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't'.QEST OfMDCRMIC f APEH IN OHIGON,
OFFICIO,
Dam oorat " TttiHdlntr, nwor of Second
: v , and Braadalbiu at roots.
'iilhi, Hi Thrse sjostln, l ; one sjouih. 40
ai Single C.plss, 131 stall. .
t virrespondents writing over assumed slitna
'ires or anouymowily .must make known I heir
"tnernnnte to the Kdttor, or no elleutlon
ii ue Kivan luwiirwuiwiiumMvw.
I'llOFESSIONAIi CAKDa
nmsm fib ccssissioser
fcum cohty.
f.WCnct at his nwldenco In Albany.
n-Ulml
KIRS. S. NICHOLS, M. D,
ISouicopnlhlc riiyxlclnn.
ALBANY, OREQON.
Offloe on the corner nf Flrt and Broad
albin streets, upstairs, over (he Pout
otiioe. vl2u4dtf
DOCTOR N. HKKTOX,
Physician and Nurseon
Having pernianentlv located In the city
of Albany, and enured upon tba tlilrtv
llrstyearof hie praotlce, respec'fiilly ten
4lere bia professional services to the cltl
sens of Albany and aorrrundiug nnuntry.
office at the City Drugstore, iteaidenoe
on Firat Street. vl'tmoif.
jobii bobnrtt
Corvallle
Albany.
STRAHAN BURNETT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Will practice, in nil the eourta In Oregon.
vl2n40tf.
F. M. MILLER,
ATTOUNF.Y AT LAW,
1KBANON OREGOrs..
Will practice tti all the marts of lh Stile,
fmmni attention slven tit eolleetkin. mi.'
veysnees and examination of Titles. Probate
ouiines a speciality, vuasutf.
w. a. PIPER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Will practice in all the Court of the
Stato. Prompt attention given t oolleo-
tiaiis, conveyance) and examination of
linos, rruuaui Duaineaa a speciality.
cirQtuce lu 2nd atorr Urigg'a llutldlng.
vllnSOU.
J. A. VAilTIS,
ATTORNEY ANO COUNSELOR AT LAW
CORYAIXIS, ORBflON.
aflll practice In all the Court or the HI Ale
eVOOlue la Uie Court House W
vuimaivi.
J. W. BALDWIN,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Whi prartteMnt.lt th Court In th M, M
rul 4lh Judicial Districts; in tho Mupnraa
! 'r-ur. at OrrjpM.. and lb ti. UfliUHl inw
not mihI ( trcuti Court. Dtltee upstair tn front
oom in A'arruirs brick block. 1 irtiH.. Albany.
OrffOll. TVib i.
H. A. JOU.S,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY. ORKHON.
SVOflVe In the Conn Housf.-Sa
vSattf.
jr. w. KiVBi n..
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
oohvaujs, ortnaojf.
o
RneelAl atUintUHl tneolleetir.n of BefVHinU,
V-mEee one door Mntith ol r uber, IJrlok."W
vlunJU.
(HAM. E. HOLVKRTOK,
sTTflaSET m COnSElOB AT LAW,
AI.D.V;.T. ORKUUN.
.w OfMln PKieaAn,s bdrtcJfI-p stair air i t
D. R. N. BLACKBURN;
aTTGnnEY&KD COUNSELOR HT LAW
BrowatTlll, Ortgn.
Colirjetlimi a s,iiM:lalty. fl.
JAS- K, WEATHERFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY ORBQON.
e-oalce over Brims' Tin Store. vllnb
Or. T. L. GOLDEN,
OCCU 1ST AND AURIST
KAIXN, ORECiOX.
Dr. uwj.KN hariiad rxpehikn.'Ktn
treat iiifllie vnrlfMi ctlawanen to which Km
tyftROfUsr are tiljt, and fo-ls eontttai n(
fflvlnx en tiro buIIMrcUi.!. to ttioat) who may
pifwe tiiuniaVlveft uni(r M earo. uotur,
U. B. UICE. Itl. ..
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
ALBANY. OBBQON,
itmeti on Main stit. betwn Femr and
'Hroadatl'jin. lltiivnoe on Third gtreiii, two
blue At MUli vf ueiiivt , Hi" .tieiucMiiH vuurou.
vHutftt.
ii7w".Ti aIckT
Physio-Medical Physician.
nREAT-4 ALT. DIHBASRS ON TRUE
X physiological principals, and uses no
polsans. tlllice with Ur. O. W. Oray, In
Farrlsh's brick block, Albany, uregon,
Olliee hours from V to 12 a. ., and from 1
U. UP. M. AprtiOm,
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
J. B. BCRAFF0KD, Proprietor.
Albnnft Una Caant, Oresoo
Thlii Hotel hM ben iwiontly UborouKhly
ovwrliatulfltl, trUlna, bedrooms and awry iwrt
of ttm bousA bait kM'jn hard Hnlsnod and rnfur
nilM, and otttsn ry Induoomant In the
tmvsiins; publlo, l'artrs on band in attend
tli a-arimol KUsjats, and vry attention will
lx atfordftd. Utie lnnUlord will nmv uopami
U (Ma itiat Kuestfi art woll provide.) foi-,
brMatumch Ut and trom the Hf-iin.-. Tim ta
supplifd with tha bstit.e nar jt atforilt,
WILL) polite WalUrs In tlioudnr .v. iMf
lilUKIIOltlV
Billiard Sample Rooms,
J. H. STIIAKT, frop.
J-TAVINO removed from Tbanon to
I Allmny, he has now opened out a
stink of tlii) flnt iiualltiea of luiuors and
ciintrs, and will bo gliui to meet his frienda
in Ills rHw plw of bttsinos. Mooms ou
liro.d Iblu sireet, next Uoor to I'ronk's
llOKll. iMf.
VOL. XII.
'!.JLlg! 1-J!
NOTICE.
OREQON t CALIFORNIA ft. R. 00,
milK rAllowlntr mIor of fnlirht nn drain
J. Klimriwttl Mill Huitts, In oar loads, as Mr
miliiuhaui larllT rtf ttiM Hmnnanv lintlfr llttto if
Junuar.Y nil, ism, win oo manHiiiurti
nm Miit urn raiM until Hay v i
Pr 100 Ww.
MIlwauRla to Port In n1 7 oonu
OlHdkanm:
Oreiti.n City
limk Uland
Can by
Aurora
Hiilibfirtt
Wondlmrn
,..I0 WIlU
MM M.,ll 111"
H nt
......, 11 wnla
., M..ll wuta
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. 18 ol
W oanW
,m, U oantt
. wnU
oants
17 oentt
IS onu
0rvat
Krttoks
Halvtn
Turnw
Marlon
Mlllvrs
Albanv
Tarifrt'nt
Hbaihi'a
Ilaltoy
Hanlsbunt
19 wnU
,,JO ocnia
..89 otnls
...iW ot nu
...aW Milt
Junrtlou
Lutxira
Kuscna
, aH..ao oonts
OBBU
m. oontH
m 85 oonu
i... wnu
onntM
,.H.....36 MnU
,.-.. oonU
m.. ocnU
86 MnU
HfriiiRllcld
CivmwU
CoiDstttCk
Drain
onoalia
Oakland
Umixiua
Itrufburs ,
,8& MDU
i a cn a i . rnr orayatre at fortianu,
H. Ko:tlLKK, Vlon ITfii, U.aC.R K. Ca
Portland. O., June (Kit. ISTi, nUml.
NEW STAGE LINE
-FUOM
ALBANY TO ST. JOE.
by way of
Buoua Viata,
Independence,
Monmouth,
Dallas
and other towns on the weat aide.
Htajrefl leave Albany every mornina; at
&.-.1U, and arrive at Da I In at 1 1:30. At lit)
atatrca leave Delias for Albanv. arriviiiR
at ikM. and aim for lit. Jo (the teraiinua of
the ttaiiraaii) arriving in tue evening,
ltatsa of fare very reasonable.
J. B. COOPER,
Vl2n6tf Proprietor.
oo,ooo
Mountain Cedar Shindcs !
Thkhbnhinoi.es a rk m adk from
seasoned timber.clear of aap, are nicely
packed and are the beat shingle made.
Tin, undershrned can till orders to anv
amount from tun to 200,0011 on short notice,
anu at ootwin prioea.
JOHN 11HUSII,
44n3. lleo-llivo Store, Albany.
PATK0NIZE OUEfiON MANUFAC
TURES!
ASK YOt'B MERCHANT
roa
CLOT1IIN
Mnaufaclured of
Orrgou City CnnHlmert?H 1
Tlie Bt nutl Chertiest ( lolliinf; on
tur ratine tga.ii i
JACOBS SXEOS . CO.
SoU Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers.
See. J AS. Front Street . I'ortlsud, Or.
vtiatima.
ST01IT0X cniEP HEADER.
3D. O.
of the fimi ef
MATTESON aV WILLIAMS,
of Stockton. California, , wll make AIImhv
um umuijusneni lur ine Ileal siatv uays,
for the sale of tbelr celebrated Htockuin
Chief Header, which he will guarantee to
be snporior to any of the Kaatein ileadera,
and better adapted to this coast, and would
invite farmers tooa Ion him h fore mailing
tbelr purchases, being satis lied that it will
bo to their advantage, A sample machine
will be here in a few ilava. Agent for Wm.
1. Mllier'a California made buggies and
Carriages. For further informstinn sec
posters. i. C. MAT TKStlX.
n II mi.
A CARD.
AII HEM. P.lltKER, I.ATR OF OMK-
Hon l ltj, bee leave u Inlorm the pnDllo
thst lliey hye purchanMl the entire stuck ol
limits, medicine etc., formerly owne.1 by K. C.
IllllaVSon, and that they design ooinlniilns
the builneis at the old ilsnd, wliere lliey pro.
pose to keep In the future, a full ,aorinent nl
llrun. Chemical,, Patent Medicines, Toilet Ar
ticles and e-rylhlng usually luuuil In n Oru
class drug store.
While sarnestly soliciting a eoittlnuanes-ol
the liberal palrnnsso heretofore estended la
the or,D house. We how St the same time, he
fair and liberal dealing, and careful attention
to the arsnts of customer to meet the esteem
of any mew rnoudswhomay favor us wlththel
orders.
Particular attention will be nisei, lothecom
pounding o. physicians prescriptions nnd fnin
Uy recslpUat ail Lours ot the dny or nleht.
A. II. ItaixsV Pamkbs,
RuccesKini to It. C. IIII.L tXil).
hsny. Oregon, Oct sth, UT4. owf.
STERLING'S
ISX PRENH,
-rRoii"
EMPIRE CITY TO DRAIN'S STATION
Via amm m scottsltrc
Leaves Mondaysand Thursdays; returns
Tuaadaya and Krldaya.
AH business sntrusted to my earo will be
rorapuy ausnded tov
doW-tf. JAR A MTKHLINS.
ST. CHARLES HOT L,
Corner Waftli.tigton and First treeU.
J M FR01VK, Proprietor.
mllR PTtOPRllCTOR takes pkHKiire In In
I firmliiar ttiM rwibll In unnintt tliut lm liuat
uUly rfMrnllid and reuovattl th lioiiwt
ihrouffiiotH, auu now stands fUHtonu to none in
tit MLate. The dining room In umlurhlM Im
DiediaUt uprvlilon, and no twins will ho
spervd to suppUr the Uhlrt with thoboslthe
mantei anorus. noueopn on oikih.
rr Coh To anil Vrom th Honso,
vlSnUHtf.
TO THE PUBUC
Jam propaml to furnish Oals. Hny.and tcond
timothy imsiure to tlioMorusihiif lluHhonn
tiiins, My plftcs Is sUm kind onm and a hulf
miiv mmoyv i nu Mwr nMnt npring. on me w.
v. (I. M. Wagon llond, (lho if'Nay humU,
W. F, Al.l XANlK,
P. 8 -1 bava a od shpd, furnlshtd with
bunks, for cauipliitf in, frv.
uift W. V, A.
I COWARDLY CRIIfiE.
ST LltUtS HULBBRN,
She cams out of the shadow, lulo
(bo tort light, pals, fair, womanly,
with a look of saUustis la her dean,
grey eye
"Mr. Dolman was nore, minor ?"
she naked.
'Yne, dear," her father answered,
turning from the window, nnd tlrnw
lng her over to him.
"Sid you ask for tlinr, Minor ?
Will ho ronew It for you ?"
"No, Isalwl," her fnihur miltl,
gravely. "On Tuentlny the tltno la
up, and If the mortgage la nut tld
before that, he will clone It If It"
If I do not lowor my womuntioutl
and merry his son Clark."
Edward Milton looked proudly at
his daughter, to fair, so pure, to true.
Could he ask her, even to save him,
to become the wife of a drunkard and
gamblor, but who was the only son
of a rich man a rk'h mnn, who
could turn them from their home In
a week.
But ask his proud, pure lmilxl to
marry Clark Dolman r cortunily
not. They would psss from the old
homestead nnd fuco the future, be
fore Isabel would wed Clark Delnian.
Edward Milton was no longer a
young man, nor was he a strong ono,
and It was like parting with lifo to
leavo his old homo, but he would not
ask his darling, his Isabel to sell her
self; for that was simply what It
would be.
"Would you wish me to niurry
Clark Relmun, father ?" she said,
after a short silence.
He passed his hand over Iter sunny
hair.
"No, darling," ho snld, "but it is
liurd, very hard, to leave our old
home. I never wished you to marry
lilinrjAflbel, but his father pleaded so
for him. IIo seems to think you
could save him."
'Have him I" ths girl roiwatctl, "a
man, father, who will not bo brave
for his mother s sake, for his fathers
take, for the sake of his own honor
and manhood, would never be brave
for my sake."
At this Instant a stop touatlsd on
the gravel path, a firm, manly slop
that brought tho rose-flush to Isabel's
fair face, and the next moment a
gentleman entered the room.
He was a tall, handsome man, with
honesty stamped on his broad brow,
truth shining from his dark eyes,
with a smile of almost womanly ten
derness, making beautiful his firm
mouth, as he came forward ; a man
whoso love would bo a crown to the
woman who won II.
He camo quickly forward.
Ho loved laabel Milton, and ah
knew it, though he had never told
her so. IIo intended to wait till he
had pushed his way higher on tho
laddor of lifo, for bo was only book
keeper in the mills of Evarbi 4 Sons.
He uuant to bo pntlont and wait ;
but now as he taw the paleness of
Isabel's facs, taw the troubled light
in hor eye.", his love mastered every
other thought, so' he came forward
nnd folded hor In his arms.
"What is It, my darling ?" he said.
"Oh t Isabel, my love, lot me comfort
you," then turning to iter minor lie
said : "Wilt you give me a ton's
place in your heart ? Will you glvo
me IsAMi for my wife 7"
If she lovos you, Charles, I will
givo hor to you gladly, If she chooses
you herself. I know you are worthy
of her, bat Charles, we are poor,
very poor; even this home is no
longer nurn I sld a dobt for my
only brother, who died a year ago,
and to do so, I had to itiortgugo my
old home, end on Tuesday next the
mortgage rails due, and I an) not aide
to meet It."
I wonder if I wore to tee Mr.
Dolman"
"No I no I Churles, he would not
listen to sou."
"Weil, wno knows wnat may Hap
pen In a week, sweetheart ?" he said,
kissing hor. "You are going to bo
my wife, little ooe, and I have a
right to help you in your trouble"
After a little while Mr. Milton left
the room, and tho lovers sat talking
together.
A knock at tho outor door startled
them.
Isabel rose, and passing nut to the
hall, opened Hie door, and Clark Del
man stood beforo her.
One glance told her that ho was not
pel feclly sober.
"You must excuse mo," she said,
coldly. "I ennnot see you Mils even
ing." "Isabel," he said, quickly, "my
father wus down here to-day. Isnliel,
you oan save mo from the lire I am
leading. Will you not do so? I
lovo you, imt you treat urn as no
other woni oi In town would do."
Tardon tue," sho auswotcd. "but
I cannot stay much longor, and this
talk is useless, fclvon were you werthy
of a woman's love, I do not love you j
thut should bo reason enough for you
to cease annoying me."
"Hut do you know that on Tuesday
next your father will have to leave
this house the house he was born in,
and his father before him t"
"I know.all, and my lather and I
would sulfur all, teener than that I
should swear to love, honor and obey
you, ;inrg uoiman. llavo I spoken
plainly enough now 1"
Without another word he turned
away, muttering something undor
ins breath, una Isabel re-ontered the
parlor.
Aflor Clark Dolman hud gone n
short distance, he turned tnwurds the
colliigo again.
"Uy Jovo I I will sea who Is lu
the parlor, my fair Isabel. I have an
idea II is Evurt's clerk, young Bruin.
nrd. Curse him I I will go round by
Ihs side of the house nnd look in at
tho window." '
In a few minutes he stood looking
In at the lovers, and watching his
rival's happy fnce with bitter hatred.
Jto heard G'liurles Uruliifinl's voice
ALBANY, OREGON,
saying i
",lunt think, Isabel, tho 'money I
received to-day for Mr. Kvurts, Is
exaotly the amount of the mortgage,
fifteen hundred dollars."
Then he heard Isabel say t
"Do not speak thut way, Charles,
though I know you mean nothing by
II, but even in Jest I do not like it."
"Are you afraid, Isubel," her lover
asked laughing, "that It is that mon
ey I Intend to pay (ho mtrlgago with?
Buch nonsense, I hsvo a thousand
dollars saved, 4tud I can borrow tho
other five hundred from Jaiuos Doug
las. ' Did It enter your mind, my rose
hud, llmt I for a moment modlluted
ualng money not my own ?''
"No," she answered, looking up
In his face. "I know such a thought
were ImpotMllilo with you. Do you
think, did I not trust you fully, Unit
I could lovo you ?"
"Isabel," ho continued," I must
go to Irvlngton- on Saturday, and I
am ufrald I ennnot return for almost
a weok, hut I will sond your father
tho money from there, In time."
At this Iimliint Balau look poseSsion
of the benrt of the watcher nt the
window.
Monday morning came, nnd with
it the promised loan to Issliel's fnlhor,
and In the evening the mortgage was
pattl.
Tho next day, to the surprise of
Isabel and hor father, the flrst visitors
at tho outtage were James Evarts and
Mr. Delman.
"Was Charles llrultmrd hor on
Tuesday ?" Mr. Evarts asked.
Isaliel's face grew pule, but why
sho know not.
"He has not beeu hero since last
Friday," her fathor answered.
"lawk here," said Mr. Delman,
breaking In, "there is funuy work
going on somewhere. Tell me this,
did the money you paid me come
from Charles Ilrainard Y"
"Yes yes," Mr. Milton answered.
"What of It?"
"Ilecause," Bald Mr. Evarts, stern
ly, "it was mine."
"Yeurs ! yours :" rcpouted Mr.
Milton.
"Yea. Charles Hrainarsl took It
out of the safe ; no ono but he had
access to It. These bills, glveu by
you to Hurry Dolman, are tho ones
stolen from me. I had a private
mark on them and I ran swoar to
them."
Isabel's face Bushed.
"Do you mean," sho said, "that
Charles Bralnard Is a thief T"
"That is it exactly. I would not
have believed It, but the money is
gone. 1-Tactt are facts."
"Ho Is no thler," Isabel snld, her
eyes glowing, as she turned to her
fathor. "Tell me," she snld, "do you
believe It ?"
"No," ho answered, "1 do uot
believe It."
The next day all Falrmount knew
that Charles Ilrainard was arrested
for atubezzlomont.
Down in a little cottage, a short
distance from Isubel Milton's home,
an old woman, feehlo and gray, nut at
the window, looking over the green
fields beforo her, anil at a little dis
tance from her stood a young man,
Ue was rather a gnotl-lookingyuuhg
fellow, but with the murks of dis
sipation on his fuce.
Huddtmly tho woman turned rroio
the window, und looking sorrowfully
at him, broke tho slleneo which had
fallen between them.
"I know you were a bad boy, Hur
ry, hut I never knew you could sink
mi low In crime. Whon you were
fur ii way, I have pruyud lor your re
turn, prayed that you might return,
If still rockless, at least free from
crime, mid this is my reward."
Tho boyish face or her son sortoueu.
"And another has prayed for you,
Harry."
"Another," he repealed. 'Home
dno In love with me t" ,
"No." Ills mother answered, grave
ly, "only an innocent girl, who, pity
ing a mother's sorrow, has prayed
with mo; who, pitying my lonellnes,
has spent many weary hours Willi
me."
"Whoever she Is, may God bless
her," tho man suitl, "not thut I am
worthy to say It. Who Is she ; tell
me, mother."
"Hhe is Isalwl Milton, the betrothed
Wile of tho man who lies in prison,
accused nl the crime committed by
you and Clark Delman."
"No, mother, no."
"Yes, Harry. Hhe is the greatest
suffuror through your crime,"
"Mather," ho said, after a short
sllonce, "I will not let the heart of
this girl be broken, lor l will rroe nor
lover. Clod knows I larn liclinun
led me Into the crime. He planned
and made it easy for mo, and asksd
none nf the money, and It is the lover
of the girl who prayed lor ine on
whom ha has placed the guilt. I
wonder what was his roasou for mak
ing Charlos Ilrainard appear guilty ol
It ; for a reason he must have had.
Have you nay idea, mother ?"
"Because ho loved IsuIkjI Milton
himself, and this was his revonge for
her choosing Charles Bralnard In
preference to him."
A prolonged whistle came from her
son's lips,
"Hhe prayed for me," her ones ted.
softly "she prayed for me for my
mother's sake ;" then, after a long
siience. "mother, i will confess all
and savo Charlos Bralnard i and
then, God helping me, I will begin
and lend annthor and a different life,"
and tho mother, looking In his face,
know that her prayers, as well ns
those of the gentle girl who had
prayed with her, were heard at last.
A few days Inter I'alrmount was
ringing with the latest news, an
that was, that Harry Benton had con
fessed to tho robbery of Evarts' safe,
and his accomplice was (Hark Dcliuan,
nnd that Clark had not only allowed
Hurry nil the money, but paid him
for coloring Charlos Uruliiurd's room,
and changing two bills In Charles'
possession for two of the stolon ones.
Hurry Benton was sentenced to
FRIDAY JULY 6, 1877.
two years' Imprisonment, nnd all his
father's money could not keep Clark
Delman from tho same fato.
A few months later Charles and
Isabel were married.
'Oh I my darling," he whlsperod,
as ho drow hor to him, nnd kissed
hor sweet lips, "after tho storm, the
sunshine Is doubly welcome," and
the sunshine In his darling's eyes
unaworod him.
Hurry Benton kept his promlso,
for nfter his release from prison, lie
led u lifo thut fully atoned for his
crime.
As for Clark Delman, ho disappear
ed almost Immediately nfter his ro
leuse, and Hie scenes Unit once knew
him, knew him no more, though It
was many years lieforo ho and his
cowardly crime were forgotten In
Ftilrmount.
(URIOI'ft IACTW.
The stilt lake of Utah is sailer than
the ocean,
They have caught and t.iniwl a
whllo buffaloat Fort Concho in Texas.
The Chinese Government Onxetlo,
published nt I'ekln, is eonsidcrjlily
over a Ihoitsnnd yoars old by fur the
oldest in the world.
It Is a Utile remarkable that only
one of our flrst seven Presidents had
a son, Adams, and he succeeded his
fathor in tho occupancy of ilie While
House.
Off the const of Virginia, ulsiut
flvo miles from the malnliiud, Is an
Island upon which roam numliers of
ponies an wlltlns tho mustang. How
or when they settled there is not
known.
It Is In I'tirls, the home of the ulil-
Izittli n of everything; that the rat Is
turned to the greatest numlier of uses.
Ho forms employment for an army of
hunters, who pursue him for the suke
of tils skin.
One of tho most ktoxicutlng liquors
ever produced is made In Russia from
figs, and culled raid. The natives
can bear ctmsldornble doses, but It
knocks a foreigner over as quick ns a
blow from a hammer.
A living fish was recently found in
Newark, Now Jersey, imbeddon Id a
block of ice about two inches below
the surface. Apparently he was In
comfortable quarters, though when
released from his icy home he p i t
died off as If cjjjoying his lllierty.
Lota porsoi handle the fl iiiriif mil.
pliur fur a few moments with the
naked hands, and so subtle is the art
icle that It will iienctrute his system
suniciently, provided ho have silver
in his packet, to turnlsh it. What Is
thore more subtle or wonderful in
mnsmerio action than this simple fuel?
Herein the syntem receives a gentle
Influence, which, though entirely un
felt, is very potent in its effects.
In Spain "(he nice conduct" of a
fan has bean elevated almost to the
dignity of an art A perfect language
of funs hai been Invented and is
used in the drawing-rooms of Mad
rid, and by motions, as well under
stood there ns tho lunguiifo of flowers
is in the East, love, hope, disdain,
assent, denial, anger and othor emu.
lions e.re most Intelligibly expressed
without the utterance of a single
word.
There Is a wlnglexs bird found in
Australia nnd New Zealand called the
Houthcrn Apteryx. Its name is de
rived from tho apparent absence of
wlnas, those meuilrors Mug merely
rudimentary. Its feathers resemble
hair, nnd uro of a dark brown color;
the beak is long and soft, the legs
very stout. ' It builds its nest in (he
ground anil nmong (he rocks. Its
extreme length Is alsiut eighteen
inches, nnd it can run like an ostrich.
The Hrnpp Cluu.
Tho fiU-lon brcocli-lomlci', which
was shown by Horr Krupp, nt the
Centonnlal Exhibition n year ago,
has been purchased by the iliianiutt
government nnd delivered nt CrtuB
tndt. It fires u charged steel shell of
pounds, with an initial velocity
of l,fiHU a second. The Hultan has
ordered it companion piece fur the
defence of Constantinople. When
(his gun was exhibited In I'liiludel
phla it was the largest breech-louder
In (lie world ; but Horr Kruno, mix
ions to prove (hut cast-steel guns can
he manufactured on a scale to vie
with the honvlest wroiighl-iron ord
nance, Is now finishing nt Essen an
oil-ton gun. This is about the wolght
of tho great Eraser gun with which
tho British enginoers have been for
several months experimenting nt
Woolwich and Hhooburyness. It falls
short of the 100-ton Armstrong guns
which are being manufactured for the
Italian navy. The Prussian gun
mitkor is not to bo out-done ; ho Is
willing to inuko n 124-ton brooch
londer if some nation will give him a
chance. According to tho London
Ttnm, the projectile which such a
gun would (lischnngc would weigh
nbout a Ion ) tho chnrgo of powder
would be about 000 pounds, nnd the
wolght of tho carriage would be 0'i
tons. These big guns arc enormously
cxpo-naive. Tho 80-ton breech-loader
costs $100,000 ; the 124-ton gun can
not be made for less that yl7,&00,
Horr Krupp Is supplying the ltusslna
government with n number of U
inch stool hroeeli-loaders, weighing
27 Ions each. ,
Qruat Bt'KRn. The Great West,
ern Hallway of England Is greatly In
creasing the speed -of Its fust trains.
Tho two "Flying Dutchmen" one
of which runs from Paddlngton nt
11:15 and roaches Plymouth attl, and
the othor of which starts from Ply
mouth nt 8:80 nnd arrives nt Pad
dlngton at 2:55 aro at present al
most, if not quite, uncqualod for
speed. Hut Hlr Daniel Uooch hopes
to reduce tho Journey by an hour, and
la preparing to run the trains nt sev
enty miles nn hour.
rOPH.AK SCIENCE.
It is a very simple fact, hut rather
curious, that the albumen of cabbage
Is Identical with that of the Whito of
an egg.
The public clocks in the city of
Vienna ere at present driven by a
pneumatic system, actuated at llio
Imperial Observatory.
Pen-pods Will yield alcohol ns
abundantly as the beet root or pump
kins. In the rural districts of some
parts of England, a domestic beer Is
made from thorn by adding hops.
There nro scientists who actually
declare I hat musical sounds, or notes,
nro conducive to tho development of
flowers, und that the singing of birds
is a promoter of vegetable life.
Starch, bean, flour, sand, gum,
iHucllugo and golntlno, are used as
adulterants of honey. They are
readily recognized, as they oil thick
en on heating, while the pure honey
becomes thinner under these condi
tions. It has been stated by high author
ity on foods that some til the out
breaks in our convict prisons have
boon largely attributable to a super
abundance of energy, or to the diet
being above the work set to lie done.
Of the 38 pounds of dry matter In
the body of u man, 24 pounds nre
flesh and fat, nnd 14 pounds are bone ;
28 pounds nre organic matter, com
bustible, nnd 10 pounds nre mineral,
Incombustible. This is an average
statement.
Dr. Holmes, of Helena, Montana,
lately perfumed a critical surgical
operation without pain to the pntient,
by freezing the locality, or tumor to
lie removed , with snow or salt. When
tho knife was used, (lie tumor was
Insensible.
Not only has Nu(ure taught the
spider to construct a web for the pur
pose of ensnaring flics, that it may
devour thorn, and constituted beasts
of prey with carnivorous teeth, but
sho has even formed plants, such as
drosora, to catch and kill flies and
mjk them for food.
It is a fact that a mar. Is taller on
rising In the morning than at night,
for the cartilages between tho verte
bra) of tho buck-bone, twenty-four
in number, yield considerably to the
pressure of the body In un erect
position in die dny, and expand dur
ing the reose of the night.
Traces of copper may bo fuund In
several vegetables, nnd especially In
tho shrub, but In such infinitesimal
quantities ns to be of little if any
harm to human beings. In some
kinds nf teu It shows Itself very man
ifestly, nnd the snme tuny bo said or
coffee wheu chemically treated.
A HOflO LOGICAL, PROBLEM.
A corres)ndent writes to us thus :
A recent ntimlier of a scientific Jour
nal, sneaking of tho relative propor
tion of the sexes in the human race,
declares thut for every 1K0 men thut
come into tho world 100 72-100 wo
men nre born, I do not dispute these
figures. 1 only nsk for light. It up
pusrs accord log to this that there are
some women wiio are only 72-100 of
a woman. Y lint the remaining 28-
100 uro I cannot imagine. Now,
what I vant to know is this: If a
woman of this kind marries a 100
mini and bus a daughter, will the
daughter be an 84-100 woman or a
8U-100 woman? And what will be
the exact relationship between such a
daughter and a 70-100 aunt nnd her
87-100 daughters, especially if the
87-100 girls marry the brothers of the
OU-ltll) girl, und so become not only
her 08-100 first cousins, hut her Do
100 sisters-in-law, tho aforesaid 93
110 mother-in-law of bor 88-100 ne
phews, will the tho Lot me
soe; where um I? It is nn nwftil sub-
juet to tackle. Oh, yes! I say if the
70-100 aunt ltut, no; the ques
tion can't bo solved in any such way
as this. 1 give tt up. Tho only way
to get at It will be to do tho sum In
algebra somehow, making tho daugh
ter x, (he aunt y, (lie first cousin a,
and (he uiothor-lii-luw b. Then, it
seems to me, If you multiply the aunt
by (he daughter, and divide the first
cousin by the inolhor in-law, in some
way, or extract the square root of the
cousins and subtract the result from
the aunt, keepirg the daughter us n
common denominator, and lit the
same time making a decimal fraction
of (ho mother-in-law, perhaps tho re
sult might bo satisfactory. Out I am
not certain. I am poer at mathe
matics. I wish (ho lightning-calculator
would get ut this, or thut Prof.
Tyndull would subject it to a chem
ical analysis.
AGllEAT ENUINEKIMNO WORK.
An enormous engineering work it in
progress to provido Baltimore with
water, the present supply being bad
In quality and inadequate in quan
tity. The now sourco Is to bo Gun
powder rlvor, nine miles from the
city, and tho water is to be brought
through a tunnel seven mites long,
cut through a mountain, This will
he the longest tunnel in America,
circular In shape, nnd twelve foot In
diameter. Five miles of the distance
Is through very hard rock, and the
drilling Is done by manual labor,
power drills being impraoticnuio in
such a small spuce. Tho rest of tho
way will lie bricked. Five shnfts
have been sunk. Tho cost, is estl
mntod ot $11,000,000. About 1000
men nre employed, and the tunnel
w ill probably bo completed lu three
yeurs. The employes aro mainly ne
groes, who live In miserable log
cabins, and the contractor says that
his groatcst difficulty Is not of an en
gineering kind, but comes of drunk
enness among these mon. Liquor
doalors Infest tho temporary villages
with nortublo burs, and sell vile whiS'
ky to cheap that tho laborers buy ex
tensively. Tho Czar Is Just llfty-nlne years old.
NO. 48.
IS MAN AW ANIMAL?
Mary camo home from church to
day quite out of humor. "Papa,"
said sho, "Mr. Smith snld something
in his sermon this morning that I
don't believe, und can't believe, and
what's mora I won't believo." And
Mary sat down looking very uncom
fortable and displeased.
"Why, Mary," ssid her mother,
"What did Mr. Smith say that dis
pleases you so?"
"IIo said that wo uro nothing but
beasts," suld Mary. "And 1 Just
thought,, if that was so, what is the;
use of all his preaching?"
"Are you sure he suld Hist?" in
quired Mr. Thomas.
"Yob, quite sure. His text was,
What is man ?' Psa. vlll. 4. . .
And he said distinctly that mnn was
an animal."
"Very well," rejoined her father,
"then lie used the word animal, and
not brute or beaut f"
"Why, yes," said Mury; "I be
lieve he said nnlimil; but what is the
difference? Isn't a brute an animal?"
"Yes, nil brutes nre nnlmnls, but
nil animals are not brutes," said Mr.
Thomas.
"Why, papa," sub Mury, very
much puzzled, "I don't understand
you a bit. If a brute Is an animal,
Isn't an animal a brute?"
"Certainly, my dear; some animals
are brutes, hut not nil. A het is a
bird, is it not? Hut nil birds are not
hens. A crow i; a black bird, but are
nil black birds crows ? A horse is an
animal; n cow is an animal; a bird is
an animal; a bug is an animal; and,
my child, man is an nnlmul, too."
"Why, father, aro birds animals,
too ? 1 thought that only horses, and
cows, and oxen, and sheep, and dogs,
and elephants, and such like, are ani
mals." "Now, Mary," said her mother,
"get tho dictionary, and see how it
defines those wards."
"Why, yos," said Mary, "of course;
I didn't think of that," and sway she
ran to the book-case for Webster's
dictionary.
"Look for 'animal' first," said her
father.
She soon found it, and road: '-Animal,
u being with au organized body,
endowed with life, sensation and vol
untary motion." Mary read itslowly
and thoughtfully three or fcur times.
"Bead it again, said her father.
" 'An organized body'; well, man
hns thut: 'endowed with life'; yes,
man lives: 'sensation'; yes, we can
feel: 'and voluntary motion'; of course
we can move when w choose."
"So you Bee that man Is an ani
mal," suld her mother, "if it doesn't
gratify our pride to know it."
"Now, ltsik for beast," suld Mr.
ThomiHr'-r
" 'One of the larger quadrupeds, a
brute,' "
"Well, what Is a quadruped," said
her mother.
"A four-footed animal," said Mary,
"Now, find the word brute," said
Mr. Thomas.
Mary turned to II nt once, and read,
" 'A beast, an animal destitute of rea
son.' "
"Now, Mary," said her lather,
"you see the difference. Mr. Smith
stated correctly that mnu Is an ani
mal, nnd il was very inaccurate to
quote III in as saying that man is n
brute r taint. S'lnsliiue.
Vai.uk of a Woman's Fuii.nu-.
ship. It is a wonderful advuntiige
to man, in every pursuit and voculinn,
to secure n adviser in a sensible
woman, In woman there is at once
il subtle delicacy of tact and a plain
soundness of Judgment which are
rarely combined to nu equal degree
in man. A woman, If she be really
your friend, will have it sensible re
gard for your character, honor anil
repute. Hhe will seldom counsel you
to do a shabby thing, furs woman
friend always desires to be proud of
you. At the same timo her constitu
tional timidity makes her more cau
tious than your male friend. She,
therefore, Seldom counsels you to do
an Imprudent thing. A man's best
female Mend is a w ife of good sense
and heart, whom ho loves, and who
loves him. liut, supposing the man
to be wlthoutsuch u helpmate, female
friendship he must slid have, or his
intellect will be without a garden,
iiutl there will he an unheeded gap
in (he strongest fence, itetter and
safer, of course, aro sucli friendships,
where disparity of years or circum
stances puts the Idea of love out of
the question. Middle nge has rarely
this advantage j youth and eld age
have. Wo may have femnlo friend
ship with those much older and those
much younger than ourselves. Fo
mafr friendship is to man the bulwark,
sweetness and ornament of his ex
istence. At'iut'AN Fun. Iu Lake Nyussa,
in the far interior of Africa, is a kind
of black fish which every year builds
what tho natives call "a house." In
the mud ut tho bottom of the lake it
mukos a holo two or throe feet broad
allowing the onrth removed from the
hole to form a little wall around it.
The depth of the hole and tho height
of the wall measured together miiko
a small basin from fifteen to eighteen
Inches deep. In this little lake with'
in a lake tiio fish feels secure from all
enemies, and very quietly keeps
house until the eggs are laid, when it
becomes restless and loaves the house
as a nursery for successors, while it
roams about again at will.
A I'Ai'Eit in Gainesville, Git., has a
curious advertisement, evidently of
Yankoe conception. The author of
fers to filter the water user1 by the
citizens at the small cost of ten cents
per gallon, and with the sediment,
which he proposes to uso as a substi
tute for Venetian rod and Spanish
brown, ho will contract to pallit every
fonce nnd out-building in the city at
about one-fourth the coat of usual
paint.
Busincaa notices In the Tiocal Cohm'in
SOconta per line. .
For legal and transient adverttsoincnis
(1 00 per square of IS lines, for tlie llrst
insertion, and fiO cents per square for each
aubscquont insertion.
PF.IlMONAI.si.
Rev, Dr. Tyng Is fatally ill.
Mr, Sankey summers nt Cohast't.
Miss Kate Clnxton was certainly
not born to lie burned in this world.
Bpurgeon is very sick, and fainted
away in his pulpit a few Sundays
since. ,
Major D. O. Schiller, grandson and
last male descendant of the lale pool.
Is dead.
William Lloyd Garrison is to sail
in a few days for Europe. A Sum
mer vacation trip.
John Tyler, Jr., son of ex-l'resi-
dent Tyler, Is s cl.'i k in the pension
office at Washington.
Princess lteatricn is twenty. Now'
your chance. Lots of Un w ith those
English princesses. -
Tho widow of the lufe Jumps Fisk,
Jr., is reported to be "engaged" anil
about to bo married.
A bronze slatuo of Livingstone, the
African explorer, is about to be
erected in Glasgow during the pres
ent year. "
Ex-(luccn ' Isabella is quarreling
with her son, King Alfonso, becauto
he proisises to marry a princess who
is not a Catholic.
Frederick Douglass lacks dlscre.
tion; like Wendell Phillips he is an
extremist, and injures his cause by
imprudent utterances.
Ilev. A. J. Mundy, who Is ntw
preaching in Nashville, Tenn., was
once a cltwn in a circus, a tight-rope
walker nnd a clog-dancer.
The English people tilk plainly
about the avariciousness and pecu
niary meanness of the Queen, espe
cially in all domestic matters.
Jeremiah Woodchiick is announced
as a candidate for Mayor of Selius,
Alabama. How he wood-chuck-lo
over a successful election.
Cblng Slang Bong, a Chinese, is
lecturing in New York city, and they
are talking about erecting .1 Buddhist
temple in that benighted city.
A house is being fitted up in Chi
cago for the Hou. E. B. Wa3hburur,
rainister to France, who will take up
his rcsidenco there next September.
Miss Jenny Collins, the poor girls'
friend in Boston, is a whole provident
institution in herself, and puts to
shume the grand charitable organi
zations of the rich citizens.
Judge Scbneffer, In the case of Ann
Eliza against Brigham Young, gave
tho only possible decision, namely,
that the marriage was polygamous,
and therefore null and void. ,
WHllam O'Neill, a tiewsboy, who
has saved six persons from drowning
in East River, has received n silver
medal front the Life-Saving Benevo
lent Association of .New York.
YOfilU MEN.
Invile the young men into your
counsels. The country has more to
expect from its youth just entering
upon the stage of action than from
its gray heads, that, howevei full of
wisdom and experience, arc soon to
pass away from earth.
The srt of agriculture is m a trans
ition state; its patrons aro waking
up to a sense of its possibilities, ami
to the necessity or availing them
selves of the discoveries of science
ami patent investigations.
Young men are more progressive
than older ones, they have less of
prejudice and tradition to contend
u,lth ami are mora romlv In anpf.nl ad
vanced thought and experiment, im
proved methods or culture, tools und
Implements. They are more hopeful
and energetic. The sorrows and dis
appointments of lifo have not settled
as a Ill icit oloud over their bright and
sunny vision. They make the liest
working force In any campaign.
Commence with the boys; educate
them to think, listen and reason ;
encourage them to attend your-uieet-
ings and avoid the snares of idle
companionship and aimless leisure.
How beautiful and how appropriate
that youth should commingle with
old ago in tlie all-Important work of
mutual improvement ; that the warn
ings and experiences or a lite-tune
should moderate nnd govern the fire
of youthful zeal and ret klessness ;
that thought and action, wisdom and
energy, caution and hope, repose and
labor should go hand in hand solving
the great problem of human happi
ness nnd prosperity.
Ax effort is being made to cstab.
Ilsh In fan Francisco the business of
creuaring the skins of the fur seal for
market. There is an annual passage
through tli.' cltv of 150,000 of these
skins, which aro sent to London for
preparation, ami after nearly a yonr
many aro brought back. The aver-
age extra expense of having tlie work
done iu Ixmdon is estimated to bo
fifty per cent. English purchasers
pay $10 each for the raw skius, and
charge $40 for the prepared ones. It
Is said by those familiar with tho
business, that the work can be skill
fully and profitably carried on In this
country.
Haii.koadu. We do-not think it Is
generally known thnt this country
has more miles of railroad than Jtus
sia. Turkey, Germany, Austria, Great
Britain, France and Italy combined.
We have in tlie United States some
80,000 miles, while the countries re
ferred to have 76,000 miles only.
Turkey. The Christians in 'fur
key were Increasing in numbers,
wenlth and (tower; (hat was tho or
igin of tho Into bloodthirsty outbreak
by tiio Mnsselmaus. Kussia, to bo
sure, makes tho most of her chniice,
but tint is no excuse for Turkish bar
barity. There are 140,000 species of I
animals.
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