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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1880)
t 4 She Hen? flcdwstlissffi rffUBSDAY SEPTEMBER 2, ISfjO. THE OcAU SICOE.M. BY WILL CABLETOX. It doesat seam-now does It, Jack s If poor Hwm were dead ; Twas yesterday at noon lie bad to take Ms be. T be day before be played flnt base, and ran Majfatataa'down; Aast MMffl l Itrp away so ely twas cot at all Tarn Saw y 1 aatni too big to take. Most any one will Had IPs sometimes hard to get a man well laid oat inblsmwd. xad Brown wee Jan acre with life, Twouldiil scare we. 1 avow. To hear a -whoop and seethe man go rushing aatkare now. Poor Brown! be lying In his room, as white as drifted snow. I i-adleu ansa blm.as It were, an boor or two as j. .v racking lata Brownie room seemed awk-ward-like and queer: ' We haven spoken back and forth for some thing; like a year. We didn't pall together square a single night or day; Howe's I want, he soon contrived to And an other war. ' He am against me In my lose; we picked a itaaea bones About that girl yon used to like the one tl at married Jones. I worked against me in the das before my very eyas: .Ms peeed Bp and scooped me square out of the Janior prise. la the last eampus rush we came to strictly tiniliiaas blows. A ad from the eye he left nndimmed I viewed hia damaged nose. la feet. I easae at last to feci end own it with dismay Thai life would be worth living far if Brown were oat the way; Bat when I beard that he was dead my feel iocs lacked, and then I woald have glvtn ball my life to get his back again. X called upon him, as It were, an hour or two ago. , The town was neat beyond excuse the women made It so. Be sore he had no band In thai, and naught about it knew. To see the trier lying round bad made blni A -weet Vi anqnet ol girlish flowers smiled In Ibe mo of Death; Straight threat; h the open window came the moraine's fragrant breath; Clou raged, a small canary bird, with glossy yolMK- throat. Sk .apart drearily from perch to perch, and a note. W Itb hair swrasaally combed, sat poor McPar- A! ercatajtr perusing Greek and wrestling with A, homely Httle girl of sis, for some old kind' Was ebUHg In the corner as if bar bean woald break. The books looked worn and wretched like, a! most as If they knew. Aad seamed to boa-whispering their lilies to my Tiew. Hia rod and gun were in tbelr place; and high, where all mlgbi see. Gleamed Jaawtily the boating cup be won last year from me. I lifted up the solemn sheet. That honest. Showed signs of culture and of toil that Death could not erase. As Teste aides at twilight mark where late the sun has been. Brown's Jhot revealed the mind and soul that once had burned within. rv looked so grandly helpless there upon that lonely bed! . lack! those manly foes are foes no more when they are dead ! -Old boy," I sobbed, "twas half my fault. This heart makes late amends. I took the white, cold hands In mine -end Brown and I were friends. Two Chapters of a Life. "Going, going, gone 1" The auctioneer was u fine-looking young man, and the melody of bis rieb, deep voice called In many a paaeor-liy from the sidewalk. We are too late, as be has made bia last sale for the tiny, and is just leaving the store. We can follow him, however, and see whither be goes so hastily. He soon turns from the busy thoroughfare Into a quiet street, and, alter walking several blocks, ascends tbe steps of a somber building, on the door of which is a large brans plate, bearing this legend: "YOUNG LADIES' BOARDING SCHOOL." Kot at all abashed by this impresstvo notice, be jingles tbe door-bell and se renely awaits a response. Being ush ered luto tbe parlor, be asks to see the Priuuipal, who presently rustles iuto the room, the customary beulguaut smile wreathing her countenance. This smile extends beyond its accustomed limits at sight of tbe young man, aud verges on to something like genuine cordiality. "Mr. Cbauning, I am truly delighted to see you. oa have been quite a stranger to us f r some time. Miss Mary has be rtal'y alarmed about you." ' Quite .unnecessary, I assure you Mrs. Lake. Surety one of my vigorous frame atioald not oauee any over-weening anxiety. You don't notice auy hieus of a decline, do you?" "Xo, I am glad to say. I do uot ; yet I cannot chide your abler for reeling a lull uneasy when she does uot bear from you fur more thau a Week, and your boardiug-house only a few squared away. However, I will go ana an nounce that the cause of her troubles is id tbe parlor." Boon after Mrs. Lake's departure, Mary Cbannlni; entered tbe room, and continued tbe lecture on her brother's long absence. "Well, well, Mary," said be, at last, "I plead culltv. But I fear wbat I have come to say will not, under tbe circumstauees. prove verv accentable. I have just received a call to go over to J , anu sen out a large stock of dry goods. A good commission is offered me, and I hope to make a neat little sum be Tore I return. I eball be gone about three weeks." "I should not feel your absence so keeuly, Norton, if you would only be eo gracious as to urop me a line ooea9lon ally, to let me know that vou are in good health. You seem to forget that lire in a boarding-school is not the most cheerful existence In the world: and, although Mrs. Lake, aud in fact everybody here, is very klud to me, yet It is not at all pleasant to never get a glimpse of a home-face the only one that is left me now." There was just a dash of tears in Iter blue eyes as she said tbls, and her brother, fearing a calamitous couolusiou to tbe interview, hastened to add a few comforting remarks, and, by dint of some extravagant promises of future correspondence, averted tbe threatened "spell." ma-rrfll raffii i - isii"nfaaaaa1l this school wlll be completed, and then that we spend the vacation at Martha's. In ennirvlianoe with bur long-standing Invitation. We will jnst run wtw in those glorious old hills. How I long lor a breath of the fresh, country air! Walter Thorpe tells me be will be up in that vicinity about that time, aud tbe amount of boat-rid ing ami fishing and erudite conversa tion that will be carried on then will atone forall these shortcomings of mine. I think, when I return to tbe city, I shall at once oieu a law ofliee, and quit my present uusinesa lor good." "1 Unru. nji .pin it f-... nr., T do not like your present vocation, as you SUOW," "I know vou ara not nartiai In it. and I mini cooleN that it has objectinuable features to me; but it pays well, ami I manage to have enuia leisure time for study.. Besides, it is au excellent drill in oratory, iou ought to bear me ar gue a ease with an obdurate bidder. 1 just fancy he Is a juryman, and that the success 01 my case deneiMls upon in purchasing tbe goods; and the way 1 pile up the evidence before bim Is ap pal II iii:." "I'm afraid vou are a nauehtv Itoy said his sister, fondly : "but if I ever hear of your swindling any customers, you may reel assured you will bear from roe." It is gettinir dark." said Norton. "and I have to make eonae preparation for my departure to-morrow ; so good bye. I will write more frequently in iuiu let. Mary stood watchinsr from the win dow, and. as hia manlv form disan neared iu the milierine- iln.k. Iir pvm itiieu wiin tears of pride. -xiow nottie lie Is ! lie said. "He is tne very nriuoe of brotlwrs." Norton, meanwhile, was thinking of ner. i tiey were orpbaus, and she had that unbounded faith in his strontr. in dependent nature which an afleetiouate child feels in its father. He had noticed now her cheek fluohed at the name of Walter Thrope. "Walter Is au excel lent fellow," he thought ; "I ktiow of no oue t annum prefer to lilm for a brother In-law." His thoughts were Interrupted by au alarm or .lire. He fell Iu with the crowd that always springs, like niRgic, iuto life at that dread cry, and vonn reaoneu tne hurtling building. It was one of those wooden tenement houses. ami the fire had ma!euch headway be fore It was observed that the building was aireauy reduced to a shell. "There is some one in that third-.Mory window," shouted a man, and Instantly the gaze of the crowd wa fixed uimmi the form of a little eiri that leaned far out in the vain Msaeb for some means of eecape. .A ladder was hastily ulnced against the wall, but it was several feet too snort. "Drop from the window." Ihev cried but tbe bewildered child could uot com prebend "A man eoold stand on the topmost rounn ami reacn ner," said one. "Too late," was the reply. "That wall could untsopiiort amau's weight.' Norton's Hps paled, aud his heart grew sick, as he saw the wretched child thus left to Its fate. "What if Mary should ooie day be pertnl in tins way : lie thought. "Ob, I cannot see her die without mak ing an effort to save her." Hastily muffling his face In his coat, he Jarted up the ladder. Half way up, he heard a warning crack, aud, ere he could retrace his step, the wall ami part of the roof fell, and he was hurled in the ruins. The child, beiug higher up than be was, fell directly in the cen ter of the flamee and perished. The firemen, who had just arrived, mauaged to AVht their way to where Norton lay. aud dragged him to the street. j 'He Is dead," said oue. j "No, be has only fainted." "Stand baek ami give him air." said another, preeeiag forward as eloeely as postinie. No one wa able to identify tiim. and so his crippled and senseless form was earteu on to tne city Hospital. "Little girl, is this Fifteenth alieet?" The child screamed iu terror, and ran aeroas a vacant lot. The man staggered aejaiost a lamp-poet and groaned : "O God, am I then en hideous?" Ten years had pissed since Norton Chaniiiug came out of that city hospital cruelly deformed by that terrible fall iuto the fire. During all these long years he had lived the life of a vaga bond. His one aim had been to keep from his sister the knowledge of his mifortuoe. He hail contrived to keep track of her without exciting suspicion. He knew that elie was married to Wl ter Thorpe three years after the night of the lire, and that she was now living on Fifteenth street. His eyes had been dimmed in the flames, and he could see distinctly but a ehort distance. Yet he had a vagoe hope that be might look upon his sister's face once more without her recognizing him. A hot fever was burning in Ills veins, aud be felt that lie was sick unto death. "Marv inusn't know," he muttered, feebly ; "it would make her tiuhappy to hear of my misery. Better she should think me dead, as I soon shall be. No ; Mary mustn't know." As he staggered on he came to the gate which the child he hail addressed had left open, as site ran through it to the house. She was now in the arms of her mother, who bad been attracted to the door by her screams, aud was now giviug an excitable narration of tier escape from a drunken rnau. "There he is now, mamma." Norton Cuanuiug t-upportetl himself against the fence, aud turned his ills figured countenance toward the mother and her child. - "I would not harm you, little one, for all the world," he said, brokeuly. Tbe mother's cheek paled at thesouml of that deep voice, and she said, huskily: "Who ate you, sir?" It was bis sister's voice, and a great fear took hold uton him. "She muatn't know. Mary mustn't know." He made an effort lo move away from tbe fence, but his legs tottered uuder him, and be lell senseless to the pavement. They carried him tenderly into the house, aud summoned a physi cian. "He cannot live," was the verdict. "Ills constitution was shattered by an accident ten years ago tills evening. I remember distinctly; it was the first surgical examination I attended after beginning the study of medicine. I have often seeu htm waudering about the streets sluce. I wouder that lie lias survived 80 long; he must have often suffered from huncer." "Walter, it must be Norton," said Mary, trembling violently ; "It 19 just ten years ago that be left me so myste riously. He must have been that un known man we saw mentioned iu the papers as having beeu injured while trying to save an inmate of a burning teuemeul houee." There was no lack of kindness now. The aching head was tenderly propped up on pillows, aud the fevered temples bathed. After afew hours the blurred eyes opened wearily. Walter." ' Yes, Norton." Mary mustn't know She must be nappy. God bless her." I gyisunrsTri tmtl!t "aUFnilgbtn't have kaown ine," jou TiVJi'uiWim " nnii 3 I lfc Mi M M I I I KS-i a a. uuuia lit iws.im - ) know, be went on, not heetllng her itieslion, "antl I couldn't have bo rue that. I tliiuk I should have cone mad. Perhaps I am not quite right in my mind now. I tmmetttus think I must be mail ; bat Mnry mustn't know." After a little ue erew more Mclitv. ami imagineil Iilmself unoe more at liu auctioneer's- desk. 'How much fur this bundle of hopes. gentlemeu? Xo flaws in in any of them. The hopes ol a young mail just Harliog iuto life uone other superior. How much for the lot? -No iiiiis7 Too much of the article iu the market al ready. Give us eoiH6lhltK ele. Ah, here is a remnant, Keiitlemau, the rem nant of a life. How much for the rem nant? C mie, hid up, gentlemen! Start It at anything?" ".Nobody uanls it," lie adleI, mourn- fully, ami then, nutkleiily Hie poor, iHtorUil face hrichtenluK, he urled. What's that? A hid? Ah, iroiuir. going, gone!" The tired ueatl lell naeK Heavily as I lie remnant wan taken by the highest Bid der ll'm. A. Onldicell, in Satiember Uaujornum. Chaste, but not Virtuous. A lady writer has this) to Pay of her own wx: "There are women wholly chaste who are In other respects bad earioutnres on our sex; women who bold up their ownsKins ami go about strewing gir- oage lo ilellle others with ; women who ree I and thrive upon distrust aud husoi einn; who gather up carefully and with untiring seal all the bits ofwcandal Hoal- iug about, to turn over, add something to ami semi lorm again in the germinal' ing air, like a deadly miasma, lo le- strn ; women who are never under anv circumstance by anybody heard telling goou oi anyone; nut who, meet them when you will, can always make vou miserably uncomfortable, and doubtful even of a just Providence. Women need not condone or conceal the fnults of their sistetH to be olmritable or woman ly ; by simply being silent r leaving uuspokeu opinions which can do no good and muoh harm, they cau do themselves ureal credit and the sex honor Unlese a man Is totally de praved and base, he will keep disgrace ful tiltle-tnttle to himoeif, ami Mum companions where sin til talk Is at a premium. But women who call them selves lailiee, and whoe ttoeition society entitles litem lo be such, lend themselves lo this unworthy means of killing time-to give it no meaner name and repeat slanders which, once gone forth, ean never lie recalled." Thk ItioiiT Kind ok Pkidk. The Uilboa (N. k 1 Monitor makes tbe ful lowiuc sensible remarks for the benefit of young people who are working their way: A young man "that works for his board," tio matter what honest work lie noes, lias no reason for shame young man who eats the bread of idle ness, no matter how much he lias, disgraced. All men starlinic iu life might to aim, first of all, lo find a place where I hey can earn their bread anil bulter, v. ith hoe, axe, spade, wheelbar row, curry comb, blacking brush no matter how. Independence first. Tile bread and butter settled, let the yomii: man perform his duty so faithfully as to attract attention, ami let hi in constantly keep his eye open for a chance to tin better. About half the iioor, proud young men, and two-thirds of the poor uiscourageu young men, are always out of work. The young man who jKiekets his pride, and carries a still tinner-lln. need not starve, aud he stands a ehauee to become rich, if be cares to. The ancieulH had queer ideas about mourning for the dead. The Egyptian women ran through the streets crying, with their bosoms expowed and their hair disordered. The Lyclans regarded mourning as unmanly, aud they com pelled men who went Into mourning to put ou female garments. In (Jreece, when a popular general died, the whole army cut oil their hair and the manes of their horses. At the preeent day the Arabian women stain their hands anil leet witii IuiIIko, which they sutler to remain eight tiays. They also carefully abstain from milk during this time, ou the ground that its white color does not accord with the gloom of their minds. In China, the mourning color is white. Mourning for a parent or husband is re quired there by a law, under a penalty of sixty blows and a year's banishment. When the Emperor dies, all his subjects let their hair grow for a huudred days. In the Fiji Islands, on the tenth day of mourning, the women scourge all the men except the highest. Ex. The Chinese skill iu dwarAng plants is well known. The Chinese ladies wear In their bosoms little lir trees, which, by a carefully adjusted system of starvation, have been reduced to the sir.e of button-bole bouquets. These re main freh and evergreen in their dwarf slate for a number of years, just as lir trees in mountains are evergreen, and tbus are excellent symbols of erietuity of love, to express which they are used by the ladies of the highest rank In the Celestial Empire. Miss itraddnn (Mrs. Maxwell), whose novels have ehowu such steady growth aol fine power, Is a notable housewife, nml composes her intricate plots while going about Iter duties, subject to tile interruptions of butcher and baker and eandle-stiek maker. She Is not hand some, aud resembles George Elliot. A stenographer sat at a telephone seventy-eight miles from Almira, a re cent Sunday, and took down the sermon of Thomas K Beeeher, who was preach ing in nis own pulpit at Elm Ira. "You were nut at poor Maurice's fun eral V" "Xo. I was not there." "You did not treat him well." "lUb ! He will uot oome to mine, so we are quite." Mrs. Lauglry and the other profes sional beauties Iu London will not have the Held all lo themselves next season. Ben Hutler is going over iu the Kali. It is said that young laborers will soon become scarce iu Ireland if the present rale of emigration continues. AHEXTSJFOK TIIK XKW XOKTIItVEVT. The following persons are duly authorised to act as Agents for tbe Nw Northwest : It. I). Gray...- Albany Mrs. J. A. Johns -Salem Mrs. lx)ttle Keain ... Eugene City Mrs. U K. Proebstel LaOrande U. I. wunams ii 1 1 Mrs. Laura UeForce Gordon -California Asbby Penree Benton county ji.r uwen W. W. Reach " Woman's Journal" U. P. Porter Mrs.CS. Koltx Mrs. M. A. Warner- Mt-x Mary Blsbop Mrs H- A. Loughary.... It T. itoblson Mrs. It. C. Uullson --oquci.caI -Coliax, W. T -Boston. Mass Hhedds, Or San Jose, Cat . Spokane Falls, V, T Brownsville Amity Forest Grove Willamette Slough Mrs. M. Kelty ijuayeue 11 rs. J. lie Vore Johnson Oreeon Cltv Mrs. DonnelL.. .The Dalles Dr. Bayiey rrallis Mrs. R. A. Vawters Wslla Walla Mrs. 11 B. Blsbop - -Pendleton Mrs. J. V. Jackson -Kugeue City A. W. stanard .. Brownsville Mrs. M. F. Cooke Lafayette Sirs. J. II. Foster AlbaO) J. T. Scott, Esq Forest Grove Mrs. A E. Corwln Astoria Lee Lauzblin North "la nyrbcfrPWicdyiHnrrJj pldkiAiiorwjirautieirrnamei entsTwIU SrnntfA-ents ali every post, office throughout Oregon ana Vashtnswn'wrrltory. PORTLAND. The Great Commercial Center of the Northwest. Ttf-! Present sintl ITiitiivo. It has a population of 21 ,000. It Is to Oregon, and Ibe Territories of Washington and Idaho, what N'ew York City Is to tbe state of New lock, and bears tbe ime relation to that state and those Territories that Chlc.it,. dues to Illi nois, 8U Uxiis to Missouri. Philadelphia to Pennsylvania, and New Orleans to LouUiana. It haa more territory tributary to 11 than any other elly in tbe Untied Mates, aud will soon be numbered with the foremost cities In the Union. Even at tbls time tbe bammerand the saw ean be beard In all parts of the city; tbe demand for bnildlncs Is so great th:il the in element season of Winter does not check the onward march of Its growth. Wllh the vast number of ships constantly plying; between this and foreign ports, freighted wlt!i our con stantly increasing agricultural products, and tbe numeious railroads now tributary lo, or terminating at. this city. It will not' require more than ten years to swell tbe population of our beautiful and growing city to luu.ouu souls. Having a lancer territory than San Francisco lo support It, we may confidently assert that In less tban a quarter of a century Portland will be the foremost city on the coast In point of wealth and population. we will here enumerate the many railroad enterprises already Inaugurated. Someoflbem are instructed, and others In process of con struct ion, all making their termini at this city. Tit It XOKTHKBX PACIFIC Is building rapidly west from Duluth, on Lake Superior, and also from tbe Colombia Hirer east, and will be completed at an early day, tbus connecting ns with all our sister States. THK OKBQOK AMI! CALiroKSIA R. K. Terminates here, and Is having an Immente patronage. THI WCgTBBJI OKEROX K. B., Formerly tbe Oregon Central, Is doing a good business. This road runs through tbe fertile country on tbe west side of tbe Willamette River, aud Its soot hern terra In us at present is at Corrallls, 97 mhes from Portland. THK UTAH SOKTtI ERS U. K. Will be built through hundreds ol miles of fer ule lands, the produce of which must bo brought to this city for shipment. This road will connect with the Unl:n Pacific K. K..tbus securing twncotupeting ltne from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It Is now a settled fact tbat tbe hlllTLASD, DAl.LIvS A.N SALT l.AKK R. K. Will be constructed at an early day. Thlsalll give ns three transi-oullnenial roads. NKW KAILKOAU KXTHRPklStH. A borne company, with unlimited capital. has been orcauisd under the name ol the Oregon ltailway Co. to construct uarruw-vanae roads from this city to the Interior portions of uwmsm. uiumaieiy connecting wiin me cen tral Pacific, with branches wherever Induce ments may offer. This enterprise Is being pushed vigorously to completion, so tbat It may be in readiness to move inis Kail's crop. ARIICLKS or INCORPORATION Have been filed to construct a road from Battle Mountain, Nevada, In tbe direction of Oregon, loconncci wiin me .tregou rianway l o s rmiu and make Portland Its terminus. Tt.is will give us direct communication wllh the richest silver mines in the world, and will make Port land one of t he greatest rail load centers In tbe Uuion. We shall soon be connected by rail wltb the Northern I'aclllc K. It.; also with Chi-azo aud the Atlantic cities. Thousands of linmlKranis are constantly arriving from ail nans of the civilised world, and the millions of acres of agricultural lands that He still unbroken by the plowshare, and awaiting the advent ol the sturdy farmer, point moNt eonclualvely to tbe fact tbat an era of prosperity is already dawn ing upon this fair young stale. When ibe Im migration has reached Its full tide, aud three millions of acres are under cultivation, then will Oregon be known as tbe wealthiest Slate Iu the Union. PORTLAND CITY KGME3TEA0. The land In this enterprise lies adjoining the city, and Is only from ten lo niieen minutes' walk from tbe Court House, and a leas disto nee than tbat irom one of tbe beat public schools in tne city, it is uiviaeu inio O.NK TIIOCSASK A3ID TWBKTT-POVK IITH. Fifty by one hundred feet in sise, with str.-cts sixty feet wide. met All lots will be sold tor tlOO.00 each, payubl In Installments of t0U per month, or thermal I sum of ISJi cents per day. No Interest will charged, and a good and sufficient Bond f tr Deed will be given upon tbe payment of the first Installment or S&M), and a Warranty Deed upon receipt or last installment, both without expense lo purchaser. TO 1-CaCHASKBS. Those not finding It convenient to mate their payment wben due, will be granted twentv daye grace in which lo make such payments, as It is desirable tbat all shall have every pos sible opportunity to keep np their payments. Those desiring to make full payment at the time the BoodTs issued, will be entitled to a reduction of IIOAI on each lot, or V 00 on each tStUM paid In. As tbe BOAll TO WEALTH Is tbe most certain and rapid through real es tate Inveatinedu, this enterprise offers far more Inducements to tbe public than any other on the coast at this lime, as tbe price and payments are within tbe reach of all. Do not let this chance pass. Buy a lot. build, and make yourself Independent. Many of yon wbo live in rented houses pay more every year for rent than would purchase a lot and build a roof over your bead. Yon then would be Inde- Iiendent ol exacting landlords, and In truth mve a place to call "home. lwyr FORGET Tbat not many year ago some of the best lots In san Francisco were sold for an ounce of gold dust, ami that now they could not be bought lor ilOOnQ. Also, remember that In Chicago some of tbe best business lots were once traded lor a pair of old boots How often is tbe remark made by old residents of Port land that once they could have bought lots for IG) that tal)8 would not boy now. It Is not wise to "despise Ibe day of small things.' IT is tkuk, fliatof all real estate Investments the home stead plan Is the beat and safest, as all wno In vest are interested In making tbe whole prop erty more valuable. To Illustrate: Suppose A builds a bouse on his kit, and K owns a lot ad joining; B gets the benefit ol A's improvement, while A Is not Injured thereby. Tbls philoso phy will apply to the entire property. We have donated a lot lo each of the princi pal churches for church purposes. In addition to the above, two lota ara set apart tor public school purposes. KAIMSDAU rUKCHASK. The Overland, Oregon and California and tbe Western Railroad Companies have pur chased all tbe lands from Ibe east line of the Homestead (which Is Ninth street) to the wa ter front for tbelr terminus, depots, machine shot, etc; also tbe main line of the cregon Railway Companyjfl Limited) will have Its ter minus near by. Thus the greatest railroad center on the Pacific Coast lays In close prox imity to these lots. This purchase bas caused arise In all surrounding property of 100 per cent, making the Iota in this Homestead from "o lo MM per cent cheaper than any other real estate In lurtland. Inasmuch as this Home stead was advertised to be sold for a stipulated price before the recent advance, unpleasant as It Is, we shall strictly adhere to our advertised contract with the public to sell these lots fur SKA each lor tbe next ninety days. The two hundred lota that were reserved for actual settlers are now all sold, and tbe de mand lo select lots being so greet, we have been compelled to place more lots on the marcet from which the public may select for tbe next ninety days. This affords an oppor tunity for persons so desiring Us purchase the most beautiful residence property. TO I-AHTIKS DKHIHINO TO KCBCHASg. Thla proiwrty Is now selling very rapidly, and those wishing to buy will do well to call or send Immediately for a lot or iota. All butlbe first Installment must be p ild at the Banking House of Ladd J. Tilton, in the city of Portland. 1-KBaoNs raox a dutakck Desiring a lot, may forward $3.00 lo the General Manager, and a Bond will be immedi ately forwarded. Money may be forwarded by registered let ter, money order, or Wells, Fargo x Co s Ex press, at my risk. For further tiartlrulars, apply to J. M RICK, General Manager, Portland, Oregon, Or to ILVlfJIir Mt-LAUUIILIN, fig Mortison street. Certificate. I certify that I am the owner of the lands In the Portland City Homestead the title thereto Is perleet, being a U.S. patent and 1 uutlmriie J. M Rice to sell said property on tbe loiego ingplan. P. A. MAKyVAM. Ilc'creuce. ,Wj m&JhniHtolftj lo; Hon? 'WWftrowbrfdg! V"-r,x rranz a. . it. mines. tl.olrae -. Merchant I MISCELLANEOUS. DR. AUL M. BRENAN, The 3Iost Successful Physician on the Pacific Coast IN THE TREATMENT OF ALL CHRONIC AND DIFFICULT DISEASES, HAH RETURNED AFTER AN EXTENSIVE lour of tbe Eastern States for the past four months. The Doctor visited all the principal medical Institutions in the large cities of the United Slates, and comes back with all the modern methods, instruments and appliances known to the most scientific meu Iu tbe pro fess on. The Doc'or has also brought charts and manikins to illustrate his lectures. Da PAUL M. BRENAN has been 15 years lecturing on tbe Laws of Life and Health. In bis private and public lectures be has taught men and womeu the true system of life, how to be healthy and happy. If they nouldonly be guided by bis wlsecounsel. But all cannot bear bis delightful and Instinctive lectures, nor can be tell everything necessary for suffering hu manity to know from tbe public rottrum be fore a promiscuous audience. There remains much to be learned from him, as his experi ence extends over broad Debts of active pro fessional life. Thta knowledge so necessary to tbe welfare of surferers ean only be gleaned by Erivate Professional Consultation at his offlee. Its experience in tbe vartoos uarts ol Enrone and America gives him such opportunities of learning we ueiicace uiseases wpicn tne nu man familv ara nrane to. their mode of treat ment and permanent cure, as ao other iinyst-! clan ou tb Padnc Coast ean claim, lie has not only treated these diseases most success fully, but has made tbe to a life study, as a few momcnis- consuiiauon win orove. Ite has become an exnert in tbe treatment of disease, weakness and derangement of tbe re- proauctive organs or both male and female, including diseases caused by the F11I.I.IKS UP YOUTH, Such as SPKRBATORRHUCA.OrSltMISAI, WKK- nichs. or Loss or PKaracT V it lit v. Nearly two-thirisol all tbe Chronic li'sease spring, either directly or Indirectly, from some de rangement of tbe sexual ssteui, and yet this subject Is neglected by tbe majority of Ibe uicuicai proieasion. IT IS TltL'i: Thatpersons who are unamnnate enough to oe auiicieu uy any form oi sexnai disease nave a delicacy In calling upon the proper physi cian in ume, irom a sense or mouesty, ami sometimes from Ignorance, and permit tboe dl eae lo exist until their constitutions be come corrupted, their organization broken down, and tbe bone of future hanniness blbrht- ed, until death becomes a welcome messenger to carry them out of tbelr miserable existence. Tuose wno call in ume upon DM. PAUL M. BltENAN need have no fear but what he will restore tbem to perfect health and visor, inake their bodies pure and tbelr minds content, if they will onfy follow bis ad vice and treatment. catarrn, uroucnttis. Throat Diseases, Skin Diseases, Rheumatism, Kidney Complaint and all Diseases ol tbe Eye and Ear. stomach and Bladder, be can cure without fall. No Quack Nostrum used; no slop treatment; no false promises Everything strictly cnnHdential nnueraii circumstances. t'oHsHltiillou free, and a list of nrinted questious sent lo those llvlugaladistance who cauuoicousuu mm personally. All Surgical Operations performed. Office No. Ci First street, between Oak ami rine. Office Hours From 10 to 12 A. 31., 2 lo S and 7 to t i. M. All letters for professional business must be addressed to Dr. Paul M. Brenao x. Co., No. Ci First street, Poriiaud, Or. 8-7 ly Z0 27. SZE'XIOTjSTIEI'-E-, MO. 11 KSitKiVY STREET, TreittMiill t'liruuic nml Special Disease, YOUNG MEN MAY BE SUFFERING FROM TIIK effect ot Youthful follies or indiscretion will do well to avail themselves of this, the greatest boon ever laid at tbe altar of suffering uumanuy. nit- ri..t'Ji will guarantee lo torf' it S3UI for every case of Seminal Weakness or private disease of any kind or character w uicu lie undertakes and tails to cure. MIDDLE-ACED MEN. There are many at tbe age of thirty to sixty who are troubled with loo freouent evacuations of the bladder, often accompanied by a slight smarting or burning sensation and a weaken ing of ibe system in a manner the patient can not account for. On examining the nnuary urK.iia, m rwpjr uiment will miss uviusss. and sometimes small uartlelesor albumen wll ( appear: or the color will be of a tbln. milklsh hue. again changing lo a dark and tor old an- pearance. There are many men who die of wis uimenuy , ignorant or ine cause, wnten is tne seeonu stage of seminal weaciiets. Dr. s. will guarantee a perfect cure in all such eases and a healthy restoration of the senllo-urlnary organs. offlee Honrs-10 to 1 and lo S. Sundays, irom hi io ii a. m. consuiiauon tree, xnor- ojgli examination and advice, fnu. tailor ad tress D8..SPIN.NEV A CO., No. II Kearny st.,Saa Fraacteeo. P. 8L F! pri-a v diseases of abort stamllnc a 'iii niiii.i ,ii me i ibiod. utucieiifc tor a vrv r::it all i n-'rtij: iu-o, will be sent to any ad' dies' on ro.-eipt of IMUM. myat tootl G. NEIMEYER, MERCHANT TAILOR, No. 10-2 l'irit street. T'-EEPS CONS PANTLT ON HAND A FINE jv ana complete stoe: or SCOTCH, EU5H, FRENCH & DBMESTIC GOODS Which are nastu'passed, and which be ulll malts up AT COST PRICE3. mat A NEW ILLUSTRATED POEM, 'DAVID ATID ANNA MATSON," Br MRS. A. 8. IIUINVAY. SUITimiY rUWTaAT9ElECANTLY SOUND I'ltlUR: Printed on heavy trass paaar ami band somely bosusil jf m Pull gin, extra ss) For saw by sMok-satlscs or by mall, post IaW, by S. It.Wlil.I.S .t CO., I'nl.lKlirrM, No. 77 Broad way, New York. OREGON TRANSFER COMPANY General Forwarding; and Commission, m n.l I f i. i , , , -.. . with dispatch. Pianos and Purnlture moved. Orders for Hacks Promptly Attended to. Day VI IUW OMlce S. W. Cor. .Second nml Stork St. Bir Mark. Care of O. T. Ou. 7- OSXY 23 CENTS. A XEW EX0UXD,V03IAX'S TUIAl, "OUR PECOTTIES," .imtSifm1 'SSWysor One Vaca- ?KJ.Arnb.Uon." TllshTfaCo-SpiN .ua, ii. . iea-i THE NEW NORTHWEST. XLVT1I TEAK OF PUBLI0ATI0X! THE NEW NORTHWEST, A Weekly- Journnl DEVOTES TO THE PEOPLE'S BEST INTERESTS I Independent In rolltlcs and Religion! rpiIIS WBLL-KNOWN WBBKLY JOOR- nal begins Its Ninth Tear of Publication with Its issue of May 1st. IKS, aniler Ibe busi ness management of the Domwav Publish- i'o Company, to whom all letters connected with the Editorial, Advertising or Subscription Departments of the paper are to be hereafter directed. The New Northwest Is not a Woman's Rights, but a Human Rights organ, devoted to whatever policy may be neeessary lo secure the greatest good to the greatest h timber. It knows no sex, no polities, no relbrton, ao patty, no color, bo ereed. Its foundation H mstaaetJ upon tbe reek of Eternal Liberty, Universal Emancipation and Untrammeled Progression. OFFICE OF rUHI JATMN rJtra I b went cor ner of Front ami Washhteton .Streets, (up- slutr), Portland, Oregon. THK CHARMING 8BRIAL STORY, "MltS. HARDINE'S WILL," Br MRS. A. S. IWNIWAY, Was esmnienced In eurtseue oT Noverabsr SH HUH. nUNIWAY'S peSMlmrlr tHiginal style af Kdltorlal Corret pood ante will eontlnne from week to week, to stirs ot tbeosands of readers, and Bditorlals are proratoed upon all tbe leadlns topses of the day. CORRE SPONDENTS are also employed to famish weekly letters from Washington, New York ami various parts ot Europe. No pains will be spared to make THK NBW NORTHWEST tbe landtag newspaper ot its els", In America. lis literature Is always moral In tone and Instructive rind elevating In character, and Is sought after by the best and most iatelHsent class of readers. As a medium (or Advertising, tbls Journal bas no superiors. NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE! SUBSCnilTlON RATRS, IN ADVANCE: rnngte corses, one year. Sax menlhs , -JSW 1 Three montlis.- - 1 W MUER.IL INDIJCPJIEN'TS Agents and Canvassers ! SEND IN YOUR ORDERS EARLY Rally, Friends, to tbe Snpport or Unman Klelitn and The People's Paper. DDNIWAY PUHU8HINfj'c6MPJ Corner of rnvSwShilriston streeUP trance on Wasbraiton),ortrsjM), Or. TRAVEL. OREGON & CALIFORNIA RAILROAD CO TO TAKE EFFECT SUNDAY, SKIT. 15, UTC.at ttx. DaOy (Sunday excepted) as follows: PORTLAND AND ROSKBtTRO AS IMLfcOWS: - IiKAVF- Al Portland 1 A. Jf . I Rose burg 7:S . lioseburi; M9 A. x. I l"orUMs r. it. ALBANY EXPRESS TKAlU, Sally (except Sttndaya), as follows: I.BAVE Portland" 1 p. x. :Ma.x. I Albany I I'orUand 1 Albany I FREIGHT TRAIN8, Dally (exeat Sunday) A3 follows: X.KAVK. ABKlVB. Portland a:B a. v. I Junction- tlM P. M. June Uon kS a. k. 1 Portland 535 p. The Oregon and California Railroad Ferry makes connection with all Regular Train. Oloae enn msaiiss are made at Bnashnrg with the stages of the Caillbmia and Orsrro Stage Company s ncaeis aw sale toaii tne ptixsuipsii pwsi la California and tbe Kawt,at Company's osTOee. Cer. F aid Frest Ss.,nl Ferry Lanems, PerllSBd. DStora will be Charged on Freight re maining In Warehouses over " ' nra. Jrr Krehrht will not be recel . for si foment after 5 o'clock: i: Jt. J. BK, DT, Jr., 0 n n.n Bnnl Gen. Freight and Passenger Af tt. Sf-istr Portland to San V anoisco. Carnlnrr U. S. Sail and We s.IaMB Co.'s Express, Tbe Oreaon RailaVav and Si pany anu raci uc coast l will disnatch. everv Ave port, one of their new part .ffssanl A 1 Irt i steamships, vis: THE GREGON, GEO. W. ELDER, AN 3 STATE OF CALIFQftllA, SAILING DAYS August II, MW9 LeaTtng pnruana at la - t THROUGH TICKKTSsoM tsUsil.i nal Cities in the TJHited StatessMsTO for particulars for Passaaas Sad WW nlT la G. W. STfclDIJCT teamsnin us rw. at i. i W1U Mil WW - , A HI M.IWI, VI r c . trvil I. . o a a as, sz anit at jtortn rrosn, cu., tronmnu, kjt MISCEIiLANEOUS. MP-aW-mp PORTLAND LIBRARY WSOCIATlOlt. KOOMS-Coraer Fir over LasM A TUtazCa Bank. asntalas Grer KfeM Ostct .isek AKn Over 100 Papers and MEMBERSHIP rft EE TO kL. Jloiitbly Diiea SI eo PnystHv tjanB-ieriy DlKSCTOUrS Wm. B. Ladd.P. C. Sebtr .Jr.. M. r. DesKtx.ll. W. Corbeit. w H. B .. ief A C. OlbbSjdiH. Iwis.if . W. r -cftl-.e! . r,l. Failing, L. Blnm. OAcsrn MATTHEW P. DEADY. H. FAILING . . P. a SCHUYLER Til . . . M.W.PBCHHEIK . . o HKNRY A. OXER . L - .. -faile-r Tfll leot . .TsTS ar -posaH! S . 'td Re .f NO PATEilT, NO WAY I PATENTS Obtained for Invei ' rs in the- I'aiied vta Canada, and Euror . at reduce.! nrtcaa. Win our principal offlee .ocatedln v. asuUtora. dt recuy opposite ine i nneu au.it nusnt Oance we are abb; to atte id to a' I patent Rustars with greater Dromntaessacd dl-inatehaixt It- cost tban other patent at urney. who are at distance from Was'ilngton, and who bav . therefore, lo eaanlov "-iate attorneys. We make prelimfna 7 ex. nloatius and fi nish OOittlOlia aa -o 1: - rj.l,llrv fr charge, and all who u-e .ou-rst; in new ti ventions and patenb are icvl'cd e ite'id for . copy of our "Gakto for (Vt-.in'ig i'.ttents, which Is sent free to ibi an.'r ik.i , 1 . complete instruction l . j 1 1 0it ' patent. ana otner vainanie i.r r ; fr,- to th Uerman-Alner lean Nsimi liuug VsahlBi ton, D. C; the Royal fK, sb, Norwegian, .r Danbih Legations, at W.uhi. M... OT t. Casey, rate Chief Justice U. 8. iMirt of Clatmt mi uiv uhkhh m fcoe i. . c. t-atent umea. an . to Senators and Members nr r , av. every State. Address: LOUIS BAdOER A t a. SoOettOT. of PatenU and Alton. . 4-at-ldiw. La Droi' Halloing, Washington, !. C. sujjys .. TN THE CIRCUIT CC KT F THK STATE y' fu"uomah,ra f.i ift. :-. Nallii C. nli 1 Mar ray, I- I orwregoo abrtneoon Orlando S. Murray, I Mnrray, Defendant. 1 fondant : In the aaane you are hereby requtrei tbe complaint filed as entitled suit within tan the servies of tads at served within Maltaon In any other County of twenty days front tbe this summons npon yo cation ot summons, or flr An of the next raa . :i' ',1 Ort . on , l answer e AboV' irorr ibenaseo1 u, ) 1 t'cjii: 1K is state. tn;n wttblt aie .r tie tervlee o' 1' .1 served by pabh borw'.se. then 6 tii I ir 1 rm tt the anot entitled Court next toll- tlx weeks publication : day of October, A. D. swer. tor tbe want tliirt ply to tbe Court for the complaint, to-wit: for r rlage contract exlsiina Defendant, for ibe can . John K. Murrav. mlno Deisadant, and tot rsucl lief as Is jni-t and eqnlt j The jerviee of tbls publication is made In made by the above-e. day of July, AD. llsbed once a week fo in tbeNEWNoBTHWt- Anl2t Mto win ie ?xpL-atloa ' i-wit: tbe lit - you fall to at lla'ntlfTwlllai 1 maadsil In tut tc 1 or t is mu. t'laiatlff an ' ad nsntrat i rlaintiiran ii'd furtosr n - ini it upoa yon t ti. ce of an ordt . -: Court on tbe It . '-tin that It osfsui - lisecutivft we 1 t REEKS, -in. Ptalatltt sum: TN THE CIRCUIT C lof Oregon for the Cm. V. L. Stone, Plaintiff, fendaiat. To Jane A. MTlt.. f the Sta . .1 1. . ii'iai. : f i . ,,, iv- r i t e r.h ' li ; (lit' 1- hereby required to complaint filed agalt entitled suit within tei tbe service of this s served within Multnoi In any other County u twenty days from tbe tbis summons npon j cation of summons, c first day of the next re entitled Court neat fol six weeks publication day of October, A. D. .. Aw ,h want t . by f. 1 e-j V , ia o; t i! i,t v 11 ci, Im. , -wi: I SK 1 I''ttlr,trt t : ite naum 1 --In or 1 ' -"Ml p , .- apply to the tfwrt for : tne BNSfMiniw? WuK. f ill I IsT II lilsTI II uiMikWUl IhaSNSw Its,