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W1LL.AMETTE AEMEK: PORTLAND OREGON, SEPTEMBER 28, 18S3 rfyurrciif iterator;. THB OLD PIANO. or lili.ik v. HAnn. Bow still and duaky ia the long closed room I What lingering shadows and what faint per fume Of Eaatern treasures! sandalwood and scent With nard and cassia and with roses blent. Let in the sunshine. Quaint cabinets aro here, boxes and fans, And hoarded letters full of hopes and plans; I pass them by. I came once more to see The old piano, dear to memory, In put daya mine. Of all sad voices from forgotten years, Its is the saddest; see what tender tears Drop on the yellow keys as soft and slow, I ply some rneiony or long ago. How fttrangn it secmsl The thin, weak notes that once were rich and strong Give only now the shadow of a song The dying echo of the falter strain I shall never, never hiar attain, Unless in dreams. What hands have touched itl Fingers small and white, Since stiff and weary with life's toil and fight; Dear cUngiiig hands that long have been at rest; Folded serenely on a quiet breast, Only to think 0 white, sad notis, of all the pleasant daya, The happy songs, the hymns of holy praise, The dreams of love and youth, that round you clingl Do they not make each sighing, trembling string A mighty unk7 All its musicians gone beyond recall, The beautitui, the loved, where are they all? Each told its secrets, touched its keys and wires To thoughts of many colors and desires, With whispiring ungrrs. All are silent now, tho .areweil said. Tbe laat song sung, the last tear sadly shed; let love lias siveu it many dreams to keen In this lone room where only shadows crtep Ami suem e lingera. The old piano answers to my call, And from my niigero lets tho lost notes fall. 0 soul that i havu loved, with heavenly birth Wilt thou not keep tho memory of earth, Its smiles and sighs? Shall wood and metal aim white ivory Answer the touch of love with melody, And thou forget? Dear one, not so. 1 move tho yet (though how I may not know) Ileyouil tho skiut. llarper'a Ilazar. gg i . CONUNDRUMS Does a bicycler ride For the sake of tho rido, Or ride for the saku of the show ? Does a girl givo a kiss For tho sake of the ki?s, Or kiss fur tho bliss slio bestows? Does a man take a smilo For the sake of the smile, Or smile to get nil of his woes? Punctuality. The lioublo began as won wo wero married nay, uvon befoio. 1 had boon engaged to Chuiloy long enough tuliMin his weaknesses piotty well, mid iim oui wedding day appionched J began to (nim ble. "Charley," I said hh wo paitul (he. night befoie, "don't bo Into to-moiiow, whatever you do." "Good heaven, Lclial What do you take mo foiV" tuiiri Charley. "If out a mini "An ieady for iiiij thing " "Which ou novel weio since I know you," 1 aul. "I believe jou would man age to bo Into foi jour own funeial " "That would not depend (piitoso much upon my own olition;" said Charley, laughing. "iuukov our mind easy, littlo woman ; I shall bo in time." I was by no menus convinced of it, but I could say no moio. At first I hud thought of being mariied in tho Lnglish itylo, but 1 did not faney tho idea of waiting at tho ehancel rails for Charley Tho only safe thing seemed to lo (o ce cum him befoio wo left tho house. Two o'clock was tho hour lied for the redding, and as tho hour appioached, of com so 1 was in u tuimoil. Iwassuio that tho hair dresser was late, but Aunt J"un eominced mo that tho appointed hour had not jet airied. lie eamo promptly at the stioke of tho clock, then nil was huriy ami bustle until my toilet Wis completed. 1 was ivad, from tho ejirnyof an oiango blossom which fust cued my veil to tho nsotto on my shp jicr; but Clmiley had not come "It's too bad," 1 said. Ilo piomicd so faithtully to bo hero in time. 1 scud fomebod to look him up." "Doai child!" oiied Aunt ran, in tor ror, "Whatever ou ilo, don't en Hlu-h-lugchetU mo all voiy well foi a bnde, but blushing ojch aio a decided mistake Thero is plenty of time. It is only half jiast one." "Jiut no might W heiv, " I ciicd. "1 Hin rcauy, aim wny not lie It's too bail 1" Ono great tear splashed down upon tho brocaded satin of mj dress That tightened mo, I ieolutel icprxwil theieet, while Aunt Tan carefully dried Iho siKit with her laco handkerchief It wtw completely ell.icod, but still Charle did (lot come. Then I fell into stonv dcfpair. "Jlu won't come at all. Thero will K no wedding, mid I shall bo the l.iiifln.i,. stock of cvinlHHlj," "My dear UlmJ"Nud Aunt ran, "wt nro not in lrnglaiid. You can Ui mar ried ut am time, and it is not 'J et " "Hut just on the stroke," I n& Jut tlien tho cuckoo dock shouted out the two absurd notes. A moment af terwards the door bell rang, and Charley walked in as calm and composed as if I had not been enduring agonies. "Charley! Charley! how could you?" I cried, and then stopped, and bit my lip to keep back tho tears, which rushed to my eves. "What is it?" said Charley, looking ut terly bewildered. Instead of looking ashamed, when lie understood tho state of affair?, ho began to laugh. "My dear child," he said, "tho clocks wero striking two as I came up tho steps. I said I would be in timo and I am." The wedding journey was not a period of unallojed bliss to me. Charley never missed a train or a boat, but he vvas'ncvcr more than just in tune, so that I was kept in constant terror. To tho hours for meals he paid not the slightest atten tion. When I reminded him of them, ho merely inquired if I was hungry. If I could not say that I was, he laughed and said: "Then why hurry? What is the use of being in a hotel if we cannot take our time?" As if punctuality wero not a irtuo in itself I It was a relief to mo when we came homo and settled down at last to begin lifo in earnest. Wo had had ono littlo quarrel about tno lurnismng ol our house. I wanted a clock in every room, to which Charley decidedly objected. "Time was made for slaves," he said. "Why should I bo constantly reminded of my bonds? When I am down town, 1 must bo punctual and energetic, and a scoro of other things. I ccmo homo foi relaxation, and I want to forgot all an noyances. Have a clock in the kitchen, by all means, and put ono, if ) on please, in tho sonant's bedroom. Foi tho rest, wo hao our watches, and what possible need hao we for more?" I yielded, but I made up my mind then which of Charley's faults, was likely to givo mo the most trouble. Charley was always good-natured ; I will s.iy that of him. On the whole, though I .im not sure that that was tho most aggiavating part of it. I always made it a point of being ready before time, when wo woro going anywhere, hoping that my silent example would hao its effect, but it was of no use, "What! going nlrcadj', littlo woman?" Charley would say. Then pulling out his watch and looking at it: "Oh, we need not start for an hour jet; plenty of timo." Then ho would throw himself into a chaii and rattle away about anj thing or nothing, while I felt myself giowingmoic ind more nervous cery mmutc. I had made up my mind that nothing should forcomo to quaricl with him quarreling is at once foolish and ulgai and I necr did. As tho time grow on, however, I would say: "Clmiley, ought you not to bo getting i cad j'?" "Oh, theio's no huiiy, was tho invaria ble reply "timo enough." At last, how- evoi, ho would iouso himself, look at his watch, j awn, stictch, and then rise slowly from his chair. "That bonnet is very liecoming. I sup- poso turn is wny ou like to wear it so long," ho said on ono occasion Then he went out of tho room laughing, and I hcaid him moving about overhead in the deliberate way which m-aily diovo mo fmntic. Tho woist of it was that ho always did nianago to bo just in timo. If I could only h.ivo convicted him of being just too late for once, 1 should h.ivo some thing to fall back upon inouraigumonts, but as it wax, I bad nothing to take hold of. Things had gono on this way for two or tluco months. 1 did not suppose that Ohmlcj' know oi, indeed, saw, how I hot ted about it. 1 tried haul to hido my ir ritation, for 1 really loved him and did n it wish to annoy, still less alionato him : b it I suppose that my dibits wero in vain. Wo weio talking about a leception to which wo weio going in tho evenine, mid I saiil : "Now, Charle., dear, wont you 1m ieady in timo, just for onco? You do make mo waste so much timo waiting foi J'OU." Charley laughed as usual, and was go ing to make ono of his cmcless retorts but bo stopped suddenly. Wo hive l)Ooii married four months, haven't we, Ixma?" ho said. "Four months to day," I said promptly. "It was the Sth of August and this is die Sth of Dccomlicr." "And in all that timo you have not Ihvh able to euro mo of that dreadful fault? l'oor littlo girl! Your hair will bo grin in a jear at this rate. I'm going to try tho elleot of tinning over a now leaf, and see how both Iiko it." I did not know ouictlv what ho meant then, but 1 began to understand when ho wont into his dressing room the moment I suggested it Ho eamo out fullv eouin- ped, even to his gloves, More I had haif mushed dressing. "Xo huiry, I.elia," ho said looking in as bo passed. "1 only wanted to let ou know that lain tend whenever urn are ' Of conp.0 I hail to huriy after (but, out as l always hunicd anvhow.it did not innko much dill'ei once, 'ciuuloysaid nothing, ivxiept, "the caringe is .it the door,' when 1 came down Of coum aftei all the fuss I had made, 1 could not say that it was too earl to go, though 1 know very well that it was ami wiisuiiiik ing inwardly all thowav. "Don't jou think it would be pleasant to drive round to Washington square" 1 said lu dosienition "Washington square?" exclaimed (Mi ir icy. wro jou man, uum" Why not bv l'hiladelphia at onco? Washington square is miles out ol out waj " As if that was not just my object' 1 could not explain nijelf, however, so I kept still, and we drove toour destination by (he shoitost route, Of course the lioiiso was daik when we reached il the uosie.vs entirely unprepared to receive us. aid tho waiter who let us in equally sur iried and contemptuous at our untimely irrival. Of course we had tho pleasure of spending a solitary hour, 1 ui the la dies' mid Charley in tho gentlemen's dressing room before we dared descend Even then wo were among the earliest guets. "I begin to feel the reward of virtue already," sighed Charley, as we descended the stairs. "How nice it is tobeearlyl The carriage is ordered for one, and I'll bo sure to be ready." He was and I was not. I had met an old friend, and wo were in the middle of n most interesting conversation, fehe was only at Xew York en passant, and I should not see her again. It was very provoking to be oblieed to break offin the middle of our talk, but how could I tell Charley that I was riot ready when he I biuuu wuiuiiL: vwiii an air oi conscious virtue? It was beyond my povv cr, and absurd as it was, I had to say good bje to Anna and go. I had not supposed at first that Char ley's reformation wa permanent, but as tho days went on, I was forced to confess that it looked very much Iiko as if it were. Promjitly as tho clock struck six in tho evening, he entered the house ; promptly as it struck nine in the morn ing he left it. Xo entreaties could detain him an instant bejond his timo. "Xo, Lelia, my dear," was his invaria ble reply, "I have alreadj' wasted too much of life by unpunctualitv. You have convinced me of my error. Wliv strivo now to undo tho good which jou havo done?" Of course such sentiments ought to have delighted my heart, and they did, in a ine.is.ure. Only in a measure, "how ever, I must confess, for I began to think mat wo should be known everywheio as fully. "The wedding may be delayed, you know. The groom may bcunpunc- tual or something." I fairly broke down at that. "Xo, we will not," I said. "I don't want to go dragging in just at the tail end of the ceremony. I'm cold and tired and wretched," but I was more than that. I was thoroughly indignant, for I was sure Charley had done it all on purpose. though 1 had a bidden consciousness that I deserved a lesson of some kind I thought that he had punished me too severely, so I had little to say to him then pr when we were sitting together in the evening. unaney was too busj- with pencil and paper to take any notice though. "Lelia," he said suddenly. "What is it?" I asked rather sulkily. "I am thoroughly convinced now," said Charley, "that punctuality is the king of all virtues, the crowning merit of human ity; but doesn't it strike jou as rather an expensive one?" "How?" I asked, melted a littlo but not much. "Well, I won't speak of to-day, for that was not a fair test. I know you think that I made all those blunders on pur pose, but I didn't. I suppose the intoxi cation of such unusual virtue flow to my head and muddled my wits, for I certain ly made uncommon hash of that affair. I have been punctual, according to your ideas for a month now, and I have iust been making a littlo computation of the result. I began to practice the irtue on the night of Mrs. Lee's reception, I be- lfium0ti u "tho early birds." It was never ncces-lieve? Very well. We each spent a sol- sary to urge Chailcy to get ready for any thing. We were alwajs the hrst in church, and we were waiting at tho door of the operas and theatres long before they wero open; atp.utics and icceptions it was our invariable custom to spend from half an hour to an hour in the dressing room in order to descend with tho earliest guests. And Charley was continually oxpati.iting on tho sweet reward of virtue and thank ing me for teaching him tho beauty of punctuality. I spent mj-self in ain won derings as to how long this state of things was going to last ; but of course it came to a climax finally. Mj' oldest and most intimate friend, Tina Verringcr, was to ho married and Charley and I had vowed in the most solemn manner to attend the wedding. Tina lived at Mountclair and it was thero of course, that the coremony was to take place. "Dojou think that nino o'clock will bo early enough to leave here?" asked Ch.u- loy mceklj'. "Xino o'clock I My dear Charlev , she is not to bo married until one, and Mount clair is onlj' an hour away." "I know, said Uliarlejy'but I was anx ious to bo in time. I think that wo had better start at nino to niako sure." I swallowed mj' astonishment as I best could, and submitted. It was not a pleasant day. If I weio not afniid of ex aggerating, I should say that it was a de cidedly unpleasant one, being cold and graj-, damp and chill-, with that chilli ness that goes through jour bones. Al- loadj a fow straj snow flakes weio flut tering down, giving promise of a stoim later in tho day. Tho depot at Hobokcn is not a special ly exhilaiating placo to wait in; but Clmiley settled himself comfortably with his paper upon one of tho sti.u'ght up and down'settecs, saj-ing, "Wo need not take too eailj" a train, but it is well to bo on hand ; oven it wo do reach Mountclair hx) soon, wo can walk about and sco the plai'c, jou know." Walk about and see tho place on such a tlit v 1 I said nothing, but I inwardly icsolved that wo should not take tooe.uly a (lain. At least wo weio waun and shelteicd wheie wo wero, and who knew what wo would find at the other end? While 1 was settling this point in my own mind, tho door at tho other end of the room was flung open and Charley sprang to bis feet. "Come," ho said; "wo might as well mako euro of this train, after all :" and before I could find vvoids in which to couch my objections w ithout giving tho Hj to all tho fixed principles of my life. wc weio in tho cars. Charley was buried in his newspaper and I was watching tho fast whitening meadows, when the conductor paused be fore us for "Tickets." They wero ready to baud, but tho conductor gazed upon them blankly. "Wheicto?" ho asked, briefly. "Mountclair," replied Charloj-, with equal brevity. "Wrong train. Yours left ten minutes later from tho other door. You'd better get out at Xewark, and take it thero. If you miss it, there'll le another along in forty minutes." "It is fortunato that wo have plenty of tune, Mut i hurley to me, as tho conduc tor left us. "Aren't jou glad that I have reformed in logard to punctuality?" "Oh, veiy glad," I said, with a slight tinge of iron, and adding, inwardly, "es pociallj if it leads jou to take the wrong tram l.itiier tit in wait tor tin right one." We got out at Xewark and took the first tram that ennui along Heine the next, we in.ulo sure of its being tho right one. but it wasn't That tram lauded u at Oi.ingewliero we sH'iit a quiet hour be foie a Xewark IkuuiiI tram lucked us up "You see, dear," s lid Charley, "1 go up on your principle of always benigin time. If we keep on taking the first tnuii that comes along, we shall get there sometime if not in time for the wedding, (lien, iwhaps, in time for tho fuuer.il of all the family " "We shall certainly not bo ui tunc for (ho wedding at this rate,' l said, half laughing and half crying "Supioo bv wnj of nnetj . we trv the elleot of taking (he last tram?" "What I and abandon principle? Nev er" onoil Charley "However. I think we will inquire before we trv ncain " We did inquire, but with tho result of finding that the next (rain which it would bo ivvaiblo for us to take would nol reach Mountclair until half an hour after the time set for the wedding "Shall wo try it?" asked Charlev cheer- itarj' hour in tho dressing room, which, i suppose, may fanlj- be considered wast ed. Two hours, to begin with. We went to the opera an bom too early (though our seats were engaged) on two occasions six hours Theater, ditto, twice four hours. Six and four make ten, and two make twelve. Really, my dear Lelia, punctuality is a noble virtue, but do jou know, it strikes mo that lifo is too short to practice it in. It might do for Me thuselah or an arch angel, but for ordi nary moi tills " "Don't Charley I" I cried breaking dow n suddciuy. "I have been a vain, conceited little idiot. I was so proud of my own virtue, and it is nothing but a vice after all. I have been beginning to see it foi ever so long, and I am road' to say that I will never waste my time by being punctual again." "Don't," said Charley laughing. "This month has done mo no end of good, foi I was inclined to run things much too cloc. I was never exactly late, but I often made a piecious tight shavdofit. We 11 help each other after this, won't we. little woman? You'll spur me on and I'll rim jou in, and we will neither of us get out of temper w ith the other. Is it a b.ugafn?" His hand was out, and his good honest ejes were shining into mine, and befoio I knew it my aims weio around his neck and I was promising anj thing and everj thing. So that was tho end of our first and last quarrel that tlueatcncd to over shadow our mairicd life. Tarring a Bat Ihits aio wonderfully clean animals, and they dishko tar, pcihap-, moio than anything else, foi if it onco gets on their jacket, they find it most difficult to re move it. Xow, I had heard it mentioned that raining tar down at tho ontianco of then holes, was a good reined', nlo plac ing oroKcn pieces, oi glass by then holes was another remedy. Hut the-o lemediea weie not efi'ective. The i.its may leave their old holes and mako fresh ones in otliei parts of tho hou-o ; they don't hovv evei, leave tho premises for good. I thought I would try another experiment; Two hundred thousand people are asked to contribute a nickel apiece to build a church in Texas. It should be called the Church of St. Xickel-us, and when it is in opereration it is to bo hoped the old Xick-el have less to do in Texas. Boston Cammercial Bulletin. ' A plrjsician falls into a fit while mak ing a round of visits, and is Carried into a drug-stoic. "Send for Dr. X ," says somebodj'. "Xo, no, not for him,"sajs tho dying man, feeMj-, at the mention of his rival's name; "if he brought mo around it would advertise him! I prefer to die." Medical and Surgical Reporter. The editor of tho Fittsburg Magnet saj's: "Major Reynolds presented us this week with some very largo vegetable eggs. In the absence of the genuine ar ticle they are a first-rate substitte. In the interests of our agricultural read ers wo would like to know if vegetable eggs grow on chickwecd Texas Sittings. You say your wife gets raad and raiies n row? "I should saj sho did. She makes enough fuss to run a freight train forty miles an hour." "But if you knew that she was in the habit of getting mad, why did you marry her?" "Because if I had held back she would have got mad der than ever." Texas Sittings. Kate Field saj's the journalist "quietlj accepts oblivion." Wo have known him to most enthusiastically seek it when a citizen entered his sanctum with a cluo and announced his intention of pulver ising the entire staff. Just at the time when the journalist would accept it most gladly and quietly, oblivion is the hard est to find. Burlington Havvke. Sheridan, being on a Parliamentary committee, one daj- entered tho room when all the members were seated and ready to begin business. Seeing no va cant place, he looked around the table, and said : "Will any gentleman move that 1 may take the chair." London Societj'. Little Eddie T. was sick with gastric fever, peevish and fretful, but he seemed to want the idea to prevail that it wasn't much trouble to attend him. His mamma, while bathing his brow, soothingly re marked: "What is home without a mother?" The oung lascal immediately snapped out: "Well, what would mother be without a home?" Exchange. Did it ever occur to jou why old Solo mon made tbe remark about there being nothing new under tho sun? Well, tho fact was that his numerous wives and wifelets kept hinting to him. about hav ing new bonnets, and he mcrelj- mur mured that there was nothing new under the sun in Older that they might be made to belicvo that the fall stjles in hats had not jet stiuck on. Chicago Times. "Gen'lemen, I don't blevein crossin' or changin' the breed ob our hogs. De ole fashioncd hog is plenty good. I ows de saddest timo ob my life to a fine hog. I was passin' a pen once an' seed a fine Imp-. lit he hadn't been a fine hog I wouldenter paui no tcntion to him. Wall, I was 'rested on account ob dat fine hotr nn' sent to do penitentiary fur a year. Don't bring no line breed of hogs into dis neighborhood." Arkansavv Trav eler. A Hartford, Conn , paper saj-s : "Texas is best known to the world ns the home of tho despeiado, the stage robber, Gov. Robcits and Texas Sittings." Prrtt.v rough lompaiiv, we acknowledge, but the strong arm oi mo law is last causing the iiuiiuiii'u now .cngianu desperado and stago lobbei to disappear, and in the couiso of human events and a higher civ ilization, Governor Roberts must go; so after all thero is reason to believe that. TUTTS PILLS TORPlirBOWELS DISORDERED LIVER. and MALARIA. 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Ono even-' our CIoml ls sil er-lmed Texas Sittings mj; 1 ..et a largo vvne e.igo rat trap, at taching icicle n nio.t seductivo smelling pieeo of cheese, and next inornino- I found, to my satisfaction, that I had suc ceeded m tupping a very largo rat, ono oi mo larger i Had ever seen, which, after I had besnic-ued him with tar, I turned looo into his favorite run. Tho not nightjl tried again, and succeeded in catching another equally big fellow, and served him in the samo manner. T could not follow theso two tar-besmeared rats into their uumcious runs to seo what would Happen ; but it is reisonablo to as suino that they cither summoned togeth er nil the members of their communitv, and by tho crest fallen appearaneo gavo their comrades silent indications of tho misfortune v Inch had so suddenlv Mul len them . or that they frightened their brethren away, for thev ono and all fnr- sook the place and fled. The ovnori- ment was eminently successful. From that day in 187."., till this, ISS:), my houe, ancient though it is, lus len en tirely fiee fromr.it, and I believe there N no icniedy equal to this one, if vou can catch your vour rat alive. They nevoi eamo luck to tho hoiwv ae;ain. Chamber's Journal. Broad Tires Thero should bo ued for t)io preserva tion of mads broad-tued wagon vvluels. These would not only run easier, but would not cut up tho road when soft, wliichisagiv.it source, of injury. Nar row tires and heavy loads soon make ruts, mid these, in turn hold water still worse, ami, as work is dono but onee, or twice a j car, it i very expensive keep ing them in repair, and they are seldom good Cities are beginning to requia'j wulo tire. 1'roportioned in width to thai load to lie carried, for w agons to bo ued in the citj . If they aro good for the city thev certainly are for tho country They have longKvn in uo in England, and they would not think of using our nar row tires, Dro.ul tires are alo Wst for use on tho farm where thero is much hauling on soft ground. The timo will soon come when they will bo. universally Used Exchange. ' J "Xothing exasperates me 60 much as to hold a lottery ticket, and find that the very next number has won a prize," re marked Poto Freer to Hairy Andrews. "I eamo closer than that to winning the big prizo in the Louisiana Lottery." "How was that possible?" "Well, you see, there was a raftlo here in Austin for a clock, and I threw the identical same number that won tho big prizo in the THjuisiana Lottery." "Did you win the clock?" '-No; how much good luck do you supposo a man can haxe all at oace?" lexas Sittings. A man was carryine a coon he had caught when ho met three little boys in the road. All of them said excitedly, 'Mister, givo me that coon, givo mo that coon, givo mo tnai coon, mister? ' "Well, boys, I'll tell you what I will do If you will tell mo what party you belong to and why, I'll give it to 'the boy who gives tho best icason for his faith." "I'm a Republican, localise that party saved the Union." said one. "I'm a Green- backer, leeause that party is in favor of plontv of money." When the time for tho thud boy came, ho said: "I'm a Democrat, 'eao I want tho coon Now Oilcans Democrat -x Oi sri. i-i .. . . o .v .,.-r r.uno. Ill "VVOUM JOU kindly state in your next paper what could I dono to a man who often conies homo in an nubriated condition, and uses very abusive language to his wife'" Wo would suggest that he could bo en ticed into an alley some night awl pounded -with a club, or his head could be held under a pump, and some cold water pumped down the back of his neck. Lots of things we might suggest that jou could do to him, but wo would advise you to let him alone, for if you interfero with him, his much iniured wife mavi suddenly become very devoted to the scoundrel, and nuke it very hot for vou. Texas Sifting. A lawver recently lost a brido in a peculiar way. He appeared at the wed ding, but on being called to the ceremony, from sheer force of habit protested that he was not ready to proceed and demand ed delay And so the bride got mad and shipped him. Eidiange. GUNS or zvzst xnn czurem thahivxb. BIQea, Shot O una, Bevolvera, Ammunition, Flahlns Tackle, Selnea, Nets, Knlvea, Raxora, Skates, Hammocka,ete. Large Illuatrated Catalogue FBEG. GREAT' WEERN"GUN WORKS PITTSBXTBOn, PA. DEDERICk'smIw'IiSHKR CK'S WAV DDceen are eent anywnera on trial te Tniimti. M!tM!KSi, rressea.thecnttonierkeep Ing the ono that aulte beat. No one haa ever dared enow op any elher Presa, aa pedf rlck'a Presa la known fo De beyond competition, and will bale at leweipenie with twice the rapidity and load more In a car than any other. Thoonlywajlnferlor xnachlnea con be aold ta to deceive the Inciaerlenced by ridiculously false atate menta.and thus sell without sight or seeing;, and swindle tbe purchaser. Working Sro'Sxr Press alongside of Dederick'a always sells the purchaser a Dcderlck Pn... nnrt nil tnnH. .. ..... Well to show un Adrirfus fnp r1prn1np nn.l U..ilnn of Wcsttrn and Southern storehouses and Agents. P. K. DEDEEICK ft CO., Albany, N. T. Or HAWLEV BROS , Sin Irai Uco. wtlE&jTstMXSfii mU2CjmSV& IJfjUt HMbumiSi: mmsm r.Otscnifr'pcei mmuM l ixee to all cpnilcanti k iSBt7 JL'ft ftntvHi''TtE fevul tji . tomera of last year without ordering il It cod tains ,:2 j -aro, w Mittsuauouii. pnces, accurate desvriiuoua and valuable directions for ilanting 1?" .TaS?,i.'?n' Vegetable and Flower seed.. Pianta. 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