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-1 "T . ' THE NEW NORTHWEST. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 183 ; , i " CHILDHOOD. , . . T B. Jft CBT. O childhood I neath what happy skies, ' " With what a cunning pM, . , . ' And with .what tun-obscurUm dyes. The wb of life joo trace. . How merrily tbe sbutUs -He ! -By darling fancies taught ; V What figured marvels swiftly rise, la subtle beauty wrought. T1a hot the border, but It cheer : A weary, somber fold, Tha eta was wrought through suffering year, : With scarce a thread of gold. - Sweet childhood fit weri" better far Carta1 swung In endless Bight, Without a sole oompnaloa star. WILLOW GRANGE. i :.jLV4BT-0.-IW-EA8TBB0KIOKt BT BELLK W, COOKE. AOTHOB Or "Tllll AVI TICTOIT. (Entered U the Office of Librarian of Congreas at Washing ton, IX C la tbe year taj I"' CHAPTER "xXIV. : Earl Russell soon found an opportunity to sell the overplus of hi sheep, as the were of a good, ' purs breed, and his preparations for tearing the U range were speedily accorapiisnea. Mrs. Zimmerman was profuse In her expressions of regret at losing so excellent a, neighbor,' and begged Bertha to take GreU with her. Greta, too; wished very much to go, so that she might hare an opportunity to attend school more, v Bertha wasjglad to find, that she was so trusted and prized by her poor neighbors, to whom she . had shown many kindnesses, and told Greta that aha would be delighted to glve her a home, and pay her good wages whenever she was not In school, Roscoe Wills was not quite ready to leave the 'upper country" yet lie had not made quite so much money as he wanted, so he prepared to send Florence down with Earle and Bertha for a visit, to remain, as he said, till this .'feruel wah was ovah." ; . - .. . : . "Now, don't you dare to conie back whlleThere is a fighting Indian within at least one hundred miles of this Willowy Grangev not hold myself responsible for the tremendous eonsequenoes,',ald he to his wife. "If I were a young bridegroom like Cleaveland, I would never think of keeping my one valuable here for the K1nrt-f Klatv TnJt.ni in nnrAnrltl , . - 'Indeed," said Julia, "he Is obliged to keep me, for he promlfffd to when he marrif il raft 1 rVrnTT - in not going to be sent away, and leave him to the tender mercies of nobody knows who.' L "That's . what comes of ms rry i ng - a at rortg- minded woman aldJtoseoe. "But wh6 would 'have suspected such a mild-mannered little crea ture of possessing a remarkable amount' of mind of any quality?" . ' : "It does not require any remarkable amount of I mind (o keep even with you, my would-be-funny mthei you think I am stroug-mrnded it will be such a consolation toharliejoknow jt, "There, lloss, don't you wish you had not said anything V aaked Cleaveland, - . "Before I would encourage a woman in such un precedented auciness," said Roscoe, "much les try to help her out with such ancient remarksT Your blood be upon your own head when she gets hold of youl" 7, "So she brought blood, did she?" said Charlie. "I did not know she hit so close home a that" She will hit coseomVdayas -you-will-find to your sorrow," said Roscoe. . "It I not a good omen when they begin to be smart so young." "Pray when did you begin ?" asked Julia. - "I cannot remember when he bad not begun," said Bertha. ' ' : - -r " "Probably that Is the reason he has turned out so," saM Julia. , V; . "I am not aware of T doing any very foolish thing, unless.it was when I married into your family; and that may turn out fox the best Jf your sister does not Imbibe your 'unruly seotl "menTsVsaldTtoscoev 7 "I cannot give you any surety for her good be bavior," said Julia, "If you send her away to where she cannot have the benefit of my example. I would not go, Floy, If I were you. This man wlllrun wild without you to keep him within bounds.'!..' ;V - ' -il!The caravan of household, goods taken by Earle and Bertha' on their removal was notimposing, aa they left all they could do without for the. use' of the lively young birds. " J' Julia was quite Jiappy over the nice things that she fell heir to, so she said.' 7 ; ' "It Is so much easier to inherit them than to make them raynelf' said she. "Nothing wouhl induce me to go down to the Willamette Valley and leave such a coxy nest feathers and alL In deed, I do not know but I shall feel like a cuckoo, M though I had appropriated some other bird's nest" - - ' . . 'v , - - "Vou are welcome to mlne" said Bertha, "If you will keep It Ingood order and alng as merrily as I have done in Its eoiy depths, for i am going "tycfrrxt o-a rae re genial rilme off In good time, and Cleaveland and his young wife were henceforth to be the autocrats of Wil low Grange. ' . i The Journey by land to The Dalles was a pleas ant one, if sand and dust were not "considered, and on arriving there they found the place crowded with refugees from the vicinity of. the' Indian raids.-''; r s . - Earlfi" left his wife and children and Florence Wills to go down on the river boat and started on himself the same day to go over the mountains. with his loaded wagon, the emigrant road being pretty good at this time of year, and . in general use by emigrants wno were traveling eitner way. Bertha and Florence found theToat crowded, and stayed In their state-rooms the most of the day, as it was stormy. When they came out, who should Bertha see but her old friend Mr; Nlmms. Bhe and her two daughters were "fleeln' from the Injuns." "Well, well, Miss Russell 1 it appears like you are allers goln' down the river when I any reckon we're purty much of the same mindLi ' "I have been down twice since the time when you accompanied me," said Berths, "and I am going down now to remain." - "Are you goln' for allers? Well, so am I. Who ever heerd o the like? I'm powerful glad to hear It though. My ole man bis tuk In a heap j o money, an' he says It's no Use Uvln' and starv In' out there, where there ain't no satisfaction to be had ; so me an' the gals Is, goln' down to town to live, an' he's a comIn'afier a while. We're plum tired out beln' skeered to death with them Injuns. We couldn't sleep for nigh on to 'a week afore we started, an' Sabrlna's been so sickly like I was af eared It would make her wuss. 80 my ole man .said we'd better up an' go as soon as we could." """" , - "I - preffime,? said Bertha, "that my friend Anlce Noble will be very glad to see you. She wrote to me about your kindness to her, and also of what a fine voice Edith had, and said she wished you were, living In some place where It could be cultivated." - '- :' "Lawful sakes I - I'm glad to-hear-fromfMIss Noble. They do say that . her husband got drownded. Poor critter ! ' I reckon- 'she must a tuk it mighty hard. Where Is she a Uvln' now, an' has she anything to depend on ? I allers al lowed that she was mighty smarti but I heern tell that her man wasn't likely to turn out wellT an' Tlbeught mebby It was Just about as well for. her that he got drownded and done with It" Hjoudo.Xha414PcinapB--t "1 fear he would have turned out a drunkard If he had lived. Anlce Is with her mother now, and I think they are getting on finely. She Is teaching In the pub lic schools, and Is very popular and has a good salary. She was a good wife." "You might be sartlno-Uhat'A- aald Mrs. Nuums. "Jibe was a mighty good gal, an' good gals.mostly makes good wives, If their husbands ain't too-plaguey mean to'em. Now, my Kath- ernsrgot- a -powerful- good -husbahd,"an, she's turned out well, if I do say it" - :-. - ' "But how comes It, Mrs. Nlmms," said Bertha, that you have not yet succeeded lu marrying Sabrina off?. I think you said you Intended she should be married bvloreshe was sixteen.". - An' so I did." said Mrs. Nlmms. TuTTe shows bow little I kuoned about It She, poor critter, was tuk sick Just about the time Fd sot since. She might a got married Just as well as not There was a feller " "Oh. ms," saia, eaorina, ,"uo nusn: I never saw any body like you." - le1rnTwiidhemther, VI didn't mean no harm.' Miss Russell wouldn't tell If I was to up an' tell her all about It1' , "Don't you do It, ma,", said Sabrina. 1 . "I won't, then, If you don't "want me to, honey. :Yott're-a-mighty -good -gal.-ah Ias-powerf ul feared you would die one while, so I won't cross ye If I knows it" .' "An so. them's your purty babies, Miss Rus sell 1?" continued the old lady, presently. "I was afeared ye didn't have noue. The - land-sakes ! but they're Just as sweet as pinks, 'specially the gal. My I but won't she be a beauty when she gits growed up? What might ye call her?" "Her name Is Joy," answered Bertha, "and the boy's name la for my brother, Roscoe." "Them's mighty nice names, but I sca'ce ever hesJemtcforelJowTnaany Noble got ?" , - 'She has three," said Bertha. "The two oldest are glrlsi and are called Blossom and Bertha, and the boy is Harry, named for her husband." 44An' who takes care of 'em while shejsjn school r Inquired Mrs. Nimms. ' "Her mother and her brothers," said' Bertha. "Her brother Christopher Is the bet little fellow, and delights In taking care of the children." : "Well, I'm glad she's got somebody to go to. She'd be powerful lonesome If she hadn't" aald Mrs. Nlmmsv-An hows yexpawgettlnValong? Fm allowin' we'll hev a fine show a talkln' over old times together when I git to Uvln' In the same town with him. I want to git a chance to hector him about Samanthy Briggs. I used to' be up to that nigh about all the time, but when I seea him last he was too sick to be hectored. Ia he well now?" I-'-.': .' ' "Yea," replied Bertha; "hi Js1 quite well and mtranr. and I Trtim he will be Y!2iTTo a Yoa." ' " w - . 1 Hi.-ll.Hii.ii-ir mnw "I'm sure he wilt An' we'll UlkoveroJ ren .county umes an- uev tova u iud. Samanthy Tie good-byea were said, anJ tbt Jtajonj moveci-j Jlrigs was a gal that fell head over heels In love -il. t Li with yer paw, an' he didn't limner mite, u . used to plague the life out o him to be hectorea about her. You Just ask him when you git home what he done with that letter, that Samanthy rjm thim u.' if it don't make him laugh. But here we are clean U Portland, an I've talked vou nil hty nigh to" death, I reckon. Now you must come to see me, Mlss.Russell for "Yes. I will," said Bertha. The tired little party were met at therharf by Bertha's father, and warmly weicomea.' "Mother Is about crary to see the children," said he. "Is thjs that wonderful boy? He Is a Una fellow, and no mistake: comes right to grandpa, and Is not one bit afraid." ' "That Is rrandDa.v said Bertha, "whom I have told you so much about, Coe.' Give him a kiss." ."Fare's Harwy?" asked the little fellow. 44Oh, you shall see Harry- soon. I have been telling him about Anice's little boy," explained Berlhar " TiTwant to tlss 'ittle Harwy boy,'- lisped Coe. r "You shall when we get to his mamma's nouse," said the mother. . " ' , - "Are you doln' to'ask drandpa about Samanfa Bwiggsr asked little Joy. : ' ; "What does the child say ?" Inquired Mn Wills. She heard Mrs. Nlmms, who came down the river with us, tell me to ask you about Samantha Briggs," said Bertha, laughing, "but I did not suppose she noticed or remembered It" "Well, well, little woman, so you have ears. have you,? 'I'll tell you all, about Samantha Briggs some of these days,',' said the grandfather, as the little girl trotted along by his side. Bertha found her mother awaiting her quite impatiently. "I thought you were a long time In coming," said she. The little feet go slowly," said Bertha.. "I thought It a longtime, too, dear mother. But I have come to stay." " 'Oh, ybu dear child I Is It true? Are you not going back ?' . . . "Not to live there any more,' said Bertha. Her mother gathered her in her arms at this, and gave her a warm, close embrace, as though she was not willing to let her go. And then, such Bk hugging and kissing as those little ones had, and Florence, too, was not left out In the welcome, for her motnWln-lawTfi3taTi.en"' heTtb heVTTearn of love, and made her feel thoroughly at home. To be continued.! Ax Old Ijettkb. Theresas lately been found among some old papers In the library of the Mas sachusetts Historical Society the following Inter esting and suggestive letter : - September, 1682. To ve oatd aoLJt?lQJxd-John Ifiaainaont- There be now at sea a shippe (for our friend Esias llolcrart or Ixndon did advise me oy xne last packet that it would sail sometime in August) called ye Welcome, R. OivenwaaJlasteryhrch has on aboard a hundred or-more of heretics and mallgnants called Quakers with W. Penn, who is at ye head of them, rle General. Court has ac cordingly given secret orders' to Mallchi Huxott. of Ve -brig Porpoise, to waylay ye said Welcome, as near ye coast, of Codd .as may bep'and make captives of ye said Penn and his ungodly crew, so tnat ye im may oe giori fled and net mweked on y?oll of his new country. by ve nasran wonthippe of these people. Much spoil can be nisxle by celling ye-whole lot to4lr4 badoes, where slaves fetch goor5rlces In rumme I and wigarranffWirBnailTiot oniy do ve iru gooa service oy punisning ye wiciteu, oui. una 11 iubkc gayne for his minister and his people. Yours in iye bowels of Christ. . Cotto.n Mather. Forty thousand murders have been committed n the Southern States since the war. Murders occur in all states and communities, anu mere arc Just as bad men to be found n Massachusetts as in South Csrolina, but when we are brought face to face with the appalling fact that there were more murderMn South Carolina in lss tnan in t he el gh t States of -Mai ne, New I Ianimh 1 re, Ver mont. Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Connecticut and Pennsylvania, the most thoughtless must be startled. Tne same proportion noiue gooa in nearly all the Southern States. What Is the rem edy? First of all. let the truth be told, and. let our Southern people understand the actual state of tne case, men let tne puir-ii ana press ring out in denunciation of the barbarous customs or car rying deadly weapons and of duelling. The pub lic conscience must be 'awakened, and the pulpit and the - press must lead in tne work. 2cto Orleans Christian Advocate, January lZth, , X, "" ' w. '..X Rixn Rao for thr Sick-Room. One of the most convenient articles to be used In a sick-room . . . W - a . a s a saml bag. Uel some Clean, nne sanu, ury it thoroughly In a kettle on the stove ; make a bag about eight Inches square of flannel, fill it with the dry sand, sew the opening carefully together, and cover the bag with cotton or linen cloth. This will prevent theaand from silling out, and win also enable you to heat the bag quickly by placing II i lijay V V aril. VI v . a w v. aw v v maw. a once uslug this, you will never again attempt to warm the feet or nanus 01 a sick person wun a bottle of hot water or a brick. The sand holds the heat for a long time, and the bag can be tucked un to the back without hurling the invalid. It Is a good plan to make two or three of the bags and Keep mem reaay tor use. . f - A New Jersey paper announced as follows: "Mr. Mazuire will wsh himself before he as sumes the office of Sheriff." This made Maguire mad, and he demanded a retraction, which the Saper made thus: "Mr. waguire requests us to eny our statement that ha will wash himself be fore ho assumes the office of Sheriff." Oddly enough, this only enraged Maguire the -more. Some people are so hard to please. has made a. doctor offers to make the Count a Prince If ha shall brlns JilmlA hi a a.1 MtUtH. ' : auiaa yv sssv Mini m mmmm PORTLAND. The Great Commercial Center of the northwest. ' itss Pireajont nl Its Future. It baa s population of zIjOOOl It U to Oregon, and the Ter ritories of Waablngton and Idaho, what ICew York City la to the State of w York, and bears the tame rela. tlon to that Mate and thoae Territories that Chicago doe to IlllnoU.8t.LouU to MUeourl, Philadelphia to PennajriTv ' nla, and Kew Orleans to Loniatana. It has more territory tributary to It than any other elty la the United Mates, and will soon be numbered with the foremost clUee In the Union. Even at this time the hammer and the saw eaa be heard In all parts of the city : the demand for buildings H mx great that the Inclement season of Winter does not check the onward march of lu growth. With the ast number orshlps constantly plying between thU and foreign, ports, freighted with our constantly Increaslbg agricultural products, and the numerous railroads now tributary to or terminating at thUcity, will not require more than ten rears to swell the population; of our beautiful and growing city to 100,000 souls. Having a largvr territory than Kan Francisco to support It, we may confidently assert that la. less than a quarter of a cent dry Hortland will be tbe for, most city on the coast In point of wealth and population. We will here enumerate the many railroad enterprises already Inaugurated. Home of them are constructed, and others In process of construction, all making their termini at tats city. '- 1 - -. . -? , .. . . THi voiTHux rAcirio Is building rapidly west from Duluth, on Lake ftuperlor, and also from the Columbia Rlrer east, and will be eom pleted at aa early day, thus connecting us with all our sUter Htates. THS OBKOOW ad CALiroajriA a. a. Terminates her, and to baring an Immense patronage. THE WBMTKBJI OBKOOIC B, B,, Formerly the Oregon Central, Is doing a good business. ThU road runs through the fertile country on the west side of the Willamette Rlrer, and IU southern terminus at present U at Corral IU, ST miles from Portland. - .. . THI UTAH BOBTHKBM B. B. s Will be built through hundreds of miles of fertile lands, the produce of which muM be brought to this city for ship, menu This road Will connect with the Union Pad Be R. II, thus securing two competing lines from the AtlauUe to tbe Paclflc. It Is now a settled fact that tbe . . : rOBTLABD, BALLBS ABD SALT LAKB B. B. V ' Will be constructed at an early day. This will give us three trans-contlnentat road , BBW BAILBOAO BlfTKBB18BS. 1 " A home company, with unlimited caplUI, has been dr. ganlsed, under tbe name of the Oregon Ian Hallway Co., to construct narrow-guage roads from thU city to the Interior portions of theHtate, ultimately connecting with the Cen tral Pacific, with branches wherever Indocements may of Jttr. This enterprise Is being pushed Vigorously to com pie. tlon, so that It may be In readiness to move thU Fall's crop. , abticlbs or mcoaroBATioir Have been filed to constrnct a road from Battle Mountain, Nevada. In the direction of Oregon, to connect with the Oregon ten Railway Co.'s road, and make Portland Its ter mintu. ThU will give us direct communication with the richest silver mines In the world, and will make Portland one of the greatest railroad centers In tbe Union. ' - We shall soon -be connected by rait with the Northern Paclflo R. It.; also with Chicago and the Atlantic clUea. Thousands of Immigrants are constantly arriving from all parts of tbe civilised world, and the millions of acres .f sjrricnltural lands that lie still unbroken by the plowshare, and awaiting the advent of the sturdy farm er, point IUOM CVBCiapiTCijr mi iut.'( iumiu rr uf vnmyrnif Is already dawning apon this fair young Btate. When the' Immigration has reached lu full tide, and three millions of acres are nndar eultlvatlon, then will Oregon be known as the wealthiest Btate In the Union. The land la this enterprise lies adjoining the city, and Is only from tea to fifteen minutes walk front tbe Court House, and a less distance than that from one of the best public schools la tbe city. It Is divided Into OKB THOUSAND TTMHTt'll LOTS, , 7,7 Ftrty by one hundred feet In alse, with streets sixty feet wide. . .. All loU will be sold for 1100 each, payable la Installments of $ per piotb, or the small snm of lg, cents per day. No . lnt4Tet will be charred, and a good and sufficient Bond for 1eet wlllheglren upon the payment of the flint install'-: ment or fs anu a arraniy iea upon receipi or last w sullment, both wltboat espense to the purchaser . " ' ' " to rracuASEBs. Those not Badlag U convenient to make their payments whenjdur, will be granted twenty days rrace In which to make hjch" payments, as it ts diralle that all shall hare every nowllle opprtnnltr to keep up their payments. Tlioe aslring to make full payment-at the time the IloiiiT is Iwtued, wtl be entitled to a ivdactlou of flSon each lot, ,.- ..i.iii s-.ipiiiilln. ,sfhe . BOAD TO WEALTlf Tjtheintiat -ceTtaln-wntt-Tapld -ttmmrh real enlnT"1nTeT ment, this enterprise oirrs rr more lndma'incnute.taa -public than auy other on ttiecoaai at this time, as the price. anu paymejiu f1 11 111 mx-u ui vu nw irt iau chance pn BuV lot, build, and make yourself Inde pendent. Many of yon who lire in rented houses pay more every year for rent than would purchase a lot and build a roof over your head. You then would be Independent of exacting landlords, and In truth have a place to call home. . VOST rOBOKT : That not many years ago some of the best InU In Ran Fran Cisco were soldior an oil nee of gold dust.and that now they cannot be bought for f I00.OUU, Also, remember Ihst In Chi cago some of the.best business lots were once traded for a palrof old boots, i llow often Is tbe remark-made by old residents or Port land that once they could have bought lots for li)0 that $J0.W would not tuy now. Il to not wise "to despise the day or small tninga." That of all real estate IhvestmenU the homestead plan Is the beat and safest, as all who Inrest are Interested In mak Ing the whole property more valuable. To illustrate! Map. pose A builds a house on his lot, and R owns a lot adjoin Ing; B gets the benefit of As Improvement, while A Is not Injured thereby. This philosophy will apply to the entire property. . . . W have donated a lot to each of the principal churches Also, two lou are set apart for pubiio for church purposes. school purposes. BA1LBOAD PVBCHASB. ' The Overland, Oregon and California and the Western Railroad Companies have purchased all the land from the' ' east line of the Homestead. (Mnttt street) to the water front for their terminus, depot, machine shops, etc; also the main llneof theOregonian Railway Company (IJmltedl will have IU terminus near by. Thus the greatest railroad . center on the Paellle Coast lays In close proximity to these i, lots;-This purchaas has canned a rise In alt BniTrwndIng;""-" property of km per cent, makine tne lots in this Homestead from 7.1 to 100 per cent cheaper t han any other real estate In -Portland. Inasmuch aa this Homestead waa advertised to be sold for a stipulated price before the recent advance, un pleasant as It Is, we ahall atrlctty adhere to our advertised contract with the public to sell these lota for I loo each for the next ninety days. Tbe two hundred lots that were reserved for actual settlers a are now all sold, and the 'demand to select loU being so great, we have been compelled to place more lots on the market from which the pa bile may select for the next ninety days. This affords an opportunity for persons soda airing to purchase the most beautiful residence property. TO PABTIBS DSatBIXO TO rCBCHASE. - This property Is now selling Very rapidly, and thoae wUh- . Ing to buy will do well ta call or send Immediately for a lot or lota. All but the first Installment must be paid at tbe Banking House of Ldd a Til ton, n thedty of Portland. - -- rBaSBBS BO A DUTABCB - - r, ; -r Desiring a lot, may forward gVno to the Oereral Manager, Or to uenral Manrer. Portland. Or. ' HAiUUT A MrUUOHUK, U Morrtaoa street. Cwrttl I certify that I am the owner of tbe lands la the Portland City Homestead the title thereto la perfect, being a U. patent and I eutbonee JA m. KM to eeu said property q ihTforegolng plssv P. A. MAJtUUAJi. Wm. Beld, BsAkarj Hon. J. IL Mtteaell.Kx U.S. Meaatori Son. F. diners. C v Beaatae trAx uw wbetafs, Atse- abaati Malar Praak, Msraaaata; OeA.lL Hlasa,PTla