VOLUME VIII.
ALBANY; OREGON,; MAY 26, 1876.
NO. 36
BUSINESS CaKDS.
SAMUEL. E. YOUNG,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
DRY GOODS, .
CL0TH1NQ,
GROCERIES,
DOOTS & SHOES,
THRESHERS,
REAPERS & MOWERS,
WAGONS, PLOWS,
SEED DRILLS, -BR0A3CST
SEED
SOWERS, ETC.
First street, Albany, Ortgoa.
Terms :
HiOv"
St- Charles Hotel,
Corner Washington and First Sts.,
ALBANY, OREGON,
Matthews & Morrison,
PROPRIETORS.
ttonso newlv fiivnlshed throu-rhout. The
best the market affords always on the table.
Free Coaeh to and from the Ilouae.
I. C. HARPER & CO.,
Dealers In-
IL "ST aOODS.
t lntliiu. Coots and Shoes, Hats, Uroee-t'nnr-
(Moods, Notions., Khotnns
mid Pistol, Stalls, Rope, Mirrors,
Wallpaper, Wood and Willow
Ware, Trunks and Valises,
Pocket Cutlery, A.C., if.,
fiM very low either fur cn.th, or to prompt pe.j
Raising and Jlovltig liuiirtius.
WE THE UNDERPINNED BETS LEAVE TO
aminuna to the citizens of Albany and
snrroun-liHSt conntry I hut. having smpplied ur-M-lvea
wilt the neeerwary luac-ti fner y for mis
ami removing bniMin'-i. we are ready nt all
time to receive orders for stu-h work, which
we will do in-hort nr ler at lowest rate. We
Kuarantca entire satisfciuliou in all work under
taken by us.
Order left at the Rkolsteb office promptly
attented to. Apply to. .
Alba, B ASTV. ALLKX t O.
Or., April 23. 1jm5. iv7
CUA.H. B XQSTAGCE. KuBT. JlVA'.LEV.
5I0XTA6UE & McCALLEY,
ARE NOW OPEN1XG A MAGSI Fl CENT
stock of '
FALL .AND WIXTER GOODS !
selected with care, and bought for eoln at
Scandalously Low Figures
and as we bonght low we can and will sell lliein
at pric?s tbut will
Astonish Everybody.
Come and see our selections of
Dress Uoodn,-Japanese-9linwls,
Pil'eM,
Krllllantes,
Marseilles,
Poplins,
Kibwons, - Collars, Collarettes,
Laces A-c.t &e,
for the ladles, and our complete lines of
Readymade Clothing,
Hosiery,
4'ottonades,
nimiiasr.,
Cloths,
' - Mioea, "
1 toots,
Caps,
of all descriptions for men nn-llKye. Also, full
assortments of
Grccsriesr Crocfcery and Glassware.
or everybody.
The l"t jroods,at the lowest ratesevcry time.
tn'ouio and see.
Lebanon, Oregon, October 30, lwt.
Furniture Varerooms.
FEED GRAF,
HAVING purcliaJ-e-l the entire Interest of .
Collar in the late firm of Graf fl'ar'."
the furniture bnsine, takes this opportunity
to retnrn his thanks to the citizens of Albnn
and vieinity who have so peneronsly patrpn
Ired bim la the past, and respee'fully ask a
timiance of the lame. EST AU kinds of tnr
nlture kept on hand and nuuiufanred toorder
at lowest rates. . IKhUUKH.
Albany, Nov. 13-v8n8 ,
Bath House & Barber Shop.
THE UNDERSIGN EH WOULTl i:ESnKCT
fully thank the citizens of A 1 ban - and 1
cintty for the liberal imtronaKe f ? "
him for the past seven, ye-".1!09 J5S
future a contlaoallonof their 0-JLor'e
accommodation of transient eustomc and
friends in the tipper part" tow.' KSrSS
da neat little shop next door . T:l: 2.17
Saloon, where a good workman wtU alsaja be
n attendance to wait upon P Vu-nBEK.
Itec.ll, 1874. , JOB WEBBfci"
OTOVES !
rrom this date until further notice, I w-lll
J t.ioicK Ktixjcxxws or
Stoves & Eanges !
"m jnmpi . g- ""i ' . - paw;"'1 'J"1 -
-ALS(-
PUMPS, HOSE, ETC.
W. I!. M.-l'iJ!UM-.
STOVEO '
OUR XEW YORK LETTER.
SPECIE, FOB AND AOAI.NST PRIVATE
AND FROFITAlHE THEATRICALS
FEMININE DEAD BEATS BLUE
FREIGHT LINES A UOOD WORD FOR
PAPER A CONTRAST.
New York, May 4th, 1876.
SPECIE, FOR AND AGAINST.
Those old fogies who feared that their
children would never know a silver
quarter by sight, have their forebodings
made vain by the little flurry of it from
the treasury. It is no unusual thing
down town to get dimes and quarters,
and it is the correct thing for ladies'
stores up-fown to pay out at least one
piece of -new silver witli the change to
each customer. But the streets are not
exactly , flooded with it just yet, and
them is not so much iu circulation as
was anticipated, for the reason that
when the banks paid out silver every
body began to hoard it up ; those who
had large sums, to sell when it was at
a premium again, and those who had
little, kept the first quarter paid them
lor pocket-pieces. The business men
and banks rind it difficult to get enough
specie for their wants after all,
PRIVATE AND PROFITABLE THEATRI
CALS. The Aniatuer Theatrical Society
made up largely of young jieople con
nected with 31 r. Frolhingham's church,
has plenty ot laurels and substantial
success to look back to at the close of
its season. It has played on Staten
Island, and I believe in Booklyn, foi
charities, and in New Yolk repeatedly
tor the Centennial and tor benevolent
objects, realizing over $5,000 clear.
Their last entertainment this week was
by no means their least flattering suc
cess. These theatricals are quite recber
che affairs, the audience all that is most
fashionable, as it is something of a favor
to secure tickets, which are only obtain
ed form the committee, and the playing
is good enough to call out special com
mendation from the bett critics ot the
daily pajers. Mr. Geo. Win. Curtis,
of Harpers' Magazine, dramatized his
old sketches. "'1 he I'otiphar Papcis"
ftr this society, prominent among whose
members are Calvert Y-aux, the Archi
tect, and Mr. Frederick Stcdman, the
eldest son of the poet Stedman ; while
a daughter of the artist Frank Carpen
ter, counted by judges one ot the most
beautiful girls in New York, is one of
the favorite actresKs in iadie' parts.
Judge Barrett and his daughter played
iu one piece, a week or twa before the
Judge left the city, in which lie took
the pari of a young man, looking about
tweuty-live, while the daughter was
Lis sweetheart.
FEMININE DEAD BEATS.
There is misery enough ii the city,
but there is a pitifully ludicrous side to
not a few of the appeals made for aid.
For instance, there is the lady usually
of Southern extraction who has sud
denly lost a large property, and is
thrown on her own resources, anil must
make a living by her talents. Mind,
it is the talents, pure and single ; for
she cannot wait for such trifles as train
ing aid business management. She
selects to go on the lecture platform or
giyes readings, for which somebody has
to provide her with a costume, more or
less gorgeous, aud a hair-dresser. - There
used to be a middleman for this sort of
thing, in the shape of an unfortunate
lyceiim agent, but a not very long con
tinued course ot lyceum bureaus having
sufficed to bring every one connected
with them to bankruptcy, the fair as
pirants have to do business themselves.
A well-dressed woman comes iuto one's
office, suave and smiling. She has heard
ot you as a man of liberality and taste ;
she has had occasion to admire you
often for your success in anything you
happen to pride yourself on a little ; she
tells her piteous story of destitution,
name her acdress al a four-dollars-a-day
hotel, and begs you to assist her
by taking teu or twenty tickets for her
coming lecture. On atking the subject
of her lecture, inquiry reveals she does
not know she has not yet decided
what tc choose and the lecture is
neither written nor announced. You
are J.o take the tickets, all the same,
and pay for them on the spot : for the
Jady wants the money to live on, and,
as she. remarks, "sbo is such a.child in
these matters, it is so hard for her to
have to go round and distribute them
in this way." This is no fancy picture,
but what took place in the writer's
pretence io au office net two days ago.
BLUE FKJSIOHT USE.
' This name includes all the roads ex
cept the Central just now, for the annual
i Minnur amusement or tMUins jaica is
going on in lively earnest. The 2d of
March last, the roads entered into a
compact to raise rates, making the price
for carrying a bushel of grain to this
city 35 cents a bushel on all lines. The
officers cf the New York Central claim
that they immediately put this rate in
force on their road, acting in good faith,
while other roads did not give notice of
the change of terms to their agents tor
a month afterward ; of" course .giving
them a large advantage over the Cen
tral as long aa they adhered to the old
rates. Forced to defend themselves,
the Central cut their rates down to 20
cents per hundred pounds, or about 12
cents a bushel; which makes good times
for the grain buyers, ince the Central
cut loose from the combination, their
receipts of grain, which were some 40,
000 bushels per week, have. run up to
400,000. The competition so far is
confined to east bound freight, but the
fight is so fierce between the contend
ing roads, that it is confidently expect
ed that the rates on west-going freight
will speedily be cut, and shippers are
holding their cargoes in anticipation of
the fall. Not long since the freight
lines offered to carry packages at about
12 cents each, to cut under the postage
packet dates, but diopped it as soon as
congress had taken action on the bill to
reduce third-class postage. Still this
action shows what we may look for in
the general shrinkage of ; all rales, and
the fullness of competition. When
monopolies suffer the people rejoice.
A GOOD AVOKD FOR PAPER.
Apropos of Mr. Blaine's resolution
in the House of Representatives, direct
ing the committee of ways and means
to consider some measure to relieve the
country from the threatened scarcity of
fractional currency, comes a paragraph
from Macaulay's diary ia Rome, when
he speaks of drawing ', one hundred
pounds worth of coin from Torloria's
bank, and lugging it through the streets,
in a huge canvas bag, muttering, with
strong feeling, Pope's Blest Paper
Credit." The truth is gradually dawn
ing on legislators, that both paparaud
specie are necessary for convenience iu
business. Those who do not think so
are waiting for the return ot the good
o'd days when bank officers had to sit
up nights o count their coin, and
trowsers pockets bu'ged ungracefully
with money enough to go on aday's
sporting.
A CONTRAST.; :
I spoke above of women who might
be classed as dead betts, but there are
too many worthy ones who deserve
both sympathy and encouragement, to
allow sport on the subjects The other
day a lady went to the office of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children to get the particulars of a
case for the newspapers While she
was there, a gentleman came in to hand
Mr. Bergh a check for 200 in aid of
the Society. Mr. Bergh said that, with
the utmost : thankfulness for his jrener-
osny, ne, personally, musi protest
" 1 1 . - i
against receiving it, as the gentleman
had already contributed large'y beyond
his just proportion. The donor refused
aoy deprecation of his gift, saying he
had neither wife, child or relation in
any way depending on him, and it was
more pleasure for him to give than to
withold, for "if I took it back," lie said,
"I should uot know what to do with it."
What sort of sickness went through
the woman's heart who heard the words?
She was trying for dear life to make a
living for three children by writing, as
she could get employment here and
there, but through the winter they had
suffered from want of food and fire .They
had been well to do till the hard times
came, when their" pretty home was
swept away, and she was thrown upon
her own exertions. She was well
dressed from the remains ot her ward
robe, and had no complaints to make,
but any mother cau guess how bitterly
and longingly she listened to this rich
man speaking of money with which he
did not know what to do, while she
stood by in her sore want, forbidden to
make one sign for the help which would
doubtless have been gladly offered, had
any one known the need of it. Cannot
the rich make it part ot their bencvo
lence to make work for the poor, up
right souls who oulv ask to bo allowed
a chance" to earn a living.' There is
work enough the world would be better
for having done it anyone had the wis
dom and the heart to find it out, and
bring it iu reach of the willing worker.
In hopes that this mention may bring
tho two together, I speak of one case
ilat lately came to my knowledge. , A
young Swedish pianist, wh graduated
from the conservatory of Stockholm,
after six years, study with high honors,
and came to this country 10 teach music;
but coming without knowledge Vof the
language,anI without influential friends,
has been unable to make more than the
barest living. She is a very brilliant
and finished performer, si I can say
from acquaintance, and I can but hope
that her wish to find some place where
her musical services would secure her
a home in any part ofthe country may
be realized. . Pieiro.
Rev. Addisoti Jotwis, of Sa5cm, iu an
article in the Stalesrnat, makes this
vigorous application ofi the principle ot
sound morals to political duty :
Whenever any man is trying to dor
right simply because it is right, and is
stoutly rejectiag the 'wrong simply be
cause it is wrong, he will be slistained.
He may lose his share of the 6tolen
"loaves and fishes," may even lose that
which was not stolen, and which rightly
belongs to him, but it will be made up
to him probably even iu this world,
but most assuredly in the world to come.
It would be well to remember that in
political as well as in religious affairs,
God watches nations, and rulers, and
has an eye to the ballot boxes. And if
we vote for ring masters, and swearers,
and .scoffers, and Sabbath breakers, and
whore mongers and adulteiers, He will
Dunish ns. If we try to do them good
(but not by putting them iu office !) lie
will help us. -
Fmatilla county is betttr adapted to
the grazing of sheep, cattle and horses
than any other county in the State.
Along its rivers the winters are com
paratively mild, while the bottoms aj id
low hills afford abundant whiter pas
turage. Cattle and horses require but
little attention after marked and brand
ed. Sheep are closely herded to pre
vent straying and to keep back the
wolf. As soon as the sheep are clipped
they are driven away to the mountains,
'where they are kept till winter. Fern
grass and shelter from the summer's
sun are the inducements for driving to
the mountaius. V
The excitement . at Constantinople
continues. The representatives of for
eign governments loci called upon to
exercise tho utmost vigilance . and be
prepared for any emergency. An event
of little moment in itf elf seems likely to
produce consequences of serious import
to tho civilized world. If the end
should be such au involveut of the Ot
toman government as to disturb , its re
lations to the Western powers aud
make way for its overthrow, the world
would be much benefited.
Married at Ox Hundred and
Thirteen. A letter to a St. Louis
paper, from a correspondent in the vi
cinity of that city, says : Old Uncle
Ben Webb Greer, aged one hundred
and thirteen years, was married, about
two weeks ago, iu Marshall county to
Mary Harrison, aged 57 years. 'Uncle
Ben waa boru (according to the sale bill
found among the property of his old
X
moctor
James Greer, ; deceased), in
L176S. He u-a a Mmnti,. th war f
1812, under General Jackson. Tlie old
man can cut and split one hundred rails
a day. '
, , ' - -:v'- :
The Richmond (Va.) Dinpatch says :
Mr. Pendleton cannot explain away his
sin. It is useless to tell the people that
there was any honest way of earning
$80,000 as a consideration fr going to
Washington and drawing twice that
sum from the Treasury. He either used
his social position to procure money
wbiclvthe Government did riot honest
ly owe, and thus earned his tae as some
other persons earn black-mail, or if the
debt was honestly owing and if anybody
could have got it for the asking, he
pocketed his exorbitant fee under lalse
pretenses. ,
Tho Democrats, it would ieoora, have
been counting their chickens bofore the
interesting process of incubation com
menced. In making up their estimates
of Presidential chances they have inva
riably put Colorado on their slid ot the
house; but the Denver the editor
of which isabout as well acquainted with
public sentiment in that part cf the
country as anyone else, says that it the
Centennial State casts her three elector
al voes for anybody, it will be lor the
Republican cpndidaU
Mrs. Myra Clark Galxic?, fortlfleJ by
the recent decibicn cf the Snjrcrie
iourt, goes to A ew Oi lcans to renew
suits for her estate. It is said tV.j Las
been ofiered S220,GC0 cu ih ?jwn cr.d
one-fifth ct the proceed U J .t;
when recovered. The liy ill
bly com promiss with i:i r, c ".
bonds for a quit clil-i
propcrtj cu which the c:iy hi
-.3
v pvl i
Why is a tiers t'
like Enoch A-n ?
UO ta!c iI'LEl J.r.- to
TWO IOVERS.
Sally Salter, she was a young teacher who
- taiiicht.
Ami her fi-iend, Charley Church, was a
- , . nreacner wna Drnuzut:
Though his enemies called bun a screacher
who scntught.
His heart, when be saw her, kept sinking
. anu buiik;
While she, iu turn, fell to thinking and
v thuiik.
He hastened to woo her, and sweetly he
wooed.
For hU love grew, until a mountain it
, - revcu,
And what ho was longing to do", was doed.
In secret he wanted to speak, and he sioke.
To seek with his lips which bis heart long
had soke ;
So he managed to let the truth leak and it
loke. -, " . , " "
He asked her to ride to the ehtircli, and
tuev rode. " .
They so sweetly dkl glide, that they both
thousnt they glorle.
And they came to the place to be tied, and
were toeu. ;
'Then homeward," he said, "let us drive,"
and they drove 1
And as soon as tljey wished to arrive, they
arrove.
For whatever he couldn't contrive, she
controve.
The kiss he was dying to steal, then he
stole.
At the feet where he wanted to kneel, then
i he knole.
And he said, 'I feel better than ever I
lole."
So they to each other kept clinging, and
clung.
While time his swift circuit was winging,
and wuncr: -
And this was tho thing lie - was bringing
- anu nrung.
The man Sally wanted to catch, and had
caught
That slie wanted from others to snatch, and
had sunlight
Was the one she now liked to scratch, and
she scraught.
And Charley's warm love began freezing,
and froze.
While he took to teasing, and cruelly
tose
The girl he had wished to be squeezing,
and stmoze.
"Wretch ! " he cried, when she threatened
' to leave him and left;
"Ho.v could you deceive me, as you have
deceit?"
And she answered. " I promised to cleve,
and I've cleft. '
;c(i:e .n. pixnky.
UE IS discovered with 'HALF-BREEDS
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MONTANA.
Not only our citizens, but those of
the eutire Pacific slope, will read with
amazement the following : Doubtless
a vast number ot our readers will incline
to the belief that we have been imposed
upon. that in an eager desire to fur
ii'tHh our patrons with the news at the
earliest possible moment, we have be
come unwittingly the promulgator of a
purely sensational story. Be that as it
may, we see our duty clear, and, as
chrouio'ers of passing events, do not see
how we can avoid priuting that which
we consider as issuing from a reliable
source. Portions of the following may
be sensational, and we incline to the be
lief they are, but yet events have come
to pass more marvelous, and why should
we hesitate in giving credence to this.
About three weeks ago an old hunter
who passed his early life among the
Chinpewas of the Red river ot the north,
and whose later years have been with
the Piegan and Blackfoot Indians, is
our authority for this -
O Kli WONDROCS TALE.
One morning he left his camp near .a
small spring, situated in the main range
of the Rocky mountains, between Cut
Bank creek and Chief Mountain, near
the British line, for the purpose of hunt
ing, lie had proceeded but a few miles
when his horse suddenly became fright
ened. Dismounting, he led him up a
gully, aud cautiously retracing his way,
peerea over ana into a neignoonng
ravine, where he saw three half-breeds
seated around a camp-fire. On a. pile
of blankets and robes, he discerned an
object which he conjectured to be that
of .:-.--
A WOUNDED MAX.
: As the sequel will show, his conject
ures were verified. In a moment he was
in their camp, and as the hour was fast
approaching for dinner, he remained,
at their invitation to partake of it.
Learning that the person on the robes
was a wounded white man, aud impell
ed by a desire to assist iu alleviating
his sufferings, -he approached and offered
his (services, which were gratefully ac
cepted. Possessing, like all mountain
eers, some knowledge of surgery ,he soon
fashioned some splints,- and properly
bandaged tho broken limb. It seems
that the sufferer, while riding his horse
at break-neck speed the day before, was
thrown to the ground, resulting. in tho
breaking of his leg. After everything
was arranged for his comfort, he opened
conversation with the old hunter, and
plied him with many questions concern
ing the States, especially ne western
portion. At last the hunter said: "Par
don me, but it seems that for one, whom
I consider to bo an Englishman, yon
are well acquainted with the country
on this side of the line. Who are you V
The stricken one raised on his elbow,
and with Lis glittering grey eyes rivet
ed on the one before him, in eold and
rr.t-arnfHd tones said ; '
" S ho tin it l am one who once
Vri. d irf tho name of an American
citia; hu I, yes I, betrayed them.
Jc it
n.y i
o i? n-acL
X out her hand tor me:
- 1 , are passed away, the spies
vf :. - f-.ro uogguig' my toot-steps,
I a i a f'Une iioa the land of my
: -,: .e a. i innzt.
-.;pt u;c, but listen to my
i- j rci
recital. " You can see me here on my
way to Helena. I met with this acci
dent, and therefore must retrace my
steps to British soil. It was my inten
tion to. visit my old haunts, the scene
ot so many . happy, and yet so many
dreary hours. I flattered myself that
by traveling incog, I could with these
trusty fellows you see around roe, pass
a few pleasant 'days in the mountains
near that Montana town. The fates
have ordained otherwise. Pay close
attention to what I now have to say
concerning ray wanderings, and if you
make mention of it to the world, speak
it as I tell it. The entire country is at
fault concerning the direction I took
when fleeing from San Francisco.
Strange as it may appear,
. I WD HOT OO TO PF.RU,
But on the contrary, reuiained in Sao
Francisco four days" after Vny rumored
departure on a Peru-bound bark. In
a disguise that would baffle the scruti
ny of the keenest detective on earth, I
boarded the train and kept traveling
day aud night until I landed in New
York. . Crossing the Courtlandt street
ferry, I walked into the city and took
up my quarters at Earle'a Hotel, in
Canal street. I forgot" to say that I
was unaccompanied, and the report that
A WOMAN. WAS WITH ME
Is a base fabrication, and gotten up by
sensational San Francisco reporters.
After a few days stay at Earle's Hotel,
1 engaged passage on a Cunard steamer
ior Liverpool, me weatber was pro
pitious and the trip was a splendid one
in every respect save one. I could not
fly away from my conscience. Oh, how
it gnawed my very vitals. At tiroes I
feared I would go mad ; I, who often
boasted of possessing none of the finer
feelings, and having a heart of adamant.
15 ut this is foreign to the subject in
hand. Heaven seemed to smile even
upon me, a criminal, for I landed in the
best ot health at the
GREAT LANDING STAGE tF LIVERPOOL.
Taking a cab I was soon at tho N.
. R. li. depot. I went to London
by way ot Crewe and Rugby, and one
Light about dusk arrived at Kaston
Square Station. For a long time I
remained at the Sussex Hotel, near the
Strand, and strange as it may appear,
six hours atter the first breakfast 1 par
took of at this house, I became aware
that detectives from Scotland Yard
were upon my track. I was literally
surrounded by spies. The city ot fog
was too hot for comfort, and I bid
adieu to it and left by tha N. S. S. line
for Osteud, and soou-
WAS OX BELGIUM SOIL.
Sick and tired ot this country and
its inhabitants, aud having a troubled
conscience only to be partially appeased
by travel, l crossed the frontier and
journeyed to Paris by Chemiu de lore
du t ord. Here as in London, I was
under surveilance, aud the geu-d'armes
persistently kept track of all my move
ments. Leaving the cay capital I pro
ceeded to Italy by. way. of the Mont
Cenis tunnel and lingered tor a few days
in Brindist. There I took the P. O. S.
S. Co's steamship Arabia, and passing
through the Mediterranean sea, arrived
at
PORT SAID, IX EGYPT.
Here, for the first time my health
gave way. Skilled physicians and care
ful nurses brought me out, and soon I
was passing through the Suez Canal.
I will not tire your patience by relating
how I passed from there to Melbourne,
aud the sufferings I endured while
SHIPWRECKED
Between that place and Victoria, Brit
ish' Columbia. You can easily see
bow easy it was for me to reach here
from the place last mentioned. Now,
lriend, farewell. You will see my Hele
na friends ; to them give my undying
regards, and say that while 1 have black
ened my name with infamy, I dare to
hope that some ot them will still think
of me as one who is not irrevocably lost.
You will hear from me again. -1 know
nut where I will direct my steps, but of
this be assured, that though 1 am
A SECOND "WANDERING JEW,"
The world will at all times learn of my
where-a bouts. lake the Helena Her
ald my former sworn enemy- and ere
long you will see in its - colums the
startling truths concerning my past, aud
the life before me. Heaven bless you
for alleviating the sufferings ot an out
cast. "Farewell, farewell V -Helena
Jxerald.
Five months gone, yet nothing has
been doneiy a Democratic House ex
cept to conduct expensive investigations,
in the vain hope that some act ot Re
publican dishonesty may be discovered
that will add to Democratic capital in
the coming Presidential campaign. It
is said that the printing and the binding
ot the testimony taken before the Naval
Committee will cost at least $ 100,000 j
and will coyer fcboufr 20,000 pages.
This is but one ot many investigations
that are now pending. Thus," while
preaching economy, the Democrats are
practicing extravagance, and this while
the nation U suffering tor legislation
that has been too long delayed.
A London telegram of the 16th says
that Prince Alexander Anersperg has
died from the effects of the wound re
ceived in a duel at Prague with Count
Kalowrat. The Count had been arrest
ed and would be court raartialed.
j A Few Centennials and Millennia
' 100 .years ago American Iadepn
dence r
200 years ago King Philip (tho In
dian) defeated and slain; habeas eorputr
in England.
300 years ago Massacre of St. Bar
tholomew; Spanish Armada preparing,
400 years agoPrinting invented;
Isabella the coming q'neen. ' 'ii
? 500 years ago The day of Tamer
lane, the Turk, and Chaucer the Ea
glish poet. - .
600 years aeo Baliol and Bruce,
Richard, Bacon, Thomas Aquinas;
House of Hapsburg founded.
700 years ago Richard Cueur del-ion
aud Saladin, Sultan of Egypt,tnea
nring swords in Palestine,
j S00 ,, years ago William - tfcrCon
queror. i , . .".'. ' " '7:"i
i 900 : years ago Hugh " Cauet, the;
Frenchman. .,
1,000 years ago Alfred the "Great
- 1,100 years ago Charlemagne and.
Haronn l Raschid.
4,200 years ago Mabomedanison
making lively work in Constantinople- ;
and other places. v
1,300 years ago Old Chosroes, the
Pcrsian.lives by murder, and. tho Pope
is made a secuiar judge among kings..
1,400 years ago The Saxons lively
in Britain; Clovis establishes the French
monarchy and the Visigoths conquer
Spain. "
1,500 years ago The Roman em
pire, having legislation many years in.
favor of capital against labor, begins, to- j
lall to pieces. '
1,600 years ago The world has. -nothing
better to do than to broach and
denounce heresies and get up religious'
persecutions. ' '
1,700 years ago Marcus A urelius,.
Tacitus and Plutareh.
1,800 years ago Jerusalem destroj--eJf
and Ilerculaneum and Pompeiii
burned.
1,876 years ago All the world Jab.
peace and Christ born.
" 6,000 years ago Adam jrose to the
dignity of a large real estate owner; but
by poor management was driven fcito
involuntary bankruptcy. - Chicago'
Journal of Commerce.
Proverbs f the Billbi-p Fanally.
Don't swap with yer releshuns unless;
ye ken afford to give them the big end
of the trade. 1
Marry young, and if circum6tsdiccs
require it, often. '
Don't take yer tobacker-box out im
kornpar.y. -
If you kant git euu elotfia ana edika.
shon too, git the cloths.
bay how are yer to everybody..
Kultivate modesty,, but mind and)
keep a good stock ot itnpidenoe on
hand. "
Be charitable. The sent pieces was
made on purpose.
Don't take anybody elte's advice butt
your own.
If a man flatters yuv yu kan kalki-
late he is a rogue, ov yuse a fule..
Keep both ize open; dout 6M more o
halt yu notis.
Don't mortia the flesh too much r
'twant the sores on Lazzarus that sent. .
him tew heaven.
If you itch tor fame, go inter a "rave-
yard and scratch yerself against a tume-
stun. .. ,
Beggars don't have tu ad vertize Iod-
runawadogs.
" 'Tis a long lane that never turns,'
and 'tis a good mill that alwase dus.
1 oung man, be more anxious about.
the pedigree yur going to leave, thait
you are about the wan somebody - is
going to leave yu. .
.Nature is nature ; yu Kant alter the-
krook of a dog's tail much aod preserver,
the length of it tew.
I would say to all the young men,,
go in," and tu all the old fellers, ?kum
out."
About as sure a way tu git rich as-
enny I no of is to git inter, dct for a-.
hundred thousand dollars, and then go
to work and pay oph the debt
t llosophers tell us that the world re
volves ob its axes, and Josh Billings
tells as that full bat the folka on th
arth think tha are the axes.
NL B- These ere proverbs her stood
f or ranre'n a hundred years, and hain't
gin out yet.
Postage Rates.
All attempts to make any ' essential
amendment in the present rates on'
third-class mail matter have failed in
the Senate. That body passed the new
postal bill, which retains merchandise
iu the mails as third-class matter, and
fixes the rates of postage at one cent
an ounce. The law of 1874 fixed tho
rate on this class, which includes tran
sient - newspapers, magazines, books, ,
merchandise, etc., at "one cent tor each
two ounces or fractions thereof." Iu
an obscure two-line amendment to an
appropriation bill passed in 1875 it waa
provided that "ounce'? be inserted in
place of "two ounces" in the statute.
This of oourse, bad the effect to raise
the postage from a half cent an ounco
to a cent au ounoo., The bill, aa now
passed, retains that rate, and what ia
worse, letaina the merchandise clause,
which has tarnished the excuse for thm
tinkering with the law as it exwtad
previous to 1875. Senator Haailui
says that when he offered his blind y
amendment raising the postage on ttutd
class matter, be thought be was oulj
preparing legislation for posta-s oy
merchandise in the mails. He has ad
mitted that this was au over:--' ;r.t.
NevertlielesSj. be persists iu his error,
and the Senate has juit voted to cr
petuatQ it.