The Columbian., April 20, 1883, Image 4

.- TWENTY YEARS AGO.
I've -wandered to the village, Tom; I've sat be
neath the tree, , .
Upon the school-house playground, that shel
tered you and nic;
.But none were left to greet me, Tom; and few
. were left to know.
Who played with us upon the green, some twenty
years ago.
The grass is just as green, Tom; bare-footed
boys at play
."Weresportingjustaa we did then, with spirits
just as gay.
But the "Master" sleeps upon the hill, which,
coated o'er with snow.
Afforded us a sliding-place, seme twenty years
,The old echool-houseis altered now; the benches
are replaced
By new oue, very like the same our penknives
" . once defaced;
But the 6ame old bricks are in the wall, the bell
swings to and fro;
. IU music's just the same, dear Tom, 'twas twenty
3-ears ago.
" The boy3 were playing some old game, beneath
that same old tree; .
I have lorgol the name just now, jou've played
the same with me,
On that same spot; 'twas played with knives, by
throwing so and so;
The leader had a task to do, there, twenty years
' The river's running just as still; the willows on
its side
Are larger than they were, Tom; the stream ap
pears less wide;
But the grapo-vine awing is ruined now, where
. once we played the beau.
And swung" our sweethearts pretty girls just
twenty years ago.
The rpring that bubbled 'neath the hill, close by
the spreading beech,
13 very low, twas then so high that we could
scarcely reach,
And, kneeling down to get a drink, dear Tom, I
started so,
To see how sadly I am changed since twenty
years ago
'Twas by that spring, upon an elm, you know, I
cut your name,
7 Your sweetheart's jnst beneath it, Tom. and you
did mine tho same;
Some heartless wretch nas peeled the bark, 'twas
. dying sure but slow,
Just as" she died, whose name you cut, some
twenty j ears ago.
My lids have long been dry, Torn, but tears
came to my eyes;
I thought of her J. loved so well, those early
broken ties;
I visited, the old jchuich yard, and took some
flowers to strew
Upon the graves of those we loveJ, some twenty
' . years ago.
Some are in the church-yard laid, some sleep
beneath the sea;
But few are left of our old class, excejiting you
And when our time is come, Tom, and we are
called to go;
I hope they'll lay ns where we played, just
twenty years 8 go.
A RUSSIAN PRINCESS.
What was I to do? Never was a woman
placed in snob a pitiful condition. I had
been brought to .Russia by a New Eng-
' land sewing machine company to run
tttoii TnnrViinp.(i u.t an Arronftv nf thrnrs in
street in 53t. Petersburg, where a
handsome shop had been rented. One
m t A 1 M . 1
blustery com aity xowaras lue ciose 01
October, I found the shop door closed,
and learned to my dismay that our agent
had disappeared and the machines all
been seized for rent and debts. What
was so oa uone.' ah me monej x uau m
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"What was due me I had left in oar
v agent's hands, and I felt sure it vras lost.
J. thought of everything in the twenty
five minutes which elapsed between my
-a . - . w r 1 1 1 1
, neart-ureaKiDcr wnen.x iohdq me saop
j door closed and my rapid walk to my
lodgings. Fortunately my room had
- been hired for the month, and had been
paid for in advance. . I had at least a
roof over mv head for a few weeks. An
-idea suddenly struck me. I had been
making tm evening dress on the machine
IOr a .XkUSsllin iouj wuu ti-Fun.o j-.uiiau.
y She had some idea of baying a machine.
In order to expedite the work I had
taken to my room the body of her dress,
and, having a machine there, had sewed
on it nights. That machine I would
"certainly keep; it would go very little
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lUWttru tuo puiiucuif uj ucui tuc
agent owed me. I hurried home. Per
haps there was a letter with some money
in it. There was nothing. I must find
'the lady bat how? She had left no ad
dress. She had hardly spoken to me. I
thought I heard her say that she would
come again, and I believed she had fixed
on this ciav. There was but one chance
in a thmiRttnrL T mnst stand in the
. street and wait until she appeared.
I hastened back and took up my posi
tion near the shop. I scanned every
woman passing by. It was bitterly cold
and raw, and the wind chilled me. I was
faint with anxiety. Had I only inown
, more 01 tne language, j. womu nave
asked a policeman to take me to the
American Consul to the Minister. I
was in despair. Suddenly a carriage
drove up, a footman opened the door
and a lady elegantly dressed alighted. I
tore across the street; it was the Russian
lady. With my heart in my mouth I
told her my pitiful story and begged her
to help me. If she wanted a servant,
1 1 r T 1 1 .
would sne iry mer a naa a sewing ma
chine, and I would make her dresses for j
nothing if I could only stay with her un-j
til I conl'l write to mv ceoDle at home:
thev wonld Mend me monev and. I could '
4 get back to the United States. My words
must have had bnt little sense in them, I
was so broken "hearted, for at first she
hardly eemed to understand me.
1 "I was without a friend in the world
.here; a poor American woman, thou
sands of miles from her home."
1 She looked steadily at me.then opened
'- her pprtmonnaie.
'No, no," I Bai l. "I want no money.
I can not beg. I was not so poor as to
ask alms. But you do not remember me?
The store is closed. The man who kept
.. X 1 .1 IU.
it nas run away, a buowbu yuu mn w ny
men sue scanneu mo 11 mumy , usjlii
cross-questioned me sharply.
.1 . - " 1 A. A. 1 1
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How COUlu a young gin trust ueratii
alone in this strange country?" she
"I am not alone. Two other young
women came from the United btates "witti
me.' Two weeks ago they were sent
home, and the miserable man in charge
induced me to stay, promising to give
me money enough at the end of next
month f. r my trip borne to the United
States. Might not the police look up the
matter? I have been outrageously swin
dled." .
"The police? and my dress am I to
"Not all of it. The skirt is in the
almost finished."
It seemed to me dreadful that in my
agony she should talk about her dress. . .
"Where do you live?" she inquired
carriage," she said. I did so. When we
. were off the main street she stopped the
carriage, got out with me and we walked
to myjodgings. I opened the door. On
the . table was her basque. It did not
eam to interest her. She picked it up,
- however, glanced at it a moment, then
threw it down. She examined the sew
ing machine.
"How long would it take me to become
proficient in working this?" she inquired
as she sat down before the machine and
fried the pedals. "Is it fatiguing?"
"No, madame. Oh, wou'd you buy it?
It is mine by rights. The money for it
might help me to leave St. Petersburg."
"How long did you say it would take
me to become proficient?"
"Two weeks perhaps less."
"Would it disfigure my hands?" She
took off her gloves, showed her well-cared-for
hands, her fingers glittering
with rings.
"Your beautiful hands would hardly
be spoiled."
"Well, then, give me a lesson at once
at once. . I will pay you for your
trouble."
I expressed my gratitude with almost
tears in my eyes. "I have no material
here but anything will do," I said, as I
opened my trunk and took out an apron.
"I will run a tuck across the bottom it
will do no harm."
"Nonsense. Take the waist and begin
on that."
"But it is quite finished, and any extra
stitching would spoil this delicate cream
colored silk."
"Give it to me," said the lady, taking
up her scissors and deliberately cutting
the waist up the back.
"Now sew me up this," she cried. I
took it, and as carefully as I could ran'
the machine, sewing up an ugly gash,
but of course the waist was spoiled.
"Now I will try;" and sho sat down, and
under my instructions worked for an
hour. She was wonderfully clever with
her fingers and seemed to seize the
peculiarities of the machine at once.
"At this rata of progress, madame, you
would become quite a good workwoman
in ten days," I said, approvingly.
j Sue made no reply, but worked away
for another half hour, crossing and re
ciossing the body with stitches. "It is
not so tiresome after all," she said, "but
I have had enough for to-day. To-morrow
I will call, and then you will take
the machine to pieces and show me how
it must be put together again. You will
oblige me very particularly by no going
out to-day. I have to thank you for
your patience. Keep my visit silent. I
hope yon have learned that in Russia it
is better to keep a quiet tongue. Do not
return to the shop. Pray take this for
my first lesson," and she placed on the
machine table a piece of gold.
"I am very much overpaid," I said.
"Where are you from? English or
American?"
' "American from New Hampshire."
"New Hampshire! Where is that?"
"One of the New England states."
"I never heard of it. You are a good
Republican, I suppose?"
"1 hope so."
"Well, adieu." I felt very much in
clined to kiss her. She looked cold and
haughty, but my heart was so full of
thankfulness that, overcoming somewhat
the iwe I felt, I ventured to take her
hand in mine and put it to my lips. She
did not withdraw it. "Poor child," she
said, "you do not look more than twenty
and at your age to be in such trouble!
This must bft a hard experience for you.
Good-bye, and until to-morrow." She
gazed at me steadfastly, as if she would
loos: me through, and then, bowing, left
me.
I did not, would not allow myself to
be disheartened. I sat down and wrote
two letters one to my mother at Am
herst, the other to a sewing-machine
company at New York. I explained my
pitiful condition.
Next morning early there was a low
knock at my door. I opened it, and a
woman plainly dressed entered. She
did not say a word. She placed a bundle
she held in her Land in a chair and at
once went to the machine, took up the
bodice and commenced sewing.
"You will kindly forget the lady of
yesterday and know me as Elise simply,
or rather, as Eliso is French, we will say
Eliza. I want to learn your trade. It
is a whim of mine. "Do you think that
in a month I could earn my bread this
way? I offer "you a partnership. I can
fiDtl the funds. The contents of the shop
will probably be sold out and you will
be able to buy one of the machines for
me. .Now, will you take this one apart?
I had not a word to say. I brought a
wrench, a screwdriver, an oil can and
unloosened the working parts of the ma
chine. She took tliSv,oil can and bent
over the machine, studyfaj&.it. . Inoticad
that she touched witlr herwbite fingers
all the grimy parts of he machine until
her hands were soiled.
"It is by no means as complicated a
a revolver," she said. V
I made no comments as put the
working parts together. She was very
silent, working incessantly upon some
coarse material she had brought with
her. I sat near her teaching her what
to do. Sho worked on until past noon.
"Is it not time to eat something?"
"It is," I replied; "would madam par
take of my simple meal?"
"MadamJ lam-Eliza and you say
your bajtu is, Mary. Mary, I shall be
very gfad f 6' share your food with you, if
you will let me. If you have not enough
fcr two, I will go out and buy what is
wanted. What shall it be? I dare say I
can shop better than you. Will you lend
me yonr sLawl, your furs and your over--I
shoes?"
Before I could say a word sho had
them all on. Then she laughed for the
first time and courtesied to me. "Sister
Mary," "Sister May," she cried in great
glee, "our co-partnership begins from
to-day. I am capital and you brains.
Little sister, good-bye. I shall not be
gone more than a quarter of an hour."
And I was so astonished as to be speech
less. In a trice she was back, loaded
down with packages. " She had a load of
bread, a piece of cheese, a pot of pre-i
serves, a breast of smoked goose, some
salt cucumbers. "I have a somayar, but
it was too heavy for mo to carry. The
man I bought it of will bring it here at
once. It is second-hand, but as good as
new. I see you have a tea-pot. My only
two extravagances were some good soap
and a pound of the best tea. Gome, let
us eat. I can arrange -anything. I am
to wait on you." j
Then came the man with the copper
urn and charcoal, and she made the tire
and prepared the meal. "We don't
drink tea out of cups when we belong to
the people, bxit swallow it in tumblers."
Though I sat down at the littlo table
with her; I ate very sparingly; I was so
much coninscl.
"Before I conclude my first day's les
son. Sister Mary, let me ask you some
thing. Did you ever read the 'Arabian
Nhvhts?' It is a K mk I suppose all the
world has read." !
"It is quite well known in the United
States. All children read it and 'Robin
son Crusoe.' " '
"So I thought." i
"You want me to remember Aladdin?"
"Not at all. The story I wish you to
t' ink about is not half so pleasant. It
is about Sindbad tho Sailor, and the old
man-ape he could not get rid of. You
are the sailor, Sister Mary, and I am the
ugly old man-ape," and she made so
comical a grimace that I could not help
smiling.
"I assure you that is my character and
you never will get rid of me until you
break my head. SiBter Mary, will you
share your supper with me, your bed
with me to-night, your breakfast with
me to morrow, not for that day, but for
the next day. and the day after that?"
She said this very quietly as she took
my hand in hers. I was at a loss to
know how to reply.
?Wg are to work together for our liv
ing only, Sister Mary, make mo pro
ficient. I will be so diligent."
"But, madam."
','No Sister Eliza."
"Sister Eliza, how is it possible that a
lady of means, whose acquaintance I
made but yesterday, who awed me with
her grand manners, her carriage, should
wish to beoome a sewing-woman?"
Ask me no questions. This, however,
I will promise you. The story of the
old man-ape is partially true, but there
is a limit to your endurance. In a month
from now, I swear to you, your passage
home shall be paid you, and besides that
there will be given you a handsome sum
for you to start in life with in your own
country; only, for God's sake, remember
that just as you threw yourself on my
mercy I now throw myself on yours. I
believe you have character and courage.
No harm will come to you. I want a
refuge, and have found it. Teach me
what you call tho tension, how to tighten
the band when it slips, how to gauge the
stitch, and what to do when the thread
breaks."
In a day I learned to love that woman.
All the haughty, proud manner was gone.
She waited on mo. She was the first up
in the morning. She was always busy.
The porter of the house evidently mis
took her for one of the two girls who had
been in the employ of the sewing machine
company, for one or the other of thetn
had often been in my room. Some
small extra compensation had been
given him for the new lodger. She never
spoke save in English, and her coming
to me had been .so mvsterious that I felt
quite certain the porter was entirely ig
norant of her oondition.
: Certainly it worried me a great deal.
More than once I ventured to ask for an
explanation, but Eliza would place her
hand on my mouth po that my speech
was interrupted. It distressed me to see
how hard she worked, for I felt sure that
this new life was hurting her. I could
see that from her pallor. If anything
more than another made me feel sorry it
was for her beautiful hands. She seemed
to take infinite pains in soiling them.
'They are filthy horrible," she would
say. "and still I think I care for them
more than I should if I only could get
a thick, red, rough skin on them."
( As she had said, the owner of the store
was only too glad to sell me a machine
Eliza furnished the money. Work came
to us in a mysterious way left down
stairs with the porter. By and by a fash
ionable dressmaker, who made dresses
for the court ladies, sent for me' and
give me work. As what we had to do
was well sewed and were always prompt,
in less than three weeks we were doing a
good business. My companion, save for
the daily purchases made in the immedi
ate neighborhood for food never went
out. No one called on her; she never
received a letter. A few days over tae
month had passeJ. when one morning as
I was running up a seam in a piece of
cloth, my needle struck something. It
was a piece of paper.
i "It is for me, Sister Mary," said Eliza,
She took the bit of paper, held it to the
stove, appeared to read something, and
then opened the stove door and burned
it. I did not question her. She worked
on cheerfully all day, chatting on indif
ferent subjects.
That night when we were in bed, tak
ing me in ber arms, she said:
"Poor Mary, your troubles, your
anxieties, are now over. To morrow
early apply for your passport. It will
cost you to go from here to Liverpool,
say 10, and the passage from Liverpool
to the United States as much more; that
makes 80, and you will have something
to spare. I wish it could have i een
more, but you will have altogether 330,
which, after deductingyour traveling ex
penses, will leave you some money to bc
ein vour life with, again, irom me
who have learned to love a singularly
honest and simple-minded womin you
shall have this ring," and she slipped on
my finger a ring, "but don't wear it; the
diamond might betray me. So far, Mary,
you have run no risk, but next week you
might be ruined forever, for you have
harbored "
I was speechless with terror.
"Only a woman," she -continued,
"whose own life or the life of any one
else who stood in ksr way she would
care no more for taking than would the
cook who wrings a chicken's -neck. Do
not be shocked, Mary, I shall sleep as
sweetlv to-night as if death did not
threaten me. My story, as far aa relates
to you, is soon told. It became necessary
for me a month ago to disappear. The
simplest chance in the world threw you
in my way. Had you been of any other
nationality than an American I would
never have-trusted you. You might go
out now, Mary, and sell me Judas-hke
for a sum of money which would mxko
yon rich for life."
I clung convulsively to ' her and bade
her be quiet.
"Through my veins, child, there runs
the best blood in Russia, but every drop
of it I will shed for the cause. Thank
your God for your lowly estate. You
must go away to-morrow, and now good
night."
I begged her to come to the United
States with me. She said:
"No,my place is here. I should be use
less there."
Then she complained of lassitude, and
presently went to sleep. I looked at her,
her face pillowed on her arm, breathing
as calmly as an infant, and - thought her
ftie loveliest woman I had ever seen.
Next morning, out of a package of
some rough material, she produced, as if
by magic, a roll of notes which, without
counting, she handed to me. "Later in
the day there ought to arrive some furs
for me, for poor Mary must not get cold.
Now, away with you." Her old manner
had returned. "Get your passport. Go
by Bremen to England, or the ice will
delay you. Do not wait."
Sill I was irresolute. 'I could not
bear to leave her. I sobbed a3 if my
heart would break. Then she knelt to
me and implored me to go. At last I
consented. My p ssport was given me
at police headquarters without a word.
1 returned to our room. As I 6 toad at
the landing the cheerful clatter of the
machine was heard. Eliza was bending
over her work, singing some plaintiff air.
"Is it all right?" she asked, very quietly.
"See, your furs have come. They are
very beautiful, and so warm.''
'I have permission to leave."
"Thank God! See my work. I think
I could da,now without you." .
"You do not lovq;me, Eliza," I cried.
"Not love you my sis'er! I loved my
husband he was shot. I loved my only
child ; in the agony of my grief because
his father was killed from my breast he
sucked poison and died. After them I
love you best. Then she . burst into a
paroxism of tears. "It is because I love
you that I might be your death."
As she rung my hand she felt the ring
on my finger. "Off with it! You wore
your mittens at the police office! If they
had seen it! . Quick, let me hide it. She
took off my shoe, and hid the ring in my
stooking. "Should you ever marry, sell
the ring; or the stone in it, and you will
not be portionless. Now, off with you.
I have made a bundle for you. The rest
of your things you will give me. Here
is a photograph of yours- -you will let
me keep it? I havo been happier with
you than for years." She took me by
the hand, gave me one long kiss, closed
the door on me, and I never saw her
more.
My trip home was without a single in
cident. My dear mother comforted me
Still, there were some vague feelings of
dread. My mind wandered, all I could
do.towards my room companion. Picking
up a newspaper when at home, some two
weeks after my arrival. I read in the tel
egraphic dispatches:
- "St. Petersburg. Dec. 3J. An arrest
of great importance has been made.
One of the chief actors in the; Nihilistic
plots, a Russian princess, was taken, but
only after she had killod one of" the two
police. DiscBised as a sewing-woman,
she had baffled the police."
A Parisian
Journalist's
ence.
Buttelly Exist-
The other night I fell .in with' a noted
journalist who crave me a uicturesnue
and comical account of : the laborious1 life
which ho, in common with moat of -his
confreres, leads in this whirlpool of
Paris. It was past midnight, and he vas
just calling on his wife to accompany her
home; b it as people were only just be
ginning to come, I suggested that he was
going away too early. "Mou cher, I
must be up at half-past five." "Half
past five?" I said, "for a man who goes
to bed at unearthly hours, and writes
leading editorials for a morning newepa
per! "Ob, he said, holding up his
hand and spreading out his fingers in a
gesture of humorous deprecation, "I am
no better than a galley slave. This Fri
day night it is merely due to tho provi
dence ot kindness that there is not a the
atrical premiere. Had there been one, I
should have been deprived of the pleas
ure of coming here, and should have
been obliged to sit in a heated theater
until after ono o'clock, carefully taking
notes and studying the situation of a
play which would not appeal to my feel
ings; and then should have trundled
home in an ill-smelling cab, to be up at
half-past five, taking a cup, of chocolate
and get awry by an early train."
"For what purpose?" I asked.
"To go down into the country and lec
ture at a military school, where I am one
of the professors, and where, if I am not
on the platform at my dess at exactly
eight I should receive such a ministe
rial whipping tlut I should not be likely
to forget it. I get back to town tired
out for my mid-day meal. Then at one
o'clock, punctually, I sit down to write
out my feuilleton on the theatrical per
formance of the previous night, which
takes me three hours to do. Then I post
it off to the newspaper to which I con
tribute once a week all such matters.
This finished, I jump into a cab and go
to another newspaper office, where I
write political editorials. There I work
ltke a condemned criminal until seven,
and I am always la-te at dinner; after din
ner, very often and he raised both
hands and shook them very often,
thanks to the merciless habits of mana
gers of theaters, there is a premiere rep
resentation on Sunday night, and my
poor head is cooked again until one
o'clock on Sunday morning. Then. I
have two books iu hand, one of which I
am "under contract to deliver at a certain
time, and the other I am contributing
serially to an artistic journal, so that I
am surprised at myself when I have leis
ure enough to 30 into society. But that
is nothing new. Everybody iu literature
does the same. We live a stupid life of
perpetual, work with hardly an instant
for reflection." And he took his wife
under his arm and went off with his
shoulders bowed, as if he were already
prepared to butt against the barriers of
overwork always rising in front of him.
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MAKE HI KM.
EiTPrtnraiKt(Vd Washington. Vo A
Fuhr, Props. .Manufacturers of IDot bread, Soda,
Ilcnic, Butter, Boston, Sugar and Shots Fly crackers.
Orders from the trade solicited and promptly at
tendwl to,
ATTO F. VS.
I. P. KKXNKliY.. Attorney and Counselor at
Imw Boom u Dekun'i bttlldlug. I.pslU buxinea.1
pArtalniuK to Letters Patent for Inventions, befor
th Patent Oftire or In tli 'Vnrts. a siwHalty.
ANEW C.a!n Til DATE FOIt PUBLIC FAVOB IS
the SewiNn. 12 White ssewlnir Machine. on exhi
bition at Garrison's Kewlng Machine Htore, Portland.
Tailors and others interested In a tirst-cl-iss manufac
turing machine are invited to call and examine.
seeeIsi
SEEDS!
"YTE HAVE 3TOW OX HAND AT TIIK
OREGON SEED DEPOT
The latest stock nf seeds erer held by one firm
north of Kan Francisco, which will be sold at reason
able figures, consisting of Grass. Vefretnbip, Flower
r-eeds, ete , etc. Afrents for "fnirMTlul r.gis Food;"
also for Wlckersham's Bone Phosphate. Mend for
catalogue; free to all applicants. Address,
2011 Second Street, Portltiml.
USE
ROSE PILLS.
FLV1A.KGE1 JPICT17JLES.
I. G. Davidson, the popular Portland phofogrn
Cher, is filling orders for enlarged pictures of all
inds, at his gallery on the corner of First and
Yamhill streets. He employs A number of the
best artists at this work and it will bear the closest
inspection. His work is as good as any ever pro
duced on this coast, while his prices are. extremely
reasonable Mr. Davidson will receive orders by
mail from any part of th northwest coast and will
deliver them, all finished in the highest style of
the art, within a reasonable time. A trial order
from any section of- the country will convince
anyone that Mr. Davidson is the manto favor
with orders, a fair treatment has always been
his rule.
Ilone'i Original J nr.! lee Pint-era and Consoli
dated Mlnatrela.
This great company, now playing to crowded
houses throughout the Sound, turning hundreds
of people away nightly, will appear in Oregon
City Monday, April ytb, fcaiem, luesaar, lutn,
Eugene, Wednesday, llth, Albany, Thursday,
12lh, Corallis, Friday. 13th, Independence,
Saturday, J4th. 1 he company will open at New
Market theater in Portland as soon as the present
dramatic company, now playing there, leave.
The papers throughout California and the Sound
country are loud in praise of this companv, and
we advise all our readers throughout the valley
to go and witness their wonderful performances.
Tho next Bensation nt the Elite in Portland" is
the appearance of El Nino, Eddie,the "Wonder
of tire World" and Alice Morgan, the "Queen of
Clubs,' Popular prices, 25 and 50 cents. '
For the best photographs in Oregon, go to F.
G. Abell's gallery. 137 First street, Portland. His
work will bear fhe most searching tests, for it is
made by genuine artists, who understand their
business.
Garrison rerairs ail hinds ot sewing machines
, -.-m - jar """"
V :
15
fill
AN UNPARALLELED OFFER
Ist-Gt-ntH' Oriile Cl-.iard : usual pilee, 7 50; price
2 31- -nt rpnr-hiTits SfcMon. ' sizr.
2d Kiegait brilliant .Scurf lln ; recrular price
to: 1 M.
3d Gents' King: fit card over finger for tilr.s. :
usual price, ?.".
4th Ki-i-hs:ji!ii. a irm. 1 .K: nsual price, 95.
5th A beautiful Bosom f tud; very brilliant, SI SO
iwtml itrl.. i
f.ili Ladles brilliant Kar Drops,?! 50. usual price. .
We will reluru money on anv of lliese coods if they
are not sup -nor t- your anticipations. Knowing tnal
no such offer has been made before Send money or
der if jM.ssible.and add ress TIIK MOKTOX AGENCY
Portland, Oregon. P. O. bos HOS.
The ORIENTAL BAZAAR
No. 09 Morrison
Street, between
Third and Fourth
Portland, Or
Importers and
Tealers In China
Ware, Jaranese
I-acj uerWar-, Jewj-
eiry, l eas and 5i;k
tioo isof all kinds.
Manufacturers of
I-adiPs' and Gent
While tioods. Iji
ces.Xeck wear and
lancj Goods.
A sent Han Fran
cirico Boot ami
Hhoe Factory. K
tail at wholessal
price.
r.O.Box 835.
Orders from tin
country filldd
promptly.
0 KEWAJRD
TTTIL.L BE PAID TO ANY PKKSON PKODUC
1 T li(f a more euectual remedy than
Dr. Keek's Sure Cure for Catarrh,
Which has stood the test Jftr fourteen years. PhW
ouKhly tested IB, pronounce It apeol0e for tbecdre of
that loathsome djaeaae. Try lu Your druggist hi a
it, price fl.
Dr. Keck thoroughly understands, and la eminent) r
successful In the treatment of allehronle ant. dlffl
cnlt dlseataea of both aexe and till aaea, havti c
made a specialty of their treatment for fourteen year
He treats Ouscer without using the knife. His favo :
Jte prescription Is furnished to lady patients Fre
No lady should be without it. Younft. middle-aged r
old, male or female, insanity or a life of suffering a
your inevitable doom unless you apply in time to U e
physician who understands, and Is competent to trci.t
your case. Waste no more time nor money with in
competent physicians. All communications aiteudt d
to with dispatch, and are strictly confidential.. Mec i
cines sent to any part of the country. Circulars, test i
montala, and a lsi. of printed questions furnished cm
application. COMIILTATIO.V FKEK. luclo.--a
three-cent stamp for list and addresDlt. JAMiS
KfcCK. No. 135 First street. Portland. Or.
ENLARGED PICTURES
MADE IS THE
nighest Style of the Ar
BY
I. G. DAVIDSON.
PHOTO G 11 A PHJE3 1 ,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
EYE & EAK INFIIOLUtY
SANITARIUM, OR HOME F0RTHE SICK
Uiwadan BoimI, bet- Porter sad Wood
No ii 111 Jt'oi minO, Ur.
Dr. Pilklnirton. late Professor of Kye fc Kar Diseases
in the Medical Department of Willamette 1'niverrily
has erected'a line huildiittf. on a beautiful elevatloi In
the south part of the city, and is prepared to uccorut
date iiatients siiHerinK from all diseases of the KVK,
KARorTHUOAT. A iso will pay special attentioi to
nersons IaborinK under Chronic Nervous affeotit ns.
and to diseases peculiar to women. and receive a li ui
ted number of cases eipectinij confinement.
The intention is to provide a lloi.ie for such ass
with all the best hygienic agencies combined with ,h
best medical skiii to 1m? had in the metrotxiiia.
Consilium; physician and surgeon Dr. Philip llnrvley.
Prof, of di.seu.-eH of womeu and children In the medical
dntmrtment Willamette I'niversitv.
Also Dr. J. M. F. llrowne. Prof . of Physiolosry uied.
dep'L Willamette I'niversitv.
For any amount oi reierer.-'-e nni circular, no'iress
IK. .1. It. i'ILKI.OTO.,
Cor. 1st nod tVw-lilnirton sits., l'ot-tlnnd. Oi-.
ZE'IHIIX-.I-iIIr? BEST
BRIBING COMPANY'S
MILWAUKEE BEER,
Bottled expressly for tho
PACIFIC COAST TH ADS,
Superior in qualify and purity to all others
One Trial Will Convince
SOLE AGSISTTS,
CHARLES KOHN & CO.,
44 Frcut Ntrtrt, Portland. lr.
THE BALDWIN
I XII i: on ly rt KST CI, AH
iamily Restaurant in Portland.
CRS. FRFELAND & ROBERTS,
DKNTI8TK
uor. rirsit fc VMinlilll Nt... Portland. Oi
(1 ttYi.li-oiB Phot-crapS Gallery-)
-Fir;t-clBi work at tho mct rtasnriab'e
rates
Have tioth had nunr vnnnnpilence In Dnecon
Full Set of Teeth for $10
Dekt Set, SIS.
rriKirrn Kirxno at low katk: ratirf.
- tiou cimraiitecd. tias administered. leutal
krad-
AO-
IIUttH. . . .
" I'ort innd, Orrtnn.
Room 51, futon Mock. Stark street entranc.
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USE ROSE PZIuLS.
G.VVESTINGHOUSEICO,
j Schencctadf, Xew York.
BRANCH 'HOUSE,
i
pomtXAir ,?.....OREaoa
G. P. DART, Manager.
i . '
MASl'FA CTTTtERS of THRESHERS, I-EVER and TREAD HORSE POWERS, PORTABLE and
TRACTION EXGINE.S. DRAG SAWst, fcc. WV do not cluim to have the ON'LY THREH1IER in Oregon.
But jwe'll say we can prove that we have a niaoliine the best adapted to the wants of the Farmers of tba Pa
cific Ooas'. We claim we can thresh cleaner from the straw, save the grain better, and do more and better
woik in general than others. Neither do we have to rebuild our machines In the Held at the TIME and EX
PENSE of the FARMER. We warrant all machinery sold by us. We FURTHER OL'ARANTEE that our
Engine will do the .SAME WORK with ONE-THIRD LESS FUEL and WATER than ANV ENUINE In
this MARKET. Lo not buy without seeing our goods or hearing from ns. For circulars or other Information
addr-.SMl. . O. Wrllnahoue : Co.. Portland, Ore iron. Office foot nf Uoriiun NL
BETTKR TH4 UVT
CALIFORNIA FHUIT SALT.
A Pleasant and Efficacious Remedy.
IF YOU HAVE ABUSED YOURSELF
By over Indulgence In eating or drinking: have sick
or nervous headache; dryness of the skin, with- a
feverish tendency; night aweata and dlceplt-sna; by
all means use
Siavsn's California Fruit Salt,
And feel young once more. It Is the woman's friend.
Trv it: rl per boftie: li-rft'cs for'. For sale bv all
drnggbtjt. HOMK, HAViS & Co.. Wholesale Agents.
Portland. Orgoii.
I
5:
NEW yORK JEWELRY MANUFG CO.,
i lOt First St., trrt. Wnshlntttwn and Stark.
' Portland, On' jou.
Agrnts tor th Kockford ltailroad Watfhes, and
deaVeis In a!l kinds of Jewelrv. t ountry onlrs filled
with disraU-li. GiwuNsent C. O. IK with privilege of
exmiiiinir l-fore buying.
I H. P. GREGORY & CO.,
5 ortli Front St., between A ami U,
Portland, Oit(id.
SawMills
AMI
HAWK
Woodworking
Machinery,
Strum Knglnea
and Hollers,
Mining
MurLincry
Ut-lllaa-,
l-klnc
and ltur,
Flonr Mill
Machinery,
IValer Wheel
Etc.. etc.
STORE II
Kxr aibi
SHORT NOTICE.
UlLeatflng
LIACHINE3
HOUSEHOLD & WHITE
NORTHERN PACIFIC
Land and Immigration Company.
I Offltei Ilooms lO tud 41 Cnlou Blork,
PORTLAND. OKEOON'.
P. O ( H'lTROM. FUANK OWEN,
I'ref.ant. 1 Secretary.
Th-s Coinpany operates throughout Oregon, Wash
ington, Id.-iho and Montana.
Lands of all kinds bought and sold.
Immigrant Colonization a Sleclally.
llealiuarters for all land seekers.
Pcscrlptloh of Government and other wild lands
furnUhs-rt free,
Information g!ven on all branches of buslneas.
Correspondence " solicited ami communications
promptly answered.
P. O. box HO'J.
13 000 Pianos
l.Our Organs.
K liif. Bi.jr
Ff.m-.1tol,IKj(
Cali. Knt fr
iitttx ilitifiita
CatAloira li,!.
AWTISELL,
or. V sr. I ,,eii
THE PlIOTOGKiVPHER,
FIT AM TATI.OB HTRKKWi
Prllunl,0.-es;i-
!
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SEWING MACHINE
D ST. A S
SSAJLJZ. THREAD.
'MWBAl AGENT
worn na
will
liiliiyS
AihO General Agent forTa
WtMlsgksait Uachla
Co. Sew Itoubla C Under.
Mingle Aetla. Mrir-Contala-ed
Engine. Vclld for
Ionnraylu every particular.
Skilled viiieera nnnecea
ary. Xo Pack in, no Adju
inii, no Pounding In boxes.
F S Akin, Ben Hki.i.ixo, H. E. Dorch.
BOSS BOOTS ABE BEST.
THEY ARE ALL STATED SEAMS.
UVY NO UTIIKit.
i
See that Our X&mc U on Etery Pair.
AKI.. 9EI.LINO Ot CO.,
Portland, Orrtnn.
SAX FnAXCIHCO CJAL.1.KIIY.
hotogrophor,
trner First ar.il Morrinon Street,
poi:tlaxd okkgon. '
DR. SPINNEY,
Ha. 11 Kcanj street, a. T.,
Treat all Chronic and Special Dl
YOUNG MEN
WHO MAY BR SUFFERING FROM TIIK Kfr
fects of youthful follii-s or Indiscretion, will do
well to avail then.selv.-s of this, the f rratest boon
ever laid at the altar of sufTering humanity.. IH.
KPINNKY will gutrantee to for.elt for r-ery
case of Seminal V enkuess or private disease of any
kind or character which he undertakes and fall to
cure. - -
UIODLE.AOED MK..
There are many at the age of thirty to sixty who are
troubled with t o treiiieut evacuations of the bladder,
often accompatld by a slivlu smurting or burning
sensation and a weakening of the system in a niannat
the patient cannot account for. On examining tbe
urinary deposit a ropy sediment will often ba found,
and sometimes small panicles of alhum-r will appear,
or tbe color will be of a thin milkish hue. Again
changing to a dark and torpid aiearmice. There are
iiisiiy men who die of this dillli-uity, ignorsnt of the
cause, which is the second stsge of iseminal Weakness,
Dr. M. will guarantee a pcrfii-t cure in all such cases,
and a healthy restoration of the genltor uulnary or
gans. Office Hour 10 to 4 ur.d to1. Rnivlays from 10 to
It A. M. Consultation free. Thorough exaiiiinauoe
and H'lvlee, 5.
Call wr ado re s Wit M'lXSt KT A CO.,
No. II Kean.y str.'i t,.sn francisco, UL
OR EG 3. BIPOD PURIFIER-
JOHN A. CHILD. WALTER A. UUADOXi
John A. Child
& Ck).,
DRUGGISTS,
DKALXRS I3T
Fine Chemlcah.
Toilet Articles,
RKE Mr
UuhherOaoaa aa4
imiOGlsTV
UNDRIKa. '
special atieutlon gt
en to
casii oudkoi
Hr Mall.
Porllnnd, Or.
161 We and M.
LAND PLASTER,
For Sale by
EVEKDIXG A FAIUtKLL,
Aldf r and Front trceN,
Portion". Orcgwa.
J. A. STROWIJRIDGE,
UlRfCT lUrOllTKH AMI OIUUK l.t
LEATIIER&FINDIN(jlS.
XO. Ib FRO.VT VTBF.KT,
rr(1aaa. - 0rt '
"SyKes' Sure com for Calanf
I IQCIP OR lir.Y, PR 1 1-IS f I "ATMOSrTfKRlO
- iiiniuiiii.nl.-, 'v-.-.. , . iit- iiu inniinmi
tor mailed on n-"iit f priv. l:n full direction tot
UMi.otc. i. O. HlvirulOHK Co.. lyrniDTSta 161 F!rt
street. Ko-tiaid. i-l 4n.st ,, Hie N. l-yln
USE ROSE P1LL3,
falili. fiV;S H4.J.?V"''' -Alt 'V
I AND
1 RKE Mr. I i
t