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ATTOBNETS AT IiA-TP,
AND KOTJLEIES rUBUC.
Peadletoa Osteon.
; OSce In Coart Hocsa.
J0HX A. GUTEB,
ATTOKXET AT LAW.
rEXDtxros, obegox.
6rncr Cp stairs, above FoetoSee.
ETARTS & W1LEF,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
PEXOLEIOS, OEEGOX.
OrriCE, In the Court House.
1)K J. B. LIXDSIY,
SURGEON AND DENTIST.
rrxDLEro.v, c : : : okegon.
Surgery a Specialty.
J. X. PEDETT,
THTSICIAN AND SURGEON.
FEXDLTTOX Z ' Z Z OUOOX.
OSee at residence.
W. C. XcXaT, X. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SUBGEOX.
PESDIXTOX, OEEGOX.
Qrncr Opposite the Pendleton Hotel.
TF. F. KB ESTER, X. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
raxDixrox, okegox.
Offer his professional services to the people ci
fendleton ami siirroimamgoocniry.
Orncr At residence east oi Court Hoase.
C. WRITCOXB, 3L, D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
rrxDurroK, ortcox.
Will lilesd ia alt nTI. - :. :,v
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Timmrtn. All A, J i ? . . .
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HAIXES & LArTEEXCE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
bakee crrr, oeecox.
Will mriioe at Ixtr in ill CnnrU tn ( ).n iJ
Idaho. Farticolar attention paid to basines in
wur u union consues.
SB. J. W. XALL,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Pendleton, Oregon.
All call promptly attended to, day or nlgkt.
Qrncr Over the Dreg Store.
E. P. EIGA5, JL D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
WESTOX, OEEOOX.
Office on Main Street.
1. H. TOKXEE. L It. COX
TURXER A- COX,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
PENDLETON, OIIEOOX.
Office on Main .trnet, opposite the Court lit use.
D. W. BAILET,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PnXDLETQX, OBE3 JX.
Office Main street, up stairs, ever East OU'
C9'p ince. jl9
LAND AGENCY.
DWXGHT 5 BAILEY,
General L&sd Afents, Ketariet Public, and
SEAL ESTATE BKOEEE8,
Feadletos, : : : : : Orz
Hare Township Plats of all snrrryed lands iu
Umatilla county, and eord of all Claims from
first location down to the present time, and correct
ed semi-weekly from the Land Office at La C ra&de
Will eeeaxe claims for parties nnde'r any of tl.
Land Laws of the United Etatea; condurtcontrtJerJ
cases before the Loct Land OSSce, and on appeu
to the Department at Washington.
rWill furnish Soldiers Additional Home
stead Floats and all kinds of Land Serin on short
notice, and at lowest market rates. Will buy and
sell Land, Claims, City Property, etc, on reason
able commission.
The Plats and Records abore referred to are the
only ones of the Idnd In Umatilla county ,and set
tlers can save time and a trip to La Grande by
coming to u. We bare special facilities for lo
cating new comers. mcb27
WALLA WALLA
STEAM BAKERY.
ESTABLISHED 127 1664.
O. BRECHTER,
Manufacturer of Bread, Calces, Pies and all kind
of Crackers. Fire-proof building.
BLatss Street,
Walls, Walla
S JloTHCHIUV.
J. E. Hai
ROTHCHILD&BEAN
(Suet tsors to S.RothchUi)
Would reprctfallr call the attention of the pub
lic to Ibrtr largely incrsa! ol
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
Which the increased facilities aSorJed br their
conibinalidn enable them to efler
AT THE VEXY LOWEST RATES.
Tfeelr Etaek. will Ceitst as berate for ml
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HARDWRE,
China and
Glassware,
Boots and Shoes,
Hats and Caps,
NOTIOWM, ETC.
Tbey will always taie plaasar In His( aw
orders with which they may be eUrcstnl k tlx
best of their ability.
GRAIN AND HIDES
And other prod are lalen In exebasge at thr
Highest MarkK Katn.
CASE PAID FOR WOOL.
D,W. PRENTICE & 00.
MUSIC STORE!.
107 JFlrstHtreet, Portia ad. Or.
All instruments sold on the tBsUBasest plan
are at oar rmlar CASH PKICKS. Ob Fsaaos
and Organs are from the best SBaben, aad ewr
prices and terms are the eacest of any hew cw
tbeXorth Pacific Coast. We folly twxatee
erery Isstrsmcst wa sell, and eacb Puso asd
Organ U also accoapaaled with a gaiTtw freea
the mannlactsrer.
WEBER PIANOS
ARE THE BEST.
Installment Terns: f0, 1100 or seen, cash
balasee, lli or (30 per awaUu
HAIN8 BROS.' PIANOS
ARE RELIABLE.
Install meat Tern: 325, 9&6 or
ii iui eaeb;
balasoe, XI5 or gJQ par
ABE THE BEST MEDIUM-PRICED
PIANO IN THE WORLD.
InsUllsent Terasi til, 2S, or sere, easbj
balaaca, flO or li per sbUu
ESTEY ORGANS
SING THEIR OWN PRAISE AND
LEAD THE WORLD.
Standard Organs
ABE UNRIVALED.
Insl ailment Terms: SIS, XSS, or asore eaabi
celasce,flO or 15 per xbobUl.
If installment terms as quoted abore do sot
exactly please, they can be changed to suit con-
Tmieoce oi CQMomer.
D. W. PRENTICE ft CO.
Music Dealers,
Am rciLiiHits or
Z. W. PRENTICE &. CO.'M
Musical Journal
rHICE 78 CEKTS PKR T1SAR.
CmUm $12 Werth r New Mw!e Eart Yetr
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ItV AH onkre niut Lr anoaiaUl kx tb tela
MItm. aM ordn. ta
GOLDEN
'V
Cold IrttlroouH
It is alwarM a mattor of great moment
to maintain nu eiuulile tcmivraturu m
tho IxslrooHi. A bedroom the air of
which it Mibj!t to srcat ami fri'ineut
cIluum of tomjHratare s alvayH a trap
for danger, lo jwrxms vrlio are in the
iriiue of life, a nl vlto are m rounst
lieahli. this danger i load rononuceI,
lint to tin' yoHiig ami tlw feeble it is a
wont oriottft danger. It is spei'iallr
lanwroKs to IkjoiiIo to sleep in a
room tkat is oomIv loucnsl in warmth.
WImhi tho gmit u-avo of coM come in
the vriHtvr muaou, old toopIe ixgin to
draft oif with a rapidity that is perfectly
UrtliHg. We take Hp tho lit of death j
dHriHK tlree m-0!0B!. and the most mark
sl of faotriiBtlreBDWlierof deceasctl aged
poTMftss. It like au epidemic of death
hv ukl 3Sw Tke tiublic 111 l tul an-etits
this rtMord :ls indicative of a general j
rrMHpt of oxtoreal cutKUtions, and of a
mortality, therefore, that is necesaary as
a ruKHtt of that rltaM. I nould nut
ibvmjH d !( that there is a line of
trath and mmimI ewaiaton xoomi and com
MOtt obfrratkMi ia tkii vieu-, but when
we d frotai the general to the ar
tielar Me gad itoat mneh of the mortal'
ItT x?tH lit Mick elCro SMMMgAt the aged
is iadaced by atiatakea im the tabjoct of
warata m the ulroota
The fatal erent cwsar i about hoaewbat
a thik war . ne ruoat ta watch the on-
fr44tsl tettt be been MUiag Uifore
g4iHC to lcd bai brt-H warsned probably
ap to Mtatarer beat, a usrbt tal has bra
taki Wore rrUntg to nmt, ami then
the bedrooa i. tmU-rwl. The bedroom
ixreiaaaee h no Atv ia it. or if a are be
hchto:!. iro rtoa la aot asa-le to keep it
alight for asorv than aa boar or two. flic
rtaMilt m that ia th cany irt oz the
osonuac. Iruta s to 4 ucwei, waea tne
UMMpentare of tbe air ia all pwrta u
lowest, tbe ipow from tbe are or tov i
which boakl warm the room ha. ctjo1, ,
aad tbe rwom ie cold to aa extreme de- 1
gree. la eoaatry hoa the water will ,
oflea be foaml fruata ia the haad-baua J
or ewers aader thee eoaJitioa.
Mtamwbtle theidee.M-rlte asreoascioat
f the creat chaage which is taking 4ae
in the air a roe ad htm. htowly and
trlr there a a decltae of temperate re
to the ex teat, it may br, of Uiirty or i
fortT aWree oa the Fahreahest Mtale;
aad thoeurh he may be fairly wrm!
with lied-Crodse. he it sveetvtae; usto ki
iattga thi eoM air. by which the etreaLa
tiea through the laag i atatenally
tnediaW.
I-he eeeatsttoa of the ttouy tivtl at
thi very Ume aaMxoraMe for meettag j
aay emerfeafy. Ia the ina-1 betea j
mMtJSsjfat aad atx a the monuas; ta aat-
1 vital iHOtTttm are at thetr hot ,
ebb It a ia theee timet that tb. who ,
are eedceMid from aay ra- mat fr-
laeatly ti. IhnraBa of tea eofander ,
r a enlxnl. cm lorewani
aaxmaa trwade m reefeet to them. From
time iwtxcsBKKtal thor who have t-eH I
agea torn ul to wait aad attead m tbe
seek base noted tbre boars taet
aaxtoaeiy. that they Have len ralieu j
l. . .1.1 "tU- U. at
r vVaTV V wrva a way a eap.er eve-v v
fate." Ia thea ofaaee of time the instaeaee
f the hfe ieiriac aa ho been loajret
anhdimwa from aaa. aad the heart
that are erea the rtieajseat beat then
uith bdaed Urn, bleep k beariet.
aad death aenrest to as ail, in "tho
bears of late."
The .cfcet method to beve the air of
the room, a short time before it k ocea
t-ied, broaeht up to a amferm temper
stare of from too te OS degrees Fahr. it
ftboabJ aever fall ve .ke-rrxw Imiow CO,
aad aerer ne above 15 degrees aader
onhaary cireomtaaee. Ia cases where
tbe Aeeapa&t of the room extremely
eafeebkxi. it zav be nocweurr to raic
the temperatarv to a higher poiat. It 1 1
am tkiaking thi moment of lreiers
who are ia fair health, aad fr whom no
especial provision m required
A xntatakc is sometimes mxiic in on-;
acrnng the temperature, xne reauing
of tbe thermometer is taken in one
part of the room only, perfaipe in
the vranneat trt, Uifct is to &y, orer the
n replace or Iron me mau-r.'ineu. xiiu
is not a fair obMrration, for a ru?ta at
thit part may be very warm, while it i
very cold in other part?. The tempera
ture should. tiroterlr. bo laken at thtf
1 . 1 1. r 1 .lu.nl n f . f ,wVM till nil.
'thai i iIia Imst nosition in
Kliw-li in kfv-ii the thermometer, witii
. .
which every bedroom oaght to be fur
niAbed. An ordinary thermometer suf
fices a a general inlex, but a registering
instrument is moat advanUgeou. when
jmrttcular care i demandcl in obvsrva
tiou. PENDLETON HOTEL
Mela Htre.t, Peadtetoa, Or.
THIS CEXTRALIjT LOCATED
M .A5D
pnrl'LAK hook
Having been
ENTIRELY REFITTED and RErURKiSHED
Is now open for the reception of guei.
THIS TA1JLE
Will at all tiroes 1 leund fornUbed with the
very teat the market aaVrds, and every exertion
mJe to satisfy the patrons of the bouse.
THE
Are all new, and tbe room, have been furnUlir.1
in the neatest style and with every ronvenirac
uruslly found in a urst-cIiM bouse. .
THE PENDLETON HOTEL
Inallitsdepartineals will be up with the timet,
and the proprietor i delertiiitird that it .ball
nulntain tbe reputation cf being the
Ilcat Mouse East of thr XonaUIn.
The resident and traveling ublic are wprtt
folly Invited tocalL
' E. BAHKIt, Proprietor.
WILSON HOTEL.
UMATILLA, OREGON.
Mrs. M. A. rVilon, formerly ef Orleans has lo
cated on Front street, Umatilla, where she hss
i.ine.1 a nrst-claiis hotil. The bouse has bea
rr6ud, the beds are excellent, and the Uble will
b supplied with the best the roars ct aSord.
traveller, wltf not regret stopping at thU pea.
X W. euj. Comrauy' coaches stop her.
THE IiST I.BTTKK.
Jacob Carter and Albert Harrioon were
merclianU living in adjoining town.
The strong friendship existing between
them in boyhood had Lot declined iu
manhood. Lacli jow4Mrd nterltag trait
of character, though the two taea were
unlike.
Mr. Carter wa maclt beloved for his
gentle nature aud kindly qualities. The
short coming of hit fellow-men wen;
always viewed by him with a elianttblf
rv. Mr. HarrMnti All tint Mintrainr
' tfrough an lioneet. tree man, wa riarCh
and intlt-xilde, aad nak-k to cofhleatH
any deviation in othern from the code of
recuiHite lai.i itown ior itiatscl!.
One Itright morniag he oaid to bin von,
an he Moled a letter he boil it writu-n:
"Paul, I waat yoa to carrv tlm letter
to the IW
Oflkv . Doa't vUhi tm the
way. Jt aaot go out ia the aext mail.
l'anl took it, pt iH ht bat. aal went
whistling down th street. Ua bta way
ho bad to pas thehoaMof Cahtb Parker,
bu iaot intimate friend.
"Hnlloor ralle.1 Caleb from tb
piazaa. "'I've jat bail a streak of lack.
I'aele Rosr ha xhvea bm a piMliil
NeafoamlMa-l der."
"Oh. that'i jolly r retaraed Paal,
t-agerly.
"Co aw ia aad m him. urged Calob.
Paul gktaced at the etoek wa the
charch-tT-i4. It lacked a fall balf
hoorto matl-tim. Tboashtleas of the
dixiboiliear be was eoeumittiag. be
yiebled to the t4wtataoa taforv him.
A few miaaUxs roa Id be easily apitrad.
lie harried with Culeb to tbe ehed
where Rover wx. a ad -at live
misete almihBS aad pratMsrg the
'.ide-adhl pappy.
Thea he eoutiaa-l lu walk. Hat a
reochiBg the I'o-t Ofike. he faai. to
hi great diaav.
that the latter wa
miMinc?
He 8re he hul earefalf r pat it ia
hit pocket. What thoald Le do He
reaembeml palhaff oat hi haadkor-
chief while U!ki? to Cleb. aad thiak
in; it probably fell oat thea. he aiekly
retra"el hi tfn to Mr. I'arker'a hoax..
He toi cteb bs troabte. ami the two
mad a thuruaerh earrh. Bat
the letter
ia grwi:
eoabl aot be loaad. Imal
"I'd aboat a-t lee kille.1 a ta go
ame aad tetl father. II; told me ae
to step br the war. aad bell whist me
. .i
I aiBHT.
"Do va kaow whatvas ia theleiter?"
;MKrMi (VU. afwr thmkiar a latlle
..V,m. j atW wrote to Mr. Carw to
),IM l1rrtUr Urrr4 of liuar. to Ut
tll u a t,Mr trom th Wet."
"Thea wave vwaixdl a wjuaiiiar lv
boldia! vr toagae. Doa't tmy a word
to roar father abeat it- Cam to my
room a il w nte aaother leUer. aad sa
voar father's an me to it. Tweet do xay
harm and 'twill ttriae; the Boar all the
same. Only keep wht."
l'aal hrta!cd. He knew Caleb wm
a wreag eoanaeltor : that a froak aad
.-j-u.-, -M-r!V. th oa.lv raeht
" "
eae,
TJat he had been twice -everwiy pan
ihed for seaall aota of thewahtl j " do
twdmace. aal tbe pain of the hlow u
freh ia his memory.
"Well, oa the whole. Caleb. I gao I
will follow roar advice. I can't ) what
hurt it can do.
They weat into the hoase. FanI took
the oCerol pea aad ink. aad ytriekly
wrote tha :
MsxKrrawy. May 9 .
Mb. Cabtbh Dtfir Sir: I w.h tapar
cboe of yea twenty barrel of good
dour, to be seat immediately.
A. Uxsox. per P. II.
Faal bal hi father's clerk write
letters on baiBee aad sara thorn
that way.
Ten miBatM later he depoaited the let
ter in tbe ,xtffic aad went home.
"Did yo get my letter in before tbe
mail went? asked Mr. llamas, Paal
catered the parlor,
"The letter was tiiere in time, was the
evasive reply.
A trrowLmr oneasice&s now took
scsaioa of the boy's beart, and be really
felt t irry lie bad not braved lna fatlicr a
displeasnre. r-d owned the truth. He
Kail teen iruurr oi i..xeii tieaunp;. aau
his act (u such acts always Jo.
text
I ., i n.i.. i...
. somciuinK o urea... wa wu i.
ho reoMncd, to retrieve tbe mulake; 9M
what might come of it. he could, not telll
Three days afterwards, Mr. Harnon re
ceived twenty barrels of dour from the
wholesale house of Mr. Carter.
It was a great relief to Paul a mind.
The letter substituted had apparently
filled iU puroc as woil as if it liad been
the original.
A week went by. une morning .ur.
Harrison said to his wife at tho breakfast
Uble:
I sent a cheek of one hundred and
fiftr dollars to Mr. Cdrtor. Don t see
why it hxin't been acknowledged.
Terror and dismay instantly over
spread Paul' face, and he quickly left
tho table. It had notliefore occurred to
him that the list letter held ochck,
which was lot too. The thought ap
palled him, and terrible forebodings tor
tured his i-oul.
"Late in the afternoon of that day. as
Paul sat alone in Uio library, the door
111 rang, and a moment alter, lie neant
his fathor cordially greet 3Ir. Carter and
invito him into the parlor.
run iiitt, 1 11 11 1 i ill' imnui.
Thev hail a low. earnest conversation
tnevlher. Mr. Carter seemed to be giv
- - aa. .
ing rotue inqiortant information which
ostonishtHl Mr. Harrison.
Tlio door was closed, but occasionally
part of a sentence catno distiuctly to
Paul's can-. He heanl tlio words,
"check;" "stolen from a letter;' "State
prison offense;" "young for such a
crime." .
He looked out of tho widow into the
street, and a strong impulso frcized htm
to tlee from the house, but his limbs
were powerlessto act.
Suddenly Mr. Harrison ojwneil the
door.
"Paul, como here," he said. "Mr.
farter wishes to talk with you."
The bor went into the parlor, nervous
and trembling. Ono (jlance at tho weary,
aerious expression of Mr. Carter's faco
seemod to assure him of his coming
Faintlv. and with a palpitating
heart, ho returned the good man's salnta-
Uon.
"I waat to ask you a few questions,
!egan Sir. Carter. "Can you tll me
why, how voti idiake! What's the
matter?
'Nothing yei I I don't know."
stammdreil Paul.
"I wont you to tell me all you know
about"
"O dir." interrupted Paul, iiuicklr.
"I never told
vou
lie!
wtit. xrvras:
and I hojte yon 11 lclieve me now"
"IJolieve vial, my eon?"
That-that I didn't steal the cheek!
I I bt your letter but but I didn't
know it htdd a check T with chattering
teeth.
. "Lost my lottnr what letter? Oat
with the truth!" commanded Mr. Hor
rooa. "The une yon wrote to Mr. Carter
You gave it to me to carry to the Pet
OtUee. There wai plenty of time before
the mail closed, ami I stepped a few mia
ates to look at Caleb's new dog. The
letter was droped aomewliere, and I
ooalda't find it and and I thought it
was only an order for floor, and I wrote
another and feigned your name to it. I
knew 'twould bring the dour all the
some, and it did."
PabI began to crv.
"I reeeired that letter and forwarded
the doar at once," jmt ia Mr. Carter.
"Go on, P&al. So yoa have forged a
letter for tae. 'Whit eLsr liave voa
done?" aked 3Ir. Harrison, ia a severe
tone.
"That's al! I have to tall nothing
eb." sobbed the boy.
"Yoar father's letter, with a check of
one huadretl and fiftr dollars, come to
me. I had two letters, one a few dara
after the ether," said Mr. Carter. "The
Met letter had been picked up and for
wanled according to its written direo
ttoa." A look of mingled rchef and sar
pr4-e saddealy came over Paals face
"Why dvd you suspect me f stealing
the Check, then?" he asked, drying his
tears.
"Don't see what led you to think I did
sasjcct you. What did?" questioned Mr.
Carter.
"Iteeaaxe I heard father and yoc talk
iag about a cheek that v stolen from a
letter, and jast after that ycu meetioaed
my name."
Mr. Carter burst into a hearty laugh,
and even the knitting brews of Mr. Har
rssoa relaxed. 1'aKl's faoed rlcshed
eriaeaoa.
"Yoa were more frightened thaa hart,
my boy." said Mr. Carter, laytstr his
hand oa Pact's shoelder. "Year course
wa not rj;ht. and gatlt ii a loud acea
t. and as caailr alarmed. list no one
had feted you of steaHag. PauL I
was oaly telling your father that Abbe
IhiUrp. the 50E of one of oar frie&ti.
ha lately forged ob a stolen cheek, aad
ia Hkoly to go to prison."
"Ilat sometkiag wa certainly aid
aLoot me."
"Ye, I akd ta see yon to inqaire
aboit voar ?-hooha!e Ned Iee, who
waate a place is my store."
Pan! cave 31 r. Carter all the informa
tion he wonted abmt hts sofaootaaate,
while Mr Harmon sot thinking. He was
not quite readr to change the eabiert.
"Paal." Mud he, sternly, "how rae it i
you are so late ia owning that yoa lost !
my letter?
Paal buae hb head.
Twosn't right. I know, father. I
hated to hide it, bo: I thought 'twould
'twonhl save me from a beatiBg."
l'aal left the room, and the merchant
wereaoin alone.
Albert," said Mr. Carter, earnestly,
"we have been friend from bojhcod.
aad I hoj you won't take orIene at my
plain Sfcakicg. Don't you see you are
helpiag voar mo to ma.e a rogue?"
"A rrft .' hxt do you mean?"
"That's what the end will be. Paal is
a little tboaghtlei and impctaous, bat a
gwod boy in the main. It was dread of
pant-dtmeat, you see. that farced him to
act aatlerhaadetl in this thing. Encoar
age franknea in him by keeping him less
nadir fear. Ee ha taken his first les
son in artifice- God grant it mar be his
Lv-t.
Half an hour later, Mr. Carter went
away, and Mr. Harrison sat longaborbeil
in thought.
A revelation hail been made to him,
and he arose and went to Paul's room.
'Well. PauI," raid he, "you Invepaid
a heavier penaltr for concealment than if
the truth bad been told at first." . .
. rTntked 1 have, father; I aerer .had
snvthitiK .t: -v me. half so much m jay
life." " '
'Always be true -and twri. I'sutlaad
you need havo no'fear of me."
Father and son had both learned.aa
important lcHsoa. Youth Companion.
v- Arm. rlrtto. Ton v Denier, man
agerof the "Original Hum p v-Dnmptr
Combination," has been distinguishing
himself as a hero. Sunday noon a tare
occurred in the hotel at W inona, where
he and his company were. One or tho
ladies of the company has a young lwby.
She started out of her room in terror,
and fell. Mr. Denier, who ?.tcppcd from
his room into the hall, saw her, and car
ried her down stairs. She revived from
the swoon on reaching the outtr air, and
began screaming for her child. Mr.
Denier turned luck into the building,
through dcuxc smoke, and explored his
way to the lady's room. He took tho
child and started down stairs, bat wus
driven back by tho fiaroc. lie ran to
the wiudor. shouted to those below to
i iru uti.. . . -- - .
TsWNl. Al( n.il t TT TT A. 1 A
turned a forward sum'
! mersault from the window ledge. Hap
I . t t 1 1.1 Ta -m1 .
pily he landed on his feet and escaped
injury, his experience as a clown prov
ing valuable. The child was given to its
mother, and then the people swarmed
about Tony, several men lifting him upon
their shoulders, and he was borne to a
saloon, where wiuo was liberally poured
out in hw honor. The couijwuiy lost
nothing, and modest Toney gutned con
siderable. S ATI so nr thk Suez Caxau That if
wheat can be carried by steam through
the Suez canal from Calcutta to Liver
pool for 7s. 6d or even at UK per ton,
and if rice, why not wheat, and East In
dians, who have now more acreage in
wheat than tho United Slates, tako it
into their sagacious heads to work for tho
European market, men goou-oje io u
our prosperity that comes from wheat
growing. Our farmers should look into
this canal business more than they have,
aud let their representativea in Congress
know their views.
Telrlfled WUHe Alive
"One of the Kioat heart-re ndiag coAes
that ever came BBder my aetiee, aid a
well-known Lonieville 'idtvMeiaa, "wa
tliat of a maa who-s Tith eo&ld u
affect his rekitions, heeaafio be had aoae
but the manner of his dying was -awful
that it waa a call upon oommoi:
humanity for wrrow. He was a yont-f
fellow who at the breakinsr oat "of the
war, when he was 2ft yearn okl, eabtd
and fought with cetiue under eeafed
erabi banaers. In the terrib'e warfan
about Noahrilie he wna xpoed u tit
raiaa aad eotds, aad eonttaeted iu
tlammatory rhenmathim from which
he never re-covered. ar. 1
which eaased his rasignatsoL
He retained to hm homo a mis
erabte creat are, and nevor w&s af
terward able to walk. For afteess kn
Tears he wan dying as slowly and sore
ly, and with as much tortase, as th.
mot rSne.l emehses of hantas uxvec
tion Etight have prod need. Opiate -Of
eoarse opiatea wore nrlmimnered,
bat what of the momenw whoa the in
flaeace bul waned, and when, reafeis
npon hie: like wotvos of tartar, amde
ravenous by hanaer, the pain broke
throagli tne v-tl "i lnuaniibflity and
tagged at bt frame with teeth of cru
elty? The vorj immnmty which optcai
gave added aaothur horror whoa it was
withdrawn. Ho wa kopt nador it m
daeaee as maeh aa potble. In aiae
yearn he had ht every power of wu
onlar eabrtT and ft is hk ehatr a liv
ing corpse, only to be moved to ius
bed, where he Weamo a manuoy with
the spark of life k4ett glowing. The
time shortly eaae when he no longer
lay in bH bed, hot ssUnne in hi in
valid chair beeame the enthroned eta
bodimest of a fool too mimwnMt f-r
life, too sacred to be featod by othrr
ha ad. So he sot, year after jmr,
with hts maeela Aaed in iron. hk evens
looking -ipon a world as dnetUT a. mi -rT
eoohl point it; hot voice atmkang in ht
throat, only to be expelled by hasted
nam re in wild and ptteoaa a nsa when
the pais racked into hofste4 ewardtce
the strong heart that had led ke men ar
to the dreadful emverne of canniMa-V
months withost a aiaea. Fixed and
rigid, the pour boy waa a fhtnx. ea
do 7 ml with life and deprived of move
meat. Everr joint in hw body becaa
owiaed by the cisalkr depos. and T t
oven a movement that prenrokad tleaUi
Im agony become yoonie. Even tae
joints of the neek beoame rapd. the tLa
gors etitT. and the lnnlM peUsnt 1. He
wax a stone frame, with a eovennsj -f
Arht aad the toad of a liviae; man! Ute
mneeles of the eye oven failed, ami the
lidts tatting npoa tho weary Wise &hat
is forever the darknoM that wao abont
him like the gloom of tho gzave. Then
came, with the same step of moasmred
eternity, tho osiaation of tave jomtti of
the jaw. and he was foa between the njr. 1
teeth. How slowly death moved, caatsot
be 4wribed. bat when the intTimmnri -a
hod Mined the heart ia that asaS pr
longed yfaim, natnre so lonewc oanM
gtv varainr; of it agency. What
tottnres took piece asder the drawn c-jr
taia of that hansan mT-tory oax no mo-
le told thaa the etiA of tboe herror
ia the lowest dungeons of the inqsisi
' Uon. Death came, bat it wa hike the
fading of the it-line into the clonds.
and as we stood aboat that choir bo one
dared to ntter hk thoemjat no one coitd
tell whether the soul stilt kuked in the
prison, or whether death was Kt or life
was death. When he wus haried liis
fixed Hialw were broken with hammers,
in order that he might be plaeed a a
eotSa."
TUttuall.
The towa that eoniiot snssport rival
IviM&aH dabs i too small to be saairil
on the map, while the peace with no dab
at all is beneath the notice of any spirited,
youth who has lived more than ten years.
Some games are ef the natnre of uueases
that become epidemic, but baseball u aa
annual complaint that breaks out every
spring with the Srvt daisy, succumbs
with reluctance to tho first heavy f-ao
storm and has countless germs which are
tenderly nursed through everr winter
Why 'it should have becose the
national game nobody knows, it is not
the best development of ball pUvin; it
does not afford every willing scan A
chance; " anr- L played without a
crowd, anil one or two men falling Ul
anayrcin the antieipatioca of z day or a
fraasoa; it gives "very littli exercise- to the
hoar; it is productive of more physical
accidents than all other field Hporm eant
bined, and ret ball elnba octsursbcr
clubs of boating men. archers, bicy-
iclwts and athletes generally a hundred to
j one. Stranger stall, the very people who
crumble most at tho raiao give it their
hearty support; deacons who prone .nee
it dcmoraliaing will subscribe to the
traveling expenses of their town club,
which goes a hundred miles away to
take the conceit out of some other club,
physicians who sar it is a lruitful source
of 'physical disabilities will put off a
patient in order to attend a game;
the mothers who protest against
their darling boys taking part in
anything that insures black eyes. Bat
tened n ses and broken fingers will neg
lect a Sunday dinner to see that their
sons club uniforms fit to a nicety, and
the preachers who think tho garno dis
tracts youthful thoughts from better
things will be careful to so order their
pastoral visits that they will pass tho club
grounds while a game is ia progress.
Agaiust such a mass of publio opinion it
is useless to protest ; indeed, it would
be shameful, for a host of manly quali
ties are aroned and strengthened, by the
game that has becomo national in its
range. A few physical easualitica are a
small price to pay for the benefits de-'
rived from a sport that coaxes almost all
of Young America out of doors and
keeos them there.
Tho Marquis of Huntley is a briek-a-brac
hunter, and oueo, iu a town of
Northamptonshire, found himself in tho
snop of a pawnbroker. Having asked
the price of everything in tho shop win
dow and finding nothing of interest, he
inquired if there were any othor collec
tors in tho town. Tho pawnbroker's
wife said there was Mr. Siidlor. Pray,"
Riked the Marquis, "what doi be col
lect?" "Oh." replied tho woman, "tho
poor rates, sir,"