nauffitDmnrmuTir
COLL. VAN CIiKVE.s
ALBANY,
OREGON.
MAKX SHELTOSS "WIFE.
and bis home -was a model of order and I and furs, went out into the storm and
One cold morning in 3eeember, Mark
Khelton, Esq. , and his wife sat down to
breakfast in one of the oosdest of dining
rooms; Mark with a cloud on his usually
pleasant face, and hia wife's placid coun
tenance wearing s puzzled and sorrowful
look, for when had he been angry with
her before?
He had scarcely spoken to her the pre
vious evening, and he looked sullen and
gloomy stQL What had she done if : She
bad pondered the thought over and over,
- yet she had not dared to ask him. -
The morning sunlight streamed into
Che room as they silently drank their
coffee and abstractedly nibbled their
muffins; and broad stripes of yellow gold
by on the sea-green ground of the car
pet, mingling softly with the bright tints
of the autumn leaves that sprinkled it;
and lighting up the pictures on the var
nished walls, until they stood out vivified
into life-like perfection in the mellow
light. The fire burned cheerfully in the
polished grate ; the canary chirruped
blithely, in his gilded cage, while the
- trailing vines thai festooned the recesses
, of every window turned. ch delicate
tendril to the warm sunlight, as if
thankful for the warmth and comfort
' atnd hallowed glow, that filled that pleas
ant room. .....
Mr. Shelton finished his breakfast and
.. took up his morning paper. Mrs. Shel
ton, a pale little woman, whose chief
beauty lay in her eyes, ' which were so
'blue and trustful one could not help lov
ing their owner, watched hia moody face
uneasily. Her smooth, purplish black
hair was coiled up in a loose, double
twist, with here and there a tiny curl
- peeping out, giving her agirlish look
that Mark had often admired. Her
morning dress was navy blue cashmere,
-with snowy lace at the throat and wrists,
and simply elegance itself ; and, better
than all, was the work of the slim fingers
VaaX were nervously twirling trie silver
teaspoon in her dainty coffee cup.
Hut Mark was too much engrossed in
' " his own moody thoughts to find any in
terest in wife or paper, for, after a vain
attempt at reading, he laid the latter
down, and sat silently staring into the
fire.
- Mark," burst out his wife, who felt
- as if she were under the influence of a
night-mare, " what on earth is the mat
ter with you?"
And Mark answered her with that
sensible masculine evasion, "Nothing."
"I know there is something wrong
somewhere," went on Mrs. Shelton, des
jperatelv. " Are you angry with .. me,
" No, Alice, I'm not angry with you."
Then tell me yotfr trouble. I never
saw you so depressed before, and we are
married five yean to-day, Mark."
" Bless me ! Ho we are ! I .had en
tirely forgotten it." Mr. -Shelton looked
up for the first time, and glanced across
the table at the little woman m blue,
1 whose cheeks had lost the peachy bloom
. they had worn that day .five years ago.
Cut the dear faee was as fresh as ever in
. bis partial .eyes, and his heart ached
more for Jber than himself, 'for. he knew
ahe .would auffer keenly in the crisis he
-was dreading so much, i ."If the chil-
' dren had been spared to us," he aaid,
mentally, thinking of the two little
graves in Greenwood, " they would have .
been a eemfort to her." But he kept
his thoughts to himself, and said, in
1 atead :
" W ill you attend Mrs. Austin's party,
Alice t" - ' - -..r',
"On the 20th ? Yes." The uneasy
light left Alice Shel toft's loving eyes, for,
since he was not angry with her, she did
not care to pry into his secrets. And
jet if he only would confide in her, she
would feel so relieved. "Will you go,
Hark?" . "
" I think not." A curious smile part
. ed his lips.
" Why?' in a tone of surprise.
' I shall be otherwise engaged.
"Nonsense, Mark. You must not be
' such a slave to business. Few men are
as prosperous in the world. "
" X .have been prosperous, dreanuly,
-lie never finished the sen-
good taste. Be that as it may, he never
thought of tracing the cause of his fail
ure to home extra vaganoe. For no wo
man was more thoroughly economical,
without being miserly, than Mrs. Shel
ton. Her ttartv tnileta were always in
exceptional taste, and her dress for Mrs.
rnrum D JtulT WttCS UUb unugufu IVI OUT
unusual display of elegance, although
tne gatnermg was to be one of unusual
brilliancy.
.. Xne night pi the 2oth came a darK,
stormy December night, the air filled
with snowflakes and the sky gray and
overcast with heavy clouds.
" xs is going to be a temDie mgnt,
Mark,' Mrs. Shelton said to her hus
band, who sat before the library fire,
evidently absorbed in the contents of the
evening paper. "I have thought once
or twice sinoe I commenced dressing
that I would not go out to-night."
uo, by all means, Alice ; the car
nage as close, her husband replied.
glancing up at the mm little figure ar
rayed in a dark silk, retrimmed, with
a pale blush rose in her purplish-black
hair, and at the white throat, half-veiled
with a flimsy lacs. He smiled bitterly
as he saw her going out in her happy,
child-like innocence, as she might never
go "again, among . people who had no
sympathy for failing merchants, and who
would not give his wife a thought if she
were not rich in the world's goods.
, ?f I wish youvwbuld go," she said, be
seechingly, lingering at the door to ad
just her cloak,"'" Mr. Austin will be ex-;
pecting you."
Mr. Shelton smiled, thinking, perhaps,
of the forbidding face of a man of whom
he had begged a loan that afternoon,
whose curt " cannot spare a dollar, sir,"
rang in his ears yet. He arose from his
seat by the fire, and going over to his
wife's side, fastened the warm wraps
closer about her throat.
"Be careful of yourself, little woman,"
he said with a forced attempt at gayety,
"and enjoy yourself, for it is utterly
impossible for me to go."
He accompanied her to the carriage,
and as he closed the door on the placid
little
weakness
hold the story
; when she daily ran the risk of hearing it
from lips less liable to soften its details.
Yet he still hoped that the morrow would
bring some chance of redeeming his lost'
credit ; although his efforts to raise the
$4,000 due on the 21st fwere still unsuc
cessful. He was almost worn out with
physical and mental labor, yet he put on
his hat and overcoat, and dragged weari
ly down town through the fast-falling
snow and murky darkness, to spend the
dreary hours of his wife s absence, por
ing over ledgers in his counting-room. :
Meanwhile, Mrs. Mark Shelton, not
quite satisfied with ' Mark's " strange
freak, as she called her husband's re
fusal to attend the party, was zealously
trying to feel at ease among Mrs. Aus
tin's stylish guests. For, somehow, she
felt depressed and ill at ease among the
fashionables who bad hitherto welcomed
her as' the wife of a - prominent young
merchant who was steadily rising to emi
nence in .the commercial world. There
was an undercurrent of coldness in their
greeting that her sensitive nature de
tected instantly, arid an angry flush rose
to her cheek when she overheard a re
marks relating, to "Mrs. Shelton's old
SUk."' - J-'-: : . '.'
bravely faced the blinding sheets oi
snow fliat the wind dashed into her face
a face almost as ghastly as the snow
that fell so swiftly and silently on the
half -deserted pavements. The gas flared
out through murky gas lamps with a dull,
sickly glare; hacks and carriages went
whirling by like sheeted ghosts, and once
in a while some belated pedestrian al
most walked over her: but still Mrs.
Shelton walked on, her heart too hard
and anxious to think of .fear or fatigue,
When she reached the warehouse the
clock on a distant steeple was just chim
in 11. and Mark was standing in the
dimlv-lit office, putting on his overcoat.
- . . . 1 I .v.
Xne porter aozea m a vijiui ueiore me
stove in the outer room, and Alice stole
softly past him and stood before her hus
band.
" Alice 1
His eves dilated in astonishment.
Alice dropped into a seat andlooked up
at him with a glitter in her blue eyes
that held him spellbound.
" Mark, do you think I'm a fool ?
Her voice had a raspy ring that startled
Mark. He glanced at her snow-covered
wraps, and then made a dash for the
soaked boots peeping out from under the
edge of. her oeoraggiea sii&en bkuxs.
"Alice? one boot came off with a
jerk "what insane whim drove you out
on the streets such a night as this?" he
flung its mate to the furthest end of the
wvim
SO Mark," Mrs, Shelton's' temporary
strength and courage was swiftly vanish
ing, "are you going to iau
Mark instantly comprehended the situ
ation. She had heard the story of his
financial troubles, probably in some dis
torted form, and the knowledge had al
most crazed her. He blamed himself
severely for keeping her in ignorance of
the truth. He always had a repugnance
to womanly interference in business mat
ters, but felt, in justice to ms wue s gen
eral worthiness, he should have trusted
her in this emergency.
" Hush, Alice!" for she was begin
ning to sob hysterically "you must not
be alarmed. If I can raise the money to
A Lost Ctue.
E. A. Howe, an attorney of the San
Francisco police court, blushes and hangs
hia. head .to think hv"n1f a man. He
was going to a religious revival at night
ana ins attention was attracted oj a man
making rapid tracks, and another follow
ing erying : "Stop thief." The race
was taking place on Ins side or ine
street, and directly in ma paw. xt was
eomincr toward him. with a rush. Howe
had a splendid opportunity to distinguish
himself before he went to meeting, De
aides doing something neat to benefit
hia business as a police lawyer. , He let
tne chance go by. Xne man wno was
ahead in the race drew something large
and round from his pocket and threat
ened to blow the roof off Howe's brains
if he dared lav bnda on him or impede
his progress. Howe stepped aside and
earned on ms Drains in mumpu. auu
theory of "stop thief" ran along the
street from a hundred fellows wno joined
in the . chase. Howe went to meeting
ana toia now ne mux oeea uiercuuupr
preserved from a violent death. His
story was that a desperado bad presented
a big pistol close to his head, and that an
overruling Providence had prevented it
from going off. Farther down the street
the course of the fugitive was stopped
by a man who bad a strong arm and
Providence on his side. He knocked
down the thief, grappled with and ar
rested him. The fellow was armed only
with a big bologna sausage, and the mercifully-preserved
Mr. Howe does not tell
his stoiy of miraoulous escape from death
any more, either at meeting or in the
precincto of the police court. He lost a
clear case of 'arresting and then defend
ing his own thief .
A Lesson In Pronunciation.
How many can pronounce the words
in the following "test" correctly? It
was first : published by the teachers of
Toledo :
1. A courier from St. Louis, an Italian
with italics, began an address or recita
tion as to the mischievous national
finances. -
2. His dolorous progress was demon-
BUSINESS CARDS
JOHN CONNER,
R 11 ' October 22 1873.
AND -
The Wills of Eminent Lawyers.
The Pall Mall Gazette says : "The fact
that the wills of two Lord Chancellors
within as many years should have occa
sioned grave difficulty is not a little re
markable. Lord Westburys will, care
fully prepared by himself, was said to be
exceedingly hard to construe by the
Master of the Bolls. In the case of Lord
St. Leonards the difficulty is still more
grave. His will, written in his own
handwriting, on five or six sheets of old
quarto white letter-paper, has been lost,
and the advertisement declares that it has
been lost since August, 1873. Unless
the document is forthcoming, the . pre
sumption of law may possibly be in such
a case that the testator destroyed this
will animo revocandi, and serious results
to his family may be the consequence.
It is curious how often the wills of emi
nent lawyers have occasioned litigation.
Lord Chief -Justice Saunders appears to
have made a speculative devise, upon the
validity of which his executors May
nard, Holt, and Pollexfen, all great law
yers ware divided in opinion. ,, Tne
wills of Lord Chief -Justice Holt and Mr.
Sergeant Maynard were the subject of
Chancery proceedings. So was the will
of Chief Baron Thomson. Mr. Sergeant
Hill's will was ' so. singularly confused
that, but for the respect due to the very
learned sergeant, it might, not unreason
ably, have been void for uncertainty:'
fin r met' a , t ill . .
x ne wm oi oir oamue xvommy was m-
arronciauy qrawn. . xne wiuoi mi. rkiaa- i . ,
ley, the celebrated conveyancer, was set j Office, Firsf-ti., Between Ferry and Washington
aside by Lord Thurlow for uncertainty ;
and a late learned Master in Chancery
directed the proceeds of his estate to be
invested in oonsols in his own name.' "
A. W. GAMBLE, M. IX,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, Etc.
Office on First St., arm" Weed" Grocery Store
BesJdeooe opposite late residence of John 6. Mem-
aeniuui,.Deex tne jrotmarjr, xiri tnreev, auwij.
Exchange Office,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Deposit received ribject to check at eiht.
Interest showed on time deposits in coin.
Exchsnse on Portland. San Francisco and New
York for sale at lowest rates.
Collections maae ana promptly remitted.
Refers to. H. W. Corbett, Henry Failing, W. 8.
Ladd.
Banking Hours from s a. m. to 4 p. m,
Albany, Feb. t, 1874.' 22v6 -
J.W.BALDWIN,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Will erect ice in all the Courts in the Second. Third
and Fourth Judicial Districts, In the Snpretae Conrt
of Oregon, and iu the U. S. District and Circuit
rvTiit. -
Office in Parrish brick (upstair), in office occu
pied by the late Is. II. cranor, first street, Albany,
Oregon. luiovo
D. B. RICE, M. B
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN.
Besidence, Third street, two blocks below or east
or netnosnst vnurcn, juDany, vvegon. tou
fal a r k e t !
CHARLES WILSON
Having leased the Webf oot ICarket, on First street,
adjoining Oradwohl's, respectfully asks a share of
the public patronage. The market will t kept con
stantly supplied with all kinds of fresh meats. Call
and see.
HT- The highest cash price paid for Hi.
T CHARLES WIXBOSf.
Albany, August 14,1874. ,
GEO. R. HEIxM,
Attorney aid Coimsellor Law,
ALBANY, OREGON,; -
Will practice iu all the Courts of this State.
Office in Fox's Brick
street.
Building
(upstairs). First.
6VS
3. O.
Ii. FIiTNK.
lace ne mwaraiy anamemauzea me trv - r" ? ,, ' strated' by a demonstration, and tne
that prompted him to with- may weainer me panic ye. ; preface to his sacerdotal - profile gave his
an irreparable and lamentable
famce.
"Ana tne panic never asected you jn
the least, : innocently remarked - Mrs.
Shelton, who knew as much about the
subtle workincm of the ' financial world
as she did about the mythical inhabitants
ol the moon. ;
Mr. Shelton jumped up, slightly
xzxtsnea m tne race. .
" What idiots women are !" was the
complimentary exclamation that met his
wifers ears, as he went hurriedly from
the room, heedless of her excited
'Mark " - :.
But Mark was out in the cold, sunlit
siaceet, before the little woman had re
covered from her astonishment ; his
white, even : teeth clenched tightly to-
retner, as ne numea down to tne dim,
musty office, where so many arduous
duties demanded his attention.
, Many of his business friends who met
or. -passed him - on the, streets -looked
ounously at his down east faoai for his
znind was too .much preoccupied to take
.any inlerest in psssinfir occurrences. He
beard nothing, saw nothing but the -brae, 1
numb bands ox tne, street beggars, who
seemed to beset nis patn every lew rods,
for- his charactenatLe charitv was well
known, and few were the palms that did
not close on tne coveted penny.
r or mars, was a gooa . man, numane,
charitable and eenerous in all thinin.
and until a vear back the world haA nu
well with him. But the panic swamped
dozens of his debtors ; his business was
dead in a ituancial sense ; and his credi-
tors were- clamorous for bills he could
not meet. . He had never been careless.
unwise . or extravgant in filling pr dis-
' eiiarg ntracts, and nis business dif
Acuities - had come-upon him so swiftly
and imperceptibly that the blow fell
heavier than if ho had been expecting
come sucn catastropne.
But Alice Shelton knew nothing of all
this."- The mental turmoil going on in
ber husband's breast ; never found vent
; in a dissatisfied word ' or look, and until
the previous day he- had kept his faee
sad manner tree trom au traces oi anxi
ety. - But the constant .excitement and
worry had been too' hard for him, and
is dunning of a creditor, who demand
ed, the punctual payment of a note of
. CiCXX) that fell due on the 21st of Den
.WBibes1, together with other unforeseen
tLebts had , so cpset him. that he could
oot oover bis mental distress with the
vatask of -:'CBTlsEffiesS;:.-he-'had .worn for
r 1 wmks pastt - ?
v,Xli -."'greatest; ' trouble was:.for 'AHoe.
-'"TTaver very -Btoong1andIie' had often ua-
JirnsifiA - fer streniriih he had endeav-
sred to surround her with every comfort
and had carefully kept . all hairasaing
:..immnem detail or eares from her ears.
IT a haA siven her money without stint.
jBsadha supposed she spent it like other
women, for she was always weii aressea,
' I suppose my dress is not up to their
standard in point of elegance, she mut
tered bitterly J " but Ptt never ruin
Mark with. ' my extravagance in dress
never!" ; "-'--' - "' ''
She slipped out of the gay, over
crowded parlors into the library, where
she found refuge behind the heavy hang
ings of a bay window, one dropped
into- a low seat, and -sat watching the
streams of gas-light flickering across the
street, now anue deep witn snow, wish
ing that 'Mark would remember her
orders and send the carriage early. The
heavy sensuous odors of tropical plants
filled the room with a fragrance that al
most took her breath away, and -in the
distance the music of a popular, waltz
rose and fell, the soft, voluptuous cad
ences soothing her disturbed mind into a
calmness that was soon broken by tne
entrance of two ladies, whose first words
chained Mrs. Shelton to her seat, and held
her" in tne questionable light of an
eaves-dropper. -
1 was astonisned to see Airs, alar it
Shelton out to-night, exclaimed the
elder of the two ladies, ' whose diamonds
flashed nv the gas-light.
Why f "
"Have you not heard? Why, Mrs.
Her little face was uplifted eagerly.
"Four thousand dollars.'
"Is that all?" with a little hysterical
laugh. Then you won't fail ; f or I have
five thousand, all my own, saved out of
the money yon gave me to spend on the
house and myself. Ah, Mark, you
thought I spent it !"
" Alice 1" Mark took the little shiver
ing form in his arms "you are worth
your weight in gold !"
"I know it," slyly retorted Alice;
"but it has taken you five years to find
it out. And, Mark, if you cannot cancel
the rest of your debt, well sell the house
and furniture and live in a room or two
until the panic is over; for you shall not
tail," , ;
Mark sent for a carriage, and they
went home through the white, noiseless
Btreets, Alice recounting, as she went,
the story she heard in Mr. Austin's per
fumed library. At its conclusion she
said: . ,
, "It was, cruel of you to keep me in
the dark so long, Mark. And never,
never treat me like a fool or a child again.
.For if I am a soap-chandler's daughter,
I have sense, and feeling, and judgment.
and discretien, enough to save something
for 'rainy days.'.? .....
It is needless to say that Mark re
deemed his note, to the chagrin of some
of his business rivals, who' had secretly
gloated over his difficulties; and, al
though his affection for his . wife was
never demonstrative, the care he took of
her was wonderful, for he found that the
price of a good wife is "above rubies
Lamer! Shelton is on the - verge o
btmkrnptcy. ' . " ' '
Mart aneltonr xmpossiDie i w ny,
he is considered one of the staunchest
merchants in the city."
lie was. Xros ne nas lost credit
somehow. He has been on the streets
for
most
Cold Sleeping Booms.
HaWa Journal of Heqlth says that
oold. bed-chambers always imperil health
and invite fatal diseases. Robust per
sons may safely sleep in a temperature
of forty or under, but the old, the infant,
and the frail, should never sleep in a
room where the atmosphere . is much un
der fifty degrees Fahrenheit. All know
the danger of going directly into the oold
from a very warm room. I Very few
rooms, churches, .theaters and the like,
are ever warmer than seventy degrees.
If it is freezing out of doors it is thirty.
decrees the difference being forty
decrees more. . Persons ' will be chilled
by such a change in ten minutes, al
though they - may be actively walking.
But to lie still in bed,- nothing to promote
circulation, and breathe for hours an at
mosphere of forty and even fifty degrees
when the lungs are always at ninety
eight, is too great a change, j Many per
sons wake up in the morning with inflam
mation of the lungs wno went to bed
well, and are surprised that! this should
be the case. ; . The cause may often be
opponents
wound.
3. He was deaf and isolated, and the
envelope on the furniture at the depot
was a covert for leisure and the reticence
from the first grasp of the dancing Leg
islature of France. y
4. The dilation of the chasm or trough
made the servile satyr and virile optim
ist vehemently panegyrise tne lenien
God.
5. He was an aspirant after the vaga
ries of the exorcists, and an , inexorable
coadiutor of the lrrefragible yet exquis
ite Farrago, on the subsidence of the
despicable finale and the recognition of
the recognizance.
Rotable Events.
Under the rule of Ismail Pacha in
Esrvpt. the Suez Canal has been opened.
and 17,000,000 of Egyptian debt ab
sorbed by it, 1,000 miles of railroad
opened, effective postal and telegraphic
communications organized; large cotton
and suoar mills put in operation; ports,
harbors and lighthouses constructed, and
the breakwater and jetties at Alexandria
costing 1,500,000 completed; paper
works, sua works and water works erect
ed; engines and machinery for improved
irrigation scattered over the country;
expeditions for annexation - and for the
suppression, of slavery organized; large
schools, for instructing young Arabs in
European langnages. opened both in
Alexandria and Cairo, . and Cairo itself
has been almost transformed by new
streets well-paved, Righted and watered
handsome houses in well-planned
boulevards; new roads and bridges, with
opera-house, theater and a hippodrome
opened, . though " not . smcoeasf uU
Throughout the whole country there is
order and security. What one other
ruler can show so good a record ? New
York Express.
The Senses of Bees.
The lenses of the bees' eyes are not
adjustable; and, though they can see
accurately at great distances, they, like
some men, seem blind to objects close
by. They dart down to the door of their
hiveii with unerring precision : but, if
from any cause they miss the opening,
they are obliged to rise in the air and
take another look. A bee s sense of taste
is also imperfect, foul ditch-water and ill-
smelling plants being often preferred.
Bees haven't any ears to speak of, but
their sense of smell which, by the way,
according to Hubert is in the mouth is
very keen. Honey-bees often, in scarce
seasons, attack the bumble-bees on their
return from the fields laden with honey,
and force them to disgorge all they have
collected. Its presence in the honey-
bag must have been detected by the sense
of smell. The sense, however, which is
the most perfect is the touch, and that
seems to be wholly in their antennae.
When one bee meets another, greetings
made by crossing their antennae.
Huber says it constructs its comb in
darkness: it pours its honey into the
magazines, feeds its young, judges of
their age and necessities, recognizes its
queen, all by aid of its antemue, which
are much less adapted for becoming ac
quainted with objects than our hands.
Therefore, shall we not grant to this
sense modifications and perfections un
known to the touch of man ?
POWEU
POWELL & FLYNN,
Attorneys anJ Counselors at Law,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
W. FUnn. Notary Public), Albany, Oregon. Collec
tions sod conveyances promptly attended to.
Albany Book Store,
, ' JNO. FOSHAY,
' ' ' Dealer in -
MisceUaneoug Book. School Book, Blank
- Books, Stationery, Fancy Article, Ac '
Books imported to order at shortest possible no-
ice. . '"
ALBANY .
FoMflry M HacMis Slop,
A. F. CHERRY, Proprietor,
ALBANY, OREGON,
' lCanofactures
Steam llngiiesL
Hour and Saw Mill Machinery,
And all kinds of
DB, GEO.
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Albant, Obbook.
T
days trying to. raise money to cancel o wMch his been foolishly hoisted for
ui ma uigna ucuw , " ventilation.
be surprised if his wife did have to give
up her stylish noma Delore tne winter is
over." -
"She is a nobody anyway.' Her father
was only a soap chandler and I have .of
ten wondered at Mark Shelton's taste in
choosing her for a wife," remarked Mrs.
Lamer, who had once a decided fancy for
Mark, herself-; v '"' ";'i': '.V' ' ':, r-----
Soap chandlers are as good as otner
men, provided sy are booct, ana re
spectable," returned the lady with the
T " . .3 1 (in.M ka Anna A
peanut vender, while Mrs. Lanier's an
cestors were famous for blue blood and
reckless dissipation.
V I don't pity Mr. Shelton, though,"
went on Mrs. Lamer, politely ignoring
the elder lady's home , thrust ; " for. X
expect she is just like other women in
the same situanon ; .mars, buub vcetuu
bf money, and she spent it." -I
" Doubtless. ' Just give any woman
that never had anything some money to
splurge on, and see how. fast shell go
through it," laughed tne elder lady, as
she glided out of the Kbrary, her rich
silks sweeping after her like purple bil
lows,: while Mrs.. Lamer followed, hei
like a shadow, in -her pale tarletan robes.
- Poor Alice Sheiton had "heard -every
word, and sat perfectly stiEL, with hei
slim, white finger clasped tightly to
gether. Every faculty of her nature
seemed paralyzed by the intensity of her
emotions. Her ' honest,- conscientious
heart was shocked at the hypocrisy of
two of her most intimate society friends,
and'with the' bittsraees was lniiuyled a
feeling of intense pity for Mark, who
had kept all this from her ears that she
migat near it irom so uncnannuue ups.
Verily, she thought, the world is a vain
show, and those who love it but moths;
fluttering about its dazzling pleasures.
only to have their wings singed by the
ventilation. The water-cure journals of
the country have done an lncalculable m
jury by the blind and discriminate ad
vice of hoisting the windows at night.
How a Maine Printer Was Made a'Haa ot.
Several years ago, a slab-sided, awk
ward printer boy, from Maine, found his
way to Washington in search of ah ' easy
place.' Tom Ewing was then Secretary
of the Interior.. . He was ialso uncle' of
Kawky place-hunter. To him the
Little Johnny'ir Composition.
THS OXSTTa.
Some fokes that has wrote about animels
fore have been one able to see any differ
ents between a owster and a ostrich, and
said they was the same, but thots cos
they had never et any., but I have, so I
kno. . If it wassent for the eatin Ide like
to be a oyster, cos I cude jus shet my
self no in my shel and sass tne lobsters,
and they cuddent help their selfs. If I
had a shel Ide go and nek Sammy Doppy
before X git tip out of this chair, and tnen
I wude shet up like a book, and say wot
wus he gain to do about it, for I bleeve
that boy is a oowerd. thats wot I think !
I My sisters younK man has give me
some poetry wich he has been a makin
wi Missy was a gittin ready to come
down to tne dron room to tel him if she
ever saw a nine fish perchin on a spray,
wich he says is wot he com to ask her
I don't under stan the poetry, cos it wos
rote so quick,', for Missy wassent only a
hole wile conun down to tel mm a boat
the nine fish, -but they went into the gar
den for her to tel it. Tne poetry is call
the oyster, but its all about a book, and
if the spellings bad; wy, it aint mine but
hisn. , , . ; -'- -
our
.... A Magnificent College Edifice. ,
The grandest and most beautiful of all
collegiate buildings in America will be
the new Trinity College building in
Hartford, Conn.' The general plan cf
the building, of which Mr. W. Surges,
of London, is the architect, is. la quad:
MnJa t (PU K-r R7R tadA wirla
J Wi3it ?6t ?? a P108. divided into fcfar court-yards of nearly
youngster naturally applied for awn stance
m getrang tne oesirea auaaaoiu . .
JIhi8 was the encouraging answer he
received rrom
the departments. Moreover, if you find
a place and go to work, I will use all my
influence to nave yon dismissed. : x am
not going to have yon made into a limp
and helpless nonentity, if I can help it.
I want you to get out of Washington.
Go anywhere; go to the deviL if you
like, you shan't stay in Washington.';
This inspiriting counsel drove the
printer youth back to Maine again.
r Had Ewing found1 him the desired
place, he would to-day be tying tape
around bundled documents, or sticking
official stamps on somebody else's letters,
in one of the departments, an inert hu
man routine machine. - But the uncle's
sensible brnsqueness was the nephew's
salvation. The name of that discouraged
vonnar applicant was James G. Blaine J
present Speaker of the House of Representatives.--
Wash. Cor; Chicago Times.,
i i -
Terrible to Contemplate.
: Dr. Wilkes, in his recent work on
physiology, remarks that "it is esti
mated that the' bones of every adult per-
, . , ... ,
on require co oe iea witn lime buoukii
to make a marble mantel every eight
months."; : It will be perceived, there
fore, that in the course of ten years each
cruel tongues of. came that leap up from j of us eats three or four mantel pieces
envy, maaca ana deceit. - I ana a lew
?M&rK snau not lay, sue saia, rising
cf", with a white, determined .face. "I
wi show them his wife is worthy of
IXeedleas of the gayety and "Warmth
around her, of the blinding snow-storm
' that was raging without, or the long,
snow-bound walk that lay between the
Austin mansion and her husband's ware
house, she hurried up to the dressing
room, and, wrapping herself up in cloak
sets -of front-door steps. And
in a. km lue I suppose it is fair to es-
timate - that a healthy i American could
devour the Capitol at Waslangton, and
perhaps two or three medium-sized mar
ble quarries besides. ' It is awful to think
of the consequences if a man. should be
shut off from his supply of lime for a
while and then should get loose in a
cemetery. An ordinary tombstone would
hardly be enough for a lunch for him.
Max Adeler. !
equal-siae, containing altogether about
fourucres of ground. Xne style of: ar- j
cMtecture is early Engliah gothic, and !
the tower (249 feet in height) which
rises in the center of the building, closely
resembles the Victoria Towcc of the new
Houses cf Parliament. This vast pile is
to contain- dormitories for 800 students;
a chapel, a library, a museum, a dining
hall, a theater, and an astronomical ob
servatory for the Faculty, besides recita
tion-rooms
- Some New French Aphorisms.
It is right to despise fools; it is wrong
not to fear them.
Love descends to friendship; friend
ship never soars to love.
-. . People who injure us always say they
do so for our good. .
Women do not like to remember; men
do not like to foresee.
- Nothing shows happiness more than
tears. Tears are the extreme smile.
An honest man never abandons a
woman, but he knows how to make him
self forsaken.
By their fickleness women escape much
misery. Birds save themselves only
with their wings.
A women never is deceived by the
love she inspires, but she deceives her
self through that which she experiences.
' ;Bia Gcss. It is thought by nautical
, men that small vessels mounting heavy
guns are the most effective in n&v&l war
fare, and that these gigantic pieces; prop
erly serveo, wiu nereaiter aedde tne fate
of naval battles. A single shot from a
monster gun with a long range may
cripple the largest and finest line-of-batue-ship
that was ever launched.
Dying Words. 1
" It is well." Washington.
" I must sleep now." Byron.
Kiss me, Hardy." Nelson.
" Head of the army." Napoleon.
" Don't give up the ship." Laurrence'
" Let the light enter.'' Goethe.
" Into Tny hands, O Lord." Tasso.
" Independence forever." Adams;
" The artery ceased to beat." Holler.
" Is thVyour fidelity ? Nero.
" God preserve the Emperor."
Haydn.
it is tne last of eartn. J. ao-
ams.
Give Dayroies a chair," -Lord Ches
terfield. , s .
a dying man does nouiing well.
Franklin.
" Let not poor Nelly starve." Charles
II.
" What ! is there no bribing death?
Cardinal Beaufort.
"All my possessions for a moment of
time." Queen Elizabeth.
" It matters little bow the head heth."
Sir Walter Raleigh.
Clasp my nana, my dear friend. X
die." A Ifleri.
X feel as if X were to be myseii
again." Sir Walter Scott.
" Liet me die to the sound of delicious
music. Miraoeau.
A Fanny lee Adventure
Last Saturday a man residing near
Cohoes was trying to move a large cake
of ice which was on the point of being
cast out on the road by the current in
the river. He stepped upon the ice with
the intention of breaking it, when it be
gan to move off, taking him with it. The
ice moved out into the, center of the river
and rapidly toward the dam. The man
was in a fever of excitement, expecting
his last moment to appear when he would
reach the dam. The water being very
high, the fall at the dam was unusually
low, and the ice with the man on it
passed over in safety, and drifted in the
direction oi the gas house. When
Hearing the gas house the ice landed on
top of a little shanty which was nearly
covered with water. The man got off
the ice and stood on top of the house.
but immediately fell through a skylight
in the roof, falling on some girls who
had gone to the top floor to escape the
water. A scene immediately ensused.
the girls roaring " Burglar I" and Mur
der!" Their father appeared from the
next room and an explanation iollowed.-
: I A Man Without aSingle Hair.
In the County House, at the present
time, is a man . who bears the name .of
Oeorge Greenwood, born in ', Maiden.
Mass., in ,1826, where he resided for
several years, xxe subsequently emi
grated to Texas, where he followed the
occupation of a herder, and afterward
was aVlarae stock-raiser. 'Greenwood
is entirely hairless, not having a single
hair about his head and body. He is
even void of . eyebrows and eyelashes.
While m Texas he aomured a meat
fancy for athletics, and on leaving that
State, traveled " with Barnum, and after
ward with Rice's circus. He at one time
earned, about $5,000 per annum.: He
was never married, but has lived a fast
life. - He failed m health some time ago,
and was placed in the hospital at Albany.
from which place he was removed to this
city by a s transfer and left at one of the
Congress street hotels, and, owing to his
being without friends, he was sent to the
county House. Ho reason has been as
signed by the medical- fraternity as to
the cause of his being entirely without
nair. xroy jsuaget.
Office in Parrish Brick Block, corner First and
Ferry streets.
. TtealdeiuM- corner Fifth and Ferry streets
Office hoars from 8 to 13 o'clock a. m. and 1 to S
o'clock p.m. v .. ; t - 1BB
Epizootics Distanced.
THE BAY TEAM STILL LIVES,
And is flourishing like a green bay tree. Thankful
for past favors, and wishing to merit the continu
ance of the same, the BAT TEAM will always be
ready, and easily found, te do any hauling within
the city limits, lor a reasonaDte compensation.
l Delivery of goods a specialty.
20v5 A. K ARNOLD, proprietor.
W. C. TWEED ALE,
:. .,-.,.-.. ".. Dealer ia
Groceries, ProTlsions, Toteo, Cigars,
Cutlery. Crockery, and Wood ana Willow War.
; Albany, Obbgok.
tW OaU and see him.
34vS
The r.letzler Chair !
' . Can be had at the following places :
HarrUburg.
Junction City.....
Brownsville ... ..
Haisey.
Scio
Albany......;
A full snpply can also be obtained at my old shop
on Fir street, Aioeny. orego mrxLE
...Bam May
Smith A Breaaeld
.....Kirk A Home
J.M. Morgan
J. JT. Brown
Graf A Collar
H.J.B0UGHT0N,M.D.l
GRADUATE OF THE
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE
OF NEW YORK,
and late member of Belle voe Hospital Medical
Office In A. Cerothera A Co.'s Drag Store, Al
bany, Oregon.
PilesIPiles!
Wnv sav this damasinir and troublesome com
plaint cannot be cured, when so many evidences of
suocess might be placed before yo every day
.ni-aa at annnosed boneless eases 1 Tour nhysician
informs you that the longer you allow the complaint J
to exist, you lessen your chances for reuez. Joe-
periene ha taught this in all cote. '
A. Carotliers & Co.'s Pile Pills & Ointment
Are all thev are recommended to be. Will cure
Chronic, Blind and Bleeding Piles in a very short
time, snd are convenient to vm.
This preparation is sent by mail or express to any
point within the Suited States at fl.50 per package.
Aoaress . .. a. i;suinjiiw u ,
27 r5 Box 33. Alsbany, Oregon.
Iron and Brass Castings..
Particular attention paid to repairing all kinds of -
machinery. lvS
A. CAROTHERS & C0.
DEAXiZBS IS-
Drugs, Chemicals,
Oils, Paints,
Dyes. Clacsr
Lartr&sv Etc
All the popular
PATENT MEDICINES,
FINE CUTLEKl,
CIGARS, TOBACCOt
NOTIONS, PERFUMERY, .
. And" TOILET: OOODSR.
Particular care and promptness given physicians
prescriptions and family recipes..
Albany, Oregon. r . . 4v6
GrO TO THE
BEE-HIVE SIDE!
.: TO BUT
Groceries,
Provl8lonsr
Notions
Cheap for Cten!
ConitTT Frota of All Ms;Biiii2!l
For Merchandise or Casfu
This to the place to get tb
Best Bargains Erer Offered fi ABtaa?.
Parties will always do well to call ancBare for theia.
selves. .WEu
S2t6
First Street, Albany, Onega.
Anothub 4esAh, in oonsequenoe of . the
cnlpable manner in which narcotics axe
administered to children, occurred re
oently 1 at Holloway in England, i The
child ha-nng been restless; the mother
bought some airnp of poppies and gave
it a BpoonfnL On the followinar morn
ing the child was found tobeftneonakras
and cued snortly after. The doctor who
made the post mortem examination pro
nounces the c&nse of death to.be opium
poisomntr, and. m answer to a question.
stated that landau-am was sometimes
mixed with treacle as a substitute for
spirit of poppies.
JOHN SCHMEER,
DEAL.EB IN
GroceriesM Prraiois,
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, to., to which he invitee the atten
tion of our ctUaena.
In connection with the store he will keep a Bakery,
and will alwaya hav on hand a fun supply of fresh
Bresd, Crackers, Ac
tar-1'aU and see me.
i JOHN FCHMEER.
February 1. 9v4
::.'';:':;Ve ;
MEXIOAiv"
Llustang Linimenl
Waa ftrst known in America. Ita merit- are- new
well known throughout the habitable world. It ba
the oldest and best reoora oi any uuudhsi jb um
world. From the millions upon millions of bottle
Mid not a single complaint -has ever reached na. Am
, a Healing and Pain-Sabduing T.lniment it has a at
equal, ltiaauce
BENEFICIAL TO MAN AXD BEAST.
("jjCsj mm 00Q1" Hill
Y OLD
TheOld Stove Pepoitij0rnestead Tonic
ionn uriggs, .
Plantation Bitters
Dealer in
eaana
Coot, Parlor aii Boi Stom!
OF THE BEST. PATTERNS.
AL8O1
Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware,
And the usual assortment of Furnishing Goods to
- 'be obtained In Tin Store.
Repairs neatly and promptly executed on reason
able terms.
Short Beckoning Make Long Friends.
Front Strket, Albant.
: Ded. 8, 187. - , ; . '
A. WBEEELEB.
O. P. ROUGE.
O. R. WHEELER.
A. WHEELER & CO.,
. SHEDD, OEEaON,
FORfAEBlM AHD JCSHSSION
21 EE CHANTS.
-' DealerB in ilerehandlae and' Prodno. " A goo
asiotofUkind. of Good alwaya la awre
at lowest market rate.
Agent for sate of Wagons, Grain Drills, Cider
Kills, Churns, Ae Ao.
CASH paid fo, WHEAT, OATS, PORK, BUT
TER, EGG 8, sad POULTRf.
Is a purely Vegetable Preparstion, coupol or
Calisaya Bark, Roots, Herbs sad Fruits, emob
which will be found aaraaparfltian, landelion,
Cherry, Sassafras. TansGentian. S ?&J!r
tlo Tamarinds, Dates, Prunes and Jsniper Berries,
prMerved in aSsmeient quantity oniy) erf thospirt
oTBugaOanetokeepinanyelimate. They invart
ably riieVTaBd eore the following eouplaims
Lpspsta, Jsnndiee, Uver Conipnt. JLo- of
Aneute. Hedche, Bilious Attacks, Fever and
AuetsnnmerOomplaint. Sour Stomach. Pal plta
ttonrf the Heart, General Debility. etc. They are
especially adapted as a remedy for the diseases to
ara .obtested: and ss a toqio for tha Aged, Feeble
TnA OebUitated. have no equal. They sre strictly In
tonded ae7emierancV Tonic or Bitters, to be
used ss a medio ms only, and always according to
direction. .
SOUD BI ALL FXRST-CfcASS DbUGGDSTS
BR00II FACTORY.
W., I. BEIJING,
Who manufactured the first good Broom every
made in. Albany, has returned irom California, and
located permanently in this city, where he has
again commenced the manufacture-of all kind of
Brooms, ; , Brushes, Wisps,
fca.. at hi factory on TOtST STREET, at John
MeUJer's old stand, east of M agnona Mills, where
be invites those wishing a first-class broom to eail
and -ear. it of him.
Albany. Oct. 16. 18T.
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