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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.
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Term of Advertising.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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,
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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
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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:
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" 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.
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imagined of the great world. A ear
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age and livery servant awaited her
exit. She graciously permitted the
admirer to accompany her to her
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lions;?, ui:
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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
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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.
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