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EUGENE CITY GUARD LATEST NEWS SUMMARY. by runuurM t at. Orvilla Grant, brother of Gen. Grant, died t Morris Plaint ou the 4th. A ttesm thresher boiler exploded near Columbia, Illinois, on the inb and killed fire persona. An Artesian well, near Yankton, w ilch la down 300 feet, trucK blue date tor matlon wbicn it taturated with petro leum. Joseph Merer, t prominent iboeman of Toledo. Ohio, committed suicide by hanclni himself from a b rid ire. Loss of property it the cause. Leonidat Robertson, a wealthy farmer of Madison. Ind., always level-beaded be fore, clothed himself ia bis wife's dress and sunbiDnet on the 10th and bun? bimtelf. Cba. W. Curry, beat and brutally killed Nathan Bettyroan. ia U Louis on the fctb, during an altercation, resulting from Bettyman refusing to allow Curry to Tifil bis daughter. JuJue James D. Colt, of the state su preme court, committed suicide in his private room in ntk-neiJ, aiasm.. oy snu ing a pistol ball into his bead His health bad been very Dad oi late. Another tautsenzer war bas broken oat between the vabach and the Alton road. anditmay become general and disastrous The fare from Kansas Citv to Boston is now $10. but to 'ew York 2 50. The coroner's junr in the case of three children of Cuarirt JJoodv (colored burned Jniy 4h at Lake Village, X. H returned a verdict that the children were murdered and the house burned to con ceal the crime. Moody aod wife were ar rested. EJrard Northrop, a prominent attor tier, shot and killed Joseph O'lonnell, clerk for a lumber firm, in the Crawford bouse. Northrop bad been administrator for the estate of O'Donnell't father. O'Donnell claimed that be was defrauded, and a fi.ht ensued. North nip surren dered. W. C. Bulle'.t, a lawyer, sopposed to represent the Pennsylvania hailwar, boncht for T,000 the main exhibition building at Phila, which cost $1.0iO,UX) and required .,utauJU leet oi lumt-er and eight and a half million pounds of iron to construct. 1 tie mortgage is to W paid out of the purchase money. An IsifispnU dispatch of the Gth says: The war 17 eastern paeneer rates has been hot here to-day. The rate to New York opened this morning at J 14, but was reduced every few minutes during the day, until New York tickets are selling at i5 cents. At C o'clock to night a meeting will probably be held to adjust rates. At TuJonia, Kan.-a, on the tub of Aug. about forty marked men made an iueSect tial attempt to capture two brothers named Hardin, confined in jail here for murder. The warden belug overpowered, gave his pistol to Hardin, who used it to kill the ringleader, John Hodman, whereupon the remainder fled pursued by a posse and the sheriff. The residence of Dr. Wm. Bowen, of Scituate, It. I., was burned on the '.'in, to gether with his barn. An infernal ma chine operated by clock work was found in the ruins of the barn. lHubtlis the same diabolism was used on the house. lr. Bowen has been very active in enforc ing the law against liquor selling, and has su He red before. The Herald's London correspondent interviewed King Kalakua. He was feted, dined and wined by the aristocracy to an extend that would have tired out a less powerful man. He said that there was no foundation for the report that he was desirous of disposing of his kingdom. He expwts to be in New York next month. Kegardin the Chinese question the king favors their immigration, and says he does not share the views of the ministry on the subject. Besides the duke of Argyly and earl of Airle and his ion. Lord Ogii'by, who will visit the Uuited .States this month, John Walter, proprietor of the London Time, will shortly come, slaying until October. After visiting Loog Branch and Newport be will go to California. All accounts represent that the number of EngiUh visitors to this country next fall will be very large. The earl of Dunraven expects to make a tour of this continent and hun dreds of others of less note. The socialists' dim meeting at Brook lvn protested against the extradition of Leo Hartmanu, such course they believe having been contemplated by the author ities. They adopted resolutions to the effect that It w juld be a d.rgrace to our country and aa insult to the metnoty of the founders of the republic, if the gov ernment should deliver up the revolution- ary hero to certain death, while he found refuge as a policies! exile eren in a Brit ish monarchy. The secretary was in structed to inquire of becrrUry Blaine about the matter. The failure of M. T. Comstock A Co. of Chicago, is rai- to be from i" to $12tMi. The firm has been doubly un fortunate. Borne weeks ago they con signed a large amount of corn to New York and tearing that it would decline ld short here to protect tbemwlvev. The market advanced and they lut neavily on their short sales and the con.-i:r,njeat heated en route and failed to iiu,;vt. This also io.-t them j4o,tU) to $.,&.. To add to their misfortune the c- uutry cus tomers forfeited their deals, leaving the commission men to stand iu the breach. They are said to have loci S.'j.O.) from this source. No information as to assets. Minister Foster writes to the depart ment of state, under date of July Wli: The Russian wheat crop is likely to be one of the largest ever rutucd in the em pire, and the export promises to be much greater than usual. It is stated that In the districts tributary to the port of O'dessa, the yield is likely to be so largcthat farm ers think they could dispense with har vests for four years to come. Advices from Taganrag and Caucasus, show the promise of crOs to be espial to that of 1S74, one of the largest ever known in ltussis, and advices from Moscow allirtu this. It is thought the harvest iu south ern Russia will be the largest they have had for 'M years. Harvests in central Russia, while not so enormous, will yield a splendid crop of excellent quality! In south provinces the grain is already cut. Further north it Is still subject to damage incident to bad wenther and from insects. From Moscow, w hich is tho great com mercial center of lUivia, it is reported that a'l branches of business are beginning to revive and flourish after a long season of depression, solely on account of the prospects of an abundant harvest. It will not be without practical political influ ence, also lor much discontent in the in terior has resulted from bard times and short crops. Tb secretary of the board of education In New York city, bas been arrested on a ehann of embexzUnt f 10.000. 11 ii nam is George Stewart. Th number of aerarian outrage com milted in Ireland during July was S59, tnr-in.tin four firimn at uersons, seven assaults, SO arsons, 17 cattle maiming, 155 intimidations, and SS cases of injury to property. A copious rainfall throughout Michigan on the 5th rescued the crops and grass from threatened destruction. Fires hsve been ravishing a large section in tne northern part of the state, threatening immense destruction to standing pine. Much uueasinesi is still felt throughout England concerning the well known fact that infernal machiues have been suet- fully smuggled through several porta and mr nrobablr now in the bands of men who know now to use them, Sir Wm Harcourt Is kept continually on the alert He realizes the danger. The. World's Loudon srecial aaya: new company will shortly be formed with a capital of four million pounds sterling for reclaiming waste land In Ireland amounting to about one-fifth of the super ficial area of the country. Jvjbecnpuons will be asked for chieflv In Leg-ana but it is very doubtful whether the answer will be favorable. A Pioneer special from l ine huige agency, Neb says that Crow lVg, captain of the police at Koseoud agency, snoi ana instactlv killed Matted laii aoout o'clock on the 5th. There had been an ill-feeling between them fat some time. Crow lKir went to t ort lobrara to re main until fhrther developments Trouble is anticipated. The New York Commercial Bulletin of theCth says: If it I true as reported that the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. is about to establish a line of steamers to China, we sha.I soon have another practical test of our ability to compete wit.l "cheap transportation, a:rtajy ee lablished by tbe Chinese. The Oregon company, it is presumed will run these ve-e.sfrom rort.and, in wnicn case it will h rarinua a how ou.cklv CheaD John will extend thither a branch of bis San Francisco line to divide business with them. Official figures for lSO showed 2.900,000 acres of wheat sown, and lor Inm only about OoO acres more. The average yield last year was 14'A per acre. Reports differ considerably concerning this year's yield. Storms, floods and bugs have done some ln;ury, but the latest reports are Quite favorable, particularly from the northern section of the slate. Other cer eals promise more thsn average results. Minnesota's chief product is wheat, hav ing raised last vear but nVvflOO acres of corn, 476,0.0 of oats, and ?.i3,C O of bar lej. The Paris Economist accounts the French harvest less favorable. It appears now, that the yield will be less than last year and scarcely equal to an average, while tne crop would have to be over agerage to meet consumptive deaiand. Tne supply will probably be obtained from Russia and in view of tbe coming exports of wbest tbe bank of St. Peters burg bas been reducing its stock or gold and it is reported to have sold 40,:.0,0uu francs worth In a fortnight Three-fourths of this smount reached Paris and has already been purchased for expoits to America In September. Ledger's New York special: The so called anti-monopolists are determined to make an impression in the fall elections and to that end are about to call a state convention at Utica on or about the 20th of this month. The call is not orheiallv published as vet, but it will be this week. At present it lakes the shape of a private and confidential printed circular to whicn tbe names of not a lew members of the chamber of commerce and board of trade and transportation are attached. The idea of the promoters of the movement would seem to be that thev can muster strength enough to occupy the petition of balance of tower part v in the state and decide which of the candidates of the two great parties shall or sh -11 not be elected Since the death of Mr. Mechi, the rawr strop man, Mr. Clair Seweli Read has been recognized as tbe highest agricul tural authority iu England. He is well known in the United .States, bavii.g vis- ted this country loar years ;o as a mem ber of the agricultural depression commit tee. He belongs to an olJ familv in Norfolk which has been engaged in farm- ng the excellent land there for a couple of centuries. Mr. Read say that while the wheat throughout England looks well the heads are poor, and that the crop will be below average. Roots of all kinds promise well, but grain U poor. I can corroborate this so far a southern Eng land is concerned. Iu France the same story is tuld. Iu Austria and Germany the yield will scarcely reach the average. Retorts from Russia are contllcting, hut the be- report say the crop wi.l not te above the average. A convention of Irishmen Is in session in Chicago with Rev. Dr. Belts, of St. Louis as chairman. IVlrgates are present under aioed names from liU-mar, Cork, I ubiin and several English cities. The gathering has been engaged to-night in selecting a goverumg Uly who shall prescribe the mode of proceeding for the future and call a conventi on of Irishmen from everv part of the world to be held at some point nut g.vea out yet, in the year upon ttie snniversarr of the date when the Gratuu volunteers obtained a victory for Ir.-ti independence. The gathering will, it is expected, be the nn-st important and decis.ve of any in the his tory of the Irish rai-e. The delegates sre united in denying that I hey represent the dynamite idea, but ngree that they are willing to use even tint dire agent against the actual army of occupation. They say no royal scion has tet u singled out for destruction. The white laborers employed In the construction of the New York, Ontario A Western railroad are much exeited over the rumor that contractors Intend to bring from the south a large number of colored laborers, who can be obtained for $1 25 j per day, while w hite men have been le- ceivmg i wi. inree hundred colored uieu are already at work on the Middle town branch. They sre from Maryland and the l'lstrict of Columbia, and have formed a curious colony by themselves. They all mess together, and it is Mid their board, washing and mending never exceeds $10 a mouth per man. They live on ham and bacon, w itli fresh meat once a week. Their evenings are spent in singing and dancing, Hiid every Sunday a regular religious revival Is held, which attraks large crowds from the surround ing country. The white laborers say the whole object is to gradually cut down our wages to $1 25 a day, the amount for which the colored men are willing to work. 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SALHo.-t.',unibia nrrr. fl tU.ts W; b( 111, 4 TS: twlllra.tf 110. PvTATi't-TisV t EMLNT-brcialf, tbl. ! (O, rortlasd, V btl fa Ti. eULNOLES -LavtO. 12 U ytr M, taJ, 1 X. KtTT-Wxi W ft (r... 2a I'TTON-Sc. rroM. SnubUlg a Monarch. King Louis, tf Bavaria, is staying, un der the name of he Count Yon Berg, at a villa on the Laie of the Four Cantons, in Switzerland. He has hired a steam boat all to himself, and steams about the lake the greater pan of the night, listen ing to his favorite aits played npon an Alpine horn by one oi his retainers on shore. .Late one evening he arnveu at the famous Tell's Chapel, accompanied i only by a couple of lackeys, ihe hour for admission had long i.asM-d, and the sturdj Switzer in charge of the building was at supper. One of the King's ser vants said to him: "The Count Von Berg wishes to see the interior of the Tell's Chajx-1 " "It is rather late, answered the keetier, "but if the Count will wait till I have done my snpier I will bring the kev. The servant w ent back to His Bavarian Majesty with this reply, asd the King had to wait nearly twenty minutes lie fore the hungry Republican had finished his supjer. At Ust he came ilotvn to tne laie witu a "Good-evening, Herr Count. " The indignant monarch ma.!.? no an- swer, lot wheeleu around and turned ! his roval back to the chapel-keeper's face. "So, ho:" said the descendant of Tell, that's all one gets," and he coollv turned around and walked bvk up the stope to his house. Dei At re akd Thieks. Wbt-n De- fanre was in office as Minister of Justice in M. Thiers government, the peculiar idiosvncrasv of these terrible old heroes caused them to dash sometimes. The President of the Republic loved to have his finger in every pie, and manage things in his own way. This was not al wavs to the taste of his fellow Ministers, who often found on presenting them selves at the usual time in the morning, that their subordinates had been there hours before, and decided matters over the heads of the chiefs of departments. But M. Dufaure was not so pliable as to accept this position as a responsible .Minister, lie relusea to ratily aomiaa- tinna tdiia ma.U in f-u. ohIi-i-a t.t i ce, and spoke to M. Thiers in such a war as to make the little desiot sink in his . shell and tell his intended nom inees that they need not come again to him. "That dreadful man makes me quite afraid." he owned privately. le- fanre had, mdeevl, as .u. lx-on bay said in his Senatorial allocution, a rough bark (exterior), although this covered an excellent nature whose tenderness re vealed itself in the intimate circle of his familv and private friends. Cor. Leeds Mercury. Don't Whip a Frightened Horse. It seems to be a characteristic failing of most coachmen to lay the lash npon a horse that exhibits fear at an object in the street or beside the road. Mr. Bcrgh President of our Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals, says in the organ of that society, w hat every person ought to know, and that is to never whip your horse for lieconiing fright ened at any object by the riadside, for if he sees a stump, a log, or a beap of tan bark in the road, and while he is eying it carefully, and alont to pass it, yon strike him with a whip, it is the log, or the tan-bark that is hurting him in his war of reasoning, and the next time he will be more frightened. Give him time to smell all of these objects, and nse the bridle to assist tou in bringing him care fully to those objects of fear. UU Cablltl tf Beaaty. That? Why, that'i mj cabinet of beaaty said a photographer who baa studio in thia city, in answer to an American reporter's question. "lea, strange a it may seem, within its walls lie hidden charms and smiles, beaaty and grace which have been photographed and have made many hornet happy." And the photographer tamed to nil neiratire. which he was retouching. The cabinet Lad a charm which invited closer inspection. At first it seemed a catch-all for all the old trumpery of the house; but a second view convinced the visitor that its only equal waa the top bureau drawer of a fashionable yonng lady's toilet Uble. Inside there waa a brilliant array of false frizzes aod bangs, rouge tablets and brashes, riDDons ana laces, two or three fans and a pair of kid gloves, while a iir of "plumpers" and a set of false teeth lar by themselves in one cor ner, as if too aristocratic to associate with the other trash. Tbe sight of these articles awakened a desire to know why they were there, and the old man was again interrupted in nis wora. "Well, tou see." said he in reply, "we have to be prepared for all sorts of emergencies. It was only hut week that a very pretty lady came in here to be taken, blie iiau nonow cneeas, ana i knew at once the picture would not sat isfy her, and so I thought of my cabinet of beauty and the 'plumpers. I had to use a good deal of tact, yon know, in introducing the subject, for the thought of putting these things in uer moutn would disgust her. While the was 'prinking' before the looking-glass in the dressing-room, I called my assistant and cave him the 'plumpers,' and told him to go down stairs. He understood me. When the lady came into the operating room I opened fire, and gradually led to the 'plumpers.' As usual with them all, she was horrified, but I told her I knew a place where I could get a new set, and would send for them. So I rang the bell, and my assistant came up. I told him to go around to Mr. Smith's and get me a new pair of 'plumpers.' The man was gone for a reasonable time, and came back with my old 'plumpers bngnteneu up ana neatly wrapieu in wuiie paper. V.vcn thpn the ladv obiected. but I per suaded her to try one, and she did. The effect at seen in the glass was so improv ing that the slipped in the other and glided into the chair, and I got a splen did picture perhaps a little full in the face: butno matterit made her look a hundred per cent, prettier, and after all, that 'a what they all want. Make a woman pretty, and the picture suiU to perfec tion' "How about the false teeth?" "Well, it's different with them. I used to keep an assortment all sizes but I found that it was no use, for one pair was sufficient, and I gave the others away to mv friends and kept only one pair. Yes, I Lave used them quite often. Let's see at least sixty times since the beginning of the year. These were new in January. A funny thing happened to the last pair. It was just before Christinas, when a lady came in here to sit. She was from the country, and had a very bad set of teeth. She wanted to have her picture taken smiliDg. I told her that the pic ture would be ruined, for her teeth would soil it. I remarked that if she could use my false set, then the picture would be good. She left the studio without saving a word, and I thought I had offended her and lost several dollars, but before many hours were passed the lady returned.and taking her seat in the chair, a-sked me for the false teeth. I was astonished, for she had beeu out and bail all her upper teeth extracted. As luck would have it, my cabint-t-of-beanty set fitted her mouth nicely, and she was so charmed with them that she insisted upon my selling them to her. I charged her a big price, for they were my pet teeth; but she paid it, aud whafs more, ordered a large lot of photographs. You can bet her mouth was open from ear to eer in that picture, and yon can't imagined how well the teeth looked. ' es, the frizzes and bangs are in con stant nse. Any number of young ghls come iu and wear them wuen they wish. une nay a uaia-ueaueu uiau came iu, aa.i after looking over the Cabinet of beauty, said l.e woiuu r:-d how he would look 1 witii uair on u:s ueao. i tua noi uave aw i', so v,e fixed him up one made of j iaiij.'s. There's his picture now, hanging j ther-.'," and the photographer pointed to ! a photograph of a man with a most pecu ' liar looking head of hair. : "There are a great many photographers who won't nse these sbunis. They pre fer to touch up the negatives. There is a method by which you can latten people ont by simply touching up the plate. Yon can shave off a swelling or lessen a double chin or cut down a long neck. The picture may not I a first-class likeness, but it certainly makes a beauti ful photograph. I have seen ladies with crane-like necks have their photographs tak-.'n, and tbe photographer pnt some lace around the neck or shorten it in other ways, and thus the picture is made bea'utifnl. Of course, that lady piies hacK ana nas omers lasec. une man came in here with the mutup. Ut course, l aid not Know ne wanted ice picture taken on that account, and so I retouched the negati-e and cured the niunips; and would you believe it? he refused to take the" photographs be cause thev did not show him with the ! mumps." "Ihe I'Ost way to come is to come natural. That's why actresses take such excellent pictures. They allow von to jHisture them as you please. If yon twist a lody's head she gets mad; while an actress "will allow herself to be twisted and turned and joised and arranged as much as you wish. It's a pleasure to take them, "for you are always sure of a good picture. But deliver mo from min isters.' Of ail the cranky ones they are the cratkie't. Th.-y are never sati-5i-d. They are stiff and disagreeable, and their photos never suit. Ladies ovaie in here with their hair done np in tbe most ont laudisu style.), a;,.l then complain and ak for another sitting, because their hair is not done the war they are accus tomed to. As if we did up their hair! Then, when we a-k them to stand np a little, they com nlaia. I never stand np so straight;' and" next day. when they see the proof, they say: "OL! bow hump backed you have made ne.' It's no ns to tell them you told them to stand straight; they only answer, I did not know I was stooping so. Xo amount of retouching of the negative will straighten up these." (Baltimore American. If rfdoia of Society rtople. One of the strangest anomalies in this age of liberty is the abject spirit shown by that small section of the community, in fashionable slang, styled "society.'1 Sorely against the grain they still go through the round of iinful "correes" which fashion requires at their hands. The woriert among nt are wide-awake enough to tee that the length of time an abuse bat lasted it a reason against rath er than for itt maintenance. They wholly refuse to ran on in a set groove merely because it it expected of them. But thit courageous independence, the ornament al idlers have not yet attained to. Fash ion rules their souls and bodies utterly, and, though they grumble sorely at its tyranny, they dare not kick against it. The "season is the great social observ ance of their year; and, since like the Passover, it can only be kept in the Capital, thither they throng in multi tudes to "keep the feast." And, when there, what an infinite amount of pains and penalties they endure; what anx ieties, what disappointments, what bodily fatigue from long night-watches, what weariness of spirit from uncongenial minds all to keep their place in the world of fashion. And this same fashion is a cruel tyrant. She rules them with a rod of iron. She shapes their garments; regulates their diet; chooses their friends for them; appoints their tailors, their teachers, their doctors; selects their amusements; directs their taste in beaaty and in art; dictates their opinions on matters of art, literature and science. They dare not call even their very souls their own, for Fashion decrees where they may or may not suitably to their station worship their Creator. Much such grievances as in days of yore were looked on as justifica tion of revolt, are to-day stoically en dured by the free-born Briton, who wishes to come to the front in the strug gles of society. For what is the brick making without straw, for instance.com pared to the perplexity of match-making without eligible bachelors, or ball-giving without dancing men? And what were "corvees" of roadmaking, or nightly thrashing of ponds to silence croaking frogs, to the task of making one's way into the most select society to the pain of listening with a smile to soar music that you would fain silence, but dare not because it is in a Duke's drawing room? Then the driving from door to door leaving cards, w hich occu pies so much of a fine lady's time, what an unmeaning and useless "corvee" that is! And the attendance on that dreary species of entertainment falsely called "At Home," though there is no time when people feel less at home in their own houses than during its continuance what does it profit either man or woman? But, of all the "corvees" that Fashion requires at the hands of her slaves, the frivine of a ball is the most to be dreaded. To achieve the giving of a ball that by competent authorities is considered very good, is a great social success, and places the giver on a sort of pinocle above her fellows. But to this, as to all great posi tions, the way lies through the valley of humiliation. She who would succeed must be prepared to put her pride in her pocket as she takes her money out. She must submit herself to the will of the presiding genius of the balls of the sea son. This social autocrat is a personage of creat Importance. She is high in rank, severe in morals, fir.it in fashion; and, if the giver ot the ball be a new comer to town, she not only invites her company for her, but when they arrive, introduces the hostess to her guests. But then the matter must be left entirely in her hands. The hostess must on no account presume to invite her own friends, or the great lady may threaten to throw the whole thing up. Then there are certain other dignitaries, known as the keepers of the lists of dancing men, whose good offices must be secured, as on them devolves the onerous duty of providing a supply of men worthy in every respect to waltz with the "nicest cirls." And what is the substantial result of all this toil and trouble ? A few more invitations to parties, which, when the time comes, the invited usually think it a bore to go to; a great crowd of ac quuiutiinees, whom they hardly know by sight, and among whom they can not count one friend; days and nights wasted in feverish frivolity, justified by the vain excuse that ail these things are the duties expected from persons in a certain position. Yet, take these persons one by one, and you will find that they cordially detest the whole thing. They quite agree as to the absurdity of driviug about "leaving cards," like touters for cheap wines or quack medicines, iney all secretly rebel at having to bow down be fore those whom tlK'V can neither admire nor respect, solely because they are of more exalted rank than ourselves. They feel acutely the hardship of kap ing a numerous retinue of servants to assist one another in doing nothing. A latent spark oi common sense kindles into revolt at having to sub mit their houses periodically, under the mask of merrymaking, to the invasion of a mixed multitude-, no one of whom were they to ow n their secret thoughts they ever desire to look uin again. Yet they dare not throw off the yoke, and so they go on year after year.spending their labor indeed for that which satistieth not, following one another like sheep, and echoing each other's words till they look on it as the unpardonable sin for any one to express au opinion of his own. Surely the time is ripe for revolt, if some "one would only arise to preach the straDge doctrine that there is no reason why the rich should not be as indepen dent as the poor, if they only have the moral courage to 6trike ojrainst that hard taskmaster. "Society." Pall Mall Ga zette, London. A Gooi' Wat to Travel. M. de Les seps, the French engineer, has through life made it a rale never in traveling to be encumbered with luggage. Two suits of clothes, one for evening and one for changing if he gets wet. soni6 flannel under-clothing, and socks and handker chiefs are all he takes with him. The shirts are bought as they are wanted and the soiled ones thrown away. Wear and tear of mind and body is thus econo mized. There is no necessity for courier or Talet. Cabmen are glad to pick up at railway stations a fare who has to little impedimenta; thieves are not tempted to assault; and the lightly loaded traveler is not at the mercy of hotel-keepers, who are the tyrants generally of guests with a quantity of luggage. i WILLIAM BECK & SON iBDarWra oi ul -- i. 8kri, JkBdnfWt, BaiUrt's, BW aal Wl-k E, EjT OBirs, Baatttofton. PwrtWa. Hratt So.-. ad uanubi 0 BREECH-LOAD LNG SH0T-GCs suuMt aroan-Mo orxrewar. Baas In tba world, pot p la X, l nd j , Tlahlw Tacfcks W Inn OPESA, XARHE 15 D FIELD fit mix mtrm " oawta mm4 Imw. - -wv. Vtlodpadaa. Croquat Plana, EatTa., The Great English Remedi Senrou.pMiuuvj-.rr 1 llHiil)-.-, "7 njs'J-Knru'.onikiZ M -' J In. Para.vu. mil n irf"1 bl KtHrt, ot si(.itZ' outhlul F.iiiW au iZ Lllud.-..Nu(.-tuniiX MmiiHw ut Viui v liitm- H-4:t!K.Yhi XUWI UUblMTTMl 1. : an-1 4-tri. s DR. MIVTIEwUlairTtoforWt FIT. Ha nnllnr for a m of ihu kind tl. VITAlT fcTOK ATI VF. under hta.rw.-Uil tAv ninit ftill not eurr: or (or anrthwa tn.iwrvor ih ou found Iu It. DR. MlVTIF.tr...'. n .r tfuraim uomfulljr wltlxiut nwmiry. -''-nt Irr. Thorouxn eiamiriauofi aitl ad, ummT arialvnuoi urtiif. as ul Crwul Vn.l S Uu a bottle, or four Um tbrg.iuuii.tr, iu, an? ad'trcM upon receipt ol prv. or C. 0. 1 from ob-rvalluo; and in priTt p.m. tf iwl, a. - mTn:, m. r 1 1 Kearay atrret, fcaa Knurl, iA DR. MITIE- KIDXEY Rr.MFDT.lt PllKFTK IM, cum all kind, oi Knln'jV Bladder CunipiuiUi.lomirrb'i-a, Ul?.t. U-umrrtwi FuraaUe by alidxuwuu; at abuille, aauuttlaloti DR. M IXTTF na.snri.ioY pirn. the brt andrheauett Dl HPFl'NlAandHlIjOI cur. In the market. For aale bv ail dnjorwx HOlKiE. UAMU IV.. FnnWlKj. Ilr WhiU. A tenia HUDSON'S GUN STOBX H nrat atreet, PanUaS. Oram. OITX, rUTOLfl AXO AMMValTlOS Ilaaiaa; Tatkl f Ft err Dcaerlptlaa. DR. SPINNEY, 11 Ktani atrwt.t. f TreU aU C kraal c Hpaciaj Dtaaaaa youngIen well to avail Ibeiuaeirea of thin, lha areatu S.7vVl-?.li!!r'lur ?' ""fa h fVmi "".P'"""' l 'rf-lt rW for w '-aw of v..rntjAl WeaKliei or brivate riuMM MndorcLamter abk b h ui 'n JJt MIDDLE-AGED M FX. rhere are manr at the axe of tmrtv t. iLitrwi " troubled wlih too freouent e.. u.:loM k o bladder, often accompanied by a ! l.t mrtli i ou ruing- aenunon and a weakenluc of lU ivn , a manner the patient cannot account f..r. lineun bilmr the urinary deposita a ropy .-dmit!t will oft, be f.iund. and lonmiraea mall nan.fi.- nf iKkioi. iil appear, or tbe color will be of a thui nuikuli bi analn changing to a dark and torp-rf ai-iV-annc i here are many men who die of thu dH -ultv. :k nint of the cause, which la the necond :e- of S-tr ral Weakneaa. Dr. a will ruarartee a perfect core i aU .uch c.e, aod a health- restoration of tbf iflIii urinary organa, Ofa-e Hours -W to I and tot. SnnilivifrooiKit 11 A. M. ConjuluUou free. Thorough exanaatki. and advice, IV. Call or addreaa DR. MPIWET A CO.. Na II Krarny street. an Fraacaro. Oil. 0. B. BIRD, M. P., HOMOEOPATHIC Phyatclas, Obetricla mi 8nr Firm above Morrl-on-wme block with AW Phot-raph eaJlery-Ponland, on-gon. otnee iioura : to io. . iu ' " i rlewlence. rmuaoo i n between 10 4; 1. beVJom al hoc leiepnone in rcsiuen T. T ineuik-at, ancrocopa-aiiu oe - - tlons conducted wttn care. c,K....rf rmj The utmost care pesowed upon OJV"' Few weeks notice required, lo S'"'' paratorv treatment which hw h0' " JRJ Miot-g Honiffot-ath This mcdK lne. with nui -irVictJona, wUl twMt by mail f.-r lu i3!! K Familv rosea of medk-Uie prepare,! or retUl,! book furnished, at San Kranciico prices. latleiita treated bv mail, at otlice rates. MedWnei alwy,turulshed without exiracharjt Dlt. SUHMAX, Eclccticrhysician & Surgwi 113 MirrlMa St.. oppalte Cualoat liouw. 1'oriluud. D n ,uvTiciTiimv-isr. AT HB" n. riiw.. . i.r...- ---,.. r. T.., .vnrt. ol Mdical Hygiene, as pracivtl at " ""Tj;, stltute. IU Morrison street. o u e dtsem.e are cured by this synem succeiw. often without tbe neceiit ' n?Jbt which are only fiveii In cases where t.ia"J "Vl" a few ipartmenta fumlahed tor the coaretXr of patient, from a di'iance. rnn. f. duiv tivtment or foracoorse learned on application at 11J ilorrion atreet. C'Mualuulvaa Ire. Dr. II. 51. RUSS, Dentist .. . . ih. .mi I have resolved tret-clM work al these prices: , f4e mt Teelk .. Khbp ! f ? ror tne unerw. 01 m- Set.fTraatUal1'- Mlveraaa IUe nillas " i klatracUaaal Twia. lta a Offlce: Cr. Fuat and Alder. OpP- Tu"ut Dr. U. U -WlM, Deaf OtVe haara, an wn. TreliftraetelalthaatKitOe"' - Thoroughbred POULTRY HOGS mi CATUt. 1 face.1 :.rkh;re B.I ( I ...I i Mir jreT TaS cuiar and price- ii to .U.' NIL!..-. Ix Ange!-..i-al. 'Pnnnii : ui r nuuuu Vaaahlll atrrrt, act. 4tk nl 5'h- frlUi (HEAI'EST PHOTOS lIX POKTLA-'1 l-.VTtIXET. per Polen.... l.tliie. pr imseu ou r GOOD WORK AT 1.0WXVrPggJ: CAKIV. P r lKiieu 4- - e Direr t from,1 Xew York. The folloiiiJ lt d Varnishes : Light PDTBhnw No. I. W Pnrrit oia a .o. t. r.i. nni;n"iw "v" u he1lac, Ktra y:rM he.Uc. Ex. H Imar. Biack An ha'",n- Brow a cr -AUth-ah.M-elinrVARMHJ ware to f amtJi in barrel or i-mii e-t- Tree well kji-.n nuuiufa. U-rr "t l-a ,' " !Ues. liaviH pun luKd the abo e ceola.:va:K-e. weare nahled to mi' r' e IH P man ever oeiore anerea ui ui. - F. E. BEACH i i 0- 103 Front St, Per'.:-