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COLL- VAN OLEVE.
ALBANY,
OREGON.
LOVE ' OR PRIDE t
Great purple shadows swept across the
bay-fields ; the distant landscape was
becoming indistinct, and the moon was
lowly rising in the heavens.
After awhile the twilight deepened
into as much of darkness as there would
be in the Bummer night, and silence fell
upon the earth. Then a girl stole noise
lessly across a small garden, and stood
beside a gate that led into the adjoining
church-yard. A yew-tree spread its
dark branches wide above her, but the
silver tints that were slanting down upon
the tall gravestones, and bring out the
delicate lines of the old church spire,
touched also her white face, making it
whiter than usual. : She did not start as
a tall figure approached from the farther
side of the churchyard. She had evi
dently been expecting some . one, and
"when she heard the words
" You are out late, Miss Jervis " .
She quietly answered -
" I was waiting for you ; I wanted to
say good-by to . you before you went
sway." , . .
I thought you had done that al
ready, , replied 41ie young , man wita
some bitterness. . .
' Not quite," returned the girl, weari
ly ; ' you were too angry for me to say
m as a wi&oeo.; '
"Had I not the right to be so?" he
asked. " Ever since I . have been at
Shelf ord you have been deceiving me.
believed you to be as earnest as I was
myself, and now He paused.
"And now t"
.uar vwuo iuu. uinrp rang Jul it vus sua
- repeated m words, as though she would
give denial to what he had said ; but
ber face looked like stone in the
moonlight, white and immovable, as she
eontiniifwl
" I did not understand that you could
really be in earnest, otherwise I might
have told you before what I have told
you to-day."
" You did not . believe- in me you
looked upon me as heartless as a de
ceiver. You do . not believe in me
now."
"I do."
. ""What do you believe?" he asked
impetuously ; " nothing good, or you
would not give me the answer you have
given me." - .
" Everything good, except the know
ing what is good for yourself. I want
you now to say good-by to me without
any anger in your heart. The day will
oome when you will perhaps bless me
for what I have had courage to do to
day." And she held out her hand.
The young man hesitated. " Is there
no hope?"
"None."
Her voice rang low and clear through
the summer air. Again he hesitated,
then suddenly taking both her hands in
his, he bent down and kissed her for the
first time.
She gave a faint cry. and disengaged
herself.
" We part in peace." V
And with these words she turned and
' fled, not looking back, or perhaps she
might have repented her decision. ;
Once in the house she sat down in , the
empty sitting-room, made light as day
by the moonbeams.- The old dog rose
as she came in, and when she threw her
self into a chair he laid his head in her
lap. " ' ' " - ' ' " . .
There came a sound of clattering of
plates in the kitchen on the opposite
side of the narrow passage, and her
mother's voice sounded sharply, giving
her directions about supper.
Presently she entered.
' Where have you been. Ally f How
ill you look 1 and you're all shivering !
Come iato : the kitchen, child : Anne's
gone off to bed, and there's a bit of fire
in the grate. ; It might be winter instead
f miiinnmrnAr. to imI voiir hanfifl. .
Alice rose . mechanically. She walked
dreamily into the : little kitchen, where
her mother drew, a chair to the fire for
. her. -j,'-.::- - t
Presently a ruddy, good-humored-looking
youth entered, saying
" Let me have my supper here, mother.
The fire looits pleasant, though, it is
summer time."
Mrs. Jervis opened the oven door and
took out a covered dish that had been
kept warm there. Alice, watchirg her
as she placed it on the table and laid
knife and fork beside it, - instinctively
roused Herself, ana taxing a jug irom the
dresser went to the cellar to draw some
beer for her brother. ,
- It was a relief to her to perform this
menial service. It seemed almost an
answer to the question she had been ask
ing herself over and' over again since her
conversation with Mr. Scrope in the
morning. She was even glad that all
around her looked so commonplace, so
poor poorer and "commoner titan , ever
to-night. ' And a bitter feeling rose in
her heart and made her almost indignant
that some people should be so much
more favored in a worldly point of view
than others.
When she went to her room, instead
of undreesing, she opened; the window
and gazed out toward the yew-tree under
which she had carted with Mr. Scrope,
and then suddenly untwisting her long
hair she turned to the looking-glass, not
with any, feeling ol -vanity, bntin order
to nna what bad so attracted mm.
It was more than a handsome face that
answered back her gaze, . one , which
showed an amount of .. earnestness and
intelligence not often met with. Of this
she was no judge herself, neither of the
continual change of expression! which
Mr. Scrope had began bv curiouslv ob
serving, and ended by being thoroughly
uiwreoKw in. tie was passing the long
vacation at Shelf ord, reading and fisfr
ing, and had made the acquaintance of
wmiam jervis o Uie bank of the river,
and through him, whom it was a conde
scension on the part of. Mr. . Scrope to
notice, of Alice herself . " v .
Alice perhaps understood1 the footing
on which tney stood better than her
mother, and the innate pride in her na
ture caused her to accept it with reserva-
. tions. " She felt the gulf between (hem
and measured it by the world's standard.
Therefore when Mr. Scrope made his
somewhat startling offer she, in spite of
her surprise, was not unprepared with
her answer. .
And now that she had given it, she
asked Lersrlf if she had done right.
' Sir. Scrope was an only son; a brilliant
future was before him a - world of which
she knew nothing was familiar to him.
Corr ii she, who was accustomed to the
." Liilunt-Wsa incident to circumstances
sofaewLai above actual poverty, move
witli y--?priety in circles accustomed to
every 1 : "irj ? , Would his relatives, so
far a i.1, accept her and her be
lc"i" I Ll-s answered, No." Ur.
tk'" 1 'S'l argued what matter since it
resk-i viJx him to give her plaae and
position -in the world as bis' wife? But
that she knew would .be a separation for
him from all former associations, and her
own unfitness to move in her lover s
sphere would make hex a clog .upon the
life of him to whom, before she knew it.
i -i i .
uiie mux gfwea. ner nears. . , .
Such had been the train of arcument
she had pursued, and she had struggled
iree xrom me prospect open to her not
wimous pain, ana.naa tusmissea it as
a dream of beauty that had naught to
uo with wa&ing hours. . And now
JJut it was over. The morninir .rose.
and she went .about her tasks as usual.
perhaps. even more energetically, since
she needed an outlet for her pent-up,
feelings. Mingled with pain there came
a sense oi happiness in the knowledge
of Mr. Scrope's love. r To have possessed
it -nay, peruana to possess it stall ear
ned her into another world, ia Which.
however, she must always be alone, since
au mat naa passed must lorever remain
ner own especial secret.
jut. ocrope went abroad; and after a
time he returned home to begin his ca
reer. '
Alice Jervis pursued her homely and
monotonous life. She grew quieter and
graver, and worked m&re diligently.
She believed that she had decided rightly
as regarded Mr. Scrope's happiness, and
the sacrifice she' had made for his sake
made her feel that she had a right to be
interested in him, and she lived in the
excitement of seeing his name in the pa
pers and in gaining every particular of
him within her grasp. " She smiled when
she read his name among the presenta
tions at Court or noted his presence at
Court balls. , At such times she looked
down at the shabby dress and the poor
appointments surrounding her, and won
dered what sort of an appearance she
would have made in other circumstances.
At length she saw another announce
ment. Mr. Scrope was going to be mar
ried.
. She turned pale, and put down the
paper.
And vet she had expected this an
nouncement had looked for it day after
day. Nevertheless, she felt a strange
pang, which as long as he was unmar
ried she had escaped.
JJown by the river, where the water-
flags hoisted their yellow standards
among the reeds, and where the forget-me-nots
blossomed along the banks, she
sauntered, listening to the murmuring
waters, whose burden was ".fast, past,
past." Even Kover appeared to under
stand it, for he looked up into her face
and whined. ." .
The great gray bars of clouds spread
across the setting sun and blotted out
the sunlight; but still Alice paced up
and down under the pollard windows
until the evening was far advanced.
Night was setting in around her; the
light and life were over. She had scarcely
realized until the present moment how
present Mr. Scrope had been in her
every thought. '
The morning after reading the news in
the papers another very startling piece
of information came to her
She was an heiress.
By one of those strange chances iu life
that are so common nowadays, her
mother's brother beginning life as an
artisan had amassed a princely fortune.
And he had left it between Alice Jervis
and her brother.
And Alice Jervis sat down and wept
bitterly. To her it had come as a mock
ery, tier lot in me was cast; wnac aiu.
she want with money now i
In due time she read of the marriage
itself; she cut it out of the paper and
placed it in her pocket-uook. . It was all
over. --
in. . x v
Three vears slipped away. Three
travelers entered an hotel in a little for
eign town. One, a beautiful woman, a
little past her first youth, whom one
knew in - a moment, in spite of the im
provement that had taken place; but her
brother was scarcely to be recognized.
A; tutor and three years of foreign life
had caused a marvellous transformation.
The third, an elderly lady, was not much
altered, excepting that her dress was
handsome as heart could desire.
They took their places at the table
cThote, and exactly opposite to them sat
a hvrty and gentleman. The latter looked
wearied, and his short black moustache
twitched with the curvinga of the rest
less mouth beneath , it. The lady was
fair, fashionable and vivacious.
. Alice Jervis started. .- She would have
moved, but William Jervis, all ignorant
of past events, had exclaimed:
Mr. Scrope !"
. Mr. Scrope looked across, wondering
at the friendly recognition from an ap
parent stranger. Then his eye fell upon
Alice and he started, but quickly recov
ering himself he bowed, Baying:
"Pardon me if I . did not at first
remember you. " i
Mrs. Scrope had turned in delight to
wards William Jervis. ' '
."The first English 'Voice, excepting
my husband's, that I have heard for three
weeks. I do not understand Italian and
have consequently had no one to talk to
but Mr. Scrope. Can you: imagine any
thing more dreadful V '
Then turning to her husband she said,
' You must introduce me to your English
friends." - ---- ' - " " ' :
" Mrs. Scrope Mrs. and Miss Jervis,"
said Mr. Scrope, his look riveted on
Alios." v -i
- The face that had never left his mem
ory in spite of his marriage, had grown
to a hurher ' beauty than even he had
imagined to be possible. And;' though
he knew it not,' it "had come about
through her striving after aa ideal that
she aeemea worxny-oi nun.
' - StilliEcr the pulses that throbbed So
painfully Alice conversed with him as
with an old acquaintance and yet the
remembrance of their 'parting on that
moonlight night was vividly present to
both of them.-!" - --- ,.-. '
a Mm. Sfflroue talked' inoessantly, the
more especially as William Jervis was't
lively talker, with a frank, half-jesting,
half-deferential manner that 'had some
thing very winning in it ' "
ai; tm. watrhArt Mrs! Scrope nar-
AUWVa.-m.
iiinnileMlI 'vhT' Mr. SCTOPC
ImA married her. And mstinctively the
answer came, because 'he did not care
very much about her, but found that the
fi.riifl.iTKv vitnM ftdd Instre to his career.
There was ' something paradoxical in the
idea, but it passed with her. " .She had
argued that, if Mf. Scrope had really
cared for herself, to care, sauch for Mrs.
ocrope was impossible. .
So they met, and so they parted, in the
little out of the wav Italian- town ; and
Alios had seen Mr. Scrope once more.
Was she glad or sorry t
. The Scrapes returned to England the
Jervises remained . abroad. And they
heard nothing more of one another.
IV.
' Exactly why she had oome there she
could not telL It was more to gratify an
old longing than for any definite reason
thoturh she had persuaded herself into
the belief that she had business at Shel-
ford. At any rate, upon the anniversary
of that day, eight years ago, when she
had waited under the yew-tree to. say j
good-by to Mr. Scrope, Alice Jervis stood
- ,t . 1 J . it. - . A
wiui tier nana oa uie wicaeir-gau),
quietly reviewing her life, and once agair
asking herself whether love or pride had
had tile greater part in her decision. r
The branches of the yews were waving
gently, the roses were rustling their
silver-tipped leaves, and the white moon
light feu upon the graves.. Still: with
her hand upon the garden gate, she
looked toward the church, trying to be
lieve that the years had stood still, and
she was there waiting for Mr. Scrope.
She was turning away when a dark
figure approached her and a well-remembered
voice said : .-.'
"Miss Jervis!" . .
" Mr. Scrope !"
"Yes : I was waiting for you. I
wished to see you before you went away."
, Almost ner own worus m tneir last in
terview.
She looked up at him half fearfully. It
was so strange to see him there at that
hour of the night, and an almost super
stitious awe-crept over her.
1 wanted to tell you that you have
ruined my life so far. I heard that you
were at Shelf ord. I knew that you would
be here to-night, and I have come to ask
you if you repent the past, and are will-
ing to atone xor is.
Alice shrank bacfe.
" Mr. Scrope," was all she could say.
" The inferiority, if there beany, is on
my side," lie said ; " you have improved
the past X have wasted it. xet the wast
ing of it I lay to your charge. I knew
you better than you knew yourself. I
wanted a wife who would understand me
and would give me sympathy. You could
have done this and you refused it. Will
you refuse it now ? . ; ' ! " . -
.Bewildered, ana yet indignant, moe
shrank further away from him.
" Mr. Scrspe, she said, X bid you
go back to your wife, x bid you to re
pair the brilliant prospects you seem so
wrongly to have marred." - '
X wish X could, he answered sorrow
fully. "My wife- is dead, Alice, or I
should not be here to-night. She died
two years ago. You are hard and un-
iust as you have ever been."
" .Dead I stammered Alice. now
could I know ? I have but just returned
to England." She moved nearer to him;
she held out her hand, -. " Forgive me,"
she said.
And their eyes met ; and Mr. Scrope,
looking down into hers, stooped and
kissed the quivering lips for the second
time in his life. Jean Banceur.
Dinner.
Dinner, both in the nature and quanti
ty of its components, must be regulated
by the constitution and judgment of in
dividuals : who. however, bearing in
mind a constant and consistent discrim
ination with respect 1 o aliments, should
be careful to study the peculiarities of
their constitution and digestive powers,
and to adapt their diet to them. We
may. however, very well add, that those
who are chiefly employed in mental oc
cupation, and not exposed to much bodi
ly labor, require leas - animal food than
such as are in the continual exercise of
corporeal strength, and should conse
quently, avoid excess in that particular ;
with this exception, tnat an nysieno or
hypochondriac tendency seems to re-
Quire animal food, which, however,
should be freely joined with the vegeta
ble. We may here, also, properly re
mark, that no error is in this country
more common or more dangerous than
the neglect of bread.
This valuable edible is the safest and
most nutritious of vegetable aliments,
and the best -corrector of animal food
by its plentiful use alone, the bad conse
quences of an excess of the latter may
be obviated. The tables of the French
appear to be supplied as freely with ani
mal food as those of the English ; yet
that people, by a greater use of bread
and dried acid fruits, prevent the ill ef
fects of a heavier diet, and preserve a
cheerful buoyancy of spirits, to which
the generality of our phlegmatic island
ers are strangers. The English, there
fore, who are so much devoted to animal
food, - should particularly moderate its
effects by a liberal use of bread and Oth
er- vegetable matter; since vegetable
food is necessary to secure, not only
health, but long life. Iu infancy and
youth, we should be confined mostly to
it ; m mannooa ana .tne aecune oi we,
we should more freely use nimn,l nour
ishment ; and in old age, we should re
turn to the vegetable. Vegetables and
milk, indeed, are' strong antidotes . to
scurvy, and putrid- and inflammatory
fevers' ; nay, in the former disease, milk
alone will frequently do more good than
any other remedy.
A Sickening Story.
The New Orleans Times records the
following incident of the recent steam
boat disaster at that city: Maxwell,
upon being interviewed, stated that he
was a workman on the Hodman when she
caught fire from the Kyle. Although he
could have reached the shore, the pite
ous appeals of the women induced him
to stay. Launching a stage plank, he
ramped into: the river, and. calline to
two ladies, bade them follow for their
lives. Unhesitatingly they' took the
fatal leap, and were assisted by him on
the stage. The current drifted them
directly against the burning vessel, not
withstanding his desperate exertions to
push the stage in a contrary direction.
While attempting ; to save the ladies,
urged and encouraged by their agoniz
ing shrieks, a burly negro seised a plank
and jumped upon them.' The plank
striking Maxwell across the leg and pre
cipitating him -into the- water, a few
strokes were taken and he reached an
other plank, where, helplessly, he
'watched the negro, lost to everything
but saving his, life, make ineffectual at
tempts to gain the - stage on which were
the ladies. Suspecting the result, he
turned around, and when he looked again
the stage floated . buoyantly past ium,
bottom, upwardthe- ladies aad their
murderer had drowned."
Thb folio win or is a reoioe for mnVino-
hard soap, which, is said to be excellent
and economical. Nearly every family
accumulates through the winter drippings
from beef and . mutton. - These can be
utilized for the grease by boiling is
water, allowing it to cool, then removing
from the water and boiling' till all the
water is expelled, t Of course the whiter
the grease the nicer the soap. - Take six
pounds of sal. soda, six pounds of grease,
three sad a half 'pounds new stone lime.
four gallons soft - water, half pound
borax. Put soda, lime and water into an
iron boiler : boil tall all is dissolved.
When well settled pour off the clear lye.
wash out the kettle, and put in the
clear lye, grease and borax ; boil till it
comes to soap, pour into a tub to cool.
and when sufficiently: hard cut into bars
ana put on boards to dry.
"I HATBi" said a French pnest. "to
confess an Irishman, for there are four
questions I always have to ask before
can get at the sms: Are you . married
or single?' Yes, sir. Are you mar
ried or, single ?' No, sir ; Are you
married or singlet' Yes, sir. Are
you a married man?' 'No, sir. "
l X : jrOB powllsg'g Funeral. r
HL S. Cox writes the following : " Many
years ago I was one of ; a parly in Wash
ington city, when .South and North vied
with each other in convivial life. ' An
other of the party was Uen. XJawson,
membei ' from Western Pennsylvania,
whose homestead was Albert' Gallatin's
old home. 1 He was an admirable story
teller. I recall somewhat sadly, now
that he is gone, how well he illustrated
he InttfriAHg of a class of Virginians. The
story was a part of Ins Congressional
canvassing.' On one ' occasion he got
across the Pennsylvania ; line into a little
village of Virginia. He was in the midst
of a group around the tavern, wnue
treating and talking, a procession ap
proached which looked like' a funeraL
He asked who was to be buried? "Job
Dowling, said they. "Poor Job!"
sighed the General.: He was a good
natured, good-for-ncthing, lazy fellow
living on the few fish he . caught and the
squirrels he killed, but mostly on the do
nations of his neighbors. "So poor Job
dead, is he?" "No, he ain't dead,
zactly, " said they. " Not , dead not
xet you are going to oury mm r
' Fact isl General, he has got too infer
nal all-fired lazy to live. We can't afford
him any more. He's got so lazy that the
grass began to grow over his shoes so
everlasting lazy thf t ne put out one oi
his eyes to save the trouble of winkin'
when out a gunnin. But," says the
Genera', " this must not be.. It will dis
grace my neighborhood. Try him a while
oncer, can t you ? " Uan t ; too late
coffin cost 81.25. Must go on now."
About this time the procession came, up,
and halted, when the General proposed
if they would take Job out he would send
over a bag of corn. On this announce
ment the lids of the comn opened and
Job languidly sat up ; the cents dropped
from his eyes as he asked, " Is the corn
shelled, General?" "No, not shelled."
" Then," said Job, as he lazily lay down,
go on with the funeral
Wall Street. Present and Past.
Wall street, so much derided by com
monplace cities as the devil s exchange,
is at this moment a mirror of what is tak
ing place, everywhere. ; Instead of s
dozen heroes in its Pantheon, there is
but one Jay Gould. He has nearly
broken Daniel Drew, the head . of the
bears. Burns Hatch, whose operation
with Michigan Southern stock in 1867
netted $2,185,000, has been exploded by
Gould, and has sailed for Europe. Henry
Keep has been five years asleep under a
$100,000 mausoleum, and his wife has
found a husband for the $4,000,000 he
left her in Judge Schley, of Georgia.
Vanderbilt ho longer visits the street.
and his stocks hold their high figure from
the integrity of the man ; that is, Van
derbilt will not permit his own stocks to
fall on his friends, although the condi
tion of the Lake Shore railroad seems to
be anything but sound. Jim Fisk died
the brawler's death he coveted. Horace
Clark passed away with the serenity he
had lived. I saw Leonard Jerome, a few
days ago, lunching in the park, pass
and indifferent. He was the Sardanapa
lus of the street, and under his domina
tion Pacific Mad sold at 829. With
more intelligence than any otker broker,
educated at .Princeton, he lost millions
by foolishly remaining up town at pleasure
on the day his company held its annual
meeting. Xle is now worth about three-
quarters of a million, which he husbands
as closely as he can, and avoids the street.
Tom Durant dropped out of prominence
very much for the. reasons which exhaust
ed Jerome pleasure and extravagance,
There are no such times, at present, for
rabid speculation as in the period of the
war and succeeding it. JJr. Hhelton, -the
hermit operator, who used to appear late
in the autumn from his country estate,
and carry 75,000 shares at a time, bearing
gold meanwhile, is only a tradition now.
Amasa Sone ant Alexander Mitchell,
who are great railway officials, sent in
large orders at times, but , have grown
conservative. " Oath . Toumsend.
Ten Years for Forty Cents.
John Steptoe was yesterday sentenced
to ten years' imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary for robbing Xiarney Uswaid
of the sum of .forty cents on the 16th of
December last. , On the evening of that
day the .prosecutor, who resided at
McBee City, when driving toward his
home, and when on Chouteau avenue,
near Urand. came across the nnsoner.
who threw a rock at and struck him, and
then . jumped into the wagon and beat
him on the head with a soda-water bottle.
He knew the prisoner, having formerly
worked with him. Another man, named
Sam, held him while the. prisoner rifled
in pocket. He only succeeded in ob
taining 80 cents in money and 10 cents'
worth of " tobacco. Oswald had a con
siderable amount of money in another
pocket, which the robbers faded to find.
8U JjOu uiooe, aisfc , .
Speculation Extraordinary.
. Numerous applications have- been re
ceived at the United States Treasury at
Washington from various parts of the
country, for the first sheets of fractional
currency printed with the new signature
of Mr. New, the new Treasurer. These
applicants express the belief by offering
a premium, that they coma sen tne
" stamps" .with the new signature at
large advance to the public for keepsakes.
Similar applications have also been re
ceived for the last sheets printed with
Spinner's signature before he 'goes out of
office. This rage for speculating upon
the petty foibles of the people is taking
an nnTia"- , turn w una matter, bumjb
neither signature is in the handwriting
of the Treasurer, and all are simply
printed fac-similea. But a fool and his
.money are soon parted.
. Tax following is a simple method of
cleaning brass, which will be valuable
for the housewife to remember : If very
much oxidised of covered with green
rust, lirst wash it with strong-soda and
water. f If not, so very bad, this first
process may be dispensed with. Then
apply a mixture of - one part of common
sulphuric acio and twelve parts pf water,
mixed in an earthen vessel ; wash ; well,
first with clear . water, and : then with
water containing, some ammonia, after
ward scouring well with pil and rotten
stone, using a piece of soft leather and a
little dry rotton-etone to give a brilliant
polish, v In subsequent cleaning, oil and
rotten-stone will be found sufficient, ,.
A SmdiFro'EwrOTKB. -M. Seguin is
dead. He built' the first railway in
France (from Lyons to St. Etienne); he
invented iron - wire suspension bridges
and the tubular boilers of locomotive
engines, ' by which invention railway
trains have been able to attain their pres
ent great speed, for ' the tubular boiler
generates steam rapidly enough to sup
ply the vapor as fast as it is wanted. He
lived to attain the age of eighty-nine
years. His mind - had decayed some
years before his body. He was a pupil
and a nephew of Montgoliier, the paper
maker, so well known by his connection
with aerial navigation.
Four per cent, of the people of Eng
land die a violent death. So says the
British Medical Journal.
Madame Jerome Bonaparte.
In Scr timer's for May there is an in
teresting account of "The Baltimore
Bonapartes," by E. L. Didier, accom
panied by striking portraits Of Jerome
and Madams Bonaparte, their son and
grandson. We quote as follows.:
Madame Bonaparte is still, livincr m
Baltimore, at the age of ninety years.
She says she has no intention of dying
until she is a hundred. She has been to
Eurspe sixteen timeB, and contemplates
another trip this summer. This old lady
has mote vivacity and certainly more in- j
telligenoe than many of the leading wo
men of fashion of the present day. She
expresses her opinion upon all -subjects
with great freedom, and sometimes with
bitterness. She has little or no confi
dence in men : and a very poor opinion
of women, the young ladies of the pres
ent day, she says, 'all have the " homo
mania." All sentiment she thinks a
weakness. She professes that her am
bition has always been not the throne,
out near the throne. Mr. Patterson, her
father, died in 1896, at an advanced age,
in possession of a large fortune. In his
will, which is one of the most remarka
ble documents that has ever been de
posited in the Orphans' Court of Balti
more, he says: 'The conduct of my
daughter, Betsey,' has, through life, been
ss disobedient that in no instance has she
ever consulted my opinion or feelings ;
indeed, she has caused me more anxiety
and trouble than all my other children
put together ; her folly and misconduct
have occasioned me a train of experience
that, first to last, has cost me much
money' in this, lie means the. marriage
Of his daughter to Jerome Bonaparte.
The old gentleman left her, out of his
wealth, only three or four small houses
and the Wines in his cellar worth is all
about ten thousand dollars.
"Madame Bonaparte is very rich ;' she
has made her money by successful specu-
lataona, and by her life-long habit of sav
ing. For years she has lived at a board
ing-house m Baltimore, seeing very little
company. Her costume is ancient, and
there is nothing about her appearance
that suggests the marvelous beauty that
led captive the heart pf Jerome Xkna
parte. Her eyes alone retain some of the
brightness of former days.
" i: or forty years. Madame iionaparte
kept a diary, in which, she recorded her
views and observations of European and
American society. Some of her remarks
are severely sarcastic. A well known
Boston publishing house, it is said, re
cently offered ten thousand dollars for
the manuscript volumes, but Madame
refused to sell them at any price, and has
committed them -to the custody of her
younger grandson, Charles Joseph, re
cently a law student of Harvard, now a ris
ing member of theBaltimore bar. They
will probably be published after the
writer's death."
A Dead Weight of Lead.
Oscar Barton was a bad boy of Somer-
ville, Tennessee. He was only nine
teen years old, and therefore, a boy, but
he did man s work about town. He was
a walking arsenal of small arms had at
various times fired himsel off, and killed
a good many people. He had one good
trait, however. He always told people
about when there was danger in him, so
they could defend themselves if they de
sired so to do. That was certainly very
kind of liurton. He was honorable in
all his assassinations to that extent.
Last August there was a rumor that
the negroes were about to attack Somer-
ville, and Oscar Burton armed himself
for the defence of the town.- He went
out like David did against the giant of
Oath and swore death and destruction to
any man with a black face he miirht meet.
The black men kept out of his way. The
Sheriff of the county and the Sheriff's two
brothers, went - forth to take Burton into
custody. - Burton killed the Sheriff and
one of the brothers and Crippled the other
brother for life and was not taken. In
the skirmish he was riddled with bullets
and filled with lead. Nobodv thoucht he
could possibly survive, but he did, and
the lead he carried gave him more weight.
This was all the inconvenience he experi
enced. ' T. N. Doyle, a young man of 21,
and a clerk in a store at oomerville, occu
pied the same room for some time with
Burton. ' Doyle was summoned before
the grand-jury and testified that Burton
carried concealed weapons. ' The next
day Doyle' told Burton what he had done,
He excused himself by saying that he
could not swear to a lie when the Question
was asked him under oath, and said he
would make all the reparation he could
by paving Burton s line if be was fined.
It was on Sunday that Doyle made the
explanation to Burton. Burton became
incensed and told Doyle that he did not
want to kill a man on Sunday; but would
postpone the killing until the next time
he met him ; honorable to the last. Doyle
knew his man and placed himself on
guard. On Monday he saw Burton saunt
ering across the street, towards the-store.
with his hand in his bosom. Doyle got
a heavily-loaded double-barrelled shot
-gun and stepping into the door, fired
upon Burton in the street. He fired both
barrels in quick succession, both charges
open. Burton f elL Doyle advanced On
Viito with a revolver and fired several
shots into him to make a sure thing this
time. Oscar Burton is dead. On his
person were found not less than five
loaded navy revolvers. Doyle was ar
rested, but he has all the , sympathy in
Somerville. &t. Louis Jtepublican.
Ants That Bury the Dead. V
Xt has been discovered that there are
some ants which actually bury their
dead. . Recently a lady had been obliged
to kill some ants, the' bodies of which
lay about on the ground. - Presently a
single ant found its dead - companions,
and examined them and then went off.
Directly it returned with a number . of
others and proceeded to the dead bodies.
Four ants went to each corpse, two lift
ing it and the other two following, the
main body, some two hundred in num
ber, following behind. The four bearers
took their office in turns, one pair re
lieving the other when they were tired.
They went straight to a sandy hillock,
and there the bearers put ' down their
burdens, and the ethers immediately be
gan to dig holes. A dead ant was then
placed in each grave, and the soil filled
in. The most curious part of the pro
ceeding was that some six or seven ants
refused to assist in grave-digging; upon
which the rest set on them, killed them,
dug one large hole, and tumbled them
unceremoniously into it. -
1 What the Word Bee Means
The term "bee," now so generally ap
plied to spelling classes, has for a centu
ry or more been used in connection with
quil tings, corn-hoskings, apple-butter
boilings, and other pleasant gatherings
of country people, ' where the hum of
busy industry reminded one of the activ
ity of a bee-hive. - When the quilt was
completed, or the corn all husked, the
young people generally amused them
selves with dancing, playing games, etc,
and, among other pleasant amusements,
spelling classes were introduced. To
these old-fashioned oountry customs
may, we think, be traced the origin of
the term " bee ' in its application to or
thographic contests.
BUSINESS CARDS
JOHN CONNER,
AND
Exchange Office,
ALBANY, OREGON. v
Deposits received anbject to check t right. .
Interest allowed on time deportta in coin.
Exctwnse -on Portland, 8n Francisco and Hew
York for sale at lowest rates.
Collections made ana promptly reminea.
Hefers to H. W. Corbett, Henry Falling, W. 8.
Banking hours from 8 a. m. to a p. m.
Albany, Feb. 1, 1874. 22v
J. W. BALDWIN,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Will practice In all the Courts in the Second, Third
and Fourth Judicial District, in toe Supreme Court
of Oregon, and in the V. 8. District and Circuit
Courts. - ; - ' . .
Office In Parrish brick (upHrtairt), In office occu
pied by the late N. H. Cranor, First street, Albany,
Oregon. ; 1 v tol6v6
D. B. BICE, M. D.,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN.
Office, firstst., Between Ferry and Washington.
Residence. Third street, two blocks below or east
of Kethodlst Church, Albany, Oregon. v5n40
. O.
POWKIili. I
Ii. FLTNN.
. POWELL & FLYNN, ,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCEBY,
T Flinn. Notary Public). Albany. Oregon. Collec
tions and eoneyanoes promptly attended to. 1
Albany Book Store.
JNO. FOSHAY,
Dealer In
Miscellaneous Books, ftchool Books, Blank
Books, Stationery, Fancy Articles, ec. ,
Books imported to order at shortest possible no
Ice. ! vn30
DR. GEO. W. GRAY,
1 .
DEN T It 8
T
Albany, Oregon.
Office In Parrish Brick Block, corner First and
Perry streets. !
Office hoars from 8 to 12 o'clock a. m. and l to 5
RMtHAimft. mraer r li iu tuu rerry trca.
o'clock t. m. i - 10
Epizootics Distanced.
THE BAY TEAM STILL LIVES,
And is flonrishina' like a sreen bay tree. Thankful
for past favors, and wishing to merit .he continu
ance of the same, the BAY TEAM will always be
ready, and easily found, to do any hauling within
the city limits, lor a reasonaoie compensauuu.
r Delivery or gooas a specially.
30vS . A. N. ARNOLD. Proprietor.
W. C. TWEEDALE,
Dealer in
Groceries, ProTisiojis, Tobacco, Cigars
Cutlery, Crockery, and Wood and Willow Ware,
I Albany,
rST" Call and see him.
i Obkoon.
24v5
The Eletzler Chair I
Can be had at the following places :
Harrisburg... .....j. ...... .I. .Sam May
Jnnrtion Oitv i Smith A Brasneld
Brownsville Kirk A Hume
Halsey.... , t... J. M. Morgan
Bdo ...J ........J.J. Brown
Albany. .Graf A Collar
A full supply can also be obtained at my old shop
on first street, AiDany, uregon.
..-(--. tf. in. mc M. t-t .r.rw.
H. J.B0UGHT0N,M.D.,
GRADUATE OF THE
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE
OF NEW YORK,
and late member of
Bellevue Hospital Medical
College, New York.
Office in A. Carothers
bany. Oregon.
A Co.'s Drug Store, Al-
Piles!
Piles !
' win itftv this damaainv and troublesome com
plaint cannot be cured, when so many evidences of
success might be -placed before you every day
cures of supposed hopeless cases T Your physician
informs von that the longer von allow the complaint
to exint. you lessen your chances for relief. Ex
perience ha taught thx in all earn.
A. Carotliers & Co.'s Pile Pills & OMmen1
...... i .
'Are all they are recommended to be. will cure
Chronic, Blind ana tsteeaing .rues iu a very nm
time, and are convenient to .' , '
. This preparation is sent by mail or express to any
point wunin tne unuea yw pwHgn
Aaaress a. i;ano ibji m v w. ,
27 v6 Box 83. Alabany Oregon
JOHN SCHMEER,
DBAXiEB IK
Groceries and Provisions
I
ALBANY OREGON,
Has just opened his new grocery establishment, on
Comer of Ellsworth and First Streets,
..... j .
With a fresh stock of Groceries, Provisions, Candles,
Cigars, Tobacco, Ac, to whicn ne invites vote alien
tion of our.eitixena.
In connection with the store he will keep a Bakery,
and will always have on hand a full supply of fresh
Bread, crackers, Ac. j ,
tar" Call and see me. ,
' JOHN 6CHMEEB.
FehrnaryM j '' a4"
The Old Stove Depot
John .Briggs,
- y Dealer in .. - "
Ccot, Parlor- ani Box Stoves !
1u 't OF THE BEST PATTERNS.
i ...A. LSO,
Tin, Sheet Iron 'and Copper "Ware,
And the usaal assortment of' FurnlaMng Good to
. : be obtained in a Tin Store.
Repairs neatly and promptly executed on reason
able terms. .. . - -. -;.
Short Reckonings Hake Loag Friends.
Front Street, Albany.
Dee. S, 1874. i
WHEEELEB.
C. P. BOUGE.
a B. tVHEEXER. ',
A. WHEELER & CO.,
SHEDD, 0BEO0N, ,
FORIABBIM t AHD - COMMISSION
' MERCHANTS.
, ... ,f . . ,
Dealers In Merchandise aad Produce. A good
assortment of aU kind of Goooa always in store
at lowest market rates. j . - . -
' Agents for sale of Wagons, Strain Drills, Cider
Mills, CiJUrns, Ao Ac -
CASH paid fo WHEAT, OATS, PORK, BVT-
xao, iMma, ana mwitti.
- - A. W. GAMBLE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN, SURCE6N, Eto.
Office on First EL, over Weed's Grocery Store
"BesJdence opposite late residence of John C. Ven
denbaH, near the Foundry, First street, Albany.
October 33 1873. . ' . ' ' ' ." . . I" '
W e bfoot M ark e 1 1
CHARLES WILSON
Ha-rlng leased the Webfoot Market, on First street,
adjoining Oradwobl's, respectfully asks a share or
the pnblia patronage. The market will be kept con
stantly supplied with all kinds of fresh meats. Call
and see.
t3T The highest cash price paid for Hides.
rr . CHAKLE3 WiUSO-V.
Albany, August 14, 1874. J '
GEO. R. HELM,
Attorney ani Coisellor at 1
ALBANY, OREGON,
Will praotlre In all the Courts of this State.
umce in r ox d juries jsuuaing tup-euun;,
steet.
ALBANY
Foundry anil
A. F. CHERRY, Proprietor,
ALBANY OEEGON,
Manufactures
Steam Engines
Hour and Saw Mill Machinery,
WiToa-Vortiiig & Aricultiiral MacMiiBiT
v And aU kinds of
Iron and Brass Castings.
Particular attention paid to repairing all kinds off
machinery. - 41t8
A. CAK0THE11S & CO..
DEA1KBS IN
Drugs, Chemicals,
Oils, Paints, ,
Dyes, Class,
Lamps, Etc
AH the popular '
PATENT MEDICINES,
JJ'XJNJS UUI'LEKI,
CIGARS, TOBACCO.
NOTIONS, PERFUMERY,
And TOILET GOODSL
Particular care and promptness given physicians..
prescriptions and family recipes.
. , A. (JAKUTliEKB A UO.
Albany, Oregon. . 4vS
GrO TO THE
DEE-HIVE STORE S
-TO BUT-
Groceries,
Provisions,
Notions
&c.f &c, &c.
Cheap for Cash. !
Conitry Mnce of All Ms BoniM
For Merchandise or Cash.
This is the p'aee to get the
Best Bargains Ever Offered la Albasy.
Parties will always do well to call and see for thesa
selves. , H. WEED
First Street, Albany, Oregon.
S2v6
MEXICAN
lustang Liniment
Was first known in America. Its merits are now
well known throughout the habitable world. It has
the oldest and best record of any Liniment In the
world. From the millions upon millions of bottles
sold not a single complaint has ever reached ua. A
a Healing and Paln-8nbdaing Liniment it has no
equal. It is alike .
BENEFICIAL TO HAN. AND BEAST.
Sold by all Prueglata.
S.T.-ie60"K,
Y- OLD
Homestead Tonic
. 1." .-' - ,' '-- -" ; ..
Plantation Bitters
Is a purely Vegetable Preparation, composed or
Callaaya Bark, Boots, Herbs and Fruits, among
which will be found garaaparillian, Dandelion, WJld
Cherry, Sassafras, Tansy, Gentian, Sweet Flag, etc.;
also Tamarinds, Dates, Prunes and Juniper Berries,
preserved in s sumeient quantity (only) or thesairit
of Sugar Cane to keep in any climate. They invari
ably relieve and cure the following eomplaiuts
Dyspepsis, fanndioe, -Liver Complaint., Loss of
Appetit., Headache, Bilious Attacks, Fever and
Ague, Summer Complaints, Sour Stomach, Palpita
tion of the Heart, General Debility, eta. They are
especially adapted aa a remedy lor the diseases to
which
w o m E N
Are subjected ; and as a tonic for the Aged, Feeble
and Debilitated, have no equal. They are senctly in
tended as a Temperance Tonic or Bitters, to be
used aa mediaine only, and always according to
direct iocs.
' Sold bt all xibst-Class Dbvogists
BROOM FACTORY. "
W. IX BELDING,
Who asannfactured the ' first - good Broom every -made
in Albany, baa returned Irom California, and
located permanently In this city, where he baa
again eonunenoed the manufacture of all kinds of
Brooms," ;Brushes,J Wisps,
Ac, at his factory oa FIRST STBEET, at John
Uetsler'a old stand, east of Itagnona Mill, where
he invites those wishing a first-class broom to call
and secure it of him.
XT. . SELCnw.
Albany, Oct. 16, 1874. 6 t