■ ******** r» F IR E S ID E M IS C E L L A N Y . “ SOME DAT.” *lbe following beautiful verse* are from the pea o f Mrs Elisabeth Akers (“ Florence Percy” ). There is an exquisite pathos running through these l i « « rarely equalled in this matter-of-fact age: T oa smooth tho tangles from my hair With gentle toaeh and teaderest care, And count tlie years ere yon shall mark Bright silver threads tygnong the dark, 8 nailing the while to hear me say, ‘ ‘ You’ll thiuk of this again some d a y ” — Some Day ! I do not scorn the power o f Time, Nor count on years o f fadeless pri ic ; But no white gleams will ever shine Among these heavy locks of mine. Aye, smile as gaily as you may, Y oa'll think o f this again some day— Some Day ! Some day I shall not feel, as now, Your soft bands move about my brow; I shall not slight your light commands, And draw the long braids thro’ my hands— I shall be silent and obey; And you—you will not laugh that day— Some Day! lr * I know how long your loving hands Will in ger with these glossy bands— Then you shall weave my last, last crown Of these thick braidings long and brown ; But you will see no touch o f gray Adown their shining length that day— 4 Some Day ! And while yo*ir tears are falling hot Upon the lips which answer not, You’ll take from these one treasured tress, And leave the rest to siloutness, Remember that I used to say, “ You’ll think of this again some day !” — Sonic Day! 8HOPPINO. She stood in front the counter— The day I ’ll ne’er forge!— She thought the muslin dearer Than any she’d seen yet; I watched her playful fingers The silk and satin toss; The clerk looked quite uneasy And nodded at the boss; “ Show me some velvet ribbon, Barege and satin turk,” She said, “ I want to purchase!” Then gave the goods a jerk. The clerk was all obodience— He traveled “ on his shape;” At length, with hesitation, She bought a yard of tape ! A LESSO N TO YOV1VG M E N . F AIM ERS’ STORE! The income tax of wealthy New Yorkers, recently published, contains a lesson to young men generally. It shows what can be accomplished by in­ dustry perseverance. The pub­ lished returns spoken o f above show that sixty-seven persons paid tax on in­ comes o f 8100,000 and over, an Irish immigrant, A. T. Stewart, who com ­ menced life in New York with a capital of cents, standing at the head o f the list. O f some o f the tho Commercial Advertiser gives some very interesting facts. It says: Henry Keep boasted that he gradu­ ated from the poor-house o f Jefferson county. Jay Gould drove a herd o f cattle from Delhi, Delaware county, when a lad, for fifty cents a day, in or­ der to get money enough to reach the Hudson River. David Groesbeck, over thirty years ago, used to mend old shoes for his brother, who was a res­ pectable shoemaker ia Albany. W c koow the history o f James Gordou Bennett and Robert Bonner— poor boys, printers, full o f talent and industry, llufus Haich, when a youngster, had .ambition to hold the reins o f a peddler’s wagon. E. D. Morgan commenced life with a quart measure o f molasses. It is scarcely a dozeu years since Ilenry Clews was an errand boy in one o f the banking houses down town. The bro­ thers Seligman started out in life with a ped ller’s pack. David Dows#in his younger days retailed pork by the half pound, and molasses by the gill. II. T. llelm bold was first cabin-boy on the sloop Mary Jane, that navigated the Delaware river. W c might go on through this list and show that nearly every one o f those solid men was the architect o f his own fortune These facts need no comment. They hold good not only iu New York city, but all over the world. “ I f my ia liter,” said a dilapidated individual onee, “ had kicked me out o f doors when I was a boy, and told me to get my living or starve, I would thank him for it t o - d a y a n d he had the correct idea. and seventy-five A W O R D TO W IV E S . Twcuty years ago, a young man who had paid attention to a bright, sweet girl for a long time without making anything that was even a second cousin to a proposal, was startled one evening by the question : “ Robert, do you want to marry me ?” H e tried to evade the point by asking why she put such a question to him. “ Because, if you do not want to marry me, you must stop coming to see me. N o mocking bird around the red breast’ll nest, y ou k n o w ,'’ R obert took the hint, and with a cool good-night walked home. W hat should he care for a girl so rude as that? Good company as ber's elsewhere. He would join the club next day. He tried to sleep but eouldn’ t. H e didn’ t quite like the turn things had taken. The figure plagued him. I f he was a mocking-bird who was the redbreast that he was keeping away Irom snch a fitting partner? “ A t any rate, Nellie is smart as she is pretty,” he said to himself, “ and she means business.” The next morning Robert went to the counting-room. It was a long day. Business had dragged. Everybody was pre occupied, hurried, cross. Things went wrong, l i e was g la l to go home, only it wasn’ t home. H e took a book, but found himself trying to read the coals in the grate and figures on the wall instead o f the page. H e threw himself on the lounge, but it was dreadfully dull. He stood it for awhile and then put on his hat and walked down to the W idow Graigie’s. li e btepped up to the door as usual, but Nellie was engaged. l i e asked to have her called. It seemed a month before she came down. A t last she appeared. H e arose from his seat and met her in the middle of the room, and sa id : “ Nellie, I have come here to-night : on business. I am tired o f being your m ocking-bird, and want to be your red­ breast ; will you be my wife ?” “ W hen, do you *ay ?” said Nellie, her face suffused with blushes. “ Soon as I can make a nest,” replied Robert. “ I believe both the red-breasts joiu in building the nest,” said she, “ and I want to do my part.” * This was twenty years ago. To-day one o f the handsomest mansions in one o f our cities is the nest o f this wedded pair, whose life has been sweet os a bird’s song, and whose hearts, like their affections, are as young as ever. ’i here is a great deal more inputting a little straightforward business at the heginning o f life than is generally sup­ posed. EQrNinon de 1’EncIos defines a kiss: “ A n alms which enriches him who re ceives without impoverishing her who gives.” Very true, but misses should be careful that they bestow not these charities too indiscriminately. A wife may love her husband and her children, and may perform her or- dniary duties faithfully, and yet ruin her husband by her foolish ambition. But let a woman’s ambition turn to show and seeming rather than on sub­ stance and reality, and she will drive her husband to ruin, unless be is made o f uncommonly good stuff. She wishes to equal the best. She is ambitious o f olothes, o f a fine, but for him extrava. gant, table. She envies every one more prosperous than her husband is. She wishes a bouse a little beyond his means; she will have clothes not con­ sistent with his incom e; she demands expensive pleasures which suck up his slender earnings; she brings him in debt, keeps him feverish with anxiety, and finally poisons his very honesty. Many a man breaks down his repu­ tation and becomes a castaway under the stimulation o f his wife’s dishonest ambition. For to lire beyond one’s means is dishonest, and to desire to do so is to desire a dishonest thing. Let a woman scatter faster than her husband can gather; let her notions o f duty send her gadding after everybody’ s business but her o w n ; let her religion be severe and censorious, and stand along the path o f duty like a thorn lo­ cust hedge on a garden walk, which pricks and tears everybody that goes near i t ; let her secure the art o f making home uncomfortable, aod o f tempting her husband to prefer any other place to i t ; let her use her husband as seam­ stresses do pincushions, to stick pins in ; and, with ordinary luck, she will ruin any commonly clever fellow in a few years. Having driven him to a drunk­ ard’s grave, she can muffle her martyred heart under the funeral smelling crape, and walk in comely black until some new victim helps her put on her wed­ ding suit. A S m il in g F a c e a n d a K in d H e a r t . — W hich will you do—tfmilc, M AIM Money Saved 2 f|N IIE LARG EST AND BEST STOCK , QP CÒLA. , Shoes, Groceries, and Crockery, That has ever been offered in Polk Co., is just received at • C R O N E & W O L F ’S New two story building at INDEPENDENCE, which we will sell CHEAPER than the CHEAP­ EST. Wc are prepared through rocont arrange­ ments made in San Francisco, to find constant sale far all kinds o f Produce, and paying the highest market price for WHEAT. We also have in connection with our store, A LARG E W AREH OUSE, D O T Y , W GENERAL M ERCHANDISE, CRONE & W OLF. PORTLAND, OGN. IRON ^S f-C all, and judge for jourseivcs.'B.T C . B. S T I L E S ’ S T E A M E N G IN E AND W E HEADQUARTERS! New S to re ! N ew G ood s! NOW PRE PA R E D TO I AM largo assortment o f choice OFFER A M Y M O TT().—.Quick sales and small profits. O. B. ST IL E S. 'a T lIA S d U M IO ü iS» NAf t UKVA Ever brought into Polk county, including Spring and Summer goods o f the Latest Styles, which we are determined to sell as Cheap, or Cheaper than those o f less inducement. We have a very fine assortment o f LA D IE S* T R IM M E D I design to keep only the CHOICEST and BEST articles and sell them at a Small Profit For Cash. •it3o ‘ *«3 ?I|o