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WILLVMETTB FUtMER: PORTLAND, ORFGON, OCTOBER 19 183.
Current ifcralnr.
SOLITUDE.
BT XLIA WHRILBR.
Lsngb, anil the world lauwhs with you;
: Weep, and Ja eep alone.
-' Tot the mH old earth must borrow III mirth.
But has trruble enough ot Its own.
ling, and the Hills will answer;
Sigh, It Is lost on tho a'r.
-The echoes bound to a cheerful sound.
Bat ihrtok from voicing care.
jUJo'cs, and men will seek yen;
. Orltrs, and the turn and go.
' Tbtj want full measure ef all jour pleasure,
But the do not need yoor woe.
Be (lad, and your blends are many;
Be lad, and you lote them all.
There are none to decline your nectard wine,
' ' Bnt i lone ) on mait drink llfes gall.
feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by;
iueceed and give, and helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room In the halls of pleasure
For a large snd lordly train,
Bui one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
A Chance Word.
BY 8UBAN COOUDGE.
Hyia Sydney was sitting in the win
dow of her little parlor watching the slow
rising oi a Btorm over tho opposite sky.
Even city streets have their opportuni-
tiw, Thii street in which Miss Sidney
dwelt was in tho outskirts of a suburb,
where building plotB were still generously
meaiurod. It ran along tho ridge of a
llope, and Miss Sydney's house hod the
further advantago of standing opposite a
group of vacant Iota, beyond which,
feborc tho roofs and chimneys on tho
lower streets, a lino of blue hills was visi
ble, topped with woods and dappled with
cloud shadows.
Jany an autumn sunset hod she
watched from her front windows; many
' soft spring rain and whirling snow
torra. To some natures there are both
Companionship and compensation in the
changeful aspects of nature. Myra was
One of these, She would not have ex
changed her little house with its wide
view for any othor, however magnificent,
Whose boundaries wcro brick walls alone ;
nd sky, and sun, and hill, made for the
leisure moments of her busy life a per
petual and unwearying feast.
The room in which Miss Bydnoy sat
expressed its owner, m rooms will,
whether meant to do so or not. In no
respect of sieu or nhnic did it differ from
No. 11 on ono side, or No. Ill on tho other,
. yet its aspect was anything rather than
commonplace. The prevailing tint on
the wall and lloor was n soft olive, which
made a background for brighter colored
things ; for tho old Indian slmwl, which
did duty as a portiere ; for a couple of
deep-hued Kimturn rug ; for pictures of
Various kinds nmi valuos, and a sprink
ling of bric-a-brac, odd rather than vulu
ablo, but so chosen as to be in thorough
harmony with,its surroundings.
Everything had a use. No pitfalls
yawned for unwary guests in tho slmpo
., of minuto tables, Quvun Anno or other-
. wie, laden with tniniiiery biscuit or
Sevres, and ready to upset with a touch.
A couple of short, old fashioned sofas
flanked the ilru-plaec on either side, two
or three easy chairs ami a linn set, low
tabic, ,ladeu with books and periodicals,
, completed tt sort of circle whern ten or a
dozen persons eould group themselves
., (round tho blaze. Miss Sydney hernclf,
. Blight, vivid, and very simply dro.-sed,
but without iu( ungraceful point or fold,
was in accordance with her room.
Tho clock struck sown. The black
, cloud had crept to the zenith, and now a
Itroucr gust of wind swept from beneath
it, bringing on its wiugri the first drop of
rain, Miss Sydney rose ami shut the
window. At Unit moment tho door Ml
rang.
"It'a two girls with u parcel. Miss
Myra," said Esther, tho parlor-maid.
''They'd like to speak with you, they
uy."
Miss Sydney went out into her little
entry. The girls, about the sanio age,
wcro of the unmistakable shop girl
type. "You are from Snow & Asher's,
1 think?" sho hnid in her courteous
voice.
"Vce'in. Mr. Snow wiiil he wasn't sure
which ono of tho under-waixts il was you
took, so ho K'nt both kinds, and you will
try 'em on pleasof
"Certainly. Am you to wait for them?"
"YWni."
Mis Sydney made what haste she
could, but before sho returned tho rain
was falling in torrents. -You must wait
till it slackens," shu said. "You'll bo
very wet if you don't. llao you far to
tot'
one nns,- repiieuoneoi inogine, witn tin in, and they mo
i embarrassed gigglo. I'm pretty near I time. Hut vou oo tl
an
by, uudtlio horse ear run's right in from
ot the uoor. tint Uury hits to wulkqmio
a long way, uiul her kIioo is thin, too.
,Sh6'd better wait, I guess, but I must go,
any way."
Miss Sydney gNneed at the shoes
cheap, paper-soled lioots, with a dusty,
velvet bow sowed tin tho too of each, ami
the, too, coiiuhidcd that by all means,
' "Cary" uiut wait.
"'Come in here, she said, leading the
way into the parlor. Ksther Imd now
limited tho lump, A little tiro siujkled
1 bu the hearth. Myrit drew uneasy chair
cloo to it. "Sit 'down and have a
thorough w.Whing," she Mid. "It is a
chilly wening."
"Yes'iu."
The girl thnnt the whet-bowed shoos
which gaped for lack of buttons, out to
the fire, and, half from embarrassment,
held up a hand to shade her face. It
was a small hand, with an ambiguous
red gem on the forefinger. The nails
were all bitten to the quick, Miss Sydney
noticed.
The face shaded by the hand was not
unpretty. The brown eyes had a
straightforward, honest glance, tho
mouth was rather sweet, there was that
delicacy of modeling, just bordering on
fragility, which gives to tho early youth
of so many American women, a fleeting
charm. It was a, face whicn soitiy
bandedhair and a low knot, would suit J
but, with the bad taste of her class, Cary
had adopted tho style of coiffure which
became her least. All the front hair was
an unkempt tangle of "bang." At ( the
back was a mass of jute switches, braided
and surmounted with a gilt comb, and
on top of the erection was perched a
straw hat lined with blue, and ornament
ed with a bc-dracKlcd cock's tail. The
dress, of cheap material was blue also,
and was frilled and flounced into a carica
ture of the nrovailine fashion. A rufllc
of soiled lace surrounded the girl's neck,
beneath which, over a not over-clean
muslin tio, hung a smart locket of yellow
metal vory yellow. Uangles clinked
round tho slender wrists. Beneath the
pulTgd and milled skirt, a shabby petti
coat of gray rotton peeped out. Though
tho weather was chill, tho girl wore no
wrap. Miss Sydney noted these details
in half the time it has taken to describe
them, and stirred with a pity that was
half indignation, she said:
"My child, how could you tninK oi
coming out on such a day as this, with
out a shawl?"
"I haven't any shawl."
"Well, a jacket, then."
"I haven't any jacket, either that will
match this dross," glancing complacently
down at the berudled skirt."
"But you would rather wear a jacket
that didn't match your dross than catch
a cold, wouldn't your
"Yes," admitted the girl, in rather an
unwilling tone. "But the only one I got
is purple, and it looks horrid with this
l.l.w, " "W,iiinrr rliafumr in hpr nnnmnninn'R
face, sho added : "We poor girls can't
have n wrap for every dress, hk rich
ladies do."
"No," said Misa Sydney, gently, "I
know it. I nover attempt to have a dif
ferent wrap for each dress I wear. I can
not afford it, either."
Cary started. "How qucerl" she bej-a i,
then changed it to, "But you and us aro
quite different, ma'am."
Thero was something wistful in the
face, which touched Myra Sydney. "It
will be time wasted, I dare say," she said
to herself, "still I should like, just for
once, to argue out the dross question with
a girl like this. Sho is one of a great
class, jiiul, joor things, they arc so dread
fully foolish and ignorant." Sho made
no immediato reply to hor companion,
but roso aim rang tho bell.
"I am going to give you a cup of tea,"
she said." "Hark, how it ra'msl You
can't go yot, and you will be less likely
to take cold when you do go, if you start
well warmed. Besides, I want to have
you stay. I should like to havo u littles
talk over this question of dross, which is
so interesting to all of us women." Sho
smiled brightly at hor guest, who, as if
dazzled, watched tho entrance of thy
tray with its bubbling Kettle, its plates
of thin broad, and butter, and crisp,
canity cakes; watched Myra measure
the tea, warm tliu pot 01 ,gay Japanese
wiuq, and wnen mo orow was ryauy, 1111
tho thin lippod cups, and drop in sugar
and cream.
"How nicel" sho said, with a sigh of
satisfaction. Her heart ooncd under
tho unwonted kindness and comfort, and
Miis Sydney had little difficulty in learm
ing what she wished to know. Cary
Thomas was tho girl's name. Sho had
lived at homo till two years ago. Did
sho like the city? Yes, sho liked it well
enough, but it was not much like homo
to Ik mid She and another gill that
worked at Snow & Asher's had u room
together out in Farewell street. They
had pretty good times when they were
not too hill of work, but in tho busy sea
son thev stayed so late at the store that
they did not want any tiling vnon tney
got homo, except to get straight to lied.
They got seven dollars a week, ami
more when there was any exta worn to uo
done.
"Can you lay up anything of that I"
askoil M'hS Sydney.
"No, ma'am, not a centj at least, I
don't. Thero aro some girls in tho store
that do, hut they've got sick friends to
save for."
"Now, said Miss Sydney, having thus
felt her way, "to go back to the jacket
question. As I told you, I can't at all
afford to have ono for every dress."
"Can't vou, ma'am ; and what do you
do, then f'
"1 buy one jacket which will do with
everything I wear."
Hut that isn't a suit, s.ud vary,
doubtfully.
".o; hut is it necessary that every
thing should bo o suit?"
"The cirls at our store think so much
of suits," she said, in it puzzled tone of
sell-defenco.
I know some jtooplo have a fancy for
wry pretty somo-
tliat they must cost
a great deal of money, and that working
Deonlo. vou and mvself. for instance.
ought to'nuipgo more carefully t"
"Do you work, ma'am t"
"To Ihi Mire 1 do. You look surprised.
Ah, you think that bevuilso 1 have a
little home of my own, and live in a
prettv room, I must be a line lady with
nothing to do. That's a mistake of
ours. I work ne.uly as many hours a
il.iy n you do, anil earn the greater part
of my ow ii iiicotuc, and 1 have to con
sult economy to keep my homo and make
it pleasant, and Among tho things
which I cannot afford to have, are
suits." . .
"I wish you otild tell mo how you do,
minim.
talking quite so freely about my affairs,
but I'll tell you, because it may give you
an idea of how to manage better for
yourself. In the first place I keep two
or three colors. I have a black gown or
two, and an olive brown, and this yellow
ish green that you see, and some lighter
ones, white or pale yellow. Now, with
anyone of these the same bonnet will do.
The one I am wearing now is black, with
a little jet and pale yellow, and it goes
perfectly well with all my dresses, and so
does my black cashmere jacket, and my
parasol and gloves, which are yellow also.
Don't you see that there is an economy
in this, and that if I hod a purple drees
and a blue one and a brown, I should
want a different bonnet for each, and dif
ferent gloves, and a different parasol V
bWhy, yes, it does seem so," said Cary,
drawing a long breath. "I'd liko to do
something different myself, but I don't
suppose I'd know how "
"Would you mind if I told you what I
think?" asked Myra, gently.
"No'm, I'd thank you."
"It seems to me that the chief troublo
with the girls who work in stores, is that
they cere more for being what they call
'stylish,' than for being cither neat or
pretty. A youne cirl can look her best
in a simple dress, if it is well put on and
bccomiBg."
"That's what mother used to say. And
Mark, he always liked me best in a white
bib apron. To be sure ho never saw me
in city clothes" she stopped, blushing.
"Is Mark your brother?" asked Myra.
Then she Bmilcd at her own stupidity, for
such a deep flush as mantled in Gary's
check, is seldom evoked by the mention
of a brother.
"No'm, he's just a friend. His folks
and mine live opposite."
"In (jilmanton, and is he a farmer?
"His father farms, and Mark works for
turn, and his time is out m the spring,
and then he calculates to set up for him
self." .
''Docs he trvercomo to tho city?"
".No, not since I was here, but he speaks
some of coming down along towards
spring, that's one reason I like to look as
stylish as I can, so's not to be different
from, the rest, when ho comes."
"I think in his placo I should pcrfer
you to be uillerent, said Miss Sydney,
decidedly. "Now, Cary, don't be offend
ed, but what you girls aim at is to kxk
like-the ladies who come to tho shop,
lan t it? 'stylish,' as you would say."
"Yes, I suppose it is," admitted Cary.
''Well, then, I must tell you tho plain
truth ; you utterly fail in your attempt.
No one would mistake a girl, dressed as
you are at the moment, for a lady; no
body! but" disregarding tho deep Hush
on her companion's checks "if 1 went
into a shop, and saw thero a young lady
as pretty and as delicately made as you
arc, Cary, with her hair as smooth as
satin, and a simple gown that fitted ex
actly, and a collar and cuffs as white as
snow, and perhaps a block silk apron or
a white one, and with neat shoes and
nice stockings, ,if I saw a girl dressed like
that, with nothing costly, nething that
any girl cannot have, but everything
fresh, and neat and pretty, I should say
to mjself, 'There is a shop girl with the
true instincts of a lady.' And Cary
don't think mo impertinent if Mark
camo to town and saw a girl like that
among the crowd of untidy, overdressed
ones ut Snow & Asher's I think the con
trast would strike him as it would me
agreeably,!"
Miss Sydney paused, nan mgiitened
at hor own daring. Cary looked steadily
into the tiro without speaking. Tho nun
had ceased. Myra roso and threw back
tho blind, revealing tho moon struggling
through thin edges of cloud. Cary fol
lowed her to th window. Her cheeks
were a deep rod, but there was a frank
and grateful look in her eyes as she
said :
"I must bo going now, ma'am. You've
been ever so good to let mo stay. 1
shan't lorget it, and 1 guess you're about
riL-ht."
"I wonder if I suid tho right thing, or
lmvodono tho least good?" queried JMiss
Sydney, as sho watched her guest de
part. It was somo weeks beforo sho had oc
casion again to visit Snow it Asher's, and
she had half forgotten tho little incident,
when one day, entering tho shop in quest
of something, her attention was attracted
by a face which lieaiued with tho sudden
smiles at tho sight of her. It was indeed
Cary, but such a different Cary from the
draggled vision of tho wet evening. She
still wore the blue dices, but tho flounces
had been ripped off, and tho front was
hidden by a black silk apron. The
tangle of hair was smoothed liko ordi
nary waves, a white collar with a knot of
blue ribbon was round her neck; one of
the objectionable lings had disappeared,
and so had the yellow locket. Sochangd
and so much prettier was the little maid
en, that Mis Sydney scarcely know her,
till blush and smile pointed her out.
Sho waited on her customer with assi
duity, and under cover of alios of rulllos
thev exchanged confidence. Did Miss
Sydney think die looked better? Sho
was so'gl.ul. Tho girls hail laughed at
her, at first, but not so much now, and
her room-mate, Kllon Morris, had got her
self an apron like hers. Miss Sydney
left the shop with it pieaseit amusement
at her heart. She meant to go often, to
keep it little hold on Cary, but circum
stances took hor oil to Morula, soon
afterward, and it was late in April when
sho returned.
"That girl from Snow k Asher's was
here to see you about a week ago,
ina'am," said Ksther, the evening alter
her arrival. "1 told her you wits expect
ed Tuesday, anil she said sho would eqniu
asniin to-dliv, for she wanted to soo you
Uiarticular, and she was going away
There she is, now."
Cary indeed it was, U a steady,
nmnly-looking young fellow by her side.
"It'is Mark, Miss Svdnoy," slie said, by
wnvof introduction. Later, when Mrk
had walked over to tho window tocuthe
iew, sho explained farther in an under
tone: "lleeamo down two months ago.
to tell you, but you was gone, and day
after to-morrow I'm going back with
him to Gilmanton. I told him he must
bring me out to-night, for I couldn't
leave here without saying good-byo to
you."
"You are going to bo married?"
"Yes" with a happy look "to-morrow
morning. And oh, Miss Sydney,
what do you think Mark says? lie says
if he'd found me looking like the rest of
the girls at tho store, with lalse.nair, and
jewelry and all that, he'd never in .the
world have asked me at all. And I did
i ust look that, you know. It was what
you said that rainy night that made me
change, and except for that nothing
would havo happened that has, and I
shouldn't be the girl I am
"Bread on the waters," thought Myra,
as a little later she watched the lovew
walk down the street. "Such a little
crumb, and such wide waters, and yet it
has come back! How impossible it
seems, or would seem, if one did not
have to believe that what we call chances
and accidents, aro God's opportunities,
by which He allows us to lend a helping
hand in His work, not quite understand
ing what we do, but knowing that guided
by Him the smallest things end some
times in great results." The Congregationalism
' . i . .un.n ttUn have waiter! aiz
months to a ye ir for n advance. The bus
ineas trancacted during the week, though not
extensive, has reduceJ the diengged list
several thousand toni, while wheat tonnage
remains about the same, clearances and frean
charters about eqo.t!iiiuK mattera. Loading
vesbds have received good dupatch, and with
light arrivals .during the next fortnight a
mure pronounced reduction in the figures may
be expected A few veasela have been taken
for lumber, or have gone coaating, which has
been of somo assistance in reducing the total
of the disengaged list. At the oloae a aoft
,A .(.in wa fiunrin'ff on a basis of 1 16s.
Liverpool, Havre or Antwern direct, but
though generally reported closed, auch was
not tuecae.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Item or Interest from all Sources or Infer-mailon.
TTOOIt KITES.
lis Physical Aapeet, keener?, Cllmnte, Ag
ricultural and Mineral Htsanrets,
tiame, Fish, Etc.
The great Wood river country, which ia
attracting so much attention from the civi
lised world, ia centrally located in Southern
Idaho, and embracea an area of about 3000
tquare miles. It ia beautifully diversified by
mountain, plain and valley. Thia whole re
cion varies trom WW to 1U.UOU teet above
the level of tho aea. The region ia mostly
mouuUinous the Sawtooth mountains form
its loftiest ratge, The Snake, Boise and
Salmon river mountaina, and the western
slope of the Rockies form its irregular
boundaries, tending out spurs and rolling
hills into the interior. The valleys aru nu
merous, narrow and fertile the plains level
or gently rolling, and traversed by numerous
streams. The dells axe deep and hidden
within the embrace of wild and rugged
mountain peaks the canyons often dark
with towering heights on either side. The
principal stream is Wood river a pure and
limpid flood which runs in a southerly
direction and flows into the Snake.
TUB SCKSKRV
Is ever varied, pioturesque and grand. The
sky is beautifully pure and poetically sweet,
the atmosphere clear, lucid and exhilaratieg.
Mountain ratines, at a distance of 200 Miles.
dtand in bold relief against an azure sky.
TUX CLIMATE
Is healthful, the air pure and laden with
oxygen. The w inters are ooid, yet equable;
the summers warm In the valleys, cool in the
mountains. If the winters are severe, they
are not visited by storms; when the days are
hot, the nights are drlioiously cool. There
are two seasons; the wet and the dry. Flow
era frequently bloom in April, In June, the
mountains are seorgeous with flowers ot
every color and hue. Every breeze is laden
with perfume until the censes pall and sigh
for a breath of pure air. This month (Sep
tember) the thermometer has ranged from 70
degrees to 90 degrees no frost. The weather
will probably continue fine until near Decern
lur. The
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Embrace the cereals and all the hardier
varieties of fruit and vegetables. Mauy of
the latter grow prolifically. The valleys ar
adapted to agriculture and grazing; the
mountains to grazing alone. It is the finest
summer range in the terntory. As a
hini.no beciiok.
Wood river, will soon stand amons the first
on the coast. Euglish and American canital-
ists are inveating largely, and the amount oi
bullion is daily iacreasincr. The nru
comparatively Iree from base metals, and arv
of a high grade. The facilities for debelop
ment are the best. In short, it is a mining
bw iu .uo uuuab ui civilization.
GAME
Abounds, more oi lees, throughout the coun
try. The angler, the fowler, and the hunter
cau scarcely go amiss. The streams are filled
with the finest trout. The chirn nf .h
chicken snd the hoot of the grouse are familiar
buuhus. oears growl in the forests, elk are
fliet upon the mountains, and the deer, how
now glorious they bound I elastio as a cum
ball.
I'bo future of Wood river and the territory
in general is plainly foreshadowi d. The com
pletion of the Northern Pacitin ami tho -.
gress of the Oregon short line, have opened
up an empire at once profuse in all the essen
tials to prolific development and commanding
statehood. The stream of immigration is
steadily increasing. The die is east. "West
ward the star of emoire takes it flioht Th
seed so plenteously sown is germinating to
....., ,u rticuuiu ucauiy uu ripen to per
petual fruiU. Jf. j, Gkybr.
FKKIUIITS AMU U11HTER8.
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1 will, though I'm not in tho habit of I wliilo you was away, ma'am. 1 aiuicout
Commenting on the present aspect
treignts ana charges, the Attorian aiys :
The present aspect of freights on this coast
is an anomalous one. There are forty idle
vessels in San Francisco, with several hun
dred thousand tons of wheat awaiting ship
ment, shipowners refusing to charter at pre
vsiliig rates. There are thirty vessels in the
Columbia river now, many of which are as yet
disengaged under precise- the same condi
tions as exist in California. Of the thirty
vessels here, fbteen of them are Americn
an unusually Urge per centage carrying our
own flaff.
Relative to the same subject, the San Fran.
C sco Qommtrciat Rrporttr says .
Where the decline of freights is gome to
end is a question which shipowners are anxious
to have aettled. That bottom hid been
reached was the general opinion when 2 Liv
erpool direct was touched for wooden ships
but the dechna continued, rates slowly but
steadily receded, and during the week under
review htve been lowered to 1 163d Lver
' , ,0J,w2?d. wlle ,,ur? irn n'P accepted
2s64 Cork. U. K.. fiavre or?ABtVerp
1 hese are the lowest rates reported for some
yeirs, and as owners must be ou
of wcket iu iocentinu aiiih i...
freight, they cannot remain at such a point for
.. ., .,b. w ..mc. me weak points in
tho situation have bei.re been referred to
namely, the, tonnige chartered to arrive'
which is seeking re-encacement. ami It.. .'
cunulation of ships here sseking. Could the
present fl.et be worW vtl, there would be
son hops of getting rates back to a liviuc
Mhun;, um i no caie stands there is a I
natutal reluctance to accept grirg rates, p.-;-'
Wheat 65 cents at Pendleton.'g
A aon of Senator Slater, of Oregon, is at
tending school at the Lee university, Vir
ginia. Fmm the 1st of October to the 10th 4000
two-cent stamps were aold t the Pendleton,
Or., postoffice.
At leaat a hundred families of immigrants
are 'camped in the neighborhood of Walla
Walla, looking tor a place to settle.
The Baker county, Or., assessment list
shows the gross value of the taxable property
of the county to be $2,154,470. The indebt
edness and exemptions amount to $723,738,
leaving the taxable property $1,430,732.
The A-torian complains of a tardy mail
from thia city.
Grant county, Oresron, has been the scene
of half a dozen mysterious murders in as many
months. The News ia of the opinion that
the work is that of an organized band of cutthroats.
The nn-countrv papers tell us that hun
dreds of men are crowding into the new gold
fields at Coeur d'Alene. The Spo
kane Falls Review says: "If ' thia
hegira keeps up much later there is going to
he a big deal ot suDerlng among the mlnera.
There is no joking about the winter in the
mountains, and a pair of spurs and a cart
ridge belt are a poor protection against in
clement weather.
The Independent, at Hillsboro, Oregon,
claims to have become the recipient of the
largest cabbage ever raised in the state. It
is called .the anti-monopoly.
Says the Benton Lsadei: The latter part of
last week a younger brother of the Warren
boys, of the Summit, arrived in this city di
rect from England, having been only one
month in making this long journey.
Captain Littlefield. says the Coos Bay
XSews, has gone to xaquina by to superin
tend the government works being carried on
at that place. The report that ne had been
transferred to Chicago is without foundation,
as he will remain on this coast, and be ready
to take charge of the government work at
Itocky Point as soon as another appropriation
ia granted.
The Press, at Medical Lake, W. T., was
sold at Sheriff's sale last week. The piper
was Dougnt in oy a manufacturing company.
A couple of men are heading this war with
a live buffalo, captured in the Yellowstone
country.
The Chronicle, of Davton. W. T.. savs:
Information cornea to'us that certain parties
are contemplating a grand hogging game, the
object being laud and the ''principal place of
iiu.uica uiunituv vvuujr. oTeiai llieu,
heretrfore honest and respectable, are report
ed to be lending their aid to the scheme for a
valuable consideration, and to fulfill their
bargain will be compelled to commit perjury
when final proof is made upon the land. Far
ties in possession of the facts in tho case are
watching it, and wlil notify the proper an
thorities if sufficient proof is obtained.
The Lewiston, I. T., News, says; The
work of threshing on the south side of Clear
water was commeooed last Saturday, air.
Eikin'i steam thresher cleaned 72,000 bushels
of grda during the 'teaaon. Two steam and
two horse-no .ver threshers have been running
continuously, and although wo cannot specify
the exact amount run through by each thresh
er, the total will not fall far short of 30,000
tons. Two of the machines are now running
on the northern table lands.
8aysthe Boise City, I. T., Statesman:
Miss Olive Slater, daughter of U. S Senator
Slater, of Oregon, will take charce of th
department "of the city schools presided over
by Miss Hsrsha. The change has been caus
ed by the health of Miss Haraha, who has
been suffering for some time from hemorrhage
of the lungs.
The Weston, Or., Leader gives tbe follow
ing facts for the cogitation of eastern farm
ers; For about 130 days this part of Umatilla
county had no rain. As a test for the coun
ty's power to resist drouth, nothing more se
vere could be desired. Tho result has been
beyond the most sanguine expectations of the
most ardent believers in the, productiveness
of the foil. The wheat yield is above aver
ago. Vegetables of all kinds have done well
in spite ot the dry season. Mr. J S. Morgan
has olaced ou our table a red beet weighing
eleven uounds. the seed of which was imrn
after the last spring rains. It received no
rain during its eutire growth, nor was tie
soil in which it grew mbj-ct to artificial irri
gation. From a person who travels on the road eon.
sider-bly, says the Wasco Sun, we learn
there are many emigrant teams passing frr m
California to our state and across to Wash
ington Territory. Ve saw early Monday
morning Uo, with four horses oeh, driven
by two youni men who bad their wives and
children with them.golug to the Uuion street
ferry to cross the Columbia.
The projected new road from the Canyon
City, Or., road, to bgia at a pMnt near
Thompson's ranch, on Five Mile, to cross the
Deschutes river, to intersect the Dalles mili.
tary road near Grsss Valley, about 32 n. l.a
iu length, is bfiug surveyed.
Says the Weston Lsvler: The immense
stacks of whi-at at Blue .Mountain exposed to
the freaks nf the weather make our wheat
i.uyera ru lor a p rinauent depot, at which
they may build warehouse s.
I Wjoi arc growing Gray or Bald j
I Ifyoiu-Hair is Thin, Braaliy, Dry,
1 Utrsfc, orWeakj
1 IfrM are troubled with Dudnff,
1 ItcMag, or any Huoor or Di
Msaortbe Scalp,
Know
That Brown's Iron Bitters
will cure the worst case
of dyspepsia.
' Will insurea hearty appetite
and increased digestion.
Cures general debility, and
gives a new lease of life.
Dispels nervous depression
and low spirits.
Restores an exhausted nurs-
ingmotheto full strength
and gives abundant sus
tenance for her child.
Strengthens the muscles and
nerves,enriches the blood.
Overco'mes weakness, wake
fulness, and lack of energy
Keeps off all chills, fevers,
and other malarial poison.
Will infuse with new life
the weakest invalid.
J7 Walker St, Baltimore, Dee. istr.
For six yean I have beta a treat
sufferer, from Blood Disease, Dn.
ptpita.andConstipation.andbecaaw
s debilitated that I could not retain
anything on my stomach, la fret,
life had almost become a burden.
Finally, whsn hone hid almn.t i.a
me, my husband seeing Baowx's
Irom Bittim advertised ia the
Japer, induced me to give it a trial,
am now taking the third bold.
ad have not felt so well in six
the third bottle
years as I do at the present time.
Mrs. L. r. GurriK,
Brown's Iron Bitters
will have a better tonic
effect upon any one who
needs "bracing up," than
' any medicine made.
DR. JAYNWB
AGUE MIXTURE
A CERTAIN AND MrOAL REMEDY
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Fever and Ague, Intermittent
and Remittent Fevers, &c.
This class of diseases so common in all parti
of the World, and especially prevalent in ma
larious districts and vicinage of water-courses
are almost invariably accompanied by more o
leal derangement of the liver, and frequent)
by a defective action of tbe digestive organs
The mere breaking of the Chill is but a etej
towards completing a radical euro; the varioul
organs of the body, especially the stomach and
urer, must M orougnt to a healthy and vigor. (.
vus cvaauion oeiore a permanent cure can De '
established, and this fajt halt hn Rnnniallv I
kept in view by Dr. Jayne in his treatment of
these eomplaints. The use of Jayne's Agnt
Mixture, in conjunction with Jayne's Sanative
Pills, as prescribed in the Dlrsstions which
accompany each bottle, will not only
BREAK UP THE CHILLS,
but restore the system, more particularly lh
liver .and stomach, to a sound condition, and so
prevent a relapse of Fever and Ague by thor
oughly ERADICATING THE DISEASE,
and the best evidence of this Is the lorsrisbls
success which has always followed the admin
istration of these remedies, as attested by the
certificates published annually in Dr. Jsyas'i
Almanac, and the wide-spread popularity of the
Agve Mixture in those districts of the United
States, where the diseases, for which it ll
adapted, most prevail.
For sale by Hodge, Davis & Co., Agent!,
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Hack & Feed Stable.
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