Literary. (0WGISA, ASnsEUECTED., to know themselves and the existing state of things they have to do with; secondly, to be happy ¡n themselves and The only way to have a friend is to to mend themselves and the existing be one. stntc ,jf tlnngs, as far as either are mar- i;e humble, and seek less to shine rei* or ‘“endable. of any ......... individual than to serve. , 1 When we expect . MUiU ! F A N C Y Rr „ « K ‘N D S ° F S T A P «-E A N D FA N C Y G R O C ER IE S. DRY GOODS ^ = = = --------------(( The truly great are those who conquer | ,nore than he can perform, and let him tk.,4- __ i we do him a serious in­ feel that we do, themselves. c h o ic e s t It is a secret worth knowing th at law­ jury and weaken our whole influence F A B R IC S --IM M E N S E s t o c k . over linn. It is a species of oppression yers rarely go to law. which produces discouragement, and fl’e get impatient, and there crops out often leads the one who has depended ourhunaan weakness. IS R E P L E T E in all it s va r io u s l in e s . on this stimulus to give up his efforts in C L O T H IN G , H A T S A N D C A P S . If we be honest with ourselves, we despair. Of what use is it to try to sat­ shall be honest with each other. isfy one who demands impossibilities? The great end of all human industry he says, and the endeavor ceases. FOR B O T H L A D IE S A N D G E N T L E M E N . B E S T is the attainment of happiness. One of the best compliments that Villi can *--- ...,M mnv S T O C K IN F L O R E N C E . The poorest arguments will find their be given to any work of literary or other Tvav, when delivered with firmness and art, is that it is well worth criticising. decision. The mass of such productions is not Justice is the beginning of political wortl> having its own defects and its equality, hut brotherly love is th a c o m -jlnerits pointed out. But the higher it I pletion of it. I rises in the scale of excellence, the bet­ There is no blessing th at can be given ter it is worth the bettering. It takes a to an artisan’s family more than a love very little to injure a work of art, and one has often to regret that the person for books. ' who has done so well has not done bet­ Keeps a full Hue of Extra Quality Judas was not the last man who pro­ ter. The true artist is always compli­ fessed sympathy for the poor to hide his mented by true criticism, and sets a own meanness. \ulue upon that which makes value more There are too many people in the valuable. thurch who won’t march unless they Great wealth pursued as an end is a can be at the head of the procession. curse to any member of the human fam­ If gome people would be a iittle more ily. I here is no more soul-dwarfing, HARDWARE, TIN W A R E, ROOTS & S H O E S , careful where they step, those who fol­ hell-inciting, suicidal occupation on low them wouldn’t stumble so much. earth than the selfish piling up of sur­ HATS & CAPS, M EDICINES, NUTS & CANDIES, Let fortune do her worst, whatever plus wealth as the object of life. The die makes us lose, so long as she never possessor of millions who goes on adding TOBACCO, CIGARS, FU RN ISH IN G GOODS. makes us lose our honesty and independ­ to his store as a gratification of his in­ ence. sane ambition to accumulate, and lives How much trouble lie avoids who without a conscientious regard for his Goods as Represented. Prices W ill be Found Reasonable. I on not look to see wliat bis neighbor obligations to his fellow-men, is surely [an or does or thinks, but only to what kindling within himself that torment loes himself, that it m ay be just and which Dives experiences, because he is pare! defying the supreme law of his nature. JIANAIIEItS. Anger is the most im potent passion It is not the fact of the millions, for that accompanies the mind of m an; it money is useful, but that their selfish C. E. S M IT H . GEO. T . H A LL. effects nothing it goes about; and hurts possession will eventuate in a self-made ’ “ •r-' w vvv vw w a»1 v o the man who is possessed by it more hell in the human soul. Bion once fluid than any other against whom it is di­ of a niggardly rich man: “ That man does not own his own estate, but iiis es­ lated. The most powerful influence in the tate owns him. f I r ^ : 8ET patterns and C E N TS ’ D E P A R T M E N T ,» BOOTS and SHO ES o 5» THE SEATON STORE DRY GOODS I GROCERIES. Knowles & Gettys, 'T Æ IT T i Sc * 1 1 is love. Christ says: “ Love is ^fulfilling of the law .” If all th at we “’ere done in a spirit of love and un- ’ ‘dmees, do you think there would be Quitch sin and suffering as there is “‘Vsmall stones th at fill up the crev- ’bave almost as much to do with •‘hiiga fair and firm wall as the great i so the right and wise use of spare 11 "nts contributes not a little to the ’‘'bng up, in good proportion with ^nlftli, a man’s mind. ^"'‘¡s no evil th at we cannot either ■ tlee from but the consciousness ,‘t' ^regarded. A sense of duty Ues ns ever. It is omnipresent. I*'formed or duty violated is ever Ds’ for our happiness or our misery. er'inan who *. ould be religious, n"tmoral merely, is an a rtist; the ,en<'e being th at the material he labors, and which lie strives *'*°n into a perfect for set form, is not r warble, but his own character Life, altogether, is but a crumbling ruin when we turn to look behind; a shattered column here, where a massive portal stood ; the broken shaft of a win­ dow to mark my lady’s bower; and a smouldering heap of blackened stones where the flowing flames once leapt; and, over all, the tinted lichen and the ivy clinging green. For every thing looms pleasant through the softening haze of time. Even the sadness that ¡ h past seems sweet. Our boyish days look very merry to us now, all nutting, hoop and gingerbread. The sufferings and the toothaches and the Latin verbs are all forgotten, the Latin verbs espe­ cially. Yes, it is in the brightness, not I the darkness, that we see when we look back, the sunshine casts no shadows on the past. The road that we have trav-| ersed stretches very far behind us. « eee not the eharp stones; we dwell >u on the roses by the wayside, and he stray stung ws stray briars tinars that iu»v on«»« - are, to ourr business in tliis world into three divisions—first, are smiled at on the morrow. The Largest Wholesale Dealers in ¡GENERAL GROCERIES: In the State, Outside of Portland. We are also tho largost dealers in W O O L A U P H O PS. WE ALWAYS LEAD IN PRIGBS. The nearent nupply point to Glenuda and Florence by land. All orders by mail or Htage guaranteed tilled prom ptly, and correctly, at the lowest market price. Sc H A L L , ' S M I * T H Eugene, . . . Oregon. THE AMERICAN FARMER. FLATHEFTS F O R $2.