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AlrciaNEY AT LAW,
4ltJNY, OltEOON.
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Q.JONES, M. D.
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JOHN J. WHITNEY, ,
UTTOUPT AiND COUSSELOa AT LAW
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gIoceries, provisions.
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Luiililvo to keen on hands the best of ev-
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GEO. R. HELM,
IlTOfMY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Till practioo In all the Courts of this State.
OFFICII: ALBANY, OREGON.
Nov. 11, 1870.
ST. CHARLES HOTEL
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IcORNER FRONT AND WASHINGTON 8TS.,
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I. S. DUBOIS. PROPRIETOR.
Thli louse is the moat commodious in the
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itforos free ooaun tu b"
wluilas. Office of Corvallls atuge Company.
: G. F. SETTLEMIER, .
liniggist and Apothecary?
I flJiLER IN DRUaS.MEDIOINBS.OILB,
I 1J Jaints, Window Ulass, Djestufls, Liquors,
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freseriptions Carefully Compounded,
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first street, rosi umoe uuuuiiig,
COMMERCIAL HOTEL.
OPEEA HOUSE BLOCK, SA1KM, OBIOOW. ;
MK8. A. J. RIELV, Proprietor.
THs house will be kept in rst olass order, and
Uh attentive and obliging servants.
No Cbineso Cooks Employed.
I am prepared to furnish good acpornraodia.
at the DUblio.
lingular boarding at very low rates. ,
Tree Ooaoh to tie House.
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ALBANY BATH HOUSE I
trtlTB UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
'V. .." .1. f All, dv unci i-
rinitj that he has takon oliarga of this Establish
. --a 1,0 kjutnimr lnaa rooms and navine
.jjjt attention to business, eipoots to suit all
JJJJ, who may favor him with their patronage.
ttiag aorewiw.n nun..
'lrst-Class Hair Dressing Saloons,
bsipeets to give entire satisfaction to all.
ssT"Childien and Ladies' Uair neatly out
ai shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER.
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SWETHIKQ'' NEVf DENTISTFIY !
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)B. E. O. 8MITn, DESTIST,
T.Af!jiTllb IN ALBANY
and has the new Inreation
i..v,.HtAi.ih in the month without ooverinn.
aawhole. roof, as, heretofore; It wives -the
reawn the free ef the tongne to the roof of
the month la talking and tasting. It is the
lutitsx Snciina patens. - . . v v
jrleeth eatraoted jrithoal pain. Plates
ended, whether broken or divided; Office one
soor east of Connor's Bonk, ap stairs.
ANKLIN
jr. It. nEBKES, Prop,
?II.r, KKFP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
1 W Ibe best meat the rniirkot alTrd&i and
wlllalwavalw 'ound ready to aoepmmodute
Uiosa wlw may favor blm with a call.
avilllihcst market prlee paid for porfW
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IftOJl iNli AFTER DATE UNTIL PCR-
ther notice, the Company wiil diputcb a
UlfroM Albany t CervsUts on TCfcaDAY
ld FRIDAY ef oh week. . , '
Also will dUpatou boat from Albany for
hrtland aad interraed iate places on same days,
hsvingComsteck iCo's wharf.
. Fare at reduoed rates. J. D. BILES,
Dm. it, 1871. iSalU
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1 T(JK PARTING UOLII. i
v . -r, ' BV EDWARD POJ.WXJK. ."J -
There's aometlilne lu the "parting hour"
Will chill the warmest heart i , : . .
Yet kindred, Oomrndoa, lovora, frlendit,
Are fated nil to part j. 1
But this I've seen and many pang
Hus proMod it on my mind ,
The one who goes 1 happier far :
Than those he leaves behind.
No matter what the journey be, '
Advonturoui, dangerous, fur, i - ., ,, . ,
To the wild deep or bleak frontier,
To solitude or war - 1
etlli 80inething cheers tho heart that dare
In all of human kind,
' And thoy who ro are happier ' 1 '
, , , Thau thoBo they loavo behind, lu i ? .
The brldo goes to the bridegroom! homo
With doubting and with tears.
But doos not Hope her rainbow spread
i Acas her cloudy fears ? ; " 1 ' J
Alaal her mother who remains, , f1 -:-
What comfort can she find '
But this tho gone is happier
Than one shu lea vos behind f
Have you a friend a comrade dear? -
An old and valued friend t ,, ,.
Be sure your term of sweet concourse
At length will have an end I - ' ' ' I
And when you partas part you will .
Oh, take It not unkind
If he who goes Is happier ' ' E '
Than you he loaves behind, t
Ood wills It so and so tt 1b:
i The pilgrims on thoir way, .!.
Though worn and weak more cheerful are
Than all the rest who stay.
And when, at Vt, poor man subdued,
Lies dowi to death resigned,, . v m'
May ho riot still be happier ,' ,
Than those he leaves behind ? . ! ;
FRANK PRESCOTT'S , COURTSHIP.
The scarlet June sunset had crown
dull in the west, and the ' plaintive
eriokets were at their vesper-songs,
when Julia Morton came strolling up
the wide path which led to her grand
mother's old-fashioned homestead.
Somebody was waiting on the porch
to meet her, and. then in : that dim
light Julia could recognize the silver
haired old lady, with whom she had
lived since childhood, and her heart
gave a little nervous bouud, too,' as
she saw what a stern look was on that
usually plaoid face. '-; r.
"Don l scold, grandma, Julia said
in her most conciliating tones, as she
ascended the steps of the porch, "I
know it's rather late, and 1 ought not
to have disregarded your wishes about
coming home earlier, but ",
"JN ow that you are home," Mrs.
Morton interrupted, with a coldness
in her voice that was almost like hau
teur, "perhaps, Julia, you will not ob
ject to alow moments of conversation
with me in the silting-roorn. "
"Certainly not, grandma: but please
dou't continue to petrify mo with that
stony look ot yours. Have 1 been
committing anything dreadful in the
way of crime by staying out a little
later than usual ?" . .
Mrs, Morton deferred her reply to
this question until they stood together
in the sitting-room. Then, as the soft
lamp light fell on her wrinkled coun
tenance, lending deeper severity to its
angered expression, she said :
"I could readily excuse you for so
slight an offense as the one which you
seem to suppose I am annoyed at.
.No, Julia; your disobedienoe is ot a
far i more culpable nature.1 1 Ralph
Olmstead has been the companion of
your walk this afternoon ah I you
may well starf and look guilty. I did
not believe you oapable of such de
ceit, Julia such wanton, reckless
disobedience, too, of my express com
mands. Do not attempt to deny this
charge; you were seen walking on the
L road this afternoon with Mr.
Olmstead. . My information comes
irom a reliable source." : . , : ,j
. "That of Mrs. Ellis," retorted Julia,
"the incorrigible gossip and tell-tale I
Wd met her this afternoon, I remem
ber, and Mr. Olmstead attracted my
attention to the hideous bonnet she
wears. As for your information be
ing thoroughly correct, I see no rea
son why I should deny its. truth.
And I shall confess, moreover, that
Kalp Olmstead's society is vastly
agreeable nay, more," she went on
hotly, "that I prefer it to the society
of any other gentleman in Ingoldham.
There's no use in disguising matters
any longer,! grandma; this arrange
ment made between you and the Fres
ootls is simply ridiculous. , I do not
consider myself engaged to Mr. Frank
Presoott, because his mother and yon
chose to affiance us in that stupid
French way, before I was, old enough
to spell the word 'marriage,' let : alone
understand it. I have never seen
Frank Presoott, and I suppose yon
will be terribly shocked to learn that
when he visits us next week, I shall
take the earliest convenient opportu
nity of freeing myself from so absurd
a contract."
"And your reasons for this behav
ior," replied Mrs. Morton, white with
anger, !'will be your love your infat
uation for a penniless adventurer, by
the name of Kalph Olmstead a man,"
she continued, "who, sinoe his arrival
at Ingoldham, three months ago, has
used every art in his power to become
the posseseorof your fortune." , ,
"These are words, grandma, which
you have no right to utter against an
honorable man, whose sole fault is
poverty."
"Honorable 1" echoed tbb old lady,
in a decided passion. "I tell, you,
Julia Morton, that Ralph Olmstead is
an impostor. Simple country folk like
those in Ingoldham are easily impos
ed upon. For my part, I believe none
ot his stories about reduced gentility,
and you will believe them mark my
words to your sorrow."
Somehow her grandmother's rage
had the effeot of calming Julia.
"I shall not prolong a conversation
which can lead to no good on either
side," she said, advancing slowly to
ward the door of the apartment. "I
love Ralph Olmsted too dearly for
your bitter words not to wound me,
although I may know them to be un
just. In a month's time I shall be
my own mistress, and tree to dispose
of my heart and my money as I see
proper. Until that period you have
my firm, solemn promise not to see
Mr. Olmstead again. Good night,
grandma.' : ' YOn have made my head
ache, and I am going to bed.1'' A i i
; , But Julia wrote letter; thai' even
ing, before: she retired, to. rest, in
which she informed Ralph , of the
promise made to her grandmother,1
and besought of him not to seek her
sooiety during the next month.A "Af
ter that," she wrote; "I shall be en
tirely yours. Whatever stories you
may hear during Mr, Presoott 's visit
to the homestead ho oomes 'next
week, I think credit nothing, Ralph,
which hints at my having forgotten
yo"'"..., -. . 4 .i ,, .,!'
The letter was delivered to Ralph
Olmsted that evening1 through "the
agency of a servant, and for one week,
at least, Julia's promise was kept,'! ':
It was a weary week. She denied
herself. to most of the friends who
called, and seldom left her Own cham
ber, 'i As for anything like social 'in
tercourse between herself and old
Mrs. Morton, an occasional remark on
either side (though generally on J ill
iu's) was the nearest approach to it.-
I think it very probable that the grand
mother's heart was deeply touched by
the low spirits arid altered maimer of
one whom she loved with the most
sincere fondness. But, although Mrs,
Morton's nature was at bottom a very
well-spring of amiability Bnd benevo
lence, thus to bo thwarted in her , fa-'
vorite scheme of marrying Julia to
the son of Mary Presoott (her life,
long friend, whom years of foreign
residence had separated from . her),
was a source of the most poignant re-
"gret. Tho old lady did not thorough
ly despair, however; oi eventually ac
complishing this design. Julia's self
imposed absence from Ralph Olmsted
might have the effect of making him
"doubly dear," but she believed in
Frank Presoott's powers to efface the
impression which the former lover had
made upon her heart. His arrival
from Germany, where he had, been
educated at tho Gotteugen Universi
ty, nd where the last fourteen years
of his life had been spent, she daily
expected, And judging from the eu
logistia letters which Mrs. Morton
had received from her friend, Mrs.
Presoott, touching upon "dear Frank"
and his acoomplitlimenis, fine breed
ing and good looks, there seemed' lr
tie doubt that he would prove, after
all, the acceptable suitor.
One atternoon, while Julia and Her
grandmother were seated at dinner, a
letter was handed to Mrs. Morton,
which bore the New York post-mark,
and proved to be from no less a per
son than Mr. Frank Prosoott. He had
arrived from Germany the day before,
and would do himself tho pleasure of
visiting Mrs. Morton aud Miss Julia
that evening. ,
"Uood gracious! exclaimed the old
lady, after reading the letter aloud to
her grandchild, and dropping her gold
spectacles iu quite a flutter of excite
ment. "He is to be here this evening, and
I have given no extra orders for sup-
5er. It's nearly four o'clock now,
ulia, and I should advise you to be
gin dressing. Wear your lavender
silk, my dear, and the pearl necklace"
(Mrs. Morton quite lorgot to appear
offended just then), "and if you care
about that diamond buckle of mine
for your waist, my dear "
"You are very kind," Julia inter
rupted coldly, "but as I am not par
ticularly axious to fascinate Mr. Presr
colt, and I do not consider that his
wealth makes him a distinguished vis
itor, I shall dress plainly, if you please.
A half-hour will amply sufBoe for my
toilet." . : ;
The old lady shrugged her shoul
ders with a comme-il-vous-plaira air,
and presently rose from the table.
Julia, following her example, went to
ber chamber and remained there until
dark, so lost in her own bitter, sad
thoughts as to be utterly ertreleBs and
inattentive to what paseed below
stairs. She had never loved' Ralph so
dearly as now never felt more keen
ly the insult conveyed in those words
of her grandmother "an imposter"-r
"a penniless adventurer." Because
Frank Presoott had enjoyed the ad
vantages of a German University, was
be therefore more educated, more ac
complished than Ralph V Because
one was a gentleman at leisure, and
the other a struggling landscape art
ist, who bad come to Ingoldham for
the purpose of painting some of its
beautiful scenery, and earning his
bread with the talents Heaven gave
him, could such a difference imply
Frank Prescott's superiority over his
rival? What, then, was the barrier
that divided their positions in the eyes
of Mrs. Morton. Wealth, and wealth
onlyl
These, and other thoughts of a like
nature, occupied Julia's mind during
the three hours which she spent in her
own room. At about seven o'clock,
curiosity to discover whether Mr.
Presoott had arrived caused ber to
open the door and ask the question of
a servant who was at that moment
lighting a lamp in the upper hall, '
The servant was not snre that the
gentleman who had called and asked
for Mrs. Morton about an hour ago,
Was Mr. Prescott. But Mrs. Morton
was then in the sitting-room with that
gentleman.
As Julia was about re-closing her
door, a voice, which she recoguized as
her grandmother's sounded from be
low stairs.
"Julia, is that you ? Mr. Prescott
is waiting very anxiously to see yon."
"And he shall see me, dressed as I
am in morning costufne," thought
Julia. Without giving a glance at
her mirror, she descended the stairs.
Mrs. Morton, ber face beaming with
smiles, met Julia as she entered the
sitting-room door. A gentleman was
standing at the further end of the
apartment, bis back turned toward
the door, evidently scrutinizing an old
family portrait which hung above the
mantel.
"Julia," said Mrs. Morton, speaking
in an extremely ceremonious voiee, "J
wish to present to you Mr. Frank
Prescott, of whom yon have heard so
often."
Tuegentleman turned and approach
ed Julia,1 who' glanced ". at his faoti
startedj' turned suddenly pale, and
then as suddenly blushed, and finally
exclaimed , ,
"Ralph I" " ' " : , 1
J The next nlotriont he vas at ' her
side, holding one of her bunds between
both of his, and speaking fondly in
her. ear : ' , .
' "Not 'Ralph' any longer, my love,
but Frank Prescott, who from this
night throws aside the mask with
which be has beeu so long deceiving
both you and your tstimable grand;
mamma. You will forgive me,, darl
ing, won't yoU?'1 Itwas'all done to
test) your truth arid constancy ; and so
nobly have you stood tho test,' Julia,
that I am heartily ashamed of my de
ception.. I had a strange theory about
all womankind, when 1 left Germany
four months ago, ' I believed them to
be shallow, vain and mercenary, my
dear, with hardly a single exception.
But you have upset that theory and
made me a firm believer in your sex."
: "And so, grandma," said Julia, as, a
half hour later, the little party was
seated at supper, "you were right after
all in calling Ralph I mean Frank
an imposter, i-i ' -
"Yea, my dear," said the old lady,
"put 1 must ask pardon lor using sucli
terms, all the same." , ,
'""I think matters have been brought
to an admirable understanding between
yourself and Julia,'.' said Frank Pi es
cott with a merry twinkle iu his eye,
jected to Presoott, you to Olmsted ;
and by a species ot lawful bigamy she
id enabled to satisfy you as well as
herself, and to marry both gentlemen
at once 1 ' . , ;
CUTTING LOOHB. : i i .
li The Dalles JfoiMifcrineer, heretofore
a staunch Republican paper, is evi,
dently becoming disgusted with the
ruinous policy of its party, and is
preparing to cut loose from its al
legiance to the rotten Radical dy.
nasty..' 'AYe copy the lollowing article
;roin its columns of last week:
Every day we see a weakening of
parlywm, and tne strengtuemng ot pa
triolism among the masses of the peO'
pie. -You talk to a man now ' about
"party record, and threaten to
"read him out the party," and he
will laugh in your face. There is
great vitality in our nation, and
abundance of patriotism,1 that will
rally and save the country from
UMsansm. Already the brake is be
ing bandied, and the car of State
must soon stop on the down errade to
destruction. It is not enough that
the people are patriotic their pa-
triotism must be aroused to action
and properly directed. The want of
it was never lacking in the ancient
Greeks and Romans when they lost
their liberties. It only remained
dormant by reason of tbe attention
of tbe people being diverted from
the affairs of their country. Love of
country is a natural instinct in the
breast of every human being it is as
natural as the love of parents. Many
things have occurred in the past four
years, to divert the attention of the
people from the real situation of
anairs. Demagogues ana omce-seeK-ers
have flattered the people by con
stantly reminding them of their -noble
patriotism which preserved their
nation as a whole taking oare to
keep alive and create a bitter feeling
of one section of the country against
the other this being their principal
political stock in trade while the
work of every true man was and is to
establish good-will nnd harmony be
tween the sections so recently en
gaged in war. Physical force has
done its work-Mriendship and kind
ness toward the people of the South
can alone inspire them with friend
ship and love for the North, as like
begets like. ""This pandering and
fostering popular' prejudices has di
rected the attention of tbe people
from publio affairs, while corruption
and plunder has been the order of
the day, and gigantic corporations
and rings have been formed, and
have attached themselves to the body
politic, like blood suckers, drawing
the very life blood of the nation. It
has become almost a struggle for
life. The question is, shall corpora
tions and nominal rings rule the peo
ple, or shall the people rule them?
If you prefer the former, stick to
partyism, and obey the party lash,
and bow obsequiously to party disci
pline. If you would save your
country, which all love, assert your
manhood, and free yourself from
party thraldom. Partyism of to-day,
big tit a name existing without dis
tinct issues without an object and
meaning. , , , ., . ., , ,.
WHAT TUB FARlttKB MUST KNOW.
The farmer, like the business man,
must know wbat he is doing; he
must have some pretty decided ideas
nf what. Via ir In artnomnlish in fact
he must calculate it before band. '
He must know his sou that oi
each lot; not only the top; but the
sub-poil. i . i " ' . "
He most know what Grain and
grass are adapted to each.
He must know wnen is tne dost.
time to work them, whether they
need summer fallowing. " , !
lie must Know tne condition in
Which tbe ground must be when
plowed, so that it be not too wet, nor
too dry. " ' ' v
He must know that some grains
require earlier sowing than others,
and what these grains are.
He must know that it will pay to
have machinery to help him as well
as muscle.
He must know about stock and
mnnnrfifl. nn ,1 the cultivation of trees
and small fruits, and many other
tnings. in a woru, no must iuui
what experienced, observing farmers
Ifnnw hA ftlirA fit HVICCQHS. Then
he will not guess will not run risks.
. Intelligent boy "Pa, I'm sorry
you've got the 'fluenza." Papa
'.'AVhy, luddie?" Boy '"Cause I
might catch it, you know!"
THK lslUUT IIUIUAJUr;.
Truth About the Famous Vlmrsf. "Into
, the Bloutn oflli'li." .
At last we have a historical blunder
gracefully corrected, and a handsome
defence ot a bravo soldier whose name
has been under a cloud. It has bocu
popularly decided that Captain Louis
Nolan, of Lord Raglan's staff, being
an impetus soldier, purposely misoou
Strucd the autual meaning ot an order
which he carried into tho authoriza
tion ' of ' the senseless saoritice
of the Light . Brigade, and that
Ins only exouso. was that lie
was the first man killed in the
charge. Launoo Poyntz, in the Gal-
axy, after reviewing tbe topography
of the battle-field and the position of
tho lorces, says:
As it was, matters stood thus when
Nolan left Raglan, bearing the "fourth
order," Tbe Russians were clustered
ou two hills, the English and French
cavalry stood looking on. Lucan
was in his . usual nervous, irritable
state when the gallop of a horse was
heard. A tall, slender young onioer,
with a trim figure and black mous
tache, was coming down a sleep de
scent at full speed; with a white en
velope stuck in his belt; and every
eye was on him in a moment.
It Was Captain Nolan, in his soar
let shell-jauket, a little forage cap set
on one side of his dark ourls, his face
full pf joy and eagornesss.: .
An audible whisper went through
the ranks.
"Ordors come! Nolan's the boy
that'll show us the way to move."
J or Nolan was well-known and uni
versally beloved, . .
In another moment he had dashed
up and saluted ; then handed hrs let
ter to Lord Lucan, The cavalry gen
eral lore it open with nervous haste,
characteristic of every movement of
of his lordship. When he read it
over his countenance changed. Then
his lordship broke out, something in
his stylo: , ';
"Why, good heaven, sir, what can
this mean f With the little force at
our command we can barely hold our
own, much less advance. It is per
f'eotly Buicidal. How can we ad
vance,?" . I,; -.
' Nolan's eye began to blaze. , He
had just come from the high ground
whence the whole Russian position
could be seen at glance. Knowing
that his order contemplated the
doubling back of the Russian columns
and saving the guns iu the redoubts,
be was impatient of the pragmatical
objection of this captioifi man.
in a stern and distinct tone he said
to Lord Lucan:' :
"Lord Raglan's orders are that tbe
cavalry should attack immediately."
"Auaok, air?" cried Lucan, angrily.
"Attack what? What guns, sir?"
Nolan threw his head back indig
nantly, and pointed to the Causeway
ridge where the Russians were busily
at work trying to haul away the cap
tured gunB. The group was standing
at tho right of the entrauoe of tbe
north valley. , , ,, .
"There, my lord, is your enemy,"
he said, "and there are your guns."
The captain forgot that he was
talking to an excited and impractica
ble man. AVrong-headed Lucan
ohose to f'anoy that he pointed at the
end of the valley, and with all the ob
stinacy of his nature kept to the er
ror. "Very well, sir, very well," he said
angrily. "The order shall be obeyed.
I wash my bands of it." , ,
He wheeled his horse and trotted
off to-where Cardigan sat in front of
his brilliant lines gnawing his gray
moustache and charring over his inac
tion. ... .
Then said wrong-headed Lucan :
"Very well, my Lord," was all he
said. Then turning to his staff. "The
brigade will advance," he said quietly.
Meanwhile Nolan, after bis sharp
passage of arms with the division
commander, had ridden off to tho
right brigade himself, where he was
cheerfully talking to his sworn com
rade and friend, Capt. Morris, of the
seventeenth Lancers. Now that he
had maintained his position as mouth
piece of the oommander-in-chiet,
against the impudent, fault-finding
Lucan, he fok happy. His beloved
cavalry was to be launched at length
on this glorious mission against the
Causeway Ridge, and already D'Al
lonville was preparing to assault the
other flank of the Russians.
Who can wonder that enthusiastic
Nolan told Morris that he was going
to see the brigade through the charge?
It was his. privilege to do so, and his
heart beat high with hope. Little
did ho know ot the extent of pig-headed
stupidity natural to the two mem
bers of the English aristocracy who
respectively commanded and led that
charge.
A clear, sharp voice was soon hoard
in front of the brigade now formed in
three linos. Lord Lucan rode away
to the "Hoavios," and Nolan gallopod
round to the rear to the loft of the
brigade, as the sharp voice cried :
"Light brigade forward trot
march!"
In a moment the front lino was
away, as steady as if on parade at a
rapid trot, following an erect geutlo
man, mounted on a chestnut thorough
bred, and wearing tight scarlet trous
Ara ami a rilnn f tir-trimmfid taukot. the
front a perfect blaze of gold.
The ereot gentleman was as siouuor
in Azure, as alert in gesture, as a boy
ot twenty, and yet that man was fifty
seven years old, and tbe Earl of Car
digan himself.
".Lord Cardigan, you will aitaok
the Russians in the valley."
Tho earl dropped Lis sword in
salute. -
"Certainly, my Lord, but allow mo
to point out to you that there is a
battery in front, a battery on each
flank, and the ground iis oovored with
Russian rillemen.
"I can't help it," said Lucan, snap
pishly! "it is Lord Raglan's positive
order that tho light brigade is to at
tack tho enemy. We have no choice
but to obey."
. Then Cardigan bowed his head.
. But hardly had thev started when
Nolan uttered a cry of astonishment
aim rage. '
.('Good God! are the fools going to
charge down the valley?!' he shouted.
. Then setting spurs to his horse, he
dashed out of his plaoe 'and galloped
madly across the front, waving his
sworn.- i ' ....
'Where yon going, my lord f"
he shouted. "That is not Lord Rag
lap's order! Change front to the
right. lhi8 way l This way ! The
Batteries on the ridge I" ' '
Lord Cardigan was as hot-tempered
in bis way as Lord, Luoan. The au
daoily of an officer presumiog to oross
his front wa enough. For that offi
cer to address bis brigado was an ad
ditional insult.: He spoke not a word,
but pointed firmly forward with, his
sword. Nolan's words were lost in
the thunder of hoofs, and all that was
seen was his figure crossing tho front
and willdly gesticulating, pointing to
pausoway Ridge. ', ,;
Then the Russian batteries opened.
There was a flash, a boom, and a sec
ond flash in tho air, a little cloud ot
white smoke, and a loud spang I as
the first shell burst in the face of the
trotting )ino. Poor Nolan threw up
his arms with a tearful shriek, and fell
back in his saddle, stone dead, struck
through the heart. With a low groan
of rage the rushing horsemen quiok
eucd their pace and dashed ou, at a
wild gallop into tbe valley ot death,
Tho secret of Balaktava perished
with Nolan. -
A CONDUCTOR TO BK TllUSTED.
' One day before Cornelius Vander
bilt obtained possession of the Hud
son River Railway, he was traveling, it
is said, from New York to Albany ;
and considering himself a privileged
character, went iuto the baggage car
to emoke. He had been enjoying his
cigar but two or three minutes when
the conductor came alongand informed
him politely that he must not smoke
there. Vauderbilt said that it would
not make any difference that it was
all right, &c.; but the conductor was
of a different opinion declaring that
it was contrary .to tbe rules of the
road. '
You don't know tne," said the
speaker. "My name is VanderbiH;
I am sometimes called Commodore.
I generally do about as I please."
1 don't know nor do 1 care who
you are, Mr. Vandorbilt. I intoud to
obey the rules. If you were ten
times a Commodore I could not per
mit you to smoke here, and you must
go elsewhere to finish your oigar."
The foyalty to duty displayed by
the conductor pleasod the ancient
Cornelius, and be went out, though
not before ho said to the conduotor:
"You are the right kind ot a man
for your plaoe. You don't respeot
persons. I think of buying this road,
and if I do you can stay on it as long
as you like." '
Vandorbilt did buy the road and re
tained the oonductor. . He frequently
remarked that that man could be trust
ed; that he was never mistaken in judg
ing of character, and that he knew
from the first that the oonduotor was
sound. . , ;. , . : '
Tho oonduotor stayed on the road
for five years, and in that time, as the
story goes, stole himself into a pecu
niary independence.
so much tor Vainderbilt s knowl
edge of charaoter. Evidently tho
conduotor knew Vanderbilt better
than Vanderbilt knew the conductor.
BRIGHAII AND HIS WIVES.
Brigham Young is reported to have
expressed hiinsolt as follows in one of
his recent "sermons" in Salt Lake
City : "I wish my woriien to under
stand that wbat I am going to say is
for them as well as others, and I want
those who are here to toll thoir sis
ters, yes, all the women in the com
munity. I am going to give you from
this time to tho Ctli of October next
for reflection, that you may determine
whether you wish to Btay with your
husbands or not, and then I am going
to set every woman at liberty, and
say to them, 'now you go' your way.'
And my wives have got to do one
ot two things, either round up their
shouldors to endure the afflictions of
this world, and live thoir religion
that is, polygamy or they must leave ;
for I will not have them about me.
I will go into heaven alone rather than
to have scratching and fighting about
me. I will set all nt liberty. What,
first wife, too ? Yob. liberate you all.
I do not want 4hem to receive part of
the truth and spurn the rest out ol
doors. Let every man thus treat his
wives; keeping raiment enough to
coyer his body, and say to your wives,
take all that I have and be set at lib
erty, but it you stay w;th me, you
shall comply with the law of God in
every respeot, and that, too, without-
any murmuring ur wuimug. xuu
: : .u:: -v..
must fulfill the law ot Uod in every
respect, and round up your shoulders
to walk up to lbs mark without any
grunting."
Tub horse as well as man may, it
appears,"puthisfoot in it." In Talma
City, Iowa, a horse was found pros
trate, with his left hind foot in his
mouth, tbe heel of the shoe so caught
in tbe teeth that tbe poor animal was'
utterly helpless. It took three men
to get the foot out of the horse's
mouth. How it got there must be a
matter of conjecture, but it is Sup
posed that the foot itched, that the
horse tried to bite it, and so got the
heol of the shoe caught in his teeth.
He was in his struggles thrown down,
and but for assistance must have per
ished of hunger, since no horse can
eat with a bind foot in his mouth to
any advantage.
One may live as a conqueror, or
a king, or a magistrate; but he must
die a man. The bed of death brings
every human being to his pure in
dividuality) to the intense contem
plation of that deepest and most
solemn of all relations, the relation
between tho creature and the
Creator,
. I "THIS BLUB AND THK GRAY."
i The tender recollections of Deco-
. ration Day still appear in the press
pt me southern states. Occasionally
we meet with noble words, which
should be oaught up and repeated
North and South.' The Richmond
hnquirer, for example, speaking of
the brave General W. H, Lytle, , of
uuio, itiuea wnue attempting to re
inforce General Thomas, in 1863,
uses the following language: '
He wus killed far in advance of bis
command, while gallantly leading an
assault upon pur lines. ;, His horse
bore his corpse into our lines, and
the steed and bis dead rider were
both captured.' So soon as it was
known that the author of that rare
poem, "I am Dying, Egypt, Dying,"
lay dead iu the camp, . officers and
men crowded around to take a last
look at the face of the poet-soldier
Who bad achieved so great a literary
triumph. ; There was no - rejoicing
over tbe death of this fallen, enemy;
but there was in truth something on
each soldier's cheek that for the mo
ment washed away the stains of pow
der. Tenderly they took him up, and
when tbe battle was over, an escort
of honor, appointed from among the
leading Confederate officers, bore
him back to his own camp under flag
of truce, on a rudely-constructed
funeral bier, with his martial cloak
around him. In life he had touched
the chord of human sympathy which
makes all the' world kin and in
death its harmonious vibrations
silenced all resentment, and thrilled
the hearts alike of friends and foes
with a nobler passion than hatred or
revenge. , , . ;
.: CARING FOB AN U.HBKELLA.
An inoident that befell a recent
traveler on a New Hampshire railroad
is thus told by the Portsmouth Chron
icle: Ho had occasion to get out of
the oar at New Market Juuotion,
leaving his umbrella lying aoross the
seat he had vacated. Returning, two
nicely dressed ladies sat in the seat
ahead, and as be resumed his sitting
one ot them said, "xou may pass me
that umbrella, if you please." He re
plied, "Is it your umbrella, madame?"
"I will take ohargo of it," said sho,
and the , accommodating gentleman
passed his umbrella over to the lady.
Then a pause. "Now, if you please,"
suggested the gentleman, "I will
trouble you to return my umbrella.
It's a silk one and a good one. I paid
just $10 for it, and I'd dislike very
much to part with it. 1 lie passen
gers by this time had beoome inter
ested in the conversation, and, as tho
umbrella was returned to its owner,
the lady who had shown suoh a pe
culiar interest in it was observed to
flush doeply, while the owner regret
ted that lie had found it necessary to
rebuke her. 1 .
A Curious Climate. The olimate
of Peru is set forth by a correspond
ent as exceedingly peculiar and
strange. It never rains thero, we are
told, but during certain seasons, and
when tbe atmosphere is filled with
clouds, "dew falls so thick, heavy and
continuous that it will saturate the
heaviest clothing in less than half an
hour." The coming and going of the
olouds that distill this, dew iB another
strange thing oonnected with Peru.
The changes are reported so rapid and
violent as to startle the stranger. One
may be walking along the street, glo
rying in the rich warmth of the sun
shine, and admiring the deep, clear,
blue sky, and almost imperceptibly a
ohange takes placCj "and from the
southward a ' mass of dark olouds
como rolling across the tirmamont,
and soon the blue sky is replaced by a
somber pall, and to the glorious sun
shine suocads a drizzling, penetrating
m'lBt." And this is also changed
again, even while one is preparing to
guard against tbe mist, tbe suuliglil
and the sky reappears in all their
brightness and beauty.
THE name "Printer's Devil'! origi
nated when Aldus Manutius set up in
business as a printer in Venice. He
came in posession of a little negro
boy. 'This boy was known ovor the
city as "tho little black devil" who
assisted the mysterious bibliofaotor ;
and some of tho most ingnorant peo
ple belioved none other than Satan,
who helped Aldus in the prosecution
of his profession. One day, Manutius,
desirous to dispel this strange hallu
cination by publicity, displayed the
young "imp" to the proper classes. -Upon
this occasion he made this short
but chartoristio speech : "Be it known
to Venice, that I, Aldus Manutius,
printer to the Holy Church and Doge,
have this day made publio exposure
ot tho printer's devil 1 All those who
think he is not flcsb and blood may
como and pinch him,"
Tun "Old Stvle." The old style
of Governor does not meet the ap
proval of the Cincinnati Commercial,
which pictures its man as follows :
"The lawyers and politicians, tbe
soldiers and statesmen we have tried
them, and they are not wanted. It
is'ln vajn to seek among the profes
sions for the man we are after. He
ought to be a farmer, a cultivator of
beef and bacon, beans and buck
wheat, cows and corn, cabbage and
cucumbers, with a strong smell of
the soil in bis blouse and the fra
grance of the barnyards on his boots
a man fur removed from contact
with cities and unknown in the pre
cincts of court-houses, whom con
tractors have not contaminated nor
monopolists manipulated."
A Missouri editor's foot are so
largo that they were lately mistoken
for bill-boards, and when he awoke
from one of bis afternoon naps, he
was horrified to find his peduls cov
ered with cirouB posters. .
' 'S'
Amido-mono-chloro-benzensulpho-nio
acid has been discovered. It is
very powerful even in minute, quan
tities but they have to keep it iu big
jugs, so they can get the label on.
A TKItfMIlLIfl JMI'HI.yONMIJfJ-lV
: Allowity Kirk, the scene of Burns'
"Tarn O'Shanter," is described an a
lonely place, in the midst of which
is a small Colliery, mere outlyimr
patch of the Soottinh coal field.' In
this colliery hnppened one of the
most remarkable instances of the te
nacity of life that has ever occurred,
In tbe churchyard of the neighbor
ing town of Dailly, the curious visitoi'
will find a tombstone with this , in
scription: "In memory of John
Brown, collier. He was inclosed in
Kilgittiumie coal-pit by a portion of
it having fallen in, October 8, 133S,
and was taken out alive and in full
possession of hi8 mental faculties,
Ootober 31at, having been twenty
three days in utter seclusion from the,
world, and without a"partielo of food.
He lived for three days ofter, having
quietly expired on the evening oi!
November 3d, aged CO years."'
- evidence of such survival is
incontestable. Brown was workin;
in the' pit when the timbers began, to
give way. Tbe other workmen flod,.
11-1 - J f.
out lie cuuuy returueu tor mu juctei,
saying it was a new one, and he could
not afford to loose it. That was the
last seen of him for twenty-tiree
days, when, he was rescued. , He
was then mere skin and bono, and
bad upon him the death-like dull
ness of a corpse. , Fungus had spread
... !,,, nn tlirmryl, I,n l,.,.l !,..,,
rotten log, AH through his hair and
bristly bedrd . the ' white fungoid
growth had crept, and the unearthly
sight was one never to be forgotten.
Yet he was sensible, conversod freely,
and lived, as stated, three days. '.
i.,, ,. HIS GRATITUDE,,1': !..!!
' The New Albany Ledger-Standard
tolls of an incideut, which, if truo, does
muoh towards redeeming our raca
from the chargo of selfishness. . A
gentleman had assisted another to
start in business, whereby ho bad
risen from poverty and obsourity to
wealth and distinction. - Quite recent.,
ly tho daughtor of the benefactor was!
married. Her father, not having
kept pace with his protege in the race
for wealth, was unable to bestow" Up
on her any rich gift with which to
commence life. But the gentleman
who, years before, had profited by his
benevolence had not forgotten what
he owed to him, and, considering that
it would be a delicate way of acknol
edgipg his indebtedness to bestow a
present upon tho daughter, held many
consultations with his . family as to
what it should bo. Unable to decide
it wag finally Concluded to fnako the
preBOnt in money and let her invest
it as she saw fit; and, whilo the others
brought gilts of plate and jewels, tho.
grateful millionaire simply pressed in
tho band of the bride a package of
nnnnn. anil ilanavtoil , Tm.nina tlia
.l.uiivj nuu uvjiaiwui .luagiuu unw
exultant joy of the brida and . her
spouse when, on unrolling it,, the pack
age was found to contain a dollar
greenback,
SQUIBS FRON THE D ANBURY "NMVTS.'
An afllicted Brookfield woman bor
rowed a marble-top bureau to uso at
a funerul. , . j
Minnesota is tbe only Stato in the
Union worth a continental dam. , It
is situated at Chenganatnria.
AVe are not going to Europe, as
has been reported .. . AVe shall never
leave our post again nnloas we ran
get A pass. ''.'.',
Sunday is a poor day to raise funds
Devotional paints look nice, but set
ular breeches are the things tly
count. ,, ' . . ': . . I
The women pretend that they f
in need of suffrage, but they would
be content with an eye in tho back of
their head. '' 1
It looked like rain all day Sunday,
but people went to church without
umbrellas in hopes to tempt Provi
dence. Their trust was beautiful,
but it didn't work.
At the depot Monday evening au
eager looking man jumped from the
train aud olaspod a waiting woman
in his arms. "Heavens! my- wife!''
said he. "Mercyl my ruffles?" said
she. Which showed what both were
thinking of. " '
Tho dashing style of dross in which
a Nelson street woman appeared at a
dance the other evening created not
moro attention than the ngils motions
of her husband on tbo floor, which.
were remarKaoie, in Tiew or tue lact
that one of his suspondefs was held
by a match.
Tub St. LouiB Di'patch gives ltd
following ncoount of a serenade given
to ex-i resiueut o citerson uavis in nt.
Louis : "Last night two sable Afri
cans, who in ante bcllum times hoed
tne corn ana picKea tue cotton on
Mr. Davis' plantation , serenaded theiv
old master at tbe Planters'. Upna
the conclusion of theiv dulpet strains'
Mr. Davis called tberu . to his room
and made them both handsome pres
ents. He was also) called ou by au
old aupty who had tho charge of
nursing his oldest child. The affec
tion of tho warm hearted ex-slavea
for their old master, and the kind in
terest manifested by that distin
guished gentleman would have made
an original abolitionist turn black
with chagrin. ,
They have a practical way of iiwlit-'
;n ritaKr.,
Hampshire. A Manchester man who
bad Unfairly obtained a farm of a
dying man to the detriment of the
widow and lus ociluren, recently vis
ited it to out4he hay, got his mowing
machine ready tor use the next morn
ing, and retired. That night about
twonty men and women turned out,
prepared tbs hny by moonlight. Bold
tho crop, and placed tho niooev iu
keeping for the rightful btiis, all bo "
fore daylight.
A young man in Chico;;o found au
old deacon, he knew, "buckinsr tho
tiger" in a gamblinjr bull. "Win,;."
be exclaimed, "Deacon, yon her:""
"Yes," was the reply, "I'm bound !
breakdown this wicked injstUr.'.-