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fi n i 171 G AM ii i i ii ESTABLISHED FOB THE DISSEM ITIM OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. AXD TO EARN AN HONEST LIVING BY THE SWEAT OP Ol'R BROW whole xo: 507. ' EUGENE CITY, OR., SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1877. $2.50 per year IN ADVAfctt IU (SuQcne . ; City (Suari J B. ALEXARUBS, W. H. ALEXANDER. .ALEXANDER BROS. . 1 . .... Publishers and Proprietors. . OFFICK--In Underwood' Brjck Building, fe "over Crama Jewelry Store. ." t . i "oUBt)KL. 11A.TK3 OF AIVKltTISlXCx. tdertieraeat inserted asfollowa i " In equare, 10 line, or lew, one insertion IS; each trkjequent insertion II. Catli required in advance Time advertiser will be charged at the following 'rate: . i One iiuar three month .', IJ J " ix mouth i. W " one Tear 12 " , Transient notjcej in local column, 20 cenli per line ' otu'r each inaertion. Advertising bill, will lie rendered quarterly. All lob wo-wiu.th rAinroaos dm-ivkrv. i jtf n -- , rOSTOKFICB. . Iffire iTourt-Frora I a. m. to 7 p.m. eondoye 'trim ltoS:V)p. ra. . , Hail arrive from the aouth and leave gomg.nerth 10 a. m. Arrive, from the north an i leave, going arath at t:U p. ra. 'or Hm inlaw, Franklin aud long T ira, cdoae at 8 A.M. oh' We Ino. lay. Fur Crawford.-'-. vile. Camp Creek and Brownsville at 1 r.u.. letter, will bereaiy for deUvory half an hour after rival of train..! letter. .hould be loft at the utiiiw rae hour before mail depait. ; . , ,,. .. . . X.A. PATTERSON, P. M. SOCIETIES. . . F.fiir.NR IcDok No II, A. F. and X. M. Meet nrat and third We Ineaday in each month. ., . , . ' Kpkxcm Burnt XxtvoK' No. 9 I. O. O. F. Meet every Tuesday evening.- w'aSix- Wim.whah Encamfmkxt No. . meet on tlie id and 4th Wednesday in each month. LON. CLEAVER, 33' 23 3SJ 'S? X S.,3? - R- OOMS OVER MltS. JACKSON'S Mil linery Store, ," " WILLAMETTE STREET. DR.' P.. WELSH HAS OPENED ' -fltTD-i DKNTAL UOO MS Permanently in tlie Underwood Brick, Einjene Oity, aud respectluliy aoueiw a snare oi me public patronage. ll:fc-nt by permission to J. it Cardwell, Portland.' ; ;A.1V. PATTERSON, ';. , .. , ., PHYSICIAN A.D SUKGKON, flic on Nlnlli Street, poHe llio St. Chariot Hotel, anil at Kelleiue, Dr.; ,0 -Shields OFFERS 'llis'PKOFliSsioXAl. ER vicea to the citizens ( E.ii?i'ue City and arroiin lin,' country. SjieciM attnti.i yiven '11 oBSTEnilOAL CASES .ml UTLK INE lilSEASEd entruHtcd to hi core. Otfice at the St Charles HoteL , . DR.- JOSEPH ' P GILL C AX BE FOUND AT HMOFFICB or w idence when not jiroie.aioiially engived. Uificeatthe FOST OFFICE DRUG STORE. ReiiJence on Eighth street, opposite Fresby ierian Church. . Chas. Ft!. Horn, PRACTICAL GUNSMITH. ' -DEALER IN RIFLES, ,7 and materiaU Kepiirinij done in $Jr the neatest ntvle and NV arranted. rfi Sewinj Machine, Safes, Locks, v etc, repaired. Guns loaned and ammunition furnished. ft GEO.D. DORMS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT L1W, Office on Willamette treet, Eu-ne City. VM. Purchasing Agent, B. SAN FRANCISCO, 1AKE. 1 JEWELRY ESTADL1SMKXT. J. S. LUCXEY, . dealer is . Ayr J.S ' .a1 Clocks, Watcnes, Chains, Jewelry, etc. Itepairins; ProniDtly Exeoutt-d. tir All Work Wrrnt.wM J.S LU'JKKV, EllsWortli t Co.' brick, Willamette .Street Bdftk and Stationery Store. POfT OFFICE BUILDING, EUGENE (ity. I have on hand and am conrtantlv reeeivi an .wrtment of the Bet School and MiacelUneou Book, SUtionery, Blank Look. Portfolio, Card. Wallet. Wank, m naea, etc., etc . A. PA 1 1 OPPOSITION ' HTHE IJFE: OF TRADE ! v SLOAN i BROTHERS WILL DO WORK CHEAPER thai ay other bop im ton. - HOUSES SHOD FOR $150. yfkh aew BUteHal, all rooa 1. Besettis old ahee S Ceata. All warrant t le aatl.laetlom. Shop on Eighth it., opposite Eam prefs Stable. DR. JOHN ' HERRBOLD, UriCICiL in lEfHlSICH DEJTIST, TT AS REMOVED TO ROSEBUEG, Or- 1 V. mrtfii!!r nf?en hi ttr- nor to the citizen! of that place and vicinity ST. NICHOLAS, " Vil kmg nf all puhhr.nl. nn mmilfur iht yuiigfiiftnhrt)(U of the Atlantic." riouih ainlnii (F.nj;1aii i) Observer. The third volume of thinin-ompaniH. M&mKine i now complete I. With it' MO royal ik Uvi paire., anl.ia hundred illu.tiationa, it. .plfnlid aerial., it .hotter t.)rip,,iH)iin. an t .ktchc. etc., etc.. in i'it. beautiful bin ling ol red an 1 Told, it la the moHt .plcn lt'1 girt nook tor lioy. ani girl, ever iMued fiom the pre. Price, f I ; in lull gilt, IV ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1877. Whirh open, with November, 1(176, betrm. a hort and very entertaining .'liul fiom the Kreni'h, " Die King loin ui the Urredy," A Htory alaptel to the 'IhaulcKgiviiig aeaMon. Another BerUl of Sibsorbiug iutereat to boy., ' . . "HIOWS MASTER," BT I. T. TROWUllllHK, author of the "Ja'di Hazard Storio," in the Cliri.t ma. Holiday Numtar. llai le. enal .toriea. ('hriHtmiuistoriea,livety .keti-he.,pneni.Hnd pictuie. for tlie holiday., an 1 .ouie aatonifhiug Ulustiatioii. of Oriental .portii, with drawing, hy .Siamese nrtintH, THK OHKIsnm HOLIDAY NUilllKU OK 81". NICHOLAS, .uperbljj illu.tiated, conunn a very interexting paper. ' "IUE BOY1 OF MY Cnil.DnOOD," ' , liy WILLIAM OtlLLXM B.ITANT. Dj not Foil t" Rny 8t, Nicholas for the Ciiiiw floliclaj'!). I'riw. 25 (Vtila. t' During the yc.ir there will be intPi-p.tingpapei'. for boy., by Willitm Cul'en lliyaut, John II. Whittier. Thonia. Huirbe, Williain liowitt, Dr. Holland, U orire MaeDon ild,-Sunlord 11. lluut, Frank li. Ktorkton, an I otliei. iheie will lie toi ien, .ketch and poem, of .pociul IntereHt to irirl., by Harriet Pixi-ott poflford, 8u aim Cooli lge, .Sai ah Winter Kpllogg, Kluaheth Stu. art PheliM, liuisa Alcutt, l.ueretia P. Hale, Oeha Thaxter, Mary Mape. liml), and many otnere. i here will lie al.o , .,. "TWELVE SKY PICTURES," bt i or. V-IWXTOR, the Atromer, with man., .howing'The Plan of Each Month," will be likely to an paa in interest any aeries in popular auience recently given to -the public. . AMUHEMEVr AND INSTRUCTION, with FUN AND KUOLIC.and WIT K VI WISDOM, will be niinifti'1 aaheietofoie, alii -tr Nicholas will mintmue to delight tlie young aud give pl'eaauie to the old. 'JOOp NEW? FOR BOYS AND OIRLP. To meet the deinan I" for'a cheaper St. Nicholah Gilt-Bonk, the piice of v.il. laud It baa been re duced to 13 tarh. '1'he tline vuluiiie., jn an elejiut Xihinry cu-te, aro ad for $10 jin full gilt, Hi, o that all may give their clul len a cuinpk'to ret. Tliexe v.diimeHContJiiiiinireattia''tivemalei-ial thun 'fifty dullki. wo'th of onlinaiy clul lien' lnMika. tSiileVi iption pi irt, :ia vear. The thiee Imunl vol nmi. an 1 a utmeripii.iii for thin yearonly tii m ecrile with the nea eat neir.dealec, or .en 1 money in check, or P. . Mt.ney order, r in registerel letter, to BcaiiiNKa & Co., 713 llroaiwuy, N. Y. "3rs.$A?i.sSain&Mis3 C. Conner DRESS" MAKING AND FANCY HAIR WORK of all Kinds. WIGS, SWITCHES, BRAIDS, . WATCH GUARDS, BRACELETS, ETC. Made to order. Corner Willamette and Tenth Streets, ap28 5m . . EL'GENE CITY. Si. CARLES HOTEL, EUGENE CITY, ORjCGOX. MRS. A. ItEJiTIlLW, Prop Having again taken tHMnesMon of the old and well known . T. CHARLES HOTEL. Which has been newly furnished and refitted, in now open foe the reception of gucnU. I have fifteen rooms in the FIRE PROOF. BRICK BUILDING making 50 rooms in nil. It is the-moxt commo diou" and bunt appointed huuae in tlie State aouth of Salem. FREE COACH TO TH E HOUSE. A. HICM'KKU. mmu CHIROPODIST. Cure. CORNS, WARTS, MOLES, DUNIONSand ingrowing TOE or CLUB NAILS WITHOUT PAINT Oli ACHK. No Acid or Injurious Chemicals Uaod. HFLIICF ICIUIIT AWAY. Tan refer to Home of the moat eminent PHYSI CIANS and KLHUKONS of the United Ute men that 1 have done work lor. May 12:1m JOS NEFF, Agent. C()SUM1TI03I Positively Cured. All suffer' from Ihi. dweane that are anvlou. to Ih-cii el.h..ull try Ir. Kloaticr'a I'elebiat ed 'onurupllve Fou dfr, llnne Pow lem a . the only piepaibtion kntiwn that will cine foil" auniplloia anl an oiaea-e. 01 ine nrit.i hiiu l.unua - in lee 1. no at'ong w ourfaitii in thcin.aii I al Ui cunvini you that they are no buniMu, we will fir "' to -ve y -utteiei-, oy mill, pout pan, . Iree Trial Box. We ilon t want yuiir money unin yon air rwrin-nj MtHtied ot tlieir rurative p.we... If your lite i. w.nth saving, don t delay in gmug then Pow lera tual, aa they wi 1 nurely ruie yo'l. f'iiv.fnr laige h.ix,tl oo, sent t ny part of the United State o. Cana 1 by mail on receipt f price AddieM, ASH A KOH!JIS, 3m Ft-LUii Srur.rr, BaooKLtit, S. Y. FITS EPILEPrfY, OR FALLING SICKNESS Permanently C ured no bombuz - "T . . n .. m. t . ..iiiilMrd'a telrbraled I lullible I'll lMdrra. lo eouvmiv ulle era tol tuea pow iei. win uu claim for them, we will PrnltLrra by mad, poal paid, fr Trial bz. A. hr. ..iuKul u Uieonly phycian tlt b.ever male tb dweaae a pe.ial tu 'y. and aa ti oor knowl-lge tt iiiwiD'U have b-n permanenll' enred l y the e of tle Powder, we will saar.niee a prr in.nm n e iu every ,, or rrluud ou all money eipendrd. All .nffe. .in.iill g.ve the. Puwlei.an early trial, and t t Mr tart i of thMrcniativepowe PrK, f.ir laiaw boa, II on, or 4 bovea for 10 00, nt ,y mail lo any pait of Unite I Hat, or nrtn ui icoeipt o piiee. or hy ei pie. C. O. U. Addieaa, ash v uonnis, 160 Fclto Tarrr. Bar, S. Y. OTJJ CENTRAL BOYD & RENSHAY, Proprietors. iu KEEP COX8TANTLY OX HAKD, BEEF, VEAL PORK ASD JIITTOH. Dried Vku of all kiad tH. Tllow,e. "iU ttli Beat ta canak froa to erntai a r.Rim.TI RAL IMPLEMENTS of A 'knENDKICKfv DIVIO Git AY'S ESTATE. Over the fiir8"e lent Diivid Gray. And thought of the rich man across the way. "Hammer and nnvil for me," lie wid, "And weary toil for the children' bread; "For him, toft careU and pictured walla. A life of e.ie in his aii&cious halls." The clang of bell on hi dreamm broke ; A dicker of flame, a whirl of smoke. Ox in travw, for,' trown white hot, Coat and hat were alike foiot. As up the hi.diwnv the lihickaniith ran, la face and niein like a crazy man. "Schojol hoiwe afire !" Men's hearts stood still, And women prayed as women wilL While 'bove the tumult the wailing cry Of frightened children rose shrill aud Idyll. Ni;;ht in its ihadow hid aim and earth ; The rich man sat by his coatly heurlli. Lord of wide acres and untold gold, 15ut wifeless, childless, forlorn and old. He thought of the family 'cross the wny i "I would," he sighed, "1 were David Gray." The blacksmith knelt at his children's bed To look once more at each smiling head. J My darling nil safe ! Oh, God !" he cried, Tly sin in I'hy boundless mercy bide! "Only to-day have I learned how great, Hath-been thy bounty and my estate." CONFIDli.MU A NO t lHHK.MCV. From tlie S. F. Examiner. Il.u J (nut's are urioii tlio country in nil inn Isl and wlml lius caused thuin mid wlml will rt-liuvo or remove llii in, in the (iiifsiion ot (jueslioiiH. We li-el (lie htmi-jeiiey in Ca.iloriiia, but in the Atlantic States it is It'll willi imii'K muit eiii'KN. Kvurvw MOI'L' It Is Kaid to lie I iv lat k ot nuitiev: liut wlial eatises this laek? Tho currency iutla- lionisis say tlie policy ot contraction lias It-It insntlicieiil cii dilation lor llm ili iii:iiii!s of trade and industry, and. eont()iicnlly, tlieno inlcrcsis suU't'i'. llio diagnosis and the ivmeuy are u-roiiir. (intraetioii lias not caused uoi can iiiHation cure lliu malady of w Hu ll our iiusiness iinercsis are com- plaining. Inflation has no reviving power. No increase ol paper issues i-.iii i,.i ivi liirsini'ss! not even coin is sues could do it, unless by restoring ... 1 I . .... M conhdt'iue, wliicli may nu iosi as wen in specie limes as in paper tiiiies io iiiideriaK"' to supply money inuugn to sustain the schemes and meet llie wants ol' everybody, is like trying to till a bottomless vessel. There never was and never w ill be n time when money is not ' light and hard logel" tor those who liavu neither property .o I'ive lor it, nor the ability to au . t (Wire iimin iiy. iuoncy maKes inunej, I lie capital ot intelligence, courage, oml riiri'i'v. eiimniaud monev and ob tain ii; by a law which the most bo sotted ought to see is a natural one, momy musses itself and strcng hands secure its possession. Certain quali ilea iii:ikn success, and those who pos sess and use them will succeed; tlics- , . 1 1 who do r.ol will go io mo wan. Those who project schemes wilhou' sense or substance, who spend money before they earn it, and discount the inmost pi'ssibilities ot the future, who think the world owes iheui t liv ins, and wish they were only rich wlial helo is there for these ill any in crease in money? They are eager bou rowers .nit have no' gcuiirity; inej ache io possess money, but have noth ing whereby to purchase it- Inflation has not helped, and cannot help and whatever the kind of money tlie tact would bo the same the poverty smitten sections ol the country, nor ran it put a dollar in any hand that lacked one belore. II the Treasury prints more notes 1 hey can bo emit ted only by paying oil' bonds or by spending lit re; it by the former, the abused bond h Ider obtains the moil- y. and it by the latter, the expeinli- inns coul J as well Oe increased wmi nil inflation. If the banks receive more noies, they are locked up until somebody who has property to pledge urea tlit-in, ami tnse who iacs prop erly finisi do without them. Ii pov erty is lo be remedied at all, there must be a distribution of an property, "share and share alike," and the pro cess must be re x-a'.ed once a day; the practical objection to this we need not slop to mention, for they w ill be dicovereil when c nimunism main- its way to the lop. It the poor ate io be iided by now is-ues of any kind of money, it imi-t be placed in their hands as a yifi benevolent step which in view of the exceeding " cheapness " of our " people' mon ey," the II idieal iufl itionists may sag jest at tlie next session of Congress; the money thus distributed mi.'hl not have much purchasing power, but manv would have "dollar" in their pocket who never had any there be fore. T'ii may seem aburd, but the only way by which money rray be mflil rlit-flo mid b rcnirht within the reach of all is to print an unlimited auaniiiy of it and then give it away. It may seem unnecessary to show that m.-ra i.aii nf inouev cannot revive industry and produce and diatribn'e wealth; hut troin vnai eise.irsan i riotbin that it can ' does the inflation mnvement spiiug? The poor, the shift ., and the idle imagine that if there i only an increase of money they will "somehow have a better chance of obtaining it; the politician tlrnks inflation a popular measuro, gud so the welfaro of the couutry is pn nt jo 'p:iniy. The nresent trouble is not caused hy a deficiency of money, but by its idleness; there is annuitant circulat ing medium, but it does not circulate. We have had loo much governmental inti" le't'iice in money matters, as in ever thing else. John Jonea of Xe v da ui.l Iti ii Ittuler ot Massachu setts and empirics ol that ilk, want to in ' poln -al capital onto! the money agitation, and hence the crust tul financial legislation of tho country. While employment was abundant and money sought to move freely, legisla tion clogged and opposed it; as soon aa t Iwi .li.manit .tinimit n n ii . motif v In.. came sluggish, legislation tried to stir it up by increasing its quantity. I he absurdity and harm of regulative leg islation could not no muo striKingiy shown, but whether tho lesson is lout-nod vet remains to bo seen. That there is a vr capita ratio which should determine tlio quantity ot monoy; that the uroiicr uuantitv should in crease with population, with inhab ited area, or with the volume o! busi ness bv an v nroporlion which can be staled in a uniform rule; that legisla- ii. .. .,nn tiu.i.iei what, llui miontilt ( I. II l.'HI .11'.. I.ltW MIV 'J should lie; that any successful scheme can be devised by legislation for reg ulating either the supply or tho dis tribution all this constilutea one ol the worst fallacies in respect to mon- .... . i ev. 1 ho proper quantity 01 money Iocs not i em nd upon population, or upon the inhabited area, or upon the volume of biiisness. but upon these and other facts combined. It cannot ho determined in advance- by nny liiimuti tnresiirht: its volume Clin 110 1 be fixed by any legislation without milking trouble, provided the limit is reached: its distribution cannot be regulated by any interlercnce. It will regurite itselt it allowed lo; II interfered with, tho result of the inter ference will be injurious, aa it has been. The present paralysis of indus try is caiiied by I lie lack of circulation; not ol' the circulating medium; moh- y does not tul t II Us oflice ot making xchaimes, but lies in accumulation, because, for the time being, its holdira see no prospect ot profitable use lor it, view the future with a forboding and suspicious inquiry, ordinarily un known, and are afraid to mako ven tures; tl ose who bio ordinarily users mid borrwers ot money roirain irotn borrowing for the like reason. Confi dence is displaced by distrust, and distrust h is produced as nearly a stop pago as the imperative demands ot in (!! t consumption permit, lhe trouble is something more than tlx- fict of an unprofitable consumption 01 canital: it is more than the sudden discovery of this destruction, and that we are not so rich as we thought; it Is the stuVlen swing of the m nd from hope to despondency; from con fident expectation to suspicion; from general faith to general distrust, litis is a reiterated statement, but it moans everything. The loss of confi denco is the loss of the very atmos phere in which business lives. Didn't Want any Hooks. A book agent of this city has just returned troin the llonev Lake country. The agent one day stopped at a cabiw, sit uated in tlie edge ot Hie looiiuiis. 15 fine reaching the cabin, half a doz en dogs of assorted sizes and unrecog nizable breeds started up (mm under stunted pines or came running Irom sheds about the place, yelping and barking like a pack of cayotes. In lhe Wake oftho dogs swarmed forth seyen or eight bare headed, flaxen haired children, plainly all of one breed, the forest breed. The juveniles were followed by a gaunt, sflron com plexioned woman ot about forty. Hy cooking lor many years belore an open fireplace, she had become as eil'Kctually smoke-cured as any her rim' To the woman who thus apt eired the agent made know n his businiii. "Wall, siianger, I'm alcerd yarcome to the wrong place el'yer got nothin but books to sell. Elver had some powder or caps, or suihin' iu the am ernitioii line, yer might sell some lo my ole mm;. As Icr tiooits, stranger, we're not much on the read hyar." '-('mild I see your husband inanV"' askid the book ag.-iit. "Wall, stranger, I reckon ver could ' i i.: el ver w as w nar ne w as: nea uijj enough ler to see, Lord knows." "He's not at hoire then?" 'Stranger, he's not at home." "Will he he likely lo return soon?' "Can't say, stranger; he, a little on- aarliii." Yhich way ha he gone? I may meet hnn somewhere in tlio settle ment." "I reckon not, slrantier, he's gone mil hiimrnin' " 'Gone out bumming? what do you mpan Le that Y" I "Wall, stranger, he tuck down hi ' gun thi morniii, and from a win'k he onv m a he started a wav leal kerlale he' gone off somt-whars to bum a sheep or two. The next World'i Fair The angU A VEIIY 8WIPT WITNESS. - From the S. F. Examiner. The W. II. N. Stiles who figures as a volunteer witness in the Oregon Grover case, is an interesting charao tel. Ho rushes forward to tell how much he knows of the alleged bribery by which Senator Grover secured his election. 1 hat he is a swill witness no one can doubt after having read his testimony. Ho was, by his own ac count ubiqutous Lore, there, and ev erywhere, and always in each particu lar place at the precise moment lo eayes-drop and spy upon Grover and his confidential friends, just as they were, each and all, passing remarks upon the situation and uttering words in bated breath and whispers which honest men never utter. Yet he was not in Grover's confidence, nor in that of Grover's confidential friends, How it happened then, t hut. he knew ex actly v hen to bo within ear shot of Grover and these friends, so as to bo ablo to overhear the faintest whisper that passed the lips of nny of them in relation to the election, ho does not engage to teveal. Yet ho b singular ly open-mouthed on every other mat ter calculate to make the charges against Grover stick, it is also queer that although Stiles swears he heard all this whispering of bribery; and knew all that he tells, as early as Sep tember, it was nut until March 'hat ho blurted it out, and tin n he made it known lo the Hadical U. S. District Attorney of Oregon, and to the Had ical Collector of the Port of Portland, because he was a Democrat, and bo- euuso Grover, as Governor, had tried to deprive lhe K-ulicals ot one ot tlio tlireo Electoral votes of Oiegon. Hut, il Grover had done anyf ingot Un kind, it was iu December months be- for- March that he did it Audit is remarkable that, not till March, af ter Grover had been admitted to his seat in the Senate, and alter Have bad been installed in the seal which belonged to Tihlen, the virtuous and Irand haling Stiles opened at ot'ce his budset ol information against Grover; took tho little $12 check trot- Collect or Kelly for his story, and had his ho tel bill at Salem paid while he staid there, by, his now found Hadical frionds. Mr. Styles says his residence is at Antelope Station. California. Il is pin sidle that he seeks the appointment oi Postmaster, or is a candidate for some other position lit tho disposal of the Administration? Mayhap ho is only proving in Oregon Ins qualilica liins, to convince Sargent, Gorhani, Curr, and the " ring," that ho is just tho kind of a round, through-thick-and thin swearer they want, in ordor that ho shall not lack congenial em pi 'ymon iti their service such as spying, caves dropping, and swearing toanything that is required. Hi is, wo fear, wasting his precious time and lovely qualities iu lhe Web-foot Stale. They aro a cheap sel of rogues up there. They soil their votca for Sen ator lor a paltry $1,000, when here tho ordinary taritt' is, for a Hadical legislator of even the lowest degree, a big pile or a fat oflice. Therefore, Mr. Stiles should bound back lo An telope, and there leap into tho good graces of tho " ring," and exercise lor them his peculiar qualities as sneak, snv. caves dropper and promiscuous witness. Ho might shallow the Le Young brothers and swear to almost anything against them that Sargent, or Page, or Car r, or Gorhani, would suggest, iu tho libel- suits now under way. Net, lie could be utilized against Pinney. " ho shall say he was not concealed under rinney s neu in the hotel at Oakland, when that retired parin -rof the "ring" firm got back, and is not ready to swear to ev ry whispered soliloquy of the return ed fiioriuve. or. for that matter, to what he said, or was expected to say, in bis sleep? It is mighty handy to have a fellow like Stiles iu the house ot one who is an enemyt to victim ize: but not in the house of an hon est man. except r an intruder or spy. If it is on testimony such as ins the eh ir"o of bribory against Senator Grover is to be sustained, then has tho people's money, to pay for lhe ommission lo mvetigaio ino case, been worse than wasted. It is like offerings reward tor low priced per- jury, rrom me nrsi we preuictun that this urover investigation wouni amount to nothin-.'. and every day now sustains the prediction. It will not establish the accusation againt Gro ver. Il will merely discover tho des pera'bn and shallowness of hi accu ser. When Wade Hampton speak North, the infinitely mean lit lie ras cals who in feculent organs have bt eii calling him a murderer, a jobber and a oonspirator, appear so small that even their praie of him only tiring out their part, as a chinch is macnificd under a microscope. Wsde Hunpton and Samuel J. Tildcn are standing proof that more than one-halt of the KeturninclSoard loiimaiisisaresneaaa and fool, in the treatment of the two stitemen who have more influence than all the type printed agaiust ibera i the Luiled States AN ADVERTINIU ACBT. Wo thought from tho way he came inlc tho Hawkeye oflice rnd slammed his cane down en the table, and took the best chair and spat on the stove, and said, "Well Cully, how doei the old thing work?" that ho was a circus agent, but bis card showed him to be a modest, nnpivtcnding advertising agent of Wisconsin paper. He Lad just come from Chicago, ho said. We said, "Ah!" not uecauso there was any particular original brilliancy in tlio reiuark, but because that is what wo generally say, wilh a rising accent on tho final syllahlo, when a man tolls bo has been to Chicago. '"Yes," he sail ho had boon to Chi cago. "Had we a man up there." No," we hadn't. "Well," lie said, "don't send one there. Just n waste of time. Pve been there uearly three weeks, and I just club myself every tune 1 IhinK what a fool I was lo throw awav so much time llist I might have put in toiiii'whero else to advantage." "Didn't do anything in Chicago?" wo asked timidly, for we began to seo wo were in lhe picsencoot a mas tor mind. "Naw-w w!" ho snarled in a most contemptuous tone; "hardly made ex penses; didn't pay salary. Theie three weeks and only caino away with $!.,7C0 worth of ails. All cash, of course, and thai makes it a little bet ter, bul didn't pay lor all llio lime. How much Chicago advertising are you carryingV" We oouldu i tell mm inaeeu witn- out. consulting the business manager, but we were confident thai the Hawk eye had, at insiilo figures, at least three or tour dollars' worth of live Chicago advertisements. Wo began' i to think what a jewel this man must Do oil trie Business siau ui a uuny pnpor. . . All T I M "Was lie going io zi. iiOius, we asked. Ho burst into a snort of derisive laughter, for nil tho word like the op-' posirton benches in Congress. " JJeen tliero, ho said, "onu am f going back until times pick up a lit'' tie. Duadesi place you ever struck in your lite. Nothing doing. Just iiotl ing. Why, I was lliero ten days, as I'm a trnthlul man, and only got let mo see I II give you tho figures' And he pulled out Ins note book ana' ran over the leaves and down long columns ot figures. Yes, sir;' I was in St. Louis ten days to- an hour, and onlj. got 4,127 fiU. and $1,80(3 75 I have to take iu trade, and only t2,lUQ' cash in advance ads. Don t you-scad man to St. Louis if you dou't Want lo pay his faro home.' "Which wav was he going irora Hurl'mmon?" wo asked, doeply im pressed'. "Uli, out along ino nue oi me u. ur M.," he said, "out to Omaha, and maybe o it to Lincoln and up to Des Moines." "Now, don't you go there," we begged him; "don't go out that wsjr at all. It won't pay you. We know this country, and we know you won. make a cent on the trip." "Why tiol?" ho asked defiantly, and in a rather incredulous tone of countenance. . " HeCi use," we said, " the Ilawkeye had a man all through that country one day last week, 't may appear incredible, but, sir, thht man was gone liliecn minutes and camo back with only 827,000 cash ads. a couple of na tional bunks, six Nebrasna cattle farms, a Kansas cattle ranch, and the Iowa State treasury, and the captain discharged him for not making Lis wages. It's a dead as" Hut ho was gone, and wo heard him down-stairs asking the business 1 manager if he thought it was neces sary to import a thoroughbred liar to edit his paper. Tint L'di.d Facts. A grocer doing buid-' i . on Michioau Urund arenua w jester--day -ki'd to triint s cuto-ed raao oa dy lur quart of IrawlH-rrie. -Can't do it yon d iievt pay," h replied.- "I II pay d ai'mey fn! Hhl o'clock io do Hiowiniiy, euruKstly contiuued tn colored nvo. "IVrhiips yon miolit. but ldool belief It.-foobvtii.i- money now bow will JOO h ny tnen i .,. . lion l ax me Doe. i u nave u can uu. Izejust perspiring to oeatti lor ue wol oi a ra berries. Doe any oneo jou7 Kea id grocer. "No ah." "Tbeo bow do joo expect to get ny mon-' ev?" ' ,.. . n i- -it -Uli. do paj wm 'I (Jae out. You'll liar to try some" on elv ."' ... Il,, y" pinned m right oowo to cold fas. 'ha enstomer. l wnt trtrt-rne. , dej he (tot to come, an', ilert-fore, let ui Snj ll at I an t going out to-nihl to tt! chit. eo an- Krii em- to gel monej." "Ah joa wann't?" "No. ah. 'cause I done pulled 'enTia last nij-ht, o' d'-y II be d'd to a botcher dis' evening. lal I d cold fact, mister, o' now wrapopdein atrawberrie n'dosn abnjo' inj cotificence." Some "ne ha discovered that a4 woman can b- sgent but a gent can't bet woman. This, is one of the rules Jjhit won't woik loth way. fa au Mat oranene n ma pvm'wTii..