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I CKNTS A WEEK. i ALBANY. OREGON!: THUB8DAM0RNiING. JANUARYlVlis8 WJ
tl uivnniT d ,1 fttr iiF u "wiin! "1- 1v ill TJSrsi SSSi. ! . ATto RKP iTf tfife, '
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pais i a f w m v iijii iiiiii t ni iiui i u l v ii i k wu i ik n l v , i in ul livo u --''"- -- -. i i m w
-fuller the now management of-
afker Bros
-WifO WILL KEEP-
A full s!o;fc odhi
provisions.
ice family jriwics and
FRESH BAKED BREAD
very Day.
Be Syrup, Pies, Cakes.
TEAS and CCJSSrF EES,
CANNED GODS, ETC.
The best Soap is the market
Lc Roi Savon.
A jfine assortment of domestic
and Imported Cigars.
CEAt John Fox's old stand, below Flinns
new brick.
Agricultural Implemenis,
FARM IMPlf MENTS,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
HARDWARE
Stores and Tinware
AT
PORTLAND JPBICES.
CALL AND SEE US.
E. NELSON,
-fl'nedd, Oregon.
PALACE
MEAT MARKET
James V.
Ilrtt MMX. -
PlPBlProp.
- iAIiiaty
The best vatiet$- of choice bee(,veal,mutton.
. jork -lausage, tcin the city kept, constantly
&n hand.
ClT Cash paid'for il kinds
ock.S
MRS EMMA O CONNER.
Fine Milliraery-
Opposite r"
Candies, Nuts, fans,
McFarland &
- j 1 "nLt miu giu 111 11' III fl 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I ,. : arm. which -she -?rnac3or wfl
Fiirmtore Boa
e?
.IN" A
LIVE TOWN.
Th s is what Albaov is at present, ami in
order to keep pace with the !iveiy t'lws in
this city, W. H. Willanl has enlarged his
store and st'-. k so that he now bus ta-e must
complete ami desirable line of ftimitrr-e in the
valiey. His double salesrooms in Kroinan's
block are filled with an tlejrant assortment of
new furniture, consistim; of holiday special
ties, louni'cs in new patterns, find jrold pic
ture f.amt-s, willow chairs, easy rockert. mar
hie tahlcs, brackets, etc., etc. An examina-
tsou of the stock will show this to he true in
everv resne-1. -
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EC T. TCOSriBS,
GENERA C -
ookseller,
-AND DEALER IN-
Text Boots an J if School Siigpfel
Fine stationery, miesellaneons books, photograph and aatourafh albums,
inkstands, ink, pe"n8,'peicils, etc., "ttc. Sheet music, iiiuoio book-e and all
fcindj of musical merchandise.
Grerieral News Depot.
( JgjMail orders promptly attended
JULIUS
Grocer
2.TO- 61 FIBST ST.
(Next to Bttiibiutrt it Keeney's ie-l estate olliee j
ALBANY, - OHKQON.
Ttie Red Front
TWElCJDJl.i & HOPKINS,
lartlwt e, Stoves, Ranges, tare, Coppeiwarellgl
Pumps, iron gupe. rubber hose and .ftfumbini: sroofs. Sol ajrenl for the
celebrated "Earfy Breakfast" couk stavt and.rango, and "Faultless" parlor
heating stove. "Albany, Ore-sron.
FOR A FULL
SEE
oves
The undersigned proprietors of the Pacific
Coast Marble and Stone Works are yrepared
i to do all kinds of marble and stone work on
i short notice. All work p.iarautee.l to give
satisfaction. We wili furnish to oidernmnu
; ments, headstones and an other work in the
! marble business, in any -shape or eolor that
I can be found in the market. We will furnish
! Kastein made work as -low as any house in
! the slate. We eali trie-attention of thepub
1 lie to Eastern finished erk now in our shop.
: We will not use the Jtentiam sandstone as we
I cai.not recommend it for durability, but will
endeavor t" use tnc lies'; material 1.1 ine
market for B ise. Stone Walls, Curbing, etc.
We will sell as low v lower than any house
on the coast. We can always lit- "mil at our
place of business on ferry st re mo door
south of postoltiw Albany, i c :on All
communications will he promptly i.nswered.
Repairing, cleaninsr and resetting old Sloties
a seoialti. Addr-s
IIAP.UIS &(J1LLETT,
Mar 1:1c I 'ealer .Albany, Orejr.i
VUl'UFlNE WINES AND LMH OKS
r l'o t.i m
Kan'O'-'nrt's.
A Stern Reproof !
Is -w. li:ci. jou will ilcsiTvo if you
do not ;t!ll anil sec our suju? V tock
of tiive rliis.swjtrc mid i-ruoki-jy and
choios snrneurios.
A
W5T.1 rise from
.wlicaiHIicy see
our I'oirjTietitors
Tie Delighted
Carrying away satisfactory bar
irams from our store.
Lowest Prices Best Goods
CONBROS., Albany
to.
JOSEPH.
f AILING
CRY
Myers
er, wiier,
ianp!
Irving.
T)i. Henry J. Smitli. tlm eminent
surireon and specialist, 4:5 Kearney
St., san Francisco, author of popular
leetures on Science of Life, Chronic
Nasal (-atanli and tts Cure, Cause and
(..'m e of Deatness, Disoases of the. Male,
Diseases of the Female, etc. , who for
vears past lms made; resrulat profess-
- . - i 1 : ....,1 i
lonal visits to roi ujiih;, anu nns pre- i
viouslv visited Albany as a represent
ative of the PaeiSe Sul iiieal Institute,':
is now at the K ivere house, when; lie ;
may he consulted rejfirilinjf all ehron
ic speeial and pnrgif4i -alleetions, iti
eliidinsr deafness, el j,onie nasal ea
tarrb. jfl'eetinns. a.'nK perations on the
eve, all throat ar.d lung diseases, nerv
ous, hlootl, ki&ncv and sexual diseases
or weakness m either sex. .11 anee
tions of the hip, 1 nee and ankle joints.
and al". cases in any way crippled or
deformed. All caies requiring braces
or other snrgicil appliances will be
furnished without exVa charge from
our workshops. All cases of rheuma
tism, chronic ulcers, cancers, skin dis
eases and ail cases of broken -down j
eonstiiutioi:, are especially invited t' i
all and iirvestii'ate our method of
treatment. To al! the afflicted lie
would say do not be influenced by
w.bat others may say, but come and
see us ar.diSeclde for yourselves. The
doctor has been connected for jears
with institutions -whose sole pr.eetice
was the treatment of ciironie. sjieeial
and surgical alfections, and liss had
an or portunity unsurpassed for learn
ing to eurtthatclassof diseases which
have been given up; by the .general
practitioner as ineurahle. Thedoctor
lias been in practice over "20 years and
is a graduate of the best soLool in
America, and the university of Berlin,
and may te consulted in Gemini! or
English. The doctor would tall at
tention to the wonderful
GALVAKO - OXYGEN TREAT
MENT,
Which was originated by him and has
been used'successfully in liuiwucils of
eases tlnd. bad resisted nil otkr treat
inent. He would eal' special attention
to ins treatment of
FEMALE WEAKNESS
Symptom of which are backache
burning ifain on top of the lre;id, feel
wi'j: f debility, reliernl weakness,
ianiruii",.ji.n(l nervousness as &e most
silceess.tu! iiud pernianenttlial ha fer
heen devised for 'he cure of this Tery
lai'Ke c&as of suflereis.
TOTIMJM5KOFTHE MA I IE !EX
Who may be suft'enntr fror. any dis
ease or weakness of the tfenil-urinarv
firtran be would say: Do not waste
y u-time by sending fri m ;k:)ine for
i.dverticd specifies or to o-calle(l
"iloetr"" who won d liav '.yon lie
l.eve thit they caiiiiiU-rstMod all the
bearii.i, jjnd eoVnrn.i,ivus f vour di.
jase. without seeiiij you. Ky means
of the ia'eroscoie r.nd i-liemical anal
ysis we -can tind out all aont jour
case and will iruara? tee success in
every cjrfie he undoitakes All weak
ness can 'be speedily cured liy our ral
vano oxygen trcatuient. Hik-s radicallv
cured without pais; and witiiosit cutting;
NASAL CATARRH.
This
biiiiefu!
disease, which
so
often neglected and allowed tidevehu
consunttSiou and many oil ei -serious
complications, has hi-n cun-d by our
ji.an of ti'eitincnt in hnndnsls of "eases
in Orern.and 'throughout tbe North-wc-t
V:t Those who are iiittlic'ed
should notiiiespair, but come 4o us and
be euied.
iVsliiuouinls.
Fo'lo!ii are a friv of the h'vmlrmls of
tetinioma"tr t haie rcceivnl frw; 'tttezon
diirinir the i-:t ;elv- years:
Milton. Mi.. Ort. 9, 186. Editor Walla !
Walla Journal: A sense of duty lo fihe pub
lic proniutKaae-to state that my Nm Henry
has been aiSieUu with deafiuss Miice a i-hilci,
and when saw from your pajier tt:at Ir
Smith of the Pacific Suruioal Institute vs in
Walla Walla i deterniiniil to consslt -fci,n
The dovtor initmncd me that he uu rr!icted
with catarrhal -deafness, and thought that he
could enn boo. J a;-cordin!v put ' him
under the doctor's treatment, which union re
sulted in a cure, and I could recsuimend the
doctor's treatment to all who mav 1 uffer
iiiK from deafie-, or anj of the effoats of
nasal cttxrrh. X.ll'ierce.
Miltos. Or. Bct. 3, ISisfl. Eilitor Walla
Ac the local doctors iiisted
f my boy Henry was only.
now :take pleasure in stating
ser oiie vcar his condition is1
..letter tnan when It suade my hrst statement.
- X. Pierce.
Koitor Orroniaai .Dear Sir: Kor twfn-e
rft-ars I have been suffering from bronchitis
aji asthma so that I was compelleil to icue
my rocm during titt .entire winter "season,
hut under the newga&vano-oxyfrtn treatment
of r. Henry Smith, of San Francisco, 1 hare
len able to attcud to iiuy duties outdoors
ducingrthe entire ;iAer 'with perfe:t ease
and comfort, aud would cheerfully recoai
mead all who my be similarly afflicted to go
Ir. mith and be eurd Henry Barber,
East (Portland Supt Hague's mill, Nov. 2,
1886.
Ai-MRA Mills, Or., Dee. .12, 1S87. J. W.
Ehlen writes: Your treatment has nearly
cured we of my catarrh dilfieulty of hearvng
and brcachitis. I would liave been quite
well had I followed your -directions and
tauen treatment regularly.
Portland, Or., Nov. 13. ISSff- M. Slavich
(Proprietor Jjouisville restaurant) says: My
catarrh, asthma and bronchitis have been
cured bv Dr. Smith's treatment, and- I can
a: tend to a8! my duties and enjoy good
health once more.
Swkaxe Falls' Aug. S, 18S7- Mr' P. ' L.
LeBriton says: Ir Smith -has cured me of
jny rheumatism, complicated with heart and
and kidney disease, which have mane my
Jite miserable for the sev en years.
Spbaoce, W. T., Aug. 4, 1887. To the
public: This is to crtify that I have for
over 19 years been troubled with a malignant
chronie, gore or uluer on my shin, which
wore tlian a dozen doctors have tried to cure
and failed, and my friends told me if I healed
it up i.t would kill me, ut Dr. H. J. Smith
told e he woufd cure jic,' and after three
month's treatment it wasentitejy healed and
I am still alive and the liealthies and hap
piest mail hi Eastern Washington territory.
J M. Laymauee. " "' 1
Bercrenrfs,
L. E. Gray, Albany, Or., child hip diseases'
Thos. Kir, Oenterville, Or., wife cured
of hip disease in both hips.
MUe Kyder, Kirbyville, Or., child cured
crooked lg.
Mrs. L. A, Hogne, Chehalis, W. T., child
cured enrbuture of spine.
J. A. Holhrok, l-mon. Or., cancer of lip.
L. A. Alsop, Alkali, )r , catarrh, bronchitis
and consunipticn.
Ir. D. Siddell, The Dalles, Or., cured cf
larynsriti, and removal of tumor fivm throat.
Utrici- in Kevere house. Consnluuion frea.
Call without d-lav, as the doctors stay is
limited. Office hours from 10 A. H. to 4 r. ..
iind trom 7 to S evenings.
Way to Me ml Broken Kilts.
A vouno; woman physician who
practices in Englewooil tells of
ueer case in surgery wmcu -fcue
heard ol a lew weeks ago. or
fa1 her a case of mott unusual snr
gical treatment for a common in-,
jury. A, young r man had sulrer
etexl a fall from the cars, and od
examination it was foand that
two of his ribs had been broken.
The doctor who was to the case
a man doctor, by the way told
j the patient's mother to moke a
i hio- bowl of mush and milk, and to
ciwv the. wo tin dad inau to eat :is
much of it as he 'could possibly
hold. This was done, atd then the
dofter told the wondering mother
to bring him'ene of her old cur
sets, the 'argest one she had. The
good woman blusliingly obeyed,
aud stood by wirh bulging eyes
and watched the docter put on the
corset on his patient aud draw the
. . ,.if
strings comlortaoly tiirnt. "iveep
the boy filled with mush ana milk
u!l night, it possible, was the
doctors injunction, as he packed
up his trap? to go away; and be
sure that the corset-strings don't
gft any looser than they are now.
I'll come again in the mornirisr.
Tue h-xt day the ingenius medi
cal man declared the uroKon ribs
would soon be kn tttnJ well to
"ether again, and they were grow
ing nice and straight as you
i;easo. "The mush sad uulk on
the inside and the' corset on the
outside is 'vhut did the business,"
he said.
KuniclliinK PIvwmuiI.
"Cant you say something plea:
ant to me?" said a husband to his
wife as he was about to start for
his office.
Thev had had a little quarrel
and h was willing to naku up.'
"Ah, .John," responded the peni
tent lady, throwing her arms
around his neck, "forgive my fool
ishness. And don't 'forget the
baby'a shoes, dear, and the ton of
coal, and we are out rf potatoes.
ami Joun, love, you wust leave
me some money for the g;is man.
Smart If. Not 4;rautMUit ical.
The teacher - Corn-ct the sen
tence. The niU'r which the man
bought was drank1
Smart boy "l'b
bought the lip:or w;.s
man which
drunk."-.
THE MARKETS.
.U.15AXV ljlXTATlSv6.
Wheat -tH!-i'(n.ic.
Oats :K' .4("lc.
Flour $5 pe. Md.
Potatoes 7.rc.
- Etftrs "25c.
Mutter otic,
bard .hi lc
AVool iid'iV-.
Hams llfrtl-23ac.
Shoulders -tUff 7c.
Bacon 11 (.:).
Hay i'iinotliv, 2'., oa's and cheat.
$14. '
Apples -tureen. ?oc.(7t1 per bu.
fluins UrieCI, UH jx.- Tf.
Apples dried nleached Wc sund
7 ( X c.
ied
Hides Bef hides, reer. 5 c, dried
111 c : deer skin, 2c4 flreep melts, Wj
:i() , accorrtini; U wool
- Beef 'ik'c jrross.
Mutton per head.
Hos 5c. dre.-sed.
1("!TI.AXII markets..
J:i". 17. Th Miply of w.Uaat in
sin'lit in the United jstate.s nd (.'itnada
asl of tin. Kockies, is -riven by tele
gram January o as 44. 421,(HHI buI:els
mid increase for a week of 174,0(10 bu
shels. Wheat (Juiet. Markets al:oad
lend a rather easy tne to those on
this side, and both Chicasro atd !scw
York fell oil'. . London aw-d Li-v-erpraol
stocks are iartrcr than accounted by
most of tiie trade. Our market is,
tpiiet and without cluuijre." Walla
Walla is quoted about $1 1 73 -j and Val
ley about $1 'M;.
Barley Fair brewing sold at 1 05
per cental but the market '6 not a
quick one, brewers buying largely in
the interior a short time airo.
Oats The bulk of receipts noted is
for shipment account and offerings on
this tnarket are not large. Feed qual
ities quoted 4ti04.Sc.
Ejrscs Local rather weak at 27?c
Some Eas'ern just in reported to be
alferinr at 24c.
sax fkaxcisto markets.
Jan. 17 Wheat Spot inarKet very
dull; buyers and sellers apart No'l
shipping $1 37V.'. In option only a
small business doinf. Sales: morning-
session. 200 tons buyer season at
1 4$. 500 tons do atl 4SJ4 . 100 tons
doat.;Sl 4S3t ; durinif the afternoon
sesskm 100 tons do
tons do at 1 48.;.
at $1 48
."8i
200
Oativ Receipts liberal
lijjht; prices unr-han;cd
1 87ki(fl:l 50.
and demand
Oregon at
THE PHU 06RAPHER.
' Pajrtoa'ii old ateod Albany
UNION PACfFJC it. Jt
om SHORT LINE &
GO EAST VIA
11 to SOOmiles the shortest"
and 12 to 48 hours
QUICKEST ROUTE TO THE EAST.
Thisponularline, on account of its southern
location, is especially preferable for travel du
ring the winter months. It also affords an op
portunity to visit Salt Lake City and Denver
withoutextra charge and gives achoice of routes
via Council Bluffs, Oniaha.St. Joseph, Leaven
worth.or KansasCity. Full particulars rejfard
ini; routes and fares furnished on application.
CI KUAN" & MONTElTH.LocalPawengcrAgts.
VREsn OYSTKKS F.VERV DA V AT DOFF
X mail i; Pfcitfer s.
Round House and Machine Shops
Burned.
KILLED BY A FALLIXCi TIMBER.
The Number of Fatalities in the Blizzard-
Stricken Scti"ii Increases-Collision
at Sea-
Hkrai d's Special Dispatches. 1
Portland, .Ian. IS. Early this
morning tne ). H. i. o. 8 -oiu
round house and machine shop at
Albina caught lire and was totaliv
destroved. The buildings burned
were the old shops of the North
ern Pacific Terminal Company, and
cost originally, buildings, machin
ery . and all, about $200,000,
total loss, the machinery being
worth nothing now except as old
iron, mere was an insurance oi
onlv about $'25,000, placed in the
New York. The O. R. & N. Co.
had in the round house seven loco
motives and one passenger coach,
which was elegant. The coach is
a wreck, the only-salvage being
the wheels and iron work. The
trucks of. the engines are not so
badly injured, and. it is thought
only the woodwork of these will
have to be replaced. The total loss
of the O. R. & N. Co. will reach
about $40,000. There was no in
surance on the rolling stock. The
fire is supposed to have caught from
the heater, which had been placed
in the coach to thaw it out.
A 14-year-old son of Edward
Whitney, of Albina, while playing
about the scene was killed by a
neavy piece oi titnDer,wnicn sh uck
him on the head, crushing the
skull. The lad lingered several
hours.
THE STOUM'S BE 'I'H-KOLL.
TEACHER AND I'LPII.R PERISH.
St. Pai l, Jan. IS. From Abr
enleen, Dakota, the Pioneer-Press
has a report of two more victims
of the storm. The report of the
death of a hchool teacher and six
teen children at Clear Lake town
ship, in the eastern part of Ed
moud county, at lirst discredited,
is probably true, parties who came
from Warner, Dakota, to-night,
stating that. the' teacher and six
children have been found. From
Wolsley comes the report that two
more bodies have been found.
OVER ONE HUNDRED DEATHS.
Yankton, Jan. IS. A Dakota
correspondent says that only two
eaths are reported in that sec
tion. From South Dakota 104
deaths are reported. - From Yank
ton to Springfield the snow drifts
are said to be thirty feet deep.
FIFTEEN PERISH.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18. A dis
patch from Oneill, Neb., says that
15 persons perished on last Thurs
day in Custer county. The loss of
stock is said to.be'tiormous.
IN-rtl or I In- lep.
Liverpool, Jan 18. The British
steamer Toronto, trom Portland,
Me., Jan. 4, for Liverpool, arrived
in .Mersey to- lay. She reports dur
iiiL' the fog, off Skenen, Ireland,
she collided with and sunk the
Norwegian" bark Freidis, from
Liverpool for. Savannah, and that
rnirieen oi tne oarK s crew
drowned. Only one man
saved.
were
was
SK.VT TO THE HOl.SK A.M Sst.VATK
The Report Accompanied by a Lang
Jlcswisr from Cleveland.
Warhixgton, Jan. 17. The
President sent in the report of the
Pacific Railroad Commission to
the House and Senate at 1 o'clock
this afternoon.
He accom pained it with a long
message, saying tnat it is clear
that the railroad companies can
not pay their indebtedness, and
that an attempt to foreclose and
take possession of the roads would
be of doubtful policy.
He therefore advises that the re
commendations of the majority ot
the Commission for f unding of the
debt be followed by Congress, pro
vided the roads themselves willac
cept such plan.
SEYStTIO.YAL (UKMATIOX.
A Father's Eulogy Over th Vend
Body of HIm Son.
; Cincinnati, 0., Jan 17. A most
sensational cremation occurred
yesterday at the Crematory. The
body of Benno C. Rothe, the eldest
son of the Hn. Emil Rothe, a very
prominent German, and an attor
ney at-law was incinerated.
. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the
fuDeral cortege, consisting of a
hearse bearing the coffin, followed
by several hacks, drew up the high
hill to the Crematory. The corpse
was removed from the coffin in the
private room and wheeled out, cov
ered with a sheet and saturated in
alum water. The head of the body
was a few feet from the furnace
door. Mr. Henry Doeuier, an ex
principal of one of the public
schools, and the father of," Prof.
Doemer. of tiie College of Music,
delivered an address upon the noble
ronr or . the
od over the '
bich was cov
ered aCTweamvj'as anu smiiax.
He callefiSJtJJntiiy, several grown
young ladiesTroTbni their biother
good-by. There were about thirty
friends present.
Then tl'e father burst forth in a
sermon, bevvai.ing the ioss of his
sou, whom he said had always
b:eii so dutiful, so honorable, s
ifoo-J. He was more of a compan
ion ami triead t him . than a son.
His eloquence and feelings moved
all present to tears, while the sobs
of the tamily were heart. rending.
The doors ol the furnace wero
opened and the body reduced to
ashes in one hour and a quarter.
The young man was of gooo
pr-onise. a partner of fathy, and
one spoken of as an exemplary son.
He whs o2 years of age. The cre
mation was the thirteenth in this
city, and the affecting eloquence of,
the father over the corpse ol the
beloved child formed a scene never
to be forgotten.
Al I OH till' LABOU.
How the Cvudiliunx ol Labor Have
C'li.'iugeI From I he Old Time.
Boston Transcript.
In the innuite subdivision ot mc-
cl.anica'. effort there is a continual
eduction of the legititimate pride
that a workman tnav take in Ins
product. One cannot vaunt him
self much upon the quality of his
buckle holes in a strap when the
machine that he operates is mak
ing them all exactly like. "It is a
poor accouut to give of one's life,"
says Proudhon, "to have made but
the eighteenth part of a pin." So
long as men and wwncn are human
this consideration must weigh with
their., even if it weighs insensiblj .
The old shoemaker at his beach
bud an object in life. It was no
small achievement to have . made a
good shoe a sturdy" or a handsome
article that somebody wore with
satisfaction . He had an opportun
ity to distinguish himself in his
way . There was a proud pre-emin
ence in his trade that he
reach.
might
His mind w is developed along
with the shoes he made; his energy
auk into jio weary iteration of au
tomatic pncesses carried on at
high pressure. He became a phil
osopher in his way, and even if ' hs
did not choose to become a philos
opher at all, the chances are that
he was when he finished his ap
prenticeship, and give his children
a chance to do better than he did.
His work, even with its longer
hours and incessant pegging and
shaving, was more favorable to
mental growth than that of the ten
hour operative whs runs a machine
which punches a hole or makes a
part or a p?g.
But the division and subdivision
of labor is the foundation, the life,
of the modern industrial system.
It is impossible to g baek to the
old system as it would be to restore
us all to the Garden of Eden. Civ
ilization has pat its hand to the
plow and by no means can turn
back. But wht sort of a race will
our mechanical automatism de
velop The iiuetrn is respectfully
referred to the historian of the
future.
Common Kxporirnce.
I honestly and sincerely believe1
that if our politicians aoamembeis
of Congress were lor one single
year subject to the vexations,bother
loss and inconvenience of the pre
sent, dirty, sticky smeary and
costly postage-stamp-exchange
system, to which the rural popu
lation of the country is condemed,
we should get the " much needed
nd universally demanded fraction
dl currency immediately. In
cities and large villages fractional
parts of a dollar can be sent, but
only by paying tribute to the
bank, express company or post
master, but to the country there is
noMiing left but the stick-to-every-thing
postage stamp. And I pre
sume that people doing business
in cities when they receive lumns
of stickey stamps, instead of crisp
convenient paper money, are about
as much annoyed as their country
customers are nrst the
counting
aud recounting, and
illAII 4-Wa out
ting them
exchanged into some-
thing that will not cling to you
like the "Old Man of the Sea' If
bankers' and brokers' influence can
prevent us getting fractional cur
rency, then we shall not get it, no
mattei how useful and convenient
it may be.
In a certain large family- a tax
has been established en bad words,
aDd, not unnecessarily, as this re
cent conversation therein demon -strates:
Tommy (aged 5, exclaiming,
while trying to tie his woolly dog's
head on)- O Lordy?
Jimmy (aged 10 N ow, why do
you do that, Twmmy f Don't you
know it costs you money ? You'll
have to pay for it.
Tommy (with a complacent sense
ofmauly honor) Well, d-n it,
don't I always pay?
They think they will have to try
another plan for the purification of
the faiuiiv vocubnlarv.
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