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Year: 1877

"A thing done whenthouyht offs never
forgotten.


DO unto others as you would have
them do unto you.


Some people are positive just in pro-
portion to their ignorance.


Partial culture runs to the ornate; ex-
treme culture to simplicity.


He who knows the world will not be
too bashful. He who knows himself will
not be impudent.


The severest punishment Of any injury
is the consciousness OF having done it; and
no one but the guilty knows the whitening
pains Of repentance.
"A secret is little silence; you cannot
talk about it and keep it. it is like money,
when once you know there is any conceal
ed, it is half discovered.


If you wish to be happy, keep busy,
idleness is harder work than plOuglliny, II
good deal. There is more fun in sweating
an hour than in yawning century.


Train up a child in the way he should
CO. says the proverb; but it is rs we'll, if
you want to do the thing properly, to tray-
el in the first instance, by that train your
self.


TO friend who asked Thiers why he
did not cease from such incessant labor.
and take repose in his declining days, he
replied, "As long as God gives me life,
shall use the faculties he has vOuchsated
me. 1t is only now that am old that
appreciate properly the value OF time and
knowledge.


I'VE can no more stand still in life than
We can turn back. When we have no de-
sire to go on, invisible forces are at work
to compel us to do so. There are things
We must do; people We must meet; events
that will occur to us. We cannot believe
that the deeds will be all such as we must
regret, the events all sorrowful ones, the
new acquaintance all enemies.


Fight your own battles. Ask no fiv-
Ors of any one, and you will succeed five
thousand times better than one who is al
ways beseeching some ones patronage.
No one will ever help you as you help
yourself, because no one will be so heartily
interested in your affairs. Men who win
love do their own wooing. Whether you
work for fame, or love. or money, or tor
any ytl,ins else, work with yoW hands, heart
and brains.
Year: 1877

A correspondent ofthe Country Gentle
man says: These is something TO know
about growing cabbages for market
profit, followed by a crop for the house
hold use. The cutting of a cabbage from
its stem is an item, that every grower
should fully understand. Cutting it at
the lowermost leaves, is all wrong, be-
cause when cut so low the stems seldom
sprout much afLerward; whereas, when
they are cut up as high and far as can be
done without injury to the head. and as
many of the leaves are left as possible,
therefore soon many side heads emitted
from the stems, and each of these
ultimately becomes as useful in the
kitchen, or for picking, as the first
neads. This course of cutting may be
pursued any time from May to Septem-
Der in our northern middle sections,
and all the year round south of st.
Louis.


A deep rich and mellow soil is needed
Then we should use largely of salt and
gypsum or land plaster. There is no
question that salt, away from the sea
shore, is one of the best specific manures
in the wholeilst. The application of salt
and gypsum should be made on land of
moderate richness, in the furrow or line
where the cabbages are,to be grown, when
the plowing or digging just before plant
ing is made. Even insects can be at once
and readily destroyed by dropping as
much salt as would form large sized
pea upon the head when it 1t is moist. -
This sailing, but mingled with plaster,
should be given again after the first or
early head is cut away. 1t may happen
in applying the salt or salt and plaster,
| that row and then plant has been


omitted by carelessness, or thinking


of something else, or some one talking


to the workman. Such being the case


go over again with the salt, and do what


was first neglected.
Year: 1877

the appeal to force will be made
whenever the violence of the
struggle and corruption Of parties
will not longer submit to the ballot
bsx. To this end it must come,
fthe force impelling it to the other
direction should not previously
prevail. If it comes to this it will
be In all probability in a contested
election when the question will be,
which is to be President? The
incumbent if he should be one Of
the candidates---or if not the cam
didate Of the party in possession
of power? Or Of the party endeav-
oring to obtain possession2 On
such an issue the appeal to force
would make the candidate of the
whole-and not the commander as
would be the cause under different
ClTCutuStduC6S.


"The contest would put an end
virtually to the elective character
of the department. The form of
election might for time be pre-
served but the ballot-box would
be much less relied on for the
decision than the sword and bayo-
net. In time even the form would
cease, and the successor be appoint
ed by the cumbent; and thus the
absolute form of monarchical
government. ."-Calhoun on tie
Constitution and Government Of
the United States. Works vol 7,
p. 378.
Year: 1877

"The vast power and patronage
Of the department are vested in q
single officer, the President Of the
United States. Among these
powers the most important, as far
as relates to tho present subject
are ,hose which appertain to the
administration Of the Government
Of the cffice of commander-in- chief
of the army and Navy Of the
United Ststes; to the appointment
Of the officers of the Government
with few exceptions; and to the
removal Of them at pleasure---as
his authority has been interpreted
by Congress. These, and especi-
ally the latter, have made his elec-
tion the great and absorbing OBJ
ject Of party struggles; and on this
Year: 1877

Tilden and Mr.. Hendricks have
been elected, and we urge them to
resist with all their power the pro-
posal to settle the ascertainment
of a fact already accomplished By
a reference of it to anyother tri>
bunal than that already appointed
to decide it by the Constitution of
the United States.
Year: 1877

CHICAGO, November 6.-The Senate will tomorrow refer Bland's silver bill to the Finance Committee, which will endeavor to restrict the amount of sil- yer coin which should be legal tender. IL is not believed that either the Senate or House will agree to amendments.

 It is deemed inevitable by some that the President and the Conkling faction will lock horns and begin contest of strength after the result of the elections is learned.
Year: 1877

The Russian bear looked ont one day
A sanity soul was he
Bis little bright. sngaeioas eyes


Half shut with piety
And seeing Euwup looking on
Knelt down and said his prayers,
Because he felt devotional


And not bit for airs.
But all the while he saw. my dear,
One who had long been III,
Who momentarily, my dear.


Seemed to grow sieker still.
An invalid whose habits were


In questionable taste,
Tho living on the BoRpliorus


The neighborhood disgraced.
The pious bear was exercised


To an Intense degree
Because of all the sick mans tricks
OF immortality.
And to himself he put the case,s
This evening when sup
Twill serve the cause Of plety
To eat the sick man up.
But lest the other aasimifes


SEould worry at the news,
And hint with tooth and claw that he
Was worldly In his views,
He went about and told them all
How very sinfully
The sick man lived and how he still
Abused his family.
And SO he played his little game
TIL every aniInile
In virtuotis indignation said,


The SICK mans ways were vile.
Aud that he ought to be suppressed
And of his harems sllorn,
So then the wise bear ate him up
And cribbed his golden horn.
Year: 1877

SECOND ADvENT.--One of the most In
teresting and entertaining sermons We have
heard for some time was delivered by Judge
Bronaugh, OF Portland, on Sunday evening
last at the M E. Church. The sermon was
on the second coming of Christ, and was
bristling with facts and figures that seemed
to carry conviction to every thoughtful
mind that the final winding up of human
affairs is at hand. 1t would seem. judging
from the falfillment of prophesy In the
past, that the final summing up of all
things will occur sometime between the
present year and 1882. We are sorry that
we havn't space for a full report OF the
sermon, as 1t could hardly fail to be of in
terest to all our readers. It is the belief of
large number of our most eminent theolo-
gians, If not all of them, that the second
coming of Christ is almost here and while
no man knoweth the day nor the hour when
the Son of man shall come In the clouds
with power and great glory. to purge the
world of sin and all ungodliness, yet the
time can be so nearly appIoximated that
it is the belief of large number of the
great intellects of the world, who have
thought and studied deeply OH this point,
that we are now living IN the ''latter days.
or s'last days." spoken OF by the prophets,
apostles and our divine Lord when upon
earth. The speaker asserted his earnest
belief in the nearness of the second coming
of Christ, and that his belief was founded
on facts as tiemOnStfable az anv DrOblem
In mathematics.
Year: 1877

THE GOLDSMITH RASaE-Sold by John
Briggs. Is the most economical, heats up
the room less and is the equal at least of
any other stove or range as baker or for
any other purpose for which a stove or
range is used. A full complement of tin :
ware goes with each range. Call at John
Briggs store and see for yourself 81
Year: 1877

The report published i'll the Portland
Standard concerning the loss of the ship
Western Shore, which is said to have
capsized in gale of wind of the Cali
fornia coast, is happily proven to be un-
true. as is shown by the good ships
being safe and sound. alongside our
wharves. without spar broken Or a
shroud out of place. The Teputed story
of her loss therefore can only be q
source of chagrin to every paper in
which the rumor is published. Since
We began this article. the Oregonian
comes to hand with the same absurd
story. Gentlemen. the good ship lives.
the pride of your State, for she gave it
more real fame than it ever acquired
from any other source. She was built
by nonresident of your State. while
those who had grown rich in your
midst. from the hard toll Of your peo-
pie, sent their money to enrich Eastern
ship-yards and suffered your splendid
timber TO be neglected. You cannot
reprosch Eastern capitalists for refus-
ing to invest in the resources OF Oregon.
when your own rich men--all of whom
began poor-send their money East for
what few ships they want built to carry
away your grain to European ports.


Yes. the good ship is safe in port
and cordially welcome. for though she
is not native OF our forests, she is .
sister of the wildwood and Forest
Queen. and an eqnal sharer in their
fame. Long may she float and carry
her starry flag for the honor of the Pa
ci6c shores. whore ell is peace and free
dom.
Year: 1877

The very serious charges elsewhere
printed of tho State Board of Charities
against tho management of the public insti-
tntions of the city and county will be read
with surprise by the majority Of our citi-
zens. For years VIC have been accustomed
to look upon the splendid structures on the
islands of the East River as model institu-
tions in their way, and to every distin-
guished stranger who has visited us in re-
cent years they have been pointed out by
our officials as objects Of municipal interest
and pride. II tho charges that have
Just been made be true these pleas
ant illusions must be dispellod, for,
according to Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt
and his associates, they are disgrace not
only to the city but to the whole country.
Bellevue Hospital, the Charity Hospital, the
Almshouse, tho Workhouse, the Lunatic
Asylum and the institutions on Randall's
Island, according to the statements OF the
Board of Charities, are each and oil in o
most doplorable condition. Bellevue Hos
pital is described as little short Of pest
house. tho Charity Hospital is very little
better in the Workhouse there Is no real
discipline, no attempt even ut classification,
and so on of the other institutions. All the
buildings are overcrowded and their moral
condition is exceedingly low


These are very serious charges, ond the
high character Of the gentlemen who make
them is guarantee that they arc not with
out good foundation in fact. The Commits
sioners of Charities, in fact, have practically
admitted their truth and given rs an excuse
that the appropriations at their disposal are
insufficient, and that no improvement can
Year: 1877

All that portion of the public interested
in the solution of great dramatic problems
has read, marked, learned and inwardly
digestcd the challenge which we published
yesterday from Dion Boucicault to the
dramatic critics. That note Of defiance has
already echoed in all the beer shops, cafes,
clubs, parlors, cellars and garrets, and all
are silent, Not critic in the whole num-
Der raises his voice or poises his fine
elliott. It was our confident anticipa-
ton that the first breeze from the
Post Office would come to MS to-day
laden with the clash of arms in preparation
word. Instead of the mail bags coming
bulged out with volumiDcus attentions to
the author Of the only eight hundred
comedies the world ever saw, they come in
their usual condition, bulged out with mere
nows and advertisements. Is, then. the age
of literary chivalry dead as we'll as tho
age Of the other kind? Can it be
that the cheap defence of nations
and the inexpensive plan for keeping
play before the public have passed
away together? We trust not but what
else can this silence signify? Perhaps the
critics have heard the voice Of the ingenious
Boucicault with as much terror as they
might have heard that the jabberwock, the
whangdoodle and the guyascuticus had all
broken loose and have therefore hidden
themselves. For our part we ore convinced
that their fears are groundless and that if
they will confidently come up close to the
great author and .'argy this pint" he will
roar them as gently as any sucking dove.
As the public is aware and recognizes we
know moro about comedies and oil other
sorts Of plays than even Boucicault himself
does and wo are Of opinion, rs already de-
clared, that in posing his problem on the
nature and clements Of comedy. tho author
of the '.Shaughraun" has ''asked the boys
an easy onc." They ought to como up and
answer, and we invite them to make use of
our columns for the purpose-trusting to
their discretion rs to the length Of their con-
tributions. Perhaps it would be well for
the proposer OF the problem to offer prize
for the most successful answer. We sug-
gest that an appropriate prize would be a
handsomely bound copy, in one volume, Of
Boucicault's comedies and Shakespeare 8
farces.
Year: 1877

II being much ieted brings much pleasure
General Grant must be in very happy
franc of mind After the stately round of
London festivities which were led of by
the magnificent reception at Minister Pierre
points; after becoming citizen OF some
twenty-five Scotch burghs; after going to
Belgium and dining with kings and such /;
after q return to England, which led
to tho eating Of dinners with some
twenty-five fine old English corporations,
the imperturbable ex-President took his
way to Paris. He who would fight any,
thing out on certain line, if it took him all
the four seasons, is not the man you can
frighten with string of dinners. He has
that confidence in himself which says can
eat my way through all the marshals
and marquises from Finistere to the Alps.
His Scotch campaign no less than his Eng
lish proved what broadsides of hospitality he
can safely withstand. After that he may
look forward in comparative serenity to all
that is to come. If the menu OF the superb
banquet which Minister Noyes gave on
Monday in Paris in honor OF our great
Union General be sample of what General
Grant is to endure, we feel certain that
there are statesmen left among us who
would take his place even though Civil
Service Reform had to shift for itself another
year.


1t was surely goodly sight to see our
modest Ulysses standing side by side with
the aristocratic French soldier who fought
his way upward until from the command
Of the army he was taken to be head Of
the nation, as had been Grant himself.
Well might the latter look calm when he
reflected on the hot war which the Marshal
is waging just now. 1t probably recalled
to his mind various experiences Of his own
and filed him with commiseration for
an honest, obstinate old soldier, doing his
best to be satisfactory President. We
hear that General Grant is not talking
much at present. II, however, he should
have burst of confidence and the Marshal
happened around ut the time, there would
be sense of sadness over the Elysee for
some days after He was not President
eight years for nothing.
Year: 1877

The invasion Of Staten Island by o band
Of registering Or oystering actors and their
armed friends on Sunday was on extraordi-
nary affair, and brought to timely end by
the courage Of constable and the decision
of justice who holds court in lager beer
saloon. They publish card which says
they went innocently fishing with popgun
on Sunday. A likely story, truly! We
hesitate to say what we really think Of it.
We hear nothing in their card Of the
''Fisherman's Chorus" from Masanyello,
which they sang at the second landing on
their arrival under the pretence Of giving a
sacred concert; they do not state that Mr..
Plympton threw number OF handsprings
before tho Reformed Dutch Church to
show how walking gentleman" enjoys
himself on Sunday; wo hear nothing Of Mr..
Beckett's double shuttle from the .Fcrty
Thieves" which he basely told rural
policeman was how David danced before
the Ark, and, therefore, q good Sab
bath practice; We do not learn that
George Holland asked the Baptist
congregation returning. from sermon on
hell the way to Singleton and then drove
them nearly crazy by pretending not to
catch what they were saying. All these
disappear and we are only told that
they went fishing with popgun
Let them tell that to the marines. They
doubtless told it to the Spartan Judge, who
keeps trap for such gunny fish, but he
would not believe them. We have
our opinion of the Judge and the
equally acute constable, but we
keep it to ourselves. They have an
idea on Staten Island that New Yorker
is good enough to rob, and, it is alleged,
they act on it. But be that rs it may, the
seven dramatic and literary desperadoes
who performed such reprehensible feats
near tho early home of the late
Commodore Vanderbilt had nothing
dealt out to them but the retributive justice
which they are familiar with in the third
nets of Boucicault's comedies. 1t has been
limited that all they sought was little adver-
tising. They are getting that, there
is no mistake. We are giving it
to them tor nothing We thoroughly
agree with the quotation from "Hamlet"
which the Spartan Judge addressed to the
literary Follin:-"You may play upon your
popgun, but you cannot play on me under
ten dollars" To this we may add that "a
Follin his money are soon parted" The
moral of this story is to fish with hook on
Sunday.
Year: 1877

be made unless they get more money. While
this explanation may be to o certain extent
true, still it is difficult to believe that
want of money is the sole cause
of the horrible condition of affairs
which has just been made public. The
political machine has, we suspect, good
deal to do with it, and searching investi-
CATION should be instituted and the respon-
sibility placed where it belongs. Governor
Robinson cannot possibly devote himself to
better work than the correction Of the
grave abuses which, it is alleged, exist,
and he should at once take steps to begin
an inquiry which will not only point out
the evils of the present system, but make
their recurrence impossible.
Year: 1877

GOLDSMITH MAID has been retired by her
owners, leaving the throne of queen Of the turf
vacant. Her time l2:14) is the fastest on
record and her total winnings are upward of u
quarter of a million dnllnrs
Year: 1877

The NEW RULE regulating admissions to the
Bar was applied for the first time yesterday by
the Supreme Court. Nearly score Of young
gentlemen presented themselves, and having
been admitted as attorneys were placed on the
two years roll, where they will remain before
they can become counsclors. The elevation of
The standard of admission will, in the end.
benefit lawyer and client.
Year: 1877

According to popular belief, the
extrcnitics of rainbow always
touch streams, whence it draws
water, by means of two largo golden
dishes. That is why it rains for
threo days after the appearance of q
rainbow, because tho water must
fall again on the earth Whoever
arrives at the right moment at the
spot whore the rainbow is drinking,
can take possession of the golden
dish, which reflects all the colors of
the rainbow; but if nobody is there
the dishes arc again drawn UP into
the clouds Some say that the
rainbow always let's a dish fall.
This once happened at Reutlingen,
in Swabia. 1t broke in several
pieces, but the fpder received 4
hundred gulden for it. At Tubin,
gen, people used to run to the end
of the rainbow, which appeared to
be resting over the Neckar or the
Steinlach, to secure the golden dish.
Usually it is considered wrong to
sell the dish, which ought to be
kept as an heirloom in the family,
for it brings good luck. A. shop
herd in the Swabian Alps once found
such dish, and he never afterward
lost q sheep. An unfortunate
native of Heubach, who sold the
treasure ut high price, was struck
dumb on the spot. Small round
gold coins, marked with cross or.
star, are frequently found in
Swabia, and the peasants declare
that these were manufactured from
tho rainbow dishes by tho Romans
when they invaded Germany. In
the Black Forest, tho rainbow uses:
n golden goblet, which is afterward
dropped. A shoe thrown into
rainbow comes back filled with
gold. Tho Sorvains havea theory
that passing beneath q rainbow
changes the AmenE become
women and 0ice uersa.