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Single Copy one year, in advance,
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transient advertisements, inebiding nil
leal notires, sj. of 12 biit'.-, 1 v . $
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3? The Ktiterorise flii.e is supp'sed with
beautifa!. itoonivi'd styles of type, and nic.l
eru MAOIIIXK PHKSsK., wldcli wiU enah!.;
'the I'ropriet.o' to do .1 b I' biting at all limes
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UTT WorU suhc.ted.
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tr.i n t-ftionx iipim 'i
pi nr
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u usjxj-jss a. i a d s .
o Attorney at Lav,
Oregon "i", Oregon,
Sent.l'bly.
.jonx y. BACOX,
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BOOKS AjSD STATiOHSPiY,
IX MYEIIS' FI'.JF.-IMIOOF FllICK,
M i n' s r:n'. r. o i
ok (:tv, oi:k-:ok.
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OFFIO !-b-! a Odd Ft ll-.w
of First and Abb r Sti
The patron a g:1 of ll;o e
oncrat'.o' s. is in soecr:d re:
Ti
eple, corner
'urthmd.
I. esil .!'. g se.e i .111
ne.-t. Nitrons c x-
blr tor the ai:dt -s.-.
""Aitifieial tee
!-.,-tic.n ( f teeth.
Sjet'.-r than the best,"
and in
Dee."
l,,t.
Dr. Js H. HATCH,
DENTIST,
J
The patronag" of tiiose desiring Virxi tA .'..
'Op'.r.iJloii-i, is respect I rally solicited.
Satisfaction in all eases guaranteed.
X. tb
Iainle-
-A''"''- 'fry I. .ebie.lC.stcl ed tor tiie
K rracl hoi of Teelh.
Ot' KICK In Wei.
ecu's new baiblin it, 'vest
side of Firt street, t.ee.veeii Ablei
tisou streets, bortbind, Oregon.
and .Ior
II
W. BOSS, M. !.,
Physician and Surgeon,
l yO'Vi ;o o:i Main s'tieet, opposite Ma-on-ic
"Hail, Oregon City. 1-ti
"Live and Let Live.
5
IELDS A: STBiCKLKB,
di;ai.i:hs in
PROVlSiOHSj GilGOESIESj
COL'NTUV I'RODL'e i:, oic,
CIIOICI, WINl'.S AND LK'l'OUS.
?-.t the el 1 st ind of Woitman A Fields
'Oiegon Cit , Or eg. hi. l-'df
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T II. W ATKINS, M. D ,
sriKiKON. roiaiaM). Or.K.ci n.
OFFICE U Fellows' Temple, corner
First and hb-r -tietts Ue-idenee corner ot
-Miin and Seventh streets.
ALA?SOr3 SriliTU,
-Attorney and CounsclDr at Law,
ruocToa am) hoiai rran.
AVOGAT.
Practices in Save and IT. f?. Ccurts.
ibfiee Xo. ins F,-.tl Sl,-'At.Poi-i''ti,d. Orcr
Oppisite McCorinick's P.ook Stoa.c
W. F. HIGIIF'IELDj
E-ttaldistie.'! s-nee isio.at th-- old stnnd,
Af tbi .V.-f,.', O'.go.'i- C".'.7, Vrfjotu
An .s!)rtnK-sU ot ate'.es, -ew-p'rv,
atid S.tii 'fhoma- weight
Cl.vk'. nil of which are waitau.cd
ti en represents!.
U : rirlr ihfw n shrt notice,
eid fi .mkbil ior past favors.
City Riayair.n,
Oli KG OX CITY.
iho delivery of mors" ba
"rei-jbtof w'n itever
ttr. AH orders for t!
'dise or piick.'.ze .col fi
tripti 1:1. t.) any pu t n!
fc lie 1 prom;)t' and w
tr.e city, inn betxv
t h care."
N
TEW YOKK IIOTKL,
! Deutfcbes (Life
UiS,
the M;
17 Front Street. npios:t
shin landing, Por
tbm.i. Or?".n.
H . K0THF03, J. J. WILSEIiS,
p it o p n i k r o b s .
P.oird por Week
. 4.
I:.' OA
1 03
" wi'a
Pav
bo-Uin. .
(. -s
rv
AVOUY WOKUS.
Anjrry words arc liiitly spoken.
In u r. -!i anl tlon!iiIss lumr ;
Bri-jhtf'st links in lid' ;uv broken
liv Ih'-ir (!'! insidious power :
Hearts inspired by warmest feeling,
Ne'er helore hy suiter s'irred,
O'i are rein p;i-f lnne. an healing
', ;i .-ingle uiigiy word.
Poison drops of care ami sorrow,
ITnti-r poison drops are they,
Weaving for the coming morrow
Saddest memories of today.
Angry words. (.) let them never
From the tongue unbridled slip 5
Ma" the heart's best impulse ever
Cheek them ere they &uil the lip.
th
1-1 lendslon is too sacred far.
For a moment's reckless folly
Thus to desolal" and mar.
Angry words are lightly spoken.
Iduerest ihiiu.fhls ;ire rashly stirred,
Eii'ihiest Sinks in life are broken
j J v a siiiLrie unirrv wurd.
Bonn Piatt.
MKS. WOODIIVI.. CATfUKS GEN'.
ri;!:.vsA:NTo:; in a delic vtt: tosi-
1 ION.
From the Cin
)!!
iti Co-rmercial.
ieneral Pleas;
The other dav, ( ieneral I'leasan-
ton.
a le:
iC.'l LC
sen.-itive little uen-
tleman, was
i)i:i.-i:
oi: )Tnxi'.i:.
-, T
ne
I-.ad
livested himself cf every
garment exeepd. tl;e one spoken of
by Ibx.nl in that melaneholcy sonir
called "The Somj; of the Shii't1
He w;is sailing alxtat under bare
poles, when he heard a knock at
tne uoor
old supposing
it to
ie
his man who otig'it to have been
there, and was not he sang out,
"Come in," To his utter conster
nation, that, constitutional female
known as ?drs Woodhull, with a
peaked hat 'and a man's overcoat,
terminating in unmistakable crino-
a
l:n , :
im mci
! i ,
tenia!
dad
liat
111. f
stalk out.
be iliil not.
he o
1 v
th(
but
-tood
Commissioner d' In-
i
iicveniu
m tiie abstract, the
t i a i a c
1 igent ii men, hiding be
hind
"i
( xeUO
an arm-chair, stuttered out,
use me, madam
want to see you on business,
Pie;
anton
bitn,
Wei
imubi
m, woift you be
so
1
LTot d
am
to see
to come to mv oiuce
not i
any oi
I beg
to tin
A OXIUTIOX
on business hist now
and
oi you.
to desist and
come
! "i
It;reau.-
care anything
ion. General P
a noii l
ieasan-
your
ton ;
C'
bat
lane
mien
it is
e that
a matter of some
nnpor
I
wish to see you
uion
i iori i
and th
,i
i is
;il".'
. . ' . 1
. ; . . e i
Can
i d !
Hood
an
op-
lily as
y God
am, exciatmcii
missiouer, shti't-
: ;
i
i
ie
agsuiized
Ids limn
erson lrom
won't you
se
i o t he i nci
per-
mil me to dres
"I have no
b
on
dinner ;'
ection to your
dressing
want to
'or dinner, but what 1
v'.iow is, what are you go-
ing to do about this
y.NDi:i:r.i i.i
' A s 1
- o
Th: t Vanderbilt case is a great
outrage, sir, and 1 can see that
somebo.lv is to be swindled out ot
hall a million of dollars,1 and here
folio wi d
a statement or me an-
. . 1- . 1 T "
derbill else, that oecui-ied just
I went v minutes by
the clock, and
and emphatic.
was vi rv
forcible
At the end of ir, when
tlie strong-
1 inindet
1 const it ut ional A oodhull
aused
for breath, the Commission-
er
aid :
I don't know anything about
tl
ie
mdcrbilt
case
ma
lam. I
have not. looked at a single .paper.
I have not heard anything but
what you have told me. I have
not had time. My God, I don't
get time to get on my breeches, i
don't want te" be rude, but I wish
you would go .away ami let me
dress."
At this moment a knock was
he ard at the door, and
l'LKASA N'l'ON Y KLF.KD LeCId:n
than ever lie gave command to a
battailion. ;
ome in." The ihaor
iei . and me s i i iiii.iie
i.i i , a . i i. .. .
and hamlsonu' fa.ee of our Commo
dore Alden ape;ired upon the en
trance. So soon as he did this,
the Commissioner chasscxed from
the rear of his arm-chair to the
back ed' a sofa, and Alden, thinking
that he was intrudum- noon some
i tender scene between the (ieneral
I and the female, beat a hasty re-
! treat. Put t
Conmf
ecu. am
-sioner was
not to Ite- lorsa
tlie door jerke
tlie tail etid ot
the wind, si.
1 he
ran to
it p(-n, and, with
us ;inen llvinir in
f Conitno'dorc' 1-
i den and
living
lum back.
a.
'i!
ue coo
;no courageous oodhull
i
- -, ,
roe in a majestic manner and
wished them a tgood day. Pleas
ant on sanx ex
;iud begged
brandy to try
austod into
Ai-h n for
a eb.air
a little
ami
rally
from this
tremeinbeus
attack
Ol
lVli!M'w I
rigiits n;a
do U
n him.
i
V i! n ti.e lir:ef u-t rmeu t
i weak ueieuse
lie Mood apeubed.
Grant refuses to noti
tne ro-
que-st ot the be.Uise ot
representa-
u es io euaer a court o
,l
t inquiry in-
i. O t i i
est Pomt troubles. Said
court might reveal things disreput-
ao!e to the i resident s lamiiy,
winch accounts for las reticence in
the matter.
'Contingent"
S.-xys the
X.
the
Y. If:, -old;
oxiu'Mnlit tires
A
of
StateDH'llt
of
War 3)epartrnent tbv contin- i
p.Mit ex'jteiiscs dnrinir the year 1 870 !
shows that about half a million of j
doliars were expended m paying
some of the grisliest bills of the
late glorious war bills that for
common decency's sake should
long ere this have been pigeonliold
in some obscure nook of the War
OH ice. A few items taken 'as we
find them, are
v or
sand
onus
and leg-irons;" "for expenses in
curred HI firCv'ojn Dfl
evidence ;
"for 2 dozen handcuffs and
Ian-
terns
for furnishing 1 gallows
complete, slU'-j
"ior
112 pairs
shackles
hand shackles and 20 h
"post chaplain, for expenses incur
red by direction of 3iajor (ieneral
imtler m paying organists, sexton,
i
and cnons ior services rendered
uiMn funeral occasions and Sun
days in Christ Church and St.
Paul's Church, Xew Orleans;""
"for 000 sets Adams patented
handcuffs, and 41 balls and chains;"
"for expenses incurred in coir'ey-
i'.eg" one prisoner, , eharired
with winn'mir irovernment funds
i i e . t
A Yew
iVom United States disbursing oili- j tion or homestead as other public I lately on the side of the rebellion,
cer ;" "'for 2 anklets and 4 chains;" ; lands. A large body of these in- I but kept in the Union by force of
for erecting gallows and eomplet- j delimit y selections had been sold arms, senls a champion to the Xa
ing all necessary arrangements for j to bo mi fib.) purchasers by the '; tional Councils, in behalf of the
the execution ot
pairs handcu'ls ;"
dor
12
;" "ior
' "for
ing the
20
nan-
ior
pairs ;
2 7 pairs;
erection of i
i.
for supennten
gallows lor, and execution of, , j
?3 4 5 ; for "same, 13 73;" "for j
I t pounds of rone;" "for snechil j
train to convey Gov. ( ). P. ?dorton
mil stall;" "for ;10 pair Jiamiculls i
and bo poum
chain ;
and so on. i
and so on.
for
b o l '. il enll's; find !
shackles and ropo and gallows, j
net forgetting thorn
thousands to those lice
uiiis upon :
of despot-!
ism, the detectives, until the war!
expenditures of IS 70 aggregate
half a dollar per head for every j
man. woman and child in the ;
largest city in the United States.
Xo wonder the nuniey goes when j
half a million slips through on a!
Chorpenning claim and aimthcr
half million is required five years i
after the war ends lo pay the war's j
bins tor Isai
'I'M 1
i uese bencj
;dei:ns and
naiui men.
the contingent' ex
penses, what mui-t "be the regular,
wer
tlie trut h known
I'm:
Ca i; nival.
.V venerable
ai
i mgmv c
ed
ttcated lady, says the
o;.-,'.( living at Alcx-
andna, ' irgmia, sjeakmg ot
t ue'
carnival at Washington in a
letter
to her son in this city says:
"All tic world to-day has gone
to the grand carnival at the Na
tional Capital. The wheels of
-overnment stop to see the pc-r-
form;tuce of a nation's buffoonery.
Shades
of Washington, .Telle! son
and Madison, could
your
di;
Hi lit
d
presence appear lo-oav, meinniKs
xiifief would be your cry."
The city of magnificent flis
tances litis been the scene of a con
tinual carnival of crime and cor
ruption for ten years, but it seems
i.,.
me
carnivai ir.isme
1 1
has taken :i
i i e w
ilesh
cat lit
base
(irmit's love for horse
has finally
turned the nation's
into a hippodrome, and the
whole cetuntry is invited to see
scrub cayuses race up and down
ovr the magnificent wooden pave
ment of Pennsylvania Avenue.
The grand display of illumina- j
turns, lire-works, masquerades, j
musie and horse racing on the oc
casion just passed, is said to rival
the carnivals of Borne in her
palmiest days. Xo wonder tin;
Virginia lady deprecates the wick
edness of the nrcsent day.
Xot Exid 'dL Henry A. Wise
said many good things in his
memorable campaign of ISOa,
when he "met the black knight
with his yisor down"1 and defeated
him, but the following related in
the S. F. Krnni'tjAr is a little the
best :
In the Fall of the year l c5d, we
remember hearing Governor Wise
hold forth in the old Court-house
at Martinsburg, Berkely county,
Va. Beech er
was
then, ami is
b 1 1 :.wo h L e
now. abhorred m the South
7
4 , l
Ins very
niany
est imabh
quai
Wise ities (?b Belerrmg to mm,
used the following heavy sentence:
2 ew ieugian
id is not large enough
to grow
; enough, to feed
Tr..., aiwvn-!-, t o r.i sse wool en on gli. l
o weave a cio.uk ia::gc emmu iw
:h
cover the sms of that heinous mon-
. er
uity Henry Ward
o
f inn
B
-o-ecner.
A Dis
APPOINTED
Mf XT st EE. A
laughable tiling took place
at a re-
vival
sissii
meeting somewhere m is
bi not Ion"- since. The min-
Lster noticed a seeilv looking chad)
in one of the seats, looking as
though he needed religion or a
o-00,i s,
ouare meal. o he stepped
.... i
j up to ,:.u ansl nketl jim if )e was
t v nnstian.
'Xo sir." said he. "I
am the editor of a paper in this ;
place." "Then in name of God, j
let US pray " reidied tlie ilr-votod t
minister.
Indemnity School Lands.
A o-oo.llv imniler of tiie licoplo
i ot t he State feel a lively interest i
in the earl y settlement of the in- ! a
.l enmity school lam question. In ;
the act organizing the Territory, j
and m the one adituttmg (Jreuon
into the Union, it was provided
among other things, that sections
sixteen and thiity-.'six in every
township should be granted to the
State for the use of schools, and it
was further provided that in the
event said sections or any part
thereof had been disposed ot, other
lands equivalent thereto, and as I upon the liberties of the people;
contiguous as po.i'tile, 'should tfe i he comes from a State com para
taken to fill up the measure of the j lively new to the Constitution of
grant. Under the laws of the State the country, while .Massachusetts
it was made the duty of the County ! semis the most debased tool it was
School Superintendent to select in j possible to. find in all her limits to
lieu of school sections previously j support and aid he'v advances to
occupied, such other suitable lands j
as he can find nearest thereto, and j State has a history of gre;t glory
to report these selections to the j in the annals of resistance to inva
proper land offices of the State. ; sions of rights that were harmless
In many instances the selections j compared to those invasions
were informally and defectively j against which that fearless man of
made, not being properly indicated I Missouri will set the vigor of Ids
to tin: (ieneral Government and life. The coincidence is singular,
therefore not withdrawn from mar- j but to which section is it flattering':,
ket but subject to entry, preemp- i The State that was in ISolabso-
School Board, ami the discovery of ;
the defect in their titles awakened j
a very natural concern and uneasi
ness in regard to the matter. The
Legislature ot Oregon at the last
session adopted a joint resolution
instructing our Senators and Ren-
reseutati'3 to secure if possil
ie
the approval by the Commissioners j
or the vjenerai
Land Ollice of
iIiikh i(d i et i 11 1 S
Upon this subject we are per
! - . 1. 1 .1 I'll. " !
muted to maKe tne loiiowing ex- s
tract from a letter of Hon. J, S. :
Smith to I Ton. .1. C. Drain, of this;
county, under date ot reb. 4 :
" The attention of the Commis
sioner of the (ieneral Land Oiuce
has been called to the subject ot Jilair is a man ot extreme per
vour letter in relation to which sub- j sonal courage and vast, energy, and
lect the Legislature of Oregon why not publish his Broadhead
passed a joint resolution. 1 he
Commissioner has not the nec
essary information to enable him
to act at once on the question, but
he addressed a letter to the Land j
Ofiices m Oregon lireetmg them
to rejiort all the facts without
delay, and on the receipt of their
reply he will at once' proceed to an
examination and decision of the
question involved. It scenes the
selections have not been reported i
to the o Slice here. i
The letters of tin
Commissioner
directs the Begisters and Beceivers
to report
1st, what, selections have
been made
2d, in lieu of lands so
made
State
;jd, under v
ier wh.at law of the
or Territory
of Oregon
they were made
-ftl
bv
what
(i nco's t oc u'i'i'ii io"i( i
di
cc.
Xothinir can be done here until
that, information is obtained, and 1
presume it will not come until my
departure for home.
I will call 31 r. Slater's attention
to it, and I have no doubt the in
terests ot the State and the pur
chasers of the lands will be pro
tected. I am your obd't serv't,
J. S. Smith.
Under the instructions of the
Commissioner, the Land officers at
this place and Oregon City some
time ago reported to the (Ieneral
Land Office the selections hereto-
fore made, and we doubt not. such
of them will Ik
approvet
1 as
will
make a c
omplete indemnity. Ave
feel assured that the State will pre
serve good faith with the pur
chasers, and.,in the event of a fail
ure of title will return the purchase
money with which it is to be hoped
title can be obtained by purchase
from the General Government.
7J,
1 1 Undid '. CT
An Immensk BuiDGE.-The great
iron bridge now being constructed
over the Mississppi, at Hannibal
(Mo.), is one ot the great works of
the present day. The length be
tween the abutments is l,5y0 feet.
It will be eighteen feet wide in the
clear, and is intended for both rail
way and highway travel. With
the exception of the piers and floor
ing, the bridge will be oi wrought
mm throughout. the amount oi
material to be used is something
enormous; 400,000 lineal feet of
. . rm .
Piliu"-. l.ooono!) leet oi limner
and tloorin-"- 1 0.000 tons of ma-
sonry, 10,ot)0 tons rip-rap, 4,000 j trifling, ami it can oe applied to
terns ofconerete, and l,:.b30 tons of! any sewing machine. Nothing un
iron. The structure is to be ready der the table requires to be toucli-
by the 1st of August, and will cost
about 300,000.
Young Grant has been expelled
from West Point for a variety of
rascalities, among which is said to
be that of lying. If the Presi
dent's own son can't cultivate at
Wet Point the qualities necessary
to secure an appointment under
the present Administration, the in
stitution had better be abolished.
The deepest love shows itself in
i the eve and touch.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
General Blair and Henry Vilson
Tlui sneaks tlie Xew York oor-
respondent of the Boston Conrrit r,
Democratic paper, cditelby Hon.
(.ieoro Lunt, with marked ability,
The letter is dated 23th of Jan u-
arv, nit
(ieneeal Frank Blair's election
to the Senate of the United States
is in singular contrast with the
contemporaneous return of Henry
Wilson to that august (V) chamber.
Blair is elected by a Southern
State to oppose the aggressions of
an evident military encroachment
despotism. And yet the Old Bay
old Constitution of the land ; and
Massachusetts, the Minerva of tin
lb'public, clothes with a pitiful
polit ieian, glistening with the tar
and feathers put upon him by Mr.
ex-Attorney ( ieneral Black to keep
tiie usurpe
We here
to !ns ends
in Xew
York
are
lost
m amazement at
the' action ot
and cannot
your i a
"T
ature.
iathomthe mystery oi us aoasc
of its abase- 1
nient. However, Wilson will op-
II! '11 . i " . 1 . . ! 1.1..
pose iiair oy iow hicks, auu neip
to give him that supreme, iiosition
where Ids patriotic efforts may tend
to make him either a martyr or the
living leader of a franchised -people.
'
... i . i
4.
loiter.
'or vou find that he believes
in it as lirmly now as when it was
vrvhtnii rFbot httor " O S !1 bold
ertion at the time, but events I
. s ,
a
have fuliilh-d in part its prophecies
Tae Coming xitn.
Th
re is no doubt, now, of the
tion in store for us, the for
denizens of the Golden
Stale. lies a coming. Siioddy-
ites, lickspittles ami parasites, pre
pare for action ; tor the ashiug-
W:ts!
ton correspondent ot the C nicago
PJi',-4!n; J't.s( says "it is now set
tied that the President will take
an overland trip to California in
the Spring, after Congress ad
journs." We wonder if he will revisit the
classic precincts of Knight's Ferry,
and again essay io rme up a nigne
ofei'ght or ten stevis into a bar-
room to take nis regular nip. i
Will he, if he does go into t hat
neighborhood, recognize his Indian
-a relatives, ami,
in
'pursuance
ot
his nepotic propensities appoint
T
some one ot tnem as .Minister 1 len
iiwUoni i.nrv and Fnvov Extraord
inary to the Bepublicsicalled, of
San Domingo, it he slips up in his
latest effort to acquire town-lots
there without the expenditure of
coin, by his annexation scheme?
We await the coming of Ulysses
with some curiosity. We are so
licitous to see the needy tribe who
will bend the pregnant hinges of
the knee, that thrift may follow
', a w n i 1 1 g . ' ' J'J.f't tin titer.
Usefcl Invention. ?dr. Jacob
Zuckerman, of San Francisco, has
invented a motive power for sew
ing machines. The Ihtlhjiit gives
the following description of it :
Under the table of the sewing
, - i e .. -.
machine are a numoer oi upiigni
spiral steel springs, which being
comnressed. their expansive force
is com mumeated,
chain and som
v
means ot
simple
i.. .
CIOCK
work placed on me laoie, io mc
1
sewni"- mac ":ine. It is wound up
like a clock, by a few turns of a
crank, ami runs any desired length
of time. The power can be mul-
i m
tipiicd at will by increasing
the
I i r I . . f !
j number or springs. i means on
! an ingeniously contrived "brake,1 j
i it can be made to run fast or slow, j
or stopped msuiniiy o me l;ou
i of a thumbscrew. Its cost
ed, and the attention ot tne opera
tor is concentrated solely upon tlie
fabric in hand. By half a turn,
more or less, of the thumb-screw
referred to, which is so located
that it can be turned without re
moving the hands from the fabric,
the machine is started, regulated
or stopped at any stitch, as may
be desired.
Cold Brstxr.ss. Going to law
is mighty cold business, tor the
very nest you can nope i jusL-fit,
best you can 1
a. .
i" i v,t
j and oiten you can t get that.
Girls' Wit Enough for a Tight Place.
(From the Saginaw Courier.)
The following good story is
vouched for to us by one of the
participants in the affair. Two
friends we'll call them
TOM AND DICK",
went a few nights since to call up
on a couple of damsels, who reside
with their mother in the eastern
portion of the city. The old lady
is somewhat deaf, and the girls
somewhat roguish. The gents were
graciously received by the old lady,
who formed a fifth in the social
circle. Ordinary bed time came,
and the gentlemen professed to
leave , the girls showing them to
the door. But this was only a ruse
to get the old lady to bod.. The
front door was opened and shut,
.and the girls returned to the dining-room;
the two beaux having
been slipped into the front parlor
and left there in the dark. It was
supposed, of course, that the slight-
DEAF OLD LADY
would soon be in the land of Xod,
but she took a sudden whim to go
and sit in the parlor a while, and
taking up a light started for that
place'. Dick and Tom had been
anxious listeners and watchers, and
now saw the old old lady approach
ing with a lamp. As she passed
into the hall, their only means of
escape w.as cut off. Dick made a
dive behind a lounge that stood
out a few inches from the wall
the frame-work was too low for him
t o crawl under and Tom, find ing no
other place, wedged himself in on
1 l U1 J'iLK- i lie oui iau s.;il tne-
i;imp on the bureau, took up a
.. . e n: i. fi'i... .11 l .."I.-
tn,oK, ami uenori.nei) se-aimg nei-
selt on the lounge, began to reael.
The feelings of
THE NICK YOUNG MEN'
behind the lounge may be better
imagined than described. .Tom
was in dread of immediate detec
tion, while Dick dreaded smother
in ir. He was so frightfully cramp
ed that he was getting reckless as
to conseuuences, and in a muffled
voice that only the old lady's deaf
ness prevented her from noticing,
mumbled to Tom: "Kick the
, .. 1.1 . 1. .. 1 ....... 1
lounge oer, oiow uie lamp out anu
let s jump through the window.
As Dick was squirming in a way
that boded a sudden expose for
Tom, it is probable that the latter
would have taken his advice to the
letter, but for the interposition of
the quick-witted girls. At first,
expecting the cat was out of the
bag, they had kept back, ready to
take
Tin: STOWM OF KKrUOACII
they could not avoid, but hearing
no noise after the old lady entered,
they went to see what had become of
the'gallants. Two pair of boots
and a foot or so of pantaloons were
visible from the door, :md the girls,
making some conmioii-plaee re
marks to their mother, went away
j laughing loudly. i nancy me
pi. ""-s- i ""-""i'0 ......
! 1
hum ire. But in a few sec
onds
there came a shout from the wood
shed, where the girls then were, j
saving that their lamp had blown !
out, .and askii'g "mother" to come
with hers. The boys heard them
j plainly; and even smother
ing Dick
topped his muttering and threat
ening. 1 he good old lady rose,
wiped her specks and folded them
away, and bidding the girls not to
be frightened, went off with the
lamp to their aid. It would be
superfluous to say that the loung
ing boys didn't lounge just there
any longer. They unlocked the
front door as quickly as they could
ami
SLID OUT,
without even bidding the young
ladies good night. It was well for
them that they did, for in less than
three minutes the old lady was seat
ed on the lounge again, perusing
her book.
D i s ; u s t e i ) Germans. General
Logan's election to the Senate,
from Illinois, says the Dayton Ohio,
Jcmrr does not please the German
wing of the Badical tarty in that
State. They wanted Lieutenant
Coventor Koernor, and feel thev
1T1-1 . .1 1"
were snaoouy treated m his not
being elected. The Germans are
just beginning to find out the Ah-
Sins ot the organization with which
i they have acted for the past ten
i vears. Cheated m the choice o
i Senators; fooled in relation to tin
sympathy extended to Prussia m
v X -
i her war with France, the Germans
are now preparing to take a new
departure, and form fresh alliances
of a more honest and satisfactory
charccter.
-rt -e
The London :snopVtnn pro
noses the following marriage vow
for its Iadv readers, when occasion
requires. ""I will continue to love
mv husband as long as he is love
able, honor him as long as he is
honorable, and obey hnn as long
as his commands are just ami
reasonable."
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l . i i i 1 1 , mi - .- - - -i
i iiT :tu r- ,i i rcn .oven l. l
. , . T nhm.t
the on V epieapui x. itum.
I Ult UI ' 1 L 1
Don't Marry, for Money.
EMMA J. OPPKNI1K1MEKG
Girls, never marry old men
when I say old, I mehn a man O
twenty or twenty-five years older
than you are; rest assured you wilt
feel sory afterward. -
I do not believe in May and De
cember the difference is too greai; q
I believe in marrying to choose one
whom you really, love, ami who is
not over ten or eleven years your
senior. . .
Don't take him because he is
nice, so "stylish looking," ami
every time he comes to see you.
wears a different pair of gloves and 0
a new necktie; ami then b. cause his
moustache is waxed just so, aiul
his hair is smooth and not a single
hair is out of place, and all that
kind of nonsense'.
G
Take my word for if, girls lie 0
will not make a good husband; ho
thinks too much of himself for that.
Don't except Maurice because
you like him. but only feel, a sjm
perimr liking, and think and argue
to yourself that love will come af
ter marriage that's nonsense, too.
Bather marry a man with &
plain face, and good steady ways,
even if he is not very stylish, and
love him. Suppose his cinyi di
stances are only so so, as long as
he can support you decently and.
is a good husband, what do ycu
care for style?
You will be far happier than your
sister Annette, or your cousin Jldia1,
who married the. elegant anct
wealthy Mr. Winters, who isonut
half the night playing cards, with
his friends; of course the fashiona
bles do not call it gambling, but
what else is it, when a man neglects
his wife and family and locs half
his fortune in one night? ( .
And then after coming home late",
lie sleeps late, and whehhegefup
is cross because he lost ten thous
and at "euchre, and goes out 'again,
to the trotting course, and 'do nit
come in until another half nigl9t
has passed. What of a life is that?
And yet you must expect it, if
you link your life to a man you do
not love. . ,
Of course you have your round
of pleasure, too; but you doiit care
for him, only for his money, and .
his passing infatuation for your
pretty' face or graceful figure has
passed off, so you each go your own
way, each on the road to ruin.
Of course, when he finds out ill at
you have flirted and even allowed
Ormond AVoodliehl to kiss you, he
storms and says he wsni't allow
his name to be disgraced, t.v:c., anil)
then you get indignant, and tell
him it's none of his business to in
terfere with you, as you married
his money, not him, and that yovi
love Ormond, ami when lie (your
husband) dies, you intend marry
ing him, ,
'Then he storms and swears and
T .. J 1
sues lor a divorce, ana you ;ui(
your children are , disgraced,"
for lawyers and reporters search
s I and pick and exaggerate every lit-
tie innocent action oi oitis an
wroii'f anfl the world knows all
your secrets during your life, and
ill your letters and every little
, i i "..
word is construed unci iniscon-
trued until they make "Mountains
out of mole-hills." .
And then when the case is com
pleted and the evidence summed
up, you will feel like burying your
ace m the earth from very shame
of the publicity of the thing.
l on can avoid this girl, by
thinking less of wealth and brown
stone front houses, and more of
true 1 ve and sterling worth'.
.
Double A i v a xt.vue gained.
The carpetbaggers and schala-
wags ot the South, remarks an ex
change, have a chorine aflectioii
for visiting Washington during
the session of Congress. This, of
course, costs money'. . Ilooest men
pay their own bills when 3.hey
t ravel, but not so with these chaps'.
They have a contrivance target us;
the "people, to meet theoexpensc.
Their friends always keep a com
mittee on reconstruction or Ojji
southern outrages on hand, with a
view of accommodating these gen
tletnen by summoning tltgin as
witnesses. A double advantage is
thus gained. The cart-baggerS
and sehalawags get their expenses
paid by Congress, and the com
mittee have always an expert Set
of witnesses on hand.
It is stated that the celebrated
trouin"- horse Blackwood, Of ott
count r(K'v.), has been sold to a
com pan v of Xew orkers. ihe
price said to have been paid is
so 2,-300, more, by long odds, than
was ever given before foranythifig
in the shape of horstlesh. How
fast Blackwood can trot is not
known. He made one race iri
public as a three-vear-old, and
scored 2;31. Some of thknowing
ones think his trainers have since
gotten him down to Dexteris time;
mm
The Sweetest of Strains Try
ing to lift a pretty heavy girl on a
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