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J- - sgZitt win. iMjrA-t RETAKE OF PRECEDING PAGE r V ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE i1. IBIIIII I I r . :i - - , . , . mm aaaaa aanasai - VOL. XIII. THE ENTERPRISE. A LOCAL NEWSPAPER F O K T a s Varni r, Ilualneaa JIu and Family Clrole I88UKD BTKRI THURSDAY. FROPRIKTQR AND fBBLHURB. Q "Hcial Paper for Clackamas County. pn,,,,! ,u Kutrirl lluilitluff, deer Sea f Masonic Building, Main Street. Term M,0'lpt ln ,,n. ,ir. la advance. $2 SO 1 9 alagle Coal, six Months, in 2i?auce Tarina of AUerIIlg-j Traasieut adYertlseuieuta, including all legal netlces, per square of twelve lines, one week; . ,. jt Far each subsequent iosvrtioa - 1 00 tint Column, una year.. v., .. 12 00 Half C'aluiuu, una Mr....... tk 00 Ouarter Culuiuu, one year.. ....... . , . 48 60 JBtulaesa Card, one square, oua jeax . 11 0Q SOCIETY NOTICES OREGON LODGE, No. 3, I. O. Meeta every Thursday livening, at te,. 7 o'clock, in Odd f ellows' Hail, t ''I'fCS' M.lt Ctraat t..,,.,..,, r n..i. .i;.vi are invited to attend. t" ' By order of N. O. REBECCA DEGREE LODGE, No. 2, I. 0. O. F., meets on the Second and i -r J- onrtn 1 uesday Ermines of each month. I Hi v.i., in tug uaii j; ellow Hall. Jf 1 m 01 iaa utgrvu are Invited to altaad. FALLS ENCAMPMENT, No. 4, x. j. j. mifH at Odd iellowB" Hall on the riret and Thlid Tueaday of each month Patriarchs ia f jod standing are invited to atkad. MULTNOMAH LODGE, No. 1. u j.u.i jia regular communt catonn oa the First aud Third tSaturdav. iJi each month, at 7 o'clock from the 20tu . af September to the 2ith of March; and ' 7 5 0'cloek from the at'th of March to the ' : 'JOth of 8optemlr. brethren in good e tail din . iiiTiiou 10 aicena. iiy ordar of -. yf BUSINESS CARDS, WARREN N. DAVIS, M. D., IMiyMiciuii and Nurg;ooii, (radiate of the University of Pennsylvania. ):ca ax Cliff Ilovaa. CHARLES KNIGHT, CASBT, ORBQOX, I'liyHiclaii awtl lrujjj;ist. aifPreaorlptions carefully filled at short notice. ja.-tf DR. JOHN WELCH, FC2 ORROOV citt orkoox Hikest ca. "b prtca l-n'.t fox Coanly Orders. - E. L EASTHAIW. ATTOIt -Vi,"Y-AT-LA W, OREOOJJ ClTv- OREGON. Speeial attention 8tb ta bv in8 b'. 8 LaaJ (3ca. OHiee In Myer's Briek. JOHNSON & MoCOVw'N, ATTORNEYS and COUNSELORS AT LI W OREGON CICr, OREGON. Will aractica in all the Courts of (be State. Spertal atteatioa given to cases in the United P tat oa La ad Otfice at Oregon City. 0apr72-tf B1 (LAKKS OF EVERT DESCRIPTION FOB Aale at Iblaafflea. Joatioas af tka Paeaee eaa get aaytaiaf la tkatr line. rJCO. A- HARDING, K rtiPB CONSTANTLY O-N HAND AGRNERAL asaortjuent of Jrng: and Chemicals, . pwfumamry, Son pa. ? aval Ml Urualira. Jiboularr Brart ff.t and 'J'ellS Arlcl-, ALSO- trnil OiT. Laaaip Clilmnyi. mmn. Inl. Palal. Olla, Hero farulidr anal It 3 e ull. PURE WES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. PATENT Mi.'TOICINES' ETC., ETO ,3. Physiolaas- 1 '"riptiua earefally p.nded. and all orde. 1?? w. IT All ,-runt n.utt a paid luonthly. UtD as HARBIJftf . ama a,a wb a W. H. HIC. AFIELD, 1.1 1 yll 1 I ' 1 " 0 AM, One door North of P T' Hall, MAIN ST., OBKUOJI tlV. OKEUO.Y. An laurimint of Watches. Je VIry, and. : Setn Tnomas' Weiaht Clocks, all f . are warranted to be as represented. 7Repalring dona on short netice; aud thaiiKiui : far past patronage. 4'ata Paid fair County Orderv JOHN (VI. BACON, BBALZB IS BOOKS. STATIONERY, flCTURB FRAMES. MOULDINGS AND MISCEL LANEOUS GOODS. FK1JIF.S JI1DE TO OHDKR. Oaeoox (7itt, Obkoos. t aVAt the Past Office, Main Street, weBt side. n.l, '73-tf A. C. WALLINC'S JPioiiccr Koolc Kimlerj' pittaek's Building, cor. of Stark aud Front ta.. J1LANK BOOKS EULF.D AND BOUND TO AST iddaired pattern. Music Bocks, Magazine, .wsMpan.eto.. onnd la every variety of style trade. Order- from the country promptly atte.dM ta. aoTl, .5-tf OREGON CITY DREWERY. trying purehased the abov Brewery. ,rirr, LiS'e ta inform the publie that they aretjJW; aiaw prepared ta manufacture a So. JJ 1 ' 1 aMPaBBaM m I are . SI. Drrast m mm "nUf Or LAGER BEER. kt c obtinl1 anywhere in the Slate. er,riii.te 4preaajtly tiled. Dreaming: of Honie. BT OATH BHITTLK. Take meatraiu to the Jpar clover ia in Lloom, Lot me wet my feet ia the Jew-bathed grasa, and breathe its Bwee,t ierfume Gire mo a eat 'neath the old roof-tree, a ,. lrauglit from the homestead well. A romp iu the meadow or up on the hill, where the ecUot ua d to dwell; And in one hour of calm dclighU'll live again the yeara : " -When Uie bitterest grief was mvept away in a -flood of transient tears. ' I see again the vine-clad porch, the rose bush - by the gate, Where the brightest gleauii of antiset seem love to linger late. ' to The gray barn iu the distance, the spring-house . ,-. near at hand, - -. " v ' - The Crystal spring, and the limiid stream with rustic bridges spanned.- . - ' The orchard and the garden, the fields of wav- ing grain, ' : ; The catile in the meadow, the pet lamb in the lane; And I hear the reapers'.voiees, and the scythe blades' ringing sweep,; The whistle of the meadow-lark, the bleattug of the sheep; ... - " - The tuneless droning of the bees that rob the jessamine, The buzzing of the summer ily, aud the farm yard's din; - . Discordant sounds to othti'dears, but now they come to mo ' - More welcome than the dulcet notes of sweet est harmony. . . , It wi a dream. No more for me those sights and Bounds so dear; My borne has been a strangev's for this many and many a year. The house is gone, and on the spot where mem ory sets it stand, - Looms up atowertd mansion for a child of for tune planned. And art has chang d tho orchard, tho meadow, and the field To "grouuds" tliat nought but rarestfrnits and scarcest flowers yield. I would not know the tipot again, bnt hard by is tiie grove - Where rest the mouldering: forms of those whose memory I love; ' ... Vin tl- BovtwnJ by their side beneath the locust's shade, u ,ne dav. ere many years. I hone to bava mv body laid. The Famine in China. Youhave from cforfHrJnrumors time to time receivec" and disconnected d ,iu f via!; long-be known L famine, but it only no, f. ;f prospect of it?j "ter ' :" and tlfe sea aturitvyr vxce ' 7can calmly uf i'aform 9 treaty vm- , in ': the ' eu : ri-f-500 minatioi. . " sou's crop. a limit to it. ' review its 6 tion foreign, ports of a pre' December, 18 1 month the peoj. sands, while the ngees was reportc miles from their lu' ' the native pjtper u 5 cf,ese from hunger.' :i by llev. Timothy llichard '. t date to this has made i . wherever the suffering writes: . . In the summer time tiie. , npotle was for rain, rain. N 1 o very life. Having finished the." they eat grass, husks, potato-sfalkw chew bark, acorns, turnip-Jeaves, . grass-Beeds, which they ga her in fields and sieve the dnst fioin. It i-. reported everywhere that many eat the stalks from the roofs of their houses. Of their eating fuel leaves there is no doubt; thousands die because they can not get even that. Out of a family of four three are dead. Villages of 500 families report 300 dead of starva tion. The Netherlands Minister-Eesident, in an appeal to his countrymen for aid, confirms the worst we had heard, and goes on to state that, in spite of the in tense cold, the sufft rars hal been forced to "Pulldown their houses, sell their timber, eat the rotten sorghum stalks from the roof and the dried leaves which they usually burn as fuel. Then they sell their clothes and children. Having no more clothes, many take refuge in pits built under the ground to keep themselves warm by the fetid trath of the crowd, a eonrse which js simple death. For the east suburb of Ching-Chow City there are four such cits. One-third of the number, 2i0, briinally"put in tbem died withia six weeks, and jet, no sooner is a corpse carried out than a erotfd js struggling for the place. Starvation ..y juoiif faces these unfortunate people, and deputations of old men who come to beg relief weep like little children be fore you when they find there is none to be had. Not a day passes but one must refuse to many who ask it perhaps the last bit they would have eaten." As though death were discontented with the slowness of his harvest, we find a fresh source open t,o hasten the work of annihilation, and that dreadful scourge,.tvphus fever, or famine, entera the field and counts his victims uy me Beores of thousands. The Roman Cath olic Bishop on April 2 reports 50,000 people starving in the single city of Tsi-nan-fu, and that 15,000 had already died there of hunger and disease, and, as though the cup of sorrow was not already full, in May vast swarms of locusts appeared, and invaded not only the faminjo districts in which moderate rains had admitted the planting of some portion of the regioa, but also adjoin hieh uo to then had been tho source cf supplies for their With this pew enemy to battle kgainst, one of tho Frem-h padres, writ ing from Sin-kiu under date of May 21, aThese poor famished people have dpd to become cruel among TOHEWS, OREGONtlTk, tbemselves and against those most dear 10 Iliem. AlasI howr momr fHi I families who lived honorably committed ouiuiuo in order to avoid the iguoniiny of begging, all their families following Buch dreadful example. IIow many woe-strickon women, wives, sisters, daughters, were sold by their fathers, brothers, and husbands to unknown people!; And, therefore, in many places are seldom to be seen any women, especially young ones. In a village where I went to distribute relief all the women except two were old ones, and all the children of both sexes had been sold." ; . From the ofiicial register of this one district we learn that over 10ft 7ft Ml r- sons had been sold, principally feni -" In J uly the prospects appeared urtguten, out soon there cams- tko telligence of blighted harveptsfdrougbt, locusts, want, becsrarrv. Destilenee. and famine, threatening the fi ve great north ern l'rovinces of Chihh. bhansi, Uonan, and .Shantung, the . latter having never recovered from- her last afllictiori. Tho situation Was frightful, and made doubly ' so by tho certain knowledge that, were the aid a hundred fold, that which might be reasonably ex pected, it would be too late to savo" mil lions of sufferers for lack of the lijeans of transportation many of the districts in need lying in or beyond the nioitn tains, with hardly a decent ' post-roaV; much less a railway, in all the wi$le land; and the only" draught animata, camels, and donkeys, totally inadequate for the service. By the 1st of January of this yrar the old, old stories that chill the heart each time, no matter how often they be told-began to arrive. Fifty thousand refugees about Tientsin, and the new famine three months old. Much of the Government grain that should have arrived a full six weeks before is now shut out by a barrier of ice. In two weeks the number of ref ugees has reached 100,000 at Tientsin. The Iiev. Mr. ltichards writes from Shansi.that the famine is far more ex tensive and the suffering much greater than it was in Bhantung. The Gov ernor of Shansi reports the death-rate at 1 ,000 a day. Mr. Richards announces the frightful fact that the sufferers have restored to cannibalism, and that chil dren are boiled and eaten. On the 7th of January a fire broke out in one of tho ' relief yards at Tientsin, the gate kevper of which locked the gate and rin away, and the awful spectacle was presented of 2,000 starving women and ch'ildren .burned to deatti. Then we hijar from Tar-Xnen Fu in January, di rect from the noble ltichards '' "The Nuanies of eigh A down for relief or nine millions are in the four provinces: these are the accessible ones, but what of ...tha starving millions beyond" the mountains? It is no longer a hidden secret; the slaughter of the innocents for food, or the sharing with the dogs of the human carrion that lines the hih roads 'increases," says the native High Commissioner'';4 beyond all efforts, for their interment;,: Again Shanfcnng is heard from, and if the province lever needed help it would seem to be now. On April i wo read that "the famine increased daily; uo rain has fallen, and the ground is dry as a bone. The distracted mothers, unable to still the hopeless, unanswered cries of their children, expend their last efforts ia burying them- alive to stop their moaning and end their mis eries." Many villages present the same appearance as if a rebel horde had dev astated them. As a Chinaman re marked, where only a short timo ago te heard in passing along the barking ' dogs and the singing of children at y, now all is hushed and still the 3 eaten and the people too weak to h and sing, or to do ought but pray od or speedy death. Here is what t-" the distributors writes of the coi. ton. "Up to the present time the peopd contested themselves with eating thoso who had died, bnt now they kill the living in order to have them for food. Husbands eat their wives, pa rents eat their sons and daughters and children eat their parents." Women and girls are sold at less than 2 apiece, and human flesh is offered for sale in the markets. Writes another: "A mother, after having with her husband eaten their little boy, six years old, whom they" had themselves killed, pre paring to cut the throat of their lit le daughter, eight years old. The little srirl began to weep at the sight of the fatal knife, and the neighbors who heard her arrived just in time to save her.'' "Sometimes, parents, so they mav not be themselves the horrible executioners of their own children, agree with other parents, 'I will kill his child for him and ho shall kill mine.' It is the same story of all the provinces, and bodies of men combine to attack tho smaller ham lets, not to rob them of treasure and seek revenge for wrongs inflicted. Lit erally and truly they go about as wolves 'seeking whom they may devour. Corrvondr?ce Xew York World. Photographing a Heart-beat, Qne of the most remarkable applications of photography is that by which it is now mada to register, and in the most accu rate manner, the mechanical motion of the heart. The device by which this re suit is attained is, indeed, a triumph of inventive skill. It consists of a thin. indw--rubber bag, to which a short glass tnlfl is -fl.tUcbed;. sunieient mercury is nnn rfi I into the' acparatus to fill the ba and a portion oi the tuue, ana, me instrument is then placed over the heart nf Urn TersQii to be examined. Ar ranged in this manner, eveiy pulsation of the heart is indicated by a corres ponding movement of the mercury of the tube, and, by suitable photographic apparatus, provided with a moving sensitive slip cf raper, " a perfect regis traliau of the extent and rate of the rmlsation is obtained. The interesting fact is made known by this process that the fall of the pulse sometimes takes place ia successive horizontal lines, the colnmn rcascenuing iwo or iureo umco before falling altogether. Forty eight thousand Hies weigh pound. ; DEVOTED LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF ORECON. OREGON, THURSDAY. An Indian Jujrffler. EuroyTah and American magicians perfornfTyany surprising tricks, but an Indian jugVler" is their superior, so, at least, the, iVorvg. narrative .from an English egO would seem' to indi cate: - vw,.-i .Wil-iii-iir entered the room he spread a white cloi;i upon the floor and sat down upon' it with his back to the wall the door of the room being on his right nana, v -r v , - i ills spectators were, disposed in the following fashion: Mr.lSmyth at on a chair nearly m the . middle of the rom, I was sitting on at sofa near the r.1 arsee merchant stood in the " ivrm's .length from me. itmJif in groups, the f.Tr.- -sit0' jottfBen the door ana tne conjurer; -as soon as lie bad settled himself he turned to tne 1'arsee and asked for the loan oi a rupee. Tho peddler at first demurred a little, but, on being guar- .uuteeu HgainsG loss, lie produced the coin, ne was going to put it into the conjurer's hand, but the latter refused ana toja tne Juarsee to hand it to Mr, omyius oearer. ,Tiie bearer took it, and, at the request of the conjurer, looked at it, ar.d declared it to be really aaui'ccr aiio conjurer tben told mm to liana it to his master. li'?Ic-B,mfth tok it, and then followed mis uiaiogue: . - Conjurer Aro you sure that rupee ? Binyth Yes. - . is a Conjurer Close yonr hand on it and IlrtT.l it- (,'la V il . , u,ugm. iiow, inmK ot some country in Europe, but do not tell me your thought, then the- conjurer ran over me names of several countries, such as France. Germany, Hussia, Tur- Key, ana America for the native of India is under the imnression tlmr America is in Europe. After a moment's pause Mr. Smyth said he. had thought of a countrv. Then open your hand," said the juggler; "see what you have sot. and tell me if it is a coin of the conntrv you thought of." . It was a 5-franc uiece. and TW. Smyth had thought of France. lie was going to hand the coin to the conjurer, but the latter said, "No, miss it to the other sahib." Mr. Smyth ac cordingly put the 5-franc piece into my xiauu; a looseu cioseiy at it, then shut my hand and thought of ltussia, When I opened it I found, not a Russian but a Turkish silver piece about the size of the- o franc, or of our own crown piece. I his I handed to Mr. Smvth. and suggested that he should name Amer ica, which ho did, and foand a Mexi can dollar in his haad. ' ' ' The coin, whatever it was. had nnvor been in the conjurer's hand from the time the rupee was borrowed from the 1'arbee mercuant. Mr. Smvth and his bearer hml both of them closely exam ined the rupee, and Air. Smvth and I turned over several times tne 5-i'rauo piece, tne lurkish coin and the dollar; so the Ijick did not depend on a reversi ble coin. Indeed, it could not, for the coin un derwent three changes, as has been aeen. I need only add, for the infor mation of those readers who know not India, that a rupee is only about the size of a ilonn. and therefore about half the weight of a 5-franc piece. The Shakers In England. With the Lazaretti tragedy, in Italy, must be coupled the failure of another sohume of religious enthusiasts. The community of Shakers first established in Eanoa'shire, England, in 1747, after wards emigrated to America, aud the 5,000 of them that are now in this coun try were for many years the only Shaker organizations in the world. A few years ago, however, Mrs. Mary Ann (jrirlmg attempted to found a society m Hampshire, England. In an open field tuey. lived in tents about lour years. Airs. Girling being the chief autuority in all tilings. Every person joining the community was required to surrender to her all that they possessed except the clothing on their bodies, witnout expecting any article ever to be re turned. She was sole authority in faith and doctrine, her teach in t: "beincrin strict harmony with the Apostolical order and Gospels of Christ." Mar riage was forbidden, as was also inti macy between man -and woman, and those possessing children were not al lowed to interfere in the management of them. On Saturday, August 20th, the whole community was ejected from the field where tuey . had ' held their camp for nearly four years. They passed several days, and nig tits in the open air without shelter from the rain, and at times were without food and de pendent wholly on charity. Last April they contracted a uent oi jto, which was increased to 15 by costs in a suit against them, i? allure to pay the land lord and the court caused the eject ment. After the ejectment they were offered two places, but both were owned br publicans whose inns were near by, ana the Shakers declined to accept them. Their beds have sever al times been completely saturated by the rain, and charges have now been brought rgainst them for obstructing thA niurhwav. At seems to ue me oidnion in England that an end has thus been put to tne attempt w re establish a community of Shakers La England- - The Giffard balloon is proving a nrnfitfthlft simulation in l'aris. It m volves a large outlay, out, wu buwdu. r rnanv as seventeen ascents are made The receipts have reaoheiia total of 8,000. . A charge of 20 francs is made to each person for the ascent. One day Mile. Sarah Bernhardt went up m small baloon, and after a journey 1 of a Wont an- hour and a half she landed near Ferrieres, the spot on wlu.ch was wrecked the famous balloon captured by Prince Bismarck. ""' , ; A lighthouse A slim audience. NOVEMBER 7, 1S78. ( ; ; Out of Employmen t. It may ho an ugly utterance, but we Jcnow ii is a very truthful one. that Lmany people nowadays make money the s,andard of respectability. Blue blo d may course proudly through a mat. s veins, but it counts for very lit- tie unless he carries a heavy purse. A woman may be as fair as a flower in the fullness of bloom, and as pure in heart as the driven snow, but there are men who forget to raise their hats when she passes along, if she owns no houses and lands to enhance her value in their es timation. ' ' Gold is a great power in the world we freely concede that we know that its plentiful possession brings us very near, tho stars of heaven, while the want of it leaves us down upon the dust of .earth. But it will never dy to judge a man by what he may carry in his vest pocket or deposit in the bank safe. There is such a narrow line between wealth and want, between plenty and poverty. Some who walked proudly over palace floors last year may now be glad to find a home in a hovel, so un certain is fortune in dispensing her blessing. She does not always leave a cornucopia of fruit and flowers at our feet, as we wish, but drops her favors where she chooses. And, as a general thing, she chooses about right, and ho or she who proves most deserving, is graced with her generous gifts. We are not to sit with clasped hands and wait for her fruits to be poured in our laps we are to maxch alone- with calmness and courage, with uolifted heads, and act according to our ideas of right and duty, with no faintiner of hearts and wailing of voice. And with this prelude we pass on to what we would like to say about the Bubjeet before us. In this beautiful, sunlit land to-dav tnero jre myriads of men who are out of employment thrown unon the world to fiud a living with wives and children looking to them for comfort and support. "Out of work !" It is only a trio of words to write with no especial meaning for tho gav and care less reader but burdened with a weight of woe for hearts that have felt their full significance. It matters not how a man has loataeood situation whether from a mere feeling of pique, wish for revenge, hope of a higher sala ry, or from an employer s failure he should never sit down and wail his sad condition. It will not help him to erain livelihood. He must begin at once to set about his work. There must be no idle waiting and watching for a favora ble turn of fortune's wheel. The little he has in store now will Boon be con sumed : .the woodpile will .gradually grow less every day ; theflour-barrel will ere long be empty ; and his family will find themselves npon " short ra tions before they know it. The little bills begin to come in about this time thick as " leaves in Vallani- brosa." The butcher, who once smiled so blandly when you ordered a beef steak, for breakfast, or the lamb for dinner, begins to wear a sour look. The smart-colored grocery wagon begins to pass by your gate without leaving its eustoaiarv comforts or delicacies. It seems hard to bear, no doubt, to sit down to a frugal meal, after a taste of better things, lou will have many tri als harder Btill. You will be obliged to walk when other men ride ; you will Bee your wife wear faded dresses when oth er men s wives wear the finest fruits of the loom. You will " economize over a dollar when another man freely spends hundred dollars ; you will be obliged to deny your dear little daughter a doll, and your neighbor's child may have all she wants in the world. If you occupy a costly house you must give it up before the rent bill hangs like a sword above your head. Your friends will all be more proudly lodged, but if their love is true they will ring the door-bell at your humble home as often as they did that of your more pretentious dwelling. You will thereby be able to distinguish your real friends to know the sincere hearts rom the butterflies of summer-time. You will find that it was an affectionate feeling for your generous wines and well-spread tables that prompted many a hand-shake and honey-word. After all you need not linger forever in the valley ; you may rise to the pleas ant hill-side again. Only work with heart, and take up whatever your hands find to do that is honest. The first bread you are able to pay for again by your own efforts will taste far sweeter than any you, ever broke in brighter days. All vour comforts will be more prized, ana your me win oe morepn of joy and gladness. The sunshine, when it comes, will seem more lovely, and tha day appear brighter lor the darkness that went before it. Edison's Penmanship. Prof. Edi- ' t TT . 1 A "XT r-. t- . . w son, wnne in Virginia Kjiiy, iiby., Dip ped into a telegraph omce, ana a local nan describes uim as me worm, dressed man in the room by aU odds An old black hat, a cheap shirt wicu tne stud-holes in 'the bosom unoccupied, two-bit necktie several niontnu old, coarse pants and vest, and a mouse-colored linen duster completed his attire. One of the office-boys asked him to put his name in an autograph album. He wrote a line that looked like print and fixed his name at the bottom. Every body admired the inaryelous" penman ship, which was emphatically a new style. The letters were akwardly made, taken singly, but when grouped in a line all looked exactly alike, as if en graved on copper plate. ' You could nt take thirty words a minute and print like that, said one. ' I can take forty,' was the reply. The fastest operator present took one end of the wive, and Ediscn, sitting, at the receiver, picked ud a sheet cf paper and said : Lt the mesBaee come.' He sat there three minutes and took 130 words with appa rent ease, doing better' than he had promised. The dispatch was written in the faultless hand that graced the auto graph album.' , Unwritten War History. In the dark and uncertain days pre ceding the outbreak of the Rebellion, there was much doubt in the mind of Mr. Linooln regarding the disposition of the people north of the recognized dividing line - between freedom and slavery to sustain aggressive measures for the preservation of the Union. State after State had seceded, and no demonstration had been made at the North to counteract the force of such movements at the South. On the con trary, there were public men who open ly advocated a division of the Union into sue a parts as would suitgeograph ical lines aud their own interests an: ambition. Notably, Mr. Hendricks lavored the Northwestern Confederacy some iew lorkers saw in the confusion of the times un opportunity to make their city the Venice of America: and some Caiifornians thought a Republic on the Pacific with San Francisco for its commercial and noli'tinal nni tal, would develop into might v nro portions before the end of the century Aiorauo tjrroeiy nad advocated iu the Jribune peaceable separation, and hold jy pi-ooiaimeu.- "Ajet the erring sisters go in peace. The Indianapolis Jour nai in tue west, inspired by an ambi .... .t-. . . . . . tion to "take a position." occupied the same ground. The Norl.hernStates sent Peace Commissioners to Washing ton to piead witu tne outh for a peace able solution of the difficulties and i hiaintenace of the Union. TIia Hn. eminent under Mr. Buchanau did noth ing to repress the military preparations niamng in the 3uth, and when Mr. T,a-isa,vlri iif.. A 1 a luauguratea mere were nine fctates defying his authority, and ready for war. His Administration had a most formidable opposition in the two remaining States tnat seceded, and in tnose also that attempted to do so. Ills support at the North, in the event of war, he regarded as uncertain, ouaiuur ufjoeareu. inevitable. In this condition of affairs. Commis sioners appointed by Gov. Pickins of bouth Carolina, appeared on the scene, aud through Judge Campbell, then late of the Supreme Court, who had r;. ed on the secession of Louisiana com menued a negotiation lor the surrender .. i . . . . ' to that ctate of the Government forts and property within its limits. Tha Oummissioners were also aided by Dr Todd, of Kentucky, a brother of Mra Lincoln, who was in harmony with the views and actions of the South . Caro linians. He was a temporary habitant at the White House, and acquired in formation lit a pnvate way that no one .ii i -.t... i . ... . . tuuiu nave uuiuiueu iu un onicial ra pacity, and which was made use of as uuie una circumstances required. The negotiations of South Carolina with the Government fuiled.-not because of au indisposition to entertain the pro position submitted, but on account of the precipitate action of South Caro lina troops in bombarding Fort Sumter. This made a peaceable dissolmiim f the Union a matter of impossibilitv aud war an inevitable necesaitv. While these negotiations were pend ing, however, a proclamation had bees prepaied recognizing the fact of the secession of certain States, aud virtual ly acknowledging their independence, surrendering to them stated powers of the General Government over proper ty and places within their limits, and guaranteeing them peaceable posses sion of the same on conditions specifi ed. This proclamation had the sanc tion of Mr. Wade, of Ohio, and was in accordance with Mr. Greely's frequent ly expressed views. With the aopear- auce of the proclamation was to be an editorial in the Washington aud New York papers sustaining the action of the Administration. This was also prepared and held ready for use when the occassion demanded it. But the action at Fort Sumter changed all this, and a proclamation was issued instead for 75,000 men for three months to suppress the rebellion; and war was thus accepted by an unwilling Gov ernment and people. The proclamation calling for troops is matter of history; that previously prepared looking to peace is not, and its existence must be proved from oth er sources than official records. The evidence on which it rests ia the foil w- ing statement: Mr. A. T. Cavis, a pr of readexat the Government printing-office is a gentleman of intelligence and cul ture, ud of undoubted veracity. He is a Dut.ive of Pennsylvania, but went to South Carolina in 1817 and remained until af tt-r the w ar. Previous to and during the War he was editor of the South. Carolina Guardian, published, at Columbia. Hie position gave him ac quaintance and association with the State authorities, and he speaks from personal knowledge regarding the mat ters herein stated. - The proclamation looking to a peace able separation of the' States was ob tained by Dr. Todd while at the White House, and by him given to Gov. Pick ens, it is not Known now he came in possession of it, and it is not necessary to inquire into that now. But that he had the original draft of the proclama tion, that it and the editorial designed to accompany , its publication - were written on official paper bearing the impress "Executive Mansion," is un doubtedly true. The proclamation and editorial were shown by Gov Pic ken to Mr. Cavis, and by the fitter pubc lished in his paper, the Sotah Carolina Guardian. In the burning of Colom bia by Sherman s troops the oHice and files of the Guardian, were destroyed and there is no copy of the paper ex tant containing these documents. He original papers, however, are in the possession of Mrs. Pickens, at Edge field, S. C; who has carefully preserv ed all the books and manuscript col lected by her late husband. ,' This important and interesting fact in the unwritten history of Rebellion shows how difficult it was "ta read the signs of the timesanJ subsequent events proved that ie people knew more than their ruler assumed lea lers. Washinjton L-.-fir NeW orlt Sua. NO. 3. The Opal Collection on. at the Exposi- In admiring the wonderful collection of opals that Mr. Goldschmidt, proprie tor of the famous mines at Dubuik, ex poses in the Hungarian section, we can hardly believe that these - stones once served as playthings for the chil dren of the uncivilized inhabitants of the Carpathian mountains. There is nothing more alluring than this stone, which resembles a crystallized rainbow. It is said that the cpal fades with time, if it has remained too long buried in the earth. It changes six months after its extraction; but, if at the expiration oi that time it does not lose its brillian cy , then it will never change. It is well known that the English aristocra cy go wild over opals, and her' majesty Queen Victoria possesses a splendid, collection. I believe it is her favorite jewel. In France, lately, it has fallen a victim to an unjust prejudice, and t he ex-E m press En gene "( superstitious as the rest of Spaniards) looks npon it with no enviable eye. Besides the Q ueen of England having a love for this calmniated stone, the court of Austria and Germany adore it. Super stition line that should not be encour aged in this enlightened age of ours; and it is ridiculous that for a foolish notion this beautiful stone should be banished from the female parnre, one of its handsomest ornaments. We like better the superstition tof the ancient Romans, ' who thought that the opal was the stone of love, and lost its color when the woman who wore it was un faithful. En somne, this stone with its tricolor reflection, seems to be thetrue stone for the republic. Philadelphia North American. Sag-acity of Animals Overrated. It is next to impossible to shake the public faith in the value of the obser vations of the lower creation. We know by experience that our barn-door fowls will with infinite composure retire to rest at ten o'clock in the morning in case of an eclipse, yet that knowledge does not prevent the pnblio from as suming the possession by birds of mys terious sources of information on the subject of the weather which are sealed to us. Dogs are supposed to have same intuition which warns them of approach ing death, and many a heart has been tortured by accepting as a forewarning of dissolution a dog's complaint against the moon for unreasonable brightness. The fact is that animals in general are far less wise than we think, even ia the matters that come directly under their ken. Observations of phenomona on the part of a man who, by noticing the influence of changing condition upon various objects, animate and inanimate, becomes weather-wise, are far more trustworthy than that kind of feeling. which, like pain in an old wound, warns birds or animals of the approach of wet. Altogether curious it is, in deed, to see how far animals are from -possessing the kind of knowledge we are most ready to assign them, that of things they may eat with impunity. Quite recently Lord Lovelace under went a serious loss in consequence of a herd of cows eating some ewe-clippings indiscreetly placed within their reach. Cattle continually mistake the kind of food that will suit them, especially when they are strange to the district in which it grows. After a time they find its noxious qualities, and are, it ap pears, able-to transmit the knowledge to their descendants. v Fortune-teller's Almanac. To dream of having a great number I servants is madness. .To dream of a bear foretokens mis chief, which yonr vision shows yon is a brum. When a fashionable young lady dreams of a ftlbert, it is a sign that her thoughts are rnnmng npon a colonel. To dream that yonr nose is red at the tip is an intimation that you had better leave off brandy and water. To dream of a mill -stone about soar neck, is a sign of what you may expect if you marry an extravagant wife. ' If you dream of clothes, it is a warn ing not to go to law ; for, by the rule of contraries, you will be sure of a non suit. - " - To dream of a fire is a sign that if you are wise you will' see tht all the lights in your ' house are one ueiora you go to bed. It is very lucky to dream that you pay for a thing twice over; since, after ward you. will probably take care to have all your bills receipted. For a person in unembarassed ; cir- . cumstances to dream that he is arrested is very fortunate; far it is a warning to him on no account to accept a bill. ; There is no harm in being fashion' able, if you are fashionable within the bounds of reason kand the eapacitybf your purse. The ccprioes of fashion furnish - industries through ; which myriads earn their daily bread. What would become of the whole dry-gooda trade but for fashions? What of the dress-makers, the milliners, the lace makers? etc., etc. In Brussels alone over 3,000 women are employed in the manufacture of lace; the woman who buys real lace contributes to the flpiH pott .-ci l.-Los woraers;bntif she thereby add to the burden of her support resting npon husband or father, how dearly does she par for her lux ury. Women of wealth, besides the privilege of encouraging worthy indus tries, have the opportunity to add in finitely to the attractions of home in numerous ornaments wbioh require ex ceptional taste and skill. Norristown Herald: "A snake was recently caught in a Welsh church by 'charming him from his retreat by the muaio of a harmonium. A snake ia pro bably the only living creature that caa be charmed' by a harmonium.- And no doubt the reptile preferred to come out and die than to listen any longer to its strains, z. 4 1 p.