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WILLAMETTE FARMER: SALEM, OREGON, AUGUST 1, U84. ifjftit Hfjotite Jtrde. MRS. HARRIOT T. CLARKE, EDlTOa. THE STORY OF A LIFE. Say, what is life? '1 U to be born A helpless babe, to greet the light With a sharp wail, as if the morn Foretell n cloudy noon and night. To weep, to sleep and weep again, With sunny smiles between aud then! And then apicothe infant grows To be a laughing, sprishtly boy, Happy despite his little woes, Were he but conscious of his joy ! To be, in short, from one to ten, A merry, moody child aud then? And then in coat and trousers clad, To learn to say the decalogue, And break it; au unthinking Ir.d, With mirth and mischief all agog; A tr.uaat eft by field and fen, And capture .butterflies and then ? And then increased in strength and siz?, To be anon a youth full grown; A hero in his mother's eyes, A young Apollo in his own; To imitate the ways of men In fashionable sin and then ? And then, at last, to be a man, To tall in love, to woo and wed 1 With Beething brain to scheme and plan To gather gold or toil for bread; To sue for fame, with tongue or pen, And gain or lose the prize! And then ? And then in gray and wrinkled eld To mourn the speed of life's decline; To praise the scenes our youth beheld, And dwell in the memory of Ian? syne; To dream awhile with darkened ken, To drop into the grave and then? John Q. Saxe. SOMEBODY'S MOTHER. Tho woman was old, ragged and gray, And bent with the chill of the winter's day; The streets were wet with the recent snow, And the woman's feet were aged and slow. She stood at the crossing and waited long, Alone, uncared for, amid the throng Of human beings who passed her by, Nor heeded the glance of her anxious eye. Down the street, with laugh and shout, Glad in the freedom of "school let out," Came the boys, like a flock of sheep, Hailing the snow piled high and deep. Past the woman so old and gray Hastened the children on their way; Nor offered a helping hand to her, So meek, so timid, afraid to atir, Lest the carriage wheels, or the horses' feet Should crowd her down in the slippery street. At last came one of the merry troop The gayest laddie of the groupe; He paused beside her and whispered low, ''I'll help you across if you wish to go." ' Her aged hand on his strong young arm She placed, and so, without hurt or harm, He guided the trembling feet along, Proud that his own were firm and strong. Then back aqain to his friends he went, His young heart happy and well content. "She's somebody's mother, boys you know, For all she's aged, and poor, and slow ; And I hope some fellow will lend a hand To help my mother, you understand, If ever she's poor, and old, and gray, When her own dear boy is far away." And "somebody's mother'' bowed low her head In I er homo that night, and the prayer sho said Was: "God be kind to the noble boy, Who is somebody's son, and pride, and joy!" CHOICE RECIPES. Starch Tolish. The following is an approved recipe for putting a gloss on shirts: One ounce of spermaceti, two ounces of whito wax and seven drops of glycerine; melt all together in an earthen dish ; wl'en cold keep wrapped in a pa per. Wa-ih tho shirts and dry them, mako your starch, one tablespoonful of dry starch to each shirt, and while cook ing put in a pieco of tho wax as large as a Lima bean to each shirt, rub it in while warm, until every part of tho bosom looks clear when held to the light, roll up and don't iron for a few hours, then dip a cloth in clear water, rub your linen, and iron with a hot iron. After - it is ironed and thoroughly dried uso a wet cloth and a polishing iron. Spiced Currants. Eight pounds fruit, five pounds sugar, one pint cidor vine gar, ono ounce cinnamon, one half ounce clove, ono ounce nutmeg. Boil one hour all together. Pnt in more epico if you wish, and cook it down as much as you wish. A very nice relish with meats. Dish for Dessert. Line a mould with ico cream, fill tho center with strawber ries, cover them with ice cream, and set in (he freezer for about half an hour. It is not intended that the fruit shall be lit erally frozen, but chilled. Any fruit may of course be used. Itipo Cantaloupe Pickle. Seven pounds of cantaloupe rind, cut from a melon ripe but not soft. IVel thickly ; wash and drain thoroughly. To two quarts of vinegar add four pounds of brown sugar, and one ounce each of cin namon, whito ginger and cloves, with the rind of two lemons; boil the vinegar and sugar together, and remove any ecum that rises ; add the epicet, and let it boil a few minutes ; then put in the fruit and let it boil until the syrup looks a little thick. Fruit 1'udding. A delicious pudding is made in this way : Chop a pineapple quite fino ; tako some cako which is a little dry, rub it fine in your hands? or crush it on a kneading board ; put it into a pudding dish in nlternato layers with tho pineapple, sweeten abundantly, moisten with cold water, and bako in a moderate oven for an hour and three quarter?. Currant Jelly. Heat your currants just as picked, after washine, and crush with a wooden spoon; then squeeze through a jelly-bag. To four cups of juice add four cups of white sugar; boil from fifteen to twenty minutes. Don't boil more than four cups ut a time. Pti' in jolly tumblers. Blueberry Cake. One quart Hour, one pint berries, one cup sugar, two tea spoonfuls cream tartar and one of soda, a little salt, two teacups of sweet milk. Dissolve the sotla in the milK and cream tartar; stir in tho flour. Heat all to gether and add the blueberries and a spoonful of sugar, just before baking. Raspberry Shrub. Add ten pounds white sugar to the strained juice of eight quarts of berries. Boil ten minutes; take from the fire, and when cool skim it. When cold add two ounces tartaric acid, and bottle. Luck. Is there such a thing as luck? There may bo with gamblers, whether it bo with cards or in tho stock or mining ex changes; but ask any old, successful business man what luck is, and how much he owes of his success to mero luck, and his reply will convince you that luck consists in steady application, hard work, persistent and well directed endeavor, over held together by economy in tho administration of business in all departments. This is an insight into luck which young persons seldom get. They look at certain successes, not realizing the very many hardships and obstacles which had to be overcome to attain them, and then call it "luck." Luck belongs to fairyland, and is very nice for the nurses to beguile tho child ren with, but the lucky man usually dies in infancy if we may be permitted to use this Irish bull and the sooner be ginners in life realize the fact that suc cess is the result of well directed and hard, persistent work, the sooner will he achieve that reward for his labors which the visionary ones aro pleased to call Mr. So and So's luck, calling him a favored, fortunate man and grumbling because luck frowned on them so sternly. We have seen rich men envied by their poorer neighbors, the latter being so lazy that they would not if offered ac cept the wealth that excited their envy if they had to work as hard to get it as the rich man himself did. Mr. Jones is called lucky because he has raised so many fine chicks, and be cause so many of them are choice speci mens, the commentators not caring to acquaint themselves with the fact that knowledge and work together produced the desirable nnd flattering results. Mr. Brown gets good prices for his surplus stock, sells them off quickly and reaps a very comfortablo profit from his pure bred poultry, and lookers-on claim that he has been lucky in doing this, when it was merely a judicious uso of printer's ink which secured him customers for the fine stock which care and labor pro duced. A combination of fortuitous circum stances is called luck, and yet this com binatirn has almost invariably been brought about by judgment, knowledge and labor, either of hand or of head, or both. If wo will trace back almost all tho cases of seeming luck, we will find that it leads sooner or later to brains, from whence it had its origin and direc tion, yet too many porsons aro prone to view the successful results without tak ing into consideration tho causes which dfrccted and accomplished them, and thus loso sight of tho very essence of so-called luck. There is a cute proverb which speaks of "tho luck which hap pens to good players" at cards. Poultry World. Plantation Philosophy : Do fust step toward spilin' a chilo is ter laugh an' call him smart when he sasses yer. Sense doan' alius win in business. De smartes' dog on do plan'ation will some times baric at a holler, an' artorwarus fine dat do rabbit ain't dar. A boy ken do wrong an' outlive it but it ain't often dat way wid a man. Do colt ken slip down an' jump up widout much injury, but when do old boss falls he's ap' to hurt hisso'f. Do 'oinan what drosses ter please horse'f shows sense, but de'oman what dresses to displease some other 'oman wid s'perior finery is got a eoft spot summers near do top o' her head. I has alius heard it said dat if yerll arnly stick ter yer business yer boun' ter win, but dU ain't truo in ebery case. When yer tries ter keep a olo goose from settin', yer may take'deraigs er way, an' 'stroy her nes', but do gooso keeps on or settin' jea' az clos' tor do lies' az she can get. Dis shows mighty fine 'termina tion, but mighty po' sense. Its Wondtirol Efficacy. Ko remedy ever dlicorered noutnei the wonderful efficacy of Syrup of Figs. The certainty with which it expels all impurities from tbe tytttm, at the sm time giving tone to tbe Liver, Stomach an i Bowels, plsccs it ahead of all other remedies, to aay nothing of ita being more txily taken. It is aelliu? very rapidly, J, J. Briggs it agent for Salem, jfIJ $Jl$ Wl' THE CRICKETS VIOLIN. "Ah, me! Ah, me!" a cricket said, "Grandmother Gray has gone to bed; Ko oua listens but little Fred To all the tunes I pi y ; So I will hop away." "I'll c'imb the chimney, and begin To play my dulcet violiu. Too long I've waited; 't a sin For genius thus 10 stay Hid from the light of day!" Poor little Fred begin to moan: 'Grandmother Gray, the cricket's gone!" Aud you anl I nre left alone ! Alas! I fe&r," he said, "The Summer time is dead!" With many a weary hop, hop, hop The cricket reached the chimnoy top. But, ah! the people did not stop ! None heard in all the din The cricket's violia. The cricket played in every key, From do, fa, la, to do, re, mi, From a, b, c, to x, y, z, He played both slow and fast The heedless crowd went past. Jack Frost came 'round and nipped his bow, And then the music was so low, The cricket cried in tones of woe: "Ob, for the hearthstone bed, Thenars of little Fred." St. Nicholas. OUR LETTER BOX. Last week every letter on hand was printed. Aunt Hetty thought sho would depend upon chance or good luck for this week, and sure enough her faith' in ner near little nephews ana nioccs was rewarded by threo good letters. Aunt Hetty is very busy helping in tho prune orchard sho rides out every morning early and stays all day out in the beautiful sunshine; away up whero the air is so pure and from where five snow mountains can be seen every cloudless day, and as there has boen no mountain fires this year the sky is clear. There was time to watch tho birds, and tho little ones in the nesU but also some ivy grew over it, tho kind called "poison ivy," and Aunt Hetty has to suffer so much from contact with it. We think most all of the littlo girls have some such experience with it. The first letter comes from afar off Iowa. Charley does not tell us which of the two ducks claimed tho duckling, or whether tho littlo webfoot had two mothers to teach him to swim and cry quack, quack, quack. Ettic is one of our most faithful of friends to the Letter Box and wo always feol glad to seo her handwriting. Ettio has a wonderfully sweet trio of cousins now sho ought to tell us the names givon to them it will bo quito a study to find names appropriate for them. Sarah shall havo a book for learning tho Bible verses. It will come to her as soon as timo will permit, She asks a difficult question on relationship. Sarah must answer it next week, for thero will he no one able to answer it. As for blackberry picking Aunt Hetty had sufficient experience this season to last a life time going nine miles to where tho berries were said to bo four miles distant then wo left the team and walked a mile farther through tho down timber left by a heavy storm. By that time we did not come to or even see a blackborry. And wo shall never think fifty cents a gallon was too much to pay for them. If easy to get at it is nico to gather them. KiLLDfrr, Iowa, July IS, 1881. Editor Home Circle: As I havo not wrote for a long timo I will write again. It wont be long until wheat will do to cut here. Wo have a Derring binder and a mower, it is tho Clipper. My brothers sent for a telos copo. We can seo the moons of Jnpiter with it. We had two ducks that havo their nest close together. They hatched out six ducks, and now they haven't but only ono. I will send you ono of my cards. Yours truly, ClIAHMK F. S.MIS0K. Dkxteh, Or., July 23, 1881 ' Editor Home Circle ; As this is such a beautiful morning I will spond it by chatting with Aunt Hotty and the numerous cousins. This seems a very unusual summer; tbore is a great amount of hay being spoiled on account of so much rain. Our orchard is looking well, and is loaded with pears and apples, but plums and blackberries aro a failure with us. I will answer Albert's questions. The ehortast verso is: "Jesns wept," and is found in 11th chapter of St. John. I will tell whero i ho longest one is to bo found : ''Esther, 8th chapter and 9th verso. I will ask a Biblo question: Which is tho middle vcrte in tho Bible. Tho first ono who answers I will send my card to. As all of the girls tell about their littlo nieces, nephews, sisters, brothers and cousins I think I can bent them all. I havo throe littlo cousins that were all born tho 1st day of June. Their namo is Cannon nnd they live in Douglas county. I havo not seen them yet. They aro all girls and weighed when born 4, G and 7 pounds respectively. I will close. Ktta Handsakek. Peasant Home, July 21, 1SS1. Kditor Homo Circle : I will writo you another lottcr to let you know that I have not forgotten the Circle. Am very sorry to soc so fow let ters in our Letter Box. I think it very kind in Aunt Hotty to offer the child ren a prize for learning verses, and If she thinks I deserve a prize I will send my address at the end of this letter. I will answer Albert's question : Longest verso, Esther 8, 9. Shortest verse, John 11, 35. I will ask a question, "Where was Saul converted; was his namo changed; what was ho called? I am afraid our boys and girls aro losing all interest in the Letter Box. Guess we will have to excuse thorn on account of busy times. I am afraid this rain will spoil a great deal of hay for our farmers. Father was about half through his har vest when it commenced to rain and had it all in the barn with tho exception of about two acres which ho had not timo to haul in. I would have enjoyed it very much if Aunt Hotty could have boon hero to pick blackberries with mo before it rained. Our now church is progressing very slowly at present and I will be glad when it is finished so wo can use it. I will sond a puzzle and to tbo ono who first answers it corroctly I will send a nice card. In a house lives a father, mother, unclo, aunt, son, daughtor, nophow and a noicc; how many persons were thero in that house. I will close hoping to seo this in print. Sarah W. Kelly. The First Distillery In Oregon Some Inter esting Reminiscence. A correspondent of tho Tacoma News tells tho following : Listening to modern temperance talk and speeches carries my mind back to the first temperance locturo delivered in this northwest country, somo forty years ago, in Washington county, Orogon, by the Itev. J. S. Griffin, on tho text, "Wine is a mocker; strongdrink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." Thero was a largo audience, and many signed what was called tho Wash- ingtonian pledge. That was in tho year '41, and wasjtho first temporanco cam paign carried on between thero and but ter's fort. The first legislators of Oregon territo ry passod an act prohibiting tbo making or selling of intoxicating liquors of any kind. Tho first distillery in Oregon was de stroyed by a mob headed by E. Whito, and tho worm was cast into tho falls of tho Willamctto for safo keeping, and no doubt is thero yot. Of the first threo mon that mado tho first whisky 11 lore, two killed themsolves drinking their own goods. Of tho first threo men killed two canio to their death by whisky. The cause of tho first Indian hanging was whisky. Tho first Indian killed was struck with tho edgo of a paddle on the back of the neck in n drunken fit. Tho first whito man, W. C. Bourse, who killed his wife and three littlo daughters, set firo to his house whilo drunk, burning his family and every thing ho had in it, whilo ho lay on a plank with a bottle of whisky in his hand. When his neighbors asked him whero his family were, ho pointed to his burning house. Five Indians wero burnt to death, and ono white man killed by tho Indians at Checto, Oiegon, instigated by whisky. At Scott valley, Cul., ono whito man was killed by an Indian, aud nino Indi ans and tho same number of white men wero killod. In Jackson county, Oregon, ,for Infants CaninrlttpromotPH Digestion and overcomes r'iaiuleucy, Coubtipu tion, Sour Btomach, Diarrhoea, and KevcrishneBS. It insures health and natural (sleep, without morphine. " CaatorU la so well a-Uptftl to Children that I recommend it us superior to any prmciiptiou kuowa to Inc." JL A. Akcuxa, 11. l,, tC rortlacd Are., lirooUjn, N. T. CENTAUR LINIMENT tWnii Hnrains. JIurnH, tialla. &c truthig Pain-relieving nnd Uculing Itemed? known to man. 30 Indians, mostly women, wero killed. Tho same morning a whito man that had been loft by Supt. Palmor on Tablo Hock, had iilo bond chopped off by Chief John, forwhom ho had been loft to build a bouse. From thero John went to Mr. Wagner's and killed his wife nnd child ; and tho Indians then traveled north, killing the whites as they met tboni. At tho big battle of Hungry Hill, many were killed on both sides. Then came tho great war of 1854-5, This was what the Indians told mo (I was then United States Interpreter), that this war started from ono bpttlo of whis ky, and no whito man ever denied it. I could luinio many other similar cases t murder nnd ravages duo to whisky, but these will suffice. Tho first whisky destroyed in tho noithwostwnsat Ellcnsburg, Oregon, by Hev. J. L. l'arrish, Indian agent, who stovo in tho head of tho barrols. Ono of the ownors, a whito woman, who had bcenselling to Indians, seeing her whis ky disappearing, laid down and took n long last drink I Tho first wholesalers on tho coat wore two Indians between Salmon and Siletz rivers. Two large barrels of whis ky wero iloatcd ashore from tho wreck of a ship. Thoy rollod tho barrels to a. point nliovc high tldo, sent word far and near, knocked in tho heads, and sold tha liquor by tho bucket full. Tho first keg of whisky taken frmir an Indian at Grand Hondo reservation was taken by tho writer and turned over to tho agent in charge. Tho day of trial was delayed from timo to time, and whon the council met tho keg was brought into court, minus tho whisky, and thero was no evidence. Tho judge said : "Give tho Indian his keg, dismiss tho council. Tlioro is no ovidoneo that thero was whisky in tbo keg." Tho first cargo forfeited on Grnndo. Hondo reservation was a load of niiiilcs- The Indian wifo of an old Frenchman had passed tho gato near Fort Yamhill timo and again unmolested, but was finally seized and her cargo examined. A keg of whisky was found undor tho apples. Tho old woman was put in tho blockhouse, and the apples and whisky wore taken in charge Tho next day tbo old klootchman was turned out and her borso and cart headed homeward. Sho never returned. I never heard of tho official report of tho affair ; I guess it nover went further. I think tho officer in chargo at tho timo was Lieut. Phil. Sheridan, sinco somewhat famous. Tho first selling of whisky on tho abovo reservation was by '.'Indian Davo." An inducement had been held out to any ono reporting tho sale of liquor to an' Indian. Davo offered his services, pro viding somo ono would let him havo tho money to buy with. Ho was handed $5 and a kog, with strict orders to bring; tho whisky to tho officer in charge, but. Davo took tho liquor to oak Grove, fixed up a bar, and retailed it at 25 cents a glass. When ho took ono quart out ho put in a quart of water. After awhilo ho was discovered, and a file of soldiers was sent to arrest him. Ho refused to go and to work for thirty days with pick and shovel, adorned with n ball and chain, but would not inform on his cus tomers. Davo's life was a checkered ono. Ho often boasted of being ono of tho first missionary boys at Salom, having been with tho first missionary that cuine to this country, Jason Loo, who camo hero about 1850. When I first knew Davo ho could read homo. He said that ho rail away from tho missionaries be fore his education was complete. I onco saw Gov. Woods strip Davo of nearly all his clothes, bis blanket, horso nnd nearly everything ho had, and leavo him in tho road with fivo empty whisky bottles, for stealing ono of tho governor's horses. Davo was one of tho chiefs who signed tho first treaties that tho govern ment would accept, in March, 1854 Davo made many narrow escapes with his lifo. Ho was onco shot in tho foot by an Indian, and onco by MeGinniss. The quarrel was about ono bottlo of whisky. MeGinniss took his gun. Davo startod to run, leaning forward. Me Ginniss shot; the ball struck on tbo right side, bhooting two of his ribs oil', and making a horrible wound. Ho rode 18 miles that evening. Ho married Princess Mary of Uogtie liver. I heard that he killed her in a drunken spree. Davo understood politics better ihan many whites. Ho was first a Democrat of tbo Johnson school; nnd afterwards a war Democrat. (Jiiiln a history could be written of poor Davo ; ho became blind and was murdered in his liotiso. FREE Jly return matt. Fall rH.ih uniMuuuiiur motajvu. nuari hmv TuiernviM of and Children. What Kirn our Children roy chwki, Wh-t uurvj their fctcrj, maii-s Uii-m sleep ; 'fid C'aitnrlu. TTVn liable fn t nnl cry ty lurar. Wilt cu.-. iLcir coUc, U!!j their wnrms. Hut diAtnrli. V,Ti-.t qulrttlr euros Coattlp&tloii, Cour Ulooicb, CuliiJ, lad-'ftttlon, Jlilt r.-i.tfirln. rareweil Own to Jlcrphlna Syrups, C'usior Oil ucJ i'aresorlc, on J Hall Pn'orlttl an absolute euro for Illicumn- Tho roost Powerful nnd Peno-