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f3rjw?f"3sssesi m ! i ' u n V ' !! 3 1 Ij 'I II I WILLAMETTE PARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, NOVEMBER 3, 1882 Jurm,i jif crafting THE GREAT SPIDER. A apider sat in his hacment den, Wearing his snsrca for tlio acuta of men, "I will not work with m y hands," quoth he, "An easier pathway, must open for me." Jle spreads his tables of greenest baize, And many a cunning trap'ho lays; The marble balls are smooth and white, The den is blazing with floods of 1 ght. , Behind the bar the spidir stands; There is not a wise man in the land But will lose Ins wit and l. conic a fool, If he yields himcelf to the spider's rule. There is not a man so strong and brave, But the spider will dig him a shameful grave. There is not a youth so noble and fair, But will learn to drinn and gamble and 8 wear. In the spider's den. But do not, pray, Dire to dispute the spider' swayj Jf you sweep the dm with the law's strong broom , Perhaps you miibt make a cleaner room; But then, mm are fearful a little afraid, In fact, on the tmder's to make a raid; Twould stir up excitement and spiders must I've, . JSo our dear household treasures we patently give; The kpidtr still sits in his basement den, Lying in wait for tlio souls of men. MINNEAPOLIS BPNO. "Lovo mo little, Lovo me long," Sing the dusty milbr To his wheat art, and his son? Did a maize and thrill her. j "Did me barley hop". Oh, givo Mu in o grain of comfort; I would oat on tine and live Holding on to some foot. "In your ryes now love looks thine, There lies cereal pleasure, Oh I hominy joys arc mine. Filling up my meisure." Came tlio maiden's corn-full laugh At the miller's fawning; "Ynu can't winnuw girls iih chaff Sir I to you good morning " Providence Prc. Bob." Times Ilomotrat. His name was "Bob." It is fair to presume that aometimo in tho paktit was "Bob" some thing, and it is possible that once it was Robert something, Esq,, but nobody I could find ever knew or cared to know what that something was. He first mysteriously appearod in tlio cleik's Cffioo of the United States Court. He was Covered with dust, and lojked as if he might have coma from underneath fomo pilu of the musty records hidden away in tho dark re Ceiies and closets, whcio wero buried tho dockets, and minutes, and paper in forgotten cases By some never-learned method or process It induced tho chief clerk, a closo-tistcd, aus tere man, to give him employment. As I have stated, tho persuasion ho used was never Itnown, but the chief clerk introduced him to the office and tho deputies, and all the people in it M "Bob." "Oentlemcn," tho chief clerk Mid, "this is Bob," and then bo give him a desk, and at that desk for many long years "Bob" wrote. "Bob" did not look old, but yet there was that about him which indicated that he had )ived a great many years. To me ho was like tree that had been turned tn stone in mil. summer, leaves and boughs and twics and nil, nd had never lost its greenness, fresluu'ts or appearance of aliengih, though through all showing tho marks of winds and rains and tho mold of years. There was a cold hard look on his faco, which seemed to d fy time, and toil to dent it or ago it, nnd his iiguie, which should have been bending beneath tlio weight of years was as upright, it was asserted by thoso who knew him then, as the day I o tit ut cimo. Theso same persons mid that bu had ohanged in nowise, and some declared that lui evon wore the samo old gray coat and slouch hat and faded pints that hu had on when he first appeared. "Bob" novcr seemed to want for monoy, and each spendthrift clerk in tho ollieo knew where to go if he wero pushed. "Hob" was the man appuiled to, nnd he never refused. He would look up in a mild benevolent way ; he never smiled; nobody had overseen him do it, and without woid on his part, tlio loan Would bo made. Ho was tho ptcy of tho piddlci, whoso dally beat included the ollieo. Hu never failed to buy, and never objected to the nil hj and he often n plvuisliud ixhnustul stocks of thu poorer ones with his accumulated pm chases, "I liko to htlp them," bu said oiur, when re monstrated with. 'I like to help them, and tury nted the money, I do not," Olio of the in)toiiia rmilouiidiui; "Hob" was his rt'tular disappeniiinco eiery Friday evening; und his rigular rttiiin to thu nlhio lato on Monday luciiiing, No matter huw great the tush of hiuiuits, no mattti how many traiiscnpta thtiti were tn be niadu in u hurry, Bob would cei.so wmk at t ti'ehik Friday evruing, ai'd would not ln u-cn again until Monday morning. And when ho e.iiuo on Monday moruieg, thu cold, hard look on his facu seemed to havo grown colder and tenter. There was a legend which was tome tinea tohl in whispers, to the itUct tint u de uty marshal who once upon a lima had to iimu writ in Ked Stkk, up thu riur, whuv the State prison is, and who had liuihid that town la o Saturday, had Men skulking aioiuid the uutsidu of the gum walla of thu peniten tiary n lUuro in an old giay coat and slouch hat and faded pants, which hu could havo awom was 'iloli." "As no imo could niiacnic. tuiyrtaoii wliy "Il.di" tin uhl,sLuU around thu penitential y, thu general opinion was that thu paused, And seemed to think an instant, as if the two words had suggested something, and then added, "Yes, thsnk God, back again, back again, boys from tho past." After the aflectof his vtrv strange entrance J (for no one ever remembered his having come in that way before) had passed away, it was obscned that tho cold, hard look had left his lace, and he had grown old, very old, all at once. There were many wrinkles in his face, and his hair was tinged and streaked with irray, his form was bent, ind there was a per ceptible trembling iu his hand as he held th pen. After awhile, and when he had finished the last page of transcript he had been preparing, Bob arose from his desk, and in his old, calm, quiet way, presented his resignation to the chief clerk, with a receipt for the large bal ance; due him, at the samo time remarking 'hat ho was "going home," There was R mi thing in his manner which prevented question ing or comment, and ho was given Iiih money without a word. He said he believed he would co into tho inner cilice and "lie down for nwl lie." as had been bis custom anil priv ilege lor years; before ho siid good-bye, and a-ked tliat he be awakened at too usual time. Hob went in. and the husincrs of tho offici". which had been momentarily interrupted, pn pressed as usual. But a fe- ling of deprcs sion had fallen upon nil. The idea of "BobV going away could not be (ompreliendcd. "Bob's chair" empty and no "Boii" movinv arcund in that quiet, decided, Btlf-potcsscd way so peculiarly his own, wos rdmcthing so far beyond the range of imagination even that it co'ifd not b reached. ' Tlio usual timu" came. The clock rang it out stroke by stroke one, two, three and then tho hamimr seemed to linger before it foil four. Every man in the ollieo counted them as they sounded. Tho time had come to wake "Bob," but no man ttirrcd. The lookul at each other, but moved not. Slowly tho moments dragged away timil fio had passed, and then the chief ilerk, looking at the round, white faco of tho time-r iece, faid, as if he had just remembered it. "1 believe that it is time to wake Bob," and he went in to tho miiT ollieo to do it. H remained lunger than usual, and the people in the outer ollieo could hear him call ing, "Bob, Bib, It is time to get up, Hob." And then they heard him exclaim in a fright ened oice, "Gnat Oiidl" and then he ap peared with pale faco and staitingi, yes and pointing to the inner office where ' Bob" va lie said, "He has cone," and slowly raising his hand and pointing heavenward, hu added, "home." The Stono Ace In Oregon. deputy luaithal Would luxe pel jui.d bin b.1( if he had tsLm any euih oath, und the ligtud waa rrjrcttd as a Hulutiou of tho mx.tcry sur rounding thu wukly d'aamuarancc. But there e-aum h Monday men mug, when "Bob" apiHurtd to have "tpructd up, as one mi the uuderclerLs exiirvssiil it. 1 he old lt.iv coat bad umi vst oil. and had Imn re; Uwm i m m ono-k inn' i'i iumiiuu on, mo mien Hob" was buried next day. Be'oro plac ing him in his colli o, they looked in his pock ets to see if theru was anything, which would tell of his past life. Iq the inside pocket of bis vest, over tho cold, still heart, was found a picturo of a fair-haired, bluo eyed girl with witching, smiling lips. On the birlc of the picture in "Bob's" writing, but in a trcmulnu hand, was: "My darling, January fith, 18 ," and b-low this, in n bold, steady hand, also "Jioirs writing, was: My littlo wife. March fith, 18 ."somewhat over a year lat-r. and below this agiin in a weak, unsteady hand, as it something had blinded the writir was: "My t rring one, December 10th, 18,' thieo years later than tho previous ditc. In another rocket, iu tho coat, there -a found a pickago of litters, ycl'ow with a n and tied with a fado I blue ribhor. One of tho letters on the outside or the package for tho biindlo was not opened was addressed in a neat feminine hand, but with a cruel firmness about it, "Hobert." This was plain, but tin balanco of tho address had 'been eithci acci dent'y or purposely erased. Across tho letter, in wild, reckless Bcrl, which boro enough reemhUncu to "Bob's" writing to show that it wns his, with frequent splashes of ink, which told ohero thp pen hid been driven into iho paper, was "Wreck' d iiv Clod, Decmber 7lh, 18 ," three days Ixf r tho last date on tho picturo. One corn r of tho envelnpo had bocn torn and exposed a sentence in tho samo neat feminino hind, with fie cruel firmness which had written tile ad dress. Tho sentence was this: " iVith your frend, Jas. Grafton" "your friend" undci lined. Tho day following the death of "Boh." the papers of the city cama out with short obit uary notices of him, in which the mystery surrounding him was mads much of, but they knew nothing of tho pictures or the letters, nnd, therefore, did not mention them. In ono of tho papers in the column noxt tn tho one containing tho obituary, thcro ap peared the follow iii.r : IFrom our Special Corrcapoii'tcnie MYNTKRIOOH DEATH OK A IMS VICT, Hfi) Stick, Sunday. "Kditor--T is morning tho liody of a con vict who was discharged list night from tho ji'H tontiary, as found on th- streets nutsidn tl.o walls of thu prison with a knife in the heart. "l'ho convict's nsnm was Jas. Grafton, nnd it is said t' nt hu wns at ono time n respected member of society. Ho had served a term of IS rnrs for fiiruery. "During Saturday evening, a man in an old gray coat and sloi'ch hat nnrl faded pants a seen skulking around tho outsi to of the glim ven'ls of the p-niti ntinry, and it is suppled that ho was tho murderer. This man had been obxived at intervals, for yearn, hanginc around tho walls, and wos supposed by ecy ono to bo a harmless lunatic. He oniint bo found this morning. H. Y. '.." Tho deputy marshal, who had clll tho fig ure, w In o 1 1 ho con d have swum was ' Itob," cimo into the cluVs ollieo with tho pipers in his hand, mid triumphantly siid, "I told ou m," and it waa generally admitted that ho had. Hut few people leilizo thu imnnrtancoof tho Hour-making nidmtry of the United StUos. Hut btilc more than a do"n oits ago it was in a most lui kw aid stale, whilu now- it loids tho woild, both us to iiuant tv and uualitt. and Aoeriem Hour may be found in all the mnrkets of Kuiopa nnd South and Central America, commanding the highest prices and li iving the prefer lice over that produced an) where 'Iho XtiitTiivttsiKUX MliLkit, pu lUlied at MinueaiHilm, which is llie guatist niillii g ceutir in the wor d, has is-ued u pi cial Kxport V, liti u for circul ition in fun ign couiitrioo.lmt which will be found tiiittu mtir eating to Ainericiii raiders. 'Iho thirty I and somily illustrated ages of this isuu Voiitiiu among utlur iiuimrtuiit matter n v. ly c m pi' to llutr.ited (It ci lotion of the Minuenpoli. luill', and mucli matter if luttrtst on tie grain produetio of thu cui try and th pro. less of c mritiiii: it into tl ur. 1'hcro nru uls some pi tin of impiiixid modern mills which nru iiomI and a uat'le to those in tho tr l , as this is a cU of iuiormutioii which lm liitli'ltn been iiui o ji-alaul LUardtsl. Tj n grsphicnlly it is uu iniu.iulK luniUonio iue ol n pjJHT, whith is wcl ki own as a iu d I in tils'. r i I'v't. Tho NllKTIIW MTKUN Mll.l.KU is tho oldest, larcest and in st wiilily ciiiul.tot w rklv ii'illiu nrM'er piibluiod, sod I inter at-d in niillin,' iomI t gr4in and lloui timl a houM led it e -uUllv Tl t ubhb tr, U M l'aliuo , MiiiiuaiHilis, Minn., will at)l'h pur ol Mime suKlmd color, ami hu . nd lumplo itipirs on ppliu.tu . pants had Imii txchaui;il for n haiid.one, atW'tli pur ol Mime even hat) a new silk hat. Ho can o in at a I 1. ...II- ....I l. ........ I. ...I..!.. VII A I. . VM. IHIIV H H l.fll.l I tl 'I n.t . ,. . a ,. a. twinkle ill hi. t.'. and h actually uiild as' ",0 """' '" wkinS i.u.s re met, b bade "wood in' rig. I")s I'm Ui.k Uouxlai ounty, reeetitly ditcated a petition ijaui." Win n lie bad sauI "luck 'gain," )i to sell li ,uor, two to oi.e. There is a little mine of antiquities of the most interesting kind upon the point of land at thu junction of the Columbia and Umatilla rivers. Tho ancient tribea doubtless made this stern and sterile river bank a place of senulture for their dead, and the Umatillaa more recently havo also buried their dead in tho same satdy cemetery. Many iatercsting curiosities from those old, forgotten tribes have been ditcoiered by tho casual seekers, and doubtless many of equal interest and val ue await tho more thorough untiqu ry who will search patiently and systematically the ancient "mcmloose illahee." In a fow minutes' search at random along tho shore of tho Columbia, I have found a half dozen relics of tho prehistoric Americans of this locality. Searching among the beautiful polished atones along the bank at the east of tho Umatilla and tonth of the Columbia for suitable stones to be dect rated with the typ ical Mount Hood, to grace a writing table or throw nt caterwauling felines, I picked up a stone which was lemarkably perfect iu shape a perfect circle, polished smoothly, and only marred by a hole through its rim. I was about to "skip it" into the river when the peculiar cutting of the hole, which I at first thoucht an accident, attracted my eyes, and I found the stone was cut by some human being with pains, which no one at this day can tell ui distinctly of, to be perhaps the cover of sonio vessel or a weight for a fishing net. But a dozen steps farther on I found a stono about the size of a base ball, perfectly round but with a groovo half an inch deep running around its widest circumference, giving it a singular symmetry. This was probably used either for a net sinker or a sort of pestle. A aymmetric.il stone, hard, smooth and shuttle sin ped, about two inches in diameter and nine inches in length was the next find, and with it an old fragment of granite cut into a pestle, Hiich any apothecary of our own day would recognize as a sign manual. The granite one was made with a top cut probably to the shape of the hand, with a rim to prevent its slipping from the grasp, and a macerating end t.ipring to n larger diameter. I consider this was an ancient relic, because of its chipped edge, worn away by grinding in a mortar as hard as its' If. Hits of bono and small smooth pebb'cs, nearly of uniform tizc, a trifle smaller than the silver half-dimes lie scattered about in many places among tho sage brush. Occasion ally also a perfect and symmetrical stone beid is discovered. These three are pirts of neck laces, the larger stone beads being worn by tho warrior m bears' claws and teith are now wirn by the Snux and kindred nations; the smaller bono beads by tho women. I saw in a valuable and intensely interesting collection of theso relics of ancient art, pride and utility, which are in tho possession of Capt. J. H. Kunzie, three fine complete necklaces of pol ished stone beads, of various symmetrical sin pes round, oblong, cylindrical, square, and fomo of the beads weighing two ounces oich. In the same collection are also neck la -os of long, wite, needle-liko shells, by oimmon appellation "wampum,'' the money of tho aborigines. Several fine old stone mortars are also in the oo lection of Capt. Kunzie. One is of gray granite, handsomely timed around its outside surface, a broad bead or band at its tip, and its bowl symmetrical and smooth. Another, probably mado from atone which crops out n-ar tho place whero it was found, was prob- bly mule by later tribes in mutation of the, old vessels, which in nearly every case are mado from rock which cannot ho found upon tho banks of the Columbia in a thousand miles of travel, and which is not known to our geol ogy west of the Blue Mountains, except in such cases as tho pi escnt, where it has boon brought to tho sand of llie Columbia by tribes from tho Eastward. Tho Umatillaa hayo a tradition that thoie ptople were of tho Crow nation. In tho memory of the oldost Umatil laa the implements and ornaments mentiotcd have not been ustd by thu tribea on whose Ian Is they ato found. The Umatilla, Wasco, Klickitat and many other tribes barter arrow and spenr points of beautiful shapes, nnd col ors to vio with the agato, yet not one of them ca i tell how or by whom they wero made, and the ait is hat. A word about the iroit wrnderful discovery in this ancient Golcotho, which was unearthed by tlio galoot March 28th, and found by Slas ter Seymour Kunrie. Upon a first examination it striker one as an Asyriin or Kuyptian carving, the features and ktyle of ornament Iwni much nearer those wonderful oriental relics of antiquity than our Northwestern Indians would bo thought capable of Tlio use of this interest ing relic was prouaniy tor a giiintiug Howl, though its grand, sphynx-liku form suggests a nobler use. It is in nearly eveiy case conjec ture, when wo apeak aof the purpose which these ancient vessels were intended to serve. Una greit curioity is eut fiom reddish-gray granite, nud would require a block a foot nju.no for its dimensions. Its front is a hu man face, distinct, ilUMiilied, and in some aspects, even grand in (inline. It is carvrd with a skill which could havo copied nature, yet theio is no point of resemblance between the faca and that of any modern Indiaus. Its brow is broad and low, ami tho wide curig )u brows suggest the ri semblance to rams' horns which Asyrian images have slso. The noso is alooit Grecian, except ihat the nra t' lis are w ider, and the chin aud low cr jaw are the wveri-o of Iudiau phy.ioguomy. Only the in nil h hears any rcMinb'ance to our Iudiau cari g. In this feature there ia a slight Wan ing tooard tho l loot tome of the Alaska to- t in fact". Ou en.li ride above and behind the ear i a rutubeiaocelike the fold over the old I'.i) piuu tta u ,a.id a cliw.lil.earm extends from tho islg'oi tho low I t tho sidoof tho t r t, us c as tiiiig marly under the chin of tl.o hYuro. Tim hir it not cut iu detail It . tn ii iu a sir iht ina-s, without lrail- ini- or o'linniint, loe wi old head is well pro p t !, u'.d iaUut lull-li'c a ze. To roe this ancient head had aremarkable fascination and impressiveness. The spot whero these ancient burials wero made is worthy of the sacred nsethe forgotten nations made of it. As I stood there in tho March evening, the wind fiom the great plain brought the faint desert odor of the sage brush and the rushing aound of the turbulent, swollen Umatilla, singing to itself for very loneliness. Befoie me tho grand, noiseless, but irresistible Columbia spread wide, golden in the fiery sunset, and rolling ailmtly and mightily, with boiling, writhing whirls upon its gleaming bosom int) the very gate of heav en, it seemed; for at the western horizon where it is lost to view it is a score of miles from the Umatilla, and the low hills are lest in the brightness of the grand sunset light which meets tho river at the horizon's verge, and is so wondrously reflected upon its level tide that heaven and earth seem tne. Six Uundrea Million Bushels of Wheat. There has been a vast deal of speculation on the wheat yield of the present year. Every day for two months there have been crop re ports from all the leading grain groning States, the tenor of which leads to the convic tion of an immense crop in 1882. Few writers have predicted less than five hundred million bushels, while some tf the most conservative figure up five hundred and twenty million, but tho New York Commercial Bulletin, oneof the most careful papers of tho country, after compiling the figures sent in by numerous Bpecial correspondents, admits that it is forced to the cot elm ion that our wheat crop will foot up the enormcus aggregate of six hundred million bushe's, or one hundred and two millions more than the largest crop ever before rroduced, It ia a noteworthy fact. though, remirk8 a writer in the Pioneer Prest, that a large crop is always over-estimated and a short one under-estimated. This was seen in 1880, when some statisticians estimated the yield at five Imndred and fifty million bushels, while the final summing up showed four hun dred and ninety-eight million bushels, and again in 1881, when many of the leading daily papers claimed a shortage of one hundred and fifty million bushels, as compared with 1880, while the true shortage proved to be one hun dred and eighteen million bushels. Between these widely varying views it will bo well to split tho difference. To do so for this year's crop will doubtless bring us very near the truth, and will give ns an estimate as to the yield of say five hundred and fortyfmillion or rive hundred and fifty million bushels. For these figures thero appears to be good ground, anil unless the reports are grossly exaggerated, w e may safely count upon a yield of about this amount. Earlier in the season five hun dred million bushel was thought to be a pretty fair estimate that would cover the crop, but the reports based on threshing as they are now coming in, are uniformly for a better yield to the acre than had been anticipated. Before harvest tho crop of Kansas winter wheat was estimated at thirty million bush els, but after harvesi it was found to be thirty five million bushels, and so all along the line the figures have been moved up. Sufficient attention has not been given to the increase in the South, where the acreago and the yield are unprecedentodly large. Tennessee, which last year had to import three million bushels of wheat for her own wants, will this year have about tbree million bushels for export, while Kentucky this year has about eighteen million bushels agiinst eight million bushels lost year. In tho other Southern States the increase is of the same satisfactory kind. In corq, too, tne aoutn is tn's year moving to tlio front with a crop which will surprise people w ho have looked to that country f r eotton alone. Corn, by the way, may itself surprise most people, for if it keeps improv ing as-of late, it will give a yield which will probably bo fully equal to the largest crop ever produced, and then if so, the aggregate crop of cereals for 1SS2 will fall but little, if any, short of thrco thousand million bush els against a little over two thousand million bushels last year, which, by tho way, was a decrease of nearly seven hundred million bushels faom 18S0. In former grain crop j ears the yield of wheat, when tried by the fiual test of threshing, has usually fallen somewhat below tho estimate, but this year there is a phenonvnal change, and from every section it is reported that ho yield after threshing is greater than the estimates. In countingupon the w heat crop, some allowance should also he made for tho very superior quality, which in itself w ill add considerably to tho bread mak ing of the wheat, and by somois estimated to bo equal to an increase of fully 5 per cent, on the total yield. In view of the assured large wheat yield it may lo well to inquire as to what chance we havo for finding a market for our surplus Our outside wants for home consumption, for bread aud seed foot up three hundred million bushels, nnd in iewof the superabundance of potatoes, it seems hardly probable that we can use even that much. For leserves twenty five million bushels, and add to it the forty million bushels of old stock, including flour, in the country on July 1st, which wou'd be sixty-live million bushels, or an ample quan tity for us to have on hand at the end of the 18S2-8:i crop year. Deducting the required three hundred and tw euty-five million bush els from the estimated yitld of bvo hundred and lift ymillion bushels, and wo have an ac tual rxp i table surplus of two hundred and twenty-five million bushels. Where shall we sell it, ami at what price? Farmers ard already reported as disposed to hold luck for higher prices, but ia such a course wise ! This ia a question of vast importance to the varied branchea of the grain trade, producers, con sumers and dealera alike. The average yield of wheat for the entire country for 1S81 waa 10.1 bushels pr acre, and the average value for the amount exported for the year ended JuueSOth, ISS2, w as $1,18 per bushel, astimt $1.11 for the preceding ea and $l,Cti for the yiar 1879. Iu 1SS0 the average yiell w a 13.1 bulbils per acre, while tbo average value. according to the United States Agricultural Department, at the aonrce of production, that is on th; farms, waa 05 cents for the whole country. The average yield this yar, accord ing to the New York Commercial Bulletin, will be over nineteen bushels to tlio acre. From tho crop of 18SC wo exported one hundred and eighty-six million bushels, flour included, which waa the largest amount ever sent out in one year. During that year the crops of Europe wero very short, and the net imports required were even less than they promise to be this year, and then India was scarcely counted in summing up the world's supplies, for she had a very small surplus that year, and the same may be said of Russia, so tnat while Europe's wants were greater than they will probably bo this year, she had to look almost entirely to the United States. Now, when Europe w ants less and can draw considerable suppliesfrom tho other countries, the United States comes in with a surplus of about forty million bushels greater than the amount we then exported. It becomes the farmer to calmly contemplate such statements and figures Deforo deciding to hold on to his wheat or sell. Cottonwood for Pulp. The Southern Lumberman advocates the erection of numerous pulp-mills along tho Mississippi and other streams, to utilize the immenso quantity of cotton wood which gtows in the South, and can be had in many instances almost for the asking. This is upon the ground that it is the cheapest and best material for the purpose, and quite likely to take place on poplar and the loblolly pine of North Carolina iu this industry. The cotton wood, it is thought, could be prepared simU larly to poplar. It has a stronger, tougher fiber, is a whiter wood, and is therefore bettor suited for paper-making. Its cheapness, and enormous quantities which are found along the banks of navigable streams, particularly the Mississippi river, would causo it soon to displace every other material used for this purpose. It is instanced that the cost of transporting the poplar used to the more northern points where mills are located, ia considrable, yet the profit of paper making is large. Delaware mills go clear to North Carolina for wood, whereas if the operations were in Uio midst of the timber, the cost of manufacture would undergo an important re duction. According to the figures given, woods which conld be had for a dollar a cord when transported to the northern mills reaches the sum of $10 per cord. There is market enough in the South to support such enter prises, while the cheap' manufacture and the reduction in the transportation of tho raw material, would place the Southern mills in lively competition with the Northern industry. Tbe Malheur Reservation. A great many inquiries are made about the Malheur reservation; the mere tact that it has been reserved so long for the use of the In dians causes many people .to think that the land is of superior quality and the climate unsurpassed. In reality there is but little land embraced within the limits of the reser vation that is classed aa agricultural land y the government, an I even that is situated on the northeast quarter, which is not yet avail able for settlimcnt The greater portion of the reservation consists of rolling hills, cov ered with good bunch grass. It is a good stock country but nothing else at present. The elevation is such aa to render the success of agricultural operations doubtful. The average height above the sea level is probably 4,000 feet. A good many persons have already taken claims; some of the settlers are from other portions of the country; some from various parts of the State, and a few from tl e East. Oregon Railway aud aviga.' tlon' Company. ! OCEAN DIVISION. .lweea Ban o ,Brt fi.Mi --ing nan Francisco at 10A Columbia. Oct.. Oct... etc 2)., uctober...ii. lOctobcr.. .so Suteof California. Sept., Oct., ejnenn of the tacit, Sept .Tl Pt J, Oct a leave Portland at 12.00 cMock, Uldnlght. &; i? o::::':S S3:::::::.? wt " Uct n RIVER AND RAIL DIVISIONS. July lt, 1882. Leave Portland tor Mon. Dalles and Upper eniumDia Astoria and Low. er Columbia.,, Dayton Salem Victoria, B.C.... DAM 6 Ail 7 AM a All la All Tues.Wcd.ThurlFrl. 9 AM 9 All 6 AM 1 'Ji ..7AM In AH SAM HAM flAli SAM 6AJI 7 All 8 A II JSt DAK 3 All Through Tickets sold ty all points In th r! , Stato, Canada and Europe """ m we Unit! rullman Palace Cars runnlnjr between Bnnnn Walla Walla, and Dajton. " tonncTilfe, A. L. MAXWELL, JOHN MUIR. "KntO.R. .'o,. Superintendent of Truffle. C U. PKESCOTT, RAILROAD LANDS. Liberal Terms, Low Prices, Long Time, IOTf Interest. OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD COMPANY OFFER TOEIR LANDS FOR SALE UPON TBI folojlnj liberal terms: Onc-tenth ol th, SH In cash; Interest on the balance at the rate of seren b.5 Jcn..on.&ear!tf,r''?le'?,:d CMh 'ollowlnir yearoS! tenth of the principal and Interest on the balance it tt. rate of seven per cent per annum. Both rrlncftl Interest payable In U. B. Currency. PnncPl A discount of ten per cent will be allowed for cud Letters should be addressed to """" rAL'L SCHULZE, Und Arent, ,-nrn.nn firms If o o. n. r ?ar.-5-.'s;' Seattle Intelligencer; Everything-was work ing smoothly on tha Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad last week, and on Saturday Mr. Coleman concluded to work the road up to its full capacity, and if possible bring over it more coal than had ever been hmled in twelve hours since the road was completed to the mines. Starting at the usual time in tho morning and working until evening, the following had been accomplished : Three twenty-two car trains, and three eighteen car trains from .Newcastle, and one tw cut car tr.iin from Renton had come in over the roul, and tho coal had been dumped into the hold of the steamship Umatilla, making a total of 140 cars, aversging ten tons to the car, which makes 1,400 tons of coal hauled over the road in ono day. This is two hundred tons more than has ever been hauled in a like space of time. Iu lees than twenty eight working hours the steamship Umatilla received 2,500 tons of coal. She arrived here on frriday afternoon and sailed Saturday night, receiving the quickest dipatch ever given a vessel of her sue on Puget Sound. THE NEW SILENT NO. 8. No Shuttle to Thread! Wakes theLock Stitch Embroiders, Darns, Mends, Letters, and makes Insertion. Sews on Buttons with out any attachment Lightest running and most durable Machines in the World. One of these will Outwear any two Shuttlt Machines, and a child can manage it. EVERY ONE WHO TRIES IT 13 DELIGHTED. Husbanis who wish to save doctor's bills and their wives' health, buy it The best or all kinds or Nrrdles nnd Oils Alnars oa hniiil MACHINES REPAIRED AND WORK WARRANTED HIicelcr& Wilson Maiiui'gCo., 88 Morrison St., JPprtlatui. ' E. C. NEWELL, Manager. Orders for tho country filled promptly. nov4-lv D. M. GUTHRIE, Dalian, Polk County, Or. .BREEDER OF.... ..PURE BLOOD French, Spanish nnd American Merinos, also otswolds. All bred strictly rmro and .ennr-ito. Pmm ihn hHt imported flocks on the coast. A porilon of them are frnm the famous French flock of J. 1). Patterson, of New York, and ,R. Blace of California and Imported from EurODe bv James ltohprtji. llv RnnnUh ,r descendants from Haras and E es Imported from New Yoik, Vermont, California and France; from the Bocks of Hammond, Hocknell, Saio 4. Son., aim equal to an; in tho world.) aaropocunens ol wool from my sheep on hand. All lllUltll'll-R Jllllii-r.l l,v ,.if,.i lilll OH and araine both sheep and uool. u, ax. uuiURin, Oxalic acid, though a deadly poison, is ex cellent to remove stains. Keep it in solution in a glass bottle tabled ''poison," in large letters. It ill take ink out of white colors; also fruit stains and iron rust, if a little of it is poured upon the spot and it is soaked until it ia effaced. Then wash the article in hot water, rqhbing it well, aa it will rot the threads if left in them, aud dry it at once. If you spill ink on woolen material, soak it up directly with blitting-pap-r or cotton bat ting. Then dip cotton bitting in milk and ruu our. mo spot, it it is a carpet, alter ex tracting the ink, wash thu place in strong alum v, ater to ret re the colon. Keep a small pot of tartaric acid on the toilette table and tub it on the fiugeia to keep off ink spots or stains; then wash them with soap and water. A piece of pumica stone will rub ataina from the fingernails, and keen the Hrgers smxilb. Telescopes; vumfrf, ana Compa Hannf actorlng jOpti nrsend for Ilftut; k JafferttieoM. Ormra GIom. f Spectacle. Baivmtfrt. Thtr. 1 Compares. It. fc .1. I1ECK. in i .1 innnini. fniimieinhiii. pr8end (or llf utrated Priced CiitsUe Pa. OHne FANCY GOODS. MRS. L. ARNOLD. HAS JUST OPENED A LOT OP FA?CY OOOD5 of all klnda at St Third Street, between Wash ington and Alder, Portland. She mikes a fpeclaltj of Ladles and Childrens underwear which she will matt to order on short notice. Any one from the country sending- may be sure of fair treatment. Infants ward robes made, prlci s according to quality and iiuantltj At theso times It Is much cheaper to luy cotton wear than to have it made at home, unless there l plenty of help. aoraitf II.' CARPENTER, 91. I. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. (Lata of Salem.) Office up stairs, N.W. Corner of 2d and Mnrriwn St PORTLAND OREflON. Will practice In Portland and surrounding countrr, aua-Mf, Waitaburg, (W. '!,) T.m-t; LaatSaturday Mr. W. W, Spencer showtd us a few heads of wheat from the Crab Creek country, whuli are equal to any we have seen in thf Territorv ; tha beads long and e ain plump It ia of tl e Club variety andj ie'ded furtj bushels to the ac-e. Celebrated Horse Shoeing SHOP. 25t Second street, bet. Salmon and Main. JOHN McAUULE, .... PKOl'KIRTOB. All Horcs Entrusted to rrrcarn will be klndb treated. INTERFERING AND OyER.REACIHNO STOPPED or money refunded. Satisfaction euantitrwl. CORNS BUNIONS iaaa only li w""w" a J,,i.K'M"lIs UKBIfl'8 CORK CURE ,. 41 J2f" ' "trie. tDUaUj, .oils nomine, tnd Uke ?. tP 5? !" time., Tnr is. In Sici bf m0, see. The rsoulne put op la telkwwnppr-ni&nd mua a&iMi.ffi.rtt ""
