The east Oregonian. (Pendleton, Umatilla County, Or.) 1875-1911, January 01, 1881, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texthe (&nst regouiaiu Sfe rubltsbed Etut Sataxdagraf exmle r TURNER & COX, Office, Mala Stnet, pp. tlc Court Htm. Bate of Sabscriptlaa. tm Calm. One Tear, in advisee t t I 98 00 Sir Month : : l t I I 1 50 Three Months it'll 1 60 Single Copies t 1 t t t 10 THiS BAST OKEQONIA.N Jol Printing: Office. PEJTDISTON. ORBG03T. BOOK AND JOB PAINTING KifKSor At)VKuTIa(i IS CSJiX s In. Jn. do. r. I lie ita i .not sw sea M Ul 2rv 7 m rw - r u ei mil nee situ uut 3n sw -Sft vou li site mm Mm litu w rt to U tiise ess rave locli 30 Slnetie ate Sin-bet 0) I Inccee &nj 'Acnlutan Tut Ueotumo S 00 , co la in a 10 lu l olasaa 15 OT PENDLETON, IJALtVTELluA COUNTY, OREGON. ft f $ Notices ia Loss! Clamo, 3S eveU fur i flntt latnion, 10 eeata per lice eaeUiolMtqarbl laitertloo, AdverU-Iaz bllfa payable quarter!--. Or eTcry deseripU&a Basil aad prwepSl cntei at ressoasbU rales. Notice. Simple a-mooa-ecsest of births, marriages and deaths will be teae-ted without charge. Obituary notice 'will be charged far ac cording to their leEjth. Single copies of the EictOkxoxiiv, la wrap pers, tor mailing, eaa be obtained at tMs of&oe. We as nime no reepoatiiUitj' fanen expressed by correspondents. JOHN A. GDTEE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, rrxDixTOK, oxsgox; -ma-Up stain, shore Feist oKaa. ETARTS "WALsTEBi ATTORNEYS AT LAW, rrx-jurrox, oetgox. Orncx. In the Otmrt Hoasa. J. X. PKDETT, PHYSICIAN AXD SOEGEOH. t . . . PKXDLXTOX osssox. OSes at TT. C. XeXiT, X. B. PHYSICIAN AND SUBGEO. rzxourox, osaoox. Ornci Oppocta the PeaaTetoa Hotel. rT. F. KKEXES, X. B. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. roJDLETOK, OKBGOX. Offers his professional services to the people el rendition and sairooadia-, country. Orrict At resideaoe east of Court House. C, rTHITCOXB, X. D. . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. rrxDixrox, oszcox. "Kill attend to all call, day or fclf&t. with prcaptaess. All diseases treated br the latest aadTerybestaodesfeftheaffiafartrftyi HAKES L1WBE5CE, ATTOENEYS AT LA"W. gjgTR CRT, OSSGOX. Will practice at lawia all Co-irt- in Or-coa ad Idaho. Particular attention paid to bosToe-a in Haker ana Union counties. DR. J. W, BALE PHYSiarAN AND SURGEON. Pesiletea, Oregai. AS calls prcapuy sKeniled to, day a alsjht. Oma Orer the Drug Stare. E. P..E1G15, X. D. PHYSICIAN AND STJJBGEON. VTESTOX, OREGOX. Office on Mala Street. J. B.T0K3U. Laooi IURXER A COX, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, PKSDLrro x, oexnox. Office on Mjiln strwt, ojiposile th Cocrt House. Dtf. tiLO. C 1IAKUIS, (Graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Phila. Penu. Chronic and dinc&ses of women &nd children a specialty. F. Pace Tcjsnx, V. WT. Baitrr, JUTIX X' BULLY, ATrORNfcYtJ AT LAW. AND NOTARIES - . ' 'cvadlroi. Orr(ail. ' OUce Over Postoulce. 0. F.-BF.LL,-ATTOEXtY AT LAW, AND. JCOTaRY ruiiua Pendleton. Orccea. . Oflice Over East Oregonian Building, Main t-treet. IIaleckt E. Pa'r. Irt C imisUUoaer of Pul'iti Ee.tJ.t' Uuarros. , Htjkt B. Lxod. Mlome8al-Luw and SoUcIVotm of Amer ican aud Foreign Patent. Practice output law In all 1U brioche In tie PiiU-Bt Otn;, and the "8uprera ant Circuit Vart ortbeUuiled tilatcs. Pi.tapblet-snt Iiee. . . n CILMORE & CO., Law and Collection Office Slake Collection. Keettlate Xosns and at. teml to all ImnineHt conn1ed to ibetn. LAND &CRIP, H-ild!er' Additional llo'ncstead KUbU.aod LA1.D WARKANTiJ tagtit and sold. nae STAB MEAT MARKET R. C. HAGAR, SucceBsor to THOS. ROBEIN8. Havinj: opened a new Meat Market, we are prenared to mipplv the people of Pen dleton and vicinity with the choicest meata of all kinUA at reawnauie rales Shop on Jlhiti btruet ojtpoalte court house. re&uleUMi, Or. J. E. Baax ROTHCHILD&BEAN (Successors to S.Rothchild) Would rwpectfullr call the attention of Che peb lie to their largely increased slock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE Which the increased facilities aSbrded by Ihetr corcbins.ioa eaables thea to oaVr AT THE YEIY LOWEST 1ATES. .Tttelr Ete-eli will Co'nalat ma h.rlor-.r. ml DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWRE, China and Glassware, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, NOTIOItM, ETG Ther will always talepleajnrs in fillies so) orders with which the nay be eat-usled to the bea&of their shUity. GQAIN AND HIDES And other prodoee takea In exchiarr at the Highest Market Eaiea. CASH PAID FOB TTOOL. D.W. PRENTICE & 00. MUSIC STORE. lor 1rsiC8tret,7ertlazLcI Or. AH lastraswets seli ea the isstaTtoieat pUa are at our regatar CASK PSICB3. 0 PUaes andOrgaasart tresa the best saslsrs,asi evr priees aad terms are she easiest of imj kecjsa ea theXorta Pasie Coast. "We fair Knatee every IcctrsSBeat w saU.asd aaea Puao ssta Onu 1 also scee6aJl srisa a psmIm bsea the asaaaiaetenc. WEBER PIAH0S ABE THE BEST. IastaHaeat Tenet: M, $M0 cc Wa&ee, flS er 3 par HAINS BROS PIANOS ATfP. BZLIABL1L TmsttTliWrtit Terse t M er balaace, 515 er 3S par ABE THE BEST HEDIUIC-PSICXD PIANO IN THE WOBLD. IastaSsaeet Terms t 1S, lit, er aaara, asjk Miases, K7e er U per ESTEY ORGANS SING THETB OWN PRAISE AND LEAD THE WOBLD. Standard Organs , ABE UNRIVALED. Iar'aQmeet Terms: flS, er sasra eaab balaace, $1-9 er $1 per aaoaUu If htriaHmeat lems as eaeted share da set exacUjrpWae, they eta baeaaagedto aU eeo- Teaieara el catLomte. D. W. PRENTICE A CO. Music Dealers, anmuKBisr I. W. PREKTICE & CO.'H MOlfTHIiY Musical Journal. PRICK T8 CKHTW 2'ER TK1R. Caa4aiM,2WartkrNewHafl EabYV 8. Ro-acaiLn. UTAH, IDAHO AftD UKEtiU STAfcE COMPANY. 8TAQI21 WILL LRAVK DAILY FOR Umatilla.. Walla Walla, Dalles. Balsa aad Kelton NEW COACHES, GOOD STOCK, Skilled driven aud reliable performance of aervlcw on time. FARES GREATLY REDUCED. Salbburr Hailr t Co. Proprieton", John tlatley fcujr iiuteiulrtit. C h. Jlt USt.X. Acft. cc-o;p:R4Tiy ecohomy THE GRE.IT POPULAR MONTHLY THE CAT.TFORNIAN, -AND Till "EAST oregonian: the California:: i.iheita4 popular tMBthlr rver paUMtx.1 a ib. PaaSe Ceatf. It it tbeuol mritoe ntf the Mi tiippi VaMVr, aaJ is full l tl vjwroa MX of tb Great Wnt lU lare and Laadtmselr fnatrd pagr are Rr4 Uj i&UmUeraad vaf sable eiamVuto&( fna the es ( ciaar of thaUrt aad tikwC duibetil writers ia'the Uni ej 5(aU. It l btTrriJlr aad tijchlr cuatamidnl fcr the Vual a4 llassna prna. ItutheruiDgBwsiDref thedsr,andiu etc oeBeooe icermr with rxdi iuae. Yrtrlr SabsTtrtieo, in adrsarr H 00 rsrmtlxd, ntsd. with this (the Seed ;eeriWriptla U thi ofl&rr. LOT LIYERUORE. j. vr. ki.ijs. Livermore&Eilis Y1LLARD HOUSE. COR. MAIN AND COURT STREETS, PENDLETON, OREGON. 7L EJjnt New Jletue it OT7ST OSE2STEX) I Tor the acwmrafvUtioa of the WNc. New House ! New Furniture ! Sitsated Is the Heart of the Tows. Ailotalatbe Court IIeo Saar it TeaUUti aza lav qrromwp oi atr i u u f ts j icu br rurrocujinj Uiitllojv la iu Arehifrtsral dtrurti.n. Faraitare and aM sclera wiiriiiffi, H ebalteoM cutu pTtitiua Jfrum the best Loajet. Are an sew, reU eoattrnd, etraa aad oasa- THE YJJlJIL.13 WW at all timts be sappl'ted with the YkCRTBCMT 11IK HAKULT AfruIBI. Xo paint or troab wQl be spared br the pro. pnttors or uietr tujjwoTet u maae THE HO tT POPULAX KESOrTT EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. We aV alr a fair and iruptrtial trial of oar ratablitbrorut in support of its elsKat. LIVERMORE & ELLIS IMIOIMt l-'.'I'OIX Pendleton Market, .t the old ttand. XaliiMicet PtadlrtfMi Or. D. R. SAUBERT, Dealer in Freeh Beef. , Potk, Glutton. Corned Beef. - Salt Pork, Sausage Meat, DriiU Beef. Tongues, Tripe, ' All kinds ol fresh Mitsaes. Highest cash price paid for biauijnterca moqs. WALIjA WALLA STE M BAKERY, Fjrrjtnufiiti I.t l&H. Manufacturer of Bread, Cakes, Ties and all kinds of cracker, r ire-proof buildinc. I am novr prepared to asll Ofcvcrr K)rt and description at Bd rock fjnurea. 11a Inir aeenred the aervh e : or an exjH-nencel workman iroin na j Francisco, 1 hnvn to offer at the VVAI.Li ; WALLA BAKKKY every sort .r good . in my lino of bnnincw. (Jive mo you ; ordera aud be coiivinn-d. XeTer too Ijite to Leant. Socrates, at ancitremo old age learnod to play on musical instruments. Cato. at eiRUt y Tears of a?o learned tLo Greek language. Plutarch, when between aerentr and eighty, began the study of latin. lioccacio waa tlurty-hre Tears of ace when he commenced hia studies in light literature; yet lie becanio ono of the greatest mailers of the Tuscan dialect, Dante and Plutarch being the other two. , Sir Uenrv Spell man neglected the sciences in hia youth, but commenced tha study of them when ho was between titty and ixty yean of age. After this time bo became a moat learned anu juarian and lawyer. Dr. Jounsou applied minimi I to tue Dutch language but a few years before his death. Lndivieo Monaldcsco, at the great a;e of oso hundred and d I teen, arc to the memoirs of hi oan timea. Ogilby, the translator of Homer and Virgil, was unacqoainted with Latin and Greek till he waa past lifty. r ranklin utd not eommence nts pnu. osophicai pnrauita till he had reached hia fiftieth year. Drrden. in hu airty-etghth Tear, com menced the translation of the Iliad, hia most-plcaaisg production. We could go on and cite thousands ol men who commenced a new study, either for a livelihood or amumeut, at an ad Tancvd asc. But every one familiar with the biography of dbtinguiahert men will recollect individual caves enough to con Tines them that none but the aick and in dolent will eTcr aar, "I am too old to earn. Gibls Who Boa'aru Fcrccr Pacai won.-The following story is told by a gentleman who it intimate with Preei dent Harca and President-elect Garfield and whose personal truUifnlnoa is Touched for by the Cleveland. Ohio. Herald; In the little village of Bedford, only twelve miles distant from Cleva land, tli ere lived tome thirty years ago two charming and attractive girls. To one ol tueae i'reatdent itayes bad bc oome an ardent enitor. bat the areata of the roang ladv Lad Tigoroaidy oi- poed their conrtslun on the groand that young Have was oor, and gave evi dence ol bani ly snxacient atnnty to war rant ri-king their daaghterV f oture. The match waa broken o'J, and the lady is mimed and well known to Llevelana people. The other young lady received some attentions from yoang Gareld, and waa well dupoxl to reciprocate Utem. Her jKirenU, however, ol.jcted to the Intimacy, giving at the reason of their opposition the poverty of Garfield and the anything but the bright pros pect of his fntere- The most remarka ble coincidence of the courtship were that both yoang ladie lived in a village of not -nor than five thousand inhabi tants, and both refuKxl two future Presi dents of the United States tccaasc of their poTerty. The latent visionary busineas sohente cotnes from London. It con sists of a proposition to insure mcr t a a a . cnanla ajjainst ios Irttit uau oeui", 9ud is advocated in the London Da tit JTars. Its adrocate claims that the guaranteed certainty ,ol pajmeut ot all goods sold at the ex piration of credit would enable a moroh-itit tn or tni! his liarinr and aeiiins operations with great conti dence, and at a minimum ot profit, with a resultinir benefit to both pro- dacera and consumers. PENDLETON HOTEL Haiti atret, rtadlecoa. Or. THIS CENTRALLY LOCATED repcuts bce Havios bees ENTIRELY BUl'IITED aad P.ET0RN1SIIED Is now open for the reorptioo of goetta, THE TABLE Will at all times be toond furnished with the Terr Uat the market sffoirdt, and srery axertwo raaie to satisfy the patrons of tha boose. THE 73 EDS Are all saw, aad the have been faraidxd In Uio bmIhI lirls ami with ererr roaTealeace ttraaliy found ia a rC-cJiii booje. THE PENDLETON HOTEL In sll iUdspsrtrnents will be bp with the time, aad the proprietor Is detenaiai that it shall maintain lbs repatatloa cf beiaj; the Beat Irate East of tkf XeRstatss. The resident and traveling public are rc-jcrt-fallv inriied to calL ' . BAUER, Proprietor. LAND AGENCY. DWIGIIT 3t IUILEY, eeKtJ Im4 Aaeati, NaiiriM PsWc, aid KtUL. HTTJITX BftOCEKS, readietoB, : : : t t orec Have Township Plats of sll sarrered Un4i in Umatflla eouaty, aad Beeord of sll Oaf mi (rum first location down to the prrseat time, and rorrrrt ed s etai-weekly from the Land Office at La Grande. Will secure dslms for parties nader any of the Land Laws of the UniUd States; cotxlort cuatrtto! easea before tha Local Land Office, tad on ajxal to the Departsaeat at WashiD;rton. fUrVfOl famish Soldiers Additlonsl llotoe steed Floats aad all kinds of Lsod Serin on short notice, aad at lowest market rates. Will boy and s-11 Land. Claims, City Property, etc, on rraaoo able ooraa Uekrn. The Plats aad Reeords shore refcrrrd to sre the only ones of the kiad in Dmatilla county and set tiers can save lime and a trip to La Grande by coming to ns. Ws kaTe special facilities for lo easing asw comers. mcbST WILSON HOTEL UMATILLA. OltEGOS. MRS. M. A. WILSON, formerly ef Orleans, hat leva tad on Front street, Umatilla, where the has opened a fint-clsat Hotel. The bouse hss boea refitted, the beds are excellent, and the ta bid jrill be uplied with the bet the lusrket sf fonla. Travelers will not regret ttoping here X. W. Stage Co.' coaches stop st lid plso. The Kcumenlcal dlsts Xext Uattierlng of Hutfao Year In Ixjndoa. An Ecnmenical Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and ita branches will meet in London in Septem ber, 1831. This conference hav been talked of in the cburohea of the denomi nation for several years, but uo decided action waa taken until last May. when, at the General Conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church in Cincinnati, a plan waa drawn np and agreed to by the ropresentatittra of the MfctbodLvt Eutsco pal Church and the different branches in the United States. The denomination numbers over -I.GOQ.OCO of acteal com municanta and a JtrrnoDW ropcta-nox Of about lS.OOO.fXVJ. There are numer ous branches in Earoje and this conn try, aud they will all be represented in the conference. The membora of the conference will number -(00, one half of whom will represent Britith and Continental Methodism, aad one-half the churches ia the United Staten and Canada. Aa nearly aa povible the con ference will be compoved of lay and clerical delegates etinally. The 2U0 delegates of the United States will Le aaiigntsd to the churched as follows; The Methcdist Episcopal Church, kO del egates ; Methodist Episeojial Charcli South, 3S ; African Metholit Episeo Cuureh, 12; Metholist Epi-cejal Zi on Church, 10; the Colored Methodut Episcopal Church of America, G: the Evangelical Association, G; the Union American Methodist Episcopal Chnreh, the Union American Protestant Chnreh, 2, the Methodist Protestant Church, G; the American Wesleyaa Church, 4; the Free Methodist Charch, 2; the Independent Methodist Church, 2; the Congregational Methodist Cheroh, 2; the Methodist Charch of Canada, 12; the Methodist Episcopal Chnreh of Canada. 4; the Primitive Methodut Chnreh in the United States and Canada, 2; the Bible Christian, 2; the British Methodist Episcopal Chnreh, 2. The uauuuo atx unxsm Are left to be d4ribatd by the westers section of tha General Executive Com mittee. The assignment of defecates to the European and Continental eharehea has not yet been made. The delegate will be named br the conference aa they meet, between this tisae aad aext July. The conference will not aet fer lagitu tive purposes, for it will not have the authority to legislate. It i not for do. trinal controversies. It tt at for aa at trmpt to haraoaue the varvm plttso ami ajLgea of the several braacltM of the great Methodist family, for Methediasi has always striven for BDity ralbr than for aniformity. It is not. in a word, for consolidation, 1ml for eo-oprattoa. It is to devise sach means for pnaettisu; onr home and foreign work a will rwralt in the greatest economy aad sScieeey; to msouotx rxxrzxsm. To increase the moral aad evangelical owcr of a common Method ista. aad to secure the mere spvedy coavrrsios of the world. It has btia saggwUd that the proper topics to consider are thoe re--ting proerty. popriww. skttsfai. intemerance and kindred vices, tae relations of Methodism to cdscation, the means ox eTangeltnation, saea aa aa itinerant ministry, trainiag schools fer Christian 'workers, both at home and abroad; Sunday schools aad speeral ef forts for special class!. Ceaeeraiag missionary Labor, it is farther prepo-d to examine Methodism a. a raaieaarr movement, the relation of the ho we work to the foreign work, and the lxst mode of avoiding wasto aad rivalries, sad of securing instead thereof sympathy aad co-operation between oirrxsccT MimioDifiT bodids Occupying the same or contignoas mis sion fields; the nae of the pr for tlte increase ot Ciiristian knowledge and sanctifying power; the resource of Mothodism in numbers, wealth, culture, spiritual life and rc viral agencies, and the corresponding responsibility; the spiritual nnity of Methodism, and the best tray to secure its maintenance and increase and to manifest it to thft world. The conference will meet in City Hood Chapel, which was the tint church of the Methodists. For many years John Wesley preached there, and his tralpit is still shown to Methodist travelers who visit England's capital. The delegation from this country will bo composed of the strongest men in the church, and will most probably be headed br Bishop Simpson, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Great interest in the confer ence is manifested by all the branches of the chnrcb, and it promises to be tho most important assembly of Methodists that ever took place. Drjlag Apple-. The rapid increase of the fruit-drying busineas throughout tho country is mak iug a market for tho surplus apples and small fruits, which otherwise would be wasted, and is giving the residents of towns a supply of fruits for their tables which ther could not otherwie enjoy. Among the larger drying establishments is that of D. Wing k Co., of Kochooter, an account of which is given in the Rural Home. They haro four A Men eraporators, which, running day and night, dry 400 bushels in 24 hours, con suming three-fourths of a ton of coal at the same time. Windfalls ot good win ter sorts are nscd, for which twenty or thirty cents pcrhundrvd pounds are paid tho farmers. Twelve Hubbard's applo iiarcrs and aliccra are employed to fit tho- apples for drying, each parcr requiring two girls to I attend it. Bcforo drying, tho fruit is bleached with tho fumes of burning am phar, which whiten it without rUTocting j table or quality. About seven uonraare required for tfio entire completion of the drying from the commencement. Each dryer holds thirty bushels. Each bushel of apples yields about tlvo pounds ot dried frtiiL A great advantage in trans portation is shown by tho fact that the dried fruit weighs only about one-tenth as much as 'he fresh apples from which it is mado. At another drying establish Bwnt in Bofhcster, ton tons haro been contracted to a London dealer, who pays at Rochester seven cenla a pound ft r it! or $140 per ton; last year tho price aver aged six aad a-half cents. queer Ideas stoat SHeet. In Norfolk, whenever servants are go ingafter new situations, a ahou ia thrown after them, with the wish that they may succeed in whatever they are going about. Some years ago, when vessels engaged in the Greenland whale-fishery, left Whitby, in Yorkshire, the vires and friends of the sailors threw old shoe at the ships aa they passed the pierhead. The practice is frequently observed in towns on the sea-coast, and a correspon dent of Xotss and Quteric informs us that on one occasion when at Swansea he received a shoe on the shoulder, which waa intended for a young sailor, leaving his home to embark upon a trading voy age. Aa an emblem of good luck and pros perity, an old oho? ia in moat places thrown with much vuthcaiaam at a bri dal couple. Various explanations, how ever, have been assigned for this popu lar castom. Some think it was origin ally intended aa a sham assault on the bridegroom for carrying off the bride, and hence is a survival of the old cere mony of opposition to the capture of a bride. Others, again, consider that the shoe was. in former times, a symbol of renunciation of dominion aad authority oer her by her father or guardian; and the receipt of the shoe by the bride groom, evdn if accidental, was an omen that the authority was transferred to hiin. Thus, in the Bible, the receiving of a shoe was an evidence and symbol of asserting or accepting dominion or own ership; the giving back; the shoe the sTtabol of rejecting or resigning it- In Deuteronomy, for example, the cere mony of a widow rejecting her husband's brother in marriage is br loosing his shoe from off his foot; and in Bath we find that "it waa the costozi in Israel eonceraiag changing that a man plucked off hi shoo and delivered it to his neish bor. In tome parts of Kent the manner of shoe-throwing u somewhat curious. It appears that after the depart are of the bride and bridecroom the single ladies are drawn nn in one row andthehrh elers in another. When thus arranged aa old shoe is thrown as far as po-Ai-ble, which the ladles ran for, the win ner being sspposed to have the &rt chance ef zaamage. She then throws the shoe at the gentlemen, when the first who gets it ia believed to have the aasie ehanee of matrimony. Wain, in hss Hi-4rT of the Isle of 3 Ian," al ia ding to tits-, cn'to-n. tells us that "on the bridegroom leaving his house it was customary to throw an old shoe af ter hi hi. fend in like manner an old shoe after the bride on leaving her home to proceed to charch. to ins a re good lack to each respectively. If, too. by stratagrta. either, of the bride's shoes eoald be taken off by aar spectator oa her war from charch. it i tv. -..&i 7 ,i. !..- - ! In York-hire the ceremony of shoc ihrewiBC was kaown as "thrashing." and the older the hoe the craater the Inck. Iteferring to the Continent, lbs Ger masa have a eastern af throwing the bride's shoe among the gnesis at the wed dins'. The pers-an who acceeds in get ting it is considered to have every pros pect of a speedy marriage. The bride and bridegroom alto strew dill and salt in their shoes aa a protec tion against witchcraft. Axaon; the Pe rnriarss it was formerly ens torn iry.when a man wished to marrr. to go to the lady's house, when, with her father's consent, he pat on her foot a particnlar kiod of a -hoe, in which he led her to bis home. If she had never been carried before, the shoe was made of wool ; if a widow, it waa of rush. Maay aneries are still gathered from shoe. Thus, in Dorsetshire and other parts, girls ae their shoes as a means of divining who their future hasbxnds are to be. At night on going to bod, a girl places her shoes at right angles to one another in the form of a T, repeating the following rhyme : H p S .ae nlrbr rajtrielere to I pUcs tujr .tors to the urm ul si. Among the various charma in which the shoe has been found highly efSca cious, may be mentioned one practiced in the north of England, where the peas antry, to care cramp, are in the habit of laying their shoes across to avert it, Mrs. Latham in her "West Sussex Supersti tions, published in the "Folk Lore Record" U-i) tells us of an old wo man who was at a complete loss to un derstand why her rheumatism "was so uncommon bad, for she had put her shoes tn the form of a cross every night by the side of her bed, ever since she felt the first twinge. A cure for aguo, in tha same county, consists in wearing a leaf tansy in the shoe. Scott, too, in his "Discovery of Witch craft," tells ns how "he that fccelveth a mischance will consider whether he put not on his shirt tho wrong side outward, or his left shoe on his right foot.'' An old writer, speaking of tho custoaas of Jews, says; "Some of thcci obserre, in dressing thcmselrcs in the morning, to pet on the right stocking and right shoe first, with out tying it; then afterwards to pnt on the left, and so return to the right; that so they may lcgin and end with the right ide, which ther account to be the moat . . T l- 1 left shoo before tho right is considered an infalliblo sign of evil to come, and a Suffolk doggerel respecting the "wear of shoes" teaches as tha following : TrlpaltlMUf: lira tax oe; Wt-ur at he W : lire w be url Je; Uerttbebit: live t -psnd all; Ararat ituhse I : live la a Tea deal. Carious to say, tho shoo has even en torcd into tho su)crstitinns associated with death. According to an Aryan tra dition, the greater part of the war from mo tana oi me living to mai ot ucaiu lay through morassea aud vast moors overgrown with fnrzo and thorns. That the dead might not pa&s over them bare foot, a pair of shoes was laid with the in iu tho grave. "Gath" reports that tho whitc-whiskcrod bar-kocpor at big, the ruth Avenue Hotel said one nh-ht: Liook around this room, teu sco 100 men in iu Well, them uin't c no of tliciu that has not just sold bis initio tor $2,000,0011, and is to despair because ho has not asked foar. XfXcaar Or-lara. The saxgeations in the report ol the Postmaster General io regard to the moDey order system and lu cu largetnent, are apparently lith'y proper. II favors a reduction or the charge for small orders to five cent for amounts Jess than S5. This, ho thinks, can bo done without lo to the department if another change is mado in the way of extending tha amounts for whkh orders may Lo issued from 50 to $100. It is be lieved that the increase in the Ln-i-ncaa of transmitting small jams would more than make up the Ium from the diminished rate. The ax p orients of cheap postage since the days of ilowland Hill, has been that with each redaction in the cost of the public service, the rscrvtoc has in creased at a rate oat of all propor turn to the redaction and the poatal departments of the civilized world have raised revenaes at low rale-, tbey never eoald have raised had the old rates been contiaaed. Tho proposed reduction in money order rates is eminently a popular move and deserving of approval on that, score. The banks do not bfce to make drafts for email soma of money (or very good reaos, aad the basi ncss of transtcittin aasall sure by mail is one which is eassweatly proper for the Post Office Depart ment to undertake. It is epeetallr the case rith the reat nataher of people who are interested ia seeding small sums that tbey do not ordi narily keep ban'-: accounts, or at least their relatioai with banks are not such as to facilitate their send mg small drafts. When tbey come to the Post Uthee the difference tween 10 cents aad 5 cents is some. this as well worth cotuiderioi- as the difference bet ween 5 cents aad 10 ceats for postage, and they would appreciate and profit by so sensible a more. The only wonder a boat it is that it bad to wait until now to be SHsested. Jjpase-e TosTal Service. In 1571 the European system of post age was adopted, ia a rr-tsser which, we are assured, has won the u"fntiJTi of all foreigners. Prior to this there did not exist any rtitionil srateia ef postage, owing to the feudal disposition of the country. If aar- one would wish to re alize the primitive condition of the Post OfSce service in lbC3 they mar tarn to a picture ia the "Capttal of the Tycoon" of a postman in native cu-vtnm that s.. with a loin band only, to leare his limbcs free, running along the" high road at speed, and a small box alaag by a oner his shoulders; and ia case of his fallins: lame or other accident he is scoaipanird by a doable to take oa the package a a. his place to the rvext stage. The Got era niect used to dispatch sack ccsaeB--gers, and oceasiosallr private firms. Tho comparison with what now exists came us back many centnnea. theagh oaiy the work of fire years. There are now mail routes of more than miles in active operation, and GS1 Post Of5s, "e?J!rH 121 receiving agencies. SJS stamp agen cies, and TUG street letter-boxes. The number of letters forwarded ia 1S7G was 130,000,000, being aa increase of ii per ent. over that of 1574, according to Sir. Monnsey's "Report ea the Finance of J apas. The postage of aa ordinary let ter in the large towns is 1 ceat, ( .d.l and 2 cents (lu.t for the rest of the Em pire. Post cards are carried for ooe-half these charges. And in lS7o a money or der system was adopted, and within two years there were 310 Post Offices wbrt orders could be obtained and cashed. And this is the country where, ten rear before, tho chief thooght was how for eumers could best be expelled or exter minated, and all their pestilent innova tions sent after them I "The Contexa porary Review. A year or so ago a little girl living near Rataboncrille, X. Y.,' a Tillage on. the line of the Erie Railway, was pre sented with a pair of dores. One day, three weeks aga, they were flying across tho railroad track, when the male bin came in collision with the smokestack of the Pacific Express, which, passes tho spot about 7 o'clock ia the morning. Tho bird was killed by the shock, ss-1 instantly thrown oat of eight of his mate. Tha female circled about the spot for a few minutes, in evident amazement at the sadden disappe&racc- of her mate. She then flew to a rcflo post near by and for a long time sn-.-e utterance to the mournful notes c' . ic teristie of the dove. Suddenly she seem ed to realize what had carried tha male from her sight, and she roso is tho air and flew swiftly in the dircctica.,thc train had gone. - She did not return tin til about noon. She alighted at her cote. whero she remained the rest of the chvr uttering her plaintiro cries. Xext warn ing, just before 7 o'clock, she was seea to ny away and take a position scar the spot whew she saw her mate the day before. Wnen the express train came along shd flew at the tocomotirc, howrod about the smokestack and around the cab as if looking for her mate. She accom panied the locomotive for a mile or so and thea returned to her cote. Every day since then she has repeated this strange conduct. Sho goxs to her look out for the train at precisely tho same time each morning and waits until the train comes along no matter how late it may be. She nover goes further than about a mile with 'the train, returning to her cote and mourning piteouslr all day. An Eastern paper says: "Air. Longfollow can tako n worthless sheet of paper and by writing a poem on it mako it worth $30. Thai' gcnitis. Jfr. Vandorbilt can write fewer words oa a similar shoot, and mako it worth S50.O0O.OOO. That's capital." Aad wo might add, an itu-Hie-as aatOstat luek.