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nunBimrniMTR OOLIi. VJe-J OliEYE. ALBANY, - - OBEGON. THE "WARS IS 6. Kigtit had nettled down OTer tb a dreary nea-oonstk wad oyer the throbbing, rest leas nem. The wind lifted itself with a swelling sound, and roved about a lonely looking flahenaaa's cottage that stood on the beach, ahaking the doors and win dows, erer and anen sinking into low noimom. Shapeless clouds drifted the dim, bine firmament. The moon shone at intervals ; bat its fitful light lent no charm to the dismal scene. There was only one other habitation in night ; and it was a large, old-fashioned yrmtarin, standing far back in the coun try, yet whose massive frame stood out "boldly against the steely blue. 'Those dwellings were the only visible , token that man had invaded this dreary waste ; for, aside from them, nothing met the eye save a sinuous, coroner road, great jagged cliffs, and strethes of bar ren land, broken here and there with -Hatches of saont, leafless trees. A light glowed in the latticed window of the fisherman's dwelling it looked cheerful. - Before a fire which burned on the hearth of the capacious fireplace within, a vouncr srirl sat, listening to the roaring, moaning anthem of the winds. It was a beautiful face that, at times, bent medi tatively toward the fire, or gazed out of the window. ! A pale, yet sweet face, with bright, carmine eyes, and an abun dance of soft, dark hair the face of a yoong girl scarce past her seventeenth year. - This was Lila Wynde, the only child of an old fisherman, who had dwelt in this cottage on the beach as . far back as she could remember. There was some thing remarkable about the young girl. Looking at her, one would probably call her lovely; but add, weak and timid. She was weak, truly, as far as physical strength is concerned ; but beneath her timidity lurked a firmness of purpose which waited only the proper moment to bring it into life and action. There were two doors leading from the room in which she sat one to a sort of closet used as a receptacle for books and various miscellaneous articles ; the other into a larger room, which was occupied now by her father and a man in whose hand she had intrusted her happiness. Carl Connor was a sailor a hrm, true friend of old Casper Wynde ; and al though Xal felt only an ordinary regard for him, she had, when he asked her to be his wife, obeyed the often-expressed desire of her father, and accepted him. More than once dark whispers regarding Carl's early life came to her, for she had known him but a short time ; but these she refused' to believe or, at least? affected incredulity. They had been engaged at the time we write upward of a year. If they had "been married then, the current of her life might have flowed on as smoothly and evenly as ever, without even a ripple marring its placidity. But destiny had decreed it otherwise. "We will not enter into details as to the manner in which Khoderick Orvis became acquainted with Ella Wynde. Suffice it to say, he resided, with his sis ter Alice, a beautiful girl about Lilas' age, in the capacious mansion on the hill. They lived in almost rigid seclusion; j but Lola, somehow, became a welcome guest beneath their roof; and in this way an intimacy sprang up between her and the young man which daily ripened into deeper feelings ay, into deep, pure, enduring love But Khoderick hesitated to breathe Ids passion; and Lola did not know how deep her feelings were enlisted in his favor, until Can, who had kept a strict surveillance on their actions, broke forth in a storm of passionate jealousy. 1 Then Xiila knew she loved Khoderick Orvis, although her faith was plighted to an other. -. - ' Her position was pitiable. To appeal to Carl s better nature to tell him that maraagfHvows to him were lies to kill her soul to ask him to release her was, aha. intuitively felt, futile.'1 Instead, ..... therefore, of denying his accusation, - she burst into a wild fit of weeping, which fully confirmed his suspicions, -while it added fuel to the flames of jeal ousy smoldering in his heart. His was a nature at once crafty, evil and cunning. So he pretended contrition, asked par don for doubting her love, professing to "believe it was wholly his, and changed the conversation. His plans were already laid. What they were remains to be seen. All this, and more, passed through Lila "Wynde's mind as she sat there, and bad grown weary of listening to the claaaor of the winds. The fire died out; the old-fashioned clock in the cor ner struck twelve. Lola rose, walked to the window, and pushed aside the curtain.- The sea shone like molten silver in the dun moonlight, girdled by the weird-looking beach, which - stretched away into the shadow of nightp along which , the incoming tide was breaking with no little tumult. - Lila smiled ; she was thinking of Bhoderick Orvis. Then a cloud passed over her face as some un pleasant .thought came into her mind, and i dropping the curtain, she turned away hastily. A. bright fire burned in the other room, where her father and Carl sat; but now there was a lull in their conversation, : and - the silence of death reigned everywhere. :. It: must nave been instinct that t prompted Idla to walk to the closet, take a book,, matches, and a small lamp from - shelf soar tbe door; as she came out, a few words Cat! addressed her father fell 'tcpon her ears and transfixed her to the spot. . fihe listened breathlessly. : ' ;' i :. v; MX "rteH you he has the money will bring it from the town to-night," Carl amid oageriy. A thousand pounds are not to be picked up every day." " No, her father answered; there was a strange hesitation in his voice, she Csonghfc i ..-.,'.'.. And we must have it." w J , "He may make a desperate resistance. Are we prepared for it! For answer, Carl drew out a revolver, and laid it on the table beside him; his eye flashed defiantly, and his face was aglow with very wickedness. f "No, nof W that !' the old fisher . man said, hoarsely.;;., "And wby not V Carl reponded, sav agely, why not, when the money will enable ua to live like men t This is my plan : we will get the money we must not let a life stand in the way. , Once in our posnession, we will fly the country, "lila and alii It will be too hot to hold ' tis," be added, with a bitter, reckless, Twrring laugh. Her father made some reply which S-'ISla failed to overhear; but she caught these -iwOJpd'' "after v the' lapse "of -some' minutes i "in fc&2f an hour.1-''Twill .be ". :' sfi tuLSaSghk fibem. and the dark, lonely "-'ten is jict tha r-Iaoa. No prying , eyes -' iben."-f ..-' '-v . AUlldalila beard distinctly heard aa one hears in a dream. Long before tliey oessed speaking, the truth dawned upon her. The man whom they proposed to rob, and, perhaps, murder, was Rhod erick Orvis.' He had latelv nnrcliased a tract of land adjoining fiia own, and the money was to pay the person from whom he bought it. It was an awful moment for the young girl ! " For an . instant she seemed about to lose her senses ; the next she grew calm, and her. heart rose up proud, defiant and courageous. She would save him t But she must act quickly ; not a min ute was to be lost. Carl and her father were making ready to start To snatch a heavy cloak from the opposite walL wrap it about her shoulders, and move swiftly across the room to the door, was for Lala the work of scarcely more than a second. She unfastened the door, closed it noise lessly, and found herself in the little yard outside. It was some distance from the house to the glen ; but the journey was one of rapid execution. And hardly had she gained the top of the narrow gorge, when the Bound of -wheels coming swiftly over the rough road fell upon her ears, and presently a phaeton containing Khoderick and Alice Orvis came in sight. With a fervent prayer on her white lips, the young girl glided forward as they drew near the spot where she, was tremblingly stationed, and the phaeton halted when the occupants observed the dark-robed figure standing in the center of the road, effectually barring further progress. Lala addressed them at once. " Back, back I" she cried, in sharp, exciting tones. If you value your lives, turn back ! Death lurks in the path you are pursuing 1" 3 A thrill of superstitious awe ran through her listeners. Alice uttered a cry of mingled terror and alarm ; but Rhoderick rose up, saving, as he did so, "Who are you?" " A friend ! Do as I bid you, and all will be well," was answered. " Remem ber, you are warned !" floated back to them on the still night air. And Lila was gone. There was no mistaking the sincerity of her words. Khoderick felt this, and, acting upon the impulse of the moment, and the wild entreaties of his sister, he sprang from the vehicle, assisted her to alight, and securing the horse to a tree, turned into a path that led across the fields to their house. It was his intention to return as soon he had conducted his sister home, take charge of the horse, and, if possible, learn more respecting the night's advent ure. Neither recognized the person who gave them the timely warning; and Khoderick had not the faintest idea that it was gentle Liila Wynde who had saved his life. 1 Their retreating footsteps had not died away before old Casper Wynde entered the glen, and glancing about him at every step, as though he feared their prey had escaped. What his conjectures were on finding the horse and vehicle there, we cannot say; but a glimmering of the truth must have come to him there; for, after a moment's hesitation, he sprang into the chaise, seized ; the reins, and drove rapidly down the glen to the spot where Carl was lying in con cealment. At the bottom of the vehicle was a large fur cloak, which Khoderick had worn and forgotten in his hasty de parture; and almost unconsciously the old man drew this about his shoulders. Attired thus, a casual observer would .ve easily mistaken him for Khoderick is. Their height was almost similar, and their figures were certainly much the same. ; i . By this time he had gained the glen and passed on. A moment after the report of a pistol rang out, and a bullet whistled along the beach. That shot was a fatal one. I ila, hurrying breathlessly homeward, heard it and shuddered. She had meant to avoid the spot where she guessed 'her father and Carl laid in wait for their vic tim; but now, impelled by a stronger cu riosity than she could resist, she ran thither It was an open space at the end of the glen, covered almost with huge bowlders, around which the road ran like a great white serpent; and when she reached the place, a strange sight met her eyes. Carl Connor was standing beside the prostrate form of her father; far down the road she saw a horse and phaeton go ing at a fearful speed, certes running away. Lila grew pale as the dead. She took a" step nearer Carl, and this was but to confirm the fear that suddenly smote her her father was dead 1 Yes, dead ! and the moonlight streaming about him showed a fatal wound in his breast, from which the blood was oozing in a crimson stream. - When she saw Khoderick's cloak lying near him even then she recognized it her mind grasped the truth. Carl had mistaken her father for Khoderick Orvis, and shot him dead. And it was so the old fisherman rode straight to his doom. Slowly the horrified girl turned to CarL His face looked, in the weirdly glimmering moonlight, the color of death itself; a tremor shook him from head to foot; he seemed paralyzed with horror. He moved toward her; but she waved him off. , . , s " Go !" she said slowly, solemnly, sternly. "Go, and never let me look upon your face again. Go, and may the orphan's curse forever follow you V , Without a word, without daring to cast a glance at the rigid form of his mis erable victim, the guilty, terrified vil lain slunk away, never to return. Then Idla Wynde's senses reeled, and, pale and ghastly, she sank to the earth beside the dead body of her father. ' And thus Khoderick Orvis found her a few moments later. It was a year before Lila recovered from the effect of the dreadful shock she received that night, or ceased to think of her father's terrible fate. And when she became Khoderick's wife, even the limit less love he lavished upon her did not suffice to banish it entirely from her mind. . Wood Seasoned With Salt. It has been found by long experience that immersion in' salt water while wood is seasoning prevents or retards its de cay. In Holland, where : active ship building has been carried on for centu ries, this fact is universally admitted and utilized. . Other maritime nations have also known and taken advantage Of it. It is found, too, that piles sunk hi salt water last for an unlimited time. Ex ternal causes of decay may be neutral ized by painting the wood, but against the internal dry rot this is ineffective. In order to prevent dry rot, wood mus be subjected to treatment when season ing, and salt seems to be the most avail able of the simple and cheap antidotes.. Even after dry rot has commenced in timber, immersion in salt water checks the decay and preserves the remainder of the wood. It is said that in the salt mines of Hungary and Poland the gait leries are supported by wooden pillars, which . last . unimpaired for ages from being impregnated with salt. Avkragtmo Capt. Jack and his meanest warrior, it cost Uncle Sam $30,000 for every Modoc slain. , ,; , f.. THE ORIGIN OF MAN. ! ;?' After Darwin. A CHAPTER I. ' ' Twas a lovely summer morning in the year 9001 before Christ. The woods of Senegambia were clothed in the fairest costume ; the lovely birds were chirping and singing their morning lays ; the sky was one vast sheet of blue. Everything, in short, was full of sweetness and light, except the lovely Lady Adeliza de Chim panzee. She was in the dumps. Mood ily she rubbed her shoulder against a huge palm tree, and while performing that act heaved a vast sigh. ; Just at that moment her mamma dropped from the tree aoove ner. "My daughter, said the Duchess de Chimpanzee, "why that sigh?" " Ah, mamma, look at me," said Lady Adeliza. "See how different I am from the rest of our tribe. See how white I am becoming." "My daughter," said the Duchess, languidly, as she seated herself on a convenient bowlder, 44 You should be proud of the difference. We are a high er race." ' 44 1 don't know, mamma. See what little caudal appendages we have ; all tlie other folks can hang from trees by their tails, but we are compelled to sit on the limbs." 4 4 We are advancing, my dear. You are whiter than I am ; you can talk in your youth ; I could not till middle age ; your grandmother, as you know, can only grunt it. You are moving to a higher sphere." 44 Well, mamma, none of our folks will marry me," said Lady Adeliza, pouting. "No, my child ; it has been decreed that there should be a selection of the fittest in marriage, you to the Prince who is even whiter wife." We have offered d'Orang Outang, tnan you are, as a "Oh, mamma," gushed the Lady Adeliza, 44 that's splendid. Will he come soon?" "Restrain yourself. People of high blood and short caudal appendages never get excited. He will be here in a short time." Lady Adeliza went away to look for cocoanuts ; the JJucUess sat on the rock, and reflectively -scratched her head. chapter n. The Duke de Chimpanzee -w as chief of a very large tribe. If he had been in the show business he would have made his everlasting fortune. He had but one child, the Lady Adeliza, and, as she would inherit the live stock over which he ruled, many of the neighboring chiefs desired to marry her. Her parents, how ever, resolved that she should be, if pos sible, the fountain head of the new race to which all their traditions taught them they were working up. They determined that she should ved the Prmce d'Orang Outang. The Duke proposed the matter to the Prince. 44 Aw !" said the Prince, as he adjusted his eye-glass, 44 Is it nice?" j 44 She is very beautiful," i replied the JJufce. 44 Aw !" said the Prince, 44 give it aw much stamps ?" 44 1 shall give her all Ethiopia, "replied the .Duke. " I will aw step down, and aw look at it," murmured the Prince, care- lesslessly. 44 By surprise, you know. This was agreed upon, and the Duke departed. The Prince knew his worth ; he was quite white, and he was not troubled with the slightest particle of caudal ap pendage, but Ethiopia was a big prize and he resolved to win it. One week after the Duke had of fered his daughter, the Prince started for Senegambia with the intention of looking t the fair face of Lady Ade liza. chapter nr. The Prince was wander ! through the woods of Senegambia, gayly humming I'd be a butterfly 1 Born In a bower, when his eyes fell upon a lovely chim panzee, sitting in a shallow brook, suck ing a cocoanut. She was the loveliest creature he had ever seen. His heart was touched at once. He raised his eve glass and stared at her until his eyes fell in modest confusion. 44 Fair chimpanzee," said he, 44 will you not aw -tell me j your aw name r . , 44 Adeliza," whispered she, The Duchess de Chimpanzee, who had witnessed the meeting from behind clump of bushes, chuckled, and slid off on her left ear. 44 Adeliza," sighed the Prince, 44 thou art aw beautiful ! Wilt thou aw marrv me ? " The Lady Adeliza threw the remains of her cocoanut at the head of a Chim panzee who was loafing in a neighboring tree, fell into the arms of the Prmce, and gently murmured, 44 1 am all thine. They were married in great splendor, The Right Rev. Bishop Baboon, assisted by the Rev. Simiadar Ape, performed the ceremony. ' The choir sang that lovely anthem, 44 Monkey married the baboon's sister." Lady Adeliza and her- parents rubbed noses, and then the bride started on her tour on an elephant with one trunk. , CHAPTER IV. The seasons changed ; summer lapsed into autumn, autumn into winter, and winter into spring. Then there was great rejoicing, for the Lady Adeliza gave the Prince an heir, j The child, Y Awovof -umta an anAmalv in 'f-Viov- wornnn it had no tail, it had flat ; feet, it had a white skin, it had no hair on its body, All the wise men examined , it. It was not an orang-outang, it wag not a chitn panzee ; evidently it was a hew species. Alien a lamiiy conclave was called, 4 4 What shall we call it ? "- asked every body. ' - The Duchess de Chimpanzee, who was languidly making mud pies, said : 1 Let's call it Man. A Prima Donna's Throat. Mme. Pauline Lucca recently submit ted her larynx to examination by the laryngosoopist, Dr. Friederich Fieber, who has sent an account of the examina tion for publication to the New .Free I'ress. Dr. Fieber is of opinion that the natural conformation of the mouth accounts in a large measure for the won derful manner Mme. Lucca possesses of raising and dropping her voice alter nately. The sound waves are naturally strengthened in so favorably shaped a space. Moreover, the muscles of her palate appear to have acquired enviable strength and pliability by long practice. The larynx is strong and well shaped ; its several parts are marvelouslv devel oped and perfect. The true strings are pure snow white, and possess none of that bluish tinge which is common among women. They are shorter, too, than Dr. Fieber has otherwise observed among vo calists, but they are stronger in propor tion, and amply provided with muscle. WhOe at rest they are partially screened by the false strings ; as soon as a tone is struck, however, they display themselves in their full breadth and strength. A good - bit of the . windpipe is visible through the glottis, showings the sings plainly through the pale red membrane. The Penalty of Catching Colds. tit- - n miestion the necessity Of the greater part of the iltoeas that arises from colds. ZP have colds at all7 Unlike many other diseases, it is well understood how they arise ; all the conditions and causes that produce colds are continually pointed . . , - . di-o unW mo fl- OUt Dy pnyTiciauB , j ured and recognized, and ran as; easily be guarded against. All that is required is due forethougnt a"" wwu-wu re thought and caution that extend to the condition of the atmosphere in the house, the kind of heat used for warming the rooms, the prevalence of draughts, the clothing worn at home and abroad, the precautions against sudden changes of weather, the maintenance of warm and dry feet, the protection of the lungs and other delicate or susceptible parts of the bodv : all of which are essentially con trollable things with every one possessing the ordinary faculties, ana enaowea witn the average share of good sense. If it were a penal offense to take cold ; if a cough arising from thoughtless exposure were punished by a week's imprisonment ; if getting sick because of mere incapacity to measure conditions and arrange pre cautions were always followed by a legal penalty and a loss of respectability catching cold would soon be among the "lost arta." There is no use of 'having judgment if we do not exercise; it; no use of brains if wo cannot employ fore thought in so simple a thing as this. In nine colds out of ten the victim has been too stupid to take advantage of j former experience, too torpid to understand the nature or necessity of preventive meas ures, and too dull to detect the palpable circumstances out of which the eold has come. A child learns not to fall down stairs after two or three experiences of the kind: not to burn his fingers in the grate after once testing the quality of hot coals and hot iron ; but adults go on getting colds from causes that repeat former blunders with a perversity that is simply amazing. Applcton a Journal. The Strangest of Duels. ! Perhaps the most remarkable duel ever fought took place in 1SUJ. it was pecu liarly Frenah in its tone, and could hardly have occurred under any other than a French state of society. , M. le Grandpre and M. le Pique had ; a quar rel, arising out of jealousy concerning a lady. They agreed to fight a duel to settle their respective claims ; and, in order that the heat of angry 'passion should not interfere with the polished elegance of the proceeding, they post poned the duel for a month, the lady agreeing to bestow her hand on the sur vivor of the two, if the other was killed ; at all events, this was inferred by the two men, if not actually expressed. The du elists were to fight in the air. Two bal loons were constructed exactly alike. On the day denoted Le Grandpre and his second entered the car of one balloon, Le Pique and his second that of the other ; it was in the garden j of the Tuileries, amid an immense concord of spectators. The gentlemen were to fire, not at each other, but at each other's balloon, in order to bring them down by the escape of gas ; and, as pistols might hardly have served this purpose, each aeronaut took a blunderbuss in his car. At the given signal the ropes that retained the cars were cut, and the balloons ascended. The wind was moderate, and kept the balloons at about their original distance of eighty yards apart. When half a mile above the surface of the earth, a pre concerted signal for firing was given. M. le Pique fired, but missed. M.loGrand- fre fired, and sent a ball through Le "ique's balloon. The balloon collapsed, the car descended with frightful rapidity, and Le Pique and his second were dashed to pieces. Le Grandpre continued his ascent triumphantly, and tenninated his aerial voyage successfully. ; v j A Knock-Down Argument In ithe St. Louis City Council, j , Republican's Report of Council Proceedings.) J- Mr. Bogera : Tom, yon know this ia a piece of malice on your part. That friend of yours is drunken sot. , Morris : He is no such thing, and any state ment to that effect is a lie. Sogers ; Do you mean to intimate, then, that I am liar? i Morris : If you make that statement, I cer tainly do. Bogera : What I want to say, then, ia this : Ton axe a dirty , j Mr, Morris' reply caught Mri Rogers right on the mouth, and he 44 swapped ends," so to speak, going backward over a chair and falling into a heap with a crash. i The member who was explaining his views thought somebody was making a point of order, and suspended operations in time to allow Mr. Morris to be heard. 44 Call me a again, will yeu t" as he stood over the gentleman who had the floor, with evident intention of thump ing again. . There was considerable commotion, and several members came to. the rescue. Mr. ' Rogers was set up again and Mr. Morris was set down. 1 Mr. Turner characterized the action of the . two members as disgraceful, and moved that they be severely censured by the Chair. ; j , The motion carried, and the legislators were brought before the bar of the house by the Sergeant-at-Arms, both coming up smiling, and Mr. Rogers with his month bleeding. -' An Explosive Fish. A machine has at length been con structed which will travel at a speed of nine knots an hour for 300 yards, and at a lower speed for no less a distance than a mile. It will maintain- any direction impressed upon it, and it can be launched either from a boat or an iron-clad, by night or by day. In short, it is a kind of explosive fish, which, in obedience to its masters, will swim for a mile toward any wd v w sai j at which it may be directed, and will strike a dangerous, if not a fatal, blow.' ; If ships at a distance of a mile can lie struck with certainty by a me chanical fish discharged from a harbor, no anchorage will be safe, and, when two fleets approach one another, each will have to encounter innumerable foes. Every sea and harbor will practically be a mine of torpedoes, and any Vessel of light construction must be hopelessly doomed. , - f Cm of thb Ear. The Scientific American thinks that the ear is quite as liable to injury from drafts of air as from cold water. The modern style of cutting hair in men, and of arranging the hair of women,1 is much to- be deprecated ; be cause it was intended by nature that the hair should fall over the ear, find form thus a protection to it But as "we cannot throw down so great a goddes as fashion, we must use care and artificial means for the preservation of this delicate organ. If sitting in a draft is unavoidable, the handkerchief should be applied to the ear exposed, : or a pledget of cottoa in serted wititia: it. , The ordinary manner of washing the face does no harm to the ear, : because the canal leading to the drum of the ear is partially occluded by wax, land water does not penetrate far ; but all syahing of the ear, whether with arjr cloth or Bat moistened with hot or cold water or other fluid, is by no means BO , be advUtnd: tut. it mxmn,xim : 1a nor the necessary safeguard to the internal T CAN SUCH THINGS BE! A Revolting; Story from the land of Wooden aatmegi. , A horrible storv of death comes from Lyme, Connecticut, lnere is evidently a fine field for mis sionary civilization there, if half of this msgusting recital is true: "It has already been stated that by the burning of a house in this town, a few nights since, two of the seven children of the owner one Daniels who had to flee for their lives, were frozen to death. But the most horrible part of the story has just come to light, Daniels had for bid den his children, who had suffered in his absence for the necessities of life, to make their condition known . to the neighbors, and so deeply were they in fear of his threats tha they dared not seek refuge in the house of a neighbor ; but when the house was burned, huddled in a clump of cedar bushes. None of the neighbors knew of the fire till morning, and when they went : to the scene they found the body of one girl, 13 years of age, frozen stiff to the ice. Her chemise, her only garment, had been torn off by the younger ones "to keep themselves warm. All that remained of the garment on her person was the yoke, and part of this, with portions of the skin and flesh, remained on the ice when the body was removed. - Another child was so "badly frozen that it has since died. 44 A still more terrible oart remains to be told. A daughter of Daniels, 17 years old, was one of the party saved, and, with her was found clasped to her bosom, her babe 12 months old. The father of this babe, it is asserted by the town authori ties of Lyme, is her own father. Daniels has fled for parts unknown." The Drought lu New England. For six months the people of the Eastern States have been complaining of want of rain. Mills have been com pelled to shorten working hours, farmers have been put to much extra labor to ob tain water for their stock, and in many towns water has been sold by the barrel. One farmer in New Hampshire, it is said, has 500 barrels of cider, but no water; and in another town a farmer's house took fire and the flames were extinguish ed by throwincr cider upon them, water not being obtainable. The Boston Herald is inclined to blame the people for this lack. It says: 44 In the last cen tury New England was pretty well covered with trees, and the rain that fell soaked into the ground, ran slowly aowr the valleys and finally reached the ocean Now the land is stripped of trees; the hills, and mountain regions, even, where the sources of our rivers are, have been bared to the scorching rays of the sun. and nearly two-thirds of all the rain that falls evaporates before it reaches the sea board. This has dried up the streams into brooks, the brooks into mere rivulets, with dusty bottoms, for months. This has ruined manv of our . trout brooks. This, too, by causing the sud den departure of the snows in spring, causes many destructive freshets. In the thick Maine woods the sradual melting of the snow lasts for-weeks and keeps the rivers at a high pitch, while the streams whose head waters flow from a country stripped of trees rise and fall with the suddenness of mountain brooks after a shower. The reckless improvi dence, due to cupidity and carelessness, which has made so much of our territory a hideous expanse or ragged, rocky, worthless fields, is the cause of our droughts. Improvidence must "bear the blame, not Providence. Subsisting on Potatoes, Salt, and Tea. A correspondent of the TJtica Observer writes from Kemsen, Oneida county, to the following effect concerning the hab its of life persisted in by a citizen of that place, witnout a day s deviation, for f period of about sixty years : 44 The. in dividual referred to is a maiden lady, between seven tv and eichtv vears old. and a resident adjacent to this village from ner early childhood. There are differing theories, and probably for the season that but few, if any, survive who knew her as a child, accounting for her truly remarkably abstemiousness. Be that as it may, she has, during the whole time indicated, partaken of no food or nourishment save roasted potatoes, salt, and .tea, while all the time in the enjoy ment of sound health. Her long life has been one of activity, industry and use fulness. She is a lady of culture and refinement, and possessing abundant means, and is benevolent, discreet, and liberal in her charities ; and though, ow ing to the weight of years, she is not erect in form, with the exception of recent injury resulting from a fail, is now as hale and hearty as is usual to one of her years. The Way Pawnbrokers Flourish. . Few of our readers are probably aware of tlie immense extent to which the poor in this city make use of loans from the pawnbrokers' shops. There are in New York and Brooklyn some 400 of these, and in Jersey City and Hoboken 60. They advance to the poor during each year some $4,000,000. These loans are usually for thirty days, and the rate of interest is from 8 to 10 per cent, per month. The article pledged for the loan is usually three times the value of the sum lent, and is very often never re deemed, owing to the distress or poverty of the person tiorrowing. If the interest is from 8 to 10 per cent, per month, it will be seen that the pawnbrokers make some 100 per cent, on their loans, or about 54,000,000 annually from the poor and it is not improbable that they get as much more from the sale of articles spawned. New York 2'imcs. The By-Laws of Journalism. 1. Be brief. This is the age of tele graphs and stenography. 2. Be pointed. Don't write all around a subject without hitting it, 3. State facts, but don't stop to moral ize. It's a drowsy ' subject. Let the reader do his own dreaming. 4. Eschew preface. Jrlunge at once into your subject, like a swimmer into cold water. 5. If you have written a sentence that you think particularly fine, draw your pen through it. A pet child is always the worst in the xamiiy. 6. Condense. Alake sure that you really have an idea, and then record it in the shortest possible terms. We want thoughts in their quintessence. 7. When your article is completed, strike out nne-tenths of the adjectives. Dam Kick a Ban roth, In the Uni ted States District "'ourt at Pittsburgh. last week, Dan Rice, the well-known clown, filed a voluntary petition in bank ruptcy, lie gave a list vi creuitors, with liabilities ranging from $$5 to $20, rmn makina a. j-ilfll nf aK-vnfc Sinn (Wl Dan placed his assets at $75, which cov ers a suit of oiouung, exempt under the law Hi'ivi is a. resident of Oirartl. Pa. . and is evidently preparing for the next summer campaign. It is said that during the recent preva lence of the small-pox at Burlington. Vt., nine persons out of twelve who were vaccinated have died, though the virus seemed to work well m every case. BUSINESS CARDS JOHN CONNER. Sauls Ems Exchange Office, ALBANY, OREGON. Deposits receded subject tocheck at siRht. lnteJH U? J? "T ffiranS and Nw jjkViiasiifev vu " Yorkor sale at lowest rat-. Collections maae ami pruuv-- w a n.M i ii ij iwWl Henrv Failing, ' neicn w , - w i P. Bt u king hours from a a. m. w p. Albany, Feb. 1, 1874. i .T W BALDWIN. . . '. . iM.alni1 ait LaWi of Oregon, and in tne U. S. District and Circuit oS in Parrixh brick (up-etiir.), inofficeocco ged by toe late N. H. Crfnor, First street, Albany, D. B. RICE, M. D., SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN. Office, First-gt., Between Ferry and Washington, rt-iArJ Third street, two blocks below or east of Methodist Church, Albany, Oregon. 5n0 3. O. POWELL. L. JTiiXfln. POWELL & FLYNN, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, ANP SOLICITOE8 IN CHANOEBi, r fiin itfnMM pH(M AlhAnv. Oreron. Collec tions and' conveyances promptly attended to. 1 Albany Book Store. j JNO. FOSHAY, Dealer in , Miscellaneous Books, School Books, Blank Books. Stationery, n ancy Articles, ec. Books imported to order at shortest possible no- ice. DR. GEO. W. GRAY, DEN T I ST, - Albany, Oregon. ' Offine in Parriflh Brick Block, corner First and Ferry streets. rtesuience, corner j? inu uu ri , j Office hours from 8 to 12 o'clock a. m. and 1 to 5 O'CIOCK p. m. .cj.w Epizootics Distanced. THE BAY TEAM STILL LIVES, And ia flonrishinar like a irreen bay tree. Thankful for past favors, and wishing to merit the continu ance of the same, the BAY TEAM will alwaya be ready, and easily found, to do any hauling within tne city limits, xor a reaaonaDie compensation. tr Delivery of gooaa a specialty. 20v5 A. N. ARNOLD. Proprietor. W. C. TWEEDALE, Dealer in Groceries, ProYisions, Tobacco, Cigars, Cutlery, Crockery, and Wood and Willow War, " j , Albany, Obegon. t-Call and see him. 24v5 The! Fwletzler Chair! Can be had at the following places : Harrisbnrg Sam May Junction Citv Smith & Brasneld Brownsville Kirk k Home Hslsev i. M. Morgan Scio , 1.3, Brown Albany.... Graf a: Collar A fnll snpply can also be obtained at my old shop on first street, Ainany, Oregon. j. on. Mar. i rf.i ,r.n. H. J. BOUGHTON, M. D., GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE OF NEW YORK, . and late member of Bellevae Hospital Medical College, New York. , Office in A. Carothera a; Co.'s Drag Store, Al bany, Oregon. Piles! Piles! r- " Why aay this damaging and troublesome com plaint cannot be cured, when so many evidence, of access mignt oe piacea nerore yon .very aay cures of suuposed hopeless cases t Yonr physician informs you that the longer you allow the complaint to exit, yon lessen your chance, for relief. J&c- ptrienee ha taught tht in all cose. A. Carotliers & Co.'s Pile Pills & Ointment Are all they are recommended to be. Will cure Chronic, Blind and Bleeding Piles in a very short time, aud are convenient to vse. This preps ration ia sent by mail or express to any point within the unltea states at si.au per package. Adores. A. uajku mtBa at uo , 27v box aa. Aianany. Oregon. JOHN SCHMEER, DEALER IN Groceries aM Provisions, ' j ALBANY, OREGON, Has just opened his new grocery establishment, on Corner of Ellsworth and First Streets, With a fresh stock of Groceries. Provisions. Candies. Cigars, Tobacco, ko., to which h. invites the atten tion of our citizens. In connection with the store be will keep a Bakery, and will alwaya have ou hand a full supply of fxeah isrnui, cracKere, sc. iP CaU and see me. JOHN FCHMEER. February 18 34v4 TheOld Stove Depot John Briggs, Dealer in - - -" CooiParlor ani Bqi Stoves ! OF THE II EST PATTERNS. ALSO, ' 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. Short Reckoning Make Long Friends. Fkont Street, AiiBaxy. Dec. 6,187. 1 A. WHEEELER. C. P. ROUGE. C . WHEELER. , A. WHEELER & CO., i SHEDD, OREGON, . FORWAROTS AUD 'COMMISSION .MERCHANTS. . Dealera In Merchandise and Produce. A good assortment of all kinds of Goods alwaya in store at lowest market rate. Agents for sale of Wagons, Grain Drills, Cider If ills, Churns, ho., Ac C48H paid for WHEAT, OATS, PORK, BUT TEB, EGGS, and POULTRY A. W. GAMBLE. M. D., PHYSICIAN SURGEON. Etc Office on First St., over Weed's Grocery Store- Raaieime mmnaltan lata m ih2omndry. riTt,t '". Albany. 7ebfoo t M arketr flHATtT7F. wrr.arkni Having leased the Webfoot Market, on First street adjoining Orsdwohl's, respectfally aeks a abars of" - - r -- . wiu oe sept, oon atanUy supplied with aU kinds ot fresh meats. Call. CW The highest cash price paid for Hides. ... . CHARLES W1LSOX. Albany, August 14, 1874. GEO. R. HELM, Attorney and Comisellor at Law, , ALBANY, OREGON, Will practice in all the Courts of this State. innce in r ox s uric nuuaing (up-stairs). First street. Y7 ALBANY Forty lilacM Shop, A. F. CHERRY, Proprietor, ALBANY, OREGON, Manufactures Steam Engines Hour and Saw Mill Machinery, ooi-VorMn2 & Agricultural Macliiasrys And all kinds of Iron and Brass Castings. Particular attention paid to repairing all kinds of machinery. 4U3 A. CAROTHERS & CO.. DEALERS IS Drugs, Chemicals, Oils, Paints, Dyes, Class, Lamps, Etc. All the popular PATENT MEDICTNES, FINE CUTLERY, CIGARS, TOBACCO. NOTIONS, PERFUMERY, And TOILET GOODS- Particular care and promptness given physicians prescriptions and family recipe. A. CAROTHERS CO. Albany, Oregon. 4v5 GO TO THE RFF-llllfF STORE f afklaa III I la VIVIIb H to bt;t- Croceries, Provisions, Notions, &c, fitc, &c. Cheap o for Cash. Country Miice of All Ms Bought For Merchandise or Cash. This is the p'ace to get the Best Bargains Erer Offered In Albany. Parties will always do wen to call and se for them selves. H. WEED. First Street, Albany, Oregon. save MEXICAN Mustang Linimfent Was first known in America. Tta merits era now well known throughout the habitable world. It has the oldest and best record of any Liniment In the- wriu. xTom tne millions upon mill loos of bottles 'd n, single complaint ha. ever reached na. Aa a Healing and Pain-subduing Liniment it has no equal. It la alike BENEFICIAL TO MAN AND BEAST. Sold by all Druggists. -1880 K. Y OLD Homestead Tonic Plantation Bitters la a purely Vegetable Preparation, composed or Ualisaya Bark, Boots, Herb, and PrnitaTamong which will b. found SarsaparUlUn, tendlion, WllS Cherry, Bawaf raj. Tansy, Gentian, (tweet JTla?, etc; also Tamarinds, Dates, Prnnea and Juniper BerrlesT preserved in a sufficient quantity (only) of th. spirit of Sugar Cane to keep in any climate. They invari ably relieve and cure the following eomplaluta Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver Complaints, Lose of Appetite, Headache, Bilious Attacks, Fever and Ague, Summer Complaint., Sour Btomaon, Palpita tion of the Heart, Oeuersl Debility, no. They are especially adapted aa a remedy tor the diseases to which WOIS3EN Are snbectd ; and aa a tonie for the Aged, Feeble and Debilitated, have no equal. They are strictly in tended sa a Temperance fonte or Bitten, to be nsed as a medicine only, and alwaya according to direct ions. Sold bt all First-Class Dbugqists ,-,v. v Sal S.T. BROOM FACTORY. Who manufactured the first good Broom every made in Albany, has returned irom California, and located permanently in tbia city, where he aa. again eonunenced tne manufacture of all kinds of Brooms, Brushes, Wisps, tta., at bis factory on FIB8T STREET, at John Metsler" old stand, east of Magnolia Mills, wasr he invitee those wishing a urst-olaea broom to call and secure it of him. ' W. . BEUDINrt. . , Albany, Oct. 16, 187. tX