VOL. 2. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1870. NO: 44. ' PCBLtSHEO BVERT SATURDAY BY . CO 1,1V. VAIVCLEVE. orrics on coastR or ferry asd first-sts. TERMS IX ADVANCE. One Year. .....Three Dollars Six Months. ...Two Dollars Single Copies Ten Cents ad " ;;rr ;Si sg hates. Transient u lrertisomcuts pur Square of ten linos or less, first insertion, $2 ; each subsequent insertion, $1. Larger a-lvertUeineuU inserted on the most iberal terms. JOB WORK. Having received acw type, stock of colored Inks, cards, a Gordon Jobber, etc., we are pr pa ed to exeeute all kinds ot priming in a btti- r manner and fiftv per coot, cheaper tu.ia ever be fore offered in this city. Agcn a for tie Register. The following gentlemen are authorized to re eeive and receipt for subscription, advertising, ctc for the Register 5. v III RAM SMITH. Ei Harrishurg. Jul?e S. 11. CLATJUUTON ..Lebanon. PETER HUME. Esq Brownsville W. R. KTRK. Esq ... K. E. WHRELKR. E-q Scio. T.-H. REYNOLDS, Esq Salem. Geo. W. CANNON. Esq Portland. L. P. FISHER, Esq. 'Frisco. BUSINESS CARDS. H. 11. KICE, 31. PmSlClAN AND SURGEON, O Albany, - - - - - - Oregon, - FFICE OS THE SOUTH SIDE OF MAIN Street. Albany, April '70.-32 A. WHEELER, 3V o o. v y I ixnb lie. BROWNSVILLE, OREGON. LEGAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS m.i le an attestod. Conveyances and col lac. iocs at'endel to. I2'63 BURMETtlt. Si BELLINGER, 4 TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW, ; Albany, Oregon. uefioe In the Parrisb Bri-k. 2S o J. U&JiXOX, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ALBANY, OREGON. FFICE On Main strc-t, oppoaito Foster's B.ik. I-C9 X. luBtis, CONSTANTLY on hand and receiving, -a lur.ee istock of Groceries and Provisions, Wood' and Wi!l,w Ware. Tobacco, Cigars, Confection-TV. Yankee Njtijns, Ac, Ac, Wholesale and Kutai!, opposite 'K. C. Hill A Sm' drug tu.re, Albany. Oregon. jii-10'T0 Hiltabidcl &. Co-, t DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PRO visions, Wjod and Willow Ware, Coufcc tinery. Tobac-o, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Main street, adjoining tha Express office, Albany. Oregon. . I E. A. Freeland, DEALER IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF Seh iol, M'ucellane ras and Blank Books, btati nery. Gold and Ste I Pens, Ink, etc.. Pust-nffii-e It iilil'ii(, Albany, Ore-joo. Books ordered from New' York and San Francisco. " I S. II. Cla-aghton, ."T0TARY PUBLIC AND EE AL ESTATE AGENT. OSee in the Post OSee building, Lebanon, Oregon. Will attend to making Deeds and other convey ances, also to the prompt collection of debts en trusted to my care. I wiitcao-1, XJoipit &. Smith, TTORNEYS axd COUNSELLORS at LAW, Solicitors in Chancery and Proctors in Ad miralty.'. OlSco over the old Post Office, Front street. Portland, Oregon. I A1 J ASSESS A. WARNER, Civil Engineer & Surveyor. IS PREPARED TO DO SURVEYING AND Engineering. Uses imorove 1 SIar Compass. Orl -rs by miil promptly attended tv Resi icuce on 4th St., opposi;e Dr. Tata's rcsUence, Albany . Oregon. . . nI9 6m ruwF.i.1,. t' run. Powell & Flinn, 4 T73RXEY6A COUNSELLORS AT LAW jTJL and Solicit ts in Chancery, (I.. Flinn, Notary Psalie,) Albany, Orag-n. Collections anil conveyances prvntpijc attended to. . J ST. CHARLES HOTEL, Corner First and Washington SU., ALBANY, . . ' . - OREGON. . II. BRENNER. . Proprietor. , TIT'ITII A NEW BUILDING, NEWLY v v Furoinhed throughout, the proprietor hope to give entire satisfaction to the travulin; public. The beds arc supplied with spring-bottoms. The table will receive the closest atten tion, and everything the market affords palatable to gnesU will be supplied. - jan 8- I FRANKLIN MARKET, Main street, - Albany, Oregon. Meats of All Kinds, a - Of THE VERT BEST QUALITY; Constantly on hand. 3o-4n o. B. HAiarrr. PORTLAND CARDS. E. F. RUSSELL, Attorney at Law, C. P. FERRY, Notary Public. RCSSELL.& FERRY. Real Estate Brata& Collecting Agents, Portland, Oregon. ALDAXY BATH HOUSE. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT futly inform the eitiiena of Albany and ri eiuity that be has-takeu charge of this establish ment, and, by keopidg clean rooms and paying strict atttntic j to ban: ami, expects to suit all those who ma favor him with tbeir patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing bnt First-Class Hair reseinsr Saloons, be exnefl's to give entire satisfaction to all. jEgr Cbildreu sod Ladies' bair neatly cnt and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. . . . swISyS J : OPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE Sale of Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation, a-.i i:;e Ci llcction of Claims. - Office, North-west corner of First and Wash ingtou SiaecuS, Pultiau!, Oa. : feb 8-70- 5 S. E. SMITH. THE OEO. B. COOK. OCCIDENTAL, Western Hotel, Corner First and Morrison streets, Port and, Oregon. Messrs SMITH A COOK have taken this Weil known house, rettvd and refurnished it throughout, built a large addition, making thirty more pleasant rooms, enlarged the Dining and Sitting rooms, making itjby far the - . Best Hotel iu Portland. A call from the traveling public will satisfy them that the above t-taienu nts are true. SMITH A COOK, Props.. X. B. Hot and cold Baths attached lo the hoose for the benefit of guests. 50 Portland, August IStb. 1869. a uiitic a. a iLvci.vri:, coiiseb or Front and Washington Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON. ADVERTISEMENTS. BUILDERS, ATTENTION I SASH, BLIND AND BOOR FACTORY! S. H. ALTHOCSE. X. WRIGUT. J. P. BACKE9STO. A1.T1101JSE & CO., LYON STREET, (o THE RIVER BA.fK), , A1.IIANV, t . : OREGON. KEEP ON HAND' A FULL ASSORTMENT, and are prepared to Furnish to Order, Doors, Blinds. Sasli, x.. p. W. Qnimby, - - - Proprietor. (Late of the Western Hotel.) THIS HOUSE is the most commodious in tho State, newly furnished, and it will be ths ndcavor of the Proprietor to make his pneste comfortable. Xeareat Hotel to the steamboat landing. ;SST" The Concord Coach will always be fout at the landing, on the arrival of steamships ar river boats, carrying passengers and tbeir bag gage to and from the boats frt of chnro-e. Jfou tupplied Acith Patent Fire Extinguisher. COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL. (FORMERLY ARRtGOXl's,) Front street s : s Portland, Oregon. THE "UNDERSIGNED, HAVING PUR chased this well known Hotel, are now pre pared to offer the traveling public better" aceoui utoilations than can be found elsewhere ia the city. Hoard and Lodging- $2 OO per day. o 7 AL KOfOS,' printed at th Tory, loweat rates, as or'icre'l, at this office- The Hotel Coach will be in attendance to con vey Pascngra and baggage to and from the Hotel free ttf charge. . J. B. SPRENGER. Office Oregon A California Stage Company, B. Q. WHiTEHorgp;, Agei,t. tf iew CoItuiiinn Hotel, N s. 113, 120 and 122 Front street. PORTLAND, t t : OREGON ED. CARNEY, PROPRIETOR. The Largest. Best and mo t Convenient - XXotil in Portland! Located in the center of busine3 and near all the .tcamboat landings. Board an I Lodging From one to two dollars per day according to the room occupied. 3Syff Rooms newly furnished and well ventil ated. Superior accommodations for fami'ics. aE?" The New Columbian Jlotel Coac will be in attendance at all the landings to convey pas sengers and baggage to and from this Hotel 17 J-i3 Free ot Cbarge ! -TS. C9 " NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. LADIES' ESPORIUE MRS. A. J. DCNIWA7, . D1ALCE IS FasMonaWe MilUieryaiid Fancy Goods. Follow Dress and Cloak Making in all t-cir var'cd I ranches. BLEACHES AND PRESSES STRAW GOODS In Latest Style and best manner. STAMP FOB BRAID AND EMBROIDER Y. Corner First and BroadaTbin streets, Albany, Oregon. - janlnl7-T0 ' ' '' ' " ' : ' ' ': C. 1YIEALEY - DEALER IN MANUFACTURER OF and- CABINET WARE ! Bedding, Etc., Corner First and Broad Albin streets, : ALBANY, OREGON. r ARTICULAR ATTESTfOV PAID TO ""ffSJ ORDERS OP AXZ. RINDS in his line, October 1868-j H a o M n a w OS '' """" -,7 Ol -3 i f SiS a M IT" t AIT REPARSO TO T0 ALL OK TUB If I NO I X ke p on band sad make to order RA WZXZS S-B OTTOBZED CHAIRS, ' AD ' SpisningWbttvls. Shop near the ''Mag-ncJia Mills." JOHN M. METZLER " Albany, Ifor. , IS68-I - such as j Crown, Panel, Band, and Section Mold of all sizes. J WINDOW AND, DOOR FRAMES I Flooring, Sldlns, and all other kinds of Building; Material! ALSO Are prepared to do MILL WORK ; furnish Sha ker Fans, Zigzag Shakers, Suction Fans. Driving Pulloys, of any kind, at onr Factory on Lyon street, (on the river bank), nexfbelow Markham's warehouse. - ALTIIOTJSE & CO. Albany, February 0, 1869-4 BLACKSMITHINC ! PLOWS! PLOWS! PLOWS riHE undersigned gives notice to the general - I nnklin rriat Kak ia tnannfaiitnrinir t rl A i . . Cvalesbur? Patent Plow ! and any other style of plow that may bo ordered Also, particular attention paid to Wagon leaking and ZZorse-shoelng. Wagons for sals at my shop at $140 and $160 Horse shoeing as follows : Cash, $2; credit, $3 All work entrusted to me will receive prompt! attention, and be executed in the best possible manner with good material. A share of public patronage is solicited. Shop on corner EllFWorth and Second streets. opposite Piece Ferry. F. WOOD, Albany, November I, IS6S-II NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. - THE OLD STOVE DEPOT! JO 12 A BKICIGS, DEALER IS STOVES, COOK, PARLOR & BOX. of the best pattern- " A7.M) Tin, sticet iron and - ' ' , Copper VV'a-x-e 2 and the usual iiaxorlmeot of Karnisliing Goodj t be obtained in a - J Rejyair neattjf ami prompttg extHted, !on reaennable terai: "Short reckonings, make long friitids." Front street Albany. ' Next door to Mansfield A Co. - deco'68-I " A Stitch in Time Saves Nine!' Fire and Marine Insurance Company ! Jfo. 41S and 418, California street, San Francisco, - 1 - California. STOCKHOLDERS INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE Cash Capital, In Gold Coin, 750,O00. Deposit in Oregon, 50,000. Losses Promptly and Equitably Adjusted And Paid in Gold Voia. THIS COMPANY having complied with the Uw,' f r,nSt"'- h7 making a deposit of fifty thousand dollars, is now prepared to effect insur ance against Loss or Damage bv Fire, and also against Marine and Inland Navigation risks, on liberal terms. GUSTAVE TOUCHARD. Pre. - CHAP. T. HAVEN. Sec'y. ' ' J. O. OTENDENH ALL, Agent for Albany. Albany, Janaary 8, 1870-18 - THE EYES I THE EARS I Dr. T. L. GOJLDEIV, , OCULIST AND ATOU T, - ALBANY, t.. xri. OREGON. ' -"STIK. GOLDEN 18 A SON OF THB K Jrf, "0Ud oW Opthalmio Ioetor. 8. C. Its- . "-Golden. snbjeot and feels eonfidont of tiring entirVsatis fijottoto too, who may pUnUveTulX Albany, April 10. 1863.81 T , , wt th vexv beat (!i.n,ni.r 1 fiZi ' 429 Mwrtf 0T sbeet, San Traa- ,. -.-y.y Baa ftAY NEWS. Farmers Can Ride and Plow, : ar SBCCBiaor otrs or tu " GAY" PLOWS, Manufactured and sold for the very low price ol $65 and $75. v; rjrtnE simplicity and practicability of this sew JL Plow commends it favorably to the special nutiee of every farmer. It possesses a decided superiority over all otherplows now in use. The wbce.o are tour ieot in ammeter, and run on the nnplowed landvi Its enure cunstf netion is in no way complicated.' Tbe plow is managed in every manner with ease, and requires only two levers to be used in ranking any alteration. Tbe supe riority of the "Gay" Plow will be clearly shown by the following certificate ; ; i We, the undersigned, citizens of Linn county. Oregon, having purchased and used upon our farms the "Gay" Plow, bcrehy , certify that the came has given us entire satisfaction. Its facility for adjusting to suitbe eVpih of furrow without movi g fronv tbe seat.ts simple and easy. : We like the plv for its draught, because the same is brought toTbear directly upon the plow-beam in stead of the earriago ; also, iecause.it is strong and durable, all except the wood-work being con structed of wrought iron no ca tings are nsed. Tbe wheels running upon the solid land is an ad vantage over other gang-plows, in striking off land and in plowing, not having to make the nec essary changes in the machinery, and the seat is always level, not thr wing the driver forward or sideways as in other plows. Better work and more of it can be accomplished by the use of this Plow than by band. We take pleasure in recommending the "Gay" Plow to our brother farmers, as one having no superior in -Oregon.. - J. G. REED. W. P. ESHOM, A. S. LOONET. E. W. PIKE, W. II. GOLTTREE. H. DAVIDcON. May 20th, 1869. The "Gay"7 Plow is manufactured by II. Goulding. Portland Machine Shop. All orders will be promptly attended to by ad d resting, . C. V. G A V. Portland, Oregon. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. CEO. F. SETTLEMIER, I R U G G- I S T . (Successor to D. W. Wakefield,) . ' ParrisVs New Building, First Street, ALBANY, OREGON, May . Albany Agents. J. BARROWS A CO., Agents for Linn A Benton counties: JOHN BHIGGS, Agent for Linn A Benton counties. 69-37 NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. : OF BOSTON. IMirely 3VTxx-tiixX - - INCORPORATED 1835. . Cash assets... Cash Dividend. 1867 Cash Dividend. 1S6S Total soi plus dividend. Losses paid in 1863 Total looses paid Income for 1867- ......j.. $7 ,000.000 00 626,573 65 786,197 8A 3,512.771 00 675.500 00 3,342.100 00 2,852,031 41 -No extra charge for traveling to and from th Atlantic States, Europe, Oregon, or the Sandwi.l Islands. All Policies non-forfeiting, and governed by thi non-furfeiting law of Massachusetts, Policy holders tl.e only persons who receive d iv tier ill in tbi Con p my, which are declared and paid annually ; first dividend avail able at tbe payment of the Fee nd annua premiums. All Policies remain in force as long as there is any surrender value. , - s NO FORFEITURES ! . This old and popular Company, (the oldest Mu tual Lite Insurance Company in this country) insures at the low--j est possible rates. . Tbe stability of this Company, with its past h'.s tnry. increasing capital and business, aud the sat- isfactory manner in whi-.h it has discharged it.' obligations in the past, are" guaran ees for the future such as far-soeing and careful men require in tneir investments. Persons generally, who thoroughly undi'rstaprt tbe working of Life Insurance, nra anxious t avail themselves of its equitable provisions. Full information wilt be given to those who aesire, at the Agency. Home Office, 39 tate Street, Boston. i Pacific Branch Offices. 302 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Room 3, Carter' m BmUling,' Portland, Oregon, EVERSON & HAINES, General Agts. R18SELL sfcEsLKINS, 'Agfa, ALBANY, OREGON. Albany, September 19, 1868 T . , CRAFTSMEN'S LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OP NEW YORK. UrCITAIYAIY fc ITIEARS, . esassAj. AOBSTS FOR Oregon, and WasTiinprton, Idano and Montana Territories, PORTLAND...:. ..-..OREGON. Cash Plan, Lew Rates, Strictly Mutual. All Policies Non-Forfeiting" by their Terms. .- No Restrictien on Travel, Residence or Oocapation. Policies issued in Gold or U. S. Curren cy, as desired. . No extra oharge upon worjEeo. . . All Tarietica of Policies issue. , ... t" Largo Cash Vsluo upoo Sarreudored polioias. - DEALER IN Drugs and Medicines, CHEMICALS, PAINTS. OILS, GLASS, ETC. AH artielet warranted pare and of the bast qnality. . . . ' ' , ," r hysictans rreicriptions eareiuiiy eomposnueu. Albany. Oct. 17, 18GS-6tf . . Picnic on tbe Fuurtb f July. Editor - REGibTER s Principslly to avoid more laborioui Work on' tbis ener vating and Isty oocasion, and partly to please a number ' bf friends' who shared the imueasurnbl delights of our excur sion, I proceed to give you an account of it, which, may, be lengthy or otherwise according to my resolution or lack of it on such a wither iog, scorehing day as this fifth of July, one thousand eight hundred and aeTenty. 'i. j r , ', There ia no need of my telling any of you bow hot and vivid and glaring the sun was.; how dusty and rough the road was : how stifling and close the air waaj you could knovf ' aouiethiog about all this and stay at hone, or go to Salem to celebrate ; but you that did either, of these have but a faint conception of our Walk in! Walk in LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I Walk into It. RRENRER'S STORE, and see the goods which be U receiving direct irom San Franclsoo, which he is going to soil very low for Cash or Produce! Call and examine my Goods before yon pur chase elsewhere, as I am always willing to a ow mv trooda. N. B. I will pay from date for thirty days U come, 30 cents per dozen Tor xggs. - fcep. 6, '69-3y , B. BRENNER. SAN FRAIYCISCO STORE! CORNER FIRST AXD rBKRY STBEBTS, ALBANY' ; OREGON Keeps constantly on hand a fult assortment of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CLOTHING Doots, Shoes. Hardware At Crockery, and a full supply of Ladies FuriiisliiiLS Embroidery, Fancy -GoQuS, &c. also, a stock of THE BE T XICUOR! for Medicinal purposes only, v Always on band a large stock of Box, Cooking and Parlor Stores ! and manufactarea all kinds of .Tin, Copper aud SUeet-Iron Ware, all of which aro offered at tbe lowest rates for CASH R COUNTRY PRODUCE I All kinds of repairing done, on short notice, and entire satisfaction warranted, at my Stove and Tin Store. JULIUy GRADWOHL. Nov. 0-11 RATES OF TOLL ; OVER THE Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Roads To Deschuttes River : Four nurse or Mu!e team T a . " ' One " " " 01 teams, tbtee yoke......... Fur every additional yoke.".. ......... Loose horses, per head " cattle, per head....... .. ............ " sheep or hogs Teams returning empty, half price. -Pack animals, loa tcd....i..... ........... " unloaded ......... Horse and rider........... ...... To Fish Laket Four horse or mole team, each way-. Two " . " " -..". -One : " " " . Pack animals, loaded. . ......... ........, " " unloaded. Horse and rider....... M.M. n. Ox team, three yoke. To Upper Soda Spring t Four horse or mule team, out and back. One . - Horse and rider. - " Loose animals, " . Ox teams tbe same bS horse teams. A. HACKLEMAN, W. Vf. Pabrish, Prea. See. March 0, 1869- S $( 60 3 00 2 00 4 60 60 26 16 3 - 60 25 1 00 2 SO 2 00 1 00 .60 25 CLIMAX KNITTER! ootS-6 ' .j .; : ' . Alssay, Oregoa. J IN presenting tbe claims of this NEW KNIT - TING MACHINE to DODular favor, mm at no more tbaa a brief and candid statement of its actual merits. va eontldentlv claim that tha CLIMAX KNITTER is superior to all oth., chines in the follwing respects : 1. Simplicity of construction and operation. 2. Completeness and excellence of wik 3. Convenience of ahane. aiaa uil w.i.kt -r 4. Durability of machine. 6. Rapidity of work. 6. Cheapness. -...j ... It ia so alasDle in its. ..!. i.. werkinn. that less than half th. i. i to learn to knit on it than on others. With it the cnuarea oi ine ninsebold cas do all tbe knitting. It ia made en tire v of inn mA i a sock can be mads in thirty amtfH. i It -Bakes the regular old old-fashioned knitting needle titoh or loop, (with several others . j desired) torn the heel, making it of as good shape as by hand, without any sewing i narrows or widens, St thS Measure of tha mnW mA waahM-. km. foot toe. A6y artiols that can be-knit by band, can be manufactured on this machine. Persons who wish to see the machine is opsra. uos,m requested tc caUfab tUe Seaotsstaiaai ,. AgestU for Oregeo. Albany, Ogn.,Tth.r . 1870.V S . , - i- ! Pieuic at I he Stida-Sprtn Moat of u left home at six o'clock A. M., or as neat' that time as possible. . In the early morniDg the ride was delightful. Such diversity of scenery as one enjoys during the ride from here to out before- mentioned place of rendexvon can b no where else so often" found as in this favored State of Oregon. - To describo it accurately would be impossible,to attempt it altogether .unnecessary. As we drove long the merry prattle of the delighted children tuned itself to toy - meditations aa I gated for an hour at Mary's Peak on our rig at, ana . musea upon tne asy just three uiontha pie ious, when on the bosom of the-broad Pacific I looked upon it from the other aide, aod by iu aid was enabled to mark the dear spot where home lay nestled. In front of us, a score of miles awav. rose the tnouetains that daily bathe their feet in tho classic San turn, their sidea clothed in green and their summits crested with a darker shade of the same lich hue, while what seemed the last of the loos ridge, opposite which has been planted and grown the village of Lebanon, rose a bare, unsightly excres ceuce which, t.-ys I would, I could not imagiue to be anything else but a huge boil ready, any moment for the surgeon's lunce. All around us was the horizon fenced out ' with mountain?, while th dear rallies, clothed in waving folds of living grass' and grain, bejeweled with farm houses, and flocks, and flowers, and fruits but I am trying to run this thing into a description, which I believe I said awhile ajio would be impossible. I think so still. , The Soda Spring (or springs; there are three of them, one only being in con dition to drink from at present), rises from the hillside, and originally, tor no one knows bow many , ages, trickled down among rocks aud rcsbca, appropri ated principally by pigeons, which still flock iu multitudes around the -rude im provements of a recent era, wondering, no doubt, where white folks and carriages and Fourth of July originated. some dozens ol vehicles and as many saddle horses, with their freight of life and strength and dignify and beauty had congregated and discharged the same by nine or ten o dock. Then the fan began Nobody knew anything about the .ar rangements, or whether there were to be or had been any. Tho majority of us had taken the precaution to provide our selves with provender. Those. who had neglected tbia were bountifully supplied by mine host and lady of the Soda Spring Hotel, and nobody went hungry, though all of us were insufferably overheated. A swing so planted ia the valley that it might draw and concentrate the sun's best heat, also attracted a goodly degree of "patronage. - And - tne people - swung and fanned and p r-p'red tul t i'ed.back up the hill for a "little more soda," and met old friends and laughed and gosaip ped, while the children cried and ''wanted to go home'' only to get shakes, and scolded, aad . fanned, and fed by tired parents in search of a holiday. -Wo drank tho spring dry, aad .were, not yet eatUfied. Woo unto the unfortunate philanthropist who sought to replenish our "bright tin dippers t Better for btoa had , been a shady nook in soma quiet corner , where hia - patriotiam .could get higher titan his perspiration I v : .H We bad do tedious oration, no deafen irg cannon, bo star spangled banners, no Declaration of Independence nothing but swinging, aod sunshine, aid a scant supply of Sods water. ' , y ! "' ", Mrs. Sawtelle favored us with, a sweet and well read poem, entitled the "Con vict' Mother,' to whioh I ak few dotou languid excurtionists deferentially listen ed, but which she almost, spoiled by making a few remarks upon after reading it Moo do dislike being told on the Fourth of July that ono-half of , the human race jkre in legal thrall jo these United States. - The wattor strikes them all tha more anplensantly from ita. self evident truth. WitVwhat self coicpla- cency do they oondssoend to assure us that wc ae mistaken ! How they, lovo .-' to laugh at a delicate, plucky, nervous little woman who so far presumes' upon er convictions of 'duty as to dare to doubt their judgment 1 And how women - love to court tho favor of their masters by cold sneers feud flippaiit inucodoes at the little enthusiast t, All honor, howev er, to the .noble men and women "who csu be found in every crowd where both do congregate who have tho good sense to treat even a woman' who may declares herself "strong minded,'' with deference' and courtesy. Twenty yearn ago men would bavo hurried their wives and daughters from the vicinity of one ,f hese reformers. The world moves. Hut why do active reformers of either sex allow themselves to become incorrigible - bores r I Have bceat iu- days' gone by, sit tuereilessl f annoyed by some tract ped dling enthusiast, that 1 have been com. pelled to read him a homily upon untime ly persistence mi his . favorite holbr. HeM want his v dinner, svre, and must hsve money for hhi gospel, or be couldn't fford to peddle it, but he would not sceept the fact so patent to all practical people tbat there is no use in cloving anybody with Ywru.v Tbat if everybody would forego all other matters to attend to his particular hobby, his cash and din ner would both be minus. I believe in eqoalj-ights J know they are progressing. and pound to tein; know wo must Woik for them but when I am out a-Pourth-ing and find!, myself compelled to Jight tho oppressive heat, I confess X am -not enthusiastio. . At last eamfi welcome fon o'clock. We had a baulky horse aad a peevish, tired, four-year-old boy along for, puis ances, bnt the sun was slowly descending and we revived and took c urs ge. "' We didn't get much soda water when ready to leave, but what little our, perspiring friund eould dip for us wss cool aud spark ling," and we hold hie philanthropic efforts ia our behalf in grateful re me ut terance to this hour. y ; ; ' I eould pot help thinking, as we toiled homeward in the. oppressive heat, of Mark Twain's idea of an excursion to the Holy- Land 'It was not lively enough for a pleasure trip, bat if we had only had a corpse along it would havo. made a noble funeral excursion.", Idis l.ke these levities, but . somehow. this one seemed appropriate. Again m eight of Mary's Peak! Think, of the cool breexe and the blue ocean beyond it,' while there, on our left, among the many beautiful sights that challenge our admi ration, looms up tnat torest-clot bed mountain,, over against Lebanon, upon whoso . summit - rises that excrescence, looking taore than ever, in the shimmer ing heat, like ahoge boll just read for the surgeon's lanca. T But the green fields are around us with their burdens of grain, a grateful breeze has reached us from the walled Pacific; we are homeward bound; we havo had a holiday, and this ves. this is the $iurtn of July I We grew happy and gratefuL Time sped on, and wc reached home at dark, where cool rooms and a good supper greeted all. ' Thus ended our Fourth of July. ' - ' Mas: I). A Good Yaun. Once upon a' time, to tho' story goes, there lived among the hills an old gentleman whose entire per. sonal and real estate consisted of a wife, a well ventilated log cabin, half an acre of not very productive land, and a violent fondness for what la sometimes called "tangleleg" whisky? j One spring morn ing tbe owner of all - this property , was struck withHbe conviction that his land must be plowed, But be had no bono, - and found it impossible to borrow, one. Nevertheless, the ground most be "broke up4". horse or do horse; and it it was fioally detormined that the "old woman" should hitch up. the. old man, and hold tho handles and drive, while he drew the plow. - This was accordingly done, and the plow went bravely' on, until the plow share ran under a root, and the team was bi ought to a dead halt; But tha "erit-' ter" bad become waraned op by this time, and as the old lady gave hinv a rap with the reins and cried "git tip I" h threw hia weight upon tho harness with a heavy jerk, which snapped the traces short off. and he ahet forward against the fence, his hesd striki3 the end ot : a rail wjth the force of a mauL "Thuudexation, . old woman I" he exclaimed, as he wiped the blood and dirt from his eyes, "why didn't you iay .w-h-tMa-ft A merchant who la'J lor t tired a now olerk; initiated him at ot L.'ta t- inys tarv cf the tradacrk. ia ciiaa afr- nooa the newly iadsoul Cird-stiek was hor.in zJi o a dy eustomor, whei sis mairta at th price. . Tha : feeli; af -the .merchant may he imusnaed Wlien the vnijaw clrk called at tho top cf bis voice t. "What sbail I sell tais for 7 - It ia taarked f and ot u 50 oeaU l" . 60,