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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
MRS. S. NICHOLS, M. D.
' Uomepathic Physician,
Offlc and wMici at We. U Tint stwt, H.
fciUcUvaiu wr brio Uooa.
. slitl
DR. ANGIE L. FORD.
door west of tho Court Uouao, Albany,
Oregon.
. Special attention glren to the diseases of
women ana cnucuen. -
W. G. PIPER,
ATTCiSEY AK3 CCSELCS AT IAW.
TV practise la all the- Courts of the
Stat. Prompt attention given to ooUeo
Uona and eonTeyanoin.
r-Oilio on aeeond floor of Brlraa'a
. Building, It door to too 1V. 7-a.
T,. P. UACKLEilAIV,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
'.' AUAST, becw '
aVOmoa in tbe Coart Houo."
' ' vlSnH)
f. r.i. r.iiLLcn.
TTORNRY AT LAW,
LEB1HOX OBECOk.
WUl nraeUo In all the eoorU of tbe Stat.
From pi aUuUoa given to eolleolion,. con
Teyeaoea and examlualloa ot Titles. Probate;
tuaiM a epecuutty. .'TnwwL
JT. A. VAATI5, .
ATTORNEY AMD COUNSELOR AT LAW
COBTALUS, OREaOH.
WUl nraetiea la all the Court of the
W"ofiioe la the Court Hous "a
... vumatvi.
J. W. BALDWIN,
ATTORNEY 6 CCUXSELOa AT LAW,
WiilurtieeisaUU Coarta is tbe Id. M
and ib Judicial IHmrteta; la tbe 8a prom
Count Oregon, and in tbe U sited States 1H
' rkt and Circus Court. OfSot up-talrs la boat
mm laParriab's brick bloe. lrst St.. Albany,
v . D. IL Conley, :
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
o
FFICE. 57 WEST FRONT STREET.
Special attention Riven to collections.
v Tl3nlstf - - -
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBAXY, 0RKQ0S. '
e7-Umaa la lb Ooort Roose.'V
J. W. IIAYKin.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
COBTAUXS. OKSOON.
Hpwial attenttra toeotleetloa of aeeoaata,
7-UOiea one aoor South ot Jftabwta BcleaWS
tIudSUvL .
CIIAS. E. WOLTEBTOX,
ftTTOaXEY US COUSSELOE AT UW,
. ALBAXT. OBEGOJf.
la Toman's brleb. aprtalra.
D. H N. BLACKBURN,
ITTOJOT 13 CCUSELOH AT 1X3
Crew an ills, Cregea.
J. K WEAffrFTiyOBI),
SOTABY PUBLIC,) . '
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AUAIT, KEC.
1TT11'1' riLACTiCB IM ALL THE COURTS Or THX
If StaM.' apaeial mtiua gitea W illntiaa, 4
probata utter. .
aarOAtaa ! Brigga' BnlMiag Cli
R. ARNOLD, M. D.,
Homeopathic Physician.
,T tiun. Micai.
O FFICE HOURS FROM 19 TO 12 AND
. from 2 to 4, Cbonlc Iieaee and Sur
gery a Bpaekttty. t ;- - . nlOtf,
n. J- eoughtch, n. d.,
AUAXT. - . ' . i . . , - . mKCX.
rriHir txxrroR is A graduate or THK rat
1 VXBaiTTKedtal Culkra of Hew Tork, and la a
late men bar of Belierae Uuapital Medical OoUaf et
JlewT. - -. '
J-tc, ta Dr. Hantoo", Drar Store. VUnltf
G. W. T7ILC0Z. ,
' Bomeopathie Physician
' ' ALBAST, OREGOS. ;
WOtBfla erax Tweadale'a Grooary Store.
Dr. T. Ii. GOCBESf,
0CCUL1ST AND AUBBT
8ALE3I, OSEGOSr.
Dr. or,r):ii has had EXPEsmei ix
treating tbe verioee dlaeaaea to wbisb tbe
are and ear are aubject, and feel eonfidunt of
Klvtuf entire aatlataotloa to thiiae wbo may
pixe themaelvea under hlaeare. nofttf.
-r D. B. Rice, 1LD., ;
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICK at Dr Plnmmor'a Drag Store.
Realdenee on the street leading to the
pepot, at the crossing of the Canal.
00. KellyrM. D., ;
Physician -. and " Surgeon.
OFFICE ANd' RESIDENCE ON LYON
Street, No. 353, near the depot, , t , j
v.- AKBANT. - OBaSOOW.-.i-'f i
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Office hoora, day and rdght.8-m
1 J ADAVIaiMf V?
Physician;; and Sargeon,
!.; ;' Albany Orecca; I
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Obatetriaa and dlaeaeag of women and children a
apeci&My. Office and raidenoe on First Street, eppa
aite rotter! new briek bluok, over Kedaetd'a attara. . ,
mini i, ;
W.R Smith, IX V.
Physician and Surgeon.
.:.. a -j Albasy, Oregon. - '
OsF FI C E IN FROMAN'S BLOCK
RasMonae on Tutrd street, nearly op
esitetUe At. K. Church, HoutU. - : (U:A-,
VOL. XIV.
; AKTKJil WABD.
Tme reat aaowaaaa'a Farewell Addreae
The Haraaoa KalerUlaairat.
Below wo give a copy of one of the
last programmes that the band of Ar
temus Ward (0. P. Browne) ew
penned. Read it ; remember the time,
18G5, and then see if yeu can recall a
better specimen of an off-hand, quickly
ritten programme !
ARTEMUS VTARD'S FAREWELL
NIGHTS.
ADOO! ADOOt
Cmr Hall, KiNosroV, 0s Niout CJnlt,
Tuesday, vctobir, 31, 1865.
AREMUS WARD'S MORMON EN
, TERTAINMENT. ,
- WITH SOME CHCEBrUL KEW STOHIiUl.
a ! r. ft PRQQRAMME. ' -- !
The fpstiritiea will be commenced br
tke pianist, a gentleman who used to
board in the ammo street with Mr.
Gotechalk. The man wbo kept the
boarding house remembers it distinctly.
The overture will consist of a medley
af airs, including the touching new
ballads, " Dear Sister, is there any Fie
in the House f " My Gentle Father,
hare you any , Fine Cut about your
"Mother is the battle o'er, and is it
safe for me te come Home from Can
ada t And (br request of many fami
lies who harn't heard it) " Tramp,
Tramp, Tramp, the boys are march
ing r ..- While the enraptured ear
drinks in this sweet music (we pay the
Eianist nine dollars a week and "find
Im"),the eye will be enchanted by the
magtunoent jrreea baize eorering of the
panorama. The green baize ooat 40
cents' a yard. " We will keep up with
the times, if we spend the last dollar
eur friends hare got. t
Appearance of Artemus Ward, who
will he greeted with applause. iiJTke
ushers are particularly requested to at
tend to this. Jg$ Whest quiet is re
stored, the lecturer will present a rath
er frisky prologue, of about ten min
utes in length and of nearly tha same
in width. It perhaps isn't ' necessary
te speak of the depth.
The ' picture 1 oommenos here, the
first one being s riew of the California
steamship. , Large crowds of citizens
on the wharf, who appear to be .entire
ly willing that Artemus Ward shall
go. " Bless you, sir T they say, "don't
hurry about opening back. Stay away
for years if you wnt to F It was
aery touching At Panama A glance
at Mexico -The health of Maximilian
The angry Pacific Queer scenes on
shipboard The Storm at Sea, with
the best thunder la town.
Tke bread way of the Pacific ; Mont
gomery street, aaa jrrsnoueo x ne
gold bricks Street semes "The Or
phan Hack man or the Mule Drirer's
Step Father" The Chinese Theatre
Sixteen square yards of Chinese Comic
Son. ".
Virginia City, Nerada The thrifty
young metropolis of the new silver
State They abopt a great deal, here ;
though not much more than they do
this waya fter alL Itisunifetonowgive
eren the quietest yo.ung man a pistol.
The chances are that he will shoot bis
grandfather before night.
The desert at night. A dreary
waste of sand. The sand isn't worth
saving, nowever. v erses on toe la
mented George Glorer, stage driver.
Indians occupying yonder mountains.
Little Injuns seen in the distance trim-
dling their war whoops. ,
A bird s rye riew of great salt Lake
City, with some entirely serious de
scriptive talk.
Main street, east side. The Salt
House, etc., It is a temperance hotel,
in fact, the Main Law is rigidly en
forced in Utah.
She's the moat diatreaafnl country that ever
yetbasbia, ' ,
They're imprlaonln' men and women there
forsellin'of the gin.
The Mormon Theatre. Romeo and
Juliet, with ten Juliets. It is confu
sion to Romeo, and when Juliet asks,
"where art thou, RemeoF Homy
answers that he don't know, tcarcdy,
whereabouts he's gone te.
i Main street, west side, v The Council
House of the ; Territorial Legislature.
Can't think of anything funny te say
about this. ' In fact Legislatures never
was funny. ',',. .., .. -
Brigham .Young's , Harem. ,r Mr.
Yeune is an indulgent , father and a
numerous husband. For further par
ticulars call, en the lecturer, at City
Hall on Tuesday evening, October 31.
This paragraph is intended to unite
business with amusement.
Hebsr hO. Kimball's tHarem. We
hare only to repeat here the pleasant
remarks above in regard to Brigham. i
i:-; XKTtMMIKaiOV. i'-:.:Z'r
i bSTAii intsrmia8ion 'of fire minutes
will -ocoor here, so that s the lecturer
can no across the street to "see a man."
The pianist, however,' will ' meanwhile
practice some new mxu.VB.Jg3l . !
- The Tabernacle. 1 ' The great Mormon
meeting-house, where ;the. Elders and
Youngers mislead tbe congregation, and
Mrs. Smith leads the ehoir. j m
;. The Temple a it 1sV 'Not much! of
a s picture, though the audience can
hare a carta de vitiU of it if they in
sist on it. r ': " -
. The Endowment House. . .The Mor
mon is initiated into the mysteries of
his faith here, which is pretty much all
we know about it. . - ,; ,
Echo Canyon. - A siclc looking pic
ture beside that of Mr. Bierstadt, but
perhaps it will 4o. , It was the best
they had in tbe stora ) ,,
" The Desert again." "A more cheerful
riew. . Laramie Plains.' The Rocky
Mountains "might have been seen" in
the distance if the artist' had painted
'em, but he is prejudiced against moun
tains because his uncle got lost on one.
' Brigham Young at home. The last
i ? . , - i l -, -,.. mi - 1 1
New go home or the lighU will , be
put but. -' I
l'tZi rt'0rl0S0F THE PBB8S.'X!i.- I
From the Sheboygan (Wis.) Bugle of
Liberty: Artemus, , ,v ard. m great
lecturer called en us to-day and ordered
quite a lot of job printing. We con
sider him one of the greatest lecturers
in this country. . V ,
From the Skowhogan (Me.) Clarion :
Although his style is diflereut from
Washington Irving's we cannot, be
blind to the fact that Mr. Irving's sfyle
is ditTeront from his. ' " r '
From the Rah way 6'aje ........ Not
a dry eye in the audience. . Many
could have borrowed ntoaey of h'un on
the spot.
From the Iloboken Expounder No
family should be without him. . '
From the Keokuk (Iowa) Banner:
Wt don't know, when we huvo been
more so. Yours trooly,
' A! Ward.
j TBAT -SeLIOSOITU." ;
Hew It U Ulvldri la Sratlmraf t'enreritlag
,'. , the PreeMeacjr. . ... . ,
' la Hie Cincuiuati Enquirer of Do
cember 2d we find a rcjtort occupying
nearly a page and a half of that cotssoal
sheet. This report is the substance of
the opinions of leading jtoliticians in
terviewed by the Commissioners in the
several States therein mentioned on the
Presidential candidacy question for
1880.
The Commissioners rcHrt that in
DELAWABK
the Republicans are almost unanimous
for Grant. The conflict must go on ;
the Democrats for Bayard. ,
MARYLAND.
All for Bayard not a single voice
forTilden. The South solid for the
Government and peace; Grunt tho Rad
ical favorite. 1
vtnntxtA.
A good deal ' divided in sentiment,
but apparently for Bayard TUden no
where; Republicans for Grant with a
rush.. . ., , , , i
SOSTIl CAROLINA.
Tburm&n on toj likewise Grant,
Good feeling toward the Gevurmwnt.
Settle for Vice President.
" ' "' asonoiA. '
Hendricks has the inside, with Thur
man or Tilden a possible second. The
Seath solid for the Democracy. . Radi
cals enthusiastic for Grant.
ALABAMA. , ., j ....... .
Bayard first choice, Hendricks or
Thurman second; Republicans to a man
for Grant. No fccliug against the
Government. '
ilWSOral.
1 Thurman or Hendricks; an Eastern
man for Vice President, Tbe South
must take a back seat, Greenbacks
made as good as gold, Hayes too weak
for tbo Itepublicaus, Grant too strong.
KENTUCKY.
The people thoroughly loyal, crimi
nal folly of the clatter about a solid
Sutb. Thurman or Hendricks the
man. . All tbe ollko-holders for Grant
WEST VlltOlSlA. ,
Score one' for Tburmau, also oue for
Blaine.,, No such a thing as a solid
South.
FLORIDA.
Democrats not jwtrticulur, but prefer
A Western man. The Rcpublicrus sigh
for Grant; linrnbnggery of the solid
South cry. - .
LOUIKIAXA.
Sectional divisiorw - o1ditratel by
charity; a Western candidate referrci;
Republicans douutnd Grant or Conking-
,
Her voice for Greenbacks and Hen
dricka. No content of sections; the Re
publicans solid for Grant and hard mon
ey. Cordial hatred of J If yes.
OLD SI tiETS A tOL DOLL. IK.
: Old Si came in and held out his hand
with a bright yellow spot shining in the
center ef the palm.
"Jess look at dat now." '
"That is a rery pretty gold dollar."
' "Now, ain't dat han'some! It 'minds
me ef 'fo' do wah, when , ole Marse Al
eck used to gib me f one cbery fust day
obdemunf."
" "Where did vou eet it SiF1 .' !
S "Down hyar at de oountin' room.
Marse HemGU gib me hit, an , I m tell
in' yer sow it kinder sot me back.".
"In what wavF .
"Well, ebber since lreeuum laeoin
pine'n jess ter feel er Pgo!e doller jess
to know dat er nigger's ban' wouldn't
git burnt ef it touched one, but ebery
time I see one it was, in er bank win
der wid a big glass 'twixt me an' it.".
"How does it feel nowr
" "Well I dunno. nit 1 sorter feels
awkard like; sorter ns ef : hit weren't
used t-w:rkilalin;enrti-r gottbekramp8
IriiiM too H'ttruuitd atztuetM. . ,,
, ' "But gold is at par now."
" "Wharf' '' '' '
"At par-i-eqnal to greenbacks F:"'
"Dar it is! ' I nebber could get de in
turn on dis, finances bizness., Jess er
week ago de greenbacks wuz down-
now dey is up; den er gole doller wuz
harder ter git dan f runt seats at de f reemale
minstrels now yer gits der gole doller
in prefmece ; to de greenback, and yer
don t want hit! i .-. . . i yf. .
, ;.fWhynotr ,; Ut) , .. ' ,
"Kase why, dar I'se got der gole do!
ler. Hit's heep littler dan er rwst-
1,1va afAmn ion'" vtT. rnivilv ii llrot" n
lUgO VJ 1U J SjM UV W uiuvii viiivjv aaa
dar aint no gum on hit ter. make hit
stick in yur pocket.' t Gole is moughty
good, but, gimme de, doller , what hit
don't take er two doller pocket-book ter
hold so yer know, all de ' time dat its
&&v.-r-Atlanta Constitution. '
,
. The power of reproduction in insects
is one of the most wonderful ' parts of
their economy. On beheading a slug,
a new head, with all its complex, appur
tenances, will grow again:, bo will the
feetefa salamander! and the claws of
lobsters." ' The end of a worm split pro-
duces two perfect heads, and if cut into
three1 pieces the f middle produces a
perfect Jiead and tail. ,f . ; ;.,
ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17,
THAT ItOV OK VOI BS.
Tho following clipod from the Jsck-
sonrille Timet, was written by George
E. Strong,. formorly of the Oregonian.
' Permit the 1'ivws, as a faithful guar
dian of publio safoty and consul entious
contributor to domestio peace and hap
piness, to warn you that that boy ot
yours is on the. struct far too much
for the peace or the community
and the welfare of himsnlf. It is not
so much that his presence in our thor
oughfares by day is threatening. It is
rather the stoalthy visit by night,
wheu ho prowls among dark, sllcys,
dodging the unfriendly street lamp,
running the gnuntlot of lighted buni
n(ss windows, like a fugitive and inis-
oreant, and everywhere Screening his
waywatd course with the cover of
darkness.
Whero is your boy at uigbtl Jsho
- -.. - .
to bo found by ilia family hearth,
studying his lessons for the morrow.
reading a healthful literature and join
ing in tho eheerful chat of home I
Perhais you answer "No." Where is
hi, thent In the saloon, listening to
thenbsld lestT In tbe opium dun, reck
ing with filth itti l henvy with the fumes
of that most fwrniciun and damnable
of all intoxicants 1 Or is he in the
brothel, a foolish, thoughtless victim t )
the worst form of depravity 1
About that boy of yours cling the
teiidurest recollections of home. He
is the eldest (msyhsp the youngest) in
whom you see the growing intpiiUe of
manhood struggling to free iUell from
the gentle restraint of the watchful
mother, or sullt'iily restraining the
crave warning of the father. His pres
ent life is a holiday made joyous by
your generosity a generosity supplied
by anxious businexs cares and frugal
industry. No shsdow of a darker day
clouds his brow or restrains his aareleas
exuberance. To him father and moth
er and the sweet influences of sister
hood are but matters of association.
In the excitement of the debauch and
the insiduous spprosches of lonctviotis
companions he finds but one object in
life; iwir gratification. What womler
then that when the relentless years
have accomplished their never, chang
ing puroae ; when locks are gray and
toil-weary hands ate tremulant; when
the strong arm is needed for support
and the cheery voice for comfort what
wonder that your boy is to be found in
squalid inUery or gilded sin, forgetful
of duty, deaf to counsel, defiant to re
prenebl 1 le has been training for this.
and to this, vou, who might have
brought him up to the honor and ro
snoct of society, have, through lax dis
cipline, s tillered him to couio. The
idol of your early years ta eruMied and
broken. Too threshold of homo no
longer echoes the manly st-p of con-
scions integritr. Tl-ere is n U-nseneM
of certain chords about the heart when
you reflect that tuuthcr and father, sis
ter and brother, high iuiputne and noble
inbitton, have nil gouts down in the
vortex ef sin and crime. From such a
son, matured in vice or steeped in con
scious or thoughtless crime, ago has no
reverence, and for him time and eter
nity have no place nor lioje.
Whore is thU boy of yours t The
shadow of the scafTold is upon him. The
gloom of thu dungeon overhangs his
heedless step. I o him there will come
a day when tears, entreaties and jHiti
tions wilt fall unheeded upon his ear.
Then an outraged society, compelled by
an inexorahlo will complete his
dentiuy. To you will come the igno
miny, the disgrace, of his ill-sent hfi.
We siieak to you, parents, in terms
not only of admonition, but of ro
proach. Your boys are on the high
way to ruin, disgrace and death. The
weal demands that that which is daily
spoken upon the streets should find a
sterner and more effectual voice in the
press. For your own comfort, present
and prospective, for tho best interests
of your sons, for the jeuce and safety
of the community, we have addressed
these words, born of long-suffering for
bearance and most kindly pupose. The
wine garden, the brewery, the brothel
and the opium den are not fit places for
the youth upon whose shoulders shall
some day rest social problemsof a nature
as grave as this which we shall agitate
until a satisfactory conclusion is reach
ed. Nature and the commonwealth con
fide that boy of yours to you in trust
for a lofty purpose. The community
must take no detriment irom your
neglect. ' "Put your household in or
der." Watch your son's habits and as
sociations as carefully as you guard the
the honor and integrity of your daugh
ter. &e Jka that boy of yours.
. it t
', f . ItOX'r WASTE VITAL EXEKtil .
, Tho most vigorous persons do not
have too much vitality. People gen
erally inherit a lack; or at least lind
that much vital energy has been per
manently lost in their childhood and
youth through the . ignorance or care
lessness of tboir parents. Often it is
impaired by wrong indulgences in early
manhood. The endeavor with all per
sons should be to husband what u left,
be it much or little. ! Therefore ;
,1. Don't do any thing in a hurry.
2. Don't work too many hour8 a
day, whether it be larm-work, shop
work, study-work or house-work.
"3. Don't abridge sleep. . Get the
full eisbt hours of it, and that, too, in
a, , , well-ventilated and , sun-puritied
room. , '
4. Don't eat what is indigestible,
nor too much ot anything, and let good
cheer rule the hour. . f .'.
; 5. ' Don't, fret al yourself, or any
body else; nor indulge m tho blues,
nor burst into fits of pasision. " '
6. Don't be too much elated with
eood luck, or disheartened by bad.
Pesitirely be self-controled, ,. calm
and brave. Let your brain have all
the rest it needs. , Treat, your stomach
richt. Keep a good conscience, ' and
have a cheerful trust in God for all
I tilings and for both worlds " '
H BOBI lIOOD'a HIBAf LK.
Fair, fair, were forests of Sherwood
in the days of Robin Hood; long were
the summers that garmented the forests
with green, and bright were the au
tumns that brownod the thickets and
ooverts, from which the ' hunters, clad
in Lincoln greea, started the deer. The
silver horns of Robin Hood's merry
men divided in the morning and their
not(!s were lost in the great deep forest,
but they blended again at evening, ech
oing a first from afar and then drawing
nearer and nearer.
Then merry were the tides of the
huutors, as the red moon rose in the
dusky shadows, and poured her light
over the forest like a silver sea.
Robin Hood performed a most won
deiful miracle in his day. Perhaps,
though, you may not think it so won
derful sfter all. Wo tell it to you as a
very old ballad told it to ns. '
One dsy Rubin, being in a merry
mood, took it into his head to go into
the Kl titf' highway in the disguise of a
friar. He put on hood, gown, crucifix
snd Wads, and walked off slowly, look-,
ing very demure and woe begone. He
hud not gone far when he met two
dusky priests, clad all in black, tiding
gallantly along.
"Bcnedictf he said; "have pity on a
poor friar, who hss been wandering
siia-e early morning, without meet or
drink."
"lu tbe ttamr of the Virgin," said
one of tho priests, "we can not help
thee. We have been robbed and huve
not a ienny to help ourselves."
Robin laid hold of one of the priest's
robes and drew, him from his horso.
Robin was so stout a man that the
priest could not resist, and when he
commanded the other priest to dis
mount, he dared not diosbey.
"You say you have no money," said
Robin. "Neither have 1."
"Vou kuow how to praFaakrd
Hobin.
"Yes."
'"Then let us fall on our knees, we
three together, and for money we will
rrsy earnestly, and we will see what
eaveu will send."
The priest knelt down.
"Now prsy," said Robin.
They prayed rery dolefully. At
last they began to weep and wring their
hands. Then Robin began to dance.
The priest' prayer Iwcauie more
doleful than ever. But R -bin said:
"Prsy! PrayF
They prayed a long tiin.
"Now put your LmimU iuu, ytxir
jiockeU, and see if yu bat e luuvived an
answer to your prayer."
The priiMl" fell in their JiockeU, then
rolled lip their eves Very wileiulilv, niid
said:
"Nothing."
"Let lue leel," snid Robin.
Tim pri-Mts now looked mom troubled
limit ever.
Uobiu aearehed the j-ocket of one
ami drew forth a purse heavy with
gold.
"What an answer to prayers!" said
Robin, anJ lie searched and found an
other purse.
The two priests were struck dumb
what could they sayl If they had spo
ken truly at first bore indued was a
miracle.
Tho old ballad says they "sighed
wondrous heavy."
"You have prayed well," said Robin;
encouragingly, seeing their dejected
looks. "Here is X.'OO. Now we will
divide it."
And divide it ho did. lie gave each
priest .50 fur praying so well, and
kept the rest himself. But the two
priests did not seem much pleased with
Robin's division and liberal present, but
rode away looking mere doleful than
ever.
"Always speak'the truth," said Rob
in to the two priests as they departed ;
and we have a sort of suspicion that if
they had spoken tbe truth about their
money to tbe bold outlaw, as good
priests ou"ht, the miracle would not
havo been so great.
THE rESXILESS MAX.
BlesHed is the man who is penniless,
for he is never stricken for a dollar.
Tbe deadhead annoyeth him not,
neither is he pursued by the book-
agent. ...
He is not grasped by the lightning
rod soller. Tho lunch fiend turneth
away from him. - The trinket-man pass
ed) him by. He is net asked to invest
in church lotteries. ,
He bath no friends to "treat;" he is
poor and hath no enemies. "'
When he riseth in tbe morning bis
stomach is not rebellious from over
feeding; neither does lie, chink his sil
ver and say, "How shall I get rid of
these dimes," - r -. t . i, e , . , , n
When lie eatetb he is not vexed by
a multitude of dishes. . . . , ,.
His lands will never take unto them
selves wings, neither will the fire de
vour his water lots. ' ' - '"
' He is net -perplexed about taxes,
neither careth he for the rise in lum
ber. . , ... ; ,,
He toileth not for gold, nor orateth
like Jones on 'silver.'
lie hath no ties for money, therefore,
careth he not to demontize, nevertheless
a dime li will not i refuse,, nor even
turn away from a five-center. ,
Yea, a gerkin will he relish, and
storm the outworks of a steel-clad bis
cuit. "'' ' ;r : '!';'' r- 1
He loveth none but-himself; he is
Hellish; yea, fond of fish, clams in chow
der, oysters raw, and lobsters in vine
gar he will not despise.'
He maketh his lair in a bar-room; he
squatteth on a keg while it is day, and
sloepeth in a barrel at night. . .
Where the scent of whisky is, there
he is found; he suffereth the lunch with
frenzy, and crieth, ha, hal at the chink
of glasses. lie liveth like a ring-tailed
monkey, and dietli like a spotted jehos-
Ophat. !' i-.i -j i."' . 1 ...
It is jestjraated that .the State of
Delaware has 5,000,000 bearing peach
trees. ' . 1 .
1870.
THE MATIOXtL BASKS.
In a recent number of the J'rairit
Farnur wo find tho following wnth
lng but merited rebuku of the un
principled greed exhlbilo 1 by (ho na
tional banks In their exertions to de
monetize silver:
-The entire country was Hturtlc-d
last week when informed of the rev
olutionary action of (he New York
and Hudson banks In combining to
drlvo the sliver dollar out of circula
tion and thus attempting to nullify
a law of the land. No law ever en
acted by Congress received such de
liberate, searching ana exhaustive
criticism as the law ro-onnctlng the
silver dollar as legal-tender money.
That great struggle deiri'itrated b"-
yond s doubt that the old silver dol
lar be remonctizeM;- ft nw demon,
stratcd that the gold cllquo in Ku
rope and America wero its bitter, un
relenting opponent.
The PrairU Vaniur ns an agricul
tural Journal bns never forgotten
that the politics of the country is
outside of Its mission. Wo have
studiously avoided the rock on which
so many agricultural papers have
run, and given our untiring energies
to the development of the Agricul
tural resources of the nation. We
have been contented with giving our
readers the political news, but hare
purposely left tho discussion of polit
ical questions to politician and the
political press, where it prnjuTly be
long. Tho action tho bunks of New
York and Boston in combining to
drive silver froinclretilathuias money,
and thus In fact again h nioncti.o
silver and restore gold ns tho sole
monetary ntiindard, is not a political
question nor is It even, ir , a finan
cial question. It i an unholy and
arrogant combination for tho purpose
of nullifying a law of the land, and as
such ought to he smashed, without the
Intrinsic merits of the controversy
between the single ml (b uSle stan
dard of coin.
A few years ego the great railroad
corporations of tho country bad
grown so overbearing, seltish and ex
acting, resting upon fancied -'vested
right," the timidity of courts and
tho corruption, of legislature, and
they considered themselves above
tho law and beyond the power of the
people to control or regulate; but the
people rose when their exactions
could not bo looker borne, trod them
under foot and procured a recogni
tion of tho power of tho creator over
the crcaluru which wo think will not
itgln be questioned. We warn the
monlctl men and institutions of New
York, snd Boston to beware! In
your urroganco you may pull tho
lemptu down upou yourselves, and
you may bo tho priucipal victims.
Vou say you will excuminunk-ute
from commerce as far ns it lies in
your power any one of sufllelent te
merity to ignore your financial bull.
The time has goue by for bruto force
to be successful, and the capitalistic
class should understand that the peo
ple will neither permit the law to be
deliberately trampled upon nor them
selves treated as ignorant chattels.
You liavo made In this bull, gentle
men, a stronger argument against
your usefulness and your good inten
t Ions than a greenbackeror tlatlst have
ever mode. We advise you to take
need ieet you antagonize the country
against tho present financial system
(which is far from txdng a bud one,)
for you may wake up some morning
and find that you are no longer na
tlonnl bankers, only brokers.
. ADAPT SHOE TO YOI B l lfct.
Why it should be deirable to have a
small, weak foot any more than a small
aud weak brain is not easr to conceive.
For the purpose of having such small
feet, not a few wear boots one or two
sizes too small and about two-thirds f
the width of the foot as it would be at
the ball, if allowed to spread as it does
when standing without tbe confinement
of the boot. As a natural and necessary
result of such pinching and confine
ment, thex foot becomes detormed and
larger than it would naturally grow,
with enlarged joints, and toes turned
from a lino parallel with the foot, to say
nothing of the troublesome corns so an
noying and .crippling to a large class of
youBg women, llio worst results of
this crippling custom of wearing small
and narrow boots is. felt by children
when allowed to outgrow their boots. It
is poor economy to allow the young to
wear boots when the feet have lecome
too large for them, since deformity of
the feet is easily produced at this time.
When the boots are too short for the
wearer, and the heel. is too high, the in
growing of the nails is a peifectly nat
ural result.
FACTS WORTH BEMEMBEKISU.
One thousand shingles laid four in-
ohos to the weather will cover over one
hundred square feet of Butface, and
five pounds of shingle, nails will fasten
them on.. .r v.. , , -
. One-fifth more aiding and flooring is
needed than the number of square feet
of surface to be covered, because of
tbe lap in the siding and matching of
the floor. i . , ,
One thousand laths wilf cover seven
ty yards of surface, and eleven pounds
of lath nails will nail them on.
Eight bushels of good lime, sixteen
bushels of sand, and one bushel of hair
will make enough mortar to plaster
one hundred square yards.
A cord of stone, three bushels,, of
lime, and "a cubio yard of sand will
lay one hundred cubio feet of wall. - j
Five courses of brick will lay one
foot in height on a chimney, nine bricks
in a course will make a flue eight in
ches wide and twenty inches long, and
eight bricks in a course will make a
flue eight inches wide and sixteen inch'
es long.
NO. 2L
NATLBAL MfATeBV-TBE BABT. ' .
"What uniiual Is thUrV
This is a laby. He is now about
three years old, ., and . at the wickedest
jsjuit of his earthly career."
"What countries does, the babr most
inhabit!" ' .
"lie cau be found in every inhabited
country in the globe, the same as mos
quitoes and boil."
"Can they bo tamed V
"Yes, quite easily.. After a little Ju
dicious discipline they cease to struggle
aud become subservient to the will of
man." ,
"Does the baby cat grass!"
"Yes, or unytliinif else. Ther swal
low twcket-kitivew. thimbles. stools.
buttons, or any other subject a little
smaller than a tea cup. If offered milk
they seldom refuse it,"
"Do they craze during the dar or
only at night."
"Ihey are always graziaz, layinz not
the least heed to the hour. When net
actually eating they generally give ut
terance to a peculiar cry. . Strong men
often jump out of bed at midnight in
tbe coldest weather wheu bearing that
cry.
"What UKaiiinz is attached to this
cryr
"31 on of deepest thought have agreed
that it means to wake up the neighbor
hood ami have some fun."
Hit what benefit to mankind is a do-
rueiticatcd babyf"
"They are ef no earthlr account for
the first few years, but by and by they
can slide down hill on a cellar door and
carry articles out of the house and
trade them for a wooden sword, or lose
them iu the grass."
"Do yeu know of any instance where
the baby has attacked the household
and killed or injured any oneF
bitch instances have been related by
such eminent naturalists as lieonre
Francis Train and Texas Jsck, but we
don't put much faith in them. How
ever, if the baby was maliciously and
persistently provoked, there s no know
ing what it might do." .
"Are they a healthy animal"
"No. On the contrary, no druggist
could make enough profit in a year to
buy him a pair of Arctic overshoes but
for the presence of a uaby in every
household. There is hardly an hour in
the dsy that the baby does not deniaud
peppermint, paragorie, milk, sugar, cor
dial, cod liver emukion, ipicae or some-
thinz else costing money."
" hat machiuerr is made use of to
comjM-t the baby m take a dosekof cas
tor oilF " ,
"There are several patent machines
for that purjKwe, but most people 1 ol
io w the old rule of knocking him aense
lesa, and getting the dose into his mouth
before he recovers.
"Is the bald-headed babr more do
mestic than others?"
"Net a bit. He kicks around after
the same fashion, and has even a worse
time fighting flies and mosquitoes."
"W hat music do they seem to pre
fer!"
"A base drum is their first choice.
but ther have a heavy leaning toward
the sound of a htove-handle knocking
the nose off the pitcher with the empt
ings in it."
Ibis is all about the babr. Take au-
other look at him, for next week we
shall write of some other reptile.
thk cai k er rum trtMisi.
'I would Invite you to my house,
Brudder Jackson." said Johnson,
"but I dunno as we'll get any supper
dis night, de cook stobe am so dref
fully out ob repair.
"W hat's de mattor wid do stobe?"
"Why, you nee, eeld wedder am
coraln' on, and wood's gettln' skeose
an' high, and I've 'strncted de folk
to be berry ekauomical In de usin' uu
it, We'se been bay In In small lots,
an' las' night, bein' out ob fuel, I sent
one ob my boys ober to a neighbor's
to borrow a tow sticks. De man an'
his family had gone to bed, owin to
de lateness ob de hour, in' d;t boy,
who would 'splso to do a unhonest
transaction, wrote out his note for de
value ob do wood, an' droppin' it in a
permanent place in de woodshed.
shouldered an armful an' brought it
home." , , . i
, . ''Jess so."
'A fire kludled, de tea-kittle
put on, do ole woman she was get.
tin' do supper. All oba sudden, puff
went de stobe. kulush went some-
thin', an' as 1 tumbled ober I saw de
olo woman tuakln' for de roof wid de
tea-kittle an' de stole plates followin'
her, while do boys an' tie gals were
brack wid smut." , ,
' What was de cause ob de 'splo
shin'?"
"I'm strongly 'dined to believe
dat dar war powder in dat wood, an'
dat de powuer was don put In dare
by dat white man to ketch some
theivln' darkies what 1 never buys
no wood, an' dat man.'specta me,
kase he couldn't find dat note, an' he
won't make me no 'pologles." f
'Dat am an outrage." . 1 ' ;
"For a fact, an' de children's sup
per was spiled." " , ".
, i i ii . , , ...i I
A Mismesota doctor , has found a
cure for drunkness. In oder to dem
onstrate his ability to cure the disease
as he calls it; he takes a deer and com
pells it to drink intoxicating liquor till
it becomes so fond ' of it as to refuse
its natural fook and beg for the stimu
hurt He then cures the appetite in
the animal in three days, by the use of
his remedy. - j
, One hundred thousand men are in
volved in the impending colliery strike
in Yrk and Derbyshire, .England.
The fire which, broke out Christmas
in jpng Kong, China, raged all day
on the "Oth. Loss very great. . J
Indications of profitable oil wells
have been lately touud in Xsew Jersey
Buslne notices In the Local Ccfcuaai
20 eenUt per line.
For legal and transient advsrtlwsuersM
tl 00 per square, for the first Insertk, and
60 emits per square for each subsequent insertion.
Ni:r.nLES . KtfXXCES.
We think, - perhaps, noiae ol our
renders have seen things similar l
those described in the following,
from the experience of a writer iu
the Country Gentleman:
Any person possessed of ordinary
powers of observation cannot fail to
discover a great deal of unnecessary
work, which, by a little forethought,
might bo dispensed with. I do not '
now speak of tlvose who fall to pro
vide themselves with proper imple
ments for doing work, and la this
way waste time enough each year to
mure than replace tbem with tbebest
and most Improved patterns. I in
tend to speak of- inconveniences,
some of which exist on almost every
farm. All are said to have their
failures in some particular, no matter
how well arranged theirtnisiness may
tie as it whole. I have seen premises
apparently well ordered otherwise,
which were provided with neither
post nor hook where a vhitor could
hitch his horse. Not one in hun
dred Is provided with a horse-shed.
I know an old man, now fourscore,
who has always drawn bis manure
and produce through a deep slouch,
between his barn and field. Ten
dollars expended in la'wr would have
made a good road. The saving la a
single year would have more than
repaid the outlay,, to sAy notnisg ot
the increa! comfort of all concern
ed. A neighbor has for years drawn
his hay on wood wagon which would
not carry more than half a load. Tbe
extra time wasted In loading and un
loading, every year, would furnish
good and convenient Lay racks.
I knew a man who Crew all the
water for his stock in a leaky milk
can attached f a rope. More than
half the water escaped before roacd
Ing the- troughs I smce knew a
whole neighborhood who depended
on one long cart which went the .
rounds as each one hauled out ma
nure, or did any work which required
a cart to be tilted. I bave walked
hundreds of miles out of my way,
when tired, to eroes a stream which
lay between tbe house and pasture.
We afterward bridged it at a very
few dollars' expense. I have known
a whole highway district to torn oat
for years fr avoid a stone, whish has
since been removed at an expense of
only eight cents. These are only a
few of the marked instances which
have come under my observation.
No one can fall la looking about him
to detect a multitude of similar cases.
Although each may be only A trifle
The remedy lies, with each and all
of us, b correct such faults in our
management. Tbe saving effected
would be found large. The influence
j exerted by so doing would accoiuplish
great good. It should be borne in
mind that time is money. What
ever tends to take up our time un
necessarily la really a waste of mon
ey. The amount of los will ! just .
as much as we could earn in the time
needlessly expended, at the current
rates paid for such kinds of labor. :
JOBS AXD TBB BCBSELLEB WIFE. '
How far the rich are responsible fur -the
misery of the poor cannot be known '
m general. But in particnla
as between tbe sellers
of stiwu" drink.
and the users ot it ua truiu comes
. . M ' . ..
truth
home with severe directness, I ater-,
views like the one described below ia
the Iritk World, happen too seldom. It
is described in the "History of John '
Toby's Conrersion," by Rer. Father
Walworth:
One day Mrs. Magreedy (the wife
of Hon. Michael M agreed y, the ruw
seller), came into the grocery stoie
when John was there. He wan not
drunk, but had just enough down to
take the hnshfuhiess out ef aim. . Mr.
Mssieedr was a dashing ladr, well
dressed ia silk,- and sleeves all slushed
in the fashion of the time.
"How do .you doF she exclaimed in
a patronizing- way. "I declare, Mr.
Toby, I dou't know you, you're grown
so thin; why, you're lost all your flesh."
l es, ma am, said Job a, "there
isn't much left outside the bones. I'm
thinking Katy and I, and the little
ones between us might fetch something
at the glue factory. I've been trying
to sell out to your . husband, Mrs. Ma-
greedy; he's got all the rest . But he
says he won't take bones."
"Oh, Mr. Tohv how awful yoa
talk!"
xski vou auuw wjui jie ut-woie ui
t-v l 1 i l l r
my flesh, Mrs. Magreedy ?"
"5o, John. -
"I've sold it, ma'am, for whisky te
the ould bye I mean to your husband,
Mrs. Magreedy. Ask your ' pardon for
the mistake."
"Oh, John TobyF
''You carry some of it about wid
yourself, ma'am, I'm thinkin', in that
gay dress of your own, and fancy head
rig." . , .
"Oh, John!"
"Them's purty beads en your ' neck,
Mrs. Magreedy. , They look to me like
tears, Mrs. Magreedy my K sty's and
my little blaggards at heme. If the
tears they ve shed was ail soup, . Xdrs.
Magreedy, the'd look as hearty as you
do to day." . -
Oh, John Toby don't F Mrs.. Ma
greedy was a kind-hearted woman, and
1 T .! .
oegan to cry. "ioat tik to me se,
John," said she, "God knows I nerer
did any harm to you nor yours."
"Well, that s true enough. Ia not
blaming anyone but myself, Mrs. Ma
greedy, I thank you for crying. God
bless you for tho same. It'll mix wid
my whisky better than the water he
puts in."
Mrs. Magreedy never forgot this con
versation. From tlus same time she
never ceased to urge her husband to
give up the business. Often, too, she
called in to see Katy and the children,
and sent many things which Katy was
too poor to refuse. " . ; .
Napoleon has a
snd fix saloons.
population of 300
i