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Ail V u itl L O j .U a. i Ci ,
. DANIEL GABY,
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SCXO, OREQONl
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STATUARY.
BOHEMIAN WARE.
WRITING DESKS,
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WORK BOXES,
itIRD CAGES,
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Ut'lTABS.
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DRY' GOODS!
GROCERIES !
CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS!
Boots and Shoe I
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Iron, Hardware, Ac
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- SUBJECT TO CHECK AT SIGHT.
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EXCHANGE ON PORTLAND, BAN FRANCIS
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J-Banking bonri, 8 a. m. to 4 p. m.'&
Refer to
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II. W. CORBETT.
HENRY FAILING.
W. S. LADD.
ALBANY BROOM MANUFACTORY!
TJJE UNDERSIGNED , IS SOW MAKING
BROOMS OF THE BEST QUALITY!
Which he design idling
AT PORTLAND PRICES ! ! !
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ty and quality on the Pacifie coast.
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i , . AUCMTS POB Ohegom.
W. D. BELDING, Mannfacturer,
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ALBANY BATH HOUSE! ;
THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
fully inform tbe citizen of Albany and vi
cinity that be ba taken charge of this Establish
ment, and, by keeping elcan room and paying
Strict attention to business, expects to suit all those
who nay favor him with their patronage. Having
heretofoie carried on nothing but
First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons,
he expects to give entire satisfaction to all
- J2jy-Childten and Ladies' Hair neatly eat aad
shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER.
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THE LAST FLIRTATION.
"Eveline J darling! what grieves
you eoV"
The shaded lights were glowing
softly on either side of the superMy
carved dressing-bureau; the uiualin
draperies of the open windows were
fluttering backward and forward in
the refreshing night breeze, and the
golden ruin of starlight drifted' in
from a clear and cloudless eky, where
a slender young girl was crouching
on a low sofa, her face hidden in the
cushions, and her jeweled arm droop
ing by her side. While the flowers
in her pale brown curls were crushed
recklessly, and the pink fun lay un
heeded on the. floor.
Mrs. Chester stooped to pass her
arm lightly round the girl's Khoulder.
"Evelint, won't you speak to me ?
Tell me, dearest, what thin sudden
tempest of grief meanB."
"Nothing nothing," sobbed Eve
line Vane. "Only I wanted to be
alone, and "
"I thought you were no happy
here, my little cousin," murmured
Mrs. Chester. "I thought life was
one bright dream to you, in this
whirl of fashion and gayety. Is it
possible that I have done w rong iu
luring you away from the quiet val
leys where you were born ?'
"No, Ada," exclaimed Miss Vane,
suddenly throwing her arms round
the neck of her beautiful companion.
"I have been happy here it Am been
a dream; but oh! the waking has
come at last! '
"The waking, Eveline ?"
"Don't ask uie any more questions,
Ada," pleaded the young girl, w ith
an accent of bharp despair that went
to Mrs. Chester's heart. "Go down
into the ball room once more, and bo
as happy aa you can. I only "want
solitude."
She buried her pale face once more
among the sofa cushions and mo
tioned her companion away. Ada
Chester stood looking at the slight
figure in silence for a moment or two,
as if striving to comprehend the hid
den springs that moved beneath this
wild emotion, and theii she went
down into the comparatively deserted
dressing-room that adjoined the
thronged saloons.
A rosy, brown-eyed girl of about
twenty was standing before the glass,
adjusting her rich brown hair; hhe
urned, with a bright, welcoming
mile, as the widow tutered.
"Is that you, Ada? the very crea
ure I was longing to sec. My hair
i in a lamentable state of insubordi
tation, and your lixrht Cntrer are tje
Lnly ones I would trust among thexe
-AMU plicated loops and braids. Juat
asten that lulling tress, won t you ?
Loop it up with a knot of roaes
there!"
And as Mrs. Chester obeved, Lelia
Grey turned round to touch, with a
caressing hand, the jetty tresses that
set off the lovely widow a dazzling
complexion with such a perfection of
contrast.
How pretty you are looking to
night, dear,"tbe said, with a frank
impulse of admiration. "Ah, I do
not wonder that 'Walter, my soldier-
brother, thinks be has won the fair
est jewel that the world affords! I
only wish he could be here to-night
to see us peerless beauty.
"Hush! said Mrs. Chester, laying
her band ligl'tlv on her companion's
arm, as two gentleman strolled, arm
in arm, post the open window, in
whose cool twilight they had for a
moment paused to get the delicious
breeze from the piazzas, "didn't I
hear my own name ?"
Mrs. Chester, of course whom
else could I mean ?" was the careless
exclamation of one the promenaders.
"U, the enchanting little widow,
with the beautiful b'ack eves.
drawled the other, Mr. Clarence
Hooper. "Do you think I've made
an impression on her 7 Une likes to
flirt with these spicy little fames that
remind you of Moore s Melodies and
the Arabian Aijjhts.
"Take care you don't carry it too
far!"
"O, there's no danger; of course,
she won't for a moment dream that
I'm in earnest.
"It seems that poor little Eveline
Vane believed tnat you were.,'
"Ah to be aure; but then these
country girls are so dreadfully sus
ceptible. Eveline was charming as
long as the novelty lasted, but she
must have known it was but a flirta
tion
Their voices sank into indistinct
ness as they passed on. Ada Chester
stood still; her coral lip curved
scornfully, and a contemptuous spar
kle smouldered under the drooping
lids of her Castilian eyes. Lelia
Grey looked earnestly into her com
pan ion's face.
"So, then, this accounts for your
pretty little cousin s depression. Cau
it be possible that he has been trifling
with her aflections ?
"I fear it is too true, Lelia,
"O! why has the law no power to
reach these every-dav crimes ?" ex
claimed Lelia, passionately.
J. he law cannet reach him, said
Mrs. Chester, quietly, "but there are
other weapons that may.
" VY hat do you mean, Ada?
"Nothing," said Mrs. Chester, sud'
denly resuming tbe light and careless
accents that were natural to her voice
"Nothing at all, Lelie. So Mr,
Hooper's considerate friend and com
panion thinks I'm in danger from the
manifold attractions and fascinations
of the aforesaid youth, does he
Well, if he really likes flirtations, I I
gratify his taste a little.
"And what will Captain Walter
say-J ; ,,,- '.::.
The velvet softness crept into those
wondrously beautiful eyes once more,
as Ada answered, softly:
"Walter knows me well enough to
repose the utmost confidence in my
conduct.. He knows that his slightest
word or glance of approval is more to
me than all the world besides." ,
; Lelia Grey was satisfied.
So the brilliant Saratoga season
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ebbed away, . und Eveline Vane
drooped and grew paler each day. while
Ada watched her and made no com-
nient. So the balls und parties, and
gay assemblages drew towards a close,
and Mrs. Chester , remained the acknowledged-belle,
even where a
score of beauties were striving for the
precedence.
"I shall certainly no it," quoth
Clarence Hooper, twirling his waxed
moustache in a sort of smiling frenzy.
"Do what? questioned Theodore
Armitage, who played tho part of
fuithful satellite to this brilliant lumi
nary. "Marry the pretty widow! I can t
help ' it. I'm perfectly bewitched
with ber splendid eyes, and her fas
cinating little ways. Only twenty
one, they say; and she has a great
deal of property, too. Stokes, the
awyer, told m e so!"
"Fiddlestick! exclaimed tho sat
ellite, laughing. !Vhy, Clarence, I
thought you were going to remain a
gay bachelor to the end of the chap
ter."
"I can't help it," reiterated Clar
ence Hooper, ruefully. "Uou t i
tell you that I can't live out of her
sight? I'm in love, man desjer-att-ly
head over heels irredeema
bly!" "W hew-w-w! whistled Armitage,
raising bis eyebrows.
"It s a fact, groaned Hooper.
"And suppose our little coquette
says 'no r
'(J, she won t! I m sure she likes
me. JJut what s the use of making
cold chills run over a fellow with that
ind of talk. I with you'd hold your
tongue."
"Well, I will," said Theodore,
composedly.
Clarence Hooper was in the ball
room that night an hour before any
body else thought of making their
appearance, gorgeously attired with
emon corored kid gloves, and boot
so tight that he coutd hardly step.
"1 don tbeueveshe s ever coming,
sighed the tortured swain, bhiftitig
from one agonizing foot to the other,
and tning to descry the figure of hw
charmer through the moving crowd
that were growing more dennu every
moment. "I wonder if I hadn't let
ter send up my card, and request the
honor of a special interview. I won
der if Hallo! here she is."
Ada Chester . looked as lovely as a
oetW dream that evening, in a ptt.k
silk drees, that swept around her like
folds of carmine libt, while her
beautiful neck and arms were circled
with the trembling fiie of costly ru
bies. A fresh crimson rone, nestling
in the coal-black braids of her abund
ant hair, was scarcely brighter in its
delicate tint than her checks; and
hor yos wrA full of that nivttic.
melting brilliance that drove Mr.
Hooper distracted with one glance.
"Mrs. Chester," sighed tho inamo
rata, "I have watched for your com
ing as the Eastern devotee awaits the
first beatn of the un, his idol!"
"Have you?" said Ada.
"It's very hot here, isn't it?" said
Clarence, trying helplessly to remem
ber the pretty peecbes he bad plan
ned in his braiu; "and and I had
something very important to say to
you. , buppose we take a turn on the
piazza.
The ideas seemed still more hope
lessly scattered when Clarence stood
on the piazza, his boots pinching,
and'his heart sinking simultaneously.
Ada turned to him, her cheeks flush
ed with the feverish heat of the
crowded ball-room she had just left.
"I think. Mr. Hooper," she said.
"you remarked you had some tidings
of importance to impart to mo.
l'ray Le an quick as possible this
draught of night air is so danger
ous." "What an unpropitious onenincr for
a lover's impassioned delarntion!
Clarance stammered and stuttered:
but at length remembering the
stereotyped manners and customs on
such occasions, he sank gracefully
on one knee. ,
f Dearest, I love you! will you be
mine.'
"What nonsense!" said Ada.
laughing. "Do get up, Mr. Hooper
don't j'ou see the servant coming
this way with a tray of ice-cream?
"Ada! said Hooper, reproachful
ly, ''do not thus jest with the tender-
est, most sensitive emotions of my
heart. I tell you that I worship I
adore you. bweet one, will
you not
be ny wife?"
"Couldn't," said Ada, calmly,
already engaged." ,
I'm
"Engaged! and who is my rival?"
"Ibat happens to be my business,
not yours, Mr. Hooper," said the fair
widow, with cruel composure. .
Then," ejaculated Clarence,
"why have you lured me on to de
struction with those fatal smiles
those false yet winning-words? '
.Let me answer you in your own
phrases. Mr. Clarenco Hooper,"
said Adaj with scornful gaze; "I was
oniy amusing myseii i dicia t sup
pose you would for a moment dream
.that I was in earnest! .
-Ada, exclaimed nooper, grow
ing: scarlet, "you , had no right to
break my heart!"
"Had I not? ' Aa much right, I im
agine, as yon had to break poor Eve
line Vane's. Are we quits at last?"
t - . .
one turned away iroin him to a
gentleman who, was saunterning up
the garden walk.
"Is that you, Colonel Tirown?
Do, pray, give me your arm back to
tne Dan-room. . im tired ol moon
light nonsense."
And she glided away, under the
escort of a dashing military man,
leaving Mr. Clarance Hooper to
grind his teeth . in fruitless despera
tion. To think that he, the flatter
ed exquisite the accom plished male
coquette hadbeen played with, and
flung away like a broken toy by the
belle, of the 'season! It was too
much, too much!
"Adaj what are you gazing at so
earnestly from yonder window?"
asked Leila Grey, the next morning.
"I've spoken to you twice without
being able to elicit a response." ' ; 1 ,
"I'm only watching the porter pile
Mr, Hooper's trunks on the bagage
wagou to catch the eastern train.
Good gracious! what a heap, of
tbeml"
"And so we are to lose that star of
society!- It is all your fault, Ada.
By the way, I am just closing up a
letter to Wjilter. Have you any
meHHageto send?"
"Yes," said Ada, laughing. "Tell
Walter that he . may come after me
now any time he pleases, for I wound
up my final flirtation last night."
Eveline Vane's wrongs had been
avenged, and Ada Chester never flirt
ed any more. Neither did Mrs.
Walter Greyl
WOMAVM INfrXEXC:: OSf
MO.IIK."
How often have you noticed, pa
tient reader, in entering certain
houses, that the zooms were filled
with au undefinable air of ease, pleas
entness. sociality, life, light ami
home-likeness. The furniture might
not be especially remarkable, the
walls neither covered with expensive
paper nor the ceilings frescoed; the
carpet very likely a iure three-ply,
and the mantlo piece of wood in
stead of marble; and yet, somehow,
you were glad to find yourself there,
and going away, carried with you
bright memories and a cheerful spir
it. It you stopped to analyze the
causes of your agreeable Herniations,
you will have remembered there was
plenty of light, a few painting, or
at least engravings, ibid a good eu
graving is much to bo preferred to a
poor painting; some books, and
above ull, supplementing all, and in
stinctively dweorned oh having gath
ered and arranged all, an intelligent,
frank, motherly or sisterly woman,
"counected wi' little, and canty wi'
tnair, whose preseucu was magnetic,
whose w'holo atmosphere wus joyous
and refined. There might not have
been wealth, but assuredly there was
good breeding, a cultured mind and
a sweet disposition.
Home! That is what woman makes
it. Man may be active or indolent,
sullen, or social, good, bad or indif
ferent, tho home will be pervaded,
ruled, dominated oy tno spirit oi mo
wife. Children willlovo it or hate
it, gladly remain at or return to it,
or lly from it ou all possible occa
sions, just as t is enlivened by sym
pathy or rendered gloomy by care or
moroseuess. The most fickle and
thoughtless man often, and the
jaded, over-burdened, yet kindly
man always turns witu irrepressible
vearning to tbe seclusion, the rest,
th free intercourse of home. There
if anywhere, he finds innocent and
substantial c-uj yiueut; there, if at
all, repose which is yet happinct-s.
oman s kingdom, if it bo a circum-1
scribed one, may be made equally
despotic and alluring government at j
once with au absolute sway, and an
irrisiatible. attraction. If mother
Eve was all-potent for evil, her
daughters are equally powerful for
good. It is the feminine iufluence
which preserves the world from
groynes and corruption, in so far
as it is saved therefrom, and it is the
daily example and exhorbitation of
good and discreet women which pre
vent the subsidence of the great ma
jority of mankind into sensuality,
selfishiness and yice. If womankind
sometimes mistake tho when and th
how, that is simply saying that even
the best and loveliest sex is not yet,
'and as a whole perfect.
DOCS THE VuKSJIDCXT
i DKIXKT .
The country must have slsrhed a sleh
of relief when It. was told a short time
ago that the President had signed a
temperance pledge and donated a con
siderable sum of money to some Uni
ted ,rbcnezcr JirlcR lane Temperance
Society. The phenomena of hi ab
stemiousness was insignificant compar
ed with the surprise occasioned by the
report that He had given up some mon
ey. Hut llks a great many other hand
some stories, this one is without the
merit of reliable data. If Urant was
seized with it cold water paroxysm, his
good resolution has failed him, for he
la reported as again in the old wallow.
lAat week; the great ana good Horace
fireeley. who believes somewhat in
Philosophy, Protection and Profanity,
was In the city, and ho was tendered
an ovation nt tho residence of Zach.
Chandler. Every body knows that
Horace is a temperance man, and that
the Michigander Isn't Horace drinks
Croton water, and preserves a rubicund
visage, while Chandler drinks bad
whisky, and his face grows chalky
Grant attended the party, and of course
there was something to drink. Chan
dler would not tolerate a fandango at
his house without something strength
ening. During the evening Horace
was very much disgusted to find Urant
standing beside Chandler's punch bowl
dealing out damnation to the company,
anon helping , himself to a generous
ladleful. II was very liberal with Mr.
Chandler's soul destroyer, and it is said
that when he and the Dents, and a few
others of those wfco dwell at tho Presi
dential mansion got home that even
ing they, wore all very anxious to be
placed in their diminutive beds. A
correspondent who has been here long
enough to know a drunken President,
tells me that he has seen Grant time
and again in a state of maudlin drunk
enness. 'When he mentions tho fact
in his letters, his editor "cuts him out,"
for the reason that the people won't be
lieve these stories about Grant, and
simply attribute them to malice.
Washington Letter.
, Sha'rp. Brigham Young's Delegate
ia Coogress is evidently slmrp enough
to meet his unsaiutly associates ia that
body half war. iu ny little encounter
of wits they may oIiooro to seek. "How
ninny wives have vou, now?" one of
them asked, tho other day. "Enough
to keep mAvrom , running after other
people's" he promptly replied. The
questioner forthwith retired to the lobby,
"to see a uinn.
The building to bo erected at Salom
for tho establishment for manufacturing
agricultural implements will ho 60 by
lo'J tool m size and three stories high
It will oo built of brick and made fire
proof. Tho cost will be from 275,000
to siU'uuy. ;
ft
i.i:ttk FieoM ioict,and. ,
fNoTE. The following letter was re-'
coiyed too lato for insertion last week,
i 11 t.'.. T.... t
uenco we give ltiiow. ava. A.,u.j
Portland, June 1st, 1S71.
Editor Democrat s
There' is nothing new here that Is,
there is nothing of the terrible or eu-
satlonalj to be told nothing that will
thrill your nerves or freeee your blood
positively not aflrt class murder nor a
case of crim ton. True, we have Hter
rott to relieve th monotony of the Jog
ging days and by the way the "Cone
tortionist" bos arrived since you and I
were last there hut then even Btcrrltt's
Is liable to 'grow tiresome. ' ,
THE KLOOP.
The annual flood ba arrived. It has
submerged all of" the "bushies part" of
Kat Portland and laid siegt' to the re
mainder, and 'still It 1 comes." It
threaten the railroad at the upper end
of the city.
COXMEKCB ANI COMPETITION.
Only a few days slnue thero were five
ocean steamers at the Portland wharves,
but that was a good day for steamer.
The opiiosltfon steamer "Constantine"
lias made her second 1-'parture from
this port. Hho seems to be well patron
ized. Hho Is too small to make herself
very pereeptlblo as an opposition Ijoat.
When loaded she could bo stowed be
tween the decks of the Ajax witiiout
much inconvenience or increase In
draught of t hat ship. The two last de
partures of the John L. Htephens were
made from Kat Portland, and UwJJra
olllce illuminated with candles and Imit
In honor of the tremendous event. The
lately lnijKrtel elegant new steamer,
"Annie 8U?wart" Inaugurated her op
position on the Astoria route to-hty, so
you see travel can almost be bad for
the trouble down this way. And while
on tiie subject of travel f may as well
stop to congratulate the O & C liail
roud on Homo features employed iu the
management of the road by the
THE WOMAN IS BBEECHKH -
who aets as Superintendent. A few
days since geiitlemun of my acquaint
ance hamtcningto be at Jervais, oltcred
a greenback at the ticket office at that
fdace In exchange for a ticket to Port
and. The greenback wa declined with
tho explanation that "we are ordered
not to receive that kind of money." Tire
gentlemsn having no other kind of
money, insisted, but the agent was firm
and wouldn't take the bill at any dis
count. The Portland fllce iued the
order beefiue it mi no difficult and an
n'tin; to fl'jure. vn discount on mtfh
money umlumki change without mnk
inti mixtakc. 1 don't know whether
the disinclination or inability of the
( Vmipany to figure and It fear of being
cheated In chauge would go so far as to
put a passenger off of the cars who has
ouly paper inouey or not. In this cat;
my friend succeeded iu effecting a sale
of a bill to an acquaintance, and that
fortuitous circumstance enabled him to
ir?t to Portland. According to early
M l tier the Indians lis ve a similaraver
sluit to making change, carrying it,
however, a tp farther, they Insist on
silver half dollars.
TIlE ELUOT-HOLLADAV SCIT
has got into the paper, and now we
shall never hear tho end of it. The
Herald leads off with anaftidavltof El
liot. Of course it espouses Elliot's cause
Ix-cause that is anti-llolkulay, and the
OrrgonUtn and Bulletin of course op
pose KllUt for the same reason. There
is no disguising the fact that if Mr. El
liot should achieve a complete success,
the two railroad enterprises in this
State would Ihj under a very wet blank
et, and would more than likely lie in
definitely postponed. It begins to look
very much as though this Plaintiff is
not all Elliot, or more than a very lit
tle of him, (Elliot,) but as though there
wns o.very heavy money interest some
where putting li Im forward for pur
poses or its own. He Is impecunious,
and swears it in his aflidavit, and this
seems to Is? his normal condition. It
is in evidence that llolladay gave him
a salary to enable him to defray the ex
penses of his family, yet he is now the
proprietor of three or four of the big
gest law suits extant, and is waited
upon by divers lawyers whose sur
roundings put them above the suspic
ion of a contingent fee. Everything
indicates that -this Is really a war be
tween rival railroad Interests, 'lhe
proceedings instituted by Mr. Elliot are
aimed at the credit of the Oregon Rood.
If he succeeds, tile sale of its bonds in
Europe will stop no more land patents
will be issued from .Washington, the
construction of the road will be sus
pended and the material interests of
1 1 . , A . . 111 1 . A I ... I PaHuM...
intr that Mr. Elliot should get what is
in lustice his, let follow what will, yet
tho public interests that seem to be in
volved win justify a close scrutiny into
the meritsof his case and the honesty of
his motives, and will excuse us in just
asking, you know, how he who had to
ask for a monthly stipend to oynisgruo
with, when this road was begun, can
riffhtfullv claim to own in it to the
amount of mi lions. The probabi llties are
th at when the gongs and the stin kpots of
this legal onset have subsided, the ore-
iron Railroad will be building ana run
n ing pretty much as now, and the
financial world will move In its accus
tomed orbit. . Since millions are not
amassed In a few months without the
assistance of either capital or credit, it
is not likely that the , story of Alladin
and his wonderiul lamp will be repeat
ed during the lifetime of Mr. Elliot
The Wife. If you wish, to be hap
py and have peace in tne iamiiy,
never reprove your husband in com
pany, even if that reproof be ever so
light. If he be irritated,. speak not
an angry word, inainerence, some
times will produce unhappy conse
quences. - Always feel an interest in
what your husband undertakes; and
if he is perplexed or discourged, as
sist mm by your smiles and happy
words. ;If the wife is careful , how
she conducts, speaks and looks, a
thousand happy hearts would cheer
and brighten her existence, where
now there is nothing but clouds of
crlooni, sorrow and discontent. , The
wife, above all others, should strive
to please her. hu&band and to make
hoe attractive.
A Pittsburg stoue cutter was directed
to put his euiyloyer's "iuiprint" at the
foot of a big mouumept. To the boss
horror ho culped" it in huge lette
rs
diroot?y under thn scroll inscribed, "Sa
cred to tbe memory ot.
A young man in Albany who wanted
to play a trick on three pretty , young
ladies, who laughed at his slender mous
tache, hung a basket on the knob of
their papa's door bell on New h YMrs.
The young ladies sat in full drees 'from
ll 'A. M. until !) P. M., without knowing
why they recoived no calls,
NO. 43.
'HEAT IT HOT, HAH.
Colonel McIIatten went from Vir
ginia to Illinois, in the early settle
ment of the country, when roadside
inns were unknown, and every dwell
er in the wilderness kept a sort of
traveler's home. The Colonel, by a
lucky investment in wild laud Lad
become a rich man but he kept up
his habits of hospitality, and if the
guest was well to do in the world, he
did not object to turning an honest
penny in that way. ,
One bold,' blustering winter even
ing, a horseman drew up at the house
and asked : accommodation for tbe
night. : A half grown la I answered
in the , affirmative, and us'iered him
into the sitting room, where the great
wood fire of itself gave him a cordial
welcome. After supper the landlord
made his appearance for tbe "rst
time. He was hearty and hale, and
as rosy as any boniface should be,
but he was bent and crippled in his
gait. He explained that he had
taken a cold which had settled in his
back. ,
"I don't mind the cold so much,"
he continued, "but it is so incon
venient. I Lave been recommended
to try a poor man's plaster, and if
yon will excuse me, I will put it on.
sum! samuel! barnuei McUatten!
"Here, father," said the lad above
mentioned, hastily swallowing a large
piece of mince which be bad been
quietly enjoying.
"Here, bam, my boy, heat this
plaster for me and put it on my back.
Heat it hot, Sam."
Saying which he handed the plas
ter to bis son, and seating himself
astride a chair, with his bock to the
fire, threw his suspenders back, And
shirt over his head. "Now, Saul,"
said the Colonel, "if the poor man's
plaster is hot, you may put it on ; but
you may wait a little while: I'm afraid
its not hot enough. Heat it hot,
Sam heat it hot. Can you tell," Le
continued, turning to the traveler,
who was seated in tba corner, "wTiy
this is the 'poor man s friend, bey ?
Give it up?" laughing to himself
"because it stickelh, closer than a
brother! th?"
Poor Sam, who had been watching
his chance to speak without inter
rupting his father, now ventured to
Ba) :
"I guess its hot enou;h, now,
father."
"What do vou know about it?"
raid the old man, hastily. "I say
heat it hot, Sam beat it hot."
Sam, whose face was at a red heat,
had held the plaster to the fire until
it ran and dripped down on the
hearth, and bad made no' reply.
" ell, said tbe old man, looking
around, "maybe it will do now, Sam.
Clap it on."
Sam, armed with the plaster, ap
proached him, and if my word can
be takes, did rclap it on.' Tbe old
man gave one yell, like a wild Indi
an, and jumped clear over the back
of the chair, kicking his old fashion
ed breeches off his feet and dancing
around with pain. Tbe traveler
laughed until he cried, and the more
mine host roared the more he laugh
ed. When the first agony was over,
the Colonel began to swear, and our
traveler thought it would be prudent
to retire, lest he should share his
wrath with Sam, who, he observed,
was making good his distance. .
The next morning, when leaving,
he handed the Colonel live dollars,
saying with a sly twinkle of the eye,
"I don t want any change. It is
cheap at that."
AXECDOTE OF GEX. LEE.
The great confederate leader, just
dead, was remarkable for his social as
well as for his military qualities.
His haausoino person, aristocratic bear
ing, and polished manners, made
hint especially t'.ie idol of the fair sex
wherever he went. The severity that
marked his deportment in camp and
battle, totally" deserted him when the
reponsibililies which they imposed were!
withdrawn, and id private lite hjb wasi
one of the most genial and humorous
of men. Wc recall aa anecdote illus
trative of this fan-loving element of his
character. The incident occurred a few
days before the outbreak of the war
Among the most Ireqment visitors at the
mansion on Arlington Heights were the
Fairfaxes of Alexandria. Mrs. Fair
fax was one of the general's particular
favorites and tbe attractions of her soci
ety were not least among the induce
ments that temped him so often from
Arlington to Alexandria. One cold
December morning, while riding through
the btrect of that most delectable settle
ment, he espied Mrs. F. approaching
from the direction iu which he was go
ing. A few moments later he had dis
mounted and engaged in conversation.
1 he lady armed herself against the in
clemency of tho weather by carrying a
white tuuff, wjth which she relieved the
tendency ol her nose to assume a too
brilliant pink, by pressing every moment
to that frost beleaguered organ. In do
ing this many of the hairs camo off upon
the vail, a fact which tho general no-
ticod, but did not refer to it until he
saw a friend turning an adjacent corner
coruiog that way, who was somewhat no
torious as a quiz, bpeaking hurriedly
in aa altered tone of trepidation, he turn
ed to Mrs. Fairfax and said: v"My dear
madam, here eomes Judge ! Do per
mit mo to remove those hairs trom youu
veil they re the lame color as my
buird." V. Y. Com, Adv. .
A gentleman having a pony that start,
ted aud broke his wife's neck, a (neigh
bor told him that he wished to purchase
it for his wile ts ride upon. 'No," says
the other, 'I will not sell the little
fellow, because I intend to . marry
asrain."- ; -
A man in Covington, Ky., made a
bet the other day that ho could drink a
pint and a half of Cincinnati whiskey
in twelve hours. He wou tho bet, 6nys
the Louisville Courier-Journal, and his
widow remarked at the funeral the next
day that it was the first money he , had
earned by hard work in teo years.
j KAltoJUK ADVUlil'1610 : HK
t On Column. $100 pL'alf Column, $t0 ;
' ter Column, $C5.
Transient Advertisement per Square
lino or le of this sitvd t;ps, firt
$3 each subqunt iaiecrtiog, $1.
A square is one inc in spac down tb
umn, counting cuts, display lines, blanks,
solid matter. NoadrnrtUeiuent to beeensi'1
less tban a square, and all fraction count
full square. All advertisement insert! -
less period tban thre moDth to be regardeti
transient.
THE FATE OFJMISSiSSIPF.
Here' tbe cabin in the bollow,
Where this neek of wood ovine down
And tbe fir-trcej nod anMrhier
A tl y backon m. ana frown.
Ah I th throat of stick and mortar
Breathes no more tbe enrling unokev
And tbt raven, over yonder, . 1
11a a plaintive, funeral eroak t ,
There' tb door, on broken binge.
Leaning like a weary thing ; .
And tbe pathway, dim witb fcraiwe.
Winding downward to the spring;
Wml this lyramid of antlers
Spoils ot many a ringing; abase
Tell you of a banter' labor
In this lonely, lonely place.
No, not im there ! tbi i bettor.
Where tbe glleo sunbeam sleep t
There are Mninn n tho, fxinobevn
That would make your muscles creep.
Sit upon tlii log be.tde me,
And I'll ti tl ya how it eaaia
Mateh about y.o? that tl 5bin .,. '
lias a wild and foai.ul fmo, "'-
lie w a big and Hairy .throated.
And bis name wa 'liijti,p' j"
Ra!ber curious moral, was ho,
And be didn't ear a flip '
Vnt the frills -( p..li..h-4 iritic.
Or the science and art I ,
, And be fled, like one tormented.
From tbe highway and th mart.
Well, in trailing down tb border.
Here be pitched l.i tcut, at 1 i.
And the dzs tbey Son lit btm somubow
Gathered round biui thick and fast f
Hound and ear. full twenty of tacnt,
leaped alH.ut hi open door ;
And the cabin wa their kennel,
And their couch iUjruged floor.
Up and down the wooded gorge.
Ere tbe morning sun grew warm.
You eould bear their angrjr chorus,
Sweeping like a winded storm
Till the Cjow k snarl of his rifio,
Downward by tbe river shore.
Hotbed the rolling wave o clamor.
And tb gallant ebaae waa o'er. .
But tbe vanguard of Improvement.
With tbe eompas and tbe chain, ,
Bivouacked along tb valwy.
From the mountain to tbe main ;
And the iron arm of l'rogress
O'er tbe virgin wild wa thrown.
Aod tbe steam-ne-el shrieked and bellowed
Where tbe solitudu wa known ;
And tbe riuamt throbbed and thanler4
With the tread of mailed steed.
And tb breath of glowing nostril
Kolicd like war cloud o'er the mead.
Vainly, when the shadows lifted.
And the dew wa on the bush,
31isuip would wind his cow' born
In tbe morning's fragrant bub ;
'Turk" wonld lead the tawny banter
To tbe bill-tide, a of old.
But would never pilch the music
For tb tracks were dim and eold.
And lull often, too, mistaking
For tbe born tbe engine-pif.es.
They would wander on wild chase ,
Like tbe fooliab after snipe !
Twice and thrice it was repeated,
When his gun went o'er tbe bank.
And tbe burner went to swearing
As bis heart within him sank :
''This ba come of that 'ere railroad.
And i knew, wbca tbey begun, -That
'twould skeer the deer t thunder.
An' tbe boundstaey wouldn't run I"'
Then be sat within bt rabin.
In a wreathing c.usd of smoke,
While from bound and eur, beside him.
Oil the whine of hunger broke ;
But be sat and smoked serenely,
With the famine in hi eye.
Till you guesedbU.awrul purpose,
And were sure bo meant to bw.
And the eyeballs, bot and glaring.
I avernud Hacks, and dripping jaw, '
Spoke tbe anguib of hU hunters
From tbe emptiness that gnaws:
Nearer, nearer now they circled,
And tbe cliek of gleaming fangs
Was tbe wild beast ruring in tbeiu
From the boil of hunger pangs. ,
Wt tbe cry of dog or devil?
Mercy ! woat a sight wa tberew
Ab. the odor of that orgy .
Even now moat taint the irl
.Eat bim? Well, should rather say o
ilif;sipp' wa tfon released.
And their mouths wera wet aad crimson i
Witb the rich, uthuly feast.
Simmons, np from Sleepy Hollow,
Happened by the place on day, -And
he baited. jut to ask bim
If hi Meer bad been that way ;
But he only reached tbe threahcid.
When he started, all aghast,
A a (omeihiag, swift aad noiseless,
Like a shadow, flitted past ;
Joe. perhape, but then no matter!
When be woke from terror's thrall,
lie wa startled by a sentenee
On a board, against tbe wall
3Jipsi-'ipp', no doubt bad dune it
'Twa a rude and homely scrawl,
; Written witb a piece ot charcoal, -
-Vera the Hale Kode P That ;
. U 8.
From tie J Ocerlamd JofAfr.
A Touching Obitcabx. A disconso
late husband thus bewails the loss .
his wife, and apostrophies her met
ory thusly : Thus my wife died. I
more will those loving handspull
my boots and part my back hair, n .
ouly a true wife can. No more wi.t
those willing feet replenish coal L i
and water pail.. No more will ah-...
arise, "mind the tempestuous stonu -of
winter, and Lie herself away t
build the fire, without disturbing th
slumbers of the man who doted u ..
her so arestlessly. Her memory ;
embalmed in my heart f hearts."
wanted to embalm her body, but I
found that 1 coald embalm her xnoi -ey
much cheapear. I procured
Eli Mudget, a. neighbor of mine,
very pretly gravestone. His - i. .
was consumptive, and kept it o..
hand several years, ia expectation ' .
her death; but she rallied tki
spring, and his. hopes were blasts.
Never shall I forget this poor man
grief, when I asked him to part i
it. "Take it, Skinner," said Lv ,
"take it, and may you never knt v
what it is, to have your soul rack? 1
with disappointment as mine I,.,
been 1" ; And he burst into a flood .:
tears. I had , the following episi
engraved upon the gravestone:
' "To the memory of Tabitha, wife of ' Mi '
Skinner, Eeq , the gentlemanly editor cf t
Trombom. A kind mother and exemplary1 vt
Terms two dollars a year, invariably in advn-r .
Office over Coleman' grocery, np two flight'. -Knock
bard. - "We shall miss thee, mother; .
shall miss thee, mother." Job printing suite -
Thus did , my ' lacerated spirit cr
out in agony, even as Rachel' weej-.
ing for her children. But one rav . .
light penetrated th& despair of .my
soul. The undertaker took bis :..
in job printing, and the sexton owi-
me a little account I should not havs
gotten "in' any othor way. Wl.".
should we pine at the mysteri:f..
ways of Providence and vicinitv?--(Not
a conundrum) I ihere pat!
to drop a, silent tear the mem"'-.
of Tabitha Ripley, thfc wa.3, ,
was an eminentley pious woman, a.J
could fry the best piece of trip.' I
ever slung under my - Test. J,
picked, tip ditnera wet3 a mcci
and-she "al'vaytj dotod oa t.:y- I
tEions. . , L . -