, then kicking the roap (still tied round his legs,) the people above, with no small exultation, dragged them both out together. I have offered these facts in greater de tail, because they contain a display of character; and because they have been erroneously related in several European publications, and very much mutilated in the History of Connecticut, a work as re plete with falsehood as destitute of gen ius, lately printed iu London. Ilumph rey'i "Life of Gen. Pufwai." Tailor-Bird. Within the last few years, the interesting habits of this celebrated bird have been thoroughly investigated and described by Dr. Jerdon and others, but with more es pecial fullness by Mr. Allan Hume. From their accounts we gather that the real nest is a deep, soft cup, inclosed in a leaf or leaves, which the bird sews to gether to form its receptacle. This is at various elevations, often high up in the mongo-tree, but as often low down among the leaves of the edible egg-plant (Solati um eaculentum). The nest varies in ap- ' pearance according to the number and kinds of leaves made use of, and is usu ally chiefly composed of fine cotton, with a Few horse-hairs and fine grass- stems, the use of which is obviously to enable the cavity to retain its shape per manently. In some cases, the nest is de scribed as having been made of wool, down and horse-hair, aud one mentioned by Miss Cockburn, as made of the down of seed-pods and fine grasses. Mr. Hume has found these nests with three leaves fastened at equal distances from one another into the sides of the nest, and not joined to one another at all. He has also found them between two leaves, the one forming a high back and turned up at the ends to support the bottom of the i nest, the other hiding the nest in front and hanging down below it, the tip only of the first leaf being sewn to the middle of the second. He has also found them with four leaves sewn together to form a canopy and sides, from which the bot tom of the nest depended, and also be tween two loprr le.ives whose sides from the very tips to near the peduncles, were closely and neatly sewn together. For their sewing they generally made use of cobweb, but silk from cocoons, thread, wool, aud vegetable fioers are also made available. Dr. Jerdon states that he has seen a tailor-bird watch a native tailor until the latter left the veranda where he was at work, then hastily seize some pieces of thread that were lying about, and fly off with them in triumph. Mr. Layard describes a nest of the tailor bird made entirely of cocoanut fiber. With the same material a dozen leaves of an oleander had been drawn and stitched together. Scribner'$ MontJdy. Love-Making in Mexico. A traveler in Mexico writes as follows; In their love-making Mexicans are eq l il ly innocent of any suspicion of the im propriety of public demonstration. You see coupies waiKing in tne puonc piaz with their arms around each other's necks, totally oblivious of their surroundings. Except among foreigners, such exhibi tions excite no comment. Driving along the Guadaloupe road one afternoon, we came upon a strapping fellow seated by the roadside, with a young girl lying be side him, her head resting on his lap. As we passed she turned her face up to his, reached upward, and with a shapely hand pitted the impassive brute on his lantern jaw he all the time crazed stolidly at the passing carriage. "You dog," roared the exasperated colonel. But the dog maintained his equanimity all the same. At another time, while riding out to the iron baths, on a street car, we encountered a young couple bedecked in gay holiday ribbons aud clean clothes, walking down the broad roadway with their arms lov ingly clasped about each other's necks. She was young an i quite handsome, he wa3 young and carried in his unoccupied hand a pitcherof pulque, stray drops of which were sprinkled along the road. Evidently a couple of lovers returning from a pilgrimage to the shrine of our lady of Gmdaloupe, slightly the worse for their potations. Their arms were twined about each other's necks for mu tual support as well as to demonstrate their affections. They walked pretty steadily, however, though with that obliviousness of demeanor which we see in more civil zed drunkards when they try to play it on the people, and think they are succeed ing. We watched our two lovers from the roof of the car, and saw their steps grw gradually unsteady until they be gan to totter and wave. After, drinking a half dozen glasses of the effaitsceut water fresh from the bubbling spring, we took another street car fr the city. We had forgotten all about our two lovers until we came upon them again, lying prone upon the ground by the roadside, their arms still lovingly intertwined, and their cheeks together, the pitcher broken at the fountain, and a tortuous streak of moist earth showing where the pulque had meandered away. The eruption of Vesuvius, in A. D. 79, when Pompeii and Herculaneum were overwhelmed, is to be commemorated in Pompeii next year, on the eighteen hun dredth anniversary. COURTESY OF BANCROFT Napoleon and Wieland. In the autumn of 1803, some of- the princes then assembled at the Congre9 of Erfart, came for a few days to visit the court of Weimar, and, among them Napoleon. He was accompanied by a troupe of French players, who borrowed the theatre, and, on the 6th of October, exhibited in it Voltaire's Death of CiB-mr. Wieland went to see this tragedy, in which Talma was to perform, and sat as usual in a private side box of the second tier, reserved for the ducal fam ily, to which he had been attached as preceptor. Napoleon observed him there, and inquired who was the venera ble old man with the black velvet ca lotte. This was the usual costume of Wieland, who, not liking to wear a wig, and being exposed by the baldness of his crown to colds of the head, had adopted a circular cap resembling that of the Catholic priests. After having been in formed by the Prince Primate that this was Wieland, Napoleon signified a wish to see him after the play; aud Wieland accordingly was ushered . to the ball room, which was to be the next place of rendezvous. In one of Wieland's letters the following account is given of the interview: "I had not been many minutes there before Napoleon came across the room toward me; the, duchess then presented me to him regularly, and he addressed meafftbly, with some word of comuli ment, looking me steadily in the eye. Few mortals have appeared to me so rapidly to see through a man at a glance; he instantly perceived that, notwith standing my own celebrity, I was & plain, unassuming old mm; and, as he seemed desirous of making forever a good im pression upon me, he at once assumed the form best adapted to attain his end. I never saw a man in appearance calmer, plainer, milder, or more unassuming. No trace about him of the consciousness that he was a great monarch. He talked to me like an old acquaintance with his equal; and, what was very rare with him, chatted with me exclusively an entire hour aud a half to the great surprise ot all present. At length, about midnight, I began to feel an inconvenience trom standing so long, and took the liberty of requesting his mnjesty's permission to withdraw. 'Allez done, said he, in a very friendly tone, 'bon sot'r.' " "The more remarkable traits of our in terview were these: The previous play having drawn our conversation upon Julius Ca?-iar, Napoleon observed 'that he was one of the greatest characters in universal history; andw iudeed,' he ad ded, 'would have been without excep tion, the greatest, but for one blunder.1 I was about to inquire to what anecdote be alluded, when be seemed to read the question in my . eye aud continued: 'Caesar knew the men who wanted to get rid of him, and he ought to have been rid of them first.' If Nipoleon could read all that passed in my iDner mind he would have perceived me saying: Such a blunder would never be laid to your charge. "From Cffisar our conversation turned to the finnans; he pmL-eJ warmly their military and political system. The Greeks, on the contrary, seemed to stand low in his opinion. 'The eternal scuffl between their little republics was uoi formed," he said, 'to evolve anything ureat. But the Rmans were always intent upon grand purposes, and thu created the mighty c dossus whichie strode the world.' I pleaded for the art and literature of the Greeks; he treated both with contempt, and said they only served to dispute about. He preferred Ossian to II mer. In poetry he pre ferred to value only the sublime and en ergetic and pathetic writers, especially the tragic poets; but of Atioste he spke iu some such terms as Cardinal Hippo lito, of E-.U, did ; not aware, however, 1 think, that iu t lis he was giving me a box on the ear. For anything humorous he seemed to have no liking; aud, not withstanding the flattering friendship of his apparent manner, he repeatedly struck me as if cast from bronze. "At length, however, he had put me so much at my ease that 1 asked him how it came about thitt the pub ic worship, whicn he had reformed in t rauce, hu not been rendered more philosophic and more on a par with the spirit of the times. 'My dear Wieland (he replied), worship is not made for philosophers; they neither believe in me nor mv priesthood. As for those who do believe, you can give them, or leave them, wonders enough. If I had to make a religion for philoso phers, it would be just the reverse. In this tone the conversation went on for some time, and Bonaparte professed so much skepticism as to question whether Jesus Christ ever existed. This (adds Wieland) is very quotidian skepticism; and in his free-thinking I saw nothing to admire but tho openness with . which, he exposed it." Bonaparte sent shortly afterward to Wieland a brevet of admission into his legion of honor. Imitation Ebont. Ebonized wood is much ia demtnd now-a-days for painted panels and other decorative purposes. In some respects it is preferable to the genuine ebony. Apple, pear and walnut wod, especially if hne grained, may be "ebonized" by the following process: Boil in a glased vessel, with water, four ounces of gall-nuts, one ounce of log wood chip, half an ounce of vitriol, and half an ounce of crystalized verdigris; filter while warm, and brush the wood with the hot solution a number of times. The wood, thus stained black, is then to be coated two or three times (being al lowed to dry completely after each c at ing) with a solution of iron fillings in a quart of good wine vinegar. This is to be prepared hot and allowed to cool be fore use. - Along with humility we should culti vate cheerfulness. Humility has no con nection with pensive melancholly or timorous dejection. While the truly bom-bl-i guard against the distraction of all violent- passions and inordinate cares, they cherish a cheerful disposition of mind. r LIBRARY, Praise Your Wife. Praise your wife, man, for pity's sake praise her wheu she deserves it. It won't injure her any, though it may frighten hr a little from its tdrangeuess. If you wish to make aud keep her happy, give her a loving word of encouragement occa sionally. If she takes ptius to rnxke you something pretty, don't take it with only, "Yes.it is very pretty won't you hand me my paper?'' It wilt cost you only a moment's time to kiss her und tell her the is the best wife in town. You will find it to be a payiug investment, one which will yield you a large return in increased care and willing labor for your comfort. Loviug praise will lighten labor wonderfully, and it should be freely bestowed. A case in point. I called on a friend one day and found her "up to her eyes in work." "O, dear," she said, "this i one of my days; every thing goes wrong, and I haven't got any thing done I" "Let me help you," I said. "No, no," she replied, gently pushing me into the sitting room, 'Tm going to leave everything and rest a while; but I must just wipe up this slop first," point ing to an ugly spot which disfigured her pretty oil-cloth. Just as she stooped to do it, her hus band came iu; he didn't see me, but went straight to his wife. One quick lift and he placed her ou her ieet, aud takiug the cloth from her hand, wiped up the spot himself. "There, busy-bee," he said, "you've done enough to-day; you tired yourself all out getting my favorite dinner, now I think I d leave the rest till to-morrow." I spoke to him then, and he sat with me a few minutes before going down town." Shortly after my friend came in looking very much amused. "I guess I was in the dumps," she said, laughing, for I've finished; and every thing has gone swimmingly since E. came iu." Many of our invalids are such invalids for the want of paying the most ordiuary attention to the requirements of the skin. Tn at membrane is too often regarded a a covering only, instead of a complicated piece oi machinery, scarcely second in its texture aud sensitiveness to the ear aud eye. Many treat it with as little ref erence t its proper functions as if it were nothing better than a bag for their bones. It is this iucousideration for the&kiu thai is the cause of a very large proportion of (he diseases in the world. If, as is claimed by some scientists, four-fifths, iu oulk, of all we can eat and driuk, must either pass off through the skin or be turned back upon the system as apoisou, aud that life depends as much Upon these exhalations through the skin as upon lu- ualing pure, air through the lungs, it must be of the most vital importance to Keep that chaunel free. Most people breathe properly often more by accident or instinct tiiau by de sign; but, on the other hand, hundreds of thousands do not breathe properly, while many thousands at this present momeut are suffering from more or less severe affections of the lungs or throat, owing to a faulty mode of respiratiou in other words, because they breathe through the mouth iustead of through the nostrils. The mouth has its own func tions to perform in connection with eat ing, drinking, and speakiog, and the nostrils have theirs, namely, smelling and breathing. Iu summer lime the error of respiriug through the mouth is not so evideut as at the colder season, when it is undoubtedly fraught with danger to the person who commits this mistake. Cracked Wiieat. Tms excellent dish is often spoiled by very good cooks who think tbey must stir it all the time to keep it trout burning, 'loo much stir ring makes it like paste; puitiig in more water when nearly done has the same effect. Oue-third of wheat, by measure, to two-thirds of water, soft, it you have it, will make it about right. The water should be cold when the wheat is put in; it should cook slowly aud be covered closely. Iu this way scarcely auy stirring will be louud necessary. There is a deliciousnes in this dish when cooked as above, which is never found it stirred while cooking. The same may be said about oatmeal, only the latter should be quickly stirred into boiling water; cover closely aud let cook I -r about twenty minutes. Wheat may be cooked about the same time, although it bears cooking longer. Flaky Pie Crust. As some or our friends say that our pic crust cannot be excelled, 1 will tell you how I make it. It is to be supposed that every housewife knows how much or how little butter or lard she wishes in her crust. Cut the lard or butter into small bits, about the size of a thimble, aud stir, not rub, with a little salt into the flour; mix with cool water as quickly as possible aud roll out. Cream, sweet or sour, makes a nice mixing for pie-crust, but does not make it flaky like the above. To Curry Egos. Wash and slice thinly an onion: fry to a nice brown in two tablespoonfuls of butter; add a table- spoonful of curry powder; one piut of good broth, and a little salt; let cook until the onions are tender; thicken one- fourth, pint of cream with a little corn starch, and stir into the other ingredients; let simmer a lew minutes; then add twelve hard-boiled eggs cut into halves; warm tnrougn and arrange the eggs upon a platter with the gravy poured over them. Graham: Bread. Six quarts of un bolted meal wheat, one tea-cup of yeast, the same of molasses; mix them with a pint or lukewarm water and a level tea spoonful of saleratus; make a hole in the flour and 6tir this mixture in the middle of the meal until it is like batter: then proceed as with fine flour; make your oven hotter than tor common bread ; bake about an hour and a-half. Unenviable is the state ot the wicked, however prosperous they may appear. The Famine iu China. Tne famiue seems now to be at its worst. .Toe impoverished country consists cf the greater part of the Province of Siiansi, parts of outh-western Cmli, West ern Suautung, and the northern districts of llouan, comprising an area variously estimated at from 70 000 to 100,000 square miles. Tbe greatest distress is in Hie southern halt ot Shausi, including the provincial capital, Tai Yuen, the population of which, unless rain cme3 at once, bids fair to become absolutely t-xtiuct. In its horrible details, as Riven by all witnesses, foreign and native, official and mi-siouary, it is the direst cal- Hiuity that this r auv couutry has been viited with. Toe sturdy Cuine.ie peas- mts do not calmly fold their hinds and lie, like our poor fellow subjects the Ma irassees, last year; they eat the dead, ami when there are none to take they kill the living for the same purpose, fnis is no Oriental exaggeration, but the actual state of things in a district not 700 miles from Shanghai. In the Peitin Ga zette of the 15. h of Much theie appears a memorial from Li Ilo-men, Governor of Honau, and Yuu, Social High Com missioner for Fa-uiue IijUef, appealng tor State assistance to the distressed prov ince. From it may be gathered the straits to which the fm ue-stricken country is reduced. I therefore append a translation ot it, aud I must remiud my countrymen as they retd it that it i no sensational picture to .move the tears of emotional subscribers, but a calm de scription of the state of the proviuce by the responsible rulers in the language of a Blue-book : "The drought with which the province has been visited for several years in suc sion has resulted in a famine of an inten sity and extent hitherto unheard of. As autumn advances into winter the number of those in need of relief increased daily, uutil at last they could be counted by millions. The lower classes were the first to be affected, and they soon disap peared or dispersed in search of subsist euco elsewhere. Now the famine has at tacked the well-to-do and the wealthy, who find themselves reduced to great misery as each day goes by, and they, iu their turn, are dying off or following those who have migrated elsewhere. In the earlier period of distress the living fed npon the bodies of the dead; next, the strong devoured the weak; and low the ceneral destitution has arrived at such a climax that men devour those of their own flesh and blood. History con tains no record of i-o terrible aud distress ing a state of things, and if prompt measures of relief be not instituted the whole region must become depopulated. Local sources of supply are eutirely ex hausted; the granaries are empty, aud the treasury drained dry; while the few wealthy people in the provinces have helped with contributions and loans till tney themselves are impoverished." In the Prefecture in which the capital of Shausi is i-ituated the population has J'miuished from over 1,000 000 to 160, 000. and the Cuiuese newspapers here give the number of people who have died of stavation, or met with the awful fatejutt recorded, as over 5,000,000 ShangJtai Cor. London. Times. How Great People Come to Paris. We poor, plain untitled people aie apt to be disippointed iu this very thing we so anxiously desire, for the great peo ple come in such plain attire, a id so eu tirely uuheralded that one walks beside lords and ladies, princes and dukes, arch dukes and duchesses, without auy thrill of consciousness, any sense to the near ness to "His grace," aud knows of it on ly as one finds an account in the papers' of the visits of the different dignitaries to the exhibition. If by auy means people come into the building in groups they soon scatter, as they immediately have a crowd followi ig them. Wheu the Eigd;h royal family were here they iu vaiiably scatteied, and once in a while came together inside aisles for consulta tion, as they ne.er could walk together without being crowded upon. The Aus traian archdukes, brothers of the emper or, came to Paris one at a time, and made no effort to attract attention, and just now, the archduke Charles having departed. Archduke llaguier takes his place. The fiibt came to our depart ment a few days since, to be escorted about as one of our gentlemeu, and shown what we had to offu-r, as an exhibit of our industries, and expressed much satisfaction. So the whole train of royal ty will come aud go, and the mass of visi tors will nt be a whit wiser for it. There is a report that Q leen Victoria will come to Paris iu June; but very likely it is like a good deal else we fiud in the uewspa pers a canard. Bonton Traveller. The Tootii ache. A gentleman says: "After suffering excruciating paia from toothache, "and having tried iu vain to obtain relief, Betty told me a gentleman had been waitiug'some time in the par lor who said he would not detain me one minute. He came a friend I had not seen for years. He sympathized with me, while I briefly told him how sadly I was afflicted. "My dear friend," ex claimed he, "I can cure you in ten min utes." "How? how?" I inquired; "do it in pity." "lustantly," said he, "Betty, have you any alum?" "Yes." "Bring it, aud some common salt." They . were produced; my friend pulverized them, mixed in equal quantities; then wet a piece of cotton, causing the mixed pow ders to adhere, and placed it iu my hol low tooth. "There," said he, "if that does not cure you I will forfeit my head. You may tell this in Gath aud publish it in Askelon ; the remedy is infal liable." It was so. I experience 1 a sen sation of coldness on applying it which gradually subsided, and with it the tor ment of the toothache. Cincinnati Qa zetU. Tub Allan steamship Polynesian, on her recent tiip from Quebec to Liverpool, while passing through the Straits of Bel- 1 lesisle,just grazed an iceberg, the steam- , er receiving very slight injuries, though ber decks were strewn with fragments of ice. Some Russian Protestant Sects. In 1863 anew set arose, who felt called by ('hi ist to teach, to suffer, and to build a church. In the midst of winter they broke the thick ice in tbe Volga, baptized each other in the chilling flood, changed their names and then held a solemn feast. From that day they have called them selves "Little Christians." They have no priests, and but a slight form of prayer. " They reject images, waters and sacred o:l. Tub government became' alarmed aud commenced an active persecution, under wbicti, of course, the sect is rapid ly increasing. Soon after another body sprang up rejecting the established chuicu.and forming their own rules of life, which seem to be of a high order. Tney call themselves "Helpers;" and the government spies sent to watch them confessed that they never drank, swore, lied, or got into debt. Butthey preferred family worship to that of the parish priest, and they would not go to confes sion. Consequently they suffered perse cution; which, however, was short, as ti ey are now left unmolested. Still later a sect has appeared in the province of Niaika, where more than twenty different heresies exist. The distinctive article of t.ieir creed gave them the unenviable name of "Non-Payers of Rent." Of course it was impossible that they could ie kept hidden. When rents became due, they refused to pay. The leaders weie arrested, and yet remain iu custody; but the govemmeutis perplexed to know how to manage an increasing body of men, who make it the first principle of life not to pay their rent-charges. Another new body are the "ChUlenni ki," or Counters. The founder is still living and is the high priest. He was met one night in the woods by a venera ble man, woo offered him a book to read. Opening it, Taras Maxim found the mes sage of salvation written in the Slavonic tongue. It commanded the people of God to count themselves and beset apart from the world. It called the National Church the Devil's Church; it declared Thursday to be the true Sabbath; it spoke con temptuously of ' saints and angels, and abolished the seven sacraments and the priesthood. Maxim returned to Semenof aud preached tbe new doctrine. He speedily made converts, who counted themselves off and formed the "Secret Semenof Church." They showed the bit terest contempt for the Council and the State. While the Orthodox pass by to church on Sunday morning, they shut themselves in their houses and manifest their despite in true Oriental style. Their chief tenet is that man must sin in order to be saved from sin. This doctrine, of course, leads to wild excesses, and the sect is looked upon, perhaps justly, as very immoral. But the strangest of all the heresies is held by the "Napoleonists." Their spir itual strength, also, is spent in hating the church aud the government. And as Napoleon was the chief enemy of Russia iu recent times, they look upon him as the true Messiah and wot shin him as God. Placing bis bust on an altar, they fall before it in prayer. The worship has to be maintained privately, but they are said to be numerous even in Moscow. They believe that Napoleon is still alive; that he fled from St. Helena to Central Asia; that he is now dwelling in Irkutsk, near Lake Baikal, on the frontierss of Chiuese Tartary ; and that he will come forth at the appointed time, leading a great army of the overthrew of Russia and to the uplifting of his church to glory and power. Busts of Napoleon, indeed, are common in Russian houses, among all- sects and ranks. r.ven tbe royal family show great partiality to the likeness of their giant foe. bunday Af ternoon. Age. Old! Well, it does take one's breath away I Must we all grow old! It seems so. Time will not stand still, aad wriukles and gray hairs mark his way. xes, physically we must grow old; but mentally aud emotionally need we be come so? I doubt it. A great deal of splendid work is done by people who have arrived at the age when the lacul ties are supposed to fail, and I think we all feel that we may hope to work all oar lives. If we take good care of ourselves we may be worth as much until tbe end as we ever have beeu; and with this com forting thought comes another: the sweetness, the tenderness of youth need not depart with its beauty. We are not compelled to grow hard and cold, to take stern views of life, aud refuse to believe iu anything beautiful, because this is the role set down for middle-aged and elderly people. Tuose who keep their sweetness, who hold fast the tenderness of their souls, and have ardent friendships, are young still, whatever the years that have passed over their heads. M. K. D., in N. T. Ledger. Effect of Gas Light Upon the Eyes. In a report recently laid before the German Minister for Education by the Scientific Committee for Medical affairs the conclusions arrived at are that gas light ha3 no prejudicial effect upon the eyes, provided they are protected from its direct action. For this purpose the committee recommend shades and bell glasses of translucent glass porcelain. They disapprove of opaque metallic shades, since when these are used the eyes, though themselves in shade, gaze upon a strongly illumined surface, and become dazzled and over-stimulated. On account of the large -quantity of heat evolved by gas, the burner should not b too near the head of the person ; the heat ia liable to cause headache and even con. gestion of the brain. Care should aUa be taken to Drevent the flame from lick ering. Tbe use of a dark-blue glass is also suggested in cases of irritation. With these precautions the committee believe that gas light may be used with out mischief. King Alfonso will build a million-dol lar church near the Royal Palace, con taining a splendid mausoleum iu memory of the late Queen. The room in which she died is to be left untouched; in that same room he was born. If i I 4 I i i i s f : j v: If K