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Found In the Street, a "Do "you know, sir, that I am almost starved that I hare had nothing to eat for twenty-four hours?' ;: vil The young man started at this address; then turned, and regarded the speaker for a moment curiously. " The scene was Ffth Avenue, and the time was near midnight. ; Horses and cariagcs were dashing oyer the pavement, conveying gay parties' from theater or supper. The air was crisp and chill; the stars shone cheerfully above ; the lamps gleamed brilliantly below j yet the young man was thus suddenly accosted in the most fashionable thoroughfare of New York, by a stranger who , was almost starved, and had eaten nothing for twenty-four hours. No wonder he turned to look curiously at her. I'ffj. Caleb, or Cale Gordon, as his in times called him, -was a bark-working young journalist hard-working but well paid; for he was a vastly clever and rapid writ er, and found a ready . market fer all he wrote ; besides being on the regular staff of one morning paper as musical and dra matic critic. And in pursuit of this part of his vocation he had that evening been to the French open to hear "Genevieve W W W naa stepped into ueimomco s lor a itgnc supper, ana was now oa his way down to the office to write up his even- :. lot's work. lie had no one but himself to take' caro of, mado motiey enough to supply all his wants'- light suppers at Dolmonico's when he desired them ; and - knew very little about the poverty and wretchedness of the under world of the great city he lived in. Therefore, he queried, in tone of surprise, after looking at the questioner for a moment " you say you have eaten nothing for twenty four hours V ' " "A bit of bread and some coffee last evening, and nothing before that since the day before," and the girl gavo a gulp, something between a sigh and a sob, and tu.rninjj'her face away. "Bless my soul I", said Caleb ; "come right along with me and get something." You "see Caleb was quite green he -had only been in the city about six - months, having came well recommended from a country newspaper, or else he would have given her a quarter and sent her on her way or, perhaps, something - worse might have come of it, who knows? But, as it was, he took her hand and placed it on his arm, and walked her rapidly down a side street towards a point where he knew there was an oyster saloon that kept open all night. It was not ex- - .actly a place to take a lady ; but it did not occur to Caleb to take her to Del monico's besides they were to pass it. - She said nothing further; but Caleb noticed that she leaned rather heavily on his arm ; and as they passed a street lamp, and its light shone full in her face, he saw that she was very pale. He hur ried her along, and presently they arrived at the saloon and were soon seated oppo site each other in a small private room or box, with a table between them." ' Caleb called a waiter and ordered a glass of sherry, and, when that was pro vided, gave it to the girl, who recmed absolutely about to faint, and begged her to drink it, which she did ; then he or dered a substantial supper for her. The waiter left them, and Caleb had an op portunity off looking at his. companion. The wine had revived her, and a little celor tinged her cheeks. " She seemed very young. Caleb-thought of his little sister at the old homestead in the country, and guessed this little girl must be about her age about seventeen. . - Thiakinjr of his little sister, too, he could not help thinking how he 'would feel if she were in- such a strait as this poor creature ; and he "felt a strange sensation ' under his watch pocket, and did not care to speak for a moment. Then , he. said kindly and in a clear voice, "And now you must tell me how all this has been brought about, and per haps I can help you." But the girl folded, her arms on the table, laid her head on them and cried not loudly, but very bitterly. "I don't , like to see you cry," said" Caleb and his voice was a little tremu lous ; that was a soft point in Caleb's character; he never liked to see anybody oryi - ' ' ' '.---'' ' The girl raised her head and threw the long,;, oJ curling hair back, from her face, anosaid : "You are very kind, very kind to me, and I won't cry;" and she didn't; she stopped instantly i s- which pleased him in more ways than one. Calebjwasn't out about her age prob ably his memories of his little sister had aided him in some occult way. She was about, seventeen, and now that she had gained a little color, what between the wine and tears, was manifestly pretty, or so, at least, Caleb thought; but so thin v o thin I .She- had pretty, soft, brown cur Li, and brown hair, and tender violet ' eyes very large ; and as they looked at Caleb, through the mist of her late weep ing; le thought he had never see any. h 4 i' r i prcBsi ver Her figure was" trim and neatly clad, but poorly. - Her hands were small but- they bore" the' marks of lobor, and the ferefinger of the right hand was dotted over with little black specks, as , Caleb remembered his. jcnotherV to have beta when he was a - boy at home, and she sat in the arm" chair sewing fer him. . , Then the nice hot supper came in, and, with an apology she began to eat. . And how she did eat ! Caleb had never seen any one very hungry before, and he felt Lis own eyes grow dim as he watched her. And somewhere in the interior of his being he "registered an oath that she should never go hungry again not if he could help it ; and he thought of his little sister once more. - .'. At last the supper was finished (of coarse Caleb took notnmg;, tor Uelmon ' ice had supplied him ; and as she looked np, and he asked her if she weuld have anything else, she said,. "I am ashamed of myself for eating so much; but I was so hungry ;" and then she went to crying cain. but still silently. And then, after a little, Caleb got her story out of her. 'How she was crying because she had a widowed mother and little brother at home, who were just m hungry as she was, and who would not have any kind of . fxieuds (o give them food ; . and how she had come out this night with a wicked purpose in her heart, because she could not bear longer that they should starve ; and how that when he spoke to Caleb her own intense hunger overcame ber and she was so selfish, so wickedly selfish and now she must go. But Caleb started up and called back the waiter and gave ihim sundry orders i very - rapidly; and when he went away to fill them, put his hand on her shoulder and told her to sit quietly for a few moments, ' and he would go with her. And then' she-sat down, like a very child,, as see was. and tola mm tne rest ol the story, l'oor green Caleb had never heard one of these stories before. They had been very . poor, she : said. ever since her father died, and that was when she was about ten years old. 1 Her mother had supported them a good while wnn ncr nceate, ana tnen Josy tnat she says was her name, Josy Carroll had been- able to sew, too ; and thus thev managed to live but that was all. And then her mother had taken sick,' and then the waiter came in with a large covered basket, which Caleb siezed ; and after he had paid the bill, he tucked Josy under one arm and they hurried up the steep saloon stairs and out in the starlight and the glare of street lamps again. They took a car, and about twenty minutes later were finding their way up a dark court yard, into a narrow alley-way up flights of rickety stairs, and so to a room on the top floor of a . tumble dewn tene ment house, which was Josy's home. There was no fire in the little stove ; a sputtering bit of candle burned on a rough pine table ; and en the floor,' upon m -.a t a mattrass, ana coverea witn a tew old quilts and rags, lay huddled the widowed mother and the poor little brother. Caleb dropped his basket, and saying that he would be back in a moment, fled to a corner grocery which he had seen a boy about closing as ho . passed. '. Five minutes later he was back in the room with the boy . following laden with coal, wood and "candles. Then he made the fire with his own hands for he had learned , that accomplishment , when he was a boy at the old homestead. The candles were lighted, the : table was spread, and the mother and little boy were seated ; and when they were fairly at work, and he saw how hungry they were, then Caleb broke down. , He went and opened the window and looked" out at the stars; but he didn't see them, for his eyes dropped too many tears to see through. And presently a little hand was slipped into his, and as he turned around-Josey said, "Don't cry ! you have made us all so happy, and you have saved us from so much ! Don't cry !" Caleb pressed her hand, then ho looked at his watch, and said he must go, but he would come to them the next morning. And then shook hands with them all, and went out with the blessing and pray ers of the poor widow following: him. It was nearly daybreak before Caleb had finished his office work and got home to his hoarding house ; but at ten o'clock he was again in the - tumble down tenant house. It was nicely swept and a bright fire burning, and the few bits of furniture made to look as home-like as possible. And three smiling faces' met Caleb as he entered, and a welcome that made the young man blush for very shame.- That was the last day they spent in the tene ment house. - - Caleb, debghted to have some one to spend his mony on, found them comforta ble apartments, neatly furnished ; hunted up some lady friends of his, who gave the widow all the plain sewing she could do, with the aid of a sewing machine, which Caleb furnished her; got Josey a profi table position in a public institution; and what then ? Well, then that is to say, about " fcix months after, when the public institution gave Josey a fortnight's holiday, Caleb took the whole family the little brother had been going to school all this time out in the country to the old homestead. And when the fortnight's vacation was over Caleb wrote to the directors of the public institution resigning Jovey's posi tion ; ana one bright summer a morning he tucked Josey under his arm once more, and the widow, and Caleb's mother also a widow and Caleb's little sister, and Josey 's little brother, and a whole troop "of uncle's and aunts, cousins and friends, all strolled quietly down the quiet road into the village church ; and there Josey and Caleb were married. And as the two widows had become fast friends they lived together at the old homestead, while Caleb took his little wife thin and pale no longer, but plump and flashed and happy as a robin back to the great eity. r And Surely Caleb never again ahouid be unhappy, or regret. tnat be bad taken to the wife the poor, little half-starved girl he found in the street. :v All's Well That Ends Well. "When did ahe' die j 'Cynthia' Ann?" " She died last January 1 Uncle wrote to me that if I'd eome up there he'd give me and the boys a home.' " Cynthia Aunt" and the young man's voice trembled : I've allers thought a heap of you ! I told your mother when you wasn't laore'n so high, that when yau growed up twas go'm'. to have you. Now Cynthia Ann just say the word and you're to hum bow I" " What'll become of the boys ?" in quired tne agitated maiden. 's I U go with you and leave 'em to your uncle's and then we'll go West and bire out this fall and W inter, and then next Spring we'll buy -a small farm and live to hum!" - tt' The girl gave a warm sigh of accep tance, leaned her head against the hon est breast of the -hardy youth, as much as to say, if you want; anything take it. The man snatched a kiss from her ru by lips, sprangdown dironi the cheese boxes, and exclaimed : "If there's a Justice of the Peace on this boat, I've got a job for him S" " I am a Justice of the Peace," re marked a venerable looking old man from York State, " remount the cheese-boxes and you shall be a married man in lfcss than five minutes." "-.,.--' " Well hold on squire! I ain't got no money, but I'll give you an all jofired good axe." " . -. " Never mind about the pay," said the' worthy squire, "I'll take my pay in see ing you happy." The young man mounted the pile of cheese, clasped the hands of his dearly beloved, and in three minutes the cere mony was performed he . had entered into a new existence. Kissing his little bride once on her ready lips, he seated himself on a big cheese and commenced, no doubt, for the first time to 'realize what he had done,' and what ought and must be dine. v Starting np suddenly, he exclaimed, half aloud to himself. " . " Well, by hokey, this is a pretty hard way of passing the first night !" ,. The bride blushed and replied "Never mind," John, we are just as happy as if we were rich. Come, sit down." ?- . But John had an idea, and he was bound to put it in operation. Going to his pile of baggage, consisting of one large meal-bag, containing a change of shirts, socks, hankerchief and old boots, he took from the leg ef one of the boots an excellent axe, and walking ,up to the clerk's office, he exclaimed "I say, look here, cap'n, I've paid for a deck passage, but I want a bed for my self and w i self.' I ain't got no money, but here is an all jofired good axe." The-gentleman in the office replied that the clerk had stepped out, and would be back again in a few minutes; whereupon the man weut ' back to the pile of cheese to look at his precious treasure. ; " - Having our sympathies aroused, we hastily ran around among the passengers, told the story, took up a collection to procure a state-room for the young couple To the credit of our lady passengers, they were the most liberal iu their donations ; and in less than ten minutes we had col lected 14 93. - Presenting this sum to the agreeably Astonished young man, we informed him that he could now procure a state-room with two beds, one for him self 'and wife, the other , for the boys. Thanking us with his big watery eyes, he rushed to the clerk's office, where he w,as met by Captain Pierce, agent of the line ; Captain .Evans, commander of the boat; and Mr." Carter, the clerk. Captain Pieice exclaimed : , "Here, my good fellow, here's a ticket for yourself and wife to goto Chicago. Get West as fast as you can; go to work on a farm and look out for the land sharks."..; ;;"t J".t"'. : Captain Evans pulled out a glittering coin and said . . : - , - " Here's five dollars ! keep yourself in good condition and Here the r worthy Captain , forgot his speech and ran off laughing: The clerk, Mr. Carter, -. handed the man a key and said s . ; ; "You are welcome to one of the best state-rooms on the boat. It has two beds one for yourself and wife, the other for the boys." - Captain Evans having returned, ex claimd, "Give the boys another room! They ain't no business in there. They ain't no business ' : - Here he broke down with laughter again and hurried away to give orders on the boat. :i '' - f ' --'; The couple now retired to their sump tuous apartment as happy as ; poor mor tals are allowed to be on this earth and the passengers gathered in knots to praise the liberality of all concerned and the comical oddity of Captain Evans. A young girl, apparently aboutrseven teen years of age, was seated upou a pile of cheese-boxes, with her two little broth ers, ages eleven and thirteen years. They were orphans bound from' Alleghany, Pennsylvania, to .Michigan, where they expected to find a home, with an uncle. After having purchased second-class tickets for the three, the girl had spread her old quilt on a pile of cheese-boxes and prepared to pass the night in quie tude, one had hardly arranged . her nest, however, before she was accidently discovered by a second-class passenger, a tall young man of twenty-three, who bad loved her in secret , almost from her in fancy, and who for the" past two years, had been rafting lumber on the Ohio river; ? Having acquired about two hun dred dollars in hard currency, he came to Cleveland oa the tenth to participate in the celebration, when, as he expressed It, " some mean euss had picked bis pocket of every darned cent but four dollars." Being unable to find the thief or the money he had started for the West with the determination to hire on a farm. To his surprise, and joy he found himself on board the ame - vessel with the object of his heart's earliest affections. ,.v Sliding up to her, he exclaimed : i "Why Cynthia Ann! why, howl do you dew 1 1 didn't hardly know you I why, how-you've . growed 1 Where are you going?" .- - - " I'am going to unole's in Michigan," was the feeble reply. " You knew moth er was dead, didn't you?" "Why no!" and his voice softened. Trie Amazon River- The Amazon rises in the little Peruvian Lake of Lau ricocha, just below the limits of perpetual snow. For 500 miles it flows swiftly through a deep valley. 1 Then turning sharply eastward,' it runs 2,500 miles across the equatorial plain. Two thousand miles above its mouth its width is ten miles at the head of the delta, where it divides, and, after running -400 miles, presents a front of 150 ; miles upon the ocean. For a great distance it is bordered by side channels or "bayous", as 'they are" called upon the Mississippi, named by the Indians iparenet, "or canoe paths." From Santarem. the principal town above Para, one may paddle a thousand miles parallel to the river-without entering the stream. For twenty-five degrees of latitude every river that flowea down the eastern side of the Andes is an affluent of the Amazon It is as though all the rivers from Mexico to Oregon, united their -waters in the Mississippi. A half score-of these tribu taries are larger the . Danube excepted than any European river out of Hussia. The volume of its waters is greater than even the breadth of the river would indi cate. At Nauta, 2,300 miles from : its mouth, the depth is 40 feet 'increasing rapidly as it approaches the ocean.. The largest ocean steamer - could doubtless steam 2,000 miles up the Amazon.: 's The vegetation of the valley is exuber ant. There is a bewildering diversity of grana ana peautiral tree,' a wild uncon quered race of." vegetable . giants, draped and festooned by creeping, plants.: The moment you land upon the shore yon are confronted by a solid wall of vegetation, through which if you wish to proceed, you must hewyour way ,with..ax or ma chetu; - Palms of which thirteen varieties a.e noted, constitute the majority of trees. Then there are "cow trees" a hundred and fifty feet high, yielding milk of the con sistency of cream, used for tea, coffee and custards. L The "cancho" or rubber tree, though of a different species from that of the East Indies, produces a gum which constitutes most of the rubber of com merce. TAgassiz put this tree forty or fifty feet high in the same classes with the "milkweed" of our American pastures. Of ornamental woods there is no 'end. Foremost; amongst theso is the Moria Pininia, or :tortoise " shell "wood," tho most beautiful in grain color of any in the world. Enough of this is wasted every year, to veneer all the dwellings of the civilized woild. For many years to come, the exports ot the Amazon valley must be mainly the products or the lorcst. Yet, strangely enough, timber is now one of the principal articles of import at Para. A city of 35.000 inhabitants, lying on the verge of a great forest, buys pine boards from far away Maine ! This folly ..1 . .. . . . win in time come to an end. uoutrary to all "we mav expect, the climate of the Amazon valley is temperate rather than tropical. It is more equal than in any otber climate of the world. Year iii and year out it. ranges from seveuty-four to eighty degrees the tair mean bung eighty degrees.; " a - ,- , Pebils of "Inter viewirq" in Illi nois. The tragedy at Springfield, Illi nois, Saturday, May 2th, briefly reported by telegraph, was a very singular affair, and the only ground on which the doings ot the principal actor and final victim can be explained is, insanity. A few days prior to the culmination of the tragedy, a party ot men were engaged jn survey in a route through Springfield for a proposed railroad. ; When they reached the premises of a Mrs. : Bancroft, in the soutwestern part of the city, her son, named Coburn Bancroft, aged about twenty-three years, becoming desperate at the thought that his mother s property was to be taken for railroad purposes nred a revolver at the surveyors two or three times, but without effect. A warrant was sworn out, and two or three police men started for the purpose of arresting young Bancroft, which fact coming to the latter s knowledge, he procured a revolver and a hatchet, and, stationing himself at his mother's dwelling, defied the officers to arrest mm, saying he would not be taken alive. Alter parlevinjr with the desperado all the afternoon, and failing to. get him at a disadvantage the police were compelled -' to depart without effectin their object. Thus matters stood, when, on the fatal Saturday, Louis Souther, local editor of the Shite liegister. desirous of getting at young Bancrofts version of the affair, proceeded to the Bancroft do micile tor the purpose ot "INTERVIEWING" THE DESPJbRADO. His enterprise was illy rewarded. Be fore reaching the house-, the mother of the young man came" out and met Mr. Souther, who at once made known his errand. Mrs. B. advised him that her son was dangerous,' and he had better depart. He turned to do so, but had not proceeded far when, hearing a noise, he faced about, and as he did so, discov ering young Bancroft in swift-- pursuit. On asking the latter what he wanted, he replied that he wished to kill ' him. Souther started off on a run, when Ban croft shot him in the arm, inflicting a severe wound. This news spread like wildfire, and created considerable excite ment in the city. No immediate effort was made to capture ; - , , , THE DESPERATE MAN, However, and at three o'clock the same afternoon he left his impromptu fortress, and meeting soon after one of the railroad party, named McClure, commenced throw ing at him the lead of a bricklayer's plumb, to which was attached a long cord, and as he threw it he insured its return by holding on the chord. McClure drew a revolver and fired five shots in " quick succession at Bancroft, but without effect. Bancroft, after the first two shota by Mc Clure, drew his revolver and fired four shots, one of which wounded McClure in the thigh, another caused a bad wound iu the wrist, and another struck a memo randum book in the side pocket of Mc Clure's coat: The ball glanced from the book and passed across the breast, leaving a red mark showing its course, but doing no serious injury. Bancroft then proceed ed ; quite deliberately to his mother's residence, went to his room and loaded his pistol. ; THE LAST AGGRESSION WAS .TOO MUCH, And-speedily a large crowd gathered in the vicinity of the Bancroft House, among them the officer holding the warrant for Bancroft's arrest. While this crowd was gathered about the house, Bancroft was sitting near the window, a portion of the time playing upon a violin. He would occasionally converse from the window with some acquaintances who would ap proach near enough to do bo. But to all entreaties to surrender; he returned a positive refusal, reiterating his determi nation never to be taken alive. Finally, after all expedients had been exhausted without avail, D. C. Bobbins, Chief of the Night Police of Springfield, discharg ed a rifle at Bancroft-with fatal effect, the ball entering the temple and produc ing almost instant death. A Coroner's jury was immediately Summoned,, which returned a Verdict that, from all facts ahd cireums'ances in evidence before them, they were of opinion that the shooting of Bancroft was necessary and justifiable. - :.';' . ;The editor of 'a Chicago children's paper received a letter from a lady sub scriber, who writes : "Our little Anna died last week; after reading the' last number of your valuable paper." Par ties who have moro children 1 than they want should subscribe for that periodical. A man in Minnesota, before going to town, recently, set a shotgun too shoot any one who might attempt to enter his house, i He; drank some whisky,' forgot the trap sot: for thieves, and was shot on entering his door. - ; - ' A case ef triple birth has just occur red at Brussels. A woman named Huy-gens,-agcd twenty-seven, and alroady mother of two girls, living" in- tho : Rue des Epingies, gave birth to three boys at a time. A Fight With the Indiana. Some of the frontier settlers are more than a match for any Indians like Coop er's Leather-stockings,5 who was always sure to win in any deadly combat. " Mr. McClure, in his "Three Thousand Miles through the Kocky Mountains,", gives an account of one of these heroic men : The Indians had passed all the milita ry on the route without losing a man, had left no habitation or resident behind them" except the troops, until they en circled tho ranch of II lien - Godfry.,a native of Western New York, but - an old resident of the Indian country. I supped with-him. and had the : story from himself'. He gave it with a degree of modesty and candor that stripped the popular history ot the affair ot some ol its romance ; but that he gave it, truthfully, there could be no doubt. He is an intlligcnt,keen-eyed and braw ny man of over fifty, and makes no pre tentions to the , heroic ; but he does pretend to defend his . little - store - of whisky, tobaccco, canned fruits, and his wife and children ; and more than this, he does it. m ! : ' lie has a sod fortification running along the south and west side of his ranch, and extending out "some . sixty feet front and rear, so as to protect two sides of the building, and command the other two. His fort is a sod wall,, six feet high, with loopholes, but it is an in finately better . fortification than the scientific officers of Fort Sedgwick have to protect that post. A hundred and sixty Indians attacked the Godfry ranch, but, as it was- defend ed, they exhausted Indian' strategy to reduce it. There were but four men and two women in the ranch, but - they had several guns each and plenty of ammuniton. The Indians first formed a circle about the ranch, at a distance of four hundred yards, and endeavored to draw Godfrey's fire, so as to get his range; but he never pulled a trigger till he had an Indian 'within two hundred yards- "My favorite double-barrel ain't sure at over two hundred yards," he informed me, "and I had no ammunition to waste." Judging that they could not accom plish anything without a direct attack, they selected thirty of their r fleetest ri ders, and charged to within thirty yards of 'the ranch, in single in single file, each one firing, and wheeling at the nearest point. ; . They made several such charges, each time selecting " different loopholes for their fire; but they harmed no one, and one or more of their charging party fell at each attack. Finally, they abandoned the direct attack and hrcd the grass at various points, hoping to set the ranch on fire At one time they had forced the fire close to the stable ; Godfry could reach the endangered corner under cover to ex tinguish the firo. Sixty balls struck the corner of ; . NEW TO-DAY, stable where he was working ; but the he and escape managed to protect himself unharmed. The .feige was maintained with oeca sional charges until night, when they were glad to abandon the ranch, and leave their dead behind them. Whcre cver a dead Indian lay, - Godfrey kept a special watch, knowing that they make every effort to get their dead - off the field, and shot several who attempted to remove their fallen comrades until finally they surrendered their dead braves as trophies for the victer. They gave Godfrey the euphonious name of "Old Wicked," and siuce . then he is known, only by that name. A pompous fellow lately made a very inadequate offer for a valuable property, and calling next day for an answer, in quired if the owner had entertained his proposition. "No," replied the other, "your proposition has entertained me." The Outlet Found. It is reported that a subterranean outlet to Salt Lake has "been discovered near Corinue. , It will be examined and reported upon. Tfic Britih guuboat Otacy has been lost in tho China Sea. Her commander and fotry-three of the crew were lost. . A grand Encampment of Knights Templar, numbering over ' 2,000, was lately in session at Williamsport, Penn sylvauia. i . The railroad time between Cheyenne and Denver has.been reduced to ten hours." . ' ' 'v: ' " -' :' '- Litchfield county, Conn., boasts of a child with eleven grandparents. ' The south branch of the Kansas Pacific Railroad is completed a distance of 594 miles, being 184 miles south of Junction City. , '- , , The first 'mention made of modern money is in tho Bible where it speaks of the dove having brought the green back to Noah. WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO., - i ! N j-;.".:- i; !- ...: r ' ' . - "; . "-- ' 3 -.-'" " . ' OP TSEW YORK ' ' rv A clergyman in Pittsburg has been sued for "fifty pounds Pennsylvania currency" under an old law, for marrying a minor without the consent of her , par ents. ,!:.'.--.-. - : A Massachusetts man, while changing cars in - Fitchburg, j the ; other day, slipped, fell,' and struck the handle of his umbrella through; his cheek into his month. ! -'.'--" rft yvJ'.c A young lady in Monson, Mass., re cently refused an offer of $1,000 for her hair,, which lacks an inch of being six feet long. :';- ' : Henry A Wise, in his ? own conceit, says that,, having been stripped by the war, all he had left was his faith and his honor. . ''i: JJ' :--'s. v. , : It is said that sudden prosperity and starch will stiffen a man mightily. Per haps they may, but strychnine will do it quicker. A Utica lady, enthusiastically prais ing her pony, exolaimed that he was reai iweui as DCautllul 83 an reverie. ' opium A New York paper declares that the body of Lola Montez has been stolen from her grave in Greenwood. A Canadian paper asserts that in its locality American silver, as a eirculating medium, is "extinct." rV;..r 9 Organized, I860. , Policies Exempt from Execution. Cash Assets, - - - $3,000,000, SECURELY INVESTED. , . OVER 21,000 MEMBERS. PURELY MUTUAL. Dividends paid one year from date of Policy. All Policies and- Dividends1 Non-Forfeit- able. . ' : :" " ' Over 8,000 Policies sued in 1869. THIS COMPANY POSSESSES A COM?I natiim of desirable feature! which no other organization can claim. It erowth has been steady, its success marked. Its -system of basi nets is pre-eminently adapted to benefit the hold ers of its Policies. M'KENNXY & LINDERMAN, General Agents, 131 Mntjromeryl street, San rancisco, directly opposite Occidental Hotel. ' 'NEW ADVn-TLZZ'-lZllTZ. I W. WIIITWELL, General Agent for Oregon audTcrritories, PORTLAND, OREGON. Nov. , '69-Sy O O LO 12, S That Photograph Best, . ' A R E BLACK) BROWN, GREEN, SCAR LET, M0R00N, eep ORANGE. . - i . Those that take White, or nearly sd, are . - !! -, . Purple, Blue, Crimson. Pink, &c. Sept. 18, '69-2 J. A. WINTER. B LANK Deed?, Mortgages, etc., on- hand latest styles, and for sale low,' at this of&oa IVotice. THE CO-PARTNERS HIP of the undersigned doing business in Albany, Linn county, Ore gon, under the firm name of O. P. Tompkins A Co., is dissolved by mutual consent, to take effect from the 5th instant. W. 11. .McFarland has purcuused the eutire stock of merchandise, also the notes and acceants due the firm. He will continue the busin is under the Bra name of W. II. McFarland A Co.. Either party will sign in liquidation. O. P. TOMPKINS, W. II. McFARAND. Albany, May 9, 1870-4L3S STOCK HOLDERS4 ELECTION. ' NOTICE. - . - ' ' , The stockholders in the Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road Company, will hold their annual election for 'a Board of Seven Directors, at the Court House -in Albany, Oregon, on the second Tuesday, the 12tfc day of July, 1870, at 1 o'clock P. M. s; ' JASON WHEELER, Pre.. James Elkinr, Sec. Albany, June 17, 1870-41w3 CHEAP SEWING MACHINES. 5Q HOME SHUTTLE SEWING (5) Q fj94Cj Machine. A double-thread fiJJ lock-stitch Shuttle Machine ; stitch alike on both sides. -...--&(Gf Celebrated Common-Sense Cti 6C fOA3 Family Machine. Both ma- ffrAJ chines fully Warranted for i years. Machines sent to any part of the eosAt by express, C. O. D. Agents wanted in every town on the PaciSe coast. Liberal commission. " ' Home Shuttle Sewing Machine Co.r '; I 2y , . O. O. TRAVER,- - . ; 131, First St., Portland. AiMAMWaCTMSSSJSYtS rgjr MAKING THE E :etycf vkR&k-:;r;uaT7-, (J " t HAT.Cr.AL LIFE Insurance Company OF THB " UNITED STATES of AMERICA, WASHINGTON, JD. C " Chartered by special "Act of Congress1, Approved.... - ..-..July 25, MOT. Cash Capital, 1, 000,000. oo DIRECTORS: . CLARENCE H. CLARK, JAY COOKK, W. Q. MOORHEAD, GEORGE F. TYLER, J. HINCKLEY CLARK, E. A. ROLLINS, HENRY D. COOKE, W. F. CHANDLER, JOHN D. DEFREES, EDWARD DODE, II. C. FAHNESTOCK. OFFICERS t CLARENCE E. CLARK, Philadelphia, P dent. JAY COOKE, Chairman 'Fin an ee A Executire Committee. HENRY D. COOKE, Washington, Vice Presi - dent. - EMERLON W. PEET, Philadelphia, Secretary Actuary. - - E. S. TURNER, Washington, Assistant See retary. -FRANCIS G. SMITH. M. D.. Medical Director. J. EWING MEARS, M. D., Assistant Medical Director. - : THE attention of persona contemplating in suring their lives, or increasing the amount of insurance they already hare, is called to the special advantage, offered by the NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. 6m QILCERT Cn0.t AGENTS. SALEM, ORiWON. THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED - ' ARE: . . i . ' r im.. t . . v i j i . . . . - xiH iisuunii cuiriflr, tuv isrgv capital, lam Low Rates, the common-sense plan, the definite contracts, the honorable and fair dealings, the iun-r uriciiing x-uircws, ins puriect eecurjcy, the liberal Tnrms-of the policies, etc, etc., rend ers the NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COM PANY of the United States of Amerfe worthy of the rmtronaee of every busincs man. This company, during the sixteen month, of its existence, has issued l - 8,8 25 POLICIES, . .,' " '.. ;......,.-':."' . ..' : COVRr i.- - $20,800,000 INSURANCE. The extraordinary rapid progres. of the cont pany attest, the estimation in which it is held by the public, and the large amount of new basinea. transacted it is the best evidence of tho popnlar- the requirement, of its Assurers. ITS POLICIES ARE NECOTIACLE. By the Charter of the Company,- certificate, of obligation, will be issued, agreeing to purchase its polioies at their value which, when accompa nied by the polioy duly assigned or transferred, are negotiable, and may be used at collateral se curity, in making loan, from the Company or from other parties. . The Hon. Jno. E. San ford, Insurance Commis sioner of Massachusetts, in hi. Report for 1868, speaking of Dividends in Life Insurance Compa nies, say. , " The sooner inch guarantee, cease to be made, and inch expectation, created, the sooner Life Insurance will eome to rest en its true motive, and men U sure their lives ter security, and not for dividends. The best and - the most popular companies wiiLthen be those that prom ise only equity, and render all that they promise, and furnish the best security, with the most np right and judictou. management." ITy the Stock plan the full cash effect of th premium is immediately secured to the insured, the Company taking all the risk. By the Mu tual plan, the full value in insurance of the pre mium paid, U not secured to the policy-holder, who take, a portion of tho risk himself. -Policies Issued lit Grolcl or Currency, VM. E. HALE, MAMACirt. WELLS, FARGO Sc CO., genera' agents FOR THE PACIFIC COAST. " J. C. IHJEIVDJEIoIIAIsI-, TBAVEXIKQ AGENT . Tr Ofgon and Washing-ton Territory. Albany, September II, 1868 .