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Professional Cards.
T r riiq '
COWING &. COWING,
ATTORNETS AT LAW.
All aa tttlura Lnllt.l Htalra lauJ offlcai a
uwlalijr.
OKKUON CITY.
OKKHON
C. D. & D. C. LATOURETTE.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW.
HAIX aTanaT. omuioN CITY, oaioioK.
ruriil.hAli.lr.ru ut Tlllr. Ian Huiiry. rora
cluM Murtaanra. trau.ai'l tjrurral
lw llualaaaa.
C. E. HAYES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
Oregon, City. Oregon.
Oflira up tulri mar Court llouaa
F.O. McCOWN, "
Attorney at Law.
, Oregon City, ' Oregon.
Land Business a Specialty.
T. A. McllKIOB. KKKHHKK.
McBRIDE &. DRESSER.
Attorneys at Law. '
Ollke in Juiruur IlliHk,()ret(on City, Or.
A. I. KBYK. MIONEY HMITII.
FRYE & SMITH,
Civil Engineers and Surveyors
Ollke nearly oipoiti Court Howie.
OHKOON CITY, OltKUON.
Work Promptly AtttMidcd to
. i ...u :
H. E. FERRIN, M. D.,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Oregon City, Oregon,
Orrn ii atnlra In Hank Itliii'k front of ilia
KHTKRrmak Orm.
J. W. POWELL, M. D.,
. Physician and Surgeon
OfllifO at Cliurmun A Co'a Prug HI ore
OKKOON CITY, OHKOON
ARCHITECTS.
y.r.WIIITK. W.A. WlllTlt.
WHITE BROTHERS,
Practical Jrchltectt Builders
Will prupara plain, tlavatlnin, aror kllt( (la
talla, and aiiralfl'tatlnitt for all klmli nf luiil'l-
Ingf apHrtal aiir'iitoti kivau lo mnuorii
(aval, hatlmatra oirulanau on Kiipiicaiioa
tall ou or audraaa Willi t IIKOH..
r Oraian City, 00
AND CHEAPEST
-vax iik rum. AT-
Oscar F. A. Froytag's, !
r Tint rtior or main tki.kt.
lUviiiu rotaltlUliiil inviii'K In
livrv, I iruim kvIiIdii kuDiU mi Kr dial
it will I lit III H'lvntiu ul Um huyi'r
In Irn.U u! mi'. I IimikII nlily flrwl
i'Hik tint will Ml llii'in lim ivi
i!il 1 niiir h ivruin la KHuin ynir
itlruiiiK l III" fumi" CThII hihI fm
ill III t"t tll'l l-K!tll Mllil n j .bf
innvlmt'il llial I fAii urtimCy ymi In Imlh.
lUmnntwr Hint I ilollvvr nil In
nv irl of lli i-ily mnnll.v ml H.F.K
ul-1 n. 1 1 A lt i K with my own m.
Oscar E. A. Freytag.
WHY NOT?
in
Yuu art luiaiitiu to nurrhaa a
Piai Br Op;
TIIKS WHY SOT
J. H. WAY,
Tim l ive I I AMI tnil OlitaN man will
rll yu in Innlruiisrnt
VERY CHEAP.
PIA1TOS:
UUklH IIMUM.,
riwiir.K.
OBOANS:
n titin a ii ini.m.
a. u. awtK.
wi:t:it.
SsK far CASH or si Ue IMSTiLLKENT FLAX.
AiMnxui it Oregon City, Or.
WOOD TUltXIXU
ait ID-
SCROLL SAWING.
I'artir .Icairing WokI Tilfiiliia. I'at
Irrna, lira, krta, or
Shop Carpenter's Work
Will UHuilnJ by Tailing on Mo.
Doors, Windows and Blinds
TO ORDER.
O. H. BESTOW, '
ar(lp. Hi Conj;rriili"niil riiurcli.
GKAN1)
CLEARANCE SALE
AT THE
STORE.
Great vlicdud ion
IN
P:R:I:0:E:S.
mm Baby aaa aV k, wa ara bar Caalorla.
Wbrn (ha aaa a OilUf, aha arlnl for Caalorla.
Waaa ah baoama Hlaa, alia lun 10 t'aatorla.
Wbaa aba bad Cuodrao, aba cara Uwia Caatorta,
OSWEGO NURSERIES,
Walmnu A Jakihi ii, I'roi.,
CROWERS AND DEALERS
IN
Fruit and Ornamental Trees
Grape Vines, Small
Fruits, Etc.
Nurmiry four iiiIIopi iielow Oreuon 'City
on the Owuo roi.
Cttlul'mntu mulleil fife on npiliratluii
AiMrem all orilnm to
WALLING & JARISCH
Oaw-o, Or-a-on.
A niiriruln. 1
For utile, at" 110 per acre, UK) aero of
tltnbur loud ; about 'lf Bren hIi timber,
4)4 mili; fwn It. K.nttlun, 2 milei
from aiiw mill on Hock Credit ; iplenilid
land and tlinl))ir; luvel; torm nny,
Aik h . . MoCowii A Bon, i
WSWM
BANK OF OREGON CITY
Tuld up GaptUl 830,000.
I'HKHii.KKf .....'I'llOMAH IUMMAN,
('ahiiikn ..,.v .('.UN, H.C4W'r'lk;i.U.
MHlt..; v K. I.. EAriUM. ,
twwlu rHlv4 milOI In fliwll
A it.r.iv.l liUU m! itnii.. ll.(,..iMttt4
Vmiiit); unit flly "i ""'W'. i '
rullriillnll. Ul. .r. XII I'll f, . '
llti.ll. mill i. l',irUH.I. Man rrnllilwil,l.lllli
., h Y(. wl ll Villirl(.l olll.' "I Ku
. nM(
Ti...(rt.hle nhitir t.'U! n CiiiIUiiiI, H
rramilnvm ( hl.'.i inl Ae York.
Interest Paid M ilne ijposltijfolinwr.
fu thf iiKintli), 4 r pm ft imiiw, ,
rr muiilli.. i t'tr Mini, nii uniaiiti.
For U miMiiht. f uui. inuu.
kui4, nt inlaraat laHrlia 11 drawn ttrlor
Tliua Mrllllralra if drntnll nnvalil Mill ttfr
U4 VI IMW tl ltMlli
CITY BATHS
. AND
Tonsorial Parlors.
TTAIR CUTING HHAMrOOING
Hair dyeing ijingling.
Sharp Kftzornkt Clean TuwoU
I.mliiV ami rhi'.ilri'iia' linirt-utting
it Kia'oialty.
(lot or tH'l'l Imthx ut nny tiuu.
25cts. BATHS 25ct3.
Jos. Griggs.
Opposite the post Office.
Mi
If VOU r in ItM'il of a lUrnraa, SailJIr,
Itriillx.or lirpaiia, you ran uionry
hyralllniion ai.
iim HiiguT llariiramta ainl Klmli Kail
lira hi vie to ortlrr.
Wlintlitjr you aant In tmyor not l n
n town mil on ni.
Tie Blue Froiit
Harness Shop,
Sett lo Id-nry Cunka't l.ivpiv ("Utile
LUMBER!! :U
FOR FIRST CLASS LUMDER
CO TO
Geo. S McCord's Mill
on Mt. 1'lruHant 2i uiilei mmtb of
Ori son City.
OREGON CITY.
From 1850 to 1800. In
elusive. The Muta
tions of Timo.
THERE COMES A VOICE
That Awakes my Soul; It Is the
Voice of Years that are
Cone; They Roll Before
Me With All Their
Deeds"
The following review ami brief tie
eription of Oregon City, from The
Vindicator, in, we think, from the
pen of V. A. Mcl'hearHon:
The city at The Fnllri in the hie
torictownof Oreeon. It wim there
that the IIuJhoii lluy Compunj !
titblinhed tlieir firet trading xist
moth of the Columbia riror. There
wan first located that old veteran,
Dr. John McLaughlin, n chief fac
tor for tho Company long before
the firot American immigrant hewd
bin way acniKH tin pliiiim and set
tied In thin valley. Oregon City wa
tho Drat aeat of government of tho
territory, both before and after itri
organization under the lawn of con
grew. The llrat and only jMmt ofTice
whvro aettlerH of all nectioiiH of tho
vulluy couM receive mail matter waH
at Oregon City, and thin remaim
the MtatiiH of afTuim until 1850, Tho
nmilH were curried to the interior
by pecial incine ngyrR wliom mail
acki were their overcoat pockctri
Kegtirded, ai it wai, an lW-ccjiter
of civilization of tho Jortli I'aj'illo
coitHt, the town attained ''treat
prominence. In 1H52 it wan a tnart
of trade without a rivaLjn tWrrrl
tory. Fifty dollar alugj and 4viity
dollar gold piocen were' ai plentiful
at quartern and dimei are Bt'prei-
cnt. Tho old-timo rcitidenti af the
city were of that ennrgctib,. filter
printing cIiihh who have luldi deep
and "olid the foundationjVuf the
Ktatu'i greatnuNi ait pmiKperity.
With but a fewexceptloni tlwey havo
gout) to their reward. j.a immigrant
of IHiO viHttod tho aiiniilnticHy lant
week, and upon inveiligiti'Ai tho
following named pcroni wore all
now left to aniiwer tho ah wn. W.
f. Mohh, J. M, Bacon, )l. ;ptralght,
Jo. Hodges, Robert CttUfieid,,TVa'.
Fclilii, Thoa. Charman, Hn. Thpg.
Charman, VV. C. Johnann, Father
Moony, A. J.'ttHon, Mrfv'F.)IU,
AttentionFarmers
Urn Arthur Warn, F?0. MuCown,
Col.'W. ;!, White, nnd ('apt, J,1 T.
ApperHon, ' Tla.Wn Otln'Va wlio
luivij changed thelrj renulciice, but
their, number doim net reach a at'om,
' Oregon Citv, likii every other lo
cality in tho Utiy hit lagged to-
hind Tor want of population and
nionoy tiuji'velop iU Ii'icxhauitiblti
reaourctHf, flut a tevy cr4 i dawn
ing, and biminena i!tWltyi In to be
aeon on every hutid. Anlde from the
nianufuetorieit now In rfiperallmt
which iiuploy over eight hundred
laborer, iklllml ami, uiinkillotl,
there are auveral othors In content
pUtiou wliiih wilUoe coinplatetl
during the prencnt year. The Glad
atone Real I'd ate Attiwiatlon, com
Mined of the moet eubntantial lin n
of capital both of Oregon City and
Portland, have orgaulio J, and will
in the early epring coiniirenee the
coiiatruction of a tnwmill with a
capacity for cutting 2'i,tHK) feet of
lumber per day. They have the
contract for improving Clitckamae
river for the purjHine of llonting
timber ami loga to their mill.
Nebraska partiea are mirveying
the lituution to determine the prac
ticability of t utiiblinhiiig n cannery
mar the proHaed aawmill. The
Oregon City Hoard of Trade made
commendable efl'ort to encourage
thin enterprine.
The 'opb are euthuiiuhtic in
anticipation of I he completion of
two motor linen to their citv, the
coiinuiumation of which it but a
quentiiin of a abort time.
The grand eunpeuniott bridge
whieh epaut tho river open up a
new field for enterprine to Oregon
Citf. Already many new and ele
gant renidenct have npruug upon
the went nido of tho river, and nth
em are in ctmrtv of coimtruction.
With a motor line from Portland
to the fall, the whole line of the
road will be lined with tuburban
home Uoparalliileil for elegance
and U'ltuty of location.
Hence the venerable city of The
Fall vibrate to the new order of
thiol. The uon covered build-
inja of half a century ago are glv
ing place to cottage of modern
architecture an immigration How
in. Hie future ol the city never
preneiitcd no encouraging an out
limk a at thin time. Heal entate
traniaction are ten fold thone of
the name date hint year. Meantime
the aublime aiitbcm of the mighty
cataract continue to cant it rain
Imw note upon the air in it perx t
ii al flow to the nea.
Socially the tow n in ntaid ami ho
pitahlc. The luw are olmerved,
and there in little neunational.tobe
gleaned by tho moit lynx-eyinl n
porter.
The two local paen, the Courier
and the Knterprie, are txmducted
creditably, uml, a their adverti
ing column allow, tkey are enjoy
ing reasonable prosperity.
When hoary Winter nliall have
fled away to bin arctic realm, no
nhort excursion would be no fraught
with Interest to tho average I'ort
lander a a ateamtioat journey to
Oregon City and return.
, Itnrrlrtte'i Ituviliillonk.
J will wear easier shoe than I
did last year.
If I find that lave to wear pecta
cle, I will
I will not read one-half tho ad
vertisement inthoHunday paor
I will think less about money
and reach out after more of it
I will remember only the gum
thing in tho sermon
I 'will try to do without the
thing which I really do not neei
and can't get, and give tho money
to tho missionary union
I will not envy tho poor their po
session.
If I have timo I will get up at the
ringing of the rising hell.
Under any circumstance I will
always ariso before break fust.
I will not believe anything I road
in the newspaper until I see it con
tradicted tho following day.
When I find I cannot tin a I
please, I will do a I have to,
I will (try to) answer all my let
ters.
I will give up lying, evon though
I have to Hell my trout rod and dog,
I will endeavor to take more In
terest In baseball,.
I will follow tho advice of gome
eminent 'clergyman, and go to tho
theater oftenor, In order to counter'
act the ovil influences of tho prayer
meeting,
I will not endyrso for any one ex
o'ept member in good standing of
tho Ah tor and Vandorbilt families,
and I'll even then bo a little partio-
iilur a to which member and for
bow tiitioh.
" I will not bo 'foolishly timid or
reticent about ttHking other people
to endorae for me; that' alUelhur
quite a JiU'erco tilling entirely.
If any one olferi to diainina civil
ncrvlt'o reform, Infant baptism, or
Hrownlng with me, nnd, nolssly
lno I amuml, and the place is lone-
y, ami the hour late, and. I thiuk I
can do it, I will maul hifu n lluit
hi can't think " of ' anything, but
court patcr and amlca for tiurtaj
week. , ... .,' ,7 ! ' l'-
A much aa lioth, in me. I will
live iwnoeably with the ehJilr,' tW
finance committee, the pew com
initto and tho (ruatee. Hrocklyn
"agio.
Moilen r KxeenlloH.
Australia, gnllow, public,
lluvaria, guillotine, private.
Relgium, guLJlotirie, private.
Itrunnwick, axe, private.
Chili, word or cord, public. ... .
Denmark, guillotine, public.
Kctiador, musket, public.
France, guillotine, public,
(irent Britain, gnllow. private.
Ilaimver, guillotine, private.
Italy, capital imnishmvnt abol-
ished.
Nolherlands, gallown, public.
Oldenburg, miinket, public,
l'nrtugttl, gitllown, public.
1'russiit, nword, private.
Itunnia, musket, gallov, oraword,
public.
Haxony, guillotine, private.
Sjwin, garmt, public.
Switerland, 15 canton, sword,
public. Two canton, guillotine,
public. Two cuiittiii , guillotine,
private.
I'nited StatiHi, other than Nw
York, gallown, private.
Howe Hi; Tklnra.
America I " great" on big things
if he i young. Tb longent eu-
enniuii bridge in the world la tho
one between New York and Hrook-
f.9S() feel in length. The larg
tnl aingle fortilication in the world
i Fortr Monroe. It ct.t over
3.0,000. The Iof.int active yol
cano i roiKM-atatietl, In Mexico,
17,784 feet above the eal level
The largest park in the world l
the National Park (Yellowstone.)
The largest body of fresh water in
the word i I.nke Suierior, with an
area of 32,K)0 square mile. The
largest knewn cavern in the world
is Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. The
Urgent trees in the world are the
mammoth trees of California, some
of them 37(1 feet high and 34 feet
in diameter at the bane, indicating
an age of about 25tX year. The
largeet auditorium in the world is
aid to be tho one jutt 0x'ned for
inoinra bouse in Chicago.
" Katn."
No, not the slang phrase, but the
Ixithcraome little rodent. Rats are
native of Asia, and their raid
wcttward belong to comparatively
modern tune. Ibe little animal
wa unknown in ancient Europe
The black rat first came to Kurojie
from Aia in the sixteenth centu
ry, and alout tho In-ginning of the
Seventeenth contury or the ending of
tho sixteenth ho arrived in America.
This black rat was the common
house rat until the brown or gray
rat made his appearance in 1775.
The gray rat came to Europe
from India by way of Russia, and is
now known a the Norway rat, from
a mistaken tradition that it came
from Norway to England, and from
the latter country to America.
The other day, says a stato ex
change, a couple of gentlemen down
tho river wcro speaking of tho hard
weather and how fast the hay was
going, when a little 0-year-old son
sail, "If drandpit don't look out he
won't have enough hny left for
seed." Tho laugh did n't rattle
him In tho least. Ho murmured
that "you can't mako nothing grow
without seed."
" I'a, can I go to thooircus?" in
.nil red Johnny Snaggs. " No, sir,"
no son of mine shall go whore his
father would beushanisd to be seen
If I catch you there " Here
Mr. Hnaggs bit his lip and broke off
suddenly.
When you meet a man and ask
him how he fools, if ho doot n't stop
to think, he olways says "first rote."
If ho stops to think a minute he
will always begin to unfold some
tale of woe.
K very indication favors the speedy
return to a prosperous era. The en
tire country is awakening from its
lethargy, and industrial develop
mont has begun in a degree almost
unprecedented, ,
Iturul !Mrn an 4 New.
,r Improve both mind and soil.
Resist .all moni'iKilistlo trusts,
ta-Tha Ut farm factor brains.
Make this a poor year for swin
dler'.' '" "'' ' '. ' ' ' ...!
Feed and waleryour slock reg-J
ularly. ' .,-, ;
Take tho boy to farmer' club
meeting. - .
' Peanut culture U receiving in
created attention in California, j s
, A Hooded scrub it a power for
mischief. There nhrruld be no place
for him in the dairy. ' s,. ?.
All other thinw'i Wini equal, the
maa with tb best cultivated brain
will make the bent farmer.
It is a good feeder who it able
to judge of the quality and feeding
value of foodi at hit command.
It It said that vegetables put
into a barrel or box and covered
with earth ksep crisp and nice.
It make all tho difference in
the world whether the man run
the farm or the farm run the man.
A Maanachuett man it said to
have had 721 bean grow on one
stalk. That was worth saving for
seed.
Soinedayagriculture will stand
at the head of all professions and
callings. It will be the post of hon
or. The total Cape Cod cranberry
crop of last year isestimaUU at
J'J.tXK) barrel. The year before it
was 80,000,
Forest leaves are not at good
ahorbent at ttraw, but they add
very much to the value of the man
ure pile.
No system af buying and sell
ing or swapping animals will im
prove the stock of the country. It
must be bred up.
Foreign i abbago 1 increasing
in supply. A recently arrived Co
penhagen steamer at New York
brought 4,'.M7 packages.
There i no disputing the fact
that corn give the most profita
ble return when converted into
condensed animal product.
If you cannot buy a gistd male
to breed up your stork, biro the
service of one. It will pay in the
first calf dropis-d
The stock of wool in Chicago,
January 1, wa estimated to l
about 4, 000, MX) HiuiuH, against
7,(XX),000 pounds a year ago.
When horse Imll their food,
chaff and hay or clover cut fine, a
handful or so mixed with the oats,
will cause them to give their food
better mastication.
A variety of fmsl is alway re I
ished by animal a well a by
man, and in a beneficial as afford
ing all tho necesaary nutritive elo
mont to nourish the system.
Some private cable say the
Engl inli wheut markets are strong,
because it i understood that Rus
sian shipments have entirely ceased
for the season.
Com is now at the lowest price
it has reached since 1802. New
corn in selling at or near twenty-
nine cents in Chicago and thirty
nine cents in New York.
A beet sugar refinery at Medi
cine Lodge, Kansas, made 10,000
siunds of Ix'ct sugar last year, of
remarkable sweetness, from 00.8
tonsjif beds grown on 4.4 acres of
land.
The stock of wheat in Odessa
and Schastopol at the close of navi
gation is stated to lie about 9,200,
(XX) bushels. A year ago there w as
10.800 bushels in Odessa alone.
A farmer at Hyde Park, Ver
mont, has Wen experimenting with
Japanese buckwheat. The kernels
are largo and plump, and the yield
alwut fifty bushels to tho acre, or
nearly twice that of the native
brand.
Tho duty of 71 cents per bushel
upon corn is a serious tax upon Ca
nadian farmers and millers who re
quire that article for stock feeding
or grinding purposes, but it is not ap
parently checking importation.
Lending New York wheat deal
ers lielicvo that Europe has no other
plaoe to draw upon for her supplies
than tho United States for the
noxt six months, except ' tho Ar
gentine Republic, which never ex
ported over 8,000,X)0.
Must iik Nkw: Old ladv, from
tho country I'd like to git a pair
o' shoes, young man. Polito clerk
Yes, ma'am. Something pretty
nico, ma'am? Old lady I want
'om good an' stout. Polite clerk
Well, ma'am, hero's a strong shoe,
an excellent strong shoe. It has
been worn a groat deal this wintor.
Old lady Man alive! I don't want
no shoe that's been worn this win-
tor nor any other winter; I want a
bran new pair! Puck,
Itneeuia that our Knglish breth
ren liavo trick In their, fish trade.
They occasionally smear stale cod-
fish gill with fresh bullock's blood.
a if recently caught. They some
time blow up b an fish to make
thorn' look flit. They pus off hali
but and brill a turbot. Rale eel
and skate are rubbed over ' with
sand to make them look aa if fresh.
Sprats are canned and labeled sar
dines, and ground up Into anchovy
paste. How thankful we ought to
lie that American finhermen do not
do such things!. ' ; j
The Itlde by Mauat Bhn.iaV ''
Hklavwayy a., i.a . jajaa in laia
" I am an old traveler, but Ituke
this train with a sense of pleasure
and exjiectancy not experienced on
any other road," So tuid a gentle
man ou a sleeper of a Southern Pa
cific train a it left Oukland one
evening last December. When
asked why, he answered ho had
Wen traveling over the road between
San Francisco and I'ortland.ever
since it was built, yet the novelty
of the journey was as freslr as when
he made his first trip, " I guess,"
he added, " that I am a little ro
mantic, but it ' not painful to me,
and I always think pleasantly of
Oakland roses to-day and contrast
them with Shasta's frost of to
morrow." So the trip by the Shas
ta mute affects some other lett ro
mantic with mathematical mind.
They end the hours of the ride in
estimating how high this mountain,
how long that bridge or bow many
liorse power is lost by letting the
Sacramento go unfettered. Then
there ia tho stolid, indifferent pas
senger who only knows and caret
that the road Wd in good, tho train
on time, the car comfortable, the
porter attentive, with meals regular
and satisfactory. To the traveler
who emotions are quickened by
the grandeur of nature, the ride is
one never to Ik forgotten.
If you are wise you will eat at
Redding, though it be earlier than
you usually break the night's fast,
The day will be long but rot long
enough, and regret and night will
come together. You will not allow
the Sacramento to be long out of
your sight, and you will fetl sorry
to see iU diminishing size, sorrier
still when you leave it. You no
tice, as the distance from San Fran
cisco increases, that nature is pre
paring you for a climax; the canyon
walls grow bolder, tho scenery more
rugged, and you prepare yourself for
the first look at Shasta. It conies
at last and you realize the weakness
of words, and you wish that a lan
guage might . W framed in which
you could express your emotion and
awe at the sight of the great altar
reared by nature to which it is
right all lovers of nature should of
fer reverence. You are sorry the
train carries you so soon out of
sight of it.. You go through the
tunnel and start on your way down
toward sea level; another night
passes and you awake to find your
solf on the hwlands of Oregon, but
a few lours from the Columbia. A
nhort ride through a fertile valley
down the W illamctto and by its
falls, tho journey is ended; you go
your way wondering why the trip
was so short, haunted by pleasant
memories of the day amongst the
cloud.
The Farmer a Skilled Laborer.
Viewed from the lofty standpoint
of the New York Hod-carriers' Un
ion, conridered from tho halls of
the Philadelphia Rill-posters' Pro
tective Association, the prairie farm
tr is simply a clodhopper. He is a
man who decides to havo corn
wheat and potatoes, instead of wild
grass, grow on a piece of land, and
sows and plants the seed that wil
produce them. In point of fact
more knowledge and skill aro re
quisite for prosecuting his craft sue
cessfully than that of any city arti
sun. It requires more skill to han
die a plow than a trowel. It Is more
difficult to manage a reaping ni a
chine than a machine that turns
out brick, Greater knowledge is
needed to sow grain than to move
switches in a freight yard. Muc
more mtormation, experience am.
skill aro needed to raiso tobacco
plants, to cultivate them, and prop
orly to cure tho leaves, than to
make thorn into cigart. Laying
drain-tilo It a more tliflicultart than
laying brick. Properly to remove
fleeco from a sheep demand as great
doxtority as to shave the beard from
tho face. Tho successful fanner is
necessarily a skilled laborer. lis is
master, not of one trade, but of ma
ny, and a long time is required to
learn each of them, He is also
merchant, and to bo prosperous he
must bo a judge of the quality ,
many things, and know how tobi
and sell them to the best advantay
Rodney Wi lt"h in the Janua
Forum.
On the Wire. ,
Rlondin crossing Niagara a
tho , tight rope 'never had a mo!
excited audience than the one
Pan Franclnco, made up of adulj
and children, which gazed uponj
mouse waiting on me mgn wire
ie postal Telegraph Company. J
When he had got 30 feet awa;
from the telegraph pole, the moui.
grew very timid aud scarcely a .
vanced at all. At length he gre
Wider, and finally made the perii
ou distance of 300 feet to the nex
iKle. j
The wire must have Wen at leas
20 feet from the ground, and ho4
the mouse got so high in the air otj
the wire and was able to walk it a
all, was the eanse of much wondc!
to everybody. I
A child at length explained th
mystery of the mouse's queer jourl
ney by telling how a black-and-tat!
dog had pursued it, making it tak
to the pole.
When the mouse had complete!
his dangerous mid-air trip, ho de
acen'ded the pole and stepped on tin
hand of an on-looker, who carriei
him away in triumph. I i
h
A few years ago Gen. Grant madt
speech at a re-union in Dc
Moinet, Iowa, in which he madq
use of the following language whicl!
should be commended to every cit-l
izen of the republic. It may have
been temporarily forgotten, but
the words aud sentiment contained;
therein should never be loei sight ol
by the ople of this country?
" 1tt ut labor for the security of.
free thought, free'sp:!., free press J
pure morals, unfettered religious
leutimenU, and equal right and
rirtvilecrsa firir all man irrennartivn
i ' ii
of nationality, color or religion; en-
courage free schools; resolve that ,j
not one dollar appropriated shall go
to the supjiort. of an..cfarla,.s
school; resolve that neither state nor-'
nation shall support any institution '
save those where every child may
get a common school education, un-
miTjwl wttti aftii.tuttj. Tin tr n n. a.w4. zi
.... ...... n . . . m ...V . f, DV V .
arian teaching; leaving the matter
of religious teaching to the family
ltar.and keep church and state for
ever separate."
Village parson (entering country
editor'e office) You promised to
publish that sermon I sent you on
Monday, but I do not find it in the
atest issue of your paper. Editor
I sent it -up. It surely went in.
What wa the name of ill Parson
"Feed my lambs." Editor (after
searching through the paper) Ah
yes urn here it is. You see, we
have a new foreman, and he put it
under the head of "Agricultural
Notes," as "Hints on the Care of
Sheep."
America, according to Mr. Car
negie, is making steel rails as cheap
ly as England, and Col. Shook says
wo are making iron at $2 a ton le.s
than it can be made in any part of I
Europe. Yet we are told that the ft
protective tarirThas been the means
of destroying the country. It would I
not be a bud idea to give thecoun- 1
try some Jmore of the same kind of 1
ruin.
Two years ago a correspondent
went to Reauvoir to ask Jefferson
Davis to write an article on Abra
ham Lincoln, at his own price, for a
New York Magazine, Davis courte
ously declined, saying that, in his
opinion, Lincoln had been dead too
short a time for accurate and dispas-
Bionato judgment to be passed on his
political career. Then he said: "It
is curious that I never met Mr. Lin
coln, nor do I rememberever having
seen him. I resigned from the houso
to go to Mexico in 1840, and Mr. Lin
coln did not take a seat in that
body until later. When I roturned
to Washington, in 1847, as senator
from Mississippi, although frequent
ly in the house, I da not remember to
have seen Mr. Lincoln, whoso tcrrc
expired in 1849. Douglas, more
than onco after his opponent had
become prominent, tried to recall
him to my memory, but ho never
could succeed in doing so." Cincin
nati Enquirer.
Some of the newspapers are com
plaining that the government ought
not to manufacture and print its own
envelopes. The government would
probably hire this work done as well
as tho printing of its currency, if it
could bo persuaded that the average
job printer could do it without too
much temptation.