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SBBBSSSBS WILLAMETTE FARMER: POKTL'AttD, OREGON, JANUARY 19', 1883 4 k; V. h w m w m nm f Current ifyit eralitr A SONQ OF APTPMN. Hall to thee, Autumn t Gucioui of presence 1 Weary are we of barJe that tine Of the way-tide Joy of field and plcasancc. Of the old, false hymns to the faitiilets Spring. A ficklj maiden none might trust her, Wm hojden Spring, with her changeful mien In ripened womanhood' richest lustre Calmly thou comed, Lady and Queen I Many to her are the ditties la 'en tt ith honeyed breathings of flattering praise. Sated and vain with applause pro td maiden, She flouts her lot era and acorns their lays. Thou? With her 'twere shame to compare thee Worthier thou to be sung and wooed : Thou like a high-born dame dost bear thee, Gracious of presence and bounteous of mood. Hall to thee, Autumn 1 Thee we honor. Queen of the Seatons, without a peer 1 Spring? She had promise of beauty on her, Hut thine are tho glory and crown of the year. First In worship why did e set her, Sorlncr? tho wavward. the cold the coy? A e, in our hearts v, e have loved thee better, Autumn, the gracious, the brlngcr of Jo t Bountiful Autumn 1 thou that bringebt The sweet, calm datsof the cloudless light; Bountiful Autumn ' thou that fllngcflt A mtllowcr lustre o'er field and height ; Thine is the flush of the purple .nather. Tli I no it the gleam of Hie hancat sheatis, Thine is the glow where ripening together The apples brtihtid through dusk green leates. Thine it the glory on crag and moorlands. Thine i the haze upon drcimy seas, Thlno H the plashing round dusky forelands Of In) lrg waters; thy gifts are thee : With "port for the ranger of Arid and wild land, ciltli of the corn land for toiling men. And nut and berry for happ childhood In w ndirful wanderings hy wood and glen. Bnuutllul Autumn ' Hrlrgcr or pleasure, ltring r of beaut), hrlngtr cf gain. More in Hi) bount), brlngcr of leisure To llioHO aweary In years at d brains : Thou dost bring us of thee tho blliw Is - Where Nature, All mother, lulls us to sleep, Arid c oil our brow s w Ith her healing kisses, IJivtu of the mountain and breeze of the deep. Bountiful Autumn ! Well may we greet thee Chief of the .Suwons f Queen of the MidV ' Will im i ur hearts go forth to nuct thee, Anl bring thee In triumph with shout and with cheir t II) inns to thy praise will wo not be sparing, hinging thee, Lndy, gracious of mien, Bomitefjus ipf spirit ami otite'y cf hcailng, Autumn, tho crowned onr, our Queen, our Quccu ! Harper. 'An Old Nuisance." Wind, I quote thoso three words. They rc uonoof mine. Only, thinking over three or (our ujuilly appropriate titles, I chose this one ns being tho oddest, and I always had a fancy for odd things. And now for ray story. On wli.it my aunt (ly marriage) and her founded their claims to aristocracy I could novcr di -cover. My 'ancle had been a mer chant, it is true, and ones of considerable prominci ce, in his day, I have been told, and no hail hit father before him, ami hi father's f.ithor before tint. Tint his budneas in its most prosperous times Mas intimately conmctdl with China is impressed upon my miuil (I became an inmato of his house when I was about six years old, in consequence of the death of both my parmtH within a week of e.ich otlur, leaving mo with no means of mippoit and no other relative), by the fact that every first of Juno saw bright new mat tings hid on our floois, to remain there until cold weather camo agiin, ami that our mantels and what-nots were decorated with many pietty, dainty little porcelain cups, thin us egg shells rarities in thoso days, hut in these plenty mid cheap enough. "Now, according to all I havo learned on the xuhject, real 'Simon puro' aristocrats look down on trade, oven if on tho grainiest iical e, and never have anything to do with it further than once in a while marrying ono of its sons and daughters who hao come into poisenitioil of millions cnojgh to offsot the honor. Ilowovur, our family (I vouturo to include myself, nono of my cousins being within he triug) assumed all the airs nf tho 'blue bloods' of the old country," Klrauor, our socmnl, woio a look of deep indignation for several ih) after a manly, elovci good looking Icllow, tho brother of ons of her old school-mates, with a comfort ablu iucome, but who was junior partner of a Grin keeping a retiil store on Sixth avenuo proprBed for her hand. "The presumption of the man 1" she ex ilaimcd, raising her arched eyebrows in as tonishment, curling her full red upper lip in scorn; "to iimgiuo for a moment that because 1 honored hipi with my com any to tho opera two or three times, I would marry bim. If his business had been wholesale, it w6uld havo been bad enough; but fancy a person who selli pins anl needles by the pa lter and lace by the aril I Never I I would die first." Minerva, fourth, was eqinllv horror-stricken at tho etTroutery of a yuiiug book-keeper whom her brother Lawrence had introduced into the family circle a rare thine for one of her brothers to do, for like all other men, as far as my limited experience goes, they scarcely ever thought their companions to Iks good euough to lw the companions of tksr sisters when he ventured to express bis admiration for her. The young man soon after succeeded to a very handsome property, aiid became a great swell "a per fect too-too," as I believe the fashionable way of expressing it now a kind of being after Minerva's own heart; but when she was never invited to ride Ifhind his fast horse, and what was much worse, never again asked to take the head of his table. I never had at the time this story com mencesbeing then in my eighteenth year a chance to snub any one; for, laokiug the personal attractions of my relatives, as well as their "hijih-toiiej" natures truth to tell kaviug decidedly democratic tendencies 1 was kept m the background on all occasions. , Let it be remarked in passing that Kleanor eventually Iiarri-1, wlwu rather au old girl, a widower lu the milk business very whole sale, however, the father of four children. At the same tune Miuerva, a few year younger, drigued to become the ifo of an elderly bachelor, something or other in a shoe manufactory. Hut they held their beads as high u ever, and declared they had sacrifice! themselvea for the family, under haviaf failed for tha second time through few months before the doublo'wedding. That their sacrifice" was for the good of the family J don't deny; but there were at home to be taten care of three old maids, a young one, and two helpless young men who, brought np to do nothing, did it to perfection. After the failure, uncle got a situation as superintendent of one of the many depart ments in the laree establishment of the gentle man who sold "pins and needles by the pa per and Iaoe by the yard" (he wss now head of the firm, and had a pretty, lady like wife, and two pretty children), and we dismissed one of our servants, and were obliged to move into a smaller house. Hut. in suite of all our efforts at economy, our income proved vastly inadequate to our expenses, and this was the cause of so much bewailing and bemoaning that our house seemed to be bereft of all gladness and sun shine. And ono evening, after Ethel, our youngest daughter, had burst into tears, be- nanA aunt nan ueciaren it wouiu ue iiiiikkki- lile to have ice cream, wine jellies and similar dainties every day for desert, for the sufficent rnanin that wo could not anorci mem. i ven tured to suggest to the weeping damsel that if she found life po'itively unbearable without thn above mentioned luxuries (all the Egberts, by tho way, were extravagantly fond of good things to eat,) she mieht knit and crochet somo of the worsted articles she was in the habit of making so artistically for herself, and nil them to Mr. Lee. uncle's employer, I was about to say, when I was interrupted by a shrill shriek. "Work for a store 1" cried she. "I would starve first." "You wretched cirl 1" added my aunt, "How can you even think of such a thing? Kthel. mv ilarline. calm vourselt "It is not cnouffh that strangers tiliould nrcsume unon our novertv." joined in Clean the. also frownine unon me, "but ono bound to us by tho tics of blood, though it must be confessed moro alien than many a stranger would be, must advance ideas that shock anil wound us. I imacinu" turning to her broth er, Kohnd, who lay on the only lounge in the room, complacently regarding himself in the mirror on the opposite wan -mat imper tinent'Mrs. Bradsnaw coming here this morn ing, with the air of doing a kindness, to offer me a pUSltlUU VO fcCttVUCI in net uwiucai; i "Great heavens 1" oxclaimed Roland, springing to his feet and the rause must be a mighty ono that urings iioianu 10 nis icei. "One' of my sisters a teacher! Ureat heavens!" and he went stamping about the room in the new suit of clothes aunt had just paid for by nartini with, her handsome pearl ring. "Whatever is done, we can do nothing," sobbed Ethil "Of course not," replied Koland, grandly; "the women of our family never work I thought to my i elf, "Nor the men either, except the poor old uncle, who is fagging at a desk from morning until night." "But our income must be increased," said Alcthea, looking up from her novel, and join ini in tho conversation for tho first time. Alcthea was our eldest, and still wore her hair in the fashion of htr youth, a loose curl dangling over each cheek bone, being fully persuaded that no other fashion was haif so becoming or graceful. "Discharge the chambermaid," proposed Ethel, "and let Dorothea" (I am Dorothea) "do her work. It is about all she is lit for, Sho never had a bit of fine feeling or stylo about her. "No, sho never had; she always would bite her bread. Binned aunt, "and sho has seemed sadly out of place among my children. She comes of a working raco, and her ideas and tastes smack of tiaile, trade, trade." I discovered in alter years that mv aunt's grandmother on tho maternal side made a tor tune out of tobacco. - . . . ? "Hut discharging the chambermaid won't help very much, said autuoa. "It will not," agieod Uoland. "What is saved thereby will no moro than find mem the little extras no society man can do with out." "Dear! dear I" aunt took up the burden again, "could I have foresee that your father would havo come down in this way, 1 never would have married him, I really don't know what is to be dono, unless wo omigrato to some country where wo are unknown, and where it don't matter how or in what style we live." "Tho country I" screamed her children, in chorus. "Better die at oi ce !" I em't iniiinno where- I got tho courage to t so attcr my latu sharp l chuffs, but at this moment I blurted out something that had been in my mind for several weeks "Why could not Alcthea and Ethel room together, and -Alothea's room, which is the pleasautest ju tho house, be let to a lodi-er? ona who would" Hut here I paused abruptly. Alethea had fainted in the arms of my aunt, who, glancing at mo over the tin of her eldest daughter's head, commanded me in her deepest tone (aunt has rather a bass voice) to leave the room instantly. Hut in a short time, during which things had boon getting worse and' worse, and we had been reduced to rice muldinss for dessert on week days and apple tarts ou Sundays, I was allowed to prepare an advertisement for the morning paper, iu which was offered to "an elderly gentleman, who must have excel lent references, a fine room In the house ol a family of refinement, who have never before taken a lodge; for the privilege of occupying which he would be expected to pay a liberal I disapproved highly of the wording of this call for heln, but my auut and cousins iDaiated upon its btiog couched iu these very terms. aim I was compelled to yield, inwardly ed tliat it would bring no reply.' it did. Tho very afternoon' of the conrmcei Hut morning it appeared in the paper, k carriage . ,. . . . r g it appeared in the ra with a truuk strapped on behli inu drove np to our door. An old gentleman ot out, hoi). bled up our steps, aud rang the door-bell "ou must see him, Dorothea," said my aunt, leaviug the parlor, followed by a train ol her children. "It la your affair altogether. 1 will have nothing to do with it." "We noua of us will have anything t6 do with it," chimed in my cousins, "We were not bom with the souls of boarding house keepers;" aud awav thev sailed as I ouened the dosr to tho second a little lovdtithan the first ring of the caller. He was a shoit, slightly funned old gentle man, with big, bnght black eyrs, bushy 'e)e brows, and a long white mustache and beard. "You hae a room to let," he asked. "I have," I answered, ushering him into the parlor, where he glanced keenly around, aud then as keenly into my face, while he an nounced iu a decisive tone, "I have come to take it. My luggage it at the door, U so kiu.1 aa to tell me where to direct the man to carry it." "But " I begau iu a hesitating way, ut terly confused bv the stranger's brusque, not to say high toned, manner, " 'Hut m no but,' "quoted the old gentle man. "I ant Amos Griltin. lately from Hog laud, where I have beeu living for the last twenty yean. Since I landed in New York, a month ago to-day, I have been boarding at the St. Nicholas. But where is your mother?" 1 hasteued to assure him that I was empow ered to uegotiaU with him. "Ab, indeed I Well, then, 111 go on, no fault of his own, dear old man- thought It appears tome yon are rather young ! for the business. You 'have never taken a lodger before.' I am glad of it, for reasons which it is not necessary to explain. Yon want a 'liberal equivalent for your fine room; I am prepared to give it. That leaves only one thing to be arranged. I should like my breakfast at eight precisely every morning." "But we do not propose to give breakfast." "I know you didn't ; but 1 11 give you an other 'liberal equivalent' for it. You can't be very well off, or you wouldn't take a lodger ; and the more liberal equivalents you can get from him the better. Will you be kind enough to show me to my room ?" "Yes, sir," I replied meekly, completely succumbing to the big black eyes and strong will power of the frail looking old man, and totally forgetting to ask for the "references" insisted upon in the advertisement. Where unon he stenned to the front door and beck oned to the man outside, who, the trunk upon his back, followed him, as he followed me, to the second story front room. "Ah, said our lodger, as he entered it, "this is not bad not at all bad." And it wasn't. As I have said before, it was the pleasanteat room in the house, and I had arranged it as prettily as I -ould with the means at my command. Mr. Griffin had been our lodger exactly two years, during which I had prerared and superintended the serving of his breakfast, and taken the entire charge of his room "as well as if I had been brought up to that sort of thing," s my cousin Cleanthe remarked ; and the rest of the family, with the exception of uncle, who became quite friendly with him, had only met him some dozen times at which times they assumed their most dignified dig nity when he was suddenly taken sick, "It's an old complaint which will carry mo off sometime," he said to me, "but I hope not this time. Anyhow, Little Honesty," (a name he had given me from the first I hope I deserved it!) "to live or die, I intend to re main here. Nowhere else could I be as com fortable. You must engage another servant, and you and she together must nurse inc. I should certainly die with a professional. By the by, who ii your family physician ?" I told him. "If I am not better, send for him to-morrow. I am going out only a few steps," meeting my look of surprise. "I want to see my lawyer, and I shan t take my bed for several days yet." That afternoon, taking care not to repeat the old gentleman's exact words, but putting his remarks in the form of a request to be al lowed to remain, I stated tho case to the fatn- "Going to be ill 1" exclaimed Alethea. "Dear me! how disagreeable!" "I'm Buro I don't want him to stay ; he might die here," said my aunt, who had the utmost horror ot deatn. "He's an old nuisance anyhow, "proclaimed bthel, "and always lias been, and 1 blush that any relative i f mine should degrade her self so far as to become his servant maid." Here I will mention that my cousin Ro land, a few weeks betoro this, had married a young lady with a large fortune, and out of this fortune ho gcnrrously proposed to make the family a liberal yearly allowance, besides which came many gifts trom tho married sis ters, whose husbands had nrosnered. and had thereupon been obliged by their wives to share their prosperity with us, that we might live at least, as Minerva expressed It, "with elegant economy." And so we were not en tiiely dependent upon our lodger for deserts and several other things. .But to go dick. "He is not an old nuisance," said I, indig nantly. "He is a kind-hearted old man, and I am very fond of him." "Good gracious !" "Yes, Miss Ethel," I went on, "I repeat it I am very fond of him. And it my aunt will allow me lam sure my uncle will will take all the extra care resulting from his sickness upon myself, and no ono else shall be annoyed in the least. After living beneath our roof for two years and contributing so bountifully to our comforts you needn't glaro at me, Cleanthe; ho has, for I am quite certain no one else would have paid us so lib erally it would be the basest ingratitude, not to say cruelty, to send him among strangers now that he most needs caro and kindness." "Are you quite through. Miss Reynolds," asked mv aunt, sarcastically, "I had no idea you were so eloquent, never having heard you preach before. But on one thing X am deter mined you shall not call in our doctor to your patient. He is a perfect aristocrat and lias no idea wo keep a lodger, and I do not wish him to know it." "There's a young saw-hones a few doors below," drawled my youngest gentleman cousin, who resented my waiting upon any one but himself; "he'll do for your fine old nuisance. That very evening Mr. Griffin had a bad turn, and I sent for the "young saw-bones a few doors below in great haste He prced to be Dr. Rice, a frank-looking, brown-haired, gray-eyeci, uroan orowed young man, with a gentle voice and quick, light step. And the old gentleman, taking a great fancy to him, decided on retaining him a decision that re lieved me greatly, bearing in mind as I did my aunt's command in regard to our family physic an. Ard from that timo. for threo months, al though very seldom confined to his bod, our lodger never had a well day. At the end of the three months, however, he began to mend slowly, and at the end of two more was on his feet again. And then he told me he had made up his mind to return again to England. "I am sorry, very sorry, to part with you." I replied. "But I suppose it it light that yon shonld go." Well said. Little Honesty. And now let's begin to pack," said he. Dr. Rice and I went with the old gentle man to the steamer that was to carry him away, and waved a last farewell to him in the midst of a crowd alto waving last fare wellt from the pier, at the vesiel slowly moved iuto the stream; and then we returned to our respective homes to read the respective letters he bad placed in our respective hands with his final good -by, Mine I read in the privacy of my own room at first; and when I had partially recovered trom my astoniihmeut aud delight. I flew down stairs, calling the family together, and read it to them. It was as follows; "DiAit Little HonestT: Had I died which I didn't, thauks under Gel to you and Dr. Rice I ihould have left each of my dear young friends ten thousand dollars in my will. But having lived, I am going to do a much pleaaauter thing I am going to give them the ten thousand at once. My lawyer will see you to-morrow. Axod GKirn.v. 'T. S. I have also left a slight bequest to MiVs Kthel Egbert She will find it on the lower shelf of the closet in the room I occu pied w hen I was her cousin Dorothea's lodger " Ethel for once forgot htr graceful, gliding step. She started hastily for the stairs, but her youogor brother was before her, and she, was fain to start back at he slid down the ban ister, and landed in our midst with something in his arms. j It was a large framed photograph of Amos Griffin, with a can! attached bearing these words ; "An excellent picture of 'An Old Nuisance.- , jV "raaMlba- Quxk, coaubu ear, all anaejtnf KUaejr, Bladaaf m vnaary wmh, II. OraarM. f$Iie aitfafii. Market Gardening. Salem, Or., Jan. 10, 1883. Editor Willamette Farmer: The time is past when One has any right to keep knowledge to himself and use it for his own personal interest, refusing to impart it to others for fear of competition in whatever he may be engaged. To illustrate : If one, by taking much painB, by experimenting, by se lecting the best seed for planting, gets an im proved grain or fruit of any kind, he should not keep it to himself. He can and', should part with it for a higher price than he could get for an inferior article; but it shonld be distributed that others may be benefited. Again, if one finds out an improved method of cultivating any crop, he should let others know of it too. To make the best of it life is a continual struggle for an existence, and we should be willing to help one another. The second great Commandment of God is to love our neighbor as ourselves. I have had now several years' experience in gardening in greenhouse culture, in raising early aud late vegetables, and in raising vegetable plants for the market, etc., and every year I am asked a great many questions about gardening. I thought I could answer them and reach more who needed the information by writing a few short articles for publication in the Wit. lamettk Farmeb. I do not wish to do it to advertise myself in the business I am engaged in, but to impart such know ledge to others that they miy do as I have dono. In going around through the country in different di rections, I see a good many farmers have gar dens mot worth the name, and quite a good many none at all. A good many planting grain at the time the garden should be at tended to, neglect it until it is so late it is almost a total failure; then, at harvest time, the farmer will be seen in the market buying vegetables for family use. This is good for the market gardener, but bad for the farmer, and it ought not so to be. If the farmers (and anyone who has a garden patch) would take and read papers and books on farming and gardening; and with the aid of common sense, sift it thoroughly, then practice what reason said was good, the results would be far more satisfactory than they are, Dexter Field. Note. We take pleaauie in informing our readers that Mr. Field, who, by the way, is an experienced and successful a successful man is always rich in experience gardener near Salem, has consented to write a series of articles for the Farmer. Gardening is pleasant, profitable and needful to every household. Farmers living remote from towns should have all the delicacies that a well-carcd-for garden will produce. As Mr. Field says, gardening is too little cared for and neglected for tho wheat crop. Wo will ven ture the assertion that but few of the smaller towns up the valley can boast of a respecta ble display of early vegetables other than that brought from California. We know this to be the case. Editor, A Garden for the Children Let the children have a garden of their own, and encourage them to tako such meas. ures as w ill be sure to give s itisfying results. Children love flowers, and thoy take the finest pleasure in giving of their own to irimir, and especially to the sick or grieving. The Lon don Gazette prints a touching account of the unfortunate little Dauphine of France, son of Louis XIV. and Marie Antoinette, getting up early of summer mornings in order to cut the sweetest and best flowers from his own par. terre to present to his mother, and taking de light in concealing himself in the bed cur tains to see the gratified smile with which the queen opened her eyes upon them. He would jauor witn an ins uuy Btreugtu lu Keep up the supply, and if the officials begged him to let the gardener do the work, he would en treat to be allowed to go on, because his mamma liked the flowers so well that he raised and carried to her all himself. Prince Albert used to encourago the little princesses to cul tivate not only (lowers but truits and vegeta bles in plots allotted to each, and a conveni ent little kitchen was fittul up near in vhioh to cook and prepare the produce of their ground. These daughters are now known all over the world for their virtues and ameni ties. They are a pleasing contrast to scions of the same familyof former times and shining examples of what goad education (not of books alone) can accomplish in one generation, ihe kindergarten should be more than a garden in which children are the plants to be culti vated, If they are also made cultivator! in a real garden of the useful among plants, they will derive from it moro of good and oapacity for doing good than aU the Tjooks and desks In the world alone can supply. Wintering Cabbaf e. There are three ways of wintering cabbage; pulled up and laid on raised benches in a cold cellar where freezing is not too severe not much below 80 degrees Fah., or just so at to form ice as thick as a window pane, 2. Set in trenches in the field in a dry place, heads down and roots up. covered below and above with straw and increasing the banking as cold increases. A slight amount ol dirt on the straw it sufficient. 8. Set in trenches, or in a cold frame, roots downwards and heads close together, covering the heads with corn stalks, straw, fine leaves or any rough litter, as the cold advances. In either case the trench it made with a plow, and made deep enough for the roots and ttump and the lower part of the head, for all varieties this it the preferable way. The cabbage will remain critp and fresh, and it accessible at any time when needed. There is nothing better for covering than pine leaves, as they turn rain and are not oasily blown away. Ex. An American gardener has kept tquatb in prime condition from the time of gathering until a year from the following month of Jan uary. He keeps them in a dry, well ventilated house at a uniform temperature of 48 degrees. He places them on shelves, two deep, is care ful in handling them, examines them occasion al iy after they have been kept some time, and if an occasional one shows signs of decay, at once removes it. In this way he is able to take advantage of the market here or at the East, and gets wonderfully remunerative prices. He has sold a carload in Chicago as high as (30 per ton. His avsrace for the 1880 crop from 40 acres was about $20 per ton. His land is ordinary dark prains soil. He manures in the hill and gets large crops. A laort Talk ob Gardening. Within Um last twenty or Iwenty.fire years new fashions have beeu introduced in gardening. The ''misaiaf1' or "bedding" stylis, unknown to old' gardenOrs, have been introduced, in which old beds, or parts of beds, are filled with plants of one kind, which by their flowers or bright-colored foliage pro duce a brilliant effect. Plants with strongly contrasting colon set closely in lines, form what is termed "ribbon planting, and is often very effective. In this style of gardening or namental'designs, sometimes large and elabo rate, are worked out in floirers and foliage of different colors. The plants used in this kind gardening are mostly greenhouse kinds, such as pelargoniums or geraniums, coleutes and and many others, and some annuals are used. Tnera are not very manv herbaceous perenni als that can be thus employed, though some are suited to this work. When this style of gardening was first used abroad, it becamo immensely popular, and all plants not capable of being used in bedding fell into such neglect that many were in danger of being lost to Cul tivation. Since then a reaction has taken place, and while bedding will always be prac ticed, other kinds of gardening now receive, and are likely in the future to receive, more attention than they have had of late. Practical Tree Culture. A. Failor, of Iowa, reports the following successful experience in treo culture: I know a grove that has in it about half an acre of chestnut trees, from twenty to twenty-five feet high, planted nine or ten years ago, that to-day have not less than one or two bushels of nuts. I planted some'twenty years ago a grove of black and white walnut, and for years past have yielded abundantly of nuts. In the grove are trees that will make from ten to twelve good fence posts for wire fences, tho fence of the future. I suggest that the acorn of the white oak and burr oak be gathered and planted to make the posts of tho next generation. Plant largely of chestnuts and acorns where they are to remain; also of the walnuts and others of the most profitable in digenous varieties. Skinny Men, "Wells' Health Renewer" restores health and Igor, cures Dyapepjii, Impoteice, Sexual Debility. 91. II. CARPENTER, Sf. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. (Late of Salem.) Office up stain, N. W. Corner ot 2d and Morrison St PORTLAND, OREGON. Will practice In Portland and surrounding country. augl-U. The Tovri of SELLWOOD On tho Ealt baolc olfthe W.ilamettee S mllei from the business center ef Portland. -OFFERS FETTER INDUCEMENTS "IN IDE case ol reaching the city. nElLTHFVLVESS OF LOCATIOX, GOOUj.DRAI.VAUE, And (acllitlcs for procuring puro water, and plenty of It than anyothw addition to the city ot Portland. The Company a Ferry Bout Dolly, Is at present making lour trips per dry. Its NEW FERRY BOAT will next Bummer make hourly trips to and from the town, making the distance Inside of 15 minutes, and when necessary hall hcur trips will be made Lots are sold on the populat INSTALLMENT FLAW, Yf ITIIOIT INTEREST, ON DEEBKUED PAYMENTS. ...,'r' es range from tlOO.'Jto $210 and in.... Monthly ayments of $10 Fach. tSLFor Mapsjmd clrcnlarsfaddrew, T. A. WOOD, OBTLAND, OREGON. DR. WITHYCOMBE, Y. 8. VETEBIXA RYSUJRGEOtf, Portland, Oregon. Writes Prescriptlau'otDiseaaetof all classes of Stock rice, M tor each prescription written, Stat sjapj tons sad aft ot aajatals as near as possible. aee-C. P. Bacon's Blsckhawk Sublet, U Secona St., bet. Stark MdOfdu stssMcBee Oor. Thirteenth and Taylor Sat. PORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE. (Oid "NATIONAL,- Established ISM.) at Front sHrstrt, bit. Washington and Aider rOKTLAlIlt OBEC9N. A. P. ARMSTRONO.,,,, Principal J.X.WESCO ,.. Penman and Secretary An Institution designed tor the practical business education of Vota sexes. Admitted on any week day o( the year. No vac Uoo at any time, and no examination on entering, eksUrsklp, for Full BasUrss Coarse, . j&im&ly PEN WORK Oi all kinds executed to order at reasonable rates. Satisfaction guaranteed. The College JssinuU, contaliJng information of courts ot ttudy, when to enter, tuns required, eott of board, etc, and cuts ol ornamental pansaaa. ahip, from the pen of Prof. Wesco.sentfiM. AoDttaa : A. P. ABUntKC, Lock Box 104, ftrUaad.EOrsiaa. auglstt- ' "' OhsMyBack! That s a common expres sion and has a world of meaning. How much suf fering is' summed up in it The singular thing about it is, that pain in the back is occasioned by so many things. Maybe caused by kidney disease, liver com plaint, consumption, cold, nervous debility, &c. Whatever the cause, don't neglect it. Something is wrong and needs prompt attention. No medicine has yet been discovered -that will so quickly and surely cure such diseases as Brown's Iron Bitters, and it does this by commencing at the foundation, and mak ing the blood pure and rich. Wm. P. Marshall, of Logans port, Indiana.writes i "My wife has for many years been trou bled from pain in her back and general debility incident to her sex. She has taken one bottle of Brown's Iron Bitters, ' and I can truthfully say that she has been so much benefited that she pronounces it the only remedy of many medi cines she has tried." Leading physicians and ;lergymen use and recom mend Brown's Iron Bit ters. It has cured others suffering as you are, and it will cure you. Ague Mixture Cniils and FeVBT are permanently cured by Dr. Jayave'a Ague Mix tare. With a little care on the part of the patient to avoid exposure, and the occasional usoof Jaynk's Sana tive PiLLS,this remedy will be found to be certain In its operation, aud rad ical In its effects. In many section! of the country subject to Ague anc other malarial diseases it has on es tablished character as a popular spe cific for these harrnssing complaints, and the number of testimonials re ceived show Uiat its reputation i? constantly increasing. IntBnirtttent and Remittent Fevers are effectually cured by Dr. Jayne's Ague Mixture. In these com plaints care should be taken to follow the directions closely, and especial attention given to tho llvor, which shonld be assisted in performing its functions by Dr. Jayne's Sanative Vills. For sale by Hodge, Davis & Co.,;AgenU. The) SURa-IT CUM for ii I KIDNEY DI8EA8E8. D sr Ttaas a la , VuV ' - - - - nJ.a !(- HI V rssataw tht VAU AM as, Viirtim 9 PTTaFM' TV VfW t) BX8XTATZ. Xidot j--W0Tt st once, (drag- "isTf TSkMiiiiTTisinil It i st ml It nlll tins ill amsl HX8ZTATS1 UM Kidnttv-Wirrt set atia. tArnm. 5 & tfitlMftH and FtwUK bMUlaj-aotlas. I qH AC JtooompUinttpooalUr nan wiUsTpMOiij.oTtsT Tor oomDUintat omuIIsW 0 rtmT max mmeh. mm Ttl 1 m it will tot promptly and aalbly. I tttlsssl l r iMAnnMnanta . .. . . . - tf-ja. III! !! tinriBT VnTT11tnWI1TTstlssaWtfl asalL i"WHiitiVHUkl V S HAMS, 2TlMltAdsUternxrrdsiTMaitsi. rimwintr WpM,uivediayyWIitolu enratlT ptmr. Si KKUaD til AUi JJUVUUBSTTt. Pliotftl CORNS Cured without rain or ore twitsif yon will BUNIONS noKFiajrs LiKnia's coirx cuke A' ".!?"-.. 1 Intntl7, U nothing, and tab St SI? "" eTtrr "" T "rlc iSfci tar mall, JOo. TJe t-rnnln. rat up la f i-Dvranprro and maaa- slalall Bngtt, Mlim sails. Ml. a. WUJ UaW JOHN A. MACDOXALD, Salem Marble and Granite Works. CosBsasrclsU St., South of Port OsssW (Poat-Offlce Box 53, Salem, Oregon.)! 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