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VOLtTME XIL ALBANY, OREGON, MARCH 12, 1880. NO. 24 BUSINESS CARDS. 0a this Spaed Fou "vf eek. So nte tiling NEW k. B. ItUiieilKKr, Agent. vllnM JOHN BRIGGS rHicrq titts OPPOH.TITNITT TO INFORM X. ul friends and the public generally, that is now settled in nis NEW BUSINESS HOUSE, ob the old stand rtet doorto 1. C. ttarper Cb , Where can be found ai great art assoMinent and as large a slock ci Stoves and Eanges aft can be round In any one house this side of Portland, and at as LOW .A- PRICE ALSO i?iimp9 cto Pipes, Castlron, Bfass Ac Ennlnelecl In great vartety. Alarh, Tin, Sheet Iron, Galvanized Iron, and CJonperirafe always oh band, and niado td order, AT L1V- Call on XTlftie Albany, October 22, 1873-5v8 OIT DRTJa STORE. Csraer Tirst aai Elis-Worth, sts., it. AX.T3J:ltSil, lias again taken charge of tho City Drug Store. having purchased the entire interest of C. W. Haw, snccassor to A. CarotherS 4 Co.; and is tr receiving a Splendid ITott Stock, trfcich, added tn the former, renders it very vmplete in all the different departments. . raeling assured that all can be suited In both Quality aad. Pries, i; he aerdiallv invites his old friends and eustdm- M glT. him a call. fSESCSIPTIOHS, Will reoet-e immediate and earernl atteHLibn M sat ttanrs, day sad Might. IfcSar- Pdre Wlrlea and Idqttdra fttr medicina mrp"e" 4 SAIjT'MARSII. Oat-SCti-Stld first streeti 3 doors West of Ferry, a Lit A r, i obeoosi. SOXiAC2XZ2Xl G-CETZ, Prop's. YT i r Vfi nnnihtwd the Cltv Market. I will II keen constantly on hand all kimlsof Meals i.M aor ftwL tn Iw obtained in the market. t will strive at all times to meet tbe wishes of ll who may favor me with tnetr patronage. The pdblle generally are invited to call at my lh whan Tn want, of meats. CJ"Tli hiKhest aula srioe raid for PORK. SlvlOalS flew GOOds I New Departure ! MlLLintSY ANDDRESSMAK1NQ. MRS. O. L. PARKS, XT AVIX PURCHASE! THE MH.LISERT JLJL Store lately owned by Mrs. C. P. Oavlti and saving just eaoeu merco a new mroioeoi uw Cioica Ilillinary, Trimmings, Bonnets, Hats, Ac, takes pleasure in inviting the ladle of Albany and vicinity to call and inspect tor inemwivw. am gooas wui m soia at tjrioee that defy competition. Having secured the services of a first class ; Dfesstnaker1! t am nfeoared to cat. fit. : J make dresses in tny style desired, at short notice and in a satis factory manner. AdTMaking Clotliing for children a specialty 8 lore on north side of First, east of Ellsworth track - Tod are Invited to call. . . , . MRS. O. V. PARKS. , 1, 1879' Xafilli'blo Xa&iaa Bemedios. A Sure Snot For PEVE3R & OtfJE- T"WRncG A i,0J RKSIDBNC AMOWO I ihu i.wf tritina at the eoaat and the Inte rior, I have had tHe stood fortune to" disertyerf from the "Medicine" men of the several truxss n .1 Athdv aiiiwm a nrimlici' rvf romediea for diseases Incident to this cctttltry. oonsistJ Mar of roots, twrw and hark, and llavinir been o1leltei by nfctity rlld of tht valley, wild rave triea ana proved uh einrouy vi disease, la procure nml nffttt the nUmo tot rttle, I take this means of ori ilmineintf to all thett; daring the past season, I have rotfcle an extend ed tour throtigh the mountains add vallersv and have seetrod eerlairt of these remedies wbtca are a surecurd for Fever arid Ag'xie- hose snffertng front Agff who desire to? bW First street. Where I will fnrnfs1 the remedies. warranting a radical cure or 1 will denmnd tiff pay. . , w. m. joh-V , tc-Rerri&iicrs defne tfrt in ff ptaikages. na month and'expenses guaranteed to Agts Outfit free'.' 8baw a Co., Aoirunta, Main LEGAL. L. ram it. a. K. CHAKBBKIiAtir. FLIXX cV CIIA9I11E11L.AIN, Attofneys txt Law, ALBANY, OKEQOIT. o FFICK In Foster's new brick block, first aoor to tne ieif, up rtairs. vimis J. C. POWXLG, ir. a. BIX.TKC. POWELL A BtEYEL Attorney at Law and Solicitors In CHarttery. Albany, - ' Oh toon. COLLECTION'S promptly made ttn all points. Loans negotiated on reasonable terms. Ofhce in Foster's new block. nlJvll 3. K. AVEATIIEBFORD, (JTOTART PUBLIC.) ALSANT, OREGON. WILL PRACTtCS Ef "nrtK PIFFKRENT courts of the Sta5. Spi Vol attention giv en to ccllevtiuns and probattf Matters. Office In Odd FeUoWi' Temple. --. . n47vl . It. X. MJLCIlBllltft, ATTORNEY AT 1L.AW. alii ax , i t otteUoHi. PROMPT ATTEJITiO OIVEM TO ALL business. 2iva K. B. huStPilBEV. C. E. WOtiVEBTOM. Humphrey &. Wolverton, Attorneys sail (-oukiselbrs at liatr. Wl L I. P.tlACTiCK TV ALL T&E COURTS of thisSfntc. Office in Frbman's brick (up stairs) Albany, Oregdh. Ilu49 L.. II. MOXTA.ME, Vttoi-liti- at Law, AtSAky, OliEQOZf. fvnviiVp stairs, Brer John ttrlggs'. store, on trst street. rilnlS Ci Hi HEWITT, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office, Old Font Offie Building, Albany, Oregon. Ittll.L PRACTICE in the different Courts of ft the5:ate. vllns I; Mi COXL,Ei ATTORNEY At LAW. OFFICE-ln Parrish block, north side First street, Albany, Oregon. All bdsiness promptly and carefully attended to. - - vlln5il MEDICAL. DR. Hi 3. CUltRCIIILI,, lfeittCwpaIile PhyslclAn isd OFFICE In Pnrrish's brick; Albany. Oregon. Chron ic diseases a fsprciaUit. Can be tonnd m ,mt mt All hours of the dnv or niffht. when not profMSiDnally absent. v!2nl (SUCCESSOR tO BE. BREWER.) OFFICE AD HB9JDENCE -tm serona nr., near Albany Engine Co. No. One's engine house. . Albany, or.j Jr.n. , bwwbiiu B. H. SAVAQE, H. D, Physician and Surgeon, Fromans's Bricks itp stairs First street, , stsaajr, Orea-M. viinlO PHYSICIA1T U STOaCOIT. ALBAMT, OFFICE I MrtLWAlS'S BRICK BLOCK. Residence one door north of broom facto ry, Lyon street. 11V13 D. w. baI-Lard; m. iJ; j; it. rtjWELtl, K. D. DALLARD & POWELL, Physicians & Surgeons, LEUAISOX, OlttjOSl. OFriCE At Lelrtlnon Drug Store. 12nl JIMIS F. WIIIT1XG, ARTIST, Fresco, Sign Scene, IiCtOiItti Painting-. DEflGSiya A SPECIALTT. . KOonis 6 and 7; rarrish block, corner First and Ferry streets, Albnhy, Oregon. tCCESOR TO J. B. WTATI, dealer In lleaTy atid Shelf II af a Ware, Iron, Steel and Mechanic' TwBla, First door east of 8. K. Toting, ALBANY, (Vlln49 ORtSOOlT. JAMES DAN HALS, Dealer and Manufacturer of : SOLID WALNUT BEDROOM SETS -vro Veneerf ffg-NO Sham. A190 Oregon Ash j Vi Maple and Pine Suit.. Sprfiig-SSu. Pore Ifiiir Matrasses. . Also Moss, Wool, Pdln nil ntraw ueaton nsnuniiuninuni' n. Work and giKls .Warranted as ttfesmilei. Cwraaer KcCond svatd rerry St., Ibnny. mTtJS BROS., REOCLAtlSe Tf MB--ttBCtS ft EEPAIP ing Jewelry a specialty. Call. v Jin 17 iigearai Mr "Jw H mt Bewia H. nlnc week tn votif own town, as orfrrf t rrffc' Xorisk. Reader, it vmi want a htiaf nM at which persons of either sex can make great nay an i na time wuen mey wore, wnie lor par titular" H. Hallett St Co,( Portland, Ho. 1 2. 'rSxSS : Albany, j Oregon Tbe Ribbon 1 tif Honerj Th night -was very cold, and we had drawn np around tbe fire an open fire of Bea coal, which the size ot tbe room rendered necessary, even when the furnace was, according to Patrick, "at tbe top ot its bate." We were a small parly my oousin.and nay cousin's wife, her sister, Patty Emerson a dark- eyed, Cantilian-looking girl, whom you were constantly naming, in your imag ination, Senora Inez, or Dolores ; any. thing but the commonplace "Patty," to which she really respondedand Major Ilowith, an English friend ot my cousin's and fa charming person, easy, jovial and sympathetic, and with a background of personal history which dated from the Crimea. j , With myself we made just five, a group unequal as to whist, but quite equal to a much livelier pastime story telling. The Major, good fellow, had "opened the ball" with a "thrilling tale" or two from his Crimean experi ences, and then tor the first time we dis covered that he was one of those heroes who had won the Victoria cross. Pat. ty's eyes glistened. "Oh, to think," she ciied out, "that we here in America have gone through such a war, have had such splendid heroes, and not a national badge or a ribbon of honor to crown and specialize our special heroes !;' My cousin who was himself some thing of a hero in the war, and wtioFrt we all called the Colonel when we did not more aflectionally and irreverently style him "Cousin Jim"' at this point gave utterance to an exclamation which at once aroused our interest. j " What is it, Colonel ? There's a bee buzzing in your bonnet, that's certain ; and, as I've told all my stories for to night, you might as well open up your budget," put in Major Ilowith. We all joined in this invitation or sugges tion, and, after a minute or two, my cousin's pleasant voice was telling the story of the evening the story ot "The Ribbon of liohof;" "Yon remember Melroe ?" he began, glancing at us three ladies. "He was the brightest; gayett little fellow this Melroe,'' addressing himself to Major Ilowith, "the lite ot my regiment, and he won bis captaincy, though be was but twenty -three years old. The night before his last battle, I recollect, Was a specially merry evening all round, ow ing to Mel roc's wit and humorous drollery. Dateell ot the Fifteenth and Melroe had a tent together, and Hoyle and the two brothers, Arfchy and Cam Browne, together with myself, were invited in that night to a little supper ot Mel's giving. I recollect perfectly, as I went in, seeing Melroe bending over the oysters which he was cooking upon a spirit lamp. He was great at all those things, and Cam Drowne was running him as only Cam Browne could You've missed your vocation, Mel ; you should have been apprenticed to Soyer,' Cam was saying. , You always had a knack at that kind ot messing ; and I remember,' turning to the rest of ns, 'when he came a . little urch:n to school, and be actually, at that tender age, bad furnished himself with sundry tin cups and various conveniences tor brewing messes, and be was forever at it." As I beard this I recalled the first time I met tbe youngster myself. I was at tho same school, one ot the seniors, and he waS a little chap not yet turned into his teens, very fund of play, Very fond ot his tin cup business, and very much afraid of ghosts. I Used to meet bim running down the corri dors after dark. And once I remember very well When we were all in our rooms nd the lights : were being put out, bow a little white face looked in and A little shaky voice cried, 'King, will you lend me your toothache drops?' I questioned the boy, 'Got the tooth. ache, Mel 'No, he answered, 'but Morty has.' 'So you braved the ghosts for Morty's toothache,' 1 retorted, vie lously ; 'and what's more, to my think ing, the cold. I told him I didn't thiuk I should crawl out of my warm bed dfl such an errand ; tbst Jack Frost 4 the very whitest ghost I ever sawj was Waiting for him in that entry. The little chap flared up like a rocket. Do you think I'd lets chap have a toothache for till the ghosts in the world ! he cried - off t,, passionately, Winding np with, Oh, I hate yon big boys ; you ere till so Selfish P I tf led to molify hnn by offering to riht h!a back, but he snatched; the" drops and banged the door in my face ; and I heard bim -runnings down the corridor, gasping every inch ot (he way tor fear ot the ghostB, and all for Morty Rich mond's (his room-mate) toothache ; and I kuow ot this little man's lying awake tor hours one night With his own toothache, which he bore rather than brave the dark corridor ! I told this story, jutt as I am telling it no; to tbe fellows that night iu the tent, as we all stood and watched Melroe at bis oyrters. I had a special reason for telling it. I knew very well that not a man in all the regiment was so little Under stood as Holland Melroe perhaps so little appreciated. His estimate there that night, with those who liked him heartily, too, was of a gay,good-humor. ed fellow, who took his Soldier's life as easily as was 'consistent with a good deal ot laziness and a little shrinking from any active service I felt sure that I read him better than this, and that beneath this exterior of laziness and shriuking there lay nobte quali ties ot courage and valor. As I finish ed my story that night Dalzell called out, 'You ought to have had a medal for overcominfi your dragon, Mel. 'Or a tordoii bleii,' Cam Browne suggested From that they all fell to talking of the foreign systtm of badges and medals of honor, and oneot the young men pulled out ot his pocket, I recollect, a Corn hill AlaffubinS, and read to us Thacke ray's Roundabout paper 'On Ribbons.' Tbe final summing tip ot the talk was in great agreement with Thackery, and the general conclusion that we ought to have a 'ribbon of honor, 'not simply a Kearney cross, but a graud cordon bleu or a medal convng straight from the heart aud hand of that grand old fel low, Abraham Lincoln,' Dalzell burst out. 'Ot course we're all too modest to ever expect to be decked iutbat way, but how many ot us would disdain it ?" ' he concluded. "As the talk deepened, Melroe's face had lost its gayety, I noticed. He drew a dtep sigh as Dalzell spoke, aud a wistful look came into his eyes. I could guess pretty well how it was with him. What was he beside them? What brilliant, or courageous, or sol. dierly, or spirited qualities bad he ? These men would easily win their cor don bleu, for they were without fean Without fear ? That was what was iu his mind, as he very shortly Confessed by a blundering, honest question bear ing directly upon the subject. How did it feel to be without fear ? Every man of them knew ot thU Utile" white ghost of Me'lroe's, yet every one of them knew that he never had failed to do bis duty. They had laughed quietly to gether over it and said, 'Mel is a good fellow ; he will never run awdy, but he never will distinguish himself that is 'certain.' And now suddenly with his question arose another with them : How came he here into this voluntary service with this characteristic? But before asking it they answered his query- one and another smiling, yet serious and truthfnl. "At their first battle ? Yes, it had been a shuck, and then it was over'. Various emotions availed them now, but none of fear. But how was it with him ? they asked. They all knew something ho .v it was, its I have said but not wholly, until be burst ont im pult-ively j "'Weil, to tell the truth, boys, I will own that I am awfully afraid very time, to this day, aud I cau'i help it.' "'Bat how came you here, anyway. with that feeling j and being here, why do you stay ?' asked Cain Browne. "For a moment there was a look Of surprise on Melroe's face, it look as if he doubted whether he had' heard aright. " 'How came I ?" he uttered .slowly ; 'how Would I stay . at home? A man can't choose at soch a time. It I Baw an assassin enter my friend's house while he lay sleeping, I might be very much afraid of the assassin, but I couldn't very well go on my way in safety and tell some other man to go forward to the rescue. I might recoil ten times more from the skulking away from it No,' he went on. 'I thought this all over ; I knew it Would hurt this kind ot life but I concluded It would hurt a great deal more to' turn my back op. on it. Why, believing as I do, yofl know, s fellow CoolduV , I Can see Hoyle and Dalzell and the two Browoei exchange glances here. They two, aye,- and every ond of them there, I knew, Ihertfght of the story of the boy at school eteri then manfully fightirg his ghosts for his principle. Those of us who had nailed at his ghost and raid, Mel h good fellow ; be never will run away, but he never will distinguish himself, that is certain,' now, in contemplation ot this courageous cowardice, felt im clined to doff our hats to the simple, manly fellow we had underrated and to ask his pardon. . But there was littfe said in acknowledgment or praise it was & tender subject, involving this foregone lighter estimate ; but there were warmth and rriehdiiuess in the 'Good nights' whith conveyed to him a sense of sympathyt an assurance to his modest mind that he had hot spoken too freely, I remember Cam Browne, said, laughingly, as he left the tent, 'After all, Captain, you may win your Cordon bteu before any of as yet.' "They were light words spoken hasti ly, out ot the warm. kind heart of the young officer, as a good natured remark to evince his belief in that moral cour age which should make them no longer light words in the memory of us who listened to them. "Tbe next day we fought the battle of Chancellorsrille. Toward the latter part ot the day, when defeat was be ginning to staHJ us in tbe face, after the earlier promise of victory, which Combined and splendid action and tbe most untiring gallantry had given, I received a triesFJlge from Major Dalzell to seud a reinfoicement to the left wing, where Captain Velro and himself were endeavoring to hold their ground and save their colors. I had only a hand ful ot men that I could ill spare, bilt I sent them immediately, tor I knew that Dalzell would not have applied tor help unless be had great need. Im mediate action being suspended for a time ou my right, I had a brief oppor tunity to observe the movements of the left. As I looked through my glass, I saw Dalzell advance with Lis column, not a large body of men, but compact and in order. A heavv roar of muske try met them ; still they kept on, though I could see that the raking fire had told. The next charge was more fatal. As the smoke cleared the lamented effect was obvious. More than one gallant fellow had fallen; among them was their leader, Dalzell. - The column began to waver. The consequence at this panic ular point ot a panic and a rout would be especially disastrous. I rose iu my saddle iu my excitement: Ah, thought, 'if I could only dash forward to the rescue !' "At that momeut I taw that a new leader had arisen. I saw him rush for ward ; .1 saw him glance back to tbe broken, wavering ranks) I saw him beckon them on with his rwOrd, and. more than all, by a look ot command that impressed me even then. At sight of him the wavering ranks closed in, and dashed forward With it shout that reached me where I watched, And which I knew meant victory or death. A few moments later the Sixteenth came up to reinforce the right wing, and I had the liberty to ride forward. Mel roe for you have guessed that he was the leader who took Dalzell'a place Melroe, by his magnetic leadership, his dash dud spirit, had saved hia colors and won; lor hia men at least, a famous victory, one ot those side issues of suc cess which go lar to ameliorate the greater defeat. "But it was a victory I didn't feel much like rejoicing in, as I saw Melroe himself ly:ug on A little hillock, shot through the heart. Tbe Color-sergeant a little Irish fellow had dragged him to the upland where he lay, and as I approached he took' off bis cap, more in honor to the dead than to me, and said chokingly: " 'See that, Colonel ; he seized 'em out of my hand as I was tuk dizzy-like with this scratch on iny forehead, and when I came to myself be had got his death a-saving of me and tbe flag sir.' "The little Sergeant had laid the col ors upon the breast ot his dead officer as tenderly as a Wether might strew flow ers upon her child. , Cam Browne just then joining me, I pointed out to bim the sad spectacle. Cam bent over and touched the tattered remnants ; that meant so much and had cost to much. 'He has won bis cordon bleu P he said, significantly. Yes, he had 1Fou his cordon bleu, the brave little" fellow," fighting a double enemy every inch of tbe way." Tbe Colonel paused It mo ment and took out an old memorandum book. Opening it, he drew forth some thing that fcerued ot many colors, a strip either of paper or silk only, at few inches iu length stud breadth. "This," ; be resumed, "is a piece of" tttt cordon bleu. It was wet with hut blood when I took it, and I have kept it ever since, I for I knew no one else who was nearer to Melroe than myself, for he was an orphan, and without brothers or sisters. If he had bad a sweetheart, I would have cent it to her, that she might have known what a hero site had lost In this young fellow, whose delicate, sensitive nature shrank froth the conflicts Which his great soul urged bim into. I have seen many brave charges, many forlorn hopes carried since that day, Ilowithi but 1 never 'saw a braver charge or a mote forlorn b'dpe carried than this that led Melroe to his death: We mourned Dalzell, good fellow, but there was something in the lom of Melroe that went beyond every otlier lost. .We loyed him better than we knew, and wbrl we buried bim there every one of us recalled that sentence ot his, 'I mgiht recoil from the encounter, but I should recoil ten times more from the skulk ing away from it.'" A momentary silence fell upon us all as the Colonel ceased. But as he closed his memorandum book, shutting in the strip of blood-stained, faded silk, a voice broke the silence : "James, givo it to me Holland Melroe's cordon bleu " "You, Patty?" "Yes, to me, James," Patty answered, quite steadily, though white as the dead. Mechanically, perhaps instinctively, the Colonel held out tbe sacred memen to without a word. Bat tbe Colonel's wife had bo such delicate instinct of the truth. "What do you mean, Patty?" she exclaimed. "I mean," returned Patty, with great dignity, "that I have a belter right to Holland Melroe's cordon bleu than any one eke !" "Ob, Fatty, and all that time you were " But Mrs. King's discretion came back to her ; it was too late, bow- ever, to serve her purpose. "Yes, Emily ; all the time I was en gaged to Morton Eames. But you kuow who brought me into that. It was scarcely my own, and Holland Mel roe never sought me after he discover ed this. I knew his heart and mine. When I got news of his deatb I broke my engagement to Morton, but I could not go talking about Holland then. had no right to tell the truth then who lOtild not tell it before who bad to be told by death what tho wbcle truth meant dvfen to rriytelf." By this time we had all been brought up, as it were, to Patty's revelation- all but Mrs. King: ' I noticed vaguely that sbo looked disturbed, and glanced uneasily fit Major Ilowith. But for that I should have forgotten his presence, yet even then he did not seem an in truder, stranger though he was. The Colonel, always fond ot his little sister PStty, as he called her, found new cause for tenderness now. She had been Melroe's sweetheart Melroe, whom he had loved ! . And, leaning forward, he took her in Lis arms and kissed her. The next morning I got the meaning ot Mrs. King's disturbance. She came into my room" with the words : "just think of Patty's making such a mess of it." What do you mean?" I inquired, thoroughly amazed. "Oh, dear ! what do I mean t Don't you see that Major Ilowith was im; mensely pleased with Patty ? And now, just tor that old sentimental non sense being dragged np, it will tall through, for he is not the man to play second fiddle to any Other titan, dead or alive. And ii would haye been such a match for i'atty V Wound tip the fascinating but worldly Mrs. King) I turned upon her all the' vials ot my wrath. Patty had come out most nob ly, and she ought to be! ashamed it she couldn't appreciate such nobility, I de clared. But I did ho good ; she only reiterated her regrets at fatty's "mess," not a whit disturbed by my vials of wrath. But in this iteration she' was cut short by bet husband's voiee, as be came in from the little library which communicated with' the room we occu- uied: -! ; "Eriiily,.y6u don't know irferi quite as well as yttit think you do, my dear. When I went Into the smoking-room last nlirht Major Ho'wfth joined nre, and what do' you think he said to' rare "Well,i what?" inquired Sir EmOvj making a little Impatient movement. - ; "lie said that If Patty was to fee w6ti b any living man be should try his best to win her. You see, my dear, youf way of looking tfpon tMusa defesri't aVa"M if case and ffee people. liowUh' 13 u mstn to' appreciate iust such sfleoi endurance and felthnilnes as Patty revealed, and be Qocmi t' bclfcre that Lcr heart i forcVcrT btirie'tl In Melroe's grave any more than t do. It was my story of Mel that made everything fresh and Hying to her again; And now, Mrs. Emily, don't you talk this over td Patty not a word, mind, or you may never Iiave Major Howlth for a brother-in-kw!'' Mrs. Emily laughed. "Oh, lean keep a secret, "when Hike, as well as Patty, and I'll keep this ; and I'm glad your sentiment has turned old; better than my sense this time, sir," she retorted, gayly. , r ' ! Her husband laughed too, but he looked at her, I thought, a little sadly, as he re plied : : . ' .. ; "Ah; Em ! perhaps you'll see some time" that our sentiment, as you call It, la better than your sense." But she never will l ' Seven years ago this conversation took place, seven 'ysars agotbls vtry day 4 ajhL this morning I went down to the St. Dents to call upon Mrs. Felix Lundy Howith, who had just arrived from England on A three months visit. Before I left her a sweet-facett English girl came bringing iri. a sweet-faced half-English and half-Amer; lean baby of two years, though he looked for all the worltPas much like a young Castillan 3 his dark-eyed mother. "And what is his name f t asked. ilolliiud Holland Melroe Howitli.' Felix named him, and he would have ii so. Wasn't it superb of him ? But Felix Is superb you never saw such a man;' dear, as Felix." . - - . I told my cousin, the Colonel, of this' conversation. lie looked at his wife, that pretty; light-natUred; fascinating little" Emily. - " "Here's dltr sentiment it gainst your sense, Mrs. Emily. You see how well lfi works?" . -r ; "Yes, I see," she answered, "but" laughing In our faces "I was right In one thing. I told you the Major wasn't tho man to play second fiddle, and he isn't! He assigns that part to his sou, you see !" -yortth Ptorry, in Appteton'a Journal'. A short tittie since, when one of ctio elevated ralHVay trains stopped at tho Ninth street station, an elderly woman, plainly dressed And looking like one of the, working class, entered with thj crowd. Te seats seemed to be all occupied,' but one, which she did not see, was vacant.. An old jrentlerhan reading a newspaper glanced up and saw iter standing near tbe -doo-. He then looked along theCtcand saw the vacant seat. Leaving bis owrf, seat he advanced to the plainly dressed, woman, raised his hat,-motioned to th vacant seat, escorted her half way to It, bo we. I courteously and returned to his own place and resumed his reading with out seeming to think that be had done any? thing that any one should notice. It was noticed, however; and a lawyer, who was iu the car; and who recognized Charles O 'Conor, said to a friend beside him : "That's O'Conor, every lueb. He would rather do that, for a plain, poor woroarj than for the finest lady in New York. Ho has his oddities, but tliere Isn't a more thorough gentleman living." While Chief Justice Cray of tho Massachusetts Supreme Court was en joying his favorite exercise of horseback-: riding dii a" highway bordering 011 Jamaica Plain Pond, near Boston, on Sunday, a crack in the ice produced a loud report which startled bis horse, causing it to jump suddenly aside.' " The Chief Justice was thrown to the ground receiving a fracture ot the right arm near the elbow. An omce-holder at Washington once wrote to' Texas that he wa having a grand time, and was really "a biger man than old Grant." .The letter fell into maltciou hands; Wits given publicity, and sealed hU political doom. General Russ of Indian was lately so Imprudent as to write ay similar epistle. Having been -summoned to Washington as a witness in a case some what partisan in character, he wrote to a frtettu a glowing description of hn fascinations of the great Republic's erfpltaV. and added: "I'll be home In a day or two, but before I come back I will arrangn it so that you can get summoned as a witness. Then you can have your tun." The letter waa promptly printed and General Russ 14 on the retired list. The Judges of the Supreme Court ot Iowa are being pestered with a very dis agreeable accusation. Thev havn rmt - charging the State mileage ior their regular official tours, and It Is now assert ed that every one of them rides on a free, railroad pass. It is bad enough tot- a" member of tbe LerHslatm-n tn h miirv a trick Of the kind, but how can a Supreme f kmrt Judge descend to such a practice and awp ma ermine nnsponea r , . The British costal svstem la ronsldpinhlv in advance of ours. Its latest novelty is to' be the issue of postal notes of small de- nominations, wbicb can be purchased bv tho package and sent through tbe r&aii,- tvitll all ilia' tfn'&fw nf a ..I.. - The convenience will be in obviating the", necessity ot puchasing an order every time a small sum reatilres to' be mailed. The American SVStem rriicht tin materially Improved. , - An epidemic In India' fs not an affair jus-t Important , enough to warrant the liberal abuse of some. Board of Health." Neither U it lust severe encrtich to rcaka doctors look cheerful act! wise. It creates a vacancy in human ranks.. By tbe fever ' mac spread . tnrougn toe norm western, provinces of that country, a lew months. ago, : 400,000, people perished. .Never theless there Is and overplus of population there"..- ;v :1.r.,- , -., TBo Northern Pacific tetfsrfo amYlf. situated on tbe banks ot tbe Yakima river. . ai the fobt of tbe Cascade rangts employ about one hundred awl twenty-five men. " There will be 100,00U,uoo xeei 01 jogs tor. ties, bridge timber and culvert fioatetr down Jo Yakima river from the Kittitas county this Summer sod Tall.' r