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AXI DEALERS IX
Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Paints,
Perfumery, Oils, Varnishes,
And every article kept iu a Drug Store. Main
Street, Oregon City.
JOgX'II. SCHRAM. '
Manufacturer and Dealer in
SADDLES, HARxXESS,
etc., etc.,
Main Street, Oregon City,
5"Wishes to represent that he is now as
well prepared to furnish any article in his line
as the largest establishment in the State. He
particularly requests that an examination of
his stock be made before buying elsewhere.
. S. 0STHEIM
IMPORTER AND DEALER IX
Segars, Tobacco. Pipes, Stationery
CUTLERY, YANKEE NOTIONS, &c.
to O -o-
No. S3, corner of Front and ashing
ton streetsJSra proof brick store, called the
Old Corner opposite American Exchange,
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g IItD"rGrlSTfcS
JVEVEll AUAIX.
BY SILVIE A. SPKRRY.
Summer will come, and flowers will bloom,
Bud and blossom, and bloom o'er hi.-; grave ;
I shall inhale their fragrant perfume ;
I shall sec the willow tree's long leaves wave,
And hear birds carol above his grave.
No thought, r.o message to ease my pain ;
No balm for a heart that's aching sore ;
The song of birds will never again
Waken the dreams and fancies of yore,
Or heal the heart that is sick and sore.
My darling ! my darling ! Damp and cold
I- the bed they made him under the snow ;
"Would that my loving arms might enfold !
"Would I were sleeping, never to know
A pain or sorrow under the suow !
The snow will melt in the Summer sun ;
.The grass and flowers will come again ;
I shall live to see Summers, one by one,
Shower their treasures where he is lain ;
Live, but never be happy again !
My own, my darling! cold is the snow
Over the grave in the church-yard now ;
Perhaps, when the Summer breezes blow,
The clols will cover this aching brow ;
"Would the Summer were here even now !
OUIl SATURDAY MGILT.
"WOItTII OF WOMAN 3 J.OVE.
Only another week !
How short it lias been seven days
seven chapters of light and happiness ol
joys and sorrows of hopes and lears--of
trials and conquests of births and mar
riages of sickness and of health. But a
little thing is a week but it is a life to
some, in the results it doth bring.
To-night we were made to feel sad yet
happy. On the way home we passed a
woman in calico leading by the arm a
weak, to'.tering, trembling old man. His
-top was hardly a step he could hardly
lift his feet from the pavement his face
was wr'mkled with the lines of ninety one
winters, while his scattered hairs were
silky and white as the purest snow.
And the woman was past the fifty. Her
face was kind. Yer eye told volumes.
The crowd on the bowery turned aside as
it hurried by to let the old man toddle
onward.
"Good evening, good woman can we
help you?"
'Oh. no. thank you." And she looked
so kindly at us. "We are almost home a
lew steps farther, and you are in v hurry
going homr, too, perhaps."
Almost Home !
Yes that old man who little heeded
the crowd, and who looked with amazed
and puzzled gaze on the busy scene was
almost home ! A few more Saturday
Nights and he will be there with Him.
and then he can walk and run without
stumbling, or other support than His.
And we passed on to think, and think.
And we thought of woman's love and the
worth of it. How she cared for him we
should think her father. Perhaps he was
cross and petulant years ago, if not now,
yet she was kind to him, and with care
steadied his steps lest he fall and the busy
crowd trample him under feet. And we
thought of thousands and thousands of
good women in different places who love,
are good and hue. and pure, and kind
who deserve happiness here and Heaven
hereafter.
All over the land we saw them as we
walked home. The entire line of clouds
seemed io be rolled back by some great
hand as somebody said, "Look at them
everywhere."
And we did look into thousands of
homes. By the farmer's fire and iu the
woodman's cabin. By the sick bed, and
kneeling with grief-laden hearts and tear
wet faces, beside corpses and coffins. We
saw them in calico and homespun by thou
sands, and they all told ot woman's worth,
love, and devotion.
Little do men know of woman's sor
rows, heart-aches, hungering tor love,
temptations and resis'ings. Men go and
come. They are busy. Avenues of la
bor and amusement are opened to them,
for they have power to open to suit them
selves. They plunge into bur iness en
gage in enterprises hunt, fish, sport, idle,
;aii-;iti - and come, mixing, talk'ng
v -j - v v a - ' -
eager to be interested. When tired, they
rest, but woman's work is never done,
and she must labor on. a prisoner within
close walls, like a caged bird seeing the
world but not mixing therewirh lest she
be lost.
We know of a home where a woman
works cheerfully, for she loves work like
us. She wears calico and knows nothing
of opera. Her heart is in her home, her
loved ones she is happy, for they all live
for her as she does for them. And oh !
the wondrous depth of her love. She is
by the bedside, the table, the chair, every
where. She is monarch of home queen
of hearts, and willing tributes do her sub
jects pay.
Her hand stills pain her lips greet
with such pure, earnest, loving kisses.
Her words are ever so kind and gentle,
while her life is not lost in selfishness.
Sbe is not a vain beauty, cold as marble,
indifferent to others caring only for her
self, for position and the outward adorn
Ineni of her person, tyrannizing over
hearts compelled by the ukase of society
to pay vows where none are due. But
she is a good woman a loving woman
a lovin
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woman a man always loves, and is willing
to care for, protect and defend.
We love a good, warm-hearled woman.
Xot one of these simple beauties who are
gay, painted, padded, befrixed and be
(rizzled adornings of fashion without true
heart or sterling worth. Such are very
nice to look upon good to flirt with
nice to take to 'the opeia, the races, the
theatre, or to skirmish with when the
coast is clear and willing ones seek for
adventure ; but they den't wear for keeps
like the good, plain, sensible women who
have hearts and whose worth is more than
pen or tongue can tell.
Women would be better and happier if
men loved them better and were more
true to them. If men would strive as
much to make home happy as they do to
seek happiness elsewhere, the world would
be better.
Hours do come when men admit the
power and worth of woman. Not in sun
shine so much as in shade and storm.
When engrossed in business, and rolling
on the sea of success, we too often iorget
the ones without whom life would be a
blank,, and only fly to the havens anl
shelters the love and gentle caresses of
woman when the waves are high and to
remain abroad is to perish.
Then comes the' hour when 11 admit
the power of the weak. It is the care of
woman which makes millions of homes
beautiful, and which makes love's pala
ces of laborers' cabius and fanners' cotta
ges. It is the love we have for woman
the love they have for us as men, that
drives us ahead to conquests and to vic
tories. The words kindly spoken; the
smile of those we love, the commendation
of those wc respect of women, make men
of all who are not debased, and draw our
hearts to them with irresistible powt r.
And as ws see them, day after day, pa
tiently, earnestly toiling to help others
walk as we see them leading the weak,
aiding the unfortunate, and by the wond
rous power of their God-given love, and
the magic of their smiles, caresses, and
prayers, we wonder that more men do not
pay more tribute to the worth of woman's
love.
Theirs-is not the forum or the hustings.
We do not love those who strive lor mas
culinity. IJ.it the good women the plain,
earnest, home women of the land, regard
less of church or sentiment political, we
we would see all men more and kind to.
for our happiness ends in their love, as
the week ends in Saturday Xight. Bkicic
POMHROV.
CoiiHi'ineil in Iicr II a!; its.
A gentleman of excellent habits and
very amiable disposition, was so unfortu
nate as to have a wife of a very different
character ; in short, one that -would ge t
beastly drunk. Being in company with a
few intimate friend,?, one cf them remark
ed that if she were his wife since all
olher things had failed he would fright
en her some way so that she would quit
her evil habits ; and proposed the follow
ing mefjod : that sometime when drunk,
she should be laid in a box shaped like a
coffin, and be left i.) that situation until
her fit should be over, and consciousness
restored.
A few evenings after, the dame being in
a proper state, the plan was put into exe
cution ; and after the box lid was prop
erly secured, the party before alluded to
watched each in turn, to witness the re
sult. About daylight next morning the
watch heard a movement, laid himself
down by the box, when her ladyship, af
ter bumping her head a few times, was
heard to say. '-Bless me ! why, where am
I ?" The outside watcher replied in a sep
ulchral voice :
Madam, you are dead in another
world."
A pause ensued, after which the lady
again enquired :
"Where are you ?"
Oh ! I am dead, too," said he.
Can you tell me how long I've been
dead ?"
'About three weeks."
'How long have you been dead?"
'Four months."
"W..11 vrm hnvo Lopn here so much
longer than I have, can't you tell me
where I can get a little gin''
Vert Lovrxn. Our correspondent at
South Yallejo w rites us that a loving
couple from Sonoma county, whose hearts
had been taught to beat as one, took pas
sage on the steamer New World last evc
nin" for San Francisco, where they no
deubt intend to spend the houey-raoon.
Some incidents on the boat were pathetic
The young busband threw his arms around
the form of his pretty wife, kissed her,
patted her cheeks, played with her ear
rings, raised her veil slyly, and then
would drop it again, held candy in his
mouth which she would bite from, while
thev cast at each other tho most amorous
glances, all regardless of the giggling of
The ladies and laughing of men, who w ere
witnesses of their innocent proceedings.
After these tender and caressing endear
ments, had gone on for some time, the
stewardess offered them a state-room,
which they departed for, thereby drop-nino-
the curtain on outsiders before eight
o'clock. May they rest m peace-
I ai-
lin Plimnirle.
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AFFAIRS AT VASIII.VCTO.V.
Correspondence of the Journal of Com
merce. Wasii:xgtox, Sej)tember 15.
In Washington there is a distinc
tion between government and pri
vate business, as there is in other
places; but the distinction here is
different from that elsewhere. In
dealings with individuals men are
expected to be honest, but in deal
ings with the government that man
is termed foolish whose conscience
will not permit him to take all he
can get. A grocer in Washington
will sell the government a few
gross of matches and charge in the
bill as though the' had been bought
at retail, one box at a" time. The
same rule applies where large quan
tities of soap, brushes, brooms, and
every article of supply not con
tracted for is purchased. Still, the
fact is not considered against the
grocer. His competitors simpfy be
wail their i;:aLiaty to obtain the
chance, and wonder why sundry
boxes of cigars and bottles of
whiskey sent the government store
keeper do not elicit more frequent
replies in the shape of orders.
Should one of the grocer's customers
neglect to pay a small bill he is
pointed outin the street as a rascal,
while if a purchaser of government
supplies stocks his pantry and wine
cellar, and furnishes and carpets his
house at government exnense, it is
considered evidence of his shrewd
ness. At the present writing, under
cover of law, each head of a de
partment or bureau is allowed a
carriage and from two to four horses
for the use of his ollice, to commu
nicate readily with other depart
ments, &c, and in which the mes
sengers "are expected to carry pack
ages. Rut those carriages and
horses are seldom if ever, used for
the purpose intended. A man
paid on the departmental roll does
the driving and grooming, and is
always on hand to take the iSecre
tary or Commissioner to and from
his ollice or his family out riding.
The contingent fund report of any
department will show that the ex
pense of feeding the horses and
keeping the -carriage in repair is
from -$-200 to 6000 per month in
every case, notwithstanding the
fact that in some instances the
government provides a stable, while
more frequently stable room is fur
nished upon the property connected
with the house of the ollicial, and
instances aru fevr indeed where the
teams are kept at liver'. The a
nmsing part of this system of fur
nishing respectable transportation
for lazy carcasses that "would other
wise be huddled with respectable
people in street cars, at five cents a
head, to be paid from private funds
is found in the sublime impudence
they exhibit in auditing the ac
count of a hackdriver, hired to do
any little business that may be re
nuired by the ollice where a earn
age is needed. For further partic
ulars and in proof of these asser
tions see "report on expenditure of
the contingent fund"" of any depart
ment. These are little things; let
us peep at
THE BIO SWINDLES.
If a person should purchase a
strip of property of the wealthiest
man in this section, with a distinct
understanding as to its limits, and
afterwards claim by a technicality
in the deed five times the amount,
carry the case to court and win it
he would be termed a swindler.
If the one-fifth had been presented
to him originally as a free gift, he
would be deemed a villain. Be
tween individuals and the govern
ment the case is viewed differently.
The same scoundrel would be con
sidered a sharp fellow, if the gov
ernment should be the loser, and
then umber and enthusiasm of his
friends would be commensurate
with the extent of his success.
Jose IX orciga and Kobert Liver-
; more were granted, April 10th,
18:19, by John 1. Alvarado, then
Mexican Governor of California, a
tract of land in what is now known
as Livcrmore Pass and Valley,
California, described as follows:
"The place known by the name of
Pocitas, bounded by the borders of
the hillocks of Los Pocitas, which
are in the willow grove dc la agua,
as far as the mountain range of
Buenos Avres and the hills of los
Cuevos," " "un
der the following conditons:"
4. "The land of which
donation is of ttco leagues, little
more or less, as the design annex
ed to the proceedings, with its
respective limits explains; the
judge who shall give possession,
will cause the same to be measured
agreeably to ordinance in making
the boundaries, leaving the excess,
which might result to the nation
for such uses as may be deemed
convenient.
Of course, under the treaty of
Gaudaloupc HidalgO, iu 1S58, and
all previous understanding with
Spain and Mexico when the tcrrito-
ry was ceded to the United States
wc promised to recognize Spanish
and Mexican grants, subject how
ever to the laws of Mexico which
had governed in those cases since
the time of the conquest by Her
nandez Cortez in 1521, as amend
ed from time to time. Alvarado
gave these gentlemen a clear title
to two leagues of land, to be con
tained within certain boundaries.
Our territorial deputation sent out
there after the annexation of Cali
fornia, approved the title as above,
on May 22, 184fj; for two leagues.
Act of Congress, 3d March, 1851,
provided that a board of land com
missioners be appointed to examine
and adjudicate upon the title to!
such grants, upon application or
claimants. The Los Pocitas claim
ants applied for confirmation of
" tu:o leagues, little more or less,
situated,'' &c. EeLru:iry 27, 1852,
this application was made, and
February 14, 1854, the Roard con
firmed the title to ttco hofucs, lit
tle or less, the exact words of the
application. It was only necessa
ry then to obtain the additional
confirmation by the District Court.
Application was made for confir
mation of " two leagues," Sec.
February 18, 1850, the Court con
firmed it for " tiro leagues, provid-
ed mat quaniiry oe contained
within the boundaries named, and
if less than that quantity be con
tained therein, than less than that
quantity is hereby confirmed""
The Supreme Court made similar
decisions in similar cases.
The land laid idle, except for
pasturage, with no particular value
being attached to it, till m 1804
. ...
uiu pieuiiuuai v mii vvy iiwuu,
. .T , v "i -t t i
the Western Pacific Knilroad lo- i
eated through, and, P0th January,!
18G5, the domain for twenty-live j
miles on each side, of Livcrmore I
Pass was withdrawn from market, i mak3 t,icm
tl.ot tlm L1 cor-t.Mn fnv tu-Oitvi1;nV.Vt;rst0;
i . i . iw -i
nines might be given to the rail-
road company in fulfillment of a j
grant bv Congress, and the excess!
and even sections be sold by the
government.
Livcrmore, with hopes of gain
ing immense wealth, now that the
railroad would make the fertile
Pass and valley convenient to the
San Francisco market, asked that
his grant be surveyed, claiming all
within the boundaries named. The
Surveyor-General of California re
ported the case, which certified
survey, to the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, February 8,
G8.
To the astonishment of all. except the
Commissioner, the survey represented
nearly ten leagues, 4:.0 1 1 41 acres, in
stead of two leagues, 8 877 10 acres, the
extent of tho crant. It was at once eon-
firmed by die Commissioner, and w he n
appeal wa- made to the Secretary of the
Interior, Mr. Browning, both the Comniis-
. - V i
sioner, an', survevor-uenerai were oei-
ruled. The case was sent back to the
Surveyor-General for further examination,
and by him returned" April 11, 18G8. with
the response that it is all right, that Liv
crmore keeps a ' large quantity of stock."
and that two leagues is not enough to pas
ture it on.
And that case is now on Secretary Cox's
table, partly acted on, the Secretary's
particular friend, Governor McCook. of
Colorado, being counsel for Livcrmore,
the railroad opposing him, and no attor
ney for the Government. The decision
will be duly sent you when reached, but
the Secretary's known characier armits of
but one belief that the survey will be
confined to the just limits of the grant.
Some three or lour other cases of heavy
land operations arc now upon my desk, in
memoranda. They will torm material for
other letters, as this is long enough.
C.
JIKS. BUTLKU IX CAMP.
Last week I mentioned the fact
that General liutler had gone to
a Methodist camp meeting. Of
course, he could not fail to be seen
or known; and with a sublime im
partiality, or because they loved a
shining mark, some of the brethren
and sisters besieged him with en
treaties, arguments and scriptural
threats to go forward to the "anx
ious seat:" but all their zeal appar
ently failed to move him. I have
heard that he was really quite
touched by the persuasions of one
of them. A voluble brother, who
has not yet attained much grace or
any manners, burst on the General
anil the meeting about as follows:
"My brethren, Isee General Butler
is here; I want you should pray for
him. He once put me in calaboose
at Xew Orleans. I've forgiven
him, but I bless the Lord that I'm
bound lor a place where there isn't
any calaboose, nor any General
Butler to put me in it. Boston
Letter.
.-ElT-Love, the tooth-ache, a cough, and
tight boots, are thing- which cannot long
be kept secret. - .
The Uxoccltiei Uoo.m. The following
slory is told of of a bridal pair, making
the tour of Switzerland, who recently
came to a crowded hotel, and were infor
med by the landlord that there was one
unoccupied room in the house the bath
room and that a couple of beds might
be made in the two baths which it con
tained. The youthful couple were wtll
pleased to secure even this shelter, after a
fatiguing journey, and retired to rest.
An hour or two later the stillness of the
night was suddenly broken by shrieks of
distress issuing from the bath-room. The
lady, wishing to summon a servant, had
pulled what 3he presumed was.a bell-rope
suspended over her bed in the bath, when
suddenly, she was inundated by a shower
of cold water. The gentleman, roused by
her cries, and not quite comprehending
the position, pulled a supposed bell-rope
which he felt dangling over his .bath-bed,
to bring him a domestic, but brought, in
stead, a shower of hot water over him-
gulf. It was quite dark and neither bride
nor bridegroom could grope their way to
the door. By the time succor came they
were up to their knees in water.
A Boy's Yilw.s ox Lager. Lager
beer is made in Milwaukee, and this is
why it is called Milwaukee lager beer.
Germans drink lager beer; likewise A
merieans loo ; but it does not do Ameri
cans so much good as it does the Ger
mans, who get fat and jolly ; while the
Americans doesn't get lat only in the
nose, and red too. which a German don't.
Everybody don't drink lager beer boys
don't drink it because they ain't big
enough. When they gets big enough
j they do German boys cause lets em,
j and thinks it is good for them. I tried to
j drink lager beer once, me and Billy Ya
ger mil could dunk it cause Lis pa was
v. German I could'nt drink it 'cause it
was so bitter ; so Bill he drinked it all,
and then Bill licked me, and my ma lick-
ed Bill, and Dill threw a slone through 1
our window, and I threw a stone at Bill's
itcirr r nil P.i'l'w! ni C'liil lif wnnlil Uc7r mn
J 111 J JIM. .'LI'.. ..V .iri... . . '- 11.
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and my pa sa.d lie would lick bill s pa
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and therefore I don't think lajrer beer is
good for little boys it's so bitter. Edi
tors drink lager beer and that is what
write bitter, and likewise
and lager beer is good for
them. Lager beer am t so good as it used
- -
to be, cause my pa saiu so : ana my ma
said he ought to be ashamed ol himself to
drink it ; and pa raid he was, only if peo
ple didn't drink lager beer, the people
couldn't sell their hops, and they would
all spoil. Lager beer is five cents a glass,
"cause my pa said so, only sometimes
when there is more lager it is five cents
for two glasses, and the men that makes
lager beer they all get rich ; and when I
get big I will make lager beer too. only
it's so bitter,
bout it.
And this is all I know a-
Tragedy. The W innemucca
National of the lGth relates the
following:
Last Thursday a fatal occurrence
took place near Pickett's ranch,
Battle Mountain. The particu
lars, as far as we have learned, are
as follows : I. T. Swim, an old res
ident and prospector of this coun
ty, was driving in his own team,
coming from Argenta, and stop
ped at Pickett's phice to bargain,
as he says, for hay, when he took
in a man, and proceeded on his
way. He had not driven more
than half a mile from the house,
when another person joined them,
whereupon the man in the wagon
jumped to the ground, and level
in a shotgun at Swim, demanded
his money. Swim wrenched the
gun from him, and discharged one
load at him, which took effect on
his person. The other man ran,
and Swim fired at him, but thinks
he did not succeed in hitting him.
We saw the gun at the office of
Justice Pease, which is a common
shotgun, double-barreled, having
one ioad in, and one discharged.
The stock is separated Irom the
barrels, and the triggers arc mat-
tod with the hair and blood of the
man killed, whose name is John
Goodwin. It shows conclusively
that the shotgun was used over-the
head of Goodwin, and broken in
the manner described in the melee.
Theprisoner, Swim, will be re
membered as the man who so gal
lantly fought the Indians in the
terrible Emery massacre, between
this place and Pueblo, some three
years ago. Emery was killed, and
Swim and a man by the name of
Boshee were left to fight six Indi
ans. Swim is represented to be a
quiet and inoffensive man. All the
questions, wc asked him, touching
the lamentable affair, he answered
unhesitatingly and feelingly.
A girl in Wisconsin swallowed
forty percussion caps. Her moth
er refrained from spanking her for
fear of an explosion.
7pS-N colored lad3r. boasting the ofhe
day of the progress made by her son in
arithmetic, exultingly said: "I-Ie is in de
mortiucation ubie.
Axecbote. The Concord (N. II.) Iie
pihVicun says that when Gen. Chamber
lain; Governor of Maine, after one of th
terrible battles of the war, lay upon tL
hospital couch, shot through the body,
and, as all supposed, very near his end,
the attendants began preparations for
embalming his body, that it might be sent
home. This was a little earlier than tho
General desired, and moving hinisolf, ho
said : ' Gentlemen, I Lave made different
arrangements. I invite you all to dina
with me one week from to-day."
Some Rahmts. The Stockton Herald
says : "A gentleman just arrived here,'
stated in our hearing that a few days ago,
whUe driving a large band of cattle, bo
saw intone lot at least twenty five thou
sand jack-rabbits or hares. In driving
the cattle a distance of twenty miles, tho
rabbibs kept gathering ahead in a band
until they augmented to the number sta
ted. There is no donbt of the truth of
this statement, as the informant is a gen
tleman of veracity, and his statements
are vouched for by others who were with
him at the time.
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A Frexcii Fish S four. -A story is told
of a goldfish brought up in a glass globo
by a French Captain. The pretty crea
ture adored him. gn order to enable it to
recognize hiiif, the Captain always put on
his uniform when he approached the
globe. The Captain suddenly died. The
fish passed into the hand3 of an old
lady who lived in the fifth story. Great
was the sadness of the bereaved pet. One
day when he was swimming, in a melan
choly mood, upon the top of the water,
the sound of drums was heard at a dis
tance. A company of infantry passed be
low. The goldfish became agitated ; he
shuddered ; he lashed the water with his
tail. Then he leaped from the glass
globe, and fell palpitating at the feet of
the soldiers. Deceived by the uniforms.
the fisb thought he recognized in the offi
ccr at the head of the company the Cap
tain he had loved.
J3-At Philadelphia, in July, Georgi
ana.McCready, aged twelve years, resid
ing with her parents at 91G East Dauphin
street, was bitten by a rabid dog, which
was owned by a man living in the vicini
ty, named Hclmuth. After a few days
sjc showed symptoms of hydrophobia.
A physician was called in, but she grew
gradually worse, until the night of ih&
22d, w hen the paroxysms were so violent
that her parents administered poison to
end her sufferings.
To Grow IIor.se Hair. Oftentimes the
owner of a valuable horse discovers a
spavin or curbmaking its appearance :
a blister is applied, and many times the
hair comes off, which, of course, the own
er wishes to have grow out as soon as
possible. Xow,ti gentlemen of Denmark,
-V-'w York, has furnished a recipe which
he claims will cause the hair to grow on
bare spots caused by blistering, harness
gall or otherwise. Take an old boot or
shoe, place it in the fire, burn to a coal,
and mix with hog's lard to a thin paste.
A few applications of the paste to the
bare place will do the work. Try it.
Exchange.
The Utterly Disexgaged Bachelor.
i is generally under five and twenty,
for wc d3 net allude to old bachelors.
He dresses well but not anxiously. It
does not matter much to him if his gloves
are not buttoned, or if the parting of his:
back hair is not quite straight. His whole
manner is that of a man who owns him
self; who has no one to think of when he
says anything or does anything. He con
sorts with gay fellows who smoke a great
deal, and he smokes a great deal himself..
He doesn't mind ownigg to having been
out very late last night, and being unable
to find a place for his latch-key when he
reached home. He changes his boarding
place frequently, and it is generally a
head of his salary. He laughs at enj?a--ged
fellows and pities married ones. He
is off-hand in his manner and pays great
attention, in a jolly sort of way, to the
last new pretty girl. He patronizes the
burlesque opera, and goes alone with bo-
qnets to fling to the most fascinating per
former. Even there he is fickle, and th
the
sylph with black hair, who is his idol one
night, is quite forgotten the next for tho
blonde in blue and silver. On the wholo
he Is extremely happy-ilas brighter eyes,
fresher lfs, and nicer hair than any other
kind of man you meet, and seems to have :
"disengaged" and "not in love" written
in every dimple.
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An English clergyman recentlv
tried to persuade one of the black
sheep ot his flock to come to
church, on the plea that ho had
seen his wife there on the previous
Sunday. "I hope you'll try to come
now, James." "Well, sir, I think
I'll try for Mary says you're a hell
of a preacher."
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The Florida Indians, comprising rem
nants of the Seminoles, Tallabassees and
Miccosukies, lately met in council to se
lect a delegate to represent them in the
State Legislature. .
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rt?There is a man down East, rather a
facetious fellows whose name is New. He
called his first child Something, as it was
something new. Ilia next child was calLQ
i ed "olhiDg, it being nothing new.
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