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E. ilWtiEf AND COUSSEIOR AT LAW, ALBANY, OREGON. ; 1 ": ,-. . rogta 'om the Albany Hoot and Shoe Store, on the corner of front anil liroaclalbln street. , S-M-Jm 9. A. CHIftUWETH. Corrallis. VOL. X. ALBANY, OHECON, Fill DAY, MAY T, 1875. NO,, 39. ' - J. A. VAfHTIS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW : CORVALLIS, OREGON. : Will practice In all the Court of the State. . ' aVOffloe In the Court House." ; vumaiyl. : ATTORNEY AT liA'W. CORVALLIS, OREGON. Special attention to collf ctlf.n of accounts, 7'Dfflce one door South of tsher Brick. B vlunDUyl. ,,, ',':,'. " J. W. BALDWIN, , ATTORNEY St COUNSELOR AT LAW, '111 m end 4th Judicial Districts-, In tne mipreme f ourt of Oregon, and In the United States Dis trict and Circuit Court. Office up-stnlrs In front room in amsn a widk uiuuik, r "'."""J , Oregon. vSnJUyh GEO. R. HELM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Will practice In all the Courts of thin State. OFFICE : ALBANY, OREGON.., ! ; ." Hov. li, 1870. . i DR.: T. W. HARRIS, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, ALBANY, OREGON. -tI T Offloe In the front room over Rohwald's new Boot and Shoe store. Residence, on Fourth street. vUnlltr. II. J. fiSOtttUTOJV, Jfli ALBANY, OREGON. n,aninr(i n. rrriirlnnti. of th TTnWersl.V MtKllcnlColleire of Nw York, mid is a late member of Beilevue Hospital Medical College ManI Vni-lr Office In CarothetB' DriiR Storo. Kesldenco on Fourtb Htreet, opposite ur. iuwj . VlUlllltf. THE LOVEOFft FOOL Lu stood behind the little counter where she passed bo many hours of her life, her fingers resting upon the glass of the show case; which she tnppod impatiently, 'while her eyes roved from Ned Snyder, behind the opposite counter, to the door, through which she hoped some customer would enter. ,.,.. , ;. Nod's attention -"was divided be tween leering at Lu, with his shock ing contortions of face, and volun teering various clownish remarks, each' of which elicited from' their fcjectonly amovenient of impatience, sharper tapping ol the glass with Br fingers, but no word of answer, 'inally Ned left his place, sauntered round behind Lus counter and aded the manoeuvre by . thrusting is face up before her's. t ! t "Oh, go away, Ned," she exclaim- f , turning from, him, "do go now!" "What'll I go away for?" he de mded, creeping up again in front her face. "Go because I am tired and want you to go'this iri a tone of- marked impatience, which JNea eviacntiy irx derstood that it'would not do for him to disregard. ..' "Go back behind your own counter, or stay here and I'll go there. ..What , do you suppose cus tomers would think to see you acting in this way?" V -i ' :'."i... .- . . Ned hustled over to his own side of the room before he answered, in a very matter-df-faet way; "Suppose they'd think tre ought to be mar ried!" 1.. "Married"-- yott (foolish' ,Mlow! Why do you keep talking such non- D. II. UICE, n. ., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, ALBANY. OREGON, Office on Main street, between Ferry and Broadalbin. ltcsldence on Third street, two blocks east, or below, the Methodist Church. V8nf. . Y DR. E. O. SMITH. ' ALBANY, OREGON. ; OFFICE.- Two doors east of Conner's Bank. vOnlltf. f'WellLndw I tell Vori there is' lots of folks that talks in . that way, whether you'd think it or not, aud course they're right about it. Tell you one tlung-wheh we be married you don't drive me around this way; just make up your mind about thatl" i J,na lasi pore 01 Aieu s juiurmuuon had been .volunteered as the door opened to admit Homer Harkness; and Lu had scowled silence at the owner of the wagging tongue ' in vain, . Put if he young man who entered had heard anything, of what was being said he did not indicate it by any change, of . expression. He greeted the twain with a friendly word to each, aud passed through to the dining-room, whenhisfootsteps died away, ; Lu turned her great brown eyes to Ned, and said sorrow fullv: "- "Ned, whywill you talk so, and before people, most of all? Don'tyou know that I don't want you to talk that way, and you mustn tl - "Mustn t! Lord, what words you use ! ... But you'll get over it some day won t always be as bashtul. ' A voice from below called for Ned. and ho tumbled from sight, mueh to Lu's relief. Anv person seeing Lu Towner day by day would have understood how cheerless her young life really was. An evil star had seemed to rule nt her birth. Her father formerly en gaged in a comfortable business, had taken to drink, ruinea ms custom, squandered his little property, and nnauy ciieu soon aner juu g uirui Her mother, broken hearted, strug gled with adverse fortune for a few years and then sho, too, died, leaving her little daughter to the care of her only relative, a married aunt. The aunt was kind, in so far as her naturo knew the meaning of the word; but she had made Mammon her god, and nature had given her great power for physical endurance two dangerous qualities for the same person to pos sess, especially, if that person, be a woman; - - - ' - -; ' Lu's uncle was the proprietor of a bakerv. and his connection was a salesroom, and a. boarding house. Mr. Towner superintended the former: his wife the two latter; and so it was that when Lu had mastered the rudiments of the common school education, she was taken in as a sort of creneral help for her aunt. It was as thouch the sunlight of her dawn ing life had gone behind some great cloud. There was so much that she could do, aud she Was so willing to do whatever might be demanded of her. From peeling potatoes, chopr ping hash and washing dishos, her sphere of usefulness gradually ex tended throngn ail tne aepsnments of tno boarding house and salesroom ; till now we find her, at the age of 20. after eight years of incessant toil with no prospect of any change, .so long as life and health should remain. From verv early in the morning till very late at night, through seven long days in every week, with only an hour or two respite on Sunday, she was here, there. whereverherservicfcK were demanded, not conscious that she was doinu more actual physical labor than two like her should per form, besides shutting out from her young life the joys of companionship and ijruorinu all those social priv ileges which are so dear to young I,u -was not specially pretty. At first glance she seemed so her small compact figure, OTal features and great brown eyes, so full of honest truth, were certainly the elements of bcautv but her incessant toil bad wrought its hues upon hands and face, insufficient Bleep, continm care and the absence of social V tin fed and shaded her whole li with a hue of sadness. Soiueiimes ,!, but it was only for moment, and furtively, as though she i feared to allow even this expression j of human feeling no one ever heard her langh. Those who knew the of her life said it was too bad i in kwn her there, year after year 1 that manner, but Lu never said so i never thouuht so. in fact. She bad j known no happier life she never (expected to. ! So it was that her heart was all i kindness, ond even for foolish Ned I Snvder. with his uuucaraoie aj -rn-w: I she had but sui'h words as we uv ,n.tion tmt Albany, j ..i. n((IM, more severe. depths of her heart there was lying a great store of love and tenderness, latent now, but waiting for somo other loving hoart to develop, and thus to change the whole weary blank of her life courso, by the sun light of happy affection. Ned Snyder was familiarly -known as "the fool." In Bomo respects tho epithet was quite appropriate, for hue he had sumeient intelligence to be of much servico in the bakery and oven mental balance as to puzzlo the most astute philosopher as to his degree of mental soundness and ac countability. Ned, too, had been adopted by Mr. Towner, just as he would have taken a horse for its keep ing. It would be handy to have such boy about the establishment, there was always something for him to do, and there were always fragments mough left after the 30 or 40 board ers had finished their meals to give the fool a royal repast. At first life had not many pleasures for Ned; but as his sphere of usefulness began to develop and ho sometimes taiued about "packing up his duds" and going to sea for Ned had a way of talking whatever came into his mind he began to receive better clothes and occasionally little presents and spare half days, till his lot really in comparison became quite, enviable. Lu had always been Kind to mm. out of the kindness of her hoart, and many a favor she had taken pains to bestow upon him, because she pitied is forlorn condition. Generally at the table she could manago to pro cure for him a nicer piece of meat, or some little delicacy which had never been intended for him, and this she delighted to do, even though he soon came to look upon such favors as a matter of course, and to scpld and growl if they wero not bestowed. Yet, after all, Ned did not mean to be ungrateful, and as he could think of no other way of re paying Lu's kindness, he had grown O. P. 8. PLlTMMEn, M. D. DKALinlN Drat-fl. Medicine, Perfnmprieii, Cigar, Tobtscco, School Book svnd Sta tionery. A full stock of trusses and surglcnl nppll- boos. ... Remember Plumm.r-Mi(in!12j,L W. C. TWEEDALE, DEALER IK GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. TOBACCO. CIGARS, YANKEE NOTIONS. -Catlerr, Crockery, Wood & Willow Ware. CALL AND SEE HIM. Store op Front street, Albany, Oregon. ":'-fj: TSnSSyl- . BOOTS MADE TO ORDER AT JtKASOKABLE EATES AT ' " HENRY FLINDT'SSMOP, ALBANY, OREGON. WWork warranted to Jive satlsfacU...Ta vOntotf. .. NEW BARIZEIl SHOP L. B. ROTA. . PpoprietM. . . HAVING LEASKD A XEW 8HOP ONE door west ol t'ox lore, and tilted It up In a neat and laaty manner, 1 will be pleased to have all mv old cuMomera continue theli patronage, and will guarantee MUtiMiMlion lo an new uuea. . ALBANY BATH HOUSE I fHB UNDERSIGNED WOULD RBBPEUt JL folly inform the eititeot of Albany and vi iaitj that he baa takea charge of tan Ustabluh aiaat, aad, ivy keeping elcao roomi and paying atrktatUatioa to boaioaei, expect to loit all lIbom who mj faror aim w.th tbeir patronage, liaring heretofore tan-ted eo ao thing bai First-Class Hair Dross lug Saloons, expeeti to gire entire tatifaclion to all. jPw" Child ten and Ladie' Hair oeatlr eat -and abaupooed. JOSEPH WEUUKR. 3n33t(. SAJIUEL E. YOUNG. Wholesale and Itrtall Dealer In OOIM, ROCERIE8, CXOTHISG, BOOTH ASD MHOIM, THRIKHEBM, Ki:tPi:Kit u mow. EKK, WAUOKS. BKIL.L mi rj.:n::i j:;::3 mm, n, t the purpose of his heart, it had become his mental meat and drink the inspiration of his life. No more of shouldering his "Turk." Even is nature bowed to the sway of love, and in the presence of Lu only was he happy or contented. Naturally enough the uenei soon gained ground that Ned did not peak unadvisedly, and that some arrangements had been made by which Lu was actually to become his wife. . Naturally enough, tho girl's uncle and aunt came iu for more of blame than thev desorved. "It's just like them, said one boarder to another, standing at a little distance and looking upon .Lu, busy behind the counter, while Ned, near by, was feasting his weird eyes upon her; Lu's indispensable to them, and Ned is a treasure, in his 'way. Get the two married and thoy are bound to stay as long as they can render any service. I hope you are wrong, the other returned, "for I don't like to think anybody can be '.hat mean. It would be a downright shame to marry suuu a good, faithful, kind-hearted thing as Lu to that born idiot! I'd kick the .man who would do such a thing, if there were no other way to punish him. It was Homer Harkness who said this, and shortly afterward ho passed through the salesroom, wnicu was deserted save by Ned. Harkuess was a young business man of the city, very comfortably situated in life, and having for several years taken his meals there, he was on quite friendly terms with the feeble minded youth. 'Ned,' he asked, bending over the counter, half confidentially, 'you aro going to invite me to the wedding, l suppose !" What, me aua Jjii r Yes.' Yes, going to invite all the board ers, the tool said, m a very Dusiness like manner. When will it probably take place, Ned?' Darned if I know Lu won t Bay. Say, Lu' the door had opened to admit her at that moment Wbon we going to got married ? This gen tloman wants t" know?' Lu looked up at Mr. Harkness, for it was getting dusk in the sales room, and the gas had not Deen lighted. A moment her lip quivered, and then tears sprang to her eyes. Go down stairs, fieri, sue replied, turning away; 'Mr. Towner wants 'No, he don t either, nouvo got to tell me, now,' and tho poor youth snranir forward with a sort of trcuzy; but at that moment the sharp tones of his master sounded bis name so emphatically that he at once turned and went "blundering away down stairs. Lu was so cvidoantly pained by the occurrence that the young man, self-accused, went near to her and stammered out an apology. 'Indeed, you arc not to blame,' she said, quickly, smiling through her tears. 'I am foolish to have his talk annoy me; but I-I can't help it. I don't blame the poor fellow mueh, but I can't stand it, nt least 1 feel as though I couldn't, though I don't know how I can help myself." 'I can tell you how you can put a stop to his nonsense.' 'Will you? Then tell inc.' Marry me!' i Lu's lips trembled us she cist a j furtive glance up into the young j man's face, and her whole rmi j thrilled as she caught tliR magnetic ( love-beam of his eyes. j 'What do voa mean ?' Le demand- j ed. ' Just what I sav. Lu. I odinire What could she say? Sho know Mr. Harkness too well to suppose for ft momont that he was trilling with her; but it Boomed impossible toreahzo that the man sho most re vered of all iu her limited circle of acquaintances had really asked her to become his wifo. Why did his request touch such a deop chord in her soul? WaB it bocauso it was the answer of an aspiration sho had not dared acknowledge, much less to cherish ? Bofoi o eho could command herself to fininc nn answer n dull foot-fall sounded upon tho stairs. . 'Lot mo go; uncle is coming.' And sho tried to withdraw her hand. 'Quick, then; yes or no!' 'I guess so;' and with n ' skip sho bounded into (ho dining-room, to hido , the joy-flush which , would mantle her cheeks with a stranger glw. Homer Harkness did not allow the matter to rest long in that stato. Satisfactory : tenns wero arranged with the uuelo and aunt, and it was decided that tho marriage Bhould take 'placo at tho good old Now Eng land anniversary Thanksgiving. ; Early in tho evening tho ceremony was very quietly performed, and the happy husband started with his bride for a flying visit to the homo of his parents in a neighboring town, Ned had been given a holiday for twenty four hours," which he was passing with a relative in another portion of the city; so that an uuusual sense of quiet, almost amounting to desertipn, settled over the usually bustling es tablishment of tho Towners. But at midnight tho quiet, was rudely broken, and tne neighborhood rang with sharp cries of "Fire!" A dofective fluo in the bakery had caused . the misfortune, the flames leaped rapidly from room to room of the old wootlen building, so that when tho fire department reached the scene they found the firo bursting out from basement to attic. Just as tho fireuion commenced op' rations, Ned dashed upon tho scene I'eathloss and excited, lie saw. the ense smoko pouring from tho win- ow cf i.ju s room, and wildly lnquir- id for tho'occupnnt. But no ono an swered his question, for none under stood his moaning.. Calling her namo wildly, ho rushed up tho stairway. What transpired afterward only tho eye of the Infinite saw. A daring fireman attempted to follow him, a few moments afterward, but tho hall at tho head o( the stairs was a sen of flamo, through which none could pass nnd live. Hours lfttor, when tho firo was ex tinguished,' from out the ruins was taken something which, though bear ing little resemblnnco to tho human form, could still bo identified as all that rcmainod on earth of .Ned Sny der. Lu , recalled from the strange dreu in of her new-found happiness, stood bohiud tho coffined remains and Ijeurd the story of his death. Tho momoi-y of tho disarcoablo days and yours was nil gone now; she remembered his many uncouth acts of devotion, and tho hemic manner of his death, in a supposed effort to savo her from the flames. ""'Who would have thought that bo cared so. much fov me?" she eaid. 'Poor follow! poor follow!" , 'Yea, denr Lu,' her husband re sponded, 'you Red that oven such ns ho may love so that life is disregard ed in trying to render a service to the object of. that love. Poor fellow, indeed, but his death shall not bo iu vain, fori will learn fromhis example to devote my lifo to you, as long as life shall lust, ond it would indoed bo to my shame should my love prove less unselfish than the love of a fool. A Cau fou SwnAnEits. The ever hu morous and over-instructive Bishop Clark giiggcBl" in his nrlicle on trav elers, Hint a special enr 6hould be set aside for swearers. That would be an excellent plan if it would work; but we apprehend that on some rail roads managed as they are nt pres ent every car on tho tram is, inevi tably, converted nioro or less into a swearing car. But we hopo the world will improve under the saluta ry lulluence of LSishop UwrU s toach ings, and that soon one car in the very longest train will bo. sufficiont for nil tho swearers. Ihe truorulo, however, is laid down by Gen. Wash ington; that a reiitleman never swoars; and the higher authority of tho Now Testament teaches us: '.Sweur not at nil;" but if pooplo will swear, it is certainly desirable to have thorn placed by themselves; and, therefore, Bishop Clark's sug gestion is not only a novel but a good one. vouxa rovn.LE S niiK. ' Young Coyille was out lookine for ar'ulo Frida) al'teroon. IIo had his sled with him, and wanted to iusten it to a horsu sleigh. An opportunity finally presented itself. It was a far mer who waB driving, and ho had two good horses, His son sat in tho back of tho sleigh, watching the various villago boys. He was n palo boy, with a bioad forehead and a eolt brown eye. No one can rend cliaiac lor so well as children, and when Master Covillo looked into tho open countenance ot tho farmer lad, he put alter the sleigh with all his might, and, catching up with it, throw him self on V'o tail-board, keeping his oyo firmly hxed on tho lurmer boy. Thon the farmer boy suggested that young Coville got on his own sled, and lie. would bold tho rope for a little way. I he oiler was accepted at once, ami Master Coville mourned his own sled, whero ha rode in tri umph, to the envy of every boy ho passed. Getting toward the suburbs, tho larmor, who was quite deaf, hur ried forward his horses, and Master Coville iriod to look ahead without, smiling, but it was impossible, the speed was so exhilarating. W lion tho pai ly got by Grauville Avenue, young Cuville- told tho farmer boy that he guessed he'd bo going back, and if hu d kindly drop the rope, he'd contor a favor. Tho farmer , boy smiled n rural smi'e, but did'nt relax his hold on the rope. Young Coville smiled too, but rather feebly, and again repeated his request. But the soft brown eye was musing, and the ropo still remnincd in the owner's grasp. Young Coville began to look seared. It was after 6 o'clock, and would be dark in an hour, ami lioro he was Bailing out into the country at the rate of eight miles nn hour. ' Let go of there, why don't jou?" he nskcil. Tho fanner ' hoy smiled ono of those blossoming smiles, which told of green dellsand moss frinrjed brooks. "It you don't let go of that rope, 111 jun set into that sleigh and tmash yor darned old. snoot!" suggested young Covilio, which was a very im prudent statement in view of the met that every muscle was engaged in Keeping Ins seat. ' But tho farmer lad did not hit co. He kept his hold of the rope and kept un tno smiles the waving crnin and blooming daisy smiles "O, I'll inako you laiurh on the Oiher sido of your mouth, if. you don't lot go uf that rope," shouted young Coville, as he saw the paved sidewalks gnve way to footpaths, and gardons dissolve into hrond snowclad tieM. . Ou they went, the farmer lad smil ing so beautifully, and young Coville gr.iting his teeth, and shouting the awful things he would do in the fu ture. About four miles out of town, and an they wore passing throuch a heavy wood, the farmer boy smiled a broad smile, and lot go tho rope, nnd as the sleigh darted away, the rope passed undor tho sled, bringing it up so suddenly ns to throw young Co ville heels over head into tho Bnow. When ho got up tho sleigh was going ovor a hill, and his tormentor was throwing agricultural kisses at him. It was lato at night wbon Master Coville reached his home, but when ho wont to bod there were thirteen snow-balls, soaked with water, freez ing slowly but surely on n board in tno bacii vara. An Obuoino Gent. The other eve ning a kind-looking old gentleman was escorted to a room on tho third floor of a hotel to pass tho night. nnd it wasn't -five minutes beforo the bell indicated that ho wanted to see tho waitor. A colored boy ran up, stuck his head into the room and risk ed what was wanted. The old man said he didn't want anything, but the waitor was hardly down stairs bofore tho boll rang a;"ain. "Pid you wantsuflin?" lie inquired, ns he rescued the room again. "Nothing, replied tho old man, as ho opened tho door. In about two minutes his bell rang again, and this timo the waitor ex claimed: "If you don't want nuffiin' what pullin' do bell fur?!'. "I want to oblige the waitor," re plied tho old man. "lie waitahl oblige do waitah! "Yen, it nays horo: 'Plcaso ring the bell for tho waiter and if bo wants it rung, I'm willing to oblige him, though I'm tired and sleepy and shant pull it moro'n four times more unless I know Homo of his fam ily are sick!" NOBTilltRrl HPII1IT TOWARD TUB hOl I U. We are given to understand that we exist by a sort of suffiance It is assumed of us both by our friends and our enemies that wo walit to do something imprudent. Those qua'i ties of courage and candor iu us, which give tho Union the best assur ance of fidelity, are misconstrued on system ns the dangerous outgivings of disloyalty. That wo oould not revive the Confederacy if we would; that we are in sore need of rest and peace; that our interests are identified with those of the whole country, are con s'nlernt iocs that do not appear upon tho bill and are not set down to tho credit of our sincerity. VVheu we in sist that we can manago' our homo government better than they have been managed by tho thieves who have boon set over us, and to whoso buconnoering custody we owe our financial ruin, wo are told that wo am going to get rip "another rebellion." When we hint that we ought to be left to vote ns we please, just like the pooplo of the North, and to elect to olhce representative men Horn among ourselves, wo are reminded of our partiality for Cnnfoderato soldiers, the fact being overlooked that we could not well go outside ol that class for representative men, since the vitality and vigor ot the oouih wore engaged on Ihe side ol the Confeder acy. We have maiio all possible con cession, 1 and have submitted to all possiblo indignity. What clso can we do? , The Kadioal idea is that wo must cithor accept tho doctrines of the ex- trcinest. wtng ot tho Kadical party or olde withdraw, ourselves Horn all par tioipation in affairs. It wo do the one thing, the Kadical Hlandnrd is im mediately raised beyond our reach; if wo do the other thing, we are charg ed with disloyalty and punished ns U'Ceeoncilables. Wo submit that tho haudcnfT is the true thing, and recom mend Mr. Nast to nnrtrav Messra. Gordon, Hansom, and Cockerill as he would really hav'a them, chained to a ball and manacled, with Sheridan on lha right and Burnside on the left to scourge -them with horse-whip. That would realize the JNast view of gov ornmenl at one f'.'ll swoop, and nt the same time tickle the gentle fancy of truly loyal banes. , . i Why were not our leaders hangud? Assuredly bconuso they were not bated sufficiently. It would have been better they had boen hanged, tho inasaes being amnestied ami turn ed over to tho military rule, than that we should linger through ten years of ruin and suspense, to bo told at last that wo are just where wo bogan, tho crime ot treason assigned to every man, woman and child among us. This tbo peace which tho Chicago 2no- im! says would have required n cen tury in the Old World. This is the pence which is described by the Pres ident's orgnn as "another rebellion." Is it a wiso or a wholesome peace? Does it correspond with the rexponsi e relations Hint nibsist between us of tho North and South ns private uiun. is it not a delusive peace wisted And tortured by demugogues for their own bnse purposes, and mis leading honest people out of the bread highway wli'ch stretches awny oforn us with room enough for America to march abreast. jmuii ville Courtcr-JourrKtl IhminesR notions in tlm T.iwiil Ciiihiiuis 20 iwnts por lino. rorli'i-ul and transput adu'i-li i, II 00 per square of 12 lines, for llin find insertion, and Ml centa per fc-iinnre lur wrfi sunKWjHontinwrlton. A CovmnoN Piieceiiixt. In Au gusta, Mniuo, no provision has been made tills winter for feeding nnd lodging tramps. A vagabond went into a police court and wanted to sleep there. "We only lodge prisoners," said tho sergeant behind the desk. "You only lodge prisoners," re peated the vagabond meditatively. "That's all," was the reply; "you have got to steal something, or assault somebody, or something of that kind." "Iv'o got to assault somebody, or something of that kind," again re peated the vagabond thoughtfully. Then ho reached across the denk with his right nrm, nnd knocked the sergeant off' his stool, saying, ns the sergeant got up with his bund to lib; eye, "Ghe me as good a ! d aw you kin, sergeant, 'cause I don't feel very well to-night," Mr. B'iecher niics wrote 4 ii-ivel. It win in 67l. and tiin till was "Krmn P.nvii to D.iyiight. ' lltrr nam did not appear, the pnrfiue. baing signed "By a Minister' Wife." A crdorvd worn m in 1'ill county. vou : love von. I have long wanted ' NT. C. recently L'nve birth to irii,l-i; e to tell vou so, and to ask you this, i th first wa white, tlx sreond mubit- In the J Now what cay you, will you lie mine?" to, mid the third black. No man shows his insignificance and utter nselcssncss about the house to such a degree ss when his wil'o is inoiipiug up. He knows this and so does she, and be knows she feels it, which is worse still. To offer an fld verse remark on such nn occasion is about ns insane nn enterprise as an in dividual can embark upon. Jjut Patch street man did it, Saturday, Hi witii was mopping the kitchen floor, and he was moving tboul the room to keep out of the way of the wet mop, when he unhappily observe that Kssii't the way his mother did it. It was done in a flash. Jliere was ishnrp report as three pounds of very wet Ann dirty clothes nettled across human face, and the aame instant man went over a chair, and half wa under a table, looking very much ns it a mud volcano hail kicked turn the liead.-i')4ry A'iriew. 'To nncry'' si, id tho hiiiieriilten dent of a Sabbath .School to his pupil. nit Nmday, "is to revenge the laulla of oihcrsoii ourselves." Ou hi way hom an icicle caved in hit silk hat and lifr djned around on lliH side- I walk and aid he could kick the sock off any infernal idiot who didn't have ni-iue enough to keep the icicle off j hi porch. - A NAKED nillDE. At tho contonnial celebration nt New Fane, Vt., the address was de- nered by Judge O. K. Field, the well known nneedotist, nnd among tho stories told by him in it is the following, as given in the Montpelior Arijus: By a strnngo perversion of legal principles, it was supposed by our ancestors that whoever married a widow w ho was administratrix upon the estnto of her deceased husband, roprosonted insolvent, and should thereby possess himself of nny prop erty or thing purchased by tho do csased husband, would become an exeoutor de son tori, nnd would thereby mnko himself liublo to answer for tho goods of his predecessor. Major Mospb Joy became onomorod of Mrs. Hannah Ward, widow of Wm. Ward, who died in 1788,leaving an insolvent estate, of which Mrs. Ward was administratrix. - To avoid the unpleasant penalties of the law, on the morning of her marriage with Major Joy, (Mrs. Ward placed herself in a closet, with n tire-woman who stripped her of nil her clothing, nnd when in-a 'perfectly 'nude state she thrust her fair, round arm through a diamond hole in tho door of the closot, tho gallant major clasped the hand of tho buxom widow, and was married in due form by the jolliest parson in Vermont. At the close of tho ceremony the tire-woman dressed tho brido in a complete wardrobe which tho major had providod and caused to bo deposited in the cloiet at tho commencement of the cere mony. Shocnmeoutolegantly dressed in silk, satin, nnd lace; nnd there was kissing all around. ; - IMPOtlTANT LAND DliClNION. Wo nro in receipt of a dispatch from Bonator Kelly, dated Washing ton, Apru adh, informing us that Secretary of the Interior has reviewed and roversed the Commissioner s tie- oision of the Donation Land case of Win. Meek. ThiH is nn important matter, tho Commissioner having de cided that in cases of married persons churning donations undor tho act of 1850, whore the wifo died before the husband completed the four years residenco required by the law, her hulf of the claim -determined at her doath and reverted to tho United States. The Commissioner's decision as at variance with our established rule, which had stood unquestioned for more than twenty years,, Had tho decision been finally affirmed it would nave had the ettect to seriously embarrass aud cloud many titlos horotoforo unquestioned. henator lielly tiled an ablo nrticlo in the case, a copy of which is before us, and is entitled to great credit for successfully resisting a docisiou that would have caused Berious embar rassment to many land holders in Oregon. Enterprim : : Illi.UEJlIUtANiri. Sny, shall wc meet? Ijong years have , HI nee w two. wandered sl'le hy sale, And wo have drifted with the waves That floated down Tinn'-i reUnsR i:,l And still there Is a itlamour cast About those peerless early years Wliloh fades In sadder shades, as I ltevlew tlmm thi-ou(sh Ihe mist of t...-n rs. The stern, dark yenrs that bore nip on, They have nt turned my heart to si one, But rather with a tender love, I mnae njxin the times loEit flown. , If there was auKht that brought me piiln,. Or misery, or deep regret, I will not brood on them to-night, My heart on pleasant things Is set. With thee, I can remember still The mountains In their Rrnntleur dronl, The fragrance of tho wh lnperlrii; piu--,s. That ailed my soul with swiHitnnTest. ; ., And rare wild flowers with real dyes, 'Mid deep, dark shadows on the Mas All these with many other thlucs. My soul with fond remembrance fills. And thou art bound, as some bright link, : Amid'st the chain of those yotna; dreams ; Thy voice was mingled with the pines. And with the murmuring: of the streams. Old friend t the years have brought to us The common lot of human life : For toil, and change and tlmo have wrought ,'rho scars wo gathered in the strife. . And it might be, !f we should meet. In somo unlookcd for, orowded place. I might brush by thee with glnnec. And never know thy face : And yon might stare a stranger's star Into my unfamiliar eyes. And nver dream the heart still bents True to old friendship's ties. . - Unanswered yet into my sov'il Is that fond wish of mine, To stray onoe more, as years before. Among the murmuring pines. For slnoe my feet have pressed the shore. A second time, on this fair lundi -I have been severed from thosa haunts. As from that olden band. "How came you to be a drunkard?" asked a friend of Tom Marshall in a conversationwith him." Well, I will tell yon nil about that," said Tom I graduated in law in Lexington with tho celebrated divine, Hov, Hobert Breckinridge, nnd our friends nought wo were the intellectual won dcrs o tho ago, nnd they advised by way ot taking a high position nt once, to nltnek Henry Clay, then In the prime ot hi tame and power, up on tho first opportunity which prcscu ed Used, that opportunity soon came. We wore both employed in case in opposition to him. Bob mailu a speech and I made a sbcoch and our friends congratulated us ou o'lr tremendous speeches, and we woro basking in the sunshine ol our coming prosperity, when the old lion arose. nnd with one weep nt hi paw be Irovo Bob to tho Bible and mu to the bolfte, whore wo have been ever rinoe His OstiY KRAKOW. Thursday night an old Sixth Warder was found drunk on the street, mid yeslerdny morning be was lined five dollar nt tbo Central Nation Court, 111 wit wua there with tho money, but she do clareil that she would let bun go ui Well, llauner, if you want mo to bo ti) I will," lie answered, "I don' care for my suit, of course, but when I think ot you getting up in I lie morn ing to build, the fire nnd catching your death of twl, nnd dyina, nnd me not there to close your darling eye, it i.renk me down!' She paid tbo fine. JJclrtiit J'ren J'rfiu. The following bill, intended to mi! 1 if V tho Civil Kighu hill, has boen in iruduced into the li'iinosseo L,et!Hla- ture: "Be it enacted, that no hotel or innkeeper shall be compelled to re ceive or entertain against hi or her wishes any person or person in their house lor compensation or otliurwiso; and a relusal to receive or entertain such norsous or purannn shall not sub ject him, or her, or tin-in, to any civil action fur damage, or criminal ac tion for character, nor subject thorn to any forfeiture whatsoever." "Biilm Fob dk Fosk Bill." 'Morniii' Sum, anything furdor from de cibil rights p'ceedins?" roti so a shoutin , ole man, de bill hab passed do obscennto an it am a law. "Sho nuff ?" "Yo'so right agin, Jim. Bobb Hei- sol says the Presumdent hab fixed his signature to it an' (hit makes it bindiu. .. :'.! 'Holo on, Sam, Am it leddor or doff bindin'?". 'Loddor, for to be co'so, wiu gilt edges nnd gold letters on de back. "Uut s Biimptotis. But what a dis foso bill doy's talkin 'bout? What's haby scorpions de Publicans gwine to rebolish? 'Jim, I'so s'prised nt yore various dis information on familioiis topics, do foso bill is n applymontnl Biispon dix to de cibil rights bill to make de Domocrats suspect do law, " If n Dem ocrat tries to hole on to somo ob his rights, nn' is not cibil nn' 'spectfnl to colored African citizens, den 'long conies Grant an' constructs him on a bayonet an' hab his corpus to s'pend hofo' de Whito House. '.'Bully for do fose bill. Lo's gwine git n drink, Sam, nn' foso de bar keeper to credit us, He dnssent go ngin do law." And stilt unanswered Is tho wish, - . That I should greet onoe more, Those treasured friends whose early ltvs, ' Were cast with mlno of yore. And so, I can but now repent, , ' A welcome, ringing In the strain And hands stretched o'er the gap of years. Say Bhall we eves meet again? SC1HSOBIMOS. ! High living for hard times ronius in tho attic. Men who never do wrong seldom do anything. JiostonXewt. Correctly don't seom liko n hard word; yet thoy nil go down because they can't spell correctly, ' So long ns men nro imprudent in tholr diet nnd business, doctors nnd lnwyerH will ride in carriages. , Harriot Beocher never knew what it wa to bend over the children's ; little white bed, softly pat their curly heads, and bear them growl out: - "Now, then, Sam, keep your paws ofTn me or I'll bat yon in the eye." , When a common Japanese goes In to tho presence of an office-holder he must say: "Great nnd distinguished child of the sun, deign to put your foot upon my nock.' Thoro's somo , pleasure In holding an office In that country. A paper in Southern Illinois regrets that it went to press "one day too early to reoord the death of John Bates. itus is not quite as cool at the paper) which said: "Jut as we , are going to press, John Smith ; i being run ovor by the cr." An Arkansas youth came up to hi father nnd said: "Dad, ain't knivea enuff to sot the tnlile." Father ? "Whar'a big bulot, cle case, cob han dle, granny' knife, and the one I ban. died yesterday? That' ennff to net any gentleman's table, without youv'o lost urn." Prudence in the South i a ncueS saiy now na it ha ever been at any porioil in the politic of this country since tho war. Wo think we oo the day of deliverance iu the distance, 77i? llkhmmul Wii'l remark. But the triumphant army moving on to the great battle-field for the Presiden cy i marching over a narrow bridge, and a few tulsu step may destroy it. Ono day I stood listening in tho hall of the House to the delivery of a 6no pieco of oratory by that able man, John A. Bingham. Gen. Butler, who wa opposed to tho argument, elood dirootly in front of him looking him straight (?) in the eye, Tin rather disconcerted Mi. Bingham, Gen, Butler soon turned away, muttering a ho went: "That is the saino d d old speech." Bingham heard him, and said: "You go to tho devil." Half an hour alter that, Butler and Bingham, locked arm iu arm, struttod down the lobby, pleased as if thoy were "tickled hull to (lentil nt each other com pany. Washington iMler. Tbo teacher of it district chool in Maiisfiuhl, I in the habit ol asking hi scholars to define tho words which thoy are given to spell. The boy who nnd to wrutlo with the word "ulcer" stated with a groat deal of confidence that il wa President Grant's first name. What a grand vista ot possi bilities stretches out bofore that boy A rouuh old sua captain, in a storm when terrified passenger pcruadod him to petition heaven for a cessation of tbo liimiiest. preferred tho follow ing brief request: "Oh, Lord! I hnvn't been in the habit of calling ou thee olten; nnd if you'll shift the wind from sou west to a iitllo more south, I won't trouble you again." COUnSB TO BB 1 LltalK.D IS VX9.-1 CHASINO a House. 1st. Examine the ' eyes in the stable, then in the light; it they nro in nny drgreo defective, reject. 2d. Examine the teeth to determine the age. 3d. Examine the poll or crown of the head, and the withers or top of the shoulders. n the former i the teat of poll evil, nnd tho latter that ot fistula. 4th. Examino the front feet, and if the trog has fallen or settled down be tween the heel of the shoe, and the heel are contracted, reject him, a he, if not already lame, i liable to be come eo at any moment. Next ob serve tho knee and ankle of the horse you desire to purchase, and if Dtl'HTHKIU.V AND ITS CAUSE. When a case of diphtheria occurs in a house, write a physician, without ev idence of importation from without, still more when sevoral eases occur to gether or in quick succession, thero will bo good reason to suspect that ewers, cesspool or contaminated wa ter may be the source oi the disease. My belief is, that in a very largo pro portion of cases, thero i as close a relationship between diphtheria anu insanitary condition a exists between typhoid fever and iimilar insanitary conditions; and I crce!y need say tlitv it this be o, the general recog nition of the fact is of the greatest importance with reference to the adop tion of preventive measure. There is reason to believe that much more harm would result from ignorane of the filth origin of diphtheria than from practically ignoring its inlectious neas. Many instance have come to my knowledge in which tetid fecal emanation have appeared to be the direct cause ol diphtheria. Ins case in a Detroit court last week, a hack-driver's testimony was impeached. A Washington said of Arnold treason: "Whom shall we trust now?" Tub Trunk Win A plw incident Is told us bv ti clei ;-n who has just returned train a li trip. on a IIo relates ho,v a I i fur Westtu ti mi i 1 1 I w "Will the boy who threw that pep per ou tho tovo please como up here and get a present of a nico hook," said j mon"!'!'r a Sunday-school auporintendcnt in Iowa; but the boy never moved. lie wa a far seeing boy. One of the girls at Vassar keep up her Uidie, keeps track of eight love stories in weekly paper, writes twice n week to five young men, sew for a ohnrituhlo ooiety and inula time to ride, skate nnd practice for a concert. Impelled by fnico of hi begun to knock around ;i jam the trunk of an Ic .!' cms- tho bc.ast on tt fi.d habit in tho tnu: and the Jteoo ol hf.ido the ti; fr onoe in a r.r tiunk h "I i 'I remssrked, tun ' the lipid 1 1 ti ml tt hdi!1 it - . I i v 1 -n, iiuin dt i "Ul II s so I lip 111. I It. II led ( nt !., ; mis nit - tho