C
TUc bi noraim Boy.
One day a gentleman raw two
.1 -J . fit ,..,(
lys going lir.)ngf.oi of Uk? street
of New lork. I hey were tre-,
footed. Tlieir elotlis were ragged
and dhiv, and tied toget'ier by '
ttLs . n,u n" tlm Imvs
,eees of string One of the Uan
was per'eetly happy over a hall-
withered buneli of (lowers which lie
had iust picked up i" the street,
'1 mv Hi lv " said he to his eoni-
i m i in., . , ,
pamon, "wasn't KOebott real good
to drop these 'ere posies jest where
I could find them ? And they're so
Booty and nice! Iook sharp, Billy;
nebhv vou'll find sotnething bime-
ineooy oii ii ini'i m.i.vv :
by." Presently tliegeiitlemaiiheanl
1,1s merry voice again, saying, "0
iolly Billy! if here ain't most half,
" . ." j i.
a Doacni a u uun, mutu um . ,
, , i i, f i niv tlntv to do so.
neither, cauaeyoa hamt Kna When I have been engaged In pollt- who know this to BE tiu k
nothing you may take the hrst tad literature or traveling lor a news
let.. " Il'ill was iust troiiiii t take 1 leiiier I have gone many miles out of ,
n verv ttue taste oi a. wueu in
. -I i; n;ii
orapanwn said, "Lite bigger hillj ; ,
rnebbv we'll find another 'ibrc lont
--l l... .11 ( . . I .,,,.. 1 . ... .1IA I . ..... "
AVhat a noble heart that poo boy
had in spite of his rags and dirt !
There was nobody for hira to be
kind to but his companion iu puver
ty, the poor ragged boy at bis side.
Jhathewas showing iiim all the
kindtOn in his power wlien he said,
"Bite bigger, Billy." There was
notbing greedy, nothing selfish
about that bov.
"Bite bigger, Billy ; mebby we'll j
find another 'lore long." V ho can (
help admiring the noble heart ofj
that poor boy ! 1 would rather have 1
that poor boy's kind and generous
fpirit than have a monarch's crown
upon my head without it. "Bite
l.hrcer. Billv 1" Think of these
wnmla if von are ever temnted to be
..I ,.iu..k ,..... ...',
ions. Jlimonary Vit it or.
A Faille.
A man once visited a menagerie,
and treated a noble elephant to a ,
bottle of pure .Jamaica. At first the
the spirit produced no effect ; out in ;
a little time the elephant, like man, j
liegan to cut up strange capers,
much to the amusement of the by
standers. Tiring of this, he chang
ed laughter to fright by knocking
down several persons iar him.
This belligerent demonstration alar
med his keeper, who with much
difficulty secured him.
The next morning the beast felt
ft great oppression in the head, and
had an indistinct recollection of hav
ing done something very ridiculous,
if not wicked, the day before. Ad
dressing his keeper, he said, "I feel
strangely to day ; what ails me ?"
"You were drunk yesterday," re
plied the keeper.
"Drunk what is that?"
"Why, you swallowed a bottle
of rum, and it made you crazy."
"Hum what is that ?"
"it is a liquor that men make."
"What do they make it for?"
"To drink, to be sure."
"And does it make them drunk
and funny and then ugly, as it did
me yesterday ?"
'Why, yea, 1 believe it does some
times." "And do they fight and knock
each other down, as I remember
that I did yesterday ?"
"1 have heard of their doing
such things," replied the ketqier.
"Then truly," said the elephant,
with a sorrowful inclination of his
trunk, "men are greater fools than
I took them for,"
You auk Wanted. In the
Brest battle between truth and false
hood, between sin an holiness, every
human beinff bears his irt : is for
or agauisi. mere in iw i.cuini po
sition in this war. To do nothing,
is to be against ; and to be against
the right, is to be lost. Idleness is
a crime; indiflere:;ce a fatuity.
There is much to do, and little time
to do it iu ; for "tlie night cometb
when no man can work." Work
while the day lasts ; work hard ;
work well ; these should be the re
solves of all tlie friends ot a true
Christianity, some of whom can do
a great deal ; all can do something.
A fn-otch law lord was seated one
day on the bill sideoflJonally with
a Scotch shepherd, and observing
t'.ie sheep reposing in what he
thouglit the coldest situation, he
observed to hira, "John, if I were a
fc'ieep, I would lie on the other side
of the hill." Theshepherd answer
ed, "Ay, my lord, but if ye had txen
ft sheep ye wad l.avo had mair
KM1KC.
1
A JrVF.Ml.K I.awvki!. Under n
large tree in a village two bow found
a nut. "That's mine!'' cried Ignait,
'because I saw ii firt.'' "No "tis
mine," said lSernhard, "for I picked
it up first." Then they both engag
ed In a desperate fight "1 will decide
the quarrel" said a bigger hoy, who
had come up to them. Then Ik; stood
lietween the two, took the nut away,
and said: "This shell belongs to the
o iewno flrst saw the nut, and the
other shell to him who first picked it
pp. I keep tlie kernel for tlie decision.
A worktuginao some-time aeo rauV '
IisIkhI his own biography, one of tlie !
most Interesting little volumes that
j lias umieared during tlie present centu-
rv. It is as follows:
It may to some appear like vanity
"I me 10 wrue mini i now no, out I
s, M 0, eWe my m '
omftteil it. When filling a eart with
earth on a firm. I never stopped work
because my side of the eart might he
l'- hhI up before Hie oilier MWS at
w:ti lllK.r wnrkni:UI. , .,,.
0TW wi,.lt ,,., hKlp),(1 ,,,, h(,,p
him; so doubtless lie did to tne win n !
he was first and I was last. Wlien 1 1
ht JM my eoMMMlrf a new-spa-
with matter tor which I was to U j
, Mvet topped If I thought the '
Mri)jeCt required more explanation le- !
cause there was no contract for m re
lament or no possibility oTobtalnlug
' hyf ,utar:
nuk rmmu l Iiavi! stipped work aiul .
t.,kon ;l i,Jtfv frm soktler'a wife
when she had to work, and nursed it
for her. cleaned another man's ac-
e mtremcnts. thoinrh it was no nail of
road to ascertain a local fact or to
pursue a sulject to It-minute t details
fy .,', that the Dllb:1(, WKK .
ae maimed witli tlie laet- oi
k". . ... .. ..
ne ea e; ,
and this when I had work, was tlie
most pleasant and profitable. Whet)
I have wanted work I have arcepted it
at any WllgW I could get, at a plow, in
(arm draining, sttme quarrjing, break-
Uig atones, at wood cutting, hi a saw
pit, an a civilian or soldier. In I. on-;
don I have gloomed a cabman's hor e
and cleaned out a stable for a six-;
pence. I have since tried literature,
and have done as (illicit writing for :
ten shillings us have readily obtained
both sought for and Offered ten
guineas for.
But if I had not been contented to
begin at the beglnlng and aeecept ten
shillings, I uliould not have ari ento
guineas. I have lost nothing by work
ing, whatever I have been doing, with
upade or pen I have been hiy own
helper. Are yon prepared to imitate:'
llnmiiitv is always the attendant of
sense, folly alone was proud. A wise
divine when
preaching to the youths
of Ills congregation was wont to say:
Beware of being golden apprentices, j
silver journeymen and copper mas-
ters." The only cure for pride is
sense, and the only path to promotion j
is condescension. What multitudes
have been ruined by the pride of their I
hearts. Here is testimony worth
treasuring iu mind by everybody.'
Orioin ok Many Fiber. "It is not
known how the fire caught." This js,
very common expression in a newspa
per account of a tire. Carelessness
usually, and often in this wise : Hats
have att accountable fondness for the
taste of phosphorus, and to this fact
may be attributed the origin of many
mysterious fires. These rodents build
tlieir nest of intlamable materials, and
take to tliem any stray matches that
they may find lying around loose.
This accomplished, they undertake t
gratify, their appetites by nibbling the
coated ends of the matches, which are
at onoe Ignited, wlien the nest is set
iu a blaze, and the destruction of tiie
house, or perhaps the ship which con
talus it. follows. Great care should
always lie taken with matches.'
A demure-looking chap hailed a
charcoal peddler with the query,
"Have you got charcoal hi your wag
on?" "Yes. sir," said the expectant
driver, stopping his horses. 'That's
right," observed the demure chap,
with an approving nod ; "always tell
the truth and ieople will respect you !"
and he hurried on. much to the regret
of the peddler, w ho was getting out
of the wagon to look fur a brick.
The poet Rndgers tells this story :
"An Englishman and Frenchman had
to fight a duel. That they might have
the better chance for missing one an
otlier, tliev were to fight in a dark
room. Tlie Englishman fired up the
Chimney, and. by .love ! he broght
down the Frenchman! When I fell
this stnrv iu Paris." observed Ttod-
ers. "i pui toe me englishman up the 1
chimney I" j
A Pennsylvania editor, in acknowl-!
edging the gift of a peek of potatoes,
says: "It Isklndn s such as these that !
bring tears to our eyes. One pi ck of ,
iiotatoes makes the whole world kin. !
Ve liave trusted to Providence, and !
this is our reward, We would like a
little kindling wood and some good
turnips but that would lie asking too
much ; so we will try to do without
them."
Everything in life has a right side
and a wrong side. You can take any
joy. and by turning it around, find
troubles on tlie other side ; or, yon
may take the greatest trouble and" bv
turning it around, find joy on the oth-
j er side, l lie gloomiest mountain nev
er ca sts a shadow on both sides at once, I
l n'r does the greatest of life's calami- '
ties.
lhirlng a lieavy shower, a new I.on- j
doner noticed a poor fellow asleep o i '
i'uesid ewalk, and soaked through. He !
gently aroused him and admonished
him of his exposure. "Go away."
said theencbrtate. "go way. now do. j
This shower (hie) Is doing nie (hie) and i
tlie rest of the crops a (hie) sight of I
good (blcj I tell you."
"Madam." said a cross-tempered
phy-ician to a patient, "If Women
were admitted to paradise their tongues ;
would make in purgatory." "And J
some physicians. If allowed to practice
there." replied the lady, "would make I
it a desert." The oppressed one had :
him tliere.
. ...
A New Haven pluudsr bason his!
sign 'ast iron sinks, all sizes," An 1
Intoxicated individual In passing, man-;
aged to sjiell tlie words out. and turn-;
lug on his heel, said "Well, who (hie; '
says it doesn't?"
A school teacher near Boston while 1
riisenwhig the planet with a class of
V Ming iters, asking one of them what
lie lived on, expected the answer "Tlie
Earth." but tlie youth naively respond
ed "Vegetable and sleh." I
DRUGS, ETC.
' They Who Have Nothing for Sale
axe Farthest from market "
A. CARQTHERS & CO.,
Are low keupiu mi ! also c nst.nttly ro
c ivitig ndilitioud to.
The Largest Stock of Goods!
USUAL TO THEIR TRADB
ABOVE PORTLAND, I
And
AT 8 ITCH PRICES
That
Purchaser Shall be Satisfied.
Beside a Large Stock of
DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
PATENT MEDICINES,
Paints, Bye Stuffs, and Oils,
They keep
Yankee Notion, 1
Confeotionory
Fittest Tobaceo & Cigars
WOSTENUOLRI'S CUTLER
SPICES, PERFUMER Y,
(All kiadt),
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-AXU-
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A KTKICTLY
Fljyat Class
DRUQ ESTABLISHMENT.
NO ARTICLE SOLI)
But what ii
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And
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FURNITURE.
C. MEALEY,
DEALER 11'
MANUFACTURER
Of
F U R N I T U R E
And
Cabinet Ware,
BEDIIPf, Etc..
Corner ot
First and Kroadalbin Sts.,
ALBANY,
OR.
Particular
Attention paid to
ORDERS OF ALL KKDS
JUST RECEIVED
FROM S.F. AND THE EAST,
TllE LARGEST LOT
Of
I New and Elegant
FURNITURE,
EVIR BROUGHT TO ALBANY!
Gome and Sec Hi
All Kigbt. A inao pausing P
street late last evening saw some one
leaning against the door of a church,
and on looking more closely observed
that lie was in the act of takingn drink
from a buttle. On stein the man ap
proach, and probably thinking him to
be a patroleman. the fellow reeled
around, and taking hold ot the door
handle, said:
'.Vol! right, sir. board here s"r. and
alius tak'r drink 'fore I go to bed."
The man called his attention to the
fact that the building on which he
leaned for support was a church, and
suggested that Tie had better so home
liePn-e the liottle had hi nil tlie gutter;
whereupon tlpsey corked his bottle and
said, ilisciviragingly :
'Tin' the'r third time'fbeen mista
ken, an' of I tind many more meetin'
hnnses thai look Hke tnyhoarflln'-place
bottle wont hold out. Glad you nlu't
b'lcecenian' s"r."
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" It is to lie remembered lint only a
small part ofthe profits of the Ibju r
tnilliic are received from those already
made drunkards. By far. the greater
part Of the i(10.0(K.mi(i conies from
those who are not yet made murderer .
Incendiaries, paupers, or habitually
abusive of their families, but are only
preparing to become such. To remove
the evil, or essentially to reduce it. the
tnillii itself must be prohibited) as oth
er crimes are."
The Democratic organs are. orgaull
lugHgaly. It ha. transpired that Pt
ieg Ilail, night e'erk iu the Postofflce
at Sknwhegan, Maine, is a second
coudn by nwmagetoa brotlier-bi-law
of Mrs. Grant's uncle. SiHi scanda
lous nepotism will undermine the very
foundations ofthe Republic!
A neat compliment was that of may
or Metllll, of Chicago, in his nddses
of welcome to the Grand Diflte He
said: "(iivece produced an Alexander
the Great hut Russia has produced a
greater Alexander. Thennixwas great
only In strlklnis down pieopTs. while
the other exhibits his greatness in rais
ing them up."
There Is nothing purer than honesty,
nothing sweeter than charity, nothing
warmer than love, nothing richer than
wisdom, nothing brighter than faith.
These united in one mind, form the
purest, sweetest, warmest, brightest,
and mo-t steadfast happiness.
. .
Cincinnati is said to lv more densely
populated than any other city iu the I
country. Tlie population i about 3ft.
000 to the square mile. Cincinnati has
about fifty-eight buildings to tlie square
acre, London has forty, and Dublin
thirty-two.
TbeRnmford medal for 1371 has
been awarded to Joseph Harrison Jr..
of Philadelphia, for a boiler w hich is
almost non-explosive, and which in the
event of accident, will do but little
damage.
A Macon (Ga.) paper declares that j
the amount ot pi-roimg now img un
hi Georgia calls for a half. The paper
is otllv a little more than ha'f right
almiit tljw thing. What it really calls
for is a general halter.
Wasn't it roiyh on Clara, iust as slie
wa-- telling Fredrick at lunch how ethe
rlal her appetite was. to have the cook
bawl out; "Say will ye have yen biled
pork and greens now, or watt till yer
feller's gone out ?"
Market Reports. Tongue plenty,
but going fast ; bruins scarce and want
ed ; cheek, full supply; pluck, market
lmre ; hearts unsteady, price fluctua
ting, mo tlv sohl for cash '
Tobacco is shown by official figures
to cost more than bread in Germany.
Holland, the United States and Eng
land. An Irish exchange piier put two
of its head lines over the account ofthe
Chiiairo tire in this wav : "Generous
Assistance Coming from Every Quar
ter An Appalling Spectacle."
-
A man in Cincinnati is organizing a j
hrass band of twenty women. His
theory is. that if thev learn onlv half
as many "airs" as they put on, it will j
lie a success.
A lawyer hung out his shingle in i
Gowannns L. I., for two years, and;
then left, as he hail only one ease in all j
that time, and that was inflammatory
rheumatism' and nearly killed hbn.
Life's social duties are mutual.
Man must forward every ell'ort made
by woman to promote the tewpfilflnce
reform, and ever vindicate her rights.
Josh Hillings says ; "I don't reeko
lecf now of ever hearing ov two dogs
fighting, unless there was a man or
two around."
A goose has many qullla. but an au
thor can make a goose of himself, with
only one quill.
if a hair of a dog is god for his bite,
that explains why sulphur, which
comes from Vesuvius is good for eiiip
tlons, -It's
the way with mites there is
not one of them fhat does not think
himself the entire cheese.
Why Is n old pocket handkerchief
like an old ship? Because It has expe
rienced many a Iwd blow.
Ladles who wear corsets and thin
shoes ought to be arrested for break
ing the constitution.
To blacken a man's character thor
oughly, use Ink.
When does a man feel girlish?
When he makes his maiden s;ieceh.
A man may he ashamed of the lash
Ion of his nose, although be follows If.
i 9 1 ' '
Some married people always go to
bed quarreling, yettliey never fall out.
. i t " 1 "
What key I- the hardest to tiine?
donkey. Wool gatherings-tights between
negroes,
rcrtftiahtr te
Upon a recent visit to the village or
Yomitville. Napa county, we were
shown through the extensive Hn
manufactory and distillery located at
that plat. The workmen were at
that particular time engaged iu draw
ing oli'the wine of last vear's vintage
from casks iu one building to vats m
another. This was performed by
means of a force pump and liose-pie.
At the opening of each new risk the
head man caught a sample hi a glass
and tasted thereof, usually setting the
glass containing a small quantity of
w ine, on a head-shelf of the cask.
While watching these proceedings, a
young man. possibly twenty-live years
of age, sauntered in and took bis plaee
among the spectators, lie wore a
blue overcoat of army pattern, which
hung nither than set upon his person.
He was minus any other coat, or vest.
His collarless, bntton'.ess, bine .shirt
opened airily Ik fire; bis trowsers
were kept on him by a small cord tied
liirht around the waist; shoes without
stockings, exposing mangy ankles,
and slouched h i! full of holes, com
p'eted his rig. His ha uls w -re thru-t
emphatically to the very 1 oftom of his
pockets, his shoulders were thrown
forward, hi eyes looked greedily at
the rivulets of red wine, wlillp from
his puckered month s low Whistle ( '
lowed the ribald melody of "Ten
thousand miles away." He was a
bummer. No one told It so in words,
but the tact Has sufficiently pro'eaiai
ed. A good sH ( iiiK'ii of his class; a
line mnik'l; a premium article of a dis
tinct t '. A glass standing within
reach occasioned a nervous twitching
of his hand. It lasted but an instant,
the temptation triumphed, and seizing
the glass he drank its contents at a
gulp, and resu'ntxl his tune at llie ex
act note of interruption. The boss
wine maker turned fiercely upon tlie
bummer, and With threats of "boot
ing" elected him from the premises,
declaring that "his kind" were not
wanted in the bulding. Ottf pity fol
lowed the hummer; he had the form
of a man; the indignity seemed as if
offered to till mankind. We expected
reseutntcutj we looked for a bombard
me t of stones that sbou'd brake all
the windows. We were d sappoillted.
Bliminc.l'Jsat on a box at the door Rll I
swu ig one foot, still pursuing fie fu
gitive melody of "Ten thousand mt'es
away." In less than thirty minutes
he sauntered back into the building,
to mingle with spectators and work
men. "Good enough fellow before
tills wine cellar was established," was
answered to an hiqulryi
The recent Wine Growers' Conven
tion declare that they are orgaiilxcd
for the "aecnmutarlim and dissemina
tion of knowledge In all that pertains
to their business." We desire Infor
mation. Does our Yomitville bum
mer and "his kind" pertain to the
business? How many of such does the
business produce as an annual crop?
Do wine makers kick old the finished
specimens of their handiwork to make
room for other raw material to work
upon? Will some one enlighten u if
Illuwtmtloii ol'C.iplllnr Attraction.
From Steele's "14 Weeks m Natural l'lil
loHopliy.", The wick of an oil-lamp or a caudle
is a bundle of tine capillary tubes or
pores which elevate tlie oil' or melted
fat and fail tlie flame. Thus extin
guishers are needed to an alcohol
lamp, because by capillary attraction
the liquid tend to rise to the top. and
there evaporate until the lamp is emp
tied. If the end of a towel be dipped in a
basin of water, the w hole towel will
soon Is' wet by capillary action
through the line pores and tubes of
the cloth. Thus also the eapi'lary
tubes of a towel dry one's face after
washing.
Blotting-paper absorbs ink by means
of its capillary tubes. .
Water poured in the saucer of a
flower pot i elevated through the
Hires of the earth to the plant.
ily means of the capillary force wa
ter is drawn up through tlie earth to
the surf ice of the ground, and there
inoi-teus the roots of plants and sn
plies them with the materials of
growth. In the winter, when the sur
face is frozen, the water still finds its
way upward, freezing into ice. which
oh melting in the spying produces
mud. even where there has been but
little rain or snow. Ploughing
ground causes it to endure drought
better, because it stirs the soil and
increases the size of the capillary
pores, thin partially preventing the
water from lieing carried to the sur
face a d there eva.iora e '.
Hopes absorb water by capillary ac
tion, swell, and are shortened.
Clothes-lines are thus tightened and
sometimes broken in a sliower. A
rope will shrink with such force as to
lift a great Weight.
A curious illustiatinn of this Is given
in the following story: Wlien the
great Kgyptian obelisk was to be rais
ed In ilm squam of St. Peter's, at
Rom-, Pope Pextm V. procla'nied
that no one should utter a word aloud
until the engineer announced that all
danger was passed. As tlie majestic
column ascends, all eyes watch It with
wonder and awe. Slowly it rises,
Inch by inch, foot by foot, until the
task is alino't completed, when the
strain becomes too great. The huge
ropes yield and slip. The ivorkmen
are dlstlia ed a ;d lly wi dly to escape
the Impending mass of -tone. Sud
denly a Voice breaks the sl'enee.
' H'c' tlifi r,,r .'' rings otll clear-toned
as a lrum;xt, The emwd lool .
There, on a high post, standing o.i
tiptoe, bis eyes glittering with the In
tensity of excitement. Is the arc! licit
JCapaglia. His voice and appearanro
startle every one, but his words in
spire, lie is obeyed. The ropes
swell and bite Into the stone. The
column ascends again, and in a mo
ment more stands securely on Its pe
destal. Houses are rendered damp by moist
ure drawn iu by the capillary action of
tile pores in the wood or stone walls.
Millstones in Germany' arc split oil"
by means of wooden wedges. These
being driven in when dry, afterward
absorb moisture, swell, and burst the
rotk. Frm SteelPk "11 W f
Xahnul I'hiliKOjlit,"1
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