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VOL. X.
THE ..MISSION OFTHE DEMOCRACY.
JUDGE RLACe's LETTER TO THE DEMO-
Cbatio banquei in Philadelphia.
1 A Denioofatic islnquet was ffiven
a,t the Continental Hotel in Phila
delphia, December 3d. The follow
ing letter was. read froth Judge
-Black: ,
. PHftADELPHiA, Dec. 2. 1874.
tfeiitlemen f I am honored by your
invitation to the dinner of Demo
crat to-morrow evening at the Con
tinental Hotel, and I beg you to be
lieve that .nothing prevents me from
attending out an imperative duty
winch calls me elsewhere. .
I think I can understand how sin
cerely you all rejoice over the great
political events of the last two
months. If you wish to know what
wwfHfeelings are I must decline to tell
,suA I s, because 1 can not do justice
jr,;'o,;i,;ot n.n,. ,i.,,i.
is the common sense and common
honesty qf .-the nation organized for
public'' pnrpo8esr-as supposed by
1. uaBt UUIt XJUt-tUttl unit, lao iieuit,
Ijvery patriot should burn within xhim
VtSfh heriw it rising again, facing
the oppressor with a front as deter
mined as ever, and denouncing cor
ruption in hiL'h placeB with the same
mighty voice which in former times
went over the land like the tones of u
trumpet. ,
But let Us pot merely congratulate
ourselves upon the recent past.
Think c)thjing. done until it is fin
ished, TJie victories of this year
will pst oily! oiie Honse of the Fed
eral Congress into our hands, and
we must .wait d year to realize even
that. Our perfect independence
must be achieved in 1876 by a strug
gle which wil prove that we are
worthy' te 'ibe" descended from the
men who, proclaimed the rights of
tue Diaies snu pii uuertms ui iiiu
neonle a hundred v'ears earlier. If
jail Must sink into a servitude
even more degrading tli'fin that which
we have endured for the last dozen
of years. If we succeed, then, will
tins yjmsant .nation, like the awaking
Samson, '-'Shake hei invincible
locks,'! .and start the- new century
under auspices so grand that nothing
can arrest her free career.
We must bear it always in mihd
that the triumph of Democratic prin
ciples means the restoration of con
stitutional government on a basis
which, will give absolute security to
the rights of men Against the mights
of men. The broken 'walls of the
Constitution are to be built up anew
and made too strong to be thrown
down again by the ruffians of the
"high law." Our opponents them
selves will become reconciled to the
principles of American liberty when
they pass into the minority and find
the magnanimous Democracy taking
every possible precaution to guard
them in their , weakness against the
oppression which they inflicted upon
us in the days of their power. Peace
will oome, too, sectional strife will
be ended, and the pulilic robbers
who now swarm over the Southern
States will cease their nefarious oc
cupation when we revoke the license
which the "appropriate legislation"
of the last nine years has given them.
But we canuot reasonably hope to
accomplish the object of our mission
without much labor and faithful ex
ertion, after the machinery of the
Government shall be put into our
hands. Fifteen years of domination
by an anti-constitutional party has
utterly demoralized every Draucn or
the public service. These corrup
tions have become so numerous and
so diversified, have sent down their
tap roots so deeply, have been prac
tised so openly, and nave Become in
a certain sense so respectable, that
for many of them a mere change
of administration will not speedily
furnish a remedy. But the abuses
may be ended by the impulsion of
the Bame moral force which carries
their authors out of public life.
When Hercules undertook the task
of cleansing the Augean stable he
did not use the fork or the shovel,
but turned the current of a river
upon it and so swept all its filth to
the sea. The stream of public opin
ion if lightly directed will in like
manner aid a Democratic Adminis
tration. This hydraulic method of
reform being necessary, the freedom
of the press and the untrammelled
right of the people to speak their
sentiments everything that lets the
water on should be sedulously en
couraged and Becurely guarded. So
may it come to pass in due time thut
we will remember the days of the
gag law, the practice of kidnapping
freedmen, and the murder of inno
cent people by military commission
as we remember the years of mildew
and potato rot and cholera to only
shudder at them and try to prevent
their recurrence.
If I should close here you might
misunderstand me. I have not the
least idea that we ought to unsettle
anything which has been fixed and
determined, or take from any human
being a right vested in him by ex
isting laws. We propose no counter
revolution. While we mean to be,
just, we are determined also to be
liberal in the broadest sense of the
word. Th9 faith of the Government,
no matter by whom pledged, is ir
revocable. The whole civilized world
know that the public credit is safer
with us than with our opponents, and
this is shown by the fact that since
the November elections American
securities have risen in every market.
We submit to the amendments of the
Constitution, though they were car
ried by fraud and force, and the two
last were intended to take away our
inheritance of self-government and
give it to another race of men with
out ris'at and without ability to hold
or use it. But we will execute the
whole instrument, amendments and
all, in a way that will save the richta
of the hone-it white man as well u
those of the abolitiucUt and the
negro.
Another thing : a large and most
respectable body of men who, until
lately, acted with the Republican
party, voted for our candidates last
month. We are not to forget how
much we owe them.. The debt can
be paid by showing that we deserve
their confidence in our moderation
and fairness toward all classes of the
people. I am faithfully yours, See.,
J. S. Black.
WHAT JAMBS LICK DILI FOB CALL
FORMA.
The sale of the estate of James
Lick in San Fraucisco on Tuesday
last recalls the brief history of the
most extraordinary bequest of mod
ern times. A portion of the immense
estate, given to trustees lor public
Use. was sold tor two ii.illiou or col
lurs. The residence is yet to be sold,
but a sufficient sum has already been
realised to accomplish the specific
purpose contained in the extraordi
nary deed'. The story of Mr, Lick's
lif'e--how in the early part of the
century, while yet a poor boy, he
started out from1 Philadelphia for
South America acquired a small for
tune there when he hastened to San
Francisco when the gold fever was at
its height, finally realising immense
profits on ludioious investments in
real estate there need not be repeat
ed. He is now sevenly'-eiitiit years
old, and does not choose to wait un-
tilt death shall throw his property into
the haads of bungliog corporations
and grasping beirs. lie therefore in
July last gave his whole estate to
seven trustees. I be sum ol ffuu.uuu
is to be detoted to the construction
in California of a telescope, superior
to and more powerful than any yet
made; S3UU,0uu to endow an instuu
tion to educate both sexes in the par
ticular ans of life: 825,000 to build
ing a monument to commemorate the
history of California; (15,000 to (
monument lo Francis Scott Key, au
thor of the ''Star Spangled Banner;"
815,000 to tree baths tor the ban i ran
ciscans, and $100,000 in establishing a
home lor the old ladies who nave no
support There are numerous other
gilts of $25,000 and 10,000, each lo
various chanties and the tamilv ol Mr.
Lick is also remembered. Tbe resi
due of the estate noes to the Califor
nia Academy ol sciences and the So
cielv of California Pioneers. The
trust embraces every inch of ground
and every cent of money owned by
Mr. Lick, and he only reserves for
himself the use during his life of his
homestead at San Jose, and such sums
of money as be may from time to
lirbe demand ot his trustees, not ex
ceeding, however, the sum of $25,000
per annum.
Something New in Weddings.
The English fashion for conducting
weddings has become universal lo
Washington. Groomsmen are done
away with and ushers lake their place
As these last are essential to tbe
number bf eight, the supply of suits4
bleand available young meu would be
exhausted if eight more wan neces
sary as L'l ootnsnif ii. Besides, the ef
fect around -the chancel is finer, if the
uii ls' uretiv dresses are not marred
by the intermingling ot black coats.,
Uentlemen ought to rejoice that tney
do not have lo go througn ihe trying
ordeal of kneeling around a chancel
in lull view of hundreds of eager cu
rious eyes behind Iheni girls Who at
tend a wedding just for the sake of
scenic ettect. 1 he tloatiug draperies
of the bridesmaids appears to even
creater advantage when the fair wear
ers kneel in graceful postures; but
the men look ridiculous wiln their
uoat tails touching the steps and the
soles ot their boots turned upward
At a glance. the observer can easily
tell if those boots are old or new,
and the number worn. So grooms.
men are things of the past, and tbe
best man lias only to stand by the
groom until he receives the bride.
The ushers after seating the guests,
walk up the aisles ol which they
have charge, alter the bridal parly en
ters and take seats. All passes off
smoothly, as these affairs nowadays
are always rehearsed in church belore
hand, the minister giving instructions
in reuurd to the times tor standing or
kneeling. Washington letter to Hart
ford Timet.
Panes in his Stomach. There is a
chap in Staunton, Vu., who eats glass.
"I went out," says the physician who
describes it, "and secured a piece
about one-third of a broken pane,
and brought in several Iriends to wit
ness the sight. He took tbe glass,
deliberately bit out a piece about the
size of a silver half-dollar, and chew
ed it up with as much gusto as if it
had been a piece of bread, swallowed
it, taking afterward a swallow of wa
ter and bread, he said, to get the par
ticles out of his teeth. He would
have eaten the whole piece if I had
requested, as be had frequently eaten
tumblers for a drink of whiskey. He
said he would eat any kiud of glass
except the colored bottle glass which
had poison in it. He was first in
duced to try the exeriment about
three years ago, at the Cape of Good
Hope, by a surgeon in iht British
navy, who bet he eould eat all tbe
glasses (eighteen in number), at a
dinner party, which be did, and he
saw no reason why be eould not do
as much; so he died it by only eat
ing three. Since that time ha has
eaten glass for the amusement of
others over a thousand times with no
disagreeable effect; the only, differ
ence he sees is-it gives him an appe
tite. Tbe police boundaries of London
cover 576 square mile and a popula
tion of 4,00,000 inhabitants. Here
are gathered more Jews than there
are in Palestine, more Scotch than
thera are in Edinburgh, more Irish
than there are in Dublin, more Ito
man Catholics than there are in Home,
and titer is great variety of the
language spoken. There is birth
in London every five mioute and a
death every eight mioot.
ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5,
. (From the Dalles Muuntalnoer.
WILLIAM McWATKKS.
Career of tba Mnrderer sf George. Weed,
of Sparta, Oresrosu
Our readers will remember the ac
count, published last fall, of the cold
blooded murder ol an esteemed
young man named George Weed, at
the village of sparta, in linker coun
ty, and tbe escape of the assassin ,
who was captured in California and
taken to Nebraska to answer for
crimes committed' by him before' his
coming to Oregon.. Tbe murderer's
name is Win. McWaters, arid hi?
career is briefly told in the lollowing
letter to tbe Chicago Times:
Nebraska City, Deo. 24 Our
District Court has just adjourned,
and the notorious desperado, Wm.
McWaters, has just been sentenced
to twenty-one years at bard labor in
the Lincoln Penitentiary, and the
ponderous gates have hidden the
criminal from the world in which he
regarded human life no more than a
sportsman does a prairie chicken.
He was young in years, but gradu
ated early among the bush-whackers
of Missouri, and is Known irora .Ne
braska to Oregon as the terrible Mc
Waters living personification of
just such characters as figure in dime
novels and fill up the measure of
glory in saloon literature. His his
tory will be written and go down to
posterity with that of John A. Mur
rill and other disturbers of society,
and the loDg night of prison penance
will only throw a deeper interest
around his fate. -
William McWaters was born in
Platte county, Missouri, the year
after the great Hood, 1844. His
mother was a Kentucky woman of
superior charaoter. But we know
nothing of his early days till at the
moulding age of twelve years he fol
lowed the pro-slavery raiders over
into Kansas and
LEARNED TO LOVE BLOOD,
And hate the abolitionists at Osa
watomia and other skirmishes. In
these pursuits he was a kind of free
rover for two, years.
Soon after the rebellion broke out
he joined a company of the boys who
bumf the Platte bridge and precip
itated a Hauibal and St. Joe railroud
train into an awful chasm, killing
many of the passengers, because
Federal soldiers were among them.
Then he enlisted with Jim Giddins'
band, and fought und,er General
Price for six months. On coming
back home to Bee Creek, he found
the family residence burnt, his fath
er and brother killed by the militia,
and the rest ot the family driven off
in banishment. So he associated
himself with Bill Anderson, John and
Fletch Taylor, and other desperate
bushwhackers, and resolved to sacri
fice A HUNDRED LIVES FOR ONE.
In revenge; and did pick off Captain
Cheesman and 30 or 40 of his men,
who were quartered in the neighbor
hood. But the rising glory of Quan
trell drew them over into Kansas
again, where McWaters found con
genial work in the sacking and burn
ing of Lawrence.
Quantrell afterward carried his
free-hooters into Arkansas; and there
they fell out among themselves over
a woman; and the saDguiuary Bill
Anderson drew away from Quantrell,
and raided back through Northern
Missouri like a flame of fire over the
prairie, carrying young McWaters
in his train, who had irtany adven
tures stranger than . fiction, and
was assisted out of many hair-breadth
escapes by
A FAIB HEROINE
named Jennie Mayfield.
At the close of the war we find
McWaters keeping a saloon in Platte
City, where be shot a man, and his
friend, John Taylor, was shot by the
police. He then escaped to St. Joe,
which was seething with desperadoes
from all parts, where his other
friend, Fletch Taylor was shot dead
by the police, an'd McWaters, ill re
turn shot tbe policeman.
By the aid of confederates, he got
out ol Slissoun ana came to Wyo
ming, in this county, where a roman
tic attachment sprung up Detween
him and a beautiful young lady, who
was to have married his friend, t letch
Taylor, and he was tbe groomsman,
and they were dn their way up when
the affray" took place in Ht. Joe,
which ended the carrier of Fletch
Taylor. Mis Susie Davis wedded
McWaters, and, through thick and
thin, has idolized her husband
the one bright picture in this narra
tive. Two years ago McWaters shot Dr.
Wolfe dead in a row in Wyoming:
and soon after, his brother-in-law,
Woodson, who is a cousin of Uover-
nor Woodson, of Missouri, shot Bar
low dead, and is now serving a term
in the penitentiary for it. McWa
ters was cleared. But about a year
afterward John Crook and he shot
and killed an innocent man in Dold'a
saloon, in this city. They were
caught and shut up in an iron cage,
where it seemed they were safe
for trial. But one evening, when
tbe truards were shifting them, they
managed to steal the arm, and,
AT THE PISTOL MOUTH,
Drove the guards into the cage, lock
ed them in, and escaped on horses
which had been placed outside by
friends. 1
In the Indian nation the men sep
arated in bad blood ; and McWaters,
for whom a large reward was offered,
was again caught at Hays City, Kan-
But while tbe sheriff posse
was making tbe prison safe for hiin,
he executed tbe old maneuvre, and
suddenly shut six of them inside,
while he escaped on the Sheriff
horse.
He then matte his way northward
among the lilackToot Indians, and
shot one of tbem dead over a bottle
of whiskey, and ha hi blanket yet
with the bullet hole, h running the
gauntlet of tbe wiole tribe.
We next hear of McWaters at the
little town of Sparta, in Baker coun
ty, Oregon, where he visited a rela-
tite, and had
A FAMOUS NEEDLE-QUN,
with which be murdered a man
named Oreo. Weed, with whom he
had a quarrel in a gambling-house
The man had gone off some distance,
but had on a soldier's blue coat, and
McWaters could not resist the temp
tation of letting fly a charge at liis
brass buttons, shooting him in the
back, and escaping to Sacramento
city, with a new reward of $1,000
offered for his arrest. '
But all this time Sheriff Fabar0 of
Nebraska City, who smarted for his
official honors, had detectives on his
track, and Tom Tipper, who once
lived here in the Seymour House
with McWaters, spotted bis lurking
places, and he was suddenly
PINIONED hi THE bhlCEBB OF THE LAW,
And broucht back to Nebraska City
The result has been told. He has
a dozen scars on his person and bul
let-holes in his body, and a dozen
times has escaped from prison; 'and
bis rolickine stories would nil a door.
He is thoroughly educated in deeds
of violence, and never talks about
anvthins else with relish but ' got-
ting the drop on some one. lie
rides like a Comanche, and ia as oool
and wily as Modoo Jack, His clear,
steel eye never glows except with the
excitement of an affray. He has a
fine figure, arid might have been a
gentleman Aubrey or a Kit Carson.
But a man who always goes around
with pistols to hunt up a fight is no
longer desirable in Nebraska society,
and Judge Guritt has the praise of
all parties in Damsmng mm to a liv
ing grave. . ;
THE SCENE
When his devoted wife and two pret
ty children were torn away from him,
and he was ironed for the peniten
tiary, was such as the hardest hearts
could not contemplate, and tne om
cers of the court shed tears. Mo-
Waters himself broke down; and the
spirits of biB many gory victims must
have tortured his memory like "the
worm that never dies," and tne voice
of condemnation thundered, in his
ears, "The way of the transgressor
is hard.
FLORIDA'S OLDKST .INHABITANT.
Sailing back, we were treated to
the sight of an alligator fifteen .feet
long, sunning himself on a hammock ot
yellow grass. The wrinkle under
neath his lower jaw gave him a good-
humored look, and be seemed actual
ly to smile at the bullets around Mm
The alligator is by no means a trifling
enemy; and the Floridian tells strange
stories of the, creature's strength,
fleelness, and strategy. An alligator
hunter In Jacksonville gave me an
idea of these characteristics,-; some
what after the following fashion:
"The 'gaiter, sir, is ez quick ez light-
nin , and ez nasty, lie kin Outswim
a deer, and he her dun it, too; he
swims moie'n two thirds out o' water)
and when he ketches you, sir, he jost
wabbles you right over, n hundred
times, or mo', sir ez quick ez the
wind; and you're dead in no time, tr
when a dog sees one ne suns Uenin,
to yolp, sir for a gaiter is mighty fond
of a dog and a nigger, sir. Nobody
can't till how old them old fellows is,
sir; I reckon nigh on to a hundred
years, them biggest ones. Thar 'some
old devils in the lagoons you see of
the St. Johns; they lie thar very
quiet, but it would be a good tussle
it one oi you was out tuar a B small
boat. sir. They wont always tWit:
sometimes they run away very meek;
the best way to kill om it to put a
ball in tbe eye, sir; thar's no use in
waisting shot on a 'gaiter's hide.
When the boys want Sport, sir, they
git a long green poie, ana sharpen
it; 'n they find a 'gaiter's bole In the
hwsh, and put the pole down it, then
the gaiter he snaps at it, n hangs on
lo it, u the boys get together, n pull
Him out, 'n put a rope aroun his neck,
and set him to flghtin with another
'gaiter.' O Lordl reckon 'twould
make yo' bar curl to see the tails fly.''
Edward K'mg't "J'icture't ,rom
Florida," in Scribner'tfor November.
, The Salt Lake Tribune gives near
ly two columns descriptive of thejar-
rest of John -Is. -Liee, who has been
indicted for tho Mountain Meadow
massacre, and who was Major of the
Nauvoo Legion at tho time of that
terrible occurrence. Resistance was
at first contemplated; and Lee hid
himself in a bunch of straw, but he
finally surrendered without causing
any trouble. He is said to be sixty
i 1 1 .v. . . i i
two yearn uiu, wuu bwbi gray uair,
face shaven smooth and clean, and
ruddy complexion. He has a mild
blue eye, and not unpleasant coun
tenance, though his gaze Is somewhat
unsteady. He claims relationship
with the Lees of Virginia, though he
was born in one of tbe Northern
States. For s year he ha lived be
yond tbe Colorado river, whore be
had a small garden and raised some
grain. He has eighteen wives and
fifty-four children. Whether he will
tell all he knows, or retnairi silent is
disputed. Doubtless, no person liv
ing is more familiar with the facts of
-that terrible occurrence than be is.
Mary was the proprietor of a di
minutive, incipient sheep, whose outer
covering was as devoid of color as
congealed vapor, and to all localities
lo which Mary perambulated, her
young Southdown was morally cer
tain to follow. It tagged her to the
dispensatory oi learning, one diurnal
section of time, which was contrary
lo all precedent, and excited the each,
inslion of th seminiry attendant),
when the children perceived the pres
ence of a young quadruped at the e-
launsrment oi instruction, ionae-
Juently, the preceptor expelled him
rom lite interior, but he continued to
remain in tn immediate vioiuily, and
tarried in th neighborhood without
fretfuloet until Marr one mora bt-
ma vhubU.
1875.
THE PRINCE OV WALK IN PUULIC.
A London correspondent writes :
Albert Edward takes great pains Uj
show that he is interested in every
thing that is going on, to be present;
on many public occasions, to visit
public institutions, and to exercise a
very genial and general hospitality.
He has nultivated with eliderit core
his natural talent for publio speak
ing, and is really , one of the, most
easy and graceful after dinner speak
ers in England.,, , Most princes have
even their shortest, addresses written
out for them by some skillful courtier
or secretary. THe Prince of Wales
always composes what he has to say,
and not seldom speaks quite on the
spur of. the, moment, without the
slightest previous, preparation, - He
is finished in the art of comple
ment,, and recently won' . earnest
praisb it France for the neatness and
tact with which he turned his phrases
in the riiost unexceptionable French.
Moreover, in his manner genorally,
whether he is on his feet addressing
the most elegorit assemblages, txr
whether in various relations with
society, he exhibits in a striking de
gree the1 invaluable quality of tact.
He is always the suave and consider
ate gentleman. He conciliates all,
by putting everyone completely at
his ease. He is invariably kiud to
his servants, his tenants, arid the
officials about his person. There is
not a more popular landlord in Eng
land ; the peasantry and neighbor
hood of Sandringhom are completely
devoted to him.,.. If hei wa ever
neglectful of tne charming Alex
andra, he has quite mended his ways;
for he is now uniformly gentle
toward her, and takes pains
to spealt often in her braise at the
dinners who.'i her Health is drunk in
conjunction with liis own. His in
terest in the arts arid charities is to
all appearance sincere, and has won
him a host of valuable friends. If
he is still somewhat extravagant, it
is at least in a way pleasing to Eng
lish tastes ; publio opinion here is
lenient with a prince who spends
money on the turf, and lavishes his
income on generous hospitalities.
His fondness for the sports of the
field and moor, too, appeals vividly
to national sympathies ; it adds even
to the popularity of a Cabinet Min
ister when he is known to be a good
horseman and a skillful follower of
the hounds. Not long ago it was
seriously urged in an argument in
favor of Lord Hartington as a suc
cessor of Mr. Gladstone in the Liber
al leadership that he was one of the
best riders and hunter in the land.
So a king who is an adept at sport
must be 'very obnoxious in other re
speots not to be thoroughly popular
WtlU IUB JMlgUHU. .
A CANDIDATE! FOB VTOCKTON
V About two.br three months ago a
can named James Collins attracted
considerable attention by bis frantic.
endeavors it oonviot somebody of
something in the Polios Court. Hi
first procured the arrest of three men
named Card, Pepper and Brown, on
charges of petty larceny in stealing
wagon wheels, It was conclusively
proven that the men were inno ent
and they worn discharged. He sub
sequently procured the arrest ot
Judge Doigneau on a charge of an
assault to murder, which was similarly
disposed of. He afterwards endeav
ored to dismiss the Prosectiling At
torney from bis position through tho
medium ot a petition to the Board of
Supervisors. He has had a lawsuit
pending for some time with his part
ners in the wneelright husinoss, which
was voaterdav moraincr decided ad
versely lo him in the County Court.
Yesterday afternoon he entered the
Police Court in a state ot great ex
aitement, and stated that he wanted
to give himself up, He had been
prompted by the devil he thought, to
perjure himself in th Police Court
cases, but the Lord God had caused
him to repent, and he wanted to he
puuished. He was locked up in the
prison, and will probably be to-day
examined by the Insanity Commis
sioners, lie does not appear to Le at
all insane, and the only reason why
be should be considered so is that he
confesses to having perjured himself
a reason which, within City Hall
precincts, is considered suflielent to
confine him in Stockton for life.
KLPIHHNKSIM.
Live for some purpose in the world.
Always act your part well. Fill up
the measure of duty to others. Con
duct yourself so you shall be missed
un sorrow when you are gone.
Multitudes of our specie are living
in such a selfish manner that they
are not likely to be remembered
after their death. They leave behind
them scarcely any traces of their ex
istence, and are forgotten, almost as
thoiiL'h they had never lived. They
are, while they live, like some pebble
lyint? unobserved among a million
on the shore, and when they die they
are; like the same pebble, thrown
into the sea, which lust ruffles the
surface, sink, and is forgotton, with
out being missed from the beach.
They are neither regretted by the
rich, wanted by tbe poor, nor cele
brated by the learned.
YY ho ha been tne better for tbeir
life? Whose tears have they dried
up? Whose wants supplied ? Whose
misery have they healed? Who
would unbar the gate of life to read
mit them back to our world with a
smile? Wretched unproductive
mode of existence I Selfishness is its
own curse; it is a starving vice. Tbe
man who doc no good get none.
He is like the heath in the desert,
neither yielding fruit nor seeing
when good Cometh; a stunted, dwarf
ish, miserable shrub.
A Canadian murderer wanUd them
to pat off . the day of execution, ow
ing te bi being afflicted with the
toothache; but lb sheriff said h had
to go to mill next day and b couldn't
possibly aoeoastBodsM tbt prisoner
NO. 26.
tcasTioN roR oBANe ducvsmoh.
( What are the best methods for se
curing regular attendano upon our
Grange meetings f j
! ,j What changes, if any, ar desira
ble in our State and National (Grange)
Constitution ?
Is it expedient for the Patrons, of
Husbandry to build and operate tbeir
own manufacturing establishments?
What are the cheapest and safest
methods for Patrons to insure their
farm property? '
What are the best standard works
for a Grange library, of at least Ova
selections?
How and when can we disDoa of
our crops to the best advantage ?
, it(4i atuu oi tenoing is tne cheap
est and th beat? ,
What kinds of meat cottls are ihe
best and most profitable to raise?
..What breed of horses ia the most
profitable for the farmer of Oregon?
( What six varieties of apples are
best for general cultivation? ,
What kind of farming implement
and machinery are the best for gen
eral use?
Give me the best plan for a small
barn , with the estimated cost of con
stru'jtion. . -
Give me a plan for a granary, i 1
What kind of crops should be cul
tivated, and what proportion on a
farm of 120 acres?
How shall we prevent the spread
of noxious weeds?
What are the merit of narrow
gunge railroads?
.Which i th most profitable,
farm on smooth prairie, or on on
grub land?
Is the Grange a better institution
than the farmer' club, and if so,
why?
What fertilizer are best?
, What grasses succeed best in our
section?
Pluns for grange stores or agencies ?
ADVICE) TO A SOLDIR.
"Attention, soldier," said that De
troit justice, after a long gaze at one
of the oountry' defenders brought
before him. "You have chanted
against tbe breastworks ot justice, and
now let's hear your excuse for being
found shot in the nack."
'Fust time, yer Honor," pleaded
toe man.
"And you are repentant?"
"Iam."
And yon have made np yonr mind
Id let whiskey severely alon after
this?"
"I have."
"Well, yon can right fao, forward
march, file right, and take the skir
mish line of defense of the cause of
temperance. Uemember, Joseph
mat tnese little whisky glasses ar
riHe-pits along the Iront of tb so
iny's line, and thai decanters and
demijohns are strong line of earth
works behind bis line ot battle.
E.ery invitation from a friend to
'sunlliin' wet' is a rifled fifteenponnder
turned agaiiist you, and every drunk
an aoauw in tavor nt Satan's position,
Make yourselt a commander in the
cause of eold water, sage tea, and iced
milk. Send out a atronir pickeH. sup
port mem wuu tour lull eomnai.ie
of infantry and a field piece. : If
driven in, send down a regiipent to
hold the line and order up tits guns.
Then, nuder coverot the smoke, mass
your force to strike his exposed left
win , and send word dowu th line
to unsling kiiapsuoks, and go in with
the bayonet, You may go, Joseph,
but ponder and reflect ou thss
things."
New Orleans Beauties Th
women of New Orleans ar probably
tne most iuperD-iooking in America.
They are .brunette tb most and
best ot them wilb an slstishot of car
riage and flVure, oootour of feature,
arid siose of manner which ire match
less. They say that the peasantry in
certain districts of Spain carry yet in
their faces the grandeur of th laded
Oastilian nobleue. Th New Orleans
beauties, lifted tenderly down a dozen
generations of close blood, ar more
queenly than the portrait of their.
French mothers that have hunir lor
centuries iu their parlors.', Some o(
them are lifie ohiselad, penciled fig
ures out of marble, with thii soft dash'
of Ci.l'. l.-.-e . f T... U-."
wimuvw uiusfa w ui a vtrsnruii a
song in their faces, and the npe South:
ern blood flushing np to their temples
under the pure surtaeo of their veins.
Th exquisilnes of their tyl takes
your breath with an xolarn.alion of
admiration and a sigh of relief as yon
pass. Their native oily and State are
the horizon ol society and of jh
wuriu iu lucsv suuerD flrMturaa'
they are reared ooder the solemn
shadows ot Catholicism; they ar lo
cal in their attachments aa Yenitiiinr,
their culture is narrow, but Ihev fath
er in their loins th gait of empresses
ana in their eyes that glance filled with
the wisdom, the ounninn, the refine
ment, tbe msgio of woraauhood.
Divorced and MARRiKoAoAiif.
Six or seven years ago Dr. Marshall
of Knoxvill was married to Miss
Parsons, a brilliant and ..beautiful
yonng lady. They lived unhappily
together for several years, when she
mad application for divoro, and
was separated Irora ber l,iegs lord.
He married again, andbisseoond wife,
was divorced from him in tb same
manner a the first, and now be wedo
his first wile a second thus. He
resides in Brtinswick.
"Nobody surpasses in in this tpeei
ality'said aCinoiniwlti girl lo her new
lover th other night as she gave him
a parting kiss with report to it like
thai . ot a pistol. Tbe astonished
youth walked away wondering where
that girl got her experience. '
Woman suffrage received smother
cruel blow in Michigan, on Tuesday,
but Antony, with th tlasetiity wlwh
youth always displays, was out tba
text day, disport in; la tb euushine,
like tb merry bntuurfly that aU is.
Trr4 Eavto trow.
Business notices In' the Local Gelussu. :
cents per line, eaait Uitortioa
Far torsi and transient advwtlseaestt St 1
per square of 11 Hues, for the Irst lassrUeea
and $1 00 far square tor each lobrtqutnt aw
ertlosl. ,AVT , " "
y. ;i.TB-aWo'rfjio.pa ' . j'
When "some one's" step comes np tb walk
Your eheeka take on a roster hue, ' -And
fteujh no other hears his knook ,
You bear It well you know you dot ' ;
When "soma one1 talks about the grata,
And bows to pet, yet looks at yon,
You see his glaneeo ah tls plain
And five them back you know you dot
, ji.fiitu int.. y.. , r.,
And, though It may be very wron& -When
pa la quite Ignored for you, -Ton
sink for him your prettiest sons;, ;-'' --
' You eunnlng thing yon know yon dot '
And when be talks f other glrlay.
Of baleful Kate and Jennie ton. . '
Yo fling at blm you smbnnl'enria,'
You Jealous Ihlnxyou know roa dot
. ' i ' I r . . ' '
You keep your eye apoxtttirclock, -:
And wish tvrauld Jump an hour or two,
So thai your pa would oeoae bis talk
And go to bed-yoa know yu do 1 -!;,..-.
t -" , , ... ,
When the folks to bed have gone.
And left "some one" alone with yorj, V
You wish the elook would atop Its tongue.
Or you atop lt-ryou know you do I
He blushes deep' andlodkiaCwim. . ...
To be thus left alone with yon, ' ' ,
But your eyes sell there ne'er was maid V
But eould be wooed you know they dot
You keep Jt someone nsath your eurte.
Until wb love you burn blm through
And make him bate all other glrla
In love for you you know you do I
And when but arm steaht rtmnd ywretwlr, .
You give a smothered scream or two,
As If roti dldnt want tt there, ; A .
But oh, you dop-xou know you dol .. , -
You neat e closer opto htm, ' '.,'."
Your head drops on &ut shoulder,' too.
You think It aloe to have "Jim,"
You naughts- thing you know yon dot
Yon 'let him kiss your blushing ehoekst.
Homes aour lips w4U'tat htt, too
Yeu tempt ktm, silly thing,' lo speak, ;
You wloked flirt you know you do I ,
And when he timidly doth press
His wish lo makdstwsTS'or yon.
With happy bean you answer "Yes," -
You darling girl you know you dot ,
I -...
; aciaxoRiNoe). ...
' Sack for a thief ransaok.
An artist's work is eassl-ly done. .
How far can on se In miles-
Mile. I
Something never relished by print.
era tt. , ,
The 'bus that orosaed the ocean
Columbm. - ,f ;,. . ,
A man has been arrested for tk
ing things as thy;coie.4 ... - , .
Tbe tax whiob prssm nJosX heavily
on school-boys,-Syn-tax.' ,,.,,',,.;,..
When is a literary work like smoker
When it rises in volumes. '
"Injurisaring Don Hare" ii the)
sign of the time ip Detroit. .
Th man who could not express bi
feelings sent them, by mail. . . 1 ,
To become peaoe-makert Play at
football in a orockery abop. - - , ,
Th month that- is always open-
The mouth of tbe Mississippi.
A Chicago shirt dealer advertise,
"Buy from me, or I shall bust" j
' Geese having feathers to shed should
not r repare to shed them now, ; :
Troubles are like dogs; the smaller
they are trie more tbey annoy yon. .,
Great o'rks ere performed more
through perseverance than strength.
Young folk grorw, most , whenjni
love; It increases their sighl wonder
fully. ; ; ,.
A good1 nam will wear out; a bail1 .
on may be turned; a nickname last
forever. ,, ( ( ..v,,',',' "'
, yVba't was never seen The) impreo.
lot) of a kin mad by a typo on hi,
girl', libs., , . .. . m- .-,
It U .frequently remarked that, girl .
who dress "loud" soon com to talk ,
and act loud. . .1 , , "
The ..peelei most, wanted, to settle '
our country'; financial difficulties
Gold and Mirer, i ,( ,'.
A oon verted jookfy has been speak-
fog of the receipt at a ohnrch festival
door as gat money, , , ,
By an Irishman Yhy U a storm,
when it's clearing np, like a castiga- ,
lion? Sure 'an ain't it a bating? ,
A Detroit hotel portor bas to re'
move a diamond ring from, rue, noger
before laying hold of a big trunk.
Query: When Queen Victoria firs '
began to reign, did lb "peopU of '
the "tight little isle" carry umbrellas?
Perioles is dead, II was a Paris-
tan rhinoceros. Butler .trill soon be ,
u last representative of tbe specie.
"The rude forefather of tb ham. '
let" are riot known in Utah, but there
are often four rude mothers in fami-
Hfra T'erltnerf ah' Amnlmrad that ahss '
Joes not ,w.isb lo vote a she fears she
ooult) not stand tbe shook of electri-
01 irancnise.
-.1
The man who three years aero mar
ried a Kewport belle says that he be
gins to, realize, that a thing of beauty
1 Jaw forever. ,
Tber have s new test for intoxica
tion over in Canada. Whon a man
oan pronounce "reciprocity" without ,
tripping th polioe let him go.
There ia a Connecticut , widower
who declare , that pothing remind
him oj bis poor, dear wifa so mnch a
to live witbm aarshqt of saw-milt. '
One by ons tb roses' lade. It is
now boldly denied that man who wear
long hsir ar possessed of any more
talent than men who have it snipped
close.
Ayonnffladr in Cambria'boronr'hJ
tired of "going it alone," has married
John Rightbewar. It .i altogether
probable eti will "order bim up" on
winter mornings.
A poor young man remarks tint
lb only, advise be gets from opif.!-.
lets Is "to hv within bit jncjome;"
whersas, the .difficulty he esperienoe.
is to h without an income.
This is Jh tort of notice that aa -Oregon
lecturer gets from his vil!aie ,
newspaper: "Cot. Jo. Meek hssshoui
dared his jaw-bone, and will Uil tin'
people mor thn tboy ever Isj
about minir-Jt "