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COMINO HOME AT LABT.
The banishment win overlonf?,
But It will soon be past I
Tn man who wrote Home's sweetest song
Is coming home at last I
J"or years his poor abode was seen
In foreign lands alone,
Aud waves have thundered loud between
The singer and his own.
But he will soon be journeying
To friends across the soa :
And grander than of any king
His welcome here thall be.
Be tl andered oVr the dreary earth,
Forgotten and alone i
He who could teach Home's matchless worth
Ne'.r had one of his own.
"Neath winter's cloud and summer s sun,
'Along the hilly road,
He bore his great heart, and had none
To help bim with the load j
And wheresoever In bis round
He went, with weary tread,
His sweet pathetic song he found
Had floated tn ahead I
He heard the melodies it made
Come pealing o'er and o'er,
From royal muio band that played
Before the alace door :
heard its gentle tone of love
From many a cottage creep,
Where tender crooning mothers strove
To sing their babes to sleep I
And whereso'er true love had birth
This thrilling song had flown j
But be who taught Home's matchless worth
Had no home of his own I
The banishment was over long,
Bat it will soon be past ;
The man who wrote Home's sweetest song
Shall bare a home at last I
And he shall rest were laurels wave
And fragrant (trasses twine ;
His sweetly kept and honored grave
Shall be a sacred shine.
And pilgrims with glad eyes grown dim
Will fondly bend above
The it an who sung the triumph hymn
Of earth's divincst love.
Will Carleton, in Ilarper't Weekly.
Alternatives- Love Story.
Are there no underwriters for human hopes?
for the most precious of intercuts is thoro no
insurance ?
I had been tempted all day, tempted by
fte and the devil. All summer long I had
been trying to clasp hands for a life journey
With a man I did not love; a man noble of
soul and born to the purple, who set up his
high lineage against my poor gifts of beauty
and song. Ho threw some love into the
scales, too, but I, Hod help me, had none to
give la return. I had bartered erewhile my
whole possessions for a few glances of a dark,
dark' eye, and my note had gone to protest.
Could I, could I ? It kept following me
about with fateful persistency, for tonight I
eras to give my answer to my high born lover.
I tried to look things in the face, to count
the coat.
Money was a good thiosr; it insured one
warmth In winter and dolicious coolness in
summer, and prtttiness and daintiness, and
the entrance into good society. Yes, money
I a good thing, and position and power, and
bouses and lands. So far good) but my soul
hungered and thirsted for a love commensu
rate with my own, whioh this man, who of
fered me purplo and gold, had it not in his
power to givp, or, let me qualify that, had it-
pot in his nature to give.
The stars came out golden and soft, and the
fragrant summer dusk orept around me whero
I sat inhaling the scent of the roses. Ambi
tion and love tore my heart by turn, and
weariness, too, put in a poor, pitiful plea, for
I was so tired, so tired
It was a brilliant future that Reginald
Daare offered me, wherein toil and weariness
eould never come. I thought of tho purple
and fine linen) the luxurious rest; the emolu
ment t Then my daily life passed in review
before me that of oompanion to a haughty,
floe lady, and a singer in a fashionable ?hurch
among fashionable saints and sinners. I be
gan to croon over the old satiro i
In a church which ts garnished with mulllon and gable
With altar and rcrudos, with gargoyle aud groin,
Th penitents' dreeais am sealskin and utile,
: The odor of sanctity's au de cologne.
ut surely it Luolier, flying from lladis, . ,
Could (tie t this crowd, with Its paiilersand paints,
Hs would say, looking round at the lords and the ladles,
0 whire Is All slnm rs II this Is All Saints?
1 had entered upon this life from an un
loved and unloving home, a home doled out
I I me by the tardy justice of a graudunclo
who had robbed mo of my inhonttneo. I
thought at first I might find tho sangrcal
somewhere in this now country, which seemed
f fair, but alas I I had not even heard tho
swish of wings.
I thought of it all the fever and tho fiet;
the petty jars) the misunderstandings; the
paiu of incomprehension; the minuerdoiied
toil; the lagging hours; the awful pauses.
This or marriage; this or marriage. It
teemed written like a placard oneaith ami
sky. It teemed bound like ph) lactt ry upon
the brows of the people at they pasted to and
fro; and soon the word marriage li st all its
tignitieence (or me, aa words do after oft re
peating. Did it mean misery or happiness,
bliss or woe t This marriage that runt1 its
change through my brain mm it God ap
pointed ! Did it mean God's blessing or His
curse?
You kuow I did not love this man that tf
fired mo rest front my labors. He had not
power to tvoko one thrill at his call. Hut
then, lovo is only oue reason why oue should
marry a man. There might be loe and
plenty of money, aud yi t oue go hungry all
oue's life. I have kiiowu iticli thlugs.
I had tried to make my life straight and
fair, I had tried to keip clean bauds and a
pure hearti tried God, who knows the
Moreta of all hearts, knows this-to tlht de
spair. Long, grt n days,
Worn tare of wsaaaud lumlilne; loug ratio nights
From whlili tht stlWn slits were (retted out -
IW a iiiivm lor uie.
Wo ace. through shadows all life long. We
come iuto tlii world without our lii g givm
a choice as to cur adtcut, aud go out if u in
the tare mat mr.
We have not been consulted as to birth or
death. Mi re and more the praj er of Epicte
tus haunts me. "Lead me, Zeus and Dejtiny,
whithewoever I am appointed to go; X will
follow without wavering; even though I turn
coward and shrink, I si all have to follow all
the same." , , .
Should I marry Mr. Dacre ? Was he a good
party? as the world said. Too good for me,
as my lady elegantly phrased it.
I hsd been born into tho wrld amid fierce
throes of mental anguish. Through the ptm
of her travail my mother's heart was rent
with the greater pnin of my fathers sudden
death drowned iff the Cornish coatt, for 1
wasborn-at sea. She lived until I was ten
ye irs old, a life of sorrow, and poverty, and
renunciation. Then she died, leaving me to
the care of a compassionate world and my
uncle. Of him I have already spoken.
My life dragged on with clogged wheels.
I was always at war w.th my surroundings.
Though too proud to express it, 1 had never
realized my ideal of womanhood, or in any
way erown up to my aspirations and dream.
If I had grown at all it had been through pain
and rcpnsiion-a ftal thing always for a
warm hearted, earnest woman.
My uncle, Edward Earle, had procured me
the friendship (?) of the lady in whose house
I had passed a twelvemonth Mrs. Lucien
Granger, a distant coisin of his own. I was
an unsalaried governess or companion, our re
mote cousinship being always made available
by my uncle. It was during my residence
with that lady that my fate came to me. A
young nephew of Mrs. Grsnger t came to the
hall. He was an artist, young and handsome
and fresh from a four years' sojourn in Home.
I need not weary you with the prologue or
the epilogue of our love, for words are so poor
to express the heart's utterance. 0 golden
days! 0 tender, passionate nightsl O princely
heart, come back to mel .
Alan Leighton was the last son of a high
born family; and because of the blue blood
the united blood of all the Howards flowing
in his veins, Mrs. Granger interposed her fiat
against our love, dreading, doubtlets, the ple
beian admixture of mine.
It is a pity that blood does not always tell.
It was an inglorious triumph to me, yet still a
triumph, to bare my white arms to the shoul
der during our gala nights to which my voice
waaalwa)s Invited contrasting their satiny
smoothness and perfect contour with the lean,
brown appendages Mrs. Granger folded over
her aristocratic heart.
But a cloud crept into the sky, and its
shadow fell across our path.
Alan was called suddenly by telegram to
England, where his grand old father lay dying.
We had but a moment for our farewells, for
Alan's heart was rent with sorrow, and I
helped to expedito his departure.
But r.ne letter ever reached me. His father
was dead, and ho was Sir Alan now.
"Mv 1'iiecious Hli.en: My father whom I
loved and respected above all men, died yes
terday. I need not tell ynu how desolate wo
feel, and how the light seems to have died out
of evory nook and corner. My dear mother
is prostratid with tho blow which has taken
away the lover of her youth, and shall not be
able to return to you for somo weeks. An
nounce our betrothal, dearest, to my aunt and
uncle, which, you know, was my intention
the very night I was railed away Be true
to me, my darling Helen, as I shall bo true to
you. Good night, my love. I Bhall write at
length so soon as the mother and I have
matured our nlans for her lonely future.
Good night, good night. May angels guard
you, and may the good Father fold alout you
His everlasting arms.
"Your friend ana lover,
"Alan Lkiohton."
Two vesrs had draseed the ir slow length
all ng siuco that letter came, and I bad never
hoard from Alan, though craving his presence
as the prisoner craves the sunshine. I had
written him once, and I had regretted even
tl at "He was soon to be wedded to nn earl's
handsome daughter," Mrs. Granger rjad aloud
from an open letter in her hand; "in fact, it
was an old affair, pnV to his visit to the
hall." etc , ,
How I regretted I had written, though tho
words had been few, merely aiking if ne had
been enabled lo procure me a certain book we
had made mention of together, ami tho time
una more than a xoar ago when I had tho
right thus to address him. And now I O piti
ful Christl another woman was to be his wif",
and I must never think of the old days, or the
old dreams, or look Into his dark eyes, or feel
his kisses upon my unkisscd lips! Neveil
and I might live tifty years.
And oh, tho pity of it, out of all thii world s
million nossilulitics I had only the cham e of
t V5 ci'hcr to wed Reginald Dacre, a man old
enough to bo my father, or to be a companion
to somo haughty woman. I had decided upon
accepting Mr. Dacrc. The tiny note of barely
IWO lines i nau jiiaowu wjiwwh hid im w
a book it was nis nieniiy custom w reau.
But, Alanl but Alanl I had thought him so
true, so noble. I had called him "my prince,"
"my king," alcne in the warm dusk under the
star.
"I will not soil my purple with my dust,"
I had whispered in my heart. "Nor breathe
my poison on thy Vonlce glass." ... I
went down to the sea to listen to its sullen
roar; hear it tell its tale of human misery; of
fair faces dead under its waves; of golden and
jewels lying on green beds of moss; of argosies
gone down, tho wall of human misery t hi ir
rcquitm. I tried to remember all this, so
that mina might not seem such a great thing
amid a world ot Bobbing and toars. It was a
good thing to think of the sufferings of others,
aud try to ignore jour own; a gcod thing.
But, my misery I tho misery of the girl called
lit leu Preston!
This girl was somewhat of a genius, the
people aaul. She possessed tho gift ot tone,
and she was haudsomo, too, men said. And
she had two chances in tho worl.', and If the
had bad money eunuch to have utilizd her
a,tft of song she might' have had three.
But she had smirched her soul, for all her
beauty aud nilta; had beeu false tj her olf, to
God aud humanity; false, too, to Reginald
Darce, for she kept her love for Alan locked
in her heart.
"I have sold my soul for houses and lands,"
the t til, "anil I am wrctcneii.
"1 have told myself with open eye," the
taid, "knowingly, with malice prtpente. I
nave no one wj wauie. inst aiiu ivruut ma
vows did not make it right that I should for
swear myself."
But the sea, w 1th its fuss and fret, made my
trartache, and the turbulent water seemed
wooing me thithcrvrard. Tho ohimes of our
quaint old church, playing an old song, caused
a choke in my throat. 1 would go aud iuvokt
graud airs from the organ, aud mayhap I
should forgi t tho sea's ivar.
It was my wont to go there to practice, at d
I know the service w ould not W held for a
half huur. The lights were turned down to a
semi-darknrs, and the old sexton, with whom
I was a fanuite, had left the ky in the door
for mo. The moon thoue acrrss the organ
kes and across my face; and tho truing
folds of my white dress looked almost ghostly
in its light. O quaint old chiirchl 0 quaint
old chliiual Too soon I would be far away
from on. over the so to my suitor's lordly
hotite, earning with mo a htnxier heart than
itij j earn should warrant.
lint it was too lata to look back, aud the
fau't was iii'iio. Iliad ruined in) own life,
and must pay the price. Because I had Ixcn
fi rbiddeu the di sire of my e) rs, I had sealed
WILLAMETTE FABMEB: PORTLAND, OREGON, MAY 4,
my fat. I had bound my hands and had In
toned Phoebe Cary's walling words :
I hare turned from the good gilts Thy bounty sup
plied me,
B-cause ot the one which Thy wisdom denied me;
I hate oanaagca mine eyes je, miue u.u. ...w
doudu me, .... i
I hare made me a darkness when light was around
Now I cry br the wajslde, O Lord, that I might re
ceive LKt U1J Blgllb.
"Peccavi," I cried, and my head sank upon
the organ, and tears stained the red roses at
my throat. ,
IIT.ln f and mv hrorl urn lifted rentlv
and Alan Leighton's tender eyes met mine.
'Alan r was au my RBvumsuuiuub wum
utter.
lit".. :1 ... I..U. anfTeva.1 " hA oinril.
JJ1V glW, J . B-V..X., - J
lated, in a tone of exquisite tenderness.
Helen, my nrsr, ayo. oniy iove, now wo u.o
been wronged. I only learned, an hour before
I embarked, that you were not the false
woman you had been painted to me. Mrs.
Granger wrote me, eighteen months ago,
that you had 'married Mr. Dacre, and left
with him for Cuba.' A subsequent litter,
withou- date or signature, enclosing the tiny
pearl pin I had given you, left me no room
for doubt. I left England for ever, and have
been on the wing ever since, finding no rest
for my heart on sea or land. Helen, I suffered
as few men suffer because of losing you, and
because of your apparent falseness. But I
could not wase my own life because of a
woman's untruth, so I tied up the broken
threads' and tried not to look back. It was
by chance I met Herman Sloan, and in the
midst of mutual confidences he asked me why I
had never returned to America and to
the beautiful Helen Preston, who had de
clined all suitors, and was still unwed
Helen, I embarked that afternoon, and I am
here, never to be parted from my darling.
When thall we be married, sweet?"
"Married I Alan," and the dreary present
recurring to me, I withdrew myself from hit
arms, and almost unconsciously my lips
framed the words :
I had died for this last year to know
You had loved me. Who shall turn on fate?
I care not la love come or go
Now; though your love seek mine for mate,
Te la too late.
"Too late I Helen, my only love, explain
your meaning, for pity's sake."
men came a Droaen, ai-juinteu wio ui uyr
sorrow and temptation when I heard of his
handsome and high-born bride; of my weari
ness of the hall; of Mrs. Granger; of myself;
of Mr. Dacre's constant wooing, and at last
of the little note only last night thrust be
tween the leaves of his book, making Alan's
coming forever too la'o for iny happiness.
Rapid hoof-beats along the road, and my
courtly lover came in sight.
"Savid I Alan," and my words came thick
and fast.
m?rv.vA Mm in (.nnvprmttinn. Alan, re-
garding the hall, Mrs. Granger, the weather,
stocks, etc. etc. I Will escape by the vestry
UOOl, ny to tne nail 1 oecure me uuk i nuu
then, O, Alan. 1"
"My darling, my bright darlirgl" but I
broke from his clasp and sped away like a
ohamois to the hall. I did not heed that the
.ABAa fAll fnm mv ttirnnt tlinf; a nnrtion of
my lace flounce graced a thorn bush, that my
nair, unioosea inraiin lostvmugo, uuu
my shoulders. I think if I bad possessed a
..;anB nf nan.. T ahmiM havfl held it aloft.
and thonld have shouted, A repnevel a
reprieve I
at.. It T .... tj fall nf Iiav T annnrAd the note
.l 1.M if m mv hra-im. nf hnw I ran ud stairs
WUV. . aw .m ..... .-.. . --
and peeped for one moment into the minor,
twisting up my smning nair, uuu ujiuj w
hush the Kud beating of my heart, of hov I
.JI.. .M.a.Avaa .Via YlsfVl amttWl(f til thft
church, dodging behind an osage hedge to es
cape meeting Mr. iacre, nurryuig ou a bwu
as I was free, to be folded clote to Alsn's
hiartf .,
"And you will not laugh at me, Alan ?
"Laugh at you, my darling, and where
fore?"
"Oh, for my mad flight, for the red roses
scattered all along the road; lor my un-
Ua.JJ Sab a a. ..,-, rolnrni fitr rrrrkrtnl n (T tft
run and steal the note, and, and things.'
For answer came tender kisses piesst d upon
brow and lips; snd closed eyes, and Mr. Lord
Lovel (Mr. Dacre) rode forth from the castle
gates alone,
lEBOXA BALDWIN.
Verona Baldwin is a passenger oa the Geo.
W. Klder. which left San Francisco on Satur
day last for the Sound. Since her acquittal
of the charge of her attempt to murder E. J.
Baldwin the has been residing with friends in
Alameda, and after much persuasion finally
contented to go north and nside with her
family. During her brief sojourn there she
nai snown buiuu iuihithiibu ww ... ....
on the steamer was suoh as to convince ob
servers that the It not In a tound ttate of
mind. She was accompanied by her attorney,
who urged her not to expose herself and try
to keep a stout heart. She was disconsolate,
saying that she did not care to revisit the
scnes of her childhood, and Insisted on com
ing ashore. When tho gong sounded notiying
people to leave the vessel, her counsel bade
her good-bje, which seemed to have a terrible
effect upon her. She paced the deck impa
tiently, and when the gang plank was drawn
made an attempt to regain the Bhore, but was
prevented from so doing by tho attorney, who
ran tip and succeeded in calming her. She
reiterated her statement that she did not
waut to return home, and added that
she t'ld n t know if she would
ever reach Seattle. When the stiamer drew
out she wssobscned standing aft with her
arms folded on her breast, looking fixedly at
tho water; suddenly grasping her purse,
w hich coutaiued about $ltiU, and her ticket
and tho tag for the trnuk, she placed in her
muff and threw it ovirbourd. A number ol
boatmen put out, attempting to seize it, but
it sank. -v
No MonK Wkathkb Rkpom. Orders
havo been reoeived from Washington discon
tinuing all telegraphio weather reports be
tween the different signal service ttationt
located on the Pacifio coatt, on and after May
ltt. No "Probabilities" will be reoeived
from Washington after that date. The reason
assigned for this action is the failure of Con-
Sress to provide a sufficient appropriation to
efray the expenses of the service, and the
Pacini coast is the first to suffer from this
stupid parsimony.
The Shasta Courier sajs : To all enquirers
from a distance about the chaucet for obtain
iug work ou the railroad, we ttate that we
are not personally posted, but hear it re
...! Ik.l lliuni la nnf f tii.iunt lnv iia
maud for white laborers. It is understood
that Scobie has all the mason force ho wants,
ami that the bridge timbers ami such work is
framed and prepared below, and the gradirg
will be dono by Cbiuamen.
Aumitteu to PsontTC. The will ot
Amanda J. llosmer, who died iu But Pert
laud, was admitttd to probate iu the county
court yesterday, and Ruth K. Conser ap
pointed oxecutiix, aud C. Creitz, S, R. Har
rington and J. O. Stewart, appraisers. The
bequests art i To Lillian G, Louser, lets 1 and
V?, block 111), iu East Portia ud ; Ms 7 and 8
samo block, to Earl Conser, aud tho rwiduo
of the property to Ruth E. t'ounr.
JtartUan0Ug.o
Cheap Postage at last, and Postal Hotet
in Addition.
The late Corgrest passed a law which will
be hailed with general satisfaction by the peo
ple, namely, the reduction of the rato of post
age on letters to two cents. The United
Stitet may now be considered as standing at
the head of the nations in the matter of cheap
postal facilities. We are indebted to Mother
England for teaching us the A B C of popular
postal transmission; for a score of years her
rate has been two cents. But no such costs,
difficulties, and distances have had to be over
come in carrying the mails in Great Britain :s
in this country. Her postal rentes are short,
her total area being only about one hundred
and twenty-two thousand square miles, while
ours is not far Irom tnree ana a nan minions
nf innars miles.
Many of our important towns are from one
ia inn ilmiiatnn! milpji Anurt bv the costal
routes, over which we have been long carrying
letters lor tnree cents, unaer me new raws
of two cents, the quantity of letters to be
carried will doubtless be greatly augmented.
The new two cent rato joes into operation
October 1st. The postoffice authorities are
engaged in preparing a brand new two cent
stamp, with which to inaugurate the happy
event.
Another eccommodation for the public, will
also soon come into vogue, namely, the issue
of postal notes for tma'l sums. By payment
ai any postoffice a postal note for the amount
11 SO 06 given, wuiuu will uv ijrnu.Q vm ji.u-
ntmllon at anv other Dostoffice.
The postoffice authorities are making prep
arations aa rapidly as possible for the issue of
the new prstal not. It is to be engraved
with great care, the work upon it to be equtl
to that on the national banknotes, in order to
protect the holder. It is expected that this
note will prove oi great oeneui to au wuu ue
sire to use the mails to purchase books, news
papers, and merchandise. rhe authorities
admit that it it an experiment, and do not
expect that the system will any more than pay
expenses.
Tne Dog.
"To no animal is mankind more indebted
for faithful and unswerving affection than the
dog. His incorruptible fidelity, his forbear
ing and enduring attachment, his inexhausti
ble attachment, dilligence, ardor and obedi
ence have been recognized and eulogized from
the earliest times. This valuable quadrupt d
may be emphatically termed the friend of
man, as, unlike other animals, his attachment
is purely personal and influenced by the
changes, of time and place. The dog seems
to remember only the benefit he has received,
and instead of showing resentment when he is
fiumshed, exposes himself to torture and even
icks the hand from which it comes. With
out the aid of this almost reasoning animal,
how could man nave resisted tne attacks ot
the ferocious tenants of the forest, or have
procured sustenance in the ages of the world
when agriculture was unknown ?
Whoever would write the history oi dogs
must write the history of man. for in periods
as remote as history reaches we find this ani
mal associated with him as his useful servant,
and with the growth of agriculture, from an
almost despised punuit to a leading place
among the industrial sciences, the develop
ment ot cue uog nas Kept pace unui ne nas
become, in each of the various pursuits for
which his particular class hat been bred, a
specific and indispensible aid to man.
Though the origin of many, if not all of the
different breeds, is clouded in obscurity, yet
the peculiar traits which characterize miny of
them are so marked as to adapt them perfectly
to their own particular sphere of usefulness,
whether for the farm, the field, the forest, the
stream or the pit and prize ring."
Bacon.
The best bacon Is made from pigs which
will not weigh more than 125 pounds when
dressed. The rashers or strips for the bacon
are cut lengthwise of the pig, and about half
of the sides are used. The portion next to the
backbone is fatter and lacks in mussle, and is
not so good on this account. When bacon is
made from Bmall pigs those weighing less
than 100 pounds the whole of the sides are
used. Red and black Berkshire hogs make
the best bacon, because they have the largest
proportion of lean meat. Six pounds of Bait
ana lour ounces oi saltpetre anouid te used
for 100 pounds of meat. Five pounds of
brown sugar may also be used, or two quarts'
of molasses. If the bacon it cured in a bar
rel, the salt, saltpetre and sweetening should
be mired and a portion sprinkled on the bot
tom of the barrel and some also between tne
layers of meat and on the top, and water
enough, after the meat is packed closely, put
on to cover it. In a month the meat will be
ready to smoke. Too much smoke will color
the meat and give it a rank taste. Another
way to cure bacon it to rub the above mix
ture on the flesh side of the strips of bacon
and then pile it up one piece above another,
and let the mixture strike in. After three
da) s rub again and pile up as before. A week
after rub again and pile it up, butting the
flesh side up every time. The mixture should
be divided into three equal parts, to provido
for the several rubbings. At the end of a
month the meat will be ready for smoking, or
before if the salt has all struck in and the
surface hat become comparatively dry, which
is an indication. After smoking, the rashers
should be se.w ed up in bags made of cotton
cloth and bung up in a dry, dark place. If
the bags are whitewashed on the outside all
the better, as this will keep the worms out.
JV. Y. Tribune.
Strawberry Culture
Mr. McHenry, cf St. Charles, Minnesota,
says, in regard to the cultivation of straw
berries, that be secures the very best results
from adopting the following plan hi planting
and caring for them : Select good plants of
good varieties, and, as tome varieties never
fail in any soil or climate, those are the best
ones to plant. A rolling plot is the best, and
if the soil is a little sandy all the better. Lay
off the ground in rows four feet apart for field
culture, and three feet for the garden. Set
the p'anta in moist dirt, keeping the roots
straight!) spread, as nature intended. The
plauta once rightly set, success depends en
tirely upon the thoroughness of cultivation
To obtain choice fruit the pruning mutt be
thorough, and all runners should be cut oft
after the first of August. The best results are
onlv obtaiued bv keeping the plants in hills.
lie names as two of the best varieties grown
the Cn scout Seedling and Captain Jack,
which should be cultivated in alternate rows.
The Cresetut Seeding was the most prolific of
all berries upon hit ground, aud thrived upon
toil w here some of the old standard varieties
wouldnot even produce plants. Captain Jack
grows rite large, firm fruit, which may be
left several das upon the vice after i it ripe
without materially injurinc the fruit.
18t3.
Pretenrtng Harnesses.
The first point to be observed is to keep the
leather soft and pliable. This can be done
.I- u t,ninff it well charged with oil and
grease. Water is a destroyer ot each of these.
a ts - A- &nv iia tntmill
But mud and saline raoisvuro "i" . -
are even mo e destructive. Mud in drying
aborbs the grease and opens the pores of the
leather, rraking it a ready prey to water,
while the salty character of the perspiration
from the animals itjures the leather, stitch
ina and mounting. It therefore follow a that
to preserve a ha. nets the straps should be
washed and oiled at intervals as required. To
do this effectually the straps should be un
buckled and detached, then washed with
warm, soft water and brown soap and hung
by a slow fire or in the sun until nearly dry,
then coated with a mixture of neatsfoot oil
and tallow, and allowed to remain in a warm
room for several hours, and when perfectly
dry rub thoroughly with a woolen rag. The
rubbing is important, as it, in addition to re
moving surplus oil and grease, tends to close
pores and give a finish to the leather.
In hanging a harness care should be taken
to allow all straps to hang their full length.
Light is essential to the care of leather, and
when the closet is dark the door should be
left open at least half the time during the
ah lnHAi. B-.ni.lM n -rptl liohterl. To
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clean pUted mountings, use chamois with a
llltie-xnpou or iu.kju iwii"" v --.-be
scoured as little as possible. Ex,
Snoi is tub Arm. Louis Shortridge, liv
ing on the Nestucca, has been troubled with
bears carrying off his sheep, and a day or two
ago ho discovered one among his flock. Call
ing some men to aid him, be started in pur
suit, By an accident a young man in the
party discharged his weapon and sent a ball
through Mr. Shortndge's right arm, tearing
the flesh off from the shoulaer to the elbow,
and badly shattering the bone. The wounded
man is now at .Sheridan, Yamhill county, for
treatment, and it things go right he will not
have to lose his arm.
CRrKLTY to Animals. A few days ago
Geo. Stewert hired a horse of Magoon to go
to the Sandy 'on a little fishing excursion,
with Harry Gurr, Lute Cohen and H. Kribs,
and alter they reached thtir destination they
tied the horse with a rope around his neck
and went to the creek. Wnen they returned
to the animal he was found dead, having evi
dently been strangled with the rope. When
th.- party returued a demand was made for
the value of the horse, which was refused.
Yesterday the parties were arrested in Justice
White's court on charges of cruelty to
M..lmnla nn.l fha trial la flftf. far WpfiRfldaV.
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Suit for damages w ill also be commenced.
Skinny Hen,
"Wells Health Renewir" restores healtn and vigor,
cures Dyspepsia, impotence, bexual Uebillty. tl.
Stock Breeders' Directory.
.KTUnder this head we will publish small advir
UsemenU, like the follow tntf, lor per year. Larger
advertisements will be charged in proportion.
TVM. ROSS,
BREEDER OF SPAN IS 11 or AMERICAN MERINO
Sheep, Pilot Koek, Lmatilla county, Oregon,
e ud lor circulars and descriptions ol sheep. Jlypd
JOHN MINTO,
B
RKEDEIt OF MERINO SHEEP,
Balem, Marion County, Oregon.
DAVID GUTHKIE,
B
REEDER OF.LONG-WOOL and SPANISH US
nno Hneep. uaiui rout louDiy, ureon.
Valuable Bull for Sale!
PRICE, - 976.
HALF JEK8KY HALF 8HOKTHOKf.
A THREE - YEAR OLD BULL. 81RED BY
VFJeUo, a lull Jrey, owned ly T. J. Apperson;
uaiu HBJMJ l x 4tn, cwneu oy ueo. uinum; vaiu&Die
animal (or any i&rmer to hue. Apply to
ARTHUR WARNER,
SmchSw l)-miles South ol Oregon City, Or.
WM. WATSON,
commission Agent for
.THE SALE OF.,
GALLOWAY and POLLED
ANGUS: Or
ABERDEEN CATTLE. I HAVE FOR SALE
100 head ol imported cattle. As an old resident
oi ureiron and Washington 1 knew well the require
ments ot the Pacific coast stock raisers. ' 3-ures
me care ot Piatt ft Evans, Mock Yards, Kansas City,
Missouri. dec2it
THE TWO FULL-BLOODS,
Wide Awake and Marquis
THE PRIZE WINNERS AND ACKNOWLEDGED
supericr Dralt and AU-W oik sUllions, will make
tne present season, commeticiuK April 1st, and ending
July 1st, as lollos: Both ot the stations will be at the
tither stable, iu balem, Thursdays, triaays and tJatur
days; balance ot tloie, MldeAvaae wid beat the (arm
ol his owner, while Marquis villi be at Dallas.
Tbbus Season. 925; Inaurance, t&.
Without any deaire to overrate these animals or to
mislead the farmirs ol Oregon, the owner ol these two
puie bred stations believes them to be as sires un
equalled. He be lives that these two hortcs (the former
a Ptriherou Niriuan and the latter a ilyde) and their
get have been awarded more premiums u an ai y two
sUllions known to the public. Ihe pedurrecs are
oinltteu here, .imply because the owner beueves that
the public ate familiar with them. For reference to the
pedigree ot W ide Awako. see No. 7sS, Vol. 1, Norman
stud book,
....ALSO . .
ATLA NTIC.
This Noble sire is rcgiaured No. IT on the Percteron
Norman Stud Book, and will make the season as (ol
lows: Srlo Thuisdays, Fridays and Saturdays ot each
week. LebasieH Mondays, Tuesdays, awl Wednes
days. Terms same u above.
mrltimS T. J. FDUUNSON, Salem.
MASON CHIEF.
BY MAMDRISO PATCH EN.
B h HIGH BKEB TatOTTI.NG
fWmWf STALLION,
tSR-sm' Foaled In 1577 . Bred by Herr &
aV-sKaW-Young, Ltxtngton, Kentucky.
MAali.S 1,11 ie.r comes of the beat trittlng stock
known and lull) Justifies his pedigree by his appear
ance. He was imported from Kentucky la October
14SJ. WILL STAIi B at my lace, one mile south ol
Aumsville, from March 1ft to April lit. After April
1st will be at Aumsville Monday's, Tuesday's and Wed.
nnalay'a. At Siteni Ihuradaj a, Frtd.y's and Satur
day's until July ltt.
Tt:iJJ. -:5 for season; Hi to tniurancc
411 jod pasturage lor mares (rrm a distance.
O. W. PECK, Prop.
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AXLE CREASE.
BIT In the World. Set the CenclBe
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A HOTED BUT UNTTTIVED WOMAn, .
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The above Is a good likeness of Mrs. LydlR.PIna
ham, o( Lynn, Mass., who above all other human brines
may be troth fully called the "Dear Friend ot Woman,'
as some of her correspondents love to emit her. 8&a
Is tealoiuly devoted to her work, which is the outcome;
of a life-study, and Is obliged to keep atx lady
assistants, to help her answerthe lartre eorrespondenes
which dally poors In upon her, each beartna; Its special
burden of suffering, or Joy at release from It. Her
Vegetable Compound Is a medicine for good and ns
evil purposes. I have personally investigated It and
am satisfied ot the truth of this. -4
On account of its proven merits. It Is fvoosunendeti
and prescribed by the best physicians In the country.
One says i "It works like a charm and saves much
pain. It win cure entirely the worst form of falllns;
of the uterns, Leucorrhosa, Irregular and painful
Menstruation, all Ovarian Troubled, Inflammation and
ClceraUon,F15odlngs, aU Displacements andthBOOla.
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the Change of life."
It permeates every portion of the system, and sjlTSS
new life and vigor. It removes falntness, flatulency,
destroywall craving for stimulants, and relieves weak
ness of the stomach. II cares Bloating, Beadachea,
fiervons Prostration, Oeneral Debility, fflceplessseaa,
Depression and Indigestion. That feeling of bearing
down, causing pain, weight and backache, Is always
permanently cored by Its naa. It will at all times, and
undr an elrcumsunoes, act In harmony with the law
that governs the female system.
It costs only (JL per bottle or sbr for IS., and la Bold try
druggists, Any advico required as to special eases, and
the names of many who have been restond to perfect
health by the use ot the Vegetable Compound, ran bo
obtained by addressing Kra P, with stamp for reply,
at her home In Lynn, Mass. t
For Kidney Complaint of ritaer eel this componnd is
onsorpassedas abundant testimonials show. .i
"Kra. Plnkham's liver PUls," says onawriter, "ar
thebttt Ms irorld for the cure of Constipation,
Biliousness and Torpidity of tho liver. Her Blood
Purifier works wonders In Its special Una and huts fair
to equal the Compound In Its popularity.
AU must respect her as an Angel of Mercy whose sob
ambition Is to do good to others.
Philadelphia, Pa. . CO Kra.A.K.IX
FARMER'S EXCHANGE I
AU Sorts ot Merchandise Exchanged for
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Boots and
Shoes, Hats and Caps.
Everything a Farmer wants tor sale. Everything a Far.
mcr raises wsnted.
S. HERMAN,
Corner Madison and First Streets, Portland
Opposite Scgman, Sabtn & Co's Agricultural Wan-
ocaa-i
DBS. A. S. & Z, B. NICHOLS,
Homeopathic Physicians and
Surgeons.
Rooms 69, 60, 61 a Union Block, Portland, O
Specialties,
Dr Z. B. N. Diseases ot Women.
DR. A. S. N. Diseases ol Eye, Ear and Throat.
USE ROSE PILLS.
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with HEEL and TOE complete in 20 minutes. It will
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to the Twomly Knitting Machine Co., 163 Tn
mont Street, Boston, Mass. sepSme
E. O. SMITH,
OFFICE: No. 167 First Street, between Mor
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II. CARPENTER, M.D.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
(Late ol Salem.)
Office up stain, N. W. Corner ot Sd and Morrison 81
PORTLAND OREGON.
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F. S. Akin.
Ben Selling.
II. E. Dosch.
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THE BEAT THING Of THE KINS.
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