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u - l m'wmmmmmm WM. HOFFMAN, NOTARY PUBIIC, CONVEYANCER O SXt e U.S. Circuit Court Commissioner For the District of Oregon. OFF1CK Flrt Door North of Ilttkman's Hanking Home. Deeds and other Instrument of writing care fully prepared, and acknowledgements taken. Applications for Homestead Entries, Pre emption Rights nj Private entry of land pro cure!. Jacksonville, August 4, 16BS. SUTTON & HYDE, jiiL.a-JEincg je: LYON'S KATHAIRON", LYON'S EX'CT GINGER, LYON'S ELEA POWDER, JCAGXf OLXA WATS. Jacksonville, Sept. 29, 1SC6 If Tenons of sedentary habits, troubled with weakness, Isssltndc. (mlplUttion of tho heart, lick of appetite, distreM after eating, torpid lif er, constipation, etc.. deserve to suffer If tbcy will not try the celebrated PLANTATION Mf TERS, which nrc now recommended by the high est medical nuthorlte. and warranted to pro duce an Immediate beneficial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure, and must supersede all other tonics where a healthy, gen tle stltmilant'1 required. They purify, strengthen and Invigorate. They create n heahby appetite. They ure an antidote to change of water and diet. They strengthen the system and enliven the mind. Tbcy prevent mlatroattc and Intermittent fe vers. They purify the brea h and acidity of the stomach. They cure Drspcpsia and Constipation. They cure Liver Complaint aud uerrons headache. They make the weak strong, the languid bril liant, and arc exhausted nature's great restorer. Tbcy arc composed of the celebrated Callsaya bark.wliitergren, sms.ilros. ruols and herb, all preserved In perfectly purj St. Croix rum. For particulars, sea circulars aud testimonial around each bottle. Hew are of Importer. Examine every bottle. Sec that It tin- our p.'ivate U. S. stamp untnu tiluted over the cork, with plantation scene, and mir sicnaliira on n line steel ulittei slda Ik- U-l. See Hint nur liottle is not II I led with spu rious and deleterious stutf. Any person pre tending to sell Plantation Hitter by the gnllon or In bulk. Is au Importer. Any person Imita ting this bolllc. Or selling any nlher niulcrl al therein, whether railed I'Unlatluii (litters or not, Is n criminal uudrr the L', S. Law, and will lw su prmecuted by us. The d-inand for Drake's Pluntullon Hitters, from ladies, elergymen. merchants, etc.. I Incredible. The simple trial of a tHit'.le Is the evidence wo present nf their worth ami superiority. They nrc sold by nil respectable drugglt, grocer", physicians, ho tels, saloons, iti-atntmal and country stores. P. Jl. Drake &, Co. LYON'S KATHAIRON. It Is n most delightful hair dressing. It eradicates scurf and dandruff. It keeps the heaa cool and clean. It makes the hair rich, toft and (lossy. It prevents balr turnlug groy and tailing no. It restores hair on prematurely bald brads. This l Just what Lyon's Kathalron will do, It Is pretty It Is cheap durable. It Is liter ully sold by the ear loud, and yet Its almost In credible dwnand is dally Increasing, until there Is hardly u country store thut does nut keep It, -or a family that dues not ue It. E Thomas Lyon, Chemist, N. v. P. B. COFFIN, HOUSE PAINTER, TS NOW IN POSSESSION OF THE ENTIRE J. stock of materials mid tools formerly be longing to Costello Si Odin. Mr. Co-tello having wllhdinwn. P.l) Coffln will continue the business, and can be found at bis shop, Comer of C and Tlirld Streets, prepared to do work In a workmanlike maimer and at reasonable rates. Jacksonville, Oct. IS, 16C7. octlOtf PAY UP! NIMLE! f fnOSE INDEBTED TO SUTTON & I1VDE JL are respectfully Invited to come forward aud settle their bills. They do not make any spe cial reference to onicert, but they MUSI have money to meet tbplr oau liabilities. JBsixttoza. cto Hydo. Jacksonville, Sept. 7, lb(7. tf Notice to Stephen Itoucrtsou, a Jioiue&trutl Settler. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT the affidavits of Geo. A. liuucbaud John W, George have been filed In litis office, alleg ing that you have tor uioie than twelie months abandon d your Homestead Entry No. 70. made on N. 15. or section 21, T. 33 south of It. -1 west, and that The 20th day of November, 1807, at 1 o'clock P. SI , of said day, has been set for bearing the evidence on said alleged abandon ment, nt this office, and that unless ynu appear .n'd otter ' evidence to show tho validity of .your claim, the came will be deemed abandoned And cancelled. Dated at tbo Land Office, at Roseburg, Ogn., October 8th, 18(17. '" - JOHN KELLYt Register, ocllZnG ADDISON R. FLINT, Receiver. CANYONVILLE HOTEL, CANYONVILLE OREGON, D. 0. McCLELLAN, Pron'r. "pill HOUSE IIAS" RECENTLY DEEN X refltlcl und prepared for the reception of guests, pud llie proprietor would say to the cltlteiis of Southern Orogon, and tho traveling public, that be is now ready to recelio and en tertain all who .may Savor hint with a call, at prlcid to suit. The Table will be furnished with the best the market ononis, permitting no house to excel It either In quality or variety. FARM FOR SALE. The uoderslgucd oOere hU tarm, situated on Applegato creek, in Jobephine county, for sale. It Is pltiisaully located, and well uduulcd for gralu raising and stock growing, as it hai a spleudid-outlet to tbo surrounding (uot bills, f V further particulars, enquire of the subscrl' ffeprit VOL. XII. BUSINESS NOTICES. Peter Fritt, Photographic Artist, JACKSONVILLE, OREGOX. Ambro ty p o s, 7kot of graphs, 'Carlos do Vislto DOXS IX THE TtXlST STYLE OF ART. Pictures IlcriHced OJi ENLARGED TO LIFE SIZE. DR.A.B.OVEKBECK, Physician & Surgeon, JACKSONVILLE, OREGOX. OQce at his residence, In the Old Orerbeck Hospital, on Oregon Street. E.1I. t.KEKNMAN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OFFICE-Corncr of California and Fifth Streets, Jacksonville, Ogn. He trill practice In Jackson and adjacent counllvs, aud attend promptly to professional calls. febJIf DR. A. B. QVERBECK'S BATHBOOMS, Za tho Ovorbcck Hospital, WARM, COLD & SIIOWEIt I) ATI'S, SUNDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS. SI'KCIAL NO TICKS! Dlt. HUPELAND'S cs:M.nnTi:ii SWISS STOMACH BITTERS! r n Y Tlitt.lltirifltrfthslJlsodl A 1 J. 'A -it,tTon'el J rjM AMrjrAtrertttltDrlDkt Uiurw.eil fir scllns lurf I r t at crnllj- m Hit errelloiK vt tLs Mi!iier, bvucb, TRY slomschaaaiUsrl T rpj 'ar sati at all liMel anil rttsQ liquor, I ilrug suit tnctrj slant. NOBODY SHOULD "BE WITHOUT IT I J.O. I'aiten, l'nnrlrle. TAYLOR llKN'DEL. RaU Arrnlt. JstS-ljr sr.no. 413, Cliy si. San rrancUeo. Warren Lodgo No, 10, A. F. & A. M HOLD their regular cominiiuicatious vH on the Wednesday Kvcnlugs or preced- r lug the full moou, In jacksuwimj:, nit- Minx. A. MAKTIN, W. M. O. tt. Savaok, Sec'y. A HOOK WANTED UV F.VElll'liODYl jiii: m:T tn.wci: Ktcr rtfervd toagwils. fvnd at once for terri tory for the sale of the Xt.w L'tHTluN, ltv.vii n Aii i.M.tuui i. or vi:Mi' m:itv mas iii.s OWN LAW VUlt ni.d IJL'SINE'TOItM HOOK It embraces C.'O pagTot luloriDtiiiui ndlpeus able to cery man and uuumii, and I sold at Ihu low price of ti 20. For particulars and tenui of ageuey.adurrss II. II.IJANCOFT,&CO., Gen. AKents tor the Tncltlc Coast. jy27mS-ln Sail Frani lico, Cul. The Best Iteiut-d)' for Purifying l lie Wood, Strengthening the Nerves, Itestorlng the Lost Appetite. Is KKKSE'a HAMUURG TEA. It Is the best preservative agaln'lal most any sickness. If used timely. Composed ol beibs only, It can ho given sufely to lulants I- ull di rections In JJuglMi, French, iu.in and Ger man, wlib evirv nackace. 1 UV ITI Foraalvat all theuholeale and rttalldrug stores and groceries, LM1L FItKSi:, Wholesale Druggist, Sole Ageut, 110 Cluv street, juyNyl San Francisco, BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS. IVOTICH. Having disposed of our Fac tory, Me aro now prepared to j-lve our whole attention to ou' Leather nnd Fiudlng business. On hand, direct from France, Calf & Kip, Domestlo Leather, Hoot Legs. etc. Jous G. IIm.x, I L. Favkk, I Jous Drat, New York. I'arle, 6au FranclKo, Address. IIF.IN & IlllAV, Sio FraoeUo. 4d Battery Street Flows ! Plows Br cases often each or set up. Harrison's Cultivators, Farm lills (all kinds). Cider Mills, Hay Cutters, (all sizes) Fanning Mills, (all sites) COKN SHELLF.ItS (double and single band and bone power), Wagons, Carts, with a Urge nnd full assortment of all kinds of .AGUICULTL'ItAL UIFLKMLN'TS, all which will be sold at greatly reduced prices at wholesale or retail. J. U. ARTHUR & SON, Corner of Da-is and California Streets, octl?in3 Sdii Francisco. Marriage und Celibacy, an Kstay of Warning and Instruction for young men. Also, Diseases and Aimsca which prostrate the vital powers with sure means of relief. Sen freo of (barge In seated letter envelopes. Ad dress Dii. i. SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Philadelphia, l'a. ocUO-ly BUILDERS. AND OTHERS WHO DESIRE lime, will It ml n constant supply, ot the best quality. In onantlil'-s to suit, nt my shop on .nam riri'vi, iwinccu ureguii uuu iiniu,vw- poslte Muller & IJrvntano's store. Iu myob- sence, ilr. Alex. Martin win wait upou cutiom ere. ? STONE CUTTING "?. fi. ilo !"" Wnrll I dona on Urms to suit jbe llwe. Order? frpm via nnnnirw wi s 1 r vm aii-fiin in hi uii iisisi. JOHN B. PKACOCK. Jacksonville, April 26, 1S67, ap27 JACKSONVILLE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 18G7. OREGON 'TI!L. 1'ClU.ISltED Krcry Sntunlnr Morning br ; B. F. DOWHLL, s OFFICE, CORNER C & THIRD STREET TEIIMS OP SCIISClUlTlOXl Ino tear. In advance. Four I)al Tor Onq year.ln advanoe. Four Dollars; If Dald wlbin lolars: If year six do aid wlhln the first six inos? ,S of tho year, tivi bin the first six tnoSl of tho vear. hvdi Jf not pall until the expiration bfthfltoKind- - .,.,,. t;fo,,0.r. 1. Si. - ntUMsi npiinncKTMt.ci One sounrft flO IIum 'or ImO. fieit truer, tlon, Three Dollars; each subsequent Inscr lon. One Dollar. A discount of llrty percent will be madfl to tho whoadrerliso by tbo year. a T' lct Tcniters rrcelrrJ si current mtf. The KnglUli Lnngiingr. Mine Cot! mine Cot! vot language dat! I cannot Kuglish spraken; For shust so sure I s.eak him right, So sure I bees mistaken. For when T says I wants my beer, I mean that lairer fixen: Bier means dem tings dat folks ride on en ey go uoatl as blixcn. Dcv say dey "raise" a building, Den "raze" it down socliue; "Itaya" men deiu tings de sun trows Von it gits up to shine. "3Ieat" means dem ting dat's coot to cat: Maii i. ..-.: ' .vt .II9V I111..IIJP llll(B jiuiii;r. 'Tis only "mute" to measure deso tings Von steamboats "mete" the stopper. Shnst the same word means everything; It makes no business whether You spell him dis or t'other way Vou sounds nlmost like t'other. Mine cot! mine cot! so sure I "knows," I cannot KnglMi spraken; For i en I "noo" I speak him right, Iy tnin ! I gits niiitukcn. The Volunteer Cnutisel. John Taylor was licensed, when a youth of twenty-one, to practieo at the bar. lie was poor, but was well edu cated, nnd possessed extraordinary ge nius. He married a beauty, who alter ward desetted him for another. On the Oth ofApril, 1810, the Court House in Clarks ville, Texas, was crowd ed to overflowing. An exciting ease was to be tried. George Hopkins, a wealthy planter, had otfeicd n gros insult to Mary KllUon, tho young nnd beautiful wife ol his overseer. The husband threatened to chastise Mmol for tho outrage, when Hopkins went I to Ellison's housu and shot him in his own door. Tho murderer was arrested and bailed to answer the charge. This occurrence produced great excitement, and Hopkins, in order to tut it the tide ol popular indignation, had circulated reports against her character, and sho had sued him for slander. Uotli suits were pending lor murder ami slander, ' The interest became deeper when it became known that Ashlcc aud Pike, of Arkansas, and S S. Prentiss, of New Orleans, by enormous fees, had been retained to defend Hopkins. Hopkins was acquitted. Tho Texas lawyers were overwhelmed by their opponents, It was a fight of dwaifs against giants, Tho slander suit was for the pth,nnd the throng of spectators grew in num bers as in excitement. Public opinion was setting in for Hopkins; his money had procuted witnesses who served his powerful advocates. When the slander caso was called, Mary Ellison was left without an attorney nil had withdrawn. "Havo you no counsel i" inquired J ud go Mills, looking kindly on the plaintilf. "Xo sir; thoy havo all deserted me, and I am too poor to employ any more," replied tho beautiful Mary, bursting into tears. "In such a case will not some chiv alrous member of the profession volun teer ?" said tho Judge, glancing around tho bar. The thirty lawyers were si lent. "I will, your honor," said a voice from the thickest part ot tho crowd, from behind the bar. At tho sound of lia,t vpicc many started tt was 60 unearthly sweet . inniirnflll ana mourniui. Tho first sensation was chanced in to laughter Avhcn a tall, gaunt, spectral figure elbowed h.is way through tho crowd, arid placed himself within the oar. xns clonics iookcu so suaouy 4 k. a -svs ar tttnAs ins iin i that tho Court hesitated to let tho "John Tayjor will preach hero this jing that great dog out of tho wu case proceed under his management, 'ovening at early candlelight," ter. J9 JH I-1' Ji-1 WJl ...' "Has your tinmc been untered on i Ho did preach, nnd tlie house was tlic roll of tho Stnlo ?" demanded the crowded. I linvc listened to Clav Judge. Webster and Calhoun to D wight, "It is immaterial,' nnsworcd tho Rncom and Bcccher but never nny stranger, his thn, "bloodless lips Ottrl- tliltti in the form of Mtblime word- ing up with n sneer. "Hero is my U- censo from tho highest tribunal in AnK-rica,".nnd ho.handed the Judtro a 1 1 broad parchment. The trial went on. 1,u "-TCil the Witnesses to tell their ou-n fnrv nml In, n1l,ivn1 il,. .Inlnn.r, .Inn- ,..,,1 I,., nlln.vml .!, .1l'n.n !-. 1 .. .- wl by Like ntid Tix-utlt. brought the house in clicenl, in which the jurv joined. It was now the. ttrnnircr'a turn, ho 'V mm rrSf llofrllK tllf li-l t- lint linlntiil if nml - i...... .1.- i . i.-i i ;. ...i so near the wondering jury that he might touch :h the lorc.nan with hi long r. He proceeded to tear to arguments of Ashlee, which bony linger llioi'na tlm nr melted away at his touch like frot be- fore a sunbeam ; everyone looked sur- prised. Aunn he came to the dazr.li.ig wit of the poetlawver Pike. Then the curl ol his lip grew sharper, his smooth lace begun to kindle up, and his eyes to open, dim and drearv no longer, but vivid as lightning, red as file r-lnW nn.l rslr.lr, n. tu-l,, 111w teors. Tho wholo soul was In the eve. the full heart stremed out of his face. Then, without bestowing an allusion to Ptcntiss, he turned short around on the iicrtiirril witnesses ot Houkliw. tore their testimony into threads, and hurled in their laces such tcrribl0 n. vecthes tlmi nil ircmble.l like aspens, and two of them fled from the Court Iloim... Tl.o Vnli..m.. rtriln,.r.,.,i was becoming tremendous. Their united life and soul seemed to hang upon the burning tongue of tho strang er, and ho inspired them with tho power of his passions. Ho seemed to have stolen Xatute's long hidden se cret of attraction. Hut his greatest triumph was to conic. His eyes began to glance nt tho as sassin Hopkins, ns his lean, taper ling ers assumed'tho same direction. Ho hemmed the wietch with a wall of strong eiidcncu and impregnablu nr- giiuieut, flitting oil' all hope of escape. Ho dug beneath the murdeier's Icet ditches of dilemma, and held up tho j slanderer to the scorn nnd contempt ' the populace. Ilnvmgtlitisgiithim . -- . --- H,oul W'I,H tt c,rc, ' fi"i ho stripped himself to the work of the massacre. I Oh I then It was a vision both glo- nous and dreadful to behold the ora- tor. Ills action became as impetuous ns the motion of an ntk in a hurricane. His voice became a trumpet filled with wild whirlpools, deafening the air with crashes of power, and yet intermin gled all tho while with n sweet under song ol tho softest cadence. His fore head glowed like a heated furnace, his countenance wus haggard like a mani ac, and ever and anon he (lung his long, bony arms on high, as if grasp ing after thunderbolts. Ho drew a picturo of murder in such appalling colors that in comparison hell Itself seemed beautiful ; he paint ed the slanderer so black that tho sun seemed dark nt noonday when shining on such n monster. And then fixing both portraits on tho shrinking Hop kins, fastened them forever, Tho agi tation of tho audience amounted nlmost to madness. All at onto the speaker descended from the perilous height. His voico wailed out for tho dead nnd living the hcaiitilul Mary, mom beautiful ov cry moment as her tears flowed faster till men wept and sobbed like chil dren. Ho closed by a strange exhortation to tho jury, and through them to the bystanders ; he advised tho panel, after they should bring In a verdict for tho plaintilf, not to offer violence to the de fendant, however richly ho might de serve it; in other words, "not to lynch tho villain, but leavo his punishment with God." This was thu most xi it I ill trick of nil, and best calculutcd to iu. suro vengeance. Tho jury returned a verdict of fifty thousand dollars; and tho night after ward Hopkins was taken out of his bed by lynchers apd beaten nlmost to death. As tho cotut adjourned, tho ..m.-,. . i innn -i iiiiiah iti ii wwen si 11 si an sua ' NO. tl stfrftthm I WtfMaMKW evoit approximating to the eloqtiencu of John Taylor massive in n iiiotin tttin. and wifdlv rttshinr? ns entnmrt oflln1. ' "WM.MM.VS l.TK.VT 1JR.MS t'l.OW.- t....-. i. ti 1- . In the ordinary drain plow, us used ti'; u.ilfwurlitcodrninlugor otieninir wntor 11...-. r , ., n V , . W,H!M U' ,!,ml nlrently boon plowed aud harrowed, nwh lro,,blo..i8 sporiei.ced by the looe earth lallinir back into the drain "''l"!.. obstructing it Ifsoirid means "V" )"f V& ' on. lb tit the "l(,1l' ol l,,1B ,,!,rrolv :'s l1l,ri,e,, V'.1' ,lini' cuIt.v 1 voi.k'd, and tl... iac complishwl, with the Dow.in.a.i plow, y ihu rimplv ntliit-liiiii-tit or n double ,co"1' w yUU' ' ,S lAttW ,t0 nMXv "n'tJ ' '" "' r of tho double M l J'' P 'Mils roller "m-r b "'aik' ' C!,sl"" ,or !,ml vnid too groat a weight, tl of iron, '"?' b,e 1 Yl' th '''a,,U f lhl' " roller bolllL' tllUt oftWO COHMtlttncllCll nt l,,,,r hwv n,,1 f",n,,n n n,,Blu ot' b"ut oneliuiitlivil t.nd twenty degrees, This roller is attached to the hinder l)!,lt of ,lie l,,ow ''.v 'nsoftwotinns, 'n,.,U.ri!V0,m on lvt i the npexes , " l,,u VWv nt ,,,B ft"k' ,)f tl)0 nr,,", .ThewnriiiMire iiindi-ol nlorUMlHliiipts ' ,,,u 0""1"1 bp,MK Pniiniiwilly fixed ' l0 ",'" l"MV ,,n,,,,,l, ","1 t,IL' nVl'r " woi king in n hint so as lo elevate or lower tho roller to suit thu depth at which the plow Is running. The nrms nrc attached so as to cause the roller to ioiiow in tno irneic oi mo plow between the wings ol thu double mold-board, and as thu furrows are turned by thee mold-boards the roller bearing upon them presses tho earth flriuly down, so that It will not fall buck and III) the furrow and so obstruct it lor the pas sage ol wnUr.AiinricHn Arthun. Tin: Cinvs and i in: S. F. Mos'tToit. The San Francisco 7Vic of October 14th say i.: Ihu secession Hemocrucv consider tho recent triumph ol their' paity all their own mid uro already beiiiiiin' CT ' ' O to resume their old imiHiial tone. They are Kailiilly enraged at thu ob- lection made bv Father Cotter to m of their candidates in this city, anil are (denouncing him in the vilest terms, I their organ dovotiug nunc spacu to the abuse to thi worthy gcnllcumu than it does of nitything else. Wo under, stand that u delegation uf these would bo plantation lords visited the ofl'ce of the Monitor last week and forbade the publication of a card from Father Cot ter, threatening all sorts of penalties II it nppcarcd, and grow so violent Iu their behavior and language that tho editor who, though a Democrat, was not to bo bullied, was obliged to order them out, infoi miug them that ho would publish what he saw (it. O.vk ol tho best things that poor, dear, jolly, genial HnlnicH, (wo don't mean Oliver Wendell, but him of Mar iposa) ever got oh", Is tho story about a brother editor who, participating iu a debute as to tho best method of building a ccttaiu bridge, objected to a colter dam for making tho picis, When asked to state tho grounds of his objection, ho replied that ho had early formed a prejudieo against tho I thing; his iinclo ouco had a cow clink- with a turnip, nnd for n long timo it was thought sho would coffer dam head oil. "Did you take the note, and did you see Mr. Thompson Jack'f" "Yes, sir." "And how was ho;" " Why, he looked protty well, but he's very blind." " Hlind J What do you menu r" "Why whllo I were in the room ho axed mo whcio my hat wur, and I'm blessed If jt wttr'nt on my head all tho while." Ifo "Woxdkii. .Wo wero amused with tho relnark of an old lady who was was admiring thu lien ti fill picture ' Sav cd." " It's no wonder," said she, that ,no poor fluid falnlcd, aflpr pull A Conjugal Jrtr, A laughable yarn is told nbotitsotno conjugal dlflereuec which occurred nt the'Sotith Pcwabiu mine, Lake Superi or, whore a man nnd his wife had n se vere quarrel, resulting In packing his btindlo nnd starting olTfor Ontonagon, declaring that ho would live with her no longer. Sho followed him nlong tho road, begging him to return, but he was inexorablo nnd trudged on. Finally she became so exasperated that she vowed tf ho did not turn about sho would strip herself stark naked, and in that condition follow him to his journey's end, A3 he did not stop, sho wns as good ns her word, and, leaving her clothing by tho roadside, sho fol lowed him in thnt cool, fascinating cos tume of nature. This only made him laugh. When they came to the inter section of the state road, they were sup prised by meeting n party of young men who had been out fishing, nnd then the husband began lo think tho wife's costume wns not exactly tho kind prescribed by court etiquette, and cutting n stout switch, ho started her back ou n keen run, not allowing her to stop and gather tip her clothes. 0llr llfornwnl ,.., gll0 nintl, lU ' olll '"' ' clear honWf 1)robnbIy becaUM ih de splendid aring to tho was not inconvenienced by extra clothing. Since then both parties have indefinite ly postponed their trip to Ontonagon. Thaukdv at Ciikvk.v.vk. Wc aro permitted, say the Denver A'ctw of tho 3d, to make tho following extract from a private letter, received iu this city from Cheyenne, dated Monday Octo ber 1st, 1S07: " Yesterday the wind blow and tho dust lluw so hard that everybody sus pended bmlncss. Last flight the wind went down with the sun. As soon ns Charley and I had got our suppers, wo mtitle up our bed in n shed and laid down expecting a good night's rest. I had just got fairly asleep when bang bang! bung! went n dozen shots or more, close by us. Everybody was up iu two minutes armed mid equipped, and looking niter their own interests. Thualaim wiihii light in n house of ill-lame, and the killing of two notori ous scoiindiels Pat Malally and 'Lim ber Jim.' I saw them both a few min utes alter they were killed, nnd must say they wero tho worst shot men I over saw. No onu prctcud-t to know who shot thoni, but there uro n few hero who do know and don't ask any questions. A few moments alter the killing, some parties friendly to Pat Malally gave out word that tho town would bo burned before morning. In less than -to minutes 0110 hundred sol. diors and onu thousand citizen wero 011 duty, and in Ions than ten minutes more the hoitso where tho row com menced wnt in flames mid burnt to tho ground, the Inmates, four or five pros titutes, barely escaping with what clothing they happened to have on. One of them wns wounded hi thu nrtn nt tho commencement ol tho light." EmioiiiAf. Dim ix Mr. Hunt, in Ids volume on thu " Fourth Estate," thus sketches tho peculiar duties of a journalist: " Tho man who onco becomes njour nallnt must almost bid farewell to men tal lest or mental leisure. Il'hu fulfills his duties truthfully, his attention mutt bo over awako to what Is passing in thu world, and his whole mind must be do voted to tho examination, and dis cussion, and record of curiciit events. Ho has little tlmu for literary idleness with such literary labors ou his shout tiers. Ho hns no days to spend on cat alogues, or iu dreamy duetirsivo re searches in public libraries. Ho has 110 mouths to dovoto tho exhaustion of any 0110 theme, What he do lis with must bo taken up nt n moment's notice, bo examined, tested,, anil dis missed nt onco; and thus his mind is uvor kept occupied with the mental no cessity of tho world's passing hour," Wi:m, Per. Some one writes, both gracefully and forcibly : " I would bo glad to sco inoio parents understand that when thoy spend iiiunoy judicious, ly to provo and beautify the house and tho grounds about it, they aro paying their children 11 premium to stay at homo ns much as possiblo to enjoy it; but that when they spend money mi-necess-irlly In clothing and jewelry for tholr children, thoy aro paying them a premium to spend their timo away from homo that is, iu thoso places whero thpy can attract tho most attention, and niako tho most display," It Is said that thero is a man in I3ur llugton, Iowa, who js 19 stingy that ho picks tho flips oittofthosugartbawland. brushes, (ho sugar oil' their feet. m