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NO. 35 VOLTJMEXII. ALBANY, OREGON MAY 28, 1880. jjzrsnrEss cards. fca taia Space Four Weeks. tSornetliing- Coining I '-. - B. HUMPHREY, Agent. llnSS JOHN BRIGGrS vm nppnPTPN'TTT TO IK FORM JL his friends ami the pubjic generally, that is now fettled in Bis NEW BUSINESS HOUSE, n-rt dnnrta P. C. Harrier A Co Where can b found as great an assortment and 4s large a stock of Stoves and Ranges a van be found In any one boose tiiU Side of k ortland, ana at as a. xrti ALSO Castlron, Brass St Enameled In great variety. Also, Sheet Iron, Galvanized Iron, and Coppcrware r"Jy on Tkand, and mado to order, AT LIV- tj.lX on TT1m. Albany. October 23. 1975-5vS fclTY DRUa STORE. Corner lisA sii "SilrBrcrth. sts Has again taken charge of the a City Drug Store, bavin purchased the entire interest of C. W Shaw, successor to A. Carothers A Co., and is tow receiving a I Splendid ITo-w Stock, wkleh. added te the former, renders it very complete in all the different deirtjJWnts. reeling assared that all can be salted la both ijti&my aad Pricot nrdiatly invites his old friends arid custom ers to give mm a cau. PS.SSCSJTTIOS'S, Wilt rwwti-e immndlate and careful attention tX All MMi aay nlgttl. fjy rre Wines and Liquors for mediclna fcnrposea. R SALT9IABSII. Oet-tCn-IvlO CITY MARKET 2 first street, 3 doors west of Kerry, AfcsUiv. t i oreuow 0Xa&Z22sOC3TZ, Prop's MATIXO rldi-cUased the City .Marked I will k constantly on hand AlIkindsof Meats - varV test to be obtained in (he. market. twill strive at all times to meet tUe wishes of Tto Btttii Seae ally are invited to call at my iDMVtn in want of meats. tTTIw hUhwl ImmU for PORK.. alvl013 fie soai I Net Deifartnre ! 0lll!SyASiDDRESSOAKiNa .ms- o. t. parks, aATtvo purci1ased .tib MiLLfsEBY Mire lately owned by Strs, C P. Jm having y&nt aided thereto a new invoice of late deist .Uliaexy, TrissaSasj Xloaxts. Hat C take, plfOutre In in yii ntc tM tauSiesef Albany d .vicinity tocall and A1J jfm3AB WAS a awava "mi&SiZtK "OZ ot a first class 1 am prasarml o ent, t,. and make rti-esnes t .t7u. awired, at short notice and In a satis- '-Srf"!? c'lOthHilT el,,,arw,Af,?w!,ai,i? I M!tsIdeoVr,"tiKi,,,rortfc ,n"lCU SSrb. t- PARKS. it Sare Snot For , vnvn RMininiCK AMONG litao Indira wlbeiof the coa.t andthainte- star 1 have had tne gooa rartuiw m 1"t'j I . IT? ' . T.i nrihji several tribes. ifSi oin.r roS:. nmherol remedies Jrdise---letf lent to this PP"n?T. ieyi,; r , her bs and bark, and ha ving been 4 JfoUetJTj i many peopW of tb valley, who hart tf i Bita nrovspinjsinnKjr. tinme-. tt procure anrt.ntfcr the same for sale, Jj-T. . . M .nnmnu-inz to all tlKt. jt-,. ( season,! bav rnsde an eytendr edt-. .if t..taugrt the .nftnlritain and valleys, n4 have saenred eerialo' of thetss remedies wMtatresiurewnior'- Pever ; anri A-gjiie.: Te w5rincfrn Ague who desire to be- enred.ean wave rn mr. mnms wm -.mu., whmra I will fnrnfan the remedies. warranting a raaical cure or I will derrrylno tjrEemedScs &aum op in U packages.. 12-1 LEGAL. L. FLLXX. . O. K. CRAMBEKLIN. I LIX & CIIAnUCULAI., Attoiney8 at Ltxvv, ALBANY, - OIUZQON. OFFICE- In Foster's new brick block, first door to the loft, up i-tuirs. vllnlS 3. C. POWELL, W. R. fcrtiTEri POWELL tfe rlLYEU Attorneys at I.w and Solicitors In CUancerr. Albany, - Okeuok. COLLECTIONS promptly made on all points. Loans negotiated on reasonable terms. Office in Foster's new block, nuvll 3. k. wEAxiir-esrono, NOTARY PCBLIC.) Attoi'n- at Law, ALBANY, I i CRF.fiON. TIT I Li. PRACTICE lit THE BTFFEBENT "? court of the Statu. Special at Ik Kilo n giv en to collections and probate matter h Office in uua teuows' leirpro. , . ujviu D. R. X. BLM KBITRX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AUU.XY, i i OKLVO.V. PROMPT ATTE.XTIO.M GIVEN TO AI.L business. - 22v s.b. ncxrnttr. c. e. voi.-vebton, Humphrey tV Wolverton, Attorneys and Counselor fit Law. r 1 1. I- PRACTICE IV ALL TOE COURTS if ot iui9tat. oifke in t roman's brick (up stairs) AlUftsiy, Oregon. UnlJ II. JIOXTAXYE, Attorney at Lav, ALBANY. OREGON. OFFICE Upstairs, over John Briggs store, oil First street. vllnlo C. II. HEWITT, Attorney and Counselor at Uw. Office, OH iW Office Bvilding, Albany, Oregon. ATTILL PRACTICE in the dlflferent Courts of T the State. Yllns2 MEDICAL. DR. II. J. CHURCHILL, . 4i"infjronr.thlr Pbyslcian and Surgeou, OFFICE -In Mellwains brick. Allinny. Ogn. Cbrnuiu diseases u .'ijttvfaUj. Can be tottmi at my office at ail lion i-t of the day or night, when not professionally absent. vfcinlS J. SIR.HAX, 51. I., (SUCCESSOR TO DR. RRUWEK.) FFICE ASD RESIDENCE -On Se-oii1 ft.. near Albany Engine Co. 2o. One s engine house. Albany, Or., Jan. 9, 13a0-vl2nl S. Mi SAVAGS, Ms D., Physician . and Sttrgcon. Froinans's Brick, rip stairs. First street, : ' Albnuy, Oresou. v!2nlu C. C. HEIiLY, M. !:, PHY3IGIA2T Sc STJEGEOST. ALBANY, t : ORECOS. OFFICE IX MclLWAIN'3 BRICIC BLOCK. Residence one door north ol brooin facto ry, Lyon street. llvlS JIX11S T. WHITIXCi, ARTISX, Fresco, Sign, Scene, AM) . Pictorial Painting. DESIGNING A SPECIALTY. .. , Rooms 6 and 7, Parrlsh blfjck. corner First and Ferry streets, Albany, Oregon. I. CLARK, SUCCESSOR TO J. B. WYATT, dealer in Ilcaiy and Shelf Ward ware, Iron, Steel and JlechHtiles Tools, First door east of S. E. Young, ALBANY, (YllnO) OREGON. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, ALBANY, : - OREGON, Mrs. C llouk, Proprietor. TlilS HOUSE hnsbeen thorouchly overhaul ed and renovated, and plnced in first class condition for thracconimoJatpli of its guests. f4oad Sample Room for Commercial Travelers. Genera) Staire Office for C6rvalli. Independ ence and Lebanon. Free touch toand from the boiue. vlln49 ' r I'lTtfS BROS., St ewoleris, . Aifoiirifi : Oregon; TiEGUtATING TiME-PIrTCES A REPAIP XV ing Jewelry a specialty. Call. vllnl7 agnifa for "Siw II me" feiewink Ha : chine.. ALBANY Arbairy', . Oregon; The Second Term will. open on November 12111,1879. 40 FAR AS IT IS DESIRABLE THREE O oonrse of instruction will be pursnou In tilts Instituu-, vie : Classical, Scientilio and normal . ,.. .. - - ' A Full Corps of Instriicfors lias For -narticnlars concerning courses of study and the price of tuition, :. y to Bev. EsVBERT 9 . J . , Fret). August S,1879vllnu - republican State Ticket. mFSIDKNTIAL TXECTORS, GEORGE B. CCRRY, of Grant ; K. L. APPLEGATE. of Linn ; C. B. WATSON, of Lake. CONGRESS AN, C. GEORGE. glTREME JUDGES, i J, B. WALDO, of Multnomah; XV. P. LORD, of Marion ; E. B. WATSON, of Jackson. CIRCUIT JUDGE THIRD DISTRICT, R. P. BOISE. ATTCRNEY THIRD DISTRICT. W. G. PIPER. T.rm Co'iJitT Eepuljlisaa Ticket. State Senator-NTB. HUMPHREY. Iiepresentatives-S. A. DAWSON, Wm. PAUL. , J. B. MCCOY. J. M WATERS, W W. KICHARrSON, WILLIAM t:. LAV18. Conpty judge J.. FLINN. Commissionci-s M. C17NNINGHAM, J. GKISENDORFER. County Clerk -N. BAUM. Sbei iir-J. J. CHAULTOX. Treasurer -I. M. BRUCE. Assessor -TV P. PORTER. School SniNSrint'd't J. L. GILBERT. Surveyor -J. N. B. FULLER, Coroner -F. S. DUNNING, i rintforin of tt.e Republican Convention We. your committee to whom was referred the duty of preinrtng platform and resolutions for this convention, respectfully report the followingpIatfbrm.Rnd further recommend the adoption of the nc-ompauying resolutions: Resolved. Br the Repubiicans of Oreeon in con veil i ion ossein bled in tbe city of Port land, thin 21st dav of April, A. D 1880. that we uropose to maininin xn'X administer the af- tnii-s of government of tins State by strict ccon otnv and tai' hftil oiherene to the constitution Hid Is tvs thereof ami oi the United States.! 2 Thnr-wnnre in favor of regulating and .lnalutsnsr th csalnrics of- county nnd State nineirK so that -tlu-v s! i'.!l rr-ceive such com' pensatioii" nRre iv willy risM to pi ivate per sons under lic e oil cumstances and rcsponslljili- tv. 3. That we favor a thoronsh revision 'and equalizuthm ot our system of taxation, to the end t licit everv stiecies ot yioperty within its limits, whether owned or possessed by citizens of this m foreign States, shall bear its equal proportion of the burthen of the government which protects it. 4. That we propose to maintain and enforce the amendments to the constitution of the Unlled Slates, with all the powers of the na tional srovernment. to the end that every citi zen, poor or rich, black or white, may be! se cured n the tujl enjoyment of civil and politi cal rights. , . 5. That the overthrow of the riprhts of he elective franchise of liberty and life, by which means free irovernnient in a portion of the States has been defeaieil. nnd the manifested fraud and threatened violence in others, to gether with, attempted nullincnlion of the laws of the general government and decisions of the supreme court thereon, by congressional action in the interests of the Democrktierarty, are attempted revolution and must be met as such. 6. That this is a nation formed by the peo ple thereof ami not a mere league or compact nnd that we reatlirin the idea of the unity of the nation, the supremacy of t ha national gov ernment "n all matters placed by the constitu tion under its control. he preservation intact of all the rights of muniejpiu self-government otherwise guaranteed thereby tb the peopleor totheS'r.tes respectively. At the same time we arraign the dovtrine of State sovereignty as the baleful mother of nullification, secession and aim rch y. 7. That the recent notion of the Democratic party in Slate convention assembled, in de nouncing tbe supreme court of the United States of America and imputing the most un worthv and unpatriotic icol ives to that high and,honprable court, is tin worthy of lawabiding. inieiiiaent ana patriotic American citizens, and directly tends to the loosening of the foun dation of our government, the subversion of all law and ihe overthrow of the sanctity of a system of judicature, venerable with age and perfected by wisdom. .1 8. That the attempt by tlie leaders of the democratic party to defraud tlie people of the Mate out of an electoral vote, was an outrage hnporalleledin the political historv of the state, which together with the Maine" infamy and tlie attempt to unseat members in tlie halls of congress for base portium, advantage, deserve xiie cnnucmuuuun in mi iiur iiiiiiiicm. nicu. . 9. That we condemn the outrftsreousconduct of our democratic slate administration from 187U to 1878, theirext ravagance, t uoir corruption and their peculations. 10. We deprecate the course of members of the democratic party who have undertaken to revive the sectional animosity for the puriwse of securing political ascendency in .the south ern states and who have revlvtd memories of sectional sn-ife py the defiant declaration or a purpose to repeal laws made necessnry by the : and we condemn their attempts to se cure by leg slation what was not accomplished by arms, namely me esiaoiisnme-ni. unuf me namof state soveieismty of those pernicious doctrines which destroy ntionnl Bopremacy and which in part have led to secession and civil war. ' i - . . 11. That to the republican party is due the creditof euccessfnl resnmplion and restored prosperity and misinvss vevivai. ana we insisi that t he paper and coiri circulation of the coun try shall at all times be mnininined at inr with the gold standard of the c mmereial worhl- That while we are in in faver of a reve nue for the support of the general government by duties upon imports, sound policy requires such adjustment of Import duties as tr en courage the development of the industrial in terests of the whole country, and commend that policy of national exchange Which se cures to the working inan liberal wages, to agriculture remunerative prices, to mechanics and manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill, labor and enterprise and to the na tion commercial prosperity and independence. 18. That we are in lavor of judicious appro- Iiriations by the general government for the mprovement of our rivers and seaports, as well as for the construction of such lines of railway communication as will develp the re sources of the country and- connect - our state with bther parts of thp union tinder such restrictions as will amply protect the rights o'.the people from unjust discrimina tion and extortionate charges ; and .in the grants of lands to railroads we favor the sale of the same by the government to the people at the lowest price for public lands, giving the proceeds only to the corporations. 14. That we demand in onr representation In congress their beste edeavor to secure lust and judicious appropriations and favorable legislatirtn by the general government for the free navigation of the Columbia and the. rivers of the State, the improvement of the mouth of the Columbia, and the harbors of Y nqulna and Coos Bays, the local i jfi-cf a harbor of refuge at a point along .our. coast most available to the interests of commerce, the extension of the public surveys to meet, the wants ot our in creasing population and aid and assistance to , railroads, and the opening up for settlement such of our Indian reservations as the interest of civilization depiandn and necessitates. 13. That we demand, a modification of the treaty with China so as ta restrict Chinese im migration to America. ' ltf. That we hold that " -well instructed people alone can lie perfectly free, and that it l therefore essential that the public schools should be maintained so that, every child shall be instructed in the duties of citizenship nd the ordidary business vocations of life. A Tale r n Coat-Tall. BY j. H. V., JB. . Miroi IiCgrand had made up her mind that spinsterbooi was to - be her lot. Not that she was Sgly or ill tern, pered -oh, no ! She wm pretty at a picture, and she was as sweet as a May morning ; bat when one lives on Espland street, in a house with a high wall around it,-with a maiden anut tor a duenna, and a papa who scowls at the bare mention ot "marriage," one runs a poor chanco . of meeting one's fate. Mirai was just eighteen, and though she was brought up like a recluse, she began to- thiuk it was high tituu she had a lorer. : Que 'evening as she sil - in, the oom- pany of her father and Aunt Piane, she remarked suddenly, in a plaiutive voice, "Lucy MarsbaU -waa married last Tuesday." "And very silly, at her age !" re- trted Aunt Diane. A mere chit she ought to be at school .' JVlimi lud her own opinion opon the -ubject, but she prudently kept it to herself ; merely remarking : "Millie Dujionl is married, too, and she in six months younger than I am.'' "And what then ?" asked papa look ingup from his hepa peri "Oh, nothing," Mimi replied sighing profoundly. "Harriet says she was married at St. Louis, with six bridesmaids, and a . veil, and a tram three yards long." "Harriet is an id l'e; gossiping ser. vant," interrupted her aunt, who has no business filling your head with such nonsense." "And does my little sirl envy these young ladies V Mr. Legrand inquired "We ell," returned Mimi, in a non- committal tone, "it must be very nice all my friends are marrying and and I am getting to be quilts an old maid !" "Marriage is not the chief aim of life," said Miss Diane.eevereiy. "There are nobler and higher things to whici: a woman may devote herself." "Oh, bother 1" and Mimi shrugged her saucy rhoulders. "Mimi," paid her father, seriously you must give up i!e9 foolish thoughts. Tou miglit find great uu har piness iu a luyer."- "Btit, papa," urged Mimi, "I am sure you married." ?'And bitterly repented it," her father might have replied, looking back up on US unhappy wedded life ; but he only frowned, and aid, "Let its have nc more of this folly Mimi." - Thus subdued, site did not dare to cay more ; but she pouted, and thought to liercelf, "I might a well, be a fright. for no one ever sees me. Unlets I can slip away, I never can e out walking without Aunt Diane, and even then she makes me bundle my had in veil, until, uu doubt, every one thinks I have had smallpox. As for a walk on Canal street, Aunt Diane snys the men are impndeut and stare too mucb so he takeS me1 rouudby all the alley and two-cent streets. It's a shame that's what it is 1" But the darkest cloud lias a lining. One afternoon, when papa was away at his business, Aunt Diane bad "just stepped out to see a friend," Mimi meditated upon what use she could make of her libeity. She sat down to the piano, and began "I love my love,1 then jumped op with a yawn. : The only thing she' could find in the shape of romance was "Telemma chu;" but she soon flung it into a cor. ner, and went out on the "balcony. It was a beautiful .April day, and as she bent over the tiower-boxes there came a round ring at tlie bell. Hang. ing over the railing regardless or ap pearanceef, she - detcried a handsome youth standing on tbe steps. "A man P she exclaimed inwardly .oh joy !" A few minutes later. Harriet came upstairs and said, "Miss Mimi, dere'i a gentleman in de parlor, calling him self Mr. Wolfe, an' ho wants to see Miss Diany." "Aunt Diane' is not st home," ans wered Mimi. ' "' . . : ' ; . " ' . i ... "1 done toledat a'ready, air fie say any ob de faro'Iy'll do jes as good." "I will see Lim," said Mimi, witb dignity. "De law, miss ! will ioiV 7" cried Harriet, awe-stroek by such bravery adding discreetly, "but wLat'll Miss Diany cay ? , . - . "Whatever she cheeses, said tlie little rebel, with a parting' lock at lbs mirror. . Meanwhile Geurge Wolfe was gazing j around the old-fashioned room, wiih its tarnished gilding and spindle-legged chair?, and decided that tlie inhabitants must be a dreadful set of old fossils, when tbe door opened, and the sweet est creature in the world came in. George h ad never seen curlier dark bair, or such ft, laughing eyes.- Qnce in the presence ot that awful monster, man, against whom she had so often been warned, Mimi lost cour age, and faltered oat, turning very red, "If you please sir, what do you want ?" The stranger did not seem at all abashed, but answered, "My aunt, Miss Tarl ton, commissioned me to place these papers In the hands of Miss Le. grand. They are toe - minutes of tbe Society tor the Propagation of female Independence. I suppose, that is, I mean to say are you Miss Legrand ?" "I'm not Auut Diaue," she returned in an insulted tone, "I'm Mimi." Oh ! I did not think it probable that you were the President of the So ciety ; however, I suppose the papers wilt be safe in your hands," said George, and having finished bis errand, he should have gone. But he still liu eeied, and remarked brilliantly, "We are having beautiful weather 2" "Beautiful 1" assented Mimi', look iog at him under her long eyelashes, and thinking the man was not so black as Auut Diaue painted him. I suppose," he continued, desperate ly, "you enjoy walking in anal street there pleasant afternoons ?" Ah," said Mimi, shaking her head sadlv : "You little know Aunt Diane it you suppose anything of tbe sort, Dear me l I'm not allowea to walk on any street where anyone elin; walks. "How cruel !" he responded Fjinpa thetically. " "Isn't it ?" caid she, being; an invet erate chatterbox, and glad to find some one who would listen to her. ' might as well be a prisoner, and idle around in the Japauese Tommy. How would you like tor your Aunt to al ways follow you about ?" "I should lite it very milch," ans wered George boldly, "if she was a charming as some people I know." "Jjut Aunt Diane isn't," said Mimi, confidentially. -Ti)ough," she added her conecieuce smiting her, "iks J? very Mice and good. But she alwayn will keep on saying that people oughtn't to marry and that w such nonsense, isu'i it r "Absurdity !" cried George, warmly: and after more conversation of a like nature, he rose to go sayir'g, "I hope this will not be our last meeting. Miss Legrand. May I call on yon ?' "Oh, my !" cried Mimi, aghast. "Don't try it. Papa would be so angry and Aunt Diane would bite your bead ofi" - George seemed quite cast down for a minute, and then said, "I will say good bye ; but it shall not be forever." "Aurevoir," said Mimi, drooping her long black lashes As hob'd as Aunt Diane' came home Mimi told her about Mr. Wolfe, and gave her the package of papers. "You went dowu to , see bim 1" ejaculated the spinster, "alone, without a chaperon ! What well-behaved girl ever did such a thing ? What an no preccdented boldness ! What will jour father say when I tell him?" "Don't see whSt I've done," pouted Mimi, "and why did you always tell me men were so frightful and wicked I wasn't a bit afraid ot bim." "Misguided girl !" groaned her aunt "you will bring roy grey hairs in sor row to the giave. What what will your father say ?" "Her dyed hairs, I guess she mean,' thought Mimi : adding aloud, "Why, he'll say you ought to have been at home to receive the papers -thal'i what he'll say. V Mies Diane reflected that this artful remark was true, and not caring to be reprimanded by her brother, she mag nanimously said, "For once, I will con sent to spare you, Mimi, but never let it happen again " "Oh, dear, no !" said Mimi, with a virtuous air ; and that evening 6he prat tled as artlessly as ever to her unsus--pecting papa. Several times after this, as Mimi was peering through the shutters, tne saw George Wolfe, and each time the audacious youlb kissed bis hand to ber. Having little ele to think about, he was continually in ber mind, and. the warnings of her guardians defeated their object to realisse that stolen waters are tweet. While this was going on an old aunt ot Miss Diane, from whom she bad ex t rotations, was taken very ill. and 9 . ' Miss Diane flew to her succor, leaving Mimi to th6 care ot her father, who, fearing no danger, took no precautions. One afternoon, Mimi, taking ad van- tage ot her liberty, went out to carry ; some soup to a poor invalid in St. An-1 thony's alley, and this being done, lin gered in the Square. By a strange co incidence George Wolfe suddenly ap peared from behind a eucalyptus tree and turned as rosy as an April dawn at the sight of her. V I bad begun to despair ot ever see ing you strain," "and almost .made- up my mind to brave the dragon." "Aunt Diane is away on a visit, now," she replied, demurely. "That accounts tor your being oat of doors," he said. "I have often seen you at your window, like a caged bird." "A jail-bird, you mean. I might as well have been in prison. How nice you must find it to go about by your self." I know some Wa I would like to fro about with me all the time." "Who is it?" questioned Mimi. , "I am afraid to tell you." "Why should you be? I wont hurt you. "You give me permission to tell?" "Why, yes, of course. Who is it?" "You, Mimi 1" " "Oh-ob I" she cried, openiug ber eyes very wide. Would you really V "Yes, indeed." t ' : . ; "But you might get tired of me sometimes." "With you, Mimi, I could go ou for- ever, and ever, and " , . - "Walking forever ? I think I would like to take a street-car, occasionally.'.' - ,Pow, you're laughing at jsae, yimi. I thoiTghrvyon liked me better than thot." -:iS'-:ly . ' ' .-'H Discreet silence on Mimi's part. "Perhaps, though, you don't like me at all." Still silence. "Do you, Mimi" very urgently. v "Yes," she murmured, hanging ber head. Hands c'atp, eyes meet, beneath tbe eucalyptus tree, and "the old story is told agaio." These meetings had gone on for some time, when George determined to go to 3vLeglftH and throw himself upon his mercy. W ilh outward calmness, but qnak ing inwardly, he entered Mr. Legrand's presence, while the cowardly little Mimi kept carefully out of the way "May I inquire the nature ot your business, sir," asked Mr. Legrand, lofti ly, looking down at tbe young man' card. - . : George tnrned scarlet, and said : " have the honor of knowing your lovely daughter " iou are laboring under a mistake. young man. My daughter has no masculine acquaintance?. You must mean some other lady." Heavens! As it there could be more lhau one Mimi in tbe world. "No, sir ; there is no mistake. love her very dearly, and I I have come to ak for tier hand in marriage,' stammered George, very mucb abashed "What!" ejaculated Mr. Legrand and only the largest capitals will at all express the awful emphasis be concen trated on that one word. It frightened George, but he went ou bravely. "I am the junior partner of the firm ot Davis fc Wolfe, and my worldly prospects " "After all thd trouble I have taken to keep her from contact witb the male sex !" interrupted Mr. Legrand, apostro phizing the opposite wall. i w, air. x-egrana ; i Know it is very annoying, but I trust you will overlook it for once, and- " Mr. Wplfei there is the door !. said Mr. Legrand, sternly, Refusing to take the hint, George continued "And let me explain-" His intended explanation was cut short by Mr. Legrand, wbo seized bim firmly by the '. arm, ant walked him out into the ball; . .. "Mr. Legrand, if ybu will allow me a few minutes, I will explain "" "YoV will .'explain nothing, Mr. Wolfe," retorted he, still pushing the struggling suitor toward the door. "But, my dear sir- " "I am not your dear mr, young" roan, and I have no desire to be," said the stern parent, and he nattily thrust George out,' and shut the docf,' thinTs ing he bad seen the last ot him. But unroilunateTy or fortunate; as il turned out he had slamtned . & door on George's coat-tail, and the dejected suitor attempted to mtLS-- down iba steps, be found himself aassfsv ly fastened there. What should hm do ? ' Stand still, until some one earn' out, and allow tbe finger ot scorn to b' pointed at bim by the gamui of ls' neighborhood. '."Perish the thoug&t 1 After many straggles,' be grasped tb bell-handle and pulled it furiously. Still ruffled in his temper, Mr. Lev' grand bounced out, and when ho ' mi George still there, be exclaimed, "WhiSt. again, young man ?" "My good sir, remonstrated Georgjsf how could I g away, when you Xsil fastened my ooat-tail ia the door ? .' and it was tickled Jaf' this dasa. He laughed, and having, relented ao far, condescended to talk tbe mattar.. ever with George, the result being, thftt - laughing, crying, blushing Mimi was called in to ask papa's forgiveness, . t i , . maKe ner lover leei nimseii Eupretnai blessed. Well, well ! girls will be girli, . I t suppose," said papa, determined to pet a good face on the matter, and after all he wanted his little Mimi to be happy. Even Aunt Diane's heart was soften. , ed, and she made no objection to tbo , marriage and 5 Mrs. ; George - Wolf -i often says that she owes all ber bappi. . ness to Georges coat-taib A Pmsler. - - " A letter, postmarked BengoK aoi addressed "To the Handsomest Young f Lady in the City," was recently receiv. ed at a postoffice not far from Porta. mouth. After a consultation between the chief of the office and his subordi nates, the former official ".ordered this , missive to be displayed through lb -glass window, that some maiden with confidence iu ber charms might step up and boldly demand her property! The Courier says : "Crowds of women have looked at tha t envelope, but none has dared call for it. Maiden ladies iu falxe teeth and false bair have stood, and gazed at the- magie direction, aad then walk meditatively, up and down the corridors, endeavoring to muster up" courag's to face the awful penetrating eye of the man at the delivery window Handsome young women with rosy cheeks and laughingpsgg T'a"v3fe?-'"i Crniered why it was not given to therii without delay.- Y"oung men with girls have urgeel their respective sweet, hearts to step up and ask for what wa. clearly ; their own. The amount of trouble and worry which that euvelopa has created -in the city is simply incal cu'able. And meantime the letter tan Ulizingly hangs in the window, while the Cerberus at the delivery window awaits with uneasiness and im pa tie nee the dreadful moment when some wo ' man sball demand the troublesome doc ument, and he shall be forced to com pi i her to show her cause, if any, why ho should consider her the party named in the writ." Tbe Tlolln. The Rev. H. R. Ilaweis has this to , say about violins : "The supreme Inter-, est of the violin js not far to seek. , It , lies Hot only in its simplicity, beauty,' strength, subtlety and indestructibility, which fit it tor the cabinet of the col lector, but iu is the king of instruments i iu the hands or the player. It coca."" bines ccent with modification of so.' tained tone. Tbe organ lias suslajnei tone without accent ; the piaso amiri withotrt sustained tone ; the violin ac cent aiid sustained1 tone modified at will. Within its limits it is scienttC: ally perfect ; if has all the sensibility and more than the cosnpi; execution and variety ot the bnsaaa -voice." , ... Canadian rifayors have a bluff way of putting things when they bring cp wandering American with a abort tarn." "Maybe there isn't any God for lbs ' United States, but there's one for Cana." da, and you can't have any ball in this town in which to defame him," i what ope of them told Colonel lpgt-'-soil. If Vtr Beeoher should visit thai town he would probably be in fori c I that "Maybe there isn't any heU f f the TJnit.jd States, but there's oca Ccs i'a'na'da." Tliey holdf to strong cpial ions up there. .. yy:f. Cattle are dying in Nova ScctiaJ and people in Persia are &ylr.z fo of cattlo; ''Thero bays been tae ines ia the last few yWrs than centuriea.' At leart mora tha a record of. t v.