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VOL. XVII.
INVARIABLY IN ADVA NCR.
CORVALLIS, OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 12, 1880.
NO. 11.
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
M. S. WOODCOCK,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
4 OaVALLIS : UK1().
o1
kFFICE OX FIRST STREET, OPP. WOOD
COCK 4 BALDWIN'S Hardware store.
Special attention given to Collections, Fore
closure of Mortgages, Real Estate cases, Probata
and Road matters.
Will also tiuy ami sell City Property and Farm
Lauds, on reasonable terms.
March 20,1 S7D. 16-12yl
J. K. WEBBER,
Main St., Corvallis. Oregon,
DEALER IN
Stoves, Ranges,
FORCE . ND LIFT PUMPS.
HOUiE FURNISHING HARDWARE,
or vail in lodge 9o 14, t . A A. 91.
Holds stated Communications on Wednesdav on
or preceding each full moon. Brethren in eood
standing cordially invited to attend. By order
W. M.
Barnuni Lodge No. 7, I. . O. 1 .
Meets on Tuesday evening of each week, in
their hall, in Fisher's brick, second storv. Mem
bers of the order in good standing invited to at
tend. By order or 1. U.
F. A. OHENOWETH.
P. M. JOHNSON.
CHENOWETH & JOHNSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Ut. A I.I. IN .... OHFOH
September 4, 1879. lG:36tf
Constantly on hand, the
NEW ICHMONO RANGE,
Bent in Market. The
BONANZA COOK STOVE,
Something New. And the New
VSCTA PARLOR STOVE.
Jan. 1, 1880. 17:1 tf
J. R. BRYSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
All business will receive prompt
attention.
CORVALLIS
Livery, Feed
...AND...
SALE STABLE,
t. , (Jo VII 1 it M'CUOIl
Muln a
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY
Corvallis, July 14, 1870. 16:29tf
J. W. RAYBURN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
tORVALLM, OKtOMJI.
OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and
'third.
SOL. KING, - Porpr.
fflir-Special attention given to the Collection
of Sutca and Accounts. 16-llf
JAMES A. YANTI8,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
I OKV A I.l IS. .
OBKCON.
ty ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
of the Stale. Special attention given to
(fitters in Piobate. Collections will receive
tompt and careful attention. Office in the Court
use. 16:ltf.
DR F. A. V:NCENT,
DENTIST.
QWNING BOTH BARNS I AM PREPARED
v to offer superior accommodations in the Liv
ery line. Always ready for a drive,
oor TEIVIS
At Low Rntis.
My stables are first class in every ro.jp.-ct, and
competent and obliging hostlers always
ready to serve the public.
REASONABLE CHARGE FOR I HE.
Particular atteflu Pm-i tn liun iiu;
1- OtSM.
ELEGANT HEARSE, C V RKI GES AND
HACKS FOR FU-NHRALS
Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1879. IfeJyl
COltVALLIH
REOON,
QFFICE IN FISHER'S BRICK OVER
Max. Frieudlcy's New Store. All the latest
improvements. Everylh ng new and complete.
All work warranted. Plea-egive me a call.
15:3tf
G. R. FARRA, M. O.
PHY. tit IAN AND MUG EOS,
O
FFICE OVER GRAHAM Jfc HAMILTON'S
Drugstore, Corvallis, Oregon. 14-26tf
W. C. CRAWFORD,
DEALER IN
WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SILVER WARE,
w etc Also,
Mimical Inotrumnts fc
;3P-Itepairing done at the mo3t reasonable
rates, and all work warranted.
Corvallis, Dec. 13, 1877. 14:50tf
GRAHAtt, HAMILTON & CO.,
VORVALLM ... IIKKUO.V
DEALERS IN
Irtig"s, Paints,
MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS !YE STIFFS,
OILS,
Woodcock & Baldwin
(Successors to J. K Bayley & Co,) .
TTEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE
old stand a large and complete stock of
Heavy and Midi Hardware,
IRON, STEEL,
TOOLS, STOVES,
RANG S, ETC
Manufactured and Home Made
Tin and Copper Wnn,
Pipe, Kt-.
A good Tinner constantly on hand, and all
Job Woik neatly and quickly done.
Also agents for Knapp, Burrell & Co.,
for the sale of the best and latest ire
proved
mVA. Wi ME MACIIfNERY,
of all kinds, together with a full assort
ment of Agricultural Implements.
Sole Agenls for the celebrated
ST. L UIS CHAM R 0KS GVES
the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also tha
! Norman Range, and many other patterns,
in ait sizes aun styles.
g Particular attention paid to Farmers'
wants, and the supplying extras for Farm
Machinery, and all information as to such
articles, furnished cheerfully, on applica
tion. No pains will be spared to furnish our
customers with the best goods in market,
in our line. Mid at the lowest" prices.
Our motto shall be, prompt and fair
dealing with all. Call and exumh our
stock, before going elsewhere. Satisfac
tion guaranteed.
, WOOKC'OC'K & BALDWIN.
Corvallis, May. 12. 1879. 14:4tf
$15
CLASS
AND
PITHY.
PURE WINES AD IQJJB5
FOR MEDICINAL USE.
And uls the the very bunt assortment of
Lamps and Wall Paper
ever brought u ibis ulac.
TO $0000 A YEAR, or $5 to $20 a day
in your own locality. No risk. Wo
men do as well as men. Many make
more than the amount stated above.
No one can lail to make money last. Any one
can do the work You can make from 50cts to
$2 an hour by devoting your evenings and spare
time to the business. It costs nothing to try the
business Nothing like it for money making
ever offered before Business pleasant and strict
ly honorable. Reader, if you want to know all
about the best paying business before the public,
send us your address and we will send you full
particulars and private terms tra samples worui
!t& also tree: you can then make up
for
CO
vourself Address
Portland, Maine
GEORGE
your mind
STINSON &
16:31yl
AfiEXTS POM 'til K
avkm tH m? P 1ST,
SCPEUlOli TO ANY OTHER
$300
A MONTH guaranteed. Twelve
dollars a day made at home by
the industrious. Capital not re
quited: we will start you. Men,
women, boys and girls make money faster at
work for us than at anything else. The work is
light and pleasant, and such as anyone can go
right at. Those who are wise who see this notice
will send us their addresses at once and see for
themselves. Costly outfit and terms free. Now
is the time, Those already at work are laying
up large sums of money. Address TRUE & CO.,
Augusta, Maine.
A WEEK iuVur own town and no
oay.aal risked, tou can give tne
I ,; -i,l.,.,,l i-ron
f0jkw'Vhe best opportunity ever offered lor
.r.TN.n.T to work. loll alflBBL. nomill"
else until you see lor yours
ili,. )u:.in;"b; we offer. N,;a
Yori can i-Svote all your t
tim to t'e business,
ever houriyou wo:
as
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CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
I
A Tale of a Cat.
LANDS 1 FARMS! HOMES!
HAVE FARMS, (Improved and unim
m proved,) STORES and MILL PROPERTY.
Tery desirable,
FOR SALE.
These lands are cheap.
Also claims in unsurveyed tracts for sale.
Soldiers of the late rebellion who have, under
he Soldiers' Homestead Act, located and made
final proof on less than 1G0 acres, can dispose of
the balance to me.
Write (with stamps to prepay postage).
R. A. BENSELL,
Newport, Benton county, Oregon.
16:2tf
IT 113. TTARTUS,
One door South of Graham i Hamilton's,
4-OKV 41.1 I, OKEUH.V.
GROCERIES.
PRO VISIONS,
AND
Dry floods.
Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878.
l:lvl
DRAKE & GRANT,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
OCEIillit.
V1TE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
and well selected Mock t Cloth, viz:
Wci of t ifliint llioud
t lot lis. renoli . UNslmei,
co toll Tweeits, nnd
mctican u i tiny .
Which re will make up to order in the most
approved and lash enable styles. No pains will
be si ared ia producing good fitting garments.
Parties wishing to purchase cloths and have
them cut out, will i'.o well to call and examine
our stock. DRAKE A GRANT.
Corvallis, April 17 I87S. lB:16tf
Boarding and 'Lodging.
Piillomath Henliin u . On ifici.
OEOHCiiK KiSOR9
JJESPECT FULLY INFORMS THE TRAV
eling public that he is now prepared and in
readiness to keep such boarders as may choose to
give him a call, either by the
SfNCi E ML. DAY. OR WEEK.
Is also prepared to fan sh horse feed. Liberal
shaie ol public patronage solicited. Give CM a
call. GEORGE KISOR.
Philomath, A pril 28, lS"y. I0:18tf
J C. MORELANO,
(COTt ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
lUK'rLAl, - 4BE4JUX.
OFFICE Monastes' Brick, First street,
between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:o8tf
THE STAR BAKERY,
ni Street, 4 orvallin.
HENRY WARRU R, PROPRlETOi?.
family Supply Store !
Oroccricx,
BreHtl.
Ottlccs,
iiois,
Cundicw,
Toy,
Always on Hand.
Corvallis. Jan. 1. 1877. 14:2tf
ALLEY & WOODWARD,
Druggists
and
Apothecaries,
P. O. BUILDING, CORVALLIS, OREGON.
Have a complete stock of
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINT?, OIL,
GLASf, IT, ITS.
School l'ooks tationeny, feo.
We bnv for Cash, and have choice of the
FRESHEST and PUREST Drugs aud HeJfc'nca
the market affords.
Prescr:plions aceurataly p'enaved at half
the usual rates. 2MaylO:IStf
FRESH GOODS"
AT THE
BAZAR -'FASHIONS
Mis. E. A. KNICiHT.
ruKVAl.I.lN, - - OK-OHM.
Ha just received fmm San Fran isco, the larg
est and Best St ck of
Millinery ios
Dress Tr in mi rigs, Etc.,
Ever brought to Corvallis. w h eh 1 will sell at
pr ces that defy eomjietuion.
mic'iii ) f'r atnte. eiMrMiJ"' V lab e
I'M, U-i ,'.
25.prlf.:l7t(
ROBERT N. BAKR.
FashionabKVTailor,
pORMERLY OF ALB NY WHERE HE
utw given uis jiuliums eret:L r-ui isiji liou,
has determined to locate in Corjvallis, where he
hopes to be favored with a" slfare of the public
patronage. All work warrantAd, wnen made
under his supervision. Repairing and cleaning
Tomptiy auenaea to. j
lis, Jan. I.I8SU. l&:4btt.
P.jr.lel I
Hl' HKI, Ullliol.
l.(t
khusbaijfQ. wbo is eating a
wraiU "For heav-
R both forgotten that
rimilinnil (salkilv)
Pvaited at4eaatilt I w
One morning in spring, a poor little
kitten came crying abont the door of a
farm house. She was young, very small,
and very wild, and altogether in a sad
plight.
I was a little girl then, and extremely
fond of kittens, and as the plaintive
"me ew!" "me-ewT' reached my ears, I
flew to the door and opened it with a
bang, which caused poor little kitty to
take to her heels in a manner which is
possible only to a cat. I followed as fast
as my two feet would carry me, but she
was nowhere to be seen. In vain I called
"kitty, kitty, kitty!" in my most coaxing
tones. Even when at last I espied her
cowering behind some old boxes, she
would not be induced to come forth, but
quickly scampered away and disappeared
through a hole in the floor. It seemed
the mother had been killed bv some bad
L boys, and the little kitten was supposed
to have shared her fate, and so she was
nearly starved to death, being too young
to know where to go for supplies.
Having begged a saucer of milk of the
cook, I placed it near where Miss Kitty
had vanished, and I soon had the satis
faction of seeing a furry head and two
wild eyes appear at the hole where I was
watching for her.
Having learned wisdom from experi
ence, I at once withdrew to a distant part
of the barn, and she soon came out, and
with many starts and tremors many
scamperings back to her retreat, she
finally approached the milk, lapped it
greedily up, and licked her chops in a
way which said plainly, "I never tasted
anything so good in my life." After a
time, and with much patience, I suc
ceeded in taming her, and she would fol
low me all about the house, sit on my
shoulder and make graceful pretences at
catching my thread when I sewed, and
her winning ways, as well as her forlorn
and motherless condition, endeared her
to the whole household. She was of the
real tortoise shell colors, and beautifully
marked; the yellow and the black so min
gled as to make a golden "brown, where
over her head and down on either side, it
looked like the soft waves of a lady's
hair. The fur of neck and breast was a
creamy white, even to her feet, which, all
but one, were shod in brown slippers,
the missing one seeming to have been
just dropped. i
With her dainty neatness, the quiet
ease and grace of all her movements, and
her unobtrusive modesty and dignity,
ome might sometimes have fancied her
some lovely lady doomed to dwell in such
a prison, whose beauty and grace could
yet in no wise be hid.
But she had strange fancies, this fine
lady, and chose strange companions, for
wnile she spent a greater part of the day
with me, she invariably returned to the
barn at night, seeming to prefer it to the
more luxurious lodgings I provided for
her in the house.
I soon found that in her solitary and
orphaned condition she had taken the
hens and chickens as playmates, and this
to such an extent that it was curious to
watch them.
In the long summer days she would
follow the hens about in their wanderings
through the fields in search of "grub,"
and true to her instincts would while
away the time catching meadow mice, or
failing in her search, she would crouch
in the grasss near the hens, and play
fully spring into their midst. This in
variably caused a flutter among her fea
thered friends, and generally drew
forth a grave "craw! craw! craw!" of re
monstrance from some venerable hen,
but they had become too much accus
tomed to her kittenish freaks to be much
disturbed by them, and quickly resum
ed their wonted tranquility.
At night kitty took up her rest in a
deserted manger in the barn, above
which the hens had their roost, and
so I suppose, she consoled herself for
the lack of more congenial companion
ship. How far they understood each
other, it would be impossible to say,
but she evidently felt them to be a step
nearer to her than human beings. Well
time went on until one day (woe is me!
I dread the recital) , while kittv was
frolicking in the yard, a big black dog
came snuffing around the corner of the
wall; he saw our kitty where she was
crouching in terror by the dor step.
One pounce, and hg seized her one
snap of his cruel jaws and she lay dead
at my feet. All her gay, free wander
ings over, her little life extinguished.
No words could describe my feelings.
Life so bright and innocent, and death
sudden and cruel, brought face to face.
It was long before I could tell the
dreadful story, and all night my sleep
was disturbed by horrible dreams.
As soonas I was dressed next morn
ing, I strode down stairs, longing and
yet dreading to see my pet. There she
lap in the soft, green grass where she
had fallen, with no outward marks of
violence upon her person.
Strange to say as I looked from the
window, I saw a crowd of mourners Was
there before me. The hens had gather
ed around her in solemn conglave, and
seemed lost in wonder that she should be
so silent and regardless of them. How
long they bad been there I could not
tell. They consulted together in low
and solemn tones, and now and then one
would walk forward in their peculiarly
stately, teetering, mincing fashion, and
peer over.fc her, tht'ir rejoin the circle.-
No congregation "taking the last view
of the corpse" of a friend and neighbor,
could have been more decorous or more
respectful to the solemnities of the
casion.
How her case appeared to these grave
and reverend seigniors whether
reasoned upon the matter or no, I
not say, but I had no doubt they fi
was called away to breaKfast, and.
I returned they had dispersed,
was buried at the end of the
nath. and TOhe s often as I
place. I nd two or lmo old
in? and croakinarfB A the
trey
Extravagancies of a Paris Queen.
A correspondent who visited the home
of De Lion, one of the most prominent
of the Parisian demi-monde, thus de
scribes what he saw, and gossips also
about others of her class: "I have been
to see the household and kitchen furni
ture of De Lion. It was not worth the
trouble, except as an insight into the life
led by the fast women of Louis Phil
lippe's day. What strides with seven
league boots the luxury of this class of
women has made since 1852. The ex
planation is the enormous fortunes made
here, and the number of the idle wealthy
who flock to Paris from the uttermost
parts of the earth. T'other day a suit
was brought by the coachman of Mme.
Ellnini to recover a month's wages. She
has been for ten or fifteen years one of
the fast women. It came out during the
trial that she had eleven horses and five
carriages in her stables; five hostlers
and four under coachmen; her coachmen
received $100 a month, and she has
$200,000 invested in real estate. Her
greatest luxury was her dining-room ; its
glass porcelain and silver her plate is
valued at $20,000 were perfection.
"Her furniture was comfortable, noth
ing more,, and well worn, which showed
she cherished old associations. The
public were astonished to see that she
had no pictures better than daubs, and
no books. The fast women make it a
point of vanity to have large libraries of
splendidly bound books, which they
rightly think are charming ornaments
for walls. It was noticed that her bed
chamber was hung with black satin, and
its furniture with the same material.
Experts commended this color as most
judiciously chosen to pallitate the
ravages of many years. I should have
thought that the funeral appearance of
the bed-chamber would have prompted
every visitor who knew her years to ex
claim: 'At last!' Esther Guimont (this
was the name of De Lion) had all her
life long preferred the company of
artists and literary men to that of people
who had no recommendation but their
purse. You see she was as old
fashioned as her furniture.
"Her drawing-room was frequented by
men like Alexander Dumas, Eugene Sue,
Frederick Soulie, Romieu, Descourcelle,
Veion, Emile de Girardin, Dujarrier,
Malitourne, ana especially Nestor
Boqueplan. When time had blotted
these from life, Emile de Girardin intro
duced to her Prince Napoleon, Ernest
Renard, the younger Dumas, Emile
Augier, Emiie Jules de Goncourt,
Etienne Arago, Augusto Villemont, to
the great annoyance and jealously of
Mme. de Paive, another fast woman,
whose career has been more extraordi
nary than novelist ever imagined. The
persons just mentioned were habitual
guests at her table; her weekly dinners
were famous. Her drawing-room was
filled with men distinguished in politics
as well as art and literature. All of her
personal property is to be sold to the
highest bidder, and her name, too,
effaced everywhere in Paris save on a
headstone in a graveyard.
The Old Mill Pond.
Who is there who has not in some
recess of the memory a dear old haunt
like this, some such sleeping pond radi
ent with reflections of the scenes of dear
life? Thither in those winter days we
came, our numbers swelled from right
and left with eager volunteers for the
game, till at last almost a hundred
strong we rally on the smooth black ice.
The opposing leaders choose their sides,
and with loud hurrahs we penetrate the
thickets at the water's edge, each to cut
his special choice of stick that festive
cudgel, with curved and club-shaped
end, known to the boy as a "shinny
stick," but to the calm recollection of
after-life principally as an instrument of
torture, indiscriminately promiscuous in
its playful moments.
How clearly and distinctly I recall
those toughening, rollicking sports on
the old mill pond ! I see the two op
posing forces on the field of ice, the
wooden ball ready for the fray. The
starter lifts his stick. I hear a whizzing
swsep. Then comes that liquid, twitter
ing ditty of the hard wood ball skimming
over the ice, that quick succession ot
bird notes, first distinct and clear, now
fainter and more blended, now fainter
still, until at last it melts into a whis
pered quivering whistle, and dies away
'midst the scraping sound of the close
pursuing skates. With a sharp crack I
see the ball returning, singing over the
polished surface, and met half-way by
the advance-guard of the leading side.
Now comes the tug of war. Strange
fun! What a spectacle ! The would-be
striker, jammed in the center of a bois
terous throng; the hill-sides echo with
ringing shouts, and an anxious circle,
with ready sticks, forms about the sway
ing, gesticulating mob. Meanwhile the
ball is beating around beneath their feet,
their skates are clashing steel to steel. I
hear the shunhng kicks, the battling
strokes of clubs, the husky mutte rings
of passion half suppressed; I hear the
panting breath and the impetuous whis
perings between the teeth, as they push,
wrestle and jam. A lucky hit now sends
the ball a few feet from the fray. A
ready hand improves the chance; but as
he hits his stick a youngster's nose gets
in the way and spoils his stroke; he slips,
and falls upon the ball; another and an
other plunge headlong over him. The
""crowd surround the prostrate pile and
punch among them for the ball. When
Sound, the same riotous scene ensues:
another falls, and all are trampled under
i vtoot by the enthusiastic crowu. xe goas:
will any one come out alive? I hear the
n oil
I Ml
can-
t. I
hen
Kitty
;arden
isit the
croon-
old apple
if they are
if they have
over her un-
old familiar sounds vibrating on the air:
wfcTM -Whack: "Ouch!" "Get out of
the way, then!" "Now I've got it!"
"Shinny on your own side!" and now a
heavy thud, which means a sudden
damper on,some one's wild enthusiasm.
And so it goes on until the game is won.
The mob disperses, and the riotous
spectacle gives place to uproarous
jollity. Harper's Magazine.
The man who has been brought up on
hog and hominy is the- man who wants
quail on toast whn hetikes a hotel.
Webster, Choate and Sumner.
Thirty years ago, when a student at
Amherst College, I remember going over
with several of my classmates to North
ampton, where Daniel Webster and
Rufus Choate were the opposing lawyers
in the great Oliver Smith will case. I
shall never forget the great contrast
between the manner and gesticulations
of these two distinguished pleaders in
their closing arguments. The court
room was crowded almost to suffocation,
and the immense interest involved, to
gether with the high reputation, together
with the high reputation of the opposing
counsel, combined to excite the attention
and interest of all to a remarkable de
gree. Webster's gestures, as well as his
words, were comparatively few, but
weighty, massive, the very embodiment
of dignity and conscious strength. Most
of the time during his half-hour argu
ment he stood perfectly motionless, his
body slightly bent forward,aud his hands
behind his back. Choate spoke for
nearly two hours in a manner the very
opposite of Webster's, and' yet equally
appropriate to the speaker's indi
viduality. He was ail alert, every vein
swelled to fullness, every muscle at its
utmost tension. He advanced toward
the jury and retreated. He rose on
tiptoe, and several times in his excite
ment seemed to spring up entirely off
his feet. He ran his long, nervous
fingers through his dark hair, and anon
shook them in the air above his head
with so swift a motion that they seemed
to run into each other like the spokes on
a spinning wheel. His plea lasted two
hours. The day was hot, and when he
had concluded he sank into the arms
of attendants in a state of perfect ex
haustion, and was borne out into the
lobby like a corpse. The excitement in
the court-room was intense, but Web
ster's calm, stern logic carried the day
over Choate's brilliant and fiery rhetoric.
The verdict was for Webster and the
will.
One word concerning the gesticulation
of Charles Sumner. He was always
dignified and self-possessed, and his
movements, as well as his words, always
conveyed the idea of deliberation and
scholarly culture, rather than of the
spontaneous warmth and impulsive feel
ing which is most apt to stir emotion in
a hearer. But he had one gesture which
he used not often, but used once or twice
in his great speeches, which never
failed to send the blood thrilling to my
temples; and I noticed that it had a
similar effect on many others. He
raised his hand higher and higher, with
appropriate gesticulation, while building
a climax, and, when he came to cap it, he
rose on tiptoe and thrust his hand up
into the air with great force and with a
look of exultant triumph. It was mag
nificent. It fitted the subject and the
man. S. F. Bulletin.
"Old Si" and the Drummers.
Old Si brought up the church
notices and thereupon remarked :
"Ise gwine ter meetin' ter-morrer,
shol I don't know what time er
'.skurs lain trane's gwine ter flopoffen
do track an' switch me onter de
down-grade, an' I don't want ter go
dar, ef hit's jess ter miss de kuinpany
ob some tokes dat'll be dar!"
"Anybody specially, now?"
"Hit's mos'ly dese hyar kermushul
travellers dese drummahs dat Ise
boun' ter shake somewhat' twixt
heah an' kingdum cum, sartinl"
"They are very clever people, are
n't they?" "
"Well, I ain't 'quainted wid dom
all, but, ef dem dat I does kno' am
fair samples, jess 'skuso me fum de
ballunce. W'y dey's de wust men
on do rode book agints bein' barr'd
offen de track ! "
"Why do you think so?"
"Kase Ise had 'sperience wid dem.
Dey comes round dar ter de hotel,
takes up mo' room dan er dead head
edutur in er sleepin' kyar, cussos de
porters wid dere mo ills an' ban's, hez
two trunks erpiecc dat weighs like
dey wuz nailed to de flo' an' clinched
in de room down stairs, an' den dey
makes lub to ebery woman in ae
house turn chamber-maiden to de
garret ter de gubnor's maiden aunt
dat bangs de pianner in de front pur
ler.' "They are pretty fast boys, I should
judge."
"W'y, yer jest orter porter in de
house er while whar day comes! Dey
'pears ter be hired fer dere moufs,
an' two ob 'em kin talk er hotel full
er people, in Fair-week times. , into
gallopin' konsumption! Dev inter-
feres wid de advertizin' bizness obdc
noospapers, an' ter heah one ob dem
talk yer'd tink he wuz de whole
'Soshiated Press, an' had de monop'ly
ob de news ob de day! But Ise larnt
wisdum, an' when 1 sees er drummah
commin' offen de trane, I goes lame
right deu an' dar!''
"Still they do a great deal ot good
in commerce."
"Jess so! But den I don't like ter
see dese hyar wholesale peddlers run..
Ban' ober de country in dis style. I'd
rudder seo Sherman's army comin'
agin dan ter see er convention ob
diummahs in dis town. Dey ar'
moughty danger'us to de good licker
an' de fresh eggs in town, fer dey's
pow'rful fond ob boaf ! An' I say
agin I don't want ter go down yan
der in de 'furnal regums, 'kase, ef I
has ter go, I don't want ter be pes
tered all de time by dese drammahs
tryin' ter sell me pa'm-leaf fans an'
linen dusters."
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Mr. and Mme. de Lesseps.
The whole of Europe, says The Paris
ian, passes through the dining-room
and salon of Mr. and Mme. de Lesseps.
It is a hospitable house, if ever there
was one, cosmopolitan, and always seem
ing to be full of joy. Yon amuse your
self there as you do nowhere else, and
yon find there a note in the shape of a
joyous band of seven children, who at a
given moment make a noisy and bound
ing entry in the midst of the receptions.
Mr. de Lesseps loves to be surrounded
by this little world, and his young wife
is an adorable mother. Every day about
4 o'clock an immense landau carries off
the brood to the Bois de Boulogne. Who
has not remarked those laughing faces,
those rosey cheeks, and the eyes spark
ling with a youth that is blossoming
forth in the full tide of happiness ? Be
tween the father and mother and their
children there is a perfect harmony and
tenderness which is perhaps the most
natural sentiment in the world, but now-a-days
is not common enough.
Mme. de Lesseps is of Creole origin;
her beauty has the type of that race, the
magnificent black eyes eyes of black
velvet which prevent you from seeing
with impartiality any other feature of
her face. Still, let us see. The nose,
perhaps, is a little wanting in line? Yes,
assuredly, but you hardly think of it in
the presence of that queenly look which
commands all your admiration. And
then she has a supremely elegant figure.
Tight-fitting dresses were invented for
her sake, and she is faithful to them.
Doubtless this fashion would be eternal
if all the women had as good a right to
conform to it as she has. She is the
daughter of Mr. de Bragars, who was
judge in the Mauritius. The following
anecdote relative to her marriage with
Mr. de Lesseps is known to their friends
alone. It is charming. On his return
from Palestine Mr. de Bragars brought
back with him some roses of Jericho for
some ladies of his acquaintenance. Mr.
de Lesseps; who was one of the friends
of the house, was present when the le
gend of these flowers was related. Any
one who has some of these roses dried,
may put them in water and express a
wish; if his desire is to be fulfilled, the
next day the faded flower will be found
to have bloomed again.
"And you, mademoiselle," said Mr. de
Lesseps, turning toward the young
daughter of Mr. de Bragars, "are you
going to try the experiment?"
"It is useless, monsieur," the young
girl cried with melancholy and emotion.
"Those roses would not bloom again!'
"Why?"
"Because the wish that I form cannot
be realized."
There was such eonfusion and evident
emotion in this reply that Mr. de Les
seps was struck and set to thinking.
"Try at least, mademoiselle," ho said,
taking her hand, which she did not with
draw too hastily. It appears that the
young girl put the legend of the roses to
the test. The following day they re
sumed their colors, and soon afterward
Mile, de Bragars became Mme. de Lesseps.
Lascars. The men who call them
selves Lascars belong to almost all Asiatic
races, except the Chinese. Your China
man wants full wages, and when he goes
to sea is always a carpenter, a sail maker,
or skilled operative of some kind Phil
ippine Islanders, Malays, Mughs (from
the o!d Burmese Coast), Sindees, Guteh
ees, Arabs, Komalees, and even, though
rarely, Pathans from the Hills, and pure
blacks from Nubia; but they were all
strong, all amenable to discipline, and all
very pleasant to captains, because they
required so very little accommodation.
Any covered place was better than their
own huts, and if there were none availa
ble they slept about as they could. They
all obeyed their own elected officer or
gang-masters, and they all, as long as their
wages were paid, did their work steadily
and perseveringly, mutinying quite as
rarely as Europeans. The captains liked
them, they persisted in employing them;
and gradually the Lascars came to form a
large proportion of every crew a propor
tion which of late years, and in non
lighting services, have steadily increased.
There was, however, always one uoubt
about the Lascars. Captains, unless ex
tremely familiar with them, and person
ally popular with them, distrusted their
nerve in battle that is, Captain Marry
at's grievance and believed that when
ever tried at once by danger and cold,
they would absolutely refuse to do their
duty. We do not remember the incident
on which the belief rested, but it was
nearly universal among the very experi
enced and competent seamen who made
up the ohl Company's Naval Service a
curious and estimable class .uid wasjmi
bodied in a story almost certainly 50 years
old, for we heard it ourselves as an j.l
legend of the service 31 years ago. One
of the company's captains was running
down the channel in bitter weather, when
a gale came on, and, the ship being in ex
treme danger, all the Lascars suddenly
sat down. They struck nobody, insulted
nobody, and made no rush for liquor; but
there they sat, with that passive, inof
fensive and unendurably irritating obsti
nacy which none but Asiatics and Red
Indians can display. The captain, alter
vain efforts to rouse the men with exhort
ations, orders and ropes'-endings, deliv
ered through subordinates, at last went
down to them himself, and said, in broken
my men; for, if not, in ten minutes you
will all be in hell !" -lUtchu" ("Ires Lien,")
was the humble reply, ' utclw. .Sahib; so
much the better. We shall be warm
there." The very desire of .Jfrfe had gone
out of them, and move they would not
and did not, and the work which saved
tne vessel was done bv some'recruits on
board. Spectator.
Some people outlive their manhood as
wetl as-liheir usefulness.. It would be bet
ter for 4em and their friends to die
earlier.
"Alphonso," saiil (TiriBWhe, thought
fully, as she let down her back hair that
evening, "is this simply a. sporadic case,
or do you expect allyoyr wives to take
naturally to beingwiot at? Because,
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