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B E D R O C K DEMOCRAT,
P U B L IS H E D E V E R Y
W EDN ESDAY,
BY
J . M. S H E P H E R D .
OFFICE IN THE
B E D B O C K D E M O C R A T B IJ IE D IJ fG .
T e r m s o f S u b sc riptio n :
One year,.................... ...............................4 00
Six Months........................................... 2 50
from all portions of
Eastern Oregon is solicited for the D em ocrat .
All communications, to receive attention,
must be accompanied by a responsible name.
Personal communications will be charged
as special advertisements.
C o rrespon den ce
BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 4, 1874.
Street, Boston, 37 Park Row, New Y ork,
and 701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, are
our Agents for procuring advertisements
for the B e d r o c k D e m o c r a t , in the above
cities, and are authorized to contract for
advertising tour lowest rates.
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N e w D r u g S to re .
L. O. STERNS,
Opposite Odd Fellows’ Hall, Main Street,
CITY ,
For Medicinal purposes. Fam ily Medi
cines carefully prepared. Prescrip
tions accurately com pounded,
at all hours o f the day or
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night. Give us a call.
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W e ste rn
and
C o u n s e lo r s A t -L a w ,
S p e c ia lt y .
Collections promptly attended to.
June 18, 1873.n6y
ANDREW d. M v v ü M v ju ,
R E ID & FLETCHER, Prop’r.
HIS HOUSE has been enlarged and re
fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the
Umatilla and Idaho stage route.
Stages leave this House for above and be
low, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado,
Gem City and Sparta.
Connected with the Hotel will be found a
first class
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B A K E R C IT Y , O BEG O N .
W Baker o f City,
the State.
Sept. 1, 1873. n!7y.
A
Law, Baker city, Oregon.
N. B.—Those indebted to either the Hotel
or Saloon are requested to appear at the
Captain’s office and settle.
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R A IL ROAD H O U SE .
I. D. HAINES,
cou n selor
most reasonable Prices.
D r e s s J V ta k in g
Done to Order, and at Short Notice by
MRS. L. J. HUSTON.
Baker City, April 18,1874.-n51m6
Bolina & McCord’s
SALOON,
AT THE OLD StAND OF
B am b erger & F ran k ,
oh ii a A M cC ord R e sp e c tfu l
ly inform the Citizens of Baker City
B
and the Public generally, that they have
opened a New
T
Liquors, Wines and Cigars of the best
quality. Phelan’s Improved Billiard Tables
all in good order.
IDD P R A C T IC E IN ADD C O U R T S
and
a n d M illin e r y
Goods in Store, and Latest Styles receiv.
L
ed by Express every Month, and for sale at
S A L O O N ,
Where will always be found the very best
W in e s , L iq u o r s and C igars.
Also
One of the Finest and Best
S A L O O N !
Attorney-at-Law,
ttorney
H o te l.
MAIN STREET,.........................................BAKER CITY.
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
L. O . S terns will attend the Courts of the
Fifth Judicial District, and of Idaho and
Washington Territories.
Water Rights and Mining Litigation a
First door above the Express Office.
a d ies F an cy
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON.
N o ta r y P u b l ic .
A tto rn e y s
UNLEW S T O R E ,
OREGON,
W ould respectfully inform the public that
they have recently received a wellse-
lec.ted and fresh Stock o f
T. C. H YD E,
S te rn s & H y d e ,
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS,
AT THE
Drugs,
Chemicals,
Paints, Oils,
Perfumeries,
Patent Medicines,
Soaps,
Wines,
We are now prepared to do all kinds of
Brandies,
JOB W ORK on short notice and at reasona
ble rates.
Whiskies and
N. B.—All Job Work MUST BE PAID
Cordials,
FOR ON DELIVERY.
P R O F E S S IO N A L CARD S.
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CLEMENT & SICORD, Proprietors,
B illia r d T a b le s
To be found in the City. “ Fred” and "Bob”
will he pleased at all times to have their
friends give them a call.
B A K E R Y .
They have re-opened the bakery in con
nection with their Saloon, and are prepared
to fill all orders in this line, at short notice,
and at prices to suit the times. The Bakery
is under the care of Mr. ILER.
BOHNA & McCORD.
Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874. n40tf
Baker City, Oregon.
J. M. S H E P H E R D ,
T
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
S. V . K N O X ,
In a manner that will give satisfaction.
The Table will be supplied with the best the
(And Notary Public,)
MARKET WILL AFFORD.
O R E G O N .
Will practice in the Courts o f this State and
Washington Territ ry.
PECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO LAND
Business, and Collections.
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Give us a call, and then you can judge of
our ability and capacity to please our custo
mers.
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CLEMENT & SICORD.
J O S E P H H. S H I N N ,
N o t a r y P u b lic
it
c e r ,
Will attend to Conveyancing and making
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.
Baker City, Sept. 11, 1872.
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^ reynolds ,
NOTARY
PUBLIC
AND
DEPUTY U. S. M ARSHAL.
Office with John Brattain, Three Doors
South of B edro ck D em cbat office,
on side o f the Street.
Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7m !
T . JST. S n o w ,
m
F R
C Ï ^ Ü ,
JOSEPH MAN AI DAS, Proprietor,
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
O f f ic e —In the new Buildrng im m ediate
ly South o f the Western Hotel.
O N E
B
I T
J. B. Q.ARD]NrEJrt?
H E P B O P K IE T O R H A S B ou gh t
T
the Hotel Restaurant, next door to
the Post Office, formerly kept by Sicord &
W hitcom b, and has fitted the same up in
the best style as a Hotel, on the French
Restaurant Style. He is prepared tq ac
commodate the Public, and is determined
to give entire satisfaction.
The House is open from five o ’clock in
the morning until twelve at night, during
which time customers will be supplied
with the best o f everything to be had in
the
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u a .m i S . H 3 T ,
BAKEB CITY MARKET.
J
O It n E p p in g e r
R e sp e c tfu lly
informs the citizens oi Baker City that
has re-opened the
BAKER CITY MARKET,
MEDICAL E X A M IN E R
i'or the New Y ork Life Insurance Co-
n!3if
«There, at all times, he will be prepared to
furnish his customers with the
BEST OF MEAT,
Of all kinds, at most reasonable prices.
jp. AtW
OOdL, M
. D Baker City, April 11, l874.-n49tf
Graduate of the College of Physicians and
lrgeons New York and of the Medical De-
.rtment ol the Willamette University,)
WATCHMAKER AND JE vYELER,
ESTABLISHED IN BAKER CITY IN 1867,
Keeps constantly on hand a well assorted
Stock of
WATCHES, CLOCKS I JEW ELRY,
and is prepared to do all kinds of work in
his line of business.
Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory
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Prices
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s. A.
GEO. J. BOWMAN.
GAINES.
GAINES & BOWMAN,
D la c k s m itlis
AND
L I V E R Y S T A B L E Manufacturers of BiiiiS & lapis.
MESSRS. KILBI RY & l’ERKINS W direct irom St. Louis, Mo., and none
but the very best is Purchased, we are there
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
E A R E G E T T IN G O U R T IM B E R
Terms cash, or no patronage solicited.
Office one door north ol City Drug
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BAKER CITY, OREGON.
T ) e sp c c tfu lly I n fo r m th e Cit-
izens of Baker City and County, and
the Public generally, that they have pur
chased the
Mrs. R. C. Shepherd
Livery
IS AGENT FOR
Stal>l©
Groyer & Baler’s Sewina MacMnes.
Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that
they are prepared to furnish customers with
the best of
Baker City, Dec. 1, 1872.n30tf
Single or Double Turn-outs,
T. P. HENDERNSON,
MAIN STREET, BAKER CITY,
in
and SADDLERY
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, CHEAP FOR
C A. S
B A R
Is supplied with the very best o f every
thing in his line, at
BAK E R CITY, OREGON.
Physician and Surgeon,
M M
C o sm o p o lita n S a lo o n ,
Corner o f Fro::t Street and Court Avenue,
opposite Virtue’s Bank, where he will
be pleased to see and wait upon his friends
and the Public generally. His
Baker City, July 4 ,1874.-n9t.f
. i_>.
M anufacturer a n d D e a le r
IL L IA M CO N STABLE W O U L D
W
respectfully inform the -Public that
he has opened the
A Drink. He has a Fine Billiard Table
for the use o f his customers,
Baker City, Dee. 17, 1873.
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d o
A N
AND
C o n v e y a
COSMOPOLITAN SALOON.
r e s p e c tfu lly
H u n g r y and. W e a r y ,
A tto rn e y at L a w ,
W E S T O N ,
lie P r o p r i e t o r s
inform the Public that they have pur
chased the Baker City Hotel, and have fitted
it up as a First C lass Hotel, where they will he
found at all times ready to attend to the
wants of the
A tto r n e y a t-L a w ,
HE •
Repairing done with neatness and dispatch,
at Reasonable Prices.
Baker City, Sept. 30, 187Ln21tf
S J M’C O R M I C K ,
Importer and Dealer In
Boob, Slationary, Toys, Music And
N E W SP A P E R S,
FRANKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUS’
Headquarters, Fire-proof
Brick Building, 105 Front street, Portland,
hi7
Oregon.
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Either night or day, with or without drivers,
at the very lowest rates. First c.ass Saddle
Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the
best of care bestowed. We keep nothing but
the best o f Stock and Buggies.
;
Our stable is at the upper end of Mam
Street, Baker City, Oregon.
Come and see us, Everybody, and we will
do our t a t to
4 pEKKM S
fore prepared to Warrant all our work.
We are now fully prepared to complete any
buggies or W#gons
On short notice, and we can say we have the
Very Best of Workmen in our employ.
Every one wanting a Buggy or Wagon will
save tinie and money by giving ns a call and
examining our work for themselves.
Horse-siioeing.
Special attention is paid to Horse Shoeing.
All repair work done on short notice. We
are thankful foy .past Patronage, and still
solicit a continuance.
GAINES & BOWMAN.
Baker City, March 11,187i.-n44tf
Blacksm itLi.no-
February 10, 1874.-n40tf
STABLE
AND
W A G O N M A K IN G ,
n A ll th e V a r io u s B ra n ch es
S t a t e P r i n t e r .— Th? Oregon City
Enterprise says an effort was made in
the present session of the Legisla
ture to abolish the office and
and to provide for letting eut the
printing to the lowest bidder. It
might with the same propriety be
asked to abolish all the offices and
let them out to the lowest bidder.
For years past it has been a matter
of contention for this office, and as
but one printer is to be elected every
four years, we find plenty of newspa
per men who find space to abuse the
successful candidate, and who advo
cate the doing away with that officer.
They are extravagant in their asser*
tions as to the eompensatson allowed
the printer, and have nearly educa
ted the public mind into the belief
that all that is required to get rich
off of the people is to get elected
State Printer, and hence the masses
think the office is an extortion on the
public. We are astonished at the
friends of the craft for the position
they have taken in this matter, and
trust that their better judgment (not
jealousy), will govern them in the
future. We are of the opinion that
the present fees allowed the State
Printes are too high, and should be
reduced. That they are extortionate
we deny. There has not been a
State Printer since the days of Mr.
Bush that has made anything out of
the office. There is a great deal of
expense attached to thé office, and
the mechanical labor, in regular offi
ces is as high to day as it was fifteen
years ago. The prices were too high
then, yet they have b'een materially
reduced since that time. We trust
that the present Legislature has fix
ed the price at a reasonable figure,
and that the cry to abolish the office
will cease. The Printer earns his
money andwhile he draws a great deal
from the State Treasury, the Legis
lature gives him the work to perform
and they ought to expect to pay him.
No Legislature that has ever conve
ned in Oregon will compare in e x
travagance in this respect, to .the one
that closes its session to morrow.
For the honor of the craft, and the
interest of the printers of this State
we protest at this continual cry for
reduction in all matters pertaining
to their profession. We know that
noc one half the papers published in
Oregon to day are making any mon
ey over and above expenses, yet we
have for the past four years been
dosed with the cry from the papers
that the advertising rates were extor*
tiouate, and the same is also asserted
in regard to the publie printing. We
affirm, and we know of what we speak
that the rates of advertising, and oth
er work done by the printers, are
too low, and not too high. Twelve
years ago paper and other printing
material was cheaper than it is to day.
The cost of living is no lower now
than it was then, and yet the prices
of all work and advertising has been
reduced more than one half. The
low prices and competition in the
business has nearly ruined it. And
as long as printers will join in this
crusade, made by interested persons
against them, they must expect to
suffer the consequences. We believe
in maintaining tne credit and digni
ty of the craft, and, unless the piin-
ters of the State do not take a manly
stand in their own defense, they can
not blame the public, who know
nothing in regard to the business,
in making war upon them. It comes
with bad grace from papers that are
not able to pay expenses, to cry
down prices, and we trust that this
war upon the Btate Printer will have
an end.
D r a w in g
of
S e n a t o r s . —During
the session of the Senate on the eve
ning of the 20th, the members of
that body drew for the long and
short terms, with the following rei
suit: Long term—Braly, Clark,
Cochran, Engle, Goodman, Herrin,
Jewel, Lee, Munkers, Oiiield, R ich
ardson, Savage, Smith Van Cleve
aud Wisdom—nine Democrats, four
Rednblicaus, and two Independents;
for the short term—Barnes, Bristow,
Cornelius. Crystal, Dolph, Haley,
Hannah, Hirsch, Myers, Owens, To-
lin, Townsend, Watson, Webster and
Witham— seven Republicans, four
Democrats, and four Independents.
Those for the long term will vote for
the next United States Senator from
this State and hold over until 1878,
and those who drew the short term
will vacate their present positions
upon the election and qualification
of their successors, in 1876.
I
At Ouchy (Switzerland ) a boat
man pulled out a man who tried to
drown himself in the lake. Later
Head of Main Street,
Having completed their New Stable,
he saw him hanging on a tree and
have now the finest and best regulated
B A K E R C I T Y , O R E G O N . left him alone to enjoy his “ fixed
L i v e r y S ta b le
I will do as good work, at as reasonable idea.” He was summoned before a
Prices, as any other Shop in the Country.
magistrate for not preventing the
In Eastern Oregon,
S. B. McCORD,
suicide, and said he thought the
Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874.n40tf
gentleman had hanged himself up to
Where they will carry on the Livery Busi
dry.
ness in all its branches.
GRIER & KELLOGG
STO C K BOUG H T AN D SO L D .
Baker City, Nov. 13, 1872. n!3fr________
K a stn e r & L ach n er
TJ nder ta k e r.
PROPRIETORS OF THE
J. W. C L E A V E R
DAKER CITY BREWERY,
Informs the Public that he is prepared to do
ail kind of work in the Undertaking Business
•n short notice and at rasonable prices.
Baker City, Oct. 1, 1873.n21tf
J 0 iiu R g .
NO.
One square or less, one insertion,....... $2 50
Each additional insertion,...................
I 00
Ono square three months,............ .
6 00
Business Advertisements by the month—
Quarter column................................... $G 0
Half colu m n ,...............................
10 00
One column,.............................. ’ .........j g fio
Ten per cent, additional on advertisements
to which a special position is guaranteed.
CL?- The space of one Inch, up aud down
the column, constitutes a square.
N. B.—All debts due this office are payable
in Coin, unless otherwise expressly agreed.
f\
BAKER
S . M . P E T T E N G I L 1 & C O ., 10 S ta te
i iimn 11» ■ in ■■
R A T E S OF A D V E R T IS IN G :
On the East side of Powder River,
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
April 29, 1874.
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carried on by the Undersigned, at his
Shop, at the
Jas. D - Koontz,
Forwariing & Commission Mordant,
C orner of F ir st and
G S teets ,
U m a tilla ? O r e g o n .
The girls at Yassar are allowed to
play foot-ball, and it is an inspiring
sight to see one of them miss the
ball and land on her head in the
grass.
W ives .—I t is a cruel thing for
women to goad their husbands to the
verge of despair, because they are
not rich and cannot buy velvet and
satin, wherewithal to array their
wives, and keep them altogether for
ornament.
Yet there are those who marry
poor men, who, when the novelty of
the honeymoon has passed, refuse to
accept the. situation, and fret, and
quairel with fate, as if they had been
blindly and forcibly led to the altar.
L’overty seems a crime to such wom
en, and their lives soon become
wretched by their secretly hating
their husbands for standing between
them and rich surroundings.
To save, wait and economize is not
among their resolves. The day of
small things to their grand ideas is
narrow-and despicable.
“ Look at me,” says one of these,
“ born for a queen of society, I must
sit down in the corner, a perfect no
body!”
No woman has the highest right
to money she has not erned, either
by smoothing her husband’s path
way, and strict economy, or by actu
al labor. It is impossible to know
the value of a dollar until one has
earned it.
Idle women speak of money as if
it were something men went oat pic-
nicing for pleasure, and gathered
from well laden bushes, when in re
ality the means for providing food
and shelter for a family often de
mands serious privations and hard*
ship. Constant labos from day to
day, early and late, is not a joke by
any means. Headaches come from
planning, counting iigureing, and
arranging; and heart aches from dis-
apointments and frustration. Often
a man goes home at night footsore
and weary of the strife.
Then this spirit needs the soothing
and encouraging influence of gentle,
loviDg words from a wife, who proves
that she is devoted to his interests
and the mutual desire to make homo
secure and pleasant.
Such a wife is more to a man than
a heavy bank account.
N ew F angled D iseases . —“ Diseas
es is very various,” said Mrs. Par
tington, as she returned from a street
door, in conversation with Dr. Bolus.
“ The Doctor tells me that poor Mrs.
Haze has got two buckles on her
lungs! It is dreadful to think of it I
deciair The disease is so various!
One day we hear of people dying of
hermitage of the lungs, another way
of the brown creatures; here they tell
us of the elementary caDal being out
of order, and there about tonsors;
here we heard of neurology in the
head, there of embargo; oue side of
us we hear of men killed by getting
a pound of tough beef in the sacofa-
gus, and there another kills himself
by discovering his jocular vein.
Things change so that I deciair I
don,t know how to subscribe for any
disease nowadays. New names and
nobtrlis take ihe place of the old,
and I might as well throw my old
herb bag away.” Fiiteen minutes
afterward Isaac had the herb bag for
a target, and broke three squares of
glass in a cellar window in trying to
hit it before the old lady knew what
he was about. She didn’t mean ex
actly what she said.
S quirrel T ails .— We noticed at
the Fair last week on exhibition one
thousand squirrel tails. The frisky
little rodents that sported these nar
ratives were killed, scalped and mur
dered by a lad of some 73 summers
by the name of Samuel Craig of the
Belknap settlement, in Benton coun
ty. This youth accomplished the
work of extermination between the
months of March and September.
The society offered a premium for
the largest number of scalps, but
we suppose Mr. Craig forgot which
end the scalp was on, and took the
scalps off the wrong end. The soci
ety however, overlooked the lad’s
mistake and awarded him the premi
um.
F rench S ocial C ustoms —The ab
sence of the unmarried French wo
man in the American drawiug rooms
of Paris is the Subject of general re
mark to transatlantic observers.
There are American families of cu l
tivation who have been living in
Paris for ten years, and are not on
terms of intimacy with a single
French family, although they may
have Frenchmen constantly at their
tables. It is not the custom of the
French to have an extensive social
circle of friends, as in America ; oft
en it does not extend beyond their
relations, among wdiooi a praisewor
thy harmony generally exists. There
are many instances where French
men have married Americans, but
very few where Americans have mar
ried Frencnwoman ; but when it
does occur, the door of the interior
are thrown opeu to them, and they
are made acquainted with every fea-
tnae of that private life hitherto
closed to them.
i'Uese customs show the barriers
which surround the interior life of
the French people, and the differ
ence which exists between them and
us. However much the Americans
may be disposed to adopt their cus
toms, they are nowise inclined to
adopt those of the Americans. One
would think that when a marriage
takes place between the Frenchman
and the American girl, her intimate
friends would have an opportunity
of seeing something of the inner
social life through the connections
thus created, but it is not generally
the case. She is absorted by her
new relations, who have an aversion
to that large circle of friends and
acquaintances of which the Amer
icans are usually so fond.—Albert
Rhodes, in The Galaxy for May.
L ook A fter the E yes .—Multi-«
tudes of men and women have made
their eyes weak for life by the two
free use of the eye sight, reading
small print and Going fine sewing.
In view of these things it is well to
observe the following rules in the
use of the eyes-
Avoid all sudden changes between
light and darkness.
Never read by twilight, or on a
very cloudy day.
Never sleep so that on awaking the
eyes shall open on the light of the
window.
Do not use eye sight by light so
scant that it requires an effort to dis
criminate.
Never read or sew directly in front
of tne window.
It is best to have the light from
above, or obliquely, or over the left
shoulder.
Too much light creates a glare,
aud pains and confuses the sight.
The moment you are sensible of an
effort to distinguish, that moment
stop and talk, walk or ride.
As the sky is blue and the earth
green, it would seem that the ceiling
should be a bluish tinge, the carpet
green, and the walls of some mellow
tint.
The moment you are instinctively
inclined to rub the eyes, that mom
ent cease to use them.
If the eyelids are glued together
on waking do not forcibly open them
but apply saliva with the finger, and
theu wash your eyes and face with
warm water.
How G a s is M a d e . —It is very
easy to make gas, but it costs much
trouble to purify it, that it may burn
well and give off no noxious odors.
Below is a sort of gas catechism that
conveys a good deal of important
“ light” on the subject.
“ How do they make gas ?”
“ First, they put about two bushels
of bituminous coal in a long air tight
retort. This retort is heated red
hot, when the gas bursts out of it
as you see it burst out of soft coal
when on the parlor fire. The gas
passes off through pipes. A ton of
coal will make ten thousand cubic
feet of gas. The gas, as it leaves
the coal is very impure.”
“ How do they purify it ? ”
A M odern D iana .—The Benton
“ First, while hot, it is run off in
Democrat says that Mrs. Grant, who to another building; then it is forced
lives in Polk county, near King’s through long perpendicular pipes,
Valley, killed two fine deer, on Tues surrounded with cold water. This
day of last week. On the Monday cools the gas, when a good deal of
previous she killed a very large fat tar condenses from it and runs down
buck. This lady has now killed to the bottom of the perpendicular
eighteen deer since she has resided boiler half full of wood laid cross
on the Luckiamute, and is one of wise. Then ten thousand streams of
the most successful shots in that sec cold water are spurted through the
tion of country.
boiler. Through the mist aud rain,
“ It is a standing rule in my church,’ and between the wet sticks of wood
said one clergyman to another, “ for the gas passes, coming out washed
the sexton to wake up any man that and cleansed. The ammonia conden
he may see asleep.” “ I think,” re ses, joins the water and falls to the
turned the other, “ that it would be bottom.”
“ What next ?”
much better for the sexton, when:
“ What next—the gas is purifipd.
ever a man goes to sleep under your
It
is passed through vat« of lime and
preaching, to wake you up.”
oxide of iron, which takes out the
It having been asked by one cu carbonic acid and ammonia.”
“ W’ hat next ?”
rious in the causes of things, “ why
“ The gas is now pure. It passes
two thirds of the hotel clerks are
bald,” a keen observer gives it as through the big station meter, then
his opinion that it may be “ because through the main aud pipes till it
the forces of nature have been diver reaches the gas jets in your room.
ted from the scalp to the cultivation Then it burus, while you all scold
because it does not burn better.”
of supernatural cheek.”
This was evidently an “ off” year
A pair of twin sisters in South
All Freights and charges paid and advan
ces made on Commission. I have a Stone Bethlehem (Mass. ) gave birth to in politics, The people “ throwed
Warehouso for Storeage of Goods.
twins recently. The four young off” on the Republicans.— Dayton
Mark goods, Care J. H. K.,U.
sters were born about the same hour. Journal.
A«g.Umatilla,‘f 1874.nJ3n24»
A Pittsburg women was cured o f
speechlessness by the prayers o f a
priest. Her hnsband is now prowl
ing after the priest with a ehot-gtm ,