THE COLUMBIAN. St. Helen, Columbia Co., Or. FJIXDAY, JXJ1TE 23, 1882. SUBSCBIFTION BATES. 1 rear, in fance $2 0 6 months " 3 months " 1 00 ADVERTISING BATES: One square (10 lines) first insertion ?2 00 Ech iubsequent insertion 1 00 E. (i. ADAMS. Editor A. Proprietor. OUT 07 THE DEAFT. Consumption" wan finyer so thin and .to cold, Clutched the thnwit of my brother w th unyield ing hold, Aad he died in that city that Quantrell'a base horde In their malignant hate laVely put to the sword. But they brought hi soul's casket away from the West, To rest in that spot that of Earth he loved best ; In th midst of our farm by our father ho lies 'Neath the marble that point where he's gone to the skies, And over his grave many a vunimer ha laughed No war-trump can wake him he's out ok thk draft! My mother oft goes where each dead treasure lies, And wipes the big tears from her old faded eyes, Her hair that was once a most delicate brown Is now wliite as, the snow on Mt. 'Washington's crown. And her face that was loveliest of ali ths Maine girls Is wrinkled wkh sorrow that's whitened her curls. agir onen u wxsn o er ner spine nas roiiea Her husband were living and she were aot old ! She's reconciled now to the cup she ha quaffed. He's living in heaven, aud OUT or THE DArf ! How oft of my dear brother Charley the speaks While the tear-drops unwittingly roll from her cheeks, He was but ait infant, and died on her breast ; A neighbor, not tbe since related the rest. How all of the blood from her warm-hearted frame, In great purple spots, to her mother-cheeks came When the death-angel touched with his wand the dear boy, And withered forever that branch of htr joy. To manhood ne'er grew he, an untimely graft, He w& torn from Life's tree but he's OUT or THE UKAKT ! There was one son she had that was""tt.dly be guiled. Hate followed his fooUtepa and Fortune ne'er km i led, On-others his country bestowed every gift, To hiburden she gave not a Pharis-se's lift. But while others forsook .her, and left her to wreck, To her rescue he went at her agonizedibeck. Through the wild surge of battle God steered his frail craft, He'e a volunteer soldier, and out or the draft ! Of sisters there's one, the other when small The angels inveigled away from us all, Of the living my mother oft mirthfully said She had wished that a boy had been lxrn in her stead, For amidst the wild whirlwind while men jos tled on, A girl, like a straw, was borne hithev and yon. And oft mid Life's tempest she floated abaft, But now 'tis all right, for she's OCT of. thk DRAFT ! K. C. A. Our New York Letter. Special Correspondence of the Columbian, New York, June 7, 188 2. THE RICH MAN'S RETURN. William H. Vanderbilt has come back from his vacation of a month, three fourths of which was spent in watching the curling waves and drinking in the ozone of the North Atlantic. Perhaps he comes to put his broad shoulders unr der the drooping stock market and give it a "spring boost," but Idoubt it. Why should he t What need he care whether stocks go up or down 1 He is not one of the weak lambs of the street to vrhoin a rise or fall of ten points means salvation or ruin. He would drive as fast horses, drink as costly wines buy as rare pictures, and sleep as easily under the canopies of a live thousand dollar bed, whether the market is boom ing like the Mississippi river at Vicks burg or as dull as a Patent Office report. I know of no man who so easily carries tite burdens and cares of enormous wealth And great official responsibility. With his massive frame, his daily out door driving and walking, and his recre ation of visiting and receiving in that palace of his, he is likely to.be as vig orous twentv years hence as to-day. It in the fashion to dcelaim against Van derbilt as a purse-proud monopolist" and to shower like epithets at the posses ,-f.J.I mil1inn lmt. f)ir fn-f w that, after all, other people get a good deal oj bis money. U e spends liberally and these who charge to his pride and ostentation the possession f ft house costing anywhere from one to two mil 3reds of thousands have gone from his strong box into the hands of carpenters, bricklayers, painters, artists, decorators, iron workers, furniture makers, glass blowers, carppj. weavers, ancj the hosts of ar$isaiis whose combined brains and handiwork have been called into requisi. ion for the erection and furnishing of the superb mansions on Fifth Avenue, And that a large part of this mouey will so-day be found to their credit in the savings banks... I believe in the right and duty of rich men to spend their money freely, and so get it into the hands of those who have greater need for it, and this i something which Van derbilt does with no niggard hand. -UNIQUE AND PRECIOUS. - No doubt Mr. Vanberbilt's library is filled with rare and costly books, and I should like to have free range of its shelves and time enough to enjoy the contents thereof. The old Commodore was not much of a ' literary feller" and knew no more of classics than he did of the chemical composition of a cucumber, but he had some of the most costly books that the world ever saw, nevertheless, and if William II. inherited these, it is safe to say that he don't keep them in his domes, the library, but rather in the vaults of the offices at the Grand Cen tral Depot. A friend of mine was nego tiating with the Commodore, a few years before his death, for a proposed new is sue of Central and Hudson bonds. They dilTercd in half of one per cent on the price offered and asked, which is'nt a big difference on a 1,000 bcid, but counts up when the amount under discussion is $10,000,000. Finally the Commodore irot a trifle mad," it" said he. I knowthe bonds are good, and if people don't want them at my price, I'll take 'em myself as 4 1 have done before. Look here," and he took out of a vault one of a series. of small volumes, opened it, and rapidly ran over the pages. Kaeh leaf was a bond for $0,000 payable to Cornelius Vanderbilt, aivd there were five hundred leaves in the book; Two millions, five hundred thousand dollars between the covers of nnc volume, and there were more where that one cann from ! The monotony of the literary contents might be forgiven for the sake of the soundness of the principle in volved, and the (7 per cent) interesting way in which it was treated. " MILLIONS FOR n? fence" The bronze fence around Vanderbilt's hous s cost $40,000, but a poor little Lutheran chureh society in the city has paid ten times as much for a fence they didn't build. Several years ago in fact in 1796 the church in question was looking around for a new building site, a lot containing six acres " out in the country " was offered them as a free gift provided they would not only erect the churt'h edifice but put a neat and substantial fence around the entire tract. They demurred at the fence, it would cost too much and the place was so far out of town th t the fence was unneces sary except to keep the cows out, and they had no objection to the cows being in. So they declined the offer. That six acres embraced what is now the cor ner of Broadway and Canal streets, and six millions would be too small a figure for it to-tfay. If the church had built the fence and held the ground, they would now be rivals in wealth with the aristocratic Trinity church corporation which hardly knows how to spend its income. The Lutherans of the present day think of what might have been, and rail at the indefensible shortsightedness of their ancestors. Stewart's stupendous store. With the present month will go out the house ot A. T. Stewart & Co. The doors are to be finally closed on Jiine 30. Four hundred employees have al ready been discharged, eleven hundred njore are to go. I've no time and you no space for moralizing on the downfall of a great house. The papers have done all that for the past three months, Stewart died and the business has been dying ever since. In England the busi ness and the good will of so vast au es tablishment would have beeri. "taken over" by a joint-stock-company of prac tical merchant?, and the name would hare been saved to the mercantile world. But that, is not the American way. No one man cared to buy it out and Now York merchants do not go in to co-operation transactions. What will be done with the great edifice on Broad way is not yet known. There was talk of making a museum of it, but that was an absurdity and would never have paid. If it was not so far down town, it would be ttiore successful as an apartment dwelling house, its great Interior court, and its four street sides giving all rooms light and air, and it may come to that yefc. There seems to be no other as prof itable use of brick and morter and mar ble now-adays as to put them into enor mous ' French flat" houses, which are no more liko the genuine Parisian flat than European Hotels in New York are liko the inns of London and Berlin. ctevtart's business honesty. A. T. Stew.irt remorselessly crushed out and undersold smaller tradesmen, and he had a despotic and arbitrary way of dealing with his employees which made him feared but never loved. And yet there was never a merchant who more rigorously insisted on fairness and honesty toward his customers. Whether you paid high or low prices ; whether you bought Merimao prints or Persian carpets, you got what you paid for, and you got it at a fair price. An incident will illustrate this characteristic of the dead merchant princev At the very last occasion on which Mr. Stewart ever gave a dinner party, indeed it was the last time he ever sat at his own dinner table there were present a very few New York people to meet ah English gentle man, who is now a member of Glad stone's cabinet. Conversation ensued .t upon Mr. Stewart's principle!; of busi ness which had contributed to his great success, y retireu iwiiKer or tins city remarked: To my mind the great prin ciple which has guarenteed Mr. Stew art's preeminence been the absolute confidence lie inspired in his patrons. The first time I was ever in his store, ( now thirty years rtgo ) I saw a piece of goods which I pleased my eye. The price was surprisingly low. 1 asked the clerk if it was he best quality of its kind. He said it was aiid was extolling the goods, when a voice behirid riie said, ' Young man, why do you say this is tlie best quality 1 It is not the best quality, and you know it, you will report at the office this evening, Sir.' Then turning to me, the stranger said 4 The clerk made a mistake, sir, this is second qual itv good3 having handsome finish but not the wearing quality, you may desire to secure at a higher price.' It was Mr. Stewart that was addressing me, ami from that day I traded with A. T. Stew art it Co., with absolute confidence in getting honest goods for the money." Mr. SteVart almost blushed at this tribute to hi -honesty and illustrated another secret of his success a wonder ful memory forjdetail by saying: Mr. S. . I remember the circumstances so well that. I can tell you the exact kind of dress goods you were admiring' and he did so, to the iiiriuenient and astonish ment of the company around tlxts table. After dinner on the above occasion Mr. Stewart hud a. shawl thrown around his shoulders while he spent a few miuutes in his picture gallery with his guests, then excused himself as he was not well, and this was the last time he ever ap peared in his own dining room. business depression The times are hot as they were a year ago. Financially there is nothing doing, and the broker mourn. Stoeks which were up in a balloon are coining down with a thud. jThe outside public are not buying ?.o the holders at high prices find it hard to unload. The railroad war cut down .earnings frightfully, the iron mills are not sorry for a temporary strike of the workmen, for new orders are not plenty ami many old ones are being cancelled. Railroad building has been carried too fast and too far. The cold and wet spiring is retarding the" corn planting and causing f!orebodiiigs ot harder tinies for both railroads and spec ulators. It is a curious fact that odtside the street" these who come in now and then to try a j speculation in stocks al most invariably speculate by buying and not selling. They will buy on margin and take the chances for a rise, but sel dom venture to sell what they havn't got on the hope of a fall. No outsiders are now buying, hence the daily fluctua tions of shares are simply the marking up or down by the members of the joint stesk mutual association, known as the Stock Exchange Quotations dropnd droop, day byday, and there is no good ground for the hope of a permanent rise for the present. Meantime before an other 44 boom" begins it will be a good time td examine into the ways and means by which innocent and hopeful inventors are made to build up enor mous fortunes for the sharp manipula tors and promoters, and this I propose before long to1 help my readers to do. ! "SOME RUMMER weather is upon us at last, and the poor belated leave3i and flcWers and grass are, just jumping wi joy and warmth. It is marvelous how rapidly the foliage has come out in the little city parks, within the past ten days. With the birds and and the babies in Watson Square will coue George Francis Train, to fee4 tho sparrows and hold the boys and girls on his knees, an4 Jet tbs t?unght stream down on tlje grey hear) which bas, in its day"ovolve4 audacious and prodigious ietiemes enQugb to overturn the world if they could all have been carried out but wftieb j,oje c!iients itself with writr ing to the newspapers in favor of an oat meal diet and on living on twenty-five cents a day. Like a burnt out and over driven locomotive, Train has had his day of tremendous energy aud fire, when no obstacle was too formidable for him to attack at full speed and with a dan gerous head of steam, but how he is laid up for repairs, the fires drawn, the valves rusty, and side-tracked to make room for newer models. The 4th of July at Vancouver A Grand Encampment. Preparations for celebrating the 4 thof July at Vancouver ara almost complete in detail. ELLSWORTII POST G. A. R. of Vancouver is arranging to entertain the comrades of Posts in Oregon and Washington Territory. GEN. MILKS Commanding the Department of the Co lumbia, who is also a Grand Army com rade of the first call, enters enthusiasti cally into the affair and has promised to furnish camp and garrison equipage for a Grand Encampment on the Milita ry Reservation. All visiting comrades are requested to to take quarters in the Encampment, where, recitations, old stories and songs will revive many a half obliterated memory of the stirring days of the Re bellion. Ellsworth Post will have charge of the encampment, and do all in its power to make the occasion one of pleasure to their visitors. As the numbers visiting Vancouver on the 4th. will b- fr in exeesj of the accommodations of its hotels and restau rants, families and parties should pro vide themselves with luncheons. Anijjle tent accommodations on the Garrison Ground wiil be provided, not only for comrades of different posts but for their families also. In the evening a grin.i display of FtKUWDKKS will be exhibited near the encampment Tiiif pjyroUvhuic display is a gift from the MEXICAN WAfv VETERANS of Portland and Vancouver Barracks, as a recognition on their part of the hospi table manner in which they were enter tained by Gen. Morrow and his estima ble lady on Decoration Day. The Orator of the Day will be Gen. Morrow, comrade of Ellsworth Post. Major E. G. Adams, Editor of the Columbian; will be To?X of the Day, and deliver a poem composed for the occa- j sion. Hon. N. 11. Bloom iield will also ; deliver an oration and Hori. Charles j Brown will road the Declaration" of In- dependence. i 4 The Phi.'ddelpfiia Jfttsical J ourndl for April, fully maintains its high character and certainly will delight all who see it. It contains the following choice selec tions of sheet rUusic, arranged for the piano: 44 Douglass, Tender and True' a favorite and beautiful ballad j 41 I'm going home to Clo'," a popular and tak ing song ; 44 Little Birdie Mine," a song sure to please everybody ; 44 Maid 6f Beauty Waltz," a gliding and pretty melody; and 44 Sweet Smile Schottische,'' an excellent composition. These selec tions alone are worth the very moderate price charged for the number ( ten cents ) and if bought in the regular way, at a music store, would cost more than a year's subscription ( one dollar ). But the Philadelphia Musical Journal does not rely solely upon its sheet-music fea tures. It is full of excellent and highly interesting reading matter, consisting of the latest musical news and gossip, able and fearless editorials, books, reviews, answers to correspondents, etc, etc, George D. Cox's amnsing and entertain ing serial, 44 Love's Artifice," is tone1, aej in the current number. Ye cordially advise all 6ur readers to send for a copy and see, for themselves what a miracle of want and cheapness it is: Published by Wm. Nuneviller, No. 1300 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 44 The most perfect gem in the song line that we have seen for many a day has, just been isssued by Sherman, Clay fc Co., of San 'Francisco. The title is i4vThere May be Eyes as Brightly Beam ing," the music is arranged by H- M. Oosworth, the song is in the original key of E. flat, as sung by Mr, Digby Bell in 4 Madame Favart'. The marked price is 35 cents." gIf yoU w'ant a deed, mortgage or pqwer of attorney executed properly, call on F. A. Moore. Notary Public, St. Helen. Oregon, Corrcspoinlence. Beaver Valley, June the 10th. Ed. Columbian Dear Sir; As have not seen any items from this part ot the valley, so I will pen yoji a tttw lines. We, the people of Beaver Valley and vicinity are going to have a Grajid Celebration, July the 4th; i'832. Thr celebration will be in the beautiful ce dar grove on G. T. Maya's farm iii Bra ver Valley, Columbia Co. Ogn. Tlie people of Beaver 'Valley and n cinity met at the school-house to adopt programme and regulations for the 4th. of July '82. Meeting called to ordjr; Dr. J. W. Meserve ras elected Chair man of the meeting, J. W Richaij.ls Secretary of neeting. A- comraittjee was elected to form regulations and pro gramme; committee on programm, W. 1. Hankins, G T. Mays, J. Nelson, O. B. Anstine, J. Hudson, I. S. Parcher, ajid it was voted that the people would brijuj: provisions and set the long table and have a public dinner free to all. j Committee on programme and regula tions elected. Dr. J. W. Meserve, Orator of the day. W. H. Han kins, to read the 'Declare tion of Independence. Rev. G. B. Riggs, Chaplain. . J. W. Richards, Marshal. . Moved and fecondjd that Dr. Meserve appoint table committee. The following were appointed as tab'e committee, Mrs. Winchester, Mm. M i.ys; Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Malconi, Mrs. Kiser, Miss Ella Malcon?! Miss Nina Malcom, Miss Nan cy Hudson, Miss Alice Smalley, Msr? Susan Hudson; Miss Mary Hankins, Miss iiinna llankins, Miss Myrtle Washburn, Misf McKee, Mr. I. & Parch er, Mr. j. Hudson, Mr. O. B. Austin. W. II. Hankins wa appointed id pro cure music at Portland for the ?th: We will have refreshments and gdod order. There will be no intoxicating drinks at or near the speaking; We in vite all. As there, was no more busi ness, we adjourned: To Our Renders. The West Shore, Oregon's illustrated Magazine, is now one of the institutions of tlie country, it is jut eiiterincr it1' eighth successful year -of publication, and starts out with brighter and better prospects than ever. Its circulation is large and widespread! reaching in to ev ery State and Territory in the Union, and the amduut of good it is doiil. for the Pacific Northwest cannot be calcula ted in dollars and cents. It is handsome ly illustrated, ably conducted, moral in tone, costs only $2.00 per annum, and, therefore, deserves- the n?ost liberal sup port. It is t!i most reliable exponent of the resources of t:ie Pacific North west, 8 nil every resident of this section may well feel pro'ild of it. The original founder of the publication, Mr. L. Sam uel, is still at the helm, and judging bj his past effofts, we can look to Tie West Shore being better than ever, during 1882. For the especial accommodation of of our subscriberSi and to assist in swell ing the list ct this most deserving publi cation, we will, for the next two weeks receive subscriptions for The West Shore at this office at publisher's rates, or they can be forwarded direct to the publisher, L. Samuel, Portland, Oregon. The Verdict of The jnry, . We have just received a copy of the most popular piece of music ever pub lished in this country, called the 44 Ver dict March," composed by Eugene L. Blake. It is written in an easy style, so that it can be played on either piano or organ. The title page is very hand some, containing correct D0TtlW 0f Hon. Geo. B. Corkbill, j." Por ter, and Judge v; a 0qx . ft rect pictn-e of twelve jurymen who cCr"iivioted the assassin of our late be loved President This piece of music should be found in .every household through the entire country. Price, 40 cents per copy, or 3 copies for $1. Pos tage stamps taken as currency. Ad, dress all orders to F. W. Helnaick Mu sic Publisher, 180 Elm Street Cincin nati, Ohio. - A Doctor'? Opinion. Mr. J I Knapp, of Santa Clara,' Cal., who was cured of acute inflamation of the bladder by Warner's Safe Kidney and Xiver Cure to many hundreds of people from Texas to New York, have seen it tried by many of these, and have yet to hear of a single case of failure. Col. John C. Whit.ver. Th Wfgf Slum should b5 patronized by every one. It is a prime necessity of Oregon, not merely an ornament, ! Arriv -d i'.hi we-?j ,. fid. i ;r iu;vi, .if newest styles of dre..; .go ds i::'t li:r Brocades, GnMi-vdln.--, Ji '' ut-, Seer suckers, fc'auey Ginghams aud n:on ie cloths also Amerie.in prints, whit goods, fcfrdtes' and MUse' ho defy in :ll colors, Lisk'-thread gloves, E.u broidery &c. ifce. nf Ic Bride's Store. .. , J. It. Frierson will deliver an oration at Ciatskanie on the llh of July, A. I. 1882. -We have no doubt it will be a splendid one. We shall publish it, and our readers may expect a rich treat. Mr. Frierson has o (int. 'mind in a body shattered with wounds obtMued in the War of the Rebellion. It seems the Republican party of Columbia county should have done something for him thw last election, but with many of them, the t extent of their patriotism, and love for thos- who rescued the land extends on ly to thnir. lips; in our ease did not even extend that far us thev lied about via 'i with a malignity and meanness that makes them hang their head even though they succeeded. A distinguished man in Colombia City was ought last Sunday tearing down the fence around the Neer field on German tall grass. lill to let his cows into t!io f'ox and some other party nted it were lyiu in wait, who had n and cMUght tlie gmtfWAn. The Sunday before whn we and our family were up thre, while we were in the UD!r fu'd after strawberries, we heul some onj calling their eowsj and when we cam o back, saw the fonce torn down and went to work and put it up. M tjor A l iiiis will have a pl ice of honor in the splendid vo!;iij. of New Hampshire p'et: soon to br piM'.siieV, the compiler, 1'eia Uleipin informing him he should insert liine of his pieces. Hen. W: I). Fen t o the world j; if said New Lnid tnd rule! Majf-r Ad.iins gains tin ear of New England, ns he soon v.-ill, his; fume will jbecoiue world wide, aud liko Lord Byron some tine morning he will wnke up iy.mort tl, 'and h.s ueLini ,-rs will fel exceedingly sie.tll. JTuTy isU 188;?, fee ::i i nl Parties :w'i so accounts are i a nra r- jiieat d to call and nnk-; th ; re-jdi tr .11 , semi-annuiil settlement or uecunts en or before Julv 15 th. Aec-.'n:!' which have been doe for on yir or more i J must be paid, or settled by note imme diate! v. G. W. McTUUDK. Received a call from Miss Dora Cop land and Miss j.ivis and Mr. Espy on Wednesday. Miss Copeland has im proved very much iu looks, and will b fully as Kellogg. beautiful as "Sirs. Meld She has the brilliant looks i of her mother, aud will be a perfect im age of her in figure and appearaifce when little older. Mrs. Copeland is irt Portland at her daughter's. We hate received a pper, the Gar nett Plaituleakr from Garnett, Kansas from a son of a cousin of ours. Th! gentleman's name is Lorin H. Gordon J he is Justice ot the Peace there, and was lately elected Delegate to a convention to nominate Member of Congress. The i paper was from May Gordon, a name pretty enough for a poetess. Mrs. F. A. Moore ftnd .JamC8 Muckle Sr., delegates tb the Grand Lodge of I. O. G. T. bve returned from TheDaI!e t.'ere the Lodge convened. Mrs. Moor was elected Worthy Grand Marshal. There are only 9 Bands of Hope in Ore gon, and the one at St. Helen in No. 0. The next session of the Grand Lodge will be at Astoria. JLMVia r. i?ox nas sent us a paper vara Daily Territorial Enterprise-, Virginia, Nov., containing n account of the aw ful accident that lately occurred in the raine3 at, Virginia City, whereby two persons (rescuers) lost their lives, tho parties, most in danger, being ultima ly saved! through the heroic endeavors of the other miners. Mrs Olive E. Adams, (sister of Mrs; Adams), residing at Durham, New Hampshire, is having success as an Ar tist, and has &j3huraber of pupils, even from Boston, the Athens of America. If she could visit Paris, Germany and Italy, her friends think she would de velop into one of the finest painters in America. t m,. The MansaniUo will make her trip? to the Clatskanie, down on Wednesday. back on Thursdav.