aug- ;g(e Mew .Ij west A ioarnsl lb the People lievoted to tk IsUrssUef Baaiaalty. Isdspsadsat la Polities aad Bsllgloa. allv t all Live Issaes, aad Taotoaghlw Bsdleal la Opposl ag aad EzaesiM tba Wraas et tks htasses. . m. 4. i, niwir, ww a- filing OFFICE -Co Fsoaf Vwmtai erasers TEKXM, l!f ADVANCE I On r Tlrss asnaUu. 4 . 1 Faaa Branca, rui Pa , Paso TwortM. Oorrsspoadeats writing ever asmsssd slgaa. laras must make kaowa tbstr asasss to Ike " Editor, or no etwattoa will b given I Uslr . . somaiaaleatloa. POUTLAND, OREGOK, FRIDAY, NOVEMDEIl . 1S77. NUMDER lO. ADVEBTIBEMEXT lMta4 oa EmhouIi VOLUME VII. -a S: MARTHA MARBLEHEAD: . ..fas JUA4 BaVM litMilM. ; vMMA.f.OCiriW-AT. svtbos r "jpprrm iMt," "st-Laa it," "aTa aaa bbsbt "t Arrr ,w""OSS WOnACS SmAS,M 'aim luiiMir, fEaUess, easordlng SB Act 1 CoMtnu, la the rm Itn. r Ma. A. J. DhIv, la Us os la Ubrarlu erCeaarem at Waahlastoa City, j CHAPTER XX.' -' "r' Martha Jon net Merblebeed pon dered long a ad thoughtfully aver the .7 proposition of bar estate sletsr-ln-Isw that ebe should sell bar far, with everything pertaining thereto, that ah Might remove to Portland, where aba ' Boafd bave opportunity to uaa bar bard earned wealth with laaa bodily fatigue, and la a maaBer more la keeping with bar owa deelre, " "I am doomed tollveeloacanybew," . argued Martha, "and why nay X aot locate myseU-according -to-aaylewa fancy r . ' - Tbe more aba look ad tba matter aver la all It phases, tba tMft feeslbl seemed ber pise. Tba political troubles la tba Eaat and ' Boutb bad aaaaad a aoddaa Influs of lot . Bilgratloa to tba tor, far Waat, a ad, though tbara vara no railroad a, aad tba foralga marks for tba prod oca of. tba . great North west was a yt quite preoa- -- rloaa, tbara wa bo Uek of purebaaera, wbe tfewlrsd to passes tba Cbahalaai farm. Far aaalag mea tbara vara la plenty wbe knew tba groat advantage to ba darlTod from aoearlog tba rich aj-. In vial laoda of tba valley while yat thay mlgbt ba bad at rtaaoaabla Agar, and - an advertisement la tba Ortgtfmkm an oaaclog tba property for eala. brought ',' plenty af eaetomera. Amwg the manywbo eooitdcredrib advertisement wltb maeb aoDoera Waa Klngatnn.Oraanaborough.wbOtJoti I boaloeea with tba govern meat aa as eret service ageet, fooad blmaelf oooe aaora la Portland, and aaee mora look lag, with longing ayea aad heart, toward tba borne where tba ooly womaa ba bad aver truly loved waa living, aa lonely and foreakea aa blmaelf. , .'Tin rlob bow, and I aaa buy aad ell tba girl that Jilted ma twice aver," . ba remarked to a friend, lo whom be bad tba strictest confidence. , Tbla friend bad a aaody-oolored com-, pletlon, bla face being of precisely tba boa of ble balr aad wblakere, wblcb fairly covered bla podgy eooaUnanc, from whleh a pair of gimlet ayea of a eteel-blue eolor peeped prylngly. -Tborya aa aaa la my at tea pllog (o : negotiate with ber," aa!4 King, "for abe'll remember old appro, and dread evil tongue. And lb at husband of bora Jealous as a Spaolardlboagh why ng be' a Bol6r1outtTtid, thai beidbeea-able, tbrougb all rake blmaelf, la not for bi n to aay. !WIII yoa go ap ta Cbebalem, aifd play go-betweea for ma la tba boalneaa, ab, CapT ' Why tbla man, whoe name waa --obnaodr.eboald bava boon atyled "Capjaeaf of lnt6alJIBui juATaTdoalara. I do Mt Dow, butbe Vnrd readily to tha aognomeD, and bora tha. honor wltb apparent meekneaa. "Ia there any money la It t or any ad entara worth while T' ba aeked, bla gimlet eyea twinkling. "Tbr'a a par aeaL If you aoaeaed, af aoarae; bot, If tbere'a aoy advantara la tba aa, I reaerva that for myaelf. low nderataad Vt "Aye, aye, alrl ' "Well, boaaud attend W , "Yoa' re la a pky harry, old fellow; bat I'll go." - Tba negotiation did not prove a dlffl alt ana. Mr. Jonea waa ready aad willing to aell. Tha personal property a iha-TUBcbe," or 'Vlalm," aa tba donation; farm Ware railed In tboae day, a noa a tdi tf jjr aaaMsmenjU, . to aeeea tboaaaad duller. Tba lead waa aooaldarad of little value above the vomtaal prtoa of tba governmental do mala, bat tb Improvement, ovary aaa of whleb bad beoa made at M ra. Jonea poreoaal aipanaa, were rated al 'eight - tboaaaad dollar mora. - , AoHlof eala waa at one drawa ap and duly elgned bad delivered, aoavey "lag tba peraonal property to tba nego tiator, la aoneideralloa of aavea thouo nd dollar la band, Mr. Jonea alee glvlag a verbal and written pro ml, whlob tha delivery of tha eaab aad et ehang of property waa aoppoaed to ren der Ugally binding, thai tba land ahoold be'daJy aoaveyed to tba parehaaer ao aooa aa the deed eoold reoelva the algna- . tore of tba Hooorable Thomaa, of Waab- Ingtoa alty. Wltb the eaab tba advaaoedaTbar poraoaai propanj atra. Jooaa maa parebaaa la Partlaadofaaoay aad boao- tlful bom. Property waa low la tba ally thaoraod aba plaaned maeh aa to apeeoiatloo abWould andertake la pomemloa af tha rvmalnder of ber fanda. fiba bad not yet' removed from tba farm, bat waa serenely walling for that looked-for algaatera, whoa home name bar legal bead, blmeoir, who at aooa r padlatod all ber bargala and ralaed a geaeral roWi Ha at aoea InatltuUd aolt la tha Die trlet Coarl for tba recovery of JU per aooal property, very raw or tna reader or tbla e'er Uaav Ulawba ara. ayciyln jH!aytha whoa ad ra need prerogatlvea eeoored to tbem by tba fimms tot aet," and tba Mmr- ried women' . property blll,M oaeb of afblob became a law la Oregoa aflor tba Inflntnee of tbl paper began to ba felt la tba laad, aaa realise tbVabeolat ownrblpwhJch all hnahnft oneel pan in i a aver tha -property of wlvea. Aad yet, to-day, bo womaa'ajnallena- ble right la ber owa earning, to barer bold, and dUpoea of aoeordlng to ber owa Inelloatloo, ta reoacbliad la law, aaleaa h baa bo crafty anongb to take eseeptlonal atepa to aoeara ber la tba right, ander 'a ayatem of etpeodl tare and proscription whleb men are. not compelled to recognise aa obliga tory a poo tbeaaeelvee, aad which leaa eat rare apon all women. - A Kingston Oreeneboroagh'a money bad beoa paid for tba peraonal afloat of Mr. Thomaa Joace, whoaa legal right of ownership waa vested la iff. Thomaa, tba former gentleman waa compelled to appear la person to defend tba ault. ' Atalghlof blm tba lord and master of Martba Jonea became aa enraged hat ba lost all aenaa of hooor. He reeolved at eocrte bo-rlTf-fa,7i-gHyTiBd Unanclally. Ta accomplish tbl It waa only Biciceary to treat with Mctlreena boroogb' go-betweea; aad that worthy, having completed tba first bargain and seen red bis per cent., waa only too ready for a aecond coo tract la the aama Una with tba apposing party. : ; Tha twa men bad met qe.lt fr qnently for a few day, atflT tba ooofl- doaoawbJeh-jeadily aprloga p among rogaea waa speedily acknowledged be tween tbem. "Yob aay to Greeoabury, curse blm, tbef be eroased my path a time or two la Waahlogton, when bat for blm aad bla meddling I should have made a handsome fortune on con tracts. Bay to blm that I respectfully Invito blm to call at my boose. Tbara I bo Bead of aoy Jaw-cult between n If be'U aooa. promise ba reasonable term. Tall blm rm friendly, and disposed to deal on IboaquAreJ-' Tha gimlet-eyed man scented game. If ba played ahrewJIy bow, there waa bo rcaeoB Why ti need hot wta a golden prise, for aorely bare waa a golden op portanlty. He carried the Invitation to bla former employer and friend, and Bead all of bla power of logic to prevail apon hi m to accept Ik ' MIt'a your easiest way tomaaage iba wbole bnalnaaa, air. There' bo kind of a la yoor trying to appbaa that hus band wttb the law,- aa yoa cugbl to know without my telling you; for tba power all on bis sldav I'm. bo lawyer, but I know tbat what belong to a wife te ber baaband'a, and wbat'a bla I his wa." f - . - Very different were the feeling, of the ere while ealtor. from what they bad once been, aa he one mnr wifht tti girlhood' bom of Martba Marblebead. I am eorry I caaoot UU yoa, reader the yearn, to keep bla life an pot ted from the world; Ibal ba carried la bla breast as pure a heart aad no sated a da-. aire aa when he bad, long ago placed oo Martha's Hps tbe1)ver-tj-be forgtteB tloa would not approach the truth; aa I cannot make It. Yet ba bad old regrets, albeit they were badly calloused. Martba met blm la constrained em barrassment. She waa hemlllated be yond eipremloB, aad almost beyond en durance. At tha time aba bad made tha eoutraot apon wblcb ber boaband bad lust placed hi Veto, aha waa, as the reader know, wholly Ignorant of the fact tbat ber old affianced waa tha prin cipal party to the purchase. ' K He look bar band; and gased wltb a look af kladly Inquiry Into br half- averted eyes. ,- . . Thomaa Jonea looked, and, Judging ber from bla owa- etand-polnt, at coco pronounced ber guilty of. tha very Infi del I ty of which be knew blmaelf I ba rlghllnlly acenoi Idsa look rsfcejaHaHl poosessloa of blm. He would be rid of bla wife. Though aba . bad. alway openly pronounced blm Innocent, lb re bad beoa many domeeUe broils between tbem alnce bla Intimacy with Bella Muaaoa began, aad ba would bow ba dona wltb ber anreasonable Joaloasy. Captain Job peon proved aa Invalua ble ally. Hewaalyai-eyedaad Ja ana faced, aad Martba did not once Imagine the pit tbat bad beea prepared for ber. No mora did King. Outraged aa ba bad becQL by tba disastrous termination af bla bargala with a person al wltb eliminate, Idiots, and miaora, who, for the high crime ofbelog a woman aad a wife, was deprived of financial ro apaoelbllUyrtnoogb not lifted abeaa lu burdeoaTbe forgave ber for ber parti ei- patloa la tha kale, and treated bar la kladly doferoaoo for wbkih aba did wlta look. Tbla awakeoed bar gratltode, bat It did not for aa Inotaat fill ber wltb a dlaloyaJ tboaght She partook af her njotbr' high aenaa of marital boaor, and would have died rather tbaa tram pie apoa tha vow wblcb ber heart bad not prompted, evea wblb aba loathed tbaboBda. . Klagatoa Oresoeboroagh would sot ompromloa wltb Thomas Jonas, and tba salt I law came aa apaee, Ta have beard I bo lawyer plead, good lady reader, would bave made yoor blood boil, tile Honor the Judge, a quiet gentleman wltb a squint, pre sided with tbe antra! aoocbalaol dignity af gtiBB of tba law, aad la tbe minx Offoderad fela daeialoB laaa aordaaca wltb tba atatatca. Mr. Jooe woe aeatsw covert, aad could not, la ber own-right, make anybargalne which bar bf abend waa bound ta ratify, The parehaaer bad eooeluded tba con tract and paid tba atoney at bJ-awn Thomaa Jane bad not isvelved tjta fuoda, and was not responelble for mem. "ir a ma deaie wtiB a minor, a peraoB.of unsound mind,' a icrlmloal convicted of a felony, or a married woman, be cannot recover from the principal or owner, la aaea aald owner doe not a fit to ratify each dealing." How Martha waa .bamlllated aader tbl outrage apon bust nee honor no aaa but bereetf coo Id know, Had It I possible for ber to retara tbe purchase money, aba would hive parted wltb ber right band rather tbaa fall to do It; bot the funda bad gone oat af ber baada aad beyond ber control. The residence ab bad purchased In Cortland, though deeded In ber owa name, could not be old without ber baaband'a aignatare, aad tbla tha Honorable Thomas Joaee emphatically withheld. Under tbe law; be waa sot bound to remit thla amount, for to eoart had acquitted Jjtm of alt pecuniary obligation. - To add to Martba'a mortification,, ab found that aba could not oe or ba aued; ao .tbla "blgbeet prerogative of aa Am erica a eltlsen" wa deoled ber. For the blgb crime of being a womaa must be constantly atoned for by constrained penance, else what virtue would there bain law? . Thomaa Jooee,ald bis wife, Indlg- naotly, "yoa bave wronged me aa no man, not a boaband, could ever wrong a woman. Tbe false prid tbat baa hith erto sustained me I bcfaceforth cast to tba wind. I. haw suffered myself to become tbe biasing aad by-word of tbe entire eommanlty, because I made be lieve I did not see your wicked rela tions with that beautiful devil whose so ciety yoa bad tba Impedance tojthrast apoa me unbidden. Fnr your sake, rather tbaa bring deserved discredit apon tbe father of my children, I bave endured tbe terrible lodlgnlty In eUeneeT But I will bear It bo longer I I bave myaelf beea wltaeee to your act of in famy, and I will proclaim tbem' apon tba very house-tope! I will see that yoa enpport yoor eblldrca and provide for me la the future, but from tbl hour I refuse ta recognise yoa aa my bus hand P "I tboaght It was eomlng to this," re plied tba husband, with aamlle of do- rlsion. "Thing wre working beaulir fut, weren't they T A Bloc arrangement yoq bad made, truly I Yoa were to transfer my property to tbat Jackanapes for-of yourself, leavlog me rubbed and! ... . . m i . I aiaoonorea. . xtui .x eoetinsMa yoor design upon my possessions. Til sell tht Pi.mi.iu1 beam, and then' I'll have a bUodred per eeot. on the-whole tn vestment, thanks to mlowBjagMlJ!!! .irt t-5- . . . . . . T 1 "But yoa can't do tbat, Thomas I Jonea, waa tha Arm rejoinder. "Yoor suspicions, air, team I They are- un worthy of , even yoaBut I waat yoa to k bow that tba boose yea speak of Is mff property, and I shall not part jrltb " " " "We shall see r' Mid Thomaa, totto Then, aloud : "Madam, yoa are ta leave my roof. Yoa ehall look out for yoaraelf bencefortb.' I bave to-day old out my entire peraonal property oa thla place to Captala Johnson, I know tbe house and land are yours la law, but the stock and household efleeto belong to me, and I shall remove them at oooe, If yoa do not take you raelf away. Yoa have rand red yourself aa oboozloos to m by your confounded jealousy Jbat I will never again ackaow ledge yoa as my wlfa. Bah t l bat yoa r : r Suddenly Msrtba'e appalling altua lioa rose before ber In It direct aspect. What abould aba do, -or whllher got What would become of ber children T WbaC would tba world think of her T BbaBw that vuaitn, In ibe-eTbl of aa open rupture, would be ber worst n- emiea. Hr strength forsook ber. Roe- iulloa and digalty were alike forgot ten. She aank apoa ber kneee. "Hv mercy I' b walled, plteously. . Her boaband algned for bla accomplice to approach' . "Captala Johnson, do yoa woman r' i Tbat worthy oeddod affirmatively. ' "Don't tato-m adrift la tba world, pcnnllesrand dishonored," she pleaded. k your dads and be oflT' was tha basband'a grafl recponaa. 'Tve ea- dared your unending fault-finding all ear married life; but Jealousy Is some thing I will not brook. Take yourself off, or Til find meaoa to make yoa got CeptalnL hall tbe etage. It's eomlng bow. Aad, aid womaa, ae here I Yoa bad better pat a brave face aa the mat ter. Don't make a scene wbea tbe coach cornea. ' Here a check for a pie beaded." . "Bat l eaB mdjrioday; and tba eblldraa mart be looked after. . If you'll wait till to-amrrow, and let me take them along, rll go, aad give yoa ao farther trouble; bat I'll kill tbe wbole lot of tbem rather tbaa Belle Meneoa ehall bave tbem P "Bbut np yoor eraty alack, and Til let yoa toko thorn I Hay, Can, toll tbe driver to go oo; out be mast Mop to morrow ana rra toe nous or tota, rua bleh." . "Aye, aye, sir, waa tba bearty re sponse. Veriiy, ine onneasc was waraiag wail la tbe baebaad's latorsata. (T ae-maMaoaa.1 ..;; . 0U1 TASEI9GT0I LTTTEI. Ta vaia Eorroa e aa 9aw Koarawaav i Jack Frost bas ket as yet visited as, though oar parks and woods put on their beautiful tall attire weeks ago, aad, with crlmaoa blushee tinting every . " ; m . r i . leaf, are preparing for the long aleep of w later. Tba rosea aad Eeranlams of our gardens aad th agricultural ground till bloom aa eweelly aa though the ammera aaa bad not long ago bidden them aa eternal rood-bra. We read of now and frost In the North, but thay have, yet to touch u with their Icy finger. Washington climate In Octo ber 1 delightful, and the visitor eaa better enjoy blmaelf lo tbla month tbaa any other of tbe year; particularly ao when, aa bow, Congress is In session. The esellemcnt of official and private recepllooa baa Dot yet begun, but the Inspection of whatever curiosities the Capital offera ta tbe visitor can bettor be appreciated . In October'a calm weather than when winter's storms shall bouse blm half hi day, EHATOB MOnTOWS DEATH Causes much eommfot among Demo-1 rata, aa well ae Republicans. Tbe for mer bave always bad great respect for bla ability and skill aa aa opponent, while tbe latter bave always regarded blm as aa able and trustworthy leader. There baa not been a more gallant, dashing partisan leader In the Senato bIom H un rise's dasth than Mr. If nr. Ron. He sever chirked a eootoet with anv. whether he had ta lead a forlorn I hope, or avxbarge-apoa broken, demor- allsed ranks, aad while be lacked that grace and charm of oratory and subtlety of Intellect whlob naturally made Mr. Clay a loader, pre-emlaent of .men, yet there waa la Mr. Morton a vigor aad force af character, aeklll la organisation aad depth of resource thst reodered blm a most form ldablejulagoQ 1st la tbe in tellectual eombata of the Benate, and caused ate reeogoltton a leader of the Republieaa raska. Much a tbe Demo- era la bave to gala by bla death, yet they fraelyLaooord blm fullest acknowl edgment . of bla, great mental power through which be baa beea ablejp, lbeJ twelve year paat to control and abape the legielatloa af tbe country. No one doubt tbat to Mr. Steven In lb House, aaa Mr. Jtortoo la the Hecate, are largely due the reconstruction policy of Congress. Doth ore gone. Neither were orators Ja tbe personal aad magnetic Their auoosse came from pure atrengtb af will aad character, Inflexi bility of punxwa, meet determined cour age and eagacity. Henry Clay ruled tbrougb bis persuasive power,. while tba "others led and won. by tba force " an perlority and to follow their dictation. Mr. Morton's decease adds another Dena- arfct to tha Renato, ta pobllcao majority to tbree, and aa two, Zt PrsrrxTlr' PrtI Di "u ' Inclined to vote aa they 7" ' .llh, at least, of the Seoatoraare not strongly llbout gard to party In Is rests, we look apoa party Hoe aa preUy well obliterated la tbe Senate, aad think that measure wll. bow be acted apoa la the coaeerva- ttTMnarrlbOA0rtla-d eselosively. But who will amumatbe leadership, bow tbat the Old Ca plain ba laid blm down la bl last slsept I a ouerv we bear asked an all aldea. For Itbe prceeat. Be one can mass tba forces of eltberpArty -apon many measure. Inasmusb aa there la too great diversity of opinion among tbemedvee, Take finaooe, for Ids lance, upon It section rather than party rulee. We bave tbe East against tbe West, and be who eaa assimilate the diverse views lotonna- nlmtty of opl ntoa WtTI be Indeed aTeader. ZTomi:wing of ObKJDtroduoedJnto the House hie bill for repeal of tba re- eamptlea act, which was at once favor ably reported back by tbe committee on banking, to wblcb It bad beea referred. In order to eootrol It and prevent amend- h' ' """ reported back to the Hoc, tha laapi ting It upon the Speaker tab -tor eon- alderation ' ooly duiinj morning hour. On Thursday Mr. Ewing d savored to secure It passage, but dlla consumed tbe boor, and, intense mortification, be found himself la tbe banda of bis enemies, for a two-thirds majority waa requisite to take It from the Spekere table, and this strength tbe bill did not command. Now be must retara It to tbe backing committee for report, back to tbe House In committee oa the whole, where It ill become tbe adject of prolonged debate, aa well aa Indefinite amend ment, for while the great mam of mem ber are favorable to the repeal of tbe resemption act, yet there Ic a great in- copgrulty of opinion aa to what aball be aubatllatod for It, aad, ad a conse quence of tbteevldpnt diversity of view poa national matter, w are led to think we one wlll be abla to-harmealae and consolidate cither party lotd uch compact argaalsatlone aa bave eon. trolled past leglslatlooa la Coo gross. . TMB PBESIDEITT. . Mr. Hayee peecbe la BJehmond have gained blm a bounded praise from ear Southern people. A Virgin ian baa a Spertaa'a, or a French mas' love for bla active Bute, and tbe etatee maa who com pi I men ta tbe Old Domin ion at oca aeearv the Virginias' friendship. FELIX. Washington, D. C, November 1, 1877. " Ktaaat arc ffeoaltTuC Toman and Prop. . "ft seem so Strang to me." said a lovely lady at a faablonabls reception In New York City, a very abort time since, "to corns book from tbe wilder neea where we have been living, and nu'l avcrjrhnriy aick The lady ta ,tbe bright and Interest ing wife of a general In the - Untied Htatec army, who had been stationed for years apoa the frontier, and her re mark nt first 'waa aoaroely understood by the peraon to whom It waa addressed. 'Indeed, was tbe reply, "but le not aucb a state of things rather esoeptlonal and confined to your eesjaalnuneesv I have not beard ot a,oy uaueual ailments tbla season." , - "Tea do not understand: me," re- that with doctors upon every block, and a drug store at every corner, tbe wbole population seem to be ailing, while In our little community, wblcb le about tbe else of a New Kugland villare, and the last glimpse of civilisation Of it can be called aucb) for alz buodred miass, such things as languor, and nervooeoeea. and headachee, nod acuralgia, are never beard of. When we wake la the morn ing, we wake right a p. bright and fresh as tbe nest day Wftloh greets us, and we enter apon nil oar dulie and pleasure Willi a seel wnicn aeeme unknown Bore, I dtd no notice or think or it when I lived bere, but now It alrikee mo aa aoroetbing quite new and etranga." "A million of polluted brealba do not drain dally tbeosona out of your atmos phere," returned the peraon addressed; "but, apart from tbat, with a great river on each aide nf us, we could prob ably manage to live much more health fully then-we do. were It not for the drugs and doctors; "relievo as of tbem; lake tbem nway to tbe frontier wltb yoa, and the. balance could soon be truck maeb asor equally.-" And I doubt not that It could. It la very remarkable tbat women, and men, too, place such Implicit confldeooe lo the curative power of medlclnec, known to posses injurlou and even dangeroua p rape riles, and Ignore almost entirely the efficacy of those greet remedial eents -air and water which have been placed all about tbem. . It baa passed into a proverb, Ibat'med Icinc kille as maoy as It cures, and tbe average effect may be struck with quite aa much certainty In regard to Its minor dally operations. Few persons of abV experience but will testify tbat It In jure aa many as It benefits. The science of medicine has not yet en reduced to exact terms, it is sun a system of esperlmeote ehanrcc In octat-aifatwosprirlo"iaillous are eonetantly producing new form of dis ease, or, rather, owing mainly to popu lar Ignorance a to bow to meet or pre pare for aucb ahanrs4bey develop a clam of pbenomcoa which we call die ease, and whlob, Instead of tracing to tbeir cause, we try, by aummary meas ures, lo eject from our domain. No wooder we make bad worm; pile Palloa oo Oaaa; for. loetead of payior doctor to keep uc wall, we offer tbem a premtom to make and keep a sick. tn niae-toMb or tbe cases which physlcfana arc called apoa to treat, they arc as ignorant or the true condition or tbe palieiit aa the patient himself ; and ey only an nati me sense nod the beneety to do practically nothlnabut wait, and watch, and ad viae aa to the Ida. which nursing, aod oar, and diet TvefyeyuU do no rotschtef, but ofleo Incalculable good, But71ocloralTve In an atmosphere of drugs and books, and leara what tbey know of the former from the latter. When they-get a patient, therefore. tbey begin dosing blm, according to th books; If on thiog does not do, they try another, tb object being to get rid Aa ah al V ewt Wt ra aisvt nf I lia d lusu sa 4 a ter la time. If be la young enougb and strong enough, bot often - taking the marka of the etrurgle between natural and unnatural forces with blm to the grave. Women, from their more complicated physical functlooe and relations, are more apt to be tbe vlotlme of tbe drug ging process than mn. The latter are saved from many of the evils that befall women by their more active out-door life, and by their general pecuniary In- dependence, which makes tbem able lo take advantage of Incidental opnortunl- Ilea which women, from want of funds. tors' bllla mutt be paid, but men ordln- 37i artty would rather pay tbem at tbe mt4fZ.fi of the year than epend a much portlier sum for restorative hatha, oe-the needed Journey, which wooUMiave furnished tbe requisite ehaga or atr and scene, aud preveuted-tbe attack of lllnem allo- Broken Friekimiiiif. -Friendship Is a good deal like cbloa. . It la very dura ble and beautiful as long aa It la whole; but break It, aod all tbe cement la the World will never quite repair tbe dam age, sou may click the piece together so that, at a dletaoos. It looks nearly aa wall aa ever; but It won't bold hot wa ter. II Is alway ready to deceive yoa If yoa trust It, aod II Is, oa the whole, a very worthless thing, nt eoiy ta be put empty oa a ahelf and forgot lee there. The finer and more delicate It la, the more utter the rata. A mere acquaint ance, whleb aeeda only a little Ill-humor to break It up, may be coarsely puttied, like tbat old yellow baaln In tbe store eloaet; but' tenderneea and Iraat and sweet esehange of confidence can no more be yours, when angry worrfe and thoughts have broken tbem, tbaa can those del ins te porcelain tea-cup bleb are splintered to pieces be re stored to their original eseellencc The el ig blest crack will spoil the true ring, and yoa bad better search for a new friend than try to mend the old one. And all tbl ban nothing to da wltb for- glvsnssa. One may forgive and be for givsO) but ttie deed has been done and tbe word aald; the flowers and the glid ing arc gone Tbe formal "making an," especially between two women, ta of ao mors avail wee tne wonoertui ccmeute that have made a cracked Bgtineas of your eblaa vaae tbat yoa ei peeled to be year 'tjoy forever." Hand led del leetely, bed te punty in tbe waters or train. confided to no careless, anaympatblslng bands, rrteadebin may last twe lives cub But It does not pay to try to mead It, Once broken. It Is spoiled forever. A' boy andertook to tort are a wasp by touching a lighted match to lu body. The wasp applied Its warm aid to tba boy' baud, aod aa it new eway4 l gave tbwwarthsMrword of wisdom: "Never try t beat a man at bis 7a gam." A MsTcUsm War. I .Whatever moont of lnuatlessnd op pression may be an flared by aay people, war-la alway a a desperate remedy; bat certainly In a la stance have tbe evllc complained of ever been ao largely lo ss la tbo case f th province now in rebellion aralnat Turkey. It will be re membered by our readers thst the terri ble conflict now In progress originated In aom petty dispute wblcb occurred tficrtb harvest of 1874 between tbe Christian peasantry af Hersegpvlna and the lltbe'farmers commissioned by the Ottoman govern men t. . This difficulty, insignificant In the beginning, was ag gravated ta one way and another until the whole province was In a eta la of re volt. Th. following spring a rebellion broke out I Bulgaria, complicated by tne aetioa or Bervi and Montenegro, wblcb enuntrlee took advantage of tb diatarbed slate of aflaira to doolar war against Turkey. Bis months later Rua: aia determined upon Interference for th purpoe of protecting the Christian sub jects lathe neighborhood of tbe Danube, and tone tb eiruggie began i assume lis present proportions. Whatever the Ilia suffered by tbe In. habitants or ihlequarter of the globe be fore tbe breaking out of tbe war, lby war insignificant com Dared With tbe horrors tbat have enveloped them ever el ooe. itotn parties have displayed ferocity In their mode of warfare that rivals theeoadoet of savage. Depriva tion, misery, and kmc or lire bave been endured, not by tbe soldiery, but by the rural population, helpless old men, women, and children oil who have not been able to find comparative safety within tne ranks or either army. r life baa been eafe from tb wandering banda or merciless cseeutlonera, com posed of lawless wretch, who,-upon oo pretest or another, rob, murder. and pillage In every direction. Some follow In tbe wake of tbe Russians, and recklessly destroy alt Turkish property Itbin tbeir reach: others represent themselves aa Turks, and wreak "their vengeance on the Christian population. One correspondent writea: ."From any bill-top tbe fire of ten or adoaea burn ing viiiareecaa be counted, while every road la crowded with fug I Uvea flying they koowjoi wbllhcr, and their live absolutely depending on thla or tbat move of tb opposing armies. I bsve seea a large valley blocked op by band- reds of Moslem fugitives, resting in sup posed safety pear a Turkish army. 1 have heard aooo after of noma chaor of position of that army, and knew tbat tut tboa unfortunate people to escape the murdering Bulgarlana, who are ever ready to pounce on the defenseless, and wreak nn tbem tbeir long pent-up ven geance. Again, on the other band, I bave had ocular demonatratlon of tbe sacking and massacre of a large Bulga rian town, ana needed only time to has discovered more abundant proofs. bear on every aide the same atory Turks murdered and. defiled ny Chris tiana, and Christiana by Turks.1' liar- pert rey. Tk .Twe BUI A Table. V Two bills ware waiting in the bank forlhclr I urn torn nut into tin world. Doe waa a little bill only one dollar; the other waa a big bill a thousand- dollar bill. While iylnw-ther std by e i a saw wt vase avs cm i ws arm a a - "A h,' If I were aa big aa yon, what j imod I wouTd do, I could mope to aucb oign piacea, ana peope wouia o so careful of me wherever I abould go. Kvcrybody would admire and want to take me Itome with tbem, but, small as I am. what rood- can I d T-NaOod v carec.mnch for me; 1 am too llttls to be of any usej and-dollar bill; and it baugbtily gath up-ite well -trimmed edra llial were lying nest to the little bill. In eon- seioos superiority. "int is so," it repeated. "If you were as great a I am a thousand times bigger than yoa are then yoa mlgbt bop. to do some good la the world.' And lie face smiled into a wrinkle of contempt for tbe little dollar bill. Just then the cashier come, isave lb little murmuring bill, and kindly give It to a poor widow. hies youiy-ih erie. aa wltb a smiling face ait receivea It, "My dear bungrycolldranTcaa now bave aom thrill f Joy ran through tb little bill as It was folded np la tbe widow's band, and It whispered: "I may do imi good. If I am email." And when It saw tbe bright face of lb fatherless children. It wa vry glad it enuia no a inn kckml rrrVsolhelTllle'dollar bill beran I la Journey of usefulness. It went first to th baker for bread; then. to the miller; then to the farmer; then to tb laborer; then to th doctor; then to tbe mlnlater; and wherever It went It gave pleasure, adding something lo their comfort and Joy.. At last, after a long, long pilgrimage of oeerulaeec among every sort of peor pic. It came back ta tbe bank again, crumpled, defaced, ragged, softened by Ita daily use. Hoeing tb thoussod-doU la bill lying there with scarcely a wrlnkl or a finger mark apoa it, it cs claimed: "Pray, air, and what Las been your Bilwdoe of usefulness T". . The big bill sadly replied: , "I have been fronvaafe to safe among It rich, where few could ae me, and l hey were afraid to let me gui far, lest I should be lost. Few indeed are they whom I have made bappy hy my mission." Th HttU dollar bill said t - "H la better to be email aad go among multitudes doing good then to be ao great as to be Imprisoned In tbe aafee af the few." Abd It tested saHsfled with Ita lot. - Moral: The doing of little everv-day duties mskes one tbe most useful .aod bsppy. . ' A poor yoang ana ooe fell la love wltb aa belreea, aod tb passloa being returned, It uly wanted tb parent concent to make - them bappy. At lengthy meeting the father, he asked lor tb -dsughler'a band. "How much, much mooey can yoa command t" "1 cannot command much," waa the reply. " W bat are your es peeuiiooe V " Well, to tell the truth, 1 expect to rub away with your daughter and marry her, if yoa don't glv your eooeent." j g , , . ,J2aaLjlicipUaa swellaOlj rank of tbat unreliable eiass w be ar a aocoant la any poaiUoa. ' Qoinr to BohooL , "Tb cause of cducatloa be baoged r" be muttered, aa be sat dowa oa tbe curhetone on Shelby street. II wa a lad of tblrtoea. Hi peata ' were aupportod by a piece of wlreclothoe- iin girted around bis waist, h la bar waa aoolent and greasy, aad bi big flat feet seemed to be wailing for a thunder shower to wash them eleaa. That's what alia met" be went oo, aa he pushed bis to t alo the wet saod. "I don't believe In nfetlcrdiffloglnand learning all their la to learn, and not letting other iolks bave a . ebaaoe. There' lota of other folk la thla world ' be I dee me, aod I ain't going to b a bog, and try to learn all there la to learn.' , - .After a mlnate be went obi "IJon't I know 'nufr now? Tbree - limes two are aix, four tlmee ar -twenty, aad four aud four are eight. ' That's as correct aa I could get 'cm If I went to school for a hundred years. Ad dWl I know how to spell T C-a-t is cat the world aver, and I'll bet on It every time. II--a spells hen,' and I know It as well as If I weighed a too." He rose up lo throw a sloe at a dog . across tb street, aod after resuming bis mat be went on: "Jogerfr kinder wrestles m dowa, but I uWt ao much n locerfv. -What do I care whether aa laiaod la entirely surrounded by water, or whether I ber ain't any water within tea mile of It T -H'pose I'm going to bay and aell lalanda lor a living T 1 don't car wblcb Ic tb highest mountain or tbe longest river. do 1 T I'm going to keep a food store, sod wben I'm rolling bales a1 hav around will I car about mountain and - rivrr 1 v heard th boy a go oa about I port and Imports, and si rails, and sees, and capes, but what's tbem to mo f If a feller want n bag o oats. Is be go ing to wait and ask me wbea th Island of Madagascar waa discovered f" He carefully esamlned tbe ble- toe of hie left foot and th heel of his rlaht foot, and gloomily observed: -ins oid folks arc making ready to -push me lot school, aad I've got to make ready to keep out. I can't take to seiiool, somehow. I could clt here aod atudy all day, but tbe minute t get into the aobool-boue I'm nervous. - Something- golog lo happen lo me this wees, i ll b taken bom In a wheel barrow wltb a big gb la tbla heel, or tbtato almost cut off. Tbat will mean fcc-waw cratch." and thcr don't - allow lame boy to go to school and crutch up aud dowa the alslse. :T Or; sposio I go booiewlth pajplojitf. lady baa bad It, aad I won't more tbaa get lata the boas before ebe'll bvo m tucked up aa th loung, th camphor bottle down, cur rant loll and spoog cake Is Ibe distance. aod she'll call out to tbM gent: - " 'Father. It' no as of tblnklnr af - sending tbl boy lo school. II look tout aod bsalthy, but be' a more bad der. Tbe do atmoapherc of the eobool room will kill blm before eoow file." Tb boy looked up. Tber waa a aria all over bla face, aod be chuckled: Palpitation la the key not I A aore - to can b seea a palpitating heart la . biddea away under hide and fat aod rlhe. Now than ooab weoab, n-m-sa- - m bold rer brealh, pll ycr tyaa, kick . out yer lefFleg, and make, her bob .. around like a fly oo a bot clovc-eover." JJttroit Jhret JPrtm. . , Il0OTrDEAL WITH Bo R RO W E RS. w . A gentleman whose place of bast 4e not a thousand ml lea -from the Mer chant's Escbang la annoyed, as many business men are, by impeeoulooo lodl vldual desiring small loans. He bss adoptsd tbefollowlug method af dealing : wun tbem : He will listen amicably to the long r preface tath-requeat to ''Just lend m nn ooiiar for two dayar and ana wars "Certainly," and then, turning ciers, says ; "Jam, w bave Ave baveweaotr'- . "Yea, air," aay weU-tfalod Jamav " , "Well, leodlttMr. IteaL" "It I ootioTsir; you loaned It to Mr. ysslerlsy." Id. Well, wbea It comes I u, lend It to Mr. Beat;" and bow log to tbe borrower, tbe merchant re sume hi buslaeea, and tbe newly on. walk dejectedly out to try a more prof. . liable place Bottom Oommtrcial Bul letin. . -. A queer man was Ephrlam Martin, of Button, New Hampshire. He left ajO.tXW, one daughter, and three aooa. He bequeathed t bla daugbtor "four of the best hedgehogs on bis mountain lot:" to his first eon. five dollars If h ever returned to HuttdriTto live: to hie sw!laJalOa all tbo property bequeathed to the twe sons to go to lb town of Sutton If tbey die without Issue Tbe ehlf point of interest In th defunct's ssUto le la reference to bedgeooga. How many d Id be have? Aad why give four selected ee to hie daughter, and cut off ble boys without a eingle bog f The treatmcot tbe Woman Ruff rage questloa received from the Hons of Commons tbla year, will bo fresh In th remembrance of our readers. While arguments la It favor were being pre sented, toward th close of the debate, the majority yelled for ball aa boar, and I hue effectually all fled discussion. This procedure waa la complete har mony with a principle which apnea ra to be eomlng Into favor wilb certain politicians, wbo aaa it as aa argument against Woman Suffrage tb princi ple, namely, tbat - brut force, aud wot aoa. Is the basis .or representative government. . t'neie Jess Lvoa married a wife the third day after tbe faneral of hi first, whereat tb neighbor sere naded blm wltb tin pane, bora Add lea, and yells, to signify tbeir lodlgoatloo. Uncle Jess stood It as long aa b eoeld, and then went forth and spoke tbos: Boy, If you care nothing for tbe Joye nf a bridegroom, I should think yoa aught to respect the feelings of a wld- 1 wer, the late partner af whose bosom Is yet hardly eofci I a ber grave r Tbe , boye were eluaaed, and alien tly de parted. . ! . - A boarder tb other day, after vainly endeavoring ' to mastic le a piece f fowl, laid down bis knlle aad fork, aay. log: "All lb trainings, tradition, aad toaohluga of my youth, say eeoa of pro priety, ed the command of boly writ, compel m to rcprct old age; bull' lib. blowed II I oaa Wing myaelf to atomaeb It wbea roasted ar b rot led," JoIlarLMTUnd. "3