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VOL. 2. ALBANY, OREGOK SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1869. NO. 13. - ' PCBUSMD ETERT 8ATCRDAT BT (-OLL. TAW CLEVE. c. OFFICII OX CORDKK Or FERBT AND FIH8T-STS. TERMS IN ADVANCE. neYesx. Three Dollar" fix Months..... Two Dollars Single Copies Ten Cents ADVERTISING KATES. Transient advertisements per Square of ten lines or less, first insertion, $3 ; each subsequent insertion, $1. Larger advertisements inserted on the most liberal terms. JOB WORK, llavinjr received nir type, stock, of colored inks, cards, a Gordon Jobher. cte., we are pre-pa-ed to execute all kinds of printing ia a better manner and fifty per cent, cheaper than ever be f ore offered in this city. Agents for the Register. The following gentlemen are authorized to re ceive and receipt for subscription, advertising, te., for the Rbsistkr : HIRAM SMITH, Esq ....Harrisburg. .Tutlfte S. H. CLAUGHTON ....Lekanon. PETER HUME, Esq ..Brownsville W. R. KIRK, Eq .". , " E. E. WHEELER. Esq Scio. T. It. REYNOLDS. Efq Palem. Geo. W. CANNON, Esq... Portland. L. P. FISHER, Esq 'Frisco. BUSINESS CARDS. A. WHEELER, o t, a r y Public T EttAL INSTRUMENTS OF. ALL KINDS JLj made and attested. Conveyances and col lections attended to. 12'6'J o J. 1IAIYXOX, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ALBANY, OREGON. FFICE On Main street, oiiposito Fostcr"s Brick. 1-69 LOCAL AND GENERAL A Poetical Dun. NEWS. Those of our readers who have read Longfel low's "Hiawatha," will recognize the closeness of style in the following humorous dunning ap peal, which we And reproduced in an exchange : Should you ask us why this dunning. AV'hy these sad complaints and murmurs, Murmurs loud about delinquents Who have read the papes-weekly. Read what they have never paid for, Read with pleasure and with profit. Read of church affairs and prospects. Read of news both home and foreign. Rend the essays and the poems. Full of wisdom and instruction ; Read the table of tho markets, ; Carefully corrected weekly. Should you ask us why this dunning. ' We should answer, we should tell you. From the priBtcr, from the mailer. From the kind old paper-maker. From the landlord, from the carrier. From the man who taxes letters, " With a stamp from Undo Samuel " Uncle Sam," the rowdies call him ; From them all there" eomes a message, A message kind but firmly spoken, l'Icasc to pay us what you owe us." Sad it is to hear such message, When our funds are all exhausted. When the last bank note has left us, When the gold coin all has vanished, Gone to pay the paper-maker, Gono to pay the toiling printer. G one to pay the landlord tribute, Gone to pay the sable earner. Gone to pay the faithful mailer, Gone to pay Uncle Samuel . " Uncle Sam " the rowdies eall him Gone to pay the Western paper Three and twenty hundred dollars ! Sad it is to turn our ledger. Turn and see what sums are due ns, Due for volumes long since ended. Due for years of pleasant reading. Due for years of toilsome labor, , Due in spite our constant Auuniug, Due in sums from two to twenty.' Would you lift a burden from us, . Would drive a spectre from you ? Would you taste a pleasant slumber ? Would vou have a quiet conscience? Would you read a paper paid for? bend us money send us money, Send us money mend mow. Send the Money that you owf. r.s? Another Turn of the Tax Screw. The following telegram appears under the above heading in the Democrat of the 19th of November : Washington, November 12. The Internal Revenue Bureau decides that farmers who go to market and sell produce are to be considered brokers, and must pay a special tax. Those who sell at the place of production are exempt from paying a special tax. This telegram affords the Democrat a text from which it prooeeds to harp upon the " growing tyranny of our tax sys tem," invented by our " ingenious Yan kee law-makers." If pur cotemporary had taken care first to "post" himself with regard to the meaning of the tele- he might have saved much time gram, his Uiltabidcl & Co., -flYEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PRO y visions. Wood and Willow Ware, Confec tionery, Tobacco, Cigars. Pipes, Notions, etc. Main street, adjoining the Express office, Albany, Oregon. , 1 E. A. Freeland, DEALER IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF - School. Miscellaneous and Blank Rooks, fctationery. Gold and Steel Pens, Ink. etc.. Post office Building. Albany, Oregon. Books ordered from New York and San Francisco. 1 C BXealey & Co., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS in all kinds of Furniture and Cabinet WTare, First street, Mbany. S. IX. Clang-hton, VTOTARY PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE AGENT. Office in the Post Office building. . Z.eJ!rf?itfJ. Oreytm. Will atp-nd to making Deeds and other convey ances, also to the prompt collection of debts en trusted to mv care. 1 j. n. jhtchei.i.. J. x. noi.rn. a. smith. Mitchell, Solph & Smith, VTTORNEYS and COUNSELLORS at LAW, Solicitors in Chancery and Proctors in Ad miralty. Office over the old Post Office, Front street. Portland, Oregon. I rowru. i flinx. ' Powell fc Flima, A TTDRNEYS COUNSELLORS AT LAW and Solicitors' in Chancery, (I., ninn, Notary Public,) Albany .Oregon. Collections and conveyances promply attended to 1 . , i ' , J. QUINN THORNTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ALBANY, OREGON. -5 "WILL practice in the superior and inferior j courts of Marion, Linn, Lane, Benton and Polk counties. Five per cent, charged on collections when made without cueing. j 19-69 f. . BKBFTELB. . W. SUNK. P. M REDKIELD & CO.. CONSTANTLY on hand and receiving, a large stock of Groceries and Provisions, Wood and Willow Ware, Tohaceo, Cigars, Con fectionery, Yankee Notions, Ac, fcc, Wholesale and Retail, opposite R. C. Hill A Son's drug store, Albany, Oregon. 5octf House, Sign & Carriage Painter, . ALBANY, OREGOK. Faperhangringr, Glazing', Kalsomine, &c. Country orders punctually attended to. First street, next door to Tweedalo & Co.'s. May 8, 1869-35tf AI.BAIYV BATH HOUSE. OUR LEBANON CORRESPONDENT. Lebanon, Nov. 20, 1SG9. THANKSGIVING Was observed by the citizens of our beau tiful little village in good old New Eng land style. Labor was generally sus pended, we repaired to the sanctuary and listened to a very appropriate discourse by Rev. E. II. Judkins. We suppose the usual amount of chickens, turkeys, etc, were discussed at the different din ner tables. and sweat, consumed in getting up half column of sympathy for the " Re-' publican farmers of Oregon." A farmer is not required to take out a license when he sells his own produce, and is only compelled to take out a produce broker's license when be buys and sells the produce of others. A farmer may sell from his wagon, butter, eggs, onions, lettuce, radishes, or other products of his farm, without license ; but if he buys those articles from his neighbors, and then re-sells them, by that act he be comes a huckster, a produce broker, and is compelled to pay the special tax. In answer to an inquiry upon this subject, one 'of our merchAits, Mr. Julius Gradwohl, received the following communication, which will, we hope, satisfy and set attest the anxiety of our cotemporary for the " Republican farm ers": I PoRTi.A!tP. Nov. 27. 18f)9. 3lR.Jri.irs Ga.ioKHL Sirt In reply to your letter of the 2JUh inst.. I have to say that when a farmer sells only the produce of his own farm froth his wagon, he is not required to take out a license. If he sells the produce of other farmers than his own, he is then a produce broker, and must pay the special tax. Respectfullv. etc., GEO. II. BELDEN, Dept. Col. for Oregon. ' Commissioners. Through the rec ommendation' of Senator Williams, the President has appointed Rev. E. R. Geary, Hon. Jesse Applegate and Thos. A. Savier, Commissioners to examine and report upon tho completion of the first twenty miles of the Oregon Central Railroad. The Toad will be in running order as far as Aurora early next month. Pears. In the huTy and rush of business last week, we forgot to metion a bucket of nice pears left at our office by Mr. A. II. Baltimore. The pears were excellent, and Mr. Baltimore .has the thanks of the office for the present. Severely Wotjndep-; A. D. Ilich-ardson,- for a long time correspondent of, ana at present connected with, the iNew York Tribune, a few days since was shot and severely wounded by a Mr. MeFar land, in New York city. The difficulty grew out of an alleged intimacy on the part of Richardson- with McFarland's wife. Richardson denies the allegation. McFarlaud hasheen committed to prison to await the result of the shooting. On It. A terrific affray occurred in Johnson county, Arkansas, last week. A planter named Johnson had an alterca tion with three hands in a cotton field who attacked him with knives. John son drew a knife to defend himself, killed two instantly and mortally wounded the third. Johnson received more than twenty wounds, but will recover. He bears the reputation of beiug a quiet citizen. A large number of citizens are constantly coming into Arkansas, princi pally from Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform tho citizens of Albany and vi cinity that ha baa taken charge of this establish ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying strict attmtk 5 to business, expects to suit all those who ma favor him with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing bat - First-Class Hair Dressing- Saloons, he expec's to give entire satisfaction to all. 1 Children and Ladies' hair neatly cat and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. . f sevI9y2 E. F. RUSSELL, i ATTOKSET AT LAW. JAMES ELEINS, KOTABr MJBI.1C. RUSSELL & ELKINS, (Office in Parrish k Co.'s block. First street,) Albany, . Oregon. HAVING TAKEN INTO CO-PARTNERSHIP Javbs Elkiks, Esq., ex-Clerk of Linn county, we are enabled to add to our prac tice of Law and Collections, superior facilities for Conveyancing, Examining Records, -and attending to Probate business. Deeds, Bonds, Contracts and Mortgages care fully drawn. -. u - Homestead and Pre-emption Papers made, and claims secured. Sales of Real Estate negotiated, and loans effected on collateral securities on reasonable rates. . All business entrusted to them faithfully' and promptly executed. ...... r RUSSELL A ELKINS. Albany, Oct. 10, 'CS-5y o Jon work ; m ' : -- F ALL DESCRIPTIONfi. at. r;. neatly executed at tho Ktcisttu office. ' A SERIES OF RELIGIOUS MEETINGS Have been held at the Academy during the past week by the pastor of the M. E. Church at this place. The congrega tions have been small, owing to the storms of wind and rain ; yet we think some good has been accomplished. There have been no conversions or accessions to the church, yet the membership seem to manifest more zeal and a greater de gree of solemnity than usual seems to pervade the congregations. We under stand that the pastor of the M. E. Church, South, will commence a pro tracted meeting next Sunday at their usual place of worship, in this place. May his efforts be crowned with success. Every man, of whatever branch of the Christian Church he may represent who endeavors to persuade men to conform their lives to the rules ef morality religion of the bible has oiir sympa- j thies and our prayers j but we have no patience with the man who endeavors to substitute anything else. Mr. Editor, do you not believe that man would soon be a complete wreck if deism, universal ism, spiritualism, or any of the various isms of the day were to supplant the Bible? . THE LATE RAINS . Have rendered the roads quite muddy ; but our energetic John, who carries the mails from Salem to Springfield, contin ues to make the trip on " short time." We now receive the mail four times a week. ...We would like you, Mr. Editor, to visit our beautiful little village, for we are sure you would admire its beautiful buildings, neat fences, pleasant walks, etc.; but do not come until we get a side walk along the left side" of our street. I say street, for we have but one. Our old side-walk jumped a deep ditch, which was dug by the sid of it, and the late rains have made the street so muddy that communication between the upper and lower part of the town has ceased. It would be very unfortunate, indeed, if you should visit one part of the town and not be able to visit the other. There fore; do not come until we get a side walk. , DR. ODELL Has postponed his visit to Philadelphia till next Spring, much to the satisfaction of many of his old patients. He learned that the course of lecture", which he wished to attend, was already consider ably advanced, and, as he wished to at tend a full course, he concluded to wait until next year J therefore he will remain at Lebanon in partnership with Dr. Helm. They may be found at their old office ready at any time to minister to suffering humanity. A. The Grand Duchess Helen of Russia, whose remarkable accomplishments cause her to bo often employed on important political confidential missions, was recent ly in Berjin. , More Arout San Domingo. Late ; dates speak of the departure of General I Babcock, accompanied by Gen. Ingalls, for San Domingo. Gen. Babcock has sealed instructions from the President directing him as to what course he should pursue, pending negotiations with the Baez Government. These instructions j are not to be opened until the steamer is at sea. The proposition for annexation from Baez, he having assurance previ ously of favorable consideration by our government, was to be submitted to the votes of the Dominican people, thus ob taining popular endorsement of the meas ure. This election will occur immedi ately after the arrival at San Domingo of Babcock and Ingalls, and after the elec tion, supposing tbe result favorable to annexation, Baez and the Commissioners will visit the United States and present a petition for admission. The terms of the annexation will be the assumption of the debts of the republic amounting to less than 1,000,000, and the purchase of the public buildings, etc.. which will not amount to more than SI, 000.000. Colored Miss Wormly, daughter of a well known restarateur of Washington City, is to be united in marriage to Paul I Gcrand, brother-in-law of the Portuguese Minister " a wealthy gentleman pf po sition, with distinguished relatives in France." Miss W. is spoken of at, being well educated and of pleasing manners. This event promises to disturb the "social circle " corisiderablv. THE DOUBLE GAME. - A week at a watering place and most of the time each day spent in the com pany of. Mr. Main well, the gentleman whom Miss Ellsworth's old friend, Ned Whittaker,. had introduced to her one morning on the piazza She had sailed with him ; had strolled or ridden with him along the shore on the moon light evenings, and she had danced with him in the thronged drawing-room. Miss Ellsworth was not a girl who be-" stowed her likings among many gentle men ; and she had found her ideal well nigh realized in Mr. Mainwell. Only tho evening before, (jtheir talk had with drawn itself from tbe general topics which to each had been congenial, and in her admiration of his intelligence and manliness she had encouraged an ap proach to that personal. sort of conver sation which relates to love and matri mony. And now, to find Mr. Mainwell this morning, with his, coat off and a smith's apron engaged in mending a lock ! He was doing it publicly. The lock was 'on the door that led to the middle of the front piazza, where the fashionably dres sed ladies and gentlemen were sitting and promenading. His back was toward her as sho ap proached, leaning on the arm of her friend, Anna West. She recognized him, looked intently at him, gave her companion over to a party of youn ladies near, and then stopped and spoke to him. " Do you like that sort of work,. Mr Mainwell ?" 'she asked. " I do. Miss Ellsworth ; I believe I am a natural mechanic." " It armears odd to see vou doing ibis." " It is my trade," he replied, rising from his work and turning to her.- Her cheek blanched a little; "Your trade !" she said faintly. The party of girls came along just then. After wondering at Mr. Mainwell a while, and laughing at him, they pro posed -a ride. There were three carri ages among them all. , Those would take the paity. Ned Whittaker here joined them. " What tbe deuc arft you about weary of being without you." " Would you be willing to become my wife this day, this hour ? Your father and mother might otherwise put obstacles in the way. " I am willing this hour-this very minute. Thev do not know of mv position in life." -as Scared by A Picture. The Port land Herald cets sight of a cut in Harper's Weekly representing "Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner," which scares it nearly to death ! i The editor ?mmedi diately orders copies of the picture placed on the HeraliT s bulletin board, so that the portion of the Democratic party who are unable to read may see the awful sight for themselves a negro and China man, with representatives of other nations, assembled around Uncle Sam's table ! The Herald sees in this frightful picture a forecast of what the Democratic party is coming to under the operations of the Fifteenth Amendment, and in his terror calls on Democrats everywhere to " procure copies- and post them where they can be seen by the people." To the uninitiated, the ignorant portion of the Democratic party, ; this lather and foam may go down, but people who read and keep themselves posted in the many "tricks of trade," will only see in-all this a " big puff "j . for Harper a new dodge to increase the already heavy cir culation of that journal. But the De mocracy couldn't do better than to adopt the suggestion of the Herald. By all means, circulate healthy reading matter, etch as is contained in Harper among Democrats, and the Fifteenth Amend ment won't scare 'em a bit. 5 A Miser Dead. -At Jersey City, on the 25th ult., Lyman Allen, was found dead in his bed at Taylor's Hotel.. He lived in a miserly manner, had taken but one meal per day for five years patt, and his wardrobe was valued at just (twenty five cents at his death. He was a merch ant, and his ostate is valued at 600,000. Waoes Falling. Late dates from San Francisco state that cmyloycrs de mand at the hands of printers a reduc tion in their wages ranging from 20 to 33 per cent. Printers have resolved to resist the attempt to reduce wages, and should the proprietors insist upon a re duction, a strike will probably be tbe result. Disagree. The stockholders . in Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express Company disagree in" relation to increasing the cap ital stock of the company 598 shares for, and 3H against. The matter had not been amicably settled at latest dates. Duke of Genoa. The following is a sketch of the Duke of Genoa, now talked of for King of Spain: Prince Thomas Albert Victor do Savjoy, Duke of Genoa, is now twenty-five years old, having been born February 6, 1814. His father was Prince Ferdinand Marie Albert Amadee Philbert Yicent, younger brother of King Victor Emanuel, and his mother the Princes Marie Elizabeth, daughter of King John, of Saxony. His father died when he was but a year old, and, whon her y?ar of mourning had passed, his mother married niorganatically the Mar quis Rappallo. : The youthful years of the Prince were passed in England, and tbe rudiments of his education acquired at Rugby and Harrow. For the last sev eral years he has been the friend and pubil of Matthew Arnold, with whom he is now living. . i Jb ine LiOT of hogs. Last week we noticed a fine lot of porkers, brought to Messrs. A. Cowan & Co.'s packing estab lishment by Uncle Johnny Powell. These have been eclipsed by Mr. F. S. Powell who, on last Friday week .brought to the same establishment six hogs that aggregated 1,872 pounds an average of 312 pounds each.' One of the six weighed 418J pounds a very fair hog. r ... 4 i . , Personal. -Major Adams, of. the Vancouver (W. IT.) Register, paid us a visit the first of the'week. The Major is a brick, and of course gets up a live paper ! ' On the night of the 26th ult, tho store of George Weineke", seventeen 'miles from Stockton, Cal., oh the Mari posa road, with iU contents was entirely destroyed by fire. . The bodies of two persons, named John Boone and Richard Sager, were "recovered next day. The evidence? shows that the two men were murdered, , a bullet hole being through the head of one, and a bandage over the mouth and the hands tied of tbe other. Boone was a Canadian, and Sager an Englishman. ; j , Two Americans at Baden Baden, the other day, were dining with a pair of Paris ladies, when a Russian Prince, who perhaps wished to pick a quarrel, purchased. ' two glorious bouquets and sejit them to the ladies with his compli ments. Tbe Americans merely glanced over the table, bowed cordially, and sent him by by the waiter two napoleons. He was so much chagrined that he left the room. A seamstress is the only j chine that can baste a goose. here?" he exclaimed to Mr. Mainwell. "Ah," he added, when the latter turned and glanced at him. " But while here you might as well enjoy yourself," Mr. Mainwell excused himself from joining the party, and they all went away leaving him to complete his work. Miss Ellsworth left him without any words of parting. ! , " It is well," he muttered to himself. " If she cannot take me as I am, she il not worthy of me.' The "woman who marries me must take me for myself." He stood and looked after her until she had disappeared. She did not once turn to look back. He gave his shoulders a shrug, com pressed his ' lips, uttered a cynical " humph !" and turned to finish his work. " Let it be so," he muttered, when he was through and was putting on his coat. " I thought perhaps 1 had tound a wo man after my own heart. But let it be ..... ,., r t.i . so. Amidst tuts wnin or weaun ana fashion she, too, has lost her soul. Let her go." He avoided her thereafter. He did not seek to catch her eye for a bow or recognition. Yv hen she entered a drawing-room where he was, he would go out another way. But he was more than ever in the company of Ned Whittaker. Ned, in passing to and fro between Miss Ellsworth and him served as a sort of a link between them.' . ' You are a cynical fellow," said Ned, one day. " Why don't you take fieople as they are ? You'll find good enough in them." " But they won't take me as I am. That is the trouble." " I'oh ! You see yourself that she allows no other suitors to accompany her. Don't you see that she is alone, or with the girls most of the time?" " Her heart is full of vanity." " Pshaw. She is trained to luxurious notions, that's all." Mainwell's trunk was ' awaiting 'him'' and the stage, outside on the piazza, at the time this conversation was going on. , On the trunk were his initials, G. M. Miss Ellsworth, .passing that way, sa the initials not by chance, for she had been very busy scrutinizing the trunfts that lay together and when she saw the initials she started and turned pale. She recovered herself, and "withdrew with her companion a little way, and then stood still and watched. Presently Mr. Main well came out with Ned upon the piazza.' He chanced to turn his eyes toward her. and their eyes met met for the .first time since she had left him. She did not turn her eyes away. She bowed. Ho lifted his hat. The ice was broken. He then approached her to bid her good bye. What the conversation was that ensued between the two when they were left alone', by Ned's ingenuity in spiriting away the rest qf the company, is un known, save the following: " But I am a locksmith," said Main well. " No matter." "Are you willing to live as the wife of one who with his hands earn his daily bread ?" , ; " I am willing to undergo anything to bo. with you. I I have suffered enough. During the last few days I have learned what it is to despair of being united to the one I love" ' : "But your mother your father." j "Unless I am willing to leave them for your sake,! I am not worthy of ya-" " But then the loss of wealth, of posi tion, of tho surroundings of refinement?" " Do not say anything more. I am willing to leave all for your sake. I am "They still think you are wealthy laid." - Come, then, we will go aur way -vith Ned and become before the world what we now are in spirit husband and wife ; and then at once we will take .the cars tor the home I have for you a home which, though lowly, you will make happy." . Whither you go, I will go." They were married in a quiet way in the little watering place chapel, with the wicked Ned toonDiviog at . tbe misnhieC - The next train sped with them to the city. " I will show you the shop where I work," said Mr. Mainwell, when the car riage which they took at the depot in the city had drawn up before one of the long block of brown stone houses in a splen did part of the city. , " What do you mean?" she demanded as she accompanied her husband up the broad steps to the door. " I mean," he replied, "that this is the home and this is the workshop." And he led her in. Among other rooms to which he conducted his wife was one fitted up as a work shop, where, as ho said, be was accustomed to indulge his love for mechanical work, after hav ing, as he assured hert regularly served his time at 'learning a trade. ' ; Mrs. Mainwell stood and looked at him intently. . ' . " This is your house ?" she asked. " Yes, madam." "AnJ you are not poor, but rich ?" " You speak the truth, Mrs. Main well." "And why did you play the jest upon me?" " To see whether you really loved me for my own sake." , "Ah, pretty indeed. And suppose you don't love me? " "But I do." , t "Humph!" So there was a little family quarrel on the spot. " Now inv-ite your father and mother to come and see us," said Mr. Mainwell, afier the clouds had cleared away some what. "I will," she replied, " I will. Bt first you must go with me to bee them, and to pacify them in view of what we have oone. I . " Very well." In a lew days they started out in their carriage on their errand. Mrs. Main well gave the directions to the driver, and her husband could not help express ing his wonder at tbe increasing squalor of the neighborhood through which they rode.' The carriage drew up at length beforo a miserable tenement house, and stopped. " Where the deuce are you taking me ?" asked Mr. Mainwell, looking sharply at his wife. " Come and see," was her reply, aslshe proceeded to step from the carriage. "Here, wait, : he exclaimed, after some hesitancy ; ' " let me go first and help you out. What does this mean ?" " Follow me," was the reply. She led him up stairs, up, up, through throngs of dirts and smells, up to the fourth story. Here she opened a door without knocking, and the two entered, two elderly persons were present, and also several girls and boys. ' The woman was dressed neatly, and so were the children, but they were all dressed very poorly, in keeping with tbe place. The man was dressed more carelessly, and even mere poorly. On his head be kept his hat, which certainly was full a half dozen years old. ' . - "My husband, Mr. Mainwell; , my father and mother, brothers and sisters 1 said Mrs.: Mainwell, introducing all parties. , ! -f:'" ..... . Mainwell stood and stared without ut- teranoc. -i: -. ' --.-. .; ; ... r "Ask their pardon,', George," said Mrs. Mainwell, " for running away with me." ; - i i - . ' , "Who are they?" "ILive I not told you? Didn't I in troduce you ?" " Who were those at the watering place?" ; " " - " Some wealthy people -who had seen me at the milliners where I sewed for a livelihood served 'at my trade, George - and who fancied, my appearance,, dressed me up, and took mo there with them. " You jest with me," he said with a ghastly smile. ' " "All this a milliner may be, a sewing girl. Look for yourself among the class. Is it not true ? -All that we girls need is dress." - - f: ' !. Mainwell lifted his fist and dashed it through the air. He ground his teeth, and, turning away, left the room, slam ming the door violently behind him. His wife took off her hat, cloak and furs, and flung herself down at the table and bufried bet faoe in bet handker- the stairs to the street, clenching his hands and his teeth as he went. " The horrible disgrace of it,' he muttered. " Tbe derision, that ,will be my lot. And then to jnarry such a . Sirl !" '- i - ".V -'. But at the street door he tamed.? He had a struggle witb himself there, all alone. Suddenly he turned and dashed impetuously up the stairs, flung open the door of the room, seized his wife ia his , arms and clasped her to his beart. r My wile, he whispered tn ner eai; " such you are and ever shall be before God and the world." ; I' f "Now I bezin to think von do love me," she said, smiling in his face. " Yom do love me ? You really think yon dL George ?" ; ' ' -'' ; He clasped her more tightly to him, v Come then," she said, "though ef such parent as tfcwy I -wxbtj'ttr, l snooja sot ieei asnamed. yet they ere not my parents, but bare only played ft. part in whioh, I have instructed them. Shake bands with them, George, they are worthy people." ' ' 'I : " r - And be did shake hands with them. and, what is more, he helped .them.' ' A merry party was gathered that even ing at Mainwell a house, consisting if Mr. and Mrs. Mainwell, and their guest, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth, the young lady's acquaintances of the watering place, and " Ned Whittaker. t Ned never , was in better spirits, nor, let it be stated, were were Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth, who for gave their daughter and her husband without hesitation. "I say, George," said Ned, whispering in Mainwell's ear, " two can play at. that game, can t they : Mainwell took Ned's jeering rather ( soberly. " Yes," said he, after a few moments of thoughtfnlncss, " and tbe experience has tanght me a lesson. What fools the pride of wealth makes of us all. I thought she ought to have taken me re gardless of my curcuma tan oes, for myself alono, and without hesitation even. ' And yet when she tested me, I myself was found wanting. Shall we ever learn to disregard person's occupation, and to . look only at the charaoter and the soul?" Ned shrugged his shoulders dubiously. "I think I have learned! the lesson, Ned," Mainwell added. chief. -" ! , The. door was opened again 'and Main well put in his head. I' . i , " You have deceived me, he said ; " but come. You are my wjfe. X will try to bear it." .v,. I . ; She sprang to her feet and 'Confronted him.'. ' . . Your wife I am!" she 'exclaimed. " Your wife," and doomed to jive with a man who does not love- her but was in love with her circvmuaiiee No sir, you may go. I will noOive a wife tin beloved, for mjfteff.. You must love or I will stay I tan still work. He cluh'ed the door and retired down Care of Boots and Shoes. Boots and shoes, if taken care of properly, will generally last two or three times longer than they usually do, and, at the same time, fit the foot far more satiafac torily, and keep tbem dry and comforta ble in wet aqd cold weather. The upper leather should be kept soft and pliable, .while the soles need be hard, tough and and impervious to water. The first thing to be done with any. pair of new shoes for farm use is to set each one on plat ter or an old dinner plate, and pour oq boiled linseed oil sufficient to fill tbe ves sel to tbe upper edge of the soles. Al low the leather to absorb as. much of the oil as it will for eight hours. Linseed oil should not be applied to the upper leather, as it will soon become dry, rend ering the leather hard and tough ; but if the soles be saturated with this oil,' it trill fTAlnila llimnnNC rw? AnlnrirA- fllA ..... f v pegs, so that the soles will never get loose from the upper leather. ' If the shoes be sewed, the Unseed oil will pres erve the thread from rotting. Now, wet the upper leather thoroughly when the boots or 6 hoes are to be put on tbe teot. so. that those parts which are tight mr J render, a little, and thus adapt the aht to the foot far more satisfactorily than when the upper leather is not wet. Keep ' them on the feet until the leather is nearly dry. Then give the upper leather a thorough greasing with equal parts of tallow and lard, t r with tallow and neat's foot oil. If shoes be treated in this man ner, and a row of round headed nails be driven around fhe edge of the soles, they will wear like copper, and always set easy to the feet. Boots and shoes should be treated as suggested, and worn a little several months before they are put to daily service. This ia a true way to save your ., shoe , money. Hearth and ...... I r I . , Y .. ,' A Western stump orator, in the course.' of one of his speeches, remarked; " Gen tlemen, if tbe Par-ey-fii Ocean wor n inkstand, and the hall olouded canopy of heaven and the level ground of our yearth wqj a sheet of paper, I couldn't begin to write my love of country onto it." Joe'Coburn, the champion pugilist of America, has challenged Tom Allen to fight for any sum from $2,500 to 10,- ooo. . : " . A Poison of any considerable degreo. of potency which has been swallowed, intentionally, or by accident, may be ren dered instantly harmless by swallowing two gills of sweet oil. An individual with a very stroDg constitution should take twice the Quantity. Tbis oil . will neutralize every form of vegtable or min oral poison with which physician or chemists are acquainted. ' The City Council of Atlanta, Gf fixed the salary of mayor at 92,500, and that of Aldermen at 200 each. An enthnsastlo Texan . writes Ncrth that beef there is worth two cent - pound, and butter and milk cost noth ing. . ' "- The cheap London Daily Telegraph employs five ten eylinder Hoe press, and can strike off about 186,000 per - hour. :, .' ':; :- ' ' f Mrs, Gen. Lee is crippled with rheVt matism, but' converses on all subjects with cheerfulness. ; -, . '. . - , r: A reoent invention that has been pat. ectedis ahead rest, attachable to pews, and called the snorcr's companion.