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THE COLUMBIAN. St. Helen, Columbia Co., Or. FRIDAY, DECELIB'B 1, 1832. SUBSCWPTION BATES" 1 year, in advance $2 00 6 months " . ... ; 1 fiQ Smonthg " 100 ADVERTISING RATES: One square (10 lines) first insertion $2 06 Each subsequent insertion 100 E. G. ADAMS, Editor & Proprietor. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. :From our Regular Correspondent. Washington, D. C. Nov. 11th, 1882. The time is fast coming Upon us, when the Congressional overcoat will be seen on our streets, and the voice of wisdom .ascend upwards towards that funny looking frisking old female called the Goddess of Liberty. Boarding house keepers have gone to cleaning their windows and raising their prices; it might be a little more satisfactory, per haps, if they would raise their bread a little more instead of prices, but one .must not expect much in this world of - .sorrow. The heart always lightens- when Congress draws near. The President accompanied by his val let, Aleck, returned to the city from New York this morning where they went to cast their votes for Folger. These two votes are the only ones record ed on that side wliile 192,000 are claimed for the anti-Arthur candidate. The Pres ident looked tired, worried, and disgust- ed, but not more so than Mr. Folger who appeared at his desk in the Treas ury Department all day yesterday sim ply as a mass of disappointment. He was glad yesterday to speak upon al most any topic except the New York elections, and now that it is over, it is no use asking hini whether or not he will resign The people have spoken Tuesday they gave their opinion about River and Harbor and other jobs, about Hubbell assessments, about oppressive .and needless taxation, about federal in terference and dictation in politics, and : about Stalwartisin, which has long rest ed in power, widening and deepening political debauchery each year, but it .has at last not only teen halted, but it has been overthrown and doomed ito the death that knows no resurrection. According to the latest returns, the next house of Representatives will have ;a democratic majority if not less than forty. The next house will be composed .of 320 members, and according to this the calculation is that the democrats will have 183 members, the republicans 138, and the readjusters 5. Tiis will give the democrats a clear majority of 40 -over all. The Senate will undoubtedly be republican by one or two majority 'even with the loss of Colorado. The prediction is that the coming sea .son in the Capital will be one of the igayest on record. This is a prediction annually made by writers for the press in "Washington. No one has yet given any good reason why it should be so, as far as the public generally is concerned, or as to whether the gayeties will -be such as will include ladies. A gay winter in j Washington for gentleman does not necessarily imply an especially gay one for ladies. Last winter, which was said by hotel and restaurant keepers to have leen their busiest ou record for dinners, lunches, breakfasts and suppers for gen tleman, was uot until Lent began at all gay in respect to the number of parties given at which ladies were included. This wa3 true even at houses occupied by gentlemen whose wives were with them. None of the officials who have lately moved or are about to move into .new houses, which they have bought or built, have ever given any large enter tainments here, nor are they likely to do so. For instance, among the new houses recently described by your cor respondent were those of Senator Pen dleton and Representative Robeson, and mention was made of that of Senator Don Cameron, but no large parties of .any kind will probably occur in their residences. The plans for the arrangement of ex hibits and programme of entertainments ;for the Garfield Monument fair are as suming pretty definite shape. The ro tunda of the Capitol, while being neces :sarily the principal center of attraction, will have many rivals for popular atten tion and be thus relieved of that crush ing and crowding that has been experi enced on other occasions, notably the reception by the Society of the Array of the Cumberland, when Gen. Thomas' .statue was unveiled. The ninety feet .of diametrical dimension is to be nsed .as follows: A platform six feet across will extend the entire circumference, except wlnye intersected by the various entrances. This will be surmounted by a counter occupying nearly half its width. An aisle, twelve and a i half feet wide, intervenes between this and the exhibits of the four great art houses; Messrs. Tiffany & Co., have been allotted the North eastern section, Sarony the northwestern, the Gorham silver manufacturing company the north western, and the First Japanese manu facturing company the southeastern. August. 4 . GOTHAM GOSSIP. Langtry's Debut. jrot an artistic suc cess. An analysis. PattVs re-appearance, Traces of use manifesting 27temselves in her voice. Nicolini. A dramatic male Mrs. Malaprop. Elec tion cartoons and toys. Amusing nov elties. New hats.Vanderbilt to cdJii bithis pictures to the public, Women for the domestic arts. Gentlemen's fashions. New York, November 13th, 1882. i The agony is overj Mrs. Langtry has faced the critics and the pnblic from the stage, and she must now prepare to fight her way against the odds raised by grow ing familiarity. It was a memorable occa tion that first night of hers at Wallack's. The luxurious theatre was packed from orchestra to gallery with as fine a class of people as ever gathered to welcome a rising dramatic starl The crowd was a living monument to curiosity. And the opinion as to her performance ? Well, people were carried away with the tide and they applauded the lady to the echo. They hung on her utterances, they smiled with her and they felt sad with her. But after the performance was over and they! had been removed from the wilderness of brilliant toilettes, flanked by the elegant black of gentle man's dress-coats, they began to analyse and find that the interest was created, not by Mrs. Langtry's art, but by her sympathetic personality which exerts a wonderfully sunny; influence wherever it reaches. Candidly speaking, her art is more ambitious than able. One can see what she attempts, but at the same time one receives almost a painful shock to observe that shej is utterly unable to carry out her intentions, and, what is worse, there is not; even the suggestion of latent power in her acting. She does not possess that subtle essence so neccs sarv to a dramatic artist dramatic feeling. Her voice is monotonous and sounds thin, and that charm of manner which is one of her most striking char acteristics, looks very much like affecta tion in the glare of the foot-lights. It lacks spon taneousness. Had Mrs. Lang try appeared as an amateur, one would have said, in the conventional manner, that " she did very well." But as she launched out as a professional, one must judge her from that standpoint, and viewed therefrom she is no actress. This is severe language to use con cerning a beautiful woman who is eacrer to do well, but it is none the less true. Mrs. Labouchere, j who coached her in the technicalities of the stage, can hard ly be said to have ;done her work thor oughly. Mrs. Langtry's make-up was bad. In the glare of the light a shadow was thrown about the conju notion, cf the head and throat which had the efFect of making the head appear cemented on the neck, and enabled one to see the lino where the union was made, be ides, she looked decidedly thin, not to say scrawny. Now t,his was a libel on herself, and her make-up is solely to blame for it. Patti, likewise opened her season this week. Those who had not gone to see Langtry went to see diva. There were flowers and applause unlimited, but be fore an act had been sung, whispers cir culated among the audience: " Don't you think her voice is greatly worn?'' In some of the upper registers even the novice in musical matters could not help noticing the art and skill which she had to use to cover its defects. If Patti is wise she will pay heed to the warnings in time, and retire while she still wears the halo. As regards Nicolini, his voice never much is! now next to nothing. i If Patti remains on the stage much long er, Nicolini will goon drag her down from her throne, j One of the pleasantest and most a musing fellows about town is John Stet son, the manager 'of the Fifth Avenue Theatre, but he jhas that about him which arouses witty people to poke fun at him. The theatrical profession is quick to make use of such a quality, and thus they have got Stetson down for a full fledged Mrs. Malaprop of the day. The latest good thing passed around as having been uttered by him is this: Stetson was talking about the fortunes of a theatre, once very popular, but from which the public, from some unaccountable reason, are staying away. "The truth is," said he in a very dog matic way, " That when once the public gets disinfected with a theatre you can't get them back." This unfortunate' sub stitution of disinfection for disaffection was received with significant silence. In two hours everybody on Union Square had heard of Stetson's latest, and for twenty-four hours he was asked by everyone of his acquaintances he met whether ho was " disinfected" with any thing he looked so gloomy. ' For two weeks the streets have been alive with hawkers of photographs and lithographs ef Mrs. Langtry. The over whelming democratic victory, has made the pictures of the Jersey Lilly a drug in the market. Wherever one goes pho tographs of Cleveland stare them in the face. Cartoons, some of them very wit ty, abound. Thus one of them repre sents Folger running post-haste to cateh a ferry-boat which has just left the slip. The designation of this very telling pro duction is " Left." Another represents Butler with the inevitable spoon shov ing down an evidently unwelcome dose down the throat of the patched up old Republican warhorse of Massachusetts. Appropriate toys loo hate made their appearance. Thus two little wooden figures are gotten up us prize fighters, on a little platform. When you pull a string one figure invariably strikes the other oue which always fills on its knees and raises its arms appealingly. The hitter has Cleveland's face, and the victim looks painfully like Folger. Re publican match-boxes are also out. Thy are made in the shape of a coffin bearing the inscription " C. J. Folger, died Nov. 7th, 1882. Peace to his ash es." There is a bewildering number of new hats visible wherever one goes, and al though they have the aristocratic rolling brim, they are all Democratic. The hatters did an unusually good business this year. There was comparatively little money bet, and thus speculation ran exclusively in hats. An acquain tance of mine owns no less than four new ones, one of which I myself contrib uted. He says that next year he will go into the hat business around election time, as there is money in it. William H. Vanderbilt will shortly throw open his art gallery to the public. By the public is of course not meant that indiscriminate mass whom Vander bilt generally alluded to in that famous phrase of his the public be d , but such as he chooses to invite. There is a rare treat in store for those whom good fortune enables to secure the bit of paste-board which is to serve as the open sesame" to the wonders treasured up in his mansion. There is an unusual demand for wom an's work in nearly all departments of household art. They are looked upon as careful, intelligent and tasteful work ers, and earn good wages. Hundreds of girls possessed of skill and taste can in these fields make more money than as shop girls, milliners or dress makers. A little teaching will make them famil iar with the technique, and ardent devo tion to study will do the rest. The in structor in wood engraving, at the art school at the Cooper Institute, thinks that women ought to try their hands more at wood engraving, a branch of art at present almost monopolized by men. A woman's sense of touch and her powers of adapting means to ends, are fully equal to that of a man, and her taste and delicacy of execution ought to stand her in great stead in landscape and still life work. The election excitement has some what interfered with the business of drygoods people and milliners, but now that it is over, business will run in un disturbed channels. In gentlemen's fashions there is but little new to record. The tailors made great efforts to foist the long English surtout on to the pub lic, and make them discard the time honored sack overcoat, or the fondly ad mired ulster, but it was unavailing. With the exception of a few inceptive Beau Brummels on the Avenue, no one has the necessary courage to wear them. Collars are worn tight around the neck and extremely high, so that it is requi site to turn the entire body when it is necessary to look round. Dress shirts ore ornamented with a great deal of em broidery; but one stud is worn in front. Dress coats are faced with satin almost exclusivelv. Some new ones have the entire collar and lappels covered with satin. In gloves, embroideiel backs are de rigueur. In underwear, terra cot ta effects with stripes are the prevailing fancies. PARIS FASHIONS. (Trom Our Regular Correspondent.) Paris, Nov. 3rd., 1882. Simplicity is certainly not a fault of fashion this season. All the pretended skin-deep simplicity of the summer is forgotten. It was pleasant for a time to play at economy, to wear gowns of cot tonade, to tuck up tunics in dairymaid or shepherdess fashion. But the amuse ment palled and became pointless when it ceased to be a game restricted to a few players seeking therein a new sen sation. Husbands and fathers and oth ers who hold the pursestrings saw in the movement a promise doomed to be un fulfilled. All of us cannot afford to be so generous as a certain grand duke, who, about to visit Paris, asked his wife what he should bring her, and to whom she, thinking, perhaps, of the reply made to the same question by the favorite daughter to her sire in the nursery parable of " Beauty and the Beast," answered a bunch of violets ! The spirit of her wish was carried out in this wise: a toilet of creamy white crape for the foundation, wreathed with pur ple violets and silver acorns, the train lilac tinted, brocaded exquisite posies of the wished-for blossom. And so the bunch of autumn flowers became a robd of regal splendor, modesty proving the best policy in this instance, as in that of Beauty's rose, which, if it led to trouble at first, was the source of much joy in the sequel. Perhaps it is as well that our womankind are not all so modest in their wishes and requirements, or we should feel bound to reward them in some such sort, instead of having to grumble over those big totals that make such havoc with our incomes, and cause bachelors to look askance at matrimony unless combined with a respectable mar riage portion. Even a dot, which re quires six figures for its record, does not always get us out of the dfficulty, for women who bring, their husband a for tune are wont to insist, like Madame Fourchambault, on a style of housekeep ing to correspond, while they expect to spend half their own money on their own persons. Dressmakers prices hae increased in such a formidoble manner of late that it is difficult to imagine how the next gen eration of elegantes will contrive to dress at all. Such men as Worth, Felix, and Pingat charge 1,500 francs for a hand some visiting costume in velvet, satin, and brocade, whereas even merchands de nouveautcs, who reproduce the same model in an infinite number of specimens, run the prices high up into the hun dreds. Yet materials are not by any means so dear as they used to be under the Empire. Woollens are much more more reasonable, while the quality is quite as good, if not superior. And as for silks, the difference is startling. But what does this avail if our desires have gone ahead of their own reckless way, and if the fabrics that made up the prettiest dresses are now only considered applicable to frillings and linings. Sat in, once the ne plus ultra of elegance, is good at most to kilt and pleat, brocade and embroider. Trimmings have pur sued the same progressive motion. What fashion used to be contented with pleas es it no longer. Decorative passementerie to excite remark must have an individ ual existance, and have been designed purposely for the post it occupies, so that a coutourier keeps a special staff of men and women occupied in producing gimps fringes, and buttons, and executing em broidery, either with their own deft fin gers, or the hardly less intelligent au tomaton, the embroidery machine, of which the general public gets no copy. This swells the bill of course. Richly furnished show rooms, elegant ly attired young ladies with irreproach able figures, also, must be accounted for in the cost of a gown. A $20.00 Bible Reward. The publishers of Jiutledge's Monthly offer twelve valuable rewards in their Monthly for December, among which is the following: We will give $20.00 in gold to the person telling us how many verses there are in the New Testament Scriptures, (not the New Revision) by December 10th, 1882. Should two or more cor rect answers be received, the reward will be divided. ' The money will be forward ed to the winner December 15th, 1882. Persons trying for the reward must send 20 cents in silver (no postage stamps taken) with their answer, for which they will receive the Christmas Monthly, in which the name ancf address of the winner of the reward and the correct an swer will be published. This may be worth $20.00 to you; cut it out. Address Rutledge Publishing Company, Eas ton, Penna. Last Monday Hon. Nelson Cole com mitted suicide at his home in this Coun ty; Hejhad been suffering from cancer. His jawa were all eaten away. He could take no nourishment except with a spoon He' was the victim of the most excrucia ting pains, and longed to get out of his agony. His son Rodney was attending him. He'left the room for a moment, when hv retuned he found his father lying dejid on the floor with a bullet through jhis brain. Mr. Cole was Rep resentative of this County, and was not ed for his wit and love of fun. He was the life pf those with whom he associa ted, andj was well posted on many polit ical topics. He was a native of Illinois, and left! a number of children. After Life's fitful fever may he sleep well I LOCAL NEWS. Meeting About Christmas. Meeting called to order and Mr. E. E. Quick elected Chairman, Mr. Glendye appointed Secretary. The following committee were appointed TO SECURE THE TREE. James Muckle, Francis Miles Chas. KonkleJ Chas. Blakesley and Mr. Mc Nally. ON DECORATION Mesdames-Giltner, Adams, Muckle and Moore, and Misses Butler, Merrill and Perry. ON MUSIC. Mrs. Muckle, Mrs. Giltner, Mrs. Moore, Miss Butler, Messrs. McBride, Hancoc k and Cox. TO TAKE PRESENTS OFF TREE. Messrs.' Tedford and Glendye. TO TAivE CHARGE OF PRESENTS. Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Muckle, Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Ellen Perry. TO RljAD NAMES ON PRESENTS. Mrs. Morse and Major Adams. TO DISTRIBUTE PRESENTS. Miss Butler and Miss Miles to Solicit subscriptions. Miss Minnie Perry and Miss Hattie Rathbun. Received a call on Tuesday from Prof. E. B. McEIroy, State Superintendent of Instruction and from Prof. Quick, Coun ty School Superintendent. Mr. McEI roy appears like a wide-awake man. The fir;t Teachers' Institute for this Ju dicial District will commence at Oregon City, Dec. 25th, and continue the 26th 27th aLd perhaps 28th. The fare on the O. R. and N. boats will be reduced 40 per cent. Prof. Quick, Mrs. N. Morse and Major Adams and wife will probably be present from Columbia Co. From the style and appearance of the man we believe Prof. McEIroy will make nis mark on the history of our ris ing State, j On Sunday we took a ride over to Mr. Godkin's Furniture Manufactury with oir family. The roads were horrid. We had a pleasant call, and got our sink for washing type and our kitchen safe carried over for repairs. Every thing was fixed up in shape. Mr. God kin is i splendid workman. He showed us a case of Drawers for McBride's store which will be a model of beauty as well as con venience. Two parties who were seeking furniture we showed the way. The other day Dr. J. P. Walker D.D. and Joseph Harris invited us with1 a big crowd We noticed the Beavers liked better to gnaw grub than gnaw logs. The bolognas had tp take it, and in about half an hour Davenport . was eaten down to the be!d-rock, and had to lay in now sup plies. He jumped around like a dough- nUt in a kettle of hot fat. Sich is !ife in St Helen. Wej have received a letter from Mrs. DannJ Los Angeles, CaL dated Novem ber 2l!. We make the following extract, "The weather is fine, the farmers are doing lots of plowing. The apples, pears, grapejj, lemons, figs, pomegranates and oranges are very nice and in great abun dance folks, you a here. I saw H. J. Stevenson's They are all well. I will send good long letter soon. Ellen Dann." Marion E. Butler, wife and child ar rived at the home of Mrs. Butler's fath er, Hon, S. A. Miles. Jennie Miles re turnejl with them. They were greeted with ,oy by every one. Mrs. Butler makes a handsomer woman than girl, and unites in a rare manner dignity and ease in her appearance. They will stay till after Christmas. Eddie Giltner and Willis Morse hav ing entered the Portland High School after a successful examination returned to St. Helen on Thanksgiving day to en joy the pleasures of home. ITSWS 3DE0PS- Just received a large stock of Men' ready-made clothing consisting of fine Diagonal, Beaver, Cassimere and Tweed .'iuitsf also a large stock of Men's and boys' boots, made in San Francisco expressly' fer this trade. Call and examine quality and prices pf these gppds at McBRIDE'S STORE. Dr. Jessup still continues to buy the' right of way for tho N. P. R R. S. A. Miles takes him out with his team. S. G; CaUdle goes also to do the swearing; The Doctor has bought out Mr. William Harris for $75, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoyt for $500, Joseph Copeland &r $175 and R. S. Fullerton for $300. j. P. Walker is assisting Moses Mc Namee in logging on the North Fork of the Scappoose. McNamee, backed by -Ankeny is doing a rushing business; He has bought the- Haven place, and will pay for it in logs. J udge Moore and Mr". Dillard have been to Court the past week at Kalama. They were engaged in several important case The Judge says there was a large criminal docket. A certain man in town, who walka like a sack of bran on end, throws his head back and promenades the street atv if he was a Bashaw when he ia only a Pshaw. J. S. Davenport will soon have sau sages cooked for lunch, and other varie ties, so transient people can always get a bite no matter what time they happen in town. S. F. Howe, Dentist, will be at St Helen the First Monday in. each month and remain Tyx Days, unless by special agreement to remain longer. We are in receipt of The Advance, an -Educational and Temperance Paperr published at 508 Clay Street, Saa Fran cisco. Terms, $1,50. Master T. Lee Stewart will come home from Wilfewantte University to spend Christmas-, and Isaac Copeland from Monmouth College- Mrs. Winslow has got Irer cSvorco and has assumed her maiden namr of MeMirrtry- Miss McMurtry is teach ing at Bradbury. From the amount of " fixina " Judge Moofe furnishes his family, in Down East parlance, we should call him "good provider." Mr. J. W. Campbell, Surveyor ha come out in a nobby suit and by his per sonal appearance &hows that his busirjess is thriving, Mrs. Mary Browne's baby improve in appearance. It has a very suave ap pearance, and looks as if there was stock in it. Mr. William Harris, a veteran of thff War of 1812" ha been quite sick. We trust he will have a speedy recovery tc health, Jopie R, youngest daughter of Hon, Joseph Copeland has had the scarlet fe ver in Portland, but has fully recovered Mr, Alfred Hol'man has returned frotri Victoria; while there lie saw the Mar quis of Lome and Princess Louise, Mrs. N. L Grey is still very sick, but little Carrie is better. Mr. Grey is nearly worn out with watching. Lin. Shintaffer is sick at his brother-, in-law's, Judge Moore. Mrs. Moore will give him every attention. Tom Welles and others are pegging away at Blakesley's hotel. They are nailing on the rustic. Capt. Alex. Henderson and a Mr. Parker have bought the Kerns place, 181 acres for $700. Rev. T. M. Reese will preach at Scap poose and St. 1 J elen at the usual hours on Sunday. ' . B"Money to loan on real estate security by F. A. Moore Esq., St. Helen Oregon. Mr. Amos Slavens has moved his family up to his ranch by Mr. Caleb Neer's. Mri4B.icharc-80n is on a visit to her daughter, MrsDorinda Muckle. Rev. Mr.'f.Shardle preached here Thanksgiving Day and Evening. Judge Moore -lias purchased a now parlor set for his residence. Mr. Divine has left Scappoose with-, out a Dr. of Divinity. S. A. Miles is killing whoppers in the way of beef cattle. " Miss Louise Conyers is still recover ing. Judge Pope has entirely lost his Rear ing. F. II. Hughes keeps prime beet i i l i . " ' . i t "V'v ... w ' I 'P- -a ' ( . V.' ... . i&'r?rzZr ' 4 , 1. ... .
