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3 1 Vi urn COLL. VAN CLEVE. ALBA-XT. - - OBEGOK. NKWSPAPKK ENGLISH OF 1884. '-. W B. W. liOWmraV Picked up a paper here to-day. And, by mj conscience, I mim( ray That they do write in the funniest way ! Some time ago, over my cap. Went Bound aeleep Just woke up ; X uat have been--weU, let me aoo Kighteen hundred fifty-three, tlow eame along bell would tinkle ; Bouaed me up aeoond old Winkle ; Veil aaleep, by their aay so, , j Due and thirty yean ago. 'Bout that paper T I waa struck All in a heap, sir Just niv luck : "MiasSuaaa SmOerllsieeute Next i-'hunxtay evening." I stood mute ; Hever, in all my Hfe, had heard Of each an outlandish, barbarous word. Klocute ! Elocute 1 I declare ! Bit my whiskers ; pulled my hair ; Looked in my Webeter wasst there ; Gave the thing up in wild despair Said to myself, It's mighty qaair ! Pretty near choked myself with rage ; Paper set forth on another page 'Wonderful piece of local news People up town are going to enthtute ; " And then the thing got worse and worse : To-morrow the people onnt'erre ; July 4th happy to state Peopie all going to deflorate Thnk IM better shut no shop. " Mr. A. B. U a phiianthrop ; Ana then, took uere; why, bleas my eyes, What in the world is " Jtimarekize t " Kyea of mine, you cent be trusted ! " Coal-oil factory all combusted ; " tSrmmtrmch your favorite fruits ; " Mexican empire reeoiutes ; " And, since the days I went to school. What sort of a thing's a " perpendicvle T " Reading along why, bless my fate! Haiti's a man who's going to orate." Why, what on earth's this paper about T do stark mad if I don't find out. Must be French, and yet, I vow, Never beard of the word till now. Voiding paper, undecided Dear me ! some one's " homicidal." Laid down paper right away ; For, by my conscience. I Kiut say, That they do write in the funniest way. A JUDGMENT. BY THEODORE ARNOLD. Per hups the most cruel thing that can be atone on earth is to destroy a woman s rep- . Tl - T 1 , 1 - iubuuu. jLt ih intu enuuii u sue is guilty ; but ifjsihe is innocent, how nvach more terrible! Poor Agnes Cahill! She knewwhat trouble is. But, thank heaven ! she knew what it is to be triumphantly vindi cated. Agnes was not beautiful, but she was fascinating one of those glowing creat ures who draw as the flame draws the moth. Her smile was sunshine, her voice was a bird's voice, her every motion was grace. Coquettish she was not ; yet there were, perhaps, a score of men who thought, .. or hoped, that she was in love with them. I think Albert Vassar knew from the first that there was no chance for him ; yet he hovered about her, put on airs of ownership, tried to keep others away, and watched her with bitter, jealous eyes. Agnes stared, was annoyed, but pitied hiru, and hardly kn4w how to get rid of him. She was too good-natured to show him the door, to tell him to be gone, but fancied she could mollify him with smiles. Of course, it was one of the worst mis takes that she could make. ' Albert Vassar was handsome, but had a snaky beauty, small, alight, shining in his black hair and black eyes, shining with a marble whiteness even in his regu lar little hateful nose, forehead, and 'mouth. His drees was always immacu - late ; he had. nothing else to think of, - and money enough ; and, though neither witty nor well-read, he managed to keep tip with the questions of the day, and have a sharp word to say about every thing. " What do you let him come here for, Agnes '" I asked her oneevening, when the creature had been rendering himself more than usually odious. " Oh, he doesn't mean to be disagree able," she said, indulgently. "I don't like to be hard on him. Besides, how can I tell him to stay away t" " You can say to him plainly, when he snaps out any of his impudence," I said, "that you cannot allow your friends to be insulted, or yourself to be made un comfortable." The girl's sweet face wore a troubled look. " What can I do ?" she asked. "It is hard to be harsh to one who likes me. Besides, I know that he is irritable and unpopular, and since others will not have patience with him, that seems the very reason why I should. I try to soothe and coax him ; and, sometimes, you've no odea how pleasant he is.." " Then you mean to let him drive all your other friends away ?" I asked, crossly. "Certainly not. But there is no necessity for that. He isn't here all the time." -: . . "But he is half the time," I said. "And may I ask if you intend to marry I Agnes looked at me in astonishment, I , and, presently, with indignation. '"I' consider that an insulting question, Mr. : Arnold," she said, coldly. "' ! J ' " He means to marry you," I said. .. You mistake I" she exclaimed, blush ing crimson. ' He never says anything of ' the kind. And if he had such a thought, the very friendliness and patience with ! which I treat him would show him how Tain it is." ' ' - ' " Opinions differ," I remarked, : care lessly, leaving my place at her side. There was quite a little company of us. Agaes lived in a house where there were three other pretty girls, and where the people liked gayety ; and every evening that they did not 'go out the parlor was fulL-; -..i. ':.. ;: Frank Jameson and Albert Vassar, both ...J. left my seat, to take possession of it. Agnes saw them, and, with an affectation of uncoriBciouHnefw, got up, and walked ia the direction of Frank. I waa coming for you to play a game ox cness," xie stua, eagerly. She smiled and nodded, and the two went toward the corner where1 the chess table stood. I glanced at Vassar. He was looking like a thunder cloud, making a display of rage that made me want to kick him. One mo ment he hesitated, then, setting his head in the air, for all the world like an angry snake erecting his crest, started after the two. They placed the table and chairs, without appearing to notice him ; and he drew up a chair beside that of Agnes, ad seated himself in it with the air of ' one who is mounting guard over his - property. ; ! . " Change seata with me. Miss Cahill," mid Frank. "My chair is the better one and you will have the light over your shoulder." - - ' - She rose immediately and exchanged with him, Jameson's chair being in a rweess where the other could not intrude himself. Vassar ground his teeth, start ed up, and seemed to be on the point of en explosion. You're standing in my litrht." said Jameson, tranquilly. For a moment I thoucht that Vassar would strike him. .His face was perfect ly white, his hands were clenched, he was trembling violently. But' he was a cow ardly dog, and he saw that all in the room were looking at him with disgust all except the two chess-players, who, wiuiuub appearing w De aware of nis presence, went quietly on with their game. The fool stood one moment there; like a game-cock all ready for a fight, then turned and rushed out of doors. It was too ridiculous. Every one laughed. . . ? That fellow is fit only for a lunatic asylum," Frank Jameson said to me, contemptuously, as I took a seat by the two in their corner. " Or, if he is to live among sane people, he ought to have a caning every morning, thatwould keep him in order till the next." But Agnes, I saw, was generously ready to take up for the weaker side. Seeing every one eise aespise ana lauga at him had made her pitiful. " I think you are all hard," she said nervously. " He has a bad temper, but that is less a fault than a misfortune. It would have been more polite and con siderate if people had taken no notice. " Well, he has the good sense to go oufc-1 to oooi mmseix on, J. said laughingly, In fact, Vassar was at that moment walking up and down the pavement in the front of the house, hatless and fran tic. Looking out, I could see him press his hands to his head, and swing his arms about. He was there when we went out to go home, an hour after. " He means to go in and give her a blessing, " I said to Jameson, as we walked away together. He stopped and looked back. " Do you suppose he does ? She would be a fool if she should listen to a word from him. He is going, I declare. But, there, his hat is in the hall. Let's wait till he comes out." . We stopped ten minutes, but Vassar did not appear. " That's Agnes right out," I said, los ing patience, quite. " She is trying to soothe him. Jameson, my private opinion 1 is that those women who are not knaves are fools." ! Jameson stood silent and motionless another ten minutes ; then, Vassar still not making his appearance, he turned impatiently to go. "I believe you," he replied, rather tardily, to my hist remark. ; The next day, Bob Geyser came into my office (I am a lawyer, you know), aqd leaning over my chair, whispered, " Vqs sar went back last night, and stayed fax hour with Agnes CaliiU." j Bob had been of our party. j I growled out something not very com plimentary to either of the two. 1 vas mad with Agnes ; for kindness may be carried too far, and I don't believe that a young woman is called on to evangelize a young man unless she is going to marry biiu. . , " Isn't it queer, though ?" asked; Bob. "Ao ! answered I, explosively. Bob whistled, and withdrew. .Later in the day I met Vassar, who had a satisfied smile on his face, -wlich I would have gladly pulled out bt the roots. He gave me a short nod knd a grin, and turned his face away. His air was that of one who has something pleasant on his mind which he won It tell. " She is a fool," I thought, wrathfully, and went home to get ready for the opera. ' Scarcely had I taken my seat in the front row of the first balcony, before I saw Agnes and . Vassar come in below, and seat themselves in the parquet. Frank Jameson was just behind me. He leaned ever, and whispered in my ear, I saw that puppy to-day, and he grinned at me in triumph. I believe she is going to marry him." ; I watched the two, and saw clearly what Agnes was doing. She was trying to act as though she were pleased with his company was treating him kindly. He was making a parade of fondness and attention. Before the evening was over, she got mad with him, and made nim behave himself. She took her fan fiom him, and used it herself ; she made kim sit upright, and not loH on the arm of her seat, or half on her shoulder ; and she put a stop to his whispering. I glanced back, and saw Jameson smiling grimly. " I don't believe she will ever go into Enblic with him again," he ' said. " See ow pale all her face is but that red spot in each cheek. She is about as much ashamed of that calf as she can be." I didn't see either Agnes or Vassar for a week after that, and then I saw them at her lodgings. She was looking rather pale and uneasy, and he was as black and bitter as a human being can be. There seemed to be a little sensation through the company, and I fancied that the two were left rather to themselves, but at the same time watched. Bob Geyser got me in a corner after a while, under the pretext of showing me a photograph, and whispered, "The devil's to pay about Vassar and Agnes. There's an anonymous ' letter been written: to-the mistress of the school" (Agnes was a daily governess), " telling her that Agnes isn't as prudent as she ought to be, and that she is 'so much in the power of Vassar that she is afraid to j onena mm. it adds that if ' she has any friends, they should make Vassar marry her. The letter was sent open, with a request to the postmaster to read it. Of course it all leaked out" ' 'si What was the use of raving? But I did. Agnes, it seemed, didn't know and, vexed as we might be ; with her, none 01 us coma tell ner. " Time passed, and letter after letter, of j the i same import, was written, sometimes mj one, some tunes 10 anoxner. x ne story was morougniy circulated, ana there were found plenty to believe it. And still the girl defended him, and .took his pare, ana etui ne treated ner with that air of capricious, sulky fondness and au thority. -; For two months or more, she did not know what was the. matter, why her friends went by on the other side. why the schoolmistress grew cool, why the other teachers always had to go in another direction, and neyer could walk with her. Then it all burst upon her at One day she appeared at my office, walking straight' in, and coming to my desk with quick steps. At first. I didn't know her. Her face was ashen pale, her eyes Buoseo ana wua, ner very lips white. I said not a word, but took her by the hand, and led her into an inner room. She would not sit, but. stood wringing her hands skrwly. o " I am dismissed from the school, and requested to find another lodging," she whispered, ; hoarsely. ; V Now tell me what aU this comes from. W'hat started all these shameful stories, which I never heard a syllable of till last night ?" - I told her all I knew, r I would not re proach her now for her stubborn foolish ness, nor did she reproach me for not having told her sooner. I assured her that I had fought for her, and that this thunder-clap was as unexpected to me as to her.- " So it is to Vas?ar," she replied. " I sent for him at the house this morning, and asked him to clear me before them alL He swore that he hat! never said a word against me. He felt very uncom fortable and after the others had gone away Le asked me to marry him." Are you going tor 1 asked. Her eves flashed out at ma an she : ex claimed, "No! But what am I to do? Ihese stories are everywhere. Do you believe that they all came from those letters?" "Certainly," I replied. "What did Vassar say at the house? Did he say that there wasn't a word of truth in the stories, and that you were entitled to re spect?" " I don't know," she said, confusedly, walking to and fro. "He swore over and over that he hadn't said one word against me. " ! ' a. Y-fc 1 . ..... uiaa i lie swear that there wasn t a word to say?" I asked, impatiently. 1 don t know, I suppose he meant that, she said, wringing her hands. I took my hat and went straicht to the house with her, and, leaving her in the parior, went into the dining-room to see Mrs. Walsh, the landlady. " Vassar made a bad mnMnr worna the lady said. " He could have cleared her, and didn't. He never said that she was entitled to our respect, but only that he had never said anvthimr acrainst her." " Do you know that he offered himself to her, and was refused ? I asked. The landlady shrugged her shoulders. " I am sorry for Agnes," she said, after I had raved a while. " She is a very amiable girl, but imprudent." I never could understand her taking up with him, and putting up with his caprice as she has.. We have all talked to her about it, but without effect. Girls must be more prudent. I am sorry; but I have, three unmarried daughters, and I would rather Agnes should go. ' I talked an hour, but it did no sood. Then I went out of town a little way, and called on an old friend of mine, a widow, and told her the whole story. She. (rood soul, consented to receive Agnes, and be- mena her. Then l went to the schoolmistress. " I feel very sorry for it," she said; "but, really, what could I do? The parents insisted that she should be re moved. If the wrriter of those letters could be found and punished, she might be reinstated. I don't believe a word against her." I told her my conviction, which had been a suspicion from the first, that Vas sar had written the letters in order to drive Agnes to have him. The school mistress was astonished, and at first mcrednlous. "Why should he wish to taint a girl's name if he wanted to marry her i" "Because he has all along seen that she will have him in no other way. Moreover, he is a coarse-natured fellow; and so long as he knows her to be good, aoesn t care what others may say or think." My next move was to take Agnes out to her new home, where she was received with open arms. "May God reward vou!" she said- sinking into the chair offered her, too weak and helpless to do anything for nersen. Mrs. Marion took her bonnet and shawl, and tenderly smoothed back the hair from her throbbing forehead. " You poor child !" she said pityingly; " don t believe that all is lost There are few who go through life without meeting some sorrow like this. You .will come out all right. Never fear." ; Agnes lifted her heavy, incredulous eyes to the widow's face. "If it were anything else!" she mur mured, Bhiverinrfy. " But slanders against one's character they are always rememoereo. i "Not always to their harm, dear," the widow persisted. " I have known per sons who were thought more of, after it was Known that they had been belied. " I left the two women together. A man is a bungler on such occasions, un less he is a lover; and that I was not, tnougn x naa never been so near it as when I saw Agnes in trouble. Frank Jameson came to see me a day or two after ; loitered into my room. nodded, and seated himself by a window without saying a word. I knew that he liked Agnes, but I had not known that he was so hard hit. He looked very bad. I should have thought that he had gone . through fever. " nang it, man ! why Uon t you sav 1 1 . , - -i . - soineviing : ne saia, savagely, alter a few minutes. f " I've got nothing; good to say, except one item, which comes rather late," I answered. " Agnes has turned Vassar off for ever. She has refused him twice. He looked up with a brightening face. saying, " Then who can think any harm of her t But are you sure '" I told him of the first refusal. Since then, Vassar had followed her to the widow s, and made a desperate effort. He had first tried to frighten her, insist ing that she was ruined unless she mar ried him. That failing, he had begged aDjectiy, tnreatenea to Kill himself if she refused, and made a tremendous scene. She asked him to cm to all the oeonle he knew, and tell them that he was ready to swear that no harm could be said against her, and he said that was no use. Nobody would believe him. Itj was evident that he didn't mean to clear her in any way, unless she consented to marry him. " The scoundrelly coward !" burst out Jameson, rather awkwardly. ;. " And does she pity him now." " No ; for the, first time,: she has be gun to think that" he was an enemy all me time. . . - " Come with me," said Jameson, after a moment s thought, rising with his fine face full of determination, i " If Agnes will give me the right, I will make him do it if I have to thrash him from door tO dOOr. :;:v We went out, and took a cab at , the corner of,' the street in which Agnes was living. ; Scarcely had we taken half a dozen paces when . we found ourselves face to face with Vassar. He had evi dently been to see Acmes, and as evident ly was again baffled ; for his face was white, and fierce, and he scowled at us as if he .would have flown into our faces if he . had dared. He evidently knew our destination.' - " Shall I take him in hand now?" mut tered Frank Jameson, between his teeth, half stopping.- . "Come along, now,"r I whispered. " Time enough after you . have seen her." ,;;v-; ; ... " But I couldn't get ; him i to go. He stood there looking after Vassar, and seemed on the point of following him. " If he gets into the omnibus, I'll let him go this time," he said. , r We watched, as the omnibus came along the street. Vassar seemed to go toward it, but Without signaling it. The fact soon became evident that he did not see it at all ; he was dazed blinded by his feelin?8 walMnsr. as it were, in a frenzied dream ; : for,, ah ! in another moment he was j under the horses' feet, and then the omnibus Csro- ing down hul at the time) was over him I For a moment Jameson and I turned away, and stood looking in tiie opposite direction. To any one else we would have run instantly ; but the thought of what had been in our hearts toward him, and in his toward us, made us pause. "We ought to go," x saia, men, giuuc ing at the crowd that had gathered. I spare the reader the sight we saw. It was evidently all over with Vassar. "Do you know him?" asked a by stander of me, and when I said " Yea," gave me a letter, t" This dropped out or his pocket," he said, "and you must give it to his friends." I took it, and mechanically put it into my pocket. Then we left the group that were only too officious to help the senseless wretch, and went on our way. Agnes had been crying, we "knew, when we saw her ; but she received us with a sweet dignity that was more at tractive than her former vivacious manner. "We have seen Vassar out here," I began, hardly knowing how to tell her what had happened. Instantly her face flushed scarlet, and she lifted her head with an angry gesture I had never seen in her before. "Don't mention him to me, Mr. Arnold !" she exclaimed. "He has been here, acting more like an insane person than one in his right mind. He is insult ing. I told him never to address me again." " I don't think he ever will address you again," I said, seriously. She seemed startled. "What have you done?" she asked, quickly, turning to -Jameson. He told her all. She sat down, looking very pale. "May God forgive him!" she said, faintly. " He has wronged me bitterly, and now he can never do me justice." I left Jameson to console her, as he seemed willing to, and went out to walk up and down the little garden. As I walked, thinking pitifully of the poor wretch, who, if he still lived, would probably go soon to his account, I recol lected the letter that had been handed to me, and took it from my pocket. To my surprise, it was directed to the widow. I immediately went into the. house, and, finding Mrs. Marion in her kitchen, gave her the letter, and told her what had happened. She sank into a chair, al most fainting. "To think that even while he was being run over, I was wishing him ill J" she exclaimed. " He has just been here, and I ordered liini never to come again. But what can it be for me ?" She drew a sheet of paper from the unsealed envelope, stared at it, glanced at the end, and read it through, her face growing sterner every moment. Then, when she had read it, without a word, she handed it me. A glance was enough. I had seen those infamous anonymous letters, on the testimony of which Agnes Cahill's reputation had been blighted, and this was ane of the same sort, and worse than any of the others. The ob ject was to make the widow turn Agnes off. I tried not to curse Vassar as I read this undeniable proof of his infamy. But I recollected what I had just seen, and tossed the letter away without uttering a word. " I believe in hiding the faults of the dead, unless the honor of the living re quires that they should be exposed," Mrs. Marion said, sternly. " It is nec essary that Agnes should be righted." I agreed with her. "But we must tell Acmes and Mr. Jameson," she said, going toward the aoor or the sitting-room where mey were. When she opened the door, it became evident that We might just as well have put off our communication a little lonsrer. They were evidently a pair of lovers we walked in upon. But it was too late to retreat, and, besides, we were all too shocked lor any triihng. Agnes sat with her hand in Jameson's, and she did hot withdraw it when we entered. But she smiled faintly, and looked at us with her sweet, tearful eyes. We laid the case before them. Jame-. son agreed with the widow and myself; but Agnes objected. " That is, unless you insist," she said, timidly to Jameson. " For myself, I would willingly let him rest. You be lieve in me ! ' ' looking at him with a glance of grateful love. . As it happened, there was no need we should expose the slanderer, for he had already been found out. One who had suspected, had watched him, and seen him write the very letter that was picked up when he fell under the omnibus. There was a splendid funeral over the wretch; and, a month afterward, Agnes Cahill and Frank Jameson were married; and this day there isn't a lady more highly respected than Mrs. Agnes Jame son. It's a good thing to frighten evil speakers occasionally; and not one of then! but would expect a swift judgment if he or she should utter a light word about the woman whom Albert Vassar died for persecuting. t Chinese Books. Printing a book in China is done as follows: two pages are written by one trained to the business on a sheet of thin paper, divided into columns by black lines, and in the space between the two pages are written the title of the work and the number of chapter and page. When the sheet has been printed it is folded down through tins space, so as to bring the title, etc., partly on each page. The sheet, when ready , for printing, is pasted face downward on a smooth block of wood, made usually from the pear or plum tree. As soon as it is dry the paper is rubbed off with great care, leaving be hind an inverted impression of the char acters. Another workman now cuts away the blank spaces by means of a sharp graver, and the block, with the characters in high relief, passes to the printer, who performs his work by hand. The two points he has to be most careful about are to ink the characters equally with his brush, and to avoid tearing the paper wnen taxing the impression, f rom a good wooden block some 15,000 copies may be printed, and when the characters have been sharpened up a little, it is pos sible to obtain 8,000 or 10,000 more im pressions. Thk Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says; Speaker Blaine, who is one of the readiest and most brill iant wits in Washington society, and has the reputation of saying more brilliant things than any member of either house, raised a laugh at the expense of the nu merous candidates for the Speakership to-day. It happened by chance that wnva rmrliatiail nlwiif. Vii'm TTawsi - VVVsAW KCwWWAW WWVUsF t " al,ClI Cox, Fernando Wood, Randall, Clymer, and two or three others who are looked Blaine, and they began to rally him upon v. jii z. L- 11 t 11- xvepuuuoaa am tntf county, in Maine, who exclaimed one dftV. That Kr.tr T want him to rise immediately and stand S 1 1 , 1 . 1 up ui mo piace;. ana twenty -seven Doys Stood nt simnltariAonB.lv in Mftnrant. rurt. of the school-room. Now," added Mr. Blaine, "if I should ask who is to be the next Rnoalrnr. ft, looat. navan rf gentlemen would stand up at once." nun uuieiui pnwueuia ojl duo pany. lie repiiea: " uentiemen, 1 like a croos-eved schoolmaster tin in Political Meninrnln' THFV ab.11 a tt Cl i pounds of dried Confederacy." Amety Hon. John Morrisset, of New York has opened a club-house at Jacksonville; With A. J. t , . m p-jAAisrrf we can at- e n1 eara fM th y of v at vs. ixjx The new Indiana Senator, Hon. Jo seph E. McDonald, is a graduate of the shoemaker's bench. A. S. Paddock, the new Senator from l188' haS hved that State since , le 18 classed as a conservative Kepubhcan. In the contested election case of Ward against Harrison, in the Second Illinois (ngresmonal District, the contestant has withdrawn, the recount of the ballots having only served to increase Harrison's majority. , .. Washington letter-writer says: I here is no man working harder for the Speakership than Fernando Wood. He is constantly entertaining his Demo cratic friends, and carefully working them up for the coming situation. He is very confident of success, and, in con versation with a friend yesterday, said he was now sure of a two-thirds vote in the caucus upon the first ballot.". In the Senate, the other day, while the Louisiana question was under such live ly debate, Mr. Thurman spoke with his usual terse, energetic manner, and moved out his hand in a sudden jerk, which, striking the glass of water on his desk, threw its contents into the face of Sena tor Stevenson, sitting near by, who' laughed heartily over the occurrence, as well as the cooling off of Mr. Thurman's enthusiasm. Henry L. Dawes, the newly elected Massachusetts Senator, is a native of Cummington, in that State, where also were born William Cullen Bryant, the poet, and Luther Bradish, a former Lieutenant Governor of New York. Mr. Dawes is a relative of Hon. Tristam Burgess, a distinguished Congressman from Rhode Island, who was said to be the only man in Congress of whom John Randolph stood in fear. Andy Johnson has been elected United States Senator from Tennessee after a most bitter and exciting contest. WJien it was found that Johnson had secured sufficient votes in the Legislature, says a correspondent, "even before the Clerk announced the result of the ballot, a deafening Srell effectually put a stop for the present to all proceedings. Hats were thrown up, and handkerchiefs waved all over the floor and galleries, while shout after shout succeeded the first burst of applause. ; For fully two min utes it seemed pandemonium was let loose." The terms of twenty-five Senators ex pire on the 3d of March, and elections have been or are to be made for the. suc ceeding terms as follows : State. for the succeeding term. marcn s, iia. California Connecticut Delaware Florida. Indiana Maine Maryland ...... Massachusetts. Michigan.. ..... Uagrr ; . Buckingham. Bayard Newtok Both. W illiam W. Katon. Thomas Bayard. Gilbert ...... Pratt ,. Jonrph E. McDonald. Hamlin ...... Hannibal Hamlin. Hamilton.... Washburn .. . n m. jinckney H hyte. Henry L. Dawes. Isaac P. Christiancy. Chandler Minnesota. Mississippi Missouri .. Nebraska.. . Ramsey...... Pease L, Branch K. Brace, e. FrancU M. Cockrell. Algernon S. Paddock. William Sharon. Then. f. Randolph. - aJSCHUKZ ...U TrPTOH. . .... Stewart Nevada . ....... New Jersey.... New York Ohio Pennsylvania. . Rhode Island. . Tennessee Texas , Vermont ....... Virginia West Virginia. Wisconsin Stockton .... , Fkktow Thurrttan. . . , trann xernan. A lien G. Thurman. Scatt William A. Wallace. A. E. Burn aide. A ndrew Juhrutrti. Samuel B. Maxev. Sprague .... , Brownlow .1. . Flanagan ... Edmunda..., George F. Edmunds. Iewis. ...... ttouertjs. Witlicrt. Boreman .... Carpenter.. Republicans in roman ; Democrats in italic ; Inde Dendeiits in malltam. The Fight with the Notorious James Brothers. A reporter of the Times had an inter view to-day wjth Mrs. Samuels, mother of the James boys, and obtained a full statement of the tragedy enacted at her house yesterday morning. ; She eni- phaticallv denies that either Jmm nr Frank James or any of their comrades were at the house on the night of the x t rm -s -a m . irageay. xne grenaae-sneu which ex ploded and killed her little boy,v was seven lncnes in diameter, lhe house was fired in four different places by means of tubes like Roman candles, filled with cotton, saturated with tumentine. All the members of the family agree in Baying that neither of the James boys- A. 1 1 . 1 . . was present. jn tne otner nana tnere are unmistakable evidences of a severe fight, the fence being riddled with bul lets, and the ground covered in places with blood. It is well established that an extra train went . over the Hannibal and St. Joe railroad, stopping at Kear ney, on the night of the tragedy, and the train men say that eight men aboard had two prisoners. It was impossible to ascertain where the train went, but the supposition was that it had crone to Chi' cago. It was said at Kearney to-day that a wounded man was in the neighbor hood, and the Sheriff summoned a posse of twenty for duty to-night, it is sup posed, to capture him. Every one con demns the barbarous method used by the detectives, and the belief is gaining ground that it was a desperate and re vengeful vendetta of Pinkerton's men fcr the murder of one of his detectives last summer. Kansatt City Times, Jan. 28. Origin of the Coroner's Inquest. A gentlewoman in London, after bury ing six husbands, found a gentleman hardy enough to make her a wife once more. For several months their happi ness was mutual, a circumstance which seemed to pay no great compliment to the former partners of her bod, who, as she said, had disgusted her by their sot tishness and infidelity. In the view of knowing the real character of his amor ous mate, the gentleman began fre quently to absent himself, to . return at late hours, and when he did return to ap pear as if intoxicated. At first re proaches, but afterward menaces, were the consequences of this conduct. The gentleman persisted and seemed every day to become addicted to his bottle; one evening when she imagined him dead drunk, she undersewed a leaden weight from one of the sleeves of her gown, and, having melted" it, she ap proached her husband, who pretended still to be sound asleep, in order to put it into his ear through a pipe ; convinced of her wickedness the gentleman started up and seized her, when, having pro cured assistance, he secured her till the morning, and conducted her before a magistrate, who sent her to prison. The bodies of her six husbands were dug up, and, as marks of violence were discerni ble upon each of them, the proof of her guilt appeared so strong upon her trial, that she was condemned and executed. To this circumstance are we indebted for that useful regulation, by which no corpse can be interred without a legal inspection. I Senatob Jones is 41 to his young wife's 18. j BUSINE8S CARDS JOHN CONNER, 2SI JS'K'Zat AND Exchange Office, ALBANY, OREGON. Deposits received subject to check at sight. Interest allowed on time deposits in coin. Exchange on Portland, San Francisco and New York for sale at lowest rates. Collections made and promptly remitted. Refers to H. W. Corbstt, Henry Falling, W. S. Jjadd. Banking hours from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Albany, Feb. 1, 1874. 22v J. W. BALDWIN, Attorney and Counselor at Law, wiu practice in ail tne Uonrta in the Second, Third and Fourth Judicial Districts, in the Supreme Court of Oregon, and in the U. 8. District and Circuit Courts. . Office in Parrish brick np-stairt), in office occu pied by the late N. H. Cranor, First street, Albany, Oregon. tol36 D. B. RICE, M. D., SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN. Office, First-st ., Between Ferry and Washington. Besidence, Third street, two blocks below or east of Methodist Church, Albany, Oregon. rSnto J. C. POWELL. Ih FLYNN. POWELL & FLYNN, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, AND SOLICITOUS IN CHANCERY, Xj. Flinn, Notary Public), Albany, Oregon. Collec tions and conveyances promptly attended to. 1 Albany Book Store, JNO. FOSHAY, Dealer in Miscellaneous Books, School Books, Blank Books, stationery, Fancy Articles, Sc. Books imported to order at shortest possible no ice, von 30 DR. .GEO. W. GRAYr 33 E 1ST T I S T , Albany, Oregon. Office in Parrish Brick Block, corner First and Ferry streets. Besidence, corner Fifth snd Ferry streets. Office hours from 8 to 12 o'clock a. m. and 1 to S o'clock p. m. 18v6 Epizootics Distanced. THE BAY TEAM STILL LIVES, And is flourishing like a green bay tree. Thankful for past f avora, and wishing to merit the continu ance of the same, the BAY TEAM will always be ready, and easily found, t do any hauling within the city limits, for a reasonable compensation. t3f Delivery of goods a specialty. 20v5 A. N. ABNOLD, Proprietor. W. C. TWEE DALE, 'Dealer in ' Groceries, Provisions, Toliacco, Cigars, Cutlery, Crockery, and Wood and Willow Ware, Albany, Oregon. Ir" Call and see him. 3vS The Uletzler Chair ! Can be had at the following places: Hardsburg. Junction City BrownaTille. ...... Halsey Scio Albany . Sam May .Smith It Brasheld Kirk Hume J. M. Morgan .......J.J. Brown Graf fe Colar A full tnpply can also be obtained at my old Shop on First street, Albany, Oregon. ' - J. M. UETZLEB. "1. J. BOUGHTON, M:jTT GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE OF NEW YORK, and lata member of Bellevoe Hospital Medical Col, N-w York. Office In A. Carutbers fc Co.'s Drug Store, Al bany, Oregju. Piles !Piles! Why say this damaging and troublesome com plaint cannot be cured, when so many eridenoea of success might be plsced before yoa every day cures of supposed hopeless caseaT Your physician informs you that the longer you allow the complaint to exi't, you lessen your chancas for relief. Ex perience ha taught thte tn all A. Carotliers & Co.'s Pile Pills & Ointment Are a'l they are recommended to be. Will cure Chronic, Blind and Bleeding Piles in a very short time, and are convenient to vine. This prparation ia sent by mail or express to any point within tbe United Statos at 1.50 per package. Address A. CARO THRS & CO , 27 v5 Box 33. Alsbany, Oregon. JOHN SCHMEER, DEALER IN Groceries anil Provisions, ' ALBANY, OREGON, Baa Just opened bis new grocery establishment, on Corner of Ellsworth and First Streets, With s fresh stock of Groceries, Provisions, Candies, Cigars, Tobacco. &&, to which, he invites the atten tion of our citizens. In connection with the store be will keen s Bakery, and will slways have ou hand a full supply of fresh Bread, Crackers, &c. E3TCali and see me. ' : , JOHN SCHMEKR. Febrnsry 18 , i4v John Briggs, Dealer in Coot, Parlor anil Box Stoyes ! OF THE BEST PATTERNS. - . " AIjS O , ' Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware, And the usual assortment of Furnishing Goods to be obtained in a Tin Store. . , Repairs neatly and promptly executed on reason able terms. Snort Reckonings Make Long: Friends. Front Stbebt, Albany. Dee. 8, 187. 1 A. WHEEEIiEB. C. P. BOUQE. C. B. WHEELER. A. WHEELER & CO., SHEDD, OREGON, F0RWABB1M AHD . ' COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dealers in Merchandise and Prod ace. A (ood assortment of all kinds of Goods always la store at lowest market rates. Agent for sale of 'Wsgona, Grain Drills, Cider Mills, Churns, fco So. : . OHSH paid for WHEAT, OATB, PORK, BUT TER, E3a8, and POULTRY. The Old Stove Depot A. W. GAMBLE M. D. , , PHYSICIAN, SURCEPI. Etc Office on Firtt 8t, over WaxTt (Jrocery Store' Residence opposite lata resides of John C. Men denhall, near the Foundry, First street, Albany. October 22 1873. Vebfoo t r.la rketr tTJ1T.-I?Cl OTTT.fiirYW . ': Having leased the Webfoot Mark, on First street, adjoining Grsdwohl's, respectfully sake a share of -the public patronage. The market will be kept con stantly supplied with all kinds of fresh meats. CalK and see. - IW The highest cash price paid for Hides. OHABLKS WILSON. Albany, August 14, 187. GEO. R. HELM,. Attoniey aid Ccmseilor at Law,. ALBANY, OREGON, Wilt practice in all the Court of this State. Office in FoxS Brick Ballsing (up-etalrs). First -tiet. ov7 ALBANY , Fonnflrr ai HacMne Slop, A. F. CHERRY Proprietor, ALBANY, OREGON,- Manufactures Steam Engines,. Hour and Saw Mill Machinery, Wood-Worloiiii & AsricTiltiiral MacMnerr-, " And all kinds of Iron and Brass Castings. Particular attention paid to, repairing at kinds of maobinery. iTa A. CAROTHERS & C0. CKALXRS IN Drugs, Chemicals, Oils, Paints, Dyes, Class, Lamps, Etc AU the popular PATENT MEDICINES, FINE CUTLERY, CIGARS, TOBACCO. , NOTIONS, PERFUMERY, And TOILET GOODS. Particular care and promptness given pysiciaaav' prescriptions and family recipes. A. CAROTHERS k CO. Albany, Oregon.- v GrO TO THE BEE-HIVE STORE I -TO BUY Groceries, Provisions, Notions, &c.( itc.f 6tc.t. Cheap for Cash. I i - . Country Produce of All Kinds Bought: For Merchandise or Cash. This is tbs p'asa to get the Best Bargains Ever Offered in Albany.. Parties will always do well to sail and -e for them selves. H. W EED. First Street, Albany, Oregon. save MEXICAN Mustang Liniment Was first known in America. Its merits are now well known throughout the habitable world. It bas the oldest and best record i f any Liniment the world. From the millions upon millions of bottles sold not a single complaint has ever reached na. As a Healing and Pain-Subduing Liniment it bas no -equal. It ia alike - BENEFICIAL TO MAN AXD BEAST Sold by all Druggists. S.T.--I8 Y OLD Homestead Tonic Plantation Bitters Is a purely Vefretable Preparation, oomposed of CaMeaya Bark, Hoots. Herbs end Fruits, among which will be found SarsapartUtan, Dandelion, Wild. C.nrI7 B"fr"' Tansy, Gentian, Sweet Flair, etc. alaoTamarlnds, Dates, Prunes Snd Juniper Uerriea, weserred In a suffloisnt quantity (only) of the spirit of Suirsr Cane to keep in any climate. They Invari ably relieve and euie the following complaints pyspepsis, Jaundice, Liver Complaints, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Bilious Attacks, Fever and Ague, Summer Complaints, Sour Stomach, Palpita tion of tbs Heart, General Debility, etc. They are JT2"T ,Pt resnedy lor the diaeaaes to- won e n ill V,?!? nd " ootc toT the Aed, Feeble anabilstate.i, bavs no equal. They are strictly in tended as a Temperance Tonic or Bitters, to bo uaedasinedfauns nly, and always according to- Sou bt all FrBBT-Class Dbuooists BR00H FACTORY. Who manufactured the firs- good Broom every made ia Albany, baa returned trom California; and toesfsd permanently in this city, where be has aain eouuuanoed toe manufacture of all kinds of Brooms, Brushes, Wisps, Ac, at his factory on ' TIRST STREET, ai John Mstcler's old Maud, east of Magnolia Mills, where as Uavltes thosa wishing a ftrst-elsss broom to call ajid secure a of him. W. D. BELDINO. Albany, Oct. 16, 1874. - svl 00- .