The Columbian., August 03, 1883, Image 4

We worked through spring and winter, through
summer and through fall.
But th mortgage worked the hardest and the
steadiest of tfiem all:
It worlrd on nights and Sundays, it worked each
-- holiday;
Jt mattitxA rtnmn nmnnr ni and It nerer went awar.
Whatever we kept from it seemed a'most aa bad aa
hft: . , . ,
It wa'ched ns eTeiy minute, and It ruled us right
and letc
The rust and blight were with us sometime, and
sometimes not;
The drk browed scowling mortgage waa forever
on the spot.
The weevil and the out-worm, they went as well aa
rime; .
The mortgage, stayed forever, eating hearty all the
same.
it imIIm tin Mrr window. Hood raard at everv
f.door,
na happiness and sunshine made their home
wiih us no more.
Till with failinc crops and aickness we got stalled
upon the grade. ,
And there came a dark day on us wbtn the in
i' rert wasn't paid:
. t ihaM a.ma a ihifn flnrerdnsiire and I kind O
lost my hold . , ,
And grew weary and discouraged, and the farm
waa cheaply sold
The children left and scattered, when ther hardly
yet weie grown:
My wife she p ned and perished, an I fennd my
self alcnt. . .. ,
What she oied of waa "a mystery." and the doc
tor never knew;
But I knew she, died of moitgage just aa well as I
wanted to.
If to trace a hidden Borrow were within the doc
tor' art,
They'd ha' found a mortgage lying on that wom
an's broken heart.
Worm or bee' Je, drought or tempest, on a farmer's
land may tall,
Bnt for first-class ruination, trust a mortgage
Valnst them all.
Will M. Carleton.
Ml OXE LOVE PASSAGE.
CHAPTEB Z.
I wish I could so describe my mother
that yon should realize the sweetness of
her &itnre and the pleasantness of her
way. Sha was of medium height, of
clear comoleiion and soft brown hair.
and a face that tapered from a broad and
rather low forehead, with a small and
beautifully shaped chin.
She was fair to look upon, dear
mother, but her beauty was not her
greatest charm. There was about her an
indescribable brightness and freshness
that reminded one of early sunshine and
sweet morning air, and that soothed and
cheered and inyigorated as only sunshine
and pure aircun. She charmed me irom
my mournful grieving after my lost sis
ters, and made me quietly happy.
- None of the gladness of' her own na
ture descended tome I was always calm
and sedate. From a melancholy child I
passed into a serious, self-contained
woman.- Beautiful girlhood, with its
wild impulses, eager friendships, erratic
energy and pretty basbfulness had no
part in my life. Sometimes I have
grieved that it was so, for I have thought
that this absence of one phase of exist
ence made me an imperfect woman, and
prevented me from possessing some of
the most endearing attributes of my own
sex. .
But I grieve no longer, and as I think
of my mother, I wonder much that with
her bright face to look upon and her
wise and cheerful words to listen to, I
ever grieved at anything. But I sup
pose in every woman's life there is a
time when a mother's love is but a sec
ondary love, and this time came to me in
my twenty sixth year. Until then,
though I was rich and handsome, and
knew all the neighborhood for miles
round, nobody had oome to woo me.
A small estate close to our village
changed hands, and its new possessor
was introduced to us.
He was of middle age, good-looking
and dignified, and was often by my side.
He had traveled much, and for me his
conversation had great interest. And
there was in his eyes a glance of energy,
. a fire that seemed to kindle in me a cor
responding energy. In his presence I
could sing better than when with others;
conversing with him I seemed to acquire
an eloquence that at times startled my
self; his well-considered opinions found
an echo in my untrained mind; his lefty
thoughts were my thoughts. I did not
stand in awe of him, such as some
women do for lovers superior to them
selves. I was simply lifted above my
self and placed upon the same plane
witL nim, where I gazed upon him as
equal, and felt a warm and just appre
ciation of his talents and good qualities.
I know not when I first began to love
him, but I know that one evening as he
bade me good night my neart fluttered,
and when I sought for a reason for this
unusual symptom I blushed and was
ashamed. Nor was I long troubled with
fears of being an old maid, for the next
morning he gave me the right to love
him.
We eat in the oak dining room, the
bright spring shone cheerfully in, light
ing up the dark wainscoting and placing
'in brilliant relief the high carved mantle-piece,
where grinding goblin faces
stared and leered and peeped from twin
ing wreaths of flowers, leave? and corn.
Stephen stood by; he had been expati
ating on the beauty of the workmanship.
T i i l.; js T - 1 it.. :
. jl .w&cu stir uiui auu -A. BtMVW aiou
ning heads, and their grotesqueness
formed a strong contrast to the calm and
manly beauty of his face. As I looked
an earnest and kindling light beamed in
his eyes; instinctively I rose from my
seat, attracted by that glance. He took
my hand and said: O
"Sarah, be my wife; I cannot live
without you."
His face glowed like a cloud at sun
set. I looked no more. Ho put his arm
around me, and whispered softly :
"Sarah, you love me; your heart says
so." It was beating under his hand, j
"It says you love me, my own. and I
worship you! Darling, speak; one little
word will be enough!"
My head was on his shoulder, and I
murmured "Yes."
He clasped me closer in his arms.
Then I thought, "I am foolish that is
not a fitting answer;" and I freed myself
from his embrace, and stood calm and
dignified, and said, with all my heart iu
my voice :
"Stephen, I love you!"
"Heaven bless you, my wife!"
One kiss, and we stood silent, calming
a 'excitement.
Presently we sat down and talked of
the future, of our unchanging love, and
of the great happiness the coming years
promised.
Whjen he left me I hastened' to my
mother. She was delighted, and her
eyes sparkled with pleasure. When I
went to rest that night joy at being so
beloved prevented me from sleeping.
We were to be married in the autumn.
The days passed very swiftly; there was
no hindrance to our happiness: we were
both rich; the future lay smiling before
Ins, while the present was full of delight.
I loved Stephen with all my heart.
He aaid he loved me devotedly, and there
was an admiration a sort of worship
with his love that is so dear to woman.
He said I was queenly, and that I was
a glorious creature; and held my head
higher and was more stately than ever;
and when I looked in the glass J saw a
beauty in my face that I bad never seen
thero before, and I exulted in my good
fortune, and thought in my foolishness
that no woman had ever before been so
happy.
There were festivities in our house
theH, and the grinning, goblin faces
looked upon gayeties they had not seen
since the first years of my mother's mar
ried life. We welcomed all our friends
and neighbors and made merry. My
mother determined that the last months
of my'stav should be as happy and beau
tiful and bright, as much company and
fine taste could make it, but, alas ! her
intention was frustrated.
A schoolfellow and dear friend of my
mother's had been for some years a wid
ow, and at that time we received a letter
to say that she was dead, and had be
queathed her only child, a girl of 17, to
my mother's love and care. A few days
later Annie Forsyth arrived, and her
grief and black clothes threw a gloom
over us that, notwithstanding our pity
and sympathy for the poor child, we felt
was oppressive and unwelcome.
Poor Annie cried almost incessantly
at first, but after a few days she would
look up into our faces with Badly mourn
ful eyes, and say she was sorry she was
so unhappy, but she would be better
soon.
Dear mother charmed and consoled
her as she had charmed and consoled
me in the past, when my father and sis
ter died, and now and then there was a
smile in the beautiful ey6S, and the pale,
pinched face grew pretty and youthful,
and I begau to hope that when her sor
row had worn itself out she would prove
to be a merry little sprite, and I rejoined
that she was there to take my place in
the old home when I left it for the new
one. My mother loved her already, and
would fa lily taka her to her heart as
a second daughter.
CHAPTER II.
Annie's complexion was very fair, her
features small and regular, with a timid,
pleading expression iu them. Her hair
was of pale gold falling in masses of
curls about her neck. She was small,
slight and singularly graceful and there
was an intangible something about her
that claimed for every one a special ten
derness. 1
I particularly recommended her to
Stephen's kindness, and he good-naturedly
told her stories and did his best to di
vert her mind from its sad memories,
and he succeeded well. Sometimes,
when he talked to her, she would look
up into -his face with a wondering;
reverential expression in her mournful
eyes, and then I was more proud than
ever of his talents, and more than ever
thankful that he was my promised hr.s
band.
At first, when I sent Stephen from me
to talk to Annie, he went with regret; a
little while, and there was no regret; and
then, oh! woeful thought, I fancied he
went with pleasure. '
Once, as he sat by her, chatting and
amusing her, I thought he looked like
her father, and I pictured him in the
future adapting his conversation to the
intelligence of a little child who should
call me mother, and bringing her bright
smiles into her face and overshadowing
her with loving kindness and protection;
and my heart grew warmer, and I loved
him more fervently then ever oetore.
And. as watching him, I wished that my
lovo might grow as great as his good
ness, he caught my eyes and his face
colored.
A chill ran through me, a fear, indefi
nite but terrible. onDressedime. I went
into the garden and walke1 among'tbe
flowers and trees, and lethe fresh even
ing breeze blow upon my head.
I tried hard to collect my thoughts,
but I could not. A straDge doubt.dread
and hoifor possessed me. I could not
think I seemed to have no mind
could only feel.
I walked down the fir-tree avenue. Its
darkness claimed kindred with me. It
led to an open glade, where a fountain
sparkled in the setting sun; its waters
fell in jewels of many colors. I saw
them not, "but throwing myself on the
rrass rested my head on the cool margin
of its marble basin.
Presently my hand played with the
cool water; then I bathed my forehead
with it, and soon I fouad myself count
ing the golden fish that sported ia its
cool depths and matching their gambols.
I vaguely wondered how many heart
broken women had bathed their lore
heads in that fountain.
Then I remembered an ancestress of
mine whose betrothed had died on the
eve of her wedding day. .;
I saw her day by day at the fountain,
and each day more shadowy-arid ethereal
until at last her soul passed from the
music of its waters to the music of the
beautiful spirit land; and her friends
foqud the frail body on the tnrf.the head
on the fountain's margin, its eyes seem
ingly gazing at the fish, and its long curls
floating in the water.
I remembered this clearly and was
thankful. My mind had come back the
strange, hateful madness had passed
away; but I bathed my Lead again and
again and kept very quiet. I was afraid
of myself I knew that I had been jeal
ous and I scorned myself; yet I was such
a poor, weak thing that I must treat my -self
carefully, tenderly, lest I fell again
into my past foolishness,
I sat by the pool looking into its
waters. I pressed the green leaves of the
water lily against my forehead and its
gracious coolness made me more myself,
and I looked still into the water, blue
with the sky and rosy with sunlit cloud,
and I felt that hope and happiness en
dured forever; grief might come and
dim their brightness, but could do no
more. ;
I felt the demon of jealousy ha4 en
tered into me. I was humbled and
I longed that evil thoughts might pass
from me, and I grew calm and rational
once more. The peace of night settled
all around me. An odorous perfume
filled the air and a darkness came down
like a protecting genius, shrouding the
eatth softly.
I was at rest. The fear that had so
strangely disturbed me was dead, and
once again I believed that the love of
my promised husband was all my own.
For some days Stephen kept always
by my side, and I enjoyed again the long
conversations that were so delightful to
me and the evil thought returned no
more to disturb my peace.
Our wedding day was very near. All
preparations had been made; fair, new
garments of every description were be
ing inspected by my friends. I was to
begin the new life with everything new
new clothes, new house, new happi
ness. Alice relapsed into her old sadness
and grew day by day more beautiful, for
her face was flushed a little and there
was mournfulne8s in her large eyes that
touched the gazer's heart.
One evening I observed, Stephen look
ing at her, and there was that in his
glance that roused all my dread once
more. Frightened and trembling a what
I might learn, I yet courageously set
myself to seek for information. Stephen
was always kind and affectionate, but I
felt with sinking heart that he was not
the same, that the warmth of his love
was less than the warmth of its expres
sion. And once again I saw that terrible
look of sorrow, regret, as he gazed at
Annie, and my resolution was taken.
I suppose tue first terrible shock had
broken the force of my discovery, for
the calamity affected me less severely
than the doubt. I was rational now and
could understand my position. I Baw
its difficulties and its dangers and wanted
to wotk my way clearly through them to
the end. I must not marry Stephen,
that was certain, and I must tell him so
myself.
My own affection was my greatest
danger. I felt that I must show no re
lenting, no lingering tenderness. I must
build np a barrier between us; at least
around my own heart I must put a strong
wall of separation, through which no
sound of grief could pass. His, alas!
would open so readily to the new love as
to need no defense from the old. I would
be brave I would! But my sorrow lay
heavy upon me; the sir of the house suf
focated me, the dear voices seemed mock
ing voices, tormenting me. I went out
amid the trees for rest and strength. I
went up the fir tree avenue to the foun-
tain, xne sun suone, me Dims sang,tue
water sparkled all around me was joy
and beauty, and in my heart was a deso
lation as of death.
I had dreamed a beautiful dream. Oh,
that I could dream a little longer my
awakening was all too soon. I lay still,
wooing back the beautiful dream; but i:s
thread had been broken. I was sad unto
bitterness, but my will was strong to do
right and to bear my grief silently.
It wanted but four days to my wedding
day. I must act promptly. I nerved my
self to my great trial. I loved Stephen
more than ever, and I felt that to make
him happy I could lay-down my life, or,
what then seemed to me the harder fate,
live without his love.
As 1 loft the breakfast room mother
said: "Come back soon, dear; this day
week we shall be without yon, so we
want as much of your company as possi
ble." I went into the dining room; the mel
low amtumn sun streamed upon thegria
niug goblin faces on the high mantel
piece, and I turned from them they
seemed to mock me.
Stephen came soon. I said, as he en
tered, "Stephen, I have something of
importance to say to you."
His face grew pale; he was about to
speak, when I said quickly:
"Listen to me for one moment."
To my own ear my voice sounded dis
mally hollow, but by a great effort I
spoke calmly.
"Stephen, I love you dearly. I love
you far. too well to cause you one regret,
or to cloud your life with one shade of
sorrow. I have felt proud and happy in
the thought of becoming your wife. But
I am not so now. I must have the whole
heart of my husband. I could not be
content with his esteem and affection.
You have changed, Stephen! I do not
blame you that it is so, but I must nor
shut my eyes to the consequences of this
change. I must not bring sorrow upon
you and remorse upon myself, so I say
be friends, for the future."
"Sarah, have pity," he said.
"I have pity," I said "pity for my
self and for you. I am saving us both
from misery in the future."
"I love you earnestly, soberly!" here
plied sadly. "I have always loved you!
If once or twice my fancy has changed,
pardon me, Sarah! It will not do so
again. I have resisted the temptation.
Forget and forgive! Our wedding day
is very near. I love you faithfully,
and guard you with a husband's fondest
care!"'
"Stephen," I continued, "your heart
is cold to mo still. You would wreck
your own happiness to try and insure
mine and to keep plighted troth. Take
back that troth be free! Go; live
where you will and be happy! It would
break ny heart to be your bride now! I
could not live to be coldly loved! I
must be the joy of my husband, not the
clould that shadows his life!"
"Sarah " he began.
"Hush !' I said. "I will tell you ell.
Ibave looked into your eyes aad read
there what you had not the courage to
read in your own heart. I haye read
there that yon love another. Your heart
was never wholly mine, and now is not
your own ; it has gono from you to
Annie."
His face was blanched; his strong
hand, that rested on the back of a cnair,
trembled.
"Hear me, for Heaven's sake," he
cried. "I have never spoken a word of
love to Annie. Her sorrow, her beauty,
her childishness touched me; but that is
past. Wo will see her no more, and yon
shall be as happy as ever you dreamed."
"Never!" I said fiercely; for I felt that
he was not thoroughly frank with me;
that his love for me was weak, and that
he waa only maintaining an engagement
for the sake of honor "never!" Our
engagement is &t an end! We will go
our separate ways. Heaven grant that
yours may be a happy one!"
And I turned to leave the room.
"Pause consider!" he cried.
"I have considered. My decision can
not be changed. I will tell my mother.
Bless yon, Stephen, you shall always be
my best friend."
I offeiel him my hand.
"Bless you!" he replied, and kissed
my hand.
That kiss made me shiver, it was so
cold.
As I went to my room I met Annie.
"I am not going to be married, An
nie." I said. "I have changed my
mind."
"I am so sorry! I thought you would
have been so happy !" she replied and be
gan to cry.
"She does not love him yet," I thought
and was pleased.
I sought my mother and told her what
I had done; and then her bright, cheer
ful eyes were dull with tears, and soon
she wept as she Lad not done since my
lost sister's death.
"Mother, mother, do not be so dis
tressed I"
"You suffer so, my darling."
"Yes." I said, sternly ; "it is hard to
bury my love to bury it deep, that none
may see its grave and to noid no tnougnt
of it in my heart -to put it from me for
ever to be as if it had not been. Oh,
mother, I cannot!"
"Patience, darling. Soon you will
gain the power. My heart grieves for
you, my clearest. We will try to forget
mm, she said gently, "wewmiearn the
task together. I, too, have made a loss.
I thought I bad gained a son and had
bright visions of the future. We will
put him from our minds and go back to
the old, quiet life. We will each be all
to the other, as in the old time."
"It shall be so," I said. "My love is
buried. It may rest in peace; our tears
have watered its grave. I will put it
from my thoughts. But there is a love
that lives, and is fresh and strong and
vigorous a love that cannot die and
that knows no change our love, my
mother."
She held me in her arms; she hushed
and Soothed me as though I were a child
once more, and I wept away the great
bitterness of my grief.
We sorrowed long my mother, my
self and the gentle Annie, who grew very
dear to me, with her earnest sympathy
and pleading, child-like love.
Stephen had not touched her heart,
and I was glad of this, although I settled
that ho should do so in the future.
We sorrowed, I Bay; yet it was hardly
so, for we each tried to cheer the other
and forget the past; but a settled depres
sion was upon ns and we decided to en
deavor to dispel it by change of scene.
We went to the seaside and the great
ocean gave us strength, and my mother
was fresh and bright as the morning sun
shine once more, and she cheered and
cherished me until I was happy in a sub
dued fashion and could almost forget the
past.
Annie grew strong and merry, but her
figure was still slight and fragile, and
her eyes kept their sadness, and her
manner was still simple and pleading
like that of a timid child. She would
never grow womanly, my mother said,
regretfully. It was best she should not,
I thought; the clinging plant always
finds the strong support. And I went
to my music; I could not be idle or have
reveries yet my cure was not complete.
I bad to keep my mind well occupied, to
fill it with (plans, hopes and ideas; to
bar entrance to thoughts that should not
have admittance. And - well my good
mother helped me. Love has its in
stincts, and told her always when my
mind was straying, and when it was
partly empty and forbidden memories
were stealing in, and she would rouse
me with cheerful words of ordinary.con
versation and a look that a poke her
heartfelt sympathy. Oh, blessings on
thee, my mother! thy love was the joy
that knew no change; it was strong, it
was steadfast, it was invigorating, it
cheered me, it kept me firm to do right,
it made my happiness.
We had been from our old home a
year, when it waa decided that my
mother and Annie should return there
while I still remained with some friends.
Three months later I received 3 sweet
letter from Annie, saying she had ac
cepted Mr. Hawthorne. Stephen and I
had met as friends rather distant and
ceremonious friends, I am afraid, for we
could not quite forget the past its
shadow seemed to hang over us.
And thus Annie went from us, and I
remained always at the old home, and
my dead love ceased altogether to trou
ble me, and if my dear mother grieved
that the bright hopes she had cherished
at the first were not realized, sue never
let me guess her secret sorrow.
We were very happy; we did all the
good ia our power with our wealth and
we brightened the lives of many of our
poor neighbors and soothed the last
hours of many a poor woman by prom
ising to take an interest in her children.
And as I grew older I thought I knew
why Annie had won Stephen's love from
me. The shy, winning, girlish ways,
that had never been mine, were her
chief charm.
Voracious Birds.
Should any one possess a caged thrush
it will be as well to keep a separate cage
for snail-eating, as the bird is so eager to
break up the snail that he covers the cage
with slime. A large stone should be put
in this feeding cage, and the bird will
soon learn to pass into it when a snail is
ready for him. The appetite of the bird
is wonderful. A thrush will eat at a
meal the largest snail that England pro
duces. If a man cou'd eat as much in
proportion, he would consume a whole
round of beef for his dinner. The red
breast, again, is a most voracious bird.
It has been calculated that to keep a red
breast up to its normal weight an amount
of auimal food is needed daily equal to an
earth worm 14 feet in length. Taking a
man of average weight and measuring
bulk for bulk with the redbreast, I tried to
calculate how much food he would con
sume in twenty-four hours, if he ate as
much in proportion as the bird. Assum
ing a sausage nine inches in circumfer
ence to be a fair equivalent of the earth
worm, I find that the man would have to
eat sixty-seven feet of such sausage in
every twenty-four .hours. I mention
this in order to illustrate the amount of
work which is done by insect eating
birds. Here it most be remembered
that even the hard billed seed-eating
birds are obliged to feed their young on
insects until their beaks are sufficiently
hardened to eat the seeds. And we must
again notice that the young of these
birds are hatched just at the time of
year when the destructive insects are
most plentiful. Good Words.
In Rome a small Egyptian obelisk has
been discovered in an excavation behind
the Church of Santa Maria sopra Min
erva, near the site of the Temple of Isis
and Serapis. It lies at a depth of fif
teen feet and is in a good state of pres
ervation. A sphinx in basalt was also
found, with a car-touch on the breast.
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(O. AT. P. CO. Sew Series . 8.)
IIABDWAKE.
OnODIkOlOH, SMITH fc COLEMAK, Koi
liSP Mecoiid Importers and dealers in buildt-ra'
Hard ware, mechanics' tool, c-utery, farming tooii
and marbleized Hlab mantels. Country orders so
licited. AslATKBs.
I
W. O. JEVKIR V CO., o a WuahlnKton t-4-Anitlysls
of ores, metals, coals, etc. un? astuiy for
gold an t silver, $3; 4 assuys, $10. Orders by mail
promptly attended to. I
UVNIt) IIOINK.
O. W. HrttCfcTICK, 107 rirmt Street Leadlrlg
music dealer, lianos. organs, sheet music aud every
thing In the miilc Hue. T
TV. V. JEWR' HT 0.
O A. HOVE, Himiurr, 107 Fl.rt Ntreec
rlniond4, watches and Jewt-lry. The Kockford
Railroad watch. Oountrv , rrtprs so'Mted. I
kEAIi EXOKAVKK. T
C B. FKTV. No. H3 Onlt Ml reft Seal e:grlv
er, manufacturer of notary and lodge seals, brass
and nt el stamps, steel letters, tc; rubber stamps
and stencils. I
BOOBS, SAH !V1 HLtVm.
F. E. BEACH ATO 103 Front St. Healers
in Paints. Oil and Glass, Poor. Windows aud
Kllnrts Nnd for P Ice lAvx and Catalog'!. I
M EROKS fe VOSPER. 47 Stark. Monuments,
Tombs, Headstones, etc., furnished in It.il an and
American ruarbie. Countiy orders filled promptly.
Send for irlc-s andd signs. I
WSJ RVKTORN,
OtlHPEKdE H4UII.TOK, Civil Engineers and
Surveyors, Room 14, First National Bank building,
Portland, Or. AH kind of surveying aud ilrattitig
(lime In any part of th country. !
HAKEBIIX
EM PIKE IiAKEKV 12 Washington. Vc.ss A
Kuhr. Props. Manufacturers of Pilot bread. Hod a.
Picnic, Butter, Boston, (Sugar and Shoe Kly crackirs.
Orders from the trade bolUilod and promptly ftt
tended to. I
ATIMUIJfF.VK
D. P. KKJINETJY.- Attorney and Counselorj at
Law .Batata H Dekum'a building. Legal busliies.1
pertaining to letters Patent lor Inventions, te(or
i h Putn Oftlco or In thf Coiirli. a siwisltp. I
JVWT RECEIVED AT OAP.rUSOX'K KEWlk'O
Machine store, W7 Third street. Portland, Ore
gon. V cases of lliMiselio.il Sewing Machines. I Hir
ing two and one liulf years' use In Oregon the House-
bold has forced its way to the front. Its superior
merits are now well known to the public Agents
wauted to sell in every town in Oregon.
BISHOP SCOTT GIS1MMEK SCHOOL.
A I! on rd I tig and liny Slehnol for Hoy a.
nnilKSIXrir YEAR t'NDEH PRESENT MAN"-
A. agetneut begins Sept. 4. Classes in Oreek, I Jttln
German. French, English, mathematics, book-keep
ing, sciences, music, arawlng and penmansnlp. JL-cl
plme strict,, Send for thirteenth annual catalogue
witn list oi inrmer niemoers to me nea'i Piaster
id -Master-
L.L, M. I..
.hind, Oregon.
P. O. JJrawer 17. J. W. HILL,
I'ortl
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EYE & EAR IX FIRM AH
SANITARIUM, OR HOME FOB THE SICK
Macadam Bond, bet. Porter nnd Wood Mia.,
South Portland, Or.
Dr. Pilklnifton. late Professor of Eye 4 Ear Disei
in the Medical Department of Willamette 1'nlversitj
has erected a fine building, on a beautiful elevation in
the south nart of the cltv. and Is nreoared to accomo
date patients sulTeting from all diseases of the EVE,
EAR or TH ICO AT. Also will pay sjiectal attention to
persons laboring under Chronic Xervous affections,
and to diseases peculiar to women, aud receive a 1 mi
ted number of cases expecting confinement.
- The Intention is to provide a HoLie for such cases
with all the best hygienic airenries combined with tin
best medical skill to be had in the metroMlis.
Consulting physician and surgeon Dr. Philip Harvey,
Prof, of diseascs"of women and children in tlie medical
department Willamette University.
Also Dr. J. M. F. -Browne, Prof, of Physiology ubed
dep't- Willamette University. I
For any amount of references nnd circular, sddrew
Oft. .1. It. PH.KISOTOJIJ
Cor. 1st and Wunhlngtnn SH., Portland. Or.
NORTHERN PACIFIC
Lnnd and Immigration Company.
Officei Rooms 40 and 41 I'll Ion I look
PORTLAND. OREGOy.
P. O Chtlstrom. Fkapk OwiN.
President. Pecrelaiy.
Th's Com par y operates throughout Oregon. Wash
ington, Idaho and Montana.
Lands of all kinds bought and sold.
Immigrant Colonisation a Specialty.
Headquarters for all lnnd seekers.
Description of Government and other wild lands
furnished free.
Information given on all branches of business,
Correspondence solicited and communications
promptly answered.
P. O. box 869.
F. W. DEARBORN & CO.,
Manufacturers and Dealers In
DOORS,
WINDOWS,
' BLINDS,
GLASS,
107 Front Street, Portland, Or
ESTIMATES FIBNIsUED.
ENLARGED PICTURES
MADE IN THE J
Highest Stylo of the Art,
BY
I. G. DAVIDSON,
PHOTO Gil APILEIt ,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
A ReliablO House of PortlaM
TO WUnM IT TS
SAFE TO SEND ORDERS
MERCHANDISE BROKER.
r k MeT.Arom fx ha opkkh in mi.
fj neetlnn with lilsOrei Front C'othlnr and Fur
nishing More, a Merehand se Rrokerage, and will sel
and nitrehft ail kinds of Aferchan'-e In large or
small quantities for parties living outside of the city,
for a very small pomm'ssion. thereby raving them tha
expense of enming to Portland. Matchlrg dress sam
ples a specialty. Orders promptly filled. Correspond'
ence soiiritea. Address
J. O. nx nT, Portland.
KEFKRENCEB Murohv. Grant A Co.. Aken. ReTt.
tig fr On.. Jacobs Bros., Washerman A Co., Ji Barb
man Brog. aojimt
y. B. MAJtYE,
tirii Jbngineer. surveyor . irraiifiliUman.
A IX KINDS OP F.NOINKF.RIVU F.XK1
1TKD
ngtuii'
- X- In the state nf Oregon and Iil.tho. Wr
and Montana territories.
K(m no. IS, ever Flrt Autlonnl Hunk,
PORTLAND, OKEt.O.V.
"Syces' Sure Cnre for Cata
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f IQCID OK DRY, PRICE II 00; "ATMOHfHERIl
U Insufflators. 4 priee Son. Iir Cure ami Iisuiila
tors mailed on receipt of priee, wtlh full ii'-e.-tion foi
use.eto. M. . HKIDMOllK A lv.. Ivuiral-st I 1 Klre-
streei. rnTiaml. '. r.t ir - n i'acii.f
Porilaim
Directory
Sl'lCKaiOBS TO E.
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THE NELSON ROAD CART.
which we have applied for Utters patent.
N?Kend for Illustrated CatalOi ue and Price Llat.
J'orthind Curt I age Mnnafnctot-y.
OBmBBwaanaanBtBBaaMBi
KTw ITos'ls 'SFea .Company
s FI HAT STREET, PORTLAND. OR ,
WholoHalo tiiicl Rctnil J3iiiloi- in
TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES, BAKING POWDERS, EXTRACTS, &c!
As we are the only house of the kind In Oregon, parties from the country would do vrrll to
avail themselves of the opportunity to huy at Hau Francisco prices. We g uirantee sattAiat-llou.
Orders by mall promptly filled. Kend for prices.
J. JN. WHEELER Sc O O.,
Tea, Coffee and Spioe Merchants.
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M 'UriBE .mr
107 Third St, PORTLAND, OKEGOX.
JOHN B. GARRISON, Propr.
All the- Leading Sewing Machines, Oil,
'i'(llcK, Atlat'hineiitit and Oenu
Ine I'arti, for sale.
All kinds of Sowing Machine Repaired
and Wurranted.
GEN K UAL AGENT FOR
Th Houesodd and White Serisg U&cai&es,
GENERAL AGENT FOR
WE TURKISH RUG PA TTERNS.
. GENERAL AGENT FOR
T JE UNIVERSAL FASHION CO S PERFECT
FITTING PATTER MS.
Tic eraiect
lerrlAt
tucwi.
(Lieaiars Extract),
tue wonisrtui latnUTi
ana lufUtoraior.
AND'
(Pyropnospuate),
Tonic tor tue Blood, ml
Food tor tie Brail.
'Another Great Victory in Medical
Science I
Worth Millions to the Human Family I
CE1XRY, BEEF AND IRON
Is acknowledged !y all Physicians to t4
the Greatest Medical Cempouad
yet dtscorered.
Ia m never rolling t nit tar Bfearalale
laud NrrvvDl Ilf lilllty.
H. P. GREGORY & CO.,
No. 5 North Front St., between A and B,
Portland, Oteiron.
AND
HAAVH,
Woodworking
Machinery.
Nlrum Engine
unil Holier,
Mining
Maciilnery
He! tine.
lirklns
and lloae
Flour Mill
Machinery,
Wnler Wheels
Ktc. etc.
S1000 liEWAUD
tlflLL BE PAID TO A' PEHSOS PRODUC
? T lug a more effectual rpu 1? thau
Dr. Keek's Sure Cure for I'Tarrh,
Which has stood the teat for fourteen years. I'hyal
dans, braggfaits, and all who have uned and tnor
ooghly tested it, pronounce It apeelOe for the care ol
that loathaoma dweaao. Try Iu Your druggist ha
U, price U
Dr. Keck thoroughly understands, and la eminently
anooesKful la the treatment of allehronJe anc. eisa
csUt dlwam of beta aexea and nil ngea, having
made a specialty of their treatment for fourteen years
Ite prescription la fnroiabed to tay patients free.
Mo lady Should be Without It. Youni. nililillw-nrMl nt
ie treaiasjnanBrwttnoot using me Kntle. Urn lay or
old, male or female, Insanity or a lire of suflettng It
your Inevitable doom unless yoa apply In time to the
physician who understands, and la competent to treat
yoer case. Waste no more time nor money with In
competent physicians. All communications attended
to with diapasca, and are strictly confidential, afedi
dam aent to any part of the country. Circulars, test!
monts la, and a list of printed quttttlon furnished oi
application. CBMSCLTATIOM KllKK. IdcIos.
a three-cent atavrnp for list aod ad lire. DK. jAMa
KH.Ck.No. 1 First street, Portland. Or.
OREGON BLOOD PURIFIER.
CHEAPEST HOUSE
FOR
AMERICAN WATCnES.
Elgin, Spriugrflcld or Waltham Watch,
In ounce Silver Cfee.'. WIS OO
la fl ounce Silver Cu".. IS At
la 4 ounce Hllver Case - IT AO
f snenn basinet, nnd guarantee these Oenulae
American Movements no Imitation.
Abo full stock of
JEWELRY. CLOCKS nnd MPKCTA.CI.K.
Goods sent "C. O I." to any part of the country.
JOHN A. BFCK,
Watch maker and Jeweler,
1 AO Front At. 'opposite the Fstnond),
Portland, Orrgoiu
E. GUITHARD & CO.,
Iinpo tiTx, Manufacturers and Dealers In
Teas, Coffees Spices & Chocolates,
HAN FRAN CISCO, CAU
C. THOMSON, - l'ortland Manager.
Office 1 OB PrMit I.
USE ROSE PILLS.
BELliV
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most mrscr J
Two" Wkeld
VEHICLE
'Jj"1""1 THE WORLD.
Easy of access, shafts be'ng low arid attached 1 recti y to tha
axle. "Perlei'tly balanced, ami en liely free from ali Jerking mo
ll, n of the orse, so dlsayreenhle In oi her carts.
Rides better and ix more i-oiiveuieut and d.&lrable than a
tiiigvy. at about one-hnlf the cost; and it will carry a top equetly
id w ell. Refer by permlasiou to partita wBo fcava Uaed tbecu
to prove that the are
TOE BEST BIDIXfl VEHICLES IN Til IS WOKLB.
Several differ nt styles and qualities from S100 to il'0.
There are several new aud important ftoturr in tula cart, tor
A. I. TVITOTVT,
204 and 2V, Fourth htreet, t'ortland, Oregon.
F. H. Aki.v, Ben Hkj.ltku, H. E. DoacM
BOSS BOOTS ARE BEST.
THEY ARE ALL SADDLE SEAMS.
(HIT AO OTHER.
See that Our IN'ame Is ou Ererj fair.
AKI.V. SELLIXO A CHS.,
Portland. Orrcna.
WILLIAM BECK & SON,
W holesale and retail dealt rs In
Sharp's, Keuilngton'a, Ballard's Marlin
and W Inches.! er IlepeaUng Rifles.
Colt's, Remirtflton's, Parker's, Moore's and
Baker's Double and Three-Barrel
BIIEEC1I-L0AD1NG SII0T GUNS.
FISHING TACKLE!
Of every description and qualltr.
LEADEKSf FLT HOOK', HAUKJETO,
Hroldrd and Tapered Oil Mlh. Ada,
SIX SPLICED Sl'LIT BAMBOO 110DS,
Sturgeon Liars nnd Hooka of all Kinds.
165 and 167 Second Street, Portland.
PHILLIP BEST'S
Bottled expressly for tha
Pacific Coast Trade.
Superior In qualltr andjptirltr to all
others.
One Trial Will ConTince.
BO LB DEALERS,
CHAS. KOHII & CO..
44 FK0M STREET,
Port lnnd. Or.
FRANK WOOLS ICY,
l'ortland.
J. N. KNOWLXS
Kan Franctace
J. N. KNOWLES,
Shipping & Commission Merchant.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.
WOOL A SPECIALTY.
Baxic, Mui-bineiy, Farm Irrpleinent Mid all Hods of
Hiippllen furnlitied on snort not 'oh.
Offlfe: 107 FRONT STREET,
Port land, Orraos.
Rrfrrence: KlrM National Dank.
E. S. Larsen & Co.,
WIIOL.E8AL.E onOOEHS
.HippmoE. S. Lu & CO.
p.
Produce and Commission Merchants.
Dealers la Treplcal and Domestic FraltsKota a to.
Consignments of country produce solicited.
Man, 11S 114 Front Street. Port lnnd. Or.
C. E. MclSKEEN'H
QUEENSWA11E BAZAAU,
ST U.rriMn Street. Portland. Or.,
THK LEADlNtl AND (Ml RAP KMT HOU8K
fnrnlidilrur Htore In l ortlsml. Ten aad Dinner
nets a aaretnlty.
All Oooda nelnw Flrt Ntrret Prices.
USE ROSS
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MILWAUKEE BEER