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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.
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end 4th Judicial Districts-, In tne mipreme
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OFFICE : ALBANY, OREGON.., ! ;
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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
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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
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habit in tho tnu:
and the Jteoo ol
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