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BEDBOCK d e m o c r a t , PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Democrat. BY j . H • S h eph erd . H . c . S h eph erd J. M . S H E P H E R D A O F F IC E 7 n . SON. ~TH E B E D R O C K D E M O C R A T B l 'I L D I K G . T erms of S ubscription : ijie yC9Tp-......... ............................ ¿ x Months....... . . ................... . . . / V j nn . 2 50 VOL. 6. C orrespondence from all portions o f Eastern Oregon is solicited for the D emocrat . J . 1 ». A All communications, to receive attention, cugt be accompanied by a responsible name. Personal communications will be charged ii special advertisements. J O B W O H R t w o o d , M. D. (Graduate of the College of Physicians and burgeons New York and of the Medical De partment ol the Willamette University,) PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEON, S. M. P E T T E J iG IL t A CO., 10 S ta te « " • ¡R % sto,n> P Park Row, New York, A^iQ5*le^ nu*’ ®treet» Philadelphia, are otir Agents for procuring advertisements for the B edrock D emocrat , in the above cities, and are authorized to contract for advertising t our lowest rates. n3tf B A K E R C ITY, B A K E R COUNTY, Terms cash, or no patronage solicited. Office two doors west of Wisdom’s Drug Store. ' n23l BAKER CITY, OREGON. [tf MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS, AT THE . W e *re now prepared to d o all kinds of J OB \V OBK on short notice and at reasona ble rates. N. B.—All Job Work MUST BE PAID FOR ON DELIVERY. N E W S T 'O R E , First door above the Express Office. a d ie s F a n c y a n d M illin e ry Goods in Store, and Latest Styles receiv. L ed by Express every Month, and for sale at most reasonable Prices. P R O F E S S IO N A L CAKDS. L. O. STERNS, T. C. H YD E, N o t a r y P u b l ic . S te rn s & l w u ie M , Attorney-at-Law, K A K E K C IT Y , O R E G O N . IL L P R A C T IC E IN A L L C O U RTS o f the State. Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. nl7y. W j T m . S llE R ilE K l), M a k in g J. f . WISDOM, Proprietor, TOWS & ll<OT®ms Prescriptions prepared at all Hours. City and Country Trade Solicited. Dr. C. J. Taft. W D re s s M a k in g , A nd pattern after the latest Fashions and Styles. Produce taken in exchange for Goods. A ll are invited to call. M dm . ’ s FOSTER & FERGUSON. Baker City ,June 1,1875.n4tf Having permanently located in BAKER CITY, offers*his professional services to the citizens of Baker and vicinity, and will give special attention to Surgery and diseases of Women and Children. O ffice —First door south of Western Hotel. R esidence —First building west of Catho lic Church. May 12 1875nltf. T . JST. S n o w s j ST. ID . Physician and Surgeon, South Mountain, M o . cL o F 8 . V. KNOX, (And Notary Public,) W ESTOBT, O K E G O H . fl ill practice in the Courts o f this state and Washington Territory. S P E C IA L A1TENTION PAID TO LAND O Business, auu Collections. nl3tf N o u i} SH IK If, . tib iic AND C o n v e y a n c e r , Will attend to Conveyancing and making ABSTRACTS OF TITLE. Baker City, Sept. 11, 1872. n!8tf e T w W hitcom b, and has fitted the same up in the best style as a Hotel, on the French Restaurant Style. He is prepared to ac com m odate the Public, and is determined to give entire satisfaction. The House is open from five o ’clock in the m orning until twelve at night, during which tune customers will be supplied with the best o f everything to be had in tiie L j FL 3E&. T ® *3 » „ Baker City, July 4, 1874.-n9ti F r e d - .A . R o h n a 's 8 A L O O N , AT THE OLD STAND OF A. II. B r o w n , Baker City, Sept. 3, lS73.nl7m4; PRED. A. BOHNA p e s p e c t iu il .> ' i n f o r m s t l i e c i t i - .LL zens of Baker City and the Public generally, that he haa purchased the inter, ost ot Bob. McCord in the above A. i n , M. A . Q u een ’s U n iversity, i Canada, M. D. Trinity U niversity,) 1854. S lETCHER & STEVENSON, Prop’s, ,K 7 E W OULD RESPECTFULLY IN - I T form th e Public that we have pur- tased the Baker City H otel, and rehtted id furnished it in a style equal to that of îy house in EASTERN OREGON. Guests w ill iind our accom m odations to ; of the highest oruer, and we w ni spare j pains to suit ail w ho m ay give us a call. FLETCH ER <fc STEVENSON. Baker City, May 25, 1875.n3tf COKNEE S A L O u N . (OSS RAKER & FLETCHEE, PiirUors. CITY, UREGON. yH E R K the best o f W ine*, Liquors , and Cigars are kept. This Saloon has i entirely refitted and is now one of the ;est and most pleasant places o f resort in City. This Saloon is on the corner op- VIRTUE’S BANK, lay 18th, 1875, n2ti. in HARNESS AHI) SADDLERY )F E V E R Y DESCRIPTION, C H E A P FOR lepairieg done witii neatness and d i s p a t c h at Reasonable Prices. Baker City, July 21, 1875.m iti.___ C h o rd & M a n n in g s Carpenters and Joiners, BAKER CITY, OREGON- Designs and Specifications Furnished. Estimates Made. Terms Liberal. Baker City, June 15, 1875.n6tf__________ E xch an ge. P R O P R E IT O R S of O O N , B i l l i a r d 'T a b l e s To be found in the City. “ Fred” will be pleased at all times to have his friends give him a call. FRED. A. BOHNA. Baker City, Jan. 20, 1875. n39tf PAP LEVIES, W H OLESALE and R E T A IL DEALER IN w m m ülh ® M m ^ m » th is S In fact everything in uiy line made and repaired at reasonable prices. Thankful for past patronage I res pectfully solicit a continuance of the same. S. A. G A IN E S. May 10, 1875.nltf AND Other Valuable Property, For Sale at Eye Valley. he undersigi-ed being desirous to change his residence will sell all of his property in Rye Valley consisting of one BLACKSMITH SHOP AND TOOLS, O ne good, substantial dwelling house, with 20 acres o f ground attached, and 8 head o f first rate m ilch cows. The above property will be sold at the very lowest rater for cash down. For particulars en- auire o f the subscriber on the premises. nl34tJ> C. BKiCHOUX. T General Assortment U n d e i ta k e r, Of all articles iu his Line, which he t M lm g at L o w e s t P r i c e s , for the ' His house is located on M;nn c s -e early opposite the Bank Block, Baker City, Oregon. Baker City, Nov, 11, 1874.n27tf. LIVERY STABLE WILLIAM II, KILilUiA Furniture aai Chair Mannfactirer, U a k e r C i t y , O regon , Is prep »r ed to do all work in his line on short notice and at reasonable prices. Furniture and Chairs, of his own manu facture constantly on hand. Baker City, June 23, 1875.n7tf Buy Your Lumber at the Old, Reliable e sp e ctfu iiy I n fo r m s th e C it- L iv e r y S ta b le Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that he is prepared to furnish customers with the best of Either night or day, with or without drivers, at the very lowest rates. First c«ass Saddle Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the best of care bestowed. I keep nothing but the best of Stock and Buggies. Mv stable is at the upper end of Mam Street, Baker City, Oregon. Come and see me, Everybody, and I will do my beat to pleat® ^ou. H> k j l b DEN. E b e ll’s W UVERYSTABLE GRIER & K E L L O G G L i v e r y Stable In E a s t e r n Oregon, Where they will carry on the Livery Busi ness in all its branches. STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD. Baker City, Nor. 13, 187*. nlStf O ld M ill. E H A V E R E F IT T E D T H E Mi 11 and make the best Lumber in the county, at prices to suit the times. Any bills left at our Mill receive as prompt attention in the future as in the past. We saw everything from a Lath to the Heaviest Timbers. Clear and seasoned Lumber always on hand. Bills left with J. W. Wisdom will receive immediate attention. By strict attention to business, we hope to receive our share of public patronage. . . An unlimited amount of Grain taken in exchange lor Lumber. ELLIOTT & VAN PATTEN. March 1 187L-n34tf. .A u c t i o n February 10, 187I.-n40tf Charley Scheljwprth Bit Saloon. W J. W . C L E A V E R , Having completed their New Stable, have now the finest and best regulated H*rcb 3, J875,a4ft/ l o TOGETHER WITH A popular place o f resort take pleasure ia informing the public that now has charge o f the Bar, where he deals nothing but the best o f Wipes, Liquors, and Clears, and will be pleased to have his Irwsds giTe him a call. This is a P Manufactured and Kepaired. T o b a c c o & C ig a r s , Single or Double Turn-outs, C A S H . HE the best. V» Hgtm M.alciug » » (I R e p a irin g lu a ti the various branches done in connection with this shop by Geo. J. Bowman. B la c k s m it h S h o t), p T. P. H EN D EKSON , T L X\t izena of Baker City and County, and the Public generally, that he has pur chased the MAIN STREET, B A K E R CITY, B ank I have a good Horse Shoer in my Shop, who understands the horses foot in all its different shapes, and will shoe to fit the horse. Our work in this line is warranted as good as One of the Finest and Best BIKER CITY, 0 KEG0 X. D e a le r H o r s e - s lio e in g . W in e s , L iq u o r s a n d C ig a rs . O ffice and Residence, at A. H Brown’s former residence, nearly opposite the Bed rock Democrat Office. Baker City, Oregon, Nov. 10, 1871.-y H ou se, A Where will always be found the very best P h y s ic in u , S u r g e o n , A c . and nUlf 11 A K K U C I T Y , O R E G O N . Office with John Brattaiu, Three Doors South of B edrock D emcrat office, on B ide o f the Street. tlttn u iu c tu r e r , T H i? undersigned is prepared to do all kinds of work entrusted to bis care in his line, and all work war ranted to give satisfaction. I em ploy none but the best of hands in my shop. AND R a ilr o a d E H E P R O P R IE T O R H A S Bought T the Hotel Restaurant, next door to the Post Office, form erly kept by Sieord & P U B L I C J. lliiblliil), i C IB la c k s m itliin g . D E P U T Y U . S. M A R S H A L . i N B A K E R CITY, OREGON. T h eynolds , N O T A R Y A MEDICAL E X A M IN E R For the New Y ork Life Insurance Co- JOSEPH MANAPDAS, Proprietor, A tto rn e y at L a w , JO SE PH H R BY AMT RANDOLPH. K LADI ES’ BAZAAR, H ERE YOU CAN FIND ALL kinds of the best and cheapest La dies’ Furnishing Goods in the City, such as H ATS, LACES, TRIMMINGS, P A R A SOLS, DRESS GOODS, <fcc., &c. Every thing a Lady requires to com plete her Wardrobe. A lso, a supply of Gentlemens’ Handker- chies, Stockings, Neckties, &c. W e pay particular attention to O N L Y B E S S IE R A V E N . “ It’s only Bessie Raven,” said Mrs. Lid- dington to her niece, Mrs. Enfield, a bloo ming city matron who had brought her two boys to the country for the summer.— “ I wouldn’t let Hal and Felix associate eeps co n stan tly on h a n d with her, on any account, if I were you.— a Full Assortment o f all kinds of There’s no good in any of those Ravens— Goods, consisting in part o f a vile, low set.” DRUGS, Mrs. Enfield looked pityingly at the MEDICINES, brown-faced, bare-legged little gipsy, who PAINTS and OILS, had slunk around to the back door, a bas WINDOW GLASS, ket of late luscious blackberries on her VARNISHES, arm, and the deep flush that betokened BRUSHES, and how plainly she bad overheard Mrs. Lid- dlngton’s careless words, still dying her cheeks. For Medicinal Purposes. “ Only Bessie Raven !” How often had TOILET ARTICLES she heard that phrase. How bitter a Of Every Description. meaning did it convey to her ears. TO THE DOME! I,'ORE! LOME! , uregon . c it y S to re , 1875. Corner Main Street and Valley Avenue Southwest Side, B A K E R CITY, OREGON, A tto r n e v a t-L a w . baker D ru g Best Brands, o f F am ily Groceries, To* baccos, Cigars. A c., constantly on Hand, at the Lowest Prices. Baker City, Oct. 7, 1874.u221y H yd e, A ttorn eys a n d Counselor* A l - L a a , B A K E R C ITY , OREGON. L . O. S terns will attend the Courts o f the Filth Judicial District, and o f Idaho and Washington Territories. Water Rights and Mining Litigation a S pecialty . Collections promptly attended to. ’ rnie 18, 1878.nfiy A M lE U j, D ress Done to Order, and at Short Notice by MBS. L. J. HUSTON. Baker City, April 18,1874.-n51m6 C orn er OREGON, SEPT. 1, H ou se, BAKER CITY, KELLOGG & SMALL, Auctioneers. Regular Sale Day, EVERY SATURDAY. Sales made in every portion of the County. June 30th, 1875.n8tf. W A N T E D , SITUATION AS PRESCRIPTION Druggist. The applicant has had Eighteen Years experience in the Drug business in the States, and com es well re com m ended. Address, B edrock D em ocrat , A n7hH Baker City, Oregon, “ There are no trout there 1 You might throw bait and wait a year, and you would not get a bite !” It was a deep, solitary ravine, where, In attitudes of intense interest, Hal Enfield and his brother Felix were holding their fishing-rods, awaiting tlie expected bite, while Bessie Raven’s brown face and big, black eyes looked out at them from a natural oval frame o f bushes and vines, as she held a basket in one hand and her tattered sun bonnet in the other. Hal Enfield, a self-sufficient little aris tocrat, by nature as well as by education drew himself haughtily up. “ I don’ t know that w# asked any infor mation from you,” said he, haughtily.— “ Have the goodness to be about your bus iness.” “ I won’ t !” retorted Bessie Raven, with an ominous flash in her dark eyes. “ It’s a free country, ain't i t ? And I’ve as much right here as you have !” “ Very well !” said Hal,rising, andgath. ering together his tackle. “ I ’ll go, then. Come, Felix.” But Felix, the younger brother, had no idea ofleaving his cool, shady nook for a whim ot Hal’s. Hal stalked away in high dudgeon; Fe lix remained behind to cultivate the ac quaintance of Bessie Raven. “ If there are no trout here,” said he composedly eyeing thè brown gipsy face uraong the leaves, “ where do they hide 7” “ I’ll show you,” said Bessie, with alac rity. ’‘ Just a piece farther on. There’s lots o t ’em —only everybody don’ t know it. Come on !” And the two children spent a long sum mer’s morning together under the green trees. Until,Justus Felix Enfield was turning to go home, haif-apprebensRe that he had missed the farm-house dinner, he perceived that the little gold cross he wore attached to his watch-chain, was gone. "Oh !” cried he, “ where is my—” He stopped abruptly. For in the very moment in which he spoke, he perceived, half-hidden in the bosom of Bessie’s tat tered dress, the gleam of some golden or nament. Involuntarily he caught at U— it was his own. “ You little thief !’ ’ cried he, “ you have stolen it !” Bessie stood sullen and silent, her eyes cast down, her bare feet impatiently pat ting the velvety grass below. She could not deuy it—she scorned any attempt to justify herself. “ Bessie,” said the boy, slowly, “ what made you do it ? Don’t you know that it is wrong to steal ?” “ Wrong !” cried out Bessie, passionate ly. “ Why is it wrong? You are rich, and I’m poor ! You’ve got everything, and I ’ve got nothing. Why shouldn't I help myself when I’ ve got the chance?” Felix Enfield looked at her. Verily, there was more in her creed than he bad realized. * I’ll tell you why, Bessie,” said he. “ At least, I ’ll tell you what I think about it” “ Bo, in his boyish way, be unfolded the philosophy ofiueum and tuum. Bessie Raven listened in surprise. She had never been reasoned with before. No one had ever taken me trouble to explain mutters and things in general to her. “ Oh, Felix,” she cried out, with a great sob in her throat, ‘I see it all now. But no one ever told me before. And father was lost at sea, and mother had us little ones to take care of, and somehow every one’s hand was against us, and we had to fight our way aloug, so I got somehow to not care about anything.” “ Don’t cry, Bessie !” soothed the lad.— Don’ t fret, that’s a good girl ! Here—take the gold cross and keep it ! I don't care much for it.” So they parted. At home Felix found that his father had come to take them up into the mountains for a few weeks, be fore they returned to their city home— and so he never got the chance to tell Bes sie Raven good-by. NO. 17. “ I don’t believe papa would care for so permanent a passenger.” said Miss Rich field, with a mischievous twinkle In her eyes. “ But, really ! Do you know, Miss Rich field, I believe you are engaged !” She colored a little. “ Why ? ” she asked. “ Ah 1 You tlfink I have no eyes. You think I havn’t perceived that you always wear a black velvet ribbon around your neck—a black velvet ribbon from which ie suspended some trinket o f gold, hidden in the lace frllleof your collar. It it a guage-T” “ Yes," Miea Richfield calmly answered, “ it íb a guage of true love. If I ever am married—” “ If !” scornfully ejaculated the lover. “ Well, when I am married,” Miss Rich field corrected herself, “ It will only be to the gentleman who gave me this !” “ Then I may consider myself rejected,” slowly spoke Felix, with a face of the bit terest chagrin. “ Not quite,” said the dark-eyed damsel softly, as she drew the golden talisman from her throat and held it towards him. “ Don’ t you remember who gave this to me ?” He uttered an exclamation of recogni tion. “ It is the gold cross I gave, years ago, to Bessie Raven !” cried he. “ Yes,” she said, quietly, “ and I am Bessie Raven.” “ You ?” “ Yes. My mother died shortly after you gave me this. My uncle, who had just returned from the West, adopted us all. Two of my sisters are in boarding- school. My brother is being educated in a German university. And I am my un cle’s adopted daughter, known only by his name.” “ But, Bessie, you said you would marry the one who gave you that !” “ So I w ill,” confessed Bessie, laughing and blushing, “ if he is still infatuated enough to persist in wanting me.” They were married within a month—a regular true-love match—and old Mrs. Liddingtoa finds herself grand-aunt-in law to “ only Bessie Raven !” “ And really,” says she, complacently, “ I don’ t think Felix could have make a better match !” It was a respectable looking colored man who brought bis washing home, “ Your wife is a good washerwoman isn’ t she?” said the young bachelor to the polite and obsequious man. “ Yaas, sir, she commonly always give sati’factlon,” replied the husband of the laundress. - “ W ell,” resumed the young bachelor in his blandest and most insinuating man ner, “ You can tell your wife tn a tl esteem her very highly as one possessing many womanly and Christian virtues, a domes tic gem and household ornament, a social luminary and moral beacon, an exem pla ry Christian, a gcutle, loving wife, a wash er woman among 10,000; und altogether lovely, but there’s one objection.” [¿RATES OF ADVERTISING: One square or loss, one insertion,....... $2 50 Each additional insertion,.........................1 0 One square three months,..................... 6 00 Business Advertisements by the month— Quarter column................................... $6 00 Half colum n,.......................................... 10 00 One column,............................................ 15 00 Ten per cent, additional on advertisements to which a special position is guaranteed. K ?” The space o f one Inch, up and down the column, constitutes a square. N. B.—All debts due this office are payable in Coin, unless otherwise expressly agreed The citizens walked across the street and went into the bank and the stranger followed him and said: “ And there was P lato.” “ See here, now, I don’t want you to fool around me any m ore!” warned the citi zen. “ If you have any business with me let it be known, if not, go away. I don’ t care a cent for your old Catos, and Platos, and Photos.” “ Don’ t you ?” “ No Sir.” “ And there was N im rod!" said the srtan- ger, after a painful pause. The disgusted citizen started for the door, but the stranger detained him by a by a jesture, and continued: “ Cicero, Scipio, Sisyphus, PJogenosr Cato, Plato or Nimrod, any one of the sev en, knowing me to be a stranger in De troit, would have been glad to inform me where I could buy a bed-cord!” The citizen gave him the inform ation, but gave it grudgingly.—Detroit Free Press. “ W hat’s de occasion of dat big smoke over dar?” inquired one colored man of an other at the market yesterday. “ Fire, sab,” was the answer. "A n d w hat’s the occasion of the fire?” ' “ Combustshun?” “ And what’s com bustshum ?” “ My friend,” replied the other crossing, his legs, “ dar’s heap of things in dis world dat no nigger ever knowed or ever will- know , an’ w e’ll change the subject to> gooseberries.” W hen does a man keep his word? When- no one w ill take it. “ Come on, nosv, N ed,’ cried a N. Y. girl at Long Branch the other day to a stripling, lover at her side, ‘ we’ve got clear of papa —now let’s take a dive. ‘ Your father is an awful big and stout man, aint h e?’ observed the youth.. ‘ O, never m ind that,’ exclaim ed tho-- Miss, petulently; ‘ let’s take a swim—ju st see the great waves.’ ‘D on’ t you think it daDgerous?’ anx iously inquiied the lover, gazing up and down the beach. ‘ Dangerous? N o! There Isn’ t hardly any under-tow at this point; it’s— ‘ Oh but it’s not the under-tow I ’m afraid- of,’ interrupted the young m an - ‘ Isn’ t it?. ‘No; it’s your father’s toeJ And she couldn’t get him to risk it. Greater love than this has no m an: A t Harvard, New York, Ira W ood and his father were chopping in the forest; the son had hewn until the tree was on the point of falling, when he saw his father was standing directly on the spot where it would strike. He called to the old man to get out of the way, but the latter wus deaf and did not hear. The young man then rau to where his father stood, pushed him aside, and the next m om ent waa- him self crushed by the fallen tree. Under the new Constitution o f Missou ri, the James and Younger brothers, the most notorious assassins and outlaws that ever disgraced a free country, obtain,, it is. reported, their long sought amnesty. “ What’s dat sar?” inquired the smiling African, who bad been showing two rows of spotless ivory and a cavernous opening of the head, while his wife was being so The Sacramento Record-Union has an extravagantly eulogised?” article on the troubles at Corinne which i “ What’s dat, boss?” “ She puts all the starcb In my socks, has the true ring to it. It says: “ If the and none in my shirts; she washes or Gentiles of Utah are in danger, and help irons all the buttons off and forgets to re is wanted, a call for volunteers in Califor place them; exchanges my clothes for nia will be responded to by twenty thous those of some other patron , and, if you’ll and armed men inside o f four hours; and look at this (holding a garment) you’ll if these volunteers should.go to Utah and see how Inconvenient It would be to wear find hostilities in operation, we should be either pantaloons, cuffs or collars with sorry to have to answer for the consequen such a shirt as she sends me. It may be ces o f their indignation. The Mormons, in that sbe cut off the arifis and collar to fact, are playing with matches at the open, make the tail longer, but I cant see what door of a powder m agazine.” the deuce she should want to rutile the Reports from W ashington state that edges for.” The darkey looked a little disgusted as over ten m illion dollars of 5-per cent. he wrapped the garment up to take it bonds have already been sold for the pur chase of silver bullion, in pursuance of an home, and he said. “ Idea sending a man dat kin’ of shirt!” arrangement for retiring the fractional currency. It w ill require the disposition of some ten m illions more before a suffi cient am ount of silver will be accumulae Portland Bulletin of late date contains this: People in other quarters of the coun ted to take this initial step towards speci- try do not realize the tremendous magni resumption. The New York Tribune es tude o f the Columbia nor have they any timates that to carry out the provisions tolerable ide of the vast territory whence o f the specie resumption act will necessi It waters its mighty flood. In its course tate a total increase of 8350,000,000. Should from the Rocky Mountains it takes in the this estimate prove correct, w hich is waters o f the Spokane and Kootanl; doubtful, for it is estimated the amount, thence flowing west and south, it receives w ill be greater, there will be an addition the Okanagon, the Snake, Walla Walla, al burden of over 818,000,000 per anum im Wenachee, Chelan, Methon, Yakima, Pa- posed on tax-payers of the country, to- louse, Clearwater, Umatilla, John Day, meet the interest on these bonds. The Des Chutes, the Willamette, and several funding act of 1870 fixed the am ount of 5- other lesser streams. It drains a region per cent, bonds to be issued at 8500,000,000. embracing fourteen degrees of lattitude— Of this $440,000,000 have been issued. M a g n it u d e of the C o l u m b ia .— The a mighty empire of territory capable of subsisting twenty millions of people. The magnitude o f the Columbia may be con ceived of when we reflect that having re ceived the Willamette in his embrace, the exultant lord of the waters flows on Ten years afterwards ! Three and twen with unruffled equanimity, unconscious ty is a dangerous age for flirtations, but of aDy additional burden, and apparently Felix Enfield had never been* seriously uo larger than before. And hither might smitten until that time when be crossed come the river of Egypt from Its cloudy the Atlantic in the steamer W ill o' the springs, and the Rhine and the Danube Wisp, and fell in love with the captain’s and be likewise swallowed up in this Spanish-eyed daughter. moving sea. “ It you don’t marry m e,” said Felix, with comical earnestness, “ I’ll throw m y W H AT H E W ANTED. s e l f into the sea.” A tall, placid man, having an umbrella “ There’s not much danger of that,” said under his arm, halted a citizen on the Miss Richfield, quietly. street yesterday, and said; “ But I’m in earnest,” said he. “ There was Cicero.” “ So am I,” said the damsel with the “ Well, what do I care?” was the reply. blue-black eyes. "A nd there was Scipio.” “ Do you love me ?” pleaded Felix. “ Yes, I believe there |was an old chap “ I don’ t dislike you,” demurely said by that name, but I haven’ t time to Miss Richfield. talk.” “ Then I shall hope,” declared Felix. “ And there was Sysphus.” “ Hope is a commodity that is free to all’ “ Never heard of him and don’t wan’t said she. But at the voyage’s end, Mr. Enfield to,” “ And there was Diogenes." «mtinued was deeper in love than ever. the stranger. “ Look here, Miss Richfield,” said he; Dlogeness be—hanged! If you want any “ if you don’t say you’ll have I won’t leave the steamer’s deck. I ’ll go back and thig of me speak right up.” “ And there was Cato.” forth perpetually between New York and “ Go to bis®*»—yoWre drunk.” Southampton.” Sometime ago an Oregon man named his girl baby after Queen V ictoria and wrote to her Brittanic Majesty announc ing what he had done. He expected a re sponse suited to such a m om entous occa sion, but was greatly disgusted at getting no answer. He thereupon changed the c h ild ’s name to “ Sal” and went out on the street and gave the first Englishm an that he m et a sound drubbing. A guest at the Railroad House found a lady’s night-gown in his room Jone night last week, and went to Jim. Fletcher with it sayiDg: “ Look a here mister, this is a hollow m ockery, a delusion and a snare. If you can’t fill it up, I don’ t w ant tho thing in m y room .” The great rainfall which has done so much damage in this cou n try, in England and in France, also extended to India, and its northwestern provinces have been flooded, with a loss, it is feared, of m any lives. Thus three continents have suffer ed simultaneously from tho same cause. W hether this is a mere coincidence, or the result of the same natural phenom e na or not, is a question whose decision must be left to the learned meteorologists w ho have lately been pointing so know ingly to the spots oa the sun and.th. 0 .eccoi> trieties of Jupiter.