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STATE RIGHTS DEHwauf I .HAJ'fcfM.I) ji'' M. V. SROWN. C. It. STEW A It T, BROWN &. STEWART llDlk ' S la. I In. 4 In. U Col. Cut. M Cel. t tie 1 ae a oo 4 DO (HI '? M Mfflt lltfital , Iilltf1'i1f - 3 tin 1 a m j II OB j 1 O'i j t SO I u u j IS it u Publisher anil Proprietors. PUBLISHED EVERT rRIDAY. 10 w m j v v lit. -aw av.iviv. . -s il i ' u is a. . t m iv. x . i v. m i m xmm" "'"a- iBMr i u wi 11 c h i i a hi r i: i t n t j 4 t) OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON, OFFICE IN "DEMOCRAT" BUILDING TERMS, id adtavcb ! One year, $3 ; Six month., tl ; Three bio n tin, $1 ; One month, 60 ttnti; Single Copies, 12i cent. rnrmrnnri(ntit wrttlneovorassumtMl slena- turen or anonymously, must make known their proper names M me r-auur, or no hlwjhuuii Will Ut glveu W Vili;i(iWUiHiauivpvHn BUSINESS CARDS. Oil AH. E. WOLVF.RTON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, ALBANY, OREGON. SSOtflce over the Albany Boot and Shoe Store, on the corner 01 rron auu diwuhiuih V. k. OHESUWETH. Oervailis. i. . amri. 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Office In the front room over Rehwald's new Bool, unit Bliofl store. Residence, on Fourth street. vUnHU. H. J. BOl'ttllTOJI, ITI. 1. ALBANY, OREGON. Tim Doetor Is a Graduate of the Univerult: Medieul Co II ego of New York, and is a late member of Ilu.levue Hospital Medical College of New York. iWOfflce In Carothen' Drug Store. Residence on Fourth Street, opposite ur. tows. viuniitr. D. B. RICE, n. D., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON; ALBANY, OREGON, offina on Main street, between Ferry and Hroadalbln. Residence on Third street, two blocks east, or below, the Methodist unurcn, V8n48tf. O. I. 8. PU JIJIIiH, M. D. DKALSH IN Drugs, Mrdicinc, Perfiiinerlrn, rlSHrl, Tobntftl, Srhool Hooks and Ma tionery. . A full stock of tmeses and surgical appli ances. Remember Plummerl vlOnJBjl. H. C. TWEEUALE, DEALEH IK GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. TOBACCO, CIGARS. YANKEE NOTIONS. Cutlery, Orookery, Wood & Willow Ware. CALL AND SEE IIIM. Wore (,n Front street, Albany, Oregon. . vSnBtyl. BOOTS MADE TO ORDER AT REASONABLE RATES AT IIEKY FLINDT'S SHOP, ALBANY, OREGON. ' KTWork warranted to am satisfaction. 'TO vtinjotr. . BAKBEK SHOP I L. D. ROTA-'. Proprietor. HAVING LEASED A NEW RHOP ONE door west of Fox's store, and It up In a neaiaud lastv manner, 1 will be pleued U have all my old custom fr continue thelt patrons, will gu4it.QU btilfef action to all new uuea. vlun!5tf. SAMUEL E. YOUNG. Wholesale and Retail Dealer In DRY HOODS, GROCERIES, CLOTHIrSCi, BOOT1 AWD HIIOEM. Til REN HERN, REAPERS AMD MOW f.HH, WAVOHH. PLOWS. HEED DRILLS And BROADCAST SEED SOWERS, Etc. TEE1IE DASH- Fint Et, Albany. ALBANY BATH HOUSE! CNDERSIQXKD WOULD BESPECT . fully inform ttie ettitent of A Ibaay and vi ' laity lliat b has taken eb.rg.of this Kitablisa aient, and, by. keeping; clean rootni aod paying sri att.Qtiov to basineM, exneets to suit all tlics. he my fmyorbim w.tb their patronae. e oeretoloi. earned od notbing bat Flrst-CIasa Hair Dressing Saloons, H'TOts to give entire satt!faetioa t. all. 2-4rCkildiea and Ladte.' Hair neatly cat .baaipwd. JOSEPH WBBBKR. v3n.13tf. I SCBLiaTcE CREAM. " J. E. Smith h nnvnl mjI al UVicncr'a Rt-n- I !f,lrM.l"l?..n,: pop and i'riite ini.oreieuriKiiM ---!--..... .,u notice a& lloerai raw. vlUn.Wf. VOL, ERffliNIE'S PLOT. Erminla Sinclar was on a shoDrrin expedition on Chestnut street, j very piquant figure she made as she tripped from the door of her carriage across tne nagging. This was tha thought of Arnold Forcyth as he raised his had in answer to ner bow. She stopped short to speak to him and the crentleman was rather erati. fied at her showing so much interest in mm. "Mr. Foroyth will you call to-mor row? I have something to say to you of vital importance to both of us." i .-j , uo aam, B(jeKiug impressively. -x Bnau nna great pleasure, an swered Arnold Forcyth, nearly stupe fied by surprise, and without the re motest idea of the occasion of her Bingular request. "Do not disappoint me!" she ad monished him with a brilliant smile and a gracious parting bow, Arnold Forcyth walked home in a state of utter bewilderment. What the matter could be of vital impor tance to Miss Sinclare and himself he rackedjhis brum in vain to conjecture Why, he had scarcely spoken ten words to ner in bis life, tnougn he had been on a bowing acquaintance for a year or more. He had been in troduced by a mutual friend, and re membered of speaking with her once since, lhat- seemed to be all there was of the acquaintance. He presented himself the following day at the door of the Sinclaro resi dence on South Eighteenth street, and of course found Miss Sinclare at home. The Sinclares were one of the first families in Philadelphia, and Forcyth felt duly honored by the lady's urgent invitation. 1 The liveried individual who admit ted him, had scarcely left the room when iLrmiiiie sinclaro entered. She greeted him with, charming cordiality, and then said: "You were quite dumbfounded yes terday when I told you I had some thing of deep import as regarded yourself and me. You will be still more astonished when I tell you what- it is Is the request that you will keep what 1 may say to you a secret, a strange one?" Albert Forovth thought it was. He said, however: I give you my word of honor that anything you may confide to me shall be inviolable. I thank you deeply. You will now pardon me if I speak of some things of which you are perhaps sen sitive. Eulalie Wheatland is loved by you and Hector Devereux. You are less favored than he. Am I rislit in what I say?" "yuite, he answered truthfully, greatly amazed at her words. "You are very frank -I will be so with yon. 1 love Devereux! If you can win Eulalie, I may then bring him to my feet. If we understand each other, we can better be of assistance to ourselves. I am sure yon under stand me. "Generally. I don't see however. in what way we are to aid each other," he said thoughtfully. "I will point it out to you in.a few words. It can be accomplished with out serious difficulty, if you are will ing to make tbe exertion. Are you ready to give time to it?" she asked him, Most certainly. I have plenty of that." "iMilalie will leave Philadelphia a week from ibis day. She will go without communicating to a soul her intention or destination. I am the only moil in her confidence, and you will not he surprised when I tell you I counseled this seoresy. Its oc casion is a mutter of confidence im parted by her to me, and I am not, of course, prepared to give it to you, but it is sufficient even to warrant this extraordinary course. She is going to Wayland, in the State of Ohio. Albert Forcyth, I wish you to leave Philadelphia on the same day, on (he same train, and without communica ting vunr intentions to a single per son. Why, Jlws Sinclare, you are a deep schemer. This is too much, I fear, to be successful," said Forcyth, wholly startled, as her true intention dawned upon him. "It is by boldness we are most sure of success," she returned. "It will appear that you have eloped together. Devereux will believe ber married to you, and l snail then make we im pression X am powerless to make now. You can go to Wayland and follow your suit with Eulalie. She will be embarrassed at first at finding you there, but it will wear off, if you are careful to disarm any idea that you are then on her account. Let it ap pear that you had no knowledge she was going there. I will provide you with letters of introduction to two gentlemen of family there, and she, Adding you hare acquaintances in the town, will never suspect you. You will find them pleasant people, and you can make a pretense of bus iness in the neighborhood, that called you there." "Hiss Sinclare, A will tniuk oi your plan. I am not ready to say 1 will undertake it. If discovered, we should be placed in a ridiculous position," said Forsyth, hesitating. It is impossible tor any one to discover us, even if not successful, she assured him. "Let me know speedily your resolve, as the time is short. I would like you to decide at once; but if you shrink from acy im- J aginary fears or scruples, I can wait a day for you to nx your miuu. He gave the matter his thoughts in every imaginable light in which it could be viewed, and finally decided to make the compact with her that was to bring them both the desires they sought. No one would hare imagined, a Erminie Sinclair sweetly smiled him tbe diwr o( her faUier" bonne, thst the tiro were euch wily ! whemcrs. They carried non of tbo impress about them. Erminie's promise was realized in one respect shortly. . Miss Wheatland left town abruptly, and without any one's cognizance, and society connected her absence with that of Mr. Forcyth, who, it was discovered, had suddenly left town at the same time. An elopement was whispered and gained in pnblio be lief. Erminie received a letter from Eu lalie very soon. . It announced with great suprise and anxiety, the pres ence of Mr. Forcyth, at Wayland.' "I tremble with fear lest he discov er my secret," she wrote, "though it is, I know, unlikely that he will do so. It is so strange he should be here. He has business and acquaint ances in the town," It works admirably," lauched Erminie on tbe receipt of this. She answered her friend's letter with as surances, and explained to her the improbability of there being the slight est ground for her anxiety. A second letter from Eulalie was in a different strain. "My heart reproaches me bitterly ior tne base deception 1 was compell ed to practice on Hector Devereux. What must he think of me? He must see me a heartless deceiver, who de lights in torturing him. I could not tell him and see his contempt and scorn. I stole away like a coward and lett mm to think what he chose. Con I ever look in his face again?" There was much more in this vein, and Erminie Sinclare read it with new thought in her mind. This let ter was to her pricelessly precious To any one not acquainted with the truth its expression of self-reproach fitted the theory that she had eloped and married Arnold Foroyth, quite as clearly as though such were the fact. "This letter is a powerful ally in my hand, placed there unconsciously by you, my dear Eulalie; With : it I can bring Hector Devereux to my ieet; mat accomplished, l will see that you are informed of it. That will give Forcyth the advantage he is waiting for, and I fancy he will profit by it, 1 hope you will be nappy. Why sbouldn t you? 1 am sure Mr. For cyth is a charming gentlemen." .rmmio sinclare colloquized in this way, and built many light struct1 ures in the air. ' Harmless architec ture are these "castles in the air. Without foundation, they are of such flimsy material that their fall produ ces no shock. Hector Devereux called noon her in the course of a few days. He was nouceaoiy in poor spirits. "Hector, I am clad you have come, she sold, frankly. "It is bo Ions since you have beeu to see me, "Erminie you must know why I have remained away, he answered. "Since the day I confessed to you a change in my feelings to you, I could hardly think I would be a welcome isitor. I come now with a specific motive, or I would not hove ventured where I should have believed I woi unwelcome." 'You could never be thot. Hector Though you have wruuor my heart. your presence still gives me pleas ure, she said , earnestly, but sadly. "Erminie, I have come to you be cause you are Lulalie's friend. I am tortured by her sudden and singular absen e, and by the horrible rumors that coma to me. You were in her confidence; do you know anything of her whereobouts, or the occasion of her flight? Tell me has Forcyth any thing to do with it? I am mad with suspense and uncertintntv." Hector, do not take on in this wuy. 1 know it is a disappointment to see your idol rudclv shattered in this way: You thought her incapa ble of deceit: You do not tell me this tale is true?" interrupted Devereux exci tedly. Erminie bowed her head in a silent affirmative. "I cannot will not believe it! Give e the proof." Still doubting?" she said with a sarcastic smile. Erminie Sinclare placed Miss Wheatland's lutter in Devereux' hand. 1 . . He sat down and read it through. His face flushed hotly as he read its passionate reproaches upon ber con duct toward him. Its words had but one meaning to m. They were confirmation of bis worst fears. She had eloped . with Forcyth. "False iodeed?" he ejaculated. Where is she?" Her letter is dated At Mrs. Mathews' where is that?" "I am not at liberty to tell." "Let me confront her! I but de sire to pour forth my contempt for such matchless treachery." "Hector, be calm, said fcrmime. Yon bad better see no more of ber. know full well your feelings. The pain is akin to tnat 1 once suuerea and you inflicted! I am not so de monstrative as you, but lean feel! Hector thiSj is retribution !" tie was silent. "It is but justice that you found your idol clay," the continued, "1 hesitate not to speak plainly, for you should see this in its true light. Hector, I have loved vou through it all. Can yen not renew the old allegiance! nbow tliat you have spirit, and that ber desertion does not move you. 1 humble myself to say this; but I re member we were lovers once and this girl separated us." "Perhaps this is deserved," said Devereux thoughtfully. I have treat ed vou cruelly, Erminie, I have al- ways felt. I will ba again your affianced husband, with your consent, when I have proved beyond the shall ow of question that Eulalie has been false to me, ss would seem now al most certain.'' Miss Sinclares color heightened at these words. Her heart beat high with hope. "How can you doubt it. Hector? Csst her from votir thnnghts now." ALBANY, OREGON. she said excitedly. "I do not doubt that Bhe has de ceived me, but I will be absolutely sure before I take the step that would wrong her if innocent." He would go no further, and Er minie seemed after all only to have touched the goal for which she plot- tea, witn tne prospect of losing all at last. , Something like a month after Eula lie Wheatland's disappearance, Er minie was surprised at a call from Arnold Foroyth. She supposed him siui to oe at wayland, and his preS enoo at Philadelphia indioated ill suc cess for her deeply hud clans. "Why, Mr. Foroyth, I had no idea you were m town," she said in aston ishment mingled with anxiety. -"i'es,,Mi8s Sinclare, I have re turned, and I must renounce the at tempt to carry out the scheme you proposed to me." "You have met poor success with tiUiane tiienr she inquired, Yes," What do you think was the cause? "Shall I tell you? ' be said, looking up suddenly in her face. "It was because my heart was not in the task. Erminie was puzzled. "I do not understand you." "Let me explain. I went from here firm in my intention to move heaven and earth to win from Eulalie Wheatland a response to my love was as determined to carry out your scnome as you. - Arriving there and meeting her, I found I had no heart for tbe task. Another occupied my tnouguts. A new light broke in upon me. I envied Hector Devereux as I had never envied him before, not for the possession of Euloiie Wheatland's hand, but for being loved, and so loved by you, Miss Sinclare. To have called out such an affection from you I would have given half my life. You once spoke very freely to me. I now take the) liberty of doing bo with you. Devereux must be blind, mod, or strangely perverted. What is Eu lalie Wheatland compared to yon? one is plain, quiet and commonplace; your are brilliant; spirited and beau-: tuui. i presume, perhaps; in ad dressing you thus, but your own ex ample excuses my boldness. I love you to win you. I would strive ten times more eagerly, plot thrice as deeply, and make twice the sacrifices that you have msde for Devereux that man who is . unworthy of you because incapable of appreciating you." Erminie was Startled inexpressibly by this outburst. ' She was not dis pleasod, for it was gratifying that she was admired. " . . "Mr; Forcyth, your expressions Of compliment ore maddest flattery to my ear.' Your earnestness bespeaks their truth. I may be pardoned be ing pleased that' Borne one finds me out wholly unloveable. ' You knew my mad love for Devereux;' yet you expected to turn me from that. I hardly have seen you a dozen times in my hio. Are you not hasty in forming that attachment? Such depth of affection upon so brief an acquain tance Beams quite folly.11 , , "Be it so; it cannot match the follv that squanders the wealth' bf such a heart as yours upon an object that does not seek it. I have told you it all. It is a relief that you know it. ' You do not kndw me? You shall. My family are people of stand ing; you can learn nothing- to my discredit but what you know now. The worst thing I ever did was to plot with you to estrange1 two who truly loved. I will ' speedily "undo that mischief . ' You wilt not make known to Dev ereux that he is deceived that Eufa lie is true to him!" exclaimed Miss Sinclare; suddenly. 1 t "I will, most certainly. I have given you fair warning,-1 will leave no means untried to win you. This is a barrier' I must destroy." You must know your case is wholly hope less with Devereux before I Can claim the shadow of a chance to build upon." "But if I make the revelation 'of this tale try him to you the forfeit of my friendship, pray how is it to bene fit you?"' she sold, sharply,' ' "I may hope; in time to overcome your displeasure, but if you' should gain your point with him I am de feated irrevocably." Miss Binclare smiled in spits of herself at his impudent determina tion. - "Your assurance is your best at traction, I confess it, though it be a point gained in your favor," she said. piquantiy. tie gamerea a volume- ot pope trom ner manner.- lie quickly caught her hand and exclaimed ': ' "You half falter in jour devotion to Devereox now. You- can love me if you will. His band touched her waist, but she tore herself free in an instant. You are insane to so presume upon my ' amusement at' your ve hemence," she said,' in an injured tone. I beg a thousand pardons. My feelings must excuse my actions," he humbly replied. "You know not what rapture It would be to liave the love you give to him. Why, I would almost sell my soul to kisx your lips!" "Is the privilege you crave of such priceless value? You shall have it!" Her cheeks wcredyed with crimson as she spoke. He caught her in his arms and showered her face with kisses. You love me!" be cried, ss he ! held her fast and would not let her escape. "You witching coquette, you drive me wild with hope and despair by turns! Tell m you love me!" "There is no resisting yoo, you impudent fellow, (.(cleans me, quick ly." He did so. "Is Devereux, then, wholly for gotten so soon?" he aked , not able. FBIDAY, JUNE 11, 1875 to realize the truth, it was so unex pected. "Not quite; but you are fast disen- cuanting me, she sold, roguishly, "And you will be my wife, Ermi nie? It is a serious question to ask so lightly," he said feeling the gravity his words implied. "It is, indeed. You remember our acquaintance is very slight, though I deceived you when I said I knew nothing of your family or connec tions. Papa knew your father form erly, personally, and lately by repu tation, and he speaks highly of him." "Then you consent to marry me?" he urged. "If you behave yourself well, and I do not change my mind in a year's time, I will be Mrs. Foroyth, she responded, saucily. "You tantalizing little beauty!" he ejaculated, "a whole year, I shall die of impatience before that timet" "Oh no; you will survive it." "If you are ever Mrs. Forcyth you will wound my heart twenty times a day, I doubt not," he said, laughing, but half earnestly. "No, Arnold, never then," she said, seemingly really hurt. "You have seen the worst of my character, and I must suffer from the impres sions that it has given. I am capri cious in many things, but the man I marry shall have my whole love and devotion. The impression you have made is a strange one. I always liked you, from the first moment I saw vou. I never dreamt of loving you, my whole thought was occupied with Devereux. It was your earnest ness and the depth of leeling I had enkindled in your breast that cullod my affection to life, as if by contagion. I do not care for Devereux ! He is incapable of such vehement affection as your words and manner breathed. It is that I have looked and vainly long for. I feared it did not exist, except in tbe romance created by my brain. Homage to me is incense; but give me devotion and I will be your slave. I shall give you an un fair advantage by my frankness, and when you are my husband perhaps you will turn it to your profit." "Dear girl, to pay you homage will be the task of my life. I could ask no sweeter occupation." He poured a ceaseless stream of compliments in her ear, and sho was quite willing to listen to it. At parting he said: "When may I speak to papa?" "u, not for a long timo. no would be quite prostrated now, for he has never seen you but once." "I have your consent to reliove Devereux's anxiety?" "Yes; but do be discreet, ami shield our operations from all danger of discovery." orcyth was really glad to bear the intelligence to Devereux thot was to raise his spirits from despair to happiness. WheU Devoreux sow iorcytb he was considerably astonished and em barrassed. He took the hand For cyth extended. "Terrible tales they have circula ted about me sines I left town," he said. "I hope you never gave them a moment's credence." "It is not true. then?". Devereux asked breathlessly, "True? Emphatically, no!" "What, then, was the occasion of Mies Wheatland's absence?" I'm sure I bavs no idea. Miss Sinclare, however, is informed, and has permission to impart to you." Hector lost no time in presenting himself before Erminie Sinclare. "Forcyth tells me that you nre at liberty now to inform me what has become of Eulalie." , "Yes: she has written mo asking me to- tell you the whole story, Tor she feels unable to make the confes sion herself," answered Erminie. She does not know how you will re ceive the revelation, and could not face your scorn if you despised her for that for which she is wholly blameless." I infer, then, that she has not eloped? he asked anxiously. No; how could you think that? I thought you said 'or impliei that she had run away with Arnold Forcyth." " "Why: no, I said she had do ceived you and fled from you, and that she reproached herself bitterly for her deception upon you." But her letter? he said, incre dulously;. "It contains nothing but solf-up- braiding at her having wronged you by withholding her confidence and giving you pain by her unexpluined absence." Devereux could hardly believe that he bad ' wholly misconstrued the meaning of Erminitt at a previous interview, but was relieved to mid his fears were not to be realized. Erminie Sinclare deceived him by her frankness, so that be never sua pected the part she had played. . "What, then, is the true occasion of ber ahsenco'r" he asked next. ' "Her father! He is a helpless in ebriate, the inmate of an asylum iu Wayland, Ohio. He is dangerously worse now. It was an unfavorable turn of his trouble that caused ber to leave." "Is this all?" asked Hector in sur prise. "Why should she fear to tell me this?" ' "The disgrace of having such a parent. She feared you would shrink from a union with the daughter of such a man." "That would be visiting the iniqui ties of the father upon tho child, with a vengeance. Her over-sensi tiveness ho caused mo much pain." He went to Wayland, and tlure was a hsnpy meeting. Eulalie had desired Erminie to 111 hiin her se cret, and his presence was a good omen, Arnold Forcyth and Erminie Sin clare were married in less than a year. Hector Devereux ana Jbulalie beatland followed their example soon after. N"l one of litem regretted the l.:.. i v i l r.1-:: u ' 11U1U IUU llWl UHH1D, 111I11111IO 1 TJ nounced the role of the schenjer, and was devoted to her husband. The lady herself was as well pleased as anybody at the non-success of Erminie's plot. STORY Of A L1UHTMNG-ROD ULBH. He drove his team close up to the fence, got down and rapped on the door. The widow Gilkens opened it when he said: "Mrs. Uilkens, I am cognizant of tbe circumstances by which you are at presont surround ed, left, as you are, to trudge down the journey of life through a cold and heartless world no longer sustained and encouraged by the noble one to whom you cave your heart sanection, and bowed down by the manifold cares and responsibilities incidental to tho rearing of eight small children ou forty acres of sub-carboniferous limestone land; yet, Airs, uiikins, you are aware that the season is now approaching when dark, dismal, dan gerous clouds at frequent intervals span the canopy of heaven; and when zigzag streaks of eleotricity dart pro miscuously hither and. thither, ren dering this habitation unsafe for your self and those dear little ones; hence, therefore, let me sell you a copper wire, silver tipped and highly mag. netio lichtenine rod." The woman staggered back a few paces and yelled : "Narcis, unfasten old Crouch! In another instant savage bulldog came darting around the corner of the house, with bristles up, thirsting for gore. Tbe dog had already mangled a machine agent and a patent soap man, and was held in great esteem by the better class of citizone for his courage and service; but when his eye met tbe bard, pen- etrating froze of Mr. Parsons, his chops foil, and he slunk off and hid in tho currant bushes. Then the man said: "My dear lady, you Beem to be n little excited. Now, if you will allow me to explain the probable inestimable " "Dern ye, I know something that will start ye," said Mrs. Gilkins, as sho reached under some bed clothing and brought forth a horse pistol; but. owing to the shattered condition of her nerves, her ami "was unsteady, and the charue of buckshot missed. save where a few scattered ones struck his cheek and bounced off. A hard, motalio smile spread over his conn tenouce as be leaned his shoulder against the door-frame, and again commenced,: "My dear modome Biich sposmodic manifestations of your disinclination to make a judi cious investment of a few paltry dol lars-" "Hi eo!" shrieked the widow and collapsed into kind of jerking swoon, and bofore she bad recovered, a highly ruagnetio lightning rod doo orated her humble domicile, and Parsons had the blank note filled out all ready for signature Mndimn (ma.) Conner. TIIK LAKE or LillCICHNB. A correspondent writes: "No won der poets have written about tin Lake of Lucerne; it is a delight to lean idly over the side of the boat and watch the changing lights in its lovely tinted water, and catch tbe reflections of sky and mountain and pretty village as we float along; it is a dalicbt to watch the moving shad ows on the mountain side, as soft clouds drift lightly, over, touching the smiling hillsides with a pensive light that lor a moment saddens them , but iu A breath is gone, and they brigliton into sudden gladness. What unoxpocted turns we make! What sudden revelations we hove! At one moment we seem to be hemmed in by mountains, with no break any where, and some little hamlet not far distant seeming to mark the end of the lake, and we sigh to think our sail will lie ended all tbe sooner; in another moment we have swung round the promontory and a new and fairer lake lies before us, all bathed in sun shine, with even more glorious moun tains guarding its peaceful sleep, un til it seems a charmed spot and one hesitates to . break the spell, but steamboats rush in whero angels fear to tread, and our littlo boat pushes into our fairy luke pulling and snort ing like an asthinio alderman, and Bending dirty puffs of smoke into the blue heavens to float away in igno minious contrast with the snowy cloud; and st picturesque landings on the shore, and where only dainty row-boats should glide gently in, with pretty girls singing an accom paniment to the oars, it creaks and sploshes and backs, while men shout and throw ropes and knock trunks about and demand tickets (think of it, tickets on the way to Paradise!) and in fact does all that any reason able steamboat could do to destroy all ouri-omance. But mountains are greater than steamboats, after all, and they were holding high state that day, gai bored in goodly numbers and cafnly overlooking tho world; and we forgot the boot and thought only of thciii." NiTHoai.Ycrn.iia as a MtrroB. M. Champion, a Fronch chemist, states, that tho heat developed by a given quantity of nitroglycerine when ex ploited is capable of exerting, when converted into motion, a maximum energy fully five times that produced by the explomon of gunpowder, and threo thousand times more than that caused through tbe combustion of an equal quantity of coal. A singlo iiiart of nitroglycerine, it is asserted, has tbe potential energy of 5,5(Mi horse joer, working during 10 hours. Jt remains to invent a mr. chine iu which the gigantic force can be harnessed and controlled. Now it has been tltiwovered that that Madiaon county dill.) girl who is going to put herself up as s prize at siielling match, has a paternal relative in ilio vicinity, who owns a book store with any quantity of pock et dictionaries in Mock. NO. 44. FASTKST TIME ON RECORD. As an item of Interest we herewith leproduce a schedule of fast time made by men and horses previous to tho yoar 1800. It is furnished us'by Uncle George Hughes, ot this county, who has had It laid away in some shelf of his farm bouse for ten or fif teen years, and Just happened on It tho other day and brought it In to have It republished. It is an Inter esting Item to sporting men and lovers of tho turf, showing them how 9lov was even "Flora Templo" com pared to "Goldsmith Maid" or Oc cldent." Here it is, just as it was printed In the old rusty, faded and creosod sheet which "Uncle Gebrgo" gave us: .; A list of Extraordinary Speed and Remarkable Event in Sporting Mat tera, According to the Bed Authorities: ' MAS RUNNING. 100 yards In 9 seconds, George Sf ward. One-foHrth nillo. In 48 seconds, Honry Rood. . . Ono-hnlf mllo, 1:58, Henry Reed. One mile, 4:23, IIospool, England. Ono mile, 4:8B, Harlow, America. Two miles, 0:38, Jatiics Sheridan. Five miles, 24:57, Jackson, Ameri can Doer. Ten miles, 51:84, Jackson, Ameri can Deer. Eleven miles, 57:20, Jas,' Pudncy. Twenty miles, 1 h, 58:18, Mnxfleld. MAN WALKING. - One-half mile, 8:18, a Westhali, One mile, 6:42, W. 11. Boyd, North Star. Seven miles, 52 miuutes, William Spooner. - - ,. .,. Eight miles, I h., 2 minutes, Chas. Westhali, Fourteen miles, 1 h. 57 minutes and 25 seconds, Chas, Westhali. Ten miles, 1 h., 20 minutes, Chas. Westhali. Twenty-miles, 2 hours, 68:2, Win. Spoonor.. , ' ; i Greatest distance wullked In 24 hours, 102 miles. , Longest number , hours walked without rest, 10(1, James Kennovan. Ono thousand miles In 1,000 con secutive hours, Cnpt. Barclay,' Ells worth and Eaton. HORSE BUNNINO. Jlaewij in ('real Britain. In a match between Haunteror and Anton, at New Market, in October, 1867, Saunterer ran 1 mllo, 2 furlongs, and 78 yards In 2 niln. 10 sec. This Is at the rate of one mile in 1 mln. 41 1-7 seconds, the best on record. Three-quarters of a mile, in 1 :47, by Gin, a 2-year-old, being at the rate of 1:42 per mild, Mile mid a-qtinrter, In 2:10, or 1:44 to the mile, by Sir Humphrey. Two miles, In 8:25, or at the extra ordinary rate of 1:42 to the mile, the best two-mile time on record, by Inheritor, a 8-year old, at Liverpool Two miles' and a-half, In 4:27, by West Australian. Three miles In 6:21, by Rutnplan, belnit 1:47 each mile. ltaelng in America. With us, the term "time test" is the standard, and the following brief table will furnish our readers with the best time over made In' this country, at one, two, three and four miles: Ono mllo, 1:42 by Honry' PerrltL Two miles, 8:36 by Berry. Threo mites, 5:28 by Brown Dick. Four miles, 7:10 by Lexington. ' It will thus be seen that there Is very littlo difference in tho time made In tho two countries. HORSE TBTTTINa. Ono mllo in harness, 2:24 Flora Temple. one mile,, undor saddle, 2:25, (half mllo truck) ljiucet. One mil , 100 lb. wagon, 2:28 trot ting stallion, Ethan Allen. One mile, double team, 2:4Ij Don and Lantern. Two miles, In harness, 4:57 Flora Templo. Two miles, iu double, liurne-w, 5:10, Lady Huffolk and Rifle. Three miles, under saddle, 7:82 Dutchman. Ten miles, in harness, 28:8 Prince. Twenty tulles In harness, 69:85 Trustee. Fifty miles, in harness, 8 hours, SS minutes 64 seconds .Hpangel. ., Ono hundred miles, in harness, 8 hours 65 minutes 63 sec. Conqueror. One- mllo, double team, 2:29 Ethan Allen and mate. rThls we do not look upon as a fair test, however, as the animal tbati went with Ethan was a running horse, and assisted rather than Im peded tho pace of the trotter. I Hiring. 1 mllo In 2:17 roca liontits. A married man in Brooklyn thought ha detected an obstruction in the key hole of his bedroom door one night last week, and, in a nl of enthusiasm be chucked a halt pint of carbolic acid into tits opening. The next morning his uioihtr-in law turned up missing, and there is a lingerinii impression on that man's mind that earbolio acid Is one of the necessities that no newly married couple can afford to do with out. A precious boy was asked which was the greater evil of the two, hurt ing anotuers feelings or his finger. He said the former. "Right, my child, said the gratified qnsstioner. "and why i it worse to hurt the feel ings?" "Because you can't tie a rag around them," explained the dear child. If you call on a Udy friend at this season, and she suddenly leaps from her chair, clasps her hands together, darts about liku a hen a tier a grass hopper, and sliriek,"Kill the wmleh," do not be slannud; she is only seek ing to destroy the festive mvlh who hs ventured out for an siring. 4l t ! 1 1,8 fUiainwa noticea.m tha Local l'oltu 20 QtsUj per line. 'or legal anil (ran ' , ( i $1 Oil per min iri at U-t t( Insertion, ami i) ..is i i,wra int i aubseqUBnt Inaertion. TBsi oi.r so.va. A little feast, little fast, A little hour erf plity , -A lutleeanirht, a little -4-- So runs the world away .' A Utile malil, a little yes, ' ' A little wish twits "nay A little weeping In the nli;ht - So runs lite world away I A little wind, a little snow, ' - A little time to ataVi , A tittle thought el orttier years ,- (jo runs the world avray!--. . .... Yr"-fr' ' ' ''" Journal. LBTTfin S-MM.al Nor. co.tiroil. Editor AxioriaiK Dear Sir. Yours of the Cth is re ceived asking my juw to the in quiry : s "Do the , lu-liHi,, , of the Sierras make for themselves the flint arrow heads they use?" Thatthoy did so a few years ago tbers is i doubt,. , There are. many old men in most of the tribes who are quite ex pert in this art yet. ( Tho need of stone arrow, heads has of late' y puis been lessened by tho issue to them of iron with which, many i arrows are now found pointed. For a descrip tion of . the mode "of manufaeture from'' flint, obsidinh' or agate, mo Smithsonian Report for 1873, pnrt 355.;, The details of tl sort vary with different tribes, some using ss a rest a piece of Buukhorn, and for a chipping block a. suitable piece of tough rock. ' The opposite view sug gested, by. your question is that ail these arrow points found how in use among the Indians, were made by pre-hUtoric races and re-used by re cent tribes. That 'some' of ' these found are pre-h.itorie, there can be no doubt, and that :our .younger In dians ;j are, not earning; the art, xh plain, but very, many of. the older men still retain' the' bid skill, anil work a piece of agate into symmetry in a wonderfully expert : manner. I have no .donbt the time,, will corns when the pre-hhtorio implements of stone, whether arrow heads, stone knives, chisels, mauls, awls, ete.-, will readily be disorirainated from those of like materials of recent maunf ac tors, , but, this is no jet. I think I can detect this line of separation among the hundreds 6f these in my own cabinet, in a dim, poorly defined way, that only suggests what may be done. t Truly yours,, : , Taoma Coxdos. Kmoamei, Mus'to by Handel A street organ. ; What kind of robbery is not dan gerous? A safe robbery," ot course. The saying, ''Excuse haste and a bad pen," has been attributed to a pig who ran af ay firoin, home. . . . Men who trays! barefooted round a newly carpeted room often find themselves on the Wrong tack.' Tha reason why ' Psgsoil are ao lar behindhand in the march of civiliza tion Is because tbey are such idol people- ,;....:.;i. .'....,..!. , A female justice of the peace in Wyoming had tq. stop la pinup hor hair while solemnly sentencing a pris oner too threo mouths in jail. A' hotel landlord who is 'sadly troubled has placed in his Washroom an inscription from Dante: "Who en ten here lusts soap behind.". .. . Why is oottl the must oontrsdiutory article known h eomraeros? Because, when purchased, instead of going to the buyer,' it goes to tlis oellsr. Caudle says that his wife, al U:ii, whatever msy bs th experience of census-takers with, othsrs of her mi,, is always ready to t dl her age. , A Kansas woman, went into Court and identified four quarts of white beans which had been stolen from her and mixed with S whole barrel full. What is the difference between the Pawner's Bank and a German city? None; one is a loan Co. and the other Cologne, and they both obarire per scent. . A mkn recuiltv took a bath in t!,a dark. He manatred well enouch. on ly lis got hold of a piece of stove- blacking instead of soap, withmarksd results. A lof Who will yell like a tartar if drop of: water, eels on his shirt band when hi neck is boinap washed. oan crawl through a sewer after a till and think nothing of it " , . A newspaper bioeraohsr trvinir to say bis subject "was bsrdly abl to bear the demise -of his wife,'" was msde by the inexorable printer to say' - .1.- i - - - , ... ewi Mia l-limuiBB (J( IIIB WllV. "Girls." oberves sn ernerieiteed Brooklyn "matron, "remember that thoss men make the beat husbands who oan swsllow a dosen hairs to an ounco of butter' without knowing it." To sn ordinary Mssascbuselts man. Sis home is now as nothing aniens he nas Hanging behind llie stove "the 'riginsl Hint lock that grandfather Bred the first shot o' the Kevolution with." r. "Where s woman," says Mrs. Part ington, "has been married with a con gealing heart, ni! one that bests de sponding to her own, she will uaver wsnt to enter tht maritime state agsin." A Virginia widow rides Willi a k-x on either side ot the horse. I'r-- used to Slop and gsze at her tetor she killed John Cms, but now iter modeot riding is uncomnmitcd tin ou. At a teachers' institute m ;:.' cently, a lady ten tier was : word hazardous to m-?:t and did it in t1 r d ard - e a female Iia, i, A youi- -took to ..... left Stan I ' ' lions, but 1) quarter of the had asiMMnlmul. p bc'T.m at fitieu U wii ii ft It ti l il t j:- to t this'1 'i 1 Cel. IS I