- m 'j " Ill ' 1 II I I ,mrn , - - f" " r-' - r i 1,,. 5-- r: I, ' - - v ' - . , . v.- i hi fcprir saasssr. -a O O 0ZyjKim mm i - ,,I.IM' . ' ' " - 1,1 1 1 'I o O 74 I t 5' Tol. 2. O O I !)cllckln (enterprise. n-tLitmn BVERV SATrr.DAY MOUSING X? By D. 0. IRELAND, srnrF- South east corner of Fifth find I erJ(I ,,7." in the building lately known -I k!L S Vlo, Oregon City, Oregon. , f Terms of Stsrrii Icn. O.e copr, one year in stance. . . ' " il delayed... 4 00 Term of Advertising. Transient nd vcrtinentI-cr uare (12 liriesor lesshrt in-erti.m F. 'each "subsequent insertion... .. 1 00 payable quarterly - 0e "column per nnnnm i- One half eohmiu w- Book "and "Job Printing ! riMIK ESTERPIUSE OFFICE U aupnlied with every requisite for doing a uporior stvln of work, and is cons.aiit r ftceumuuitincrnew and beautiful styles of material, and is prepared lor every variety of boot: and Jon AT SAT ISFAC TOUT l'iltCKS. The Public arc invito:! to call and f'x'mine boV.i our spoc'naens imd facilities fur doiiic: Wrk. J US WES S CARDS. Lad d i Til ton, EANKKRS. roi-.Ti.Axn, Oj;i:c;on-. WiPn-r prompt attention to collections, nd other business appertaining to Nanking. Sight and 1 dvgrupiuc Exchange n San Francisco and the Atlantic States io On lor Hale. M)1J. Government Seeuilues bought and ii.tt O L . G . Fuller, mioKCii, Pays the Highest Price for Gold Dust bo:d Tenders and Government securities boa 'ht and sold. A'o. Ms Front st., xl (f7 Portland, Oregon. F. Barclay, H. R. C. Ln (Formcrlv Surgeon to the Hon. II. B. Co.) O l-'FIC' : A AY , Main Street ....Oregon City. e- j WELCH, I53:XTIST. I'frrtt tiitnt'y L"C-i; Romns with Dr. S.iU'arans, r n M.dn street. 33 E N T 0 H K I L L I IT, Oi'rjvtm l ity. t)risro!i. OHiee in Charinan's Pri; k Llock, f MU s. v . e. JOHX.-.ON. i". o. m emv.v. OllVMOS CITV, OIU:(i)X. l-i?" Will attend to all business entrusted H our cure in any of (lie Courts of the State, i-.tllcot inouev, negotiate loans. Sell real es- te, etc. J.Tarticnhir attention given to contested 4 ind e;i5es. 1 .y 1 J. II. UPTON, AttoKxiY AN'i) CoL-.sr:i.on-AT-LAv, Oregon Cifg, Oregon. OiTce over the store of Pope .1 Co., lin street a D. rfi. MoKEUKLY, Attorney and Counsellor at Bare. M7 J I IAj A.TTKXD PltOMPTPYTO ALL limbless entrusted to his cure. ()rFiC ()ue door north of bell it Parker s Om-f tor. Oregon City, Oregon. I 1 y JAIVIli B Id. MC0ES, Justice of the Peace Citg Recorder. OiTioc In the Court IIuse and City Council llooni, Oregon City. Will ntten l to the nek now lodgment of ii'vU, and all other duties appertaining to the ulliQ- t,f Justice of the Peace. L':!y A. IT. Bf.k. K. A. PAKKKK. BELL & PAHSER. DKHJGGISTS, AXO REAL KI!S IX' Chemicals, I'atenl Jlcdicincs, Paints, Perfumery, Otfs, Varnishes, And every article kept in a Drug Store. RJ ) Maix Stiiekt, Okkgox Citv. J. MANX. T1IOS. I.EAR1'. Fashion Billiard Saloon. Main street, between Second and Third, Oregon City. MANN & LEAKY-...'. Proprietors. rIMIK, above long established and popular -L S doon is yi't a favorite resort, and as only the choicest brands ot Wines, Lienors r.na (. u-ars arc dispensed to customers a J sharcjd the public patronage is solicited. j T N. IL Families supjdied with the 1 v.ioieesuimors, hnglish Ale and J'orter, in ootsies, on thr- ran-t reasonable terms. SHADES SALOON. HW Xr:iin fitrat, htw-rn. Stccnd and Tii Orf:-n L"i:;. GE0E.GE A. HAAS - - - - Proprietor. The nrnS?l.. 1 1 ;.,f..-., T,w frien.U 1... . .7,7 - . . ' . . i- : . V Z n hi hnve named popular saloon is open for their n'eoimnn.lation. w:t!ia ovv and well assort ed supply of the tinest brands cf wines, '.!li.""-s and cigars. 52 Isaac hej. JoaN- "Aiin PAKE & BROTHER, pitchers and Meat Venders. Qioi'nkful for the favors of th-2 community 3" t.ie past, wish to s.av that thev will eon- " . ' ...... ...... ..... -vxy . w-'gon. as usual. ..'uonvr iu iiieir patrons, irum liie ' Tut.l,, mid $.itarti of e.T?h wertr. ! the best qualities of Ueet. Mutton, and "uk, or any other class of meats in the O V:tf Essiperial Mills, OUKUOX CITY. KEEP CONSTANTLY OX HANI) KOU SALE : JUjSTfl T'Fl'J ' 'TTr' LJJMJ. 4 Vi- i3 BRA X AND CHICKEN FEED f , " tt,:,'v , iea wautinS d Kiusl furnish bct-jhji jMaaaag---'!4W. w wnmui -xgimajjwuM JiUSfiMSS CARDS. Thomas W. Kinney, 49 Front street, Portland Oregon, DEALER IN' WINES AND LIP0HS3 Is coTiRtnntly in receipt of Pure Whiskers direct frmn the Atlantic State?, nndcan oiler to the trade better inducements than any other hou.c in Portland. William Bronghton, CONTRA CTOR and BUILDER, M'llii strut, Ori'joii City. 'Will r.ttrnd to all work in his line, con Sisting in part of Carpenter and Joiner work framing, building, etc Jobbing prompt ly attended to. (:-i J0HII II. SCHRAli ilanuf.icturcr and Deader in SA DDLES, II A Ills ESS, etc., etc.. Main street, between Third and Fourth, Oregon Chj. rr'TIE attei'itton of parties desiring anything 1 in mv line, is directerl to my stock, be fore lr.akinir purchases elsewhere. rxy) JOHN II..SCI1UAM. CLAIlKGRESnMA2I, City SJrayiaian, . 1 T f S 011EG 0 X CI TT. All orders for the delivery of merchandise, or packages and iretu'ht of whatever uescnp- tion, to any part of the city, will be executed ; ; promptly and with care f..i;:n .W. F. HIG1IFILLD, Establish oil since l.40. at the dd stand, Maix Siia:i:T, OntGON City. T An assortme'it of Watches, .Tew-r-TyK elry, and Seth Thomas' weight f-sfn Clocks, ail of which are warranted to be as represented. i-.' Kepairins done on hort notice, band tltaiikfal for past favors. :.7 DAVID SIVIITH, fi-.teswr U SMITH d- HAL' SHALL, Black Smith and Wagon Maker, Corner of .Main and Third streets, Orcou City Oregon. r.lackstnithinii in ail its branches. Wagon making and repairing. AH work warranted to give satisfaction. U' I. GUAIJOX. GEAD0 N ciiArxcv call, i G o. MAM FUTI'limS OF 46x& kr Wai S -W, j ol and il'.'Z Front st., Portland, Oregon. (fCT Wagons of evert description m ide to ordtr. General J'-Lbing done ivilh neulneas and a'i.-jiutch. Ord-.rs from the vouiilr g prompihj ntkndt d to. OSVrEGO BUSINESS. T f, T-fr'i T" -T ? t Gretm Street Oswego, Oregon. Post 2f'isicr and. JraUr in G K N E K A l u:rciia:D!Se, lrj.-e ricB, Viri- jis:?I i.ltitjois! KOTICS TO ALL V ItO WANT V.--f J: V '-ft V S '3 Made or Kenaired. Especial e.ire and at tention paid to orders for line work, such as Ladies' and Misses Fine Gaiters, Gents' Fine French Calf Loots, etc. ;7" Orders solicited from abroad will bo executed with neat ncss and dispatch. TKUWi LLIGLK u SMITH, 4ttf Green st., Oswego. Oregon CSW2G0 BEEWERY AI'ID EILLIAilD S AL0 021. Kenry Gans, Proprietor. The proprietor of the above saloon wishes to inform bis liiends and the public in gen eral that he is now ready to accommodate them with the best of Lnniors, Peer, Wines A Cigars. Also agent lor the sale of llum bel's Oregon Citv Lager Peer, Cream Alt) etc. Orders promptly attended to. IS. oswEGb"" hoIjseT" OSW KG 0, OUEGON. JOHN SCI! ADM Proprietor, now prepared to receive and entertain ail who m.iv favor him with their patron age. Tin- House is New and the Rooms are Newly and N'eat'y Furnished. The Table il! be supplied with all tin delicacies of the season. The House is situated near the steamer landing. The proprietor will ct all li'nes endeavor to "".vi1 en'ire satisfaction to ad who may favor him with a call, cud wunl'i resvcet!ui:v solicit tue va'roua r . the Traveling Public. '?M:tf! Hoard per eok t ' O1' v") eo 6 oo Loard and Lodguu Single Meals i0 I HOTELS, RESTA URAXTS, fa. McLaughlin House. Maia street, (opposite the Woolen Mills,) Oregon City, Oregon. - Proprietor. V-r.-, This is the most commodious Hotrl in the citv. New by furnished, and just open for the reception of guests, Z'T It will bo the imdeavo ctor to make his guests condl or of the I'ropri- ortablc. J 'jo.lt OREGON HOUSE, Main Street Oregon City. JACOB EOEHK, Proprietor. establish ;;u 1557. UEDIX7IOX ix nistEsr 1 il,v ui.oe,!..!.. IM!V! IO cup IIOUCC i that from Saturday, October h, i s(:7 j.iiccs at the above houe will be as follows : Poard and Lodging per week 5 0o llur.rd witluuit "Lodgiag 4 Joard and Lodging per day 1 oo .1 ACOil UOL1IM. Oregon City, Oct. Cd. 1;G7. l.".o:tf CLIFF HOUSE. '"Svr Main Street, i: i i - .. - , . ,jJb , , . . , .I V' - i V I t V'i 1 I J. I LL'.I I! . ; -y !, I'.lTri, T. W. KliOADi . . .Projirictors. Oregon City. Oregon. j We invite the citizens of Oregon Citr, end ! the travehn" public, to give us a share of their patronage. Meals can be bad at ail hours, to please the most fastidious. Ho Notice to the Fublie. II AVII this u iv closed the Barlow House X in favor of the Clitl" House. Hope mv j old customers will give their liberal patron- to ,!ic aboTe well kept house. They i will find Messrs. "White & Klioades alva)S ' on hand to make guests comfortable. -iaijuiujfcij jm-iuc-arM UJL1 IM1HH.MII AFFECTIONATELY IXSCRIBEO TO T11K MEMOKT OF LOUIS I.OGLS. Cold as marble ! Ills hour is come, And God has called his loved one home, Life's morning had but just begun When Death eclipsed its rising sun. Fold the small hands across the cold breast Close the sweet eyelids forever to rest; Comb the damp spray from his sunny hair, Kiss the pale cheek, so wondrous f .ir. Weep tears, sad tears for the early dead For he who on Calvary's dark brow bled; Wept, when they told of Ills friend laid low. Where the cold rains fall, and the grasses grow. Scatter fair garlands ever his bier, Hut garlands such as conquerors wear; For litis fair victor wreathed is seen, In a fadeless crown of evergreen. Ills life was but a morning hour, An opening bud, not yet a flower, Chilled and sent to his soft repose As frost in spring blights the early rose. lie is gone from this weary world of strife, Hut in heaven has won a happier life; lie is dead to earth's dark and sinful ways. Dut livej in heaven by love and praise. He lives in n home of tearless joy , J J nere i)ea(a cannot enter to destroy, Where no shadows of earth can cloud the eye For ;; motal has put on Immortality." Oirccox CiTT, May lscs. The sunbeams k;?s t!iy forehead fair, And rest upon thy golden hair. My bonnie May! They can not choose but love a face That meets them with so sweet a grace, Thou b-jimie May I To me thou art a ray of light Making the w hole world wondrous bright. My little May ! j My heart thrills at the simplest word, me soil tones oi my singing uiru. My pretty May i Tho best (ho bravest truest lnvn That e'er was sent man from above, jtfy i.eerless May ! Tliou'rt always true to Hope, and she Ila'.h never yet forsaken thee. Her loyal May ! Tii on say'st when'or my heart is bowed, 'The sun still shines behind the cloud,"' My comfort May ! As we have shared life's woe and sorrow. That there will come a brighter morrow. Ay. love, vc will go hand in hand Until wo reach the promised land. My darling May ! And everv hour, and every da v. ' I upward lift my heart and say, "Heav'n bless my May !'' j ?fight of mine eyes, my hope, my life. God love for aye my sunshine wife, My peerless May! Long Dresses. Where do the mnkcbelieve women we have turned loose in oar streets come I rom? Not out of Boston parlors, I trust. Why there isn't a beast or a bird that would drag its tail through the dirt in the way these creatures do their dresses. Because a queen or duchess wears long robes on great occasion?, a maid of all-work or factory girl thinks she must make herself a nuis ance by trailing through the streets, picking up and carrying about with her ba!;! that's what I call getting vulgarity into your bones and mar, row. Show, over dirt, is the attri- j bute of vulgar people. If a man can , walk behind one of these women, as i .. rak'P'j nr n shf rtrtpst nnil nrt fprd snuamish, he has a lough stomach. 1 oa!d not let one uf lhem mJ j room wiinout servino; tnem as uavia did Saul at the cave in the wilder ness cuteffhis skirls! Don't tell me that a true lady ever sacriGcesthe duly of keeping all about her sweet and clean, to the wish of making a vulgar show. I don't believe it ff a lady. There are some things which fashion has no right to touch, and cleanliness is one of these things. It is an insult to a respectable laundress to carry such tilings into a house for her to deal with, says Oliver Weu dall Holmes. Couldn't Fixd it. In the late war, an Austrian soldier who receiv ed a bullet in his thigh, was taken prisoner and was sent to the hospital, lie remained in bed fifteen days, eat ing turtle soup and drinking the best of wine. At length it was considered necessary by the Prussian physician to examine the wound for the bullet. " What are you after?'' exclaimed the soldier. " Looking for the bullet," was the reply. " What ! with those horrible instruments V " Just so " " Then, don't put them into my flesh, but into my pocket, where you will find the bullet I pulled out the day after I came into this place." . Luck lies in bed, wishing the Postman would bring him the news of legacy. OM.-EGOr CITY, OlS.-ECJOM, i !. Jfc IIIMIil. lil I"" ASGEL AND WO.HitX. Faith is beautiful. And the faith of some men in some women is beau ful. But the faith of some other men in some other women is so far from beautiful that it is simply absurd and ridiculous. I have just been spending a month with a woman who was described to me as an angel by a man who is re puted to possess excellent discern ment and rare judgment. The woman is Eleanor Saxe. The man is linger Piatt. He told me she had a fair com plexion beautifully tinted with pink like sea-shells. 1 nodded my head approvingly. Angels are not supposed to be tanued, or freckled, or blotched. Moles and pimples, too, would be out of charac ter on tho face ot an angel, I sup pose, if, indeed, angels have faces. lie told me she had naturally wavy hair that fell around her shoulders in masses of go'.den beauty. I nodded approval of that too. If an angel's hair waved, of courso it would wave naturally, for probably patent crimpers and frizzing irons are inventions the angels have not looked into. lie told me her teeth were like pearls and as even as false ones. I bowed. Angelic teeth could be no more. He told me her eyes had the soft, liquid beauty of the gazelles, with mystericus depths like mountain lakes. To tell the truth I never examined the eyes of a gazelle, or explored the depths of mountain lakes; bnt then 1 never sa' an angel's eyes, so I hid no reasonable ground of objection. lie told me her neck was white as ababaster, and plump and round. An angel's neck gaunt and bony, with the clavicle and scapula scantily protected, it never entered into man's i.mgination to conceive; and in this particular also Miss Saxe might be angelic. lie told mo her hands were white and delicate, and her feet the tiniest he ever saw. 15-jir.g in doubt concerning an an gel's proportions, I could not say whether or not these Lilliputian ex trcmities gave Miss Soxc a claim to be included among I lie angels. He to'd me she had soft, gentle tones, and sang divinely. ' That was angelic, I confessed, if it were true. He told me she wore becoming colors, and the most bewitching knots of ribbon and bewildering bon nets it was possible to imagine. I shook my head. White is the only orthodox color for angels-, and the knots of ribbon and bewildering bonnets belong to Parisieiuics, rather than angels. lie told me she danced like ft sylph, and had pretty, piquant ways and graceful manners. lie paused. " What else?" I asked. " Nothing,'' he answered. " I be lieve that is nli.:' " Miss Saxe has a cousin,'' I re marked". " One liachel Endermier.' " Yes," replied Roger Piatt, in differently. " She is not at all pretty or interesting, only a very ordinary woman." " I am somewhat weary of my bachelor state," he continued, confi dentially, after a pause. " I think I shall take to myself a wife to cheer and bless me ail my life. There is something so beautiful in the pati ence, unselfishness, and enduring love of woman. 1 shall get them all by making Eleanor Saxe my wife, for, as I said before, she is an angel." Roger Piatt is a lawyer, and in the summing up of his cases I have been impressed with the acumen displayed in collecting valid, testimony, and re jecting that which had no bearing on the case. It seemed to me lloger Piatt's ar gument was weak this time, how ever. In establishing the point that Eleanor Saxe was an angel he had mentioned fair complexion, golden hair, pearly teeth, liquid eyes, ala baster neck, delicate hands, tiny feet, gentle voice, graceful form, becoming dress, and piquant air. Possibly these were angelic, possibly not. As for patience, unselfishness, and en during love, they were inferences de duced from irrelevant facts. As fir as I could see, no witness had testified concerning them. For the past month I have been throvrn in daily intercourse with Eleanor Saxe and Rachel Endermier. I have seen Roger Piatt'3 angel with her hair in curl-papers, her feet slipshod, and her fir.n untidily clad, SATURDAY, MAY and I have said that, according to his f reasoning, all the difference between an angel and a shabby woman is paint, powder, hairoil, and dry goods. 1 have seen Rachel Endermier in season und out of season, with tidy head and feet, and a form that is al ways neatly clad. No one thinks of calling her angel. Her highest praise is womanly. Contrasting the two characters, I have said it is better to be a woman that an angel. I have seen the mother of Roger Patt's angel, toiling wearily in the kitchen while the angel lounged in th- parlor. Eleanor Saxe's hands may well be lily white. Toiling and spinning mar not their delicacy. I have seen the mother of Roger Piatt's very ordinary womau blessed with the care of the woman's w illing hands and the forethought of her loving heart. Rachel Etidermier's hands are brown and not so small as Eleanor's but when I have thought that angels are ministering spirits, I have said Rachel Endermier is more an angel than Eleanor Saxe. I have seen Eleanor Saxe nnrea sonable and unjust. I have seen her cruel and severe. I have said, "Alas for angels, if these be they!" I have seen Rachel Endermier just ...1. - t i 1 : wieu jusuee vas not easy, ami kino when kindness cost a sacrifice. I j have seen her pitiful when others i were severely just. I have said, :xVll hail to women, if these be they!" I have peen Eleanor Saxe itnpa tient and vindictive. I have seen , . , , , , ,. ner eyes nasi) vvitn luiy ana tier lips j curl with proudest scorn. I have seen Rachel Endermier pa- tient undsr provocation, submissive j 1 ' I under discipline, and forgiving under j injury. I have said, " Roger Piatt is in error. Eleanor Saxe has not the patience we attribute to the an gels, and Rachel Endermier has." I have seen Eleanor Saxe seek her own comfort at others' expense, and Rachel Endermier sacrifice her own for others' pleasure, and I have said, " In this too is Roger Piatt mistaken; Eleanor Saxe has not the unselfish ness of angels, and Rachel Endermier has." I have seen Eleanor Saxe a flirt aiid coquette. I have seen Rachel Endermier true ist trial and faiilifnl ! in adversity. 1 h ave said, P. Piatt is at fault again; Eleanor Saxe's is not the enduring love that bhsses him that hath it, and Rachel Eadermier's is." To-day I have talked with Roger Piatt just in sight of the angel and ordinary women. The ar.gel lounged; the ordinary woman sewed. The' were characteristic att tudes. Roger Piatt bade me observe the delicate pink that tinged Miss Saxe's cheek and faded into pretty white ness at her temples, and tell him if I ever saw any thing half as lovely. " Your gifc of yesterday was like it," 1 answered. 1 put in his hand a faded flower. The day before It was delicate pink, into snowy whiteness at the petals edges, but to-day, as I gave it in his hands, it was withered and void of beauty. " Miss Endermier 13 a model of in dustry," I remarked. i i I?.,f f nii-i rMMi!-n n fx - s o . ' n 1 lingers so outrageously p' answered Rop:er Piatt. I declare I laughed, thinking of the day that will surely come when Roger Piatt will fail to find compensation in the pink and white of an angel's face suffering for the careful stitches of an ordinary woman. " Miss Saxe has a perfect profile," observed Roger Piatt, after another survey cf Eleanor's side-face. " I think you never saw more regular features." For answer I pointed to a broken statuette. Tho day before it had in it the beauty of delicately-chiseled chin, and lip, and nose, and brow. To-day it was worthless as a broken toy. " Miss Endermier has a good face, full of truth," I said. " I never could abide a retrousse nose on a woman's face," was the answer. I laughed again, thinking of the hour that is inevitable when the per fect profile of an angel's face will not weigh in the balance with the good ness and truth of an ordinary wo man. " Miss Saxe unconsciously takes attitudes fit for pictures," remarked Roger Thitt, studying the easy negli gence of her position in the most comfortable chair in the room. " I like Miss Endermier'a better," I answered She had just arisen and exchanged her comfortable chair with 9, t80S. an invalid, whose seat was straight- hacked and less easy. " I hate to sec a woman sit bolt upright," ansvrercd Roger Piatt. I did not laugh. I s;ghed for think ing of the day when the grace cf an angel would gladly be exchanged for the unselfishness of a woman like Rachel Endermier. " Miss Saxe has the rare faculty of dressing becomingly," rematked R.g er Piatt. "Did you ever see any thing more bewitching than those jaunty little bows that loop up her over skirl?'' "Yes," I said, with my eyes on Rachel Endermier, who was soothing the child Eleanor Saxe had driven from her lest it should soil her dress. " Miss Endermier has the most lov ing heart and true disposition, of any woman I know," 1 added, by way of conclusion. " I am sure yon arc mistaken," re, plied Roger PJatt. 41 Miss Saxe must be affectionate and noble, with such a face." Such a face! That is the secret of "Roger Piatt's error, the rock on which his judgment wrecked. I turned away with the old justifi cation. " Ephrai in is joined to his ido!( let him alone." The history of another will be t tti ... jioger l Jails, m another year: 1 " Hut when a twelve-month passed away. Jack ,lU)a SO)lc turned to clay." Ax Agreeable Surprise At the last Bal de l'Opera, Paris, a commer cial no-piit nif-T. n in.-isk-p.-l lid v aa b. . - 7 c t . imagined of the great world. A ear . age and livery servant awaited her exit. She graciously permitted the admirer to accompany her to her . , lions;?, ui: , , t on condition of allowing her to blindfold him. The drive las ted about an hour, at the expiration of which time the carriage stopped at a house, which they entered, and, as cending the staircase of thirty steps, M. B heard a door open. On the lady taking off the banchge from his eyes, he found himself in a briN liantly lighted apartment, and in tne presence of three armed men with poniards and revolvers. ' If you stir you ore a dead man; give us your money and you shall be left at the pantheon." There was, of course, no alternative : the victim laid his I nrrs on file tal-.lo nnd nt flrr n"i-!erL- I : ' in the morning he was deposited at the pantheon, the carriage immedi- ately starting oil at full speed. The police vainly endeavored to trace out the affair, but no light was thrown on the mystery till a few evenings since. . M. Paul B , a grocer, was walking home by tho Rue Sous ffl.it, when a young woman suddenly fell almost at his feet, and in such a manner that M. Paul was obliged to support her. She appeared to have sprained her ankle, and therefore to be unable to Walk. The grocer had nothing for it but to offer her his arm, and assist her to her lodging, Rue Mouffetard. Arriving at the porte cochere, her sufferings prevented her ascending the stairs without his aid. She lived nu sificvic, on reaching which story she knocked at the door, which at once opened , and M. Paul was instautly seized by three men, 'who enacted precisely the scene of i , . i the Bal do l'Opera robbery, with the 1 slight chfierciiCe that thev obligingly informed their victim that thev be- longed to a society scattered all over Paris therefore, if he betrayed them to the police his life would not be safe in any quarter. The first of his story proved perfectly correct, the police having already twelve of their gang in safe keeping. E m n a n it a s s 1 x g . A gentlemanly a gent of a certain city was collecting fares from the passengers cf a very full 'bus one morning. All paid promptiy except one fat old lady who sat next the door, and who seemed to bo reaching down as if to get something she had dropped on the floor. When her time came to pay she raised her head and addressed the blushing votith : " I allcrs, when I travels, carry my money iu my stoek in', fcr you sees, nothin can git it thar ; I'd thank you, young man, jist to reach it for me, as I'm so jam med in that I cant git to it." The youth looked at the other passengers, some of whom were launhing at his plight ; one or two young ladies a mong them blushed scarlet, and he beat a sudden retreat, muttering something about not charging old ladies, etc. His cash was short that mornimr the fare of one Passenger. U men. A grave subject for a debating club ' It a man has a griz- zly bear by the tail, would it be pol- icy 10 noiu fast or let go." Tim KAIIKOAU SCXT. ronTLAxr, Oregon, April 2-J, 1303. Editor Oukkoniax: In vour local column of this mom- id ing appeared the following article: The directors cf the East side compa ny have not commenced an action against the West side company fcr any purpose, but the President of the East side compa ny has instigated aa action in the name of the State, to inquire by what authority certain persons connected with the O. C. K. R. Co. exercise the powers of a corpo ration. A similar action was commenced last December against a gentleman con nected with the East side company. The I suil against the est side company was commenced more than a week ago, and im mediately afier its commencement the at torneys of the West side company pro posed" fo the Kast side, to file papers at once ami settle the ipiest'tuns involved be fore the Jitdg. at Chambers, without de lay, and the proposition was declined by the East side attorneys. While Mr. Flint was in the city, an ofiieer of the West side Company agreed to submit all questions in dispute to arbitrators, or to the courts tor immediate settlement, and the East side company declined the proposition, but met il with the suit first noticed alcove, which thev now decline to try. The West side company stands ready at any and all times to have i s organization or iis rights io the name "Oregon Central Eailroad Company'' lesb-d in courts v:lf!toitt defav; they desire and reouest a speedy trial and settlement of the laaUer." And as there is one statement made therein with reference to ours selves namely: " that immediately fter its commencement the attorneys of the West side company proposed to the Jvist side to file p-ipers at once and settle the questions involved be fore the JuJere at Chambers without delay, and the 'proposition teas de cline I by Vie East sidj attorneys?' which is untrue, we deem it but just to ourselves and ths public to con-, tradict it in the same public manner in which the statement is made. In the first place, no such proposition as is stated was ever at any time made to the attorneys of the East side company by the attorneys of the West side, or hy any one else. On Friday last, while at the Chambers of Judge CptOn, for the purpose of arguing a demurrer in the case " State cf Oregon bv J. Gaston relator, vs Geo. L. Woods ct a!.," the attorneys ot the u est side being present, tiiey stated to us that they intended to file a motion in the case against the est side, to mako it 111r.ro specific, and sta ted that they wou!d hke to take up tlvil motion next day. Wc stated that it was not convenient, as we were engaged and could not -possibly ittcrd the motion that day; but also j stated at the same time that we had no disposition to delay and would agree to argue the motion referred to at an early day. This is the sub stance of what took place, and ail that ever did l;.ke place. There was no proposition "to fie papers ct once and settle, the Questions involved" un 1 1 !w r:!nr-.c:i t inn fiq fil-.nvp s:f.itprl ; araounU t that asuI cverv JaWvt;r j knows, that knows anything about the case, that the decision either one way or the other upon a motion to make more specific would " not settle the questions involved. Now we have no objections to Mr. Gaston saying or doing anything that may advance the interests of the West sile road, for we hope to see a road built on either side of the Wil lamette at no distant day; but we protest against statements being made that are untrue when such statements refer to the attorneys in the case and tend to place them in a false position before the community. Beside?, we do not believe the interests of either road will be advanced by misrepre sentation or falsehood. What prop ositions in regard to settlement may have been made to other parties we know not. This much, however, we do know, that our instructions from the President of the East side com pany were at the time of the com mencement of the last action, and I now are, to not attempt any delay . r,., . . , y filibustering or otr. j unless a compromise wa herwi.se, but, 3 thectcd be tween the two companies, to prose- cufc the same to a speedy and final determination. Very respectfully, M1TC11KLL. poi.rn & SMITH, Attorneys for . C. 11. R. Co., East Side. BEXEFIT OP ADVEHTISISG. For several weeks the Springfield Leader kept the following notice well displayed throughout the local column: " EOT WANTED ATIHIS OFFICE." A few days after, the editor's wife j presented him with a " bouncing boy" some eight and a half pound in weight. Th's shows the value of advertis- An Irish Valentine. Oh, Pad. dy, swate Paddy, if I was ye're dad' dy, I'd kill ye wid kisses intirely ; if I was ye're bruther and likewise ye're muthcr, I'd see that ye wint to bed early. To feel ye're sweet breath I would starve me to death and lay off my hoops altogether; to jocst have a taste of your arm round me waist, I'd laugh at the meanest of weather. Defir Paddy, bo mine, me own Valentine ye'il find me both single and civil ; onr life we will spind to an illigap.t ind, and care may go dance wid the divil. J-Hf-T x 1 lled the liorsE. llenrv Ward Bcecher attempted to preach a sermon to young men, bnt the ! young women filled the house to the exclusion cf the nr.nghtv sex. No. 29. AX FOR BACIIEliOKS. -' J A judicious wife is always snippirg off from her husband's nature little twigs that are growing iu wrong di reetions. She keeps him in shape by continually pruning. If yon soy any thing silly eshe will affectionately lellO you so. Jf yon declare you will do some absnrd thing, she will find sorao means of preventing your doing it. And by farthe chief part of all the common sense there is in this world belongs unquestionably to woman. The wisest things a man commonly does arc those which his wife coun sels him to do. A wife is ttee grand wieldcr of the moral prunm'ng hook. If Johnson's wife had lived there would have been no hoafding up of orange peel, no touching all the posts in walking along the streets no eat ing and drinking with a disgusting voracity. If Oliver Goldsmith had been married he never would have worn that memorable and ridiculous coat. Whenever you find a mau whom you know littls about oddly dressed or talking absurdly, or ex hibiting an eccentricity of manner, you may be tolerably sure that he is p a mair'ed mau; for the r.ugh cor- tiers are rounded off the shoots aro pruned away in married men. Wives generally have more sense than their husbands, especially when their husbands are clever itfpn. Tp wife's advices are like the ballast that keeps the ship steady; they are tfuj wholesome, though painful snears, nipping off little growths of self conceit. . Clever. Very ! Hope none of our clothiers are as sharp as one of their brother merchants we reab adout in another city. This clothes riealer places in the pocket of a readymade coat an old portmonnaie, and quietly awaits the advent of a fitting custom er. Presently enters an individual who vusbes to purchase. After es saying several coats, the dealer says : O " Here's a coat made for a gentle man. He wore it one day and sent it back it was too small for him. Try it on. Ah, it fits first rate, like as if it was made for you. It is well made, buttons sewed on strongwith strong pockets." The customer puts his hand into the pockets to try them, when his fingers came in contact with the pocket-book. His imagination is kindled with the idea ofgoppropri ating the supposed treasure. ' How much did you say the coat was ? he eagerly asked. The dealer named a good round sum. "Suits me I'll lake it," is the quick reply. The money is paid, and the self-duped customer walks off hurriedly with a supposed pHse, not stopping to hear the suppressed chuckle of the dealer, as he locks aftr him out of the cor ner of his eye. m The Style. A Housemaid writing to a friend respecting the fashions of the city, says : " As for lo necs, tho loer it is the more fashunable yu air and tne less cloz yu ware the more fashunable yu air drest. Miss Gool ra gave me a blu siik ov hern, and I cut its nec orf, and Susin Simmons cut orf hern, and we attrax a great eal of attenshun to our necs, prom-O anadin in the stretcs Jykc uther ladys and holdin up our cloz Nobody isn't nothin now which doesn't holo up her cloz, and the hicr yu holds them the more you is noticed." Contentment. Though I am not of opinion with some men, that the existence of objects depends npon" ideas, yet I am convinced that their appearance is not a little influenced by it. The optics of some minds are so unhappily constructed as to throw i a certain shadow on every picture that is presented to them; whiYe oth ers, like the mirrors of ladies, have a wonderful effect in bettering their complexion. Uttermost. "Which are the ut termost parts of the earth ?" asked a schoolmaster of one of his boys. "The parts where there are tho most women," answered the boy at the head. "What do you mean by that, Brown ?" asked the teacher. " I mean " was the repl-, "where Q Q there are the most women there is . the most uttered " O Says Alexander Thompson, an English official, in his published re port, " The Exchequer receives 31, 000,000 for licenses, and these twenty-one millions, cost the country sixty-three millions! Friends. The fewer relations or friends that we have, the happier we are. In your poverty they never help you; in your prosperity they al ways help themselves. 1 1 . O 1 1 1 o O 'if ' i j I t O 11 0 o O O H f J -i ( L Ji 1 1 . ' t