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ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1870.
NO. 25.
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TION Of OltliOON.
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o'clock A. M., on Thursday, the 7th day of April,
ISrO, in Delegates Convention, for the purpose of
placing in nomination a State Ticket to be sup
ported at the approaching election in June, aud
the transaction of such other business as shall
properly come before said Convention.
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J. IIAXXOX,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
ALBANY, OR EGOS.
FFICE On Main street, opposito Foster's
Brick. 1-.S
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DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PRO
visions, Wood and Willow Ware, Confec
tionery. Tobacco, Cigars. Pipes, Notions, etc.
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Oregon.
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School, Miscellaneous and Blank Books,
Stationery. Gold and Ste :l Pens, Ink. etc.. Post
office Building, Albany. Oregon. Books ordered
from New York and San FTancisco. I
The Committee recommend that the County
Conventions for the election of Delegates be held
on Saturday, the 26th day of March, 1870.
By order of the State Central Committee,
"" M. P. BERRY, Chairman.
T. B. Odkseaj., Secretary.
Portland, J.inuary 19th, 1870.
T'OiaTllANL UAKDST
8. D. SMITH. CEO. B. COOK.
THE OCCIDENTAL,
FORMERLY
ysss oatorn ECotol,
Corner First and Morrison streets,
Portland, Oregon.
essrs. SMI ill & iuuk nave taken ttns
well known honsc, refitted and refurnished
it throughout, built a large audition, making
thirty more pleasant roms, enlarged the Dining
and Sitting rooms, making it by fur the
Best Motel iu Portland.
A call from the traveling public will satisfy
them that the above statements are true.
SMITH 4 COOK. Props.
N. B. Hot and eold Bathe attached to the
house for the benefit of guests. SO
Portland, August 15th. 1S69.
atii:esic:va i;rn v(;L,
corner or
Front mud Washington Streets,
PORTLAND. OREGON.
Xi. P. W. Quimby, - - - - Proprietor.
(Late of the Western Hotel.)
'' ' " ' ' " S- H." Claug-hton,
"VTOTARY PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE
J3( AGENT. Offiae in the Post Office building.
Will attend to making Deeds and other convey
ances. Usw to the prompt collection of debts en
trusted to my care. 1
."jj.'irrrBEi.i.. " V Mini. A- smith.
Mitchell, Dolph & Smith,
ATTORNEYS isn COUNSELLORS at LAW,
Solicitors in Chancery and Proctors in Ad
miralty. - Offiee over the old Post Office, Front
street, Portland, Oregon. I
POWELL. L. FL1XM.
rJ Powell & I linn,
AT7DRNEYS t COUNSELLORS AT LAW
and Solicitors in Chancery,
: ,r (1a. Flinn, Notary Public,)
Albany, Oregon.' Collections and conveyances
prompt r attended te. 1
' J. QTJINN THORNTON,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
? r! : ; J ALBANY, OREGON.
WILL practice in the superior and inferior
courts of Marion, Linn, Lane, Benton and
Polk counties.
; Frv per' cent.' charged on collections when
made without slicing. jl9-G9
T. V. BEOriELD. - P. W. SPINK.
P. M REDFIELD fk CO.,
CONSTANTLY on hand and receiving, a
large stock of
Groceries - and Provisions,
Wood and .Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars, Con
fecioneryy Yankee Notions, Ac, Ac., Wholesale
and Retail, opposite R. C. Hill & Son's drug
.store, Albany, Oregon. ooetit
ALBAUT BATII HOUSE.
THE TjifbERSIGXED WOULD KESPECT
fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi
cinity that he has taken charge of this establish
ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying
atrict atttntic J to business, expects to quit ull
those who may favor him with their patronage.
Having heretofore carried on nothing but
Pirst-Class Hair Dressing Saloons,
he expee's to give entire satisfaction to all.
Children and Ladies' bair neatly cut and
shampooed. . JOSEPH WEBBER.
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ATTORSKT
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AT LAW. I
JAMES ELKINS,
OTART PCBLIC.
RUSSELL & ELKINS,
(Office in Parrish & Co.'t block. First street,)
Albany, . Oregon.
H AVISO TAKEN INTO CO-PARTNERSHIP
Jambs Elkijs, Esj., ex-Clerk of
Linn county, we are enabled to add to our prac
tice of Law and Collections, superior facilities for
Ccaveyaiielsg, Examining- Records,
and attending toProbate business.
S9tiM,Baad, QohQrscit and Mortgages care
fully drawn.
Homestead and Pre-emption Papers
mad j, and elin secured. t' ? . '.
. Sales of Real. Estate negotiated, and .loans
effected on 'eollateraL seearUiea- oa reasonable
rates. V
AM business entmsted to' -them faithfully and
promptly executed. .
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WADSYORTH & KUHN
Are now ready to execute all kinds of
- Plain and Fancy Painting !
Signs, Carriages, Uuildings,
as well as- .i,,.
Orainias;, Paperhanging , Oalcimining',
nd tn fact all kind and styles of
PLAIN AND OKNAMEBiTAL WORK,
that can bs doas with Paint and Brush,
; f.V KIR. LIVI50 RATBS.-S.
rGrU!tm "P Terry street, over
Kuhu Adams' wagon shop. , -7
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THIS HOUSE is the most comraoilious in the 1
State, newly furnished, and it will be ths
ndeavor of the Proprietor to make his guete
comfortaMe. Nearest Hotel to the steamboat i
landing. j
The Concord Coalh will always be fout j
at the ltinding, on the arrival of stenin.-hips ar j
river boats, carrying passengers and their bai - J
gas-e to and from the boats frer chnrtic.
Jf'iunt xnpfjlied tcith Patent Fire Extintfuinherm
COSHOPOLITA31 ISOTEL
(formerly arrigo!i's,)
Pront street : : : Portland, Oregon
Old Proverbs.
The Proverbs of all the Xations is a
collection of the proverbs and proverbial
phrases of all the nations, illustrated and
compared and arranged with respect to
the subject they treat of aud with a com
plete index at the eud of the work by
aid of which any proverb can be easily
found. The . volume contains such a
store of the unique, pertinent, pithy say
ings as the curious will be glad to exara
amine. We will give a few examplesc
Almost the first adage we find is the fol
lowing couplet, which, we are glad to
say, the editor pronounces as " barbar
ous ":
"A spaniel, a woman, and a walnut tree,
The more they're beaUin the better they be."
And tfis Scotch : ,
" Ye may diug the deil iato a wife.JaU je'l ne'er
ding h.m out o he."
And, again : '
" The man's a fool who thinks, by force or skill.
To stem the torrent of a woman's will ;
For if she will, she will, you may U. pond o't,
And if she won't, she won't,and that's the end on't;''
which seems to be the greatest praise
proverb-makers thought fit to bestow
upon the fair sex, without it be the
Spaniard's :
"A woman's counsel is no great thing, but he
who does not take it is a fool."
Turning over we find :
" None so deaf as he that will not hear;"
which seems to contain the whole philos
ophy of the inclinations. To illustrate
the philosophy of human nature, the fol
lowing is, perhaps, better truth than
poetry : ;
" Stolen sweets are alw.ws swsetcr;
Sti.okn kisses are completer ;
Stolen looks are nice in cuapcls ;
Stolen, stoleu be your apples
the pith of which seems to-be,coutaitjed
iu the one simple line : '
Forbiddeu fruit is sweet."
Here is au adage oft repeated aud often
applicable :
' Put a snake in your bosom, and when it is
warm i will bite you."
This is a touch at ; fault?," not alto
gether irrelevant :
44 A guilty conscience needs no accuser."
And the Scotch :
' He that ha a niuckle nose thinks ilka one is
' speaking o't."
And here is a fling at hypocrisy :
I " The words of a saint, and claws of a cat."
And the Spanish and Arabian-:
I "Many kiss thj hands they- would fain see
j chopped off."
is said :
Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper."
THE UNDERSIGNED, HAYING PUR
chased this well known Hotel, are now pre
pared to offer the traveling public better accom
modations than can be found elsewhere in the
city.
Hoard and Lodging $2 OO per day.
The Hotel Coach will be in attendance to con
vey Passengers and baggage to and from the
Hotel yVcc of chartje.
J. B. SPRENGER.
Office Oregon & California Stage Company, B.
G. WmTF.noitSB, Agent. l!tf
rVt' Columbian Hotel,
N-s. 1 IS, 120 and 122 Front street,
PORTLAND, : : i OREGON
ED. CARNEY, PROPRIETOR.
BLANK Deeds, Mortgages, ete., on hand
latest styles, sad for sals low, a this office.
The Largest. Best and mo t Convenient
Hotel in Portland!
Located in the center of business and near all
the steamboat landings.
Board anl Lodging
From one to two dollars per day according to the
room occupied.
Rooms newly furnished and well ventil
ated. Superior aecommodations for families.
The New Columbian Hotel Cone will be
in attendance at all the landings to convey pas
sengers and baggage to and from this Hotel
17 J5S Free ot Charge ! -ts-: 69
NEWADVEKTISEMENTSl
C. ME ALE Y
DEALER IX & MANUFACTURER OF
PURNITUI
and
CABINET WARE !
Betiding-, Etc.,
en er First and Broad Albin streets,
ALBANY, OREGON.
55 1
SS PARTICULAR ATTENTION 1AID TO -flE
ORDERS OF AX.! KINDS
: .. ; . . in his line. - -.'
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RAWHmE-BOTTOIWED CHAIRS,
ASP ,.
Spinning' Wheels.
Shop near the "Maenolia Mills."
JOHN M. METZLER
Albany, Nor. 58,' 1888-12
OF ALi KINDS, printed at the Ter lowest
rates, as ordered, at this efte.
j " Live, horse, and you'll get grass,"
is very unj;raciuusly upset by,
Hope and expectations are a fool's income."
Experience is set forth as the mistress
of i'uuis in the old and much used
" A burnt child dreads the fire ;"
and again the very kernel is contained
in
" Bought wit is the best."
"Old birds are not caught with chaff."
The lawyer gets some pretty hard
cracks :
"The greater the lawyer the less the christian."
" Fair aud softly as the lawyers go to heaven."
And again, the Danish :
" ' Virtue in the middle,' said Satan, as he sat
between two attorneys."
The physician does not escape :
" Every man at forty is cither a fool or a phy
sician." "It is God that cures, and the doctor gets the
moiniy."
" Shun doctors and dactors' drugs if you wish
to do well."
The following who has not proved?
" Sudden friendship, sure repcutanee."
" Old friends and old wine are the best."
An ejaculation often called forth by
iiidiscreetuess iu forming friendships :
" Save me from my friends
not true, but ostensible friends, who can
not stand the test, and prove
"A friend in need is a friend indeed."
But who will doubt the truth of the
couplet :
" In times of prosperity friends will be plenty;
In times of adversity not one in twenty."
... . :
Of the timber forests of Alaska the
San Francisco Bulletin says : "Whenever
the timber resources ot Alaska are brought
to view as an element of future wealth,
some of the many volunteers that are
depreciating that country are ready to in
form the world that there is plenty of
timber this fide of Alaska. We nave
before us, some data furnished by a resi
dent of Sitka, which shows among other
things, that there is an extent of country
Doraenug on the coasts ot Alaska, equal
to 20 miles in breadth and 700 in length,
in which the white and yellow cedar pre
dominates. How much more extensive
the 'cedar country' may be our informant
did not know. The cedar timber is, then,
inexhaustible. Our redwood timber covers
a limited area, and at the present rate of
destruction will not last fifty years. The
time will come when the cedar forests of
Alaska will be more famous and a great
er source of wealth than are now the
red wood forests of California. Probably
no tree is now growing on the ' Pacific
coast of so much real value as the red
cedar of Alaska." ,r ' . . J
Singular Sagacity in a Buli,.--A
little boy, while berdtnjr cattle on a farm,
near Balbeggie, Pertshire, was suddenly
attacted by a bull and tossed to the dis
tance of some yards. : The bull was fol
lowing np the attact when it suddenly
desisted. On bearing the screams of the
boy, the animal went np and licked him
all over, with marks of kindness, recogni
tion of an old acquaintance. Tho boy
had put on a strange tipper garment to
protect him from the rain, and the bull
thus mistaking htm' for a stranger, a fatal
result had nearly taken place, bat for the
animal recognising the well known voice
Qf the kind boy.
Trot. ;
"Hopedale !"
I opened my sleepy eyes as the con
ductor's voice rang through the cars, and
taking my carpet-bag, sprang out upon
the platform of the little station. My
brief holiday was over, and, with a shrug,
I prepared for uiy short walk through
the morning air, looking forward to the
good fire and the delicious cup of coffee
I was sure Mrs. Watsou was keeping for
me
It was a very rare event for me to
leave the little village whose name heads
this story. My father had been the only
resident physician there from the time
1 was a boisterous schoolboy uo to the
hour when, iu his professional rounds', he
full dead with heart disease in the main
street, leaving me, his heretofore assist
ant, sole heir to his name, property and
practice.. Ten years before they had car
ried my dear luothwp Id the little church
yard and installed Mrs. Watson - house
keeper in her place. The villagers were
willing the young should doctor take his
father's place beside their. sick beds, and
so for five years I had filled his duties.
In ull these five years I had taken no
holiday; so when an invitation came
from an old college fricud and since corres
pondent, Clement Payne, to spend Christ
mas with him, at his father's place, on
the Hudson, I was sorely tempted to ac
cept, and finally concluded to do so. It
was literally Christmas I spent, leaviug
home at midnight on the 24th, and my
friend's house exactly twenty-four hours
later. It had been a pleasant break in
the monotony of my life, and as I stood
at sunrise on the llopeiale station plat
form, I was sure my recreation would
bring me new vigor for uiy daily duties.
As I turned to descend the steps lead
ing to the road, somo impulse, nay, a
Providence, led me to look iu at the win
dow of the room, by courtesy, "Ladies'
room," of the station. It was cold and
desolate. No fire was lighted, cod there
was no furniture; unless the hard wood
en benches against the walls could be so
denominated. But curled up on one cf
these benches, sleeping soundly, lay a
strange child. His dress of rich, fur
trimmed velvet, the warm fur cap, rich
waiters and mittens, spoke of wealth and
care, and the pale face, round which
clustered short curls of a sunny brown,
was round with health and wonderfully
beautiful.
He was no Hopedale child; I knew
them all. My professional instinct made
i uiy heart thrill with a sudden shock, asl
taught sight of the pale face, for well I
I knew the danger of sleeping in the bittet
winter air. How long had he been there ?
s Was he already dead ? were the ques
! tions I asked myself as I strode across
! the room and lifted Liui iu iuy arms. No
breath came from the white lips, no throb
at the wrists; only a faint fluttering un
der my fingers as I pressed them over
the baby heart. Mantling him warmly
in my heavy cloak. I toredowu the steps,
and raced alori? the road homeward at a
pace that would have considerably amazed
my patients, had any of them been awake
at that early hour.
Allowing Mis. Watson no time for
amazement, I pressed her into my ser
vice, and, in whit she called "a jiffy,"
we had the little form undressed, in my
bed and under;i ing a vigorous treatment.
It was so long before we were success
ful that my heart almost failed me ; but
at last the faint throbs grew stronger;
color came to the pale lips and cheeks,
and a pair of large brown eyes appeared
uuuer the heavily friuged lids I had
watched so anxiously.
Only a look of sleepy inquiry was vis
ible as he stared a moment at me ; then
obeying my order to drink the warm food
Mrs. Watson held to his lips, my little
patient closed his eyes again and turned
over to finish his nap. He was sale now,
I knew ; po leaving him to Mrs. Watsou's
care, who by this time knew as much
about him as I did, I went to sleep my
self, to be ready for the day's duties.
It was nearly nine o'clock when my
housekeeper roused me to say breakfast
was ready, and the child awake.
Very wide awake I found him ; the
glorious brown eyes staring round my
room, taking iu every detail of its ar
rangement. "Who are you ? How did I get here?
Am I nearly at Australia ? Who's that
man in the picture V were the questions
poured rapidly forth, before I had time to
frame an inquiry. ,
'I want to get up. , Who's got my
clothes ?" came next. "Wrho put me to
bed without any night gown."
Not a sign of fear or a word of home
sick ness. I was puzzled.
"What is your name?" I asked, sit
ting down beside him.
"Trot. I want to get up 1"
"You shall get up in a minute, but
first tell me . youi name, and how you
came to be asleep in the station. '
"My, name's Trot; and the plaguey
ears started ofF without me when I got
out. It was a dark night, and I could
not catch them, so I went into the room
and went to sleep till they came again.
Was your mother in the train in the
car?". '
"No j nobody but jnst me. I am go
ing to Australia."
"Going to Australia ?"
"Yes; Ellen's there! . They have
roses there at Christmas, and we wanted
some for our tree." - ;
"But, my child, you did not leave
home alone?" ,
"Yes I did ; I ain't afraid I I am go
ing back right away, as oon as I find
Ellen and get the roses.". ' '
"But don't you know you will have to
sail in a great ship for months to get to
h&ustralia ?" : " ' t -
r "Ellen went in the cars.; we saw ner
go, mamma and I. We went in the car
riage aud said good-bye, aud she got in
the cara with Mr. Williams."
"Who is Mr. Williams ?" I said, ea
gerly catching at a name.
"Ellen's husband. - Our milkman he
was, before he went off to' Australia.
He's jolly I always filled my cup for
nothing, when I was up."
"And who was Ellen ?" 1
"My nurse."
"What's your father's name ?"
"Papa j"
"But his other name ?"
"Harry, dear mamma always called
him so."
"Where does he live ?" .
'He's deadj" said the child in a whis
per. "Mamma cries all the time, most,
and wears an ugly black gown every
day." ' .
"Well, where does mamma live?"
"At gruuduia's with Aunt Daisy, and
Walter, - and ' Sue, and baby ain't it
funny ? baby my uncle, and he's so little
he has to be carried about ; and Walter's
littler than rrre, and he's toy uncle, too;
and Sue's only six, and she's my aunt."
"Where does grandma live?"
"Why, home, in her own house."
"Well, what is hei name ?"
"Grandma!" in a very positive tone,
and -becoming restive under so much
questioning.
Days passed away, and still little Trot
for he would own no other name was
an inmate of my cottage, the very darl
ing of Mrs. Watson's motherly heart. I
advertised him iu all the large cities,
hoping some paper wou'd reach his coun
try home; yet, as the days wore away,
and he became reconciled to his new
home, and ceased to grieve for his family,
I beguo to dread the hour when he should
be claimed. His frank, br-ght joyous
ness, his merry prattle, his loving caress
es, began to fill an unsuspected void in
my heart, and Mrs. Watson was a per
fect slave to his. Joving tyranny. She
made him pretty garments to replace the
rich velvet suit, which we put carefully
I a-ide, in case it was ever required to
J prove his identity. , She furnished for
t his bedroom a small apartment leading
; from her own sleepiosc room. She made
j the day one long act of service for his
i comfort, and as weeks glided into months,
! and there was uo clue found to guide us
! to his home, she taught him to call her
' grandma, while Uucle Charley became
! my newly acquired title. To tell how he
! was petted iu the village would be a vain
! task to attempt. To say that he was the
; hero, and idol of Hopedale, will give but
a faint idea of his popularity. Gr'adu
j ally the memory of his home, Ellen, the
; visit to Australia, died away, and te
; seemed to forget that he had ever lived
; away from us. Mamma and Aunt Daisy
) had been the two of whooi he spoke
most ; but I judged, from all he said,
j that his father's death was very recent,
land his residence at his grandparent's
j a brief visit only in his memory.
Eleven months had this dear little
i treasure beeu au inmate of my house,
' when there came into uiy life a new dream
j of hope ana happiness. About five miles
j from Hopedale there resided, aud had
I lived fur many long years, an eccentric
j old bachelor, by name Herman Graham.
1 His home, Leehavcn, was fat away from
any cluster of houses, indeed, nearly a
mile from any other residence ; and here,
in solitary state, with only two ancient
servitors lor his household, he had lived
ever since I could "remember, lie was a
morose, ill-tempered man, and some
early cross had made him adopt a per
fectly hermit like seclusion, though his
wealth would have commanded every ad
vantage society could offer. It was early '
in November that I was summoned to
attend this odd genius, professionally.
The little, note brought to my office, by j
an elderly man on horseback, was signed j
"Lilian Graham," and urged immediate
attention.
It was a long, cold drive, but the man
represented his master as very ill, so I
prepared to obey his summons. "I had
no idea your master had a daughter,"
said I, referring to my note. ,
"That's master's niece," was the reply,
"a nice, sweet spoken lady as ever I see.
She comes down on a visit from her fath
er's r)lace near Albany. They were
burnt out. her father's folks, last winter,
and the family all went to Europe while
the new house was building. , They came
home about a month ago, but they won't
go to the new house till spring ; so seme
of them's boarding in New York and
some in Albany, and Miss Lilian she's
come to spend the winter with her uncle.
They're all coming dowu for Christmas,
I expect." . i
I found my patient very ill, and for a
week my visits were frequent, and more
than once I passed a whole night by his
bedside. , I do not mean this for a love
tale, so I will not weary my reader with
the why and wherefore of my heart io
bending allegiance to Lilian Graham's
charms. Her beauty, gentleness, and
winning grace touched my heart as no
woman had ever before thrilled it, and
before the weary week of anxiety and
watching was over I ldved her. As her
uncle began to recover, my visit slid from
a professional - capacity to a social one,
and I saw that my weloomc was a siuccre
one from both the old gentleman and the
young girl, whose devotion' to her sick
bed proved her love. ,,; I was agreeably
surprised to find the hermit; neither so
savage or inaccessible as he had been
represented to me. He had a painful
chronic disorder; his manner was brusque,
and hb voice often harsh ;. but he could
soften, and I was able to give him relief
from pain, for which he repaid me by a
gracious reception.; : v-ri h;
Christmas was drawing near, and I
had resolved to lay niy heart before Lil
lian, and ask her to b my wife." ' I was
heir to considerable property left by my
father j I had a good practice, a pleasant
home, and could offer her the pure love
of a young heart, especially as ; I could
see the flush deepen on her cheek, and
glad light spring to her blue eyes when
ever I was announced. She wore mourn
ing, and I often longed to question her
about the loss it implied, but our private
interviews were very brief, and but sel
dom occurred, and she never spoke of
sorrow.. I, too, had a story to tell. Of
course, if she became my wife, she- must
hear sbout Trot.
It was the day before Christmas, and
the snow was smooth and hard round
Hopedale ; . so I ventured to proposo a
sleigh ride, meaning to open my heart to
her as We drove. She accepted my pro
posal readily, and we were soon on the
way. Somehow there fell a long silence
between us ;. I longed, but not daring to
speak, my eyes fixed on that lovely face
framed in its pretty fur-bound hood, the
eyes looking down, the sweet mouth set
with a sadder expression than I had ever
seen it wear. Suddenly she spoke :
" I expect my parents, brothers and
sisters here to-morrow." : - J
" For Christmas s?ayeties ?" I ques
tioned. - -,
" No, to escape them. They are com
ing here to pass the day quietly, far
away from any festivity. It is a sad
day for us. Doctor, do you believe in a
broken neartf.' . ,. ;
" Yes : I know thev exist."
"And are fatal?" j
" Sometimes. I have known heavy
sorrow drain away life."
; " My poor sister," she said sadly, her
eyes filling with tears, " I fear her heart
is broken." And after a pause she said,
"A year ago a year ago poor little
Trot!" : .
" Trot !" I exclaimed breathlessly. :
" My sister's only child, who died on
Christmas day last year."
" Died," 1 said, my hopes sinking.'
" Burned to death," she said sadly.
" We had a Christmas tree for the child
rer? in the nursery. . My sister had been
a widow only three months, so we had
no holiday gathering, but we dressed a
tree for the little ones, and lighted it on
Christmas eve. The next morning they
the children, I mean were all in the
nursery, and we suppose oue of them
tried to light the tree. Certain it is,
they set ' the room on fire, aud before we
could save anything the whole house
was in flames. . All escaped but one, my
sister's child, her only one; he perished
in the fire."
"Are you sure?"
" Where else could he be ? . My two
little brothers and my sister were saved
with difficulty, and the roof fell in while
i we were ail frantically searching and
calling for Arthur, or, as we always
called him, T rot. My fister's health
gave way entirely under this blow. : She
had concentrated all the strength of her
love upon that child after her husband
died and the loss prostrated her entirely.
We took her fo Europe ; we have had
the . best of advico for her, but she is
slowly dying of a broken heart."
"It is from no impertinent curiosity,"
I said, "that I question you. Will yon
answer my inquiries ?"
We were speeding over tho frozen
ground towards my house as she ans
wered, "Certainly."
'This little child had he a pet name
for
you j
Yes ; my home name. They all
call me Daisy, and he called me Aunt
Daisy."
Aud your sister's names are Mary and
Sue, your Lrotber's Walter and baby ?"
"Yes, yes'" said she, tun. ing pale.
"And Trot's nurse, Ellen, did she go
to Australia ?"
' " Yes : a year ago last fall. . Your
face is . radiant ! j Speak quickly our
lost boy !"
We were at my door; he$ face was
white with emotion, but she obeyed my
motion, and let me lead her ' from the
sleigh to my office. I made her sit
down and began to explain, when "Un
cle Charley's cornel Uncle Charley's
eomc!" rang out from my pet's voice,
and trot burst into the room. Lillian
rose to her feet with a wild cry of "Trot!
Arthur! Darling!" 1 "
For a moment he stood bewildered ;
then a sudden rush of memory came
over the childish heart, and he sprang
into her arms. '..,..
"Aunt Daisy! Where's mamina ? I
want mamma ! Quick ! quick ! Uncle
Charley, Aunt Daisy, take me to mama'
For nearly , three hours we sat in the
little office before Lillian could tear her
self away from the child, but at last she
Jet me take her to tho sleigh, consoling
Trot - by a 'promise that to morrow he
should see his mother. j - ' -
I left the disclosure to her womanly
tact. But, on the morrow, when I drove
over with the child dressed in his black
velvet ' suit, altered to fit him ly Mrs.
Watson's trembling fingers, and moist
ened, I am sure, by many tears, I found
all prepared for the great joy,. a , f , - .
: Such a Christmas . never dawned for
roe. To tell the gratitude of., the pale
widow, the joy of the grand parents, the
boisterous' greetings between the child
ren, is beyond the powers of-my pen.j i-
Of course tho precise time and manner
of Arthur's escape from the bouse we
could -only conjecture. ' The nurse was
in the kitchen nearly an hour when the
alarm' ot fire was given, and the flames
had gained great headway when they
were discovered, the family sitting room
being on a different floor,1 and some dis
tance from the nursery; Of course the
fearless boy had left tho bouse before an
attempt to light the tree was made, but
the others; absorbed in chrjatmss . de
lights did not miss him. : . Tho distance
from the house to the station was very
short, and Ellen had gone to New York
from that little village, near which Mi.
Graham's . house was situated, ;, Her de
parture for Europe, and tho certainty all
felt as to his fate, had prevented any
search being made for the boy; and we
presume the railway officials supposed ho i
belonged to some pnrty on the train. , . -It
was a glad day tor all, for if I lost,
my little treasure, 1 won from Lillian the
right to-be called in truth Trot's Uncle
Charley. '.','-
Crawled Up. Once upon a time
gentleman found in his hen-roost a sim
ple minded soul in the vicinity, who
lived without visible means of support.
" What are you doing here, you- ras
cal? stealing my chickens?"
" No, sir," was the response; "I aint
thought of doin' nothin' of the sort."
It unfortunately happened that the
simple-minded individual wore a high
straw hat," of the dimensions of a bee
hive, and the crown was dilapidated to a
serious extent. Just as he put in his
denial the head of' n. hnlF irrnm nnllot
. t- r
was seen to protrude from the aperture.
" See here," said the gentleman, "how
did that chicken get in your hat ?"
" Well," exclaimed the simple-minded
individual, with an air of holiest surpriso
and embarrassment, "that is the strang
est . thing that ever happened to me ; I
suppose the darned critter must have
crawled up my trousers legs."
The Peace River Mines. A miner
named Michael Foy has passed five years .
uu ya. .ci, cugujjcu iu mining, ana
is said by his friendr to have accumula
ted many thousands of dollars in gold
dust. The diggings he now works and
his present wherebouts are unknown.
About one year ago ho rcmited a purse
of $3,500 in gold to his daughter, a
young lady who resides on the Mainland. .
Foy went over to Omineca from Cariboo
with the first party of prospectors in 1864,
but separated from them in 1865. This
party brought down 84,000 or 85,000 in
gold dust. They only worked on the
bars of Findlay Branch, the diggings of
which were very soon exhausted. Vital
la Force . and his party have sensibly
chosen . the banks and bars of a small
tributary of the Findlay Branch, whero
they find the pay dirt from two to four
feet deep and producing an average of
two ounces per day to the hand. Advices
from Cariboo state that about three-fourths
of the William Creek miners will leave
for Pence river in tho spring. liritUh
Colonist. .-..
Eloquent Tribute to Stanton.
In the course of his eulogy of the late
E. M. Stanton before the United States
Supreme Court, Attorney General Hoar
said : ,, . - -:' - ".
Mr. Chief Justice, the lesson of this
life is a lofty one. The time is soon com
ing when men will recognize the high
natures who in this period of civil strife
have arisen above the ordinary level of
mankind, and are entitled to their grati
tude and "honor. Upon those towering
peaks io the landscape the eye will no
longer discern the little inequalities and
roughnesses of surface. Already upon
the canvas of history some figures are
beginning to emerge: They aro not
those of self seekers or those who were
greedy of power or place, but the men
who in time of public trial and dDger,
with uone but public objects, have done
much for their country and mankind.
Among them can his coteraporarics rec
ognize, the lineaments of Edwin M. Stan
ton ? -A restored country is his monu
ment. Nothing can ever cover his
high fame but heaven, no pyramids set
off his memories but the eternal sub
stance of his greatness, to which I leave
him. V ! '
The New York Herald is showing np
the adulterations in candy manufacture.
It finds that the largest ingredient into
the adulterous process is terra alba, a
species of chalky earth imported from
Kentucky, thousands of hogsheads of
which are used in New York every year.
Its cost is a cent and a quarter a pound,
and it is used in place of sugar at 15
cts.' a pound. Like gypsum, it dries up
very quick. It has a sweet taste, and
in this regard is a very good substitute
for sugar, but its effects upon the system
is dele'erious, destroying the digest!'8
organs and otherwise injuring the health.
Other substances are used, such as starch,
clue, clucose and fecule. Verdigris is
used coloring green, ana rea is prouuv.
hv the sublimate of niercurv. In placo
of licorice lampblack is employed, and
the Tonka bean almost as bad as opi
um is substituted for vanilla. To pro
duce flavors of , pineapple, ranberry,
banana and other frui's, chemically pre
pared extracts are used, into which
not a particle of the juice of these fruits
enters, and which are so many poisons
introduced into the human stomach.
; t A Tpledo . German, who has been
keeping a saloon for the accommodation
of printers, has been obliged to suspend.
On his books were found the follow
ing named members of the craft : "Der
Laim Brinter ;" " Der Leettle Brinter;
"Der Pen Tutler Brinter;" "Der Tiv
el ;" "Der Brinter mid der red hair;
Der Brinter' mit hair not shoost so
red." w ' --;".
Edwin Forrest has commenced a week
at Pittsburg. , In thefive nights at the
Detroit Opera Housed last week, the re
ceipts were 85,200, of , which Forrest
pocketed $2,600, his ' unyielding terms
being one-half. the house." v
" The Prince of Prussia has lately visited
Palestine. Jui7i says that-he made a
point of going to Jericho, and expresses
t.o .tmritaVilo wish : that several ether
foreign potentates would follow him.
i The local editor ol a Columbus (Miss.)
paper having recently got married, a
contemporary says: ''May Ms. father-in-law
die rich, and enable poor Stevens
to x retire ''from - the printing business
and set up a cake shop at a railway station,",-
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