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"I don't know but I would." I said. I mother's claim to the property, all safely
After all, he is a man. and must be ' deposited in bank before sunset, and oar
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W THE' BTE QISTCB' BOILFINff,
' orlT Frrry and J"rj 5!rot. "
This life troubles seemed at last to be over.
John Ellis, whom I hate most cor
dially, and snail while I live, called
upon mamma in s few days, and most
gracefully withdrew his opposition to l
his son's marriage. e took his con-
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able to care for you somehow.
w killing- youi" -
j And, as 1 spoke, Meta cried. "I smell
smoke!" .
Smell it I" T I cried, starting up. "I
see it."
There it was, coming in at tlie crack6 descensiou for exactly what ,it was
of the worn-out door, little threads at j worth, but were more than happy at the
first, but filling the room rapidly. We thought of rewarding lreut's taithtul
caught up some clotliing, and rushed to . love. ? . r
the door. As we opened it. the flames t: Our new house, built upon the site ot
burst in on the' landing and staircase, the old one, is but a roomy two story
forcing us to retreat. I cottage, but home like and cosey ; and
Mother and Freddie slept m the our warming was the weni ing of lirent
rooms beyond ours on the other side, and Meta, where I reddie and I offici
and we rushed across to them, and we ated as groomsman and bridesmaid, and
all four scramb'ed. half-dressed, from dear mamma seemed to throw on twenty
Freddie's window to a shed, and so to
the yard.
liy tins time the neighbors were
awakened, and the houses about us were
glowing in the flames shooting up trom
our old house to the sky. rancv,
VRJDAY
MAY 25, 1877.
THE
AFTEIt THE FIItE. T .
HAFTINESA WHICH WAS tOCKRO
--' CP 1ST AS JROJf BOX. j;, V t
The fire, from which we dale in tlie
family, it being the frreat event therein
for years, seemed, at the time it occurred.
the climax of a series of misfortunes that
had been falling for tivo years upon bur
.devoted beads..
j . Pirft, we lost a dear father j who left
the family already mentioned namely,
mammafeta, Freddie, and myself.
Meta, was but fourteen when fatherdied,
v I twelve, and rreddie, , out UiTee years
t ag,t There was no money fbr us
after the business was closed, and mam-
ma thankfully accepted an offer of her
Uncle Gordon, to be his house-keeper,
and so secure a home fbr all of us.
' Such a home 1 Uncle Gordon Croft
wa a man nearly seventy, strong and
viarorotis.' 'with' most ungovernable
temper, miserly and suspicious, who had
lived alone fbr about forty years. What
sudden spasm of generosity made him
open hi wretched," tumble down old
house to tis," wo never knew ; but cer-
tainly he repented the arrangement as
soorras his proposal was accepted.
; Not one meal passed our lips that we
; were not reminded ot its cost; not an
article ot oar poor clothing was renewed
without deep groans over our extrava
gance; and we were put Out at once
Meta and myself to learn trades, I be
ing apprentice to a milliner, Meta to a
bookbinder. :
; I know now that, scant as our wages
' were, they really covered the expenses
of our pooi food a lid worse .lodging.
As fbr poor mamma, with all tlie house
work, sewing, .washing, and .cooking
wpon her hands, surely she earned the
, little she spent.
Bat, in spite ot our poverty ami hard
work, Meta blossomed into a beautiful,
modest and tender girl. I was never
' even pretty. .. '
When Bret -Ellis discovered M eta's
attractions she was eighteen, still work
ing as a book-binder in a place of" busi
ness which BretV father owned. Old
John Ellis, after storming and rasing
like a maniac at the presumption of one
of the "bands' daring to be sufficiently
attractive to win the love of the son and
' heir of his magn'ficence, dismissed Meta
at an hour's notice. As he owned the
only bookbinding establishment in the
town, and Meta knew no other trade,
affairs looked black enough for us. ,
' Brent himself was true as steel, and
; wanted Meta to marry him at once.
Bot,' io spite of - her gentleness, M eta
had come pride and refused to enter a
tamily where the: was not welcome.
Mother,'-too, at this crisis, informed
'3 Brent that hie visit h I better cease,
aiid Me-did, not speak ono ' word of
UissenU- ' .; -t
" l 1 , stormed, -ot course ; '". I always do
, "itorm-wbcn I am angry. But nobody
ever iiroe round o my opinion, no roat
ler how I raved aittl John Ellis cet
tainly did not fTo be stire lie , did,, not
u hear me, or that xa?ght have made some
' difierence "
- Mid-winter 6and-na in this strait.'
' Meta out, of employment; helping moth
er about the house, and patiently bear
ing TJnc'e Gordon's protests against her
jdleness and fiue-lady aits ; I triouning
t
bat, and- meekly handing over my
wage tdvr snele ; Freddie still at the
town 'schooli hut with an apprenticeship
, joomuigup jb hwj uprmg. .,,f ..o ?
ia January Uncle Gordon was taken
ill the first serious sickness of his life.
' lie would have no dodot ' tmtil ' abso.
Jiitelj forfted to call one in by iucreacing
' pati au4 weakness, snd wlien the 'long
deiayed" examination was over it proved
ha been rflade too' lite." r " '
I Il just one month from' his first pain
, our anele died, leaving a brief will cou-
ferMt? all hw. property tbo house in.
-leded,icpe var mother, his, "well-be-
loved mece, SaTan' Morton." i ' ,
t BatwerCwas,tbe property J. Kot
'a s hiffinglwaB deposited In , the bank,
net an inch ot rear estate washeld in
. hi nee tls miserable piece J of
land BPOfib w Well, the house Vtood, and
..j eshic barely yielded vegetables for the
tabi. W ,tarnd the, .boose npside
' do?-HdtipB!de oat-lMili'O coin re-
-' concluded that the misery we had seen,
tbe-iiffiettatieee we bad heard,
you can, the group we formed, as we
stood huddled together it. the yard, and
watched everything we ownei upon
earth being licked by the greedy tongues
of flame, swallowed in clouds of smoke.
Meta and I could see our bedroom closet
and the scanty stock of clothing there,
and count the dearly purchased articles
as they were consumed.
"My poor black alpaca,' Meta said,
watching the lurid trimming creeping
np the skirt. "We muht have sua tched
that. It hangs on tho door.
'-j?ee my band box toppling over," I
said. "The bonnet will have flame
colored feathers in two minutes."
. Mother was too much crushed to
6hare in our grim jestine, and Freddie
was trembling .villi excitement and ter
ror. The firemen did their duty bravely,
but were too late to save anything, and
dawn found us home'ess, with nothing
left of our house but blackened walls
and a tall chimney, clearly defined
against the rosy cky of a June sunrise.
Then 1 shall love him all my life
for that as we stood ntter'y desolate
and destitute. Brent Ellis, who had
worked like a giant at the fire engines.
came all blackened and streaming with
sweat and said, 4,Marry me, Meta, this
hour, so that I may have the right to
shelter all ot you. I have a little for
tune ot my own my father cannot touch,
and it will keep us from want, if no
more.
But Meta only thanked him gently.
and clung more closely to our mother.
We began to realize the scantiness of
our raiment in the daylight, aed were
g'ad to accept the offer of a neighbor
tor- temporary shelter. Others came tor
ward, and we had soon an incongruous
assortment of cast off clothes at our dis
posal, and arrayed ourselves as we best
could, presentiuga indicroiis apjearance
enough, it any of us could have raised
spirits sufficient to laugh.
But we were -not exactly hilarious.
Utter and entire destitution seemed to
have fallen upon us last, after our long
fight, with that traditional wolf who
had prowled so near or doors fbr the
last five years. We salted our enps ot
charity offered coffee with our tears, and
were blind to the charms of hot cakes
hospitably pressed upon s.
Neighbors flocked in to ofler advice
and consolation, and we were touched
by most generous otters ot home and
food from several, until we could "look
up a home." Where? What could
we look fbr ? Our only home lay in
ashes; our sole possessions were entirely
consumed!
For three days we were numbeied by
despairing sorrow. "We" means three
women, tor Freddie seemed to look upp
the whole business as a pleasurable
change iu the montouy of his existence.
He had not been so well fed indeed I
may say so well stuffed iu five years ;
fbr all the neighbors called him ir,
whenever he passed, to offer tit-bits
He had an entire suit of clothes that
were outgrown oy one ot the richer
boys, and, tilting Freddie, clothed him
better than he had been clothed 1 since
his father died, and. best ot all, he
took a holiday, nobdy having suffic
iently recovered their wits to send him
tO SCllOOl. t,';,. t ...,,..
TttsAs soon as the ruins of our home were
cold enough to admit of visiting, ariies
of boys began to d iz in the ashes tor
half-burned property, and Freddie bar.
rowed ur sensitive feelings fifiy t imes a
day by rushing in with buttons, scraps
of metal, and ruined treasnres of every
description. . '. . '-f-
- Mela and I summoned up sufficient
energy on tho third day to go to my
employer who agreed to take my sister
a short time as saleswoman. ; We came
back to ray temporary home . somewhat
euoouragedy to find Brent had been
there and fully enlisted mamma on his
side. ,'While she was repeating his ar
guments, and Meta listened with a smile
ot quiet happiness at her . lover's con
stancy. Freddie burst in. J
years of her aee when she put on a lav
ender silk dress and wound her heavy
hair in a coronet upon her head in honor
i. t.;.ii
o . 'iu...Mrf . starting point, and so it runs a tew miles
Brent would have no part ot mam- rf? ?'r. . -
i- i,;.. ,;. v.... io. run ineai. i nieai hi tins
it ma money Mjuieu up"n (
. : LUXURY OS THE KAIfc.
THE MFFERRXCE,
We have been frequently asked i
"What is the difference between a rail
road dining car and a Pullman Hotel
ear ? That there is a vast difference
is. well known to thosee who have had
occasion to one either j but the im travel
ed public are not fully advised as to the
points ot difference. The old-fashioned
railroad eating-house is, alas ! too well
known : its peculiar, hastily eaten meats
have been partaken ot by too many
thousands to be forgotten. The dining
car, then, is this well-known eating
house placed on wheels, attached to
the train at the usual meal hour, and
hauled a"ong for tlurty, forty or sixty
miles, nutil the meal has been served,
when it U set off on a side track and is
by the next train hauled hack to its
he was a lovins adviser as to its invest
ment tor our support, and we make oc
casions for present giving toward the
housekeeping treasnres of the young
couple, to keep up something ot a fair
division ot the u.come.
Freddie plumes himself greatly upon
the fact that his bright eyes discovered
the hoard that so improved our fortunes;
and it has become a habit with ns to
date all tlie events in our family history
as having ccurred "before the tire," or
after the fire."
A IIOltlUBLE DEATH.
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION1 OF A LIVING
MAN TERRIBLE SCRNE IX THE CITY
HALL COURTYARD.
A mos horrible and sickening acci
dent occurred in Herman's saloon, in
the courtyard back of the City Hall,
at a quarter past ten this morning, be
ing no less than the spontaneous com
bustion ot a human body. The victim
ot his appetites was a man named Bar
ley or Hartley, who has not leen more
than a month in tl.e city, but during
that time had been frequent'y arrested
tor drunkenness. I.'e was a short, quite
fat man, shabbily dresse.1 with a florid
bloated countenance. lie had no inti
mate companion, but wandered alnuit
alone, reemingly demented, occupied
Ids whole time in drinking the vile poi
son ot the city front and 1 Jar nary Coast
dens. Ho has twice leeti treated by
Dr. Stiveis for delirium tremens, and
was this morning discharged after a
longer siege than usual. With a seem
ingly INSANE DESIRE FOR DRINK,
He continued trm half pat 7 o'clock
drinking steadily at the various bars in
the vicinity, and the large size ot each
potation promised to speedily send him
back to the hospital. About the time
mentioned, he staggered into the room
nearly insensible, and feebly asked tor
a drink. This was refused him, and he
staggered toward the gas jet to light
the stump ot a cigar he carried, while
the barkeeper, Thomas Connors, turned
i away to attend to his duties. A mo-
meul afterward he heard a low moan
and noticed a flash ot tire, and turning
j around he saw Ilarley falling to the
, floor, his head enveloped iu a black,
! thick smoke, while flames issued from
his mouth and ears. A horrible filthy
smell of burned a: id putritied flesh fill
ed the the air, and its nauseating odor
made not only the saloon but the court
yard unbearable for a while. Not a
moment was lost in attending to the suf
ferer. He was beyond relief, however.
HIS FACE WAS PERFECTLY BLACK,
Partly charred and partly covered with
a moist suit. His eyes were open! and
had a horrible appearance, ::nhke any
thing save a roasted egg, while a green
ish liquid oozeu trom the cor ers. j 1 1 is
mouth was completely roasted on the
inside, but with the exceptional his
head and hands, ho iarts of his body
bears marks ot nis horrible deatru (The
coroner : was immediately notified, and
the body was removed to Mergue, fol
lowed by a curious crowd, who, in spite
of the horrible accessories, were anxious
to view the peculiar sight. A letter
found in Ins pocket, addressed to M.
Harley or Hartley, furnished the1 only
clue to his identity. . j"
N. 1. -lie is believed by some to be
the same man who, according to the
morning papers, attempted to commit,
suicide at Black Point yesterday by
placing a rope around his neck, swal
lowing laudanum, setting his clothes on
fire with kerosene and shooting himself
off the bluff after swallowing poison.
Should it prove to be 1)6, he can con
gratulate himself in having shuffled off
the mortal coil in a successful maimer
as tar as au uniqueness goes. is J.
car the passenger has to work his way
through the train while it is under full
headway, pass from car to car, running
the risk ot falling between the plat
forms, and finally finding the car at the
rear t the tram. Then comes the meal,
which roust be hurried through with to
give other hungry passengers a chance
to take your place, and you must force
your way back to your seat, again run
mug the risk of your platform passage
while the fam is at full jspeed. In sucl
cars yon pay seventy-five cents tor eaob
meal, even if yon take or need only a
cup ot coffee and a cracker. Dear iu
mind that in no case does these dining
cars accompany the train from the start
ing point to destination. They are al
ways cut off a. id taken on a we have
described. Viih the Pullman Hotel
car the case is different in every respect.
'1 hese cars are from sixty to sixty
four feet long, have sixteen wheels
under each, are built strong, so as to in
sure steady, quiet running, without the
usual unpleasant side motion, nacn
Hotel car contains, iu the order named,
the following compartments : :
1st. A csy, neat and clean kitchen,
fitted up with a range, au ice and meat
box, rows ot shelves covered with bright
Silver and brighter slass ware, and all
the appliances needed fbr preparing a
sumptuous meal.
1 2d. A compact China and class clos
et, in which is kept the table-ware and
table linen, cutlery, etc.
3d. A passage way cutting off the
kitchen and China closet from the rest
of the car. and forming an air chamber
to prevent the smell of the cooking vict
uals from reaching the saloon portion of
the car.
4th. The grand saloon. This is fit
ted up with twelve, fourteen or sixteen
sections with space tor tab'es between
each, and in these the meals are served.
lou, wiule on this car, own the space
yon occupy as much as you do your
room at home, and nooue can hurry you
while at meals, nor are you fbroed to i
give it up to allow any other person to j
occupy it. At night, as it oy magic.
MOW KOAU COT HIS... NAME.
After the ark had been out about
two weeks, the wife of the captain be
gan to get tired and restless and anxv
ions to be once more on dry land.
Hence she fell into a habit of every now
and then calling out to her husband and
iiiquiring whether there were any signs
ot clearing up. etc., and he always an
swered "Mo." eh in disnair would add
Ah I" and so it went on from hour to
hoor and day to day. One night the
wind came out from the northeast and
made things lively on board. The jib j
clewlines parted ; the topsail binnacle
was carried away and the main sheet
blowu into pieces no larger than five
cent handkerchiefs. Of course the "old
man" was kept busy and was not in the
best of humor. He had just hailed the
lookout and asked him if lie had seen
anything ot "Ary rat," and received in
answer "Nary lat, sir !" had just or
dered JShem, who was steering, to "Keep
her off two points " when! Ham came
on d-ck and reported that the larg
est elephant had broken loose and insist
ed on taking his trunk into the camels'
department, who in turn had got their
backs up about the interview. , t ne va
rious beasts had taken sides in the quar
rel, and there was a grand row general
ly. Just as the captain had pursuaded
the elepliaut to go back to his own room
and had checked his trunk iu order to
, tacity him, there came a voice," Any
sigiu of its clearing up, dear ?'' It was
raining then literally in sheets. To the
iiquiry was given the nsua' reply, and
to the reply was added the usual ah!"
only iu a sadder tone than usual It
was a little more than the o d man
cou'd stand, and he yelled out "No ah!"
"No ah I" it is nothing but ''No ah !"
all day long; you had better call me
"Noah" and be done with it," and he
went below to splice the main brace,
which had arted. And so it was t at
the captain of that first great ship came
to be called "Noah."
nurytng- A Fert.
Quite nn original method ot taking a
fort is described in Blackwood's Maga
zine. In 1G96, a large Russian army
besieged the Turkish fbrt of Azof, which
was situated on a p'ain, ttrong'y forti
fied, and had a small but well disci
plined garrison. No common approach
es could be made to it, and the Turkish
cannon swept the level with iron hail.
In this care the engineering skill of the
Itnssiatis was baffled, but tieieral 1 at
rick Gordon, the right-hand man of
Peter the Great, and the only one .for
whose death it is said he ever shed a
tear, being determined to take the place
atanycost, proposed to bury it with earth
by gradual approaches. , He had a large
army; the soil of the plain was light
and deep, and he set ,12,000 men to
work with spades, throwing np a high
circnmvallatioii of earth wall before
them in advance. The men were kept
in gangs, working day and ninht, the
earth beintr thrown from one to another
SOMETHING ABOUT NEWSPAPERS.
' That hv Americans are a reading
people is manifest by the statistics ot
the Newspaper Press of the country, as
given in the JVewspqper Directory for
1877, just issued by 8. M. PetengUl jb
Qo. the well-known Advertising Agents
of New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
There are reported in it the names, char,
acter (political, agricultural, religious,
medical, etc.) and names of publishers
of no less than 795 dailies, 79 iri-weeklies,
125 semi-week ies, 6,606 weeklies,
122 semi-monthlies, 77 1 monthlies, 16
bi-monthlies and 60 quarterlies, publish
ed in the United States and the British
American Provinces. The Directory
shows the number of each of these
editions which are published in each
State, Territory or Province.
The book contains 376 pages, and
embraces an immense amount of valua
b'e information, showing great labor
and care in its collection and preparation.
It gives all necessary facts for au adver
tiser to know about, 8574 separate pub
lications, while it is also interesting and
valuable tor the geoeral reader, the stu
dent ot American periodical literature,
and the observer ot American institutions
Tl.e book is sold at the low price ot $1
per copy.
The Walla Wal'a Watehman tell
this: Al Reeves was at work at Dr.
Blalock's saw m II, and last Monday he
took a notion to come to town. He
tlx. light he would ride down the flume
which is about three miles long and
secured a long plank and set sail, and
away he went at the rate of atKint 15
mile an hour. Those who witnessed
the fact say it was a grand sight. He
laid flat down, head up and coat tail
fluttering in the breeze. The spray
dashing: over him like a Yellowstone
eeyser, hut on he went tor about a mile
at a furious rate. While in the act ot
adjusting matters, one corner of his craft
touched the side and spilled him over,
board and over the flume in a violent
manner, hurting mm quite seriously it
not fatally.
480nTS."t
3
Tn Owyhee county, Idaho, there is a
singular state of things. Lien holders
who hnve furnished labor and supplies
have attachments of important mines.
They are anxions to push the suit, and
the defendeuts want, them put off. It
was int imated and threatened when the
grand jury wa called, thai un'ess these
cases were tried no indictments would
lie found. This intimation or threat
has lieen carried out and no indictments
found The stase robbers and other
prisoners must lie turned loose. Thpre
is evidently a good deal ot hot blood iu
Owvhee over these troubles.
this saloon is changed into a boudoir, ! hke the steps of a stair, the top gang
and here your couch is prepared, and
here yon rest yourself isolated, anc as '
separated from your fellow-travelers as .
you would be in your own bed-chain- i
ber.
5th. An elegant drawing room, with
room tbr six or eight persons. This is
found alone in these magnificent cars, j
Iu it you and your family and a party i
ot menus can oe as seciuueu as you
please, or you can slide open the end
and have the company ot those iu the
grand saloon.
6th. Charmingly arranged lavatories
are partitioned off, and arranged in two
distinct compartments for t he separate
use of ladies and gentlemen. These
lavauriet are supplied with pure water,
clean towels, combs, brushes, and, in
tact, everything the most dainty may
desire for the most perfect performance
of an elaborate toilet
7th. Then follow conductors' and
porter's rooms, linen clsets, etc., etc.
It will thus be seen that this car is,
as-its name implies, a irtect mod
ern hotel, with ah of its appliances and
comfo-ls complete. This car is taken
on nt the commencement of the journey,
and is part tit the train to its destina
tion Iu it you get your sleeping com
partments and meal accommodations,
while neither encroach upon the other.
Envious dinine-car employees, who are
taking the lowest place "very half hour
in succession. In five weeks the huire
earth wall was carried forward neaily
one mile, until it rose to and aliove the
highest ramariK, and : the enrih began
to roll over them. This caused the
Turkish Governor to hang ont the white
flag, and give in. Had lie not dune so.
General Gordon would have buried the
fortress.
THE FEAT OF A CRAZY 6TJISAST.
"Senor Miraude," gymnast, ec'ipsed
all his previous flights while delirious
from fever at New (York, the other
evening, lie had tieen so violent that
he was tied to his bed, but he bn-ke the
. cords, and with a shriek turned a som
orsanlt through the third-story window
and hung to the casement by his hands
. his body swinging to and tr forty feet
i alove the sidewalk, ; while he shouied
' to 1 is friends : "Go away! I'll climb to
i the moon !" Then h swayed his body
I with increasing rapidity ami let go, but
' grasped the metal leader of the bouse,
went up it hand over hand with the
agility ot a monkey, a. d suddenly
plunged torwanl, landing upon the top
ot a shutter oi. the top floor. Then he
swung on the fragile blind, Jwhich it was
feared would be forced frim its hinges
Menagerie notes : The rats have
made a conquest ot Pitcaim's Is'and in
the Pacific. Some of them are as large
as rabbits ; all of them are hungry ; and
they have swept across the island, de
vouring the grai - in the barns and the
flour in the st -re-rooms, and attacking
the natives with a ferocity that is un
common. Three weeks ago a party of
Englishmen while journeying from
Dudley to lower liornel were overta
ken by a host of snakes and lizards.
The reptiles were marching in close or
der; ii platoons ten yards deep. A
man in Ra'eigh, N. C, owns a cat that
has a mania for setting on eggs, and it
she cannot get a dozen . will square her
self down tin a single one, and remain
there until she to driven oft.
Jatin lias a government heep f"tt
of 7,500 acres; f f
Minnesota propose'" to spend $100,
000 in the destruction ot grasshopper
eggs.-.
- One hundred pounds of grass consum
ed in doors by cow will prodoce seven-ty-one
pounds of solid snd liquid ma
nure. ; ?
Russia produces 157.938,000 boshel
of wheat on 28.743.300 acres, or an
average yield ot only five and a halt
bu hels per acre.
' The Canadian GoVCntnent has pro
hibited importation of British and Ku
ropeau cattle, on account ot the preval
ence of the rinderpest. ....
France annually pri uces 500,000,
000 of grain, $225,000,000 ot wine, and
$60,000,000 of vegetables Her total
annual product ot the soil exceeds in
value 81,100,000,000.
A schoolboy g:iing out ot the play
ground without leave, one of his masters
called afier him ami inquired where he
was going. "I am going to buy a ha'
porib of nails." What do you want a
ha'porth ot nails for?" "For a half
penny," replied the youngster.
The o her day in au iip-towu residence
a ring at the door was heard, and the
servant girl, calling to her mistress,
said : "Please, mum, go to the dr,
and ef its anybody tor me, tell Vm I'm
engaged."
Rumor says that ex-Presnlcnt Grant
will take several thousand f his favorite
brand of cigars with hint to Europe
from which an exchange infer that lie
is going to stump the continent.
A western paer, in describing an in
cident recentiy, says, with much candor:
"Ir. Jones was called, and under his
prompt ami ki lt'ul treatment the young
man died Wednesday night."
At Walla Walla two of the "solid
farmers" have made a novel bet. The
wager is 200 bushel" ot wheat on the
result of the war. The ui who backs
Turkey in't scared a bit.
The immediate resuTt of President
Hayes' policy will be to eliminate from
politics the negro as a negro, and tor
thi consummation the negro as a mail
should be profoundly grateful.
A woman m Bn ler, Georgia, re-eiit-1
gave birth to girl twins, which weigh
ed just two pounds each, and now at
four months old they weigh just four
pounds each. They are so much alike -their
mother has to lie a different ribbon
around their necks tu teh tliem apart.
A safety envelope to prevent tamper,
ing has been devised. On the flap the
words "Attempt t opec." are - printed
wilh a double set of chemicals, the first
impression containing outgall and the
second green vitrol. It the nap ts
steamed or m listened in any way the
magic printing will appear.
"Nashville has a! ways bee believed
to be a nice place to live iu, but one res.
ident there says he has had the chill
and fever every day fbr five years, and
in that time he has taken 1,800 graiiw
of quinine, 1,000 giains of arsei ic, 500
grah a of ciiiehonulia, 500 grains ot l'e
rnvian barkfand a good deal ot nitric
acid, without having any effect upon
him.
There is a man in Tennessee with
such big feet that, it he gets them wet
in December, he doesn't have a cold iu
his head until February.
The gates of heaven are low arched ;
we must enter ujon our knees.
Rkmgiocs Skkvicxs. Bev. J. T. DeVorr w m
bold service In the brown Bt. E. church in this
city on Sttbbntb, montinft and evening. Sun
day School at 2:30 r. M. Prayer meeting each
Thursday evening !
"Como, qnickj quick fhe cried ; "we
tve (bund a Jag iron boxi tinder' the
ha
chimney place. ," cau't Jiftit, it is so
heavy. .O, come!". -M ?i t t.:; .
Ho was fairly dragglne mamma from
her seat;aiid, hastily throwing a shawl
around her, she followed him, Meta aud
myself bring up the rear. " j a r, : ;
Truly enough, there was a ; large box
tinder the chimney-place,' in a hollow,
bricked all around, which had evidently
had an opening we, had never eeenIe
was large and heavy, and required the
nieteil torftfw nt t.ti tnmiiv t riil ,
were z -;r
,X!T;..ir?3eft! i pbverty;; -Hw pou carry h ine
M-mXT'jL EmiJ?A bnwherf;.w. put jt down o the
Ste KteeKu
f?ir TV. Jz . mn. .v... . severance and strength, burst it open.,.
...uZlmAnd. b can hoarded treasures., Bonds to the amount
.rr
T wi andwenty jiid. H at .pase of
fcMV'??' i,,- I uncut gems, not very valuable: a pack-
tiir;rbv V J ge of private Jetters, ao ,oW fashioned
VT: tTXl 7mm Velf Vttofd ffift 1 ad chatn.aiid miniature por.
nt . wi t ! lij a, mmv nw m- -y i. vu
ou epcooTalnjn as to som' romance of
MM thMivfi his father had net
. ' i . f There was no one to dispute
our
There is a good deal of sense in the
suggestion ot Uieftl'hiiaaeipi.ia J.xmes
that all consa ar and diplomatic repre
eentatioit abroad Ije limited to eight con
secutive years. This was a rule etab-
bluui ea - by Jenersoii when tie was sec
retary of Slate under Washington, and
it was observed until all civil servuw
rules went by tlie board. The reason i-
obvious: - Jeftersou himself found that
when he returned trom a even years ab
sence to Europe he was startled at the
changes that had taken' place, and tl
new eoi ditions and sentiments wei al
most alien to him. r JSight! years resi
dence abroad is quite sufficient to dena.
tionalize . any citizen,, to a'ienate hira
from the thoughts, manners and customs
of his felluw-citizens, and therefore to
render him unfitted properly j to'repre
sent his country?" Onei instance of this
fa in the case ot an ewtimablcr gentleman
now or recently living in Berlin, who,
when superseded touiid himself with
wife and family speaking ouly German
and- Freiicb, and with inducement to
return wliere Ui hi associations had
teep- bnfamrm&z?r ix j :' y
sitrmn 111 i t . ' u,. . tUtv,
. Aleua- telegraplis , the .Czar that he
will bold New York against, any sonot
a Turk that may be sent, against htm.
.. . 1 " ' ' i
Tlie bid Catholic church at Idaho
City caught fire trom a flue and burned
to the ground. I,o?2 00u.
by his weight, and suddenly leaping in
the air, grasped the gutter of the house.
Tin tltA culrto oritli cMimiiifr in.
paiu io uecrj difference at tl height at which he was
cannot, with anything like truth on pert. rmiiig, and then started to descend
llieir side, give any va id jrc.ncluMve headiUIlg llie P,iter ot the adjoining
reasons for preferring the dining to the t Muse. Away lie weilt; imping from
Hotel car, atd tliey only chatter in fa- Bj,utter to wiMdow-sill, nntil the top of
vor ot the dining car because they are ; the t, waf, j,, when he slid
pawl to do so. J I hese Hotel cars have duwll om the u, the street, es
run fr.m New ?1tork U tan hrai cisw. 7Aug , the dark,ie8s. . He was finally
and back with fcroper..r Dora Pedro taia,,ht ha died liext day.
with Jaret & Palmer's party, that tray- ; , y- ; . : 1,; I
eled almost at lightning speed with j RE's'prrr to tn e FbAO.fwo Vniu
many jk party of Caiamiis bonanza . Mates flags sUnd atone'" i.f a comer
kings ; and ad join in pledging their f the great hah if the Projjaganda at
honor ttiat the cars are incomparable. Rme. The story is that in one of the
Two lines of these celebrated cars run Italiau rebehions the leader ot the in
between New iork and Chicago, and Brgent8 planted his cannon before the
one line tmly between Chicago and Oma- lrt,t,aSra,.da, intending to dest roy it.
ha. It may be needless to say that this The frigbie, pji auth.rities begged
last-iiaroel line runs over the steel track Minister Cass to save tlie building by
of the Chicago Sc. North-Western Rail- , t,e power t the American flag; neither
way. i hat ttiese cars are aiiraewng a the flag of England, Franoo or A
There are in Ireland, (we quote from"
a sieech made by Mr. Bright in the
House of Commons.) 67,716 owners ot
land, t whom 36,000 hold less than
one acre. Tho whole ot th land, he'd
by 52,782 persons, is 235.558 acres,
while two wners hold 282.199 acres.
Of the 20.000.000 acres of land in
Ireland 17 individuals own 1.400.000
acres, 107 own 4 000.000, and 292 own
very nearly one-third of the whole sur
face of the country. In England one
person iu every 23 or 24 is an owner ot
land; in Ire and the proportion is one
iu 79 or 80.
large share of the California travel, both
ways, might be easily conjecturea. Any
Gen. Grant says in regard to his for
eign tour that if he gets tired of travel
ing he will come home in three mouths ;
but it he enjoy it lie may prolong his
stay two or three years, and extend hi
journey around the world. If he had a
fixed purpose, however, of going around
the world, he would g west, as Seward
did. As to his future home, he dismis.
sea all thought of that, and can not say
until after his return whether he wiil
settle down in Galena or some other
place. ,
A very curious and remaikable ex
periment has just been tried in India.
A Mr. Adams, of Bombay, has invent
ed a solar lattery, consisting of two
hundred small mirrors so arranged that
they focused the sun's rays upon a small
dpper boiler and generated steam iu it
in twenty minutes. Mr. 'Adams con
tends that he could by the same means
iistna
Would be respected, but the American
filter anniM. Aflrmiih hosirati..,, M
road deserves to be patroiuzed tlial w f Cass publicly removed his. amsalate to
eutorprismg eiuMigi, u, give Uie travel-, th0 propaganda and raised the flag of t generate heat enough to drivo the far
1 a "i. i C'U- T 'w .lh VVrf ' vawa over w rtn.y tw cniei or gest sipnning mill m liomnav
wicu ui nw - . - i j,ne insurgents swore ne . woqio - not ore
ern Railway on its t'a ifbrrua line. j onXhe flag, made his caml teady iu4.
-,. VVe liav lieglected bi y ; that, in t moved away. 1 Prepaganda was
these i: Hiol cars, ' ; the taeals sre a l nYe atK igtt tieTtWa' honor t..r
B-y y foT ! I the good Uiey dJ iu the time1 oTperil.'
.nothing more jjmm that at very reason. . .. - j
Some time ago a farmer whtf watf
Special Notices.
Musical. MU-s Mettle Piper, teacher oi
Vocal ami Ii'strmnentMl mu?ic has recent
ly located in Albany, and preared to give
lessons in the above nameti nranenes. lias
hnit neveral years experience in teachina
aud oiii give the best of references.
hiiig.
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PLAITIXO, atatiupinar rntttacsaHl Fit
ting, Plain Sewing, Ilsir Weavtnc, etc. Cutting
and fitting Children's Clothiisff MpaeMly.
Call at the rooms adjoining the KxoiBTEfc. otlloc,
Albany, Oregon. ; Mrs. CUu.:,VakCixti.
Majob White Is located one door west
of Fox Bro.'s, first strwet' AttMny. where
he is prepared to do all work in his line,
sii as reiMiriue watches, clocks, and Jew
elry. Also, engrave door-plates, silver
ware, xc ' tilve him a call.
ab'e terms. .77 TriuneApra 7th,
ATnwhvtrT&n Church., was hrryn'io
ea ai upper jntori, , jr y -
Title of Ui ohnrch.The FirstPresby.
teriafi CFteh 6f vAtori . nnder tht
presbytery of Oregon iii eohneetioii with.
the Uenerai Assemoiy oi ine rresoyteri.
given to experimenting, salt tipon
swine which lie was fattening. ? He se
lected t wo pair of barrow -tliogs, ; weigh
ine 200 bonuds apiece. "Oho paw -
Ltndsley, p, T)., 6n Saturday May 5th, j ceived with tlieirdaily allowance ot food
1877, consisting, or nineteen members,! two otinees of salt J the other pair.sim-
TUI. ll kkflmk STIitt HW PmcL- t :t--l C .A T .1.-. - l
thai week it was plainly seen that the salted
iw ui(j si mucit stronger snpuwiinn
the oil "ts. and after" a fortnisht it .Was
an Church of the U. S. A.' Two ruling t increased to two ounces apiece. After
elders were elected, via : T. P. Powers j four months the' weight of the salted
and W. II. Gray. Three trustees were hogs was 350 pounds each, while that
also" elected, viz : T. P. Powers, C. Le- ot the unsalted five weeks later, reach
inenwelior and W. H. Gray. d onlv SOOlbs.
S"A young man in tlie 'Astern States
of a ttalistical aud speculative turn ot
mind has accumulated a considerable
fortune during the past winter by attend
ing church sociable, planting himself by
the refreshment tab'e, and betting every
body that came np for oyster soup from
50 cents to $5 that'4 he wouldn't have
two oysters in his ration. He says that
it is a surer thing than dealing taro with
sized .cartls and a spring-bottomod box.
' I A man named David -1. Richards,
formerly a stage driver In - Idaho, was
drowned in the Hot Springs near Austin,
Kcv.,on the SOth alt. lie was bathing.
The water is so hot that one can remain
in ii but a tew second. When taken
out a few hours afterwards the body
was pai boiled, the skin peelinn off in
large flakes.
From Hm rinramfr, at. D., Aakara, M n
"Although adverse to countenancing pat
ent medicines. I cheerfully make an excep
tion of your very excellent lung preparation
Dr. W istar's Balsam of Wikl Cherry.
Thi prepnratioii I have used in my prac
tice tor more thaw ten years past, and
have always found It to be of more eflecn
al service than anything within my knowl
edge. I recrinmend ft wita the greatest
cnnlidence to iImmc subjeet to coughs ami
putinouary compiaiuts. Sokl by all drne-Blste-
Mf - . 7ii nwy.
Tlie Richmond Range is a great wood
saver, and It throws ont less beat than
any other good range or atov. It Is way
up for Summer use.
ins been pennaneBtly enrtxl of that dread dla
caae, Consiin pt ion. by a-lrnple remedy, anl
ions to tuake known to his follow aaQerera the
means of cora. To all who ckwtra it' 1,7 win
send a copy of the pnaicripUoti sad nt
clmrg). with the direct ion, rnSnd
nsinK the same, which they win find a
L '0-r"'?10 Astr4, aroBchitii
rWPLlX. 1 will man (freei a tmIh.
preparlnK a simple Vege.arileXtotwwni'r
teayinsr t he skin soft, clear and beantitil ; iSj
iitrnetims for prodpoinff a lnxtirfant errowth
ot hair on a bald head or smooth &ne xXSZLfl.
ew xork. toatav
V.T9"'',,tr-""tleniaf who nr.
. J""." Hb.- mm lebiiity, rrema-
" enct or root hfnl ind&u
muv. ami an I m KiTfma irf ...
erelion will, for the sake of suffei3n
send fww to all vhs nwn .
reetmn foiaklthauWfenMMiyTy which
WMd&aSarora wteh to pfoOt by
the advoci ksMr sxrwi m..a aWtS md-
y. Jos" of manaond. twill sdarectn
that will euro yois, K Or CUAROIC. Thla
fft "nedy discmored by a mfoskmarv