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THE BOOTBLACK'S BOUQUET.
Prop your eyes wide open, Joey,
Far I've brought you sumpin' great.
Apples? No; a uurned sight better;
Don't vqu take no interest? Waitl
Flowers," Joe I know'd you'd like 'em
A'nt them scrumptious? A'ntthem high?
Tears, my boy? What's them fur, Joey?
There poor little Joel don't cry.
I -as a skippin past a winder,
Where a bang-up lady sot,
All amongst a lot of bushes
Each one climbin' from a pot;
Every bush had flowers on it
Prettyl Mebbe i-otl Oh, nol
Wish you could a seen 'em growin',
It was such a stunnin' show.
Well, I thought of you, poor feller,
Lyin' here so sick and weak,
Never knovrin any comfort,
And I puts on lots of cheek.
"Missus," says I, "if yon please mum,
Coild I ax vou for a rose?
Fur my little brother, missus,
Never seed one, I suppose."'
Then I told her all about you
How I bringed you up, poor Joe,
(Lackin' women folks to do it).
Such a imp you was, you know
Till you got that awful tumble,
Jist as 1 had broke yer in,
(Hard work, too) to earn yer livin'
Blackin' boots fur honest tin
ETow that tumble cripled you,
So you couldn't hyper much
How it hurt when 1 seen you
Fur the first time with your crutch.
"But," I says, "he's laid up now, mum,
'Peai3 to weaken every day,"
Joe, she up and went to cuttin'
That's the how of this bokay.
Say! It seems to me, ole feller,
You is quite yourself to-night;
Kind o' chirk It's been a fortnight
Sence yer eyes has been so bright.
Better! Well, I'm glad to hear it.
Yes; they're mighty preity, Joe.
Smellin' of 'em made ycu hrppy?
Well, I thought it would, you know.
Never seed the country, did you?
Flowers growin' everywhere.
Sometime when you're better, Joey,
Mebbe I kin take you there.
Flowers in Heaven? ' M I s'pose so;
Dunno much about it, though;
A'nt a3 fly a3 what I might be
On them topics, little Joe.
But I've heard it hinted somewhere
That in Heaven's golden gates
Things is everlastin' cheerful
B'leve that's what the Bible states,
Likewise, there folks .don't get hungry;
So, good people, when they dies,
Finds themselves weM fixed torever
Joe, my boy, what ails your eyes?
Thought they looked a little sin'glar.
Oh, nc; Don't you have no fear;
Heaven was made for such as x ou is
Joe, what makes you look so queer?
Here wake up! Oh, don't look that way!
Joe! My bov! Hold upyon head!
Here's your flowers you drooped 'em, Joey,
Oh, my God! can Joe be dead?
BORROWING DBESE).
When my father discovered the fact
that I had pledged my hand to Tom
Houghton, his nephew, a frank easy-going
young man, who possessed very little
beyond a fair practice in an adjoining
village, he was very indignant. He could
not understand how a woman of my
quiet nature, to us his own expression,
"ever came to fancy such a rollicking
careless fellow." He forgot that people
always like their opposite.
No amount of reasoning could con
vince me that I had chosen unwisely and
that it was possible for me ever to regret
giving up the gayety of the city for a
life in Grayridge as the wife of a country
attorney. Tom loved me, and I was de
voted to him. This was enough.
As soon as my father became convinced
that remonstrance was useless, he re
luctantly yielded his consent to our un
ion , and generously presented me with an
expensive and elaborate trousseau. I
never dreamed of the impression made
by my wardrobe immediately subsequent
to my marriage, until years after, when
circumstances brought to life the fact
that the handsome dresses (which I had
stored away carefully in a cedar chest
in one of the upper rooms of our cottage
for future use when the little girls who
call me mother might appropriate them)
were remembered by the more observant
ladies of the village.
Tom and I had both sons and daugh
ters, and as our income was moderate, I
did not attempt to keep up with the fit
ful whims of fashion, and had adopted a
style of dress more commensurate with
our means.
We had been married just ten years
when the Centennial burst on the country.
One bleak morning in February I was
surprised by a visit from two young
girls, tspec cively fourteen and sixteen
years of age. I knew them both by
sight but between their mothers and my
self there had never been an interchange
of even the most formal calls. I polite
ly asked them to be seated. The elder,
Miss Weems was the first to speak. ,
"Mrs. Houghton," she began, "the
girls are going to give a Martha Wash
ington leap-year party."
"Yes," interposed her companion, Miss
Smith, "and we are going to send cards
to the young men, and we intend to take
them in rockaways and buggies, just to
cut them for letting us walk when they
take us to parties."
"I go out so little," I said, "I seldom
know what is going on. I had not
heard of the party. When and where is
it to be?"
It occurred to me that possibly these
girls had been commissioned to invite
Tom and myself. I could think of noth
ing else to which to attribute the unex
pected visit.
"Mrs. Bledsoe has offered to loan us
her house," began Miss Weems, but she
was again interrupted by Miss Smith, who
said:
"And Jim Bledsoe didn't half like it.
but you know his wife always has her
own way if she cnooses.
Miss Weems pulled at her glove and
exchanged glances with her friend,
and finally said, with a grest deal of em
barrassment:
"Mamma told me to ask you, Mrs,
Houghton, to please loan me your green
silk dress with the white fringe and bead
heading. You know we've all got to
wear old-time dresses, like them the
ladies used to wear in Cren ral Washing
ton's day."
I was thunderstruck, but replied un
eoneernedly: "I am afraid the dress you allude to is
not sufficiently ancient for a centennial
occasion." I wondered as I spoke how
her mother knew I owned such a dress.
"Oh, I can alter it," she responded.
"Mamma said yon wouldn't mind, be
cause it was out of date."
I was glad Mrs. Weems selected the
dress in question, as I prized it less than
either one among those contained in the
cedar chest.
"Ill take the best care of it," contin
ued the girl, her face aglow with pleas
ure at the prospect of wearing "green"
like the fabled milk-maid.
Just then Miss Smith touched her
elbow, and Miss Weems added, "Oh,
yes, I forgot! Mamie, here, wants the
loan of vonr 'byadeer' with the galloon
trimming to match" a nudge from her
companion and a suppressed whisper
caused her to add: "Sure enough I I
mean wide black lace trimming. Mrs.
Smith made me promise to tell yon that
Mamie shan't hurt it."
"Does your mother expect to attend
the party ?" I asked, to gain time, for I
was surprised out of my usual serenity.
"No, indeed," answered Miss Smith.
"It's a young folks' party. But can I
have the dress, Mrs. Houghton ? Please
say yes."
"I suppose so," I answered, mentally
congratulating myself that the dresses
designated were somewhat worn and
soiled, and still puzzled to know how
these people, with whom I had nothing
in common, could so accurately describe
garments I had almost forgotten.
There was nothing for me to do but
produce the two dresses, which I did,
and after the girls departed in high glee.
They bad been gone a half hour when
the house servant entered, bearing two
cards.
"Miss Grace Miller!" I exclaimed, in
voluntarily. The Millers belonged to
the elite of Grayridge, and we visited
socially, but not intimately. I was sure
they did not owe me a call.
"Yes, ma'am, and her sister, Miss Ad
die," answered the girl. "They say they
only want to see you just a minute."
When I entered the parlor, before I
could offer the customary salute, Miss
Grace advanced and kissed me in a gush
ing manner.
"My dear Mrs. Houghton!" she ex
claimed, "I have come to ask you such a
favor; we young folks are going to have
a Martha Washington Centennial Leap
Year party, and I am dying to personate
Marie Antonette. You know she was
just my style, and I wish you to lend me
your lovely blue silk. I can just barely
remember seeing yu (Miss Grace was
only three years my junior) with it on
when you came among us a bride. I was
quite a child, but I assure you it made a
lasting impression."
"One difficulty in regard to the dress
you speak of," I replied, "is that it is
not all the style required, and would
look ridiculous."
"That can be easily remedied," she re
joined, "by a slight alteration; and now,
while I think of it, dear Mrs. Houghton,
Addie would like to wear your rose col
ored moire, with the lace overdress."
I was completely nonplussed. Miss
Grace assumed that I wonld not refuse.
Quick as light thoughts chased through
my mind. The magnificent lace for
which my father paid a fabulons price
could I trust the delicate fabric to a
giddy girl ? But I must make some an
swer. "You can have the pink moire, Miss
Addie," I said, "but the lace has been
taken off and packed away, I scarcely
know where, and, besides, no one but a
regular modiste could put it together as
it was originally."
To my infinite relief Miss Grace said:
"Oh, ve can easily improvise an- over
dress." Compelled to submit or give offense, I
produced the dresses, and after a num
ber of exclamations of admiration over
the beauty and richness of the articles,
the ladies departed, overwhelming me
with thanks.
I returned to my sewing, but had
only taken the needle in my hand when
the bell again pealed.
This time it was a servant man with a
huge basket and a note. The messenger
was from Rose Bower, the home of Mr.
Woodbridge, a good friend of my hus
band, who lived a mile1 from Grayridge.
The note was from his daughter. She
had graduated with the highest honors
at a fashionable boarding-school the
June previous, but her spelling was
none of the best. I broke the seal and
read:
My Dear Mrs. Houghton: Us girls
are going to have a Martha Washington
Centennial leap-year party the 22d. You
know it is his birthday, and I want you
if you please to loand me your buff satin
to ware. It is too late for me to make a
new dress, as splendid as that in town.
Mamma says you had it on when you
was a bride to a party at Judge Simp
son's and she thought it was just lovely.
There is a Miss Glencole here from Buf
falo visiting me. We went to school to
gether and she never brought any of her
paity close with her. Mamma says you
used to ware a cherry-corded silk, and if
it is convenient could you send that too,
as it will suit exactly. Please do not
disappoint yours lovinly. An revoir,
MoiiLlE WOODBBIDOE,
P. S. 'Miss Glencole is about your
size. Don't forget the sash. I mean
the one that belongs to the cherry
corded silk.
Having acceded to the former requests
I could not, without giving mortal of
fense, refuse ' Mollie Woodbridge, and
yet I shrank involuntarily at the thought
of my clothes being worn by strangers,
some of whom I scarcely knew at sight,
and others I had not even seen.
My wedding-dress still remained, a
heavy white silk with garnitures of rich
lace and rare flowers. Besides this was
a handsome black velvet basque and
several evening dresses of lighter tex
ture, and I determined if any one else
made application to refuse upon the
plea that the stock was exhausted.
For some days I was not troubled with
visitors, and congratulated myself that
matters were -no worse, but the after
noon preceding the 22d I was startled by
the unceremonious entrance of Miss
Lucy Wycoff.the sister of Tom's partner,
and my heart sank because I dared not
refuse any request she might make. I
asked her to be seated.
"On, no," she replied, "I haven't
a moment to stay. I came in a hurry to
ask if you can let me have some antique
jewelry. You know, I suppose, that we
are going to give a Martha Washington
Centennial j leap-year party to-morrow
evening, and I am going as Martha
Washington. My costume is perfect ex
cept some antique jewelry.
I must here digress to say that when
I was married, my family, by common
coasent, gave me a pair of ear rings that
once belonged to my mother's grand
mother, with strict inductions to keep
them as an heirloom and a sacred relic,
as they were unique in design and were
valuable. When Miss Wycoff made the
request I did not remember the exist
ence of the gems in my possession, and
replied promptly that my jewelry was
all too modern to suit the character.
"I do wonder," she rejoined," "where
I can get something antique."
"1 am sure I do not know," I said;
"I am sorry I have no very old jew
elry." My evil genius nust have been in the
ascendency. Why did I use the word
"old?" My eldest son, a rather precious
boy, was standing near, listening to the
conversation. If I had continued to say
"antique jewelery,'' in his childish ig
norance he would not have gusssed the
meaning. As it was, he said:
"Why, mamma, you have got some
old jewelry 1 Don't you remember the
box up stairs with the old, old ear-rings
that they gave yon when "
Miss Wycoff did not wait but ex
claimed rapturously:
" Have yeu really a pair of old ear
rings ?"
There was no help for it. I hurried
wy and soon returned with the much-
wished-for jewelry. In the face of Har
ry's indisputable testimony administered
a sharp rebuke and a sharper slap on the
cheek of my young hopeful as soon as
Miss Wycoff disappeared, which timely
punishment he has never forgotten.
Harry had not ceased sobbing when a
merry-looking girl bounded into the
room.
"Oh, cousin!" she exclaimed, "I have
come to ask a favor."
Angie Walker was a cousin of Tom's,
and of course one must be obliging to
one's husband's relations. I knew, how
ever unreasonable her demand, I must
obey: She rattled on:
"I've engaged Will Macon's company
to the Martha Washington Centennial
leap year party, and I can't get a car
riage for love or money. Lend me your
rockaway ?"
The carriage was a gift from my father
only the Christmas beforehand I had not
! used it a dozen times, as Tom had been
trying to secure a horse that I could
drive without danger.
Angie must have observed my hesita
tion. Coming toward me with hands
clasped and tearful eyes, she said:
"Cousin, all the other girls have en-
gaged every buggy, rockaway and ve
i hide of every kind at the livery stable.
Please -please!
Just at that moment Tom came in. He
knew nothing of the vexatious ordeal
through which I had passed, and, after
a brief explanation from Angie, he in
sisted upon accommodating her. There
was no time to enter into particulars, so
to please him I yielded.
When Angie was gone, and I recited
all that had occurred in connection with
the Martha Washington leap year party.
Tom was highly indignant, and vowed if
he had known how generously I had re
sponded to the various applicants, he
should not have consented to allow An
gie use of the rockaway. In his off-hand,
husbandish manner he kissed me and
patted me on the shoulder as he said:
"Never mind, dear, they are all young
and thoughtless, and to judge by all I
have heard in regard to the party, they
expect to have a jolly good time, and
will, no doubt, return your liberality
with interest."
"How?" I asked incredulously, as if
these light-headed young people could
repay me for soiling and stretching out
of shape my elegant dress, as I felt sure
they would.
"How?" he echoed with gusto; "why,
by sending us a rousing supper. They
have scoured the country for fowls, eggs,
cream, butter in short, everything that
is good."
Like most men, Tom -was extravagantly
fond of eating, and more especially did
he enjoy rarities and delicacies.
I laughed.
"What amuses you?" he asked.
"Simply at the idea of those people
turning aside to send us a supper. It is
ridiculous!"
"They certainly possess common grati
tude," he answered.
At this moment the servant announced
supper.
"Perhaps they do," I responded.
"But had we not better make assurance
doubly sure by taking a cup of coffee?"
"No, no," he replied ; "I shall save my
self for the party supper. Why, they've
ordered oysters and all sorts of fruit from
the city. I tell you it will be well worth
waiting for."
"Come," I said, addressing our rosy
trio, "we will eat."
The little girls sprang toward me, but
Harry held back.
"I want to wait and eat with papa," he
said, with an imploring look; "may I?"
"Certainly," I replied.
He seated himself with an air of im
portance beside his father, who had
lighted a cigar and was proceeding to
read the daily paper.
The meal chanced to be a very tempt
ihg one. We had an elegant cook, one
who had formerly belonged to Tom's
father. I was surprised to see a dish of
broiled spring chicken, and could not
help exclaiming :
"Dar now." said Aunt Sukey,
know'd, chile, you'd be 'stonished, 'kase
1 se bin nussin dem young chickens an
gettin' 'em on de table, an' I done bin
make Marse Tom some waffles, kase I
knows he's parshell to em.
I hastily returned to the sitting-room
to impart the good news.
To my amazement he said: "It is very
tempting, dear, and JL m sorry to disap
point Aunt Sukey, but I don't want td
spoil my appetite.
It was in vain I argued that he would
be hungry enough before the feast from
the party could possibly arrive. He re
fused positively, and I was forced to go
back without him, and state the case to
our faithful old cook.
She took it more good naturedly than I
expected, and said:
"jNebtJer mine honey, taint no use to
force him, kase he's gwine to do jest as
he please; but de nex time I takes de
Eains to 'sprize him wid young chickin,
e'll be mo' an' glad to eat 'em. T' would
serve him right if dey don't Ben' him a
bite to eat.
I agreed with her, although I knew
she did not mean one word she said, for
Tom was a great favorite, and she- was
first to resent the slightest injury, by
word or deed, offered him.
Our children as a rule retired early,
and not long after supper, in spite of
their efforts to resist sleep, one by one
the younger ones weie carried off to bed
in a state of unconsciousness. Harry
managed to keep his eyes open until ten
o'clock, then, seated upright in his chair
yielded to the power of the sleep god.
Tom proposed euchre, and we played
for more than an hour. At last, thor
oughly wearied, I declared I could sit
up no longer.
"Just one more tub," pleaded Tom.
"A fellow gets so confounded lonesome
by himself."
I assented and played on until the
clock struck twelve. I then rebelled
outright and went to bed.
. Tom acknowledged afterward that he
did not retire until after one.
The next morning he denounced the
"whole tea party," as he called the orig
inators of the entertainment. He cer
tainly received no sympathy when he
appeared at breakfast from Aunt Sukey
when she learned that after all no supper
had been sent to us.
"Dar now!" she exclaimed, for she was
'a somewhat privileged character. "I
done said so; sarves yo 'zactly right arter
I done war' myself out tendin' and nus
sin' dem chickens fo' yo' hongry toof ; but
den i don t harbor no spite gin yo
Marse Tom, 'kase I know'd how 'twas
gwine to end, an' I done bin save a whole
one for yo' breakfas."
Here she produced a dish she had con
trived to hide with a napkin until she
considered she had said enough to make
him appeoiate her thonghtfulness, and
placing the plump, inviting food before
him, added, "Dar, chile, eat it, an bless
God tain't no wuss."
"You shall have a new bandana
before night," said Tom as he drew the
delicious viand nearer and commenced
the work of demolition upon the juicy
structure, made doubly acceptable by his
long fast.
It was the middle of March before all
the borrowed articles were returned.
When Tom went the day following
the party to inquire about the rockaway,
he found it in a lane leading to Dr.
Walker '8 house. Miss Angie, in return
ing home the night before, had driven
against a post and broken one of the
shafts. It was too dark to remedy the
trouble even temporarily, consequently
she and Mr. Mason walked home, the
latter gallantly leading the doctor's
horse. One of the cushions was "snag
ged" and it required two hours' work to
cleanse the mud from the outside of the
carriage.
The entire front breadth of the blue
silk worn by Miss Grace was fantasti
cally variegated with oyster soup, while
the rose-colored moire was altered al
most beyond recognition. One of the
sleeves of the buff "satin" was missing
and Miss Woodbridge sent a note ex
plaining that in the hurry of packing to
go home, (as she had been summoned to
Buffalo by a telegram) Miss Glencole had
taken the "cherry-colored silk" with her,
but of course it was all safe and I would
get it ultimately. The "antique jewelry"
escaped with the loss of one of the stones
that formed a cluster. Nothing.in short,
was returned uninjured but the "green
silk" worn by Miss Weems, and as I
brushed everything carefully and re
placed the dresses in the cedar chest, I
could not help feeling a pleasurable sat
isfaction in the thought that it was only
once in a hundred years there could be
by any possibility a Martha Washington
Centennial leap-year party.
"I Knew TToat."
Candies put up for picnics at Postoffice
Candy Store in one-half and one pound
boxes. Pop corn balls, ice cieam, chew
ing stick, at wholesale rates. Cor. 5th
and Morrison.
Attention of parties interested is called
to the advertisement of Mr. Chandler, of
Portland. Those interested should call at
Row I do Most liihesttaticgiy Aver
As an old practitioner, that Warner's Safe Kidney
and Llv r Cure Is among ibe most valuable discov
eries of in - 19th century. I cannot say too much
In its behalf. Pittsburg Pa.. April. 1880 "
Signed.! J H. COMBaUJs M. D.
The old made young and the weak strong by drink
ing Damiana Bitters, the great tonic.
'The Doc-tors Soul
I would never leave my t d. Ihat was three
months ago. Mow I weigh 190 pounds. I cannot
write half of what I want to say, but Warner's
Sale Kidney and Liver Cure did It all."
H O. BOP&K. Rah way. N J.
Strawberries, vanilla, Cocoannt, choco
late creams, opera caramels ten kinds,
plum pudding, at postoffice candy store
opp. P. O. 5th and Morrison, Portland.
.oVbeIVs new display or naotoosrowfcs at the ea
f n r t- r"rT 1ST and 1SS First street,
P..rllnd, OrcfM. It Is worth at trip to the
city to witness.
Send to Woods the hatter, Portland, Or.
O. X. P. Co. (New Series), Ho 17.
A London paper has heard of a case
where a droll fellow named Scrubbs got
into a first-clasB railway carriage, before
smoking carriages were invented. In the
carriage was seated a sour looking old
gentleman. After the train had started.
Scrubbs took out his pipe.
"You musn't smoke here," at once said
the old gentleman.
"I know that," replied Scrubbs. He
then calmly filled his pipe.
"Did I not tell you," said the old gen
tleman again, "that you can't smoke in
here?"
"I know that," gloomily replied
Scrubbs, taking out his fusee box. He
lit a fusee, but now the wrath of the old
gentleman was dreadful.
"You shan't smoke here, sir!" he
shrieked.
"I know that," added Scrubbs, allow
ing the fnsee to exhaust itself, when he
lit another, and another; the stench was
awful, the smoke suffocating.
The old gentleman coughing and
spluttering, struggled for words. "You
had better smoke," said he.
"I know that," replied Scrubbs, ap
plying the blazing fuzee to the expectant
pipe. t
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.
A. Ho table .Example Exhibited by a San Fran
cisco House.
It is- only from exceptional business enterprises
that the public obtain the fullest possible advatages.
To give those and properly remunerate the conduct
ors of an establishment requires a combination of
conditions seldom met with. There mast be a com
prehensive knowledge of all the facts pertaining to
the branch down to the smallest details, the posses
sion of ample capital to purchase all material at the
lowest cash basis from first sources, and if manu
facturing enter into the business, the greatest skill
should be commEnded to insure superiority of con
struction and finish. These are the principal con
stituents embodied by those business houses who
cater successfully to the public .n any line.
A most magnificent illustrttion is furnished by
"Nicoll, the tailor," whose establishments, 727 Mar
ket and 605 and 507 Montgomery street, San Fran
cisco, are as well known and patronized as are his
palatial stores in New York, or his elegant estab
lishment in the Lakeside Building, corner of Clark
and Adams streets, Chicago. It is perfectly safe to
say that no tailor in the country making to order
can compete with Nicoll. To the proof: He baf. an
office in London which is a great center to which
manufacturers of cloth at all points send their goods
for sale. He purchases regularly in London and also
in Paris, end when occasion requires, his buyers
visit manufacturing Beats, such as Hudersfield,
Dewsbruy, Leeds, Stroud, Trowbridge and Frame,
and in Scotland, Galaschiels, Dumfries, Langholm,
Jedburgh and Selkirk. Treating with and buying
solely from manufacturers in immense quantities,
and all for cash, he invariably contracts much bet
ter terms than any other buyer. He has also the
most favorable arrangements with the different
steamship companies, especially the Inman, for
transmission of goods. Changes in style, as soon as
they occur, are wired by private code from London.
Domestic fabrics are also purchased for cash from
manufacturers. .
Business with Nicoll this spring has started in
booming. Daring his many seasons, experience in
this city, he reports that at no time has he been so
pressed to fill his orders. He has been compelled to
procure the services of several first-class cutters
from New York and Paris, in addition to his usual
force of favorite artists In that line. He showed us
the most elegant and stylish assorsment of spring
and summer goods, both foreign and domestic, of
designs especially prepared for his house. Those
favoring "Nicoll, the Tailor," with their patronage,
need have no fear of seeing their suits duplicated
on the backs of Tom, Dick or Harry, who favor the
many shoddy shops in which this city abounds. "Nic
oll, the Tailor," employs none but the mostfikillful,
artistic cutters and efficient workmen, and such is
the promptitude of the house that a suit can be ready
to wear six hours after the measure is taken if de
sired. Suits are made in a superior manner from
$20 to $60. Connoisseurs of dress and the general pub
lic will, therefore, see that "Nicoll, the Tailor," can
meet their wants more effectually and economically
than any other house.
His country trade is also increasing Immensely.
His rules and system for self-measurement are so
simple and reduced to such fine mathematical prin
ciples that any one living at a distance or in the
country can measure themselves with the greatest
ease, and ensure a perfect fit. These rules and self
measurement guide with a good selection of sam
ples are mailed free on application.
To those who have never patronized the famous
house of "Nicoll, the Tailor." we would advise them
to take the first leisure hour and inspect the marvels
of clothing fabrics in his elegant establishment,
727 Market street, San Francisco. Every courtesy is
extended to visitors and patrons.
APPOINTED ATTORNEY.
Mr. Benjamin I. Cohen has removed bis law office
to the suit of rooms numbered 20 in Union Block.
Portland, Or. Mr. Cohen hss been appointed Resi
dent Attorney of the Equitable Mercantile Company
of New York ,Iand the North American Attorney's
and Tradesmen's Protective Un.on Company of Con
necticut. These are two of the largest and most re
sponsible collection agencies in the country, and
claims placed in Mr. Cohen s hands will receive
careful attention and be vigorously nressed bv the
best legal talent of the United States and Canada.
He has also engaged acompetent assistant to eld him
in the enforcement of local claims
Pftmder's S. S. S. Fever and Ague mix
lure. A spw hot.
All orders from the country promptly
attended to at Postoffice candy store opp.
postorhce .Portland.
Woods the hatter, 143 First st. Portland
Or., is the boss place to buy hats.
You w!l always feel good and never have a sour
stomach if fbu drink Damiana Bitters.
One of Woods the hatter's new styles
makes the homeliest man look handsome.
BVESA VISTA. POTTEKY.
WHOLESALE DEPOT 265, 267 and 269 Front.
A. M. Smith Prop., manufactures drain tile, stone
ware, flower pots, vases, fire brick, etc. Country
orders filled promptly.
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
ML M. PITTS No. 70 'ront street. Wholesale
dealer in California and Mexican fruit and produce.
China Itice and Nut Oil at low rates.
AKT QOOUH.
MOHSE'SrF'At.ACB OfTat-The 153
bouse for picture frames and mouldings, wholesale
and retail. Fancy goods and artists' materialsa spec
ialty. 163 First street Portland. C. C. Morse fc Co.
jewelkV.
NEW YOKE JEWELRY CO-163 Firs: sireet,
manufacturers, wholesale aud retail jewelers, lioiled
. Gold -bracelets. Neck Chains etc., and Parisian
Diamonds. Aluminum Gold Watches for $12. Send
S-cent stamp for catalogue.
A'lTUBSrtR AT UW,
STRODE fc BEACH Boom 13, "second floor,
Union Block. All legal business attended to in Ore
gon and the Territories. Collections made and pen
sions procured.
I. DANZltJER. Booms 11 and 12, Union Block
Particular attention to Collections, Conixuisioner
and Notary Business.
HOTELS.
BURTON HOTJSI
-Haas ft Marx Prop., corner
Third and F streets. Board and Lodging tl oer day.
boats and trams
Tvengers and baggage to and from
i me.
KNAPP, BURRELL CO.,
Importers and Dealers in
Farm Implements and Machinery.
OFFER FOR THE SEASON OF 1881,
THE FOLLOWING LINE OF MACHINES, THE BEST IN THEIR CLASS ND t'ij EQUALED.
the Mccormick harvester am twine binder.
The McC'ormlck for 1881 is made as a TWINE BINDER, and we have no "Twenty Dollar Twine Attach
ments" to promi-e purchasers, or put out "witn Intent to deceive" farmers and ben to make sales of WIRE
BINDING maciUnes which may have gone out of date. The success of the McCOKMICK WLV.K BiNDfcBS
during the past three years Is well known, and we now offer the TWINE BIN DKH, with full guarantee that
it will maintain the same high standard of perfection that the WIRE BINDER has In the past viz: the best
In the market.
Farmers, DO NOT give jour orders for a SELF-BINDING HARVESTER until you
g Examine the
Mccormick twine binder for i88i.
Buffalo Pitt's Challenge Thresher,
Greatly improved for 1881.
Champion Combined Mower and Reaper,
Champion Single Reaper, 5 and 6 feet tut,
Champion New Mower, front cut,
Champion Light Mower, rear cnt,
McCormiek'g Imperial Mower and Reaper,
McCormick's New Iron Mower,
McCormiek'g Prize Mower,
McCormick's Hand-Binding Harvester,
Marsh's Hand-Binding Harvester, '
Hodges' Single-Gear Header,
Greatly improved for 1881.
The Bain Farm Wagon,
With common or stake-rack bed, Iron or steel skein
Tiger and Thomas Sulky Rake,
HoUigsworth Sulky Rake,
Monitor and Superior Seeder,
Monitor Grain Drills,
Mansfield Engines,
Stationary or portable, mounted or on skids
Port'ble Saw Mills, Grist Mill Machiner
Fortaole Platform and Hay Scales.
TOGETHER WITH A FULL LINE OF
PLOWS, HARROWS, CULTIVATORS, FAN MILLS, HORSE HAY FORKS, RUB
BER AND LEATHER BFLTING.
All of which we offer at lowest market rates.
ue which is now ready.
Tntnninn Mnnnhnntn' kirnnMrme'
Portland,
SEND NAME and postoffice address for our new 1881 Cats.
Purchiue Goodi on Orders.
PnAeeon
Sell
Connlgnn
Make advance oa Consignment , out will not
bay.
Selling oa Commission (charges light ) only,
drain, Flour, Wool, Potatoes, etc ,a specialty.
Agent, for the Commercial Floor sni
Agen t for the Sprtiurneld Flour Mills.
Agents for the larfayette Flonr Mills.
Have drain Bass always on hand In lots to
salt. a. M. PARISH, Agent.
Portland, Or.
BURRELL Ac
CO.,
Oregon.
DR. SPINNEY,
Wa. 11 Kearny street, a. F.,
Treats all Chronic ana Special
YOUNG MEN
WHO MAY BE SUFFERING FROM THE BP
fects of youthful follies or indiscretion, will do
well to avau themselves of this, tbe areatest boot
ever mm L tnc aiiar oi suffering humanity. DR.
larantee to forfeit sSOO for ever?
SflHJSKY will BUS
case of Seminal Weakness or private diseases of anv
Must Close by the 15th.
T. XI. Chandler
Of Portland will positively close business by tbe
loin or judo, saie ana omce nxiares lor saie at a
bargain Partie indebted MUST close their ac
counts at once.
C. B. FETY, SEAL ENGRAVER
OKI Oak street, Portland, Or.
Notary and Lodge Seals, Steel and Brass Dies, S
is and Rubber Stamps made to Order.
EVERDING & FARRELL.
WOOL DEALERS
Consignments solicited. Advances mad j.
Portland. Oregon.
'Mes'Sorii Core for CataiTl"
IQCID OR DRY, PRICE 1 00; "ATMOSPHERIC
I J Insufflators, price 50c. Dry Cure and Insuffla
tors mailed on receipt of price, with foil direction for
use.etc. s. n. isiiiDiiOKfc; s uo., Druggists 1S1 .First
street, Portland, Or. Sole Agents for the N. Pacific
uuust ... msrsm
BB 9 msjsj an TTOSM ISY
It is made from afglmple Tropical Leal of Rare
Value, and is a POSFFIVE Bemedv for all the dis
eases that cause pains in the lower pari, of the body
tor Torpid Liver Headaches Jaundice Dizziness
Gravel, Malaria, and all the difficulties of the Kidneys
Liver and Urinary Organs. For Female Diseases
Monthly Menbtruatlons, and during pregnar cy, ii ha
no equal. It restores the organs that makk .he blood
and hence is the best. Blood Purifier. It Is the only
known remedy that cures Bright's Disease. For Dla
betes, use Warner's Safe Diabetes Core.
For Sale by Druggists and all Dealers at SI M pei
bottle. Largest bottle In the market. Try It.
H H. WRER ''O.. -Rochester. N. V
J. B. KNAPP & CO.,
Commission Merchants
AND PURCHASING AGENTS.
All Goods on Commission.
WOOL, GRAIN, DAIRY PRODUCTS ANT
FRUITS A SPECIALTY.
Agent lor Parrott's Patent Doubletree.
267 First street, Portland, Oregon.
ter We have the best facilities In Oregon for storing
butter so as to keep It sweet and in a marketable con
dition. No charge for storage of butter consigned to
us.
THE STANDARD SOAP CO.
Kjiiu ur euaracter wnicn lie undertakes and falls t,
core.
MIDDLE-AO ED MEN.
There are many at the age of thirty t.i sixty who
are troubled with too frequent evacuations of the
bladder, of ten accompanied by a slight smarting or
bu rnlng sensation and a weakening of the system In
a manner tne patient cannot accoant for. Ou exam
ining the urinary deposits
oe iouna, ana sometimes small n:
will appear, or the color will be of a thin mllklsh bue.
roov sediment will often
mes small panicles of albumen
again changing to a dark and torpid appearance.
There are many men who die of this difficulty. Igno
rant of the cause, which Is the second stage of Semi
nal Weakness Dr. 8. will guarantee a perfect cure In
all such cases, and a healthy restoration of the genito
urinary organs.
Office Honrs 10 to 4 and 6 to 8. Sundays from 10 to
11 A. M. Consultation free. Thorough examination
and advice, tfi.
Call or address DR. ruHET 4c CO.,
No. 11 Kearny street, Ban Francisco. Cal.
0AVIDSONJphe5
-. :- - s-r mH'vSnW'
WORK H
PRICES
Fwst&Yamhill szf Portland. Or.
MACHINERY DEPOT,
43 Front St., Foitland.
EP.GBEGORY&Cfl
Keep a Complete Stock of
Wood Working Machinery
Maw Mills and saws.
m& W a ..a. ..... .
JOKBIHIH. SWUBS,
Steam Engine and Boilers,
Steam, Hand and Power Pumps,
Steam Knsrlne Bore nors,
Lubricating Otis.
Blowe and fiihaunt Pans,
Emery ' W nccls and Mach inery, A
Belting a specialty.
Packing-, Hose, Valves, Springs,, Bite.
Orders fromithe conntBUed with prtasfnes
OREGON
KF.STA I H.1ST THE BEST IN THE CITY
All Modern Improvements. Open all day.
J. H. BKEKHEB, Proprietor.
W. 711 .
Safe, Sure & Speedy.
In the miflHt of spring we are
In bad health. The ague has got
noia or us: snaxe as we may we
r cannot shake It off unless we use
! Plunder's Sure. Safe and Sneedy
Fever and Ague cure, a pure veg-
also to those having used chemi-
f oais. filicli as uuinine. iron. etc.
Price. SI. oer bottle. Your drusr-
gist nas it or win get it lor you.
Pharmacist, Dealer In Drags, Chemicals nnd
aneaieines.
Cor. Morrison and Second Streets, Portland, Or
Wholesale and Detail
Agent for
Forest
Flower
Cologne
Mine, Rachel's
ENAMEL BLOOM
for the
. Complexion.
SUA W '8
Peetorial Syrup
SHAW'S
Glycerine Lotion
for the Face.
These preparations are equal to anything of the
Kind ever offered hi this market, and all are invited to
call and see for themselves. Ordersby mail promptly
attended to. JOHN A. CHILD, Druggist,
feb2ft Cor. Morrison and ond sts.. Portland.Or
1 SaoTi
IllJaaaP - XU.S
niv wmfLWini
Is the Best and Cheapest,
Try it and be Convinced
hTAXDABU MOAP CO..
201 Sacramento street- San Francisco, Cal.
msrai an
Price I iist -1881.
F. E. BEACH & CO.,
IS front !.,...... Portland, Oregon
HAVING ISSUED THEIR NEW FBIt'K LIST
for 1881 which gives a complete list of Regular
Wze Doors, Odd Size Doors, Front Doors. Sliding
Doors, Single Sash Doors, Double Sash Doors. Glazed
Windows, 12 Lien ts; Glazed Windows, 8 Ughts; Glazed
WinBowH, 4 Lights; French Sash, Transom Lights
Outside Blinds, Inside Blinds, Size of opening required
tor regular steed window. Heft of weights required
for regular sized window; Price of window glass per
box of tf feet; Number per light of window glass in box
of 50 feet; Price per Light of window glass, single
thick; Price per Light of window clam, double thick.
Mailed free to any address oa application. Any ir for
mation not found in this catalogue will be cheerfully
furnished on application. All 'etters of Inquiry wtp
receive prompt and careful attention.
SHals great Ktrength
L enl ng Remedy aad
erve TOXIC Is the Je-
gltimate result of over 20
years oi practical experi
ence, and CUKES WITH
TOmanrnVammon m CN FA I LI NO CE RTAIN
wBn. fiaffiKmsSffllTY Nervous or Physical
B&VHl, :'" jUmaf w 1 ! i lit y , Seminal Weak-
less, operiiia iui i uvm,
Emissions.ImiKtency. ex
hausted Vitality, Prema
ture Decline and LOSS
OF MANHOOD, from
whatever cause produced.
It enrichens and purifies.
the Blood, strengthens the Nerves, Brain, Muscles,
Digestion, Reproductive Organs, and Physical and
Mental Faculties. It stoos anv unnatural debilitating
drain upon the system, pre venting in voluntary losses,
debilitating dreams, seminal losses with the urine,
etc., w destructive to mind and body. It is a sure
eliminator of all KIDNEY AND BLADDER COM
PLAINTS. To those snterlng from the effects
or youthful Indiscretions or excesses, a sneedy,
thorough and permanent CURB IS I" A K
A.VTEED. Price, MM SO per bottle, or five bottles In
case, with full directions and advice, SIO. Bent se
cure from observation to any address upon receipt, of
price, or C. O. D. To be had only of
Dr. NnlBeM, SI Kearny street,
San Francisco, Cal. Consultations strictly confidential,
by letter or at office, FItEE. For the convenience of
patients, and In order o secure perfect secrecy, I have
adopted a private address, under which all packages
are forwarded.
Italian Sheep Wash.
fcxlrnct of Tobsrto, Free
from Poison.
Un
prepared by the Italian G .verement
Company. Cures thoroughly tbe
SCAB OF THE &HEEP,
And U an rxeerient 8hep Dip. rbe best aud
cheapest remedy kuown for curing tbe scab, suc
cessful in every call For particulars apply to
CHAS DCISKXBH.BQ ot CO ,
Sole Agents, 814 Sacramento street, S. F. Cal
lm ap38
The Great English Remedy.
Is a never-fa'i'.ng Cure for
Nervous Debiik y .Exhaust
ed Vitality .Seminal Weak-ness.f-perma.ori
htei. Lost
Manhood, Impov ncy
Paralysis, and ail Lheierri
ble effects of Self-Abuse
Youthful A-"oiHe, and ex
cesses In mau-er years
such as Loss of . lemory,
LassltudcXoc.umal Kmla
sious. Avei'.ilon to Society
Dunne's of Vision, Noises
in the Head; the vital fluid
nasatng unobuer' ed in the
urine, and many other diseases that lead io insanity
and death.
OR. MINTTE will agree to forfeit Fire Hundred
Dollars for a case of this kind the VET A I. RE,
STOEATlvr. umlcr his special advice ard treat
ment) will not cure; or for anything Impure or injuri
ous found in it. I It. M.IXTIE treats all i-rivate
diseases successfully without mercury. Con.nl tatt on
fiee. Thorough examlna io:-i and advice, including
analysis of u.'lne, 00. Price of Vital Reoloratlve
3 00 a bottle, or four times the quantity, f 10 00; sent to
any address upon receiot of mice, or C. O. D., secur
from observation; and in private name, If desired, by
A. K. MISTIK, M. D. ,
11 Kearny street, San Francisco, CuL
DE. MIJITIE'S KICXET BKME9T, &
PHKKTK'l'iaf, enres all kinds of Kidney and
Bladder Complaints, Gonorrhoea, tileer, Iuporrhoea
For sale by all druggists; f's a bottle, lIx bottles for MS
DR. MINTIE'S DANDKI.ION NLU are
the beet and cheapest D VSPKPSIA and BIUOV
cure in the market. For sale by all druggists.
HODGE, DAVIS & CO.: Portland. r Whrtesal
Agents
Mr x .1 n: w je jh: e
anmannmmoflIBnsmassM
yjgg annotaoi inlimsflLnnnrTinlr lU '
Flags and Torpedoes, Devil Bombs, Pa
per Lanterns, Torbllllons, JMttaes,
Scrolls, and Roman Candle.,
SKY IROOIKIIETS,
BASE BALL BATS CROQUET HKTS, VFLOC
lrEDKS. ARCHERY, LAWN TErnNIS,
AND FISHING TACKLE
' Of Every Description and Quality.
WM. BECK & SON,
16S and 167 Mscovd street. Between Mor
rison and Yamhill.
Prof: JS. North
EARPHONE
Enables the BDAF to
HKAR by the Ear and
Trifacial Nerve, Sounds
and Conversations other
wise beyond their range.
FOB THS
DEAF
mama
Circular sent on receipt
oi stump.
Ask terms of trial. Also. Audiphones on trial terms
H E. MATTHEWS,
608 Montgomery street,
San Francisco, CaU
BEN Li. NOBOCA.
nr. H . ANDR0S
Occidental Hotel,
(KEPT ON THS ELTKOFEAN PLAN).
Cor. First and Morrison Streets,
Horden te Andr us Proprietors.
Portland, . Oregon
Free Coach to and from the House.
tnl7 lm
ELECTDin an to
I ssdAplmS
" S00 warranted. Established
-a r mt-svys Lower tun other,
Wmm m mmm TQ4 Sacramento St. San Francisao, CM.
JL Sifcln of Scanty Is a Joy rot-ever.
II It. T. FELIX GOlRilD'S
Oriental Cream, or Magical Beantifler
Removes Tan,
Pimples, Freck
lesMoth Patches
and every blem
ish on beauty. It
has stood the
test of thirty
years, and is so
harmless w c
taste It to be
sure the prepar
ation Is properly
made. Accept
no counterfeit of
similar name.
The distinguish
ed Dr. Tj. A.
Sityre said to n
lady of the haut
ton (a patientl:
-"As yon ladles
srDl nse them, I recommend Qonraud's cream' as the
li-ast harmful of all the Skin preparations." Also Pou
d re Subtile removes superfluous hair without Injury to
'hMme?M. B. T. GOTJRAUD, 8olePTop., Bond St.,
K Y
For sale by all druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers
throughout the United States, Canadas and I. u rope.
A Ian tnnA In-New VniV fltv. at H. H. MSOV A Co.
stern Bros.. Eh rich 4 Co., E Bloom : Bro. and other
Fancy Goods Dealers. Beware of base tanitatlons
a-nfef, up shmad. Wa offer tl.OOO Reward for the at
rest and proof of any one selling the same.
M
Thoroughbred
HOGS f nd CATTLE.
Dish faced Berks aires . and Magic
Poland, China Pigs; also Jersey Cat
tle. Write, enclosing stamp, for cir
cular and price list to WILLIAM
NILES, Los Angeles, Cal. malt
m d mm
FOB ALI
Pianos from $100; Organs from $90.
BRnfcms 8ve your money by purchasing at
t7Pf l.-sd.jusrters. SPKNCKK'8 Matchless
Pianos and SMITH American Organs
.old on installments. Snd for circulars. T. W.
PKNCER k CO., 23 snd 25 Fifth street, San Fran-Hf-o,
Cal. Pi onus snd Organs rented, tuned aad ra.
.irett. a